Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1899 — THIEF IS RUN DOWN. [ARTICLE]

THIEF IS RUN DOWN.

Mild attempt at robbery in M K’- PITTSBURG. and Agility of an Errand Cause the Capture of the Thief - ojM»nn A Co.’s Favorable Report on Hthrade Conditions. ■K bold.attempt at diamond robbery was Blade at Pittsburg;-but was frustrated by BB>e prompt action of a boy and the po- !■■£. Just before closing time three men i&Bjfoered the jewelry store of A. E. Siedle. ■while two of the men engaged the clerk BBnd porter in conversation the third open■Bk a showcase and transferred thirty dia llßMbds, valued at about $6,000, from the to a pocket apron he had suspended BKbout his waist. The errand boy etn■Mfeyed at the store gave the alarm and the man in his flight. The robjumped on a trolley car, but the conSKuctor put him off. Detective McGovern him after a fierce struggle, in ■■lkich the prisoner tried to shoot his capBk l All of the diamonds except one were HKfeovered. The man gave his name as nKack Robinson of Cincinnati, but the pothink he is from New York. ' cP" ■ ■■monetary anxieties fade. BBbptter Feeling in Financial Circles BB L Wool Sales Pass All Records. BHp& Dun & Co.’s weekly review of shys: “Monetary anxieties have |Baded with sales of bonds to the treasury the recent offer, the fall in sterling HKxchange in spite ..of dearer money sHihroad and easier here, and the receipt ■Ks about $750,000 net from the interior Hunting the week. There is no trouble in commercial money market, as there been none, and loans on securities BBave ruled at easier rates. The iron inshows no yielding in material, but ■Klittle advance in Bessemer pig at Pitts&Bnrg. with large inquiries for next year. ■Kales. of wool pass all records, having EKeen at the three chief markets 61,694,■BIO3 pounds in three weeks of November; HHniereas October sales in flve weeks were BBther full month have sales ever reached pounds. The trading is largebetween dealers and leaves no indica■Kon of consumption. Failures for the have been 191 jn tne United States, |Hpainst 21 last year.? S I BLOW AT EASY DIVORCE. ■feaidence in North Dakota Must Be BH Permanent to, Be Legal. &sj?The State Supreme Court decision down at Bismarck, N. D., in Gra|Kam versus Graham strikes another hard ■low at the divorce industry. It holds BBh*t residence in the State must be bona ■ft and characterized by the intention to BKtay to give the litigant the benefit of State law. Those who visit the raH&ate for the express purpose of securing ■flvorce do not acquire residence. While ißfehe last Legislature increased the period residence requisite from ninety days to ■a. year, this decision will affect the status SKf many divorces granted by lower courts ■gpor to the going into effect of the new HH Uses Knife for Pneumonia. ■E'.Dr. H. L. Grosh, the Toledo, Ohio, city ■physician, has performed the first suc■faessful operation for pneumonia in the ■Baited States, if not in the world. The ■patient is Frank Turley. Dr. Grosh pro■nounced his patient out of danger after ■three successive surgical operations, each ■atime abscesses being removed from the ■ lungs. Specialists had pronounced the ■lease hopeless. ■ Big Stores Burn in Detroit. ML The building occupied by A. Krolick & ■Co., commission merchants, at 35 and 37 M Woodbridge street, and the wholesale dry ■mods establishment of Strong, Lee & ■Co., back of it, at 153 Jefferson avenue, ■Detroit, were destroyed by fire. The to■xal loss is estimated at $300,000 on stocks Kind $30,000 on buildings. ■ Big Fire in Navy Yard. ■ BThe ship-fitters’ shop at Charlestown M&avy yard, Boston, was destroyed by fire, |K*nd the machinery contained in it is esti■anated to have been damaged to the exB tent of $25,000 to $50,000. The machinBery was valued at $300,000. How the ■fire started could not be determined. B Yields to the Navy. $ s. Secretary of the Navy Long has receivKpd a cablegram from Admiral Watson him that the entire province of island of Mindanao, had surunconditionally to Commander ■?Very th® Castine. B K; Blown to Pieces by Dynamite. B E‘The house of Scott McAfee, near Foun- ■ tain Park, Ohio, was wrecked. McAfee ■was killed and Miss Clara Kopp fatally ■ injured by an explosion of dynamite. ■jSfcAfee had placed a stick of dynamite Binder the kitchen stove to dry. ■ New War Ship la Swift. Bfty.Against tide, wind and a heavy head tor at least half her course the new Kentucky made a record of 8j.6.877 knots an hour on her official speed jßftfeial over the Government course from I Cape Ann to Boone Island. ■ Mother and Children Slain. * The horribly mutilated bodies of a Mrs. ■ were farm e. there’ Ark., |1175,-j-/f'.... y ice of g the imped ireek. -owtb is the u temrs at

MURDER REVEALED BY ILLNESS. ; . 'S. Crime Committed Year* Ago in Ohio la Brought to Light. * Frederick Klinder and his son Henry, fanners near Napcleon, Ohio, were arrested charged with the murder of Mrs. Frederick Klinder in 1894. At the time the woman’s body was found in the garden near her home with her throat cut and a knife wound near her heart suicide was advanced. The weapon which had caused her death was found tightly clasped in her fingers. The woman was Frederick Klinder’s second wife. His son was by his first marriage. Two months ago Henry Glinder, while dangerously ill, confessed that himself and father had committed the murder, which was unprovoked. Frederick Klinder felled his wife with a chib and the son cut her throat. Then they changed their clothing and attended a party. The confession was a profound secret until Henry Klinder recovered. Himself and father are charged with first degree murder. WOULD BRAND FEMALE SEALS. Alaska’s Government Suggests a Plan to Prevent Extermination. Gov. Brady of Alaska, in his annual report, pleads for statehood, government establishment and operation of cable and telegraph lines and persistent branding of fur seals and cessation of killing them for at least ten years. An appropriation of SIIO,OOO is asked for a penitentiary and suitable public buildings at Sitka. The Governor says that to preserve the fur seals the United States should own a property right in the seals and brand the letters “U. S.” four inches long on the back of every female seal, thus spoiling them for furriers’ uses, this branding to be done by a force of experts to be sent out by the Government equipped with latest electrical appliances. Miner Killed by Dynamite. By the premature explosion of a dynamite cartridge in the Bristol mine at Iron Mountain, Mich., William Holm was blown to fragments, August Nygren was so badly injured that his recovery is not expected and Charles Kellen received serious injuries, but will recover. A blast had been fired, but one of the holes did not explode with the others. The men were investigating the cause. Tragedy Ends Two Lives. Frank and George Bailey, prominent business men of Stockbridge, Mich., were found in the rear of their, bicycle and jewelry store, both shot through the head. George was dead and Frank was dying. It is thought that Frank, who had been under n doctor’s' Care for sev- , eral days with a mental trouble, shot his brother and then himself. Another B. & O. Wreck. The second ®ection of Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 9, west-bound, known as the Oyster train, crashed into the first section in South Cumberland, Md., and was badly wrecked. Engineer L. R. Kindle of Baltimore was seriously injured and his fireman, Lewis Massey of Baltimore, was terribly scalded and died in hospital. Wisconsin Bank Is Robbed. The bank of Milton, Wis., was robbed the other night, losing more than $2,000 in cash, stamps and bonds. Government bonds worth $1,720 are missing. The robbery seems to have been the work of professionals. The private deposit boxes within the vault were all broken open and the contents scattered. Hazing Causes a Lad’s Death. Martin V. Joergeu, sun of Councilman Peter V. Bergen of Princeton, N. J., died from receiving a hazing at Lawrenceville. He died of inflammation of the bowels. Young Bergen was a freshman at Lawrenceville. He was being put through the initiation when one of the hazers accidentally fell upon him. Yaqui Indians Sue for Peace. A party of twenty-five Yaqui ludian squaws are en route to see President Diaz. They bear a treaty of peace message from the Yaqui braves inThe mountains, wbo propose to end the present uprising if the Mexican Government will permit them to retain their arms and return and occupy their reservation.

New Move by Union Pacific. President H. G. Burt of the Union Pacific system intimates that great improvements will be made in the trackage system during the coming year, one of the most radical changes being the construction of another track paralleling the present line west of Omaha. Bodies to Be Returned. At the expense of the government of China, the bodies of 65 Chinese buried in the cemeteries of Chicago will be exhumed and shipped to China, to be buried in sacred soil. According to Chinese religion, all who are buried in foreign lands are doomed to eternal torment. Schley Gets a Loving Cup. A solid silver loving cup has been received at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, for Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. It came from the citizens of St. Louis and was sent out to the admiral’s flagship, the Chicago. Carries Cotton to China and Japan. The North American Steamship Company’s steamer St. Irene, one of the new fleet of six vessels chartered by the company, left Tacoma with a cargo of 700 tons for China and Japan. Cotton forms the principal part of her cargo. Georgia Near Prohibition. The Willingham bill, providing for State prohibition, was passed by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Georgia after the most exciting debate the House has known in years. Troops Fight a Town. Negro soldiers at Fort Ringgold, Tex., were attacked by citizens who resented their presence. A pitched battle followed, in which 1,500 shots were fired, but only one man was wounded. Improvement in Celestial Photography Allegheny University astronomers, by the use of curved plates in photographing meteors, developed a field of 950 square ( miles. Formerly ninety square miles was all that could be included. Big Wheat Deal in Australia. The government statistician of New South Wales announces that reports received regarding the recent season’s wheat yield indicate that this will be double thpt of last year. Hamlin Garland la Married. Hamlin Garland and Miss Suliine Taft were married at the home of the bride’s father. D. C. Taft, in Hanover, Kan.