Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Ex-Gov. Winans died at Hamburg, Mich.. Wednesday, of heart failure. Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Churchill have arrived in New York. A flashlight .of 250.000 candle power will be erected on Fire Island, near New York. The whisky trust advanced the price of whisky from $ 1.15 to $1.20 within one week. As a result of the increase in the tax on whisky Cincinnati distillers have advanced the price of spirits three, cents a gallon. An A. P. A. riot at Butte, Mont., Wednesday, resulted Fn the death of one man and serious wounding of several others.— — ~ Italy proposes ta establish an office at El lis Isl ami N. Y r .. to furn is h Italian' immigrants with information in regard to work, which will be collected by the State boards andjby the Federal authorities. Prendergast, the assassin of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, was declared "not insane” by a jury in Judge Payne’s court, at Chicago, Tuesday afternoon, and under sentence of the court must be hanged Friday. July 13. „ K. B. Vaum Qvaum. a Norwegian farmer near Butler, S. D., became so worried, Wednesday, over the crop prospects that he cut the throats of his two children, aged six and eight, threw them in a well, cut his own throat and jumped in after them. Judge Payne, at Chicago, Saturday, granted a stay of execution in the case of assassin Prendergast, because of the present hearing. Prendergast's hanging was set for July 2, but the Court announced that the execution of the sentence will be deferred until the present hearing is concluded.

Richard Croker arrived at New York from Wednesday. Ho was at once driven to Tammany Hall, where a Fourth of July celebration was in progress, and was given an enthusiastic reception. Mr. Croker’s return after so short an absence causes much comment, as it had been supposed that he left the country for fear of investigation and possibly prosecution. Vice-President Ilarrahan, of the Illinois Central railroad, is reported to have had a very stormy interview with Geo. M. Pullman in Harrahan's private office recently. Mr. Ilarrahan flatly told the •‘Duke” he was totally unlit to conduct the business of which he was supposed to be the head, and called him a mere "figurehead,” Mr. Pullman was charged with the entire responsibility for the present strike. Henry L. Driver was blown to pieces at Cincinnati, Wednesday night, by something he had concealed about his person. The building in front of which he stood was smashed in. All the lower part of the man's body was torn to mince meat. His right hand was found in a doorway twenty feet away. In his pocket was found a notice that his life Insurance policy for $20,000 would expire at midnight July 4. He is believed to have been an anarchist.