Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1899 — UNITE TO SAVE SOULS [ARTICLE]

UNITE TO SAVE SOULS

COMBINATION FORMED FOR EFFECTIVE WORK. Protestant Denominations Will Cooperate in the West Indian FieldSection of Wyoming to Be Turned Over to Sheep Raisers. The secretaries of the Baptist and Presbyterian Home Missionary Societies, of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church and-American Missionary Association, representing Congregationalists, at the joint convention in New York, at which they arranged for interdenominational fellowship and co-operation In Porto Rico and other island territories, elected Thomas J. Morgan, D. D., Baptist secretary, as chairman, and C. J. Ryder, D. D., Congregationalist, as secretary of the convention and of conventions which are to be held. These officers will meet in September in order that they may keep each other advised of all steps taken toward the Christian occupation of Porto Rico and will agree not to duplicate forces in the same community beyond manifest necessity. They have also arranged that in the opening of evAngelistic work in Porto Rico a statement shall be published to the people of Porto to be signed by the representatives of the different societies expressing fellowship and unity of these societies in this work. LARGE SALE OF SHEEP LANDS. Breeders. Purchase Tracts from the Union Pacific Railroad. The land department of the Union Pacific Railroad has completed one of the largest deals of recent years, by which it sells 28,000 acres of land east of Fort Steele, Wyo., to Cosgrove Brothers, sheepmen. The purchasers of this land also leased from the railroad company 81,950 acres of land in the same vicinity. F. C. Miller, also a sheepman, has purchased 5,000 acres north of Fort Steela and leased 20,000 acres in the same vicinity. Negotiations are also pending with a number of other large sheep raisers for the sale of other large tracts in that part of Wyoming. If the sales are completed it will result in practically turning that section of the State over to the sheepmen.

BANKER SENTENCED TO PRISON. Misapplied Funds While Acting as Agent in Liquidation. William S. Jewett, a well-known Boston banker, has been sentenced to the jail at Lawrence for a term of seven years. He was convicted some time ago on two counts charging him with misappropriating SB,OOO while acting as agent in liquidation of the Lake National Bank of Wolfboro, N. H. Jewett was formerly president of the Lake ,National Bank and at the time it went into liquidation he was made agent. He was the first person ever prosecuted for misapplying funds while acting in that capacity. The court, in imposing sentence, took cognizance of that fact, and said it purposed making the prisoner an example so as to deter others who might occupy a similar office from pursuing the course he did. NEARLY $1,000,000 PLEDGED. Entire Stock of St. Louis World’s Fair Will Be Disposed Of by May 1. Nearly $1,000,000 of the $5,000,000 that the citizens of St. Louis have been called on to subscribe for the World’s Fair in 1903 has been pledged. It is now evident that the entire stock of the exposition corporation will be disposed of before May 1, the date ex-Gov. Francis predicted as the limit for having raised the entire amount. From authentic sources it is learned that SBIO,OOO has been subscribed. The finance committee has not yet made the list public. Big Fire in Fan Francisco. A fire which started in the engine room of the Pacific folding paper box factory, at San Francisco, spread to the building occupied by Miller, Sloss & Scott, wholesale hardware dealers, totally destroying the factory and the hardware warehouse. The printing and publishing house of the Hicks-Judd Company was also damaged by fire and water. The loss will probably amount to $500,000. Advance of Wages Demanded. At a conference of ’longshoremen at Cleveland, at which all ore-receiving ports were represented, it was decided to demand that the ore unloaders’ scale be advanced to 11 cents. Subsequently a joint convention of the ore shovelers, lumber and coal handlers was held, and unanimous action was agreed on by the three branches of the organization.

Loubet’s Narrow Escape. A wealthy gentleman named Tourret was shot -dead on the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, by a man who mistook his victim for President Loubet. to whom M. Tonrret bore a striking resemblance. The murderer, whose name is Ozouf, and who Is 38 years old, is thought to be insane. Crisis in Samoa. Mataafa and his chiefs in Samoa continuing to defy the treaty, the English end American admirals were forced to back their authority by bombarding native coast villages, several of which have been destroyed. The Germans are said to be supporting Mataafa. Equal Suffrage Convention. Extension of woman suffrage and laws to promote the welfare of the women in Cuba and the Philippines will be discussed at the thirty-fiYst annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association at Grand Rapids April 27 to May 4. Crowded with Work. All shipyards on the Delaware are so busy with work at present that the owners report they are not prepared to take new orders unless work is not to begin for some months. There are now under construction forty-six vessels of many types. Big Hock Falls at Niagara. At Niagara Falls, N. Y., a mass of rock estimated to weigh over 100,000 tons fell from the cliff to the building of the Buttery Whirlpool Rapids elevator and the tracks of the Gorge Railway. California Policeman Killed. At Nevada City, Cal., Policeman William Kilroy was shot and killed by Ed Moore, whom he was trying to arrest. Moore escaped to the hills. Hundred Lives Lost. ’ The passenger steamer Stella sank in a fog in the English channel. One hundred and twenty lives were lost.

GREAT CATCH OF SEALS. British Sealer Genera Secures 1,243 Skins in a Short Cruise. Fur-bearing seals have been unusually plentiful off the California coast during the past winter. The British sealer Geneva put into Monterey after a cruise of a little over two months off shore with 1,243 skins. The British schooner Mermaid sailed from Victoria with the Geneva and she was reported having good luck. The Zilla May and Diana sailed from Victoria about a- month ago and three weeks after they were out they had an average of 300 skins each. From all reports recently received, the fleet of sealers is heading for Fort Ross, where they will provision and fit out for cruises in the Bering sea. TRADE in the orient. Heavy Increase in Commerce Between America and Eastern Asia. The British steamer Ettrickdale arrived at San Francisco from Hong Kong and Yokohama with a cargo for the Pacific Mail Steaipship Company, but no passengers. The Ettrickdale will take back a cargo of cotton. She reports there is so much freight in the Orient and in San Francisco for transportation to and from the United States that the steamship lines can scarcely handle it. 'The market for al] goods in China and Japan has increased to such an extent that the English are seriously alarmed over trade conditions. Torture Well-to-l'o Couple. At Dennison. Ohio, six masked burglars entered the house of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Crocker, an aged and well-to-do couple, and bound and gagged them. Mr. Crocker was tortured by having lighted matches put to his feet to compel him to reveal the hiding place of his money, but refused. Mrs. Crocker was subjected to barbarous indignities. The robbers secured only $97. Youthful Firebug Arrested. In the person of a boy only 15 years old the police of Williamsburg, N. Y., discovered the firebug who-has terrorized the district covered by the police of the Ralph avenue station for more than two months. A most remarkable degenerate is this boy, who confesses to having started thirteen fires “to see the engines run.” The boy’s name is Irving Taylor. Live Wires as Weapons. Live trolley wires were used as a means of defense during a riot between traction men at Homestead, Pa. Right of way over McClure avenue was disputed by the United and Monongahela traction companies. The wires were cut by employes of the United company. There was a clash between employes of the two companies. Gift from J. D. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller has notified the trustees of Dennison University at Granville, Ohio, that if within the ensuing year they will raise $150,000 he will present the institution with SIOO,OOO. The members of the endowment committee of the university are confident of success. Sues Her Husband's flayers. At Bowling Green, Ohio, Mrs. E. H. Westenhaver, whose husband was killed by John and Paul Zeltner, has filed suit against them for SIO,OOO damages on account of the death of her husband. She has attached the farm of the brothers. Kansas City Murderer Hanged. James Reed, aged 22 years, colored, was hanged at Kansas City. Reed shot Mrs. Susie Blakesley to death in her home in a fit of jealousy. He died on the same scaffold on which his father, Martin Reed, died in 1894. Murderer Sentenced to Death. At London, Ont., “Peg Leg” Brown was found guilty of the murder of Policeman Twohey and sentenced to be hanged on May 17. Brown was arrested nt Port Huron, Mich. Are Married at Elyria, Ohio. Miss Antonette Cary, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cary of Elyria, Ohio, and Frederick William Shipley of Chicago were married the other day. . Stike at Adulterated Milk. The Missouri House has passed a bill prohibiting the sale of milk nr cream treated with chemicals. The penalty for so doing is a fine not to exceed SIOO. Malolos Has Fallen. Maj. Gen. MacArthur has entered Malolos, the seat of the so-called insurgent government, the natives burning the city and simultaneously evacuating it. Akron Street Railway Sold. The Akron, Ohio, Street Railway and Illuminating Company property, appraised at $095,000, was sold to a reorganization committee for $1,050,000.