Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1899 — LEAGUE WILL APPEAL [ARTICLE]

LEAGUE WILL APPEAL

M'KINLEY WILL BE ASKED TO INTERFERE. - ■■ ■ Labor League at Philadelphia Op* poses the Making of Army Clothing by Sweatshop Labor Salaries of Naval Officers Are Newly Equalized. ? The United Labor League of Philadelphia has taken up the cAuse of the 3,000 ; seamstresses, mostly solders’ wives, wid<rws and daughters, who complain that the Government has soldiers’ clothing made by contract, taking from them their means of livelihood. It is said about $1,000,000 ‘ worth of contracts are to be given out, and of so the seamstresses will have no work at all. President Chance and Mrs. Dev's creux of the league assert that the contract work is done in filthy sweatshops. The league proposes making a prompt-ap-peal to President McKinley to stop the •ward of the new $1,000,000 worth of adI vertised contracts and let the 3,000 women do the work at the United States arsenal in Philadelphia. DEWEY’S PAY IS $13,500 Navy Department Fixes Salaries Un | \ der the Personnel Bill. The Navy Department has issued a circular fixing the salaries of navy officers . under the naval personnel bill. Admiral Dewey will receive $13,500 whether on duty at sea or on shore. The senior rear ; admiral's pay is fixed at $7,500 at sea and $6,375 on shore. Rear Admiral Schley is in this list, but only receives the minimum I amount, as he is assigned to shore duty. ‘The junior rear admirals receive $5,500 ‘ while on sea duty and $4,077 on shore. Rear Admiral Sampson is in the junior list, but having a command at sea receives ■ the maximum pay. Should Schley be givra an assignment at sea he would receive $2,000 more a year than Sampson, but as it now is his pay amounts to but $875 > more. Captains receive $3,500 at sea and C 52,975 on shore. WAR CLOUD IN ENGLAND.

Active Preparations for Emergencies in Sontb Africa. Commander-in-chief Lord Wolseley has l>een busy several days and evenings at the war office In London preparing for possible emergencies in South Africa. The effective lists of the first-class reserve lave been prepared and transportation for rhe First army corps has been provisionally arranged. The officers on leave have been warned to hold themselves in readiness to return to their regiments. The general trend of news, however, is more pacific. Race for the Pennant. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: W. L. W. L. Brooklyn ... .36 11 Cincinnati ...23 23 Boston 32 14New Y0rk...21 26 Chicago 28 20Pittsburg ....20 26 Baltimore .. .26 19 Washington. 17 30 Philadelphia. 26 19 Louisville ... 14 34 St. Louis... .27 20 Cleveland ... 8 36 Following is the standing of the clubs In the Western League: W. L. W. L. St. Paul 22 18 Milwaukee .21 20 Minneapolis. 23 19 Columbus ...19 19 Indianapolis. 22 19 Buffalo 17 22 Detroit < .... 21 19Kansas City.. 16 25 The World’s Wheat Crop. The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly wop report, says Belgium, Holland, Italy md parts of Austria-Hungary promise average wheat crops. In France, Germany, Spain and Poland the crops are fair and there are hopes for a full average crop. In Russia the drought is too prevalent to allow a hopeful yield of either wheat or rye. In Roumania, Servia and Bulgaria a short wheat crop is regarded as inevitable. Pleasure Party Ends in Death. A party of twenty young people who were enjoying a pleasure ride in a catamaran on the river at Stockton, Cal., were precipitated into the water by the overturning of the boat. A desperate struggle for life followed and for a time it was reported that many had been drowned, but ■ll but two of the party were accounted Trust in Chewing Gum. r Announcement was made in Chicago of the final organization of the American jhicle Company, the chewing gum trust,” with a capital of $9,000,000. .mong the principal manufacturers allied with he new combination are the Beetan, White, Tutti-Frutti. Adams & Sons, California Fruit and Kis-Me gum comanies. To Make Better Shots. With a view to increasing the efficiency f the artillerists manning the batteries fotecting the Chores of the United States, istructions have been given by the War Jepartment for additional practice with ie great guns. J St. Paul in 1»O1. . The head camp of the Modern Woodpen of America has selected St. Paul as Bie place of meeting in 1901. The vote mas 199 to 163 for Grand Rapids, the only bther candidate. (Robber Killed at His Work. |-A man who bore letters on his person to “Bishop Jennings, Decatur, K.,” was shot and killed by Policeman ptylor while robbing the room of Assessor Dilts at Guthrie, O. T. Injured in a Wreck. faA aerious wreck occurred on the Kansas Mty, Pittaburg and Gulf Railroad near ■rand view, Mo. Over forty people were K(. Spreading rails the cause. A'" Sails for the Pole. |fThe Stella Polare, with the Duke of AbKmH, nephew of the King of Italy, and Eb polar expedition on board, sailed from ■Mftiania. The expedition was given an Ebusiastic farewell by the crowds asKbied and was saluted by the forts. Assault with Razor. Walter Hopkins, who has been serving Bpltence in the Harvey County, Kan., lareeny. made a murderous assault ■ik a razor on Deputy Sheriff Herman ' IssJSlsaHfW?/ “

FOUNDER OF NEW SECT MOBBED. Elder Higgins la Tarred and Feathered by Maine Citizens. In the hamlet of Levant, ten miles from Bangor, Me., George W. Higgins, an evangelist, was called from his home at midnight Monday by a crowd of masked citizens, dragged on his back over a rough road for a quarter of a mile, stripped and covered with a thick coat of tar and feathers and then ridden on a rail to a neighboring village, two miles away, and left to his fate. Higgins made his way back home dressed in his coat of tar and feathers and a pair of stockings. The trouble grew out of a new religious sect which has come into existence there known as “the Holy Ghost and United States congregation.” Higgins succeeded in making a number of converts. It is the rule that converts must give up all their earthly belongings, turning over their money and property to the leaders of the movement, and depending upon Providence alone for everything they need to support life. Prominent citizens ordered Higgins to leave town, but he did not go. and Monday night’s work was the culmination of their efforts to stop what they call a “fool religion.” TWO SWINDLERS GET $5,000. Shrewd Men Victimize Louisville German Insurance Bank. The German Insurance Bank of Louisville was victimized out of $5,000 Monday afternoon by two well-dressed young men. Just before the hour for Closing the banks the assistant cashier of the German Insurance Bank was rung up by telephone and asked if he could accommodate the Citizens’ National Bank with $5,000 in currency. On being answered in the as- . firmative the inquiring party said he would send two young men around to get the money. Shortly afterward two young men appeared at the bank with a check for $5,000, bearing the supposed signature of the cashier of the Citizens’ National Bank. The assistant cashier counted out the money to the young men. When the check reached the clearing house it was discovered to be a forgery.

LAKE BOAT BURNS, Passenger Steamer R. G. Stewart Destroyed by FlamesThe trim passenger steamer R. G. Stewart, from Hancock to Duluth, is an unsightly bit of charred wreckage on Michigan Island, one of the Apostles group. The hull of the boat struck at midnight Saturday, and, while the vessel was pinned fast, flames assailed her and she was burned to the water line. The fire broke out Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, and the passengers and crew barely had time to escape with the clothing they happened to have on. One of the crew was drowned in escaping from the burning boat. The rest, with the three passengers, were saved. DEBARAS ARE CONVICTED. Baron and Baroness Used the Mails to Defraud British Subjects. Baron Edgar de Bara and wife were found guilty in Chicago of twenty-five counts in five indictments for using the mails for the purpose of defrauding residents of Great Britain. The postoffice inspectors have had a nine months’ chase after the pair, and finally located them in St. Augustine, Fla. Nine months ago the British consul in Chicago called the attention of the postoffice officials to a swindle being enacted of British subjects. With difficulty the crime was traced to the De Baras. The couple had their mail sent to Connecticut, and lived in Florida. PREACHER, THEN TRAIN ROBBER. Jacob Fagley, Once Respected Citizen, Found Guilty by a Jury. Jacob Fagley, who has been on trial at Hartville, Mo., charged with complicity in the robbery of a Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis train at Macomb on Jan. 3 last, was adjudged guilty. The jury fixed his punishment at twelve years in the penitentiary. Fagley was a farmer. Before he turned train robber he had been justice of the peace, had been three times foreman of the Wright County grand jury, had been chairman of his party county committee and had been a preacher of the gospel.

LYNCHED BY A MOB IN ALABAMA. Will Hill Shot to Death Soon After His Capture. Will Hill, claimed to be the accomplice of his brother, Alex. Hill, in the murder of Mrs. Rufus Hubbard and the attempt to murder her husband, in Bibb County, Ala., was lynched. After being captured Hill was shot to death by a mob of fifty men near the Hubbard home. Hubbard, it is said, fired the first shot. BURGLARS COMMIT MURDER. Enter House for Valuables and Kill a Woman. Masked burglars entered the home of Daniel F. Gott, Norris City, 111., and in their efforts to secure money and valuables shot Mrs. Gott through the head, causing instant death. Gott was also attacked and left for dead. They secured $l4O and a gold watch. Death on the Trail. The steamship Laurada is in port at Seattle, Wash., from Wrangel, Alaska, with detailed news of the terrible suffering that has been the lot of American miners who tried to reach the Klondike gold fields over the all-Canadian route from Edmonton. They say that not less than 200 prospective miners have lost their lives by drowning, starvation, exposure and freezing during the last winter. Dewey Will Come to Chicago. Admiral Dewey will attend the laying of the corner stone of Chicago’s new Federal building on Oct. 9. President McKinley is authority for the statement. The chief executive so informed Senator H. C. Payne of Wisconsin. Liquid Air Company Formed. The Liquefied Power and Refrigerator Company of Boston, with a capital of $lO,000,000, has been incorporated. The company is to use liquid air and to do away with ice for domestic purposes, also to cool places of amusement. Steamer Paria Is Abandoned. James P. Wright, Jr., second vice-pres-ident of the International Navigation Company, said that the company had definitely abandoned all plans to save the steamship Paris from its position on the Manacles. Burning Oil Kills Her. Effie Davis, aged 14, near Heevee, Tex., poured oil into a stove from a can. The can exploded, scattering burning oil over the house and setting fire to the girl’s clothes. Girl dead; house in ashec.