Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Three inches ol snow fell in Chicago, Wednesday. New York merchants who employ 20,000 hoys h ave agreed not to hire boys who ' smoke cigarettes. ’ ~'f A New York theatrical manager has made an offer to Madeline Pollard and Zella Nicolaus to go on the stage. Enraged at the crying of his baby, Andro Bartell!, of Barbertown, Pa., threw it into a stove, whereat was fatally burned. At Chagrin Falls, 0., an unknown fiend poured coal oil over three horses and then set fire to them, burning them to death. Democrats or California have adopted resolutions protesting against the adoption of the proposed new treaty with ■“ China. —— ' —; — 2j_i. - A. S. Paris, a Cincinnati lad of nineteen,forged checks in order to play craps and slot machlnes, and is now a fugitive from justice. Fiye people were killed at Peoria, 111., Friday, by the falling of a stand pipe at the Water Works. At least a dozen persons were injured. R. L. Garner, who has been in Africa nearly two years studying the language of gorillas, arrived in New York on the Etruria, Saturday. A party of beautiful young women, employed in the Rhode Island mills, will go to Washington to protest against the passage of the tariff bill. Atty-Gen. Walker, of Missouri, holds that express companies are liable to a fine every time they make a charge in excess of the rate fixed by the railroad commissioners. The freezing weather that prevailed throughout thecountry? Sunday, is calamitous in the amount of damage done to fruitgrowers. Reports from all sections show that all varieties of early vegetables, strawberries and trees that had started their buds have been frozen solid. 4 Prendergast, the assassin of Mayor Harrison, has developed into a veritable demon. Tuesday evening he called Chas Johnson, his death watch, to the door of his cell, abused him in the vilest language, and, grabbing a broom, punched him twice in the face, injuring him severely. He was put in the dungeon. The National Christian League for the Promotion of Purity, at New York, Saturday, discussed the case of Congressman Breckenridge, and decided that ho ought to be deposed from office. It was voted to take steps toward this end,and also to endeavor to persuade Mrs. Breckenridge to refuse to live with him. Lazarus Silverman, the well-known banker of Chicago, who suspended payment last August, with liabilities of sl,500,000, resumed business, Monday, all of his assets having been taken by him out of the hands of the assignee in open'court. Mr. Silverman has liquidated his entire indebtedness by paying in full, with interest to everybody. TheC. H. & D. R. R. has secured’control of the Cincinnati Southern road and the Alabama Great Southern company by the purchase of the interests of Baron Erlanger, and now practically controls the Queen & Crescent system and the Chicago & Indianapolis branch of the Monon system. The C. H. & D. Is now eno o f the greatest railway systems in the worid.

Of Georgia, died at Washington, Monday, Mr. Colquitt was a citizen of Atlanta, and was born in Walton county, Ga., Apr. 20, 1834; graduated from Princeton class of 1844; admitted to the bar in 1845; served tn the United States army during the Mexican war with the rank of Major; was a member of the Georgia Legislature several times; member of the Georgia secession convention; served in the confederate army with the rank of Colonel; Governor of Georgia in 1876; elected U. 8. Senator for term commencing Mar. 4, 1883 and reelected in 1888. Senator Colquitt was stricken with paralysis in Juno, 1892. Since that time he has been unable to walk without assistance, but has attended to his official duties, being wheeled to his seat daily in a rolling chair. For years Senator Colquitt has been prominent in church and temperance circles. The dynamite works of the Acme Powder Company at Black’s run, near Pittsburg, were destroyed by an explosion, Friday. Five persons were killed and one badly injured. The works were blown to pieces and buildings in the vicinity of the works had windows broken and the people within a mile of the explosion terrorized. Of those killed two were men and three were women. A sad scene occurred in the Los Angelis police station, Wednesday morning, when Cronkhite, the embezzling county treasurer from Warren county, Ind., was taken from his coll and confronted by his wife and little boy, who had journeyed hither from Indiana, concealing their identity and also hoping to be met at the depot by the husband and father. They knew nothing of the arrest until they had waited several hours in vain. Theq Mrs. Cronkhite made some cautious inquiries and learned the distressing truth. She then made herself known to the police, and the reunion that followed was one of the saddest ever seen in the city prison.

SENATOR ALFRED H. COLQUITT,