Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — FOR A CUBAN CENSUS [ARTICLE]

FOR A CUBAN CENSUS

PREPARATIONS ARE NOW BEING , MADE IN WASHINGTON. It la Intended to Complete the Work Prior to the Assembling of the Next Congress—Disguised Cattlemen Kill Colorado Sheep. The President fyas directed that the census of Cuba be taken as soon as possible. The matter has been energetically taken up by the War Department with the expectation of completing the work and furnishing the principal results to Congress at the opening of the next session. Gen. Brooke, cpmmanding the department of Cuba, has appointed five superintending enumerators, who are now on their way to Washington to receive instructions and to familiarize themselves with American methods of insuring accuracy in the data to be obtained. The last Spanish census of Cuba was taken in 1887. While its accuracy was in many respects doubtful, as a whole it was conceded to give a fair idea of the conditions then existing. The population was said to be 1,631,687, of whom nearly 65 per cent were white. Army officers who have been connected with the Cuban administration since the American occupation began estimate that this total has fallen, to about 1,300,000.

BALLOON CARRIES UP A BOY. Aeronaut’s Presence of Mind Prevents Him Being Dashed to Pieces. During a balloon ascension at Fremont, Ohio, thousands witnessed a thrilling sight not down on the program. The guy rope holding the balloon became entangled about the arm of 8-year-old Lester Miller just as the balloon shot up in the air, carrying the boy with it, suspended by one arm and shouting for help. A thousand feet in the air the aeronaut saw the boy and used heroic methods to save him. The parachute was cut loose, the hot air was allowed to escape and after nine minutes in the air all struck terra firma safely. The lad’s arm was displaced. The aeronaut was" severely bruised when he came down.

SUICIDE OF JAMES H. TURPIE. Jumped Head Foremost from a Third Story Window. James H. Turpie, one of the bestknown residents of Lafayette, Ind., committed suicide at 2 o’clock on a recent morning by plunging headforemost from the third-story window of the Hotel Lahr. His body struck the stone pavement on Fifth street. Mr. Turpie registered at the hotel at midnight and was assigned a room. He had completely disrobed before making the plunge from the window. There is no known reason for the act. Mr. Turpie was married and leaves a family living in comfortable style in the aristocratic part of the city.

SHEEP WAR IN COLORADO. Disguised Cattlemen Kill 130 Animals and Cripple Others. Northeastern Colorado is the scene of a war between shfeep and cattle men. .Four horsemen, carefully disguised, rode into some large flocks of sheep belonging to the Warren Live Stock Company of Cheyenne, which were, being grazed along Two Mile creek, about twentyfour miles from Sterling. The men were well armed, and shot and killed 150 sheep and badly crippled twenty-five more. It is reported also that two sheep herders were badly beaten.

Inventor Called to Washington. J. W. Ratcheller, a gunsmith of St. Joseph, Mo., has been summoned to Washington by the War Department officials, who desire to make experiments with a new device invented by him for boring out guns. The device will be tested at the navy yard. It is for choke-boring guu barrels, large and small cannon, and for cleaning guns when they are rusty. Drowned While Fishing. Walter Carr, a painter, was drowned in Lake Michigan off Jackson Park, Chicago, while two companions, Samuel Dingman and William Johnson,* were rescued by the life-saving crew. The men were fishing from a small boat when Johnson and Dingman attempted to change places, with the result that the boat was upset.

Aeronaut Falla Into a Lake. J 5. M. East, an aeronaut, made an ascension at Walker, Minn. The wind bl.-w him into the south arm of Leech la'.ce. A steamer went out after him, bht failed to find him. It is supposed that the parachute did not work and in attempting to cut himself loose he became excited and fell into the lake. Discover They Are Brothers. Two men named Connors, sojourning in Kingston, Ont., learned the other day that they were brothers. One was from Belleville, Out., and the other from Syracuse, X. Y. One, a chiropodist, showed his patient a picture of his mother, which the other promptly recognized, and the identification was complete. Ptorm Devastates Towns. Elizabeth, X. J., and Carrabclle, Fla., sustained considerable injury by a recent violent storm. In Elizabeth three churches and two theaters were badly damaged. Carrabelle was almost completely destroyed. Child Paralyzed by Cocaine. Frederick W. Pope, the 14-year-old son of Charles A. Pope of Columbns, X. J., is paralyzed as the result of an application of cocaine by a dentist. He has also lost the power of speech.

Double Tragedy in Cleveland. In Cleveland, a teamster named John Schlebnber shot his wife four times and then sent a bullet through his heart. The woman died an hour lqter. The tragedy was prompted by jealousy. Fonnd Dead In a Bath Tub. Charles F. Autenrieth, a wealthy retired Philadelphia banker, was found dead in a bath tub in his house. He had shot himself. No motive is known for the suicide. Fire Started by Lightning. The power house and car sheds of the North Jersey Railway Company in Newark, N. J., were destroyed by causing a loss of $300,000. Nearly eighty cars were destroyed. Abductor Jones la Arrested. Clyde Jones, alias Clyde Johnson, the

VAT EMPTY NEBRASKA PRISON. Legal Technicality Expected to Free a Majority of Convicts. The State of Nebraska has been cited to appear before the United States Supreme Court and show cause why one Henry Bolin should not be released from the penitentiary on a writ of error. Bolin is serving a nineteen years’ sentence for embezzling city funds as treasurer of Omaha. He was prosecuted on an information. The attorneys for Bolin in their brief set out that to prosecute without a grand jury indictment is illegal and in support of the proposition quote from the enabling act, under which Nebraska was admitted to the Union, as follows: “No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense unless on presentation to a grand jury.” In 1885, in spite of the above, the Legislature of the State provided for prosecution by information. This is the first time that it has been tested and many other criminals are said to be prepared to sue for their liberty in the State if Bolin’s contention is sustained.

MOBBED BY MINERS. Coenr D’Alene Labor Agent Fatally Wounded at Cripple Creek. David Connell, formerly a deputy marshal at Gold Field, Colo., was shot and probably fatally wounded by an unknown man at the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad depot at Cripple Creek, Colo. Connell had been soliciting miners to work in the Coeur d’Alene country, and seven recruits whom he had secured were with him when he was shot. They were surrounded, hooted and stoned by a large number of men, and it is said they drew their guns and threatened to shoot. At this some one in the crowd fired two shots, one taking effect in Connell’s side and the other taking off a portion of a thumb of one of Connell’s companions. No arrests were made. Connell had been warned to leave the camp by a committee said to represent the miners’ union.

ESCAPE FROM FEDERAL PRIBON. Three Inmates of Tort Leavenworth Gain Their Liberty Jack Holly, L. Priest and Will Bobo, prisoners at the Federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., ferociously assaulted with shovels Guard F. Knief, and after beating him over the head and neck, almost severing his head from his body with the crude weapons, made their escape. Jack Holly, the leader of the trio, attempted to board a fast-flying Santa Fe train, missed his foothold and was cut in two. Plays His Former Partner. M. J. Real was shot in his saloon at Keokuk, lowa, by Aid. Timothy Hickey. There were no known witnesses. Hickey went to police headquarters and gave himself up. Real died from his wounds later in the day. He was married and had a family. . Bank Panic in Montreal. The uneasiness engendered by the announcement of the Jacques Cartier bank suspension at Montreal had the effect of causing a sharp run upon the other French banks. The banks met all demands and confidence was rapidly restored. Hebrew Cadet Forced Out. Sigmund S. Albert, son of a prominent Hebrew merchant of Lancaster, Pa., has resigned from West Point military academy, having literally been driven from it by the persecution to which he was subjected by the cadets on account of hia religious faith.

Indians Kill Stock and Game. The Canadian Cree Indians who have been infesting Montana since late in the winter are killing game and stock, and neither the State authorities nor the Federal Government seems able to suppress them. Another Car la Blown Up. Rioters resumed their disturbances at Cleveland by blowing up a car with nitroglycerin in Jennings avenue. None of the passengers was injured. The car was badly damaged. Many Drowned in Alaska. Dr. A. L. Lee and Gideon Kratzer of North Baltimore, Ohio, who left for the Klondike, were drowned at Crook’s Inlet, together with twenty others. Yaquis Kill Settlers, Several Americans and Mexicans have been killed in towns in the Yaqui river valley east and southeast of Ortiz, Mex., by the Yaqui Indians. Heureanx’s Slayers Executed. Two of the assassins of President Henreaux of San Domingo have been captured ahd shot.