Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1895 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Eight men were seriously Injured by the "8 explosion of sewer gas under a Chicago saloon. ie Three per O'is were suffocated in a New York tenement house fire, VVednes day night. Sir John Thompson. Premier of Canada, died a poor man. His whole estate is valued at 12,751. 1 The Republicans claim that they will be able to organize both branches of the Colorado Legislature. John Smith and his bride of a week were found'in bed dead at San Francisco, asphyxiated by gas. The Miller hotel at Lancaster, Ky.. burned Jan. 1. Throe people lost their lives as a result of the fire. The work of tearing down the historic Blaine mansion in Washington to make way for a theater lias begun. Mis. Bloomer the originator of..the dress reform known by her name, died in Council Bluffs, la., Dec. SO, aged seventyaix. . ,

A Chicago company proposes to furnish New York city with illuminating gas for ho cents a thousand and fuel gas for 75 cents. California oranges are now quoted at $2 .50 per box in the orchards; an advance, of 50 cents. It is believed that the price will go higher. Mr. Strong was inaugurated as Mayor of New York city, Jan. 1. He is the first Republican Mayor of that city for twen-ty-two years. t Six hundred ore wheelers at the Thompson Steel Works, at Braddock, Pa., went on a strike against a proposed reduction in wages, Jan. 1. 4 Four children of Daniel White, colored, of Williamson’s Station, Ky., were burned to death, Wednesday" night. The house was total Ij’ destroyed. Eleanor Wood, a young woman, is to’be hanged at-Durham. N. C.,Feb. 8, forJHlb, ing her baby, by putting pins in its mouth and. causing it to swallow them. Gov. Turney has issued a proclamation requesting the schools Of Tennessee to celebrate the; on -hundretJi anniversary of George Peabody’s birth, Feb, 18. Near Camden, Ark., two negro boys fastened crossties on a railroad track be cause “they wanted to see a train wrecked." They were arrested. A New Year’s review of the industrial situation around Ihttsbnrg shows a heavy increase, as compared with one year ago, in the number of plants in operation. Seventeen employes of the Delavan House, at Albany. N. Y., are missing, and it is supposed that they,perished in the great fire that destroyed the hotel, Sunday night. Massachusetts Supremo Court decided the s tie of oleomargarine, colored in the imitation of butter, to be illegal, even though no attempt were made to hide its character. .

Investigation Of the election frauds in Kansas City shows that in one precinct 217 Republican tickets were taken out of the box after the polls were closed tpid spurious Democratic tickets substituted. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt have “made up.” It is announced that the reconciliation was brought about through their daughter. Miss Consuela Vanderbilt. The reconciled couple lunched together at Delmosilco’s, Dec. 29. destitution is reported from Western Nebraska. People in many localities are Suffering from scurvy for want of wholesome food. Hundreds of families are without coal, and are having a hard time to keep from freezing to death. Associated Press advices from Silver Lake, Ore., now place the fatalities resulting from the fire at the Christmas festival, incomplete accounts of wnich have been given, at one hundred. About two hundred people were in the hall at the time of the fire. The will of the late Ex-Senator Fair, of

California, will be contested by young Charles Fair, and liis sisters, itissaid, will unite in the legal proceedings to break the document, although they are well provided for and arc known to be bitterly at outs with their brother. In a collision at Yorktown, Jan. 1. between two freight trains,' the engineers and firemen of both engines were injured dangerously. Engineer Shull died in a few hours. Fireman Walsh will probably die. Both engineers had been on the road for twenty years. Levi P. Morton was inaugurated ns Governor of New York at Albany, Jan. I. at noon. The ceremonies were of the simplest character. Gov. Morton’s first appointment was that of G. W. Aldridge, of Rochester, to be Superintendent of Public Works. Salary,|6,ooo. Patronage, 13.000,000. Gov. Greenhalge, of Massachusetts, has written a letter to President Cleveland, asking that the United States Marine Band bo detailed to visit Boston on the occasion of the testimonial to the Rev. Samuel F. Smith. D. D„ author of the national hymn. '“America,” which is to take place in Mechanic’s Hall in February. . _ A stove was stolen from the “police box” in front of the White House, at Washington, one night recently. Six policemen are. supposed to be on duty in the immediate neighborhood at all hours. How the thief managed to elude them and make way with the heater is a mystery that the officers would like to see solved. 5 The objectionable painting, “Love and Life,” donated by the artist Watt's to the United States government for the White House, has finally been hung at the Corcoran art gallery by order of the President. Mrs. Cleveland is said to hgve considered the picture too “loud” for the White House. 6 Julius Ctcsar Burrows was nominated by the Republican legislative caucus at Lansing. Mich., Thursday night for United States Senator, to fill the unexplred term of Senator Stockbridge, deceased. Mr. Burrows is at present a member of the lower House of Congress. ' i Presldnt Cleveland gave the annual state dinner to the Cabinet. Thursday night. The full marine band was in'attendanco. Fifty-four guests were present, the most notable personage being Senator Hill. The presence of Senator Hill caused much comment. Mr. Hill has only been inside the White House once before during this administration. , Jack Dempsey and Tommy Ryan have (been matched to fight fifteen rounds before the Athletic Club, Coney, Island, on January 18. On the 19th George Dixon and Young Grlffo win fight twenty-five rounds

before the same club. Dempsey and Ryat ’ were to have fought to a finish at New Orleans, when the death of Andy Bower suddenly brought the arrangement to a' end. ' ' ■ The Clear Creek Gold Mining and Wate: Power Company has been organized bj New York. Philadelphia and Coloradt capitalists, at Denyer, to wrest from thr bed of Clear Creek, for thirteen mile: above Golden, the vast accumulation o gold supposed to have been denositei there through the ages, and to supplj electrical power for the running, of al' sorts of machinery. The usual official reception was helc at the White House, New Years Day Mrs. Cleveland and the Cabinet ladies, in splendid gowns, u:d the honors. The diplomatic jsorpe—and repre. sentatives of the army and navy, in gorgeous uniforms, were in attendance. A notable feature of the reception was thy comparatively small number of Senators and Representatives present. Bob Moore and George East, two desper idoes suspected of various crimes it Oklahoma Territory, were killed by Deput y United States Marshal Williams an 4 posse, Jan. 1, in Washita county. Th( outlaws were veritable walking arsenals They were both old offenders with enyiab e reputations among their craft, and their riddance is joyous news to the territorial officials generally, as they wen the constant dread of the Oklahomans. 5 A syndicate, composed principally ol New York and Chicago capitalists, is building a railroad between Crispfield and Tangier Sound, the motive power ol which is to be furnished by gas generated from gasoline. The system has been successfully used in Germany, but this will be the first experiment in this country, ft s claimed to be much cheaper than elecricity, just as effective and no more dangerous.

Reports from fifty-seven correspondents in the the Florida orange district indicate that there are at least 1,809,000 boxes ol unpicked fruit frozen into solid ice globes by the late cold snap. Water pipes at Jacksonville were frozen and the people were so surprised at the unusual occurrence that it was some time before they could realize the nature of the trouble. Holmes county, Miss., is excited over the discovery near the Carroil county lino o! what is certainly a verylargebed of lignite, or brown coal. The bed, which is of "enormous extent, has been traced into Tippah county and even as far as Duck Hill, while its width in one place is te.i miles. So far, though many borings have been made, the bed has not been pierced and its thickness is consequently unknown. t At Livingstone, Ala., Monday night, a Great Southern express was “held up’’ and the express car was robbed of Its val-. uables. The robbers were on the train as passengers and went out on the front platform and put on masks, while the train was in motion, and then entered the express car and completed their work. They? then pulled the bell cord, the train stopped, and they escaped. Tho amount of booty secured is unknown. The famous Delavan House Tat N. Y., burned to the ground, Sunday night. The house was filled with politicians, numerous candidates for Speaker having their headquarters there. Other guests of prominence and great wealth were stopping at the hotel, among them Mr. Bradley Martin, the New York millionaire and society leader and his family. All the guests were rescued in safety, but there were some vbry narrow escapes. Loss, $500,000; Insurance, $300,000. A plate-glass war has been inaugurated. A cut of 20 per cent, from existing prices will be made by tho Diamond Plate Glass Company, of Kokomo, Ind., and the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. The cut is caused by the recent conference in Pittsburg of plate-glass manufacturers. At this meeting an attempt was made to form a combination of the plate-glass interests, but it finally fell through. Daniel T. Tromley, at Bay City, Mich., a lumber inspector, twenty-eight years of ago, crazed over politics, murdered his wife and child. New Year’s morning, set fire to tho house and made his escape. The murder was first discovered by the firemen, who found Mrs. Tromley with her throat cut, lying on the bed, and burned almost to a crisp. Thochild had evidently been smothered, as no marks were found upon it. Tromley ran on an independent ticket for county clerk at the last election, canvassing the entire county and making wild speeches. Tromley has been arrested.

In June, 1893, Rev. Hampton, alias Jackson, shot a farmer named Durham, nt Whitewood, Ky,. as a result of an altercation. Durham was not killed and recovered, but Hampton escaped and reached Cincinnati.where he Dec. 31. by a Kentucky deputy sheriff on extradition papersand taken before Judge, Buchwalter. The Judge positively refused to send Hampton back to Kentucky until ho had positive assura nee from Gov. Brown and the sheriff of tha county that the prisoner will be protected from mob violence. Hampton was remanded to jail to await the result of correspondence with the Kentucky officials. Silas 11. Holcomb wak inaugurated as Governor of Nebraska at Lincoln, Jan. 3,