Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. BENSSELAEB, - INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happeniags at Mash ar Llttla Importance from All Parts of the Civi Ized World—lncidents. Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and Wars. Merritt Chism, a rich fanner of White Oak, 111., murdered his wife as she was about to attend church at Normal," 111. Adjt.-Gen. Reece a candidate for commander of Illinois department, G. A. R. William Phelps lost his life at Indianapolis to allow companion with a family to escape. E. F. Uhl, former United States ambassador to Germany, dying at Grand Rapids, Mich. Training ship Dorothea left I Philadelphia for Chicago. Re-election of Lant K. Salsbury city by the Grand Rapids council to be followed by £" grand jury investigation of alleged council boodllng. Inquiry into his arrest in Chicago,charged with embezzling $50,000 of K. C. Rarton of Omaha. Men on the inside say J. J. Hill could have prevented crash in Wall street by keeping promise to protect Union Pacific interests in Burlington deal. His foes bought Northern Pacific to retaliate. Hamburg-American line absorbed the Atlas steamship line, making the former company the largest in the world. Several big French firms made contracts for American coal. British representatives alarmed at the prospective loss of business. Powers considering advisability of naval demonstration against Turkey on account of postal question. Vienna newspaper said Monroe doctrine is being extended to mean Europe for the Americans. Wife of minister to Persia filed suit for a divorce in Rhode Island court. Illinois building at Pan-Anfferican exposition will be ready June 1. Chief O’Neill began war on Chicago’s street beggars. William Harris, aged 14, drowned while canoeing off Fifty-fifth street, Chicago. Hawaiian legislature by resolution asked the removal of Governor Dole for obstructing legislation. Enthusiasm of crowd at San Luis Obispo, Cal., to shake hands with President McKinley caused panic from which he was extricated with difficulty. , Seventeen persons injured in riot in Detroit caused by refusal of police to permit single tax speech by street orator. L. D. Horne of St. Paul, a naturalized Russian, paid $350 fine for evading army service in native country. Billy Bradburn made $1,500 in a Pittsburg bucket shop and tried to enforce collection with a shotgun. President McKinley reviewed floral parade at Los Angeles Thursday. City beautifully decorated in honor of the visitors. Chief executive escorted by cavalry. Expulsion of Italians from lola, Kas., in a labor fight to be investigated by the Italian government. President Franklin Carter of Williams college resigned. Last witnesses heard in Eastman case. Arguments of counsel began Fridav. Treasury officials declared legitimate commercial enterprise not affectdi by flurry in stocks. Three thousand farm districts now served by rural mail carriers at a cost of $3,500,000 a year. More routes projected. Methodists started movement at New York to raise $1,000,000 to pay church debts. Shamrock 11. lost its topsail in squall on the way to Weymouth. Locomotive trust to be formed of leading concerns In the country. Slump in American stocks caused wild time on London Exchange.W. C. Levere of Evanston, 111., will use liquid air to. destroy mosquitoes. Policemen D. A. Sheridan and Albert Swanson of Chicago force dismissed for abusing a citizen. Decision of controller of the treasury will make it easier hereafter to keep out objectionable immigrants. British Miners’ federation decided not to strike unless wages are cut as result of new coal tax. Insurgents in La Infanta province surrendered, ending war in north Luzon.

Charles Foster of Fostoria, former secretary of the treasury, filed petition in bankruptcy with >747,008 liabilities. Warren F. Furbeck & Co., stock brokers at 94 La Salle street, forced to suspend because of the slump in the new York stock market. Professor Eastman, in his cross-ex-amination at Boston, explained contradictory statements made before grand jurors. President McKinley and his party reached Los Angeles Wednesday after notable daylight ride through the San Bernardino valley. Welcomed to the state by Governor Gage at Redlands. Cardinal Martinelli invested with the red berretta by Cardinal" Gibbons at Baltimore.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter wheat—No. 2 hard. 72%c; No. 8 red, 72@73c; No. 3 hard, 7214 c. Spring wheat—No. 3 spring, 70>4©71%c; No. 4 spring, 6»*4c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 50%@ He; No. 2 white, 50%c; No. 3, 44%©450. Date—No. 3 white, 29c; No. 4 white, 28c; No. 2, 28K@28i4c; No. 2 white, 30c. HayChoice timothy, >13.50@14; No. 1, 812.50@ 18.50; No. 2, sl2® 12.50; No. 3,890 H. Choice prairie, |l2©T3; No. 1, Jlo@ll. Provisions—sweet pickled hams, 14@16 lbs at 914 c; No. I, 12013 lbs, 9%c. Cattle—Native shipping and export Iteers, 84.9005.75; dressed beef and butcher steers, $4.2005.30; steers under 1,000 lbs., 13.75426; stockers and feeders/ $2.7004.85; cows and heifers, 8205; canners, $1.25@ t.« 5; bulls, 82.70C4.10; Texas and Indian steers, 83.4505.10; cows and heifers, 82.50© Ll 5. Hogs—Pigs and lights, 85.6005.70; packers, 85.6005.75; butchers, 85.7505.85. Sheep—Native muttons, 8404.60; lambs, 84.6005; spring lambs, 8508; culls and bucks, 8304.50; stockers, 8203.25 Eggs, new, 12c; cheese, ched, 9%@10c; twins, flats, 10%c; young Amerieas, 10V6©llc. Butter—Creamery extra, L7V4@lßc; firsts, 15%©16%c; dairies, choice, L6c. Live turkeys, lb., s©Bc; live hens, >c; ducks, 10c; spring chickens, doz., 81.50 ®S; iced hens, scalded, 9c; iced springs, scalded, 9c; roosters, iced, 6c; iced ducks, l@10c; iced geese, 6©Bc. Veal—soo6o lbs., me; 750150 lbs., 506 c. Apples, good to choice, 83.5003.75; fancy, [email protected]; potatoes, Burbanks, 35038 c; Peerless, 84©3«c; Rural*, 37@400; Mixed, 80035 c; Hebrons, 81035 c; Kings, 32035 c.

DEATH ON BURNING STEAMER.

Bon Voyage Destroyed on Dake Superior —Five-Women Drowned. The passenger steamer Bon Voyage caught fire in Lake Superior Friday night and was beached near the Portage ship canal. The flames spread so rapidly that it was impossible to launch the boats or life raft. The crew and passengers all escaped, except five-unembers of the Altman family of Laurium —grandmother, mother and three daughters—who were drowned. The fourth daughter. was saved by hanging to a fender. The steamer burned to the water’s edge.

Objectionable Booth Moved.

The booth in the Manufacturers’ and Liberal Arts Building at the PanAmerican Exposition grounds, Buffalo, which has caused so much friction between the labor unions and the Exposition officials and which threatened to Involve all the men employed on the grounds in a general strike, has been removed and it is now believed that all the carpenters will go to work at once. The booth objected to is the only one in any of the buildings manufactured in mills where non-union men are employed, and as this is the only cause of complaint that the union carpenters have the officials are confident that there will be no more trouble.' The attendance at the grounds today was good, notwithstanding that Lt rained for about two hours during that part of the day when most of the sight-seers visited the Exposition.

Englishman Finds Strange Animal.

Sir Henry Johnson, special commissioner to Uganda, reports the established existence in the Semliki forests of a peculiar ruminant thought to be long extinct. The natives call this animal the okapi. It is a giraffe-like creature, which is closely akin to the ox in size. The neck is a little longer, proportionately, than that of horses, the ears like those of the ass, with silky, black fringes; the head tapers like and the nostrils are like those of the giraffe. The forehead is a vivid red, and the neck, shoulders, stomach and back a deep reddish brown. Parts of the animal are almost crimson, and others blackish in hue.

For School in Jerusalem.

The council of the Archaelogical Institute of America began in New York City Saturday. Prof. John Williams White of Harvard university, the president of the institute, presided. Prof. J. Henry Thayer of Harvard university on behalf of the committee on the American school for oriental study and research in Palestine submitted a report. The school, the report shows, is in straitened financial circumstances. An effort is being made to raise SIOO,000 for the erection of a suitable building at Jerusalem for the school and $55,000 of the sum has been subscribed.

Paralytic Kills a Rival.

A paralytic in Puebla, Mexico, suspecting his wife of infidelity, employed two men to help him execute vengeance on her supposed paramour. The prisoner was rolled in a straw mat, his hands and feet being securely bound. He was then carried in the night to the house of the infuriated paralytic, who, still having the use of his arms, inflicted over thirty wounds on the man with a heavy knife, not stopping till (the bundle ceased to move. The murderer and his two accomplices were placed under arrest.

Body Accidentally Cremated.

The remains of Mrs. Kate Dwyer, while awaiting burial at Piqua, 0., were cremated in a fire which had originated in a peculiar way. Early this morning the wind blew a lace curtain into the flames of candles set about the bier, and the fire that ensued enveloped the shroud and consumed the coffin, cremating the corpse before discovered by the inmates of the house.

Armour Buys Big Plant.

Armour & Co. have bought the old International Packing Company’s plant in Sioux City, Iowa, and it is understood they will take immediate possession. The capacity of the plant is 500 cattle, 3,250 hogs and 1,000 sheep, The plant originally was built by the Silberhorns at a cost of $400,000. It has recently been the property of the Sioux City Stock Yards Company, and Armour’s negotiations have been with that company.

SUM Of R. N. POLLOCK

The Fugitive Cleveland Banker Kills Himself. HE PREPARES FOR THE DEED. • ——————— Takes His Own Life In Seattle Hotel by Sending a Ballet Through Hl* Head — Identified by Tailor’s Hark—New* in Cleveland. Prepared with a dozen means to cause his own death, a man who has been practically identified as R. N. Pollock, the missing banker of Cleveland, committed suicide Wednesday in the Hotel York, Seattle, Wash., sending a bullet crashing through his brain. Fearing that this might prove unavailing, the suicide, before placing the revolver to his temple, arranged on a table alongside his chair a box of

BUSY MAN OF A BUSY AGE.

James J. Hill, chief in control of the Great Northern, Erie, Burlington, and Northern Pacific railroads —the latter In conjunction with J. P. Morgan—is the center of public Interest just now owing to the remarkable boom in the stock of the Northern Pacific railroad. Mr. Hill is in practical control of more railways than any other man in the

fifty Smith & Wesson cartridges of a caliber corresponding to the weapon, a keen-bladed razor, a two-ounce box of “rough on rats” and a phial of 100 aconite tablets. When the body was found at 2:30 in the afternoon by a chambermaid in the hotel rigor mortis had set in, indicating that death had occurred at least twelve hours before. The remains were found in a rocking chair, with a gaping wound in the right temple, from which the blood had freely flowed, making a large pool on the carpeted floor. Burned All His Papers. The suicide made a partially successful effort to conceal his identity. He had burned a number of letters at a small gas heater in the room. The charred remains of the papers were found, but the writing was quite obliterated. Pollock arrived in Seattle Monday night and registered at the Hotel York as James Fisher of Spokane. He had no baggage and paid for one night’s lodging, indicating to the landlord that he would leave the following day. Pollock was not seen by the employes of the hotel all day Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon a chambermaid was instructed to enter the apartment, believing the guest to have gone. The door was found to be locked on the inside. It was burst open and Pollock was found dead within. The blood from the wound in his temple had streamed down over his clothes to the floor and had coagulated. The coroner was at once notified and made a careful examination of the room and the body. No baggage or linen was found to indicate who the man, was, but upon removal of the body to the morgue it was discovered that within his coat was the name R. N. Pollock and the trade-mark of a Cleveland tailor. In an inner vest pocket were found two railway tickets, one on the Great Northern .railway, issued at Grand Forks, B. C., May 3, and the other on the Oregon Short line in Idaho. Both tickets were signed James Wilson. Two tax fund certificates issued by the city auditor of Cleveland were also found with the tickets. Pollock was well dressed, wore a gold watch and dog’s-head charm. He had S3O in gold and silver in his pockets. He appeared to have been about 30 years of age, of light complexion and

Illinois Central Train Wrecked.

An east-bound Illinois Central passenger train was wrecked Wednesday three-quarters of a mile south of Kuttawa, Ky. A relief train went to the scene of the accident. The train wrecked is No. 102, bound from New Orleans to Louisville. Engineer B. Keegan was killed and the fireman badly injured. A mail clerk and a waiter in the case car suffered slight bruises. The train was derailed, it is supposed, by a broken flange.

wearing a small brown mustache, The remains will be held pending the full establishment of his identity. New* Broken to Widow. Mrs. Robert N. Pollock Wednesday night at Cleveland heard the news of her husband’s suicide at Seattle from a policeman, and said she had been expecting it ever since his bank closed. The expert, examination of the cash accounts of the closed Cuyahoga bank of which Pollock was president was completed Wednesday, and it was found that the cash account balanced to a penny. It is now thought Pollock took little or none of the bank's money with him.

Not Ready to Stop War.

The war office at London denies the statement published in New York that Lord Kitchener has talegraphed advising granting all the demands of the Boers, with the exception of independence, owing to his conviction that they cannot be forced to lay down their arms without a long continuation of the war.

world. His dream is to own a line stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and this would have been realized had he succeeded in his recent effort to secure the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pqul. His friends are confident he will yet succeed in this pet project. Mr. Hill is 63 years old. His fortune is estimated at $100,000,000.

Passengers Taken from Wreck.

The passengers on board the steamer Princess Louise, which ran aground at Thormanby Island, just south of Taxada. were taken off of the wreck, says a Vancouver, B. C„ dispatch, by the tug Falcon, which had been hailed as she was passing the wreck. Princess Louise is valued at about SIOO,000. It is believed the steamer will be brought off safely if the wind keeps down, but a storm would soon pound her to pieces.

To Do as Jesus Would Do.

Articles of incorporation were issued by the secretary of state to the School of Methods of 238 Sixth avenue, New York. The school is founded on a plan which aims at the practical application of the teachings of Jesus to everyday life. The members —twentyeight in number —carry on a bakery and lunch room and have leased a farm at Rossville, S. 1., where they will raise vegetables for the use of their restaurant.

Jester Expense Bill Allowed.

The state authorities of Missouri have just allowed the expense bill incurred in the famous Alexander Jester murder trial which was held at New London, Rulls county. Jester, it will be remembered was tried for killing Gilbert Gates, a brother of John W. Gates, the steel magnate. The expenses allowed amount to $8,135.48, the second largest bill ever allowed in the state, and exceeding the Duestrow case by nearly $3,000.

Taral Is a Hero in Austria.

Jockey Fred Taral, writing from Vienna, is delighted with his surroundings in Austria. Up to April 29 Taral headed the list of winning jockeys, with a record of eleven victories and five seconds in twenty-one starts. Other American jockeys have done well, viz., Hamilton, with two wins in eight starts; Doggett.

May Have Killed the Wrong Man.

An unknown negro, supposed to be James Brown, charged with assaulting Miss Della Garrett of Springville, Ala., was shot and killed by a number of white men near Leeds, twelve miles from Birmingham. The coroner is of the opinion that the wrong man has been killed.

Riots at Barcelona End.

A dispatch from Barcelona, Spain, announces that order has been restored, that many strikers have " resumed work on the old terms add that those arrested have been released from custody.

Alleged Express Robbers Freed.

The jury at Denison, lowa, in the case of Jackson and Stovall, alleged Manilla, lowa, express robbers, found them not guilty. The men were released from jalL

PAROLE FOR THE YOUNGERS

Minnesota Prison Board Recommends Clemency. PRISONERS FOR 25 YEARS. Befor* They Can Be Released the Board of Pardons Must Pass Upon the Beoommendatlon of the Prison Board —One Died in Prison. The Minnesota board of prison managers has unanimously recommended the parole of Coleman and James Younger, the celebrated bandits, who have been in prison here twenty-five years. Before they can be released, however, the board of pardons must pass upon the recommendation of the prison board. The report will be submitted to the pardon board immediately, but it is not known whether it will convene in special session. The first regular meeting comes in July and the Youngers may have to remain in prison until that time. Before the parole becomes effective it must be approved in writing by all of the members of the board of pardons, Governor Van Sant, Attorney-General Douglass and Chief Justice Start. Cole, James and Bob Younger were imprisoned for their raid on the Bank of Northfield in September, 1876. The James brothers, Jesse and Frank, escaped to Missouri. Two members of the gang were killed and Bob Younger died in prison. For six years attempts have been made during every session of the legislature to secure the enactment of a law permitting the parole of life prisoners. At one session the bill was introduced, but was allowed to die. Two years ago it was passed by the senate. This winter it passed both houses and went to the governor. Before it was signed it was recalled, reconsidered and killed. The following day it was reconsidered, passed and became a law. The bill was passed with especial reference to the Younger brothers, as there is but one other “lifer” who comes within the requirements of a twenty-five year imprisonment before action can be taken. One Has Died in Prison. There were six Younger brothers, one of whom died in childhood. They were the sons of Colonel Henry W. Younger, a wealthy southerner, who moved to Cass county, Missouri, in 1830. When the war broke out the Younger property was raided first by one side and then the other. The boys, in revenge for the injuries indicted upon their father, became guerrillas and created so many political erifemles that pardon was denied them at the close of the war. They then joined with the James brothers and began a long series of bank and train robberies. The most famous detectives were sent to hunt them, and were in turn hunted themselves. In one of these fights John Younger was killed, but after he had fallen from his saddle he rallied and killed the detective who had shot him. At the time of the Northfield robbery

MOST SPECTACULAR FIGURE IN WALL STREET.

James R. Keene, one of the foremost figures in the public eye during the present skyrocket flights of railroad and Industrial stocks, has earned the title of the “Prince of Plungers.” Conspicuous in that group of operators famous in Wall street for the last fifteen years, he has made and lost at least four fortunes in the battle of speculation. During his career, and

Plans Massacre of Christians.

The Reforma, of Sofia, learns from Constantinople that a massacre of Macedonian Christians is being planned which will put the Armenian atrocities in the background. The sultan has assented to the plan and Effendi Pasha has been entrusted with the execution of the project The paper further states that the Macedonians have a choice between being slaughtered by the Turks and making a bold fight for freedom. The paper urges an ttnmediate revolution.

the Youngers might have escaped had they not stopped to assist a wounded companion. The James boys wanted to kill the wounded man, but the Youngers would not listen to the proposition. The James boys then pushed on and escaped, while the Youngers, in trying to get the wounded man away, were surrounded and captured. Their prison record is excellent.

Irish Newspaper Is Seized.

The police seized at Dublin William O’Brien’s weekly paper, the Irish People. It is reported that the seizure was on account of reflections Upon King Edward. Another report says that the organ was seized for a coarse personal attack upon Mr. George Wyndham, the Irish secretary. It is probably for “lese majeste,” a crime almost obsolete in England, that the paper has been confiscated. It is surmised that the attack on King Edward was Mr. O’Brien’s comments on the civil list, which passed the house of commons, the Irish Nationalists voting against it. Several Irish papers have been seized recently for alleged scurrility and articles the English administration regards as seditious.

Pastor Toasts Liquor Men.

In bumpers of beer the Rev. A. F. Sterger, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Evangelical church, Baltimore, drank the health of the Knights of the Royal Arch. The Knights are saloonkeepers and men in the liquor business and the occasion was the annual banquet. The Rev. Mr. Sterger recently publicly announced his sympathy with the saloonkeepers of Baltimore. The Anti-Saloon league denounced his course. The other Lutheran ministers of the city held a meeting and adopted resolutions declaring that the Rev. Mr. Sterger did not speak for the ministry of his church, and they regretted his action.

Probably Ends Watch Trust.

The officers of the American Waltham Watch company; according to one of the directors, have informed the promoters of the proposed watch trust at Boston that that company will not become a party to any consolidation of watch companies. Other companies have declined to go into any trust movement, so the $75,000,000 combination has been abandoned.

Many Hurt at a Circus.

The reserve seat section of the Merchants’ Railroad show collapsed at Oil City, Pa., while the exhibition was being given, throwing scores of people to the ground. The most seriously injured were Clate Wadsworth, Mrs. Lynch and Charles ‘Stronge, who had their legs broken.. Many others sustained severe bruises and sprains.

Workmen Are Killed.

The second fatal accident in the excavation for the new Frick building, Pittsburg, for the week occurred Thursday. One man was killed and two were hurt. On Tuesday two men were killed. The accident has caused a panic in the ranks of the army of workmen employed to rush the work through.

often with his back to the wall, Mr. Keene fenced with the late Jay Gould and such other masters of the game of stocks and money. His recent deals, it is declared, have outdone anything that Gould ever attempted. Mr. Keene has a habit of speaking of millions of winnings as lightly as if he were a farmer gratified over a good horse trade. His fortune today is estimated at $12,000,000 to $15,000,000.

Cleveland Is After Fish.

Grover Cleveland, former president of the United States, arrived at Sandusky, O„ Thursday, to spend ten days fishing at Middle Bass. With him axe Admiral Lamberton, U. 8. N.; Professor John L. Lloyd of Cincinnati, Judson Harmon of Cincinnati and Charles Foster of Fostoria, former secretary of the treasury. When asked regarding his reported Wall street winnings Mr. Cleveland smiled and replied: “I have nothing to say.” He declined to be interviewed on any subject

LATEST INDIANA NEWS.

Improvement at Chaimorn, Chalmers is a pretty little city situated in the grain belt of White county. This summer two and a half miles of cement sidewalks will be laid in the town. Monticello, Brookston and Chalmers are the only three towns in White county having commissioned high schools! Chalmers received its commission from the state board about April 1 and has an enrollment of 300 students, of which seventy-five are in the high school proper, with a fouryears’ course under the directorship of Professor Green of the Northwestern, assisted by Professor Matlock of Purdue. The town has recently erected a ten-thousand dollar school building. Sixty-sixth Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben T. Webb have celebrated the sixty-sixth anniversary of their wedding at their home in Romney, near Lafayette. They were married May 5, 1835, in Brown connty, Ohio. Both are natives of that county, the groom being born in 1817 and the bride in 1816. They moved to Tippecanoe county in 1844. A family dinner was given and an informal celebration held. One hundred guests were present. The living descendants are four children, forty grandchildren, fifty great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, most of whom were present today. Heirs Form a Combine. Michigan and Indiana claimants to the Magness estate in New York, upon which there is a valuation of $80,000,000, have formed an association headed by William Hatfield of Heston, this state, as president, to contest their claim to heirship in the courts. The estate-consists of 6,000 acres of land upon which a fair-sized town has been built and valuable mines are operated. Important documents pertaining to the estate have been placed with a firm of leading Indiana attorneys and action to establish heirship brought into the courts. X. XB*lt Water KllMnr Fl*h. The big reservoir at St Mary’s, the source of the Wabash river, which has been a great resort for fishermen, Is ruined for all purposes of angling this summer. Fish in the reservoir are said to be dying by thousands in consequence of the enormous discharge of salt water from oil and gas wells into the reservoir. The fish are found by thousands on the surface of the water and on the banks of the river. Bicycle Blder Killed. John Anderson, aged 18, a coal miner at Grant, was killed by a trolley car near Highland Lawn cemetery. He was riding a bicycle behind a car on one track and turned out to the other track in time to be struck .by a car on that track going in the opposite direception. He was yet alive when taken aboard the car, but died on the way into Terre Haute.

Rector Called to Ft. Wayne. The Rev. P. F. Roche, for fourteen years rector of St Ann’s church, announced to his congregation at Lafayette his appointment as rector of the Cathedral church in Ft Wayne, to succeed Father Quintan, who returns to his old parish at Huntington. Father Roche will assume his new duties about May 15. Settles for Injury to the Ear. The case in which Dr. Burton demanded SIO,OOO for the loss of a portion of his t right ear, which was chewed off on election day by Philip Wolford, has been compromised at Logansport, the terms not being made public. Both men are prominent in Indiana politics. Changes In Notre Dame Course. At its last meeting the faculty of Notre Dame university has determined on changing its course for the degree A. B. The course in Greek has been reduced from seven to six years, and two modern languages added. Fatally Hort by a Negro. Albert Raner, mate on the ateemar Crescent City, of Evansville, wan struck in the head by a negro at Bowling Green and will die. Monon Office* Consolidated. The city council has passed an ordinance consolidating the offices of town clerk and treasurer. Believe Ralph Was Murdered. It is now stated that John Ralph, who was killed at his tin shop in Geneva by an explosion of his gasoline stove, was probably murdered, and that, Instead of the stove, a can of ni-tro-glycerine containing at least a quart was discharged. Friends of Ralph say that nothing short of the powerful explosive would have wrought the damage, and that the crime was probably committed by a personal enemy of Ralph. Folic* Look for Missing Oirl. The police are looking for Bertha Frank at Evansville. She left home suddenly and told her parents she was going to jump in the river. She was in love. ' Shovel Company Organised. The Richmond Shovel and Tool company, with a capital stock of SIOO,OOO, has been organized at Richmond. The plant has been put in operation and will have the largest output in the United States outside of trust concerns.

STOCKS TAKE A WILD FALL.

Contest Over Northern Pacific Caacen . bbarp Decline la Other SecnrlUee. Full confirmation was received , Wednesday of the terrific contest that I is waging in Wall street. New York, between interests identified with the . Standard Oil party on the one hand . and the great banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. on the other. Proof came in an unparalleled market, during which bulls and bears alike rushed to cover, the result being another sharp rise in Northern Pacific and a correspondingly heavy decline throughout the rest of the Hat With a crash that carried ruin to an unknown horde of sanguine speculators the great stock boom of the country came to a disastrous end. An unparalleled upward rush that left a train of broken records and had in two weeks well-nigh revolutionized men's views of stock trading in this city, terminated in a day of distress which stands unique in the history of transactions in business securities. It was precipitated by the giants, and it means death to the followers. The colossal interests on either side of the great contest that now engages followers of the stock market throughout the world clinched in a relentless battle over the common and preferred shares of the Northern Pacific railway. Wall street saw the greatest panic of its history Thursday. Rich and poor lost half a billion dollars. Prices were knocked down from 10 to 60 points. The stock exchange was mad. Between 11 o’clock and noon the majority of brokerage houses, if settlement had been compelled, would have failed. Money was loaned at 40 and 60 per cent. Northern Pacific stock sold as high as SI,OOO cash for a single share. I The Northern Pacific corner was complete. The “shorts” were stricken and utterly routed.

INSECTS HURT KANSAS WHEAT

Expert Estimate* Crop at Slrty Per Cent of La nt Year's 'laid. Last week John Rawlins, an expert on wheat, was sent into southern Kansas by some Chicago grain men to in-' vestigate the damage reported by Hea-i' tian fly and Texas louse. Rawlins says there is not a field of wheat in Montgomery, Chautauqua or Cowley county that has not been damaged by these pests. The worst damage so far, he states, is to the early sown wheat. The late sown wheat is looking well. He found the fly in all three stages. In some fields he found that the fly was in the first stage and had done no apparent damage. This stage is called the flaxseed stage, it being only an egg, which resembles the grain of that name. These eggs are found at the conjunction of the roots with the stalk of the wheat in quantities of from five to fifteen eggs in one stalk of wheat. They were deposited in the roots of the wheat last fall and remained there until warm weather. When the Hessian fly changes from the egg stage it moves to the stalks of the wheat, and in scores of fields these have practically destroyed the crop. In the Verdigris Valley farmers are plowing up wheat and planting the Adds to corn.

Eastman Man Acquitted of Murder.

Professor Charles R. Eastman, acquitted of the murder of Richard H. Grogan Saturday, devoted his first day of new found freedom to his wife and family and friends. Newspaper men he would not see. Saturday night be went to his home in Brookline street. Boston, stopping only long enough at the jail to collect necessary baggage.

Dies at the Age of 100.

John Fitzgibbon, aged 100, died on a farm near Bloomington, 111. With one exception he was the oldest man in McLean county. He had been blind two years, but up to the time he lost his sight was active and robust and able to do manual labor regularly. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, and had lived here for fifty years.

Wrestlers Thrown by Train.

Dr. Ernest Ziegler and George Browner, well-known citizens of Fairbury, Neb., were struck by a freight train as they were engaged in a wrestling match on the track. Ziegler, who is a liveryman, was so badly crushed that he has since died, and Browner’s right hand has been amputated.

Escaped Prisoner Recaptured.

John Davis, who escaped from jail at Winchester, Ind., by knocking senseless the wife of Sheriff Overman when she was serving his supper, was captured here today. He had been held for trial on the charge of shooting an officer at Blountsville who attempted to arrest him for burglary.

Steel Works Advance Wages.

A notice has been posted at the Pennsylvania steel works at Harrisburg, Pa., announcing that beginning June 1 the wages at the works will be restored to the rates in force before January 1, 1901. This is an advance of about 10 per cent. The company employee nearly 7,000 persons.

Kills Wife Shooting at Target.

Charles S. George shot and Instantly killed his wife at his home in Barre, Vt George was arrested. In explanation he said that he had been accustomed to shoot at a target in the house with a Flobert rifle. He got up early and setting up his target in the kitchen, went into the next room to shoot. Just as ho fired the first shot Mrs. George came out of the bedroom In her stocking feet, and stepped in range, receiving the bullet In her neck near the jugular vein. She died within a few minutes.