Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1899 — IRON MILL WRECKED. [ARTICLE]

IRON MILL WRECKED.

BOILER EXPLOBION CAUSES RUIN AT PITTSBURG. Five Men Killed in Bar Miii of the Republic Iron Works —Seven Are In-jured-Parcel Post Treaties Desired by England and France. A boiler explosion at the Republic iron works on South Twenty-fourth street, Pittsburg, killed five men and seriously injured seven others. Fire which broke out following the explosion added to the horror. The mill was partly wrecked, and the entire plant was compelled to close down. The explosion occurred just as the night force 'was leaving, and the day force was coming on duty, so there were only a few men in the mill at the time. It occurred in the fourteen-inch department, and the concussion was terrific. Buildings were shaken a mile away, and dust tilled the air for two or three blocks. Immediately following the explosion the wreckage took fire, hut the flames were soon subdued by the fire department. When the boiler burst a section of it weighing four tons was blown through the roof and crashed into the a house. WANT PARCELS POST TREATY. France and England Desire nn Agreement with the United States. The recent success of the German minister. Von Munira, in negotiating a parcels post convention with this country is leading to inquiries from other Governments. It is understood France would weleome a similar parcels post treaty and that negotiations are likely to he opened at nn early day. The British Government likewise lias taken steps looking to a treaty on the same lines as Germany and a cablegram asking for information on several points has been received at the Postotltce Department from the British postoffiee, while the mails brought a request from Mr. Tower, the British charge, now at Newport, for a copy of the German convention. FIRE IN DOLD PACKING PLANT. Big Establishment at Kansas City Is Badly Damaged. Fire broke out in the big plant of the Jacob Dold Packing Company, which covers several acres of ground on the west river bottoms at Kansas City. The fire started in the fertilizing department, burned through the engine room aud into the lard room and the main plant. The entire plant was threatened. A large section of the plant was destroyed. The plant is valued at over $500,000, and it is estimated that $250,000,. damage was done. The water pressure in the vicinity of the fire was very low and the firemen were handicapped in their work. Boycott a New York Car Line. A boycott has been declared against the Rapid Transit Railroad Company by the allied labor unions of Greater New York. It is, said the boycott will never be lifted until the railroad company recognizes the Knights of Labor. Most of the unions impose a fine of $2 upon every member found riding on a car of the Rapid Transit system. Orders 500,000,000 Feet Pine An order for 500,000,000 feet of Southern yellow pine, the largest single order in the history of the lumber trade, for use in the construction of Cecil Rhodes’ proposed Cape-to-Cairo railroad in Africa, is said to have been given to twenty mills along several Texas and Louisiana railroads. Big Lake Freighter. What is said to be the largest packet freigTSft carrier on the lakes was launched at Buffalo. The new boat, to be called the Buffalo, is 403% feet long, 58 feet beam and 28 feet deep. She was built for the Western Transit Company at a cost of $350,000. Great Salmon Catch. The barkentine Gardiner City has arrived at San Francisco from Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, with 5,025 barrels of salmon. She and the barkentine Willie R. Hume report that the run of fish at Bristol Bay this season has never been exceeded in the past. Explosion at Copemish, Mich. The boiler in Chapman & Sargent’s bowl factory at Copemish, Mich., exploded, killing three men and fatally injuring four others. The building was totally wrecked, debris being scattered for eighty rods around. The loss to the factory will be $5,000. Find Georgia Negroes Gnilty. At Darien, Ga., the jury in the cases against Ben Dunham, James Willy, Marshal Dorsey, Louisa Underwood and Maria Curry, charged with rioting, returned a verdict of guilty. The jury was out only fifteen minutes. F mash Cars in Cleveland. Rioting broke out at Cleveland in connection with the strike on the lines of the Big Consolidated Railway, and four cars were nearly demolished, while the crews were compelled by a mob to flee for their lives. Aeronaut Is Killed. N. E. Crissy, 25 years old, an aeronaut of Johnstown, Pa., fell GOO feet to iustant death oa the Punxsutawney, Pa., fair grounds. The belt by which he was held broke before his parachute was spread, and he idiot like a stone to the ground. Ohio Town Suffers by Fire. A fire started at Tiro, Ohio, and the larger part of the town was destroyed. The fire departments from Tiffin, Ohio, and New Washington went in response to calls. The fire started from an explosion. Form a Cycle Trust. The American Bicycle Company, a union of many firms, with $40,000,000 capital, has been formed in New York. A. G. Spalding of Chicago is president of the new company. Five Children Drown While Bathing. Five children, four girls and one boy, the children of farmers living in Easton, were drowned at Black Rock, Conn., while sea bathing. Quarantine New Orleans. Mobile, Montgomery and other Southern cities have qnarantined against New Orleans, where yelloV; fever has made its appearance. j-j ;. Fix Hundred Livi* Are Lost. Sir hundred lives ha ye been lost by the flooding of a copper mine at Besshi, Japanese island of Shikoku!

j APACHES Bon war paint. Tow to Wreak Vengeance on the Znni Indians for Murder. A furious outbreak between the Apaches and the Zunis is looked for. The tribes have always been unrelenting enemies, and the Zunis have just murdered and shockingly mutilated an Apache buck, his squaw and pappoose. who had left their reservation near Camp Verde and were surprised in a lonely defile. A band of Apaches bought a large supply of ammunition and extra guns at Jerome, Ariz. The Zunis are of New Mexico and the Apaches of Arizona. - The 'fight thus renewed is likely to result in the practical extermination of one of the tribes. There are no soldiers within reach, and the settlers are not disposed to interfere. The Apache war party, after taking an oath of revenge on the dismembered bodies of their slain, started north toward the Zuni country. MYSTERY SURROUNDS A DEATH. Corpse of a Woman Found in Omaha with a Fractured Skull. The body of a young woman was found lying, face down in a pool of blood in the gutter at Omaha, Neb. Her hair was matted and bloody and thei-e was a gash in the hack of her head. Persons living in the neighborhood tell the detectives they were awakened about 11 o’clock the previous night by a woman’s screams and the clatter of horses’ hoofs on rhe pavement. Some of them went to windows and saw, galloping down the street at full speed, a large hay horse drawing a buggy containing a man and a woman. The man stood erect in the vehicle and lashed the horse. The woman clung to the man’s arm, screaming at the top of her voice. The dead woman has been identified as Lizzie McDonald, a .waitress. AMERICAN ROUTE TO ALASKA Postal Department to Investigate for an All-Rail System. James Fisch, chief clerk at large of the railway mail service, is on his way to Valdez, Alaska, to take up the matter of opening au all-American rail route from Valdez, by way of Eagle, to Circle City, Alaska. He will have the services of a detachment of United States troops now at Valdez to blaze a road over the route and build supply cabins. Big - trike Degun at Cramp’s. The labor troubles at the William Cramp & Sons’ ship and engine building works in Philadelphia came to a crisis when the machinists and blacksmiths decided to go out. This was at once met by the Cramps, who issued a notice saying the works would he closed for ten days. About 5,500 men are affected. Routed by the Yaquis. A company of volunteers went from Hermosillo, Mexico, to I’itaya to join Col. Peinado’s command and arrest the Yaquis who had destroyed telegraph lines to Potam. The troops met a hand of about eighty Yaquis and a short fight occurred, in which one soldier was killed and the Mexicans routed. • Will Fight the Match Trust. The American Match Machine Company has been incorporated at Trenton, N. J., with a capital of $1,000,000, for the purpose of building aud equipping match factories throughout the country. The American is to fight the Diamond Match Company. Minister Slain in a Fight. Rev. William Johnston, former pastor of the African Baptist Church of Maryville, Mo., and evangelist of the Colored Baptist Church of Kansas aud Missouri, was killed by Officer Johu Wallace while resisting an attempt to take him to jail. Evidence Is Not Sufficient. At Peru, Ind., Mrs. Edith Quick and brother-in-law, Henry Quick, were discharged at a preliminary trial on the charge of murder. At the close of the argument Justice Fulwiler declared the evidence was insufficient. Fire at Ballard, Wash. A fire at Ballard, Wash., destroyed the plant of the Bay Lumber aud Shingle Company, the public school building aud a small dwelling. The total loss is estimated at $60,000, of which $50,000 falls on the mill company. Yellow Fever in Oricaba. The marine hospital service has received cable advices announcing that the lower part of the town of Orizaba, Mexico, is now infected with yellow fever. There have been sixty-three deaths at Cordova. — McLean the Nominee. John R. McLean, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was nomiuated for Governor of Ohio by the Democratic convention at Zanesville. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,20 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 5Gc; buttir, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $£.75; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheop, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2,22 cto : 23c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, S3.OQ to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye. 58c to 59c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to 71c; com, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2,56 c to 57c; clover seed, new, $4.65 to $4.75. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 69c to 71c; corn. No. 3,31 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 1,54 cto 55c; barley. No. 2,41 cto 43c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice wethers, S3AO to $4.50; lambs, common to C *New t $6.50; h butter, creamery, 17c to 22c' Bfgs, Wc.i - i