Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1900 — LAKECARRIERS’ FEAR [ARTICLE]

LAKECARRIERS’ FEAR

ANTICIPATE LOWERING OF LEVEL OF LAKE MICHIGAN. Think Chicago-Drainage Canal Will Do It -Hostility Toward St. Mary River Canal Scheme—Excellent Wheat Prospects, Barring a Few Sections. Represontaiives of the Lake Carriers Association appeared before the Hons? eoninjittec of rivers and harbors in A\ ashiugton and informed Chairman Burton that the association had reconsidered the proposition eoLceming the construction of the new power canal at the “Soo, and had determined, to have an understanding with the Canadian Government on the matter before, they would consent to a compromise. This conclusion- of the lake men was a surprise to the canal people and to the members of the committee.. because it Jias been understood ■that the amicable footing reached by both sides a month ago would have the effect of allowing the ditch to be dug without hindrance. A man fully informed on th' subject said that the lake carriers have been' alarmed ever sii.ee this agreement was reached. He said: “Strange as it may seem, the theory that the Chicago drainage canal would not lower the watr er. of the Chicago river or of Lake Michigan :fs promulgated by engineers before the canal was built has caused cold ••hills of suspicion to thrill the I.ake Carriers’ Association in the St. Mary river enterprise. They claim that they have based' all their estimates’ upon the conclusions of engineers, and. having seen the error of the theory in the case of the _.Chicago .canal, they have decided that it is not safe to place too much reliance on expert prognostications."

TWO REPORTS TO BE M ADE. ■ There Is an Unfavorable Side to the Trade Situation. Bradstreet's lias this to say of the condition of business: "Evidence of the fact that there are now two sides to the general trade situation, where for a year past there was but one, come to sight each week. Different sections of the country and lines of business return differing reports, but that the situation as a whole is a favorable one and suffers merely by comparison with the enormous and almost feverish activity of some time ago is also evident. Crop prospects, except in the wheat area of the central west and in some flooded sections of the South, remain all that might be wished for. Retail demand is improving, and nothing of a definitely dcjtressing character has yet developed. One of the most favorably situated industries is that of shoes. Paints, oils and drugs are also in good distribution. In agricultural products the situation is generally one of sustained strength. Wheat-fincluding flour) shipments for the week aggregate 3.683,963 bushels, against 3,989,451 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate • 3,620,664 bushels, against 158.747 bushels last -week.”

THINK DEATH DUE TO MURDER. Adolph Spitzel Receives Fatal Injuries at a Hot Springs Resort. Adolph Spitzel, known in all sporting centers of America, died at 1 lot Springs. Ark., from concussion of the brain and it is believed he was murdered, lie was found lying on -the steps of a resort with blood flowing from his mouth, nose and ears. A rock was near Spitzel’s head when found. His money ami jewelry were untouched. Spitzel came from New Orleans several weeks ago. Contests on the Diamond. The standing of the clubs in the Ngtional League is ns follows; W. L. W. L. Philadelphia,. 6 3 New York... 3 4 St. Louis....-6 3 Pittsburg ... 4 6 Brooklyn ... .5 3 Chicago ..... 3 6 Cincinnati .. 6 4 805t0n..;;... 2 6 In the American League the standings are: W. L. W. L., Milwaukee .. 5 3 Indianapolis.. 4 4 Cleveland .. . 5 3 Buffalo 4 4 Chicago ....5 4 Detroit 3 5 Kat.. City .. i 5 5 Minneapolis.. . 4 7

Ranchman Shot by a Neichbor. A. E_. Calhoun, a well-to-do ranchman, living eighteen miles simth of Whitman. Neb., was shot by Ant'd Connor, a neighbor. They engaged in a quarrel about some land and when t®o dispute became heated Calhoun ordered Connmi off the premises. During the discussioikConnor pulled a revolver and shot the abdomen, inflicting a fatal wound. » Horses Tear a Scaffold Down. In an accident at the new State Capitol at St.'Paul, Alfred Swanzen. a mold caster, was killed by the breaking of a scaffold on which he was working. The wheel of a passing street wagon caught a rope attached to'a scaffold on which the men were working, and the horses literally tore the scaffold down. Slays His Wife and Himself. At the home of Luther Brewer, seven miles southwest of Upper Sandusky, ().. William Bolyard, aged 34 years, shot his wife, 23 years old. ami then killed rumself. Both died instantly. The pandits have been separated three months. Disaster nt Paris Exposition. An accident within the exposition grounds in Paris caused the death of nine persons and injured forty. A temporary bridge, although closed to traffic, collapsed, burying scores under the’hroken limbers and heaps of debris. Copt. Carter in Prison Garb. Oberlin M.- Carter, former captain in the United States army, has arrived at Lea ven worth. Kan., to begin his term in the army penitentiary for defrauding tile Government. He was pat at work as liookkoeper, and later may be employed ns civil engineer, Murries G. M. Pnllinan. tJeorg* M. Pullman, one of the twin rous of the late palace ear builder, has taken a second tfife. The bride was Mrs, Louise Bowers of Chicago, divorced wife of Fred V. Bowers, the song writer.