Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1895 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

T Tho whisky trust has reduced the price I of the product one cent a gallon, Henry Klnnel, a farmer living near Preble, 0., was buncoed out of 13,000 by the tin box scheme. ' A syndicate of Eastern capitalists Will develop extensive coal fields in thenorthi eastern part of Wyoming. i President and Mrs.'Cleveland, it is announced, will, this winter, take part in no 'social function not demanded by prcceident. .! New Riegle, 0., is excited over the istrange actions of many of its residents, ,who are said to be under hypnotic influ* ’ence. The old State capitoi, recently occupied as an office building at Atlanta, was partially destroyed by fire, Wednesday night. 'Loss, *90,000. , Governor Flower has refused to grant a requisition for the Standard Oil officials, Rockefeller and others, who have been indicted in Texas. Judge Woods, at Chicago, Dec. 24, postponed the execution of the jail sentence of Debs ct al. to Jan uary 8 in order to allow ‘defendants time to perfect their appeal. The snowfall in the vicinity of Sissons, Cal., during the last five days, measures "ninety-six inches. The railroads are blockaded, and many small buildings have collapsed. Pugilism secured another victim Dec. 25. At Baltimore Edward Harrigan was .knocked down in a prize fight with Edward Syvister, and In falling fractured his skull, dying soon after. * Ex-Police Captain Stephenson, the first victim of the Lexow exposures at New York, "was sentenced to three years and seven months imprisonment and fined *I,OOO, Dec. 2rt. He was tried on a charge of bribery. Gov. Pen noy er, of Oregon, has written an open letter toPresident Cleveland denouncing his financial policy, and praying that God may give to the President light and strength to do the right, that thereby want and suffering may bo removed from the poor of the land. The officers of the Detroit, which carried the Vatican relics exhibited at the World’s Fair to Naples, were received by the Pope at the throne-room of the Vatican, Dec. 26. Tlie audience lasted half an hour and the relies were officially returned to the Papal officers. Samuel C. Seeley, the absconding cashier of the National Shoe and Leather Bank, of Now York, arrested at Chicago, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on a plea of guilty, Dec. 24. Seeley took the matter very quietly and expressed himself as glad . that it was all over.

The storm of Dec. 26 was terrific at New York. Heavy snowfaU, combined with a gale of wind, obstructed street traffic and ferries until business was practically at a standstill. Throughout the East similar conditions prevailed. The first real cold wave of the season was experienced at St. Paul, Minn. Rev. H. W. Harris, an Episcopal minister of San Francisco, at present without a charge, has decided to go on the stage, and will join Salvinl’s company. Mr. Harris is said to have a fine face and fig* uro. Hard times and inability to secure a *aJnirch that will pay him sufficient on which to live are given as the reasons for the change of professions. In a letter written a short time ago to Senator Thomas H. Hays, of Jefferson county, Kentucky, Secretary Carlisle declined to permit the use of his name as a candidate for United States Senator. He laid he expected to take part in the campain in Kentucky next year, but it would bo with the distinct understanding that he was not an aspirant for any office. Secretary Carlisle, Monday, made public his plan for the complete re-organiza-tion, of the office of Supervising Architect of the Treasury. The architectural and technical departments are to be placid under one head, and the administrative division will be In charge of a separate chief. Thg yiuties of all minor officials are specifically' set forth. The eighty-seventh annual festival of Iho New England Society of New York took place at Sherry’s. Saturday night, Dec. 33. Ellhu Root presided. Chauncey M. Depew, Henry Watterson, J. Pierrepont Morgan and other notables were quests of honor. Henry Watterson’s reIponse to the toast, “The Puritan and the Cavalier,” was the principal address of the evening. William A. Lippert, alias Layard, wanted for alleged forgery at Capo Town, South Africa, was arrested at Cincinnati, Dec. 26, by officer Vanatta, of Pinkerton’s Chicago agency. Not an officer of the Cincinnati police knew of tne arrest until Iho prisoner had left for New York in charge of United States Marshal Bostwick. of that city. Lippert was shadowed by Vannatta and Bostwick for a

week in Cincinnati before the arrest was made. The prize fight between Jake DeWilt, of St. Louis, and Kid O’Donnell, of Chicago, came off, Tuesday morning, in Tipton county, one mile west of Elwood. Ono hundred spectators saw the fight, and 13,000 changed hands on the result. Dewitt lost all chance of winning by fouling O'Donnell in the fourth round, and the fight was given to the Chicago man. At one time revolvers were drawn and a general battle was inaugurated. It was checked, however, before any one was seriously injured. Dudley C. Logon, a prominent citizen of Lexington. Ky., was mysteriously shot in the yard in the rear of his residence between 6 and 7 o’clock, Wednesday morning. His family heard the shots and found him with a bullet 'wound in the back of his head, The mystery arises from the fact that his pistol was found by his side with four chambers empty; it seems impossible that he caused the wounds himself. No cause is known for auicidc and no motive.for murder. The Senate and Bouse wore in session but a short time, Doc. 23. No business of importance was transacted. In the Senate a parliamentary tangle resulted over the motion to adjourn over till after the holidays, and the resolution camo near being lost It wks finally carried, an! the Senate adjourned till Jan. 3, 1395. The House adjourned till the same date. Samnel Barnes, of San Bernardino. Cal., who narrowly escaped death by poison administered by his wife and her paramour, Salter, according to lier own confession, has agreed to forgive his wife. Barnes confidently expects his wife’s acquittal by adury.