Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1900 — Page 2

■ekly republican. |o. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. ( IsSELAER, - - INDIANA.

SHOT AN OHIO BANK.

I AT SEVILLE SHOW r COOLNESS. irs to Drill Into Bank Abstract $2,130 and andcar- Michigan HueSacrifice. id most daring bank robn Ohio for many a year at Seville. There were gang, who had carefully >b the bank. Beginning ibout 11:30 o’clock, they the carriage shop of large tools they e open the front door of 1 they did, making suftitract the attention of the Howard Weaver, who to see what the matter he was seized and forced 'he burglars took hint up>m above the bank and ands and feet so that he d demanded that he keep y the burglars went to e, drilling holes in it taks four hours, and blew it imite. In the safe was they secured, SI,OOO in heir search among the te valuable papers were : bandits stole a handcar wn the track of the r^ilIN A MARRIAGE..... pa Becomes the Wife of re Roger Morgan. n of Benton Harbor, t of the Hopper-Morgan y, was recently married Hpps. Mr. Morgan is a t Morgan of the national I is be a millionips is a handsome young y be 30 years old, though more than'2s. Until last vas the wife of a well- ; man in Benton Harbor, as devoted to her as she him. A year ago she met Before she knew it he ched to her. Her love for as suddenly. A suit for wed, which the husband , and the decree granted, y knows, or thinks it r. Pipps gave up his wife d her so much that he be,aire could make her hapuld. NATIONAL PARK. reserve a Large Tract of in Minnesota. ment of a park to equal in *at Yellowstone national dwaters of the Mississippi t is being extensively agiit the Northwest, itiul the ctors of commercial e.xluy of the city councils of have passed strong resolul.o the establishment and such a reservation. The view is the Leech, Cass ihish lakes and Indian resprising 611,592 acres of ater surface of 218,470 in the northern part of istituting the headwaters »pi river. i of Gold Mines. ot, Doetor, Nugget, IngRock and Roxanna Gold lies, owning seventy-two Hill, Cripple Creek, have lidation that ends costly unites big mining houses impauy, with 3,000,000 sation. is* for Mrs. Dewey. est by Mrs. Washington 1 to be worth nearly $2,!t of this will go to her Heorge Dewey, Mrs. LudR. McLean, editor of the uircr. mti-Clcnrette Liw. eeided that the anti-cigar* 1 by the Tennessee Legisis unconstitutional and as recorded in Nashville le signature of the Speaks of Representatives. olliaion in Utah. rreck on tho Union Pacific Fenelon, Utah, Timothy den, brakeman. and Fireere killed and four others injured. n in Train Wreck. re killed and a boy was in the wrecking of a pasi the Western New York ilia Railroad at Olean, at at Washington. the establishment of the ment at Washington was nt city with a parade and stinguished Americans. ■nt Cabinet Officer. Federation of Labor killto establish a government labor with a cabinet offll Typhoon In China. oon ravaged Hong-kong, oss of life and immense Over 2,500 natives were t ured In a Wreck, lentral’s Cincinnati and imited was wrecked at ht persons were injured. Idled, the ihnir ear turnender trucks jumped the train was going fortythe wreck. Cur* Co fide. j»hßjf Mini ms nirtny . trailers'oil I Silt BtUt<t Street t able Uni- In Chicago and three,p* r s\ ere

STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHERS.

fits Hundred Operator* in the West Join the Battle. Six hundred telegraph operators on tha lines of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad struck Saturday in sympathy with the operators on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rallfbad, a branch of the Atchison system, who went out Thursday. The entire number of operators on the system is 1,200, of whom 900 are said to be union men. Of the 900 members it the union 300, it is stated, refused to strike, leaving the system with about one-half of its men at work. The officials of the road declare that under no circumstances will they yield to the strikers and that none of them will ever again be allowed to work for the company in any capacity. The operators on the main line of the Atchison system demanded some weeks ago an increase in pay and some changes in rules. The negotiations with the company had reached an acute state when the company conceded the demands of the men and the trouble was averted. The new order of things did not prevail on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and the operators there demanded an increase of pay and alterations in the rules, whereby men were compelled to attt as telegraph operators and station agents also. The demand was refused and the men went out. Saturday night the men on the main system went out in sympathy.

MR. WU ON RELIGIONS.

Compares the Teachings of Christ and of Confucius. ‘‘The world is coming to Confucius. One of the signs is the growth of agnosticism,” said Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the United States, before a large audience in Carnegie Hall in New York Sunday. The Chinese minister was talking on “The Teachings of Confucius.” He said that b4s religion and the religion of Christians agreed on the golden rule, but that outside of that all the advantage was on the side of the faith of Confucius. Wu regarded Christianity as a religion which it is impossible to follow. He quoted the precept “Love your enemies,” as a proof, and commented on it, saying that it was advice impossible to follow. He linked Horace Greeley and Confucius in their attitude of practicability and said that he agreed with them in their intensely human view of life. “The advocates of various religions want to make heaven a private park for their own adherents,” he said. “I do not believe heaven will be exclusive. It is my faith that good men will go there irrespective of dogma.”

CURRENT COMMENT

More young men are/studying medicine than are studying raw and theology combined. More young men are studying theology and medicine in Illinois than in any other State, although New York leads in the number of law students. The census will show only the medical, law and other students in the professional schools. There is no record of the thousands who for economy or other reasons are reading law and medicine in the offices of active practitioners. There are 23,778 young men in the medical colleges of the United States; less than half as many—ll,B74—in the law schools, and only about one-third as many—B,26l—-in the theological seminaries. The four States having the largest number of professional students are Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Missouri, as follows: The- Mcdiology. Daw. clue. Total, N'ew Y'ork 97*5 -.228 2,440 Illinois 1,177 1,279 2.009 5,45.) Pennsylvania . 742 587 2,605 3,834 Missouri 567 371 2,212 3,150 A movement has been started by citizens of Minnesota to make a national park at the sources of the Mississippi river. As the primeval forests in the borders of the United States are rapidly decreasing, owing to the operations of lumbermen, it is felt that it will not be long before the people will have no means of knowing how old America looked in its original state. The regions around the headwaters of the Mississippi now constitute about all of the original dense woodlands left. The place has aaother attraction in being the home of the Indians whom Longfellow rendered celebrated In his poem, “Hiawatha.” These red men are living there in about the same way they did centuries ago, and while they are harmless, their wild ways are an interesting relic of the past, William Charles Harris, a soldier of Great Britain, and an American citizen, died at his home in Nevada, Story County, lowa, n few days ago in his seventieth year. He was born at Bristol, Eng., Nov. 2, 1830, ran away to sea at 14, was two years a sailor, ten years a soldier, five years an American plainsman and pioneer, and thirty-eight years a peaceful lowa farmer. His most famous exploit was riding in the immortal charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, and although he passed unscathed from that trying ordleal, he was fourteen times wounded in battle, and carried In his head a silver quarter, which had replaced bit* of skull broken by a bayonet.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reicke of California are iu charge of a signal station on the brow’ of a lofty peak in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where they keep a sharp lookout, field glass in hand, for fires which might break out in the snowsheds that skirt the railroad through the rocky wilds. If a small flame should pass unnoticed for an hour the whole chain of sheds might be consumed and the tracks endangered. The woman watches by day and her husband by night. The first authentic discovery of traces of a prehistoric race in Alaska was made recently by prospectors in the foothills of Mount St. Elias. A copper mine was unearthed which had been worked ages ago. Kettles, tools, spear-heads and otter articles, made in a crude manner from copper, ware found. During the siege of Pekin-1 be members of tbs diplomatic corps ami tho missionHIU'R who were Shut up !r the British

ELOPED IN A BALLOON.

TEXAN’S DARING WAY TO WIN A BRIDE. Lovers Have, Eloped on Horseback, Escaped Irate Fathers by Boat—They Have Also Used Railroad Trains, bnt in Mexico They Ballooned It. Since the r world began lovers have always ben equal to the task of uniting their destinies and fortunes in spite of opposing parents and guardians. They have eloped on horseback, escaped the vengeance of irate fathers by sailing across stormy waters, and they have used special railroad trains to put themselves beyond the reach of angry pursuing parties, but in Mexico for the first time a heroic young man and a brave girl used a balloon to elope. Randall Howard, a wealthy young man, whose home is in Marion County, Mo., went to Southern Texas about a year ago to get the benefit of the salubrious climate of the valley of the Rio Grande. He divided his time between Eagle Pass and Del Rio, frequently making excursions into old Mexico. He seemed to be well supplied with money, and being of a jolly, liberal disposition he soon became well known and popular with the best classes of people, both in Texas and Mexico. He was fond of hunting, and nothing pleased him better than to collect a crowd of young people and make a trip to the Santa Rosa Mountains, where game Is abundant and the finest fish in the world are easily caught in the clear waters of the numerous beautiful streams. During one of these pleasure excursions young Howard made the acquaintance of Don Antonio Sanchez, a wealthy ranchman, and was invited to visit his hacienda. Howard accepted the invitation, and he was warmly welcomed by the old don’s wife and beautiful daughter, who had just returned from a convent school in the City of Mexico. Not many little walks had been taken through the orange groves of the old hacienda, where the frost never gleams and the flowers bloom forever, before the young Missourian became satisfied that the beautiful Spanish girl reciprocated his affection for her. He abandoned his Texas friends and moved his effects to the little village not far from Don Antonio’s ranch. Howard had been warned by his sweetheart that her father’s remarkable politeness and apparent warm friendship for his guest could not me relied upon to withstand the test of parting with his daughter. “He likes you very well, Senor Howard,” the young girl would say, “but he is the son of'one of the veterans that Santa Anna led into Texas, and it is hardly probable that he will ever permit me to marry an American.’’ The ardeu( lover soon discovered that the young girl was well informed. One day wheu the old don was gradually falling Into one of his most hospitable and affectionate moods over a bottle of wine the young man baldly approached the subject. The glass dropped from the old don’s trembling hand and his eyes (lashed with rage. The hilarious, amiable host of the previous moment was Instantly transformed into a furious human tiger. “What!” he roared. “My daughter marry a Texas American? Never! Such audacity! I invite you to my hacienda and you take advantage of my hospitality to steal the affections Of my innocent child.” As Howard prudently began to rise to his feet, Don Antonio, began to shout orders to his peous. To one he said: “Bring me my pistols;” tp -another, “Lock up my daughter/ w»d to aootliex. “Gall the

TRIALS OF THE “NOTES AND QUERIES” MAN.

dogs.” It suddenly occurred to the young Missourian that Texas was a nice country, and it did not take him long to find a trail that led towards a crossing on the Rio Grande. After sending his sweetheart a letter by a faithful peon he set out for St. Louis, where he developed a plan to accomplish his purpose, which has succeeded after one of the most desperate and perilous adventures that two eloping lovers ever experienced. Mr. Howard secured the services of an accomplished aeronaut, aud after purchasing a good balloon he returned to Texas. Taking several faithful friends into his confidence, he sent a trusty Mexican to the little village of Santa Rosa, which is only a short distance from Don Antonio’s ranch, to distribute circulars announcing that Prof. Le Roy, a famous aeronaut, would make a balloon ascension from the plaza of the little pueblo on a certain day. Senorita Alma

HOW A TEXAN WON A BRIDE.

was well Informed as to the part that she was expected to act la the plan that her daring lover had devised. Promptly at the appointed time Prof. De Roy appeared on the plaza of Santa Rosa and began to inflate his monster balloon. The well-disguised lover mingled with the great crowd that bad assembled to witness the ascension. Tbe old don’s curiosity had drawn him to the plaza, where he walked about, paying little attention to Ills daughter, for he thought that lie had scared her audacious lover away. As the big balloon began to sway In the air, the lovers drew closer together, and at a signal from the aeronaut they approached the balloon. When the air ship was ready to start on its voyage Prof. Le Roy stepped into the basket and a secret sfgnal was giveu. Before any one realized what was taking place, the daring lovers sprang over the side of the car and accomplices cut the ropes. The airship shot towards the clouds, but not before Don Antonio had seen bis'daughter in the arms of the hated

American. With the agility of a youth, he seized one of the ropes and, drawing his revolver, he shouted: “My daughter,” and instantly fired. Le Roy seized a knife to cut the rope, but the girl caught his arm. She realized that the balloon was already so high in the air that the fall would kill her father, Howard grasped the situation, and with heroic generosity he turned to Le Roy and commanded him to let the airship descend. “I will doubtless lose my life,” he said, “but I cannot consent to be responsible for the death of Alma’s father. Don Antonio was still clinging to the rope .and rapidly sending pistol bails into the car. The balloon slowly descended until the feet of the enraged father were almost upon the earth. Howard bent over the side of the car, aud after cutting the rope he waved his hat at the old don, and shouted: “I will be good to Alma, and when you wish It we will come to see you.” The airship, relieved of the weight of the defeated and furious old man, shot upwards again. The lovers could only, hear howls of rage mingled with oaths, and they were glad to be beyond the reach of the desperate man who was clenching his fists and shaking his pistol towards them. Some hours afterward the balloon descended near the little city of Del Rio, in Texas, and the lovers took the evening train for San Antonio, where, they soon found a priest, who made them happy.

Wonderful Feat of Memory.

That memory can be trained to a remarkable degree has long been admitted, but a test to which Henry M. Plllsbury, the chess expert, recently submitted was one of the most remarkable Illustrations of mental capacity ever witnessed. While at the Northampton Club at South Bethlehem, Pa., not long ago he had, while blindfolded, participated in a team of four whist and at ttfe same time contested in ten games of chess—nine of which he *won, the other having been drawn—he offered to memorize thirty words, no matter how hai-d they might he, the selections to be read to him only once. Prof. Merrlman, of Lehigh University, and Dr. Trelkeld Edwards, of Bethlehem, picked out most of the following words: Antlphlogistian, pereosteum, takadiastase, plasmln, ambrosia, Trelkeld, streptococcus, staphelococcus, micrococcus, plasmodium, Mississippi, Freiheit, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, American, Russia, philosophy, Piet-Potgie-ters-Rost, SaJamagundi, Oomsillecootsl, Bangmamvato, Sclilochter’s Nek, Manzinyama, theosophy, catechism, Madjesoomslopa. Pillsbury memorized these words and repented them In the .order given and iu the reverse order, and he did not have any difficulty in repeating them the next day.

How to Test Bank Notes.

There are many simple tests for flctl tious bank notes. Tlid most difficult feature to imitate In our somewhat cumbersome paper money Is the watermark, but this cau only be Imitated properly by placing the forged bank note under a heavy die. Forgeries of this kind are detected by damping the note with a sponge. If the note is a genuine one the watermark will then stand out plainly, if a “duffer" It will almost disappear.

Where the Bicycle Still Flourishes.

In the high school nt Carthage, Mo., the boys and girls own bicycles worth in the nggr'egate $3,000. Two years ago there were only three bicycles “going to school." A man gains strength every time he •dmits kin own weakness.

PULSE of the PRESS

Men who trade in false rumors of the death of eminent men like Pope Leo and the Czgr of Russia ought to engage in better business. —Scranton (Fa.) Tribune* Is the question as to whether or not the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is obsolete to be classified with those as to where the Jones vote went and who struck B. Patterson?—Louisville Courier-Journal. If Sergeapt-at-Arms Ransdell has a proper conception of the requirements os the situation, he will see to It that the presiding officer’s chair In the United States Senate is equipped with a pair of stirrups by the 4th of March—Washington Post. The Cuban Constitutional Convention is proceeding with great deliberation, well knowing that some brilliant constitutional lawyer is patiently waiting for an opportunity to drive a four-horse team through its fundamental structure. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. There have been an unusually large number of willful marriages of late among scions of -well-to-do families, and without exception the old folks have taken the wise course of extending forgiveness. What can’t be cured must he endured. —Manchester (N. H.) Union. When Marconi predicts that England and America will be in wireless telegraphic communication by Christmas of another year, it borders on the marvelous, but it does not put -the cables into disuse yet by any means. When the result Is reached the dauntless inventor may undertake to communicate with the man In the moon. —Providence Telegram. Senator Davia. He had served the nation faithfully—in war and in peace.—Pittsburg Times. Senator Davis was in no sense a lit-' tie American. But likewise he was in no sense a jingo filled with vainglory and thirsting for national adventure. —New York Tribune. He was in all things a typical American, and whether at home or in foreign countries he commanded attention and respect by the dignity of his demeanor.— Detroit Journal. In the death of Cushman K. Davis the country loses the services of a man of conspicuous ability, great learning, boundless energy and undoubted patriotism.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. * He had the confidence not only of the United States but was regarded as a great man by the heads of foreign governments. He stood all the tests applied to genuine statesmanship.—Toledo Blade. In all his public career, covering more than a quarter of a century, Senator Davis was conspicuous for sound views of government, for an ability to master the most difficult problems, and for sturdy American patriotism.—Baltimore American. The End of Football. The football heroes of to-day may, alas, not be heard of a year hence.—Cleveland Leader. The football casualties of the season geem to have been taken as a ma,trter of course this year.—Milwaukee Sentinel. But, after all, football is a great game. Those who survive it are fit to tackle Anything hereafter.—Atlanta Journal. The football pictures of our exchanges can now be remanded to the standing gallays for another year’s repose.—Washington Post. With football out of the way for another year, the thoughtful public will be able to devote more time to the task of untangling the Chinese situation.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The college boys, of course, are thankful that the football season has ended and that they will henceforth be permitted to do some tall studying until the Christmas holidays. It has grieved them to be thus interrupted for so long.—Des Moines Capital. One young man in Chicago, one in Lowell, and one in Johnstown, Pa., are dead, and another one In Lebanon, Pa., is dying as a result of injuries received in football games. Is it necessary that modern football should be quite so strew uous?—Boston Globe. Mr. Phlllip-t* Corn Corner. According to Mr. Phillips, the shorts acknowledged the corn.—lndianapolis News. The success of Corn King Phillips is another neat job in the line of imperialism.—Washington Post. Young Mr. Phillips of Chicago is not so prodigal of his money that he needs to look after the husks just yet.—Rost<n Advertiser. Young Mr. Phillips, the Chicago speeuiß.tor, dissolved his corn corner only after he had compelled the other fellows to shell out to the tune of about $400,000. New York Mail and Express. Young Mr. Phillips, who has been dallying with the corn “shorts” in Chiengo during the last month, has upset and rendered useless nil the precedents that are always brought out ns effective to warn the youth of the land from the dangers of speculation. He won s3oo,ooo.—Detroit Journal. Mrs. Lease’* Divorce. Mr. Lease should not hope to escape. He will now be “Mrs. Lease’s ea-hmr band.”—l>cs Moines Leader. Mary Elizabeth Lease is under suspicion of bringing her divorce suit as &a advertising dodge.—Toledo Blade. If the story of that divorce suit Is true eld man Lease doesn’t have to go looking for something to be thankful for.—Atlanta Journal. Of course, the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Lease will not object to paying Mr. Elisabeth Lease a fair amount of alimony. Right is right.—Kansas City Journal. As Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease alleges “failure to provide” as a ground for divorce, Mr. Mary Elizabeth Lease might allege failure to keep house as a counter charge.—St. Louis Republic. The llou. Mary Ellen 'Lease has sued Mrs. Lease’s husband for divorce on tha ground of desertion. Yet Mrs. Lease's husband was nt borne attending to tha drug store and minding the children ail the time. —New York Sun. ~