Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1901 — PEOPLE HAVE MONEY [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE HAVE MONEY

BANK ACCOUNTS WILL TIDE OVER ANY DISTURBANCE. Neither Labor Difficulties Nor Short Corn Crop Can Seriously Interfere with Retail Trade—Cincinnati BoyGoes Crazy and Attempts Murder. -“Anxiety regarding unfavorable possibilities in the future rather than any actual present misfortune depressed securities and caused cancellation of some orders for merchandise by western dealers. Retail distribution of goods will not be curtailed by the labor controversy unless it is of long duration, as the men have saved money during the recent period of full employment at high wages. Similarly, in some agricultural districts, where there is fear that little corn will be harvested, preceding bumper crops at good prices have put farmers in such prosperous condition that their purchases will not fall off materially, while the greatest crop' of wheat ou record has not brought a return to the low prices of previous heavy yields,” according to R. G. Dun A: .Cm’s weekly review of trade. Continuing, the report says: Atlantic exports show d large gain over last year's figures, for the week amounting to 3,902,775 bushels, against 1,841,801 a year ago. Failures for the week numbered 193 in the United States, against 231 last year, and 32 in Canada, against 27 last year.

PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Sfbndinit of League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L W. L. Pittsburg ...43 30New Y0rk...33 34 St. L0ui5....43 33 Boston 34 36 Philadelphia 39 33Cincinnati ...32 41 Brooklyn ...40 33Chicago 29 51 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....48 27Washington. 31 33 Boston 44 20 Philadelphia. 30 39 Baltimore ...38 29 Cleveland ...28 45 Detroit 41 34Milwaukee . .24" 51 TRIES TO KILL HIS RELATIVES. Seventeen-Year-Old Boy Attempts to Take Lives of stepfather and Wife. In Cincinnati Clarence Davis, aged 17 years, shot and seriously wounded his stepfather, William Weidebusch, and also attempted to kill his young wife- and John Good and George Metze, two young men whom he charged with slandering him. His child wife had left him. Davis attempted suicide on three different occasions and threatened to kill any one ■with whom he quarreled. He started out to kill four persons. He shot at his stepfather four times. He was disarmed and arrested before he could shoot at others. He is believed to be insane.

BENT TO JAIL. FOR CONTEMPT. Notary of Portsmouth, Ohio, Makes a New Move in Case of Miss Frv. Miss Mollie Fry refused to answer questions while depositions were being taken before Notary Cecil S. Miller at Portsmouth, Ohio, and he ordered her committed to jail for contempt. This is the first time a notary ever sent a person to jail there for contempt. Miss Fry sued the estate of William Mee, a hermit, for $20,000. She claims Mee agreed to marry her and gave her a note for $20,000 to show he was in earnest. He died before they could be married and she has sued on the note. Agreement Averts a Strike. There will Be no strike on the part of the 6,500 Missouri and Kansas coal miners in district 25. The joint scale committee, composed of ten operators and an equal number of miners, which has been in session at Kansas City, almost continuously since June 1, reached an agreement on every important point in the new wage scale. Find Body of Lost Girl. While hundreds of citizens were hunting for Agnes Hodges, the missing Smith College girl, her body was accidentally discovered in Birges pond, Bristol, Conn., by William Fitzpatrick, who was bathing. On making a dive into deep water he struck her body, which immediately came to the surface. ■Perishes ''bile Digging a Well. While digging a well south of Chamberlain, S. D., Thomas Wyman, at a depth of seventy-five feet, was overcome by the damp air, and his partner. Evers Phillips, not hearing from him had himself lowered down and narrowly escaped a like fate, being insensible when brought to the surface.

Nuvnl Text-Book Excluded. Third volume of “Maclay's History of the American Navy” is excluded as a text book at the naval academy at Annapolis, it being discovered that it calls Admiral Schley coward, liar, caitiff, incompetent and insubordinate. Two Killed and Four Injure-'. Two freight trains on the Louisville and Nashville road collided at Xortonville. Ivy., killing two men, fatally injuring two and slightly injuring two. The accident was due to a conflict of train orders. Mrs. Pjut Kruorer "If •. Mrs. Kruger, wife of the former .President of the Transvaal republic, who is now In Europe, died after a short illness. Plea from I ffect* of Poison. William Montague Muir McKenzie, •nly son of Sir Kenneth McKenzie, secretary to the lord high chancellor of England, committed suicide in Houston, Texas. He and his wife had lived in retirement, and had regulurly received remittances from home. Seven Injured in Trn'lejr Collision. Seven persona were Injured, one of them fatally, by a collision on the Palmer Monsou Electric Railway in Palmer, Maaa. A passenger car run into two construction ears, derailing them