Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1893 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

—Dr. Peabody, of Harvard University, is dead. The question of Sunday opening of the World’s Fair is not definitely settled. Fllzshhmbns whipped “Haft—hr ~ four rounds at New Orleans, Wednesday. A green goods man has successfully worked a number of persons at Orleans. Stockton, Pa,, has been Invaded by a herd of wolves, driven from the mountains by the snow. Eugene Engleman & Co., of Milwaukee, contracted to establish a large hominy plant at Cayuga. Reports from the Michigan peach belt say that the yield this season will be the largest for a number of years. Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant has sold her New York residence and will remove to Washington for permanent residence. The Armour Packing Company has been incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital of 87.500,000. The Chicago city council has passed an ordinance limiting the height of future buildings to 130 feet, or ten stories.

The trustees of the Governor McKinley estate have agreed to receive voluntary contributions for the relief of the estate. Mrs. Edgar Woods and four children attempted to cross Cedar creek, at Glensford, Ga., Thursday, and ail were drowned. People by the thousands continue to arrive aLGutlirie and are making everysarg; rangement to enter the CJqirokee domain. 'The petrified body of a man. found in a cave In northern Texas, lias been identified as that of Bruce Younger, the notorious outlaw. Governor Seay, of Oklahoma, has signed the anti-gambling bill. It is the most rigid of any in existence, and goes into effect in thirty days. Gen. Thos. T. Eckert has been elected President of the Western Union Telegraph Company to succeed Dr. Norvin Green deceased.

A bloody feud prevails among the Chinese of San Francisco. Two have already been killed by the Highbinders and many narrow escapes are reported. The Broad telephone patents, through which the Bell telephone company controlled the telephone business for the past seventeen years, have expired. -The news of the action of President Harrison and his cabinet in the annexation matter was received at Honolulu with great enthusiasm on the 22d ult. The Kansas House a* Representatives passed a bill making all contracts and notes payable in legal tender, whether gold, silver or paper, and forbidding contracts made payable in gold alone. A family affray is reported from Whitewell. Tenn. The Morrison and Ross families settled an old feud. Roy and Taylor Morrison and Will Ross were fatally stabbed, all throe being literally cut to pieces. By some unknown means the convicts in the Massachusetts State Prison secured one hundred revolvers, and were about to attack the guards when their scheme was discovered. They were disarmed and locked in their cells. Wallington Booth, the commander of the S<dvation Army ih this country, has decid*d to adopt his father’s “Darkest England” scheme in America, and is looking for a farm near New York city to establish his first colony. Fear that the Oklahoma Legislature will amend the divorce laws and make it more difficult to secure a separation has caused a great rush of divorce cases in .the courts at Guthrie. Probate Judge Lawrence granted six divorces Wednesday, and new cases are being filed dally. There was wild excitement on the Ch-j cago Board of Trade, Friday. May wheat Jumped three cents in a flew minutes. Shorts became panic stricken. While May wheat was vaulting upward, July options dropped at an alarming rate. The fluctuations are believed to be the result of the Keene corner.