Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1901 — YOUNG GIRLS STEAL. [ARTICLE]

YOUNG GIRLS STEAL.

WORK AS SERVANTS AND ROB THEIR EMPLOYERS. Etta Berry and Mary Tice Incarcerated in a Chicago Police Station on Many Charges—Dun Keporta Uninterrupted Confidence in Business. Etta Berry, 15 years old, who until May 1 lived with her grandmother, Mrs, Collins, and Mary Tice, 17 years old. who also left her home on May 1. both of Chicago, have been looked up at the police station under charges of larceny. The girls have confessed to many thefts, most,of which were of diamond rings and jewelry. Many complaints have been received against the girls, and although they confess to having stolen the goods they are unable to explain why they did it. They say they had good homes and did not need money, but after making the first theft it was followed by many more. The girls, it is said, would hire out as domestics, and after working a short time would steal what jewelry and money they couffi find and leave. The police have recovered about fourteen rings and considerable other jewelry which, they say, was stolen by the girls, but for which owners cannot be found.

GENERAL BUSINESS IS ACTIVE. Damage to Com Not Thought Sufficient to Seriously Affect Trade. General business continues its even course, with all the leading industries well employed and with eonfidenee expressed on every hand. Bountiful crops of wheat seem assured, and the damage to corn, while considerable in some directions, does not promise to be sufficiently general or serious to at all impede the progress of the country. Labor troubles are in process of settlement, and speculators have been responsible for most of the unrest which lias been reflected in the markets. The foregoing is from the weekly trade review of It. G. Dun & Co. It continues: Steel mills are actively employed, and there is a distinct improvement in the demand for finished products, while quotations are without alteration. In bars for use by makers of agricultural implements there is a brisk movement. Plates are taken readily and there is no sign of diminished purchasing in structural material. Rails are ordered freely, with notable pressure for trolley and other light weights. Failures for the week numbered 208 in the United States, against 196 last year, and 27 in Canada, against 24 last year. 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 ...42 26 New Y0rk...32 29 St. L0ui5....40 29Boston 30 33 Philadelphia 37 31 Cincinnati .. .29 39 Brooklyn ...37 33 Chicago 23 50 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Boston 40 22 Washington. 27 30 Chicago ... .45 25 Philadelphia. 26 37 Baltimore .. .33 26 Cleveland ...26 41 Detroit .... .38 31 Milwaukee ..23 36 Drops Her Charge in Court. When called to substantiate her charge that seven young-men, two of whom had already beep sent to prison on her testimony, had assaulted her, Miss Georgie Davis, aged 18, told Judge' Lelfler ’at Muncie, Ind., that her stories heretofore, have been false. She said she had not been assaulted and that she would rather go to prison for perjury than send any more innocent men there. The judge sentenced her for ten years. Body Boiled in Caldron. The body of Lee Wing, a Chinese who was murdered last March by highbinders, was boiled in an iron caldron at San Jose, Cal., by order of the county authorities. This process was considered necessary in order to obtain the sixteen bullets which were fired into the man. They will be used as evidence in the trial of Look Lee, alleged to be one of the assassins.

Ohio Jnrlst Kills Himself. A sensational suicide was discovered at the Palace Hotel in Cincinnati. The self-slayer was D. A. Russell of Pomeroy, judge of the Circuit Court and a bank president. Nothing whatever is known of the cause. He left a sealed letter addressed to his wife upon which was a special delivery stamp. He killed himself with a revolver. Mr*. Ida Bonine Is Indicted. In Washington the grand jury after several weeks’ investigation returned an indictment for murder against Mrs. Ida Bonine for the alleged killing of James S. Ayres, the young census clerk. Iron Worker*' strike Ordered. Negotiations between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Tin Workers and the United States Steel Corporation ended in disagreement und a general strike wil ordered. ( Mob nt Kanaail City. A mob at Kansas City, gathered to lynch negroes suspected of assault, inarched through streets rioting and beating blacks. Big Fire in Oklahoma Town. A fire at Mountain View, Okln.. de •troyeil an entirp block. Loss sb.">,ooo. About fifteen business houses were burned up. Collision Near Weatherbjr. South-bound passenger train No. 1 on the Kansas City Northern connecting railroad came into collision with an extra Rock Island meat train nt the crossing one mile north of Weatlierby, Mo., killing one man and injuring six other persons. Chicago Population Increase'.. Chicago has a population of 2.0H0.000, and is bigger by 70,000 persons than a year ago, If the basis upon which the Chicago Directory Company has computed the census is correct.