Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

TWO NEGRO BOYS LYNCHED. Were Charged with Killing Will C. Hart at Shelbyville, Ky. Jimbo Fields, aged 16, and Clarence Garnett, aged 18, both colored, were lynched at Shelbyville, Ky., at 2 o’clock Wednesday morning for the alleged murder of Will C. Hart, a printer, who vras stoned to death the night of Sept. 21. The boys were taken from the jail and swung from the Chesapeake and Ohio trestle just beyond the station and within 500 yards of the jail. The mob's work was done so quietly that no citizens, except the jailer and two or three others, knew of it for several hours afterward. The men went to the jail about 1:30 o'clock and demanded the keys of the jailer, but he refused to surrender them. The doors were then battered down. The prisoners were removed almost before they had time to realize what was happening. The mob dispersed quickly and the identity of its members did not become known. Hart went to Shelbyville from Lebanon, Ohio, and at the time of his death was employed as a printer on the Shelby Sentinel. The details of his murder are not accurately known, but it is conceded to be a fact that Fields and Garnett killed him. Hart’s body was found at 7 o’clock Saturday night, Sept. 21, in a path leading from the house of Annie Fields, the mother of Jimbo Fields, in a negro settlement at Shelbyville, called Bucktown. KILLED IN DARING FLIGHT. Military Prisoner Shot as He Attempts to Escape Guards on Boats. The desperate attempt of. a military prisoner to escape and his fall after being pierced by a bullet from a guard’s revolver created intense excitement at pier 26, North river, New York. It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon when Lieut. Louis J. Bishop of the marine corps reached the pier at the head of a detachment guarding sixteen prisoners en route from the Brooklyn navy yard to the military prison at Norfolk, Va. The party was to sail on the Old Dominion line steamship Hamilton. Four abreast the prisoners marched up the pier with guards on either flank and bringing up the rear. The detachment reached the main deck of the Hamilton and halted at Lieut. Bishop’s word of command. At that instant one of the prisoners, Charles P. Miner, the only one in civilian’s dress, darted from the ranks, dodged through the guard of marines and disappeared down the gang plank. Two marines, drawing their revolvers as they ran, started in pursuit. Miner ignored the order to halt, and was shot and instantly killed by one of his pursuers. Miner lived at Yonkers. MAKE GOOD $70,000 SHORTAGE. Former Cashier and Bondsmen Make Restitution to Indiana Bank. A shortage of over $70,000 in the accounts of the People’s National Bank at Washington, Ind., it is declared in a statement made public by the directors of that institution, was discovered within the last few weeks, and was made good by former Cashier R. C. Davis, his bondsmen and stockholders of the bank. To reimburse the bank the entire stock held by the Davis family, valued at over $22,000, was transferred, together with real estate worth $31,000. Davis’ bondsmen made up $12,414 and nine stockholders raised as a personal contribution SIO,OOO to carry the bank through the trouble. Fatally Hurt at Funeral. A dramatic incident occurred at Capon bridge, W. Va., at the funeral of Morris Freeman. Miss Lulu Carpenter, his sweetheart, a girl of 17 years, was at the funeral, and just as the coffin was borne cut of the house she threw both hands up and fell in a faint. Hours passed and she could not be resuscitated. Physicians were called, and it was found that in falling she had fractured her skull and was fatally injured. Horse Thief Is a Woman. “Burt” Martin, 19 years old, serving a three years’ sentence in the penitentiary ut Lincoln, Neb., for horse stealing, donned woman’s clothes after masquerading several weeks as a man. Her sex was discovered as a result of illness. The woman was convicted in Iveya Paha County as a man. Her real name is Lena Martin. Society Forced to Assign. At Fort Scott, Kan., Judge Simons has appointed City Attorney Hudson receiver of the Select Knights and Ladies of America lodges in Kansas. The head offices are in St. Louis, and members of the Fort Scott lodge received circulars from the general officers, notifying them that the directors had been forced to make an assignment. Honk Cashier PentenceT. Following a plea of guilty to the charge of falsifying the accounts of the Farmers’ National Bank of Vergennes, Vt., David H. Lewis has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in the house of correction at Rutland. Lewis is 50 years old. Elute* Police :or Two Years. After eluding the police of the principal cities of the country for two years, W. E. Hutchiilson, who is wanted in Pittsburg for embezzling $4,500 from the German National Building and Loan Association, was arrested at the office of IT. N. Coolidge & Co. in Chicago. Accused of Blowing Safe. John Wilson and Edward Steiger wore arrested in St. Louis on suspicion that they are the men who, Nov. 28, 1900. blew open the safe and robbed the Farmers’ Bank at Emden, 111. The men deny any connection with the crime. Large College Registration. There is a marked increase in the deibAd for higher education this fall. ReEorts from universities and colleges in the last and West show a larger registration than a year ago.

COLUMBIA WINS AGAIN. In a Strong Wind Rival Yachts fend Over the Course at Terrific Rate. The Columbia won the yacht race on Thursday with Shamrock. It was a furious contest, with the wind very strong. Columbia has now two races to her credit in the international series. The course was triangular; first leg, east half south; second leg, southwest half south; third leg, north-northwest. The wind was from the northwest, twenty-four miles an hour. Official time of starting: Shamrock, 11:00:13 a. m.; Columbia, 11:01:47 a. m. Time Of turning first mark: Shamrock, 11:51:00 a. m.; Columbia, 11:52:17 a. m. Time of turning the second mark: Shamrock, 12:43:37 p. in.; Columbia, 12:40:31 p. m. LARGE ALTON MILL IS BURNEL Stanard Plant and Adjoining Buildings Destroyed—Loss $400,000. The extensive mills of the E. O. Stanard Company and several adjoining buildings were destroyed by fire at Alton, 111. The loss is $400,000, of which $300,000 falls upon the Stanard Company. Other losers are the Farmers’ elevator, $25,000; George B. Hayden, machine shop, $15,000; Boiler Milling Company and Model Hotel, $5,000 each. The freight house of the Diamond Joe Line and seven small buildings also were burned. For Memorial to ( apt. I ain. Mrs. Eliza A. How, widow of James F. How, president of the Wabash Kailroad Company, has donated SIOO,OOO to Washington University, St. Louis, to be used in the erection of a memorial to her father, the late Captain James B. Eads, who built the Eads bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis and the, jetties below New Orleans. Flnin by Apache Indian*. Word has been received that a renegade band of Apache Indians from the San Carlos reservation are in the Mogollon mountains, south of Albuquerque, N. M., and that five persons have been killed by them on Willow creek, near the old warpath rendezvous of Yictoro and Geronimo a few years ago. Look* Like Double Crime. Otto Pulich and his wife, Emeline, were found dead in bed at their home in New York. The dead man held a revolver in his hand. There were bullet holes in Mrs. Pulich's head and she had been shot in the mouth. The police believe the man shot his wife and then killed himself. Explosion Hurts Student*. Newmark Isaac and Alphonso. Kern, St. Louis boys at the Western Military Academy at Alton, 111., were seriously burned in an explosion which wrecked the powder magazine in the academy grounds. They are burned aud blistered from head to' foot. Caught in Burning Mine. The loss of from eight to fifteen lives is believed to have resulted from fire in the works of the Wellington Colliery Company near Ladysmith. B. C. The fire broke out in the evening and it was impossible to get air to the workers. Oil Boom in Indiana Town. Bremen, lud., is greatly excited over the recent oil strike, and as a result speculators are flocking to that place. The oil strike was made after several weeks of prospecting and at a depth of 525 feet. The flow is good, and reports are that the well is a gusher. To Suppress Bucket Shop*. Grain dealers in convention at Des Moines adopted resolutions urging extermination of bucket shops by lneana of prohibitive tax which Congress k asked to Impose. , ( » _ •

FINES FORTUNE IN OLD HULK. Civil Engineer Gets 10,000 Sovereigns in Lake Champlain. Ten thousand English sovereigns, after lying for nearly a century and a quarter in an old hulk at the bottom of East Bay, Lake Champlain, have been recovered and are now deposited in the Allen National Bank at Fair Haven. For many years there has been a tradition in that section of Vermont that at the bottom of East Bay, near Carver’s falls, was a sunken boat containing a large amount of English gold intended for the troops of Gen. Burgoyne in 1777. For 124 years the hulk remained at the bottom of the bay, while tons of earth and sand accumulated from the river were piled on top of it. During the high waters last spring the current was so strong that considerable of the accumulation was washed away and a portion of the sloop exposed to view. A few days ago George B. West, a civil engineer, concluded that he would investigate. Taking with him about thirty men he changed the course of the stream and then with pick and shovel soon had one side of the sloop free. A charge of dynamite broke up the hulk. In the cabin was found considerable glass and other ware, fifteen muskets, much the worse for their long immersion and other minor articles. An iron chest was found in the captain’s room. When opened the treasure was discovered. BRUTAL MISSOURI HAZSRS.

Student Stripped, Thrashed and Left in the Woods. The first case of hazing at Missouri University, at Columbia, in many years was reported to the disciplinary committee of the faculty the other day. S. A. Thompson was the victim. Under the supposition that he was to be initiated by a secret fraternity he was enticed into the woods, stripped of his clothing, tied to a tree and thrashed with switches. His hair was clipped close to his head by his tormentors, who, after hiding his clothing, deserted him. As it was dark and cold, the victim suffered severely while he wandered through the trees and bushes in quest of his garments. Thompson reported the matter and requested an investigation, but, as he was unable to identify any student implicated, nothing has been done, toward punishing the malefactors. ◻ BIG FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA. Large Warehouse Destroyed and Other Buildings Damaged. Leach's storage warehouse at Fifteenth street and Columbia avenue, one of the largest establishments of Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire. The flames started from an unknown cause in the carpet cleaning department on the second floor of a six-story building, and the structure was soon a mass of flames. Nothing was saved. A three-story building adjoining also was destroyed and falling walls demolished Rogers’ music store. Mr. Leach says that the loss on his two buildings is $40,000 and that the household goods stored in them were worth from $250,000 to $500,000. Rogers’ loss is abopt SIO,OOO. Surrounding buildings were damaged to the extent of a few thousand dollars. Project Huge Lead Trust. A financial octopus, the tentacles of which are Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, William C. Whitney, the Seligmans, Guggenheimer and kindred spirits, is reaching out for the control of the leadlines, smelting works and white lead manufacturing plants of the entire country. The capital of the new combine will be about $150,000,000 and the properties to be absorbed will include some twenty-six plants now operated by the National Lead Company. Naval Launch Blown Up. Advices received from Foo-Chow by the steamer Athenian tell of the narrow escape from death of five officers and several seamen of the United States cruiser Wilmington when they arrived at the Chinese port. The officers were going ashore in the cruiser’s launch when the boiler exploded. No one was hurt. Lynching in Helena, Mont. ¶ James Edward Brady, the man who made an unusually brutal attack upon 5-year-old Ida Pugsley in Helena, Mont., was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged to a telegraph pole in Haymarket Square, about three blocks from the jail. About 200 men were engaged in the lynching, and they were masked. Denver Lad Confessed Murder. ¶ Two months ago James Reahard of North Manchester, Ind., was notified that his son Homer had been found on the outskirts of Denver, Colo., with two revolver wounds, which later caused death. Ray Poole, a 14-year-old boy now in custody at Denver, has confessed to having fired the shots. Burn to Death in a Barn. Three men were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a barn near the village of Trasky, Minn. The men were members of n thrashing crew of nine men who were asleep in the barn. Their six companions made their escape without serious injury. Floods in Ppain. Widespread devastation has been caused by floods in the districts of San Baudillon and Llobregnt, Spain. Cottages have been swept away aud whole villages are inundated. Indians Rescue a Prisoner. Agent Somers of the Lower Brule Sioux Indian reservation in South Dakota announces that Indians there overpowered the police and took an Indian prisoner from the guard house. Pastor Proves to Be a Hero. The Rev. Robert Chew, pastor of the Point Pleasant, Pa., Baptist Church, proved himself a hero by rescuing Miss Marguerite Atmore of Philadelphia from drowning in the Tomhickon.