Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — BAD BOYS IN REVOLT. [ARTICLE]

BAD BOYS IN REVOLT.

IN THE NEBRASKA REFORM SCHOOL. Kr ■ jse gU Inmates Make a Bolt for Liberty When New Superintendent Is Placed i in Charge—Burglar Alarm Frightens ; a Lady Physician to Death. || The recent change of management in the Nebraska reform school in Plankin«ton, whereby W. H. Thompkins was put in charge, was made an occasion for a mutinous outbreak on the part of the ini'mates. The boys were out on the campus playing bail when the order was given them to fall in line to march back to the building. The youngsters refused point ' blank and took to their heels, ignoring f the shouts of the new superintendent to > them to return. The guards were at once called out, the sheriff was notified, and g *ll joined in the pursuit. Twenty-seven boys got away from the grounds, and af- | ter a long and hard chase, extending into | the night, all were caught and brought back except two, a Norwegian and a big Indian. On their way back the boys | made slurring remarks about the new s'superintendent, and averred that they had planned to make the break for liberty with the change of management. | FINDS RICH COPPERFIELD. | American Expert Locates a Splendid Bs Lode Near Toronto, Ont. ■ It is announced that copper ore of al- . most incredible extent and richness has been found in the Parry sound district within about seven hours' railway distance of Toronto. The discovery was due practically to an American mining expert S named Forbes, who has organized two I companies, one composed entirely of St. | Paul capitalists and the other composed of Canadian and St. Paul men, whigh have secured all of the claims in the neighborhood and have commenced operations on an extensive scale. HKv 1 | CATCH WILD MAN IN OKLAHOMA. ■■ . : Apparition that Long Frightened gv- Housewives la Made Captive. I A wild man has been frightening the | people of Coal Creek township, Ok., for , two years. Almost daily some women would be frightened by the appearance of the man, wearing no clothing. When the j apparition had frightened the residents | away he would enter the house and de- | vour all the eatables. This occurred I many times, and when officers pursued I him he ran into the swamps. The other day officers caught the wild man on .Coal t creek after a hot fight. He turned out to be Joe Pokorney, a Bohemian. He will be tried for insanity. K KILLED bY FRIGHT. Burglar Alarm Scares a San Francisco Woman to Death. s Death called Dr. Mary C. Edmonds, a well-known physician of San Francisco, I in tragic fashion. The accidental setting off of a burglar alarm wrought up her nerves to such a strain that she suffered death by fright. She went to a window and blew a whittle. Help came, but just as she opened thh<J'out door she tottered and fell dead. Race for the Pennant. The standing of the clubs in the National League rac<~ is as follows: W. L. ' W. L. Brooklyn ...48 23Cincinnati ...35 34 Boston 44 26 Pittsburg ....34 35 Chicago 41 .26 New Y0rk...30 39 Philadelphia. 41 27 Louisville ...27 43 St. Louis. ...41 29 Washington. 24 48 Baltimore ...38 29Cleveland ...12 56 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Minneapolis. 39 28 St. Pau1.....32 34 Indianapolis. 36 29 Kansas City.. 32 36 Detroit 34 32Milwaukee ...32 37 Columbus ...34 32Buffalo 28 39 Mysterious (,'ritne in Omaha. , John D. Molines. a well-known Omaha character, was found in a dying condition at Douglas and Fourteenth streets. His head was badly cut and he was otherwise injured, The cause of the man’s injuries is not known, but five hackmcn are under arrest, the police claiming that they know something of the affair.

Thieves Make a Great Haul. An iron box containing $2,611 shipped by the American Express Company for the J. 11. Somers American Express Company to Sherrodsville, Ohio,' to pay the men in No. 5 mine, lias been mysteriously stolen from the Cleveland, Canton and Southern Railway depot, in which the express company has its office. • Luna Was a Conspirator. The trial of the slayers of Gen. Luna, the Filipino leader who was assassinated by tjie guard of Aguinaldo's residence, is ended. The accused were acquitted on the ground of self-defense. The testimony showed there was a conspiracy on the part of Luna and other officers to kill Aguinaldo and make Luna dictator. L Gold Seekers Die of Scurvy. ‘ A sad state of affairs is reported on i the AVind river, Alaska. About seventyfive prospectors were wintering there and their camp was invaded by scurvy. Fifteetf or twenty are reported to have died from the effects of the disease. K ; Chicano Firm Loses by Fire. E Two large brick buildings occupied by the American Curled Hair Company of ’.Chicago were destroyed by fire at Kansas City. The loss is estimated at *75,Six Persons Meet Death, fc } All but one of the seven members of Bftte family of William Reinhard of Co|lnin bus,* Ohio, were killed and the remaining one was badly injured by a Big Four Jjbassenger train. Reinhard and his faultily were driving in a surrey. The vehicle §>Was knocked into splinters. I&J- . Boers Yield to England. , After an all-da y secret session the iVolksraad at Pretoria appointed a comof five to draft a franchise reform 'bill. Such action is in harmony with the Kh liT fflfltill

DUST POURING INTO DAWSON. Pack Train of Twenty Horses Loaded with Precious Metal. Passengers from Dawson on the steamer Humboldt assert that gold dust was pouring into that town when they left. They allege that one morning a pack train of twenty horses, each animal carrying 200 pounds of gold dust, arrived from Eldorado Creek. There were two tons of it, worth fully $1,000,000. It is said that eleven of the horses were freighted down with dust from one claim. Richard Emmons, J. Gosham and Orin W. Jackson sought to reach the Copper river section frsrn Dawson and came near starving to death. They were making the journey for the North American Transportation and Trading Company. Their Indian guides deserted them and the men were lost for ten days. Miners have reached Dawson from Porcupine river without gold. Some say they prospected all the rivers as far north as Herschel and on the ArcticSocean, but did not find anything. A town site has been located about twenty miles above Fort Selkirk. A copper ledge, outcroppings of which have been traced a distance’of sixteen miles, has been located at Wiliamspoint by a San Francisco syndicate.