Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

1 THE EAST. Mead. Mason A- Co.'s furniture factory, with the adjoining buildings, at Lebanon, N. H., was deetioyedby fire, the loss being placed at $390,000. ' ■ An arch in a furnace in the Edgar ■ Thompson Steel Works at Braddocks, Pa., collapsed, burying a number of men in the red-hot debris.' Five men were fatally burned, their flesh being literally cooked. AT Pittsburg, Miss Vannie Hill was refused a license to marry W. T. Lavelle, convicted of robbing Pan Handle freigh cars. All efforts to secure his release on a Hew trial failing, she will wait till the .expiration of his term and then beconje his wife. The conspiracy trial at Buffalo resulted, in the conviction of Hiram B. and Charles W. Everest, of the Rochester branch.of the Standard Oil Company. The penalty is ope year's imprisonment, SSOO fine, or both. 'I he defendants, who are father and son, ate millionaires, and naturally enough arc much “surprised” at the verdict They will appeal, of course, relying upon the money and influence of the Standard Oil Company to secure a reversal of the verdict, This is the first time that any of the tools of this unscrupulous corporation have ever been brought within hailing distance of justice, and the event will be hailed as an auspicious one by the entire country.... A fire at the New York Central's hay-sheds in New York destroyed property to the value of Slst»,oot».