Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1898 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

Simon L. Lazard, founder of the banking house of Lazard Freres, is dead. Prince Tai Wan Ivoon, father of the Emperor of Corea, died at Seoul, according to advices received by the Corean legation. The national conference of the leaders of the liberty party at Columbifs, Ohio, agreed to make the Pittsburg platform their enunciation of political principles. Chicago capitalists are interested in a deal for the purchase of 1,000,000,000 feet of sugar pine on the Klamath river in northern California. The price is sl,000,000. The condition of Mrs. William C. Whitney, who was recently hurt while going to a hunting party at Aiken, S. C., is regarded ns serious. Evidence of paralysis has set in. Rev. John B. Fitzmaurice, D. D., heretofore rector of the Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo at Overbrook, l v a., was at Philadelphia consecrated bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Erie. Fire which originated in the rear of Connell’s plumbing shop, destroyed the Badger block at St. Joseph, Mo., causing a loss of $50,000. The Volksblatt, a German paper, was burned out. The United States Brewers’ Association has sent to Congress a statement requesting the discontinuance of the issue of internal revenue stamps of smaller denominations than those for one-sixth of a barrel. Six vessels, the City of Topeka, Cleveland, Noyo, Protection, Augusta and Scotia, are overdue at Seattle from Alaska. Their non-arrival causes no apprehension, as it is supposed they have sought shelter from the storm. The planing mill of the A. M. Stevens Lumber Company, together with twenty or thirty dwellings, many bales of cotton and N. W, Cnlluck’s stove factory, at Dycrsburg, Tenu., were burned, causing $200,000 loss, with small insurance. Sawyer, Manning & Co., dry goods commission merchants of New York and Boston. are involved in the failure of three mills, for which they were selling agents. They are the Burlington Woolen Company, tlie Winooski Worsted Company and the Colchester mills of Colchester, Vt.. for which receivers were appointed in Boston, Sawyer, Manning & Co. are indorsers on mill paper for about $1,000,000. Postmaster General Gary has offered a reward of S3OO for the arrest and conviction of the persons who burned the postofflee at Lake City, S. C., and a reward of SSOO for the arrest and conviction of those who murdered Baker and his infant at the same time, lie has also issued an order to discontinue the office at Lake City. Senor du Bose, the Spanish representative at Washington, has admitted that the.authorities at Havana planted submarine mines in the harbor, but claims they were not plnced iu the anehorage, but iu the channels..

Two thousand residents of New Y'ork and 2,300 persons from other parts of the country, policy holders in the United Life Association, which wint into bankruptcy in August, 1800, have been levied upon for an assessment amounting to SIBB,OOO by the receiver, Bernard S. McKean.