Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — DIE ON THE DIAMOND. [ARTICLE]

DIE ON THE DIAMOND.

THREE FATALITIES AT SUNDAY BALL GAMES. The Rev. Dr. Hall Talks of His Income— Big Deficit in the National Treasnry Crops Threatened* bat Business Continues Good. Three Killed. Accidentally. Three thousand people assembled--at-Steele’s Park, Decatur, Ind., Sunday afternoon to witness the opening ball game of the season. The game was between the Marions and Deeaturs. At the end of the first inning Harvey George, pitcher for the Marion team, dropped dead while pitching the ball. George was 21 years old and had played with several league teams. He was married and lived at Gas Cijy. His mother is nopr prostrated at news of her son’s death. Morris Davis, 13, was killed Sunday in a base-ball game in Taylor Bottoms, Ivy., by being hit on the head while batting by a pitched ball. William C. Dewees, a paperhanger, was In a scrub game of base-ball at Philadelphia. Special Policeman McDonald pi teh - ed a ball which hit Dewees on the head. He fell as if shot, and died from hemorrhage of the brain.

Big Income a Myth. The ltev. Dr. John Hall, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, has Written a public letter in which tie denies the circulated stories regarding the great fortune he has accumulated, his big income, and enormous wedding fees. Because he gave SI,OOO to the Board ol Home Missions, stating that others might well do the same, as the expected income tax would not be called for, the inference was drawn, he says, that the SI,OOO donated was the income tax he had expected to pay, and that therefore his income must be over $50,000. “I no such income as is thus inferred,” writes the doctor, “and the donation involved some self-denial.” Because of the stories, Dr. Hall says, persons all over the world are continually writing him begging letters. His reputed salary of $30,000 or $75,000 is, he declares., much beyond-the, reality. To an editor who once announced that Dr. Hall owned $1,000,000 of real estate, the clergyman says he made an offer to give him SBOO,OOO worth of it if he would find It. The offer was not accepted. Answering a statement that in less than one year he had pocketed more than $30,000 in marriage fees, Dr. Hall says that figure Is far in excess of the total amount of marriage fees he has received during the entire forty-six years of his ministry.

Firemen Perish in the Flames. A fire in the rag shop of the Hubcley Manufacturing Company in Worcester, Mass., early Sunday morning, caused the death of two firemen and injured eight others, and caused a financial loss of about $4,000. The victims belonged to Hose No. 4 and Hose No. 9. Hose No. 4 was one of the first pieces of apparatus to reach-the fire,-find-attacked it in the top floor. Without warning the floor collapsed, carrying the two floors underneath it into the cellar. The men went down with and were buried under the ruins and bales of rags. Lieut. Boyle's back was broken under the crush of the timbers and W. F. Brigham was smothered under the piles of rags, The rest of the men escaped with thei'r lives, but it took the rescuing party three hours to get them and remove them from the debris. Uncle Sam Short of Cash. The fiscal year of the government has closed. The deficit is about $45,500,000. Secretary Carlisle's estimate Inst December of the probable deficit was $20,000,000, but he expected $2,000,000 from the Income tax and $6,000,000 from sugar duties that have not been received. The receipts from customs will aggregate about $152,000,000,, or $8,000,000 less than Mr. Carlisle expected. This is tho estimate which, included sugar duties. From internal revenue the receipts will reach $142,000,000, and this sum is $23,000,000 less than the Secretary estimated. This is the estimate which included the income tax. The revenue from miscellaneous sources will exceed the estimate by $2,000,000 and aggregate about $17,000,000. Outlook for Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: ’“Business is better, although the crop outlook affecting prospects beyond the near future is a little less distinct. There is more ground for doubt about winter wheat and ootton than a week ago, and thrashing receipts are comparatively low, though the prospects for spring wheat are exceedingly good. The price, a quarter of a cent lower for the week, is beyond mistake too low, if the latest impressions of injury to winter wheat are correct.”