Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1901 — PARDON FOR HUSBAND [ARTICLE]

PARDON FOR HUSBAND

WIFE SECURES PRISONER'S RELEASE FROM PENITENTIARY. Man's Ravines anil Her Womanly Curiosity Get Both into Seriona Trouble— Bradstreei'a Makes Very Favorable Report on the Grain Situation. Mrs. Ryan the other day bore to her husband in the State penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, Gov. Nash’s pardon, and the two left immediately for Maysville, Ky., where they will make their home. The wife’s devotion had atoned for the trouble her curiosity had grot Ryan into. Ten years ago in Columbus a young man was killed in a saloon melee by Ryan, who escaped to Maysville, Ky. There he married and had earned an honorable reputation. While suffering from typhoid fever last fall and in a delirium he talked about the killing. His wife, to whom he had not imparted the secret, had her curiosity aroused and after he recovered wrote to the Columbus postmaster, asking about the matter. The postmaster placed the information io the hands of the police and Ryan was arrested, tried and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment Mrs. Ryan never ceased her efforts for his release, and finally convinced the Governor that there was grave doubt that her husband fired the fatal shot BHADSTREET’S GRAIN REVIEW. Crop Situation la Knconrasing—Keplanting: of Cotton Necessary. Bradstreet’s report on grain is as follows: “Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 5,100,703 bushels, against 4,537,022 in the corresponding week of 1900. From July 1 to date this season wheat exports are 176,916,238 bushels, against 166,035,602 last season. Corn exports for the week aggregate 2,371,892 bushels, against 3,411,015 in this week a year ago. From July to date this season corn exports are 157,015,436 bushels, against 173,203,075 last season. The crop situation at present is quite encouraging. Warm, sunny weather is helping corn and cotton, and wheat maintains a generally good condition, notwithstanding reports of damage by insects in the Southwest. Cotton crop advices are fairly good, and an increase in acreage is still foreshadowed, despite much replanting having been necessary in Alabama, Georgia and in Tennessee, where the scarcity of seed for this purpose remarked.’’

PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing of League Clnbs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati .. 7 3 Boston 4 4 Brooklyn ... 6 4 St. Louis 5 ti Pittsburg ... 6 sNew York... 3 5 Philadelphia.. 0 0 Chicago 5 8 Standings in the American League aVe as follows: f W. L. W. L. Detroit 8 3 Philadelphia.. 3 5 Chicago .... 7 4 Boston 3 5 Washington. 5 3 Cleveland ... 4 7 Baltimore ... 5 3 Milwaukee ..3 8 Fire Sweeps Easiness Street. A destructive fire occurred at Kalida, Ohio. As a result almost the entire business section of one side of Main street is a heap of ruins. The fire started in Richards’ billiard room, which was. consumed, together with F. C. Lee’s drug store, Joseph Neinberg’s hardware store, the Signal printing office, Hicks’ storeroom and Kimmerle’s residence. The loss is $20,000. Destructive Fire at Dallas. In Dallas, Texas, lightning struck the new six-story block owned by the Southern Rock Island Plow Company. The building was rated a fireproof warehouse structure, but in less than an hour it was a total loss. It was filled with wagons, buggies and agricultural machinery. The value of the stock is estimated at from $300,000 to $400,000, and the building ; at approximately SIOO,OOO. ~' 1 Ru<li for Indian Lands. Thousands of men are pouring into southwestern Oklahoma and camping in and about the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache, and Wichita Indian reservations for the opening scheduled for some time in August. It will be possible for the government to hare the land ready for settlement much sooner than Aug. 0.

Man Drowned at La Crosse. In an attempt to change seats in a crowded skiff on the Mississippi river five young men, students at a La Crosse, Wis., business college, were precipitated Jnto the water, l’eter Klauss, aged 23 years, of Wabasha, Minn., was drowned. Five Arsenals Abolished. Secretary Root has issued an order abolishing the following arsenals: Kennebec, Augusta, Me.: Fort Monroe, Fort Monroe, Vu.; Allegheny, Pittsburg, I’a.; Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.; and Columbia, Columbia, Tenn. Fire in Chicsuo Stockyards. Armour & Co.’s l»eef house, one of the lairgest buildings at the Chicago stock yards, was partly destroyed by fire, en tailing a loss of SIOO,OOO. CshlfOsh High fchoot Burns. The hii(b school building, a four story brick structure, was destroyed by fire at Oshkosh. Loss $70,000, insurance 000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Seven Die in Flames. Seven persons were burned to death and seven injured, three probably fatally, in a fire in a rickety tenement-house in South Chicago. The fire department was cut off from the tire by trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. David R. Francis Chosen. The board of directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company held its fliwt meeting and organised for business. Bx-Gov. David It. Francis was unanimously elected president of the board. irapliiMt;■ % ' r ‘" ‘