Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1897 — DIES OF STARVATION. [ARTICLE]

DIES OF STARVATION.

EXCITED WOMAN REFUSES TO TOUCH AN ANNUITY. Wife of Younger Son of an English Lord Driven Away from HomeLive* in a Hovel with Three Dogs Her Only Companions. Married Below His Rank. Word comes from Fort Atkinson, Wis., that rather than! touch an annuity from England, which she had come to look upon as blood money, Mrs. Laura Armitage starved herself to death, notwithstanding there was nearly $3,000 in a basket beside her dingy bed. With the demise of this eccentric woman ends a romance which had its beginning in England more than twenty years ago. William Armitage' was the younger son of an English lord, and when he married a pretty ballet dancer he was packed off to America, wife, luggage and all.. Being passionately fond of duck hunting, he bought a farm on Lake Koshkonong, noted for this kind of sport. Armitage died about ten years ago, and the elder brother and heir to the title offered the widow an annuity of S4OO on condition that she remain in America. Mrs. Armitage has since lived in a dingy house in Fort Atkinson, with only three faithful dogs for companions. Her mind has been affected for some time, and it is believed that brooding oyer her exile from her native land caused her to reach the conclusion that it was not right to accept aid from her husband’s family. The county authorities were talking about sending the woman to an asylum, but it was a delicate matter, and before they got around to it death had ended her sufferings.

Fever Scare Subsides. New Orleans has caught its -second wind and the yellow fever excitement has somewhat subsided. At first there was. a disposition to town, but when people summed up matters and found that there were only seven imported cases and that they had been warned as to-six of them they decided to wait until the condition should become more aggravated before maknig a break for other parts. The natives have, contrary to expectations, not become frightened over the existence of yellow fever, and whatever depression exists is due to the fact that business, which was 30 per cent, above the corresponding month of last year, has received a set-back as a result of the general institution of quarantine measures against the city. Up to the present writing there has been no change in the -situation and the bulletins from infected quarters are of a favorable nature. • Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Balt'more ...82 33 Brooklyn.. ..53 65 Boston 83 "55 Chicago 53 66 New York.. .75 41 Pittsburg ... .50 65 Cincinnati ..67 49 Philadelphia .51 G 7 Cleveland ...60 60 Louisville ...50 70 Washington .54 62 St. Louis... 227 91 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis 90 '34 Detroit .....67 62 Columbus .. .83 43 Minneapolis .42 90 St. Paul.... .ST 49 Kansas City .40 94 Milwaukee .. 78 51 Gr’nd Rapids 36 90