Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1900 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

YOUTHS FIGiiT FOR LOVE. Denver Girls the Cause of Exciting Street Scrimmage. Kittie Dillon and Sadie Howard are pretty maidens yet in their teens, and attend the Gilpin school in Denver, Colo., But the other night they were the innocent cause of a fierce battle betweeu two gangs of youthful admirers iu which a revolver threatened death. The tight waged for fifteen minutes. Bricks, sticks and stones Sew through the air and the dozen or more boys engaged on either side fought viciously. There were all sizes of boys in the melee, from 1* to 17 years of age. Some of them had no idea why-they were fighting, but cut in and bared their fists at the word from their leaders. In the thick of the trouble Harry Hay, aged 16, who is the leader of the Thirty-first and Thirty-second street gang, fired a revolver. At that moment Policemen Dexhimer ami Purcell, attracted by the noise, appeared on the scene, captured Ilay and scattered the fighting youths. Hay was arrested. He said the revolver was tired by another youth, and he simply picked it up when it was dropped.

FIGHT A DUEL OVER A WOMAN. New York Huabanl Fatally Injured and His Opponent Is Badly Hurt. As the result of a desperate encounter Hugh E. Jameson, a Wholesale eonfectioiier of North Tonawanda, N. Y., was fatally injured and John McDonald is fatally injured. Mrs. John McDonald, daughter of a wealthy lumber dealer and the cause of the combat, is also injured. Mrs. McDonald and her husband separated about a year ago, and the latter secured a divorce, but later they were remarried. Recently Jameson became attentive to Mrs. McDonald, and the other night McDonald found the two together. The enraged husband knocked Jameson down, and the latter, regaining his feet, drew a revolver and' shot McDonald in the mouth, the bullet lodging in the back of the neck near the base of the skull. McDonald wrested the revolver from Jameson and pommeled him about the head and face with it until Jameson sank to the floor unconscious. OIL WILL BUILD SCHOOLS.

Taxpayers Near Pittsburc Relieved by a Remunerative Well. Taxpayers in Ilowe township, Pa., are happy over the discovery of oil on a plat of the Clever school. The directors leased the plat to an oil company, which began drilling three months ago. Now the well yields forty barrels per day. Oneeighth, or five barrels, goes to the school board as royalty. This adds $5.50 per day to the school treasury. The well is expected to do 200 barrels per day. The money will be used to pay for the two new school houses, the building of which was strenuously opposed by the taxpayers before the oil find. Big Sums in Naval Expenses. The annual report of Paymaster General Kenny of the navy deals in large figures. He shows that last year he spent $10,659,000 on account of construction aud purchase of ships, $3,933,000 for repairs to ships, $11,715,000 to keep ships in commission, including pay: $1,589,000 for the marine corps and $56,983 for the naval militia. Save Crew of Steamer. While lying at her dock in Erie, l’a.. discharging a cargo of ore the wooden steamer Alcona, owned by Drake & Durban of Cleveland, had a narrow escape, from destruction by fire, and part of the crew was dragged from the houl unconscious from the smoke. The loss to the steamer is $12,000, fully insured. New Coal Company Formed. A syndicate, composed of Pittsburg and New York capitalists, has formed a new coal company, which will be capitalized at $10,000,000. The purpose of this proposed corporation is to develop immense tracts of coal land, practically all of which is located in I\ ashiugton County, Pa.

Wreck on the B. & O. A head-end collision of Baltimore and Ohio freights Nos. 23 and 24 occurred at Pelleville, Ohio. Conductor John Oatman and Engineer Henry Hall o? No 23 were killed. A misunderstanding of orders is responsible for the trouble. A number of ears were smashed and traffic delayed. > 3— t Another Chicago HoUl-Up. Walter Graves, a messenger boy for the wholesale jewelry firm of George K. Harrington Co., was held up in Chicago by a negro and robbed of a satchel containing jewelry valued at SSOO. The I articles belonged to patrons of the house I and were being delivered. Preacher Victim of Hunting Mish-ip Rev. Stephen F. Reed, a recent graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting in the neighborhood of Lawrenceville, N. J. Mr. Itced had only been married six months. It was John Bahrenburg who killed the minister. Gamblers Fight Till Both Fall I'ead. Grant Reiner and J. Ralph Griffith, gamblers, between whom ill feeling had existed for a long time, met in a saloon at Middles boro, Ky. Each at once drew his pistol and the duel lasted until both men fell dead. ' Goes to His Death Smiling. .Richard Gardner, the Ross County negro -who killed 15-year-old Ethel Long, paid, the penalty of his crime in the electric chair at Columbus, Ohio. He faced death With a smile on his lips. Massachusetts and Marine. x The'population of the State of Massachusetts fit 2.805,346, against 2,288,943 •In l&M). The population of the State of Maine is 094,4<)U, against 661,086 in 1890. Fatally Hurt id Football Game, a football game at the Normal Park school grounds in Chicago, 17-year old Edward Gil}et was So seriously injured that he died a few hours later.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.95; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2,38 cto 39c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye, No. 2,47 eto 48c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 1 ;>o to 21c; potatoes, 27c to 30c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $4.85; sheep, common to prime, S3IOO to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 white, 30e to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.70; hogs, $3.00 to $4.85; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c;-oats, No. 2,22 cto 23c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.95; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2,75 eto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mh:ed, 24c to 25c: rye, No. 2,54 cto 55c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $4.05; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 70c_to 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to-25c; rye, 51c to 52c. —Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 75c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye. No. 2,52 c to 53c; clover seed, prime, SO.OO to $6.20. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 3,38 cto 39c; oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 1,50 c to 51c; barley, No. 2,59 cto 00c; pork, mess, SIO.OO to $10.82. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $5.70; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $4.90; sheeps fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.80; lambs, common to extra, $4.00 to $5.00. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to SS.SO; hogs, $3.00 to $5.40; sheep, $3.00 to $3.V5; wheat. No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2, 45c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; butter, creamery, 20e to 23c; eggs, western, 20c to 23c. BIG FIRE AT NOTRE DAME.

Gymnasium of the University Totally Destroyed. The most disastrous tire in the history of Notre Dame, Ind., with the exception of the fire of IS7B, when the university was bitrned to the ground, occurred the other day. The tire broke out in one of the training rooms of the gymnasium, 'and before it was discovered had made great progress. The Notre Dame tire department and the department in South Bend turned out, but too late. It was at first Wrought that the two large triangular meets which Manager Eggeman hail scheduled for the spring, one with Chicago aud Illinois, the other with Purdue and Indiana, would be canceled, but during the progress of the fire the president of the university and' Father Zuhm, president of the board of trustees, made arrangements for a new The same evening it was declared to the student body that a newer, better and larger gymnasium will be built within sixty days over the ruins of the old one. The loss is $20,000, partly covered by insurance. YOUNG GIRL IS MURDK3KD. Shocking’ Crime Committed in Colorado—Dies of stab Wounds. Louise Frost, 11 years of age, daughter of a ranclfman at Litnon, Colo., was found unconscious and bleeding from many wounds in a patch of weeds about half a mile from her father's house. She had been stabbed, apparently with a dirk, no less than fourteen times. She died without having regained consciousness. She was evidently waylaid when driving home from school, for her horse reached the stable about dusk with the buggy empty. -

To Reconstruct Democracy. Don M. Dickinson of Michigan is authority for the statement that within three weeks a meeting will be held in Now York to outline a plan for the reorganization of the Democratic party. He says the call for the meeting will have the signatures of Grover Cleveland, William C. Whitney, Abram S. Hewitt and other proniineut Democrats of the old school. Albany Newspaper Suffers. Fire started in the candy factory of Kreieher & Co. in Albany, N. Y., aud before the firemen could get water on the blaze the immense building, running through a block, was a mass of flames. Next door, in Beaver street, was the Press-Knickerbocker-Express. So rapidly did the flames spread that the employes of the building had to run for their lives. Total loss, $135,000. Robber Killed by a Woman. At Phoenix, Ariz., a shotgun in the hands of a woman ended the career of Ventura Paco, a Mexican robber. Mrs. Lena Peterson saw a man trying to steal a calf. She tired both barrels of a shotgun into his body, killing him instantly. Wreck Near Pipestone, Minn. The Great Northern south bound passenger train was wrecked near Pipestone, Minn., by the spreading of the rails. One woman, name unknown, was fatally injured and several passengers were seriously hurt. Five coaches were badly wrecked. Wins Wife on the Election. Emmet R. Windle of North Forks. N. D.. won a wife by McKinley's election. His bride was Miss Dora E. Phillips of Oaktield, who promised to marry Mr. Windle at oned U McKinley was elected. Vanderbilt in New Deal. The American Rice Growers’ Distribution Company (limited), bus been incorporated at Crowley, La., with a capital of $15,000,000. William K. Vanderbilt of New York is president. Republicans Are Winners. The general election on Tuesday resulted in the election of McKinley and Roosevelt, the Republican nominees, and gave control of Congress to that party.

KILLS A FARMER’S WIFE. Laborer Fatally Shoots Mrs. Shafer After She Had Returned Home. farmers of the interested neighborhood threaten to lynch a farm hand named Linn., who shot and killed Mrs. Shafer, a woman with whom he had eloped. Joseph Shafer is a respectable middle-aged farmer, who resides ten miles west of Laeon, 111. A month ago Linn eldfted with Shafer’s wife. A few days later the couple returned, and that night .Linn was waited on by a band of WhiteCaps, who dragged him from the house and ordered him to leave the country or suffer the consequences. He went to Peoria, and a day or two later the woman followed. Later Shafer went to Peoria and induced his wife to come home with him._ The other morning Linn appeared at the Shafer home, and when the door was opened he shot Mrs. Shafer dead. He also shot at the husband, but missed him. Linn was arrested a few hours later and is now in jail. SWEPT BY CONFLAGRATION. Biloxi, Mississippi, l<e3ort Has a $300,000 Fire. Upward of seventy-five houses have been destroyed by fire at Biloxi, Miss., a well-known summer resort and business center on the Mississippi sound, eighty miles from New Orleans. The fire broke out shortly after midnight, and a heavy gale blew the flames from the Louisville aud Nashville depot to the beach. The small lire department was powerless to stay the flames, and houses had to be torn down iu various parts of the city to check the spread of the conflagration. The Catholic Church, convent and schools, newspaper offices, many business houses and residences have been consumed. Hundreds of persons were rendered homeless. The inhabitants were panic stricken, l’t is said the losses will exceed $300,OIK). HEIR GETS sls A WEEK.

While Waiting for His Fortune Alfred Kitson Inspects Billboards. Looking at the way his son, Alfred S. Kitson, was making i the money fly, old Commodtfre Kitson of St. Paul, Minn., left a will tying up his estate. Now the youth, one fortune spent, is waiting for another to fall due. He is working for sls a week as inspector of billboards. At 25, under the Commodore’s will, the son was to have SIOO,OOO. lie got it and the pace was merry. The Commodore had figured that this would last the young man five years, and at thirty Alfred was to come into the bulk of a property worth millions. But the young man spent his money as if he were drawing from a bottomless well. He went to New York, when St. Paul appeared no further field for proper extravagance, and came up with a short turn when the money gave out. Electrician Meets His End. Paul Schubert, 19 years of age, an expert electrician employed by the Westinghouse Electric Apparatus Manufacturing Company in Newark, X. J., was instantly killed by 1.000 volts of electricity. lie is supposed to have picked up the two plugs. " Election Ardor Loses Man His Life. , Charles Allen celebrated McKinley’s election at Strothers, Ohio, by shooting off an anvil. He loaded the charge, then went behind a tree, seventy-five feet distant. Just as the anvil exploded Allen put out his head. The pieces took off the top of it. Youtsey Juror Burns Alive. James A. Norton, who was one of the jurymen in the Youtsey trial, was burned to death in the jail at Sadieville, Ivy., in which he had been put on the charge of drunkenness. It is supposed bed clothes caught tire and ignited the building. Rock Island Engineer Killed. L. P. Parish, a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific engineer, was killed in the Union Pacific yards in Omaha, his head being struck by a passing engine. Parrish was a prominent engineer and lived in Council Bluffs.

Strange Murder of a Woman. The body of Pearl Forbes, aged 20 years, was found in a ravine near her home in Leavenworth. Marks on her throat indicated she had been murdered by strangulation. The surroundings gave evidence of a terrible struggle. Ferrell to Die March 1. At Marysville, Ohio, Judge Melhorn overruled the motion for a new trial and sentenced Rosslyn Ferrell to be electrocuted on Friday, March 1, for the murder of Express Messenger Lane, Aug. 10 last. Ironworkers En 1 Strike. By the settlement of the strikes at the Riverside iron works of the National Tube Company at Pittsburg and the Bessemer Alabama plant of the Tenrtessoe Iron, Steel and Railroad Company, 8,000 men will •resume work at once. Cherokee Fraud 1b Bared. The special committee to investigate the irregularities of the Cherokees’ auditor's office reported to the Legislature at Talequa, I. T. The report shows $194,IHM) in fraudulent Cherokee warrants are now ou the market. Strike Gold in Missouri. A big gold discovery has been made in the southwestern part of Carter County, Mo. Specimens of the ore which have been analyzed show a large percentage of yellow metal. Crushed Beneath u Water Tank. At Milford, Va., a railway water tank fell over on the pump house, killing W. N. Gregory and John B. Clinely, plninbers. The accident was caused by the giving way of the foundation of the tank. Roc efelltr Gives to a Negro Coll -ge. John D. Rockefeller has made a gift of a new dormitory and dining room to the Atlanta, Ga., University, a negro educational institution, and the contracts, aggregating $56,500, have been let.

CENTER OF POPULATION.

Hecent Census Shows Star of Empire Still Moving; Westward. Westward the star of empire still wends is way. The census of 1900 will show that the center of population of the Unired States has moved some distance nearer the Pacific coast. Officials of the census office say the pivotal point of the great American population is still following the sun in its course and keeping pace with Bishop Berkeley's star of prophecy. The westward movement of this most interesting mathematical spot has not been as great during the decade just ended as in past decades, but it is highly important to know that the trend of the past hundred years has'not eome to a full stop with the close of the nineteenth century.

From data already in hand it is roughly estimated that the center of population during the last decade lias been about twenty miles to tt»e west and eight miles to the north of the center iu 1890. .Ten years ago the center was near the town of Groensburg, Ind. It is now in the vicinity of Columbus, Ind., probably no more than six or seven miles from that city in a northerly direction. Only the official calculations upon the completion of the census can accurately locate it, but this is near enough for all practical purposes. f The westward march or the center of population since the foundation of the republic is shown in the following tabic: 1790—Twenty-three miles east of Baltimore, Md < 1800—Eighteen miles west of Baltimore, Md U 1810—Forty miles northwest by west of Washington, D. C DO 1820 —Sixteen miles north of Woodstock, Va, 50 -1880 --Nineteenth miles west southwest of Mooretleld, W. Va w 1840 —Sixteen miles south of Clarksburg, W. Va ' 55 1850—Twenty-three miles southeast of Parkersburg, W. Va.... 55 1800—Twenty miles south of Chlllicothe, Ohio 81 1870—Forty-eight miles east by north of Cincinnati, Ohio 42 1880 —Eight miles west by south of Cincinnati, Ohio 58 1890—Twenty miles east of Columbus, Ind e. 48 1900-Seven miles north of Columbus, Ind. 20