Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1899 — NEW MILITARY PARK [ARTICLE]

NEW MILITARY PARK

Wan to preserve important §l., BATTLEFIELDS \ i a, Inmlectora Lay the Project Before the & Secretary of War at Washington— Sait as a Caneeqnence of a £ Bank bobbery at Lima, Ohio. The members of the Fredericksburg ||kntional park commission called on the Hpjjstetary of War at Washington to lay Mh(£pre bitn the plans of the commission otoc a memorial park which wiU include £ahe battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chan|?OriiorsviHe, Tebb’s Tavern and several other fields comprised in an area of gffWelve miles square on the south side of ppe Rappahannock. A bill is pending before Congress on this subjecL The committee, headed by Gen. King and Gen. Buggies, laid the plans before Secret ary H>ot to give Mm a fuller idea of the feasibility of the undertaking and to secure, If possible, his indorsement of the plan |i»fore the next Congress. The Secre|t(ury of War, without binding himself to SMUT positive action, promised to do what |p* could to further the wishes of the I BANK ROBBERY CAUSKB SUIT. for Damage* the Sexual to a Mysterious Crime at Lima, Ohio. Another suit for damages, the outgrowth of the sensational and mysterious robbery of the American National Bank on last Christmas eve, when over SIB,OOO was taken, was brought at Lima, Ohio, by Elijah Bowsher, janitor of the ImPk at the time, against N. L. Michaels, Vice-president of the bank, for $20,000. Bowsher claims the damages for injury to his reputation by Michaels declaring that he was the one who had the money and who robbed the bank. Bowsher bought a farm and paid part on it and Michael told a number of persons that be had no money to buy a farm with prior to the robbery. The basement of the bank, where Bowsher had his head|hnarters, was searched several times and ■detectives dogged his footsteps for months, but they could find nothing against him. 'Other suits will probably I; TWO ROBBERS GET $50,000. Package of Money Stolen from 8t Louis Street Railway Official, v Robert R. Jennings, secretary of the Broadway Cable Oar Company, was robbed of a package containing nearly $50,SjjjpD shortly after noon the other day While boarding a car at Washington avenue and Broadway, St Louis. He had Just drawn the money from the Boatman's Bank and was on his way to the office of the company. Two well-dressed paen boarded the car just before he did, blocking the way. They jumped off while in front of the Union market. Mr. Jen- ■ sings instantly discovered his loss, made «m effort to follow the strangers, but they had disappeared. Springfield, 111., Man Murdered. John Galt, proprietor of a dairy, was murdered in the rear of his home in West Gapitol avenue at Springfield, 111., by an unknown man, who made his escape immediately after the murder. Galt was shot twice with a revolver. After receiving the. wounds he staggered into the house and fell dead. The murdered man had no known enemies and no cause for the murder can be found by the police. ';T Attempt to Rob a Saloon. | Two masked men entered Russell & Higbie’s saloon at Dead-wood, S. D., and attempted to rob the place. Mr. Russell grappled with one of the robbers, and a man who was in the place succeeded in getting out during the melee and giving the alarm. The robbers fled, having secured only SB. Wreck at Carbon, Pa. ' Vestibuled train No. 6, on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad, from Chicago to New York, was wrecked at Carbon, Pa. Fireman George HoHiday was killed and Engineer George Cupps and the baggagemaster were slightly hurt. None of the passengers was injured. Heavy engine caused the rails to spread. Indian Land Title Ruling. The United States Supreme Court has decided that by the customs of the Chippewa tribe of Indians the eldest son of a chief succeeded to his father’6 title and to the possession of the property held by him. The decision, it is said, will control the possession of large tracts of land in the Northwest held by Indian titles. Five Killed in Mexican Mine. A cave-in occurred in the San Pablo mine, situated a short distance west of Gavilanes, Mexico, and caused the death of five miners. Ten other workmen were badly injured. iv—lira. Langtry end Husband Part. : Mr*. Langtry and her latest husband. Hugo de Bathe, it is beiieved. have separated forever. The popular account of the'quarrel is to the effect that De Bathe was jealous. Fcotaman’a Captain I* Held. At Quebec the court of inquiry in the Scotsman disaster holds Captain Skrimahiro responsible and has suspended him for nine months. Admits n Heavy Loss. There has been a bloody battle between the Boers and British at Ladysmith. Geh. White reports 100 British killed. Sh p* Land Manv Immigrants. Sunday was a busy day at the New York barge office, more than 3,000 immigrants passing before the inspectors. «•» Price of Cocoa Doubled. \ Reliable dispatches announce that the of cocoa in the regions of Lamar and Huauta, Department of AyacupgH> 4 Peru, will be very small, owing to A|| damage done to the plaints by insects. Sprees for cocoa are now double those *.L .Wt* vis Hit? it iii s I v t ;i l , . rn D for Lftent Blue A * * , • *. * ’

Great railway deal on. Flint Stop Toward the Amalgamation of Eastern Properties. William Rockefeller has been elected a member of the executive committee of the New York Central Company at the meeting which authorized an issue of $15,000,000 additional stock. The New York World says: “The election of Mr. Rockefeller to the executive council of the New York Central system is of farreaching importance, as it marks the surrender of the New York, New Haven and Hartford system to the New York Central. Mr. Rockefeller was elected a director in the New York Central a few weeks ago. He and his brother, John D. Rockefeller, have never heretofore commanded any influence in New York Central affairs, although they have for several years held a big block of its stock. But they have been important factors inri the management of the New. York. New Haven and Hartford system. William Rockefeller’s election to the executive committee of the Central is, therefore, accepted as an indication that the union of the two systems will shortly follow. The next step in the deal will, it is believed by railway men, be the absorption of the Boston and Albany, the Boston and Maine, the Fitchburg and the Maine Central. The amalgamation of all these interests under the auspices of the Vanderbilts will end the war between the New England roads, which has continued for years.” RIVAL FLOCKS BESET PASTOR. Two South Dakota Town* Quarrel for Possession of a Parsonage. Rev. Air. Norvell, a Methodist minister, is the central figure in a fight between Miller, 8. D., and St Lawrence over the attempted removal of the parsonage at the latter place which was recently purchased with funds raised by the women of his congregation at Miller. When Norvell and some of his flock wont to St. Lawrence to haul the house away they met with the opposition of the people there, some of whom were members of his St. Lawrence flock. The outcome was the arrest of the parson. On a change of venue the case came up before Justice Butterfield, who dismissed the charge. Mr. Norvell has been rearrested on another warrant. A large number of Methodist women, accompanied by the sheriff and a gang of workmen, went to St. Lawrence after their parsonage building. A number of them were arrested, but the work went on. Senator King, Dr. Taylor and Mr. Loomis of St. Lawrence were arrested by Miller people for intimidating laborers. The women claim a victory.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL IN WRECK. Freight Train Crashes Into a Trolley Car Near Detroit. As a rapid railway car, Detroit bound, from Mount Clemens, Mich., was crossing Beaufait street, Detroit, it was run into by a freight train. Conductor Tony Schneider of Mount Clemens was killed. There were twenty-five passengers on the car, the greater number of whom were injured, several severely. It is charged that the trolley car did not come to a dead stop before crossing the street car tracks, instead it simply slacked. The trolley was about two-thirds over the crossing when the freight train struck it. The trolley car was lifted high in the air and tossed aside. It fell with a crash and was smashed almost to splinters. The conductor was standing on the back platform at the time of the collision. The demolished car caught fire and there is but little left of it. SENT TO JAIL FOR KISSING. Yale Student and a Yonng Woman Arrested, bnt Appeal tbe Case. Stephen O. Lawrence of New Haven, Conn., a Yale studeilt, was sentenced to jail for fifteen days for kissing Miss May Carroll. She was out walking with young Lawrence and was kissed by him when in front of a Crown street case. She made no protest, but a vigilant policeman saw the act and immediately arrested the couple for disorderly conduct. In city court Judge Dow said he had decided to make an example of the prisoner, as recently he had a similar case in court and then stated he would send to jail the next culprits found kissing in the street. The student and girl appealed the case and (grnished S3OO bonds.

Suicide Is Doubted. There is a possibility that W. D. Manro, the Auburn, N. Y., man who leaped from the Washington avenue bridge at Minneapolis, may be still alive. A wat-er-soaked meal ticket belonging to Manro was found on the river bank three-quar-ters of, a mile below the point where he jumped in. It is difficult to explain this on any other theory than that Manto climbed ont on the bank and dropped the ticket where it was found. Joplin Mines to Resume Work. The zinc mines of the Joplin-Galena district, in Missouri, which had been shat down for three weeks by order of the Zinc Miners’ Association, have resumed operations, the shut down having been declared off by the association. The cause of the shutdown was the refusal of the smelters to pay the association’s schedule of prices for ore. Oklahoma Wants Statehood. Sidney Clarke, chairman, has wsued a call for a meeting in Oklahoma City Nov. 17 of the Oklahoma statehood executive committee, “for the purpose of taking such action as may be deemed best to secure the passage of an enabling act by Congress providing for the admission of Oklahoma into the Union as a State.” Fire Kills Fourteen People. Fourteen people were burned to death at Faires, Ala. The dwellings of Harry Goodlow and Samuel Smithson were burned and ail the occupants of both houses perished. The families formed part of a colony that had recently settled in that region. They were from lowa. Kllk Mill Employes Strike. The Liberty silk mill in West Fiftyseventh street, New York, was completely tied up by the strike of employes. Of 510 employes, but one, a woman, was at work. The strike was conducted in an orderly manner. Nenrro Lynched in Georgia. John Goosby, a negro, was lynched at Reagan’s Mill, Ga., by a mob from Twiggs County. Goosby a few (jays ago provoked a difficulty with his employer, John Robinson, which resulted in the negro cutting Robinson’s throat. ' Gen- Guv V. Henry Dead.