Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1899 — MANY PERSONS HURT. [ARTICLE]

MANY PERSONS HURT.

SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR VOLLAND, KAN. Train and Four Cara Leave the Raila— Twenty-aix Passengers Hurt—Cara Are Burned—Contract Let for Steamers for Hawaiian Trade-East-bound passenger train No. 3, Conductor Thomas, jumped the track just west of Volland, Kan., on the Rock Island road, throwing the tank, baggage car and smoker from the track and leaving the chair car and baggage car partly tipped over. The train caught fire, the flames destroying the combination baggage and mail ear, two coaches and a chair car. Twenty-six passengers were injured, two seriously. The train baggageman was killed. A relief train with doctors was sent from Topeka as soon as word was received of the accident, and every possible attention was shown the injured. INDIAN ROMANCE ENDED. White Thunder, Husband of a Chicago Woman, May Be Hanged. The romance of being the white bride of a full-blood Sioux Indian has been suddenly dispelled in the case of the Chicago young woman who went to Gordon, Neb., last summer on the way to Pine Ridge Indian agency. She was then the wife of White Thunder, an Indian whom she met in a wild west show. A few days ago White Thunder was accused of abusing his wife, who is now a domestic in the home of B. J. Gleason. Three Indian policemen undertook to arrest White Thunder, when he opened fire, killing one policeman and wounding another. White Thunder finally surrendered and was taken to jail at Pine Ridge. FOR THE HAWAIIAN TRADE. Contracts Awarded for Two Large Freight Steamers. The Union iron works at San Francisco has been awarded the contract for two of the largest freight steamers ever built in the United States. The vessels are for the American-Hawaiian Steam Navigation Company, with headquarters at New York. The company is to ply its craft between New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Honolulu, with the possibility of extending the route. The first steamer is to be turned out in April, 1900, and the second one at a later date. Each will have a carrying capacity of 8,500 tons. Orange Trees Doiag Well. The orange crop of Lee County, Fla., this year promises to be the largest in the history of the county. The orange groves along the river are in excellent condition. The grape fruit crop likewise promises well. Captain J. B. McKinley of Alva sold tlje fruit on a single tree for $5 a box. The yield from that tree alone paid its owner $l5O. This is a commonplace incident among the fruit growers. Sixteen-Year-Old Murderer. The murderer of Mrs. Anthony Steigler of Mount Lookout, Ohio, whose dead body was found in her home by her son, has been found in Albert Lnken, a boy of 16, living with his widowed mother in Clifton. Luken was arrested and made a full confession, saying his motive was robbery. He got about S7O. Canned Goods Combine. Merrill & Soule and the Loomis-Allen Company, large manufacturers of canned goods at Syracuse, N. Y., have been approached by outside parties interested in the same line of business with a proposition to form a trust, capitalized at $20,000,000. Amalgamation is expected to take place June 1. Great Combine Projected. Preliminary steps have been taken at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, to form a $75,000,000 knit-goods trust. A committee was named to visit all the factories in the country and report on the capacity and valuation and the basis on which each mill should be admitted to the trust. Antarctic Explorers Ashore, The Antarctic exploring expedition's steamer, the Southern Cross, has arrived at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, after landing Borchgrevink and his party at Cape Adair, Victoria Island. She reports that all the explorers were in good health when landed. Great Fire in New York. The Windsor Hotel, Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street, New York, burned to the ground. Fifteen persons lost their lives, nearly fifty were seriously injured and an unknown number were buried in the ruins The property loss is over sl,000,000. To Vaccinate All Lawmakers. Members of the Arkansas Legislature were panic stricken the other day when it was announced that physicians had diagnosed the illness of Senator Lankford as smallpox. After a half hour’s debate the House voted to vaccinate all its members. Becker Makes a Confession. August A. Becker, the Chicago wife murderer, has made a second confession to the police. In a detailed statement he confessed that he killed his wife with a hatchet, boiled her remains in a kettle and buried the bones on the prairie. Town Excited by Oil Strikes. Oil was struck the other day at Norman, Ohio, at 1,600 feet. The contractor thinks the well will *>ump twenty-five barrels daily. This is a new field and the people are excited. Five thousand acres have been leased. Spain Arranges for a New Loan. The Spanish Government has concluded a han of 30,000,000 pesetas with the barring house of Urquijo. The money wih be devoted to paying the arrears due th« Spanish troops which have served in Cr.ba. Kainlani Is Dead. The steamer China, from the. Orient via Honolulu, brings news of the death of Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii. The cause vs death was attributed to inflammatory' rheumatism. The princess was born Oct. 16, 1875. Reward for Incendiaries. Mayor Flower of New Orleans has offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest of the person or persons who have lately been trying to barn Roman Catholic institutions in that city. Dies Jnat Before the Wedding. At Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Elmer Gifford and Ella Wharfield were to have been married the other evening. Gifford died suddenly of heart disease during the day.

RULES ON INDIAN LAND LEASES. Secretary of the Interior Decides the Creek Nation Dispute. The Secretary of the Interior has reached a conclusion in the matter of the renewal of the leases of lands in the Creek Indian nation to cattle owners for grazing purposes, these leases being terminated by the terms of the Curtis bill. The Secretary has determined that only lands which are occupied by individual Indians, not exceeding the approximate share to which the Indian and the members of his family are reasonably entitled, can be leased in advance of allotments. The Dawes commission will begin the making of allotments April 1. The department holds that it would be a reversal of the proper order to approve leases before the allotments are made, but it is understood that cattlemen having stock on the reservation under the old lease will not be molested until they can have sufficient time to make their leases under the new order of things. RICH GOLD DISCOVERIES. Strikes Made in Southeastern Alaska and Vancouver Island. News has been received of a rich strike in the Sea Level mine, near Ketchecan, in southeastern Alaska. A vein of S4O ore has been discovered, with streaks that run as high as S6O to the ton. Some selected specimens received at Seattle will average from $30,000 to $60,000 to the ton. The Sea Level mine is principally owned by San Francisco parties. An immensely rich gold strike is reported to have Been made on Granite Creek, near Albini, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Assays make a showing of $5,800 to the ton. There is great excitement in the district. Gambler Shoots a Politician. At Cincinnati, James Patterson, a wellknown character and prominent in local politics, was fatally shot by James Depugh, a lookout at one of the gambling establishments in the city. Patterson was standing at his door yard with his wife when Depugh fired five times at him. The fatal wound is in the abdomen. Mrs. Patterson was shot in the wrist. Conflict with Canadians. Far in the frozen north, a few miles off the desolate Dalton trail, Canadian and American miners have met in deadly conflict. Four are reported to have been killed outright and a number of others have been seriously wounded. The trouble arose over the possession of a rich placer gold field, 100 Americans attempting to drive fifty Canadians out. Spring Works Destroyed. The Charles Scott Company’s spring works at Philadelphia were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $150,000. Two other buildings, the hub works of John Buckley & Co. and the brass works of B. B. Hill, adjoining, were slightly damaged. The fire was the result of an explosion caused by the sudden immersion of a hot steel spring in a vat of oil. Collapse of a Bridge. An electric car went through the bridge over the Blackstone river at Millbury, Mass., and three men were drowned. One passenger, Louis Pluff, was rescued, nearly overcome, by chopping through the roof of the car. Rich Beggar Found Dead. Mrs. Henrietta Schmidt, a professional beggar, was found dead in her room in Brooklyn, N. Y. The police found a bank book which shows that she had at least $20,000 on deposit. Woman Blinded by Vitriol. An unknown woman called at the residence of Mrs. M. F. McVean, a widow, in St. Louis, and threw vitriol in her face, blinding her and causing burns that may result fatally. John T. West Dies Suddenly. John T. West, proprietor of the West Hotel at Minneapolis, and one of the best known hotel men in the United States, dropped dead in the rotunda of his hotel. Chicago Editor Dies. Joseph Medill, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, died at his winter home in San Antonio, Texas, of heart failure. He was 76 years of age. Pasig Burned by Natives. The Filipinos burned the town of Pasig. The American soldiers vainly attempted to extinguish the flames. In a short time the entire city was in ashes. Murder and Suicide at Skignay. At Skaguay, Alaska, Thomas Dugan, a barber, shot and fatally wounded William M. Wray, a machinist, and then blew his own brains out. Negroes Lynched in Jail. A mob of 150 white men broke into the jaij at Palmqtto, Ga., and shot down nine negroes wlx were there charged with arson.