Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1891 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The foolish stun who attempted to ■cross the AtUmtie frdm Boston to England in a “dary" was picked up In mid‘Ocean by one of the large passenger ships and conveyed to Liverpool. He thad been wrecked, and for four days without food and water. He-says he will not do so again. W« presume there are other fools who will, however.

AVtast, after two-thirds of a year of War, the revolutionary party has triumphed in ChUL The fall of Valparaiso no doubt virtually doses the owflict Each side apparently staked ah on the issue of that struggle, and •Balmaceda’s defeat there means the ■ utter destruction of bis cause. From the beginning the sympathy of the world has been with the "Congressional party «r rqvotaitioaists. They ■ have represented constitutional government, while President Balmacoda has stood for despotism ai d one-man power in its most extreme and offensive form. The of that autocrat will make the role of tyrant and dictator a little dees attractive to ambitious men in the South American republics than it has ibeen thus far, and will give liberty and law a stronger foothokl.

Ta» surveying party whidh has been engaged Tor two years in defining the boundaries of Alaska has confirmed the accuracy of the British survey, by which it was determined that the Yukon gold fields are in Canadian territory, and consequently American miners ■will be under certain disadvantages in these fields. We had been led to believe by a previous survey that the region in which they lie wos within our lines; but it turns out, to eur disadvantage, that there was an error of three miles in that survey. Dr. Kingsbury, who belongs to the American surveying party by whicn the error has been corrected, says that the Yukon gold fields in Canada are very rich, but he encouragingly adds that the precious metals abound also in the American districts of the Yukon, and that the surveyors found ’evidence that Alaska contains some of the richest mineral regions in this country. The prospectors are mow looking around these, and we may have solid reports from them before long.

According to life report of a re. turning party of scientific men from Lieut Peary’s expedition to the extreme north, Lieut Peary broke his leg in Melville Bay, and the little company of explorers ie now landed and encamped on the shore of Melville Bay on Murchison Sound—that is to say, Lieut Peary, his wife, and five companions. Behind the camp ice floes rise to a height of 2,400 feet. The shadows fall early, even now, and at the end of October will begin the long Arctic night, to last for 113 days. In the middle of a day in the middle of this night one can hardly recognize a friend twenty paces off. There is little game to be found on Murchison Sound, and it is extremely doubtful whether, when daylight returns, the gallant Lieutenant make his way successfully in his whaleboats to Danish Greenland, a distance of 600 miles. Is not such possible disaster and such certain suffering, one wonders# an excessive price to pay for the meagre returns to science, that can be possibly gained by the few fortunate survivors? Yet Gen. Greelv

is understood to have stated that the chief result of his fate-stricken expedition was the discovery, from observations of tidal ebb and flow, that the stars had an appreciable effect on gravitation. Might not this have been demonstrated by rigid calculations, without this final proof, will be asked. Was it not, in fact, foretold by the ingenious Mr. Samuel Butler, ih one of his rejected communications to the British Association? Science; however, is an irresistible (though often fatal mistress, and it is Idle to count the cost of her service to those who have entered it varcnrnf mwis. *’ If there is some predatory qpemy of the poultry that diminishes their numbers by day it is probably tbe hawk. He will pounce down at the most unexpected times and swoop up chickens, tearing them to pieces for his bloody feast Set a pole in the ground fifteen or more feet high, squaring the top just large enough to hold a steel trap already set No bate will be needed, but the trap should be firmlv bound to the poiowith rope or chain. The hawk will quickly trap himself. wb«Ja he lights to make his customary observations—American Cultivator

The outlook for thO rice crop in South Carolina IstflscbUragißg. James La Ton rot to. Of St. Louis, proposes to locate extensive smcKing works at Anderson. Major J. W. linwiy. oditor-ln chief of the New York Mail and Express, diediia Falls on theUth. - Melbourne is not regarded as » rain king la Wyomiug since his seccad attempt at rain producing has failed. The Pensacola has been rtttfercd to Honolulu because of the disturbed condition of affairs in the Hawaiian islands. The work of removing the intruders from the Sac and Fax and lowa reservations has begun. No 'resistance is being

offered to the troops. Experts, who have'examined the books of MarketCkTk David Hastings, of Allegheny City, report that his stealings amount to 152,000. The Minneapolis Board of Trade has rejected nhe proposal of the St. Paul Board Trade looking toward aoowsolidatiem df the twocities. Joseph Deer of Vermontville, Mich,, blew out the gas in a room at the Burnett House. Toledo. 0., and died from asphyxiation before relief came. Great numbers of colored men areleatvtng'tho South in the expectation <*f securing homes, in the new settlements to be 'opened adjoining Oklahoma on the'east. The ‘Htata’’ trouble with Chili has been settled by thc return of the vessel to that ■country. This country is to be reimbursed Tor its expenses in making the memorable chase. The Tennessee convict lessees have 'madea proposition to the Legislature to build a new prison and to care for the convfets; proper!y, and it is thought the proposition xvill be accepted. Mrs. George Griffin, of McGregor, Texas, 'gave birth to triplets ten months ago, and a few days since she terrified her husband ■by presenting him with a quartette. Motherland all seven are doing well. Near Hartington, Neb., Dennis O’Fla'lierty, a wealthy ranchman, offered three of his neighbors poisoned alcohol. One died, a second is reported dying, while the third will recover. O'Flaherty will apecover. John F. Cramer, one of the proprietors of the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, has been arrested,, for alleged violation of the anti-lottery law in publishing an extract from a San Francisco paper attacking 4ihe validity of the act. The large store of Albert Drake, at St. Louis Crossing, iu which Mr. Drake carried a general stock of merchandise, was destroyed by fire. Loss 17,000; insurance, National of Hartford Concordia of Wisconsin >I,OOO and Underwriters >2,100. Lieut. Governor Jones, who is a candieate for the Democratic nomination for, Governor of New York, has addressed an open letter to Mr. Cleveland warning him against allowing his name to be used by Mr. Flower's supporters in that gentleman's Interest, Lon V. Stevens, Receiver of the Fifth National Bank, SL Louis, has brought suit in the United States Circuit Court against the directors of the bank to recover >313,337.97 money alleged to have been loaned by the bank in violation of statutes and which could not be collected by the receiver. Joseph Perrin, the wealthy miller who was abducted mysteriously and held for ransom at Detroit last winter, has sued William and John Considine, Frank Kenedy. Ed Kent and Frank Griffin for >loo,* OCO damages, alleging that they were his abductors. Warrants are out for their arrest. Their bail will be fixed at >5,000 which H is believed they cannot furnish. Tt- people’s party of Massachusetts held a convention at Boston on the 7th and nominated the following State ticket: Henry Winn, of Malden, Governor; William J. Shields, of Boston, LieutenantGovernor; Joseph D. Cadlo, of Westfield. Secretary of States Thomas A. Watson,of Braintree, Treasurer and Receiver-Gen, eral; William O. Wakefield, of Lynn,

Auditor; Israel T>. Andrews, of Danvers, Attorney-General. Ex-Gov. James A. Beaver, Gen. D. H. Hastings and other eastern capitalists have formed a company $4 Pittsburg, Pa., to manufactu.e a new fuel gas. the inventionof James R.Ross,of Allegheny City. By the new process it is claimed that gas can be made for 5 cents per I,OCO feet, and that iron can be puddled for 11 per ton. As natural gas is selling at la cents per 1,000 feet, the new gas will have a decided advantage. Andrew Carnegie has secured the right of process, and is arranging to have it placed in his various plants in Pittsburg. The death of Rev. Dr. Soule near Chicago the other day calls to mind the fact tliet he wrote the words, “Go West Young Man," as the headlines of an editorial in the Terre Haute Express, ryhich editorial, being copied and commented on by Horace Greeley, gave rise to the Impression that the New York editor was the author of the expression. Mr, Soule was i n conversation with Col. R. IV. Thomp Son. since Secretary of the Navy under Hayes, when the Colonel suggested to the editor to urge young men of ambition and pluck to go West aud gain fame and fortune L - ,~-l—Thc Newport, R. 1., election on the 10th resulted in an almost complete overturn and the first victory for the Democrats on strict party-drawn lines achieved in municipal affairs in many years. The Democrats elected their Mayor, full board of six Aldermen, and eight of fifteen Councilmen, with one failure to elect. This majority of three and possibly of five on a joint ballot gives them control of all city Officers whose election is by City Council. Last year *be Republicans had the Mayor, five Aldermen and nine Councilmen, or a joint majority of seven, „

FOREIGN.

Alexander A Son, corn brokers, of Thrtadneedle street, London, have failed. Their liabilities amount to £1,870,000, i|pd their assets to £27,379. They attribute their failure to losses which they have incurred since May last in gpeculatTons in grain cargoes. The United States minister, the Hon

CIEIT-e E. Caro, has teeeived notice of the rerr, oval of the prohibitions placed upon the importation of American pork into ’Denmark and enforced since March, 188 S. The authorities statetiiat Only inspected American pork will henceforth bo admitted into Denmark. Forty families of destitute Hebrews ar rived at Toronto on the 6th from Mc*n[J treal, and after being cared for during Iho intervening time by Jews of that cily were rorvrarded to Buffalo and other points in the United States Each family was supplied with food for the Journey and a small sum-of m#ney. Public opinion in Oreat Britain is at the present moment, turning with indignation upon the Mormon crusade being preached in many of the country districts. Revelations just made show that there are two hundred Mormon “missionaries’ at present working in Great Britain and in Scandanavia.therr attention being particularly ■called to Yorkshire and Lancashire. Particular attention has bee® called by the press to the operations of two yonug Mormon missionaries who have been operating to a village of Lancashire, and some •strange disclosures as to the proselyting methods adopted haw been made known. The result has been another upheaval of popular Indignation, and it is probable thatanother and more determined attempt wilUbe made to find some means of putting a stop to this transatlantic traffic In women. The revelations just made, It should be added, have brought about a thorough public ventilation and exposure of the methods of the Latter Day Saints.