Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1899 — BOTH ARE PROTECTED [ARTICLE]

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K UNITED STATES NAVAL FORCES | IN TWO OCEANS LTtrenuth in Atlantic and Pacific la £ Mow About Equal—ln Readiness for Possible Trouble—Klondike Yield of I ’ Gold Grows Larger. I?- Protection for Onr Island Interests. v Ac a result of the assignment of the f battleships lowa and Oregon to the Pa- | cific and Asiatic stations respectively, and the decision to dispatch the cruiser NewL ark to the Pacific coast, the commissioned naval forces of the United States is about equally divided between the two oceans. ? At the present time there are stationed in Atlantic waters two battleships, two ari mored criers, one second-class battle- | ship, six protected and unprotected cruisJ ers and twelve gunboats. The combined V commands of Rear Admiral Dewey and Kautz include two battleships, two coastdefense monitors, six cruisers, including ' the Newark, and sixteen gunboats. There are also several auxiliary cruisers, colli liers and supply ships. The assignment f of the Newark to the Pacific is due to the I necessity of having a cruiser on the Pa- % cific coast to replace the Philadelphia. I', which sailed for Samoa. The division of the force is due to the desire of the admin--5 istration to protect its interests in both oceans, though there is no reason to bet Here that any further trouble will occur. ; Orders have been given under which the Nashville is being pushed to completion, f It is stated that the department is actuated in this matter by its desire to maintain a strong force in Cuban waters, as well as to have the ships at a point where they can start without delay for the far | east should hostilities with the Philippines occur. | TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA. George Ayres Kills Hlb Wife and Ends His Own Life. t, In Philadelphia, George Ayres shot and killed his wife, fatally wounded her lover and shot himself dead. He had been married twenty years, marrying when he was 21 and his wife 16. They had a son. aged 17, in the army. Just before the war the son introduced John J. Wilson, aged 21, to the family, and the mother became in- „ fatuated with her son’s chum. Her husband bought a §IO,OOO house for her and gave her diamonds, but she persisted and one night recently had him arrested on a false charge of cruelty and that night stripped the house of its furniture and with Wilson moved to 3500 Mervine R street. Ayres walked the streets at night for two weeks and finally loaded two revolvers and with a club went to the house. He shot Wilson four times, put two bullets into his wife’s head, and sitting on a divan, with the bodies at his feet, shot himself dead. ■ ' ——— KLONDIKE YIELD IS GROWING. Winter’s Output Is Expected to Reach at Least $30,000,000. P. H. Webb, who arrived at Tacoma from Alaska, says §30,000,000 is a conservative estimate of this winter’s Klondike output, of which the Dominion and Eldorado mines will produce §10,000,000 to $12,000,000. The Dominion claims are selling at §75,000 to §IOO,OOO. The productiveness and extent of the bench claims, as proved by this winter’s development, are considered wonderful. Tons of Dawson mail are tied up at Lake Tagish, because neither a contractor nor carrier, American or Canadian, appears to ■ carry them in. Mounted police say they have no authority or orders to transport the mail. The fault lies primarily with the Canadian Government, which has undertaken to carry the mails to Dawson, the United States paying half the expense. Lime Manufacturers Combine. The Western lime manufacturers met in Toledo and agreed on a scale of prices. They claim no trust was formed, but | prices were fixed, which, they say, will be maintained throughout the West, at least. .■ Peter Martin of Huntingdon, lud., is president of the organization and George B. j Christian of Marion, Ohio, secretary. The *• manufacturers present represented an an- ; nual output of 2,500 barrels and a capital of $3,000,000. It is understood the ad- - vance is to be from 25 cents to 35 cents a i barrel. » Millionaire Lost in a Swamp. I; A special from Dewitt, Ark., says that during the Christmas holidays a party of | gentlemen arrived at that place and went I hunting on the island near by. On the If second day one of them, Philip Faudi. a ' millionaire retired merchant of St. Louis, went out hunting and he has not been seen or heard of since. The supposition | is that Mr. Faudi lost his life in some ~ unknown manner and that his body was I’ lost in the water or the tangled grasses. Express Train Jumps Rails. pj A bad wreck occurred at Great Bend.. S.: P*. Day Express train No. Bon the Erie H road was thrown from the track by the lp»preading of the rails and the locomotive jfcTUKI two cars went down a twenty-foot Bpmbankment. Fireman John J. Fely of pOwego, who was riding on the locomotive, paras crushed to death. The fireman, T. J. fpflmith of Hornellsville, was badly injured. r Kpjtvbacribe for Buffalo Exposition : t >ck. Sr;At a complimentary banquet tendered Epto Mayor Diehl of Buffalo by the incor■wrators Of the Pan-American exposition phA subscriptions amounting to §443,Esoo were made, it is now proposed to ■ jpwJsc this amount to §1.000,000 before HKfpllillig a committee to Washington to Balarge Congress to carry out its part of the lpt*n for the exposition in 1001. * Bank Clerk Steals $7,000. Lewis, the First National Bank {Enßrk'Wt Bowie, Texas, who recently ab’flfinonded, took with him $7,000. A reward .Mpt,ssoo has been offered by the bank for Kps Rapture; also 10 per cent of what Hmiftr may be recovered. There is no KSfew to Lewis’ whereabouts. Kffi fry KF-Woman Prisoner’s Sentence. mmuriMburg, Pa., Mrs. Annie Win- . iM,Uipif<Plod of administering poison tc s Pfei! Umaband. James Winson. was sentenc- | eHPteeoty years in the eastern peni-

/ 'TTT. _• » ; MEMBERS OP CUBAN CABINET. Governor General Brooke Makes Appointments of Advisers at Havana. * At Havaua,. Governor General Brooke has announced the following apointmeiits to the newly constituted cabinet of advisers to the administration: Department of government, Domingo Mendez Capote; 1 department of finance, Pablo Desveruine; department of justice and public injgruction, Jose Autonio Gonzales LanuziC department of agriculture, industry, commerce and public works, Adolfo Saenz Yaenz. Col. Lanuza is now in Washington, where ho has been for some time, with the members of the special commission representing the Cuban military assembly. The other members of the cabinet took the oath of allegiance before the judge advocate of the division, Gen. Brooke and Gen. Chaffee being present. FATAL WOUND BY BURGLAR. Police Chief Preveuts Robbery of Swift & Co.’s Safe. Chief of Police Manning Crow of Sommerville, N. J., was perhaps fatally wounded while chasing a burglar. The chief was in his home when he heard the, noise of an explosion. Going out to investigate, he learned that the safe in the office of Swift & Co., Chicago beef dealers, had been blown open with dynamite. As Chief Crow reached the office of the company he saw a man coming out. The chief chased him for a block, when the burglar stopped suddenly and fired at him, the bullet penetrating the lungs. The burglar then ran, pursued by the chief, until the latter fell exhausted. The burglar got away. The thieves, of whom there were three, did not have time to rifle the safe. Plans of Harvey Syndicate. Col. G. B. M. Harvey, head of one of the several syndicates formed to acquire railroads, lighting and other valuable properties and concessions in Cuba, lias returned to New York from Havana. During his stay in the Cuban capital Col. Harvey signed contracts purchasing the ferry which crosses the bay between Havana and Regia, and the Guanabaeoa Railroad, a street car system connecting the ferry with the suburbs of Havana. These two properties Col. Harvey's syndicate has already taken possession of, and in addition rights have been secured for constructing electric trolley roads in the streets of the city. Said Col. Harvey: “We have bought the street lighting system of Santiago, subject to an examination by Mr. Pearson, our chief engineer. Santiago is now lighted with oil lamps, but we propose to erect an electric plant and double the capacity of the city’s lighting. We are incorporating companies/’ Col. Harvey said, in reply to other inquiries, “to take over and work the properties we have already acquired. A company will be incorporated in New Jersey, capitalized at $5,000,000, and called the Havana Electric Railroad Company, to operate the railroads, while the ferry will be handed over to another New Jersey corporation with a capital of $1,000,000. The railroads comprise a system of about fifty miles. The cars are now drawn by horses, but it is proposed to supplant this antiquated method of street traction with electricity.” Can the Letter Be Believed? Three residents of Oakland, Cal. —H. H. Thompson, Charles Moore and Charles Gsell—recently visited the beach at Alameda and at the foot of a cliff one found a substantial looking pocketbook. It contained no money, but two letters, evidently written by a well-educated German. Gsell translated the letters and then hurried with them to the police. One of the letters gave instructions to the receiver, who was addressed as “brother,” as to the placing of eleven infernal machines in the principal hotels of San Francisco by as many different persons. Each agent was to secure a room in a certain hotel Jan. 30, place a machine therein and then depart. Each machine was so regulated as to be fired in seven hours. The receiver of the letter wjis promised, in case of success, the leadership of an organization of anarchists in Chicago. The letter contained minute details as to how the work was to be done, and indicated from the language used that the men involved are fishermen. Offers to Suffer for Another. A remarkable case of self-sacrifice was witnessed in the police court at Louisville, Ky. Virgil Left, aged 70 years, was fined for disorderly conduct. He was penniless and was about to be sent to the workhouse. Mike Ewig was touched by the aged and bent man’s pitiful case, and offered to serve out the term for him. The judge was so impressed that he dismissed the old man and excused Ewig from making the sacrifice. Big Publishing Business Sold. At Akron, Ohio, R. P. Marvin, receiver, sold the property of the Werner Publishing Company at public sale. It was bid in by a committee representing the creditors of the concern. The realty involved in the transaction was $550,000. The reorganization’ of the Werner company under the same name will take place as soon as the sale is confirmed. Alaska Timber Illegally Cut. Official information has reached the general land 6fflce in Washington of extensive illegal cutting of timber for market by natives of Alaska, and Commissioner Hermann has directed Special Agent Gruggle, located at Juneau, to make a complete investigation and prompt report with a view to stopping the denudation of the forests. Swindlers tent to the Workhouse. Wallace Bennett and his wife, convicted in Cleveland of having worked the “badger” game, were fined S2OO bach and sent to the workhouse for six months. In passing sentence the judge said he was sorry he could not punish the complainant also. Is Robbed on a Street Car. In a crowded St. Louis street car. on board of which was a policeman, three men robbed W. H. Snider, resident manager of the National Fire Insurance Company, of a jewel case containing between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of jewelry. Prisoners Escape at St. Louis. Six general prisoners sawed through the cage in the new guard house at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, cut through twelve inches of brick wall and made their escape. Congressional Librarian Dead. John Russell Young, librarian of the congressional library, died at his residence in Washington, after an illness of several weeks. Gary Iron Works Destroyed. The Gary iron works at Cleveland, were destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000. The fire waa caused by an explosion on the second floor*