Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1899 — BASIS TO WORK FROM. [ARTICLE]

BASIS TO WORK FROM.

PROGRESS IN ALASKAN BOUNDARY CASE. Temporary Arrangement of the Dispute Is Made by Establishment of a Line at Suggestion of Americans— Mistakes a Hunter for a Deer. Sir Louis Henry Davies, Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, says that he has given Canada’s consent to a temporary arrangement of the Alaskan dispute. This has practically settled the whole matter for the time being, as the main features of the arrangement were originally suggested by the United States. Col. John Hay, the American Secretary of State, will sign the last papers within a few days, and Reginald Tower, British charge d’affaires in Washington, will ratify on behalf of Great Britain. Sir Louis Davies said: “The terms agreed upon are simply a line drawn across Chilkat pass, deliminated by the river and mountain top. It has absolutely no significance except that we hope thereby to avert local friction. Of course an arrival at even a temporary agreement is satisfactory. So far as the original contention is concerned, we are just as misty as ever. I see no signs of reaching an immediate settlement.” BIG DEAL IN COAL LANDS. Four Thousand Acres on Monongahela River Changes Hands. The Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company has closed a deal for the purchase of the immense tract of coal belonging to the New York end Cleveland Gas Coal Company at Charleroi, Pa., for $1,000,600 cash. The money has been paid into the Union Trust Company, and the river combine is now' in possession. The tract contains about 4,000 acres, and is one of the largest bodies of coal on the Monongahela river. It has been under option for some time to the Monongahela company and also to the Pittsburg Coal Company, the rail coal combine. It is probable the tract will be opened up next spring by the river combine on a large scale. PREVENTS ESCAPE FROM JAIL. Daughter of Jailer in Mason Kentucky, Defeats a Plot. Miss Bettie Mcllvain, daughter of Jailer Mcllvain of Mason County, Ky., frustrated an attempt to escape from the Mason County jail. Miss Mcllvain held the heavy iron entrance door against the prisoners who were trying to force their way out. Charles Shotwell, a desperate prisoner, slashed her with a case knife, but she bravely held the door until Deputy Jailer Slack secured his pistol and fired, driving the prisoners back. Several iron bars had been sawed in two, and knives and heavy pieces of iron for weapons had been provided, ready to make a desperate fight for liberty.

HUNTER SHOT BY HIS GUIDE. Representative J. B. Dnmond of Boston is Almost Instantly Killed. Representative J. B. Dumond of Boston, Mass., was shot and killed at Messer pond, twenty-three miles inland from Bangor, Me., by his guide, William Hobbs. He was mistaken for a deer. The bullet passed through his abdomen and the victim lived only half an hour. He exonerated the guide from all blame in his dying statement to Senator Charles H. Innes and Representative Franz Hugo Krebs of Boston, who accompanied him on the hunting trip. Hobbs is an old guide and bore the reputation of being thoroughly reliable and competent. Mi-. Dumond had hunted annually for nine years in his company. BANK ROBBERS IN MISSOURI. Safe Blown Open at Schell City and $3,500 Taken—Thieves Escape. Burglars entered the Farmers’ Bank at Schell City, Mo., blew open the safe and secured $3,500 in bash, with which they escaped. About la. m. the town watchman was captured on the street by armed men and a bag was thrown over the man’s head to stifle his cries. The burglars, of whom there were several, then broke into the bank, blew off the door of the safe and took the money. The bank will lose nothing, as it held a policy in a burglar insurance company covering the amount taken. Frij{htfnl Boss of Life. A dispatch from Batavia, capital of the Netherlands Indies, Java, says that a violent earthquake has visited the south side of the island of Ceram, next to the largest of the Moluccas, between Boorda and Papua, completely destroying the town of Amhei and killing, it is estimated, at least 4,000 persons as well as injuring more than 500 others. Killed His Brother’s Assailant. At Mountain Grove, Mo., David Branson emptied his six-shooter into Henry Holt, killing him instantly. Holt had quarreled with Branson’s brother, a cripple, and was slashing him with a knife when David stepped off a train and interfered. Caramel Factory Destroyed. Fire started on the fifth floor of the six-story brick building at 18 Desbrosses street, New York, and soon the whole building was ablaze. The fire destroyed the Dexter-Frane caramel factory on the fifth floor, then worked up into hundreds of bags of cork on the sixth floor. Slays His Wife’s Father. At Plainville, Ind., William D. Killion, a prosperous farmer, shot and killed his wife’s father, Walter Buckley. Killion is alleged to have mistreated his wife and the father upbraided him for it. In a fit of anger Killion drew a pistol and shot the old man four times. Silk Mills Burned. Fire destroyed the three-story frame building in Newton, L. 1., owned and occupied by the Equitable Silk Mills, and stock and machinery was damaged $30,000 and the building $15,000. Explosion Kills Fonr Men. A threshing engine belonging to Peter Anderson, twelve miles southeast of Britton, S. D., blew up, killing four men and seriously injuring one mote. Low water is supposed to be the cause. I Bridge Jumper Hurt. James Brady, a bridge jumper of Pittaburg, traveling with a wild west show, was injured in making a high dive at B t. h n L

FLAMES IN MILL VALLE Y.' California Summer Visitors Forced to Flee for Their Lives. A fire believed to have been of incendiary origin has done great damage in Mill Valley and the adjoining country about the base of Mount Tamalpais, Cat The town of Mill Valley was for hours in imminent danger, and many summer visitors fled to places of temporary safety. Corte Madera Gulch, Boyle Canyon, Blithdale Canyon and the Cascades were denuded of their majestic pines and redwoods, which the flames swept away like so much dry grass. Owl’s Nest, the residence of George T. Marsh, was destroyed. There were many narrow escapes and over a dozen persons were severely scorched by the flames. Over 640 acres were burned over, several small buildings were destroyed and many beautiful residences narrowly escaped destruction. A conservative estimate of the loss places it at $130,000, though some claim that it may reach $500,000. GREAT PATENT SUIT. California Inventor Claims Royalty from Electric Companies. The San Francisco Call says that a bill of complaint will soon be filed in the United States Circuit Court there as the commencement of one of the most important suits ever tried in any court. Binson Bidwell, who claims to be the original inventor of the system by which all the electric roads of the country are operated, is the principal complainant. The Market Street Railroad Company of San Francisco, the Thomson-Houston Electric Company of Connecticut and the General Electric of New York are made defendants, and similar suits will be commenced in several States. Bidwell charges that the defendant corporation, as well as others, has made immense profits out of his inventions, and the suits in quest ! on are based upon infringement of his patents. He prays for a royalty of 40 per cent on the net profits. SWALLOWED A BIG PIN. Child Hurried to ’t. Louis with a Safety Pin in Its Throat. The 1%-year-old child of James Gray of California, Mo., was taken to St. Louis by its parents after it had swallowed an'open safety pin, which lodged in its throat. While the frightened parents were comforting it on the train the big pin went down. The little one was apparently without a pain, and the parents decided to await the development of evil symptoms before consenting to an operation. Aetna Powder Mills Blown Up. ■With a detonation that was felt ia towns manj miles distant two of the powder mills of the Aetna company’s works near Millei's, Ind., blew up. Two men who were supposed to have been in the structures —known as the tankhouse and the mixhouse—are missing, but so far as known there were no other fatalities. Fire in Kansas City. The C. J. Baker Tent and Awning Company’s establishment in Kansas City burned. Loss $60,000, with $40,000 insurance. The building, owned by J. A. A. Bullen of Chicago and valued at $22,000, was totally destroyed, fully covered by insurance. Boy Kills His Sister. While playing with a shotgun, the 11-year-old son of C. B. Johnson, who lives two miles west of Columbia, Mo., shot and killed his little sister, aged 8. The head of the child was blown almost completely from her shoulders. Carnegie Increases His Gift. Word has been received from Andrew Carnegie that he would give $50,000 more toward the erection and equipment of a library for Washington city, making the total amount of his gift to the city $350,000. Fjarid Bey Assassinated. Djarid Bey, son of Khalil Rifkat Pasha, the Grand Vizier, was assassinated on the Galatea bridge at Constantinople by an Albanian, who fired four shots from a revolver. The murderer was arrested. Two Women Seek Death Together. Madge Davenport, 21 years old, and Mamie White, 22 years old, drank carbolic acid in McGuirk’s Bowery dancing halj, New York. Both women are dead. Mayor Taggart Is Re-elected. At Indianapolis Mayor Taggart ahd the entire Democratic city ticket were elected by from 600 to 1,000 majority. War Declared by Boers. Formal declaration of war upon Great Britain has been made by the South African republic of the Transvaal. ,