Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — SPIKED THE CANNON. [ARTICLE]

SPIKED THE CANNON.

MILITIAMEN ARE TIRED OF CONDEMNED ARTILLERY. Encouraging Business Conditions—- " Water Spout in Texas and Cloud--9 burst in Nebraska Do Immense Damage—Chinch Bugs Fattening. No Cannon in Kansas Now. Kansas, is without artillery. Thursday night several National Guardsmen whose names are unknown crept into the Read: quarters of the Wichita artillery company, where till the cannon in possession of-the State were stored, and spiked every gun with rat taiffiles. The cannon were used in the memorial services, and are old-tim-ers, many having been condemned by the Government. During the firing of a salute one of them exploded, tearing off both arms of Private Fennel and the fingers of Private Walker. The accident caused considerable adverse comment upon the officers in permitting the condemned cannon to be used, and last night's action on the part of the incensed soldiers was the result. The cannon are damaged beyond repair. Trade Gets Better. If. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “More far-reaching than any, change during the past week, if really warranted by facts, is the continued rise in prices of wheat and cotton. Real scarcity of either would affect all business. Happily there is still room to hope that tales of injury are greatly exaggerated. although there has been some evidence during the week that both the great crops have suffered more than at first appeared. Other changes are almost all favorable and some - highly troubles are clearly less threatening. Monetary conditions are satisfactory, and the substantial increase in the commercial demand is a good sign. Exchanges through the clearing houses have been greatly inflated by speculation, and at this time last year were cut down by the coal strike and toward the end of May, 1893, greatly reduced by bank failures, hut for the week exceed last year’s by 19 per cent, and fal only 5.6 per cent below those of 1893, while the daily average for May is 26.9 per cent larger than last year, but 7.1 per cent less than in 1893.

Mad Sweep of Water. A torrent of roaring water swept down the Medicine valley in Frontier county, Neb., Sunday, carrying death and destruction in its path. Curtis lake burst its banks, and the accumulated drainage of thirty miles of territory rushed over hamlets and farm lands lying in its path. It is believed several lives have tjeen lost. Stockville, seven miles down the Medicine creek, which is the outlet of Curtis lake, had 250 inhabitants. The people at Cambridge, where the Medicine flows into the Republican river, were far enough away to escape death, although they may lose property. At Curtis a fine roller mill was destroyed and much railroad property destroyed. Heavy rains for several days were followed by a cloudburst, and the dam at the lake could not stand the pressure. Down the valley many farm dwellings and outbuildings were swept awav. ______ Makes Chinch Bugs More Plentiful. Since May 1 Dr. Paul Schweitzer, chemist of the Missouri State experimental station, has been issuing packages of diseased chinch bugs, to be distributed through the crop fields of the State for the purpose of creating an epidemic among the healthy bugs, thus exterminating them. Since that time the chinch bugs are more numerous this year than ever before. The wheat crop is being literally devoured. The experiment with the infection made at the station has, however, proved thoroughly successful. Waterßpont Creates Great Havoc. A waterspout struck near Hillsboro, Tex., Thursday night. It caused an eightacre lake to burst through a dani. About six hundred feet of the Misouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad tracks were washed away. Similar damage was done to the Cotton Belt road. Rails were twisted in all sorts of shapes. All wires were torn down. Several hundred cattle were drowned in the Hackberry bottom near Hillsboro and one house was demolished and one man was drowned. No estimate can be made of the loss.