Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1892 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

hr. A disastrous storm visited parts of fMInDesota and Wisconsin on Sunday. It has been decided to com the World’s Fair souvenir coins at the'Philadelphia mint. Asteamer carrying supplies to the nonunion men at Hometead 'Was fired at on Sunday. ~ , John G. Whittier, theaged poet, died at Hampton Falls, N. H., on the 7th, aged ninety-five. Mrs. Frank H. I Herbert, of -Kan., has Just given birth'to her third sea of triplets • The Trades Hote. now building near the World’s Fair grounds, will contain 3,500 rooms. ’Officer McDowell, who was shot in the Garfield Park fight at Chicago Tuesday, died Thursday. For ten days Jacob SwArtz, of New Bloomfield, Pa., had- been hiccoughing until death came. A young lady of Askland, Ky.. became a raving maniac from the effects of having one of her Jaw teeth pulled. - - A United States seiner,the Hattie Mude, has been seized by a Canadian cruiser for violation of the fisheries laws. The Mexican board of health has decided to establish a very strict quarantine against United States steamers. John and George W. Carlisle, large owners of real estate and well-known Cincin' nati capitalists, have assigned. It looks Ilka another strike among the miners of Tennessee, the leaders having Induced all men to quit work. John L. Sullivan was knocked out in Ithe 21st round by James J. Corbett, at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, on the 7th. Jack McAuliffe whipped Billy Meyer, the “.Streater Cyclone.” in fifteen rounds at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, on the 6th. The fire engine manufacturers of the United States have combined under the nameofthe American Fire Engine company. Jack Prince, of Omaha, broke the world’s professional byclclo record at Decatur, 111., on the Ist, running a quarter In :30!<. Chas McElvoy died in New York on the7th with every indication of cholera, but the health officials declare th'at it was not. In consequence of the demand from the People’s Party, Nashville, Tenn., will have Federal supervisors at the November election.

The American Bankers’ Association, in session at San Francisco, has adopted a proposition to abolish the three days of trace on notes. Since the recent Miners’ trouble in Tennessee lawlessness has run riot An organization of white caps arc working with » high hand near Jellico. Charles Craig, colored, and Edward MeCarth, a brace of Cincinnati murderers, were executed in the anqex of the Ohio penitentiary Friday morning. During a street parade at MaysvilleKy., on the 7th, “Animal George,” whose home Is supposed to bp sh Columbus, 0.was killed by a tiger in whose cage he was riding. 1 Governor Flower, of New York, has authorized Dr. Jenkins to rent or buy a iteamer. and do overthing possible to relieve the imprisoned passengers on the NormannTa, An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the Southern express office at New Drleans on the9th. Ono of the burglars was captured on the spot while two of diem got away. A work train ran Into a passenger train »n the Cambria & Clearfield branch of the Pennsylvania railroad at 6 o’clock Thursday night. Eight men were killed and five others wore more or iqss injured. Jack Waterbury,a Cincinnati drummer, was baptized against his will at Sandford Fla.T the "minister "givinghim ""several plunges in the creek before ho could explain that he was only'there as a spectator. j Liebes Bros., one of the largest tobacco houses in San Francisco, has suspended payment The flrm attributes the failure to tlie Government lying up 1350.000 of stock in suits over duties on Sumatar leaf. In spite of the distrust caused by the cholera cases in New York harbor, R G. Dun & Co., report a generally confident . feeling In trade throughout the country Many brandies show decided improvement over the same period last year. The Detroit Board ofnealthliaspuf' chased the steamer Milt D. Word, for use u« a cholera hospital. She will be thoroughly renovated and fitted up for service, and then anchored at a point some five miles down the river from Detroit. Martin Burke one of the convicted Cronin murderers, is 111 in the Illinois State prison, and while no immediately fatal results are anticipated, it is acknowledged that his condition is serious. He has been growing weaker for the past four months, |1 Thomas H. Had way, who was known to the theatrical profession as the oldcs 1 actor in this country, died of valvular disease of the heart on Wednesday, nt the home of his son-in-law,William A. Senior, In Montgomery, N. Y„ aged ninety-one years. Ex-President Hayes, Governor McKinley, General Rosecranz, Gen. J. B. Cox and General Powell are expected to be present at the reunion of the men who fought the battles of H6l in the armies of Sest Virginis, to be held In the White ooso Thursday, the 22d Inst. The troops came almost entirely from Ohio and Indiana. Capt. T. J. Spencer, of the Pension Office, Is in charge of the work, and all soldiers who will attend should notify [him that necessary arrangements may bo made. I The river coal operators at Pittsburg Ihavo decided to close down the mines In Rhe river district that are sU 11 In operation lon Saturday. The reason assigned for the shutting down Is the small demand, bot tbereal significance of the action Is regarded as' a preparation for the muoli talked of reduction in the wages of the miners. ’ An Injunction has been granted against the officers and directors of the Supreme Lodge of the American Protective League,

a five years’ benefitorder, who are charge! with squandering and misappropriating the funds of the order. It is alleged that the order owes $2,000,000 and has only 610,(0 Units benefit fund; that it cannot pay its certificates without violating the rights of contracts with its members, and is, therefore, insolvent. A receiver is also asked for. A masked man the east-bound Missouri Pacific'passenger train at the Grand-avenue'depot at Kansas city at 9.15 Wednesday evening and entered the express car. He overpowered the messenger, George H. McLaughlin, and leisurely opened the safer He secured a large sum of mohey, which is estimated at 63,000. At Sheffield, a suburb, he jumped from the train and disappeared. The messenger was bound, and gagged, and could not give the alarm until the train reached Independence. A posse is searching for the man, but with no hopes of securing him. Notwithstanding the efforts of the Pacific Express Company’s officers to suppress everything in, reference to the robbery Wednesday night, it is learned that the Pinkerton agency has been called in to help unraypl the mystery. McNaughton, the messenger, has in the sweatbox with Superintendent Johnson, who has given positive instructions to the employes to keep their mouths shot and himself refuses to giveany thing to the publie. The fact has leaked out, howeyer, that robbers secured a package containing 65,000 in bills, two bags of silver containing from 61,000 to 61,500 each, also a small amount of jewelry of unknown value. Detectives are engaged on the case, and a reporter who visited the home of McNaughton discovered a detective shadowing the place. General Anderson, of Cincinnati, is critically ill at Lucerne. He Is suffering from an internal tumor. His son, Larz Anderson, second secretary of the American Legation, London, has been summoned to the General’s bedside, so that he can be with him in his last moments in the event of a fatal termination of his illness.