Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — Told In a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told In a Few Lines.

The jewelry store of M. J. Cohen, Pittsburg, Pa., was robbed of $7,000 worth of diamonds by three men and a woman. Philip D. Borden, the oldest active manufacturer in Mass., and widely known in textile circles, is dead, aged 80 years. ' A letter from Smyrna, Western Turkey, says that Armenian relief funds are diminishing while the number of destitute is increasing.. % • The schooner Viking, which left San Francisco on Nov. 15 for the South sea. Is a month overdue and fears are expressed for her safety. The Viking carried a crew of eight men. It is said that the Spanish Government, has declined. the Pope’s mediation In Cuban affairs, on the ground that th« acceptance would be tantamount to recognizing America’s right to interfere.

Fire-destroyed the Adirondack Hotel, Emerson Bank, the, music haJLftM several residences and stores at Warrensburg, Warren County, N. Y., entailing a loss of $50,000, which is partially insured. The Moulton Leather-Company,-having factories at Lynn, Mass., assigned to A. W. Pope & Co., of Boston, for $135,000. Most of the claims agfninst the corporation are held in New York and Philadek phia. Engineer Fanning of a cattle train was killed and Inis fireman, .P. McClellan, Engineer De Groat, Fireman McClairville, a sleeping car porter and others Were bad.ly injured in A Northern Pacific wreck •ear Livingston, Mont. .