Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1898 — FIRE AT SACEAMENTO [ARTICLE]

FIRE AT SACEAMENTO

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY * SHOPS ARE BURNED. Crossed Electric Light Wire* Cause a Loss of $200,000 in a Very Short Time- Kansas City Woman Dies in Experience Meeting. Railway Shops Burn. A fire which broke out in the extensive railroad shops of the Southern Pacific Company at Sacramento, Cal., caused a loss of over $200,000. It started in the ear and machine shop in the center of a group of large buildings, and, fanned by a stiff northwest wind, destroyed the structure and its machinery in less than half an hour. It next attacked the big saw and planing mill and cabinet shop, filled with seasoned lumber of all kinds, and in a few r minutes the whole interior of the big brick structure was u raging furnace, lluudredsiof railway employes aided the firemen in lighting the flames, which were got under control by daylight. The cause of the fire is not positively known, but it is thought to have started from crossed electric light wires in the car shops. It is only a little more than a year since the pattern shop of the railway company was burned with a loss of nearly half a million dollars. WEDDING IN-TEA!) OP SUICIDE. • * Ohio Young Folks, Who Jumped Into the l.nke, Are Mude Happy. The sensational attempt at suicide of Miss Rose La nor and her lover, J. 10. Klechner, at Cleveland, by jumping into the lake, will have a happy ending, and the couple will be married. Charles Lauer, father of the girl, has returned to Columbus from {Jh'vel.i ml, where he left. his daughter recovering in a hospital, and slated that the couple decided to end their lives together because Klechner's father, now deceased, exacted a promise from h;s son not to marry until the death of Ins mother, and he wanted to die rather than break the promise. The mother has consented to the union. TESTIFIED AND DIED. Peculiar Circumstances at a Kansas City Revival Meeting. “I’m trying to live a Christian life. I'm \ homesick to see Jesus. I’m ready to go to-<lay, this hour, this minute if necessary. Praise the Lord!” Scarcely had these words left the lips of Mrs. Jennie Walker, at a religious meeting at the tJoodway mission in Kansas City, when she fell back ?nto her seat dead. The hail was crowded with worshipers. After a short service people in the congregation arose one by one and began to bear testimony. Mrs. Walker’s death was caused by heart disease. Fire tit Emporia, Kan. Emporia, Kan., was nearly wiped out by fire, conflagrations starting in three different places in the southern part of the city at the same moment. Huge pieces of burning wood were swept through the a:r for blocks. Fires were started in several different places, and people were seen in every direction on their roofs smothering the flames. The loss will foot up nearly $50,000. May Prohibit Seal Hunting. Late advices from Japan state that it is likely that the seal and otter hunter* will be prohibited from fishing and hunting off the coast of Japan before the fleet sails next year. Japan is trying to foster deep-sea fishing, and under the new foreign treaties that go into effect next year, it is believed that the prohibition can be made. Wild Kcusts Enter a Town. Bears and panthers, impelled by the pangs of hunger, are invading many towns iu British Columbia and are terrifying the ranchers. Four bears entered M ldtewater city, in Kootenai, recently at night, attacked the meat safe of the. principal hotel. demolished it and got away in safety with the provender. Two Negroes to Hang. The Missouri State Supreme Court sentenced Frank Harrison and James Brown, colored, to be hanged on Dee. 13, 180 s. Brown killed a negro. Henry l’rater. In Kansas City, on April 1, lSOfl. in a controversy over a girl. Harrison killed Frank Ailriek on an island in the Missouri River in Platte County. Hellenic Cabinet la (lilt. The Greek cabinet has resigned, its members considering that the exceptional circumstances under which they assumed office huve expired. M. Znimis has been intrusted with the reconstruction of the cabinet. Shot Wife and Kills Self. A* the result of a family quarrel James McGowan, of Marblehead, > Ohio, shot and seriously Wounded his wife, and then tired a bullet into his head, killing himself instantly. Hawaii's Sn tnr Crop Contracted. The announcement is made that the entire sugar crop of the Hawaiian Islands has been contracted to the American Bu> gar Refilling Company (the sugar trust). —4 Kev. Dr. 11. L. Wayland Dead. Rev. Dr. 11. L. Wayland, one of the most eminent Baptist divines, died at Wernersville, Pa., after an illness of several months’ duration. Railroad Thief Confesses, At Toledo, Ohio, William Beck, a Lake Rhone employe, was arrested for systematic stealing from express cars, lie eoufeased. Hpnnlsh Warship la I.oat. The cruiser Maria Teresa, Admiral <’ervern’a flagship when he made his memorable dash out of Santiago harbor on the morning of July 3, raised at great expense by Lieut. Hobson and added to the American navy, foundered off San Salvador in m terrible storm. Ctfrfew Law In Bt. Louis. TT»e ‘tJurfew bill,” designed to compel children trader the age of 15 to he off the street* after 8 p. m. in winter and 1) p. m. in summer, has passed the St. Louis City Council.

NEW NATION IS FORMED. United States of Central America Begins Its Existence. The steamer Acapulco, from South America, brings news of the coalition of the three Central American States—Salvador, Nicaragua and llon<l uras—which will be conducted under a common administration, to he known as the United States of Central America. The inauguration of the new regime wgs to be ushered in the other day, and a grand celebration in honor of the event was held at Amalpa. which is to be the seat of government. The administration passes into the control of a representative from each of the republics —Dr. Salvador Callegas of Salvador, Dr. Miguel Angel Ugnrte of Honduras and Dr. Manuel Corrodel Matns of Nicaragua. The three gentlemen mentioned will continue in power until the 14th of March next, when they will formally elect a president, who will hold office four years. WORLD’S FAIR FOR ST. LOUIS. Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase to Be Celebrated in 1003. The directors of the World’s Columbian exposition, who arrived in St. Louis from Chicago to hold their annual reunion, were entertained by the local reception committee at social functions. They met the local committee arranging for the celebration of the centennial of the Louisiana purchase in St. Louis in 1903, and on the advice of Director General Davis and his associates it was decided to give a world’s fair there in that year. The visitors present, besides Col. Davis, were Prof. J. I’. Barrett, Prof. F. W. Putnam, Dr. L. H. Peabody, Willard A. Smith, Charles M. Kuntz and James Allison, all of the World’s Fair directory. LONG HIDDEN DEFALCATION. Hanover, Pa., National Bank Cashier Is Short $57,000. A long-hidden deficiency, reaehiug about $57,000, lias been discovered in the accounts of the late John H. Alleman, cashier of the First National Bank of Hanover, Pa., who died about threat-weeks ago. The books have been in the hands of an expert accountant since Alleman’s death and the shortage was thus- revealed. Mr. Alleman had been cashier of the bank for twenty-eight years and at no time was he ever suspected of wrongdoing. His defalcations were cleverly covered up by means of “kiting,” or the use of drafts on different out-of-town banks, and thus deceived even the bank examiners. INDIANS ARE LEAVING. Recent Killing ot Five of a Band of Reds Has Had Wholesome Effect. The Indians are leaving Grant County, Ore., as fast as possible and no further trouble is expected. The coroner’s jury exhumed the body of one of the Indians killed near Izee and found that his death was at the hands of a deputy sheriff and posse, who asked for a peaceable surrender and were answered by the Indians opening fire, killing one of their number, George Cutting. The posse then returned the fire, killing five Indians. Great Sum for Church Work. Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who have been holding their semiannual conference iu Springfield, Mass., voted to call for a “twentieth century thank offering” of $20,000,000 from the members of the Methodist Church. The funds will be collected at intervals before Jan. 1, 1901, and the sum wanted is expected to be received by that date. It was voted to devote the money to the improvement of educational and charitable institutions now maintained by the Methodist Episcopal Church. None of it will be used for the establishment of new institutions. The call for the fund will soon be issued. It is not intended to make the collections at one stated time, but to make them so gradual that they will not he a burden. The offering is intended as an expression of thanks for the completion of nineteen centuries of Christianity and will be the greatest effort of its character ever undertaken by any religious organization. .

, Match Girls on Strike. Millionaire Edwin Gould is the president of a match-making company in Passaic, N. J. He has a strike on his hands. One hundred Hungarian girls who have been employed as packers have refused to submit to a reduction in wages. They have been making from 80 cents to $1.25 a day. They do not want to work for GO cents a day. Even the reduced scale represents wages higher than usually paid to factory girls iu any employment. Put to Ilenth by a New Device. An improvement in the electrical appliance at the penitentiary annex at Columbus, Ohio, was tried on Charles Nelson, colored, with eminent success. The new device is a wire hat lined with sponges saturated with salt, water, which is adjusted after the victim is strapped to the chair. Nelson was sentenced to death'for the murder of James Zimmerman at Bowling Green. Collision Damages strainers. The river steamer J. D. Peters, bound for Stockton, nnd the Czarina, returning from Port Costa, collided in San Francisco hay. The Peters carried passengers and the Czarina was in ballast. The Czarina was towed to her dock. The Peters was leaking badly and it was decided to beach her on Angel Island, the United States military reservation. All the passengers were safely landed. Female Burglar. A female burglar is at work in Lniisville. Ky. According to the police she curries skeleton keys, burglars’ tools and all the appliances of the well-equipped house breaker. She was surprised by Mrz Solomous in the act of rifling her house. There was a short struggle, but the worn* an succeeded in getting away with some booty. Indians Ratify n Treaty. The Secretary of the Interior has received unofficial advices that the Creek Indian nation in Indian territory has ratified the agreement reached between its commission and the Dawes Indian commission iu the reorganization of Indian territory. Four Soldiers Badly Injured. An explosion near the rear entrance to the eastern barracks at Fort Wayne, uear Detroit, resulted disastrously to four soldiers, who are now lying burned nnd braised in the regimental hospital. They are all members of the Nineteenth infantry. , Fire nt Oklahoma City. The Commercial Hotel, city livery stable and n saloon between the two were burned at Oklahoma City. The guests had time to escape from the hotel, which was entirely consumed. Four horses were burn ed to death.