Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pnk BMNSSELABB, INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening. of Much or Little Importance from All Parte of the Civilized World —Incident*. Enterprise*. Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and War*. A brick kiln collapsed at Vassar, Mich., and five men were buried under four feet of brick. They are John Chadwick. Earl Peete, Henry Berry, Titus Wager and Seth Stevens. All were badly crushed and Stevens and Wager may die. Daniel Daly, a farmer living near Valparaiso, Ind,, was killed in a runaway accident. The contract for the Carnegie free library at Portland, Ind., has been awarded to Bulley & Andrews of Chicago for $12,098, exclusive of heating, plumbing and gas fitting. A pistol duel was fought on Little Bird <?reek, near Middlesboro, Ky.' between Thomas Little, aged 70, and William Strong, aged about 40. Strong was killed and Little surrendered to the authorities. Elrino Chavez and Leon Mora were run over by a Santa Fe train near Hanover, N. M. Both were decapitated and horribly mangled. They were on the way to the wedding of Mora to the stepdaughter of Chavez. Thomas W. Lawson to buy fourteen islands lying near together off Stonington. Me., which he will connect by bridges and convert into a summer home. Case of smallpox among 600 excursionists caused panic on steamer Arundel while running between Alexandra Bay and Oswego," N. Y. High school boy at Correctionville, la., shot and killed employe of Wild West show who attacked him. Robert C. Evans. United States District attorney for Minnesota, died suddenly. It took ten Hoboken policemen to arrest a man made insane by cigarets.

President Shaffer and his advisers consented to have peace proposals made to the steel employers. A committee of the Civic Federation will lay the matter before .[he mill owners. Strike at, the Qonkey plant at Hammond, Ind., may involve all of the employes of the concern. Electroplaters’ union to demand recognition. Policeman James H. Wiley of Chicago shot and killed David Lindskog, a preacher s son. Victim accused of having beeh one of a party of eight who attacked the policeman. Richard Darling, a Pennsylvania brakeman, fell between cars at Donaldson, Ind., and was cut to pieces. His home was in Chicago. J. M. Mercer, convicted last May of assaulting Jessie Taylor, a little girl was hanged at Tampa, Fla. He died declaring his innocence. While Claude Bradway and two companions were sailing on Center lake, near Warsaw, Ind., the boat was overturned and Bradway was drowned. Sam Farrow, a negro, shot and killed his wife, his father-in-law and mother-in-law near Dawkins, S. C. A posse started after him and Farrow fired at them from ambush, but without effect He was arrested later and lodged in jail.

Husband of 18 years shot at bride of 15 at Palmyra, Wis., and himself Corset saved her life, but he will die. Charles W. Nordstrom hanged at Seattle after a legal fight for freedom that lasted nine years. Postmaster H. E. Harris of Durand, 111., arrested, charged with a shortage of $1,900. 6 Brakeman U. S. C. Payne fell from an engine at Moweaqua, 111., and was decapitated. Safe blowers robbed the Hull, lowa, postoffice of $474 in stamps and $l5O in cash. Carl Schrader, the 5-year-old son of Mrs. Kate Schrader, was killed by a Wabash train at Litchfield, 111. Two negroes were killed and fourteen injured by the explosion of tfie boiler on a pump boat at Donaldsonville, La. Allegan, Mich., will hold a special election Sept. 11 to vote on the proposition to put in a new pumping station in the waterworks plant. H. H. Aplin has been nominated by republicans of the Michigan tenth district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman H. O. Crump. Governor McSweeney of South Carolina has pardoned Colonel W. A. Neal, formerly superintendent of the state penitentiary, who was convicted of failing to turn over funds to his successor. His bondsmen made up a shortage of $7,000 and have been repaid by Mr. Neal. He has never been actually imprisoned. State Geologist Blatchley warns Indiana farmers to check the growth of the Texas thistle, a sample of which has been found In Hendricks county. Franklin M. Flynn was found dead in his bed at Jacksonville, HI. Indications point to heart disease, but the coroner will investigate. Charles Rabe, a farmer near Red Bud, 111., was overcome by foul air while cleaning a well and died. William Berry Harris, aged about 55 years, a farmer near Ramsey, 111., committed suicide by taking strychnine. He left a letter srylng ill health was the only cause.

BIG MOB BURNS A NEGRO.

Enraged Residents of Term Lynch a Negro. Abe Wildner. a negro, about 30 years old, was burned to death late Tuesday evening at Red Branch, near Sherman, Tex., by a mob of 2.000 enrage! citizens. For three days from 3,000 to 6,000 men and boys had sought Wildner. Last Friday evening Mrs. Bessie Caldwell, wife of J. M. Caldwell, a young farmer living on Sanbern’s ranch, ten miles west of Sherman, was outraged and murdered and her body dragged into a storm cellar and hid. Caldwell had gone to the postofflce for his mail. At 6:30 in the evening he returned and finding blood scattered over the floor, went into the cellar and there found his wife, a bride of only five months and only 19 years old, cold in death. Her head was terribly bruised by an ax, her throat cut from ear to ear and her clothing twisted about her throat and mouth as if to gag her. Neighbors were at once called in and the husband recalled the fact that a negro came to his house about 10 o’clock that morning and bought a small lunch. He lingered about the place and Caldwell told him to leave. About 3or 4 o’clock Caldwell saddled his horse and went to get his mail, some four miles away. Neighbors say as soon as the young husband left home they saw a negro go to the house and it was nearly an hour before he went away. He then left by a back door and walked rapidly. As soon as the husband raised the alarm many neighbors joined in the pursuit The governor was apprised of the state of affairs and gave notice to the volunteer company of this city, Gainesville and Denison, to be in readiness to move at a moment’s notice. This was communicated to the crowd that had Wildner in charge, then hastening with him to Whitesboro. As soon as the orders of the governor were communicated to the mob they tied the negro to a stump and piled dry cornstalks around him and set the heap on fire. The negro, who had already confessed, died in great agony.

Not Proud with Millions.

Multimillionaire W. S. Stratton, who was a journeyman carpenter dependent on his daily wages when he discovered the ore in his great Independence mine at Cripple Creek. Colo., ten years ago, will march Labor day, Sept. 2. with the Colorado Springs lodge of Carpenters’ union. He joined the order three months ago because he was asked to do so and because his sympathies are with the workmen "with whom he was once associated. Stratton employs union labor in all his buildings and other enterprises. The parade will be through the streets of Colorado Springs and strangers will not know him from the rest of the boys.

Married Near Sugar Loaf.

Miss Mary Hill .of Chicago, who has been residing at Echo cottage in the west end of Mackinac Island, Mich., was married to Gerard Swope. It was an open air affair, the ceremony being performed near Sugar Loaf rock, in the heart of the woods. The wedding dinner was enjoyed at the Old Mission house, twenty guests participating. Jane Addams of Hull house. Chicago, was present, the bride being connected with that institution.

Organized to Make Steel.

Articles of incorporation have been filed at Dover, Del., for the National Steel Refining company, capital sl,500,000. The company is organized for the purpose of manufacturing a highgrade tool steel and the projectors say it will be run in opposition to the Crucible Steel company. Works have been secured at Carnegie, near Pittsburg.

Buys Heath’s Old Paper.

George McCulloch, president of the Union Traction Company of Indiana, purchased at receiver’s sale the Muncie Morning News plant. Appraisement was SB,OOO. McCulloch, who launched the Morning Star in opposition to the Heaths, owners of the News, now practically controls the Republican field at Muncie.

Alton Fast Train Wrecked. The fast Kansas City passenger train on the Chicago and Alton railroad, known as the "hummer.” was wrecked at Prentice, a siding eight miles north of Jacksonville, 111., by running into a freight. Several trainmen were killed and others injured, but it is thought the passengers escaped with minor injuries.

State Will Sue Company.

The state of Wisconsin is about to bring suit against the United States Express company for violating the interstate commerce act in the shipment of game through this state to Chicago. Deputy Game Warden Tracy seized a box of venison on the Milwaukee road which came from Floodwood, Mich., and was consigned to “C,” Chicago’

May Bar Christian Science.

The practice of Christian Science will be prevented in Indiana, if, in a coming legal test, the new law against the cult is sustained. Dr. J. M. Dennen of the State Medical board has announced at La Porte that the constitutionality of the legislation would be decided by the Supreme Court.

Sends Signal from Ship.

The North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, from Bremen for New York, was spoken by wireless telegraphy from the Nantucket lightship. Captain Aunaler wired all on board were well ana that the passage had been good. The signals of the Kaiser became unintelligible and the character of the spark used proved that the limit of distinct transmission under the existing amospherio conditions had been passed.

FIGHTS SHERIFF'S POSSE

Three Persons Are Shot, One of Whom Will Die. TROUBLE IS OVER NEGRO. Attempt Made to Lynch Prisoner Condemned to Death—More Speedy Punishment Desired for Assailant—Sheriff Rescue* Prisoner. Ashville, Ala., was the scene of a bloody battle between a mob of 400 persons and a sheriff s posse. The mob was making an attempt to secure Jim Brown, a negro who had just beep tried, convicted and sentenced to hang for an assault. More than 100 shots were fired by the members of the mob and the defenders of the life of the negro. Two men and one boy

STRANGE STATUE TO ROSA BONHEUR.

Statue erected atFontainebleau to Rosa Bonheur, the famous French painter of animals. Instead of the monument bearing a statue of the artist it has been surmounted by the figure of an animal such as she loved to paint.

were shot by the sheriff’s guards. One I man will die, while the other two are Buffering intensely. The wounded are: Walter Blankenship, shot through the head with a Winchester rifle ball; will die. Arthur Blangenship, shot through the head and shoulder with buckshot. Willie Hanby, slightly shot in the head and shoulders by shot of small size. None of the deputies of the sheriff’s posse was wounded. The two men shot were brothers, and sons of the leader of the mob, who made the first dash fbr the room in the courthouse where the prisoner was being guarded. The father is about 55 years of age, and a farmer of fine physique. In leading the charge against the deputies he flourished a gun. After the shooting, and while members of the mob were in search of re-enforcements and ammunition, the negro was taken from the rear of the courthouse by iwo deputies, who managed to run him through the country for several miles and finally succeeded in flagging a freight train and taking the negro to Birmingham, where he is safely locked in the county jail. While on the train the negro confessed the crime and told the full details. The trial of the negro on the charge of assaud was completed shortly before 12 o’clock. Judge Pelham presiding sentenced Brown to hang Sept. 20. After the sentence was pronounced members of the mob attempted to makexthe sheriff promise to keep the prisoner in Ashville, but he stated that he had instructions to do otherwise, and the mob then made its attempt to remove the negro from the courthouse. Sheriff North resisted, and the fight began at once. Threats have been made to wreck the courthouse with dynamite, but it is not believed these threats will be carried out. However, there is bad feeling being manifested.

Lower Death Rate.

The census bureau, has issued a preliminary mortality report, showing a decrease in deaths of nearly io per cent in 1900, as compared with 1890.

A Denfunct Mercantile Agency.

Proceedings in bankruptcy have been authorized by the directors of the Mutual Mercantile Agency, which was organized by Erastus Wiman.

Lipton In New York.

Sir Thomas Lipton has arrived in New York and talks optimistically of chances of Shamrock 11.

STEEL WORKERS STRIKE.

Latest Development* In the Contest Between Men and Corporation. • The strike situation at Pittsburg has not been materially changed. The strikers have not called any more men out and none of the plans of the manufacturers for additional resumptions with nonunion men has matured. The feeling of irritation at Wellsville has been increased by the appointment of thirty strike breakers as special officers to guard the plant of the American Sheet Steel Company, and the Pittsburg police have had to disperse noisy crowds at the recently tied up tube plants, but there has been no serious trouble at any point. It is claimed that an attempt was made on Monday to fire the Monongahela works of the American Tin Plate Company, and the police have been called into the case to run the supposed incendiary down. According to the story told by John Schuster,

general labor boss of the plant, a pressure gauge was knocked off an eightinch gas main and burning paper thrown into the place, with the idea of destroying it with explosion and fire. He says he plugged the break before the brand was thrown and saved the works. The strikers indignantly deny that they had anything to do with any plot to wreck the plant, and are inclined to discredit Schuster’s story entirely. The promised break in the Carnegie properties has not yet come. As far as outward appearances go the lower union mill in Pittsburg has not been affected, but the strikers insist that they have seriously impaired it. The strike leaders are trying hard to gain a foothold In the Clark mill, which is running with nonunion men, but that property, too, seems to be going at practically full capacity. It is quietei at Duquesne, but the fight for supremacy there is by no means over. Veryl Preston of the United States Steel Corporation was in the city or Wednesday and conferred with the officials of the Carnegie company. Ho and the other officials are still silent as tc theis plans. The somewhat shopworn rumor of peace has again been revived, but the mildest suggestion of it at authoritative places produces long and psitive denials. In the fest the situation is unchanged. The South Chicago worker, still refuse to go out in sympathy.

Largest Tannery to Open.

Milwaukee is to have the largest tanning establishment in the world. The company which will inaugurate the new enterprise has been formed, the entire stock has been subscribed and the promoters are now busy securing the land for the mammoth establishm<iat. It is understood that it is to be operated in opposition to the two big leather trusts. Charles F. Pfister heads the concern.

Iowa State Fair Opened.

The lowa state fair, which will continue for seven days, was formally opened at Des Moines Friday with a larger list of exhibitors than has been entered upon the books of the association in years. \ '

Deputy Constable Is Shot.

Leputy Constable John F. Henninger of Justice of the Peace Stout’s court, at Indianapolis, was perhaps fatally shot by William Wakefield, colored, while trying to serve a writ of replevin.

ULTIMATUM SENT TURKEY

F"*nch Ambassador Constans Threatens to Leave Constantinople. BRIEF TIME IS ALLOWED. Sultan Must Settle Matters in Dispute Without Delay—Opinion Prevails in Paris That Affair Is Delng Mismanaged —No Naval Demonstration. M. Constans, the French ambassador,, has issued what is virtually an ultimatum to the Turkish government It was in the form of a letter to the Sultan personally, informing him that the entt re staff of the French embassy would leave Constantinople If the matters in dispute were not settled immediately. The briefest possible time is accorded the Sultan in which to comply with the demands. The foreign office at Paris has received a telegram from M. Constans, the French ambassador to Turkey, to the effect that he has sent an ultimatum to the Sultan that he will leave Constantinople at a given date unless satisfaction is accorded for the French grievances. The given date is not stated. The opinion prevails at Paris that the affair is being mismanaged. Either the Sultan is proving more obstinate than was expected or else the government’s reticence in giving out information is inexplicable. While officials of the French foreign office decline to confirm or deny the dispatch from Constantinople announcing that the French ambassador has sent the Sultan a letter which is in the nature of an utlimatum, they admit having received a telegram from M. Constans, which has been laid before the council now sitting at the Elysee palace. Only three ministers were not present. The Premier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau; the Minister of Agriculture, M. Dupuy, and the Minister of Public Works, M. Baudin, are absent from Paris. M. Constans has been given a free hand. Any step he finds propel to take will be fully indorsed. The Foreign Minister, M. Delcasse, if he deems it necessary, will withdraw the French embassy from Constantinople, and Munir Bey, the Turkish ambassador, who is now in Switzerland, will be notified not to return to Paris, in which case Munir Bey will probably withdraw the legation to Berne, as he is also accredited as minister to Switzerland. No naval demonstration is yet contemplated, but the Sultan will probably be seriously inconvenienced by the closure of the Turkish embassy here, which is the center of the espionage maintained to watch the numerous young Turks and other disaffected Ottoman subjects and voluntary exiles who make their headquarters in Paris, and who will have a free hand if diplomatic relations between France and Turkey are completely broken off. It has been suggested that the French government issue orders for the bourse to cease dealing in Turkish securities, but it is not likely that this step will be taken, as it would only injure the French bondholders. The entire Turkish group fell on the bourse Friday, in some cases going down 10 to 12 francs. According to a special dispatch received at Paris from Berne, Munir Bey has already leased a villa there for the use of the Turkish embassy.

Gas Wrecks House; Injures Three.

An explosion of gas wrecked the residence of Edward Lowenthal at Fort Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Lowenthal was blown through a closed door, and probably will die. Mr. Lowenthal was badly burned. Eli Strayer was burled through an open door into the yard. The house was burned.

IS IT ANY WONDER THE CAPTAIN MUTINIED?

sixty School-teachers of the Four Hun dred Who Sailed for Manila on the Transport Thomas Went Ashore at Honolulu to Be Married. The Captain Would Permit No Marriages on the Boat. Chicago* Record-Herald.

Shot by a Jealous Woman.

Frances B. Fry, a young woman who recently went to Laporte, Ind., from Chicago, shot and seriously wounded Thomas J. Fry, a saloon-keeper of that city. The shooting took place at Fry’s countiy home. It is alleged that the woman to whom Fry had paid marked attention had insisted that their marriage take place. Fry refused to consent to the alliance, and when Miss Fry found htm in company with another woman she drew a revolver and fired a bullet into his head.

BLAZING OIL BURNS HUNDRED.

Philadelphia Fire Claim! More Vlctlnw and Still Threatens. By the collapse of a burning oil tank at the Atlantic Refining company’s plant at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, where a fire has been raging, about 100 persons, firemen, employes of the company and spectators, were more or less severly burned. Most of the cases were treated on the ground by ambulance surgeons, but a few of them were considered sufficiently serious to necessitate the removal of the victims to the hospitals. It was shortly after 2 o’clock when the tank careened and fell, the heavy iron sheathing separating at the seams, precipitating great quantities of blazing petroleum into Passayunk avenue. There was a wild stampede among the people In the vicinity, but many of them were badly burned by the fiery spray which fell among them. Dikes were hastily thrown up by the firemen and employes of the company, and the blazing fluid was confined to an area of about two blocks on Passayunk avenue.

A FATAL WINDSTORM.

Two Persons Killed in Oklahoma and Buildings Are Destroyed. Oklahoma was swept Wednesday evenlng by a severe wind and rain storm, which resulted In loss of life and the destruction of much property. The storm was most severe In the neighborhood of Anadorko, which it struck at about 8 o’clock. There were two fatalities and upward of twenty persons were injured. Large buildings along the main street of the town, several of them in process of construction, were almost demolished, a number of dwellings were lifted from their foundations and hardly an outhouse is left standing. Reports from the country districts are meager, but they indicate that a number of persons have been killed, many buildings destroyed and that the loss in crops and live stock will be heavy. One report says that four persons were killed at a farmhouse.

Seriously Hurt in Wreck.

Seventeen cars on a west-bound Lake Shore freight train were piled up in a wreck at 3 o’clock Sunday morning at Burdick, a station fifteen miles west of Laporte, Ind. The air brakes failed to operate and the train was cut into two sections, which collided with terrific force, piling up an immense amount of wreckage. J. C. Teeter of Garrett received serious injuries. He was taking a car of cattle to Chicago and was pinioned in one of the wrecked cars. The other cars were loaded with merchandise and the loss to the company may reach $20,000. The tracks were blockaded for several hours and passenger trains went around the wreck over other roads.

Nebraska People Are Rich.

The quarterly statement issued at Lincoln, Neb., by the state banking board shows the largest amount of deposits in state banks ever known in the history of Nebraska, being $30,564,000, an* increase of $2,500,000 in three months, while the state was threatened with drouth. During the panic of 1893 the deposits shrunk to $11,000,000. The large wheat crop in the state Is said to be responsible for the Increase.

Another Dividend Paid.

The Chancery Court at Knoxville, Tenn., has ordered the payment of a 5 per cent dividend to stockholders of the Southern Building and Loan association, which went into the hands of receivers five years ago with thousands of stockholders scattered over half the states of the union.

Kills a Negro Porter.

J. C. Merriwether, a baggagemaster on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, shot and killed William Freeman, a negro porter, on a passenger train near Valdosta, Ga. Bad feeling had existed between the two men for some time. Yesterday they accidentally met on the Shoe Fly train. The negro sprang on Merriwether, who is a small man. A struggle ensued and Freeman was shot through the head, dying instantly.

ALLEGED BRIBER IS HELD.

Grand Jury to Look Into the Case of Steward Sapelii. Ernesto Sapelii, the steward on the steamship La Gascogne, who was arrested at New York last Sunday on a charge of attempting to bribe Immigration Inspector Junker, has been held in $2,500 bail for the United States grand jury. Sapelii is charged with having attempted to bribe Inspector Junker to permit the landing of Immigrants without their having first gone through the immigration inspection at Ellis island. After the hearing Sapelii asked permission to make a statement, and in the presence of the immigration officials and a representative of the United States district attorney’s office he made a declaration which, it is believed, will result in the arrest of the principals In the case. The general belief of the government officers is that Sapelii was a dupe employed by others, who got the money paid by immigrants illegally landed at this port.

NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE.

Tennessee Mob Avenges Murder of White Woman. Henry Noles, the negro who murdered Mrs. Charles Williams near Winchester, Tenn., last Friday, was burned at the stake on the scene of his crime Sunday. Six thousand persons witnessed the execution, and hundreds aided in throwing oil and fence rails upon the fire until the body was consumed. Noles was captured by the mob after a desperate fight with the sheriff and his deputies around the county jail. The mob finally overpowered the officials, battered down ' the jail doors, and secured the prisoner. He died stoically, admitting his crime and laughing at his torturers until the flames enveloped his body.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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More Insurgents Give Up.

Word was received at Manila that the insurgent Colonel Eoreel, with seventeen officers and thirteen men, had surrendered to Captain Brown of the Fourth infantry at Talisay. The surrender of numerous other smaller contingents last week brings the total tomore than 100. Governor Taft is expected to return to Manila after havingappointed civil officials throughout all northern Luzon.

Citizens Kill 300 Dogs.

At Alger, east of Lima, 0., on the Erie road, a mad dog went through the town biting everything in its way. The citizens turned out en masse and began a warfare on all of the canines. They killed three hundred before stopping. Several persons were bitten, but prompt medical attention was given.

Iowa Democrats Indorse Silver.

lowa Democrats in state convention, at Des Moines reaffirmed the Kansas City platform, amending the committee report so as to do so by a vote of 661 3-5 to 558 2-5. T. J. Phillips of Ottumwa was nominated for governor on second ballot over H. J. Steiger of Toledo by majority of six votes.

Assailed Supreme Court.

Congressman Littlefield of Maine and Adolph MOses of Chicago were the central figures in a public clash before the American Bar association at Denver, the latter resenting harsh criticism by the former of the Porto Rican decisions of the United States Supreme court.

China Is Ready to Sign.

“Li Hung Chang has notified the ministers of the powers,” says a dispatch to the London Times from Pekin, “that edicts necessary to the signing of the protocol by the Chinese plenipotentiaries are now en route from Sian-Fu and are expected to arrive here soon.’ r

Dies at Age of 101 Years.

Mrs. Mary Rank, who, had she lived until next Thursday, would have celebrated her one hundred and first birthday anniversary, died Sunday night at her home six miles north of Fort Wayne, Ind. She was an-Eng-lishwoman and had lived at Fort Wayne since 1851.

Injured in Trolly Mishap.

Fourteen persons .were injured in a collision between a Greenfield interurban car and a train on the belt railroad near Indianapolis. A freight engine with a dozen cars was approaching and as the electric car reached the center of the track the locomotive struck it and threw it to the side of the track. The electric car was new and of heavy construction and withstood the impact, otherwise the death list would have been heavy. The motorman and conductou were badly bruised. " . ■