Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

A number of people were injured at Flint, Mich., by the falling of a platformThe “Greater New York” bill has been signed by Governor Flower and is now a The lowa Senate defeated the amendment providing for woman suffrage 2€ to 20. •' New York experienced the worst snow storm and the severest cold of the season, Monday. Mark Wright and two companions were frozen to death in a snowstorm near Jackson, Tenn. The Cape Ann Ashing boat Henrietta is believed to be lost, with all on board, fourteen men. Judge Key, of the Federal District Court of Tennessee, denies that he will retire. He is seventy years old. Judge McDill, of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, died at his homo at * Creston,To\va, Wednesday. President Schurman, of Cornell, says the recent outrage at that institution is being vigorously investigated. Four barrels of honey were takenjfrom a bee tree by Guv Marr near Baroda, Mich. As much more was wasted. Three hundred negro converts, men and womefi, were baptized in the freezing water of a creek at SpringAeld, O. Four masked men robbed the postoffice at Mount Hope, Kas., a»d obtained a quantity of valuables. The robbers escaped in a carriage. Norman L. Munro, the millionaire dime novel publisher, died at New. York, sat: urday, from the effects of a surgical oper- . ation for appendicitis. Erastus Wiman was arraigned at New York, Monday, and plead “not guiity.’ He was admitted to bail. Mr. Wiman refused to be Interviewed. M. Clancy, sheriff of New York county, died at New York city, Sunday, of pneumonia following an attack of grip. He had been in office only three weeks. “Mother” Maudelbaum, the notorious New York “fence” who fled to Canada some years ago to avoid prosecution for receiving stolen goods, died at Hamilton, Ont., Tuesday. 4 The funeral of Steele Mackayc was conducted at the Scenitoriom, Chicago. Tuesday, by Prof. David Swing. Tfie body was taken by special train to New York for interment. John Y. McKane, the ex-“boss” ci Brooklyn, was taken to Sing Sing, Thursday, to begin his six-year engagement at the co-operative institution which, foi many years has been an asylum for unfortunates. The President is said to have “set down” on Vice President Stevenson, so far as appointments are concerned, and is alleged to have said that ho sees no particular reason for regarding his recommendations. An attempt was made to blow up the residence of Dr. Baker, at Lancaster, Pa.. Wednesday night. A dynamite .'bomb was used. The family was asleep and were Almost shaken out of bed. No one was Injured. The motive for the deed is not known. ..... The bank of Dexter, Mich., was robbed of $3,030 by two masked men, Thursday morning. The assistant cashier was knocked senseless. The time lock had run down and the robbery took place ir broad daylight. 4Blondin, the celebrated rope walker, who many years ago walked a ropt stretched across the Niagara chasm or stilts, carrying a man on his back, celebrated his seventieth birthday at London, Wednesday. Ho is in good health, and still walks tho tight rope. At Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, the Jury in the case against Jas. J. Corbett, charged with violating the laws of the State by prize fighting, returned a verdict* of “not guilty.” It is supposed that Mitchell will not be tried. Congressman Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, who a few years ago was superintending the operation of the Indianapolis street railway and dealing in mules, is said to have attracted ithe attention of Now York politicians, and ho is seriously regarded as a Democratic Presidential possibility in 1896. Senator Voorhees’ mail is something enormous those days. Last Saturday It amounted to 1,354 letters. The daily average previous had been about eight hundred. Most of these letters to the tari'fl bill or private pension claims. A few of them are anonymous. Not a few of the Senator’s correspondents indulgo in threatening language to stimulate him to hasten work on the tariff bill. JLetters which threaten his life are very frequent, but they are carfuliy looked after by the Senator’s private secretary and.never reach his eye.