Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

“FARMERS' TRUST" PROJECTED. Southern Cotton Growers’ Association Plans One in Texas. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Growers’ Association, is enthusiastic about the results of organization in Texas. He has just returned to Columbia, S. C., from a thorough tour of inspection of that State, and reports the association stronger there than in any State except Georgia. Mr. Jordan is strongly in favor of a “farmers’ trust,’’ and declares it to be the only sensible solution of the situation in the State of Texas. That is what his association is working for, he says. It has gathered great strength since last yeflr. especially in the Southwest. Every county in Texas has an official organizer, and considerable money is being expended in supplying the farmers with literature. The purpose of the organization is that the farmers shall fix the price, based on crop yield (which the association to be able to estimate very accurately early in the season), and on the probable demand. The cotton not needed for immediate consumption will be stored in bonded warehouses which will be established in every community. This will be sold during the year, according to the demand. -The farmers obtain advances on stored cotton.

leaves money To burn.

Eccentric Minnesota Man Bequeaths His Fortune to the Flames. thousand dollars in .bills will be publicly burned at Faribault, Minn., by of the Probate Court unless a clause in the will of Harvey Scott, is knocked out by the courts. who was 82 years old, left an estate of $50,000, half of which is in bank notes and United States currency. In order to deprive his legal heirs —three in number—of any share in this money, he directed that it be burned. Last winter $2,000 in bank notes was burned by Scott in the presence of witnesses. The heirs have protested on the ground that the administrator has no more right to destroy thit money by fire than he would have to destroy buildings. They will make a bitter fight in the courts against the carrying out of the terms of the will. KISS A MAN TO PUNISH HIM. Girls in an Indiana Town Embarrass a Foe of Osculation. Albert Foss, of Taswell, Ind., filed affidavits against six society girls, who gave him a public kissing. Foss is a music teacher, and boasted at several parties that he had never been kissed by a girl. The six girls laid for him on the street and kissed him until he cried “enough.” He was greatly mortified, and went before a justice of the peace and caused the arrest of the girls. They were released on bail. WOMAN HORSEWHIPS CLERKS. Wife of a Montana Storekeeper Fights the Union. Mrs. William Glass, wife of the proprietor of a Great Falls, Mont., store, horsewhipped three members of the Trades and Labor Council who had been stationed about the store by the organization to distribute circulars asking the public not to patronize the place. The store had been declared “unfair” by the clerks’ union because Glass refused to observe the 6 o’clock closing rule. “Katy" Train Held Up. Passenger train No. 4 on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad was held up about 1 o’clock Tuesday morning near Caney, Ind. T., by five bandits, who, after blowing up the strong box in the express car, robbing the occupants of the passenger coaches and doing considerable other damage, escaped with a small sum of money.

Saloons Grow Like Mushrooms. At Lawton, O. T.. the ban on saloons was lifted Monday morning, and before 9 o'clock sixty-two were operating. While the country was an Indian reservation, even the introduction of liquor was prohibited, and after the opening, saloons were barred for a few days merely as a precaution. Maneuvers Hurt by Mumps. The battleship Alabama of the North Atlantic squadron is in quarantine at Nantucket because of a scourge of mumps. This is a serious drawback to the squadron and the maneuvers, as the Alabama had been scheduled to take an important part. France as a Naval Power. Walter Wellman, the newspaper correspondent, believes France, by means of her newly discovered submarine boat, has revolutionized naval warfare, holds mastery of the Mediterranean and soon will be able in event of war to sweep the channel and the North Sea. Martial Law in Beunos Ayres. Informal advices received from Buenos Ayres by the State Department are to >‘the effect that the capital has been under martial law since early in July. The order was the result of deeds of violence committed on the Plaza, caused by opposition to the so-called unification bill. War f-eems Near. The withdrawal of the Colombjan legation from Venezuela is believed to indicate signs of trouble between the two countries. May be the prelude to wur. United States representatives in Venezuela, will look after Colombian interests. Joliet Men Go Out. Joliet employes of the Illinois Steel Company, after a stormy meeting of six hours, decided to strike. Six thousand men are affected by this decision. The strike forces the closing of the American steel and wire plant. France’s Population Grows. The official final census returns show the population of Fiance to be 38,641,333, an increase in the last five years of 412,894. The increase ia mainly in urban centera.

MONTANA TO AUCTION LAND. State 'Will Offer 3,000,000 Acres for Pale to Highest Bidders. The State of Montana will shortly have a land sale that will eclipse the recent government affair in Oklahoma, where about 2,000,000 acres were disposed of to homeseekers. About 3,000,000 acres distributed throughout every county in the State will be auctioned off by Land Registrar Long. This course was decided at a meeting of the State Board of Commissioners. A State law prohibits the sale of any lands at less than $lO an acre, and where Registrar Long fails to receive bids of at least that he will only lease the lands to the highest bidder. The board decided that purchases by any one person shall be limited to 160 acres agricultural or 640 acres of grazing land. BRIDGES DAMAGED BY FLOOD. High Water in Upper East Tennessee Causes Alarm. Heavy rains have been falling in upper East Tennessee and all streams are stvollen. The Virginia and Southwestern Railroad system’s temporary bridge at Elizabethton was washed fifteen inches out of place. It may be saved. Water from the Watauga and Doe Rivers is flooding houses adjacent to the streams at Elizabethton. These two temporary bridges were erected after steel strucutres had been washed away by the big May flood. CRUSHED BY A WIRE ROPE.

Coal Heaver Drawn Into the Spool of a Windlass and Killed. * At St. Paul a rapidly winding rope, taut as a weight of several tons could make it, drew Emil Herman, a coal heaver, onto the iron spool of a windlass on the dredge boat at the levee filling. Hermann screamed twice before the bloody work of the rope was completed. Killed While Praying. In Tunica County, Mississippi, John Littlejohn, a deacon in a negro church, was engaged in prayer at a revival service when he was shot and instantly killed by a member of the church named Charles Jones. In the confusion that followed Jones was stabbed and killed Falls from a Window. James Craig, a well-known attorney, formerly a millionaire who liberally patronized the stage, was fatally injured by falling from the seoond-story window of his home in St. Louis. Both arms were broken and his bead was badly bruised. “Insanity” Trust Sued. Suit has been filed in the Indiana Supreme Court against members of the alleged “insanity trust” asking in behalf of John Morse, better known as John Rodo, the victim of the trust, judgment soy $13,000 damages and costs. Would Bar Christian Scientist^. Fhysicians in London want insurance companies to refuse to issue ps>'fleies to Christian Scientists, who we’,<. o me the issue and say death rate amf, D g them is lower than among any other class of people. ! Thompson Gets Bei{t ence> Edward I’. Thompson w cf s convicted of fraudulent transactions while postmaster at Havana, and sentenced to a fine of S4OO and six months’ impri soniuen t. Follow Ohio’s Ex^ mp | e , The Democrats of Feni* sy i vnn j n aD(I Virginia followed the * e t by Ohio, ignoring silver and confining t h e | r fight to State issues. Drawing: Double t' mr . Many retired nrmy officers are found to be drawing double pay fro*n the government. Several are employed j a the pension department as clerks'

BLOODY RIOT IN ANADARKE. Six Men Killed, Knives and Coupling Pins Being Weapons Used. In Anadarke, Kan., Saturday night, ruffians attacked a young farther who wai too frightened to resist. D. A. James, of Barneston, lowa, a cousin of the famous James brothers, interfered in behalf of the farmer. He himself was then attacked. James knocked three or four of the ruffians down in turn, when he was joined by several others, and the fight became a riot in which 200 were engaged. The roughs drew knives. One rough cut the air hose on a Rock Island passenger train and was seized by Joe Porter, a freight brakeman. and literally stamped to death. Three others rushed at Porter, who knocked them all out with a coupling pin. Six bodies were found in the vicinity iu the tall weeds where they had been dragged after the end of the fight. READY TO SWALLOW GERMS. Denver Mnn Offers to Make Test of Dr. Koch’s Theory. The question of whether or not animal tuberculosis can be communicated to Truman beings has led T. L. Monson, State Dairy Commissioner of Colorado, to make a unique offer. He agrees to submit to a thorough test of the matter, provided a suitable annuity for his family is guaranteed in case the experiment should prove fatal to him. Mr. Monson has given a great deal of study to tuberculosis and the peculiarities of the disease in cattle and human beings and is a firm believer in the theory recently promulgated by Prof. Koch, which was to the effect that the animal tuberculosis is not transmissible to man.

FAILED TO CURE HICCOUGHS. Hypnotism Afforded Only Temporary Relief. Hypnotism failed to effect more than temporary relief from hiccoughing in the case of Miss Loretta Kemp, of Washington, D. C., who suffered from that trouble for 144 hours before being relieved. The simple ice remedy cured Miss Kemp, but since the hiccoughing stopped suddenly Sunday evening she has been in a very weak and nervous state. The casualty hospital physicians had frequently resorted to hypnotism, but each time she came out from under that influence the hiccoughing returned. The young woman was swallowing small pieces of ice when relief came. TAFT URGES TARIFF REFORM. Governor of Fhilippines Speaks at a Banquet in Manila. Gov. Taft, speaking at the banquet given by the Californians in Manila to Representative Julius Kahn, of San Francisco, said that in order to develop the Philippines satisfactorily legislation treating with tariff reform must be passed at the next session of Congress. He asserted also that laws prohibiting the sale of public lands and timber, laws providing for the incorporation of American banks and laws granting franchises and mining rights were imperatively demanded. Other members of the Philippine commission spoke in the same vein. Legacy for a Laborer. Thomas Watts, a Cornishman, for twenty years a day laborer about the mines near Negaunee, Mich., ha? received a legacy of $230,000 by the death of a sister in Cornwall, and has left to look after the probating of the will. The estate is about 60 per cent funds invested in mortgages and stocks. The rest is real estate. Profits by Chinese Forfeits. The first Legislature of Hawaii ha« completed its labors and adjourned. -Despite the protests of the Chinese consul, $53,000, representing money in bank to the credit of-the immigration bureau that has accrued from deposits of Chinese to insure their return to China, has been turned into the territorial treasury.

Water Kills Thousands. The steamship Idzumi Maru brings news from Hong Kong of the drowning of thousands of Chinese in Kwang Si Province by a sudden rise of several rivers. The principal places affected are Wu Chau, Takhing, Shiuing and Samshui. Tremendous Tidal Wavs. A tidal wave on the gulf coast flooded New Orleans and Mobile and did great damage at other places. Many ships were destroyed and a heavy loss of life feared. The lower Mississippi delta is inundated. Will Lose Lodge Charters. President Shaffc-i- says the South Chicago, Milwaukee and Joliet men who refused to gfrike will lose their lodge charters &nd be expelled from the Amalgamated Association if they do not rescind t'ueir action. Hold Up a Stage. Two highwaymen held up a stage between North Creek and Blue Mountain, in the Adirondack!, and after killing the two leading horses robbed the passengers and the mail bags. The stage carried seven passengers. Killed in a Crib. Ten men were killed by a fire in the Cleveland water crib, two miles off shore. Thirteen men were saved by seeking refuge in a tunnel 200 feet below the surface of the Iftke. Heavy Fighting Reported. A Britifeh steamer brought news to Kingston of heavy fighting betweqm government troops and rebel* near Colon. Foreigners were fleeing to escape proscription. Arek Rock Destroyed. Arch Rock, in San Francisco Bay, was blown up by thirty tons of nitrogelatin. Rocks and debsis were hurled 1,000 feet iu the air by the explosion and many tab were killed.