Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1888 — NEWS OF THE WEEK.. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK..

The Chicago anarchists are organising again. , David T. Banker, United States Consul at Demarara, baa died there of yellow fever. Francis L Patton was unanimonsly elected President f Princeton College Thursday. Mrs. Mackin, the wife of the Chicago ballot-box staffer, has asked Governor a pardon for her husband. It is believed that the Union Labor party will have a Presidential candidate in the field despite the objections of Henry George to each a move. A rebellion against the K. of L. authorities among the employes of Block, Gerstle A Co., Cincinnati shoemakers, may lead to some exciting remits. Authentic reports prove that there were 149 deaths from the Dakota blizzard. The report that its number exceeded 1,000 is without foundation. A dispatch from Philadelphia, of Friday. says that George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger, is an actual candidate for President on the Republican ticket. The Treasury Depatment has informed Mr. Lon Chew, a Portland (Ore.) merchant that his son can not be admitted to this country from Hong Kong, owing to the restriction act. Near Greenfield, N. H., Mrs. Ada, wife of Clarence 8. D. Bowen, deserted by her husband and on the verge of starvation, committed suicide. Bowen heard of it and immediately hung himself. Wm. Ham, a blacksmith, of Sullivan, 111., who makes good wages, but spends them for whisky, has been arrested for cruelty to his children (two boys and a girl), who were found almost frcz m to death. The K. of L. general executive board has beard from President Corbin. He declines to consider the railroad strike, but says that if the miners return to work they will get a fair and impartial hearing. The Chief of the Rhode Island police, E. F. Curtis, has made his first annual report to the Legislature. The showing for the working of prohibition is poorer than it was during the first year of the trial of the law. Miss Josie Holmes, exchange clerk of the Fidelity bank, Cincinnati, and who was sweet on Harper the wrecker of the bank, will be relieved of prosecution for her valuable services to the Government in the trial of Hopkins. Ameeting was held at the National Republican League in Washington, Sunday, in commemoration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Speeches were made by Senator Cullom,Frederick Douglass, Simon Wolf and O. F. Worrell. United States customs officials captured on Tuesday night 125,000 worth of opium which was being smuggled across the boundary line at Redwood, N. Y. The smuggler and a livery stable keeper who accompanied him were arrested. A rema.kable revival, beginning with the week of prayer, has j ust closed at the Wilberforce (O.) College. Recitations were suspended and the days spent in fasting and prayer. All but two of the students are now professed Christians. John 0. Crowley, of Boston, a prominent lawyer and trustee of six estates went to Eurore in November. He is now reported a defaulter to the amount of $75,000. He stood high in society, of coursee His wife says she will make good all losses. A car on the Kansas City Cable L : ne broke its grip, Wednesday night, and ran down the Union Depot incline at a terrific rate, colliding with a cur at the bottom. Ten persons were injuredonly one fatally,that was Wood Russul), an employe of the railroad.— A pack ofcaged wolves escaped from Sanger’s circus, in London. Sunday. The elephants, camels, horses and other animals became mad with terror and were liberated with difficulty. The wolves were trapped in a stable, where they furiously devoured a horse already slain. Chairman Pearson, of the Illinois Live Stock Board, says the statements of Commissioner Colman regarding the prevalence of pleuro pneumonia among the cattle atChicago greatly misrepresented the facta. Only five, instead of 300 cattle, were exposed to the case of December 29 last. The legislative committee which has been investigating the condition of Kentucky’s famous Rowan county, returned to Frankfort, Friday morning. A very deplorable state of aflairs was found to exist, and it is probable that the county will either be abolished or transferred to another judicial district The Home Market Club of Boston gave a banquet,Thursday night, to Senator Sherman. The guest paid his respe ts to James Russell Lowell, particu- ' larly q toting Whittier’s lines on Webster in. Tchabod.” Hon. Wm. McKinley also spoke. Four hundred persons were present Timothy Herrick, chairman of the club, presided. The Dupont powder works at Wapwallopen, Pa., were blown up Friday. Four men were instantly killed and over forty persons were injured. The shock :w«8 the most- violent th at has ever been experienced in the Wyoming valley. Much damage was done inWapwallopen.

The shock was distinctly felt at Wilkeebarre, twenty miles distant The Federated Miners’ Association met at Pittsburg Friday and agreed that the scale of prices paid for mining coal from May 1 to November 1, 1888, shall be five cents above the scale base adopted previously,-and for one year from Nov. 1, 1888, 10 cents above the basis. The association will meet in Indianapolis in February, 1889. The Sugar Trust has compelled an importer to accept a price for a cargo of sugar that nets him a loss of one-half a cent on the pound. It is stated on the street that the Trust has issued a fifteen million dollar mortgage on the plants put into the combination by the members, thus leaving the 160,000,000 of certificates clear for purposes of profit The Kings County Democratic Club held a banquet in Brooklyn, Thursday night in commemoration of the birthday of Samuel J. Tilden. Among those prerent were Governor Hill, of New York; ex-Governor Abbott, of New Jersey; Wm. F ftwretary of the Interior; Hon. Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania; and ex-Governor Hoadly, of Ohio. Two men were digging up some dynamite which had been buried to protect it until wanted to use in a gas well near Bellevue, 0., Friday, when one of them struck the explosive material with his pick. The explosion instantly killed the two men and caused such a shock as to suggest an earthquake at Tiffin, bandusky, Put-in-Bay, and other points in that locality. The sub-committee of the Republican committee met at Chicano Friday and elected General Fitzsimmons,of Chicago, sergeant at arms of the National Con vention. The Grand Pacific was selected as the permanept headquarters of the National committee. About noon the sub-committee took a look at the Auditorium building, and were apparently satisfied that the vast edifice would be ready for the convention. It is proposed to limit the attendance at any onesession to B,COO. The Jury, in the case of Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, of Boston the alleged wholesale poisoner. Saturday morning rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree. In this trial she was charged with the murder of Prince Arthur Freeman, her nephew. Mrs. Robinson had previously been tried on the charge o. ki ling her son and daughter, but the jury disagreed. The incentives to all the crimes of which she is charged was alleged to be the securing of the life insurance of her victims. rOKKION. Sweden hasJmposed import duties on cereals. All vessels in the Italian navy are under orders prepare for service. Mr. Gladstone arrived at Dover from his continental trip, Wednesday, and was cordially received. Governor-General Lansdowne will leave Canada in March, and Lord Stanley will immediately succeed him. The Swiss Biindsrath has decided to in future exercise its right to control inquiries in case of political offenses. The police tj ologized to Mr. O’Brien for his arrest, 'o at he declined to accept their explanation, and threatens to bring an actii.n against the authorities. Parliament opened, Monday. The "Queen’s speech” is of the perfunctory charecter. It represents that the measures enacted for Ireland have been carried into effect with satisf&c ory results. There has been no improvement in the condition of agriculture. The operation of tracheotomy was successfully performed on Crown Prince William Thursoay. His condition had become such that the operation could not be delayed. He breathed with great difficulty, but is progressing well. It is believed the end is approaching.