Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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Wilson Brothers, wholesale and retail jewelers of Boston, Mass., made an assignment. Prof. Charles W. Shields, of Princeton University, announces that he will withdraw from the Presbyterian church because of the trouble over granting a liquor license to Princeton Inu, the petition for which he signed. The Pittsburg Stock Exchange building was completely cleaned out by tire. The building was occupied by the Stock Exchange. Union Trust Company, Durr’s case and a large number of stock brokers. The loss is estimated at $150,000. At Gorham, N. Thomas Monahan, while crazed with drink, shot Joseph Gauthier, an employe of the Grand Trunk Railroad, killing him instantly. Monahan also shot Selectman Gates of Gorham, probably fatally injuring him. Later another body was found, which, it is believed, is that of a third victim of Monahan’s fury. At IVilkesharre, Pa., the grand jury returned a true bill against Sheriff Martin ■and his deputy for the Lattimer shooting. The true bills included nineteen for uitir•d«r, one for each man killed and one for the victims considered collectively. Thirtysix true bills were found in the same way for felonious wounding against the same defendants. The likelihood is that Sheriff ■Martin and his deputies will elect to be tried together. The supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 33d degree Masons for the southern nnd western Masonic jurisdiction of the United States of America held its twenty-eighth annual session in Providence, R. I. The election of officers resulted as follows: Grand commander, John-'Jones, Chicago: lieutenant grand commander.Bic'hard F. Greene, New York; grand chancellor, C. W. Newton; minister of state, W. L. Kimburg of Texas; grand auditor. R. J. Fletcher of Sacramento; grand secretary general, D. 'F. Seville, Washington, D. C.; grand treasurer general, W. R. Morris of Minneapolis; grand marshal, Spencer N. Gilmore of Providence; assistant grand auditor, James Hill of Jackson. NJiss.: assistantsecretary general, E. E. Pettibone of Grenada, Miss. The next annual convention will be held in Omaha in October, 1898. The white squadron has returned to New York” from the autumn maneuvers, going direct from Boston, where the vessels had called to attend the celebration of the launching of the Constitution. The only event Of any importance on the trip was the disabling of the steam steering ■gear of the lowa. The fleet left Boston in a hard northeast gale, with a heavy sea running. All went well, however, until the lowa signaled that something was amiss with her steering gear. Admiral Sicard ordered the Brooklyn and Texas to stand by the lowa, while the other ships went oil to New York. After leaving Hampton roads the fleet went to Yorktown, Va., where the vessels remained for a week, leaving on Oct. 4 and going out to sea, where ten days were spent in fleet tactical evolutions. The fleet did not go very far to sea, but kept out of sight of land. There was no big gun practice during these maneuvers. At Yorktown there were landing parties every day, and rifle and revolver practice on shore, together with drills. There was a sham battle between a landing force and a battalion on shore, and altogether officers and men had a busy time of it.