Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1902 — Page 2

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

CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Memorial services were held at Madison, Wis., for Charles Kendall Adams, former president of the state university. Colonel W. F. Vilas and others paid high tribute to his work as an educator. Carter Glass of Lynchburg was nominated for congress by Democrats of the sixth Virginia district. George E. Greenfall. George Parker and George Mason were killed by a gas explosion at Aquillar, Colo. C. Shaffner, a Chicago lawyer with a summer home at Twin Lakes, Wis., was fined $25 and costs for killing deer out of season. The large cigar factory of Ward & Co. at Pontiac, Mich., was destroyed by fire, with a loss of $70,000 and insurance of $54,000. Harry and Walter Bird, Chicago boys who started west to make their fortunes, are in jail in Kansas City, charged with robber^. John Davis and an unidentified man were probably fatally and Motorman John McNary seriously injured by a Vandalia train striking a street car at Terre Haute, Ind. Marjorie E. Hoysradt, aged 20, and Edward Doyle, aged 5, were killed and twenty-five injured in a collision on the Albany and Hudson Electric railway near Hudson, N. Y. The Shenango tin plate mill at Newcastle, Pa., the largest Oi its kind In the world, shut down for an indefinite period. Officials say It is due to market stagnation and not In retaliation for refusal of the men to accept a wage cut. The postoffice at Beulah, Kan., was robbed of S7OO. The safe-blowers escaped. The Arkansas revenue agent Is preparing to take drastic measures to compel lawyers to pay occupation tax. Charles Varble of Louisville, Ky., aged 22, was ground to pieces by a south-bound Monon freight train in the company’s yards at Lafayette, Ind.

An American engaged in mining in Sonora says Mexican army officers are exterminating the Yaquis without provocation, and that foreign investors are afraid to talk about the butcheries. He says 161 Yaqui women, children and old men were slaughtered near Mazattan, Mex. Less rain has fallen in Alabama during the past three months than in any other similar period since 1839. The property of the Waukesha Springs Company was sold to F. J. R. Mitchell of New York for $54,000. George W. Brann, aged 28, an abstractor of titles, of Rushville, Ind., accidentlly killed himself with a rifle while on a camping expedition. The coroner’s jury investigating the Lehigh Valley Railroad wreck in Rochester, N. Y., in which one was killed and a score injured, charges criminal negligence to Conductor Frank De La Vergne and Engineer Daniel Connolly. D. E. Schackelton, a member of the British labor party, has been elected to th% house of comons without opposition to fill the vacancy in the seat for the Clitheree division of Lancashire, caused by the elevation to the peerage of Sir Ughtred James KayShuttleworth, who sat for the division as a liberal. lowa’s executive council has increased the railroad assessment of the state $4,041,656, making the total $51,112,814. Miss Hattie Puelicher defeated George Brown in a swimming match across Powers Lake, Wisconsin, a distance of a mile and a half. > Queen Maria Christiana, mother of King Alfonso, accompanied by the Infanta Maria, left Madrid for Vienna Frank Williamson of Des Moines, lowa, wa3 killed while attempting to get off an incoming Northwestern fast freight train in Milwaukee. Williamson had been stealing a ride and in jumping he fell under the wheels, which cut off his legs. Half a block on the river front was destroyed aryd two children badly burned by fire in Glenwood Springs, Col. Asa Messer shot and killed William Simpson during a quarrel near Barboursville, Ky. Daniel Farley, colored, was hanged at Memphis for the murder of his wife July 23, 1901. Alonzo Scarrberry and Faris Castle were struck by lightning and instantly killed during a storm at Inez, Ky. At Charleston, W. Va., W. H. Hardwick was sentenced to be hanged Oct 31 for criminal assault April 15 last on <a girl aged 12 years. A kiln containing about 20,000 feet of clear lumber was burned at the Bayou Lumber Company’s plant, at Camden, Ark. F. J. Flannigan, a tailor, residing at Caldwell, Kas., fell from the blind .baggage on a Denver and Rio Grande (train, receiving probably fatal injuries. Stockmen intending to make an exhibit at the coming lowa state fair, Aug. 22 to 30, should write S. B. Packard, Marshalltown, lowa, superintendent of the cattle department of the fair, stating* the number of stalls they desire tor their exhibit

The Centennial flour mills at Bpokane, Wash., with a daily capacity at 700 barrels of flour and 200 barrels of cereal foods, was destroyed by Bre. The loss is estimated at $85,000. Robert Knight met “Spot” Murphy, t former pugilist, in the road at Lewlsburg, Ind. They quarreled and Knight killed Murphy by shooting film. Knight then climbed into his buggy with his family and drove home. Thirty naphtha boring platforms at Romany, Russia, have been destroyed by fire. King Carol of Roumania, who has arrived at Ischl, upper Austria, has been warmly greeted by Emperor Francis Joseph. Archduchess Elizabeth, youngest sister of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Aus-tria-Hungary, soon will be betrothed to Prince Peter Alkantara, grandson of the late Dom Pedro of Brazil. Despondent because of illness, Joseph Podawoski stabbed his wife and 12-year-old daughter and committed suicide at El Reno, O. T. Because his wife had left him, Pleas Pitzer, a negro, shot and killed Robert Brooks, his father-in-law, and his daughter and fatally wounded another sister of his wife near Brinkley, Ark. The strike of the Building Trades’ council at Burlington, lowa, was settled by arbitration, the men agreeing to return to work with union or nonanion men, and the boycott against the Gilbert Hedge Lumber company, where the original trouble started, is lifted. Two hundred and fifty men were involved. Representatives of the American Steel Hoop Company and the officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Workers met at Pittsburg to go over several foot notes to the wage scale. At Atlantic City conferences with officials of the American Flint Glass Workers’ Union resulted in a 10 per cent advance in wages of the eastern shademakers and 8 per cent advance in the castor branch. The pressed ware and paste mold conferees disagreed. Henry Roose & Co., stockbrokers at London, failed. Their business was small and the liabilities are inconsiderable.

Orville Osborne, 19 years old, shot a robber at Varck, Kan., a town northwest of Joplin, Mo. Three robbers entered the store of S. B. Osborne and ordered young Osborne to throw up his hands. Instead the lad opened fire and the men fled. One of them was shot in the thigh and was so badly wounded that he had to be assisted in his escape by his pals. Carlos Zaldo, secretary of state of Cuba, has arrived in New York and proceeded immediately to Liberty, N. Y., where his wife is seriously ill. Governor Gota of the province of Formosa, Japan, has visited Ellis Island, New York, to study American methods of excluding Chinese immigrants. Japan is said to be preparing to adopt an exclusion act against Chinese. An oil gusher, the first in many tests in the Flat River Valley, in Manitoba, was encountered at a depth of 400 feet. It is throwing up 300 barrels of oil a day. The oil, It is claimed, surpasses that of Toxas in that 75 per cent is natural Illuminating oil, while the refuse is a good quality of lubricator. W. L. Barbour has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the sixth New Jersey district. James K. Hackett, at Paris, has negotiated with Jane Hading and her company for a French season of twenty weeks in the United States. Mme. Hading and her company will open in New York next November and visit the principal cities oi the country. Halver Johnson of Gilman, 111., fell under a binder and was dragged along the field, breaking his neck. He was 80 years old. William D. Crawford, who is under arrest at Canton, 0., suspected of the murder of Vincent Hill, whose body was found in the Barnett house, confessed to haying robbed the dead man of S6O in money while alone in the room. He emphatically denies the charge of murder. The 3-year-old daughter of John Khoury of Iron Mountain, Mich., while playing with matches was severely burned. A burning match set fire to her dress and when her mother reached her she was a mass of flames. The mother’s hands were terribly burned taking off the burning olothes. Miss Mabel Wells of Monticello, Minn., and Eva Sasker and Laura T. Tye, both of Faribault, were drowned in Lake Jefferson, Le Seuer county. The boat capsized during a storm. Professors Bingham and Hanson of Minneapolis were with them, but could not save them.

The camp meeting of the Advent church of Illinois and other states will be held in Mendota, 111., from Aug. 16 to 26. Dr. Zay Little, aged 31, died at Rosemond. 111. The stokers and helpers at the Evansville Gas and Electric Light company at Evansville, Ind., went on a strike. They demand $2 and 32.26 per day. They are now receiving $1.50 and $1.90 per day. Henry Oarlock, aged 71 years, a pioneer, died at Ramsey, IIL Henry Campbell, a farmer, living four miles northwest of Sycamore, 111., committed suicide by shotting himself. He was 38 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. Goldie Lake, aged 10, who was kidnaped, it is claimed, by Mrs. Peter Rasmus, her grandmother, from the Auburn Children’s Home at Cincinnati three years ago, has been found at Youngstown, Ohio, after being traced to Detroit, through Canada and back to Ohio. r.

BUSINESS TONE CONTINUES GOOD

Manufacturing Plants in All Lines Are Reported Fully Employed. RETAIL TRADE KEEPS ACTIVE Grain Prices Take Sudden Drop When the July Speculative Element Is Wiped Out—Rains Appear to Have Benefited the Crops. ‘‘Aside from heavy rains in Texas, the week’s crop news is encouraging. Manufacturing plants are well occupied as a rule, iron and steel leading, followed by textiles and footwear. Fuel scarcity is still causing delay, although coke ovens are surpassing all previous figures of output, and bituminous mines are vigorously operated. At most points retail trade is active and preparations continue for heavy fall sales, while spring lines are opened with good results. Railway earnings thus far available for July show a gain of 3.8 per cent over 1901 and 20.8 per cent over 1900.” R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade gives the foregoing summary of the week’s business. Continuing the review says: Prosperity in Iron. “With business in sight for at least a year, the leading departments of the iron and steel industry may properly be considered prosperous. Notwithstanding the rapid increase in producing capacity, consumptive demand has grown still faster, and the recent official report of a new high record of pig iron production at 8,808,674 tons for the first half of 1902 is accompanied by the statement that unsold stocks at the end of that period were only 29,861 tons, compared with 372,560 tons a year previously. “In textile manufacturing the feature was the opening of men’s wear worsted fabrics for next year with a general advance of 2% to 10 per cent. Cotton goods tend in favor of the purchasers owing to the prospects of a large cotton crop and the light export movement. Hides and Grain. Shoe shops are active on spring samples, and buyers are numerous in the Boston market. A very striking advance in leather has followed the upward movement of hides, stimulated by heavy purchases, a single sale of 100,000 sides of hemlock sole being reported. “Grain prices declined sharply as the month of speculative manipulation drew to a close and legitimate trading resumed a more normal volume. Cotton held fairly steady, more because of the large short Interest than the floods in Texas. Thus far it is probable that rains have done more good than harm. Demands for consumption continue liberal. Meats have also shown a tendency to seek slightly lower quotations, bqt light receipts and higher quality do not promise any extensive relief in the Immediate future.”

NORTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS

Nominate Candidate and Condemn the Railroad Merger. North Dakota Democrats assembled at Fargo and put a full ticket in nomination. There was considerable confusion owing to the fact that no slate had been arranged, and the party was very much at sea regarding its course. National issues are scantily touched upon in the platform, but decided language is used condemning the railroad merger and favoring a resubmission of the prohibition law. Prior to the opening of the convention W. E. Purcell of Wahpeton had been the favorite for the gubernatorial nomination, but he positively refused to permit his name to go before the convention. The following are the nominees of the convention: For congress, V. R. Lovell and L. A. Ueland; governor, J. E. Cronan; lieutenant-governor, S. K. McGinnis; secretary of state, John Quarum; auditor, John F. Morrison; treasurer, James M’Donald; attorneygeneral, M. J. Barrett; superintendent of public Instruction, V. Stefanson; commissioner of agriculture, O. -H. Will; commissioner of insurance, F. A. Willson; railroad commissioners Charles Peterson, P. L. Pritchard and Oliver Knudson; supreme court, left vacant, and Republican nominee, J. M. Cochrane, Grand Forks, indorsed.

Seed Distribution.

Washington Special: The distribution of vegetable and flower seeds by the Agricultural Department for next year will begin Sept. 1. This is three months in advance of the usual time. The change is made to insure complete distribution. Each member of the senate and the house will receive 12,000 packages of vegetable seeds.

Former Sailor Drowns.

Calumet, Mich., Special: Julius Beskoe, a fireman on the cruiser Harvard during the Spanish-American war, was taken with cramps and drowned in Lake Superior. He was swimming to entertain a crowd of young people.

Glass Factory Resumes Work.

Kokomo, Ind., Dispatch: After a month’s close down the nine plants of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company started again. The 8,000 employes get an Increase of 6 per cent In wages and $30,000 bonus for good work.

PINGREE LAYS RUIN TO FRANK C, ANDREWS

Bays Ha Muat Sacrifice All His Property to Satisfy Official Bond. Detroit, Mich., Special: On the trial of Frank C. Andrews, charged with wrecking the City Savings bank here, Frank C. Pingree, president of the bank, and brother of the late Governor Pingree, while under cross-exam-ination, stated that Andrews had caused him to lose every dollar he had saved, and that he must assign everything he owes, save SSOO worth of household furniture, because of his liability on his bond as an officer of the bank. The Governor’s widow had $40,000 in the bank, and shortly before its failure withdrew it, according to the witness, because she did not like Andrews’ actions.

JUDGE DURAND IS NOMINATED

Democrats of Michigan Choose a Gold Man for Governor. Judge George H. Durand of Flint, a gold man, was nominated for governor by the Michigan democrats at Detroit after an especially stubborn contest. Four ballots were necessary to nominate. The opposition centered in Senator Helme of Adrian. Mayor Hammell of Lansing was also a candidate. The out-aud-out silver men take their defeat with equanimity and promise to support the ticket. Judge Durand was not present in the convention, but was reached at Grand Rapids and announced that he would accept the nomination. The resolutions were" confined to state issues. The following is the full ticket: Governor, George H. Durand; lieuten-ant-governor, John F. Bible; secretary of state, John Donovan; treasurer, Wilbur F. Davidson; auditor general, W. F. McKnight; land commissioner, Arthur F. Watson; superintendent of public instruction, W- F. Ferris; member board education, Charles F. Field; supreme judge, B. J. Brown.

POLICEMAN A HOUSE BREAKER

Member of the Washington Force Pleads Guilty to Burglary. Washington Special: George Hambacher, a member of the Washington police force, who was arrested on two charges of housebreaking, at a preliminary hearing, pleaded guilty. Besides the two charges on which he was arraigned there were several other similar complaints against Hambacher, which were certified to the grand jury, making nine cases in all. He is about 24 years of age and married. His wife is now in New Jersey, where Hambacher lived before coming here.

LIGHTNING PARALYZES A MAN

Three Other Persons Hurt by the Fluid at Peru, Ind. Peru, Ind., Dispatch: William Jeffries was paralyzed and three other persons hurt by lightning in a very severe storm. The steel mills were flooded, causing suspension for a short time. Great damage was done to growing corn, as much of it is down. A washout occurred two miles south of the Lake Erie railroad. The Wabash railroad is being patrolled by a work train, the company fearing washouts.

BETTER HALF SAID TO BE A MAN

Plea Made by Fred Westfall to Charge of Desertion. Elkhart, Ind., Special: A sensation was created In court here when Fred Westfall, arraigned for wife desertion, declared he had left his wife because she proved to be a man. The couple were married July 5 at Garrett, Ind. They lived together for two weeks, when Westfail left and the woman returned to her mother at Syracuse, Ind. It is expected she will return to prosecute the charge of desertion, when the mystery may be cleared up.

MAN KILLED FOR TWO DOLLARS

Employe of Show Is Found Dead and His Money Gone. Kokomo, Ind., Special: Bert Knotts, formerly of Indianapolis, was found dead and his body badly mangled north of the city. The body lay near the railroad. Knotts left town after midnight with about $2 in his pockets, for the Sipe show training quarters, where he is employed, but no money was found on him. The family believes he was killed for his money.

Two Die in Fire.

Des Moines, la., dispatch: Fire, which destroyed the plant of the Stoner Wall Paper company, caused the death of David Denham, the night watchman, and rendered unconscious J. P. Miller, who tried to rescue Denham.

Copper Mine Reduces Output.

Houghton, Mich., Special: Isle Royale Mining Company of Houghton discharged one hundred men, closing down its No. 1 shaft and stopping two of its mill heads. The cause is said to be the low price of copper.

Fire in Lumber Plant.

Tallahassee, Fla., special: The dry kiln, planing mill, three cottages and over half a million feet of lumber belonging to the Spring Hill Lumber and Naval Store at Spring Hill were destroyed by fire; loss $25,000.

Guilty of Murder.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Special: Herman Heuvelhorst, aged 62 years, who shot and fatally wounded his sister-in-law, Mrs. Berllndia Helvelhorst, last Tuesday evening, pleaded guilty to a charge of murder.

STATE THREATENS PACKING MERGER

Attorney-General Hamlin Is Collecting Evidence at Chicago. - IS TRYING TO STOP THE TRUST Action to Be Begun Early in Order to Prevent a More Bitter Fight Which Would Follow the Consummation of the Combination. Chicago, 111., special: The state of Illinois will fight the proposed packers’ combine. Attorney General Hamlin has been in Chicago for two days gathering evidence and will soon proceed against the concerns proposing the merger. Whether the combine takes the form of a gigantic sales corporation or a mere consolidation of the interests, the war against them will be instituted. The state will not await the actual consolidation but will proceed to prevent the merger. Evidence now at hand is strong enough to warrant the state to make all preliminary legal arrangements for the litigation, and it is for this purpose largely that the attorney general is now in Chicago. Federal Case Has No Bearing. Nothing in the Federal case now pending against the packers is to be construed as having the least thing .to do with the coming fight. Among all the affidavits secured by Attorney Bethea for use in the Federal proceedings there is not one that alleges a violation of the law within the state of Illinois. All the Federal evidence has been examined by the state authorities and nothing therein has been found to warrant the state in beginning a suit.

Evidence of Great Combine. Well-founded rumors of a combination, however, all of which have arisen since the beginning of the Federal suit, are the cause of the activity on the part of the state. Spurred by the haste of the packers in absorbing the minor packing plants, the attorney general desires to institute his case early in order to prevent an inevitably more bitter fight following the consummation of the packers’ deal. Information From Brokers. All the packers are close mouthed. Attempts by the authorities to secure any information to support the reports have proved unavailing, but knowledge of an indisputable character has come from numerous other sources. Brokers have been a fruitful source of “combine” news and through them the state has been kept pretty well in touch with the trend of events. The Swift & Co. stock, which is the only packers’ stock quoted on exchange, has been held up before the attorney general by the brokers. The rapid rise in Swift & Co. quotations —a rise which has occurred since the reports of a combirie became current —is held by the attorney general to be an almost convincing indication that something is about to happen in packing circles.

LATEST MARKET REPORTS.

Wheat. New York —No. 2 red, 76 %c. Chicago—No. 2 red, 70 %c. St. Louis—No. 2 red, 64%c. Kansas City—No. 2 hard, 66 @ 68c. Milwaukee —No. 1 northern, 79c. Toledo—7l%c. Duluth —No. 1 hard, 7614 c. Minneapolis—No. 1 northern, 76c. Corn. New York—No. 2,66 c. Chicago—No. 2, 58%c. St Louis—No. 2,59 c. Kansas City—No. 2 mixed, 66% @ 57c. Toledo—63c. Oats. New York—No. 2,65 c. Chicago—Standard new, 42c; old, 63 @65%c. St Louis —No. 2 white old, 69c. Kansas City—No. 2 white, 31® 34c. Milwaukee—Standard, 47@50c. Cattle. Chicago—s 2.76 @B.BO. Kansas City—s2.6s @8.35. St Louis —$4.50 @ B.2j>. 8uffa10—[email protected]. Omaha—s4.7s @8.25. St Joseph—[email protected]. Hogs. Chicago—[email protected]. Kansas City—[email protected]. St. Louis—[email protected]. Buffalo—ss.7s@B. 0maha—[email protected]. St Joseph—[email protected]. Sheep and Lambs. Chicago—sl.7s @5.75. Kansas City—s2.7o@6. St Louis—s2.so@s. 8uffa10—[email protected]. Omaha—s 2 @5.75.

Tariff on Pig Iron.

Berlin cablegram: The government succeeded in getting the pig-iron clauses of the tariff bill adopted by the tariff committee of the reichstag without amendment, but only after strenuous opposition and long debate.

Father Kills Son and Self.

Louisville, Ky., special: While in a fit of temporary insanity as a result of ft severe attack of pneumonia, D. P. Dye, formerly a barber, shot and fatally wounded his 11-year-old son, Cai> roll, and then committed suicide^

ENTIRE VALLEY IS DEVASTATED

Earthquake Wrecks Town of Los Alamos, Cal., Spreading Terror. BRICK BUILDINGS LAID LOW First Shock Comes at Midnight and Drives Inhabitants From Their Beds —Not a Single Pane of Glass Is Left in the Village. The prosperous and fruitful valley of Los Alamos in the northern part of Santa Barbara county, California, was devastated by a seismic disturbance July 31. A strip of country fifteen miles long by four miles wide is rent with gaping fissures and dotted with hills and knolls that sprung up during the night as if by magic. A village Is in ruins and hundreds of people are fleeing for their lives. During four days that section of country has been shaken by a series of earthquakes without precedent in the history or tradition of the Pacific coast The continuance of the disturbances and the increasing severity of the shocks so terrorized the inhabitants that they left for other parts ar rapidly as possible. Continual Shocks. The disturbances began on Sunday evening with a shock which caused several thousand dollars’ worth of damage to property in the village and the surrounding country. It was most severe and most disastrous in the vicinity of the Western Union Oil company’s oil wells, on the Carriaga ranch. This shock was followed by a number of disturbances less severe and less disastrous, continuing through the remainder of Sunday night and Monday afternoon. On Tuesday night, beginning at 12:10 o’clock, there was another series of seven shocks, ail of which were light. The general direction of these disturbances was east and west. In action they resembled the waves on a pond oi water. The most severe shock of the entire series occurred at 11:30 o’clock Thursday morning. Hills were shaken and twisted to their foundations. The valleys trembled and rolled like the unstable surface of the ocean.

Opens Great Fissures. Great fissures were run deep in the earth. Hills and knolls appeared in level valleys. Springs of water broke out in places that had been dry. The general topography of the valley was greatly changed In many respects. The disturbance had no general direction, but was what is known as a “twister.” It was preceded by a rumbling like that of distant thunder, which increased until the earth began to rise and twist and the hills began to tremble. With the first warning of the sound of the approacning disaster the ter-ror-stricken people rushed into the streets and sought places of safety in vacant lots and roads. Many fled toward the neighboring hills. The first vibrations were similar to the preceding disturbances in direction and effect. Earth Rolls. They were immediately followed by the most terrific shock ever experienced in this section of the state. The earth trembled and rolled and twisted until It was impossible for people to stand erect, and the terror-stricken inhabitants crouched together in the darkness, fearful that the earth beneath them might open and swallow them. * The terror inspired by the rambling and trembling of the earth was Increased by the sound of falling buildings, which gave some idea of the terrible destruction that was being wrought. Brick Buildings Fall. In the darkness of the night it was impossible to determine the full extent of damage wrought, but with the dawn the stricken village had the appearance of the ruins of a city long deserted. The Presbyterian church, a substantial brick structure, had been leveled to the ground. Not one brick building was left standing. Chimneys had toppled over. Frame buildings had been wrenched apart and thrown from their foundations. Everything breakable was destroyed. Not a pane of glas's was left In any window of any house in town. A conservative estimate of the loss to property in the village is $30,000.

Arrest Smuggled Chinamen.

Douglas, Ariz., dispatch: A prairie schooner loaded with six smuggled Chinamen, piloted into this country from Mexico by an American was captured near here by custom guards. The driver escaped, but the Chinamen are in custody.

Sentenced to Death.

Tunis cable: The trial of the assassins of the Marquis de Mores at Susa, near here, resulted ip the condemning to death of El Kheir and the sentencing of Hamma Chiekh to twenty years' imprisonment.

Denies Morgan-Yerkes Merger.

London cablegram: Before a special committee on the proposed London Tube railways Balfour Browne, K. said he wished to deny emphatically the report that the Morgan and Y*erkes Interests had combined.