Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

PLAYS COMEDY AS WIFE DIES.

Samuel Morris Amuses Audience with Agony in His Heart. Although agonized by the knowledge that his wife lay (lying within a fewblocks from where he was keeping an audience amused with his jests, Samuel Morris, a comedian, went through his mimicry at Hopkins’ Theater, in Chicago, without betraying the emotions that were in his heart. In the Saratoga Hotel Mrs. Morris passed away while he was playing his part, in the pains of an Intentional overdose of wood alcohol. A telephone message from Dr. Tailman, the house physician, informed the comedian that the end had come, just as he left the stage after a scene in which be had won the pleasure of his hearers. Separation for a year had not killed the love that the two actors in the tragedy held for each other., Mrs, Morris was Miss Maggie Miller before her marriage. She lived in California. Morris took her to Chicago, where he has been stage director for Hopkins’ Theater for some years. She was ill, took opiates for the relief of pain and the two separated. One week ago she came back from California and sought her husband. They met at the Saratoga Hotel. He was late in keeping his appointment and it grieved her. In a moment of unhappiness the wife drank the overdose of wood alcohol. SPENDS FORTUNE ON TOWN. President of Diamond Match Cojnpo n r Gives Riches to Barberton, Ohio. O. C. Barber, president of the Diamond Match Company, has announced two plans which he proposed to carry out for the benefit of the town of Barberton, Ohio, which he founded ten years ago. One of them includes the gift of a park of 200 acres, largely of natural woodland. This park adjoins the grounds of the magnificent estate which he is preparing to establish on the edge of the town. On the park he will expend many thousands of dollars, making the entire gift worth about SIOO,OOO. Mr. Barber is ready to begin the erection of a mansion costing $125,000 and this he intends to leave at his death for a public hospital. The mansion will also be surrounded by a magnificent park .of 150 acres. Mr. Barber has plans for a model residence section, which will provide homes for hundreds of workingmen. These houses will be just outside the public and private park, both of which will be devoted to pleasure grounds., He expects to devote the largest portion of his fortune for the benefit of the town bearing his name and its people. WOMAN IN BURGLAR ROLE. Believed to Be Mainly Responsible for Many Eastern Robberies. It is believed that a woman is at the head of a gang of burglars committing depredations in Westchester County, New York, recently. were committed in three towns in the county in one night. In each ease there is evidence that a woman was concerned. At Mount Vernon $5,000 of valuables were taken from the home of Charles Berry. At this place the burglars cooked a meal before leaving, and, in addition to the fact that the prints of a woman's shoe were found under the window where the burglars entered, the manner of the cooking gave evidence of a woman’s skill. France and Turkey at Odds. The French ambassador, M. Constans, at Constantinople, has notified the Sultan’s first seeretarj- that all diplomatic relations between France and Turkey are broken off and that the ambassador has informed his government to this effect. The ambassador justifies his action on the ground that the Sultan broke his direct personal promise regarding the purchase of the quays and the settlement of the disputed French claims. Dead Return to Life. Two men who were entrapped in the Cleveland waterworks tunnel through the recent disaster were rescued after having spent five days in the excavation 200 feet below the surface of Lake Erie in total darkness without food, breathing air so foul that it nearly suffocated them and in momentary expectation of death. Senator Fairbanks Injured. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana was slightly injured in a runaway accident in Minneapolis. The Senator and District Attorney B. G. Evans were out riding when the team started to run »way, and both jumped from the carriage, leaving the driver to care for the horses. Oklahoma Town Is Wrecked. A heavy wind and rain storm swept through the town of Anadnrko, Okla. All the larger buildings in process of construction were blown down, together with a large number of tents and smaller houses. Two persons were killed and many injured. Heavy Loss for Railroad. The freight sheds, twenty-five loaded and twenty-five empty freight cars, belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad, were burned at the transfer depot of that company in Council Bluffs, causing a loss estimate! at nearly SIOO,OOO. i France’s Population Grows. The official final census returns show the population of France to be 38,641,333, an increase in the last five years of 412,364. The increase is mainly in urban centers. Sixteen Persons Drowned. The Ohio River steamer City of Golconda whs capsized by a squall near Paducah, Ky., and sixteen persons were drowned. , , Republicans Fall Out. Avowed'opponents of Gov. La Follette hn'vle organized a Republican Leagre in Wisconsin, and hare issued an address to tb« public.

DISASTER IN A TUNNEL. Accident at Another of the Cleveland Lake Cribs. Five men were drowned the other night as the result of an explosion of gas in the tunnel leading from waterworks crib No. 3, of Cleveland, two miles from crib No. 2, where the recent fatal accident occurred. The work of sinking the shaft at crib No. 3, which is five miles from shore, had just been completed. Five men were at once put to work digging a tunnel toward crib No. 2. These men had been working only a short time when a terrific explosion of gas occurred. The casing of the tunnel was crushed s-nd a torrent of water from the lake rushed into the opening. The five men who were in the tunnel had not the slightest opportunity to escape, and perished before assistance could reach them. THIS CASE A FAILURE. Farmer, Who Threatens to Kidnap Boy, Capture 1 by Sheriff. Mrs. Jqnnie Akers, postmistress at Elmdale, txan., received a letter saying that if she did not place $350 in gold in the southeast corner of her lot in the cemetery on a certain afternoon between 3 and 4 o’clock her little boy would be kidnapped, and that if she revealed the threat to any one her house would be burned. The sheriff was notified of the matter. A purse was filled with shot and placed in the lot and the sheriff and his deputy went on guard. They captured C. M. Rose, a farmer. After he wah captured the feeling ran so high that it was necessary to spirit him away.

Slain by Footpads. John J. Gillilan, a former member of the Nebraska Legislature and one of the most prominent business men of Lincoln, was shot dead shortly after 11 o’clock the other night by unknown men, supposedly footpads. His body was on a residence street within three blocks of his home. He was shot in the breast. There were marks of a struggle. Armenians Ruthlessly Butchered. A dispatch from Constantinople says a body of 400 Kurds has beea raiding the Damizra district of Armenia and has destroyed twelve villages, leaving nothing but smoking ruins. Only the young girls were spared. They were carried off to the harems. All the males were ruthlessly butchered. Neuro Cremate 1 by a Mob. Abe Wildner, a negro, was burned to death at the stake twelve miles from Whitesboro, Texas. A mob of 5,000 farmers conducted the cremation proceedings. Wildner had assaulted and murdered the wife of W. C. Caldwell, a white farmer, while Caldwell was away from home. Attempt to Lynch Motorman. A determined effort was made by a mob to lynch Julius Siebel, a motorman, because his ear had killed Annie Emory, 9 years old, on Madison avenue, New York. He was rescued by a squad of police. , * Oarsmen Drift Ashore. Three oarsmen from St. Joseph, Mich., attempting to cross Lake Michigan to Chicago, in a rowboat, drifted helplessly ashore near Michigan City, Ind., after a hard fight with the waves. Falls Thirty Feet and Lives. In Toledo, Ohio, Miss Ida Heine, while walking in her sleep, stepped out of an open upper window and fell to the ground, a sheer descent of thirty feet. She was not seriously injured. Dr. W. R. Harper Decorated. President Loubet of France has conferred upon Presidept W. R. Harper of the University of Chicago the decoration of the French 'Arder of the Legion of Honor.

DYING BOY TELLS OF MURDER.

Says Hia Money Was Taken and He Was Thrown Under Car Wheels. Before he died at the South Chicago Hospital John Schmacker, 16 years old,, living at Berlinton, Ind., told his father, who had been summoned to his bedside, a strange tale of being robbed and thrown under the wheels of a Baltimore and Ohio excursion train near Brinston, Ind. The boy told his father that two men had robbed him on the platform of a car while he and his cousin Jacob were passing from one car to another, and that after taking 80 cents, all he had, they threw him off the train. Then, the boy said, when he attempted to clamber on again, they kicked him in the head and he fell beneath the-wheels. The story is being investigated by Supt. Stuart of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. A fact which is puzzling the officials is that the cousin of the dead boy, Jacob Schmacker, declares that he and his cousin were set upon by four men in uniform, and that he believes them to have been some of, the train crew. The conflicting statements of the dead boy and his cousin leave the railroad authorities somewhat at sea. JUSTICE KILLS NEGRO. Stops Court, Shoots His Man and Then Coolly Continues Trial. At Norwood, W. Va., Justice of the Peace John Crider shot Phil Franklin while court was in session. The justice was trying the case of Emma Franklin and Anna Taylor, both colored, charged with fighting. While the trial was in progress a courier ran into the courtroom, almost breathless, and whispered to the court that Phil Franklin, the husband of one of the women, was en route to the trial with a rifle, swearing that he would release his wife or kill the officials. Justice Crider said nothing, but reaching in his desk secured his revolver and started outside. Just as he left the door he saw Franklin put his rifle across the window sill and shouted: “Emma, - come out of dar.” Crider then shot a bullet clear through Franklin’s body. The squire continued the trial as if nothing had occurred. MILLION Al n-. MINER SLAIN. Sam Strong Killed at Cripple Creek by Grant Crumley. , Sam Strong, the millionaire mine owner, was shot and killed at Cripple Creek, Colo., by Grant Crumley. The shooting took place in the Newport saloon, oWned by Crumley. Strong, with three friends, had been out all night at various gambling saloons and at Crumley’s had made a winning. John Neville, Strong’s fa-ther-in-law, and Crumley go.t into a quarrel. Believing that his father-in-law was in danger, Strong drew a revolver. Crumley jumped behind the bar, grabbed a shotgun and blew a hole through Strong's head. He gave himself up to the police a few minutes later. Strong formerly owned the famous mine at Victor, which bears .his name, and he had other valuable mining properties in the Cripple Creek district. Use Dynamite in Burglary. The postoffice at Afidrews, Ind., was robbed by burglars and $270 in cash and SIOO in postage stamps were taken. The safe was blown open by dynamite. The robbers were discovered by two citizens, one of whom was struck over the head with the stock of a revolver by one of the robbers. Further pursuit was then abandoned, the robbers escaping on a handcar. Fatally Shot by Footpads. Charles Berg was shot and fatally wounded by footpads at Tacoma, Wash. He was on his way home and when near the reservation was held up bj' two men who commanded him to throw up his hands. Berg was so jbadly frightened he started to run, when the highwaymen fired, the ball passing through the lower part of the body. Strange Firebug Caught. State Fire Marshal Hollenbeck, at Columbus, Ohio, was notified of the arrest at Evanston of William Hurst, an alleged firebug. The report states that Hurst has a mania for fighting fires. It is alleged that he would apply the torch, turn in an alarm and then work like a fireman to help extinguish the flames. Scores Burned by Biazinc: Oil. By the collapse of a burning oil tank at the Atlantic Refining Company’s plant at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, where a fire has been raging, about 100 persons—firemen, employes of the company and spectators—were burned severely. Children Burned to Death. The house of P. Byrne at Currie, Minn., was completely consumed and three children are dead and a fourth probably dying from burns. The parents were in the harvest field and the origin of the fire is unknown. Indiana Whitecap la Shot. Otto Faulkenburg, once known ns the White Cap leader of Perry County, for which he served five years in the State prison, was shot, it is charged, by Andrew Lamon, near Branchville. Ind. The deed is the result of an old feud. To Live with thinese Leper. At St. Louis Dr. Louis Knhpp has taken final leave of his family and will at once isolate himself from his fellow men to nurse Dong Gong, the Chinese leper, in the interest of science. Lightning Causes I'eatha. Lightning struck n benzine tnnk of the Atlantic Refining Company nt Philadelphia. exploding it. Six persons were killed and twenty-three missing. Hurricane Swetpi Spain. A hurricane has swept over the Village Villarogo, Jllota, Spain. Forty buildings were rar/»d to the ground, six persona were killed and numbers were injured.