Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

new pacific cable scheme. Germany and Netherlands Planning to Lay Several Lines. Information to the effect that Germany and the Netherlands are planning to lay a new cable to connect with the Dutch East Indies and make them independent of the British cable syndicate has been transmitted to the State Department at Washington by Consul General Guenther at Frankfort, Germany. It is proposed to have the main line go to Shanghai, with branch cables from there north to Kiao Chou, east to Japan and America, and south to the Indian archipelago. The southern line will have its first station oti the Bismarck and Caroline Islands, and from there will go west in a roundabout way through the Dutch dominions to the North Natuua Islands, without touching, any of the British possessions. The North Natuna Islands will form the terminus of the line. The Netherlands’ share of the construction will consist of three cables: From the Natuna Islands to Poutt Pontianac, Billiton. Banka and Palembnng, in connection with the land line, which will traverse the country by way of Ivalianda through the Snnda Straits to Batavia; from Palembang direct to Batavia, and from Macassar to Ambon. Here Germany will continue the cable to German New Guinea to connect with the main line. HITS NOTED PRIZE FIGHTER. Oae-Legge.l Hack Driver Asssiiilts Robert Fitzs: nmions. C. A. Sweet, a hack driver with a wooden leg, punched the nose of, Robert Fitzsimmons, the prize fighter and actor, at Painesville, Ohio. Fitzsimmons wa,s about to leave the place a one-night stand of “The Honest Blacksmith.” Sweet had driven him to the station and they quarreled there over the fare. Sweet demanded 50 cents. Fitzsimmons thought the charge exorbitant. “You peg-leg lobster,” he said, “do you think you can play me for a sucker?” Fitzsimmons thought 25 cents enough. There was more talk and they compromised on 35 cents. Sweet pocketed the money and climbed back on to his hack. As he did so he characterized Fitzsimmons in terms that were not complimentary. Fitzsimmons made a grab for Sweet's leg. Sweet turned, swung his fist on the lanky fighter's nose and lashed his horses into a run. Fitz jumped up and down in rage. His train whistled around the curve and the hack vanished down the street.

SHOOTS HER FORMER HUSBAND. Chicago Woman Tries to Kill Man from Whom She Was Divorce 1, Mrs, Ella Seely shot and wounded her former husband, W. A. Seely, chief buyer for Swift's Packing Company, at his residence in Kansas City. The wound is not serious, although the ball passed through Seely’s arm. Mrs. Seely wore a beard and a cap and was otherwise disguised as a man when she was admitted to the Seely residence by Mr. Seely’s present wife. Seely, with the assistance of his wife, succeeded in overpowering the woman. Mrs. Seely was arrested. Mr. Seely and Mrs. Ella Seely were divorced, about ten years ago. Since then Mrs. Seely has spent much of the time in Chicago. She is about 55 years of age. Shot in Gnmbling Hons-. Philip D. Ivillam, 33 years old, was shot and probably fatally wounded in a gambling house in Denver kept by James Marshall and “Hub” Heatley. Killarn gasped "Jim Marshall shot me,” and became unconscious. A force of special officers had been sent by the owner of the premises to oust Marshall and Heatley, who were in arrears for rent. Ivillam was an officer. Collision on the Pennsylvania. Fireman Glenn was instantly killed and Engineer Thompson and Brakeman Smitely were seriously injured in a Pennsylvania freight wreck at Plymouth, Ind. A double-header fast freight collided with a light engine. Both engines were badly wrecked and eight cars were demolished. sentinel Reported Sold.. It is reported that the purchase of the Sentinel, the only English morning paper in Milwaukee, by Henry C. Payne, Chas. F. Pfister and Frank G. Bigelow is now an accomplished fact. These gentlemen are the street railway people, whose extension of franchise the Sentinel fought bitterly.

Kina Edward Opens Parliament. The first Parliament of the reign of King Edward VII. was opened by the King in person. His majesty was accompanied by Queen Alexandra, the Duke of York and Cornwall, the Duke of Connaught aud many others of the royal family. Aim of Assassin Is Wil ’. Unknown men shot at George C. Orchard, county clerk of Butler County, Mo. Mr. Orchard was sitting at his desk in the court house in Poplar Bluff when a bullet came crashing through the window beside which he was sitting and missing him only by a few inches. Machine Shop and Roundhouse Burned Fire destroyed the machine shop and roundhouse of the Boston aud Maine Railroad situated at Mechanicsville, N. Y. Seven locomotives were burned. The loss will amount to about $125,000. Famous War Veteran Dies. George W. Brintnail, a war veteran, who was known as the “drummer boy of Shiloh,” died at Lancaster, Pa. He was 15 years old when he first enlisted and reenlisted twice afterward. Mob Hangs a Negro. At Paris, Ky., George Carter, a negro, paid the extreme penalty of his crime against Mrs. W. E. Bofid, at the hands of a mob. Wife’s: Feet Forever Frigid. * At Wilkesbarre, Pa., Thomas R. Jones filed an application for a divorce from his wife Mary on the ground of cold feet.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; i corn. No. 2,37 cto 38c; oats, No. 2,24 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 17c; potatoes, 39c to 43c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5-40; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 white, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white. 27c to 28c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.80; hogs, $3.00 to $5.35; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50: wheat. No. 2. 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2, 36c to 37c; oats. No. 2,25 cto 26c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.85; hogs,. •$3.00 to $5.45; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.30; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 52c to 53c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 39c to 40e; oats. No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; rve. No. 2. 51c to 52c; clover seed, prime, $7.00 to $7.20. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 northern. 72e to 73c; corn, No. 3 36c to 37c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye. No. 1,52 c to 53c; barley, No. 2. 58c to 60c; pork, mess, $13.50 to $13.92. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, fair to prime, $5.00 to $5.70; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.90; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.00. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.20; hogs. $3.00 to $5.90; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 2. 46c to 47c; oats. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, western, 18c to 19c.

EXTORTION SCHEME IS BLOCKED, Dean Earl’s Letter Demanding: Jlousj Foun 1 Before It Was Mailed. At Nevada, Mo.. Dean Earl completed a sentence the other day for vagrancy. Sheriff Harkreader searched him and found a letter ready to be mailed to B. F. McKeyuolds, a wealthy farmer, demanding that SI,OOO in cash be left at a railroad crossing near his home on a specified night. The letter told the farmer if he failed to comply with the demand his life would be destroyed by dynamite and his family killed. Earl was taken before Prosecuting .Attorney King. He admitted writing the letter, but there was no law to hold the prisoner, and he was released. McKeyuolds was notified of the contents of the letter. MAY HAVE KIDNAPED A GIRL. Daughter of Mrs. E. L. smith of Reed’s Landing, Minn., Missing. Mrs. E. L. Smith of Reed’s Landing, Minn., has appealed to the police of the Northwest to locate her 15-year-old daughter. She says one Elmer Thompson and his wife took the girl on Jan. 28, and since then no trace of her has been discovered, The Thompsons shipped their household effects to Chippewa Falls, . Wis., hut uo sigu of them can be found there. Revival Leads to Tragedy. “To keep them’froin going to heaven,” “Doc” Petrie of Elktou, Ivy., smashed the skulls of his wife and the cook. Then he poured oil all over his clothes and struck a match that he might join the women in hell. Now-Petrie is the only one of the three still living. The trouble started when the religious revival struck Elkton. ___________ Passenger Train Is Wrecked. The second section of Erie train No. 3 was wrecked half a mile from Wren, Ohio. An axle of the engine broke while running fifty miles an hour, and the entire train was ditched, several cars turning over on their sides. Charles Finney, fireman, jumped and was killed instantly. There were no serious injuries among the emigrants. Many Are Lost in a Wreck. It is now feared that the steamer wrecked near Bacalieu, a small island northeast of the Avalon peninsula, on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, in which disaster all on board were lost, is the British steamer Lucerne, Captain Reid, which sailed from Androssan for St. John’s, N. F„ coal laden.

Fire Causes Loes of $1,500,000. Fire destroyed the extensive plant of the National Glass Company at Rochester, Pa., entailing a loss estimated at sl,500,000. i The company’s plant was the largest tumbler works in the world, covering seven acres of ground and employing 1,500 people. Shot tn Pr.mary Riot. More than 150 shots were fired, a sergeant of police and two negroes were wounded, and a ballot box was stolen during a ribt about the Second district polling place of the Fourth Ward, at 12th and Linden streets, St. Louis, where a primary election was being conducted. Bick Wife Draws Fugitive. Jefferson Amberger, formerly of Mount Sterling, Ky., who killed Carl Silfer, a section boss on the Southern Ohio Traction Railroad in Huber’s saloon at Amanda on s>ov. 20, was captured on a charge of murder in the first degree. He came out of hiding to see his sick wife. Find Headless Body of a Man. At Columbus, Ohio, the headless body of a man was found in the rear of Chas. Henson’s saloon. The body had been badly hacked by a knife. There is no clew to the identity of the murdered man. Magnate Is Near Drowning. In trying to cross n flooded creek at Otay, Cal., Paul Morton, Y r ice President of the Santa Fe: his wife and Miss Howard of Chicago had a narrow escape from being aweflt down-stream and drowned.

LARGE PAPER MILLS BURNED. Kimberley and Clark Plant in Wisconsin is Destroyed. Fire practically destroyed the paper mill plant of the Kimberly & Clark Company, at Kimberly, near Appleton, Wis.. entailing a loss estimated from $400,000 to $500,000. - The fire broke out in the machine room and the adjoining buildings were soon ablaze. The finishing rooms, print mill, three machine rooms and a number of other buildings are a total loss. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The alarm was quickly spread through the Fox River valley and the fire departments from Kankpjina, Neenah and Appleton were called. D. Cowie, superintendent of the mill, was severely injured during the progress of the fire by falling off a high platform. He sustained several broken ribs and may be injured internally. The Kimberly mill is the largest paper mill in the Fox River valley and was built about ten years ago by the Kimberly ifc.Clark Company. It was stated by a menjber of the firm that the loss was fully covered by insurancq.nnd that the plant would be rebuilt for a certainty as soon as possible. . ALASKA TRAFFIC TO BE HEAVY. Many Vessels Being Built—Protection Wanted tor inside Route. Travel to Copper River and the Klondike is now well started. Not less than two dozen sailing vessels will start for Nome and Bering Sea in April and May. The sawmills on the Yukon have resumed operation and every town between Bennett and Dawson is building boats and steamers. Not less than eighty vessels will be engaged in the Alaska traffic during, the coming summer, including those ou the upper anil lower Yukon, together with steamers sailing on regular routes from Puget Sound. The people of Southeastern Alaska have petitioned Senator Perkins of California to aid them in securing a lighthouse and other means of protection for the inside route between Tacoma and Skagway. The petition sets forth that 15,000 passengers, 200.000 tons of freight and $20,000,000 in treasure are annually transported over this route.

DEATH IS GIVEN. Indiana Mur erer Is Doomed to Suffer the Utmost 1 enalty. Judge O. M. Welboru formally passed sentence on Joseph Keith, at Princeton, Ind., who was convicted by a jury Jan. 11 of the murder of Nora lveifer aud sentenced to death. In passing sentence the court fixed Friday, May 24, as the date for the execution and the Indiana prison at Michigan City as the place. The court overruled a motion filed by the defense for a new trial. Before finally announcing that the jury's verdict would be upheld the court gave the prisoner a chance to speak for himself. Keith made a dramatic speech, declaring repeatedly he was absolutely innocent, and that the evidence against him was false and manufactured,“aud he broke down and cried. Later in the day when formal sentence was passed Keith showed no emotion. Revaals a Life of Crime. While revival services were in progress at the Christian Church in Brazil, Ind., a stranger asked to be baptized, and after receiving religious consolation he told the pastor that during his life he killed three men, stole ninety-eight.horses, had made counterfeit money aud helped rob several banks in Texas. The strange convert left the church immediately after having told his story. Two Kille.l in n Creamery. Two men were killed and several others severely injured by the bursting of a milk separator in a creamery in the town of Lisbon, Wis. The machine burst when the place was full of farmers who had brought milk to the cream-' ery. Nebraska Jurist I)rop9 Dea l. Samuel Maxwell, the eminent Nebraska jurist and ex-Congressman, who served for twenty years as chief justice on the Nebraska Supreme Court bench, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Fremont. Injured While Coasting. At Lafayette, Ind., n serious coasting accident occurred, in which many were injured. To avert a collision with a bobsled, an attempt was made to turn a corner, and the rack ran into a tree. Three women and two men were painfully hurt. Loss of Life at La Par.. A dispatch from La Paz, Peru, says that the overflow of the river has caused the inundation of the city and the destruction of bridges. Many lives have been lost and the damage will aggregate $1,000,000 Bolivian. Cincinnati Prize Fight Postponed. In Cincinnati Judge Hollister granted a permanent injunction against the Jef-fries-Ruhlin prize fight. The promoters postponed the event until after they can carry the case to the Circuit and Supreme Courts. Porch Climbers Are Fooled. Three porch climbers stole n 300-pound safe from the second story of the residence of Chnuncey J. Blair in Chicago, thinking it contained valuable jewelry. The receptacle was empty. Boers Driven Ont. Gen. Christian De Wet and former President Steyn entered Cape Colony and occupied Phillipstown. The British attacked them and drove, them out of the town with loss. Expect Big Pack of Ralmon. All canners agree that this year there will be an increased pack of aalmon on Puget sound and also on the ColumbU and Fraser rivers. r . - ' Text-Books Will Be Free. The Cleveland school council has decided to supply free text books for the first eight grades, commencing with the next school year.