Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1884 — GENERAL [ARTICLE]

GENERAL

William Fitzsimmons, engineer of a Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago passenger train, injured in a collision two years ago near Alliance, Ohio, was awarded $26,000 damages in the District Court at Youngstown, Ohio. The Trustees of the Garfield National Monument Association have decided upon the design ior a monument. The first prize, SI,OOO, was given to George H. Keller, of Hartford, Conn.; the second prize, $750, to Charles F. and Julius A. Sweinferth, of Cleveland; the third prize, SSOO, to Moffitt & Doyle, of New York. Mb. Gaynon, an evangelist preacher, was killed by lightning while in bed at Winnipeg, Manitoba, recently.... There were 199 failures in the United States and Canada during last week, against 505 for the preceding week... .Eleven men were dangerously injured by the explosion of a boiler in a flour-mill at Stryker, Ohio. Santiago Seguin, Mayor of New Laredo, Mexico, has been sent to jail by the District Judge for embezzling money while City Collector. The preceding Mayor -has suffered imprisonment for’ seme months for participating in a train-robbery... .At Celaca, Mexico, a mob attacked the Protestant mission, controlled by the Rev. A. W. Greehman. The latter and his party fled tb an adjacent house, pursued by the Mexicans, who fired on them. The mission people returned the fire, killing one of the rioters and wounding others. The mob was encouraged by the Mayor.