Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

DRIVES KNIFE INTO FOE’S HEAD. Farmers Engage in a Desperate Fight Over a Long-Standing Grudge. The removal of a rusty knife blade 1% inches long from the brain of Fred Foine, a prominent Henry County farmer, has brought to light one of the fiercest duels ever fought in Northwestern Ohio. Two years ago Fred Foine and his neighbor, Henry Schroeder, were the best of friends, till a quarrel occurred over the use of another neighbor’s cornplanter. A few days ago Foine left for his home in a buggy, and, knowing that his Old enemy would pass that way, secured a rock and secreted himself. Soon Schroeder came along on his horse and was hurled to the ground by a blow on the head from a rock. Foine viciously jumped on his victim, biting and striking him with the rock. Too weak from his fall to ward off his assailant, Schroeder drew an old, rusty pocket-knife and stabbed Foine in the head and face. Schroeder escaped by crawling in the darkness to a near farmhouse. Foine went home, but the next day, from exposure and his undressed wounds, became violently ill. A few days ago the wound was opened. A magnet was applied and resulted in the extraction of the rusty knife blade. Foine, though in a critical condition, may recover. Schroq,der has sold his farm and will leave the country.

SLAIN BY HIS BRIDE. Mrs. Philip H. Kennedy of Kansas City Shoots Her Husband. Philip H. Kennedy, agent for the Merchants’ Dispatch Transfer Company, was shot and killed in his office in the New Ridge building in Kansas City by his wife, who was Lulu K. Prince. The woman fired four bullets into her victim, and then, as he lay gasping and dying, she sprang upon him and ground both heels into his face. Mrs. Kennedy was at once arrested. Kennedy and Miss Prince were married Dec. 4 last at the court house, Judge Gibson performing the ceremony. The father and one of the bride’s brothers constituted the wedding guests. A few days ago Kennedy brought suit to have the marriage annulled on the ground of coercion. In his petition Kennedy declared he had not lived with his -wife as her husband and only married her then because of threats by the father and brother that if he didn’t they would kill him.

MURDER IN ZANESVILLE. Mrs. Vina Grady Is Found Dead —Negro Barber in Custody. Mrs. Vina Grady, white, and a member of a prominent family, was brutally murdered in the front room of her home in Fountain alley, Zanesville, Ohio. Adrian Mndison, r colored harher, known to be infatuated with the woman and who was seen by her children to leave the house with his clothing covered with blood, is in custody, charged with the crime. The woman’s skull was crushed with a blnnt instrument, but the doctors who held the post-mortem examination give it as an opinion that the woman was choked to death. Madison insists that the woman was well when he left the house and claims the blood on his clothing came from the nose. Militnry Court’s Report. Oscar L. Booz of Pennsylvania was hazed while a cadet at the West Point military academy, but his death was caused by tuberculosis and the hazing was not responsible for the deed. There is no foundation either for the allegation that Cadet John Breth’s death was due to hazing. Such is the finding of the military court of inquiry, which investigated the charges made by the parents of the two boys. Biennial Election Law Void. Judge A. R. Dewey of the sixth judicial district of lowa ruled to set aside the Titus amendment relating to biennial State elections, on the ground that it was not legally submitted to the Legislature, and was not legally adopted, and is now no part of the constitution of lowa. Much Smallpox in Kansas. Dr. W. B. Swan of the Kansas Board of Health reports 267 cases of smallpox in the State. "The type of the disease is more severe than it was last winter,” the doctor says, "and I think there will be a' considerably larger number of fatalities.” Boy Shoots His Bister. While William Chichester and his wife, who reside down the river from Marietta, were absent trading, Thomas, a 9-year-old son, emptied both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun into his sister Florence, aged 14, killing her instantly. Child Kills His Mother. “I am going to shoot you, mamma,” playfully said the 6-year-old son of Mrs. John W. Pennington, residing near Graham, Ga. The report of a pistol was heard and the,mother fell to the floor imortally wounded. Vessel Is Burned in Dock. Fire destroyed the harbor excursion steamer Idlewild, which was tied up for the winter at Bairds’ dock, Erie basin, Brooklyn, N. Y. The flames spread to the dock. The loss is heavy. Children Burn to Death. At least a score of children are dead as the result of a fire that destroyed the hospital section of the Rochester, N. Y., Orphan Asylum. i Canteen Is No More. By the decisive vote of 34 to 15 the United States Senate abolished the army canteen. , Lind Assaults an Editor. Ex-Gov. Lind of Minnesota assaulted Mauaging Editor Henry T. Black of the St. Puul Dispatch. Senator Chandler Defeated. New Hampshire Republicans threw •ver Senator William E. Chandler and •elected Henry B. Burnham.

.MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.95; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.40; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2,36 cto 37c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 21c; potatoes, 44c to 49c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.60; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,76 cto 77c; corn, - No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 26c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.85; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2,24 cto 25c; rye, No. 2,49 eto 50c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.85; hogs, $3.00 to $5.30; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,80 cto 81c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 3Se to 39c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 55c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.05; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,80 cto 81c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, 52c to 53c. Toledo —Wheat, No, 2 mixed, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2,52 c to 53e; clover seed, prime, $6.00 to $6.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 3,35 cto 36c; oats. No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 1,53 c to 54c; barley, No. 2,60 cto 61c; pork, mess, to $14.95.. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.20. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.65; sheep, $3.00 to $4.45; wheat, No. 2 red, 79c to<80c; corn. No. 2, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 23c to 24c; eggs, western, 24c.

CAVE-IN ENTOMBS SIXTY MEN. All Save Themselves by Crawling in Darkness Nearly a Mile. A landslide or Cave-in occurred at Santiago mine, some six mfles from Moberly; Mo., entombing sixty men. The main entrance to the mine, which is on the tunnel plan, was completely stopped. The mine was enveloped in total darkness, and the entombed miners had to crawl and feel their way to a small entrance, or air tunnel, nearly a mile from the main entrance, where the cave-in occurred. No one was seriously hurt.

FOUND DEAD BY TRACK. Young Man’s Body Shows Tnjnries Which Excites Suspicion. Arthur Storm, a young man of the south part of Shelby County, Ind., is dead under peculiar circumstances. A few days ago he left home intending to take a train on the Clover Leaf railroad. A few hours later he was found wandering unconscious near the track with a fractured skull aud otherwise injured. He died a few days later without regaining consciousness. The cause of his injuries has not developed. FATALLY SHOT BY ROBBERS. Farmer Held Up by Three Masked Desperadoes Near Portsmouth, Ohio. James Rose, a prominent farmer near Portsmouth, Ohio, was shot and fatally wounded by three masked robbers. He was aroused and went to his door, revolver in hand, when he was set upon by the robbers and a desperate fight ensued. He was shot in the face and his death is expected as a result. He is positive that he killed one of the trio, but no traces of the body have been found. Many Die in Fight. Gen. Kitchener sends news of a serious simultaneous attack by the Boers on the British positions between points sixty miles apart, along the lines of the Pretoria and Lourenzo Marquez railway. The losses on both sides were heavy. According to reports the Boers were beaten off after prolonged fighting.

Finds Valuable Will in Cellar. Impressed by alleged spiritual manifestations, Dr. C. Townsend of Madison, Ind., took a lamp and explored his cellar, uncovering a will made twenty years ago by his deceased wife giving him the bulk of valuable property which went to his children in the absence of a will. It is a court sepsation.

V Find a Priest Dead and Robbed. Rev. Charles Paul Riegel, rector of the Roman Catholic Church of the Presentation, of Cheltenham, was found dead In the hallway of a furnished-room house at Philadelphia. His clothes had been rifled of everything of value, including a gold watch and chain and his money. Caleb G. Jesse Pardoned. Caleb G. Jesse. • convicted last February of shooting and killing Frank Griffin, editor of Griffin’s Marysville, Mo., Review, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, has been pardoned by Gov. Stephens.

In Prison on False Charge. ■, Peter Santos, a Greek candy merchant at Huntington, pKy., supposed to have been murdered by his partner, George Polltz, has turned up nlive at Columbia, S. C. Polltz is serving a ten-year sentence for the murder of Santos. Bank Employe Is Missing. Harry K. Deer, messenger and assistant bookkeeper of the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Simrpsburg, Pa., is missing. It is alleged that his accounts are short. Joint Note Signed in Pekin. An official report current in diplomatic circles in Pbkin says that the Chinese plenipotentiaries have signed the joint note, thus concluding the preliminary •tags of the negotiations.

ALFED PACKER IS PAROLED. Release of Famous Colorado Prisoner Final Act of Gov. Thomas. The last official act of Charles S. Thomas, who retired as Governor of Colorado, was to grant a parole to Alfred Packer. The release of the famous prisoner was the result of efforts urged in his behalf for two years. Packer has been in prison over seventeen years. He was sentenced to a 40-year term in 1883. A special writer, who conducted the campaign in favor of the prisoner’s release, took the executive order granting Packer his liberty to the penitentiary. The attempted assassination of H. H. Tammen and F. G. Bonfils of the Denver Post by W. W. Anderson, a lawyer, about a year ago, resulted from the agitation of Packer’s case. Packer’s alleged crime was the murder of a party of five prospectors in the wilds of Colorado. He admitted that he killed one of the men, who, he said, was insane and had assaulted him after murdering the other four with a hatchet. Packer was 100 miles from civilization-at the time Und was compelled, he said, to eat the flesh of the murdered man to keep himself from starving. ZEAL OVERCOME BY LOVE. Edward J. Oncken cf St. Louis Re* nonnees Priesthood to Marry. Love caused Edward J. Oncken of St. Louis to become converted. Then religious zeal scored a point on love and the young man, being convinced that he was called to the priesthood, applied for admission to the seminary of the Redemptorist Order at Windsor Springs, Mo. He was admitted, and at once took up his studies preparatory to taking holy orders. After remaining in the seminary one year he returned home on a visit and saw his old sweetheart, Miss Emily Doyon. Then ensued a struggle in the young man’s heart between love and religious zeal. Love eventually triumphed. He returned to the seminary, where Miss Doyon visited him in a few weeks. Then the struggle ended. The young man renounced the priesthood, not having taken any vows. He returned to St. Louis and secured employment as bookkeeper and cashier, of a wholesale grocery house. The other morning he was married to the girl who first converted him to the Roman Catholic faith, then won him from the priesthood.

BLAZE IN INDIANA TOWN. Entire Block of Business Houses Bnrned at Syracuse. The Town of Syracuse, Ind., suffered loss by fire of an entire block of business buildings. The loss is estimated between $25,000 and $30,000, with but $5,000 insurance. The principal losers are: Weyrick & Hinderer, dry goods; S. L. Kctring, brick building; F. L. Hocb, drugs; H. E. Sloan, restaurant; C. H. Conrad, grocery; Miller & Lehman, notions; Mrs. M. A. Benner, millinery, and Dr. B. F. Hoy, office building and fixtures. Syracuse has no protection against fire. A bucket brigade worked six hours to keep the Humes from spreading. LAW TO PUNISH WHITECAPS. South Dakota Juries Convict Such Offenders of “Burglary.” “Burglars” is the definition given “White Cappers” by a jury in the State Circuit Court of Kingsbury County, S. D., and four men convicted under this definition have been sentenced to terms of. ten years each in the Sioux Falls penitentiary because they went to the home of a neighbor and applied to him the genuine "White Cap” punishment. The man •who was thus treated was Nels Sands, a farmer living in Kingsbury County. Girl Student Killed by Negro. Eliza Newkirk, a student at Vorliies Business College, Indianapolis, was shot and killed by Morris Jones, a negro who had been employed as janitor in the college building. The negro then killed himself. Miss Newkirk is said to have been a member of a prominent family in Eriendsville, 111. It is believed the negro killed her in revenge when he was discharged from the college. Insane Man Would Enlist. Arthur Humbert, son of a millionaire New York merchant, was brought to the Bloomingdale asylum from Alaska. He -is said to be insane over the army. When taken into custody he was endeavoring to enlist in the United States army at a post near Seattle. Editor Wright Kills Himself. W. Horace Wright, journalist, lawyer and leader among the forces of the Royalist party in. Hawaii, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid, jle was found dead one morning in his editorial chair in the office of the Independent, of which he was associate editor. Treasure Reveal-d by Dream. Mrs. Rachel A. Moores, a wealthy woman of Texarkana, bus just found $2,800 in gold which was buried by her husband, Col. David N. Moores, in 1860, on his plantation near there. Mrs. Moores says she located the treasure through a dream. Six Kilted in a Wreck. An engine running light struck a freight train on the Mouongaliela River division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Anderson, W. Va., and the collision resulted in the death of sir men and the serious injury of two others. Southern Russia Snowe 1 Up. Dozens of trains are snowed up on the southern railways of Russia, and some are completely buried. Tc« thousand laborers were dispatched to clear the tracks. Several Russian steamers are missing. _____ Family Burned to Death. t An entire family of five persons lost their lives in a fire in Model Town, near Niagara Falls, N. Y. It included Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Taylor and their three children. 1. 3 and 5 years old, resoectively.