Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1898 — NO SPRING SESSION. [ARTICLE]

NO SPRING SESSION.

WOULD BE NOTHING FOR CONGRESS TO DQ. Investigation of Affairs in Cuba and the Philippines Will Not E-r Finished in Time-State of Trade as Viewed by Sun. Opinions of a Cabinet Officer. There continues to be a good deal of talk in Washington as to the possibility of an extra session next spring, but those members of the administration who have studied the question seem to be generally opposed to it. One cabinet officer said; “Had the elections resulted differently we would have been obliged to get through as much of the war legislation as possible during the present session, but, as it is, we can scarcely do more than prepare the way for future work. In all probability the President will suggest the creation of separate commissions, one for Cuba, one for Porto Rico and another for the Philippines. The settlement of the Cuban question after ’ the evacuation by the Spanish will necessarily require deep study aud many personal visits to the • island. According to the pledge made by Congress we shall be bound to create a new government for Cuba. The island has been under tlie.blight of Spanish rule since its discovery, and in attempting to graft our republican ideas upon a people who have been accustomed to the worst monarchical rule in the, world, there will arise problems which if will tak» time to solve. If a commission is sent to the Philippines, it will take them all of two months to get there after they are appointed. If they stay a month, take a month to come back, and spend another month formulating their report, nearly half a year will be consumed. This being the case, it does not seem possible for Congress to begin wise legislation this spring; and the extra session, if one ja called, would probably not be until tile fall or the late summer. OCTOBER A GOOD MONTH. Volume of Trade Was the Largest Ever Known in That Month, R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “The country has safely passed the trial of off-year elections. Before this election everything except political uncertainties favored business enlargement. The volume of trade has been the greatest ever knowm in October, and the greatest ever known in any month c-xcept December, 1892. The record on November thus far shows clearings 10.4 per cent larger than last year and 9.3 per cent larger than in 1892. The railroad earnings in October have been 5.2 per cent larger than last year aud 9 per cent larger than in 1892. Foreign trade shows an increase of 20 per cent in October in exports, while imports showed a gain of only 22 per cent in October, and credits against foreign bankers were piling Up at an inconvenient rate. Failures for the week were 211 in the United States, against 291 last year, and 20 in Canada, against 24 last year.” BARELY ESCAPE CREMATION. Close Call for Soldiers Caught in a Burning Sleeping Car. Four companies of the Twelfth United States Infantry, en route from Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, to Fort Riley, Kan., narrowly escaped being burned alive in their train on the Missouri Pacific, twelve miles east of Sedalin. The train consisted of twelve coaches and a Pullman sleeper. The soldiers were sound asleep and the train was going at full speed, when the alarm of fire in the Pullman was sounded. The men leaped from their berths and seats and engaged in a wild scramble for the doors, which of course were locked. The train quickened its speed and rushed into East Sedalia, where fire engines in waiting soon extinguished the flames, while the soldiers alighted in great confusion. The train continued on its way after a delay of about n'n hour. Dog Bite* School Children. A number of school children in Defiance, Ohio, were bitten by a dog which is sn;tposed to have been mad. Willie Gillum was first attacked, aud had his left hand badly lacerated. The hound then pounced upon Anna Jubenville, and both arms, the right hand and left thigh were badly lacerated. He then made a savage nttack upon Ethel Davis. After a long chase he was finally shot. Memorial to Col. Waring. It has been decided by the special committed appointed by the New York Chamber of Commerce to provide a fitting memorial of Col. George E. Waring that an endowment fund of SIOO,OOO shall be raised with which to establish in Columbia College the Waring chair of municipal affairs. Assassin’* Sentence. At CJ eneva. Switzerland, the Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucchenni. who stabbed and killed Empress Elizabeth of Austria in September last, was plnced on trial. The prisoner was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life. Robbed a Golf Player. Ockloy C. Johnson, the professional golfer, was chloroformed in n hotel on the Natural Bridge ryad near St. Louis and robbed of SIOO in cash, n gold watch and chain and other valuables. llead-on Collision. A heud-ou collision occurred between two passenger trains on the Lehigh Valley Railroad near Wilkesbarre. Pa. Five trniumcn wore killed and four others injuroffi Murdered In Corea. Ihe steamship Belgic brings news of • murder in Corea. George Leake, an American, was a storekeeper at Chemulpo. lie was found dead with an ugly hole in Ids skull. A long Made with u heavy weight nt the end of it was found beside the body. Fuw n Schooner Sink. Fishermen from Green Island rejw rt nt Toledo 1 hut Lightkeeper Gtbentit, of the Turtle light, saw a snu.ll schooner with a crew of six men and out* won aa go down during the recent gale. Troopers Killed by u Negro. Private Jackson, Troop 11, was instantly killed and Corporal Garrett. Troop 11, Tenth Cavalry, was mortally wounded by “lforsc" Douglass, a negm of Huntsville, Alt. No one saw the killing. Douglas* w.ns seen with the two soldier* ip the city and his pistol had three empty sheels.