Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

INVENTED a HOLD UP STORY. Toledo Woman Confesses that Her Claim of Robbery Was Untrue. In connection with the present epidemic of hold-ups in Toledo, Ohio, the police have secured the confession of Mrs. H. O. Y oung, who, they claim, invented her hold-up story to prevent her husband from joining a lodge. The signed confession reads: “I, Mrs. H. O. Young, do hereby say that 1 was not robbed Sundaynight or any other time.” As Mrs. Young first told her tale she was en route to a coal dealer’s office when she was seized on the street and robbed by a colored man in a long, light-colored coat. She had about $lO,. which he took. A colored man answering to the somewhat vague description was arrested'and Mrs. Young w’eut to the police to see whether she could identify the prisoner. Meantime the detectives had been working on the case npd the woman w ( as confronted by the chief in his private office. He s,ays she informed him that her busband was'about'to join a lodge and wanted the $lO for the initiation fee. Not wishing him to join, she secreted the money and reported a hold-up. The colored man has been released. This makes four bogus hold-ups exploded out of twelve reported in’two weeks. FIND MISER’S HIDDEN RICHES. Ohio Farmers Discover $-45,000 in Bonds in a Neighbor’s Hat Miami County, Ohio, is excited over the discovery of $45,000 in government bonds in the hut occupied by Miser Ypsilanti Smith, w-ho died a few days ago near Springfield. For almost a quarter, of It century the old man had occupied the hut. , He made a small living out of the products of a patch of ground he had purchased and no one had the slightest intimation that he had any money. His mind was unbalanced thirty years ago from grief over the death of his wife and only child. In his younger days he was in the law’ office of the late William Lawrence of Bellefontaine, and after the death of his wife and child he disappeared from that City and settled down in the hut. Neighbors found the bonds in an old wooden box under the floor.- The coupons had not been cut for thirty years, and pension papers were also found dating back over thirty years. The vouchers were nicely arranged and apparently had not been disturbed for a long time. KIDNAPED AT KALAMAZOO. Hobart Clayberg, 17 Years Old,fs Abducted by Two Men, but Released. Hobart Clayberg, a 17-year-old boy, whose father, John B. Clayberg, is a prominent citizen of Helena, Mont., was kidnaped in Kalamazoo, Mich., by two men. The boy was .blindfolded and compelled to walk to Mattawan, a distance of eleven miles, it became so stormy that the kirnapers released young Clayberg at Mattawan after robbing him of. the small sum of money he had in his pockets. The boy telegraphed for help and was brought home during the night. Main in Fulling Elevator. A fatal accident occurred in the Paterson, N. J., department store. The store was packed with shoppers and ah elevator load of them was going up, when suddenly one of the big cables yroke. The car to the bottom floor and to make the accident more terrible the big balancing weight was jerked from its guys and crashed down through the car, crushing its occupants to death and scattering their brains about. Two persons were killed and three badly injured. Hol 1 Silk Burglaries. The dry goods house of Julius Barnes & Co. in Laporte, Ind., was entered by robbers. The silk department was looted of silks to the value of SBOO. The officers say that within the last year the operations of this gang of silk robbers have caused losses to Indiana merchants of nearly $25,000.

French Troops Rout Force of Chinese. The French troops encountered east of Chochan, between Pekin and Pao-Ting-Fu, a Chinese force numbering 2,500 men with artillery. The Chinese fled in the direction of Kuan-Hsien. They suffered losses aud left behind them five standards and four cannon. Killed by Exp!o Ung Beer Vat. Just as Sebastian Joos, aged 52 years, a foreman in the Quinnipiac brewery iu New Haven, Conn., shut off the air valve of an immense oak beer vat the vat exploded and a piece of oak struck the foreman in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Big Fire in Calgary, N. W. T. The mbst destructive fire in the history of "Calgary, N. W. T„ wrought damage estimated at SIOO,OOO. Several of the finest business structures fell prey to the flames, notably the Clarence, Eau Claire and new Norman blocks. Two Killed by Wabash Train. While on their way to a .dance at Blakeslee, Ohio, a buggy containing Charles Gannon and Wayne Crawl, both of Montpelier, Ohio, was st|uck by Wabash express No. 3 and both men instantly killed. Killed in Sq a red Circle. Frank Barr, 18 years of age, a boxer, was struck over the heart in a match with a local featherweight named Kelly at the Athletic Club of Philadelphia and died shortly afterward. Fatal Trolley-Car Accident. As a result of a trolley crash near the Broadway ferry, Brooklyn, an "unknown woman was killed and two others seriously injured, while at least half a dozen more received minor injuries. Slays 1,500 Reformers. News of the massacre of 1,500 members of the reform forces in China and the beheading of twenty-seven of their leaders has been received. The engagement took place in the province of Pechili.

'Market quotations. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.90; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 t 055.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2,35 cto 36c; oats, No. 2,21 c t© 22c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 47c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 21c; potatoes, 43c to 47c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $5.85; Ilogs, choice light, $4.00 to $4.95; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. St. Louis —Cattle. $3.2." to $5.65; hogs. $3.01) to sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2,22 cto 23c; rye. No. 2. 48c to 49c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, $3.00 to $5.05; sheep, $3.00 to $3.35; wheat. No. 2. 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 3.7 c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c;’rye, No. 2,53 cto 54c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3,00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,76 cto T7c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye. 51c to 52c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye. No. 2,51 c to 52c; clover seed, prime, $6.00 to $6.40, Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 northern, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3,34 cto 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 1,50 c to 51c; barley, No. 2,59 cto 60c; pork, mess, $10.50 to $11.15. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, s3.oo>to $5.40; hogs, fair to prime. $3.00 to $5.15; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.00 to $5.75. New York —Cattle, $3.25 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.40; sheep, $3.00 to $3.90; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, western, 23c to 24c. THINKS THEY ARE DIAMONDS. Expert Finds Field of Gems Near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A prominent railway official at Alamagordo, N. M., received a box of fifty gems closely resembling and alleged to be diamonds, found near Capitan, the coal camp on the line of the El Paso and Northeastern Railway Company, eighty miles north of there. The stones were found by J. J. Blow, formerly associated with the Deßeers Consolidated Company at Kimberley, South Africa, who has been secretly investigating the field for the last month, and a .letter from him accompanying the shipment says they are either diamonds or something so closely resembling the gem that they deceive him. WOMAN GIVES HIDDEN MONEY. Three Burglars Put Mrs. Albert Kern on Rack in Her Own House. Three burglars subjected Mrs. Albert Kern of Blue Island, 111., to fearful torture before she would reveal the hiding place of SSO, of which they were in search. After she had finally’ submitted to the robbers the woman was bound and gagged and left senseless in her room, where she was found by her husband. The thieves escaped. Mrs. Kern is the wife of a" cigarmaker who is reputed to have saved considerable money and secreted it about the house iu which he lives. Noted Criminal Is Caught. Gustav Kindt, alias French Gus, alias Frank Leroy, alias Felix King, 66 years old, burglar, safe cracker and a most dangerous criminal, whose face is familiar to the police of all the large cities of Canada and the United States, was caught while looting a safe in the w-hole-sale liquor store of John T. Sloaue in Philadelphia.

Father Shot by Son. To save his own life, Arthur Albertsen, 17 years old, shot hud killed his father, Samuel Albertsen, 52 years old, in Chicago. The latter, frenzied from the effects of liquor, previously had attempted to kill his wife with a stove poker in the presence of his nine children. Kill and Eat a Gold Hunter. According to news received from Queensland by the steamer Miowera, blacks are alleged to have killed and eaten a prospector named P. Killane. The police have found the scattered remains and a saddle and rifle which belonged to him. Last of Suicide Club Dead. Gustave Wolf, who is supposed to have been the last member of the Bridgeport, Conn., suicide club, was found dead with a bullet in his brain in the jewelry store of Isaac Brush. Wolf was employed there for years as chief clerk. He was 51 years old and a diamond expert. Toronto Youth Dies In Fire. In a fire which destroyed the store and dwelling of Robert Litbeo, on Queen street, Toronto, bis son Henry was burned to death mid his wife wits so severely injured by jumping from a window that her life is despaired of. Ask Big Sum of China. Two hundred million dollars is the maxiuium sum the powers demand of China as indemnity for the Boxer outrages, yet the claims to be made by natives and individuals are likely to be many times that amount. Married Her Ranch Manager. Miss Grace lloward, daughter of the New York journalist, has been married to Joseph Mesnard, manager of her big stock ranch. They will make their home forty miles west of Chamberlain, 8. D. Under Martial Law. Martial law has been proclaimed in the Dutch districts of Beaufort West and Carnarvon, Cape Colony.

CONFESSES AN OLD MURDER. H. Green Tells of a Crime Committed in Jlichlgan Thirty-five Years Ago. A man named H. Green has surrendered himself to the police in Sacramento, Cal., saying that he and. his brother, John, murdered a man named Bill Feeny at Claire Station, Mich., in 1875. He says they took Feeny out, knocked him in the head, cut his throat and robbed him of S6OO. They then cut a hole in the ice on the lake and threw the body in. Green says he and his brother went to Detroit, enlisted and were sent to Dakota. There he shot and wounded a man named Selby, but was acquitted on the ground of self-defense. He went to Buffalo, re-enlisted, and was sent to New Mexico, where he deserted and returned to Michigan. He committed burglary at Corunnt and was sent to the penitentiary in Jackson for five years. His convict number was. 1902, Green says his brother was the '‘John Morgan” who was killed while the two were trying to hold up a Davisville, Cal. He states that he is willing to pay the penalty for his crimes. OFFICIAL UPHOLDS MOB LAW. Chillicothe City Attorney’s Bold Statement During a Trial. Rev. John W. White, pastor of the Chillicothe, Mo., Free Methodist Church, who was arrested recently charged with assaulting his children, John, aged 14, and Ada, aged 10, was found guilty of assaulting the boy and was fined $lO and costs by Jolice Judge Orr. The case was hotly contested and created not a little feeling. City Attorney Barton said in the course of his speech that if Pastor White should repeat his offense the people of the community would take the law in their own hands and that he (Barton) would indorse their action. This so inflamed some of the preacher’s adherents that they waited on Mayor Hoge with a demand that he request Attorney Barton’s resignation for upholding mob law. The Mayor refused. White has appealed his case to the Circuit Court. MYSTERIOUS CRIME AT A WAKE. South Dakota Man Whose Son Is Dead Is Wounded—Guest Tries Suicide. While several friends were gathered at the house of John Pyplar, near Veblen, S. D., to sit up with the remains of one of his children, Pyplar was found unconscious between the house and the barn with several gashes in his skull. Upon seeing his condition Moses LaFrombois disappeared and a little later was discovered hanging from the limb of a tree near the barn. He was cut down before, life was extinct. Pyplar is in a fair way to recover. LaFrombois is under arrest to await the result of the injuries to Pyplar. BEARS THE MARK OF CAIN. Herbert Romine of Middleport, Ohio, Kills His Brother. Lester Romine died at his home, north of Middleport, Ohio, from the effects of a bullet wound inflicted by his brother, Herbert Romine. Herbert, who was under the influence of liquor, became enraged because his brother snatched his cap from his head, and declared he would shoot if the act was repeated. Thinking his brother was joking, Lester snatched the cap again, whereupon Herbert pulled a revolver and shot Lester just below the heart. Herbert is’ uuder arrest. Murder Is a Mystery. The death of Frank Richardson, a wealthy citizen of Savannah, Mo., a member of the firm of Fife & Richardson, dealers in general merchandise, which resulted from a pistol shot, is shrouded in mystery. It is believed that Richardson was murdered, but there is not the slightest clew to the assassin or his motive. He was shot dead in his home while his wife was waiting for him to accompany her to the theater.

High Mason Is Shot. Mystery shrouds the shooting of William H. Smythe, secretary of the Masonic grand lodge of the State of Indiana, which occurred in Mr. Smythe’s office in Masonic Temple in Indianapolis. Mr. Smythe’s story is that a woman did the shooting, but the police have been unable to find auy trace of her. Famous Firs Under Control. The officials of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company are jubilant over the fact that the fire in the celebrated burning mine at Summit Hill, Pa., which started forty-two years ago, is now under control, ami it is said ‘that the next two years will see its extinguishment. Says Roads Will Unite. It is reliably reported that the Toledo, St. Louis and Western (Clover Leaf), Missouri Pacific, Lima Northern and Ohio Southern railroads are to be consolidated and that the deal will be announced in a few days by the officials. Oberlin College Gets Gift. President Barrows announces that the magnificent hotel property in Lodi, Ohio, known as the Taylor Inn and valued at more than $50,000, has been deeded to Oberlin College as a gift by Mr. and •Mrs. A. B. Taylor ,of Lodi. Holds Up <x s-tagE Coach. An unknown highwayman held up the Hot Springs stage in the mountain near Holy Springs, Ark, and rifled the contents of a private express box. It is thought that the booty was light. Falls for Three Millions. * A. K. Housekeeper of Nagberth, Pa., was discharged as a voluntary bankrupt in the United States District Court, with liabilities of $2,891,093.43 and assets of $25. Trapped by Boers. A sqiHidJtop of yeomanry which bad been following the Boers from Britstown is reported to have been’ entrapped. There were several casualties, it is said, and the remainder of the force was captured.