Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1901 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EART H

EXPEL BOY FOR NOT PRAYING. Public School Trustees in Kansas Eject Pupil for Religious Reasons. The 10-year-old son of J. W. WHlard, a wealthy grain dealer of Topeka, Kan., was expelled from the Quincy street school in that city for refusing to take part in the religious exercises at' the opening of the school. Mr. Willard says the boy was acting under his instructions and threatens to take the matter into court for settlement. “I object to religion in the public schools,” said he, “and if necessary I will bring an action in the courts to see if the board of education can force me to allow my son to submit to religious instructions in the public schools.” The objections of Mr. Willard are made in consequence of the resolution presented to the board of education and adopted at the last meeting that the reading of the Bible and repeating of the Lord’s prayer at the opening of school each morning be compulsory. The resolution was drafted and presented to the board for adoption by Dr. J. T. McFarland, representing the Ministerial Union. r MARRIED AND PARTED IN A DAY Omaha Bride’s ' E an, ilx Spirit Her Away After an Elopsment. Nellie Dillon, grandniece of Sydney Dillon, first president of the Union Pacific Railroad, and Alfred Anderson were married a few days ago at Omaha, but spent a very brief honeymoon of only twentyfour hours. The marriage was an elopement. The following day Mrs. Dillon sent for the girl, saying she was ill. Mrs. Anderson went to the Dillon home, taking her husband with her. On arrival the girl went into the house, but Anderson was prevented from following by the men of the family, who ordered him from the place. Returning the following day with, officers, he found Mrs. and his wife had left town.

WANT EXPERT WOLF HUNTERS. South Dakota Stockmen Will Give $4 a Head for the Animals. Members of the only profession on earth that is not overcrowded, the ancient and honorable profession of wolf hunting, can get their board by going to Chamberlain, S. D. They will also receive $4 a head for each wolf they kill besides $3 from the State. The $4 will be given to them by the stockmen, who want them to kill the wolves that are killing the sheep. Only expert wolf hunters immune to extremely cold weather need apply. Fur coats will be furnished to them and the board they will get is fair to middling. Coal Shortage in St. Louis. ,-St. Louis faces a shortage of coal which not only forebodes suffering for those whose supply is small, but which may result in a general tie-up of the transit companies’ numerous street car lines. Unexpected zero weather, slippery pavements that make hauling exceedingly difficult, ice floes and low water that have tied up the ferries, combined with other difficulties of transportation, have brought the supply of coal far below the urgent demands of the market. Committee on Pensions. Eli Torrance, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, announces the following as the committee on pensions: Col. Robert Bea th, Philadelphia; Col. John O. Black, Chicago; Gen. James R. Carnahan, Indianapolis; Judge Charles G. Burton, Nevada, Mo.; ex-Gov. W. H. Upham, Marshfield, Wis.; Henry E. Tainter, Hartford, Conn.; John C. Linehan, Penacook, N. H. Big Theft Is Kept Secret There was a stir on State street, Boston, when it was announced that certificates of stock aggregating above $33,000 in value were stolen from the office of a prominent brokerage firm last September. The fact had been kppt secret until now in the hope of recovering the certificates through private channels. < Sells Shoes to Buy Bread. Theodore Cabblac of St. Louis sold his shoes for 10 cents that he might buy bread for his wife and six children who had been in dire want for several days. He bought two loaves of bread with the money and walked home over the snow in his stocking feet. Asphyxiated by Natural Gas. H. L. Kidwell and Nicholas Breazy were asphyxiated by natural gas in their room at Akron, Ohio. They had a gas stove turned on full force and during the night the gas pressure was increased and it is supposed fumes escaped into the room which ended their lives. Great Conference in New York. Harmony and good will characterized the conference of representatives of labor and capital at New York. Addresses by Senator Hanna and Charles M. Schwab were features of the discussion of measures to put an end to strikes. Bridge Falls with Train. A freight train on the Philadelphia and Erie division of the Pennsylvania Railroad went through the bridge spanning Lycoming creek, between Williamsport, Pa., and Newberry. Three lives were lost. Burglar Kills Woman. Harriet P. Murphy, prominent in church and society circles, and treasurer of the Kingsley house fund, was murdered at her home in Pittsburg by a burglar. The murderer made his escape. Schley Files Bill of Exceptions. Admiral Schley, through his attorneys, has filed with the Secretary of the Navy a bill of exceptions to the majority findings of the court of inquiry. Two Couples Commit Suicide* In two adjoining rooms at a boarding house in East Russel) street, Columbus, Ohio, four persons, two young men and

two young women, deliberately ended their lives. The two couples went to the boarding house and secured adjoining rooms, claiming they were married. Two (lays later the doors to-the rooms were forced and the occupants were discovered lying on the beds dead. The keyholes and cracks around the doors had been closed with rags and the fumes of chloroform filled the rooms, disclosing the cause of death. CHILD TRIES TO SAVE MOTHER. An Eight-Year-Old Girl in St. Louis Proves a Heroine. Mamie Gleason, aged 8 years, lost her life at St. Louis in an attempt to save her mother, Mrs. Lillie Gleason, whose clothing was in flames. Mrs. Gleason’s dress caught fire from a blazing grate, and she was fatally burned. Mrs. Louise Maddo, who tried to save the child, is seriously burned on the hands, arms and legs. Mrs. Gleason has been ill for several days. Her husband left her in bed when he went to work. She probably became delirious after he left and got too near the fire. When her screams aroused the neighbors her little child was pulling at her skirts, oblivious to the fact that her own little dress was blazing and her own flesh being seared. “Mamma, mamma, I’ll help you,” she cried. Charles Gleason, the woman’s brother-in-law, put out the flames which enveloped her, but the little girl was fatally burned. The child died soon afterward. KILLS HIMSELF IN A DUEL. Butcher Lungea at Foe, but Deflected Blade Pierces Own Heart. Edward Young and Steven Crockett, butchers, who went to St. Joseph, Mo., from Chicago a few weeks ago, fought a duel with knives in Swift & Co.’s hog slaughtering plant. Young was killed. Young had used a long butcher knife and Crockett a much shorter one. They had been slashing each other for several seconds when Young made a rush upon Crockett, who used his left arm as a guard. Young’s weapon was upturned and the blade pierced his own heart. SHIPWRECKED CREW SAVED. Schooner Edward W. Young of Boston ' Abandoned at Sea. The Panama Railway Steamship Company’s steamer Advance, which arrived at New York the other day from Colon, rescued and brought to port the captain and crew of the three-masted schooner Edward W. Young of Boston. The Young sailed from Georgetown, S. C„ for New York, lumber laden, and was abandoned at sea. Cleveland Girl Is Plucky. Miss Irene Gerlin of Cleveland has proved that she is a plucky and athletic girl, though only 18 years old and a pupil of the Central high school. She was returning home from a visit at a friend's house when a man seized her and hissed: “If you scream I’ll kill you.” The girl quick as a flash struck her assailant in the face and knocked him down. Then gathering up her skirts she ran home.

Think Suicide Killed Wife. The dead bodies of John F. Bull and his wife were found at their home in Parsons, Kan. Bull was a prominent real estate and loan broker, leader of the Methodist Church choir, and was reported to be in comfortable circumstances. The bodies were lying on the floor, both stabbed to death. Indications point to wife murder and suicide. State Normal School Burns. The State Normal School at Aberdeen, S. D., was destroyed by fire, involving a loss of $20,000. The building was nearing completion, and was still in the hands of the contractors, N. P. Frazier & Co. of St. Paul, Minn., who will have to bear the loss, which is partially covered by insurance. Platt Wil| Bue for Libel. Senator Thomas C. Platt says that he has decided to bring libel suit against William Allen White of Emporia, Kan., and McClure’s Magazine, on account of an article published in the current number dealing with the Senator’s life in not too kind a way. One Killed and Seven Injured. One person was killed and seven injured by the fall of a passenger elevator in the department store of Schaper Brothers in St. Louis. The drop was from the fourth floor to the basement. It is not known what caused the accident. Missing Girl Is Found. Dispatches from Worthington, Minn., state that Nellie Mitchell, who disappeared from the emergency hospital, Chicago, several days ago and who was supposed to have committed suicide, has returned to her home in Worthington. Killed in Train Crash. North-bound Sunset express No. 9 of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Sunset express No. 10 from San Francisco collided near Salinas, Cal. A part of No. 9 was destroyed by fire. Two persons were killed and four injured. fjteamer Ban Blas Wrecked. The steamer San Blas, which left San Francisco Nov. 29 for Panama, was wrecked between Acajutia and La Libertad, off the coast of Salvador, and is a total wreck. Her crew and passengers made their way in boats to La Libertad. Postmaster General Smith Resigns. Postmaster General Smith has resigned and will be succeeded iu the cabinet by Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin. The resignation is due to personal and business reasons. Gifts for Chicago University. Dr. Harper, at convocation of University of Chicago, announced gift of sl,by John D. Rockefeller and $375,000 from others whost names are withheld.

DECIDES STRIKES ARE LAWFUL. Important Opinion Rendered by Judge Talty at St. Louis. In the St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Talty decided that, strikes were lawful and that any number of men may band together for the purpose of enforcing a demand for an increase of wages by leaving the service of their employers. The case in which the decision was rendered was that of Elbridge W. Chase against Journeymen Steamfitters’ Local Union No. 29, Steamfitters’ Helpers’ Union No. 33 of the Building Trades Council, and 170 union men, who were named as defendants in the case. On Nov. 1 last the steamfitters struck for higher wages. Among those who refused the demand was Elbridge Chase, head of the steamfitting firm of Chase & Co., who secured a temporary injunction from the Circuit Court Nov. 9 to restrain the unions from in any manner interfering with his business. The court refused to make the injunction permanent. ROBBERS KIDNAP THEIR VICTIM. Throw Him Into Buggy and Proceed to Take Valuables at Leisure. Louis Gousswitch of Chicago was kidnaped, robbed and threatened with death in a wild-west experience he had out on the Northwest Side. The young man works at Marshall Field's. He was going home, when at Wabansia avenue and Mozart street he was accosted by two men in a buggy, who inquired the way to Logan Square. Gousswitch obligingly stepped to the vehicle to point out the way, when he was seized and dragged into the buggy. The horse was whipped up, and while going at a rapid gait the victim was robbed of his overcoat, hat, watch and sl2. Having secured his valuables the robbers dropped him out into the road and drove away. Gousswitch went to the police station and told his story.

MAN FOBS PREACHERS ONLY. Prisoner at Columbus, Ohio, Makes a Peculiar Confession. S. D. Kinney, who was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, made a specialty of robbing preachers. He has operated in four different States since September. When searched ministers’ credentials which enabled him to get reduced rates on railroads were found. Valuable articles stolen from the homes of the ministers in Worthington, Hilliard and Ashland, Ohio, were also found on his person. Kinney said he visited preachers’ houses because he was always sure of getting something. He voluntarily produced sl6 in pennies which he had taken from contribution boxes. Four Flour Mills Closed. four flour mills of the Consolidated Milling Company in Minneapolis were shut down the other morning. It is probable that most of the mills of the city will be closed soon, due to a temporary depression in the demand for flour from abroad. A. C. Loring, president of the Consolidated Milling Company, said that a very serious element in the conditions which had compelled a shut-down at this time was the shortage of cars in the Northwest. Result of Great Conference. The conference in New York between representatives of labor and capital resulted in the appointment of a national board of arbitration composed of an equal number of representatives of labor, capital and general public, which is designed to settle all disputes of national importance between workmen and employers. Gas Explosion Burns Train. At Garden City, Kan., an explosion of gas on an east-bound Santa Fe passenger train set fire to the smoker, chair car and one sleeper, which were entirely burned. The passengers were uninjured, but Conductor John O’Day and Porter Robert Pennington were badly cut and burned.

Dr. R. S. Huidekoper. Dr. Rush S. Huidekoper died at a hospital in Philadelphia from a complication of diseases said to have been contracted during the Spanish-American war. in which he served. Dr. Huidekoper in 1893 was appointed chief surgeon in the army, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Fire at University of Utah. The new training school of the University of Utah, with its entire contents, was destroyed by fire at Salt Dake. Loss SBO,OOO, insurance $35,000. The fire is thought to have originated from combustion of chemicals in the laboratory. Married a Millionaire. Word comes from Chicago that Byron Shear of Denver has married Francesca Bain, an opera singer of some repute and wealth. Shear made several millions out of the Mollie Gibson before silver slumped. Home Wrecker le Shot. W. J. Selvage, an insurance agent, was shot on the street at Portsmanth, Ohio, by Charles W. Baker. Selvage is alleged to have caused the separation of Bakfer and his wife. His injuries will result fatally. Postofflee Safe Is Robbed. Between 2 and 3 o’clock the other morning thieves blew open the safe in the Wilmerding, Pa., postofflee. They secured several hundred dollars in cash and postage stamps to the value of nearly $2,000. Robbers Visit Rhinebeck N. Y. Burglars entered the Rhineback, N. Y.» postofflee and bank, blowing open safes in both places. In . the postofflee they got money and stamps amounting to S3OO, but in the bank"they got nothing. Picked Up on Lake Michigan. Drifting barge Galatea was picked up off Racine port by the steamer Santa Marla and with her half-frozen crew taken into Chicago harbor.