Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1901 — ALL MILLS ARE BUSY. [ARTICLE]

ALL MILLS ARE BUSY.

BUILDING MATERIAL DEMANDS CROWD STEEL PLANTS. i Labor Well Employed at Good Waste* —lncreased Cost of Livisg Coinpeni sated by Increased Buying PowerVictoria Men to Seek Buried Treasure. I t “Failure of a few over-capitalized industrial corporations to pay interest on their stock is no criterion of conditions in manufacturing, although an influence of some weight in the stock market. Reports from all sections of the country agree that there has seldom, if ever, been such vigorous prosecution of constructive work. Widely divergent lines exhibit similar symptoms. Labor is well employed at good wages, and the buying power of the people is more than sufficient to meet the advance in the cost of living of 4.G per dent over prices prevailing a year ago,” according to R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade.' Continuing, the report says: “Wholesome activity is still the feature at iron furnaces and steel mills. While old orders are filled as rapidly as possible, there is no immediate prospect of catching up with contracts, especially as each day brings new business, with deliveries running far into next year. Slightly better relative prices have been established by the leading cereals, wheat making a fair gain, while corn lost a little of its exceptional strength. There is no evidence of holding back for higher prices in western receipts. Failures for the week numbered 231 in the United States, against 232 last year, and 34 in Canada, against 32 last year.” ROB BANK AT POTOMAC, ILL.

Burglar* Blow Open Safe and Escape with $1,500. The Bank of Marysville, at Potomac, 111., was entered by four robbers at an early hour Sunday morning and between $1,2*00 and $1,500 in currency and silver taken. The burglars gained admittance to the building by prying open the front door. To get into the safe, which is known as burglar-proof, two charges of nitroglycerin were used. A young man of the name of Moorehouse, who had sitting up with a sick friend, heard the explosion and immediately set out to ascertain the cause. He was stopped by one of the robbers and held prisoner. The robbers gathered what money they could get hold of and hurried to the Illinois Central tracks, where they procured a handcar and left for the east. The prisoner was held until the robbers were safely aboard. BURIED TREASURE SOUGHT. Expedition Will Go to Island of Cocos, Where $30,000,000 Was Hidden. Another expedition is being formed in Victoria, B. C., to search for treasure on Cocos Island, where $30,000,000 worth of gold, silver and crown jewels of the Peruvian government is said to be buried. This treasure was stolen front the Peruvian government in the eighteenth century by the master of the Nova Scotia bark John J)ea. Callais was about to be bombarded by rebels and the Peruvian authorities carted treasure amounting to over $30,000,000 to the bark. Overcome by cupidity, the master of the John Dea proceeded to sea. He was pursued and buried the treasure on Cocos Island. The captain afterwards was drowned.

Reservoir Bursts at East Liverpool, O. Ten million gallons of water in a solid wall came roaring and tearing down a hill 500 feet in height at East Liverpool, 0., leaving in its train wrecked property upon which the loss is estimated to be $150,000. Providentially no lives were lost, although there were some miraculous escapes from death. The great reservoir, just completed by the city and located upon a hill 500 feet in height, was filled to its capacity for the first time. George Rankin a suicide. After three years of vain effort to forget the wife whose death had been a heavy blow to him, George E. Kankin, junior member of the grain commission firm of John Rankin & Co., in Chicago, committed suicide by shooting himself on the porch of liis sister's home iu Oak Park. Woman Injured by a Lion. La Belle Zelica, while dancing in a cage of five ilons at an animal show on the Midway at the Pan-American Exposition, was attacked by one of the lions and bitten and clawed about the face and shoulders. Her wounds are probably fatal. One thousand spectators saw the tragedy. Oil Tank Explodes and Burns Ten Car!*. An oil tank exploded in a freight wreck on the Southern Railway at Georgetown, Ind., and ten cars were burned. Thomas "Peterson, a brakeman, was fathlly 'hurt. Gold Hunters Wrecked. The steamer Hating, with 175 gold hunters from Alaska on board, ran aground north of Vancouver, and will be a total loss. Passengers all landed safely. Bank Robbers Get $15,010. Robbers blew open the safe of the bank at Narka, Kan., with dynamite and escaped with $15,000 in cash. Milwaukee Publisher Is Dead. Lansing Warren, publisher of the Milwaukee Sentinel, a former Chicago newspaper man, is dead. Wants Claim-Jumpers Oat. Col. Randlett, the Indian agent at Anadarko, I. T., has appealed to the Secretary of the Interior for troops to eject United States deputy marshals and others from Indian allotments. There were tome 200 of these claims jumped on the night of Oct. 5. ■ Pat Crowe to Surrender. Pat-Crowe, the Cudahy kidnaping suspect, offers to surrender to Omaha authorities, provided rewards outstnnding for him are withdrawn. Terms probably Will be accepted. .