Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — A LECTURER MOBBED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A LECTURER MOBBED.

The A. P. A. In Wisconsin—Lecturer"* Llf Saved by the Sheriff. Maj. Sims, the A. P. A. lecturer, was mobbed at Kaukauna, Wis., 'j hursday night. A mob of 2.000 people collected outside of the hall and stoned the building. Sims and a party of friends barricaded the doors and resisted the assaults of the mob. The sheriff was sent for by Mayor Renter, who also telegraphed for militia, which Governor Peck denied unless asked for by the sheriff. The sheriff’s party dispersed the mob and with the help of local officers escorted Sims to his boarding place. The mob followed, throwing stones. Sims was knocked senseless by a stone, but the officers fought the mob off and got him safely to his lodging. The mob then dispersed. Sims was escorted to a train by three men armed with Winchester rifles and left foi Ashland. Bitter feeling has existed for several months at Kaukauna over the A P. A., and the town is torn up socially and in business by the events.

WTTJ.IAM I, BUCHAWAM. Qf lOWA, NonlnaU-d to bo Minister to the Argon tine. Formerly of Indiana.