Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1902 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

The Twin City. Minn., Rapid Transit Company has acquired title to a twenty-two acre tract of land at University and Snelling avenues, St. Paul. About $22,000 was paid for the land and the company proposes to expend nearly $500,000 more in building and equipping a new car-building plant. The mail bag containing checks and money orders representing $50,000 which was stolen from a Cleveland and Pittsburg train en route from Pittsburg to Cleveland was found on the river bank near the East Liverpool, Ohio, depot. The bag had been cut open and rifled. Plans for the Wabash station at Pittsburg are completed and the work of demolishing the old buildings on the site has started. A building nine stories in height, with a train shed of steel and glass covering three blocks, costing more than $1,000,000, will be erected. It is hoped to have the structure completed by June. Mark W. Woods and George J. Woods, representing minority stockholders in the Lincoln, Neb., Traction Company, have filed a petition praying that receiver be appointed for the Lincoln Heat, Light and Power Company. The petitioners allege that moneys belonging to the traction company have been illegally used to promote the interests of the heat and power company. The struggle for predominance between Germans and Czechs in Moravia led to riotous scenes at Olmeutz at a meeting held to elect a president of the Chamber of Commerce of that city, for which post there were both German and Czech candidates. Some of the Czechs threw little shells filled with ammoniac gas, chloride of lime and saltpeter into the election hall and several of those present were rendered unconscious from the fumes. Fnally, after great disorder, the German candidate was elected. Joseph Steinburg, an aged man living near Sweetzer, Ind., shot and killed his wife. The couple separated some time ago. George Hodges, colored, was found near Norfolk, Neb., with his throat cut. He charged two fellow workmen with assaulting him and robbing him of S2O. An unexpected question has arisen In connection with the bids for the construction of buildings for the permanent army post at Chickamauga park. Each of the bids received for the work complete amounts to over $1,000,000, and the appropriation by the war department is but half that amount.

A receiver has been appointed for the Havercamp-Whitney paper mills of South Bend, Ind. Lawrence Kolodziej was held at Floresville, Tex., in {3,000 bond on a charge of murdering by drowning Felix Gabrisch. Joseph T. Foley, aged 60, a furnace manufacturer, died at Evansville, Ind., of apoplexy. He was a native of Nashville, Tenn. T. B. Kennedy, aged 55, a Jeweler of Clinton, Ky., committed suicide by drinking lemon extract He formerly lived in Villa Ridge, 111. The Indiana Association of Baptists, In session at Muncie, re-elected Rev. T. J. Villers of Indianapolis president. The 3-year-old daughter of Frederick Schlipp of Delavan, 111., drank a quantity of gasoline and died before medical aid arrived.

At Fountain, Ind., William O’Brien •hot at his wife, and David Murray, who attempted to protect her, was fatally wounded by one of the bullets. The Southern Stove Manufacturers’ association in session at Chattanooga, Tenn., raised the price of its product 10 per cent. John Hackeney of Lacey, Ark., was •hot and seriously wounded by Nathan Thurman. Harvey Bickley, aged 18, was accidentally shot and. killed by his brother while hunting near Merkel, Tex. John Dowling, an old employe of the Burlington road, was killed in the yards In St Joseph, Mo. The army medical officers say there Is little danger of bringing of cholera to this country by army transports from Manila. William Dougherty, a rejected suitor, killed Miss Alice Fisher at Washington, D. C. Dr. W. H. Beatley of Springfield, 111., is sought by officers on the charge of embezzlement Wesley McMahan was fatally injured at Navasota, Tex., by falling from a moving freight train. Private Mead of company B, 4th infantry, was accidentally shot near Brownsville, Tex. In Waxahachie, Tex., a young white man was assaulted by five or six negroes. A knife wound in the back may cause his death. The navy department wishes it to be known that none of Its advices to date tell of a single casualty as a result of the earthquake at Guam. The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of W. F. Jones, indicted for killing George Howard of Indian Territory. Forest Gay, former grand chancellor of Arkansas negro Pythians, has been indicted for embezzlement.

ntilip Nesdml, an American owning a mine at Navidad, canton of Mascots, state of Jlisco, Mexico, has been murdered, presumably by miners. William H. Williams, known as “King” Williams, was shot and instantly killed at Thirteenth and Linden streets, St. Louis, by Charles, alias “Beef,” Williams. Mary Keck, aged 16, committed suicide with carbolic acid in O’Fallon park, St. Louis. Her mother arrived on the scene Just in time to hold her daughter in her arms as she died. Jacob Miller, a farmer of Wright Corners, Ind., was* fatally Injured and his wife and 6-year-old daughter instantly killed by a Big Four passenger train while crossing the track at Guilford in a buggy. Commandant Snyman, formerly of the boer army, has arrived at Mexico City, accompanied by Marshall Bond and Ereeve Merritt of New York, to confer with the government officials regarding the establishment of boer colonists. Frank Tanke, under sentence of death for the murder of John Wellner, has been granted a new trial at Henderson, Minn. The case wes a sensational one, Mrs. Tanke, who was formerly Mrs. Wellner, confessing on the witness Btand that she herself murdered her first husband. The Glornale d’ltrlia of Rome announces that the emperor and empress of Russia will go to Italy next December, escorted by a Russian squadron. The Austrian government Is preparing a bill for the purpose of combating drunkenness. The measure provides for the imposition of severe penalties upon dipsomaniacs. Signor Demarinis, member of the Roman chamber of deputies, is seeking to promote agitation m favor of a European customs agreement as the first step in the direction of a federation of European states. The cable steamer Anglia has reached Fanning island and completed the Vancouver Island-Fanning Island section of the Pacific cable. Fanning island is now in communication with Bamfleld Creek, B. C. The 2,000 miles of cable to complete communication with Australia will be laid within a month. Signor Convertito, a Neapolitan journalist, who recently returned from a visit to the United States, is publicly urging the intervention of the Italian government on behalf of Italian immigrants landing in New York, who, he alleges, are thrown into a horribly constructed depot, In which they suffer from hunger and maltreatment. The Ardmore (I. T.) waterworks and school bonds were sold at a premium of $6,310, or $1.03.6 for $175,000. Harrison Baker, a veteian contractor and builder of Decatur, 111., very deaf, attempted to cross the track la front of a rapidly moving street car near his home and was instantly killed. The seven men under arrest in connection with the recent murder of Mrs. Lewis at Hempstead, Tex, have been taken to Houston, where there is a mob-proof jail. Four of the men are white and three negroes. J. W. Taylor, aged 67 years, was Instantly killed on the Missouri Pacific track in Coffeyville, Kan. He was cleaning up wheat at the side of the track when he was struck by a wheat chute that came in contact with a moving car. The big sugar mill at Lakeside, Tex., built by St Louis capitalists at a cost of $500,000, has begun operations.

Jtobert A. Hill, a well-known farmer, died at his home, near Eldorado, 111. Rev. John T. Lighter died at Monroe City, Mo., aged 80. W. W. Martin, aged 40, a prominent editor and newspaper man of southwest Kentucky, died from typhoid at his home at Eddyville, where he edited the Tale of Two Cities. Fire destroyed the planing and molding mill of Schraft & Co., Newark, N. J. Loss, {90,000, three-fourths covered by Insurance. Edward Slinkard, a boy, was killed at the Hoosier quarry, Bedford, Ind., by a falling stone. A workman had his leg broken at the same time. Michael Mosco, who, It is alleged, is wanted for a murder committed at Fones Run, near McDonald, Pa., a year ago, was arrested at Kings Mines, near Cambridge, O.

Adelaide Cawley, aged 7 years, died at a Pittsburg hospital, making the fifth death as the result of the Homestead tragedy for which Charles Cawley. a young inventor, is now In Jail. The new Lutheran church at Weimar, Tex., was dedicated with ceremonies. People attended from 100 miles about the town. Mrs. Tom Dial of Cooper, Tex., has been adjudged insane, the result of grief over the death of her husband, who was killed 1n a runaway accident. Mrs. William Oliver was killed by a train at Cuba, Mo. Dr. S. A. Graham attempted suicide at Coffeyville, Kan. Stephen Hartman, the oldest man in Posey county, died at New Harmony, Ind., aged 96. He was a native of Germany. Mrs. Harriet Rockliffe died at Bloomington, 111., aged 93. For many years she resided at De Soto, Mo., and the body will be sent there. Alfred Buffe of Vandalia, Mo., was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for killing his wife. Brakeman L. Leatherman was probably fatally hurt by falling from the top of a moving freight car at Cuero, Tex. Bandits tortured and bound Isaac Brummer in Canadian county, Okla., and took five of his horses. The executive committee of the National education association has announced the selection of Boston as the place of the next convention, July • to 10, 1903.