Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1901 — TRADE BOOM IN WEST. [ARTICLE]

TRADE BOOM IN WEST.

MUCH MERCHANDISE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN NORTHWEST. Satisfactory Money Conditions, Good C Crop News and Lessening; Fear of Labor Troubles Gives ConfidenceFleeing; Soldiers Use Woman as Shield “Increasing distribution of merchandise, particularly in the territory beyond the Ohio river, including the far Northwest, is a feature of, the general business situation, and tells of widespread prosperity and confidence. The railroads are carrying more goods that may be classed as luxuries than before, and in epite of Wall street's slightly higher money market there is no fear on this score m any line of legitimate trade. Crop news continues good, there is less trouble from disagreements with labor and the long laggard cotton goods market has recovered slightly with the reduction of unsold stocks Of print cloths.” The foregoing is from the weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co. “Failures for the week numbered 193 in the United States, against 179 last year, and 14 in Canada, against 15 last year.” WOMAN SHIELD FOR BULLETS. Daring; Act of Fugitive Soldiers at Fort Sneilinsr. William C. Rourkes and another private soldier named Rooks escaped from the guardhouse at Fort Snelling. near St. Paul. They were waiting transfer to a military prison and bolted. They wertf discovered as they ran across the Snelling bridge. A detail of soldiers at the fort at once gave chase. As the soldiers were about to fire the fugitives grabbed a woman and, using her as a shield for bullets, ran on across the bridge. The soldiers dared not fire. Charles Ivartrack, a St. Paul groeeryman, who was coming on the St. Paul end of the bridge, tried to stop them and was terribly pounded. At a late hour in the afternoon the troops finally recaptured them after a hard chase. 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. Pittsburg ...30 20Brooklyn .24 25 St. L0ui5....28 23Philadelphia. 24 25 New Y0rk...22 lOCincinnati ...21 24 Boston 23 21 Chicago 19 34 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Boston 28 17 Baltimore ...22 20 Chicago ....31 20 Philadelphia. 21 20 Detroit 27 23 Cleveland ...17 29 Washington. 22 19 Milwaukee ..17 31 Fatal Fight with Fists. Walter Selph, a young drummer, was killed in a prize fight at Audubon Park, New Orleans. He and a young man named L. L. Bailey had a quarrel at a military ball and agreed to fight it out with bare fists. They had no seconds, and pounded each other until Selph fell from a blow which broke his neck. Fatal Riot on Crowded Train. A shooting and cutting affray in a crowded coach on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad ended m the killing of one person and the .wounding of several others, and created a most terrible panic. The shooting was on a picnic train laden with members of the First Baptist Church (colored) of St. Louis.

Dies by Assassin’s Hand. During a debate in the city assembly at Tokio, Japan, Hoshi Toru, the eminent diplomat, who was minister of communication in the last Ito cabinet, was stabbed to death by an unknown assassin. Barker Found Guilty. The unwritten law that a man may slay or maim the despoiler of his home was repudiated and discredited the other day when a New Jersey jury convicted Thomas G. Barker of assault, on liev. John Keller. Terrible Floods in West Virginia. Floods in the Elkhorn river valley. West Virginia, destroyed the towns of Keystone and Vivian and damaged other villages, causing a loss of 300 or 400 lives. Twenty-five miles of Norfolk and Western Railroad were destroyed. Waddell Wins American Derby. Robert Waddell won the American Derby from a good field. The Parader was the only Eastern horse to show. Bullman on the winner rode a waiting race and was cheered for his masterful effort. Ohio Town Destroyed. The business portion of Scott, Ohio, was destroyed by fire. Van Wert was asked for assistance, but before an engine could be sent the fire was undei control. Fatally Injured in a Strike. Two union miners were fatally and a third dangerously wounded in an encounter with the non-union men at work in the Mnratime mines, Matewan, W. Va. Secrctarv Hay’s Son Killed. Adelbert S. Hay, son of the Secretary Of State, was killed by falling from p hotel window in New Haven, Conn. Cailte* Yiel '« with 500. Gen. Caiiles and ,100 Filipino riflemen ■urrendered nt Santa Cruz. Hnge Combine tinder Way. The Philadelphia North American publishes a report that a syndicate of capitalists ia planning a combination with $100,000,000 capital to control the entire production and sale within the United States of the various products and byproducts of cotton <seed. Doable Tragedy in Inibns Home. At Fraakton, Ind., Albert Toijne fa- . tally shot Mrs. William•' Granger and then fired a ballet into hia own brain. The tragedy occurred at Mra. Granger’s