Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1891 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Tim government is proposing tc pat mail cars on the street ear line* of some of tie large cities to faeili tate mail delivery. Labor organiza tions arc protesting against the prop ositioo, as it is very clearly show that tie establishment of a stree railway line as a postal route gives r a power over its employes that is a 1 most tyrannical. Almost invariably when a street railway has been es tablished as a postal route, the wage: of the employes have been reducer aud the hours of labor lengthened the employes being powerless, as th ordinary means of redress were be vond aTail. “ Tiik Kansas fanners celebrate the Fourth bv holding political meet ings in every eounty of the State. A feature of all the eengressiona meetings was huge banners teliin; of tie three crises in the Nation’ history. The first was in 1776, wher the Declaration of Independence re suited in the freedom of the colonic from the British yoke; the seeoh was the abolition of chattel slavery the third would be, in 1892, the ab lition of industrial slavery throug the People's party. Mass meeting, were held also by Republicans.

It is said that Sir William Goruor. Cumming and his wife intend to en tertain lavishly at their SoottisV home. This means the throwin down of the gauntlet to royalty itself, and is apt to prove a foolish venture. Some things arc not wortl undertaking, but there is nothing one undertakes that is not wortl. succeeding in. The newly weddei pair will be putting their all at stake if they issue this challenge and the odds are heavily agains them. It is so likely that man) of those Who have expressed theii sympathy and given promise of sup port in private will prove weak kneed when the test comes. Mr. Fred L. Ames, a well-known New England capitalist and railroat manager, speaks very sensibly as follows: ‘‘Railway securities, especially those of Western toads, arc held in too few hands. This condition of affairs invites attacks from Legislatures and organized labor. In Massachusetts railroad stocks arc owned largely by people-living alou” the lines of the roads. In the OIJ XJolony road there are 4,000 stockholders who own from one to three shares each. Each of these stock holders feels a personal interest in the management of the company't affairs and all hoard their dividends to buy more stock. The company carries shareholders free to the an nual meeting. The annual report is furnished to all stockholders several days before the annual meeting, and thsy are kept,.,fully informed as tc the affairs pf the company, no mat ter how small their holdings are. At a result, the company has 4,001 strong friends working with it, com peliing their legislative representa lives to protect their interests. It . -iiirh a npiflitil’nn of affnirr. cnnld In brought about in the West- it would solve manv of the great difficulties.

Mr. Peucival Lowkli., author o! “Noto, an Unexplored Corner o Japan.” claims to have been, am probably was, the first Western trav eler to set foot in that province, lit found it interesting, but not produc tive of seusatioual or remarkable in cidents. Mr Lowell possesses ade dded gift of description, and lit knows how to make the most o every incident and little adventure, so that the account of his progress through a comparatively primitive region is full of interest. Until lie got into Noto there was little hard work to be done, and no hardship, lie bowled merrily along in the na tional jurikishu. taking his meals and lodging when night fell at the tea bouses and inns which dotted the route, save in a few fishing village, too humble to support a tavern. As usual in Japan he was treated with the utmost courtesy and was repeat cdly impressed by the grace and suavity of the girl waiters who serve in the tea houses, and whose man net's are so fascinating. Sometimes he was surprised by being ushered! into a room furnished with a tablt and chairs, but generally had to be \ content with the orthodox matting. In the province of Noto lie found a large lake or inland sea, with a little steamer plying upon it, and here, also, he caire upon some singulai methods of fishing from large has Wets elevated on poles above the water.

Xtts rumored that Henry hi. Stanley had Us wife have separated, Gen. B. F. Kelley, the “hero of Phillippi,” died at Oakland, Md., on the 17thChatman Quay may resign the chair* raanship of the Republican National Committee on the29th. Discoveries have been made tending to prove that Bardslev has placed some of his stealings in hiding. A movement is on foot in Chicago look* ing to the nomination of Chief-Justice Fuller to the presidency. John Farmer, colored, was lynched at Dermott, Ark., on the 30th, for murder. He is said to have confessed, Frank Almy murdered his sweetheart, Christie Warden, near Hanover, N. H. because she had refused to marry him. A party of five fishermen were drowned in the Tennessee river near Murray. Ky., on the 19th. Their bodies were recovered. Hon. Henry Watterson does not think that Hill Isa possibility for the presidential nomination. Mr. Watterson is for Cldveland. Advices from Chicago are to the effec that there are breakers ahead for Australia. The public debt is equal to SI,OOO for every three Inhabitants. Wm. Leu thstrum.manager of the Carey t Lombard Lumber Co., Chicago, has decamped with SIO,OOO of the company’s funds and a young woman, leaving ills family destitute. Two men were killed and four fatally injured by an explosion of a box of dynamite cartridges in the hold of a vessel being unloaded at Brooklyn on the 14th. The vessel was badly damaged. Patrolman Rycsncr shot and killed Wm. Brennan and his wife at Jersey City on the 14th. The policeman had gone to arrest Brennan, when he was .attacked by Brennan and his wife, and was compelled to shoot them in self-defense. Ernest Dale Owen, of Chicago, trustee of the estate of Jose Ygnacio Rouqullla, late of Prealdlo county, Texas, has brought suit against several San Francisco people, claiming s2,3o3,ooodamages for trespassing on mineral and timber lands belonging to the estate.

Several stories are afloat In London with regard to the latest theatrical sensation—Abingdon Baird's assault on Mrs. Langtry—about which thero lias been a good deal of gossip. The following story may be relied upon as authentic, as it was told to a newspaper representative by one yvho sa\v Mrs. Langtry just after the assault had been committed, with the blood streaming doyvn her face. Some time ago Baird bought York House, Regents Park, for Mrs. Langtry, and also paid off her debts In connection with the Princess Theater, of which she is at present the leaseholder. On a recent occasion Baird returned home unexpectedly and found a young man dining with Mrs. Langtry. Without more ado he proceeded to put him out, and then knocked “the Lily” down and kicked her in the face in such a way that it is now said she will be disfigured for life. Mrs. Langtry began an action for assault against Baird, but when he came to his senses he repented of what he had done and yvent to the house. Then as a doceur and to prevent the action he paid her £25,COO in Bank of England notes. The man Baird, yvho also goes by the name of Abingdon, yvho is named in the above dispatch, is probablv the greatest blackguard and bully, and at the same time one of the richest men in England. He has an income of something like £300,000 a year, living in palatial style in London, and is one of the leading so-called sports. His constant companions are suclx disreputable people as Charles Mitchell, the prize fighter “Potty” Moore,. “Chesterfield” Goode, another pugilist, “Chippy” Norton, the richest book-maker in England and others. He was the backer of.tom Smith in his fight with Frank P. Slavin. and was expelled from the Pelican Club, the greatest sporting club in the world, for hiring roughs tonseslung-shots on Slavin during the fight. He has been Interested fin various theatrical enterprises, and is credited with having loaned large suras to Mrs. Langtry. It is not to her credit that she has even business relations with such a man, for he is tliorougly disreputable.