Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1893 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

“Jack” Haverly, the once famous theatrical manager, has paresis. Negroes will establish a town In the Cherokee Strip to be called Liberty. The stub end of a cigarette caused a million dollar fire at St. Joseph, Mo. There was one death and two new eases of yellow fever at Brunswick, Ga., Monday. Judge Reid, of Wichita, has declared the Kansas eight-hour law unconstitutional. A belief that the senate will soon vote on the repeal bill sent stocks up on Wall street Thursday. Three men have been Indicted on thirteen counts for conspiracy to commit arson, at Chicago. Confined in one cage on a recently arrived ship were a young lion and and a lamb, who were great friends. A prairie fire is making the western portion of the Cherokee strip desolate. A dozen persons have lost their lives. Don Cameron’s speech in the Senate, Tuesday, was the first he has ever addressed to that body during his sixteen years pf service.— Benjamin Tennis, a farm hand, confessed that he outraged and murdered little Agnes Wright, near Hummelstown, Pa., a week ago. John Washburn, for many years treasurer of the Old Colony railroad, is a defaulter for many thousands of dollars, and has made a confession. Three men giving tho names of John Wilson, John Graham and James King, were arrested in Chicago, Wednesday, and charged with the Kendallville robbery as accessories. They claim to have just reached Chicago frem Kansas. The Michigan Central Railroad Company is arming all their trainmen with two revolvers and a Winchester rifle. AU roads going out of Chicago are fast following suit. Train robbers from now on will meet with warm receptions when they attempt a “hold-up.” The Odd Fellows of the United States began a three-days’ festival at the World’s Fair, Tuesday. Thousands of the Uniform Rank were in attendance. Gold lace and broadcloth added a decorative feature ■to the gorgeous scene. The Daughters of Rebekah were also present in large numbers. v c Calvin Stewart, colored, who recently murdered a white man named Charles Carter, was captured, Wednesday, in a swamp near Langley, S. C. Officers started to take Stewart to Aiken. Wednesday night. After the party had proceeded about a mile with the murderer he was taken from the officers by a mob and shot to death. Before he was killed Stewart eon fessed and implicated Stephen Dunbar. Dunbar was arrested and taken to Aiken Jail. A mob of 150 men started for Aiken, Wednesday night. The Palmetto Rifles are under arms at the jail to guard the prisoner. -