Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1898 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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Angustin Cossio, the father of Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros, has arrived iu New York from Havana, having been released by Gen. Blaueo. ' New York rapid transit commissioners report that for the present at least there is no hope of building the rapid transit tunnel so long planned-. M. J. Daugherty of Pittsburg, Pa., a traveling salesman., hanged himself with his handkerchief in a cell of the city prison at Zanesville, O. * The Lehigh Valley Construction Company of South Bethlehem, l’a., has filed a deed of general assignment to Julius Workum of New Y’ork. The General Electric Company is preparing for one of the largest iron foundries ever constructed in this country, to be located in Schenectady, N. Y. *■ Rev. George William Douglas, rector of Trinity Episcopal Clmrch at New Haven, Conn., has declined to become the clerical head of the United States church armjj. i , . A syndicate of New York capitalists has secured an option on 90 per cent of the general Wave potteries in Trenton, N. J., and Enst Liverpool, 0., the two principal potteries of the country. An unknown man threw himself or accidentally fell from a parapet on the Washington bridge over the Harlem river at Netv York, dropping 147 feet to the water. He was fished out and will live. Clipper ships Aryan and Dirago sailed from New York for San Francisco and Shanghai respectively, and the captains of each have wagered he will make the quickest trip, the distance being practically the same. The National Summer School Association which has been holding yearly meetings at Glens Falls, N. Y., has been dissolved by action of the stockholders on account of the unsatisfactory financial condition of the association. J. J. Ilill of the Great Northern Railroad has notified President Bridgernnn of Hnmline University that he will give $20,000 for the purpose of raising the debt provided other friends of the institution will raise the remaining $15,000.