Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1898 — IMPORTS FALL OFF. [ARTICLE]

IMPORTS FALL OFF.

STATISTICS OF OUR TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. ijLSS America Fenda Five Times as Much Merchandise to the United Kingdom as She Returns—Mills and Elevator Barn at Memphis. Favorable Balance of’.Trade. The fact that British imports into the United Stales have fallen off greatly fn the last year while American exports to Great Britain have greatly increased has been announced from time to time during the year, but the full year’s figures, just presented by the treasury bureau of statistics, at Washington, bring to the surface some interesting details not heretofore published. These show that while the exports from the United States to the Unified Kingdom have increased 12 per cent, the imports from the United Kingdom have fallen of 35 per cent. The .exports from the United States to the United Kingdom during the last year wore, in round, numbers, live times as much as the imports from the United Kingdom, the figures of the bureau of statistics being: Imports from the Uriited Kingdom. $109,138,305; exports to the United Kingdom, $540,860,152. SEEKS WILHELMINA' * LIFE. • Assassin Fires at Netherlands’ Queen, but His Aim Is Poor. 'The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says that several days ugo'an attempt whs made to assassinate Queen Wilhelmina near Amersfort, province of Utrecht, on the road between Oastle Soostdyt and Baara. A man emerged from behind a tree and fired a revolver at her majesty. The bullet missed the queen, but plowed the cheek of a-lady in attendance. The would-be assajjan was arrested. He is supposed to be an English aparchist. The strictest secrecy, was maintained as to the affair, in order not to disturb the enjoyment of the enthronement festivities.

elevator and mills burned. Loss Will Roach $242,000- Employe Is Fataiiy Injured, At Memphis, T?nn., the Memphis Grain, Elevfttor and Manufacturing Company and the Eagle mills were destroyed by fire, which started in the elevator from an unknown cause. John Dolan, a cooper, was in the elevator when the fire broke out and received burns which it is thought will cause his death. The elevator had a capacity of 250,000 bushels of grain and the Eagle mills of 450 barrels of flour and 850 barrels of meal in twenty-four hours. Totni loss, $242,000; insurance, $75,000. Cattlemen’s Victim Is Dead. The cattle and sheep question is becoming a serious problem in northwest Nebraska. John Eekman, a sheepman of Chadron, has sacrificed his life before the problem has been solved. He died from the bullet wound inflicted upon him when a band of cattlemen living in Fall River County, South Dakota, called upon him and ordered him to remove his flock of sheep, w'hich he was inspecting, and met with a refusal. i f Center Star Mine Sold.**** Two million dollars for the purchase of the Center Star mine in Itossland, B. C., has been deposited with Cashier T. M. Ilodgens of the State Savings bank, at Butte, Mont. The- purchasare an English syndicate, of which Sir Charles Ross, now in New York, is the head. The stockholders who sell out are principally Butte people. Three Workmen Meet Death. Three workmen were burned to death in a fire in Max Stiner & Co.’s whisky house at 36 Vesey street, New York. The fire was started by the explosion of a barrel of spirits of alcohol. The fire spread with great rapidity, and it was with difficulty that the other employes made their escape. The loss is SIO,OOO. Feeks Union with Canada. The promoters of the movement for bringing about the annexation of Jamaica to the United States, having failed to secure popular support because of the color prejudice, are now agitating for admission into the Canadinn dominion. Their efforts in this direction promise to prove more successful. .

Andrew J. Faulk Passes Away. Andrew J. Faulk, well known throughout the Northwest, died at hia home in Yankton, S. D. Mr. Faulk was the third Governor of Dakota territory, and it was mainly through his persistent endeavors that the opening of the Black Hills to settlement was secured. Cuusius M. Clay la Divorced. Gen. Cassius M. Clay, the sage of Whitehall, has been granted a divorce from his girl wife, Dora Richardson Clay, h.v Judge Scott of the Madison County, Kentucky, Circuit Court. The decree restores the defendant to her maiden nnme, Dorn Richardson. Wealthy Man Kills Himself. William H. Tucker, of the firm of Tucker & Dorsey, manufacturers, committed suicide at his home in Indianapolis by shooting himself through the abdomen and the temple. Mr. Tucker has been despondent since the death of his wife two years ago. Li Hung Chang Bereft of Power. Li Hung Chang has been dismissed from power. It is presumed it was done in accordance with the demand which it was rumored the British minister nt Pekin, Sir Claude M. MaeDonnld, was instructed to make. Denver Hotel Tragedy. W. H. Lawrence, of Cleveland, Ohio, was shot nnd fatally wounded in Denver, Colo., by Miss Florence Richardson, of Denver, with whom he hud taken rooms in n hotel. The woman then killed herself. t . Wn» It Matties? R. I). Cole, a farmer in Henry County, Tennessee, shot and killed a man who he believes was Otto Matties, the murderer of State Senator Wall of Staunton, 111., a few weeks ago. Fireman Killed at Dnlnth. At Duluth, Minn., one man was killed and three others badly hurt in a collision between n trolley car utid hook and ladder No. 3 while the lntter was on its way to a fire. Falls from Moving Train. Daniel S. Bnernstein, of Chicago, was killed by a Santa Fe train near Dyer, Col., aud hia body was found near the tracks.

CHILD REPORTS A MURDER. Wealthy Farmer aud Daughter Slain in a Mysterious Manner. Marshal Wilkin of Cambridge, Ohio, lias sent telegrams broadcast announcing a mysterious mupder. The 12-year-old granddaughter of John Boyd, a'w'ealthy farmer, whose home was four miles from Cambridge, reported that. Boyd and his daughter, Nancy Wirick, had been killed, and his son-in-law, Orrin Law, had been seriously wounded, presumably by burglars. The first two were found dead, Boyd with two bullet holes'' in his body aud a fatal bruise on his head, and the woman with a bullet hole through her body. They were lying _on the floor of the same room. Law was in a bedroom and apparently drugged. It is said there was a row at Boyd’s between Boyd and Law. The little girl, when asked w’hy she had not reported the murder before noon, said she had just awakened, indicating she had been drugged. The house was ransacked, but suspicion points to La w. HEIR TURNS UP in KANSAS, Man of the Name of Wronsihton Finds Himself Worth $3,000,000. When John Wroughton died a few years ago in Devonshire, England, he left $3,000,000 to the oldest son of his only brother, who had immigrated to America with his family. After the arrival of the family here the members became jd and Mr?. Pheba Parmeuter of St. Louis aud Miss Mary Wroughton and Mrs. Etta Michel of New Albany, Ind., sisters of the heir, have been searching everywhere for him. A few days ago Mrs. Parmeuter was interviewed in a local paper and the article was seen by Wroughton, who resides at Wichita, Kan. A letter has been received from him aud he says he will at once leave for England to claim the property. Coming Winter Will Be Severe. The steamer Portland, just arrived at San Francisco from St. Michael’s with about $1,500,000 worth of gold dust and nuggets, brought six boxes of the precious metal belonging to the Canadian Bank of Commerce and three boxes for the Alaska Commercial Company, each box weighing over 250 pounds. The Portland brought news of a rich'strike on the Yukon in American territory. The headwaters of Kayukuk have panned out rich and j 400 men (ire digging there and twice that f number are wafting to sTedge there this , winter. Kayukuk is about 1,000 miles from the Drouth of the Yukon and is about 000 miles m length. It is this side of Miuook, and from the latter place, from Fort Hamilton, and Circle City the prospectors will go in this winter. James Murphy, one of the Portland’s passengers, says: "It is going to be a hard winter in Dawson and all aloug the river. Pro- j visions will be scarce and then the trouble will come. Out of thirty river boats, at least twenty of them will be frozen in. The majority of the boats will get no further than Circle City if they get that far.”

Old Men Commit silicide. At St. Louis, Mo., George A. Sellman, 81 years old, shot himself, and Christian Moser, 67 years old, hanged himself. Both old men imagined they were too old to be of further service and that they were simply in the way. Both were wfll to do. Sellman lived with a son, who is a wealthy South Broadway shoe merchant, lie appeared in his usual health and spirits, but he left his play with his grandchildren and, going into his room, shot himself through the bead. Anarchy In Candia. Candia, Inland of Crete 1 , is in a state of anarchy. A collision between the Mussulmans, who were demonstrating against European control, and the British authorities, who have been installing Christians as revenue oflicinls, culminated in bloody fighting between the Mussulmans and tlm British troops. Biots took place in various parts of the city aud many have been killed. United States fenatrtr Indicted. At Wilmington, Del., the Federal grand jury reconvened aud returned another indictment against United States Senator Richard It. Kenney, already charged with aiding and abetting defaulting Teller William N. Boggs to misapply the funds of the First National Bank of Dover. Guatemala's New President. Manuel Estrada Cabrera has been elected to the presidency of the republic of Guatemala. The news was received by Manuel Carillo. consul general for Guatemala in San Francisco. Ginas Manufacturers Combine. The United Glass Manufacturers' Association was organized at Pittsburg, representing a capital of $5.000,000.