Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — Page 6

WIND STORM IN WISCONSIN

Farm Houses, Barns and Other Buildings Suffer Severe Damage. FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN lOWA Webster City Is Flooded, Boatmen Taking Occupants from SecondStory Windows—Bridges Washed • Away and Crops are Ruined. A terrific wind storm swept across the southern part of Wisconsin, ing through Janesville, Beloit, Pewaukee, Menominie Falls, Granville, and North Milwaukee, doing damage everywhere to crops, farmhouses, barns, and other outbuildings. The storm lashed Pewaukee lake furiously, and, as a large number of boats were -out, it is believed some fatalities may have occurred there. At Beloit a large number of outhouses were blown down and a number of roofs damaged. At Janesville St. Patrick’s church was struck by lightning, the damage not being reported. At Pewaukee trees, barns, and several outaoUses were blown down, the bowling alley and large tents at Waukesha beach being demolished. „

On Pewaukee lake a couple In a rowboat were blown across the lake, making their way safely to shore, through the shallow water. The last ■boat from across the lake was the 'Waukesha, and this reported large quantities of driftwood on the lake, withnsne sailboat with a party reported missing. At North Milwaukee the damage amounted to above $7,000, the sheds •of the Wausau lumber company being blown down, and about one-third of the stock of lumber being scattered to unknown parts. Two barns were lifted from their foundations and blown nearly a block, one barn with six horses being carried that distance, with no injury to the horses.

FLOODS IN lOWA.

Nearly Five Inches of Rain Falls at Webster City. A fall of rain amounting to 4.75 Inches fell in Webster City, lowa. The eastern part of the city is all under water. The rise was so sudden that <no household goods were saved. Boat crews saved household effects in the upper stories. Thirty wagon bridges are out. A mile of the Northwestern’s main line of track is threatened with a washout. The rain has practically made the corn crop a failure in Hamiilton county. Small grains may yet yield half a crop. Hailstorms in Nebraska. Reports from Nebraska show that heavy rains have done much damage to wheat in the shock and oats. Hail etorms devastating small streaks of country are reported from the vicinities of York, Geneva, Blue Hill, Grana Island, Elm Creek, Hastings, and Harvard. The Nemaha river is out of its banks, and all lowlands in the eastern part of the state have been flooded. Wheat in some localities has begun to sprout in the shock. Rain in Kansas. A heavy rain, amounting at Anthony almost to a cloudburst, fell over ten counties in central Kansas. It •will delay harvest.

WAR CLAIM WARRANTS.

Secretary of the Treasury Issues Checks for $3,218,584. Washington dispatch: The treasury •department has issued warrants in favor of the states of Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Michigan, Vermont and Ohio, Aggregating $3,218,584. These warrants cover the claims of these states lor expenses incident to raising and etfu.pping troops during the civil war, recently allowed by the comptroller of the treasury and for which congress made the necessary appropriation. The amounts which are being paid the several states are as follows: Illinois, *1,006,129; Indiana, $635,869; lowa, *465,417; Michigan, $382,167; Vermont, $280;453; Ohio, 458,659. It is anticipated that several other states which have claims similar to those already allowed will file them with the comptroller asking for favorable action.

OHIO CHIEF JUSTICE IS DEAD

Marshall J. Williams Passes Away at His Home in Columbus. Chief Justice Marshall J. Williams of the Ohio Supreme court died at his home in Columbus of diabetes, aged <J6 years. He was four times elected to the supreme bench, having served in all about sixteen years. He recently declined a renomination on account of tilling health. Prior to his election to the supreme bench he served two terms as circuit judge.

Chain of Sugar Refineries.

New York special: It develops that the Federal Sugar Refining company, which was incorporated under the Haws of New Jersey recently with a capital of $60,000,000, proposes to establish a chain of refineries. V Rockefeller Heir Born. 'RptR Yorf special: A son and heir has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Avery Rockefeller at their country homo on the Hudson. He is a grandnephew of John D. Rockefeller, the standard Oil king.

THE WEEKLY PANORAMA

AN AUTHOR OF PROMISE. Critics Highly Commend the Work of Harry Leon Wilson. Book reviewers, east and west, have given much pYaise to a recent novel, “The Spenders,” by Harry Leon Wilson. The following is an extract from the book: “It’s just a question of blackmail, isn’t it? What did you offer?” “Well, she has a slew of letters—

gettin’ them is a matter of sentiment and keepin’ the thing quiet. Then she claims to have a will made last December and duly witnessed, givin’ her the One Girl outright, and a million cash. So you can see she ain't anything ordinary. I told Coplen to offer her a million cash for everything rather’n have any fuss. I was goin' to fix it up myself and keep quiet about it." “But, damn it all, that’s robbery!" “Yes—but it’s her deal. You remember when Billy Brue was playin’ seven-up with a stranger in the TwoHump saloon over to Eden, and Chiddie Fogle the bartender called him up front and whispered that he’d jest seen the feller turn a jack from the bottom. ‘Well,’ says Billy, looking kind of reprovin’ at Chiddie, ‘it was his deal, wasn’t it?’ Now, it’s sure this blond party’s deal, and we better reckon ahead a mite before we start any rough-house with her. You’re due to find out if you hadn’t better let her turn her jack and trust to gettin’ even on your deal. You got a claim staked out in New York, and a scandal like this might handicap you in workin’ it. And ’tain’t as if hushin’ her up was something wa couldn’t well afford. And think of how it would torment your ma to know of them doin’s, and now ’twould shame Pish in company. Of course, rob’ry is rob’ry, but mebbe it’s our play to be sporty like Billy Brue was.’’

Electricity for Rainfall.

A number of prominent Japanese scientists are at present engaged upon a series of experiments for the artificial production of rain by means of electricity. The first trial was made in the Fukushima prefecture, and the results obtained were very satisfactory. Operations were commenced at 11 in the evening, but no change was noted until 9 the next morning, when clouds began to gather in the vicinity of the place where the experiments were being held. Rain soon began to fall over an area several miles in extent, and continued without intermission for twelve hours.

FOUGHT WITH A BURGLAR.

South American Beauty Shows Bravery in a London Hotel. Marguerite Gana, the famous South American beauty, who formerly lived

In Washington, D. C.. had a thrilling experience with a burglar at the Thackeray hotel, at London, England. The man was captured, but the woman well nigh lost her life. The man entered her room and was at her jewel safe when she awoke and discovered him. Without an instant’s hesitation she sprang from her bed and seized him, at the same time shouting for help. The thief struggled and succeeded in drawing a pistol. He attempted to fire it at the woman, but she succeeded in turning it aside. Two shots were fired, both of which lodged in the wall. The noise attracted the servants, who rushed in and subdued the man, who was later given into custody.

Too Busy to Learn Speeches.

It has been noticed that for a year or so David B. Hill, on the occasion of his public appearances, has always read his speeches, doing so, however, with such a show of off-hand speaking that it is difficult to realize the fact. Mr. Hill, it is explained by one of his intimates, of late has been a busy, man and cannot afford the time to commit his speeches to mem* ory.

FIFTEEN KILLED INTROLLEY WRECK

Runaway Car Rushes Down a Steep Grade Near Gloversville, N. Y. TWENTY-NINE ARE INJURED V Motorman Loses Control and Is Unable to Apply Brakes —Fire Breaks Out on Telescoped Cars and Adds Panic to the Horror. Two trolley cars crowded with passengers collided on an electric railway near Gloversville, N. Y., and fifteen persons were killed and twentynine injured. For a distance of four miles north of Gloversville the Mountain Lake railway, an electric road, connects Gloversville with a popular place of resort and picnic ground. As it was the Fourth of July the place was crowded with pleasure seekers. The cars were filled with people coming home from the grounds. The road makes a steep ascent from Gloversville to the resort, rising 1,000 feet to the five miles.

Two cars crowded with persons who were returning home from the resort started down the grade toward Gloversville only a short distance apart. In some manner the motorman of the second and rear car lost control of it and it dashed ahead down the grade in spite of the brakes and rapidly approached the car preceding it. Cars Telescope. The two came together with a crash so violent as to completely telescope the cars, killing and mangling the occupants. After the collision the cars tumbled over into the ditch at one side and one of the cars started to burn. Aid was asked from Gloversville, and conveyances of all kinds went at once to the place of the wreck to carry the injured. It was raining furiously, which added to the difaculty of reaching the place or receiving any further news. Ten bodies, mangled beyond recognition, were brought into Gloversville, where the injured were also being taken. The latter are being cared for at the Littaner hospital. Among the victims there are more women than men.

City Official Hurt. There were many Gloversville business men among those on the cars. The only known dead are Mrs. Edward Bard and daughter. S. C. Wood, city recorder, was so seriously injured that he cannot live. Both of his legs were frightfully mangled and his back was broken. There is one hospital in Gloversville—the Lattauer hospital, a gift from Congressman Lattauer, and as fast as the dead and injured were received they were taken there. Runaway Car Injures Twenty. Twenty persons were seriously injured in a runaway trolley car near Boulder, Colo. The car wa3 crowded with persons returning from a celebration and ran away down a mountain.

PACKERS TO INVADE MICHIGAN

Baid to Have Bought Thousands of Acres of Ranch Land. Detroit special: The beef trust is to invade Michigan and will establish extensive ranches throughout the northern portion of the state, especially in Alcona, Alpena and Roscommon counties. Hammond, Standish & Co. have purchased 10,000 acres from Alger, Smith & Co. in the northeast corner of Alcona county, including the mill and stores, and will stock the ranch with Western cattle. Swift & Co., it is reported, have bought 60,000 acres in Roscommon county. W. E. Rogers of Alpena shows a letter making inquiry for 100,000 acres. It is from a Chicago real estate man, who said he was acting for a client that wished to pay spot cash if the land could be got cheap enough.

HENDERSON TO CAMPAIGN.

Speaker to Go On the Stump as a Spellbinder. Washington dispatch: Speaker Henderson will take most active part in the congressional campaign next fall. It has been decided to put him on the stump in all the doubtful districts, which can be reached conveniently in an extensive “swing around the circle.” Although the speaker had a busy life during the session just ended, both socially and officially, he is enjoying excellent health and with the rest which he can get between now and the time set for firing the first political gun he will be in the best physical condition for “spellbinding.”

Ends Life Under Train.

Kewanee, 111., dispatch: Raymond Bouqillon, a well educated foroigner who had becotne mentally unsound because of disappointment, walked on the railroad tracks near here and was killed by a train.

Adjutant General’s Clerk.

Rockford, 111., dispatch: Gov. Yates has appointed Richings J. Shand, lieutenant colonel of the Third regiment, L N. G., to be chief clerk in the adjutant general’s office.

Indiana. State News

FORTUNE FOR AN OFFICE GIRL. Miss Jeanette Speyer and Her Sister Are Heirs to $50,000 Estate. Jeanette Spyer, office girl in the real estae office of Mrs. Frances Wesphal at Elkhart has gone to Grand Rapids, Mich., to secure depositions to prove her identity. She has a letter from an attorney in Amsterdam, Holland, declaring that she and her sister, Mrs. Mary Crawford, of Manistee, Mich., have fallen heir to an estate worth $50,000.

Stop Slot Machines. The Terre Haute police commission have finally ordered the slot machines taken out of saloons. For several months the gambling has gone on at a high rate with these machines, some of which were made for quarters instead of nickels, and large amounts of money have been taken from them by their owners. It is estimated that several thousand dollars a month were played intb" the machines in Terre Haute. The board also ordered out penny machines in cigar and drug stores. No order was given as to the public gambling rooms or policy, which have been run with less interference than in many years past in Terre Haute.

Alex Crawford Is Dead. Alex Crawford died after a long illness, which began immediately after his defeat for mayor of Terre Haute, not quite two months ago. There was a general break-down of his system, and death was due to a complication of causes. He was 36 years of age, and leaves a widow and two children. He was the oldest son of Andrew Crawford, the iron manufacturer and capitalist.

Denies Shooting. Benjamin Pierce, nephew, accused of shooting Mrs. Berryman Pierce, at Bedford, stoutly denies the crime and accuses another young man living with the Pierces with having fired the 3hot. Mrs. Pierce, who is 75 years old, has signed a statement charging her nephew with the offense. “Blue Goose” Meat Shop. John Black, proprietor of the “Blue Goose” saloon at Burlington, which had a meteoric career until it was finally purchased by the anti-saloon element and abandoned, is now running a butcher shop, and is patronized by men with whom he was at war for years.

STORM DRIVES TIMBER THROUGH A HOUSE.

Mrs., Mary Earles and a diagram of the house in which her funeral was being held near Cleveland, Ind., when

Winona Lake Bible Conference.

Rev. William Sunday of Chicago and Rev. Clarence Ebzerman, field secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, were the principal speakers at the Young People’s Bible conference held at Winona Lake, under the direction of Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman. A large number of people have attended the conference, which is the first ever held outside of Norfleld. A consecration was held on steamboats in the middle of the lake. Ptomaine Poisoning. Court and Garnett Beaman of Kokomo, twelve and thirteen years old, respectively, ate freely of sardines and cheese, and are reported fatally .prostrated with ptomaine poisoning, said to have been in the sardines. Fractures His Bones. John Williams of Franklin fell from a ladder and fractured the bones in his right leg in two places. He recently fell down an elevator shaft and fractured his arm.

SAYS THE HOGS WERE JUMPERS Jury Refuses to Believe That They Hopped Into a Wagon. Henry Gammons of Ervin township, who was convicted of stealing two hogs, endeavored to prove by witnesses that as he was driving from his home in Kokomo the swine jumped into his wagon. He said that he did not notice their presence there until he reached the feed yard in Kokomo and did not know how they came to be In the wagon. The jury did not accept his story and gave him a penitentiary. sentence. Is An Adept Carver. Edwin B. Helm, a veteran at the Marion Soldiers' Home, has carved with a pocketknife a miniature battleship complete in every detail. The ship is forty inches long, twelve inches broad, draws fourteen inches and seven inches of the hull are above water. The ship is on exhibition in the Harris library, at the riome. It has attracted mucn attention. Sentenced for Murder. At Terre Haute Irwin Greer pleaded guilty of manslaughter and Judge Piety sentenced him for from two to twenty-one years. He is to enter the hospital at the Jeffersonville prison at once, and physicians do not believe he will come out of it alive, as he is in the last stages of consumption. Bondsmen Give Up. The bondsmen of Lessel Long, the defaulting town treasurer, will no longer fight collection of judgment for $3,000 and costs, first obtained in the Huntington Circuit Court, after which a transfer to Wabash was had on a retrial, where judgment was rendered in favor of the town for $2,675 and costs. Wants His Son Released. John Edwards, of Aydelotte, is circulating a petition for the pardon of James Edwards, his son, who was sent to prison recently from the Jasper Circuit court, for the larceny of a load of oats. The petition is being freely signed. The boy is only twenty-two years old. Normal Summer Term. The attendance at the summer term of the Indiana state normal school, which began at Terre Haute, probably will exceed that of last year, which was 674, and the largest attendance since the summer term began several years ago.

the storm broke. A heavy timber was driven entirely through the house. The dotted line shows its course.

Injured in a Runaway. M. A. Williams, a member of the Republic Iron and Steel company, and ex-County commissioner Richard Corsaw were in a runaway accident at Brazil, and Mr. Williams received a severe scalp wound and it is feared that he is seriously injured internally. Mr. Corsaw was severely bruised. Car Kills Aged Man. Jacob Oberholtzer, 87 years old, an inmate of the county infirmary at Elkhart, was killed by ah electric car. Fought Over a Woman. During a quarrel at Bedford over a woman known as “Cyclone” a brakeman named Westenholf was slashed a dozen times by William Loving, one cut extending from ear to ear, but not severing the jugular. New Furnace Company. The Miskimen Furnace Company has been organized in Logansport, with a capital of $50,000, headed by" George W. Miskimen. Manufacturing of furnaces will begin in thirty days.

MAIL SERVICE ON SOUTHERN Arrangements Said to Have Been Made With President Walsh. The Terre Haute postmaster received notice that mail service on this end of the Southerin Indiana road would begin July 1, but as yet no mail clerks have reported for duty. It is not known on what terms the long controversy between President Walsh and the postoffiece department was brought to an end, but it is understood that President Walsh gains about all for which he had been contending. The officials wanted to pay at the old rate for the road before the sixty miles extension was built to Terre Haute and comparatively little mail was carried. The disagreement resulted in the postal service stopping at Elnora, and people along the road seeing regular trains passing several times a day while they depended on wagon mail service from points on other roads.

Belt Railway at Delphi. Mayor Kerlin, Charley Harley and Isaac Dreifus of Delphi visited Chicago to consult General Manager McDoel of the Monon railway regarding the proposed belt road, connecting the tracks of the Monon and Wabash. The road will be over a mile and a half long and will be constructed by local capital at a cost of $5,000. Huntington Oil Wells. The county board of review has issued a tabulated statement of the assessment of all oil wells in Huntington county. They are found in Salamonie and Jefferson townships, and altogether there are 317. The total assessment is $169,815. Of these the Ohio Oil Company owns ninety-seven. The Only Peach Tree. In Jackson township, on the farm of Jacob Nose, stands a peach tree well filled with peaches, and it is said to be the only peach tree in the county that has produced fruit this season. The tree was blown partly into a creek last winter, and its limbs were buried in the ice. Preparing to Rate Customers. The Delaware County Merchants* Association has elected H. J. Keller president and H. H. Highlands secretary, and it is the purpose to rate every man in Delaware county and to eventually affiliate with similar organizations elsewhere. Bees Swarm In Show Window. A large swarm of honey bees flew in at the back door of Schawhan, Boonshot & Co.’s hardware store at Petersburg and started out at the front door, but got off their course and swarmed in their large show window. Lightning Kills Cattle. Nine head of cattle belonging to William Kettler, of Ripley county, were killed by lightning while standing under a sycamore tree. The tree was struck and the cattle fell dead in a heap. Loss, $350. Loses Subsidy. The county commissioners have refused to extend the time, as requested by the Ft. Wayne & Goshen Railway Company, in which to complete the first six miles to New Paris, In order to claim a subsidy of $30,000 voted in Goshen. Oppose the Saloons. Residents of Whitely have resolved to rid themselves of saloons, and to this end will oppose granting licenses to those who at present conduct saloons there, as well as to any others who may apply. Resigns Secretaryship. J. Q. Button has resigned as secretary of the Terre Haute Union Savings association, a position which he has held for fourteen years. John F. Petri has succeeded him.

New Deputy Clerk. Walter Day of Terre Haute has been appointed deputy county clerk to succeed Ernest Ethington, who resigned to take a position in a railroad office at Zenia. Ohio. Murderer Had Insurance. John Rinkard, hanged at Michigan City for the murder of his wife at Marion City, carried SSOO life insurance, which has been paid to his son in Bluffton. Honor Terre Haute Man. C. D. Griffith, who moved from Terre Haute to Denver a few years ago, has been elected president of tha Commercial club of that city. Ingalls Commercial Club. A Commercial club has been organized at Ingalls with W. W. Manifold as president. Turn Out a Big Glass. The Pittsburg Glass Company at Elwood turned out a glass 152x237>4 inches. It was cast by a gang directed by James Walker. Church Gets $25,000. The late David Kemp bequeathed $26,000 to the Tipton M. E. church people for a new house of worship. Hope to Strike Oil in Mexico. One of the greatest drawbacks In Mexicp is the scarcity of fuel, Hopes are placed in the - probable discovery of oil ip paying quantities.