Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1893 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Employes of the Denver electric light, company are ont on a strike. Joseph Dion, the once celebrated billiard champion, is incurably insane. . , ▲ new bridge will probably be built across the Mississippi at St. Louis. The races at Hawthorne Park, Chicago, 1 Wednesday, were run in a blinding snowstorm. Mrs. Hallie Caldwell is dead and Annie Jones is dying at Denver from opium smoking. The search for Gen. Carlin’s son, lost In the mountain’s of Montana, has been abandoned. The Illinois steel works at Joliet have rwujned operations. One thousand men are at work. Charles Nettleton, a wealthy residentof Des Moines, committed suicide as the result of a prolonged spree. At the session of the general assembly K. of L. at Philadelphia, Wednesday, T. V. Powderly was re-elected Grand Mas-ter-Workman. A disastrous hotel fire occurred at Merrill Station, near Beaver, Pa., Tuesday morning. Seven men lost their lives. Others were seriously injured. Ex-Senator Hamilton, twice a Senator from Texas and Secretaryof War for the Republic of Texas, prior to its admission as a State, died at San Diego, Cal., Thursday. The Ways and Means committee have decided to place iron ore'; on the free list A strong fight is expected jon the floor of the House when the section is put on passage. W. K. Vanderbilt left New York, Thursday, i n his new yacht, thoVali ant, fora trip around tho world. He was accompanied by his tamily. The crew of the yacht numbers sixty men. It is announced from Washington that President Cleveland is unalterably opposed to the income tax proposed by the ways and means committee, and will veto any such measure th »t Congress may pass. Detroit had a big fire, Thursday night. The dry goods house of Edson, Moore & Co., was destroyed, Loss $700,C00. Three clerks arc supposed to have perished in the building. A number of others are missing Dr. Chas. F Flanders, Jefferson City, Mo., worth SSCO 000, will Have to go to prison for three years. Got a creditor to renew what the latter supposed was a mortgage but it turned out to be a warranty deed. TheNatlonal Grange, in session at Syracuse, N. ¥.. Wednesday, denounced Secretary Morton for language used by him in a recent addr*» s , in which he spoke disrespectfully c the Grange and similar organizations, A Chicago crank made an attempt to extort money {'• m J. H. Walker, the well known d’-y gooaj merchant, at the point of the < volver, Thursday night. Mr. Walker Vtrew him down stairs and he was allowed to escape. The funeral of «c-Secretary Rusk oc curred at Vircqua, Wis„ Friday. Many distinguished persons were in attendance, Including ex-Presideut Harrison ex-At-torney General Miller, Senator Sawyer and many others. At the coming meeting of the executive committee cf the Republican National Committee an attempt will be made to formulate a plan looking to a decreased representation from the Southern States at future National conventions. Lewis G. Stevenson, son of Vice-Presi-dent Stevenson, and Miss Helen Davis, daughter of W. O. Davis, editor of the Bloomington Pantagraph, were married at Bloomington. 111., Tuesday. One thousand guests witnessed the ceremony, ineluding many distinguished persons. At Columbus. 0.. Johann Wilhelm Walsteiner, German by birth but resident of Cairo, Egypt, since childhood, and recently of the Midway Plaisance, wedded Elizabeth Wisger, also German, and lately tn the employ of the Street of Cairo on the Plais’ nee. The couple left for Egypt. Justice Field of the United States Supreme Court, Monday, in a decision in the ease of Robert G. Rogers, of Michigan, indicted for assault upon a person on board a steamer in the Detroit river, held that the Great Lakes are high seas, and as such are subject to the jurisdiction of International law. Prendergast, the murderer of Mayor Harrison, has written a letter for publication in which he tries to justify his action, and assures the people of Chicago that he is their best friend, and that they cannot afford to permit him to be executed foran act which was committed in their behalf. Andrew Carnegie has informed the ways and means committee that he will make steel rails and certain other articles cheaper than they can possibly be imported from Europe, even if the entire duty is removed. He claims that his industries are independent of tariff laws. Engineer Young, Fireman McDowell, Conductor Odum, Brakeman Stacy. Expressmessenger Boyle and P. J. Saunders, who defeated the bandits that attempted to rob the Illinois Central train on the night of Sept. 20, were each presented with a medal and three shares of stock by the company, Tuesday.