Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1893 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Counterfeit J 5 gold coins are troubling Omaha people. Forest (ires In New Hampshire have been doing great damage. • S p ember w eat dropped to 65 cents on the Chicago market, Thursday. Lee YValio r, a negro ravisher, was hong by a mob at Memphis. Tenn., Saturday. 4A>gennne vole no is reported Jto have t>een discovered four miles south of Ponca, Neb. > • r<~ The value of railroad property in Missouri, as fixed by the board of equalization, is *63,023.417. The gam Ins us Chicago wefe given "an outing at the Fair, Thursday, by 'philanthropic citizens. Claus Hpreckcls, who arrived at San Francisco from Honululu, says the provisional government of Hawaii is doomed. There is said to be a large emigration from the New England States to Canada, caused by the closing of mills and the unusually hard times. Howard Mutchler (Dem.) has been elected to Congress from the Eighth Pennsylvania district to till the vacancy caused by the death of his father. S x car loads of nigroes arrived at Weir City, Kan., Tuesday, to take the place of the striking miners. The State militia is under arms at Topeka awaiting orders. Bandits held up a crew of harvesters as they quit work, near Davisville, Cat., Saturday evening, iand relieved’them of all the valuables in thefrposscssion. The grand jury at Washington has found true bills against Col. Ainsworth, Geo. W. Dant, W. E. Covert and Frederick Sasso, holding thorn responsible for the Ford theater disaster on the 9th of June. A serious railway accident to a World’s Fair B. & O. excursion train, occurred at Monroe Falls, 0., Tuesday, caused by spreading of the rails at a curve. Twentyone persons were injured, three fatally. 4 Wm. G. Taylor, colored, condemned to electrocution at Auburn, N. Y., penitentiary, was executed. Thursday. The first current failed to kiU him, and tho report of the bunglfng manner in which the execution was conducted is horrible reading. A mysterious poisoning case developed at Wednesday. Twenty-seven people were taken violently ill. All who were attacked had drank milk purchased from tho same diary. Investigation led to the belief that the poisoning resulted from “milk fever” caused by the cows becoming overheated. Mrs. Smouse and her two children were murdered with a hatchet and the house set on tire to conceal the crime, at Pitts'burg, Wednesday. Mr. Smouse was locked up to await investigation. The house was not consumed and the discovery was made by firemen in their efforts to extinguish the flames. ■■■-——■ —= The “California Land and Water Exchange,” proposing to develope lands near San Diego, Cal., with headquarters at Dayton. 0., placing shares on the market on the installment plan, is denounced as a fraud by If. It. Young, secretary of the Sail Diego l ham her of Commerce. The Maharajg.li .-of Karpnthala. one of t'be Punjaub States In* the northwestern part of British* India, arrived at New York, Saturday. His highness is but 21 years of age, hut is a thorough man of the world. Tho royal party will make a tour of the country, Including the World’s Fair. There arc 7,500 idle men in Denver, and 15,000 people aro directly affected by their Idleness. A public meeting was held, Tuesday night, to devise means for their relief. Public soup houses will be established for tho needy. A proposition to Ship tho destitute East was bitterly opposod, at tho meeting, by cx-Congrcssman Belford, and was finally abandoned. Wednesday was sarcastically described by brokers on tho New York Stock exchange as the banner day. There was a sharp decline in nearly all. securities. Twelve hundred shares of Evansville & Terre Haute, a stock not active on the exchange, were sold “under the rule” for an embarrassed broker at 75. a decline of 56 points in a day, the same stock having been quoted, Tuesday at 126. The market recovered somewhat near tho close. Commissioner St. Clair, of West Virginia, Tuesday, desired to enter the World’s Fair ground!, but having left his badge at home the ga tern an refused to pass him. The commissioner then tried another gate and received the same treatment, and a third with a like result. After much altercation tho commissioner was finally admitted, but the gateman made use of insulting language and several guards joined in, with the result that a general scrimmage ensued In which all the contestants were “mussed” up badly.