Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1895 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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H. H. Holmes, the alleged murderer and awindler, was indicted by the Philadelphia grand jury for the murder of B. F. Pltzel. whose mysterious death a year ago, and the subsequent collection of $lO,000 insurance on his life for Holmes, led to the unveiling'of the latter’s remarkable criminal record. Near Scituate, R. 1., by a terrible thnnderstorm $5,000 worth of property has been destroyed. The famous Gen. Lafayette tree was split in two. The tree is the only historical one in Rhode" Island and is the one under which the General ate his dinner while the Continental troops were marching from Rhode Island to Connecticut. A cyclone s&uck the Village of Cape Vincent. X. Y.," just as a large excursion en route homeward from the Jefferson County fair at Watertown was about to take the boat for Kingston, Canada. The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg depot collapsed, and George Godfrey and Thomns Arneel, of Cape Vincent, received injuries from .which they died. A large number oT"persons were several of whom, it is feared, will die. —Pennsylvania Democrats in State convention nominated the following ticket: For State Treasurer —Benjamin F. Meyers. For Judges Supreme Court- Hannan Yerkes, J. ,S. Moorehcad, C. H. Noyes, P. P. Smith, Oliver P. Bechtel, Christopher Magee. The platform endorsed Cleveland’s administration, the repeal of the Sherman law, the principles of tariff reform, tho coinage of both gold and silver, with the. dollar as the unit. The platform ends with an arraignment of- the State administration. - V Friday morning’s New York World was probably the only regular issue of a newspaper, which contained not a line of ad vertising. , The flooding of the pressroom’during the, fire on Thursday night reduced the press capacity so that it was possible to print only eight pages instead bf the contemplated sixteen. Eight solid pages of advertising were, therefore, thrown away rather than cut the news down, and the eight available phges were devoted entirely to news. In spite of the delays due ter the fire itself and mishaps .Consequent upon it, which included the stopping of all the typesetting machines by the cjitting off of gas, the paper went to press-on time. The World is receiving from newspapers throughout the country expressions of regret at its loss. It expresses its gratitude for the cordial interest manifested, assuring its friends that no serious damage" lias been done, owing to the fireproof nature of the building.