Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1902 — TAKE PAY ENVELOPES [ARTICLE]

TAKE PAY ENVELOPES

ROBBERS STEAL WAGES OF LEAVENWORTH EMPLOYES. Masked Men Make Raid on Office of Abernathy Furnace Company—Young Girl Saves House and Young Children from Death by Fire. , Two masked men the other evening held up and robbed the Abernathy Furnace Company at Leavenworth,-Kan., of SI,BOO while Omar Abernathy, sou of the proprietor, was alone in the office with his stenographer, Miss Mordannt, Ms. Abenathy drew the money to pay the employes from the bank during the afternoon and it was in envelopes ready for distribution. At 5:56 o’clock, while waiting for the whistle when the employes would file through tlie office and draw their money, two masked men walked into the office, covered Abernathy and the’stenographer with revolvers and seized the money. The alarm was given and workmen pursued them with tools and clubs. The robbers were chased several blocks, but escaped. The whole police force was later sent to capture the highwaymen, but no trace of them was found. YOUNG GIRL PROVES A HEROINE. Saves House from Destruction and Prevents Injury of Children. In St. Paul, Minn., 8-year-old Maude Peterson, at the risk of‘ her own life, saved her sister's home from being destroyed by fire and probably saved the lives of her three little nieces, aged 0, 4 and 2 years. Maude was left at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Hanley, to care for the house while Mrs. Hanley went to do shopping. Two slender lines bung with clothing suspended over a lamp on tWfe table caught fire. The flames mounted to the ceiling. Maude, with rare presence of mind, climbed on the table, grabbed the burning mass, and ran to the door. Fortunately the flames did not communicate to the little heroine’s clothing. When the firemen arrived the girl had extinguished the flames and was trying to dispel the fears of the little ones. HURT IN FIGHT WITH THIEVES. One Robber and One Pursuer Wounded in Minnesota Man Hunt. Glyndon, Minn., varied the usual monotony of holiday celebration by indulging in an exciting man hunt. Two burglars were caught entering C. G. Tracy’s store, but broke away from their captors and took to the prairies, where they were pursued and retaken after the exchange of many shots. R. B. Webb, one of the captors, was shot in the leg and one of the thieves was shot in the face. The prisoners gave the names of Daley and King. They are said to be leaders of a gang that has been operating at Ulen Bemidji, and are suspected of having shot the marshal at Lake Park a few weeks ago. INCREASE IN RAILROAD PROFITS Net Earnings Show a Gain of $35,577,218 Over Last Year. An increase this year of $35,577,218 in the net earnings of railroads operating 192,193 miles of line is shown in the preliminary report of the’interstate commerce commission covering the period up to June 30 last. The total of net earnings was $555,007,924. Gross income was $1,587,104,205, against $1,487,044,814 last year. Of the earnings this year $1,114,740,770 was from freight, and $420,909,210 from passenger traffic. Dividends declared amounted to $121,108,037, an increase of $13,000,000 over last year. Killed by Electric Current. D. P. Wheeler, cashier of the Citizens’ National Bank of Akron, Ohio, was found dead in frpnt of the vault in the bank. He had been killed by an electric shock through handling a socket of an incandescent lamp and opening the vault door at the same time, thus forming a fatal current. Bridge to Cost a Million. The American Bridge Company has secured the contract for the steel superstructure of the Wabash Railroad’s big cantilever bridge over the Ohio river at Mingo Junction. The amount of the contract is over $600,000. The whole cost of the bridge will be $1,000,000. Riot at the Presidio. Soldiers at the Presidio, San Francisco, engaged in a riot growing out of a and fought with the police who attempted to make arrests. Six officers, were injured and sixteen soldiers arrested. Maclay Discharged by President. Maclay has refused to resign as an employe of the navy, and President Roosevelt immediately ordered his discharge. It is hoped in Washington that the controversy over Schley will now be permitted to die. Clothing Firm Is Bankrupt. The Simpson Clothing Company, a promnent retail establishment at St. Joseph, Mo., hns made an assignment. Liabilities $30,000; assets tlie Same. Unusual liberality in extending credit is said to be the cause of the failure. Sliaw Accepts Place in Cubinet. Official announcement of the appointment of Gov. Leslie M. Shaw of lowa to succeed Lyman J. Gage as Secretary of the Treasury has been made from the White House. * Flour Mills Entirely Destroyed. Fire entirely consumed the flour mill of the Elks Milling and Manufacturing Company at Lowellville, Ohio. The loss was $50,000 and but a small amount of insurance was carried. Train Wrecked and Burned. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas north-bound passenger train was wrecked and completely burned six miles south of Dallas, Texas. Three persons were injured, but no one was killed. Bhaw for the Cabinet. Gov. M. Shaw of lowa has been -tendered the portfolio of Secretary of the Treasury, the position having been declined by Gov. Crane of Massachusetts, who pleads a presgof p^a^^buslneas. Four l>ir in Kfl t r - I'!*- iM'u 11 . i!.. • V A ■ j - '