Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1899 — SHIP CUT IN TWAIN. [ARTICLE]

SHIP CUT IN TWAIN.

/serious collision off the p WASHINGTON COAST. ; Glenogle Ruas Down the City of ‘ Kingston While Nearing Tacoma— Thi» Tear’s Crop of Cuban Sugar and Tobacco Will Be Large. ■rW- ——• The steamship Glenogle crashed into the | steamer City of Kingston off Brown’s point, near Tacoma, Wash., cutting the K City of Kingston in two just abaft the gpboilers. The twelve passengers and crew | ®f the Kingston were saved through the | prompt action of officers of the Glenogle | and Kingston and two ships lying in the | harbor. Rev. Horace H. Chapman, rector g ®f Trinity Church, occupied the stateroom g Struck by the Glenogle’s prow and was |j pinned in the wreckage for several minutes, only being released by the parting ? of the steamer. He was not seriously i hurt. The Kingston in two pieces was * towed to the harbor. '- r ‘ TRADING CHECKS NOT MONEY. K Government Loses Suit Against the Maker of Metal Tokens. Criminal action was recently begun by | the United States authorities in the Federal court at St. Paul against D. P. Rousj eopoulus, proprietor of the Northwestern i stamp works, for making metal trading I checks, the claim being that their likeness i and similitude to the gold and silver coin of the Government made their manufac- | tore illegal. The defendant demurred and ■ the court sustains the demurrer, holding " that the tokens are not made in lieu of lawful money and that these coins are not It obligations to pay money, but the obligations expressed is in terms solvable mer- |. chan disc. There are said to be millions of | these checks in use throughout the counI YIELD OP CUBAN CBOPB. j Production of Sugar and Tobacco Show Increase Over Recent Years. The sugar crop for 1899 in Cuba is officially estimated at 307,903 English tons, -against a total for 1892 of 232,032 tons. The tobacco crop is said to be of good quality and more abundant than for two years past A large stock of remedies filler was sold in the field for $23 per quintal. The planters in the province of Pinar del Rio are cheerful as to the outlook. The Cuban national party just formed makes a demand for the holding of general elections. The party is growing stronger and is forming branches in every village in the island. Dynamite on the Track. K- Two attempts were made to destroy Burlington trains with dynamite near Nodaway, a small station between St. Joseph, Mo., and the lowa line. Sticks of E dynamite were laid on the track and the Denver flyer was given a shock that broke all the windows in the coaches. The ■ Omaha express had a similar, but more I severe, shock ten minutes later. Burlington officials went to Nodaway on a special ? train three hours later. There was nothing to indicate robbery was the motive. M Ohio Recluse Passes Away. | Mina Kessinger has just died near Jackson, Ohio, after living as a recluse for thirty-seven years. She was engaged to John Trehaine, who went to the front in the Union army in 1861 and was killed. On hearing of his death she vowed to reL main true to him until her death and never to leave the farm on which she lived. She ; remained in this voluntary imprisonment until her death. Race for the Pennant. E The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: W. L. W. L. St. Louis.... 6 0 Brooklyn .... 4 4 Boston ..... 6 2 Cincinnati ... 4 4 Philadelphia.. 6 3New York... 3 5 Baltimore ... 5 3Pittsburg .... 1 5 Chicago 6 4 Cleveland ... 1 5 Louisville... 4 4 Washington.. 1 8 Two Cincinnati Boys Drowned. There was a double drowning at Gins'. einnati. Joseph Bans and Henry OsterUta, both aged 12 years, who were playing on a sandboat, were the victims. One of them had tossed up a buckeye, and as it dropped both made a grab for it. Both fell into the water, and before they could be rescued were drowned. i Heirs Fight Gift to Church. At Hopkinsville, Ky., twenty-seven heirs of the late Matthew Layne, who .left nearly SIOO,OOO to Baptist institutions in the South, filed suit to break the will, alleging that his pastor, Rev. J. H. A Bennett, and his wife dominated the tes■i tator’s will power to the extent of exdud- < ing natural heirs. Through a Burning Bridge. On the Southern Pacific, east of Gila | Bend, Ariz., a west-bound freight train |L crashed through a burning bridge. All ptte cars were piled on the engine and caught fire. Conductor Dovey and Firet man Courtney were buried in the wreck | and burned to death. Engineer Adams K was badly injured. Will Fight an English Alliance. The German Central Bund of Toledo, L with representatives of Irish societies, has planned an organization to fight the .. talked-of American-British alliance. The will have at least 3,000 members. Richard J. Oglesby Expires. f jtichard J. Oglesby, former Governor of I Xtiinois, died at his home at Oglehurst, /Bear Elkhart, 111. Concussion of the fegbrain, resulting from a fall, was the direct cause of his death. Boy Loses Life at Fire. | The Bherbourne school, a boarding inpgtitutios for boys, located in San Rafael, Cal., was burned. There were a number f Of daring rescues, but Charles Armstrong, ' the 6-year-old son of an army officer now In MahUa, rushed into the burning buildTurfman Ends Hjs Life. 001. M. ' Lewis Clark 'of Louisville, I prominent in turf circles throughout the

t I OIL ABLAZE CAUSES LOBS. Chicago Railroad and Street Bridges Damaged to the Extent of $5,000. The Northwestern Railroad and the old Kinde street bridges in Chicago were damaged to the extent of $5,000 by a fire the other night which had its origin from an explosion of gas or crude oil on the docks near the Northwestern elevator on the west side of the river. The flames spread rapidly, and owing to the fact that biasing oil flowed from barrels in' two sheds which the fire attacked the surface of the river was also ablaze for several hundred feet along the dock. At one time it was feared the fire would be communicated to the east side of the river, but the quantity of oil was insufficient, and within fifteen minutes the conflagration on the river ceased. The western portion of the railroad bridge was badly damaged, and it is possible that the Kinzie street draw and the western approach will have to be entirely rebuilt NEW TREE FOR ARIZONA. Agricultural Department to Transport Date Palme from Africa. The most expert pathologist of the Agricultural Department Dr. Zwingle, is now in Morocco on a mission which the department hopes will launch a new and profitable industry in the most arid sections of the Southwest. It has been found that date palms, with some irrigation, will grow as well in Arizona as in Arabia. Dr. Zwingle is making a close stndy of the African date palm, selecting the very finest varieties and those best adapted to our arid region. These young trees will be carefully shipped to Arizona, where they will be planted and cared for under the close supervision of the department’s expert.

BIG PLANT IN OPERATION. American Woolen Company, with Capital of $65,000,000, Opens Doors. The American Woolen Company, with $65,000,000 capital, has begun operations. The main office is in Boston. The following mills are at present included in the company: Washington mills of Lawrence, National and Providence of Providence, Beoli and Fitchburg worsted mills of Fitchburg, Riverside mills of Providence, Emton worsted mills of Fulton, N. Y., Valley worsted mills of Providence, Saranac mills of Blackstone. INDIANS EMIGRATE TO MEXICO. Dissatisfied with Conditions on Reserin the Territory. Five thousand Indians, dissatisfied with conditions existing in the reservations of the Indian territory, have left in a body for Mexico to establish a union reservation on a large tract of land near Guadalajara. They belong to the Cherokee, Creek and Delaware tribes. The emigrants are said to have a capital of $425,000 and expect further additions to their colony after they have organized their settlement. Cubans Want New Laws. That public opinion in Havana does not support the Spanish and Spanish-speaking lawyers who have organized to defend the excellences of the Latin law over the Saxon and retard the legal reforms now in contemplation by the military administration is demonstrated by the appear ance in La Lucha of a vigorous editorial advocating radical changes in the existing local system. La Lucha wants both the criminal and the civil procedure revised, and condemns not only the harsher criminal practices, like incommunication and the imprisonment of witnesses, but also the delays, the elaborations and the costliness of civil justice. Reforms in legal processes, it argues, should be undertaken at once and not be postponed until that uncertain period when a stable and permanent form of government shall be declared existent in Cuba. This timely expression of opinion is highly encouraging to the American authorities, who see the need of legal revision, but hesitate to set up a new system of law while exercising purely military and interregnum powers.

Counterfeiting Gang Broken Up. Chief Wilkie and United States secret service officers have finally run down the makers of the famous SIOO counterfeit note and at the same time have broken up one of the most dangerous counterfeiting gangs in the country. Among those arrested are Arthur Taylor and B. S. Bredell, prominent engravers of Philadelphia, and W. M. Jacobs and W. L. Kendig, wholesale tobacco manufacturers of Lancaster, Pa. Shot in His Cell. At Henderson, Tenn., a mob of masked men overpowered Sheriff Smith and compelled him at the point of a pistol to go with three of them to the cell where A. M. La Rue was confined, who in March killed John Young, a neighbor. The masked men placed a rope around the neck of La Rue and tried to drag him out, but could not. They then shot him through the head and body and left him. Two Fires in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, fire destroyed William J. McCausland’s paper tube factory. The flames spread to Fleming & Chapin’s yarn and thread storehouse, damaging the place to the extent of $4,000. McCausland’s loss is $35,000. Whitaker & Delaney’s glue works, at Tacony, a suburb of the city, were also destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO.

«. Turned the Bears on Him. At Toledo, Deputy Revenue Collector Hogue narrowly escaped being killed by two tame bears, from the owners of which he was attempting to collect $lO war revenue tax. The Italians refused to pay, and the bears were turned loose on the officer. A large part of his clothing was torn off, and he barely escaped with his life. Sale of the Monon System. Negotiations for the purchase of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, popularly knowfi as the Monon line, have been brought to an end, and the property will in a few days change ownership. The system has been bought by a New York syndicate, of which the Vanderbilts are prominent members. Dies from Bating Badishes. Charles Frankel, aged 44, of St. Louis, was found dead in bed at the Park Hotel at Hot Springs, Ark. Death is supposed to have resulted from eating a large number of radishes. Minneapolis Planing MiU Destroyed. Hans S. Johnson’s planing mill at Minneapolis was destroyed, causing a loss of SIO,OOO to the plant and surrounding lumber yards. Bishop Watterson Dead. Rt. Rev. John Ambrose Watterson, D. OMo died suddenly the other dsy.