Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1883 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

the east..-*'** ■ Aw assignment for the 'benefit of creditors was filed in New York by F. Mayer & €a, dealers In woolen goods, whose liabilities are said to exceed 11,000,000. Preferences to the amount of $516,000 were given. ....Levy Bros. A Co., clothing. New York, have failed. They gave preferences for SOOO,OOO. but have assets reaching nearly $2,000,000. Their liabilities are placed at from $1,800,060. to sl,»>uo,wo New Haven, Ct, was the scene of a $40,040 rolling-mill conflagration which threw some 125 handsoutof employment... .The cornerstone of the Burnside Memorial Hall at Bristol, B. L, was laid by President Arthur, Judge Colt delivering the oration. At a lunch which followed at the residence of Gov. Bourne, the tablecloth and silver used did similar duty at a reception to Washington in 179 a Section B of Steinberg’s elevator at Buffalo, filled with grain, was burned, causing a loss of $155. uw) The boiler of the steamer J. S. Robinson, lying at an Albany dock, exploded, killing three persons instantly, and wouuding many others Craft lying contiguous to the Robinson were badly damaged. The shock of the explosion resembled an earthquake. and caused consternation in the vicinity. There were many narrow escapes from death.... .Blair Brothers, proprietors of- the carworks at Huntington. Pa, have become insolvent. Their assets are valued at * 310,0 u, and their liabilities will aggregate s2i 0,0(10... .Homier beat the fastest tiu eemile time on record at the Hulton (Pa.) regatta. going over the course in twenty minuteß and three seconds. Jaw-Eye-See won the purse of $5,000. at Fleetwood park, New York, by defeating St, Julien in straight heats. The line of spectators extended for two miles, and the equipages numbered 5,000. The betting was very heavy, at SIOO to SOO in favor of St. Julien. Toe tirst heat was made in &:80.>*, the :econd in 2:18-.:, add the third in 2d a ....The jury in the llose Ambler case returned a verdict at Stratford, (It. that they were unable to say who killed her, but from Lewis' connection with her, they “think suspicion points toward him.” “ i THE WEST. '♦ ~ Lyman Blair, a prominent Chicago merchant, met his death in a tragic manner. He had arranged to go hunting, and had hia gun in*his sleeping apartment Immediately after lunch he went to his room, and the report of the weapon was soon beard The muzzle must have been close to his mouth as his false teeth were shattered and his tongue burned. The upper portion of his head was blown off; the room was besmeared with his blood and brains, and one eye lay on the bureau The jail at Ashville, Ohio, was consumed, and an unknown inmate perished in the flames. The Santa Fe road last week sold at. -$3.19 per aere, all iis lands from Topeka westward for 150 miles... .At Osakis, Minu,, on the Manitoba road, the boiler of a steam threshing machine exploded, killing four men and dangerously injuring two..,’.Sitting Bull is in a slate of uncertainty as to which of his two wives he will give tip, and the ceremonv of receiving him into the Catholic Church has been indefinitely postponed. ■■ •*'-•'• ~ . The Illinois Stats Fair, which was held this year- in Chicago, proved a great financial success, the Attendance far exceeding that at any rrbvious exhibition. Over 50,000 people n*fu admi Ssion to the 1 grounds in one daj7"“All methods of convevonce to and from the grounds w ere strained to the utmost capacity in the effort to furnish transportation to the great throng of humanity. It is said that Chicago has not been so crowded since the Knights Templar Conclave was held there three years ago. The north express train on the Eel river branch of the Wabash and Detroit railway, when near Peru, Ind.y on the night of the -Bth ult, was boarded by three men wearing dark masks over their faces. They confronted Burt Loomis, the messenger of the Pacific Express Company in his ear, leveled revolvers at his head, and demanded the keyi of the safe. The robbers overpowered him, and beat him with the butts of their revolvers. At last he surrendered "%e keys to the safe. He was then bound and agag placed in his mouth. The robbers then opened the safe, abstracting some $15,00.) in exnress packages, besides other valuables, and jumped from the platform, locking the express car behind them. When the train reach Peru the agent and others forced the doors and found the messenger insensible, Telegrams were immediately sent in all directions.

Near Shakopee, Minn., the broken section of a freight train on the Minneapolis and St Louis road ran into another division, telescopirg some cars, and instantly killing the engineer, fireman, a brakeman and a cattle driver.-.. .The Northwestern. Rifle As Bociation's annual tournament closed at Fort Snelling last week, the Minneapolis team again winning the association's champion badge, defeating the Ch cago and Milwaukee teams,i..Nearly au inch of snow fell at Owatonna, Minn.. on the 28th ult Three men attacked an A., T. and Santa Fe passenger train at Coolidge, Kan., for the purpose of robbing the express car. Engineer John Hilton, for refusing to stop the train, was shot dead, and the fireman was severely wounded The express messengers, however, repulsed the bandits after several shots had been tired, one slightly injuring Messenger Peterson. The robbers were pursued and arrested.... The Conway Manufacturing Company’s sash, door and blind establishment at Milwaukee was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at ♦1(0,000. The insurance amounts to ♦94,(00. Three members Of the fire department were seriously hurt while attempting to check the progress of the flames... .An explosion at the California jpowder-works at Stege’s station, near San Francisco, the scene of several recent disasters, resulted in the death and horrible mangling of forty Chinamen out of a working force of forty-two. One white man was injured 4t fUrelbyville, Ind, a house of ill-fame was •eton fire, and two of the inmates —Flora Garrett and Maggie Wells—who were sleeping -in a back room up-stairs, perished in the flames.... The Illinois State Fair, held at Ch'cago, realized about $40,000 from tickets and $3.0p0 from privileges. The expenses were about ♦£5,000, leaving a handsome sorplua 'v- ' THE south. George Laelere, a colored man, who died in New Orleans at the age of 110 years, claimed to have been Prince of a tribe of negroes in Guinea, and was a fullgrown man when brought to the city and sold as a slave in 1603. He served Paul Laflere in the War of 1812, and cared for his aons In the Mexican campaign Before the rebellion he was freed and given money enough to sustain him comfortably. A Fort Smith (Ark.) dispatch re- > porta that between Chllder'n Station and Webber’s Falls. Indian Nation, while Deputy United States Mnvhal* Beck and Merrill were attempting to arrest John Bark and a Cherokee named JohnM. Jacks, whisky peddlers, both officers were killed. Merrill was in with revolvers. B&rk osc&pod. ■

While the brothers, Samuel G., William O. and Thomas Rogers, were taking depositions at Blue Lick, Ky., in their father's will contest, Samuel, who is President of the Farmers’ Bank at Carlisle, drew his revolver and shot his two brothers, inflicting mortal wounds. William is aSt Louis lawyer and Thomas is a farmer. The fratricide claims that he thought bis brothers were about to tire at him. . ..The hangman closed the career of three negroes at Chathapi, Va., who waylaid a white man on his why to market with vegetables, and of a colored man at Savannah, Ga, who killed a sailor. At a camp-meeting near Winston, N. C., the appearance of a large number of moccasin snakes caused fifty ladies in the congregation to faint Several persons were bitten before the men could kill the reptiles WASHINGTON. Maj. Gen. Pope, now commanding the Department of the Missouri, will probably sueeeed Gen. Sheridan in command of the Military Division of the Missouri, which includes, besides the Department of Missouri, the Dejiartment of Dakota, Texas, and the Platte... .Gen. Sherman has fixed upon the Ist of November as the date upon which lie will turn over the command to Gen. Sheridan and practically retire to civil life, although he will not be placed on the retired list of the army until the Bth of February. ....D. YV. Glassie. of YVashmgtay has been disbarred as a patent attorney before the Interior Dejiartment on account of irregular practices The following message was received by President Arthur in answer to the President’s congratulations upon the opening of the Central and South American Telegraph Company’s lines: “The Emperor and Empress of Brazil thank the Pre ident and Government of the United States, and in returning their salute concur with tiiem in the assurance thatAthe new channel of direct communication mien between the two countries via Valparaiso and Galveston will contribute to the mainten- . anee of the happy relation existing between them and to their material benefit” The only excitement in Washington just now is over the Civil Service act The Civil Service Commissioners and the heads of departments are at logger heads, and there are all kinds of opinions as to what the law really means... .Ex-Secretary Blaine has leased his new and palatial Washington residence to L. Letter, of Chicago, for a term of years. The readjustment affects the salaries of 2,170 Postmasters. Eorty-four offices have been added to the Presidential list, and twenty-five Presidential offices have been reduced to the fourth class,’ leaving the number of Presidential post offices Oct. 1 2,175, with salaries amounting to $ ’,750,009 Every part of the country is included fn the readjustment The changes in some of the larger offices are noted below: Present Salary* as Name of office. salary-. Adjusted. St. 1 Louis $4,000 *O,OOO Chicago 4,000 6,000 Cincinnati U.ooo 5,000 New 0r1ean5..................Unchanged Knoxville 2,6)0 2,900 Louisville. 8,500 2,600 Memphis 8,000 8,300 Chattanooga. 2,500 2,T00 San Francisco 4,<>00 6.000 Pittsburgh 3,900 3,800 Omaha 3,000 3,300 Detroit! ", .77T7"3,800 3,-TOO-POLITICAL. The Greenback State Convention in Massachusetts was attended by 375 accredited delegates. Ben Butler was nominated for Governor and John Howes for Lieutenant Governor without the formality ofa vote. Howes declined to serve, and joined with- other prominent GreOnbackers in calling a new convention at Worcester lor Oct 16.

Bf.n Butler was renominated by acclamation for Governor of Massachusetts in the Democratic State Convention. 'William A Simmons, in seconding the nomination. said the blue blood and cavaliers must go down. Frederick O. Prince was selected for Lieutenant Governor.... .The Republican State Convention of Nebraska nominated t M. B. K. Reese for Judge of the Supreme Court The Republicans of Maryland met in convention at Baltimore and nominated Hart B. Holton, of that city, for Governor by acclamation; Washington Smith, of Dorchester, for Comptroller, audit S. Matthews, of Baltimore, for Attorney General. The resolutions adopted cordially approve of the course of President Arthur, but declare that grave abuses continue to exist in the administration of the State Government, and that the rulers must be dethroned.... r lhe New' York Democracy held their Convention at Buffalo, and disposed of the business for which they met, without a row, though there w r as some wTangliug among the contesting delegations. Isaac H. Mavnard w r as nominated for Secretary of State, Alfred C. Chapin for Comptroller, Robert A. Maxwell for Treasurer, and Dennis O'Brit: n for Attorney General. The platform denounces taxation-to rai#ua surplus fund for distribution among the States by the Federal Government, and heartily indorses Gov. Cleveland's administration. The ascertained views of forty-one Republican mombers elect of the next Congress, says a Washington correspondent, indicate.that the party as a whole oppose a reopening of the tariff question at the next session. The views of the seventy-nine Democratic members indicate that their party will favor a further revision of the ' tariff and liberal appropropriations for the Mississippi river, mav favor the abolition of the internal revenue, Land a large majority favor’free tobacco. Most of the seventy-nine refuse to oxpiess themselves on the Speakership" question, but to the extent that they have done so Carlisle seems to be the fdvorite. Hiscoek is the favorite Republican candidata ——— ■ ■■■' 'v GENERAL. The worst storm of the season occurred on the night of Sept 24, on Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Huron, Several vessels went to pieces and sank, the property, losses will foot up a large amount, and there was some loss of life... .The Chief Superintendent of the Panama Canal reports that it will be finished in 18518, Next month (300,1 X 0 subscriptions of £OO francs each will be offered at 285 franca Col. George Knapp, President of the St Louis Republican Company, died on board a steamer from Antwerp, en route home. He was born in 1814, in Orange countv, N. Y., and entered the office of the Republican at the age of 12 years. He participated in the Mexican war as a Lieutenant in the St. Louis Grays. Two months ago he went to the Kissinge'n springs in Bavaria The hurricane which visited Nassau. N. P., and that vicinity on the 7th nit. de-troyed hundreds of vessels and caused great 10.-s of life. A Nassau dispatch says'the list of lives lost can only be partia'ly obtained. Fifty-three have been so far rejtorted, but it i 6 ttfought many more have perished. Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune, was a witness before the United States Senate Sub-Committee on Education and Labor. The chief cause of the impecuni- | oils condition of the masses of laborers in I tbit country be attributed to their ow n improvidence! The only way to improve them was to teach them' to save. Too much of the earn ngs of laborers was spent in liquor and tobacco. It had been calculated that the amount annually spent by the laboringpopulation in drink was $40(5,000,000. ana at least ♦2OU,OJO,(XX) more was spent in cigars, tobacco, and useless amusements j What the country wanted, he said,. 1 more industrial schools should • ■ 'T~ l !~TT “

be established in very large cities, where education in technical arts could be obtained In speaking of the railroad question the witness said some mean)) should be adopted for securing a uniformity, of rates. Railroads should uot be permitted to exercise the power of arbitrarily changing the value of ull products of the country. Both State and Federal legislation should- be employed to remedy this evil The capitalization of many railroads was fair in excess of the cost of construction of the roads, and ; they were annually tleecing the people of •the country out of millions of dollars in profits. The revenues of the Dominion of Canada for the past'year were $35,888,384, and the expenses of the Government $22,805,229, leaving a surplus of $7,083,105, exc usive of the amounts received from the sale of lands in the Northwest Territdries. The school-slate market is in a bad way on account of overproduction, and the the manufacturers have been brSeretDtO take a sixty-days’ rest... .There were 104 failures in the United States reported to Jtraihtrect'x during the week ending Sept 20—thirteen less than the preceding week, nine less than the corresponding week of 1882, and fifty-two more than the same week of 1881-.,. ..Mrs. Diana Colphus, aged 115, died at London, Ont She was a- negress, born in Kentucky in 1768. The base-ball season closed on the 30th of September. Boston wins the championship of the National League from the Chieagos, which has held it for the past three years; Philadelphia captures the American Association flag, while Toledo will next year fly the new Northwestern League penant The following table shows the games won and lost this season by the eight clubs comprising the Nations* League:

a-ow o-a ai'OihJ o o p- r> S':a o S’S- a SJffl fffri =7=3 2 s is- h- oigig clubs. ? 3 gvgl;. o’ 3 i : g \t ■ :*• §§lHa I m 805t0n...,....,. 7j 810 7 711014 63 Chicago. 7 j 7, 6 9 9| 9 fgs9 Providence 6 7j—; 6 7 9 1211:53 Cleveland .] 4 8 8 Buffalo 7 5| 7i 7 New Y0rk........... 7 8| 5; 6 sj—j 6 1246 Detroit ,4! 5j 2| 5; 5! S -11 40 Philadelphia 0 » 3; 2j 5 2 317 Games lost ,|35 31>140;42 45 50 ss’Blj

Figures of the failures for the third quarter of 1882, compiled by R G. Dun <fc Co., of New York, show a great increase in the number of mercantile disasters, as compared with last year. The number of failures in the quarter just closed is 1,803, with liabilities of $52,000,0.0, while for the same quarter of 1882 there were only I,LOG, with liabilities of $18,000,000. For the first nine months of 18n! the failures reported number 0,4-10, as against 4,.v.t7 in the s ime period last year. The liabilities for the first nine months of the present year are $118,000,000, as against $09,000,000 for 1882. In Canada the failures for the nine months of 1888 are ov.er 1,( 00 in number, as against 597 in 188’.'. The liabilities for the first nine months of the present vear are $11,000,000, as against s.\(Oo,OJd in the same, time last year. TO REIGN. O’Donnell, the avenger, appeared in court at London, Sept. 25, with, his counsel, Mr. Sullivan, M. P., while the crown Tvas _ i :^jresented'Tjj r Mrrp : oland. able testimony was taken, including that of Carey’s son, most of it going to shojv that the assassination of Carey was premeditated, ’and that O'Donnell subsequently gloated over his work and proclaimed that he was ‘•sent to do it ” The prisoner was closely guarded to prevent a rescue In a duel at Paris between Baron Beaufort and Viscount-8t Armuud, the latter received serious wounds....A railway train was thrown from the track in RoiimSma, and a large number of passengers were maimed or killed... .Simeon C. Hadley, Alderman for Castle Baynard w ard, w-as chosen Lord Mayor of London. At Dungannon, Ireland, Thomas Power, O’Connor and Small, members of Parliament, visited Unchnaclay Market for the purpose of holding a political meeting. They were unable to speak, however, as a body of Orangemen took possession of the town and compelled them to remain within doors. The Orangemen held a meeting in the principal street. Shouts of “No home rule;' were raised, and cheers for the Queen given. The mob announced its intention of keeping possession of the town until O'Connor and Small withdrew", and declared they w-ould remain up all night to prevent the Parnellites from erecting a platform. bands played throughout the night, and great excitement prevailed.... The official report of the fatalities consequent upon the late earthquake in Ischia states that 1,990 persons were killed and 374 injured. Premier Ferry and the Marquis Tseng are still holding conferences In the meantime the Black Flags are reported as having abondoned Sontay and several Mandarins Have acknowledged their submiss on to French authority. China’s reply tc France's memorandum is said to have been rmiiMAd&iiEiUfa. rejecting -several, of the French proposals A dispatch from Hong Kong discredits the reports of impending troub-e at Canton.,.. The third marriage in St. Paul’s London, since 1758 was celebrated the other day, the contracting parties being the Lord Mayor’s daughter and Mr. Aitkin. The great bell was rung on the occasion.... .CbaTea Bradlaugh has written to Sir Stafford Northeote to the effect that he will demand his seat when Parliament assembles, and charging Northeote with causing the trouble arising from the prevention of Bradlaugb exercising his legislative rights..... The head of Capt Reviere, who commanded the Fieneh forces in Tonquin, together with the heads of thirty sold ers killed in the sortie from Hanoi, have been recovered.... Turkey is about to inform the powers that if Bulgaria lapses into a state of anarchyv the Porte will step in and preserve th« peace... .Nordenskjolds Artie expedition ha* arrived at Gottenberg, Sweden. In the presence of 250,000 people on the Niederwa’.d, the statue of Germania was unveiled, amid the booming of cannon ringing of bells, shrieking of whistles, and the singing of the national anthem by the vast gathei ing. The statue cost 1, OCO,OOH marks, and the inscription commemorates the Franco-German war, aud the reestablishment of the empire l in 1870-71. A counter demonstration was held in Paris before the “Strasbourg’’ statue.... Crotty, an Irish landlord, who had been w ounded several times previously, w as shot dead-near Ballina, County Maya.... The Salvation Army i- in trouble again—this time in Savoy! where its meetings have been prohibited on pain of expulsion. O’Donneli, the murderer of Carey, was re-examined at London, oh the 28th ixlt. and fully committed for trial. Young Carey's evidence was rather contradictory, and he admitted that he was not quite sure that O’Donnell used the words “ I was sent to do it,” but Mrs. Carey was firm on this point, and the cross-examination left her testimony intact The Irish National League of Greal Britain held its Convention at Leads Thomas Power O’Connor presiding. A heated discussion resulted in the demand ol the London delegates vto enlarge the Ex costive Committee, and its membershi{ was finally increased to ‘seven.... .A Na tional League meeting wai held at Omagh, upon which ocean on the Orangemen aisc held a demonstration. There were nc disorders The Orangemen denounced the league as seditious, and called,

** -lawiwinrainiat upon the Government to suppress the meet inga....one sheep out of a cargo of I.OOC from Canada having been found affected with scab on landing at Liverpool, the,authorities ordered the slaughter of the entire invoice When King Alfonso of Spain arrived at Paris he was met at the depot by a large concourse, who hooted and hissed at him, shouting, “Down with the Uhlan King!” The clamor and insulting cries were kept up in all the streets through which the .King passed...,. In an interview the other day O’Donneil, the slayer of Carey, de lared that he shot his man in self-defexise... .Bartholomew Binns, a railway plate-layer of Dewsbury, England, has been appointed public executioner, to succeed Mutwood.