Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — Page 6

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. BSireSBLAJEIt, • INDIANA.

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MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs, COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of H*pp«li|a of Much or Little Importance from All Parte of the Clrllieed World—lncident,. Enterprise#, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and Wars. Report on exports of farm products In 1900 showed twelve nations expended over 110,000,000 each for American products. Second avenue elevated train left track and one car crashed into Shea’s Hotel, New York. Panic caused In hotel and on the train, but no one was hurt. Lightning caused fire which destroyed the stock barns and the valuable horse Faust of Henry Darlington at Mamaroneck. Edward Luty, a New York bookmaker, killed his wife because she was late in getting his dinner, then committed suicide. W. E. Sltzgerald, head of Milwaukee branch of American Shipbuilding company, dies of injuries caused- by explosion of acetylene gas at his summer home. Use of streets for Dowie meetings at Waterloo, la., forbidden because of recent riots. Gypsies who kidnapped Thomas iWelch of Mattoon, 111., said to have two other captives. Railways unable to furnish sufficient cars to move the Kansas wheat crop. Another kissing bug epidemic started by the Reduvius personatus or some other member of the order of cannibal bugs. Victim, treated at the Casualty Hospital, Washington, D. C. Commerce with Porto Rico showed big Increase during last year, the exports exceeding those of 1898 by 300 per cent i j Court order will be asked enjoining the opening to settlement of the IKiowa-Commanche-Apache Indian reservation.

Policeman Michael O’Malley of Chicago probably fatally stabbed by thugs. Clang sought revenge for killing of .companion by Patrolman Ryan. Roy Powell, aged 18, convicted at Freeport, 111., of killing JJiopdbury Worki’nger and given thirty yearh’ imprisonment. Emanuel Koehler, aged 12, killed In quarrel by Raymond Albers, aged 13, at Albany, N. Y, Slayer committed suicide, S. R. Dawson, who killed a man, paroled from lowa prison so he can tell how to make Damascus steel. Continued dry weather affecting condition of corn In the Southwest. Traders fear drought will injure crop.' Strikes in steel mills and intense heat caused falling off in trade activity. Houston Oil company, with $30,000,000 capital, incorporated in Texas. Buenos Ayres under martial law, which was declared because of rlo<ts toy those who objected to government's plan of refunding public debt British government planning to build this year three battleships of an improved class, six cruisers, and ten destroyers. Mrs. Edward Becker, a bride from London, robbed and deserted by her husband at Montreal. 'Salmon trust to be Incorporated in New Jersey. Jacob S. Rogers, the locomotive builder, left nearly all his fortune to the Metropolitan Museum. It may reach $7,760,000. Other bequests amounted to $250,000. John S. Hannah of the Chicago Board of Trade died after a surgical operation. California girl at San Bernardino ▼aded her home. American administration in Cuba praised at Santiago by Spaniard in speech on anniversary of Cervera’a defeat Pierre Lorlllard, Sr., arrived on the Deutschland, probably fatally ill from a complication of troubles, of which Bright’s disease is the principal one. Postmaster General Smith planning reform in system of carrying periodical in mails at pound rates to shut out spurious publications. Porto Rican legislature passed resolution president to proclaim free trade for the Island as provided by i Port, ter law. Parc t foundry and machine shop at ■CasM'.s, Conn., attacked by strikers, who dr-il sky rockets at non-union ptorinuea !a the buildings.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Spring Wheat—No. J. northern, GSSSBc; No. 3, sS@63c; No. 4, 55@60c. Winter Wheat—No. 1 red, G7e; No. 2, 65'4©G5t40; No. 3, 63L4@64e; No. 4, Glc; No/ 2 hard, 05c; No. 3 sold 64%@65c; No. 4, 83%e. CornNo. 2, 45%c; No. 2 yellow, No. 3, 41 @44%c; No. 3 yellow, 43%c. Oats—No. 4 white, 29@29He; No. 3, 27V2@28c; No. 3 white, 29%@30%c; No. 2, 27%c; No. 2 white, 3114 c. Cattle —Native beet steers, [email protected]; western steers, [email protected]; Texas steers, $3.50 @4.50; cows and heifers, [email protected]; can; ners, [email protected]; stockers and feeders, $3.25 @4.50; calveS, [email protected]; bulls, stags, etc., [email protected]. Hogs-Heavy, [email protected]; mixed, $5.82%@6.85; light, [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]; bulk of sales, $5.82%@5.8714. Sheep—Weth- ‘ ers, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]; common and ■ stock sheep, -$3@i1,40; lambs, $4@5;50. . Horses—Drafters, $75@240; chunks, I.l>H)@ | 1,500 lbs, $70@125; light drivers, $4C@?5; : farm and general use, sso@llo I Potatoes—Arkansas triumphs, 90c@$1.10 per bu; early Chios, St. Louis, 80@85c ppr bu. Poultry—lced stock: Turkeys, gob- ‘ biers, 6c; hens, 8c; chickens, liens and I springs, scalded, 9c ;• hens and springs, dry picked, 8V5o; roosters, 6Vitf'C ■ ducks, I 7@Bc; geese, 6@7c. Berries -Blackberries, 24 qts., Illinois, [email protected]. Butter —Creamery, choice, 18t4c; dairies, choice, 16@16*&c. | Cheese—New goods: Pull cream daisies, ! choice, 9%c; Young America, 9 : liWo; lull cream, 10%c. Eggs—Fresh, 10%@l0!4a.

Arrest Results In Sulclde.

Thomas Davis of Frankfort, Kan., shot himself three times fifteen minutes after he had been arrested for embezzling from the Austin and Western Manufacturing Company of Chicago, for which ho traveled, selling road graders. It was alleged that he sold machines and failed to make return*. When arrested he asked permission to see his wife before being taken to jail. The officer In charge consented. When Davis reached home he went directly to a bureau drawer, secured a revolver and shot himself in the breast. He cannot live. He Is 35 years old, has a wife and three children, and has always been regarded as strictly upright.

Nearly Caused a Race Riot.

At Fleetwood Park, Ohio, John and Albert Slaughter, white, were probably fatally stabbed, and Charles Martin and Riley Slaughter were beaten with clubs by Luther Page and Abner Owens, colored. The mother of the Slaughters was knocked down with a club by Owens. The trouble occurred over the slapping of a small white boy by a colored man, and almost caused a race riot. The colored men were placed in jail for safety. Later they were secretly arraigned before Mayor Mountain at I ronton and it was arranged to take them to Portsmouth jail for safety Immediately, as the authorities feared trouble.

Lightning Hits Picnickers.

As a result of lightning striking In a party of Detroit excursionists at Bols Blanchard, near Detroit, on the Fourth of July, William Sullivan was killed and Miss Edna McDonald rendered unconscious. She is still In a serious condition. Another man and woman were shocked, but soon recovered. In the city the Fourth of July disasters were confined to the drowning of Louis Kiley while bathing and the more or less serious Injuring of about fifty persons by fireworks. Non? of them Is in a dangerous condition. As far as could be learned no deaths resulted from the use of fireworks.

Valuable Horses Burned.

W. S. Steel, secretary of the Pittsburg and Allegheny Matinee Club at Pittsburg, received a telegram from Harry Darlington, the Pittsburg millionaire, who is at his summer home at Mamaroneck, N. Y., stating that Are had burned to death seven of his twelve valuable horses and almost entirely destroyed a magnificent stable. The burned horses were Faust, a trotter, valued at over $2,000; Shanklin and Black Raven, famous black trotting team; one pair of roans with a record ftf 2:28%; Rags, show horse, valued at sl,§oo, and one carriage horse.

Mortimer Nye Is Stricken.

Mortimer Nye, ex-lleutenant governor of Indiana and one of the best known public men In LaPorte. was stricken with paralysis at Union Mills just as he closed a Fourth of July address. He lapsed Into unconsciousness, in which condition he remained, with but little hope of recovery. Mr. Nye was born in Ohio, is 63 years of age, and within the last few weeks his name has been freely connected with the democratic nomination for governor In 1904. He served one term as lieutenant-governor, from 1892 to 1896, and Is a leading Mason.

Massacre In Congo Village.

“Mail advices from Boma,” says the Antwerp correspondent of the London Daily Express, "bring news of the trial there of two Belgian officers accused of demanding, while In a state of intoxication, that the chief of a Congo village should compel all the women of the place to dance for their amusement, and, when he refused, killing him with their revolvers and then masßacrelng the women."

Train Wrecked Sevan Hurt.

A passenger train south-bound from Oil City, Pa., on the W. N. Y. and P. branch of the Pennsylvania, ran into two cars loaded with limestone which had been left standing on the tracks two miles north of New Castle, Pa., and was wrecked. Two passengers and five trainmen sustained more or less serious injuries, and many others were bruised.

Grasshoppers Devastating Minnesota.

Portions of the Township of Russia, Minn., near Crookston, are being devastated by grasshoppers, and in some localities they are destroying large areas. A farmer from the township says his place of 160 acres seems doomed to be swept clean. Sixty acres of it, he says, are now bare and clean of all vegetation. The insects are so numerous that It is Impossible to walk through the fields with one’s eyes open. Millions of hoppers have settled on the sidewalks here, and walking Is exceedingly perilous.

BULL FIGHT IS BLOODLESS

Mild Exhibition Witnessed by an Omaha Crowd. NOT A DROP OF BLOOD SHED. Ball Starts on a Hunt for Qrass and Is Jabbed with 'Sticks to Rxolte Him — Tame as Milking a Cow —Crowd Is Disappointed. * There was a fair-sized crowd at the bull fight at the South Omaha street fair on the Glorious Fourth. Those who went there expecting to see blood spattered all over the arena were disappointed, for not a drop was shed. The bull was as mild-mannered a beast as can be conceived. When he was first ushered intd the ring he bowed gracefully to the crowd, looked around to see what it was all about and then started on the hunt for grass. He did not find any, but soon spied several men dressed in gaudy raiment who were wildly waving a section of red cloth. This did not appear to disturb his bullshlp to any great extent and the gayly dressed gentlemen proceeded to jab him In the side with wooden sticks.

EVEN POLAR BEARS ARE SOMETIMES ENVIED.

Even this did not seem to worry him, for the Jabs were as nothing to those inflicted by the range bull-puncher when his bovine majesty was hustled Into the car for transportation to the scene of the conflict. It was a holiday and neither hull nor the men in bright clothing were particularly anxious to exert themselves, and for his part the bull did not propose to do it. There was no sign of Interference from the authorities; in fact, it would be difficult to see what ground they could base it on. The bull was not Injured—could not have been Injured by any weapons the alleged bull-flghters possessed. It had been expected by some at least that a good exhibition of agility and artful dodging would be given by the men and that there would be a tinge of excitement to the affair, but it was as tame as milking the family cow in the barnyard. There was scarcely enough of a disturbance to kick over the milk-stool.

Form Large Leather Body.

Delegates from all parts of the United States and Canada, representing more than 8,000 workingmen in all branches of the leather trade, met in the Labor lyceum, Sixth and Brown Btreets, Philadelphia, and formed the Amalgamated Leather-Workers’ Association of America. This new international union will affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. Under the laws of the Federation twentysix separate unions will be compelled to Join the new association. Two unions in Chicago and several in Wisconsin and other western cities joined the organization. Officers were elected and organizers appiflnted.

Another Bank Is Cloeed.

The Niagara bank at Buffalo has been closed by the superintendent of banking. Its failure was directly caused by the collapse of the City National bank, whose directors were heavy borrowers at the Niagara bank. The various business interests of which Patrick Henry Griffin is the head owed $400,000 to the City National. Griffin is president of the Niagara National bank, which was carrying his business paper for $160,000.

Work of Mrs. Nation Undone.

A Jury of the most prominent business men of Fort Scott, Kan., was Just four minutes In finding to be unconstitutional one of the state’s new liquor laws passed as a result of Mrs. Nation’s crusade. It was the inquisition ’ law, which authorizes county attorneyo to summon and examine witnesses touching their knowledge of the violation of the law. Dan F. Campbell, an attorney, who was summoned, refused to testify and was arrested. The jury acquitted him, though he admitted the charge.

MAY BE MINISTER TO ITALY.

It is now generally regarded as certain that Ambassador Meyer, now representing the United States In Italy,

GEORGE VON LEHR MEYER.

is ready to resign. There is still a great deal of uncertainty concerning his successor, but it is now believed that Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland will accept the poet. To friends Mr. Herrick has expressed a desire to go to Italy in a diplomatic relation.

—From Chicago Record-Herald.

Chapman's Condition Favorable.

For the first time since the illness of Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman commenced, Dr. William R. Schoonover, who has been constantly at his side, Sunday night expressed the belief that his patient may pull through, although the danger point is not yet passed. His attack has been brought about from overwork and mental strain. Besides having charge of the congregation of the Fourth Presbyterian church. New York, his evangelistic work has increased each year. Until a few days ago he also personally superintendended the erection of his summer home, now completed, near Winona, during the hottest weather of this season. Anxious Inquiries by telegraph are pouring into the Chapman home from all over the country.

Wealthy Widower of 67 Weds.

John M. Westcott, reputed to be the wealthiest man at Richmond, Ind., was married to Mrs. Grace Carter of Indianapolis, Rev. Charles E. Bacon, officiating. Mr. Westcott is 67 years old, and has been a widower about a year. Mrs. Carter is many years his junior. He owns a magnificent home. The couple went to Mackinac Island, and after a short stay there will make a trip through the East. They will return to Richmond early in September, and after a short stay will visit Mr. Westcott’s ranch in Kansas and proceed to California for the winter.

Some Natal Day Disasters.

The most serious accident in connection with the Fourth of July celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, was during the dedication of the new Wllliet street viaduct. A crowd of 8,000 people had gathered when a terrible storm broke. The crowd made a mad dash for safety. In the midst of the confusion one of the stakes which held an immense balloon, which was about to be released, gave way and hit several people. Michael Marzu and William Hannith were seriously injured. Several thousand dollars’ worth of fireworks were destroyed.

Boys Burned to Death.

Donald Nichols and Samuel Taylor, each about 5 years old, were burned to death, locked in an outbuilding at Ixuislana, Mo. They had been playing, and probably set fire to a can of coal oil. The door was fastened and they were unable to escape.

German Emigration Increases.

Emigration from Germany by way of Bremen during the six months which ended June 30 reached 66,742, as compared with 55.821 during the corresponding period of last year.

URGES A CHURCH TRUST

President Clark Appeals to the Christian Endeavorers. NEED STRENUOUS RELIGION. the Days of th* Rampant Infidel and AtheUt Are Past —Election of Officers at the Endeavor Convention In Cincinnati. President Francis E. Clark at the opening of the Christian Endeavor convention in Cincinnati urged the formation of a church trust. He pointed out thd general trend of combination in business lines and declared the church tkiuld accomplish more good if more perfectly organized and denominationalism could be subordinated to more substantial unity. President Clark’s address pointed out in an attractive way the work to be done by the Christian Endeavorers. He said: “In the first place, the twentieth-cen-tury church needs to cultivate a strenuous, earnest type of religion. The batteries which the twentieth century ar4' already turning on the church of God are the marked batteries of indifference and worldliness —not persecution and open hostility and an army that can spike these guns of indifference is the most imperative need of the church today. God saw this need and called an army of young people into existence, 3,500,000 strong. Who can better overcome these peculiar. Insidious evils which threaten the church in this npw century than a great company of eager, earnest youth each one of whom has said: ‘Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength, I promise him that I will strive to do whatever he would like to have me do?’ The days of martyrdom in Christian communities are past. The days of undue asceticism and religious austerity have forever vanished, and with them have gone in many cases the strong, stern, stalwart characters that made the age of the puritan resplendent for heroism throughout the world. The days of the rampant infidel and atheist are also in the past, as I devoutly believe. No Robert Hume could today greatly influence the thought of the world. No Voltaire or Rousseau could number his followers by millions. Robert Ingersol today is little but a memory of eloquent bathos and pathos. But something more inscidious, more subtle, more harmful a thousand times than persecution or blatant infidelity is the foe of the church of the twentieth century. This infidelity is a skepticism of life rather than of'talk. It is the indifference that is born of luxury and fashion.” The report of Treasurer William Shaw was submitted, showing the total receipts for the year ended June 1 to be $11,020, expenses $10,864, leaving a balance on hand of $156. The following were elected as general trustees: Bishop B. W. Arnett, Wilberforce, O.; Rev. W. J. Darby, Evansville, Ind.; Bishop Samuel Fallows, Chicago; Rev.

CHARLES GATES DAWES, WHO RESIGNED.

Charles Oates Dawes of Illinois, controller of the currency, sent in his resignation, to take effect on October 1, and Just before leaving for Canton President McKinley accepted it. Mr. Dawes’ letter to the president is as follows: "Washington, D. C., July 3, 1901. —

Lincoln's Body Not Moved.

During the past few days there have been a number of rumors to the effect that the body of Abraham Lincoln had been removed from the mausoleum where it had been placed. The statement does not appear credible, as none of tne commissioners have been in Springfield for over a week, and Auditor McCullough states that no such movement has been made. Mr. McCullough was present when Robert Lincoln visited the tomb and declares that the casket was not opened.

Rufus M?. Miller, Reading, Pa.; Rev. W. H. McMillan, Allegheny, Pa.;' Rev., P. S. Henson, Chicago; Bishop A. Walters, Jersey City; Rev. J. H. Garrison, St. Louis; Prof. James L. Howe, Lexington, Va.; Rev. H. F. Shupe, Dayton, O.; Rev. J. M. Lowden, Providence; Rev. Canon J. B. Richardson, London, OnL; Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, Chicago, and S. B. Capen, Boston. Treasurer tendered his resignation as trusted and S. B. Capen of* Boston was selected to succeed him. Rev. Cleland B J McAfee was elected to succeed the lake Dr. Babcock. The following officers were then re-elected by the convention: President, Francis E. Clark, Boston; treasurer, William Shaw, Boston general secretary, John W. Baer, Boston; auditor, F. H. Kidder, Boston. A new position of field secretary was created and Rev. Clarence E. Eberman of Lancaster, Pa., was elected.

DEVOTION OF COUNTESS TOLSTOI.

Countess Sophia Andrerona Tolstoi, wife of the great Russian reformer and author, is a meek, mild woman, wliose entire life has been spent, since her marriage, in ministering to the wants of her husband and in rearing her numerous offspring. The Tolstois have had three children, and for these until they were ten years old the countess

COUNTESS TOLSTOI.

has made all the wearing apparel. She acts as secretary and critic to the count and chiefly concerns herself with the table desires of her lord and master. Countess Tolstoi is one of the most cultured women in all Europe. When she was 17 she received a diploma from the University of Moscow. One year later she married the count after a romantic courtship, which has been reproduced word for word in that of Levin and Kitty in “Anna Karenina." In describing the countess’ devotion to him the famous sociologist says: “If I were a clarinet my wife would spend all her time polishing and burnishing the keys.”

Find the Rupe Had Been Cut.

While “Professor” Smith was attempting a “slide for life” at Watertown, N. Y., July 4, his apparatus broke and Henry Phillips of that city fell sixty feet to the ground. Phillips died Sunday. It has been discovered that the rope holding Phillips waß cut. The officials are investigating.

William McKinley, Executive,Mansion, Washington D. C. —Sir: In view of the fact that I will be a candidate for the United States senate from Illinois, I hereby tender my resignation as controller of the currency, to take effect Oct. 1, next. “CHARLES O. DA WEIS.”

Flow Trust In Doubt.

Because an option for the purchase of the Moline Plow company, to be merged into.the plow trust, was allowed to go by default when it expired July 1, it is rumored at Moline, 111., that the proposed combine incorporated last week as the American Plow company may not go through. The Moline Plow company is the second largest factory in the trade, and has refused to enter the combine, but gave an option to sell for $5,009,000 cash.

LIVED TO SEE 109 YEARS.

Bernard Morris, the oldest inhabitant of New York, who has died at the age of 109, waß known as the “dean of

BERNARD MORRIS.

the human race.” He used to be i gardener In Prospect Park, and for several years past he has been living peacefully in retirement. Barney attributed his remarkable longevity to his lifelong abstinence from spirits »of all kinds and from tobacco He was born in the County Cavan, Ireland, June 10, 1792. He leaves a widow, who was his third wife, and whom he married when he was 68 and she 21. She fell in love with him at first sight and was never from his side a single day.

Entire Family Killed.

At Wheeling Junction, Ohio, three Italians on the Fourth of July left a. trail of blood behind their knives, almost wiping out an entire family. The dead are: Jacob Eidenaur, aged 80 years, stabbed in the heart; William Eidenaur, son, left Jugular vein cut, and stabbed in the heart. The injured are: Robert Eidenaur, a son, cut on both arms; Philip Eidenaur, a son, stabbed over the eyes, in the breast, and on the leg, may die; Mrs. Jacob Eidenaur, aged 80, stabbed in left side, may die. According to Mrs. Philip Eidenaur of Steubenville, herself and husband, with their baby, were visiting Mr. Eidenaur’s parents and as they were leaving the home of Mr. Eidenaur’s parents the father’s family went up on the main road to see them off. Three Italians, part of a gang working on the railroad, came along and one of them said something offensive to Robert Eidenaur, who called them a vulgar name. The three Italians then flashed stiletoes, killed the father and William almost instantly, cut Philip frightfully, and, after stabbing Mrs. Jacob Eidenaur, Mrs. Philip Eidenaur, and Robert, fled.

Mrs. Nation Leads Smashing.

While Mrs. Carrie Nation was starring at the Fourth of July celebration by the Elks the platform she was speaking from broke and precipitated her ten feet to the ground. In the evening Mrs. Nation took a score of children and showed the crowd how she would smash every saloon. Each child was given a hatchet and instructed by Mrs. Nation how to use it. Drawing the children up in line, she told them of the evil wrought by the saloons and the distress brought upon children. Observing one of the young smashers smoking a pipe, Mrs. Nation grabbed it from his mouth and smashed it with her hatchet. Then she and her children rushed down upon a near-by saloon and smashed every bottle and poured out the liquor. There was no resistance, and she said she had a notion to keep on until each saloon was smashed. Opening of saloons on the Fourth of July was illegal.

Train Held Up by Strikers.

A special train carrying twelve nonunion men into Charleston, S. C., hired by the Southern Railway to take the place of striking machinists at • the Southern Railway shops, was held up by friends of the strikers at the Enston Home switch and the frightened passengers were compelled to disembark. The switch was turned after it had been set for the special, thus bringing the train to a stop. While the switch was being set right the strikers rushed to the platform of the coach, forced open the door and took the non-union men out. While the demonstration was exciting, no actual clash of arms arose, as the men on the special train seemed frightened and got off without serious protest. After this the new men scattered and no effort was made by the railroad officials to get them together for work In the shops.

Wind Blows Down Show Tent.

At Grand Island, Neb., while a dog and pony show was giving an exhibition a sixty mile an hour wind struck the tent, blowing it down and imprisoning the crowd. One boy was tatally hurt and a number of others injured. The tent was crowded and a panic followed the collapse. The loss to the show people is heavy.

Armenians Killed by Kurds.

Reports from Mush, in Kurdistan, say the Kurds are plundering villages and have killed fourteen Armenians in consequence of the belief that the latter murdered a Kurdish notable who was Sherlf of Aghan.

New Oil Strike in Texaa.

The Guffey Company struck oil at a depth of 600 feet at Pleura Pintos, op the Texas-Mexlcan railway, midway between Corpus Christi and Laredo. Oil flows from the top of the six-inch casing in quantity indicating a gusher.