Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1898 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The plan to hypnotize Murderer Moshik when he is executed at St. Paul March 18 has been given up. In the Tiburg murder trial at Madison, Minn., the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. A marble bust of Charles Rotpnspn, the first Governor of Kansas, has been unveiled in University Hall at Lawrence. At Stuartsville, 0., C. S. McComb’s leg was cut off by a train. He had no help for nine hours, but will recover. Arthur and Harry Wright, brothers, charged with the murder of John Hess at Lee’s Summit, were acquitted at Kansas City, Mo. At Massillon, 0., burglars stole Walter Snyder’s horse and Perry Young’s Aiuggy, then robbed the postofflee safe and escaped with SIOO. Word has just been received from Mascot, Neb., that Thomas Ford, who cut the throat of his brother-in-law, escaped from jail and killed four men before be could be overpowered. There is intense excitement there. , The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the St. Louis and San Fraucisco and the Missouri Pacific railroads have agreed to raise their proportion of the $30,000 asked by Gov. Leedy to enable Kansas to make an exhibit at the Omaha exposition. The postofflee in Omaha, Neb., which has been in the course of construction for the Inst eight yenrs, has Been opened to the public. The first floor of the. great building is now ready for use and will henceforth be devoted to the postal service. In the case of the State against Swanson, agent for tlie Great Northern Express Company at Hillsboro, N. D., the latter was convicted of keeping a “blind pig.” It was shown that he delivered packnges of whisky “C. O. D„” although he did not profit by the transactions. William Crowdy, the colored evnngelist, who claims to be a John the Baptist, and that he precedes Christ only a short time, is working wonders among the people in Emporia, Kan. He says he has received a personal message from God to go to Washington and convert Bob Ingersoll. The Chamber of Commerce building, one of the principal business blocks in Duluth, Minn., was partially destroyed by tire. The damage is estimated at $50,000, and it will be somewhere near as much on the contents. The building w4h erected eight years ago, and was valued at $200,000. A well of petroleum has been found on vnennt land in the heart of Tacoma, Wash., opposite the exposition building. George AV. Dickinson of Chicago, formerly general manager of the Northern Pacific Railway, has just paid SBO,OOO for twenty acres of land where the oil well is situated. The large establishment of the Niedringliaus House Furnishing Company nt St. Louis, of which Charles Niedringlinus is president, was partially destroyed by fire, resulting in a loss of more than $50,000 to the stock ami building; fully insured. The stock carried by the business is valued at SIIO,OOO. As a solution of the difficulty at the Colorado industrial school for girls, where there have been of late numerous violent outbreaks among the inmates, it is proposed to hypnotize the ipcorrigibles, and while they are in that state suggestions will be made which muy influence them towunl letter lives. The physicians who will make the experiments, it is said, have used the hypnotic power extensively in their practice. From Aiinrdnrkb, Indian Mission, Ok., comes the news of the killing of Father Plaeidas by Father Isadore, who is iu charge of the Catholic mission there. The two priests went out hunting. During the hunt Father Isadore's shotgun wii's discharged, the entire load striking Father I’lacidas, killing him instantly. Father Isadore did uot return to the mission until late at night and ap|>earcd pale and haggard. He reported the killing and Bnid it was ati nccldeut. A searching party found the body of Father Plaeidas cold and stiff. Father Plaeidas wen,t to Oklahoma from Denver. The Liliputinns hove begiMUtheiV-err-gngemeut at MeVleker’a Chfeugo theater. The Liliputians wore netWseen to better advantage than iiWTlie Fair in Midgettown,” .which, with its interesting plot, witty dialogue, beautiful sceneries and decorations, handsome costumes and numerous effects, especially the fatal tineluatogruph and the Geisha parody, is the finest ever seen. The three graud bullets. “The Five Senses,” “Newspaperdoui" and “Victorious Armies of the World,” form one of the main features of

the evening's entertainment. The audiences seem to be especially delighted with the march at the end of the third act, during which the Liliputians appear as George Washington, Gen. Grant, Napoleon 1., Czar Nicholas II V Queen Vic : toria, Bismarck, Moltke, and—saluted by all the other nations—to the nine of the German national hymn, Emperor William I. The stage picture at the end of this act is dazzlingiy beautiful and evokes storms of applause.