Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1901 — OUSTS THE SETTLERS [ARTICLE]

OUSTS THE SETTLERS

MINNESOTA FARMERS MUST BUY LANDS OR LEAVE. Supreme Court Awards 30,000 Acres of Kailroad Land to Kussell SageCold and Stormy Weather Has Bad Effect on Retail Trade. By a decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court Russell Sage comes into possession of about 30,000 acres of land in Stearns County, and settlers who have resided on the land from twenty to twen-ty-five years will have to vacate or buy the land, which has become very valuable. The suit was brought by Dave Crowley and other settlers against the claim of Russell Sage to title to the property as assignee in trust of the lands of the Hastings and Dakota Railway. The franchise of the railroad was forfeited by a judgment of the Supreme Court. The settlers understood and were advised that the forfeiture of franchise involved a forfeiture of the entire land grant, but from the ruling made by Justice Lewis it appears that so much of the land as the road. Ijad actually earned became its property, which was then transferred to Russell Sage, in trust for the stockholders of the road. Some, if not a majority of the settlers, are in comfortable circumstances and have brought their farms under a high state of cultivation. They have never paid for the land nor paid taxes. It is said that Mr. Sage will take steps to dispossess them, and the settlers claim they will carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States on the contention that the completion of the, road was not a fultillmcnt of its pledgee: that it was a land-grab scheme, and thaf none but the original stockholders ever benefited. HOPE FOR SUNNI SKIES. Retail Traders Discouraged by Recent Unseasonable Weather. Bradstreet's says: Unseasonable weather has been the key of the general situation this week, discouraging as it has been to retail trade in the cities and country districts alike and retarding the growth of most crops, but particularly corn and oats in the northern half of the country and cotton at the South. Withal, however, there is a feeling prevalent that a few weeks of warm, sunny weather, a decided lack of which has so far been noted this spring, would do much to place matters, commercial and agricultural, in as good or better condition than a year ago. The week has been without much change, except that a rather better spirit has been visible in the industrial situation and that some progress has been made toward a settlement of existing labor troubles. PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing of League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. New York... 16 9St. Louis.... 15 17 Philadelphia 18 13 Brooklyn ....14 16 Cincinnati ..17 13Boston 11 15 Pittsburg ...17 15Chicago 12 22 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....24 11 Boston 13 14 Washington. 16 11 Philadelphia. 15 V Detroit 20 14 Milwaukee ..12 20 Baltimore ...14 12Cleveland ... 8 23 Hall of Fame Is Dedicated. The Hall of Fame on University Heights, New York, for whose foundation Miss Helen Gould is credited with having contributed SIOO,OOO, was formally thrown open to the public, and its twenty-nine bronze commemorative tablets unveiled amid impressive ceremonies. Chauncey M. Depew was the orator. Fifteen Men Lost at Sea. Fifteen fishermen are supposed to have been drowned in a wild squall off Charleston, S. C., while the “mosquito fleet’’ of fishing boats was anchored off the “eastern patches.” The eight boats at the time were scattered to the four winds and all save three are accounted for.

Death on the Trolley Cars. Three heavily loaded trolley cars on the new People's Street Railway in Wilmington, Del., ran away while going down a steep hill, killing one man, fatally injuring another and hurting twen-ty-five others more or less seriously. French Explorers Killed. A telegram from Cuzco announces that the French explorers MM. Reveaux and Le Monier have been assassinated by an Italian named Gianone. in the Valley of Convencion, Peru. Ginnone was afterward killed by savage Indians. Double Murder t'nd« Fend. News has reached Weatherford, Ok., of a double killing at Berlin. Olan Chaffin shot and killed Dr. McGee, after which he committed suicide. McGee had charged Chaffin with killing some horse* and Chaffin was indicted. Jnmer A. Herne fa Dead. James A. Herne, the well-known actor and playwright, died at his home in New York of acute bronchitis and pneumonia after an illness of more than two months. Italv’a Queen n Mother. Queen Helena ot Italy has given birth to a daughter. The young princess will receive the names of Yolanda Margherita. . Nine Hurt in-a Collision. By a collision between a car on the United Traction Company's line and a train on the McKeesport aud Belle Vernon branch of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad at McKeesport, Pa., nine people were seriously injured, one perhips fatally. Fatal Explosion in n Mine. An explosion occurred at the Coryell mine at Newcastle, Colo., by which two men were instantly killed and eight others injured. It is believed the explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas.