Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1894 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

’ Chinese highbinders are on the warpath lat San Francisco. / „ / I The boilers of a .bo/ factory at Bay .(City, Mich., exploded pec, IS. Five boys j were killed. • Ex-Senator Jas. L. Alcorn, of Mississippi, died on his estate at Eagle’s Nest, • 3 ' Miss., Dec. 20. J i 6 Not a passenger was killed on a Michigan railroad during this year, and but eleven were injur'd, Capt. Henry W. Hogate pleaded not guilty at Washington to seven of the indictments against him. _ , Ebrastus F. Beadle, the dime novel publisher, died at'Cooperstown, N. Y., Dec. 19; aged seventy-four. Congressman-elect John J. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, is said to be ineligible, never having been Naturalized. Masked men entered the home of John Collins, living near Sioux City, la., and robbed him of $4,400 in gold. The Rev! T. Conway, a well-known priest of Scranton, Pa., has left the altar and taken to the stage under an assumed name. A Chinese agent is in Washington negotiating with Senor Mendonca, minister ifor Brazil, for the purchase of the Nictheroy and the Andrada. The Mosquito Indians have formally incorporated their reservation with Nicaragua, a procedure which puts an end to the claim of a British protectorate. Evangelist Moody is meeting with great success at Lowell, Ma'ss. Advertisements in all the papers call pn church members to stay away and “give the sinners a chance," Eugene Kelly, a famous New York banker, died in that city Dec. 19, aged eighty-seven yeariL Mr. Kelly was a native of Ireland, and leaves a fortune of «5.000,C00. Washington c.ispatches of December 20 state that Senator Turpie was guilty of outrageous discourtesy toward Senators Cullom and Perkins in the course of the debate on the Nicaragua canal bill. A collection of relics of Andrew Jackson, including a portion of the furniture used at the "Hermitage” during “Old Hickory’s” lifetime, will be added to the National Museum at Washington. John Worthy, of Chicago, President of the Commercial Loan and Trust Company, died at New York, Dec. 12, of blood poisoning, induced from a carbuncle which was removed by a surgical operation. Chas. A. Blixt. who confessed to tho murder of Catharine Ging, at Minneapolis, will claim as a defense that he was hypnotized by Harry Hayward, a co-de-fendant, and compelled to do as the latter wished. Theodore Huston, United States Consul , at Juarez, Mexico, died at tho American consulate in that city, Dec. 19, of con- , Bumptiou. Mr. Huston was from Macomb, i 111., and was appointed by President Cleveland about eighteen months ago. 6 The Odd Fellows, Sons oi Temperance and Knights of Pythias are under the ban of the Catholic church. The fact was officially announced, Dec. 19. in Brooklyn by Bishop Charles Edward McDon- . nell. Tho order i came from Mgr. Sa T toll!. the papal delegate. Representative Duncan, of Johnson eounty, Tennessee, has walked from his home to Nashville sos tho purpese of taking his seat in the Legislature. He scorns a pass. Mr. Duncan made his entire canvass on foot. He averaged twenty-live miles a day on his trip to Nashyille. The South Carolina Legislature passed a resolutiondtiv iting. President Cleveland to visit tho Legislature and extending tho privilege of the floor to him. A politician I created a scene in the House by opposing the resolution, but tho Speaker coolly declared it “Unanimously agreed to.” The editors of a largo number of Alabama papers have signed an agreement to never again print tho name of Reuben F, Kolb in their publications. The boycott also extends to Kolb’s associates. They claim that Kolb’s only motive for his recent actions has been to gain notoriety,land they propose to deprive him of the opportunity he seeks so far as they are concerned. Statues of Daniel Webster and General John Stark were unveiled in Statuary Hall at the Capitol at Washington, Dec. 20, as a gift of the State of New Hampshire. Gov, Smith and staff, of that State, and a large assemblage of Senators, Representatives and spectators were in attendance. The ceremonies were of tho simplest character. The Senate and House both took appropriate action upon the reception of these works of art. Dr. R. A. Nelson, superintendent of the Inebriate Asylum at Milledgeville, Ga., was literally chopped to pieces, Sunday night, by Thomas Allen, an inmate of the asylum. Allen was suffering frdm delirium tremens, and Dr. Nelson had taken him out for a walk. Suddenly, while the physician's back was turned, Allen sprang upon him with a hatchet and repeatedly buried the murderous weapon in his skull. Allen is in jail. bThe body bf Mrs. H. D. Matson, of Topeka. Kan., a prominent suffrage worker, was found in her home stiff and cold, Dec. 20. lying in a pool of her own blood. To all appearances tho woman had been dead about ten days. Mrs. Matson lived alone. A criminal assault, nau preceded the murder. The entire top of her head was crushed iu. Mrs. Matson was supposed to have considerable money about tho house and was the owner of a number of houses. No clow. Further investigation into the circumstances attending tho shooting of the officers of ,the Fidelity Company, investigating the case of Huntington, the Council Bluffs, la., bank clerk, who shot them and killed himself while being questioned, has led to thodiscovery that aHithc trouble was caused by a simple error In Huntington’s bookkeeping, which has been rectified. Huntington Is thus proved to have been honest, and his conduct in shooting is believed to have resulted from tear of being branded as a thief. •The long contested patent suit of the United States vs. tho 801 l Telephone Company was decided at Boston, Dec; 18. Judge Carpenter, of the United States Court, rendered a decision against tho telephone company. Tho value of the patent involved is said to ce $5,000,000. Th<> case mtained two counts, and tho Judge sustained tho Government in both. Tho tint count was in the affect that tho Issuance of tho patent to Berliner was uhnecces«arily delayed, and the. second count was in substance that a former patent issued to Berliner covered sub*stan|lally the same claims as made .in the patent issued in IML Beil telephone stock on the New York Exchange fell from WOW to 191 within a Tew minutes after the decision became known.