Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1899 — MARRY IN THE TRIBE. [ARTICLE]

MARRY IN THE TRIBE.

WHITE PARTNERS ARE BARRED § BY CHEROKEES. Indians Band Themselves Together to Prevent the Extinction of Their Composed of All Iron Pipe Makers in the Country. Thirteen young Cherokee Indians, near "Wichita, Kan., have organized a club the members of which are pledged, under penalty of death, not to marry outside the Cherokee race. Women also will be admitted to this strange organization in the future. They must be Cherokee Indians —that is the only qualification to become a member —and they, too, must swear never to receive the attentions or become the wife of anyone except a member of the tribe. If they do not receive a proposal from a Cherokee youth they must go to their graves old maids. The club is growing rapidly among the elder members of the tribe. Young and patriotic full bloods also are enthusiastic in its interest. It has been named “The AntiAmerican Marriage Club.*’ One clause of the constitution “is as follows: “After one affixes his or her name to these resolutions, and then marries outside of the race, he shall suffer death as the penalty. He shall be shot in the dark by some member of this club, whose name none of the others will know, in accordance with an arrangement not written in these resolutions, but known to the organizers.”

IRON PIPE TRUST COMPLETED. Includes Practically All the Companies in the County. Col. Clarence E. Burke of Cleveland, one of the promoters of the cast-iron pipe trust, says the deal has been consummated and that practically all the pipe foundries in the country are included in the combine, which has been incorporated with a capital of $30,000,000. “The object of the new’ company,” said Col. Burke, “will not be to advance prices, as we will simply follow the prices of pig iron and be governed by them. We shall seek to ship from the nearest foundry to the point of consumption and will not enter the territory of one foundry with the products of another. None of the plants will be closed down unless the market compels it.” WILL TAP THE BLACK HILLS. Illinois Central Road Running a Survey Through Clay County. The Illinois Central is at work running a survey through Clay County, S. D., with the intention of extending its line to the Black Hills. Its first objective point is Wheeler, Charles Mix County, via Yankton, Tabor and Tyndall. At Wheeler the line will cross the Missouri river and extend in as nearly an air line as possible clear to the Black Hills. The grounds for a station at Vermillion have already been surveyed and staked out and the right of way is now being secured. Positive assurances have been received that the line will be built this season.

Rats Feed on Two Children. Rats attacked two sleeping children’ in Dorchester, Mass., and inflicted fatal wounds. Mrs. Woodward left her two children, Elsie, aged 3 years, and Emma, aged 1 year, asleep in their bed while she went to the grocery store. Returning half an hour later she found them covered with blood, and an examination showed that parts of the face and limbs of each child had been partially eaten. To Pick Sexton’s Successor. W. C. Johnson, senior vice-commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has issued a call for the executive 'committee of the national board of administration of the Grand Army to meet in the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 12, to select a commander-in-chief to succeed the late Gen. James A. Sexton. Unrequited Love Leads to Tragedy. A double tragedy is reported from Nanaimo, B. C. Dave Evans shot Libbie White dead and committed suicide in their room at a hotel. Both were public entertainers, Evans being a professional wrestler and Libbie White a singer. Unrequited love is supposed to have been the cause of the tragedy. New Revolt Against Spain. Advices by the steamship Victoria from the Orient say that Spanish avarice and misrule have again stirred up a rebellion. The insurgent Moros of Palawan Island, one of the insurgent group north of Borneo, murdered the Spanish Governor of Palawan, residing at Port Royalist, and killed his assistant. Double Crime in Ohio. Madison Copus, aged 45, a farmer residing near Lucas, Ohio, shot and killed his wife as she lay sleeping on a lounge in the sitting-room. She died instantly. Copus then shot himself. Family troubles, it is supposed, caused the deed. Kills His Father’s Butler. At Pittsburg, Pa., while crazed with liquor Dr. Charles F» Murray shot and killed John Jennings, his father's colored butler. Murray rushed into the stable and saddling a favorite horse rode into the country. New Librarian of Congress. Herbert Putnam of Boston has been appointed congressional librarian by President McKinley. City of Pasig Falls. The American froops under Gen. Wheaton have captured the city of Pasig, east of Manila. j Unsuccessful Postofiice Robbery. F The postoffice at Rock River, a suburb of Cleveland, was entered by burglars, * ;/who in,their search for money and valuables blew open the safe and in so doing demolished almost the entire front of the building. They were unsuccessful iu finding anything of value. Factory Bora on Strike. A strike by ninety boys at the Charn- \ bers-McKee glass factory at Jeannette, f Pa., may result in the closing down of K'-tbe plant, The strikers demand a 10 per oent ad vanee and no dockage.

BATTLE WITH BANDITS. Bold Robbers Raid a Missouri Town, but Are Put to Rout, A vigilance committee had a desperate fight with armed bandits who came into Noel, Mo., the other night with the intention of looting everything in sight. The citizens had received word that an attempt would be made by the bandits to raid the town and thirty men, armed with shotguns and revolvers, were stationed in little bands at various points to await the arrival of the robbery. At 10 o’clock a dozen men, armed with revolvers, came marching down Main street. They entered a saloon where a half dozen of the vigilance Committee were in Waiting. The robbers ordered the proprietor, Louis Smith," to throw up his hands. He did so, but in his right hand he had a revolver, which he fired. The bullet entered the heart of the leader of the bandits, causing instant death. The other vigilants opened fire on’the desperadoes and a pistol fight was waged for several minutes. The robbers were finally routed and escaped to the hills through the darkness. PHOTOGRAPHIC WAR HISTORY. War Department Will Issue Such a Volume and Desires Negatives. The War Department has undertaken the compilation of a novel volume, a photographic history of the war with Spain. It has addressed a circular letter to all the officers in the service, asking them to contribute such prints, films or negatives as they may have in their possession, promising to return the articles in good condition. It further asks all officers to report the names of such persons as to their knowledge carried cameras in the regions of active operations, so that their aid may be sought in compiling the volume. The desire of the department, as announced in the circular, is “to produce in a single volume every obtainable picture and photograph bearing on this subject.” Due credit will be given in the volume to all contributors.

PLOTS AGAINST FRANCE. Attempt to Destroy an ArsenalSentry Is Fired At. Dispatches received at Paris from Toulon confirm the previous report that twelve dynamite cartridges were found behind the Toulon arsenal, and that an unidentified person fired a revolver at a sentry on duty at the arsenal. It appears that two shots were fired at the sentry before the Montely magazine. The guards were turned out and the patrols were sent to scour the neighborhood, but the culprits were not discovered. The sentry says he saw six men running away. The magazine contains quantities of gunpowder, melinite, and dynamite. Porto Rican Dirt Must Go. That the government is contemplating a vigorous campaign against the unsanitary habits of the residents of Porto Rico and Cuba is shown in a consignment which was recently placed on the pier at the end of Pacific street, New York. There were ten metal garbage wagons, with tight covers, made by a Boston firm after the latest models, and a large number of metal garbage cans. They were billed to the army depot at San Juan. It is said that the government, in anticipation of the arrival of the unhealthy season, is going to establish a thorough system of garbage removal, as practiced in our large cities. Numbers of garbage cans have been sent on previous boats, and, with those to go on the next ship, there will be about 1,000 in all for San Juan. A street sprinkler, plainly marked “U. 5.,” is also being sent to San Juan, to be used by the health officers. It is understood that the shipment* of these sanitary appliances to San Juan is only a beginning and that the government intends to send similar outfits to all the principal cities in Porto Rico and Cuba.

Union Pacific Lands Sold. All the lands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Nebraska covered by the sinking fund mortgage of 1873, given by the old company to the Union Trust Company of New York, as trustees, have been sold in Omaha. The only bidder was W. D. Cornish, vice-president of the Union Pacific Company, who represents that company. The equity in lands under contract of sale brought $900,000, and the unsold lands $1,000,000. Explorer Bonin Is Safe. News of the safety of M. Bonin, the French explorer who has been missing in Thibet and the interior of China, has reached Shanghai. He arrived at Yachow, Sze-Chuen district, after many exciting experiences, and will make his way to the coast by the river route. With a few Chinese companions he has traveled through the greater portion of Thibet and made a trip from the Siberian line to Tong-King. a Big Movement of hunkers. Transportation arrangements made with the Great Northern road give evidence that the colonization movement of Dunkers to the Red River valley will be even greater this year than it was last year. The largest colony will start west from St. Paul March 28, being maUe up of between 3,000 and 4,000 Dunkers from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. Coal Companies consolidate. Simpson & Watkins, of Scranton, Pa., have effected a consolidation of the eight different coal companies in which they are interested and disposed of them to a syndicate, incorporated under the title of the Temple Coal Company and having a capital stock of $2,500,000. Nebraska Deadlock Ended. The most stubborn Senatorial contest in the history of Nebraska ended abruptly, when Judge Monroe L. Hayward, of Nebraska City, was nominated in the Republican caucus as the successor of United States Senator William V. Allen. Killed by a Pin in Her Throat. After suffering for twenty-five years with a pin in her throat Mrs. Catherine Hackman died at Lebanon, Pa. She suffered excruciating pain at times and was often obliged to take food through a tube, her throat being nearly closed. No Provisional Army. President McKinley has decided not to organize (he provisional army of 35,000 volunteers authorized by Congress, believing the regular army of 65,000 will be sufficient. Dr. Talmage Resigns. Rev. T. DeWitt. Talmage has resigned the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, D. C., in order to devote himself to literary work. Forbids Christian Science. Both houses of the Territorial Legislature have passed a bill prohibiting the practice of Christian Science in Okla-