Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

girls sold by gypsie?. People of Momence, 111., Desert Business to Drive Nomads Away. The sale,of two girls, members of a gypsy band, nt Momence, 111., brought on a riot that for a time threatened serious results. So angry were the citizens over the traffic that when a court failed to punish the wanderers the citizens abandoned storesjind.factories, the school was clospil,. and men, —women and children united in a mob which drove the gypsy band from town. The deal which caused all the trouble was the sale of Juanita Costello and Margot Gzesh, 10 and ,17 yeans old, by their guardian, Nicholas Karoptkin, a Russian, to a Brazilian, also a member of the band,.the price paid being SBOO. The girls refused to recognize the sale and threatened to kill their prospective master. The Brazilian then swore out a warrant for Karoptkin, charging the obtaining of money by false pretenses. A squad of special police was found necessary to secure the Russian, who drew a revolver on the officers. The failure to secure an interpreter made it impossible to get evidence against the prisoner and he was discharged. Daring the trial before Magistrate Lloyd all the stores and offices were closed and school was dismissed, so the Russian found theentire population of the town gathered; when he started back to camp. Threats of lynching and of tar and feathers,were made. The gypsies packed up their belongings and fled before any one was found to lead the mob against them.

FOUR INJURED BY EXPLOSIONf St. Louis Drue Store Is Wrecked in a Mysterious Manner. Four people were injured, a building almost wrecked, a drug store demolished and considerable excitement created by an explosion in the drug store of Dr. John L. Cassilly, at Broadway and Brooklyn, street, St. Louis. Dr. Cassilly was hurled through the glass door of the store into the street, n distance of thirty feet. Mrs. Emma Biekel, Mrs. Nettie Habrugger and Mrs. Margaret Kist were standing in front of the store, waiting for a street car, when the explosion came, and were slightly hurt. Dr. Cassilly could not explain the explosion, lie said he went into the rear room to poke up the fire in the stove. A spark fell into a box of matches and they ignited a pile of paper. He attempted to smother it and remembers nothing more, as he was knocked unconscious. TIES HIMSELF TO BURNING STACK Young; Farmer Ends His Life by Fire, -S. V Knife and Barbed Wire. Guy Anderson of Waco, Neb., committed suicide, adopting a peculiarly shocking means of ending his life. He wrapped barbed wire around himself and tied the wire to a post at a stack of straw, then ignited the straw and cut his throat, causing death to come amid the most horrible tortures. The young man was a steady-going, industrious young farmer and no possible cause cuu be assigned for the ddfed. >

ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE. Wealthy Former at Mason, Ohio, I 9 Held on Murder Charge. John McClung, a wealthy farmer of Mason, Ohio, is in custody, charged with the murder of his wife, who was found dead in her bed with her head crushed. McClnrg aroused Mrs. Baysore, who occupies part of his house, and told her Mrs. McClnrg was murdered while he was attending to stock in the barn. At the inquest he said that if he killed his wife he did not know it. Mob Attacks a Minister. A number of negroes made up of members of the faction in the Independence, Mo.. Baptist Church that is opposed to its pastor, Rev. J. T. Fitts, seized the minister and his wife after ft prayer meeting, threw ropes around their necks, dragged them out of the church and “regulated” them with barrel staves laid vigorously on their backs. Armour Institute Enriched. Armour Institute in Chicago was en- 1 riched $1,000,000 by a gift of cash and' securities from Mrs. P. D. Armour and J. Ogden Armour the other day. Added to property amounting to between $3,- # 500,000 and $4,000,000 given by P. D. Armour during his life, the gift makes the total resources of the institute close to $5,000,000. Kills Himself with un Ax. The body of John Connelly, a wood chopper, was found dead in his cabin in the Santa Cruz mountains near Wrights, Cab He had swung a broadajMiy a rope in such a position that whenbe cut a cord the ax would fall across his neck, which he stretched on a block of wood conveniently located. Wal»a9h Train Is Wrecked. Waltrish passenger train No. 14, south bound, was wrecked at Wilcox, Mo., by running into an open switch. The engine was overturned and the mail car thrown into th« ditch. Beyond slight injuries to Engineer Rogerson and the fireman from jumping, no one was hurt. Akron Incendiaries at Work. Another attempt has been made to destroy a number of shops in East Akron, Ohio, by fire. The incendiary was partially successful. A pile of oiled waste was placed in the kiln sheds of the Standard Toy Marble Company. These were destroyed, entailing a loss t/T SI,OOO Kills Husband During a Quarrel. James Bailey of Indianoin, Miss., was .killed by bis wife, Luelia Bailey. Bailey had interfered in a row between his son by a former marriage and Mrs. Bailey’s brother and thp woman slew him with a shotgun. Tragedy in Milwaukee. Attorney Edward E. Moore, a member of the famous old Iron Brigade, shot and killed his wife and then ended his own life at the home of his brother-in-law in Milwaukee.