Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1899 — TWO CHILDREN DIE. [ARTICLE]

TWO CHILDREN DIE.

VICTIMS OF AN EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE. They Mistake a Gasoline Can for a Receptacle Containing Wine—An In* dianapolia Italian Arrested on an Old Murder Charge. Lena Metzger, 12 years old, and Rosa Falbisaner, 11 .years old, lost their lives as the result of an explosion of gasoline in the basement of the Metzger home in Chicago. Mrs. Metzger sent the girls downstairs to get some wine. They took a candle with them. Shortly after a violent explosion shook the houses in the neighborhood, and the Metzger house was seen to be on fire. An alarm was sent in, and when the firemen arrived they found the body of Lena Metzger lying in the basement, burned to a crisp. Rosa Falbisaner had escaped from the basement to the yard, where she ran in a circle, her clothes on fire, until she was caught by some neighbors and the flames smothered with a blanket. She died at the German hospital. It is supposed that the girls mistook a can of gasoline for the wine flask, and having pulled the cork put the candle too near the mouth of the can. ARRESTED AFTEiTmaNI YEARS. Indianapolis Italian la Charged with a Murder Committed in 1883, After evading the law for sixteen years Vinches Giordino, an Italian, was placed behind the bars at Indianapolis, charged with murder. He was attested on information furnished by his brother-in-law, Luca Jefetia. Giordino, whose real name is Antonio Derona, admits that he killed Sabadora Dicarlo on a plantation near New Orleans, in Placquemine parish, but insists that it was in selfdefense. He is very bitter toward his brother-in-law for informing on him, and it is possible that his friends may attempt revenge. Giordino has lived in Indianapolis for almost ten years, being a fruit vender, and has purchased the property in which he lives. CYCLONE SWEEPS TOWN AWAY. Red Bay la Wrecked and Many Hundred People Killed. Captain Dillon of the steamer Cocoa states that the town of Red Bay on the island of Andros, twenty miles southwest of Nassau, Fla., was swept away in the recent tropical hurricane and about 300 lives lost. An eye witness of the storm estimated that the loss of life on the island was fully 600. Scattered through the wreck of houses at Red Bay after the storm subsided he said there were hundreds of corpses of persons of all ages and classes. Captain Dillon says the wind blew at the rate of ninety miles an hour at Nassau, with occasional gusts which reached a velocity of 105 miles an hour.

Motorman Held Responsible. The jury in the inquest into the cause of the accident on the Shelton Street Railway Company’s bridge at . Peck’s mill pond, Bridgeport, Conn., by which thirty people were killed, rendered a verdict that the motorman of the wrecked trolley car, George S. Hamilton, was guilty of criminal carelessness and that the Shelton street railway was very negligent. Hold-Up Is Frustrated. As passenger train No. 1 on the Colorado and Southern was proceeding south between Folsom and Des Moines, Colo., train robbers attempted to hold up the train, but were frustrated. The conductor opened fire on the robbers. The bandits returned the fire and shot the express messenger; Fred Bartlett, through the left side of the face. Six Person* Are Drowned. Six persons were drowned in the White river at Heimsel ferry, twelve miles southeast of Washington, Ind. A ferryboat broke loose, just as a wagon was part way upon it, and wagon, horses and occupants were precipitated into the water. Consolidation Deal Afoot. A street railroad deal is afoot involving tfie consolidation of all the roads in Albany and Troy, N. Y., which, it is said, will be followed by the absorption of other New York State roads. Anthony N. Brady is prominent in the negotiations. Seneca Point Hotel Burn*. The Seneca Point Hotel, on Canandaigua Lake, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. The structure was valued at $65,000. Little insurance was carried. There were about forty guests in the house at the time and all escaped, though many of them lost their effects. Four Fend* looked For. As matters now stand in Clay County, Kentucky, four feuds are looked for there instead of two, as now. The Benges and Stapletons, of near Bengetown, are preparing for war. On Red Bird Creek trouble was started between the Sizlores and Ashers. Fail to Reach Pole. Walter Wellman and the survivors of the Polar expedition led by him have arrived at Tromsoe, Norway, having successfully completed their explorations in Franz Josef Land. Mr. Wellnian discovered important new lands and many islands. Knock- Int of McCoy. ‘Kid” McCoy, aspirant for the heavyweight championship of the world, was knocked out in less than two minutes by Jack McCormack, the Philadelphia heavyweight, at the Star Theater in Chicago. Telegraph* Through a Cliff. M. Marconi in his experiments with wireless telegraphy at Dover, England, , met with complete success, the messages passing through several miles of cliff upon which Dover castle stands and twelve miles across the sea. Negro I* Lynched by Mob. Charles Hurt, a negro, was taken from the Brantley, Ala., jail by a mob of 100 men and shot to death in the woods half a mile away. •Dr. H. W. Thomae I* Married. The wedding of Dr. Hiram W. Thomas of Chicago and Miss Vandelia Varnum, the well-known lecturer, took place in | Franklinville, N. Y. ■ I John Young Brown Named. | tacky have nominated John Young j

INCREASE IN KANSAS CATTLE. AaMMon' Return* Show 282,003 Head More than in 1898. The Kansas Department of Agriculture has completed a compilation of a»seszors’ returns showing the State’s supply of cattle. There is a net increase over 1898 of all cattle (milch cows included) of 282,003 head, or 10.82 per cent, making the number for the State this year 2,886,068. All but seventeen of the 105 counties report an increase, Barber distancing all others with a gain of 22,207, and Butler next with 12,619. Greenwood County leads in the total number of all cattle, having 80,429 head, followed by Butler, with 71,990; Cowley, 69,124; Barber, 69,069, and Reno, 60,060. The total number of milch cows in the State is 684,182. The number of cattle other than cows is the largest Kansas has ever had and for the first time in the history of the State has passed the 2,000,000 mark. RESCUED FROM STARVATION. Revenue Cutter Picks Up 100 Destitute Persona at Kotzebue Beach. The steamer Albion has arrived at San Francisco from Cape Nome. She reports that 100 people, men and women, without food or means, were picked up on the Kotzebue beach by the revenue cutter Bear and taken to St. Michaels. On the Albion were eight passengers who passed most of the winter at Kotzebue, picked up enough dust to pay them for their experience in the far North, and then made their way to Cape Nome. The Albion went to the North to gather up reindeer on the Siberian coast and carry the animals to St. Michaels. The old revenue cutter Thetis went on the same mission and the Bear had instructions to do similar work on her way to the Arctic. All three vessels performed the work allotted to them. WILL BUILD A MICA FACTORY. Chicago Company Will Establish a Plant and Fight the Trust. The Chicago Mica Mining and Milling Company will soon have a factory in operation on the West Side in that city for the manufacture of mica in sheets for commercial purposes. Mr. Ricob, who is president and general manager of the company, states he is negotiating for a site. He says it is the intention of his company to enter the field in active competition to the mica trust. Has 30,000 Men Ready. The London war office has completed its preparations for an emergency force of 30,000 men to be ready to leave at any time for the Transvaal. Fast steamers for their transportation are waiting orders. It is said that the Grenadier Guards, now at Gibraltar, and the Twen-ty-first Lancers, now in Egypt, may also be sent to South Africa. Five Perish in a shipwreck. The schooner Aaron Reppard ot Philadelphia, Captain Weissel, went ashore three miles south of Gull shoals life-sav-ing station, on the coast of North Carolina, and five of-her crew were drowned. The schooner was bound for Savannah, Ga. Call It the Tool Trust. The Niles-Bement-Pond company, incorporated at Trenton, N. J., is spoken of in financial circles as a “tool trust,” although its organizers declare that they are not seeking to establish a monopoly. The company has a capital stock of SB,000,000. Witness Admits Perjury. The coroner’s jury investigating the Bridgeport, Conn., trolley accident, whereby twenty-nine persons were killed, caused the arrest of William Kelly, who admitted having perjured himself to protect the traction company. Army of the Cumberland to Meet. At a reunion of the Third Ohio cavalry at Toledo, arrangements were made for a grand reunion of the Army of the Cumberland, to be held in that city in 1902. * tricken Down by Apoplexy. Senator M. L. Hayward was stricken with apoplexy -At Brownville, Neb., as he was rising from his seat at a Modern Woodmen picnic to deliver an address. Peary Expedition Well. The Labrador mail steamer reports that the Peary expedition steamer Diana passed Domino Run, northern Labrador. All on board were well. Temperance Workers Will Meet. The first national convention of the Young People’s Christian Temperance Union will meet in Chicago Sept. 26.