Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1895 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

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Albert C. Erkenbrccher. of Cincinnati, has made an assignment. Liabilities, $175,0QQ; assets. .$275,000. "' "■ '," / ‘ Sunday morning saw an- innovation in the choir (if the Grace Episcopal Church, Detroit. A dozen women surpliced Were’ added to the thoir under the direction of Prof. Remiek. —-v —- Francis ‘Schlatter. ‘The Healer. 1 ’ is ! ~nt : Santa Cruz, thirty miles liorth of Santa Fe, N. M, At Ranchitos de Taos 500 people greeted him. He blessed handkenhiefs and cured many persons. At San Francisco the attorney fbr Theodore Duyrant moved for a writ of probable cause for order to prevent the prisoners removal from the county jail to the State's prison at Sap Quintan. The court denied the motion and subsequently signed Durrant's death warrant, fixing Friday, Feb-. 21, as the date of the execution. Near Mitchell, Ind., George T. Coleman was killed, lie was a passenger on a Baltimore and Ohio. South western train, east-bound, and was not missed until the train reached North Vernon. Employes found his body at Hamers Crossing, where the road makes a.sham curve. It is supposed that he met his death while attempting to go from the smoker, to the, sleeper. f ' ;c W. Morjon,Smith, editor of a .Lincoln, Neb., paper, was indicted by the Federal grand jury for latfempting to impede justice. He was also lined apd jailetj by Judge Dundy for contempt of court, growing out of the same- proceedings. Smith charged editorially that the proceedings by which Richard Outcalt was declared not guilty of wrecking the Capitol National Bank were irregtjlar and the court guilty of corruption. At 2 o'clock Friday morning fi.ro broke out in the Wann Building. St, Paul, occupied by Henry S. Sternberg, as a jobbing dry goods and clothing lidffse and by Guiterman Bros., manufacturers of shirts, pants, overalls,'etc. The 'whole department was -called out. 'The lire, spread rapidly to'the roof of the building adjoining, which is occupied by Price & Robbins’ wholesale paper house. The whole upper floor of the building in which the fire originated was damaged. The pipemen had a hot and dangerous tight on the top floor. They were forced from the building to the cxjjiision ladder, and at one time the laddfiKtiecame charged with electricity from twAvire? below, but they were cut beforeWny fatalities Audited. The cause of the tire is unknown. The loss Tffi estimated at $65,000, fully covered by insurance. Five hundred employes of Guiterman Bros, are thrown out of work. Fred Markham, of Santa Cruz, Cal., received a letter ten days ago stating thqt his mother had died in Battle Creek, Mich., as the result of it railroad accident and that the remains would be interred before he ebuld reach Battle Creek, where he formerly resided. A few days later he was astonished at receiving another letter containing the information that his mother « as alive and would probably recover. The letter further stated tha t his mot her was .apparently dead when the first letter AYA! written. Arrangements for her burial were under way, but while the funeral service? were in progress the minister, relatives and congregiiTidn were horrified by a sound from the, coffin ami wqre almost paralyzed when a moment later the cotlin-lid was broken nnd Mrs. Markham was found to be alive. It appears that she had suffered from concussion of the brain and for two day was unconscious. Allen G. Thurmau died at> Columbus, Ohio, at,l;l& p. in. The public career of Judge Thurman was an open

book. His comparatively recent prominent position before the public rendered the important--points in his career quite familiar. He was born at Lynchburg, Va., in TBl3. and removed to Chilicothey" Ohio, with his parents when six years of age. Thurman was not a religious man, in the strict sense, apd very often he*was poetically profane, yet both his private public life was remarkable for its purity. Since'the death of his wiser two years ago. he had been more secluded than ever. He had felt her loss more than his stoical spirit ufsTfWP*vtTsplu.'tr =yrrt,hir grief had been that of the philosopher. Judge Thurman was a rich man. The estate of his wife .had Is'em-weLL managed and greatly increased. The Thurman fanply has til ways been among the most aristoeration is prominent in the social circles '‘obCplumbus. —■ -- ", Popular indignation at tin- manner in which the graves Tn TtbchcsH»r-Gemeterjv have been desecrated reached a crisis in North Topeka, Kan., Wednesday night, when a iHjpb began tj> form with the avowed purpose of burning the Kaisas Medical College.- The faculty of thucol--1 ege ca 1 letrnpoTi I,he ptfl ice for protection. The students were all sent home, and the college—building placed-iu tlie possessionof a squad-atf policemen. - A detail of' militiamen—from Bttttery, B pf Topeka was stationed at their arsenalferpreventa capture of the arms stored there. Upon the request of the sheriff the. Governor ordered the infantry company at Lawrence to bwready to respond to„ a call at any moment. At 8 o’clock P? H. Lillis identified the third body’ at the college as that of his mother, who died recently. Tuesday A. N. Drake of North Topeka, whose wife died last week, discovered her grave had been robbed. The remains were found at the Kansas Medical College. On Monday 1. O. Van Fleet, who had buried his wife but a few hours before, found her mutilated and disfigured remains on the dissecting table at the college. This discovery resulted In the arrest of S. A. Johnson, a student who acts as janitor of the institution. These revelations, coming one after another, caused a wave of indignation to sweep over the j?ity. The mob violence is a natufa 1 ou tcomc. Atl Ihe A/ O. U. W. lodges met to denounce the outrage and demand a full investigation tu disco mthe*ghouls. T —~