Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Bobbers wrecked the safe in the postoffice at Hicksville, 0., and secured 14,000 in cash and stamps. * -'t—-:-The House bill Riving women the right to vote at municipal elections passed the lowa Senate, Friday, and is now a law. Because a tag was pinned to his coat, John Williams stabbed Walter Johnson to death at a revival meeting in Olive, Ohio. Col. Ainsworth has been indicted for manslaughter at Washington in the case growing out of the Ford theater disaster last June. Wisconsin’s new law abolishes the customary three days’grace on notes. Commercial paper must -be met on the day it falls due. The Exchange National Bank of Eldorado, Kas., was robbed of 513,000 by thieves, who evidently knew the combination to the safe. Mrs. William Raymond and her three children were carried into the Hutchehubbe river at Cherokee, Miss., by a frantic horse and drowned. A court martial at Washington has held commander Uyerman responsible for tho loss of the Kearsarge, and suspended him from duty for two years. The President, Tuesday, nominated Charles H. Taylor, of Kansas, to be Recorder of Deeds for tho District of Columbia. Mr. Taylor is a colored man. Trouble has broken out between the Indians and cowboys near Reno, L T. • Several have been killed on both sides, and the agency buildings have been burned. Troops have been sent to the sccno of the trouble. An explosion in the fireworks factory of Romaine Bros., at Petersburg, Va., Saturday, killed Charles Rpmaino, one of tho proprietors, two prominent citizens who were in the building and eight operatives. Nine others wore seriously wounded. Senator Murphy, of New York, en route to Colorado, in an interview at St. Joseph, Mo., Saturday, stated with confidence that no vote would be reached on the tariff bill until November. It is inferred from his remarks that an agreement has been reached between Republicans and anti-Cleveland Democrats to prevent action on the Wilson bill till after tho election. -