Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1891 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Cot. John A. Coekerlli has resigned tfc* editorship of the N. Y. World. It will take 11,250,000 to pay the rebat* of the tax on tobacco authorised? by th« last Congress. In a fight between striking brtekmaken and non-union colored men, on the 11th,a* IVnver, Colorado, two of the former wen killed. Hamilton county farmers report th« strawberry crop destroyed, the currant* partly so, while other small fruits hav» suffered. The Florence (N. J.) silk-mills have beet placed In the hands of a receiver. Debts $45,000; assets, $42,000. Cause, geners dullness In the silk trade. On a wager of SI,OOO, H. J. Stephens, th« pedestrian, at noon on the 11th started t« walk from Chicago to Omaha, a distanet of 500 mllc9, in nine days. Judge Caldwell, of the United Stater Circuit Court, decided at Kansas City that suicide does not invalidate a life Insuranct policy in Missouri. The Brooklyn handicap came off at Gravesend nnder control of the Brooklyn Jockey Club on the 15th. Thirty thousand people witnessed the race, which was wo* byTenny In 2:10; Prince Royal second and Tea Tray third. The stakes amounted it $20,000. Secretary Blaine has given assurance t« a committee of the Millers’ National Association that efforts will be made to secure such concessions In all reciprocity agreements as will place flour made In the United States on an equitable basis with that of other countries. Green B. Raum, jr., son of the Commissioners of Pensions, has been found guilty of dishonesty and dismissed from the po-» sitlon of appointment clerk in the ponslondepartmeut. He is accused of office broking and of having appropriated to his own use $72 of conscience money. John Gassoway, a respected druggist ol Pittsburg, has been called to Steubenville: 0., where he formerly lived, on a strange errand. Seventeen years ago he was sent to the penitentiary in Cleveland, 0., ob charge of stealing a watch. A Mrs. Mar-* garet Lane writes to Steubenville, fronj Philadelphia, that she stole the watch foi which Gassoway was sentenced. She is dying of consumption. Arrivals of immigrants at the ports of Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisdo. comprise about 99 per cent, of the entirg Immigration of which record and reporf are made. During the first three monthi es the current year the arrivals Vat the si* ports named were as follows: 1,800; Boston, 2,050; New Orleans, r 99; New York, 73,607; Philadelphia, 8,664; San Francisco, 731. Total, 96,048.

THE CHARLESTON IS GAINING. City or Mexico, May 13.—The Chilian steamer Itata is sailing under difficulties and the United States war ship Charleston. Is gaining on her. It is expected that thq two vessels will reach Acapulco within few hours of each other, and it is possible that the fleeing vessel may be overtaken to-day. THE LATEST BUMOBS. Citt or Mexico, May 14. ' sinking of the Chilian steamship Itata is as yet unconfirmed, though various additions to the first rumor are current. One story is that the Charleston fired on the Itata because the latter refused to heaveto when ordered, and the Chilian warship answered by firing some of her small deck guns. Only a few shots had been fired when a shell from one of the Charleston’s eight-inch guns exploded In the Itata’s hold, and a whole cargo of powder stored there exploded, blowing the Itata to fragments. Still another report says that the itata on being overhauled by the Charleston endeavored to escape and only fired on the latter witl* her stern guns. A running fight was kepji up for several miles, when a number at 3hots struck the Itata and sunk her. Th* [ate of the crew Is not known. Authorities here deny that they have received an) official reports of the affair.