Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1885 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Indians about Fort Reno are exhibiting symptoms of hostility on account of the recent invasion of the Oklahoma boomers. The troops at Camp Russell having taken refuge in the fort. The War Department has ordered camp's to be formed along the border of Indian Territory to keep the boomers away... .George Q. Carinon, one of the Mormon leaders, adds his testimony to that of others from Utah that the Edmunds law has bred such insecurity that business is almost at a standstill, and no one feels safe from prosecution. .. .Some Wood-sawyers at Galion, Ohio, stopped their work on finding that they had cut the head from a corpse in a ho lbw log. They soon discovered SBOO in< money, a pair of revolvers, and some burglar’s tools. Thomas Parish Sherman, a New York lawyer, was arrested in Syracuse at the instance of the heirs of Hamilton White, of whom his wife is one. He is charged with squandering $1,000,000 of the estate in Wall street.. .At Batavia, N.Y,, Deputy Postmaster Ferren committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. A shortage of $2,000 in his accounts is said to be the cause.*.. .Russell Sage, whe'n brought into a New York police-court to answer the charge of larceny of bonds, was discharged for lack of criminating evidence. By a collision of trains at Delhi, Ohio, thirteen residents of Cincinnati were more or less injured.... Two passengers were badly maimed by a wreck at Lockland, near Cincinnati.. ... An engineer and fireman were killed by a collision near Cauajoharia, N. Y., where SIOO,OOO worth of rolling-stock was ' destroyed... .Near Grafton, W. Va., occurred a collision of Baltimore and Ohio trains. Three men were killed and two others were fatally injured. The wreckage on the track was twenty feet high, and a night’s work was required to uncover the corpses. The completion of the Washington Monument was celebrated at the national capital with great rejoicing on Saturday, Feb. 21. The dedicatory ceremonies! com menced at lit o’clock i > the morning. Gen. Sheridan and staff were followed to the grounds by militia companies t’r >iu Boston, Charles on. Hartford, Richmond, and Philadelphia, w ieh were organized from 1638 to 1793. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee led a division of Masonic bodies. Addresses were delivered in the open air by Senator Sherman, W. W. Corcoran, Col. T. L. Casey, and President Arthur. In the Masonic ceremonies of the District Grand Lodge the gavel used was one held in the hands of George Washington in laying the corner-stone of the national capitol. On the return march from the monument the procession was reviewed by the President ; n the afternoon, in the hall of the House of Representatives, John D. Long read the oration of Robert C. Winthrop, and John W. Daniel delivered an eloquent address, . . Dispatches from Abu-Klea Wells report that on the 15th of February Gen. Buller began shelling the Arab lines. Wei - directed shots did the enemy much damage. Maj. Wardrop, with thi teen men, stole cautiously around the enemy’s right, and, finding only a few hundred riflemen on the hills, fired a volley into their think. Leaving one man to continue the firing, the twelve others advanced, and by pursuing the saqie tactics on three successive hills gave the Arabs an impression that fresh bodies of British troops were arriving. The enemy were panic-stricken and fled toward Metemneh. Gen. Buller contemplates an adva ice to Gakdul as soon as reenforeements arrive from Kort!— The adI vance of Russian troops to the Afgh m frontier has alarmed England, and it is probable that in anticipation of further forward movements the British will occupy Herat and the mountain passes, forming a natural strategic line... .The Congo Conference has concluded its sessions... Gen. Briere de I’lsle promises shortly to expel i every Chinaman from Tonquin, and to ' close the frontier by a cordon of soldiers. Very little business was transacted in Congress on Feb. 21, the ceremonies attending the dedication of the Washington Monument occupying the attention of Senators and Representatives. The Senate held a brief se-sion, which was devoted exclusively to the pqstoffice appropriation bill The House did nothing in a lejrfslative way.