Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1899 — WHEAT FROM SIBERIA [ARTICLE]

WHEAT FROM SIBERIA

ANTICIPATED RIVAL FOR AMERICAN GRAIN. Foil and Climate Said to Be Perfectly Fnited to Its Successful .cultivation The Touching Story of a Returned Klondike Gold Seeker. American farmers are to have competition from a new quarter in the wheat market of the world. Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz, in a report to the State Department at Washington, gives interesting details of the agricultural possibilities of Asiatic Russia—a vast region which is being brought into touch with the European market by the Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Mr. Monaghan says that this vast territory is destined to be one of the world’s richest and most productive sections. It is particularly well adapted to the growing of wheat and other cereals, and, since the building of the Trans-Siberian road, wheat from this region has already found its way to the European market. At present the resources of this region are largely undeveloped and must remain so for many years, as the population is as yet very sparse, there being fewer than one inhabitant to each square mile. Immigration from European Russia is setting in, however, and 400,000 persons entered the region last year. FUNDS FOR EXTENSION GONE. Rural Mail Delivery’s Spread Stopped Pending New Appropriations. Citizens of many sections will be disappointed to learn that the appropriation available for the extension of the rural free delivery service has been exhausted and that the Postoffice Department has issued notice that the service cannot be further extended until Congress has made a new allowance. July 1 $300,000 became available for the service, one-half being Set apart for ths maintenance of the service then in existence. Of the $150,000 left for the extension of the service SIB,OOO remains, and this will be retained for emergencies. THREE MEN KILLED IN WRECK. Freight train Crashes Through a Bridge <>a Missouri Pacific. About 5 o’clock on a recent afternoon an accident occurred on' the Missouri Pacific eight miles south of Nebraska City, Neb., resulting in the loss of three lives and the destruction of twenty freight cars and an engine. Train No. 124, a freight, ran into a bridge which was on fire and it gave way. The engine, with Engineer Gilian; his fireman, name unknown, and Head Brakeman Foster, went into the ditch and some twenty cars piled- upon them. The wreck took fire and, a strong wind prevailing, it was soon a blazing mass. The men Were burned to death. FORGETS HOME AND NAME. Aged Prospector from Alaska Is in a rad Predicament. Among the many prospectors that have returned from Alaska this season is an old man, now in Seattle, who cannot tell who he is or where he came from. There is a clot of blood on his brain, due to typhoid fever, which has caused a paralysis of speech. The only words he can utter are an indistinct yes or no. By the aid of a map it was learned he came from Cambridge, Mass. A man who accompanied him from Dawson says his name is something like “Fisk.” Efforts are being made to establish the man’s identity. His limbs are also paralyzed. To Build a Mexican Railway. Charles Patil McKie, representing a syndicate of New Y’ork capitalists, is negotiating with the Mexican Government for the construction of the Chiapas Railway, 274 miles long, including all its branches. The road, which will run from San Geronimo, on the Tehauntepec Railway, to the Guatemalan frontier, penetrates a very rich tropical country. It will cost $4,000,000 in gold. Appalling (rime of a Mother. As a result of domestic difficulty, Mrs. Earne Phillips of Scotia, Neb., forced her two children, aged 1 and 2 years, to take carbolic acid and then swallowed a dose of the poison herself. The husband found all three lying upon the floor dead when he returned from the field, where he had been at work. Explosion Near Lima, Ohio. A nitroglycerin magazine of the Hercules Torpedo Company, three miles southwest of Lima, Ohio, exploded. The building was blown to atoms. One man was found some distance away in the woods, unconscious. It is not known what caused the explosion. Fire in Lincoln, Neb. Fire started at Lincoln, Neb., in the Jacob North printing house, a three-story building, containing an immense amount of printing machinery and the home of many publications. The North building was completely destroyed. Women Killed in a Wreck. A north-bound passenger train on the Southern Pacific Railroad ran into the rear end of the Porterville accommodation train at Formosa, Cal. Three women were killed and three men seriously hurt. Three Murdered by Robbers. Mrs. Jane Barber and her two sons, Wiley and Levi, were murdered by unknown robbers in a cross-roads store in Otastoke County, Texas. A sack containing SIOO in silver was secured by the robberte. Killed During a Panic. ■ Advices from Kalisch, in Russian Poland, say that thirty-two persons were crushed to death in a panic in a synagogue there, caused by the upsetting of a lamp. The victims were all women and children. Many others were injured. Negro Preacher la Murdered. At Thomson, Ga., H. B. Battle, a negro preacher, was killed by air unknown white man. Battle had preached a strong sermon against lynching. Reason’s First Hard Frost. The first frost of the season damaged corn, late potatoes, buckwheat and tender vegetables in sections of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Lone Bandit Robs a Stage. The Calistega and Lakeport stage was held up near Napa, Cal., by a solitary highwayman, who made off with the express box.

GIRL RESCUED THREE WOMEN; The Daughter of a Lighthouse-Keeper Faves Bathers. Miss Vertie Griggs, 17 years of age, a daughter of thq lighthouse keeper at Cape Henry, Va., is a real heroine. She saved the other day three other young women from drowning. The rescued are Rosa Freeland. Nina Russell and Priscilla Russell, all of Virginia. The young life-saver herself had a narrow escape. The rescues were made in plain sight of the Cape Henry life-saving station. At this point is a shelving beach. The young women were not aware of the sudden and sharp declivity and each stepped beyond her depth. All were at once carried seaward. As if by a miracle a heavy swell cast Miss Griggs, upon a shoal, where she regained her footing. She is an excellent swimmer, and she daringly made her way through the big waves, and one by one brought her companions ashore. There was no one to help her to resuscitate them, and she saw that it needed quick action to do this. It required much hard work before she succeeded. LIVE STOCK COMBINE A GO. Promoter Claims Hie Efforts Have Met with Success. “The live stock combination is practically assured.” So said George B. Loving of Fort Worth, Texas, after a conference with prominent New York and Boston capitalists. “At last I see that success is to attend my efforts,” said Mr. Loving just before his departure for Chicago. “1 shall return to New York after the Dewey day bustle has subsided and complete the organization of the combination. It will have a capital of not less than $30,000,000 and will take in about all the ranches and live stock in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Thirtyfive additional ranch owners have given us options which have not yet been considered.” KILLED ON GRADE CROSSING. Four Persons Meet Sudden Death East of Logansport, Ind. The west-bound Panhandle passenger train No. 41 struck a carriage east of Logansport, Ind., instantly killing the four occupants. Mrs. Harrison McVety and her two daughters, aged 16 and 18, respectively, and her son, aged 12. The train was running forty miles an hour and the victims were thrown twenty feet in the air and terribly mangled. Engineer John Manes and Conductor James Kinney were in charge of the train. Sleeping: Car I-urns on a Run. The rear sleeper on a through Wabash express from New York to Chicago was discovered to be ou fire when about four miles from Montpelier, Ohio. The passengers were quickly bundled into forward cars. The crew was unable to extinguish the flames, so the car was cut off. It was burned to the tracks. Philadelphia Plant Destroyed. The Richardson & Ross Asphalt Block and Tile Works at Philadelphia was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of SIOO,000. The blaze was caused by the boiling over of crude oil and asphalt. Albert E. Lewis, a fireman, was severely injured by falling girder. Scientific Expedition Back. An expedition of four University of California professors has just returned from Alaska. The expedition was undertaken to explore the coast of Bering Sea wijji a view to studying the botany of these regions. A large number of specimens was secured. * Two Killed, Two Injured. Two men were killed and two injured in a collision on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad near Baird station, Pa., between the pay train and a freight train. The accident was caused by a misunderstanding of orders. North Dakota Bank Robbed. At 3:30 o’clock the other morning the safe of the bank at Davenport, N. D., was blown open by burglars and S2OO in silver and a number of valuable papers taken. For an Antarctic Expedition. The British Association for the Advancement of Science has granted £l,000 toward the expenses of an antarctic expedition. Custodian Held for Forgery. Malcom T. MacAuley, formerly bookkeeper for the American Exchange Bank of Duluth, Minn., has been indicted by the grand jury for forgery. Cornelius Vanderbilt Is Dead. Cornelius Vanderbilt is dead at New York. Death was caused by a stroke of paralysis, the second which he suffered.