Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Thfi lowa miners will strike. ' The situation of the mine troubles in Kansas has assumed a more serious aspect. At Wllke£bhrre,.Pa., Jacob Gould, a reP" ative of the late Jay Gould, was adjudged Insane. - ■ The Great Northern railway strike has been declared off and trains are running regularly. 4 Populists were successful in the election at Spokane, Wash., Tuesday, by a small majority. The registration of tho Chinese in San Francisco has been completed. The number reaches 47X03. Reports from the Whitwell coal mines in Tennessee indicate that about half the miners there will quit work. Democrats elected Mr. Smith mayor of St. Paul, Tuesday, by a majority of 1,003. Three tickets were in the field. While resisting an attempt to search his house, John Marston, a farmer of Casey, 111., was fatally shot by a constable. The Red river is approaching rapidly upon Fulton, Ark., and the rising waters now threaten to flood the entire place. Mrs. Dixon, of Zanesville, 0.. horsewhipped one of her husband's parishioners who had said she was a common scold. Judge Bradley, at Washington, Saturday, refused to grant a new trial in the Pollard-Breekinridgo case. The case will be appealed. Ex-President Harrison arrived in New York, Friday, and in response to an inquiry by an interviewer stated that he was not a candidate for the Presidency. Miss Viva Castle, stepdaughter of ex--Bongressman Castle, of Stillwater, Minn., was shot in a Minneapolis case by Mrs. Scott Blake, 'the wife of the proprietor. The affair is shrouded in mystery. Cossario Hurfactory Gomez, better known as‘‘Mexican Joe,” is dead at Ft. Washakie, Wyo. Gomez was a relative of the noted Juarez and fought with him in tho Maximilian war against tho Mexican republic. H. 11. Kohlsaat has sold his interest in the Chicago Inter-Ocean to a Philadelphia syndicate for $103,000, Wanamakcr Is said to have put in ff.O.orO. Editor Wm. Penn Nixon will remain in charge, and it is probable that the paper will become a Harrison organ. That Brazilians appreciate the Monroe doctrine of tho United States is shown by tho fact that popular subscriptions are being taken to erect a statue of President Monroe at Rio Janeiro. President Cleveland will bo invited to send a fleet of war vessels to attend the unveiling on July 4. Miss Ilattic Blaine, third daughter of tho late Jas. G. Blaine, was married to,. Hon. Truxton Beale, ox-Minister to Persia, at Washington, Monday, in the presence of a distinguished company. Mfs. Gen. Grant and her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris, were among the guests. A special election for Congressman in the Third Ohio District, Tuesday, resulted in the triumph of Sorg, the Democratic candidate, by 1,731 plurality. Democrats at Washington say the result is highly encouraging, as the. tight was mado j on tho tariff issue as clearly as in the campaign of ’O3. A mass meeting of New York Democratic business men was held at Cooper Union, Thursday night. Resolutions were passed demanding the immediate settlement of the tariff question. A willingness to accept the income tax was expressed if the tariff bill cannot be passed without it, and every Democratic Senator was called upon to vote for the measure. Col. Breckinridge arrived at his home at Lexington, Ky.. Friday evening, and was given an ovation. Five hundred enthusiastic admirers met him at the depot and made tho welkin ring with their cheers. Col. Breckinridge opened hiscanipaign at Lexington, Saturday. Fifteen thousand strangers were in the city, and an immense open air meeting was held.