Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1899 — FARMERS IN A TRUST. [ARTICLE]

FARMERS IN A TRUST.

Kansas growers of wheat I ARE UNITING. iKhejr FWita a Combination to Hold |ipWH r Product for Higher Prices ißiewi-nment Agents Report Great - tK’JFarmers of Kansas have planned a com[||ne to raise the price of May wheat and BSfeereby benefit themselves to a large deShree. They have formed a trust, of which EjSjl "Kansas farmers will be directors. The Inly thing the trust will compel its memKlrs to do is not to dispose of any of their Mbheat crop under any circumstances until Bbe trust sends out word allowing them to so. In this way, it is expected, the ■price of wheat will be raised. Then the Bfeombine will sell. The organizers have Ktopt their scheme very quiet and the plan Mfeaa just leaked out. It is announced that |Ktere are already over 2(K) farmers in Hfedgwick and Cowley counties who have joined the combine, the headquarters of Mphich will be located in Wichita, where ■representatives of the Kansas farmers Krill negotiate with Western buyers.

Kir’s agent, Charles Brown, at Vesdes, Kid Dr. Leroy S. Townsend of Copper Beater. They report many cases of scurfiry and say scores of men have been frozK to death or have lost their limbs by ■feezing. The Government is distributBhg rations through Mr; Brown, but there Kb a formidable glacier between Vesdes Kid the location of many of the prospectK*» making the work of relief and rescue ■Ktremely difficult. I One Survivor of Wreck. ißßeorge R. Schnoeler is the sole survivor ■fa wreck between Malcolm and VanBom Hackett of Seattle had been selling ■quor to the northern Indians was lost in while all on board were drunk. Ifoje drowned included Hackett, an Irish IHtger known only by his first name, HKarlie. and two half-breed women. I | Hard Fight with Robbers. ■Alexander Ogg, a wealthy farmer living Kar Barnesville, Ohio, and his household Baid a desperate battle with four masked Kbbers the other night. All were sleepgng but a nephew, Robert, when robbers Bettered down the door. The old man, Bis nephew, the nephew’s wife and the K>bbers were all badly hurt before the inKruders were driven off. I Twelve Men Die in a Mine. IB; A mining disaster in which twelve men Brart their lives is reported from the Sierra HSejada mining camp, located in the State ■I Coahuila, Mexico. An explosion of ■bpl gas occurred in the Veda Rica silver Rhine and before all the miners could get surface the dry timbers were on Ke, the fierce flames barring exit. I Pana Under Martial Law. |KAfter an all-day battle between armed feitizens, sworn in as deputy sheriffs, and Ke non-union negro miners, in which at Efest nine persons were killed and a score Mbanded, Pana, 111., was again placed unKmartial law. I Prof. John R. Sweeney Is Dead. Ifcprof. John R. Sweney, the composer, ■fcdat his home in Chester, Pa., aged 62 Kcigrs. Prof. Sweney vw.s one of the most Mutely known religious song writers in the States. I fc "Wheel Company’s Plant Burned. IB’- The Geneva Wheel Company’s works at ■kneva, Ohio, caught fire and were totally ■Brtroyed. The concern manufactured Kagon wheels. The loss will probably K«ch |20,000. I ®ohv Samoan Commissioner. g USThe President has selected Bartlett Ifelpp of South Dakota, formerly minister |t|OtHßtria, as the United States repreIflKtive on the Samoan joint commisI Ralph H. Wainwright Dead. t Ralph H. Wainwright, probably the I .Jfeeatest coal operator in Ohio, died at of heart failure. He was known Kfeoal men throughout the United States. ————— . Kltother and Son Burned to Death. i>|Hrß. John Donahue and Timothy H. (Donahue, her son, were burned to death |l> a fire which destroyed their home at MaBS - gk Crowned aa King. Ofalietoa Tanus was crowned King of hmoa at Mulinuu. The ceremony was Intended by all the representative Ameri- ■-■ ‘ | Chicago Merchant Murdered. to death hy robbers, George ipFFern, a Chicago dry goods merchant, ■K|i|niirdered in cold blood in his store. BaKtipposed patron shot him down while /HSe believe that reveng-- was the motive

' CANTEENS NOT ABOLISHED. Act Simply Prevent* Soldiers from Acting as Bartenders. The Secretary of War recently requested? the opinion of the Attorney General as to whether section 17 of the act passed at the last session of Congress, “increasing the efficiency of the army,” prohibits the continuance of the sale of intoxicating drinks by the Government in the canteen sections of the post exchanges, which are organized and maintained at the various army posts and encampments throughout the United States. The Attorney General, in his reply, holds that the section in question does not prohibit the continuance of the sale of intoxicating drinks through the canteen sections, as heretofore organized and carried on, except that no officer or enlisted man can be detailed for duty in the canteen section to do the selling. WOMEN WIN AT THE POLLS. Tired of Mau Rule, They Put Up a Ticket, Which Is Elected. At Beattie, Kan., the issue in the city election was strictly between the men and women and the women won. There has been much dissatisfaction over the way the city has been run by the present administration, which was made up entirely of men, and the women put up an opposition ticket composed wholly of women, with the exception of one man for the Council. The women drove their carriages all day through a blinding snowstorm, bringing voters to the polls, with the result that they had fifty to ninety majority. Mayoress-elect Totten says she will appoint a man to be marshal. MRS. M’KINLEY’B OIL RIGHTS. •MkM■

selfthrough the head. The boy was afterward released. Wives May Be Beaten. A decision was rendered by Judge Peabody in the St. Louis city police court the other day that under certain conditions a husband has the right to beat his wife. The case was of one Bernard Kretzer, charged with beating his wife because she would not agree with him in the management of their children. Judge Peabody said in passing judgment: “In this case the wife was more guilty than the husband for trying to contradict and thwart tyer husband’s will in the presence of the children and setting them a bad example, which he had a right to rebuke. There are times when a wife irritates her husband to such an extent that he cannot control himself and uses his hand or fist. As long as no serious harm is done I don’t believe in punishment.” Peace Conference Delegates Named. The Secretary of State has announced the names of the United States delegation to the disarmament conference, which will meet at The Hague in the latter part of May. The delegation consists of Andrew D. White, United States ambassador at Berlin; Mr. Newel, United States minister to the Netherlands; President Seth Low of the Columbia University, New York; Capt Crozier, ordnance department, U, S. A., and Capt. A. T. Mahan, retired, U. S. N. California Limited Derailed. t The California limited, from Chicago, on the Santa Fe road, was derailed near North Pomona, Cal. The accident was caused by the breaking of a strap which connects with the side rod of the engine and occurred while the train was making sixty miles an hour. The tender separated from the engine and jumped from the track, other cars following. These lodged in the sandy roadbed and no one was seriously injured. New Burlington Record. The west-bound Burlington fast mail made a record-breaking run into Omaha recently. It left Chicago late on account of a wreck in the yards. At Creston it was an hour and six minutes late, and it arrived in Omaha twenty-nine minutes late. The run from Creston, 104 miles, was made in 113 minutes, including stops, or 103 minutes actual running time, two stops being made. Two Negroes Are Lynched. Two negroes, Forest Jamison and Moses Anderson, were lynched at Brooksville, Miss., by a mob for the murder of T. H. Cleland. Cleland, a stock farmer, was found dead in his room. An investigation was at once made and an inquest held, resulting in a verdict of assassination. Guilt was soon placed upon two negroes who were living on the farm. Glass "Workers on Strike. The first of the threatened glass workers’ strikes took place at Elmer, N. J. Manager Bassett of the Elmer glass works refused to recognize the committee which called on him to present the demands of the men and the glass blowers quit work. Factory Building Demolished. Three men were killed by an explosion at the railroad cap factory at Braddock, Pa. It is not known what caused the explosion. The building was completely wrecked. A number of passers-by were struck and injured by flying bricks. To Open Ute Reservation. The President has signed a proclamation opening to settlement on May 4 next the larger portion of the southern Ute reservation in Colorado. i Cuban Assembly Quits. The Cuban military assembly has voted to disband the army and to dissolve. The voting was twenty-one in favor against one opposed. ■■■ * ■■■ To sav K his motiier H from his father’s murderous attack Lewis Dennis of near Xfillixaivn Pn Brillgwl hia hw a hlnw with • chair. I