Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1883 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Joe Brady, the firiit of theYrish Invincibles to get his neck into the hangman's noose for the murder of Lord Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke, whs visited by his mother just before the execution. She was heard to exekim: “Mind, Joe, no statement” Brr.dy smiled. and replied: “Don’t be foolish; do you think I am a fool?” It is stated that the mother threatened to disown her son if he gave the Govei nment any information. Brady made no statement to the jail chaplain or to the Governor of the prison. One of . the las; thngß he did was to write a letter to his mother. Brady was a stone-cutter, an intelligent, well-in-formed fellow, and a powerful young man physically. He leaves twenty-four brothers and listers, all of whom occupy good positions m society. His father and mother are both living, and are under 60 years of age. A cable dispatch from Rome announces that a letter has been sent from the Vatican to the Irish Catholic Bishops declaring it to be Intolerable that Catholic priests, much more Bishops, of the church should promote any such object as that of raising a fund for the benefit of Mr. ParnelL It is said that the document goes on to condemn all collections, “which may be employed as a means of exciting rebellion against existing laws. ”

The cyclone which did such serious damage at and around Kansas City extended over a greater area than was indicated by the first reports. Numerous small towns were visited by the storm, dwellings and public buildings being damaged or destroyed, and in several instances loss of life was occasioned. At Macon City five persons were killed and ten or fifteen injured. Several of the wounded at Kansas City cannot recover. The property losses will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wind and hail did great damage in Southwestern Michigan to farm-houses and young crops The greatest destruction occurred in the vicinity of Sturgis, where several dwellings and barns were wrecked. There was damage done by hail at several points in Illinois, also. The village of Southport, near Indianapolis, was partially wrecked by a tornado, two churches and a school-house being among the buildings demolished. A frame school-house at White Pigeon, Mich., filled with children, was overturned by a hurricane, one boy being killed and several little ones badly injured. ... .The iron steamship Mississippi, owned by the Oregon Improvement Company, burned at Seattle, Washington Territory, with I,ICO bushels of coal The chief engineer was burned to death. The bunker timbers fell, killing one man and injuring another. The vessel was a total loss. She formerly belonged to the Government, and was used as a blockade nmner.... Small-fruit growers in Southern Illinois are much alarmed at the ravages of an insect Which attacks ripening strawberries, rendering them unfit for market An address “to the Irish-American societies and to all friends of Ireland” has been issued by the Executive Council of the Irish National League of America. The council met at Detroit, organized for business and adopted the manifesto referred to. The address is similar in tone and supplementary to the declaration made at the Philadelphia Convention. It solicits all Irish American societies of every kind to become affiliated with the National League, and calls for meetings to be held at which the principles of the league shall .be ra ified.... A dispatch from Victoria, B. C., reports that a Chinese riot at Lyton, on the 'line of the railway, causes considerable excitement. The Chinese assaulted the white foreman during the day, and at night a vigilance committee of twenty whites, disguised, burst into the Chinese camp and beat the sleeping men about the heads and bodies with clubs, killing one and injuring a large number. It is feared five or six will die.... The town of Qu'appelle, Manitoba, was almost destroyed by fire. The Dominion Government’s immigration building, stored to the roof with settlers’ effects, was consumed. The loss is placed at $100,000.... Five acres of Leamington, Ont, were burnt over, the only fire apparatus being an old fire-engine, which was in bad condition. Secretary Folger has requested the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation to prepare a report on the law relating to the landing of pauper immigrants. This action is to meet complaints that Great Britain is sending paupers to the United Statea William B. Carroll, deceased, a clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the city of New York, is discovered to have stolen $143,630 from the city. His thefts began with small sums in 1879, continuing until August, 1882.