Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1893 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

In thejriver toyqmarkets new wheat is selling at 55 cent* a bushel. Bandit John Sontag, who was shot by officers to California, 4s dead. A Chicago company has secured a franchise to.supply Brazil with fuel gas. Paid admissions to the World's Fair, on the Fourth, numbered nearly 275,000. Kansas railroads will fight the increase of 115,000,000 in the assessed valuation made by the Populist State officers. The discovery near Fulford, Colo., of a very rich and extensive ledge of gold. quartz has caused great excitement in that section. - A decision by United States Judge Newman, of Georgia, “knocks out’’ the long’ and: short haut claustrof ■ the interstate commerce act. During a heavy storm at Middleborough, Ky., Sunday, a shower of fish, varying from one-half to three inches in length, Tell in considerable quantities. 9??ar W Noebe, tlje pardoned anarchist, has announced his approaching marriage to Mrs. Charles S&pp, a widow who owns a saloon in Chicago. The West Point cadets are going to the World’s Fair. They are to leave West Point Aug. 17 and remain at Chicago ten days. The entire corps of 308 Is expected to go. The Christian Endeavor societies of the United States and Canada met in convention at Montreal on the 4th. It was probablythelargest religious gathering ever convened. IThe New York World prints reports from nearly three hundred correspondents in the cotton-growing districts, showing a very unfavorable condition of the cotton crop on July 5. Frank Kraigcr, a socialist of New York, cursed the American flag, Saturday night, ..and was attacked and fatally Injured by John Schultze for his disloyalty. Kraiger died at the hospital, Sunday. The Fourth was observed with the usual amount of enthusiasm throughout the country, the usual amount of gunpowder was burned, with the usual number of accidents and fatalities. Dr. Guzman, the (Nicaraguan minister to this country, has been recalled. Nicaraugua has abolished diplomatic relations with all foreign countries, with the exception of a few South American powers. Edward McCarthy, a bartender, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge. Monday night, and sustained fatal injuries. The leap ♦as made for the sake of notoriety. This ».< the fourteenth case of jumping from •hit structure, and the third in two weeks. - . At Gornhill, Yorkshire, an explosion oc--nrred, Tuesday. One hundred and thirty miners are entombed, and the loss of life, ‘s is feared, will be heavy. Four bodies have been already brought out. Pitiful •cones of distress and anxiety prevail •bout the mine.

The attendance at the World’s Fair, Sunday, was light. Exposition officials *xpress srtisfaction at the attendance, but the concessionaries, who are to pay 25 per eent. of their gross receipts into the coffers of the Fair, are greatly disappointed and have made radical reductions in the working forces. 4 Senators Voorhees and Harris are believed to have been the most influential pleaders with the President for an'early session of Congress. Their arguments are said to have changed the President’s determination not to call a session before •September. Voorhees is chairman bf the Senate finance The wholesale reduction of salaries in the Pension Office has created a moderate panic, but the Indiana contingent has not suffered to any alarming extent, although It is expected that the end is not yet. Clerk Conover, of Richmond, who for many years enjoyed a salary of 51,400 per annum, will now be asked to perform the same labor for <9OO. A receiver has been appointed for the American Loan and Trust Company at Omaha. The concern vas interested in the Omaha and Houston Improvement Company, which failed at Houston. Tex. The American Savings Bank, controlled by the trust company, has been placed in the bands of the State bank examiner. The New York World’s crop reports from 700 localities throughout the country, Monday, show that wheat is badly ' damaged and the crop is certain to be short Corn has passed the critical point and an enormous crop is assured. Oats, barley and all other minor crops will give an average yield. The tonnage of hay will be above the average. Fruit throughout the West is a failure. A New York newspaper has collected reports on the conditions and prospects of crops on July 1 from the Western, Northwestern and Pacific coast States, Canada and Manitoba. They may be summarized as follow: Wheat much below the average; corn enormous; will probably be the largest crop ever raised; oats, barley and Cj rye, large acreage and crop; hay, above the averagc; fruit, poor. f Chicago is beginning to realize on its in vestment in the .World’s Fair. It is estimated that In addition to the sums al ready spent in that city by visitors, the transient population will in the time yet remaining of the Exposition leave within the limits of the city the sum of <150,000,<)00. The estimate is believed tobeconservative and the elation of the people of Chicago seems to have a substantial foundation. But the effect on the balance of the country is'not so happy, as stringency in some quarters must naturally result.