Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1898 — TRY KOVEL SUICIDE. [ARTICLE]

TRY KOVEL SUICIDE.

LOVERS WANTED TO DIE IN COMPANY. Bose Lutirer and J. E. Cleckner, oi Cleveland,Bind 1 hemsel ves Together and Jump Into Lake Erie—Abdlca* tion of Greece’s Ruler Discussed. * * Wanted to Die Together. A desperate attempt to commit suicide was made by Hose Laurer, aged 22, and •T. E. Cleckner, aged 32, at Cleveland. The couple walked out to the end of the dock of the Cleveland Yacht Club, at the foot of Erie street, and tied themselves together with strips torn from a bed sheet. They then jumped into the lake. Two Lake Shore railroad detectives were in the vicinity and witnessed the art., They at once nrn down and dived into the icy waters after the couple. The man and woman were finally rescued after a long struggle on the part of the detectives. Both were taken to a hospital. Cleckner is a conductor on the Cleveland and Pittsburg road. , Beyond saying that they were tired of living, the couple would give no reason for their attempted suicide: KING GEORGE MAY RETIRE. Talk of Abdication of Greece’s Rnlcr le Renewed. King George of Greece inay abdicate in the spring in favor of Crown Prince Constantine. This report is persistent at Copenhagen in court circles, but naturally cannot bo verified. King George is still visiting there, after attending the funeral of his mother, the Queen of Denmark. The known unpopularity of Prince Constantine with the Greek people, who attribute to him many of the misfortunes of the war with Turkey, tends to discredit the idea Of his father’s abdicating in his favor. It is well known, however, that King George would like to retire and return to Denmark if lie could safely do so without imperiling the future of his children. > WARSHIPS FOR DEWEY. Request for- Light-Drought \cS3cls Will Be Complied With. Rear Admiral Dewey’s request for more lirht draught war vessels is to be promptly complied with. Following close upon the Buffalo, the gunboat Helena will soon start for Manila by way of the Suer, canal. The Yorktown will be ordered from the Pacific coast to the Philippines, and an auxiliary cruiser will probably be sent. , The cruiser Brooklyn will sail for Manila with recruits and supplies for Dewey. NAVAL RECRUITS KILLED. Epecial Train Meets with Disaster Near Winnipeg, Manitoba. The special naval train was derailed east of Rat Portage, Man., by a broken rail. The tender, two baggage cans and three colonists’ ears went over an einbaukment ten feet high. Frank Fleekuoy and William Miller, from the training ship Agineourt of Chatham, England, were killed. Samuel Harrison, stoker, of Edinburgh and Thomas Burns, seaman, were injured. Too Many Mrs. Browns. The Rev. Augustus Brown of Nottoway County. Va.*, is charged with marrying twice more than the law allows. Amanda Gin tings of Newport News became the first Mrs. Brown in January, 1895. October of the same year, it is said, found the reverend gentlemnn again a benedict, Agnes Lynch being the blushing bride. It is further charged that wife No. 3 was acquired by the minister last year, while both his other wives were living. Ilis arrest was effected by a member of the Petersburg police force. Beggar with a Fortune. Patrick McKenna dropped dead in the free dispensary of the Baltimore city hospital while begging for medicine. He declared that he was penniless. When searching the attendants found $1.50 in change in his pocket, a sight draft for S9BO on an Irish bank, and thirteen new SSO bills pinned to kjs yoßt. Japanese Ministers Resign, The whole cabinet of Japan has resigned, the ministers being unable to agree upon the question of filling the portfolio of education. Thus the first uttempt at party government in Jnpau has proved a failure. Paper Mill Proprietor Fails. Joseph C. Godfrey, proprietor of a paper mill at Ruubevillc, Northampton County, l’a., with ofliees in Boston and New York, filed a petition in bonkruptcy, in which he places his liabilities at $120,000; ussets, $3(5,000. Earthquake in Cleveland. Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Cleveland, Ohio, each being about ten secouds in length. The quake was not severe enough to be noticed generally, except in tall buildings ami on seismographs.

Parcel Tost Treaty tinned. Sir Julian I’auncefote, the British ambassador, and Postmaster General Smith hare affixed their siKuaturea to the parcel post treaty between the United tSutes and the British colony of Trinidad. •New French Cabinet Formed. M. Dupuy has been entirely successful in the task entrusted to him by President Faure of forming a new cabinet. The only man who declined to accept the portfolio tendered him was M. Hibot. lowii mid Orcirnn nt Itnliln. A cablegram received at the Navy Department in Washington announced the arrival at Bahia, Brazil, of the battleships Oregon and lowa. Snlcldc After n Flunk. Despondent because be recently'failed 1o pass, an examination nt the Philadelphia College of Pharnmcy, William Lercii, n student, drowned himself in a quarry hole near his home nt Danielsvflle, Pa. lie wus 22 years of ago. Peck Meets Faure. The United Ktates, ambassador, Gen. Horace Porter, has presented Ferdinand W. Peck, the United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1000, nnd the latter’l colleague, to President Faure.

WIDOW SCARED TO DEATH. Directed by a Clairvoyant to Make a Midnight Trip for Hidden Money. Mrs. Hannah Burke of Elyria, Ohio, is dead as a result of fright. Three weeks jago a .man giving the name of Dr. D. James appeared at Elyria and put out a clairvoyant sign. Mrs. Burke, widow of the late David Burke, became interested in the clairvoyant, and she received a message from him which he claimed was from her dead husband. At one time her husband had met with a heavy financial loss, and this point was taken up by Dr. James. The clairvoyant gave her a message, in which it was stated that it was the desire of the spirit to have her regain the money, and, in order to do this, she must converse with other spirits, who would direct her to a spot on the old farm where the money was to be found. Mrs. Burke \\as instructs to go to the farm with ft companion, b<*ween the hours of midnight and 4 in the morning. The trip was made as directed. When the farm was reached Mrs. Burke became so frightened that she collapsed. She was taken to her home and at noon she died. She was GO years old. Dr. James disappeared.

DUEL BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN Jealous Quarrel Leads to a Bloody Contest on a St. Louis Street. A man and woman fought with knives in the open street at St. Louis, Mo. The contestants were James Dowe, aged 20 years, and Miss Mildred Mason. The duel grew out of a jealous quarrel and was witnessed by hundreds of persons passing on their way home from downtown. Had not two police officers arrived on the scene in time and separated the fighters, one or, both undoubtedly would have been killed 1 . As it was both were splashed with blopd from head to foot when the police interfered. Dowe was wounded in the neck, face and arms. The woman was cut across the breast, left wrist and abdomen, and the blood freely flowed from her wounds. Dowe and the woman were then forwarded to the city hospital as prisoners. Both will probably recover. KILLED BY A BLIND MAN. Dan Coughlin, of St. Paul, Shoots His Sister-in-Law and Himself. At St. Paul, Minn., Dan Coughlin, a blind retired railroad engineer, shot and killed his young sister-in-law, Miss Katie Marrinan, and then fatally shot himself. Mrs. Coughlin, a short time afterward, discovered the dead bodies and became nearly crazed over the tragedy. The mother of the two women recently died, leaving her entire estate, about SI,OOO, to the unmarried daughter. Coughlin several times quarreled with the girl over this fact, which is thought to havp led to th? tragedy, of which there were no witnesses.

Imtunrcd in a Madhouse, Samuel Nissley, a farmer residing near Unicorn, Pa., disappeared on April 1, 1897, under mysterious circumstances. The other day he returned home with a story of kidnaping. The day he disappeared he wont to Lancaster to transact some business, and as he had in his possession a considerable sum of money it was believed after a few days that he had been murdered and robbed. A general search of the surrounding country was made, even the streams being dragged. Some time after his disappearance *his farm was sold by the sheriff, his wife buying it in, and it was then concluded that he had fled to escape financial troubles. During his entire absence bis family received no news of him, and when he quietly stepped into their midst recently there was great excitement. His story of his disappearance is a strange one. He says that the day he disappeared he went from Lancaster to Harrisburg to attend to some business. When ready to return to Lancaster he took a west-bound train instead of one east bound, and about the time he discovered his error two men claimed that he was in their custody and was being taken to an insane asylum. The people about him took his indignant denials for the ravings of an insane man, and he was taken to an insane asylum, where he cannot tell. He was only released a couple of days before, and he returned home as soon ns possible.

Not Cured by Fasting. A ease of fanaticism of the extreme type was discovered at Los Angeles, Cal., when Miss Nell Thompson, colored, died while being taken from the home of Mrs. Minerva Williams, who is said to call herself a representative of Christ, nnd who has been preaching the doctrine of fasting as a means of grace. The Thompson woman practiced this doctrine, having gone without food for eight days and Bleepipg in the river bottom on a piece of hiatting. Bars Out a Woman Anarchist, Catherine Sophia Bertha De Giraud d’Agaya, an aged Frenchwoman, who came from Vancouver, B. C., to San Francisco, Cal., on the steamship Walla Walla, has been refused a landing by Commissioner Northrup on the ground that she is liable to become a public charge. From documents found in Mrs. De Giraud's possession the officials of the immigration bureau concluded that she was an anarchist. Mexican Banker Robbed in Ht. Louie. At St. Louis, Uainou Basail, teller of the Mexican National Bank, City of Mexico, wns robbed of $4,800 in drafts on American banks, a SI,OOO Mexican bill, SBO in Americau money and a number of railroad tickets by a negress of whom he inquired the direction to the Union station. Mr. Basail is making a tour of the United States inspecting the baukiug system. He was left without a cent.

Places Liabilities at 932a,080. Edward Groetzinger of Pittsburg bns entered a plea in bankruptcy, placing his .liabilities ut $3115,080 and assets ut $187,752. Mr. Groetzinger’s failure was caused by his heavy indorsement of paper for his brother, A. Groetziifger, who failed a few days ago. Vancouver Hawmlll Burned. Fire broke out nt the Hastings sawmill nt Vancouver, B. C„ and entirely destroyed it. Two hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment. The mill was one of the most complete on the Pacific coast, having n capacity of 300,000 feet per day. Millionaire Kill' Himself. At Milford, Mass., Edward F. Knowlton of Brooklyn, N. Y., u millionaire straw-goods manufacturer, committed suicide by sending a Indict into his brain. ll ,s net is ascribed to insanity. l’npiln All liacnpc. At Byan, I. T„ Ityan College, with all Sts contents, was burned. Over two hundred pupils in the building at the time escaped. The ltyun College wns one of the best in the Indian Territory.