Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1899 — WIFE WORKS A FARM. [ARTICLE]

WIFE WORKS A FARM.

WORKING AND WAITING FOR TWENTY YEARS. Mrs. Zeltner Is Determined to Have a Home for the Man She Married When He Emerge* from the PenitentiaryLove vs. Law. - • Some months ago John Zeltner, a Jackson township, Ohio, German farmer, was convicted of complicity with his brother Paul in the murder of Attorney E. H. Westeuhaver of Hoytville. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years in the Ohio penitentiary. John Zeltner’s wife has •furnished a striking example of- how a determined woman may adapt herself to the most discouraging circumstances. She was left with three small children to care for, and to this burden was added the care of an 80-acre farm. She went into the fields like a farm hand, helped to plant and harvest the crops, and has made a full hand on the faipn almost every* day since her husband's incarceration. She has recently completed harvesting forty acres of corn, much of which was husked with her own hands. Besides she has fed.a herd of 150 hogs, which are ready for market, and eared for the cattle and horses, milked the cows and attended to her dairy. There is a mortgage of about S2OO on the farm, and it is her determination to keep her little family together and pay off . the indebtedness, so that when her husband regains his liberty they will have a home of their own in which to pass the remainder of their lives. OUTGENERALS HIS GUARDIAN. Marion Lambert Marries Florence Parker in Spite of Objections. The marriage at Richmond, Va., of Miss Florence M. Parker, a dashing, beautiful girl, native of that city, to Marion Lambert of St. Louis concluded a romantic courtship. The two children—neither is oyer 18 years old —recently determined to get married. The boy’s guardian, however, deemed him too young to marry and withheld his consent. Lambert then determined to take his prospective bride and her attendants to Washington in his private car, where the laws are more lenient. This plan was abandoned and another one more ingenious substituted. Carlton Jackson, Miss Parker’s brother-in-law, appeared before she. judges of the Chancery court and qualified as Lambert's guardian. He then at once gave his consent to the union. The wedding took place immediately. DEAF AND DUMB BURNED OUT. Western Pennsylvania Institute Destroyed, but Without Loss of Life. Fire destroyed the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb at Edgewood. There was a panic among the 500 pupils in the building at the time, but the teachers managed to get them under control and remove all safely from the building. There were no accidents to children or teachers. The pupils were taken to the Home for Aged Couples near by and to the houses of residents of Wilkinsburg, where they will be cared for temporarily. The institute was a large four-story brick building and covered about an acre of ground. The loss is placed at $150,000, with insurance of SIOO,OOO. The fire is believed-to have been caused by the bursting of a gas pipe.

Woman Dies iu a Fire. Mrs. Alice Palmer, whose family lives in Alabama, was burned to death in a midnight fire in a boarding house at 1 Hubbard Court, Chicago. The fifteen women boarders aroused from sleep were thrown into a panic and rushed hither and thither for a means of escape, finally getting out in safety. The building was damaged to the extent of $4,000. Important Copyright Decision. Judge Moses Hallett, in the United States Circuit Court at Denver, rendered a decision in the case of the Detroit Photographing Company against Frank S. Thayer, to the effect that photographs of natural scenery or other objects not the products of artists originally are not subjects of copyright. This applies to all photographs of Rocky Mountain scenery. Lost in the China Sea. A dispatch from Saigon, capital of French Cochin China, says the British steamer St. Helens, Capt. Luckham, last reported from Shanghai, Sept. 30, for Singapore, has been totally lost on the Paracols, a group of islets and reefs in the China sea, and that five of her crew were drowned. Two Mexicans Killed. A difficulty occurred at the Black Diamond coal mines, twenty miles east of Rockdale. Texas, in which some fifteen or twenty shots were fired, two Mexicans being killed and one Mexican and a white boy wounded. Thomas Johnson, a negro, acknowledged having done the killing and surrendered. Judgment Against an Ex-OfficiaL At San Francisco, United States Circuit Judge Morrow has entered a judgment for $45,979 in favor of the United States and against the bondsmen of exInterual Revenue Collector O. M. Welburne, who was recently acquitted of embezzlement. Will Sell Municipal Gas Plant. The city council of Toledo, Ohio, has voted to sell the city gas plant, the Mayor, after months of opposition, being able to mustei* only three votes. This ends municipal gas so far as Toledo is concerned. The plant goes into the hands of J. N. Bick for $228,000. Boston Goes Republican. Sixteen Massachusetts cities elected Mayors on Tuesday, and one other chose a new city council, but by long odds -the greatest surprise was in Boston, where Thomas N. Hart, Republican, was elected by 2,200 majority over Gen. Patrick A. Collins. Deficit of Half a Million. The Peruvian Congress has closed its session, after sanctioning the budget, which estimates a deficit of $500,000. Congress failed to provide for covering this deficit. * Three Lives Lost in a Fire. Three persons were burned to death and one seriously injured at a fire that occurred in a dilapidated tenement in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, N. Y. Filipino Chief la Taken. Mabini, a Filipino leader who is said to be the real head of the insurrectionary forces, has been captured by Gen. MacArthur’s troops.

GING MURDER CASE RECALLED. Claus A. Blixt, Sentenced for Life, Ask* for a Pardon. At Minneapolis Claus A. Blixt, who pleaded guilty to the murder of Catherine Ging in 1894 and was sentenced for life, has tiled an application for a full pardon. He says that he is not guilty of murder or of any crime; that the real perpetrator of the crime was Harry Hayward; that the deed had been committed before he had any knowledge of the crime, and that he was drugged while with Hayward on the night of the murder and would not under any circumstances have been coerced if it had not been for the medicine given him by Hayward. DEATH COMES AS WOES END. Husband and Wife Reunited, but Latter Dies of Heart Disease. Mrs. Edith Montville, of East Toledo, Ohio, died suddenly of heart disease under strange circumstances. She had twice attempted to secure a divorce from her husband, who is a Catholic, she being a Protestant and much the younger, but the court refused each petition. Friends of both succeeded in effecting a reconciliation, and the couple had just arranged to resume living in their beautiful home in Euclid avenue when Mrs. Montville was stricken fatally in the presence of her husband. SUICIDE DUE TO BOER VICTORY. British Reverses Cause an Englishman in New York to Kill Himself. • Daniel A. Weber, an t Englishman, 57 years of age, committed suicide at his home in New York by jumping from the fourth-story window. He had been out of employment fdr some time. His son Daniel, with whom he lived, said that his father was made melancholy by this and the news that the English forces were suffering reverses at the hands of the Boprs. Just before killing himself the old man expressed the opinion: "I’m afraid the Boers will win.” Pastor Scores Church Fairs. Rev. G. R. Robbins of the Lincoln Park Baptist Institutional Church, Cincinnati, has caused a sensation by denouncing church fairs and bazaars as wicked. He says it is more godlike to let the poor starve to death than to provide for them through a charity ball. Union Pacific Train Wrecked. ; The west-bound Union Pacific passenger train known as the Colorado Special was wrecked at Grand Island, Neb., and Engineer Meyers and Fireman Murphy were seriously injured. The wreck was caused by an open switch, the train running into a string of freight cars. Find Lead and Zinc Deposits. Lead and zinc have been discovered in the vicinity of Centaur, Mo., and preparations have been completed to mine it on a large scale. Two hundred acres of land on which mineral has been found has been purchased by St. Louisans. The ore is said to be very rich. Debut of Mias Louisa Drew. Miss Louisa Drew, daughter and only child of John Drew, made her debut on the professional stage in “The Tyranny of Tears” at the Empire Theater, New York, when she appeared in the role of a maid, a small part, but one which she filled with much credit. Earthquake Felt in Utah. A distinct earthquake shock passed down the valley along the Wastach range. It was quite severe in Weber and Davis Counties and was perceptibly felt in Salt Lake City. Many persons were frightened, but no damage was done. Verdict of Manslaughter. At Topeka, Kan., the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the third degree against S. E. Yoeman, who in a quarrel last July shot and killed David Jackson. ____________ * Fatal Railway Wreck. Norfolk and Western passenger No. 3 ran into a siding at Panther, W. Va. Engineer W. S. Bishop of Huntington was killed and Fireman Coontz of Bluefield was fatally injured. Rival for Sugar Trust. Large sugar refining companies outside the trust are about to incorporate the Cofonial Sugar Refining Company, with $100,000,000 capital, in New Jersey. Minneapolis Elevator Burns. The private warehouse of the City Elevator Company at Minneapolis was burned. Loss $50,000. Packing Plant Burned Out. Fire destroyed the plant of the North Amherst Packing Company at North Amherst, Ohio. Loss about SIO,OOO.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $8.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, S3.UU to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c te 67c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 31c; oats, No. 2,22 c to 23c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 51c; butter, choice creamery, 24c te 26c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 21c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,66 cto 68c; corn. No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25- to $7.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.23; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2,23 cto 25c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed. 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; rye. No. 2,60 cto 62c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to- $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c: oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, 56c to 58c. . , Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,55 c to 57c; clover seed, $4.80 to $4.90. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern. 65c to 67c; corn, No. 3,30 cto 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 1,55 c to 57c; barley. No. 2,42 cto 44c; pork, mess, $8.50 to $9.00. Buffalo —Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.50. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; batter, creamery, 23c to 28c; eggs, western. 16c to 22c.