Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1891 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Leonard Jerome, ut .<ew York, died at London on the 4th. Burlington, Yt, has the first Democratic Mayor in twenty years. Hereafter tbe Pittsburg authorities will permit na-aecret cremations. 1 The Australian ballot law was recommended in both houses of the Arizona Leg* islature. The widow of General Barrundl has sued the United States Government for $1,000,s ®OO damages. The Minnesota Legislature has received the committee recommendation to pass a bill prohibiting the use of tights on the stage. *■ | The Legislature of Texas adopted resolu' tions of respect to the memory of Jefferson i Davis. , I Ex-Governor Murry, of California, a 1 former resident of Kentucky, is spoken of as the possible successor of Senator Hearat. Jonathan Scoville, ex-Congressman and ex-M*yor of Bnffalo, died at the Windsor Hotel, New Nork, on the sth, of live r trouble. The Nebraska House passed the Moran bill prohibiting free passes to public and all other officials except railroad by a vote f 58 to 53. « At Reading, Pa., Samuel Sellers, aged eight, was drowned in the canal in attempting to save the life of his six-year* old brother. j The testem-ntary request of Prof. Wm ! Steffen, of Louisville, to be cremated and his ashes thrown into the Ohio river, was executed on the 7th. The testimonial of the New York mtr. chants expressing their appreciation of the reciprocity policy of Secretary Blaine was presented to that official Saturday. Railroad managers are somewhat exercised over a decision by an lowa court that it is not forgery for any one to sign another’s name to a mileage tioket. A misplaced switch caused a wreck .on he Cincinnati Southern near Flat Rock. Ky. Mrs. Noah Kearns, of Zanesville. 0., and Mrs. J. H. Townsend, of Cleveland, 0., were injured. i A burglar drilled into the vault of the bank of Freeport, Pa., and stele over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in money, negotiable bonds and valuables Tram-private boxes! • ■■■■—'■'——~—• A passenger train of six coaches was wrecked near Havana, 111., on the Bth, one man being killed and ten persons injured. The wreck caught fire and the en' tire train was consumed. A small riot occurred on the sth, at Broadway and Grand streets, Now York, between union and non-union cloakmakers. The police soon stopped the fight and made a number of arrests. The United States and Brush Electric Light Companies of New York, have sued the city for $375,000 damages for injuries I Sustained by Mayor Grant’s raid on over head wires and poles last December. Two weeks ago Charles Timmons and another young man rescued Ida Worthington from drowning in the Ohio at Cairo, 111. Her life was saved, but both rescuers have died from the effects of the exposure. The organization known as the" Knights of Raciprocity,” which sprouted from the soil of Kansas soon after the election last fall as a counter irritant to the Farmers’ Alliance,is about to blossom forth ali over the country. A poll of the Missouri House on preferences for presidential candidates resulted: Cleveland, 35; Palmer, 10; Boles, 7; Gray, 1. Eleven were aoc-commlttalAnd eleven against Cleveland. The Republicans were unanimous for Blaine. [ There is great excitement and alarm in Chautauqua county, Kansas, over the r ipid spread of the small pox among the farmers A strict quarantine is being enforced against the country people. The number I of deaths during the past sow dsys is said ' to be alarming. The schooner Elsie Smith, of Portland, is reported lost with all on board, on the beaoh off Cape Cod, between Newnnmh’s Hollow and Nansett. On board were eighteen man, and the latest report is that twelve bodies have been washed ashore oa the beach. The abandonment of tbe military post in southern Arizona has created great alarm in the Territory, and an uprising of the Indians is feared. A bill has been intro* ' duced in the House declaring the Indians • who left the San Carlos agency with arms n their possession outlaws, and offering a reward of s2oofor eaoh Indian killed upon whom at the Coroner’s inquest arms shall be found. The long strike of the coal miners of the Monongahela valley has ended in a corns plate victory for the men. The operator met at Pittsburg on the 6th and decided to concede the demands of the strikers for an advance in the mining rate of one-half cent per bushel and resume work on the 9th. The strike was one of the longest and most determined ever knowu in that section. It lasted ten weeks, and the six thousand men lost in waget. alone ove r $1,000,000.