Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

EASTERN.

The New York Central Rallroal has cemoustrated its ability to run upon its road tho fastest regular train in the world. Up to six months ago the train known as the' Empire- State Express had the world's record as a regular 'traty-for-fa st running. The 'London Rail Way of Kngland, running from London to, Aberdeen, began to run \a triile faster tlihn the Empire Statics record of fifty-one miles an hour. Monday the Central began a new schedule for this train which, necessitates an hourly rtwi 'of fifty-ijireo and one-third milea.—two miles an hour- faster than the English rival. = —Fire in the United .SuiteslmiTded warohouse at South, Water and Jefferson streets, New York, caused d:iniagc*t6 the building and its contents estimated at of $1,000,000 are stored in the building, all the tax floors being packed-to their full capacity. Only the three upper floors were burned, the others suffered,' only water damage and all-Js. covered bv insurance. The building -covers about one-third of a block. Therfi Was no heating apparatus in the building and notin ipg which could generate hunt spontaneously among the stores. Fire started on the third floor of the Omaha. National Bank Block Friday and for a tinicthront-. cued the dostruction of the entire buil-I" ing. ’The district headquarters and operiTTillgnwoiti of the Western Union Telegraph Company occupy the sixth floor and she, entire force -oi. operators was driven into (he si root. *• Francis I;. Higginson, the Boston, Mass., banker, scut to liis wife at Genoa, Italy Wednesday a sight draft for SIOO,000. lie accompanied this extraordinary gift with tlie words: “Poor things, tliey'il starve if 1 don’t-send them some money.” The “poor things” to whom he referred were iiis eloping wife and Janies Wheatland Smith, a wealthy young Boston society man. The Higginson family is one of the first in all New .England, and this elopement has made a treniendous sensation. Mr. Higginson retired three years ago-from the banking firm of Bee, Higginson A Co. with a large fortune. His wife is much younger than lre-and has-been active —m—society;—Fthas been known to all her friends that her marriage was unhappy. Mrs. Iligcinson took with her SIO,OOO in cash.. Friends -of the hanher Ivsseld that - the bauker/Srextraordinary action in sending the draft for SIOO,OOO wnS prompted by a genuine desire to keep liis wife from want. Friends of Mrs. Higginson say her husband has a most vicious temper r t ml that the estrangement was caused by liis cruel neglect. At the time of her marriage to -Mr. Higginson he settled upon her the income of SIOO,OOO. Tile money which lie sent Wednesday is this* wedding gift.