Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — CARD GAME ENDS IN MURDER. [ARTICLE]

CARD GAME ENDS IN MURDER.

One Man Killed and Two Wounded in a Quarrel at Elmwood, Neb.

A shooting affray occurred at Elmwood, Neb., in which one man was killed and two others were seriously injured. Several men who had congregated near the grounds of the G. A. R., were seated on the ground, engaged in a game of cards, when a dispute arose and the trouble began. William Harris of Nehawka, Neb., drew a revolver and began shooting indiscriminately at his companions. The first shot struck George Jones of St. Joseph, Mo., in the abdomen and resulted in his almost instant death. William Malone was next hit, the shot taking effect in the hip, inflicting a dangerous wound. The third bullet took effect in the left side of Joseph Hart of Oklahoma, in the region of the heart, making an ugly wound which bled freely. All the men implicated are under arrest.

TWO “WHITECAPS” HANGED. Wynn and Tipion Executed for Killing Witnesses. Pleas Wynn and Catlett Tipton Were hanged at Sevierville, Tenn., for the murder of William and Laura Whalley. The murder of William and Laura Whalley in Sevier County nearly two years ago was the culmination of a series of “whitecap” outrages. The Whalleys were witnesses before the grand jury, and for this reason they were put out of the way. They were shot dowm in their cabin home at midnight by two disguised men. The sister of Laura Whalley was in the room and recognized one of the men through his cloth mask. BIG GLOVE TRUST FORMING. Chicagoan Credited with Promoting a $15,000,000 Combine. A glove trust with a capital of $15,000,000 is in process of formation in New York. Its promoters are meeting with considerable success. The originator is Ovington Ross of Evanston, 111., a member of the Hall & Ross Husking Glove Company, Chicago. Mr. Ross has been for several weeks in conference with the Western manufacturers, and some days ago he went to New York, the glove-mak-ing center of America. He made the rounds of the concerns there and met with much encouragement. LIGHTNING KILLS FIVE MEN. The Electric Storm Results Fatally at Ulysses, Neb. A single lightning stroke killed five young men three miles southeast of Ulysses, Neb., during a thunderstorm. They were all in a buggy driving for shelter. The team of horses was also killed. They were found by a passing farmer. Three of the bodies had fallen out of the wagon, two remaining in the vehicle as they lay after being struck. The victims ranged in age from 16 to 23 years, and all were well known in the neighborhood. They were returning from a Sunday fishing excursion. •

Sprint: Gun Kills a Cyclist. A bicyclist, supposed to be W. F. Rhodes of Sparta, Wis., was shot and killed while trying to break into a cabin, about two miles northeast of Cheston, Mont. A spring gun had been set for thieves and it is thought that Rhodes was prying open the shutter in order to shelter himself in the cabin when the gun was discharged. Protest Against Buchanan Award. At Santiago de Chili, the newspapers are protesting against a proposal to award William J. Buchanan, the United States minister to the Argentine Republic, the sum of 8100,000 for his intervention in connection with the arbitration of the boundary question between Chili and Argentina. Cyclone Strikes in Nebraska. A destructive cyclone passed two miles from Ainsworth, Neb., killing Mrs. William Lockmiller, wife of a well-known farmer, and doing great damage to property. Houses, barns, fences and bridges were demolished and many families were made homeless. Cattle Are Killed by Flies. In the great pastures along the South Canadian River in Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties, Oklahoma, and across the line in the Chickasaw nation, flies are swarming on the cattle as never before known. Dead cattle are found daily in every herd.

Detroit Plan Killed. The Michigan Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional and void the act passed last winter providing for the municipal street ownership of railways in Detroit, and creating a commission to acquire and operate the system. Explosion Kills Forty-four. A dispatch from Odessa, Russia*, announces that a dynamite cartridge exploded near there while the excavation of a coal mine was in progress, and that fortyfour persons were killed and twenty wounded. Fireworks Are Blamed. Fire at Paris, Tenn., caused at least *50,000 loss. It originated in a livery statute, destroying buildings on the public square and in adjoining streets. An explosion of fireworks is the supposed cause. Visiting Merchant Fails Dead, i Henry Bash, a merchant of New York City, aged 59 years, fell dead in his room at the Burnet House at Cincinnati. He seemed well up to the moment of his death.