Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — AN IDEA FROM KANSAS [ARTICLE]

AN IDEA FROM KANSAS

PENSIONERS URGED TO DEMAND GOLD. t - ®-j-- r i - . < The Wife of the Her. Dr. Taltnace Dies as the Result of Shock Sustained Last Year—Colliery Horror in Scotlatid. ~. "v- — Who Originated This? Monday was pension day at Topeka, Kan., and the following circular was distributed among the old soldiers of Topeka and Shawnee County who visited the pension office to get their quarterly allowance from the Government: “Comrades:—Halt. You are entitled to gold in payment of your checks. Demand it. Do not accept depreciated currency.” The pensioners are paid by checks, which are cashed at the Topeka banks. It is claimed the circular was prepared by a bimetallist, who wants to show that there is not enough gold in the banks to pay the .pensioners alone, aside from doing the other business of the country. It has also been suggested that this may be part of the Sovereign boycott of national bank notes. It is not known who distributed the circular. Dr. Talmage's Bereavement. Mrs. T. DeWitt Talmage died at Dansville, .._N, Y., at 5:30 Monday morning. Since the burning of the Brooklyn tabernacle last year Mrs. Talmage has suffered from nervous prostration and she has never £plly recovered from the shock sustained then. The fire broke out while the Doctor was holding his usual Sunday reception, and a large number of parishioners and visitors were in the church. They all made good their escape, but Dr. Talmage went back into the burning edifice for something he had left behind. During his absence Mrs. Talmage, who, with other members of the family, was outside awaiting his reappearance, became greatly excited and alarmed for the Doctor's safety. As soon as she was informed that he was all right she broke down completely. The sufferer was removed to the Dansville sanitarium about a year ago, with Miss Daisy Talmage as her constant companion. While Dr. Talmage was absent on a lecturing tour in the West he received a telegram summoning him to bis wife’s bedside. He at once canceled all his engagements and hastened back to find that there was very little hope for the patient’s recovery, and he remained with ’her until the end came. The deceased was the second wife of Dr. Talmage. His first wife was drowned while boating in 1862, leaving a daughter. Miss Jessie; and a son, who has since died. Jig the House Down. “Swing ,yo’ pahdners, balance all, hands around!” It was at Nancy Harris’ party at her house, No. 1725 Dearborn street, Chicago, Friday night, .and a dozen dusky belles and their beaus were mingling in the mazy dance. The fun waxed warm and furious. “Salute yo' pahdners. Down de middle!” and just as big Eph Miller, the “fiddler, got these words out of his mouth /he foundation. posts under . the house gave way and the crazy structure almost went “down de middle.” Nobody was hurt, but the loss was as follows: House, ?90: some insurance. Furniture and contents, 5125; not total. Eph Miller’s violin, value $4; no insurance. Susie Jones, dancing pumps, 39 cents; no insurance. Die in a Flooded Mine. The Auchen Harvie colliery at Salt Coats, Scotland, a town on the Bay of Ayra, twenty-four miles southwest of Glasgow, has been flooded. Sixty men were rescued and fourteen were entombed in the mine. Searching parties were unable to penetrate to the pohit where the unfortunate victims were buried.