Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

MAY BARK FIKNDI-H CRIME. Nebraska Convict Held for Bnrning to Death of Sheriff’s Daughter. Some months ago the daughter of Sheriff Secord of Clay County, Neb., was burned to dcath in the family apartments at the county jail. At the time it was thought the catastrophe was the result of accident. Now it is believed by many that her death was the result oft a cunning and fiendish plot. Theodore Clark, whp is serving a three years’ sentence in the penitentiary, is charged with the murder. When Clark was convicted he swore that he would have revenge on Sheriff Secord, not alone for his own conviction, but also for the killing of \ iret Hawkins, the leader of a gang of thieves that terrorized Clay and Fillmore counties. In March Clark was paroled to his wife by Gov. Dietrich. A few days ago, on the representations of Sheriff Secord and 'the prosecuting attorney of Clay County, this parole was revoked and Clark returned to prison. It was learned shortly after .Miss Seeqrd’s death that * compound had beea Applied to the carpet in the room where she met her fate which would cause ignition with ooly slight friction. A member of the family passing over the spot where her clothing first caught fire caused a blaze to flare up from the carpet. An investigation was at once begun and it is said that a chemical analysis of the compound shows it to contain elements to be found in the heads of parlor matches. Suspicion at ; once pointed toward Clark because of j his oath of revenge and an effort is being ; made to ascertain whether or not he was at the jail about the time of the tragedy. lOWA MAN KiLLs HIS WIFE. Otis Green Follow* the Woman Who . Left Him. and Kills Her. While standing in the heart of Des j Moines, lowa, talking with his wife, Otis i Green, 27 years of age, of Albia, ; lowa, put a bullet through the back of his wife’s head, killing her instantly, and then placed his 38-caliber revolver* to his right temple and sent a bullet crashing through his head. He will die. He was taken to the police station, where he stated that he had killed his wife because she was untrue to him and refused to iive with him. Both were strangers in the city. POSTMASTER AT NOME IN JAIL. Held for Trial on the Charge of Embezzlinsr $3)290, The postmaster at Nome, Joshua Wright, has been arrested and held for trial on the charge of embezzling $3,200 from the government of the United States. Postal Inspector Clum is the principal witness against Postmaster Wright. At the preliminary hearing Clum testified that upon the first examination of Wright’s affairs he found a shortage of over $10,500. Within the next two days Wright replaced $7,300, leaving a deficit still remaining of $3,200. Eight Hoys Held for Murder. Some weeks ago Homer Reahard,'an 11-year-old boy, was found dead near his home in West Denver, Colo., with a bullet in his brain. He was thought to have been accidentally shot by a hunter, but the police now believe it was a case of murder, and eight boys have been arrested on suspicion. The detectives believe Reahard had quarreled with some of these boys and that he was first stoned and then shot. Freight Train Jumps Track. Four men were killed in a disastrous freight wreck on the Great Northern, near Cascade tunnel, in Washington. The engineer lost control of the air brakes while making the western grade in the tunnel and the train attained such a high rate of speed that when a slight curve was reached (hte ears jumped the track and piled up in a confused heap. Hurt at Grade Crossing. While returning from a day’s frolic in the country Martin Aardena of Chicago and his wife, four' children and mother-in-law, Mrs. Katherine Hulscenz, were struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train. Mrs. Hulscenz and her daughter, Mrs. Aardena, were injured so severely that the attending physicians think they cannot recover. Chicago Tru n Is Wreck*'), The Chicago limited on the West Shore Railroad, west bound, was wrecked at Eastwood, three miles east of Syracuse N. Y. No one was seriously hurt. The cause was a misplaced switch. The locomotive, baggage car and three coaches left the track and were overturned. t’ig Frau I Unearthod. Residents of Chicago have been swindled out of $150,000, according to government secret service olHcers, through the counterfeiting of cigar labels and internal revenue stamps. Ten manufacturers of cigars and a printer are said to be involved in the fraud. Forest Fires in the North. Forest fires are ravaging Newfoundland and. threaten several large lumbering districts. Twenty-three houses have been destroyed in the settlement of White Bay, and it is feared that other villages also have been burned. Girl Kille I in ■> Runaway. Miss Jennie It. Ewing, head of thd hosiery department of Boggs & Buhl and prominent in church work, met almost instant death in a runaway accident at Pittsburg. Miss Ewing jumped and alighted on her head, fracturing the skull. Red’s Queen a Cansht, Emma Goldman, high priestess of an archy, has been arrested by Detective Ilerz of Chief O’Neill’s office and Cnpt. Seheuttler in a flat at 303 Sheffield avenue, Chicago. Ditembow’e) in Balnon Fight. George Gray of Grayrille, 8. D., wa» disemboweled with a knife by George McElwain in a saloon fight. Gray cannot live. Both belong to good families. McElwain ia under arreat.

DENVER MINIBT R ASSAULTED. Dr. Charles J. Freeman At acked Near His Own Home. Dr. Charles J. Freeman, B. A., an Episcopalian minister and late assistant lecturer of the Royal Polytechnic, England, was the victim of an outrageous assault at Denver, Colo. He was attacked a few feet from his house by two men. One dealt him a violent blow on the head with his fist, while the other struck him with a huge cane. As the minister fell, he says, he recognized one of the men as a countryman and mining engineer, who sought revenge because Freeman deprived him of a commission on the sale of a mine. No warrants have been issued. TRAMPS TRY A TRAIN HOLD-UP. One Shot and Five Others Captured at Ervine, " i 9. A gang of tramps held up a Wisconsin Central freight train at Ervine, \\ is., at 2 o’clock Thursday morning. One covered the engine crew with a revolver while another held the train crew under surveillance. The trainmen and tramps exchanged several shots. James Ryan, a tramp, was shot through the leg. The engine was uncoupled from the train and ran to Chippewa Falls after police re-en-forcements. Five of the gang were arrested. Several burglaries which occurred the previous morning are laid direct to members of the gang. Miners Entombed in Wales. A serious explosion took place at Llanbradach colliery, near Caerphilly, Wales. Six miners have been rescued, all suffering severely from the Effects of after-damp. It has become known that at least two of the miners are dead, and the total of the death roll will probably be ten. “President's Own” Defers Reunion. Arrangements for a reunion of the Eighth Ohio regiment of the SpanishAmerican war, popularly known as the “President’s Own,” have been put aside, until the complete recovery of the President. It had been hoped to have him at the reunion. HI 'ze in ' otton Warehouse. Fire in the Red Hook storage building in Brooklyn, owned by the New York Storage Company, did damage to the estimated extent of SIOO,OOO, and property worth $150,000 more was in danger of being destroyed before the firemen mustered the flames. hortnge in Hungarian Crop*. The final estimate of the season’s crops in Austria-Hungary shows the yield of wheat to be 34,800,000 metaeenters, rye 11,500,000, barley 10.500,000, and oats 9,800,000. This represents a decline, as compared with the yield of last year, , Kills Wi<e After Quarrel. Albert Buff, a Frenchman, aged about 50 years, shot and instantly killed his wife at their home in Vhudnliu, Mo. Buff had been drinking and lie and his wife became involved in a quarrel over the division of some of their property. Trainlonrt of Royalty. The King and Queen of England, the Czar and Czarina of Russia, the King of Denmark, the King of Greece and twen-ty-eight princes and princesses went by the same train from Fredensborg to Copenhagen. Dart Railroad Wreck. A passenger wreck occnrred fourteen miles west of Mannington, W. Vn. A large party of Fairmont, W. Vn., excursionists were aboard and the engineer and several passengers were killed. Jeilonav Canoes Crime. At Covington, Ky., Harvey Dwelle shot and killed Mrs. Hanna BonaWfisser and then shot himself, dying later. They were former sweethearts. Jealousy caused the ibostls*

ROBBERS DEFIED BY CLERK. William Brom, Threatened with Death, ■Shields Empowers’ Safe. His life threatened and the building in which he stood partly wrecked by dynamite, William M. Brom successfully defied a gang of supposed burglars in Chicago. Armed with a revolver, but alone in the receiving otliceof the Chicago General Railway Company. Brom protected the safe in his charge and saved the company’s money. Unable to intimidate the receiving c|erk by their threats, the robbed caused the explosion which wrecked the door and a portion of the front wall. Then they attempted to reach the strong box, containing $450, by a concerted charge over the debris. Brom stood his ground faithfully. Dazed and injured as a result of the explosion, he was undaunted. Fired at three times by the robbers as they rushed toward him, he met their attack in kind. They declared they would hurl a dynamite cartridge iuto the office, but Brom replied by emptying three chambers of his revolver in their direction. Unprepared for this vigorous reception, the gang turned and fled. Brom, weak from excitement and from the pain of his injuries, fell exhausted. After a little while he recovered sufficiently to notify the Lawndale police station. I IRE, LOOT AND CARNAGE. Horror in Foo-Chow—Natives Rob During; Terrible tonflairration. Details of the great tire in Foo-Chow, which destroyed over $1,000,000 worth ol property, received by the steamer Tartar, state that it was caused by the overturning of a lamp in a native undertaking establishment. Hundreds of acres of business houses were carried away and many people perished in the tire, which burned the greater part of two days. European proprietors of business houses and larger Chinese merchants were the' heaviest sufferers. During the progress of the fire and immediately after it the coolie native population commenced looting the half-burned buildings and stols everything that they could lay hands on. The Chinese police, under their European officers, were unable to prevent the looting except in a small degree, and before the second evening had passed a largo number of regular soldiers were called out. By that time many people had been killed in tights and there were dead bodies in every street. Five men were killed by the falling of a three-stor.v building. The carnage on the4streets was awful. FIRE AT SALi LAKE CITY. Oregon Short Line Building Burns- 1 " Firemen Hurt by Explo*ion. Fire broke out Tn the Oregon Short Line building on Southwest Tempi* street, Salt Lake City, and threatened to consume that structure, as well as several adjoining buildings, including the postoflice. A heavy explosion occurred, and four firemen were injured. The explosion was caused by a quantity of dynamite. The water supply was totally inadequate. The loss probably will approximate $200,000. fchley I quiry Is Opened. The Schley court of inquiry opened with the declaration by Schley’s counsel that the sole point at issue is whether he or Sampson was in command at the battle of Santiago? Admiral Dewey sustained the protest against Admiral Howison serving as a member of the court, and court adjourned until his successor is appointed by the Navy Department. xplos'on* Kill Five Men. Three explosions occurred in the works of the American-Schultze Powder Company in Oakland, N. J. Five men were killed. The first explosion was that of the boiler. Following almost immediately were two explosions, one in the magazine, the other in the mixing house. The latter is supposed to have been caused by a spark. Oil Gn«her Struck Near Zanesville, O. Mrs. William T. Hoopes of Marysville. Ohio, Walter H. Shaffer of North Baltimore, John I>. Henson of Sunneville and others who formed a stock company to bore for oil at Zanesville struck a flowing well at a depth of 1,500 feet, and the citizens of the village are almost wild Non-Union Barber Shop Hiown i p. At Cripple Creek, Colo., the barber shop of John Tyler was blown up with dynamite. The explosion wrecked the building and contents, but Tyler escaped. Tyler is a colored man and has repeatedly refused to join the Barbers’ Union. Specinl T aw for Aaaallanta of President The cabinet has decided upon the character and scope of the bill for the punishment of persons who in the future may attempt to assassinate a President of the United States. It will make such attempts treason, punishable by death. Actor Crnne t a* serious Fall. William H. Crane, the actor, was badly hart by a fall at the Imperial Hptel, New York. He sprained his ankle severely and also wrenched a muscle of his leg. Noted Outlaw Killed in Duel. At May King, Ky„ “Jim” Kelley, the notorious mountain moonshiner and outlaw of Elkhorn Creek, was shot and killed by Charles Ison. 20 years old. Fatal Wreck in Ontario. Two persons were instantly killed, two burned to death and one mortally Injured in a railroad wreck near Woodstock. Ont. * Twenty Hortci Die in Fire. At Richmond, lud., the livery ham of John, A. Logan burned and twenty horses perished. It is believed to have been an incendiary fire. Killed and Burnet in Wreck. Two persons were instantly lulled, two burned to death and one mortally injured in a railroad tfreck near Woodstock. Out.