Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1899 — LAURADA IS A WRECK [ARTICLE]

LAURADA IS A WRECK

MSfcs IN SHALLOW WATER IN ■ Hf ZAPADINE BAY. Forty-eight Officers and Men, KRnrenty Passengers, Fnll Carso, and H feWao Bound for Alaska- Dedication of I Slntheran Seminary, Hamline, Minn. I EThe United States revenue cutter Cor■■in, which has reached Seattle, brought ■Survivors of the steamship Laurada, ■Which lies a wreck in Zapadine Bay. St. ■gkeorge Island. The Laurada, Captain ■Frank White, left Seattle for Cape Nome ■With a crew of forty-eight officers and ■ngn and twenty passengers. She carried Ea fnll cargo of general merchandise, hay, ■amber, cattle and sheep. The Laurada ■Encountered rough weather from the Hwart and she sprung a leak. She was ■ ran into the shallow waters of Zapadine B|lAy, where her crew, passengers and were landed and housed in several ■abandoned cabins. The Corwin, attractJEd by signals, took aboard the crew and Messengers, taking some to Dutch Harbor jptnd bringing the remainder to Seattle. and Missionary Alliance Se- ■ ; cares Big Pledges in Gotham. g EP ne thousand dollars a minute for Ejfofty-six minutes is a pretty good record ■even for a professional raiser of money «like Prof. A. B. Simpson of the Chris■gtian and Missionary Alliance, yet that is ■What Mr. Simpson said that he accom®sjplished at the morning meeting in Car- ■ negie Hall, New York, in behalf of the al■tttnee. Besides the $56,000 mentioned KMr. Simpson read promises of SIOO,OOO Kand one earnest and emotional person in ■Mhe audience, not having money enough ■■nth him to use as an offering, passed a Egold watch up to the platform. SOUTHER SEMINARY DEDICATED. Services Are Held at Ham- ■ line, Minn. I seminary at Hamline, midway ■Between Minneapolis and St. Paul, was ■dedicated in the presence of 4,000 perHpnns. The dedicatory sermon was preach■ed by ’Rev. V. Koren, general president the synod. Dinner was served by the iHpdies’ societies. The afternoon sermon IKiwas by Prof. Joseph Ylvisake' of the lEemiuary. The sum of $58,000 has been |»- ttpended on the seminary and everyf'lßhing is furnished with the exception of || the chapel. I Bcaptain slain and cut up. IfMurder for Robbery by a Stranger I i Suspected on an Oyster Sloop. I R The little oyster sloop Dream, on lire, | Birifted into Rock creek, Md., bearing evi- | Otences that a murder had been commitI K on deck, where the dismembered porIH tions of a man's body, supposed to be jlffliat of Captain Oliver Caulk, her owner II and commander, were found. A colored |l|' jeck hand, Frank Collier, is missing. The are searching for a stranger whom i K the Dream started to take to St. MiLrhaels. Captain Clark had S3OO when r the vessel sailed from Baltimore. Big Fire Loss in Chicago. Fire in the six-story building at 130 g- io 136 West Washington street, Chicago, Kfntailed a loss of $125,000 and imperiled [ the lives of several firemen. Two truck K Wmpanies were on the roof fighting the I itubborn blaze when a warning shout E'that the roof was swaying apprised the t- ire fighters of their danger. A rush for L the ladders followed, and as the last man B lining from .the ladder the roof caved in. ft Race for the Pennant, g The standing of the clubs in the Natfonal League race is as follows: J W. L. W. L K Brooklyn .. 101 47 Pittsburg ... 76 73 I Boston 95 57 Chicago 75 73 F Baltimore ..86 62 New York.. .60 90 eSt. L0ui5....84 .67 Washington. 54 98 I Cincinnati . .83 67 Cleveland .. .20 134 Fatally Stabbed by His Son. John Helfrich of Larwill. Ind., died f from the effects of stab wounds inflicted tby an angry son. The father had punRjihed the son and the boy drew an ord'f nary pocketknife and stabbed the father times. He then fled. Tornado Wrecks Farmhouse. r A tornado struck the dwelling of P. ■Brandron, four miles southwest of MurL dock, Minn., demolishing it entirely. Mrs. [Handron and five children when they saw [ the storm coming took refuge in the celI lar and escaped with but little injury. Boy’s School Burned. [ St. Mary’s training school, a reformaEl'tory institution for boys at Feehanville, I DI., was destroyed by fire and its 400 intimates scattered over the county. The | loss on buildings is estimated at $150,000. Lives Lost in Burning Steamer. The Bridgeport Line steamer Nutmeg [ State was burned in Long Island sound, | off Sands point, Long Island, and ten perfcaona were burned to death or drowned. Drowned in Lake Huron. ' The steamer W. P. Ketcham ran down £.the ..little schooner Typo in Lake Huron. BCbe Typo was instantly sunk and four of ■the crew were drowned. Won by Columbia. The first of the series of races for the ; America’s cup was sailed in New York, lithe Columbia winning by ten minutes .7 and eight seconds. Wttkmen Injured by Explosion. , An explosion at the Riverside iron and pitteel works, Wheeling, W. Va., burned ■Safi crushed a number of workmen. | Rival for the Wire Combine. ? The Union Steel Company, with a capiMal Of $1,000,000, which will probably be to $10,000,000 next spring, has B%een formed by Pittsburg capitalists for Ithe purpose of competing with the Ameri- ; Hiil Btee! and Wire Company, known as wire combine.- ' 1 " 1 Dead and Three Injured. rear-end collision occurred near - Canyon station, Wyo., on rhe

MASTIN CASE ENDED. Federal Court Finally Disposes of Kansas City Litigation. By a decree in the Federal court at Kansas City, the noted Mastin case, which has dragged along in the Federal court for five years, was ended. The two Mastin brothers, in partnership in the banking firm of John J. Mastin & Co., failed in 1878, catching many workingmen and women. In 1890 John J. Mastin died, and his wife, Julia, became the sole owner of the estate. In 1894 she brought suit against her brother-in-law, Thomas H. Mastin, for a settlement of the estate, claiming that be was using her property improperly. In July, 1894, a receiver for the estate was appointed, the claims against the estate at that time aggregating $1,200,000. The present decree dissolving the partnership and ending the receivership, orders Thomas H. Mastin to pay Julia Mastin $31,099, and divides the estate of John J. Mastin equally between them. This estate, valued at several millions, consists of a vast amount of real estate in Kansas City and vicinity and mining claims in Gunnison County, Colorado. LASSOES A SCREW. Physician’s Clever Plan for Getting It Out of a Child’s Stomach. Twenty yards of raw silk saved the life of a little Brooklyn, N. Y., child. Dr. George D. Barney used the strands to lasso a large screw that the little patient had swallowed. When the physician Was called in haste to the house and discovered the serious nature of the case he was at first nonplussed. “If the screw reaches the intestines it will surely kill the child,’’ he said. Upon a table he happened to notice a hank of raw silk and it gave him an inspiration. “Bread and milk, quick," he cried, and as soon as the food was brought, he made a mush in which he placed the silk. After carefully mixing silk, bread and milk, he made the little sufferer swallow it, being careful to hold one end of the thread. After the meal had been in the child’s stomach for about ten minutes, Dr Barney pulled out the silk and the deadly screw came with it.

TRY TO BURN WAR SUPPLIES. Material at Toronto, Intended for the Transvaal, bet on Fire. At Toronto, Ont., an attempt was made to burn the war material which the Government has all ready for serving out to the Toronto, London and Hamilton Transvaal contingent. At the time stated an officer and a private on their rounds found part of the woodwork of the storeroom of the fort on fire and with the help of the fire brigade extinguished the flames before serioas damage was done. It was then discovered that waste and rags saturated with oil had been placed close to the woodwork and set on fire. The woodwork was also well oiled. MINISTER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. Ohio Pastor Commits Suicide After Entertaining Hia Congresatioa. Rev. W. L. Woodward, one of the most prominent ministers of Disciple Church in northwestern Ohio, committed suicide at his home in Oak Harbor by shooting himself through the heart. He had invited a number of his congregation to spend the evening with him. The last of the guests scarcely had reached the gate to go home before a 'pistol shot rang out. The minister was found prostrate on the floor with a bullet hole through his breast Deserter Given Up by Father. At Denver, Emile Poly, 25 years old, has been arrested as a deserted on information given by his father, Adolph Poly, who became jealous of his son’s relations with Maud Bradley, a French-Canadian girl. Young Poly enlisted in the Thirteenth United States regulars in New York and served in the Santiago campaign. He deserted at Honolulu en route to the Philippines. Noonday Burglary in Rock Island. While Secretary T. J. Medill was at luncheon cracksmen entered the office of the Blackhawk Building and Loan Association in Rock Island, 111., blew open the safe with nitroglycerin and carried off the strong box, with its contents —jewelry valued at SSOO and SSO in money. The box and $29 of the money were found later on the shore of the Mississippi river. The robbers escaped. Bank Robbery at Reynolds, Ind. At Reynolds, Ind., the bank was robbed of $9,000 and wrecked by an explosion. Several citizens were aroused by the sound of the explosion, and President J. C. Van Atta and Cashier Dehling, with a number of others, reached the building in time to see four men run to two buggies and dash away with the horses in full gallop. Cartoon Causes Street DueL A desperate street duel was fought at New Orleans between Dominick O’Malley, proprietor of the Evening Item, and C. Harrison Parker, editor of the Delta. Both were seriously, if not fatally, wounded. The trouble originated over a cartoon in the Item representing Colonel Parker as a little dog led by a string by Gov. Foster and labeled “Me Too.” Highwayman Murders His Victim. Ex-City Treasurer C. L. Funk was shot and killed by a highwayman on El Paso avenue, Pueblo, Colo., when going to the depot to take a train for Cripple Creek, where he was engaged in mining. His pocketbook was taken, but it contained only a small amount of money. Mr. Funk was 38 years old. Austria Has a Telegrams from Linz, capital of Upper Austria, on the Danube, report that the inhabitants of that district are in a state of terror, owing to a series of “Jack-the-Ripper” murders. The fifth occurred recently, the victim being a woman 50 years of age. Four Are Killed by a Train. Frederick George and his three little daughters, Lena, aged 6 years; Maggie, aged 4, and Frieda, aged 2, were instantly killed at Riverside, N. J., by an express train on the Pennsylvania railroad. They were crossing the track in a wagon. Sick Man Leapa to Death. Alfred Hayes, a patient at the People’s hospital in Chicago, became delirious and leaped through a second-story window to the gronnd, twenty-five feet. His injuries were so severe that he died a few minutes later. . Chicagoan Kills Himself in Duluth. Joe Goldberg, son of Solomon Goldberg, a wealthy Jew of Chicago, committed suicide at Duluth, Minn., by shooting. He was 21 years old and manager of the