Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1901 — CUPID ABOARD SHIP. [ARTICLE]

CUPID ABOARD SHIP.

TEACHERS BOUND FOR PHILIPPINES ARE WEDDED. Thirty Couples Stop Off at Honolulu and Hunt a Preacher —Illinois Sheriff Receives an Infernal Machine—Veterans Hie Through Error. The transport Thomas sailed from San Francisco about July 24, en route to Manila, having on board 300 male and 100 female teachers, who are to enter educational services under the Taft commission in the Philippines. These teachers were all unmarried, and represent the various States of the Union. Pt now appears that Cupid wrought havoc among the school ma’ams and the young men on the journey from San Francisco to Honolulu. Two days before landing at Honolulu it became known to Capt. Bufard that several couples desired marriage. How far the epidemie ha-d spread was unknown to him until he reached the Islands, when thirty couples repaired to a Honolulu clergyman and became husbands and wives. The Thomas remained in port forty-eight hours. What action the government will take in the marriages , contracted en route is unknown, but a peculiar condition has been created. PROGRESS OP THE RACE. Standing of League Clnbs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. '■Pittsburg ...54 36 Boston 46 50 Philadelphia 57 40 New Y0rk...38 53 St. L0ui5....66 43 Cincinnati ...39 55 Brooklyn ...54 44 Chicago 39 62 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....60 3S Philadelphia. 50 48 Boston 57 40 Cleveland ...41 54 Baltimore .. .53 41 Washington. 39 54 Detroit 52 46 Milwaukee . .35 62 lOWA MILLIONAIRE IS DEAD. Edwin Manning, a Pioneer, Expires at the Age of 91. Edwin Manning, the richest man in lowa and for over half a century the leading business man of the State, died Friday aged 91 years at has home at Keosauqua. He left an estate estimated at from $3,000,000 to sfi,ooo,ooo. The story of the accumulation of this wealth is practically the history of the State from the days of Black Hawk to the present. Mr. Manning was of English descent,-and was born in South Coventry, Conn., Feb. 8, 1810. He began life at Bethany, Pa., as a clerk in his uncle’s •tore at $lO a month.

TUBERCULOSIS IN ARIZONA. Phoenix Health Officer* Would Prevent Spread of Contagion. Arizona has begun a campaign against tuberculosis, which may finally result in a strict quarantine against victims of pulmonary trouble. The city council of Phoenix passed ordinances intended to provide protection against infection from the thousands of health-seekers who come to Arizona each year. The plans submitted by the health board call for the providing of cuspidors or proper receptacles on the street crossings and in public parks. The most important measure is the fumigation of rooms occupied by invalids. COST OF TRANSPORT SERVICE. General Lone's Report Will Show Expenditure of $20,000. Gen. O. F. Long, superintendent of the army transport service in San Francisco, is preparing his annual report to the quartermaster-general of the army. It will show that in round numbers $20,000,000 has been disbursed there in the maintenance of the transport service. The estimated cost of transporting a soldier from San Francisco to Manila is shown to be $136; for a cabin passenger, $256. Coal is one of the biggest items of expense. ITEM IN MOLINEUX TRIAL. Printing of the Volume of Testimony Alone Coot $7,820. Edward R. Carroll, clerk of the New York Court of General Sessions, has sent to Comptroller Coler a bill for $7,829 for printing the volume of testimony taken at the trial of Roland B. Molineux for the killing of Mrs. Katherine o. Adams. The bills for stenographic work and other expenses connected with the trial far exceed this expense of the mere printing of the records of the case. Scandal in Patent Office. Edward V. Shepard, of Massachusetts, chief clerk of the patent office, was summarily dismissed after an investigation by Commissioner of Patents Duell and other officials in connection with the disappearance of money contained in unclaimed registered letters returned to the office. i Ftenmer Strike* an Iceberg. The steamer Islander of the Canadian Pacific’s Alaska line struck an iceberg off Douglass Island and sank, carrying down from sixty-five to eighty of her passengers and crew. Killed in Crossing Accident. Four persons were killed and many injured, by a collision between a trolley car and a fast mail train at the 47th street crossing in Chicago. Baved from Indians' Torture. Juan Robeles, a Mexican boy, 16 years old, was saved from a horrible fate by a posse which went from Phoenix, A. T., to a settlement of Yaqui Indians, where the boy was about to be put to death by torture for having killed Azula, an Indian, for beating a squaw. Fitspected Man Pleads Guilty. At Crockett, Col., John Winters, charged with having robbed the vault of the Selby Company of but Non exceeding $280,000 in value, had his preliminary examination tad pleaded guilty.