Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

PAT CROWE AS BOY’S MODEL. Charley Cederblade Undertakes to Extort $2,000 from John A. Dowie. Charles Cedervlade, who had a desire to be the Pat Crowe.of the Arthur Barnard disapearance case in Chicago, is under arrest at police headquarters and is accused of attempting to obtain $2,000 for the return of the missing teller of Dowie's Zion ba*nk. The prisoner is a 15-year-old victim df yellow-back fiction and never saw Barnard. He was arrested at the rendezvous he had selected for the payment of the ransom. C. J. Barnard, father of Arthur Barnard, received a letter similar in tenor to that scut by the kidnapers of Edward Cudahy. It was written on blank paper and was as follows: “Barnard Warning—We want $2,000 for the liberty of Barnard. Il’ not he will be put to death. If you do this all will be well. Come to lioseoe and Racine avenues on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad on the 30th of the month at 7 sharp. We want sl, $5, $lO and S2O bills and $5 gold pieces. We do not want all gold like when we took the "C” boy. Do let anyone but yourself see this note or it will be death to your son<ißarnard.—Captain of the Gang.” After a conference with the bank officials Mr. Barnard decided to submit the letter to the chief of police, and to leave action upon it in the hands of the department. Captain Colleran of the detective bureau called in three of his trusty sleuths —Detectives Thompson, Burns and Morrissey—and told them to find and arrest the kidnapers at all hazards.

ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP BOY. Caseyville, 111,, Man Sees His 7-Year-Old Son Being Dragged Away. An attempt was made at Caseyville, 111., to kidnap Willie, a 7-year-old son of Mj. and Mrs. William Kinsella. Mrs. Kinsella recently received a legacy of $2,000. A few days later a strange man applied for work and was engaged. It is believed he knew of the legacy and was planning to kidnap the boy for a ransom. The other day while Mrs. Kinsella was away Mr. Kinsella missed the man and the boy. He -ran to an elevation and saw the man dragging the boy as fast as he could toward the village of Alma. Mr. Kinsella mounted a horse and went in pursuit. He overtook the man, and jumping from the horse, attacked him. A desperate fight ensued for possession of the boy. The father beat the other man almost into insensibility and took the boy back home. Later, when the scene of the fight was visited, the kidnaper had disappeared. The man had been known by the name of Bert Williams. DEATH PUNISHMENT MUST GO. Murder to Be Avenged by Life Imprisonment in Minnesota. Capital punishment is to abolished in the State of Minnesota and imprisonment for life will be substituted. A measure providing for this has been introduced by Representative Hendrick. In-speaking of his measure Representative Hendrick says he was led to the belief that capital punishment should be abolished because of the fact that conviction of persons charged with crimes for which death is the penalty is generally had on circumstantial evidence, and the further fact that too many men escape punishment altogether, simply because the jury has a doubt of their guilt. Nebraska Town Burns. At Gothenburg, Neb., fire destroyed the livery barn of Amos P. Singer, together with twenty head of horses; Odeerant’s block, containing a lodge hall and two small stores; Carlson Hardware Company’s building, Stack’s restaurant, and partly burned the building of the Carlson Mercantile Company. The loss is about $25,000, half covered by insurance. Fatal Fire at £ea. The British steamship Gov. Blake, which has arrived at Mobile, Ala., from Grand Cayman, brought news of the destruction of a bark by fire at sea. Presumably the entire crew perished on the vessel, which is supposed to have been the Mary from New York. Seamen could be seen clinging to the rigging, but the vessel was enveloped in flames and rescue was impossible. Neely Now in a Cuban Prison. Charles F. W. Neely, charged with embezzling $30,000 of postal funds, has arrived at Havana from New York. The prisoner was delivered to the keeper of the Carcel. Neely, who is in good spirits, received many visitors and talked confidently of his acquittal.

Nab Clever Diamond Thief. Edward Whalen, better known as “Boston Frank,” one of the cleverest “pennyweight” trick operators in the country, is in the custody of the Baltimore police. He was arrested in Washington in company with Mabel Harris, of Philadelphia. Hits a Gravel Train. Three Italian laborers were killed in a collision on the West Shore Railroad at Weebawken, N. \\ An incoming passenger train ran into a gravel train smashing several cars and seriously injuring a number of passengers. Train Wrecked by an Avalanche. A train on the White Pass Railway was wrecked by au avalanche near Summit, Alaska, and partially buried. It took four hours to dig out two men imprisoned in the wreck, who were found unconscious. I ic» After a Pistol Duel, James Stockdnle, who was fatally wounded in a pistol duel at Mount Sterling, Ky., with William Morton, a farmer, is dead. ______ Pastor Rnn Down and Killed. , Rev. Samuel Andrews, a Presbyterian minister at Watfosso, Minn., was killed by a car. Both legs and left arm were severed.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, shipping grades, $3-00 to $5.40; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn. No. 2,36 cto 37c: oats. No. 2. 23»to 24c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh. 17c to 18c; potatoes, 41c to 47c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 t“ $5.60; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.37; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $3.75. wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 white, 38c to 39c;“ oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 2Sc, ___ St, Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.35; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,72 eto 73c: corn, No. 2. 30e to 37c; oats. No. 2,25 cto 26c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 51c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75: hogs $3.00’ to $5.42; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,55 cto -56 c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.60; hogs. $3.00, to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00: wheat, No. 2,78 cto 80c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to'2Bc; rye, 53c to 54c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 2,51 c to 52c; clover seed, prime, $6.00 to $6.70. ■ Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 3,36 cto oats. No, 2 white, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 1,50 c to 52c; barley, No. 2,59 cto 00c; pork, mess, $13.50 to $13.85. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, fair to prime. $3.00 to $5.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.80. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.85; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c; corn, No. 2, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2*white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, western, 19c to 20c.

S TKANGE AND FATAL DISEASE. New Malady in Southern California Results in Death of Eight Persons. At Daggett, a station on the Santa Fe in the northern part of San Bernardino County, .CM-, a strange and fatal disease has made its appearance, causing the death of eight persons in one week. A feature that adds mystery is that each corpse within twenty-four hours after death turns black, leaving no. semblance whatever of former features. The single physician at Daggett diagnoses the maL ady as pneumonia, as patients are attacked with chills, the precursors of grip. The patients only live a day or two after being stricken, and in some instances the change of color was noted before death ensued.

GIRL VICTIM OF ATTACK. Business Man’s Daughter Assailed on the Doorstep of Friend’s Home. Wiihelmina Helfrich, 16, daughter of Albert T>. Helfrich, manager of the Hoffman Hinge Company, was the victim of an attack in Cleveland. She had started to visit a friend, and just as she reached the residence next door to her friend's, she was struck twice on the head with a blunt instrument by some one behind her. She dropped unconscious. Her assailant then dragged her through the snow to the rear of her friend’s home. Pedestrians later found her walking about in a dazed condition, staggering and covered with blood. Her recovery is doubtful. Her assailant escaped. Buys Six Lake Vessels. J. C. Gilchrist of Cleveland has purchased of the Wilson Transit Company the following vessels: The steamers Wallula, Olympia, Sitka C., Tower and Yakima and the schooner Yukon. The deal involves $375,000. Mr. Gilchrist also purchased the steamer Charles A. Eddy from Captain Boutelle of Bay City, Mich., for $70,000. Projects Huge Steel Plant. There now seems to be no doubt that an immense new steel plant is to be built at Norwalk, Ohio, aiid preparations have been pushed so vigorously recently that all that is necessary now is to place the money to cover the contracts for the buildings. Ha-vard Boxing Bont Fatal. As a result of a friendly boxing match between George R. Ainsworth, a Harvard student, and Curtis L. Crane, of Brookline, Mass., his most intimate friend, the latter is lying dead at the Cambridge morgue. Heart disease caused death. Merchant Shoots a Robber. F. A. Olden, a business man of St. Joseph, Mo. in a pistol fight with a burglar at his home, fatally wounded ber and himself received a leg. The burglar turned out to be “Curly” Pryor, well known ns a “crook.’

Women Die by Fire. Two women were killed, four men were injured and several other persons narrowly escaped death in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Jefferson, a sevenstory brick building at 102-100 East Fifteenth street, New Y’ork. Russian Field Marshal Dies. Field Marshal Count Joseph Gourko of liussia died on bis estates at Sjchnrow. He was one of the oldest commanders of the Russian army, and fought with distinction during the Turko-Russian war twenty-four years ago. Robs Standard Oil Office. A- highwaymnn entered the office of the Standard Oil Company in the southern part of Kansas City, locked W. E. Irvin, the cashier, in a closet, and then stole between SSOO tnd S7OO in cash. Newspaper Burned Out. The plant of the Indianapolis Sun, an evening paper, was gutted by fire. Ths loss is $30,000; insurance, $15,000.

FIRE IN DKS MOINES, lOWA. Several Mercantile Establishments Destroyed at tost of #500,000. Fire, which broke out in Frankel Bros.’ department store, corner Sixth and Walnut streets, Des Moines, destroyed over a half million dollars’ worth of property. The fire was first discovered in the corner of the clothing department coming direct from the basement. It was but a moment before the whole building was in fiames. Every available fireman in the city was ordered out, but the structure was doomed before they arrived. By 6 o’clock a solitary wall of the six-story Frankel building was left standing, and the firemen pulled' that down. Not a dollar of the $250,000 stock was saved, and the destruction of the property is complete. The total loss is about $500,000. The heaviest losses are: Frankel Bros., $375,000; Younker Bros., $45,000; A. & I. Fredlich, stock, $35,000} Utica Building Company, sll,000; C. H. Seeley, $10,000; Des Moines National Bank, $5,000; Marx Building, $3,000; Sneer Building, $3,000; C. W. Rogg Company, $10,000: lowa Telephone Company, $7,000; Des Moines City Railway Company, $3,000; losses to occupants of office rooms, $60,000. The insurance will cover the losses. SALOON RAID AT ANTHONY, KAS. Fourteen W. C. T. U. Members Wreck Three "Joints” in Twenty Minutes. At Anthony, Kas., three saloons were wrecked by fourteen women, all members of the Anthony W. C. T. U. The damage- done will exceed $2,000. Following the actions of Mrs. Carrie Nation in wrecking three saloons in Wichita and one at Enterprise, this violent crusade, now well started, will likely end in a bitter prohibition war in Kansas. The raid of the women was complete. The smashing lasted thirty minutes. At an early hour, before half of the business men were downtown, fourteen women, led by Mrs. Mary Sheriff, an Irish woman of Danville, attacked Henley’s drug store from the rear. Mrs. Sheriff smashed in the door and her followers, with hatchets, pickaxes and hammers, rushed inside. Five men, husbands of some of the women crusaders, stood outside, armed with shotguns and pistols, to prevent interference. The women are all prominent in Anthony society.

ELOPES AS AN ACCOMMODATION. A Young Kentuckian Carries His Friendship to Great Lengths. James Ralston, a farm hand, planned to elope with Bessie Williamson, 18, at Princeton, Ky. He confided his secret to Frank Hope, a friend, who promised to give every assistance necessary. After the tvrd started for the home of the young lady Ralston confessed he would gladly back out if it was possible. After a talk Hope decided to try to help his friend, and, with the girl’s consent, took Ralston’s place and eloped with her. They went to Cairo, 111., where they were married. ASK DAMAGES FOR LYNCHING. Parents of Negro Burned by Mob Seek Aid from Courts. The parents of Fred Alexander, the negro who was burned at the stake by a Leavenworth, Kan., mob on Jan. 15, were in Kansas City the other day seeking adyice about suing the city and county of Leavenworth for damages and support. The father of the dead man is a Baptist minister. He said he is confident that an appeal to the colored people of the United States would bring forth a popular subscription large enough to carry the Case to the highest oeurts in the country. * Explosion Causes Big Fire. A boiler explosion occurred in the sugar factory of the W. Wicke Company, in East 31st street, New York, by which over twenty persons were injured and which was followed by one of the fiercest conflagrations New York has witnessed in many years, causing an estimated loss of $1,500,000. The burned area, in general extent, took on about one city block.

Finds Clock-Works in Cow. B. Frank King, while butchering a cow at Sutton, Mass., found, on opening the animal’s stomach, that it contained all the running gear of an ordinary sized mantel clock, two stones, each the size of a hen’s egg, and a number of pieces of glass. The cow was apparently healthy. Keg of Dynamite Explodes. A small keg of dynamite used for blasting purposes exploded in the Fernwood mine at l’ittston, Pa., owned by the Erie Railway Company. Joseph Suntino had an arm hlow;n off and an eye destroyed; the skull of Anthony Hres Santino was fractured. Both men probably will die. Manitoba Buys a Railway. The Manitoba government has purchased the lines of the Northern Pacific in Winnipeg province. It is reported the price paid is about $0,000,000, and that the lines will he leased to Maun '& Mackenzie for a term of years in return for lowj?r wheat rates and other concessions. Wild Feists Burn to Tenth. The Cyclorania building nt Royal and Maryland avenues, Baltimore, was destroyed by fire. The only animals saved in the “zoo” were a lion and a camel. All the others were burned to death. Frank C. Bostwiek estimates his loss on animals at about $400,000. Armour Will Filed. Fifteen million dollars is the estimate put upon the fortune left by the late Philip D. Armour in a petition for lettera testamentary, filed in the Probate Court in Chicago. The estate will he divided among the members of his family alone. Wife Murderer Is Cxptured. At Truckee, Cal., John Ishan, while intoxicated, kicked and beat his wife to death. He was captured with his boots covered with blood