Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1899 — RAPID CITY GROWTH. [ARTICLE]

RAPID CITY GROWTH.

irOWN IS TO BE BUILDED IN J TEN days. pßonderfut Effects of a Kailway Ter* nillaiit in Oklahoma—Business Meu to Locate—Utah Lawyer Re* ptelra an Infernal Machine. ■pgte ? S, The Bock Island Railroad is building a road from Enid, Ok., east. The glprtniaus will be in the northern part of BlpSt County, at which place a town prill be built. The exact location of the ■sewn and its name are not known, but pitizens of Perry have secured a charter land bank fixtures, and have lumber cut Par a bank building stored near whore the pew --town will likely be. They propose 18l have a building up and to be in busiihess within twenty-four hours after the Hint town lot is surveyed. Saloon men shave already secured a license, and are pMdy to start in business as soon as the P&wn is located. In ten days the new ipttlement will have 1,000 inhabitants. BANK THIEF TAKIiN IN CUSTODY. PMVyUiam Barrett Arrested at Mil wan* c kee, but Hia Accomplices Escape. ? William Barrett, one of a trio of bank thieves, was arrested at Milwaukee for |fipmpHcity in an attempt to snatch $l,lOO Ppm the counter of the First National Hjfank. Martin Nessler was in the bank Ipreparing his deposit and had $1,120 in gold, silver and bills piled up in front of prim. He was accosted by a man who bad his arm done up in a sling and requested to make out a deposit slip for [Walter Waliber. Nessler turned from Iris own pile of money and started to Intake out the deposit slip for the injured : snan. As he did so a confederate who stood- near reached and grabbed at Nessler’s money. Barrett was captured. His Confederates made good their escape, but secured only S7B. ' RACE FOR THE PENNANT. Standing of the Clubs in the National and Western Leagues. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: 'W. L. W. L. Brooklyn ...74 35 Chicago 57 56 Boston 68 42 Pittsburg ...55 57 Philadelphia 70 44 Louisville ...49 61 gjWtimore ..65 43 New York.. .49 61 plhcinnati . .61 49 Washington. 38 73 iL Louis... .64 52 Cleveland .. .19 96 I Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: |a;- W. L. w. L. Indianapolis 67 39 St. Panl 52 59 Detroit 56 53 Kansas City. .45 64 jGrand Rap.. 56 55 Buffalo 45 66 INFERNAL MACHINE RECEIVED.

| Judge Power* of Utah Get* a Box of Dynamite by i-xpress. | At Salt Lake, Utah. Judge Orlando W. I Powers, formerly of Michigan, the leadII jug criminal lawyer of the West, receivp by express a box containing about five I pounds of dynamite and giant powder. I The box was so arranged with matches, i>jlandpaper and caps that if an attempt f bad been made to open it in the ordinary way a terrific explosion and death to those near would have been the inevitaI ble result. The judge did not open it, but liJianded it tb the police, who discovered r its nature. | Wed Beside Rasing Torrent. | Near Perry, Ok., John S. Perry, a ; cowboy, and Miss Emma Moyer were wedded while standing on one side of a ewollen stream while Rev. Mr. Carlock, I who performed the wedding ceremony, Stood fifty yards away on the opposite jside of the stream. The clergyman could | pot get across the stream to the bride’s, home, the place appointed for the marriage. gjj Dying Man Confesses Perjury. ' Thomas Padgett, formerly of Duluth, but now of Minneapolis, who was the t principal witness in the suit brought by R Ella Mendenhall against Luther Mendent hall, president of the Duluth Street Railt way Company, for divorce, announces ■ that he committed perjury. He is dying ; of cancer. Dog’s Bite Kills a Woman. I Mrs. H. T. Concannon, aged GO years, • a well-known and wealthy woman of v Leavenworth, Kan., died with all the |/ symptoms of hydrophobia and convulsions. Mrs. Concannon was bitten by a pet dog nine weeks before. fe y Fouth Dakota’s Growing Wealth. Final figures furnished by the State Auditor give the assessed valuation of South Dakota at $158,722,701, an increase of $40,142,208 over last year. In y the total abont $13,000,000 is corporate K property. fife Die in a Convent Fire. |H St. Anne’s convent at Sparkill. X. Y., |flrss. destroyed by fire, and a number of ifpersono, mostly cbildren, were burned to p death. There were upward of 500 oceuy pants in the building when the fire broke Chicago Coliseum Collapses. 1 The iron framework of the new ColiKum in process of erection in Chicago ; collapsed, burying many workmen in the iyy'nins. Nine men were killed, nine were If Injured and five reported missing. Old Clay Mansion in Ashes. The historic old Clay mansion, near / Paris, Ky., was destroyed by fire. All the contents, including numerous pieces -.v of valuable bric-a-brac, were destroyed. Fnnston Will Quit the Army. S A letter received from Lieut. C. G. 5 Warner of Fort Scott, Kan., who is aid ija fen. Fred Funston’s staff, states that Fututcn is in Manila awaiting orders to Ijlail for home with the Twentieth KanRi** regiment. The letter states that FunWill retire from army life Wa* a Descendant of Colnmbus. ;A The only direct descendant of Columpbusin America—Mrs. Mary Harriet Pinson—died at Sandusky, Ohio. She IlHiil year* of Age. Her maiden ’junu* v ploiuua.

810 COMBINE IN VIEW. Flan to Unite Dry Goods Stores Under One Management. Arrangements are maturing in New York for the organization of a $50,000,SOO dry goods corporation to control and operate dry goods and department stores throughout the country. The Mercantile Reorganization Company has been incorporated in Trenton, N. J., as a preliminary to creating the big corporation, Men weir known in the dry goods trade have been working on the plan for six months, and, it is said, have interested financiers who will back the enterprise. It is expected that the corporation will be launched in time for the fall trade. The parent store will be in New York as the base of supplies for the branch stores. Expenses of traveling salesmen will be eliminated, and the promoters of the enterprise believe their system will avert the evil of bad debts. It is proposed to control the output of certain mills, and all purchases will be made in immense quantities. WHITE CAPS WHIP POSTMASTER. Florida Man Is Beaten Because He Employed a Negro Clerk. Editor W. C. Crum of the Florida Republican was beaten by whitecaps at Pack Suburbs, Fla., where he is postmaster. Some weeks ago he appointed a colored assistant and a mob made the negro give up the office. Crum was going from the office to his house when he was halted by fifteen masked men armed with guns. They took him from his horse, tied his hands and feet and stripped him. He was then beaten on the back until the flesh was deeply cut. His face and shoulders were badly bruised by kicks administered by the assailants. They threatened to kill him if he ever placed a negro in office again. Carbolic acid was applied to the wounds and he was allowed to go. Mr. Crum closed the office and his resignation has been accepted. MISTAKE CAUSED TUFT’S DEATH. Lake Shore Engineer Thought Switch Waa Open and Jumped. Simon Tuft of Cleveland, a Lake Shore engineer, was killed by jumping from his cab while the engine was running at a high rate of speed. Tuft was the engineer on a fast west-bound freight. When at Milbury Junction, near Toledo, Tuft saw a light ahead which led him to believe that a derailing switch was open. He hurriedly reversed the engine and did everything possible to bring the train to a stop. Then he jumped and was instantly killed. The man In the switch tower saw the train coming and turned the switch just in time to allow the train to pass safely on the main track. RETURN OEVKLONDIKERS. Two Hundred, Including Cy Wurman, Come Back on Humboldt. The Humboldt has arrived at Seattle from Alaska with about 200 Klondikers. J. O. Hestwood of Seattle brought down 500 pounds of gold dust, one-third of the clean-up of mines owned by an Eastern syndicate of which Mr. Hestwood is manager. Among the Humboldt’s passengers was Cy Warman, the author, who has been in Alaska gathering material for sketches. Wreck at Circleviile, Ohio. A Circleviile (O.) dispatch tells of a serious wreck on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley road by which five persons were seriously injured. The east-bound passenger train, belated, was running at a high rate of speed in the edge of the city when a misplaced switch turned it into a siding on which stood a locomotive. The two engines were wrecked. Vault Door Is Smashed In. An unusual scene occurred in the city hall at Kansas City when, at the instigation of the board of election commissioners recently appointed by Gov. Stephens, a locksmith smashed in the door of the vault containing the records of the office and ballot boxes of the city. Former Election Commissioner J. H. Harris had refused to surrender the key of the vault. Fatal Boiler Explosion. A boiler exploded at the Ahwiekert Planing Mill at Appleton, Wis., killing two men and seriously injuring eight others. The entire factory was wrecked and windows in the vicinity were broken by the concussion. The end of the boiler was carried through the engine-room roof and fell 100 feet distant. The loss is estimated at $50,560. Boers Order Cartridges. A firm of Birmingham, England, has received an order for 14,000,000 Mauser cartridges for urgent delivery to South Africa. Secrecy is being observed as to the exact destination of the cartridges, but it is said that the Boers alone use Mauser rifles in that territory. Senator Mason's Nephew Dead. Clayton C. Mason, a nephew of Senator Mason of Illinois, died at Washington from an overdose of morphine taken hypodermically, presumably to ease pain due to kidney trouble from which he had suffered for some time. Mr. Mason was an employe at the capitol. Live !■ tock Record Broken. All Kansas City cattle records were broken the other day, when the receipts at the stock yards were 18,300 head, or 265 head more than on Sept. 20, 1898, when the previous record was established. Two Killed by Electricity. Two negroes were killed outright, two were painfully burned and shocked, and eighteen others severely shocked while engaged in the reconstruction of the St. Cftiarles avenue electric car line in New Orleans. , Tragic End to Love Affair. The bodies of John Lauda uer, a cigarmaker, aged 25, and Josephine Engel, aged 15, were found in a lot at River avenue and 115th street, New York. Both had been shot through the heart. In Landauer’s right hand was a revolver. To Fight the Beef Tract. Owing to the increasing price of meat and the falling off of trade in consequence the St. Louis butchers are organizing to fight the so-called beef trust, which, they say, is responsible for the higher prices. , ’ Earthquake Felt at Concord. At 4:30 o'clock the other morning an earthquake was distinctly felt in Concord, N.- H. So great was the shock that people all over the city were awakened. The disturbance seemed to pass from southeast to northwest. - •