Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — Page 3

Latest Stone Bridge in the World

i At Rockville, a few miles from the .capital of Pennsylvania, can be seen* >a stone bridge that is five times longer than any other stone bridge in the world. It has just been erected by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, to replace an iron bridge of two tracks. This bridge contains four tracks, andpermits two passenger and two freight trains to pass each other at the same time on the bridge. 1 This cannot be done on any other bridge in the world. One end of this

GREAT POET’S MONUMENT

A monument in Carrara marble.in commemoration of Heinrich Heine has been inaugurated in Montmartre cemetery, France, where his remains repose. The monument, which is due to the initiative of the late Empress Elizabeth of Austria, is the work of the Danish sculptor Hasselriis, and was recently exhibited in Vienna. The sculptor has represented Heine during the latter years of his life. It is Heine the Parisian. The head is slightly inclined forward. The eyes are closed, as if in meditation. Immediately below the ■ bust is a butterfly, the antique symbol of immortality. The pedestal bears a lyre entwined with a wreath of roses. On the reverse of the pedestal is a laurel wreath chiseled with the words, “Dem andenken Heine’s, das freisinnlge Wien” (“In commemoration of Heine from liberal-minded Vienna”). On the front of the base of the pedestal is the inscription: HEINRICH HEINE. Frau Heine. The following verses from a poem published by Heine- in 1869 are inscribed on thetumular slab: Wo wird einst des Wandermuden Letzte Ruhestatte sein? Unter Palmen in dem Suden? Unter Linden an dem Rhein? Werd’ich wo in einer Waste Eingescharrt von fremder Hand? Oder ruh’ich an der Kuste Eines Meeres in dem Sand? Immerhin! Mich wird umgeben Gotteshimmel, dort wie hier, Und als Todtenlampen schweben Nachts die. Sterne über mir. The lines may be roughly translated as follows: Where will some day be the last resting place of the wearied wanderer?

FLORIDA MONSTER SLAIN

An enormous reptile, more like the mythical dragon than a land serpent, has been killed by a hunter in the lower Everglades. k For one hundred years it has not only been a tradition among the Seminole Indians, who Inhabited the borders of Lake Okechobee, but 'it is stated as fact within the knowledge of some of the Indians now living that an immense serpent made its home in the Everglades and has carried oft at least two Indians. Recently, Buster Ferrel, one of the boldest and most noted hunters In

Okechobee, who for twenty years has made the border of the lake and the Everglades his home, on one of his periodical expeditions into one of these lonesome wilds, nbted what he supposed to be the pathway of an immense alligator. For several days he visited the locality for the purpose of killing the kaurlan, but was unsuccessful in finding him. He studied some plan to outwit it. A large cypress stood near its pathway and he concluded the best thing for him to do

bridge rests in Dauphin county and the other end in Perry county. The Susquehanna river flows under it all of the time, and in stormy weather the ipuddy waters of the Juniata often find their way there, also. There are in all forty-eight piers and forty-eight arches. The bridge is fifty feet wide, and is made of a light-colored stone brought from Cambria county. Fifteen quarries were kept busy all of the time getting the stone cut and shipping it;

Under the palm trees of the South? Beneath the lindens of the Rhein? Shall I some day be buried in the desert by a stranger’s hand?

The Heine Monument. (From a photograph.)

Or shall I rest in the sand of the seashore ? It matters not! Whether here or

would be to climb this tree and take a stand for his “gatorship." He accordingly prepared himself and took a position in the tree. For two days he stood on watch with his rifle ready, but without the desired success. On the third day, before .he had been on his perch an hour, he was almost paralyzed by what looked to him like.an immense serpent gliding along the supposed alligator track. He estimated it to be anywhere from twenty to thirty feet long and fully ten to twelve inches in diameter Where the head joined the body, and.as

“Dragon of the Everglades," from a Sketch by an Indian.

large around as a barrel ten feet farther back. The snake stopped within easy reach of his gun, and raised its head to take a precautionary view'of his surroundings. As it did, Ferrel opened fire on it, shooting at its head. Taken by surprise the serpent dashed into the marsh at railroad speed, while Ferrel kept up Are on it until he had emptied the magazine of his rifle, but failed to stop it. About four days afterwards he ven-

there are 1,000,000 cubic yards of stone in the bridge, and it cost $1,000,000. Three hundred men worked on it constantly from April 1, 1900, until the present time,, when it is practically completed, with the exception of the laying of the tracks, which will not be done until next spring. It is stated upon good authority that there are now 2,000 active Mormon proselyters scattered widely over the world.

there, I shall always be encircled by God’s heaven, and at night the stars above me will be my funeral lamps.— New York Tribune.

Smugglers Trapped by X-Ray.

“So far as I have heard,” said a man who got back from South America recently, “the newest practical application of the X-rays has been made by the postoffice authorities at Buenos Ayres. They have turned it into a government detective, and a valuable one it makes, too. "It is against the law in the Argentine Republic to open registered mail to examine the contents, and jewelers have taken advantage of the fact to smuggle jewels into the country in registered letters and packages on a large scale. “The authorities knew that the smuggling was being done, but there seemed absolutely no way of stopping it short of repealing the law concerning registered mail, and that would have been difficult. “When they were at their wits’ ends one day somebody thought of the Xray, says the New York Sun. An experimental apparatus was installed in short order, and just as was expected, it revealed watches, chains, rings, gems and all sorts of jewelry in registered mail in astonishing quantities. “Such evidence was, of course, sufficient for a court order to open the packages, and during a single one of the first weeks that the plan was tried more than $20,000 worth of property was confiscated. “An X-ray machine is now a feature of every postoffice in the country that receives foreign mail, and registeredletter smuggling is as dead as Moses.” The heart that sings, wings itself to heaven.

tured back into the neighborhood to see how things were, and about a mile from where he first saw the snake he saw a large flock of buzzards, and went to see what they were after, and there he found the creature dead and its body so, badly torn by the buzzards that it was impossible to save the skin. He, however, secured its head. It is truly a frightful looking object, fully ten Inches from jaw to jaw, with ugly, razor-like teeth. He described the animal as a dark color on the back, with dingy white beneath, and with feelers around its

mouth similar to catfish. He has now gone back into the swamp with the intention of securing the skeleton and bringing it back, after which he will send it to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Scientists who have investigated the matter are convinced that the animal is not a land serpent. The latest society fad among the fashionable women in England is that of being photographed as a moving picture.

RICHES OF EASTERN RULERS.

Fabulous Stores of Gold and Precious ■tones Hoarded for Centuries. At a time when millions of men are struggling their hardest for the doubtful privilege of keeping themselves alive it seems difficult to realise that jewels and gold, whose value is counted in hundreds of millions of pounds, should be lying hidden in royal houses, untouched and seen only by a privileged and curious few. who have been privileged to gaze on the wonders of the shah’s treasure house tell astonishing stories of wealth which is indeed beyond the dreams of avarice, and which might well form a climax to the marvels of the Arabian Nights* tales;of diamonds and rubies, emeralds and sapphires, so countless that they might literally bo measured by the peck; of shields, helmets and armor thickly incrusted with priceless gems, and sword scabbards which it pains the eye to look upon, so dazzling are the jewels which sheath them. One of these scabbards Is completely covered with diamonds, the smallest of which is as large as a finger nail. Vessels of solid gold, so large that only a strong man could lift one of them, crowns blazing with every color of the rainbow, chains of gold and rare precious stones, enamels of matchless beauty, lie scattered about in careless profusion; trays are heaped to overflowing with sapphires and pearls, many of which are worth tens of thousands of pounds. A glass case, two feet long and a foot and a half in width and height, is more than half filled with thousands of pearls perfect in shape and luster. By its side is a globe of gold, twenty Inches In diameter, with seas of emeralds and continents of diamonds and rubies to the number of 50,000, and each stone specially chosen for its purity and beauty. The weight of this globe is %cwt., and its value £1,000,000 sterling. Among the countless treasures of the shah are a flawless uncut ruby said to be as large as a hen’s egg and of a value which no one has ventured to estimate; a turquoise as long as a man’s finger, and a belt a foot wide which is so closely set with many-hued precious stones that it is one unbroken blaze of diamonds and emeralds, pearls and rubies. Of all the native princes of India the Gaekwar of Baroda is the richest In gold and jewels, a mere catalogue of which would fill some of the world’s richest millionaires with despair. One of his most interesting, though by no means most valuable possessions, is a carpet, 10 feet long and 6 feet in width, composed entirely of a groundwork of exquisite'pearls on which is traced a design in diamonds. This carpet, which certainly has no equal in the world, is said to be worth £300,000, or £5,000 a square foot. Of much greater value than this carpet of gems is a matchless collar, consisting of five rows of diamonds and two of emeralds, the stones being of graduated sizes from that of a walnut to the size of a pea; from this collar of 700 of the most perfect stones in existence hangs as a pendant the famous “Star of the- South” diamond, one of the most magnificent diamonds the world has ever seen.

The Sultan’s Astrologer,

The sultan of Turkey’s imperial astrologer, a Greek named Kumbarls, is a worthy representative of the prevalent blend of superstition and abysmal ignorance which characterizes Abdul Hamid’s court. This worthy had on one occasion the brilliant idea of erecting a modern astronomical observatory in Yildiz Kiosk. When the work was finished and the Instruments in place he found he could neither work nor understand them, and consequently a professional astronomer had to be summoned from Naples. This, however, did not diminish the influence of Kumbarls, who succeeded in preventing the distribution of Mauser rifles among the imperial troops in in Constantinople in 1896 at the first news of Armenian disturbances by the sage reminder that the previous change In the succession took place immediately after a distribution of new guns. The sincerity of this wonderful piece of advice cannot be doubted, as the self-sacrlfieing genius who offered it to his worthy master rose from his sick bed to do so.

Musical Chimpanzees.

Writing in the London Graphic, Sir Harry Johnston, K. C. 8., has much to say about strange monkeys, chimpanzees and baboons found by him in the Uganda Protectorate. His special pet is Miss Eleanor Maltravers. Eleanor is almost human. The natives told the explorer a great deal about the chimpanzee’s habits, such as its building “houses” (shelters) in the trees. They said that it is the male chimpanzee’s habit to sleep with his back to the tree trunk. The natives of Toro repeat the assertions of Emln Pasha to the effect that the chimpanzees are rather fond of beating with their hands hollow tree trunks which they find in the forest, and of shouting in accompaniment to this primitive music. The chimpanzees are certainly very noisy when they believe themselves to be unobserved.

End of Strange Romance.

The marriage of John M. Currier of Valparaiso, Ind., and Mrs. Laura M. Morse of Chicago was the final act in an unusual romance. The groom Is an old and prominent resident of that city. Re was divorced from his bride ihore than forty years ago. He is 79 years ojd and she is 72. Both have grown children from marriages' subsequent to their separation.

INDIANA STATE NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Kinsey, pioneer residents of Koskiusko county, now living at Warsaw, Sunday celebrated the sixty-ninth anniversary of their marriage. Mr. Kinsey is 93 years old and his wife is 87. Both are in excellent health. They were married in Knox county, Ohio, and were natives of Delaware and Maryland respectively. Their ten children are all living except ten. Mrs. Josephine Paraway and her two sons, John, aged 32, and Clarence, aged 24, suffering from asphyxiation, struggled for many hours in Terre Haute to get fresh air and call for help, and when John reached a window and attracted the attention of some boys he fell unconscious to the floor. When physicians arrived the three were almost dead. John, besides suffering from asphyxiation, had a badly dislocated shoulder. His brother and mother are still in a critical condition, the brother having spasms. The gas escaped from a base burner stove and filled the rooms of the cottage home. There was evidence in the upset chairs and the disarranged bedclothing of the desperate efforts to get to a window or door. Judge Davis, president of the board of children’s guardians, has given his consent at Terre Haute for Professor Henry of a Chicago school of hypnotism to experiment with the children in the home maintained by the board. It is Mr. Henry’s theory that by hypnotic suggestion he can start a train of thought in the mindset children for better things. Children who have been taken from vicious parents will be experimented with. Judge Davis says he does not believe it can do the children harm and possibly will have good effects. The meeting of the State Teachers' association closed at Indianapolis with a paper by President Swain of the State university on "A National University.” He said that many difficulties stand in the way of carrying out such a project. Some hold the view that Congress lacks sufficient power; existing institutions are afraid that a great university at Washington would overshadow them; there is a fear that the political atmosphere of the capital would be deleterious to the highest interests of a national university; there is opposition to the scheme because it contemplates the use of public money. He also said that the clamor of the supporters of many unwise schemes, combined with the great pressure from the routine of Congress, makes it difficult for any cause for education, however meritorious, to be undertaken without the unanimous and persistent efforts of the educational people of the country. That Robert Reeves, a young man of Newmarket, brother of Prosecuting Attorney Reeves of Crawfordsville, is alive to-day is because of the pluck and cool headed work of his fiancee, Maud Branch,' the eighteen-year-old daughter of a leading citizen of that place. For some, time the young persons have been meeting, much against the will of Maud’s father. Saturday night they attended an entertainment at a church. As soon as Miss Branch’s father heard of it he fell into a rage and, securing a revolver, started out. He reached th? church just as a hymn was being sung. With a cry of rage he rushed down the aisle and tried to drag his daughter out into the street. She eluded him, however, and he turned his attention to Reeves. A scuffle followed, and the angry father drew his revolver to shoot, when the girl threw herself upon him and clinched his arms until her friend escaped. Her dress was torn completely off in the straggle. The church was in a panic. Women fainted and were trampled upon by those trying to make their escape. Dr? A. J. Landis, who recently went from Adamsville, Mich., to Chico, Cal., has ttben convicted of forgery and a sentence of seven years in the penitentiary has been imposed, says a La Porta dispatch. Dr. Landis treated a wealthy bachelor, who, he claimed, left him $29,000 by executing a note for that Amount on his deathbed. The bequest was contested in the courts by relatives of the dead man and experts for the prosecution claim the note was forged by the physician. The friends of Dr. Landis believe him Innocent and a defease fund is being raised by. Michigan md Indiana physicians to enable him to carry his case to the higher courts. The patient of Dr. Landis had been abandoned by his relatives despite the fact that he was possessed of a large fortune. Because he was profane in the presence of Police Magistrate Moreland, in police court at Muncie, Harry M. Finley, an oil operator and a man of wealth, was heavily fined by the court. Finley called to stay a fine of SBO, assessed against a young man who had attacked a woman. President Ijams of the American Trotting association says, at Terre Haute, that there is no foundation for the report that the American and National associations are to be consolidated, that there is room for two and no call for a consolidation. Charles Bayer, ex-County Treasurer of £ibson county, this state, died on a tvaln near Marlow, 111. He was on his way home from the West, where he went for his health. Clarence Jessup of Richmond, Westera League catcher, has signed a contract tor next season with St. Paul.

This has been a great building year for Alexandria. From Jan. 1, 1901, to Dec. 18, 1901, 164 permits have been issued for buildings, whose valuation, as given, foots up 8110,250. Of these 164 buildings, all. with the exception of less than half a dozen, are completed and occupied. Of these 67 cost less than 8500, 67 cost between 8500 and 81.000, 12 cost between 81.000 and 82,000, 7 cost between 81.000 and 81.500, 4 cost between 82,000 and 83,000, 4 cost between 83,000 and 85,000, 2 cost between 85,000 and 810,000, 1 cost over 820,000. This does not do justice to the industry, however, as many buildings have been erected, without a permit, as within the last few months the permit law has not been strictly enforced. The majority of these buildings are workmen’s homes ranging from 8500 to 81.000. This covers only the incorporated part of the city, and leaves out several rapidly growing additions, and a factory out of the city, which has been rebuilt within the last year, at a cost of over 8100,000. Alexandria believes that no city in the gas belt, all things considered, can make a better showing. The indications are that this phenomenal record will be equaled In the number of buildings erected next year, while the valuation will be greatly Increased, as several new blocks are contemplated, which alone will almost equal the sum for the year 1901.

The Elks of Logansport madtf Christmas merry for thousands of poor children. A large Christmas tree was loaded down with useful articles and toys. The Elks also distributed meat, flour, bread and fuel. David Parsons has accepted the contract to grade the proposed interurban line between Lafayette and the Tippecanoe battle grounds, consideration 89,000. For a long time there has been considerable talk at Columbus as to the authenticity of reports that an interurban line would be built connecting that city with Indianapolis. Even the Commercial Club took the matter up and engaged in discussions as to whether a connection of this sort benefit Columbus with the intention of making efforts to discourage a movement to build If it was found that a line to that city would be detrimental to the local merchants. The discussion resulted In no particular action, partly because it could not be learned whether the building of a road was in prospect. It now develops that in time an Interurban road will be constructed between Columbus and Franklin, connecting with the Indianapolis, Greenwood and Franklin road, and that Joseph I. Irwin is at the head of the movement. For some time past Mr. Irwin has been at work, securing right of way, and his efforts so far have been satisfactory. It seems that the most obstinate construction in building this line will be the entry into Columbus. Mr. John 8. Crump, owner of the Columbus street railway company, has the only franchise that can be easily obtained in Columbus for operating an electric line. According to a statement by Mr. Cramp, Mr. Irwin recently had a talk with the former In which efforts were made to lease the local electric system’s tracks. It is said that something like 85,000 a year was asked, but the price was unsatisfactory. Since then nothing is known to have been done; however, Columbus will, some day, and at a date not far distant, be connected with Indianapolis and intermediate points by an electric line, built by Joseph I. Irwin. John Oates of Washington, Ind., was killed by a locomotive at Danville, 111. His sister, Mrs. William Cleary, was burned to death in Washington recently and his father lost his life in a hotel fire at Loogootee. On Jan. 19, throughout Indiana, the Sunday will be observed as McKinley memorial day. Notices to this effect were cent out by various Protestant ministers' associations with headquarters in Indianapolis. The call is lengthy and refers again to the noble character of the martyred president. It is signed by Governor Durbin and other state officials, as well as by the clergymen. The world’s bowling record of 300 at ten pins, the best score possible, was equaled Thursday night at the Commercial Athletic Club, South Bend. The score was made by Samuel M. Robinson a well known oilman and club member, in a game with W. H. Barger. Nearly all the members of the Commercial Athletic Club are expert bowlers, some of their scores being as follows: Holland 289, Crockett 267, Robinson 259; Schinke 256, Cummins 255, Tooker 254, Kizer 248, Moredock 247, Ginz 235, Listenberger 233, Boyle 221, Warner 258, Laplerre 231, Sibley 236 Bartlett 234, Murdock 244, Bates 232, Creed 228, Griffin 212, Kaple 232, More 244, Freehafer 248, Schneider 247, Bunker 245. At the Judson Church Christmas Carnival in Kokomo Grant Turner was shot while assisting in the exercises. The tragedy broke up the entertainment. Patrick O'Donnell is iu jail charged with the shooting. Rolla Britton of Evansville started from Memphis, Tenn., witn a boatload of Christmas goods, intending to trade at various points down the river. The boat stopped at Elam Landing. Ark., and Britton and a companion went hunting, only to be ambushed by negroes, who shot and killed Britton, and robbed him of his gun and 840.

Stephen Miller, employed in a coal office at Evansville, caught Bert Powell, nineteen years old, in the act, aa he alleged, of stealing coal, and ordered him off the premises. Powell responded with his knife and Miller was stabbed several times in the back, to his alarming Injury. While the clerks in the Union Station postofllce were assorting the Christmas packages they came across a basket that had no address and no stamps on it. When the covering of the basket was removed a bottle of milk fell out, and still further investigation revealed a boy baby, about a week old, sleeping soundly between a lot of flannels, and baby clothes of the finest possible texture. There is no clew to the mother, or to the manner in which the basket got among the packages. Jesse Luckey of Kokomo, who has returned from two years’ stay in China and Japan, says that he met John E. Holman, formerly prosecuting attorney at Kokomo, in Honolulu, where he la teaching school, and he also ran across Allen Shewman, ex-city clerk, at San Francisco. Holman abandoned Ms wife and child five years ago, and the other did the same in September last. George H. Cassady, aged eighteen, son of G. Burr Cassady, vice president of the South Bend Chilled Plow Company, and grandson of Millionaire W. Cassady, is being held at South Baud a prisoner by his father, who is keeping the young man from joining bls bride of a few days, Florence Hoerine, a former chamber-maid in a local hotel. Young Cassady and Miss Hoerine eloped to Niles, Mich., and were married. They were pursued by the Irate father, who came upon the scene just as the final words of the ceremony were being spoken. A stormy scene ensued and the young man was taken back home. The youthful bridegroom’s father says he intends to have the marriage, which he terms Illegal because of the boy’s age, annulled. Theodore Watkins, colored, an elgh-teen-yoar-old boy, shot and instantly killed his drink-crazed father, Richard Watkins, at Brazil Christmas uight, while the elder Watkins was tn the act of braining the boy’s mother with an up-lifted hatchet. Watkins went home intoxicated and began abusing the family. His wife remonstrated with him, when the man seized a hatchet and threatened to knock out her brains. Theodore ran into an adjacent room, secured a 48-callber revolver, and returning shot his father through the heart as he was in the act of killing his mother. The boy then went to the police headquarters and gave himself up. He is heart-broken over the affair, but says he had to choose between his father and mother. Arthur Olvey, Big Four agent at Chesterfield, announces that Chesterfield will be made a “prepaid station’* after Jan. 1, at which time the American Express office and Western Union Telegraph office will be abandoned. The Big Four station was opened in 1852, and was one of the first stations established on the old Bee Line. Dr. Heddlngton, long since dead, was the first station agent there. The first excursion was run from Chesterfield to Indianapolis, July 4, 1852. Capt. Abraham Cantwell of Sullivan, an inmate of the State Soldiers* Home at La/ayette, underwent amputation of his leg to avoid gangrene, and succumbed to the shock. He served in Wilder’s brigade, and was employed in Wilder’s pension agency at Knoxville, until within a short time. He was the father of Mrs. J. R. Curtis of Sullivan. Mrs. Imelda Luton, who recently filed a suit for divorce and 819,000 alimony against her husband, David G. Luton, the wealthy oil operator, appeared in court at Hartford City and asked for a dismissal of the action. Tbe court has not yet granted the request. She made the statement that though her husband had wrecked her happiness, she still loved him better than life and could not live without him. By a recent legal action she tied up all hla property. They are living together. John Englehart, one of the best known residents of Posey township, was found dead in bed. He had just returned from Terre Haute and was apparently in the best of health. His wife, who occupied the same bed, did not know that he was dead until morning. The Brazil city council at its meeling employed ex-Judges McGregor lu 1 Coffey to bring suit against the Republic Iron and Steel company ti.r the collection of many thousands i.f dollars of taxes due to the city wblctt accrued while the property was in charge of the Central Iron and Steel company. The company contends that the city agreed to take cinders and ashes in payment of taxes and they threaten to move their mills and factory from Brazil if forced to pay the taxes. County Clerk Lienemann at Logansport has been instrumental in reuniting C. B. Foster of Bucyrus, 0., and Mrs. Catherine Landrey of Argentine, Kan., brother and sister, separated formany years, each supposing the’other dead. The Landreys formerly lived in the vicinity of Logansport. Benjamin F. Reese, aged fifty-two years, died at Wilmington, Del. He formerly resided in Laporte, and hia widow and one son live there. He became well known in railroad circlet through his long and prominent connection with several roads.