Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1888 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC. . O. F. Adams, City Treaeurerof Macon, Ga.., is t*.',ooo short in his accounts. There was a fierce snow storm in New York and aloDg the Atlantic cost Sun* day. Leonetto Cipriani, of Baltijnore, iB said td have fallen hei/ tp Italian estates —— It is believed that tie Chicago Anarchists are being reorganized under the gnise of Socialists’ Clubs. An extensive ranch will be established at Garden City, Kansas, for the propogation of the buffalo. Pocomoke City, , Md., was almost totally destroyed by fire Thursday night, the loss beiDg $500,000. Gilbert and Glen Blodgett, aged 10 and 14, fe'l through the; ic6 at Charles City, lowa, Sunday, and were drowned. Dr. McGlynn, in a speech in ChickeringHall, New York, declared himself to be in favor of force in behalf of Ireland. Twelve loaded coal barges, out of a ieet of fifteen, were sunk in the lower bay New York, Sunday night, by the storm. - Joseph Schmit and Frank Spellman, of Omaha, tinners, Thursday fell from a three-story buildingandreceived fatal injuries. In the Hebberd-Frv breach-of-promise suit at Pittsburg Thursday the defendant testified that Mrs. Hebberd did all the proposing and he did all the refusing. Adam Berkes, of Sardinia, Ohio, who was flogged by masked men last Saturday night upon a charge that he had been stealing coal has become a raving nianiac. In the suit of the Cotton Compress Company of Little Rock, Ark., against various insurance companies for insurance on cotton burned, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs for $240,000. Following are the official returns of the vote of Virginia: Cleveland, 151,977; Harrison, 150,442; Cleveland’s majority, 1,535. The vote in 1884 was: Cleveland, 145,497; Blaine, 139,256; Total, 284 853; Democratic loss, 4,6i/6. James E. Bedell, the real estate clerk of Chipman, Barlow, Laroque & Choate, of New York, who swindled his employers and their clients out of $264,000, by means of forgeries,has ben sentenced to State prison for twenty-five years. T. V. Powderly has been re-elected Master Workman of the Knights of Labor and his salary continued at? $5,000 per year. Morris L Wheat,of lowa, was elected General Worthy Foreman and John W. Hayes, of New Brunswick, N. J., Secretary-Treasurer. About half the land west of Central Park, New .York, owned by the late Joshua Jones, was sold at auction, Friday, by the executors of the estate, and fetched abouts2,ooo,ooo. The property was bought by Mr. Jones’ father in 1808 for lessthan $3, : 00. Bennett Walling and Mrs. Sarah Morris, both 8f Port Monmouth, N. J., married, Saturday. The groom is eightythree years old. and his bride is seven years his jjmior. The marriage was the result of an agreement on the bride’s part in case Hariison was elected. P. T. Barnurn, the showman, is a thing of the past. He has settled up his business and Sunday announced that he had turned his w’hole circus over to Mr. Baily, who will own and conduct it, and that he himself had forever retired. Advancing years and a desire to enjoy, iris old age in quiet are the "causeaT'WlTfcti lert~Mi Bai n urn to close out. Mr. Barnum is getting to be infirm. The Inter-state Convention of the Young Men’s Christ an Association in session at New Albany, Friday, elected C. D. Meigs, Indianapolis, President, O H. Connor, Richmond, Vice President; F. W. Douglass, Evansville, and L. C. Whitcomb, South Bend, Secretaries; J. F. Waliick, Indianapolis, Treasurer. The report of the State Secretary shows nineteen associations in this State, with a membership of 3 768, and five buildings, valued at $174, 00. Suit for libel, in which damages are laid at Sj2sO t Ooo, was commenced in the Circuit Court Wednesday evening by

the South Side Elevated Railroad Company against the Chicago, Times. The actionable language user) in the conrplaint is as follows: “It is the purpose of the gang Aldermen to push the ordinance through, and their reward will be commensurate with the labor.” Most sensational developments are expected if the case ever c(Tines 1 to trial, as the Times in defense will plead truth of the charges. ‘ ______ To©case of the Schuvler National Bank vs. John G. B llin, just decided in the Supreme Court, is of unusual interest to National Banks generally. Bollin brought suit under section 5,197 and 5,198, United States revised statutes to, recover an amount of usurious interest paid. .The court held that the State courts oi the record, had jurisdiction ;that where usurious interest is taken from the face of a note hy a National Bank it can recover only the face of the note, Hess the usurious ifiterel-t, arid’ tStat where usurious interest'had been paid in advance? the borrower can recover 4oubledhe-amount of interest so paid. Edward Pinffelstone, president of life Journeymen Barbers’, National Union. No*J, of New v ork, has resign d w that offlqe, because, as he declares, the socialistic ants anarchistic elements are gaining control of the labor organizations, and .if the* tendency be

not rebaled and opposed by the conservative, laboring element, there is afore to be eventually some such out break as that predicted by Inspector Bonfleld, of Chicago, ’which will unjustly but inevitably involve and disgrace the labor organizations, 1 which have tolerated extreme ideas. < ? ' The large fishing schooner Edward Nortop, of and from Boston, went ashore nTY-FutUXUiff.Point nftflr , at 6:30 o’clock Sunday night, and 'ftomediably went to pieces. Her crew consisted of sixteen men, and fifteen of them perished. One man, Allen by name, clung to the vessel, and’when the tide left her Monday morning he. succeed in reaching the shore. The vessel was discovered by the midnight patrol of the Life Saving Station, but too late to render assistance. Saelies bottom up and is a complete worck. She is owned by Stubbs & Co., of Boston. The official cvnvass of the vote of Connecticut, Wednesday, shows Cleveland 74,920, Harrison 74,584, Fisk 4,235, Labor 246. Cleveland’s plurality! 336. For Governor—Morris (Democrat) 75,074, Bulkeley (Republican) 73,659, Camp (Prohibitionist) 4,631, An4rews (Labor) 263; scattering 21. No one has a majority of the total vote, and the Legislature will elect Bulkeley and the others on the Republican State ticket. The Congressional delegation is: Simmonds, Russell and Miles (Republicans); Wilcox (Democrat.) Mile’s plurality is 26. The Home Savings Bank of Norfolk, Va.,suspended, Wednesday morning. The reason assigned for the failure by the Board of Directors is that reports recently circulated affecting its credit produced a run on the bank. The published statement giving its condition, states among the resources, loans, $276,487; overdrafts, $3,172, and among the liabilities, capital stock paid in, $50,00>; individual deposits subject to check, $265,5'-8; demand certificates of deposit, sL,lls;and bills payable $5,000 A director stated that from the Cashier’s statement, made Tuesday night, the Board of Directors hoped depositors would loose little if anything. A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., says Patrick Waters and Jessie Bates w y ere married at St. George, Tucker county, Tuesday. Wednesday they were taken from the waters of the Black Fork, at Silas Ferry, apparently dead, Mrs. Waters was revived after an hour’s hard work, but all efforts to resuscitate the husband was fruitless. The newly wedded couple went on their wedding trip to the Great Falls of the Black water, one of the" mo3t picturesque sights in West Virginia. In attempting to cross the unfinished railroad bridge at Carrack’s Ford, Mrs. Waters grew dizzy, and losing her balance fell into the stream, which there runs with a velocity of nearly twenty miles an hour. Her husband at once plunged in afeer her, and the two were swept away. At the ford, a quarter of a mile below, a railroad man attempted to rescue the couple and narrowly escaped drowning. At Silas Ford the couple were taken from the water, but too late to save the husband’s lifer

FOREIGN.

The Mayor of Havana has issued a proclamation imposing a consumption tax on all eatables, drinkables and fuel, to take effect on the Ist of January next. The press and public opinion condemn the measure.