Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH THE MARKETS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

THE MARKETS

GIVES LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS. Coridnctor Throws Himaelf Before a Street Car to Prevent Collision. A deliberate sacrifice of his life for the sake of those who were nothing to him was made by Irwin Montgomery, a street car conductor at McKeesport, Pa, Despite his heroism, he and a 3-months-old child of James Monetville were fatally injured and four others were seriously hurt. As Montgomery's car, with thirty passengers, neared the grade crossing of the Pittsburg a*d Lake Erie Railway, running down a steep grade, on which the street car tracks are sharply curved, a train was seen approaching. Motorman McQuaid applied the brakes, but they did not hold. Montgomery, who had gone ahead, ran to an emergency switch, intending to derail the car, but the switch was broken. Montgomery then, without hesitation, threw himself in front of the car, offering his body as an obstacle. The ear struck him and the shock lessened its speed.. The next moment the flying engine struck the front of the car and carried away the platform. But for Montgomery’s action, the engine would have struck the car fairly in the middle. ATTEMPT SUICIDE TOGETHER. Man and Woman Take Poison and the Latter Dies. J. Albert Brink, city solicitor for a wholesale grocery house and a leading society J-oung man, and Mrs. Mabel H. Walker took poison in Brink’s room at the Lindell Hotel, Lincoln, Neb., in an effort to commit suicide. When found at 1 o’clock in the morning the woman was dead. Brink is in a fair way to recover and is in the custody of the police. The body of Mrs. Walker was taken from the Lindell Hotel to the morgue. Her husband is agent for an Eastern publishing house. Brink says the dead woman and himself were infatuated, that she challenged him to die with her, and they both swallowed cocaine and wood alcohol. Mrs. Walker was attractive and educated. Brink came from Milwaukee and is well connected, two of his aunts in Lincoln being leaders in church and society work; BURGLARS BEAT AN AGED PAIR. Bipds Defenseless Persons, Torturing: Man When He Says S3O Is His All. Nicholas Goetting and wife, an aged couple living alone near Venice, Ohio, were bound, gagged and tortured by burglars the other night. Mrs. Goetting says that at midnight the house was entered by two masked men, who at the point of revolvers demanded their money. They secured S3O, and when the old man told them that was all he had he was. terribly beaten. He has not yet fully recovered his speech, his tongue being split.

BRUTE ATTACKS AGED WOMAN. Victim, Holding Baby in Arms, Is Fatally Hurt by Negro Thief. Mrs. Mary Schuler, 70 years old, while rocking a baby in her house at Kansas City,-was &y«ck down with a hatchet by a negro. The shockingly brutal crime was committed to clear the way for the theft of a few trinkets and bits of silver that lay about the humble home, of which the woman and child were the only occupants. Mrs. Schuler’s skull was fractured and she cannot live. Ends War on Standard Oil. The works of Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle in Cleveland have passed into the control of the Standard Oil Company. Wish the property there was also turned over the interests of the Cleveland Refilling Company, owned principally by Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle. The Scio Refining Company was turned over to the Standard a few days ago. The amount involved in the deal is about $1,000,000. Big Fire at Fennvilte, Mich. At Fennville, Mich., the grocery of Clifford Fosdick was discovered to be afire, and before the flames could be controlled they destroyed nearly an entire block on Main street. The total loss, divided among about a dozen merchants, is $35,000, with insurance of $15,000. Father Phillip* Not Poisonei. The report of George A. Ferguson, an analytical chemist, who made an examination of the stomach.of Rev. E. S. Phillips of Hazleton, Pa., who was found dead in the apartments of “Dr.” Kirke Stanley in New York, shows that Father Phillips was not poisoned. Tornado in Prentice, Wls. A tornado struck Prentice, Wis., the other night. The wind tore up fences and telegraph poles and destroyed the Swedish church and tore out the front of S. \V. Pierson's store. Many dwellings were damaged and the property loss will be very heavy. Boers Capture a Garrison. The garrison of Jamestown, Cape Col ony, which surrendered to Kritzsinger’s command, numbered sixty men in all. Kritzsinger's force is estimated to have been 1,000 men. The British killed twelve and wounded fifteen Boers before they were overpowered by numbers. Bartender Commits Murder. Andrew Tapper, a bartender, murdered Miss Rosa Mix at Carver, Minn,, in cold blood, cutting her throat. She was 20 years old and lived at Montgomery. Both were employed in a hotel. Tapper 1 attempted to drown himself, but was caught and placed in jail. Nr®. Eddy Win®. Mrs. Josephine Curtis Woodbury’s $150,000 libel suit against Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church, was thrown out of court, the plaintiff having failed to make out a case. Whitney Win® Derbr. Piloted by Lester Reiff, William C. Whitney’s great brown colt Volodovskl won the classic Epsom Derby at the historic downs before ns great a concourse of holiday-makers as ever gathered for the blue ribbon of the English turf.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $5.97; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2,42 cto 43c; oats. No. 2. 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 53c; butter, choice creamery, 17e to 18c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 11c; potatoes, 50c to 72c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.60;* hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.85; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 74c; corn, No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 29e to 30c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.25 to $5.90; hogs. $3.00 to SS.SO; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn. No. 2, 40c to 4lc; oats. No. 2,27 cto 2Sc; rye. No. 2,55 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.35; hogs. $3.00 to $5.90; sheep, $3.00 to $4.10; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye. No. 2,58 cto 59c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,76 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 white. 30c to 31c; rye, 55c to 56c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,53 c to 54c; clover seed, prime, $6.10. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 3,42 c to. 43c; oats. No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; ryet, No. 1,53 c to 54c; barley, No. 2,55 cto 56c; pork, mess, $14.57. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $0.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.25. New York —Cattle, $3.75 to $6.00; hogs. $3.00 to $6.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheqt, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c; corn, No. 2, 48c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, western, 13e to 14c.

PRIESTS AND STUDENTS ESCAPE. Supposed Attempt of Incendiary to Burn a Brooklyn Col'eare. What is believed to have been an attempt at incendiarism - was discovered early on a recent morning at St. John's College, Willoughby and Lewis avenues. Brooklyn, N. Y. A watchman discovered the fire in time to warn the eighteen priests and forty students sleeping in the building to escape. Kerosene was scattered about three widely separated bedrooms on the ground floor and ignited. A discharged employe is suspected of the crime, but there is no proof against him. Michael Corrigan, a night watchman, saw the smoke in room 14 and aroused the priests and pupils. Fires also were found in two other rooms. In one a bed had been saturated with kerosene. Firemen arrived and the>flames were put out. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. Boy Stabs His Sister, Strangles His Brother and Kills Himself. Leroy Grove,' the 16-year-old son of a farmer living near Napoleon, Ohio, stablied his sister, aged 24, to the heart, killing her instantly. He then strangled his 33-year-old brother to death, and, firing the barn, ran in and shot himself through the temple. The tragedy occurred just after midnight. His charred body was recovered in the morning. It is supposed he was insane, made so by reading novels of the Jesse James stripe.

Murder n Flint, Mich. Mrs. Jennie Parish, a widow, aged 34, was shot and almost instantly killed by Lewis Weeks in her home at Flint, Mich. Weeks came to Mrs. Parish's home and demanded admittance, but was refused. He broke in the door and then told Mrs. Parish he had come to kill her, at the same time firing two shots into her right side. Multan Yields to Italy. The Tureo-Italian friction over the Prevesa affair, caused by the ill treatment of Italian subjects by the Turkish authorities, has been settled, the Porte promising to indemnify the victims, apologize to the Italian consul and punish the commandant of the Turkish troops there. Shoots His Enemy Dead. John Stewart, a rheumatic cripple unable to work, drove his ox cart to the home of Luke Faulkner, four miles east of Nashville, Tenn., called Faulkner to his gate and shot him dead. There had been bad blood between the men for some time. Arrest Cadet for Hazinu. Cadet Calvin Cressy of California, fourth class, is under arrest at the Annapolis naval academy charged with hazing and Secretary Long has ordered a court martial to try the case at once. The department intends to deal severely in order to stamp out hazing. Shoots Daughter's Lover. Owen Logan, a prominent young stockman of Arkoe, Mo., was fatally shot while calling on Miss Jessie Walker near Maryville by the young woman’s father, A. E. Walker. The father objected to Logan’s attentions to his daughter. TVr'ter Jnmpi from Brooklyn Fridge. "Vcni, Vidi, Yici!” Robert G. Bidwell, a young Southern writer and lecturer, wrote on a card. Then to obtain fame lie jumped from the Brooklyn bridge. An hour later his body floated ashore. Cri*z“d by Long Hour®. James Stacey, an engineer, aged 51, who lived ten miles east; of Maeou, Mo., in a fit of mental aberration killed his wife and daughter, aged 18, nnd then shot himself to death. Marrie* Governor of Utah. Gov. Heber M. Wells of L-tah and Miss Emily Katz were married at the home of the bride's parents in Salt Lake

VICTIM OF FOR TUNE TELLER. Told Twice She Would Die Within a Month. Woman Fulfills Prophecy. Mrs. C. J. West, aged 34, wife of C. J. West of the Duluth Iron and Metal Company, while in Chicago a few weeks ago visited a palmist with a party of friends and was startled to be informed that she had but thirty days to live. She laughed the matter off anil made light of the prediction, but evidently it made considerable impression upon her. After a visit of two weeks in Chicago Mrs. West went with her friends to a small town across the Indiana border, where a party wafe given in her honor. One of the women with whom Mrs. West had been playing cards proposed to tell her fortune. Again the fateful prediction was made that Mrs. West had but two more weeks of life. Two days later Mrs. West complained of feeling ill and returned to her home in Dyluth. Eminent physicians were gathered in consultation, but despite their best efforts she died upon the last day of the fatal two weeks. Dr, Graham, who was iu attendance upon Mrs. West, says that the fortune-telling undoubtedly exerted an influence to produce the woman's death.

INDIANS RAID A “JOINT.” Pottawatomies at Wayetta, Kan, Emulate Mrs. Carrie Nation. The Pottawatomie Indians on the reservation near Horton, Kan., learned from Mrs, Carrie Nation’s experience that “jointists” in Kansas have no recourse when their places are raided, because their business is illegal. Profiting by this a band of them descended upon a saloon at Wayetta, a trading post, smashed the windows and mirrors, terrorized the barkeeper with hatchets, clubs and revolvers until he fled and then disposed of all the liquor in the place by drinking it. The “jointist” returned, but he has Vnot sworn out a warrant for any of the Indians and will not. The Indians have the advantage of him. If he makes a move against them they will have him arrested for violating the prohibitory law by selling liquor to Indians. RETURNS TO PRISON ALONE. Kansas Penitentiary Escaped Convict Grows tired of His Liberty. James Sterner, who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing May 12, passed through Norcatur the other day alone on his way back to prison. Sterner said of his escape: “I was one of the trusties and got homesick. One night I was sent on an errand and didn’t go back. I went to Emporia and visited my brother, then I went to Red Cloud, Neb., and then to my mother's near Oberlin, Kan. I wanted to see her. When I felt that I had my visit out 1 wired Warden Jewett where I was and that I wanted to go back to the penitentiary. He wired me to wait for a ticket, which I did. I am now going back to complete my sentence. I have four years more to serve.”

Buys Maximite Secret. Maximite, the new explosive invented by Hudson Maxim, has been adopted by this country after a series of successful tests at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. The secret of the explosive has been sold to the government by the inventor, and the explosive, it is thought, may revolutionize warfare. Big Elevator for Port Arthur. The Canadian Northern Railway Company has started the construction of a terminal elevator at Port Arthur, Ont., which will have a capacity of 1,500,000 bushels. It is planned to have the elevator in operation in time for the wheat crop this fall. $250,000 for American Institnte. Mrs. P. p. Armour has added another $250,000 to her previous gift to the Armour Institute. She has promised to give $200,000 for the erection of a memorial hall, in remembrance of her husband, and $50,000 for the construction of a “shop” house at the northwest corner. Incendiary F'ire in Ohio Town. Firebugs tried to burn McConnellsville, Ohio, the other night by starting several fires in the business part Of the town. The worst fire in years resulted, burning Pyle's livery stable, Partesius’ storage building and other buildings adjoining. The loss is heavy, with no Insurance. Make* Injunction Permanent At Dayton, Ohio, Judge Kumler of the Common Pleas Court has decided the perpetual injunction suit brought by the Dayton Manufacturing Company against the Metal Polishers’ Buffers, Plater* and Brass Workers’ Union, No. 5. of Dayton, in favor of the plaintiff. Kill in Daali for Liberty. Rutledge, Rice and Jones, the three notorious burglars, postofflee nnd bank robbers who were extradited from Chicago after a bitter legal struggle, killed one man and injured, others in a desperate dash for freedom at Toronto, Ont. Ka so® Wheat Reporte i I"jnre'l. Reports from nil parts of Kansas indicate that the wheat crop is in an unfavorable condition. The extremely dry weather in most parts of the State has caused the wheat to head out before it has obtained its growth. Tragedy in n Tenement. Francisco Alasko, 22 years old, shot nnd killed his first cousin. Mrs.‘Angelina Fala, 27 years old, in the woman’s home, New York, and then committed suicide by shooting himself in the breast. Alasko was in love with the woman. Grevt Fire in Pekin. A speeial dispatch from Pekin says a great conflagration has occurred in the forbidden city. The Americans and Japanese are barring all access to the quarter Involved. New Dead for John® Honktn®. IV. Ira Remsen, professor of chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University, baa lieen elected president of the university to succeed Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, whose resignation takes effect next October.