Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1900 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

. BMDKN, ILL., BANK ROBBED. Also Shoot an Officer and i Escape on a Handcar. morning by four masked desperadoes who rifled the Farmers’ Bankjvpf Ernden of setpeVal thousand dollars’nml shot and fatally wounded Policetnan Sanford of Dob-van. That the robbers were of the most desperate class seems certain. All of the' tactics of determined bank thieves were brought into play by the men —using dynamite, blasting the masonry of the bank vault and the’ strong box three with as much nonchalance as if ■ they were working in an old and deserted quarry. Then they bound and gagged an inoffensive citizen who reached the scene in time to. give an alarm, and after his easy capture the quartet hastily seized all the, visible funds of the bank and “pumped” a handcar on’'the, rail--road to Delevan. It was when the night patrolling bluecoat, Police Officer Sanford, attempted to stay their flight, that the fugitives fired a volley at him. One bullet passed entirely through Sanford’s body. When the officer had reported' the facts of his encounter with the masked men to the excited citizens who rushed out on to the street it was too late to apprehend the desperadoes. Hurrying to Delevan Junction the fugitives boarded the north-bound '“Hummer” on the Alton, anti before Bloomington was reached the bandits .had successfully covered their tracks. MURDERED BY A LONE ROBBER. W. H. Linter of Cedar Rapids Killed in Burlington and His Wife Shot. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Linter of Cedar Rapids, lowa, who had been visiting in Burlington, were on the way to the station to return home when they were held up by a lone footpad. Mr. Linter struck at the robber, who instantly shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. Mrs. Linter sprang forward as if to Shield her husband and then turned to nee, when the highwayman shot her in the back, the ball penetrating the left lung. A man was captured at Patterson, Idwa, who gives his name as George Anderson. He had two revolvers on his person, one having two exploded shells. He practically confessed to shooting the Linters.

BEATS*, BURNS AND MURDERS. Drunken Man Kills Hi 9 Baby and Trfes to Slay Others^ At Scofield, Utah, Richard Smith, a coal miner, beat his wife almost insensible, struck his 3-months-old the forehead, killing it, then wrapped his twin children in bedclothes, saturated the bundle with kerosene and set it on fire. The mother’s screams for help brought neighbors, who overpowered Smith and saved the twins. While this was going on a neighbor, was prevented by timely interfei'ence from killing his wife and three children. The two men had been drinking together. Four Killed by Explosion. Four were killed,and fifteen or twenty injured by an explosion of nitro-glycerin on tiie river bank at Wellsburg, W. Va. A party of boys, gathered to look at the high river, built a bonfire of driftwood on the bank. One of them caught a tin can floating on the water- and thoughtlessly threw it into the fire.' It contained nitro-blycerin, and its explosion did the damage. Steals Fortune from Desk. Between 1 and 2 o’clock the other afternoon, when I. N. Poe, a prominent Toledo, Ohio, real estate dealer, was temporarily absent from his office, someone broke open his desk and took a strong box containing about SSOO in cash and checks and $20,000 in negotiable paper. Not the slightest clew has been discovered. Schoolgirl Is Kidnaped. Margaret Kelly, aged 16 years, is believed to have been kidnaped by two strangers from Miners Mills, Pa. The girl received a note bearing the name of Rev. Father Kiernan, stating that he wanted to see her. She left the school and went away with the two men and has not since been seen. Chicagoan Dead in a Bathtub. A man thought to be either M. Becklund or R. Ronne of Chicago, was found dead in a bathtub at Seattle, Wash., under very suspicious circumstances. The supposition of the police is that the man was murdered and robbed in a bathroom by one of the inmates of the house. Man Confesses to Murder. Andrew Doig, a stonecutter, was arrested in Cleveland upon the charge of having murdered Mrs. Mollie Knapp, whose mutilated body was found in her apartments. • Doig admitted that he assaulted the woman, and alleged that she had robbed him. Four of a Score Are Dy-onmed. Four men were drowned'-at Spokane, Wash., by the capsizing of a ferryboat la the Spokane river. The ferry was crossing the stream with eighteen workmen from the construction camp near the Great Northern’s new bridge. All the men were thrown into the water. Ax tell Brings 814,700. Axtell, the wonderful trotting stallion that was sold for SIOO,OOO on the day that he made a 3-year-old record of 2:13, Hack in 1889, was the star of the FasigTipton horse sale at .Madison Square Garden, New York. He sold for $14,700. Revenue Expert Dies. George Washington Wilson, commissioner of internal revenue, died at Wash•iagton, D. C*- Pneumonia, following a severe colds was responsible for death. M?. Wilson was 57 years old. Death of Senator Davis. Senatof Cushman K. Davis, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, died at St. Paul of nephritis, aged 63 years.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.90; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,35 cto 37c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye. No. 2. 44c to 45c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 21c to 22c; potatoes, 40c 'to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 ?o $5.50; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $4.80; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; bats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.65; hogs, $3.00 to $4.85; sheep, $3.00 to $4.20; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 69c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oatsj No. 2, '22c to 23c: rye. No. 2. 47c to 48c. Cincinnati—Cattle,-s§.oO- to $4.95; hogs, $3.00 to $4.90; sheep, $3.00 to $3.60; wheat. No.' 2,75 cto 76c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 55e Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.45; hogs, $3.00 to $4.80; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white,y 2Gc to 27c; rye, 50c to 51c. • Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,50 c to 51c; clover seed, prime, SO.OO to SO.IO. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 3,35 cto 36c; oats. No 2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 1,49 c to 50c; barley, No, 2,59 cto 60c; park,_. mess, $10.50 to $11.25. Buffalo—Cattle, Choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.70; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.00 to $5.25. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.35; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; butter,, creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, western, 25c to 2Gc.

MRS. VAN LIEYV GOES TO PRISON. Banker’s Wife at Van Wert, Ohio, Sentenced to a Term of Ten Years. Mrs. Emma A. Van Liew, the banker’s wife charged with having murdered Miss Alice Hammel at Van Wert, Ohio, by throwing a quantity of sulphuric acid in her face, entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. When brought to the court room her attorneys surprised those present by saying that she wished to withdraw her plea. The prosecutor then con- , sente’d to her pleading to the charge of; manslaughter. In a firm voice, as that of a person glad of the opportunity, she answered: "I am guilty.” She was immediately sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary for ten years, and in tyn minutes’ time was on the train, in charge of Sheriff Webster, accompanied by her husband, bound for that institution. NOTED DESPERADO ESCAPES. Martin Kuhns Crawls Through a Coal Hole at Columbus Prison. Martin. Kuhns, a noted desperado, escaped from the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio. He was sent down into the basement of tlie administration building to fix a radiator, and crawled up through a coal hole bn the lawn in front of the prison and walked by the guards at the gate, who thought he was a “trusty.” Kuhns was received at the prison July 12, from Seneca County, on a life sentence, having been convicted of the murder of his pal, William L. Campeau. Oscar Wilde Dies In Want. Oscar lyilde, the English author and playwright, once received with honor in the highest society cii'cles of Great Britain and the continent and noted the world over for his brilliant, if erotic, works, died in Paris in poverty and obscurity nail under an assumed name. Honduras Pays the Claim. The State Department received a cablegram from United States Minister Hunter, at Guatemala City, announcing that he had just received from the tfondurian government a draft for SIO,OOO American gold as indemnity for the killing of Frank Pears. Crew Lost in Lake Erie. The entire crew of the schooner Maumee Valley, which sank in shallow water on the Point Au Peloe middle ground, near Toledo, Ohio, has been lost.. There were seven of them, including the officers. Student Dies from Fall. Gustave O. Beuck of Davenport, lowa, a senior in the college ofecivil engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., died from spinal meningitis, due to a fall backward from a chair. Killed in Labor Riot. Ia a fight at San Antonio, Texas, between union and non-uiiion employes of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Coin]..my one man lost his life and four others were wounded. Rear- ' dnilral McNair X)un<l. Frederick V. McNair, senior rear admiral of the United States navy, ranking next to Admiral Dewey, died at his home in Washington as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. Fails for Three "Millions. A. K. Housekeeper of NarWrth, Pa., was discharged ns a voluntary bunkrupt in the United State's District Court, with liabilities of $2,891,093.43 and assets of $25. Boy Convicted of Murder. Richard Novak, 14 years of age, wns found guilty of murder hy u jury in Judge Tuley’s court in Chicago. Novak strihbed and killed his companion, Albert Olsen, during a quarrel Sept. 17. Collide at Grade Crossing. A Kedzie avenue electric car filled with passengers and u St. Paul freight train collided in Chicago and two persons , were injured.

PLOT TO KILL M’KINLBY. Revealed in a Letter -to the Police of t' Hoboken, N. J, The police of Hoboken, N. J., have received a letter alleging the existence of a plot to assassinate President McKinley. The writer of the letter gave in his communication the name or the alleged chief conspirator, which the police refuse to make public at this tmie. The letter, which is illegibly signed, is as follows: “Sir—Having almost thoroughly assured myself of an anarchist plot against his excellency McKinley, I consider it my duty to advise you of the name of one w r ho is more than suspected of being a leader, whose name is found in the inclosed slip. He is a fugitive from justice and a dangerous man, having been convicted several times, and on the last occasion being sentenced to five years’ imprisotiment for an anarchist -attempt. My Statement can be verified on appealing to the prefect of police at Paris, France. In the course of'the last year he had concealed with him a man named Francois. the author of an aharchist attempt at Scranton, where he mortally wounded an agent of the police.” The writer of this letter, the police say, has been located, and his story will be investigated. INDIANS IN A PITIABLE PLIGHT. Withholding of Ration. Places Sioux Face to Face with Starvation. The Indians of the Great Sioux reservation near Fort Yates, S. D., have accepted the recommendation of Commissioner Jones that their bi-weekly rations be immediately stopped. That hundreds of them will starve to death seems to be a foregone conclusion. Their condition is pitiable in the extreme; their crops were a total failure and their relations are just enough to keep them alive. This reservation is unfit for anything but grazing, and the Indians can never support themselves by fai-ming. A judicious issue of stock cattle might make the reservation self-supporting. Many persons think a small monthly ration should be issued during the winter. TRAIN GOES INTO RIVER. Accident at Eeaver, Pa., Cause. Only One Dsath and Few Injuries. The escape from death of the eighty passengers on the Pittsburg and Cleveland express train, which plunged over a high bluff into the Ohio river a mile west of Beaver, Pa., was one of- the most marvelous recorded in l-ailroad annals. The train with all on board was submerged in ten feet of water. There were early * reports of heavy loss of life having occurred, but the later news puts the number at one, with several injured. The train was going at good speed and went over the embankment without warning. The embankment had been weakened by heavy floods. Baby Brown’s Large Estate. Mrs. Natalie Bayard Brown of Newport, li. 1., guardian of her infant son, John Nicholas Brow.n, has filed an inventory of the estate left to him by his father, showing it to be worth $1,943,690.31. The estate coming to the child from his uncle, the late Harold Brown, will nearly equal the amount of property he receives from his father. Fire in Treasury Building. Fire was discovered in the files room on the third floor of the Treasury Department in Washington, It was extinguished before serious damage was done. The loss is small. The cause of the tire is not definitely known, but it is supposed to have . been either from spontaneous combustion or a defective flue. Boer. Win a Victory. Despite the strict censorship the news has leaked out and has been officially confirmed that one of the most alarming English revei-ses of the war has occurred by the surrender of the De Wetsdorp garrison, with the capture of 400 British' troops and of two guns which were not even disabled. Gold in Street, of Helena. Gold was found on Main street, Helena, Mont., in considerable quantities. George Booker "panned” several buckets of earth taken from an opening in the street in the presence of several hundred people. Severdl dollars of the yellow metal was secured. Dr. Pearson. Gives $50,000. Dr. D* K. Pearsons, the philanthropic Chicagoan whq has disbursed a vast sum among what he calls fresh-water colleges, surprised Colorado College at Colorado Springs witli a gift of $50,000, payable Jan. 1 next. Clerk M'.sing with $45,000. The brokerage firm of J. & F. Bently in New York announced the disappearance of the firm’s confidential clerk, Adolph Wasserman, and a shortage in his accounts of about $45,000. Ask. 58,924 a. Army. Reorganization of the army, with a minimum strength of 59,924 and a maximum force of 96,766, is provided for in a Mil sent by Secretary Root to the House, committee on military affairs. Urttßperadoes Break Jail. Five prisonerijMkl for burglary and assault escaped from; tjxr county jail at Mexico, Mo*, chiseling through a brick wall. Eleven other prisoners refused s o leave. Street Car Held Up in Ch ca •«. Five highwaymen held up a crowded car in Chicago, seriously beat the con-' doctor and robbed Edward bright of $317. • . School Fund. Stolen. A defalcation of SIOO,OOO or more has been discovered In the accounts of the late George Griffiths, clerk of tie Cincinnati Board of Education. Killed by Florida Mob. Spencer Williams, a negro gambler, wa. killed by a mob near Lake City, Fl*., because he shot the city marshal.