Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1900 — KILLED BY BLOWS FROM A FIST. [ARTICLE]

KILLED BY BLOWS FROM A FIST.

Toledo Saloonkeeper Arrested for the Death of Peter Rosenberg. Charles Pfeiffer, a saloon-keeper, is under arrest in Toledo, Ohio, charged with having killed by two blows of his fist an employe of the Craig shipyards, Peter Rosenberg. Pfeiffer acknowledged striking the blows, The trouble started in Pfeiffer’s saloon, where Rosenberg had lost $7 at a dice game. Pfeiffer struck him twite with terrific force under the chin. Rosenberg dropped to the floor. Three men carried the victim out and tried to restore consciousness, but failed. Becoming frightened, they carried the body, to a vacant lot, it is claimed, where they J threw it amdWg some weeds. Three it was discovered. KILLS HIS LANDLADY’S SON. William Dixon of St. Louis Shot by Dennis Burns, Who Wanted Money. William Dixon, aged 19, was shot and killed in St. Louffi by Dennis Burns, a boarder at the former’s home. Mrs. Mary Dixon, the mother of the dead man, said: that Burns wanted her to lend him money. She refused and he attacked her. She then procured a revolver and fired one shot at him. Her son was'sick in bed. but he arose, took his mother’s revolver and was about to shoot when Burns drew his revolver and shot Dixon in the breast. He died in a few minutes. Burns has been arrested.

RIVALRY CAUSES DISASTER. Tugs William D. and Alpha Compete aqd Latter Sinks—Life Lost. Rivalry between the Great Lakes Towing Company and the Maytham tugs resulted in disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio. The steamer Wawatum signaled for a tug and William D. of the Great Lakes Company and the Alpha of the Maytham Line started to her. In rounding up to the vessel the Alpha crowded the William D., which was struck by the Wawatum’s bow. She overturned, filled and sank. Lineman Harry Stearns was drowned, but the others on board escaped. Exchange of Wives. Six years ago William Henderson and Walter Moore lived on adjoining farms near St. John’s, N. B. They became attentive to each other’s wives. Henderson and Mrs. Moore eloped and came to Long Island, his wife becoming Moore’s housekeeper. The husbands have agreed that a mistake was made and have exchanged wives for the second time. Ends Life at Wife’s Grave. Ulridi Ruppecht, a German resident of Norwich, Out., was found dead on the grave of his recently deceased wife. He had shot himself through the temple. The woman died from poisoning and murder was suspected, owing to the fact that the couple had not been living happily.

Klondike Output of Gold. The output of the Klondike district and that part of Forty Mile on the Canadian side, is estimated at $20,000,000 this season. It was $15,000,000 last season. The Forty Mile share will not reach $500,000. Murdered by Two Negroes. Jasper Houston, master mechanic for Eigemann & Hollerback, contractors on the new government dam near Zwiekley, Pa., was murdered in cold blood by William Fobbs, and another negro called “Ragtime.” _ Two Die in Train Wreck. A head-end collision occurred on the Rio Grande railroad at Monument, Col., resulting in the death of two persons and the injury of several others. The air brakes refused to work. Bank in Oklahoma Closes. Notice posted on the door of the bank of Kingfisher, Ok., announced that the bank was in the 1 hands of the territorial commissioner. The reported liabilities are $61,000, assets $51,000. Nine Killed in Wreck. Two passenger trains met in head-end collision on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad at Pierson, Mich., in a fog. Nine persons were killed. Woman Is Robbed on a Train. Miss Benedette Brady of San Antonio was robbed of jewelry valued at $3,000 on ’Frisco passenger train No. 1, near Paris, Texas. Boers Name a New Capital. According to a special dispatch Barberton has been proclaimed the new seat of the Transvaal Government. w Three Killed bv Explosion. Three employes in the New York Steam Heating Company were killed by the explosion of a fifteen-inch pipe elbow.