Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1884 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. Th® Sprague mansion at Providence has been purchased for $34,400 by Fall River parties, who will reform it into a Catholic school or convent... .Tilden G. Abbott, who wrecked * Watertown, Mass., bank, was sentenced to eight years in the Massachusetts State Prison. Among those in attendance at the annual banquet of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Club, at the residence of Col. Duffy, Lancaster, Pa., last week, were Senators Edmunds, Pendleton, Bayard, J. Donald Cameron, Angus Cameron, Samuel J. Randall, Gen. Simon Cameron, Charles A. Dana, George W. Childs, and the Judges of 'the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. At Butler, Pa., the boiler at oil well No. 13 exploded, killing the engineer. Bichard Walker, and fatally injuring his son. By a collision between a church excursion train and an accommodation train on the Camden Road, near Ashland, Pa., eight employes were killed and a number badly wounded. The disaster occurred at a sharp curve, and was caused by the non-reception of a telegraphic dispatch. Both locomotives were destroyed. THE WEST. The Union Depot at St. Paul, Minn., was destroyed by fire the other night; loss $250,000. The fire originated in the kitchen of the part used as a restaurant. An expressman named Frederick Ardell and an unknown companion were burned to death in a stable at Chicago.... Rev. Dr. Worthington, of Detroit, has sent a telegram declining to accept the position of Bishop of Nebraska. Calhoun Benham, a promineat lawyer of San Francisco, died a few days ago. In the famous duel between Judge David Terry and Senator Broderick, Benham acted as Terry's second. Benham also acted as a volunteer aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Beauregard at the boftle of ShilohThree Deputy Sheriffs at Salt Lake, armed with Winchester rifles, executed Fred Hoyt, who had been three times tried ♦ for murder. He sat upon his coffin, blindfolded, and the officers fired from a point tea paces distant. Judge Edgebton. at Yankton, D. T., granted a motion quashing the indictment against Gov. Ordway, alleging the grand jury's want of jurisdiction.

“In s prize-fight near Minneapolis, Minn., between, Patey Mellen and Jack Keefe, foerrteen rounds were fought in fifty-six ■rinates, when Mellen was declared the

I|Alkx. Fiddlee. a notorious crook, was found hanging to a tree near Sturges, Dakota Territory. The lynchers are unknown. ... .The body of a man named Bechtel was found in the Jim River, near Mitchell, Dakoto Territory, and it is believed that he was executed by the vigilantes. THE SOUTH. In Pendleton County, SV. Va., Andy Adams, a youth who had become insane on the subject of religion, butchered his mother and 8-year-old sister. He stated to his oaptors that the Lord had told him to offer them up as a sacrifice, and He would restore them to life again.... A violent storm passed over the country in the neighborhood of Martinsville, Va., and one boy was struck by. lightning and fatally injured. Fruit trees were badly damaged. Ten shots were exchanged in the deadly affray at New Albany, Miss.,between Mayor Reeves and Lloyd Ford, a desperado. Fordwas shot in the breast, from which he died. Just as Ford was about dying he asked a bystander: “Did I run?” “No.” “Then! die in peace.”... .B. F. a manufacturer of coach trimmings in Baltimore, having separated from his wife, went to th.e residence of his brother-in-law, and tried to kill himself with a knife. While bleeding profusely he was driven from the premises, when he climbed the railing of the city reservoir and soon drowned... .At Baltimore. Lewis Stanger mistook Marion Deems, a boarder, for a burglar- and shot him dead. A number of German claimants are trying to establish their title to the lands of the Oolenoy Valley, in Oconee County, South Carolina. The lands are among the most valuable in the State, and contain rich mineral deposits. The claim of the Germans is based on grants said to have been made in 1790, and are resisted by over 1,000 present occupiers. Gidiere, Day 4 Co., cotton factors at New Orleans, have suspended, and ask an extension. Liabilities, $280,000: assets, $380,000. WASIIIXCiTOX. On the recommendation of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, the President has decided to order a court-martial for the trial of Gen. Swaim for alleged irregular financial transactions. /.. The June crop reports received at the Agricultural Department show an increase of 4 per cent, in the area under cotton, and a general average of 87, as against 86 at this period last year. There is an increase of 9 per cent, in the area under spring wheat, and the condition is placed at 101. The winter wheat crop continues to show a high average, as well as oats and barley. Capt. Von Eisendecker, the German Minister, has presented his letter of recall to the President. Some of the sufferers by the collapse of Middleton 4 Co., bankers, are endeavoring to secure their indictment for obtaining money under false pretenses. It is stated that charity funds and speculators’ margins were swept away with the ordinary funds, until nothing is left in the way of assets. . ...Geoige E. Spencer writes to Representative Springer denying the statement of S. W. Dorsey that Spencer demanded $12,000 from Elkins to secure Dorsey immunity in the star-route trials. POLITICAL The Nevada Democratic State Convention, which met at Austin, passed resolutions demanding the nomination of Tilden and Hendricks, the removal of all restrictions en silver coinage, the absolute exclusion of the Chinese from the United States, and the enactment of laws preventing the IMuisition of lands by aliens. In the

Calif orniajDemocratic State Convention, a proposition by John H. Wise to send delegates to Chicago for the old ticket was followed by deafening applause for several minutes. The Democratic State Committee of Michigan met at Jackson and adopted resolutions favoring Tilden and Hendricks. A resolution favoring tariff for revenue was 105 t... .Gen. Claiborne, in calling the Democratic State Convention of Texas to order at Fort Worth, said: “Tariff fpr revenue only is the Democratic slogan; men are secondary issues." This sentiment was greeted with Vociferous applause and shouts of “Tilden." Hon. Samuel J. Tilden has addressed a letter to Daniel J. Manning, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of New York, formally declining a nomination for the Presidency. He writes: “I ought not to assume a task which I have not the physical strength to carry through. * * * In my condition of advancing yearsand declining strength If eel po assurance of my ability to accomplish these hopes (of reform]. I cannot now assume the labors of an administration or ,of a canvass. * * * I have but to submit to the will of God in deeming my public career forever closed.” The Texas Democratic State Convention selected as delegates at large to Chicago, Gov. Hubbard, D. C. Gidding, Thomas J. Brown, and John P. Smith. Before the declination of Mr. Tilden was made known the delegates were instructed for the old ticket: but subsequently a resolution was passed allowing the representatives of the State in the national convention to act on their judgment. The Texas Democrats have adopted resolutions denouncing a protective tarifl as unconstitutional, unjust, and in conflict with the genius and spirit of a free government. The delegation is uninstructed.... In answer to a telegram from the St. Louis Evening Chronicle, Daniel Manning answers for Mr. Tilden that his letter means th;it under no circumstances will he be a candidate for the Presidency. A meeting of the Massachusetts Independents, over which Charles W. Cadman presided, condemned at Boston the Republican Presidential nominations, and trusted the Democrats would name men suitable to their views. They also instructed their Executive Committee to call a convention not later than Aug. 1. President Eliot, of Harvard, in a speech, hoped a new party would glow out of this movement. A committee was appointed to hold a conference with the Independent Republicans of—New York. and : letters from . sympathizers were - read.... In order to ascertain the Presidential preferences of the Democratic masses in the central portion of the country, since the declination of Mr. Tilden, the Chicago Times secured interviews with several thousand influential gentlemen. The dispatches indicate that the Western States are largely in favor of Cleveland and McDonald as the strongest team. Ohio urges the claims of Thurman, and Indiana shows a full appreciation of McDonald. The Democracy of Massachusetts are united in support of Butler. In the Southern States Bayard pi Oves a prime favorite.