Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1898 — TWO BOATS DAMAGED. [ARTICLE]

TWO BOATS DAMAGED.

1 COLLISION NEAR THE PORT OF BUFFALO. 1 i Starrucca and Muritana Come Together with Disastrous Results for Both—Five Villages in the New Hebrides Buried by a Volcanic Eruption. Collision of Steamers. The steamer Starrucca, while leaving Buffalo the other night with a cargo of coal for Chicago, collided with the steamer Maritana, which was bound in with iron ore. The night was smoky, but it is thought a misunderstanding of signals was the cause of the accident. The Starrucca immediately whistled for assistance nnd the tugs Fabian and Davis were sent out, arriving in time to tow the steamer into shallow water below the breakwater before she sank. She now lies with her main deck out of water. Tugs brought the Maritana into port and towed her to her ore dock, where she settled to the bottom. Her bow is smashed and her forward compartments are full of water. The Starrucca is the newest boat of thh Union Steamboat Company, having come out this season. The Maritana is dne of the largest steamers of the Minnesota Steamship Company’s fleet. MONEY LENDERS SWINDLED. Firm at Warrensburg, Mo. Loans $2,000 on a Forged Deed. . Jack & Jarrott, money lenders at Warrensburg, Mo., were swindled out of $2,000 by a forger a few days ago. Two weeks ago a young man appeared in the William Benton neighborhood, north of Ivnobnoster, and announced that he had purchased of Len Taylor of Colorado Springs, Colo., a IGO-acre farm adjoining Benton’s. To verify his statement he exhibited a warranty deed alleged toTiave been duly executed by Taylor and wife. This deed he filed at Warrensburg, thus perfecting his title to the farm. He then borrowed $2,000 of Jack & Jarrott, giving a mortgage on the land. This was the last seen.of the stranger. The deed and its attestation proved to be a forgery and the money lenders are out their $2,000. VILLAGE buried under lava. Volcano Lopeira in the New Hebrides in a State of Eruption. The Royal Mail steamer Aorangi brought news that another, volcanic eruption has occurred in the New Hebrides, more alarming than its predecessors. The volcano Lopeira, after remaining quiescent for twenty years, broke out. Five villages were huddled at the base of the volcano, and the houses were buried deep in scoria at the first outbreak. The sea for miles around boiled at a high temperature, and jets of water leaped high into the air. None of the inhabitants of the five destroyed villages were buried under the melted lava. * hip Burned at Sea. A disaster at sea, fortunately with a small loss of life, five persons in all, was , made known at Vineyard Haven, Mass., by the landing there of twenty-two persons, who escaped from the burning steamer Croatan of the Clyde line, bound from New York to Wilmington, N. C., and Georgetown, S. C. The disaster occurred about eighteen miles north Afc-Cape Charles, and about 200 miles from New York, from which port the steamer sailed with a general cargo and eight passengers. Gave Up the •■truggle. A man apparently GO or 65 years of age, who registered at the Jefferson Hotel in Cleveland as John Jones, Boston, Mass., was found dead in his room. An empty vialjlabeled chloral hydrate, accompanied by the following note, told the story of a suicide. The note read: "My name is Smith; live in Boston, and I am a brass molder by trade. Am out of work; iet the grave digger do the rest.”

Unique Jail-Breaking Scheme. A dozen prisoners in the county jail at Bueyrus, Ohio, nearly gained their freedom the other night in a strunge manner. The*- conducted gas by means of a tube to tne stone wall, and when it was heated turned cold water on it, shattering the stone. They were discovered before they could get away. Fatal Injury to Bridegroom. While William P. Ming, a young St. Louis mechanic, was passing nlong Eighth street, a brick fell from a building. Striking him on the head, producing a fracture of the skull. The wound is fatal. A sad and distressing feature of tlfe accident ts that young Mink was married only the previous evening. Ilig Cotton Goods Firm Fails. Mohn 11. Mason & Sons, cotton goods manufacturers at Providence R. 1., have tiled a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The petition shows that the firm’s liabilities amount to SBIO,OOO and the assets to about SBOO,OOO. The partners have ulso tiled individual petitions in bankruptcy. Gen. Fitzhugli Lee's Mother Dead. Mrs. Anne Maria Lee. mother of Mnj. Gen. Kitzhugh Lee, died at the home of her son. Capt. Dan Lee, in Stafford Comity, Va. She was nearing her eighty-eighth birthday and had been totally Wind for years. Her death resulted from a fall. Fire in Htarch Works. The works of the National Starch Company at Glen Cove, L. 1., were seriously damaged by tire. The volunteer tire department from Glen Cove and surrounding places were unable to check the tinmen. The loss will amount to about SIIOO,OOO. Boiler Test Proves Fatal. By the explosion of u new boiler at the Oil City, Pa., boiler works two men were killed, two fntnlly injured and a dozen more slightly hurt. The boiler was being tested when it exploded. The works were damaged to the extent of SII,OOO. Approved l»y Chilian Congress. The Chilian congress has approved the protocol between Chili and Argentina for the settlement of the Puna de Atacama dispute. William I. Buchanan, United States minister to Argentina, will act as iinal arbitrator. Depew Applied for Receiver. A receiver has been appointed in Jersey City for the Penny Magazine on the application of Chauncey M. Depew, a stockholder, and Thomas Quinn, president of the company. The assets and liabilities are small. For Pocks at Honolulu. President McKinley ha* issued a proclamation reserving lands for uuvol docks and wharves at Honolulu.

GREAT OFFER FROM JAPAN. American Company May Establish Electrical Plants for Mikado. The Siemens & Halske Electric Company o£ America is considering a proposition from the Japanese Government to form in Chicago a syndicate with a capitalization of about $10,000,000 to install and operate all electric street car lines and incandescent lighting and electric power plants which are to be established in the domain of the mikado as another step in the modernizing movement in progress there. The franchise to be granted is exclusive and would be one of the most valuable permits ever granted to one syndicate or corporation. It is understood that the Elkins-Widener syndicate of Philadelphia will be interested in the new company if it is formed. PLOT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Chicago Detectives Frustrate a Fiend- , ish Plan for Robbery. A plot to wreck and rob a Clover Leaf train was unearthed by W. C. Merritt, a Chicago detective. Merritt met the two men who put up the job in Delphos, Ohio, and was taken in as a partner. The train was to be wrecked at the curve north of Delphos by removing a rail, after which they were to rob the dead and injured. It was planned that detectives should arrest the men at the point of rifles as they were about to carry out their plot, but a fear that some one might be killed led to the officers’ confronting the men with the details of their proposed crime and ordering them out of the county. They went. Troops Ordered to Neuvitas. The War Department has issued a general order for the movement of troops to Cubit. The first troops will leave on or about Nov. 22, and will comprise a brigade under Brig. Gen. Carpenter. The brigade will be taken from the Seventh army corps and one of the regiments to go will be the Third Georgia. The brigade will be sent to Neuvitas, Porto Principe. The following named officers, recently appointed, have been ordered to Santiago and to report to the commanding officer Ninth regiment, U. S. V. infantry, for assignment to duty: First Lieutenants Alexander Richardson, Edward Williams and William Wilks; Second Lieutenants Robert G. Woods, Jacob C. Smith and John W. Brown. They are all colored, and were formerly attached to the Twentyfourth infantry or Ninth and Tenth cav-' airy. They were promoted on account ol distinguished personal gallantry in the field at San Juan and El Caney. Official < nnadian Returns. Official figures on, the recent vote taken throughout Canada on the question ol prohibition have been given out by the State Department. The majority in favor of prohibition is 13,884. Only 22 per cent of those entitled to vote, though, cast their ballots for prohibition. Kentucky Salesman Kills Himself, George S. Lieber, 30 years old, a traveling salesman employed by Watson & Co., wholesale liquor dealers of Maysville, Ivy., killed himself in the Grand Union Hotel iu New York by inhaling illuminating gas. Lieber had been in financial difficulties.

Fishermen Lost at Sea, During the past season fourteen vessels of the Gloucester, Mass., fishing fleet were lost, eighty-two men drowned, twentythree women made widows and fifty-five children left fatherless; property loss, $170,000. .Dig Failure in Detroit. Thomas B. Rayl, president of the T. B. Rayl Hardware Company of Detroit, Mich., has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $1,500,000; assets, $12,000. Kills Himself While Sick. Charles Offutt, a well-known Omaha attorney, while temporarily deranged through illness, shot himself through thf head, dying instantly. Holds a Town at Bay. Adam Hammer, a machinist at Beaver Dam, Wis., became violently insane and shot nine men (none of them fatally) before he was arrested. France Will Yield. The Paris correspondent of the London Mail says: “France will retire from Fashoda unconditionally and without asking compensation.” Los Angeles Clxoscn. Los Angeles will entertain the next annual meeting of the National Educational Association if favorable rates can be ob tained. Omaha Exposition Closes. The Transmississippi Exposition at Omaha has closed. It was a success financially.