Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Gov. Fishback, of Arkansas, declares that the Indian Territory is a nursery of crime. Barrett Scott, the defaulting treasurer of Holt county, Nebraska, who stole SIOO,000, was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. The Twenty-eighth annual session of the Patrons of Husbandry convened at Springfield, 111., Nov- 15. There was a large attendance. The troubles of the Choctaw Nation have been temporarily settled by releas- > ibg the Choptaw prisoners without bail until a future session of the council. , Near Owensboro. Ky., Charles Gillespie was shot and fatally wounded by Jay Morgan. Both are wealthy farmers. They had a quarrel over the rental of some land. It is said that many horses belonging to graders and teamsters in Omaha are starving to death because their owners P ot Ket work enough to buy them feed. t The Gen- ra j Assembly K. of, L. began its annual session at New Orleans, Nov. 14. It is believed that Master Workman Sovereign will be re-elected. T,V. Powderly was in attendance. An Alabama firm has in Japan a $370,000 dollar contract for furnishing pipe with which to extend the waterworks at Tok io. The contract was obtained in competition with English, Fr©nch„and gelgian bidders. The cook gang “held up” a southbound passenger train on the M. K. & T. railroad at a siding five miles north of Muskogee, Tuesday. The passengers were robbed, but the attempt to loot the express car was unsuccessful. i Senator Hill filed his election expense certificate at Albany, Wednesday, showing a total of 13,053 wasted in the contest. Everett P. Wheeler, the reform Democratic candidate, also filed, a certificate stating that he had not expended a cent directly or indirectly to secure election. What is known as a ’‘meridian transit,” made of brass and set on a stone foundation, owned by the Government, has been loaned to Earlham College. It has a historical interest, in that it was located Sumpter until the breakingout of the civil war. John M. Taylor, a blind man, who claims Huntington, Ark., as his home, pleaded guilty, Monday, in the United States Court, at Ft. Smith, to perjury and making a false claim against the govern ment. He has received over $17,000 in pensions that he was not entitled to. Judge Allan G. Thurman celebrated his eighty-first birthday at Columbus, 0., Tuesday. The Thurman Club called upon him in a body at his home. The judge is a great sufferer from rheumatism and received his guests reclining in his easy ehair. He made a brief speech of a reminiscent nature. . *• Senator Brice, in an interview at New York, Thursday, declared that VicePresident Stevenson was the logical Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896. Mr. Brice believes that the Democratic iefeat was caused by the hard times. He also stated that the report of the strike commissioners ct Chicago, was not worth the paper it was written on. At Nashville, Tenn., Nov, 14, Chancery Clerk' Whitworth shot and instantly killed Chancellor Allison in the courthouse. Whitworth used a double-barreled Ihotgun loaded with buckshot. Both barrels were discharged and twenty-two of the shot took effect in the breast and side bf Allison. Whitworth .then shot himself with a pistol. Allison was indebted to Whitworth $25,000 for borrowed money ind refused to settle. Both men were ictive Democratic politicians.

Republican candidate for Governor of Tennessee, Revised returns received at Nashville, Nov. 14, give Evans from 2,000 to 2,500 plurality, ills election is conceded. KlkuOyama, of Denver, a Japanese girl of questionable character, was strangled, Tuesday. This is the third murder of a similar character In the same neighborhood, now known as “Stranglers’ Row.” There is a panic among the women of ill fame in that quarter similar to that resulting from the famous "Jack the Ripper” crimes tn London. Several persons are under arrest on suspicion, but officials think the real criminal has not been apprehended. Shortly after 1 o’clock, Monday, the magnificent steamship St. Louis, of the American Line, was successfully launched at Cramp's shipyards, Philadelphia. The affair was witnessed by fully 50,000 people. Mrs. Cleveland, wife of the President, broke the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow of the ship, as it glided down the ways, at the same time uttering these words: “I christen thee St. Louis.” In this instance and for the first time since the ceremony was observed at Cramps’ shipyard, the champagne was of American manufacture. Chas. Cramp,in his speech to President Cleveland, said that with two exceptions the St. Louis is the largest and most powerful ship in the world. He referred to the progress of ship-building under Mr. Cleveland’s administration, and credited to his policy the fact that such wonderful results have been accomplished in {America. The St. Louis, he said. Is built bn American plans,by American workmen, and of American material. Twenty-six ships were recommended by Mr. Cleveland, and authorized by Congress.

H. CLAY EVANS,