Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — From the Four OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

From the Four OF THE EARTH

PLOT TO STEAL A GOULD. New York Police Save Son of Millionaire from Kidnapers. While Mrs. George J. Gould and three of her childrenjyere attending a matinee at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, two men in a near-by saloon discussed a plan to kidnap her second son, Jay, as the Gould party left the building. The police were informed Of the plot within ten minutes after the men had been overheard. When Mrs. Gould left the opera house with her children to enter the automobile which was waiting for her a central office detective her heels. His vigilant watch was n<st relaxed until the vehicle had rolled away from the entrance, homeward bound. Mrs. Gould was not informed of tile precautions taken. Mrs. Gould went to the opera in a public automobile and ordered the than to return for her at 4 o'clock. Her orders were overheard by two men loiterihg near the entrance. The three children, Jay, Marjorie Qwynne and Helen Vivian, attracted much attention as they went in because of their charming appearance, the two little girls dressed all in white, the-little boy in blue. The chaffeur was pleased to tell questioners who his distinguished passengers were and through his remarks the plotters learned of the identity of tho children. The plot was the rWtrit. VALET AND RICH GEMS GONE. P. G. Thebaud Robbed of SIOO,OOO in Valuables in New York. When Paul G. Thebaud of New York wanted to dress for dinner the other night he missed his valet, and shortly afterward discovered that his collection of diamonds, said to be worth SIOO,OOO, was gone. Mr. and Mrs. Thebaud are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Willets at Gedney Farm, near White Plains, N. Y. The gems were stolen from Gedney Farm, and also from the city home of Mr. Thebaud. Edward Kerns, the missing valet, drove to White Plains the previous morning, and his absence was not noticed until his master needed his serin dressing for dinner. DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN OHIO. FrankMonning Shoots HierSon-in-La w and Is Himself Killed. At 2 o’clock Friday morning on the Iron Railway line, three miles back of Ironton. Ohio, occurred an event that will end in-a dottle tragedy. Frank Wilson, jealous of his stepbrother, at whose house Wilson’s wife was staying, quarreled with his father-in-law, Frank Manning. M owning shot Wil son' s-right-arm off with a shotgun. Wilson with his left hand drew a revolver and shot Monning through the heart, killing him iqstantly. Wilson was sonie-hours.in Xet-. ting medical attention and will die. May Not Buy Isles. There is a growing belief in Washington that President Roosevelt will withdraw the offer of tho United States to purchase the Danish West Indian Islands unless the government of Denmark very shortly cuts loose from the speculators who have prevented the consummation of the deal through their desire to share in the profits. Probably Fatal Railway Wreck. Four men may die as the result of a collision between freight trains on the Pennsylvania road near Tiffin, Ohio. Engineer Keister and C. J. Chadwick, operator at Warsaw Junction, were buried under the debris for hours. Both were badly injured and nearly frozen. Palma Elected in Cuba. Tho election ’returns indicate that Tomas Estrada Paltna has been elected president of Cuba and that a light vote has been east throughout the island. In Havana and in most of the large cities the partisans of Gen. Bartolome Maso not vote. German Steamer Wrecked. Mrhe German steamer Clara was wreckK near Hoi Hu, Island of Hai-nan. [Forty-two of the ship's company were saved by the French steamer Hanoi, but Captain-L’lderup and three othei- officers, four European p'assengers and eleven Chinese are-missing. Russia Will Not Amend It. M. Paul Lessav, the Russian minister to China, has informed the Chinese MMa*m*ies. Prince Ching and h a a Fireman Leaps to Dnifflr- *' G. IL Mull, fireman on the JKrie Railroad, leaped from the cab >.,/ an engine near Lima, Ohio, and was killed. He thought a train on a siding was about to crash into his engine. His home was in Galion. Miss Alice Roosevelt’s Debut. A brilliant White House ball, the first of the kind rincr the days -of the Grant regime, was given in honor of the Washington debut of Miss Alice Roosevelt. Seven hundred guests were present, many cities being represented. Czolgnaz Brain Normal. The brain of the assassin Cxolgosz was perfectly normal, so far as investigation by specialists could determine. This was a statement made at the meeting of scientists at the University of Chicago the other day. • Germany Htays Her Hand. Germany will postpone a display of force in Venezuela pending the outcome of the revolution. In the event that Castro is overthrown the new head of government will'probably come to satisfactory terms. Double Tragedy in Kansas. Albert Doty, living near Lyndon, Kan., wife by beating

caped and the next morning his horribly mutilated body was found on the Missouri Pacific Railway, showing evidence of suicide. As a result of the crime Mrs. Doty's mother, Mrs. Taylor, has become Dpt y years old and a paroled prisoner from the’ Hutchinson reformatory. ---------L - £ ADMITS KILLING PEARL SUTTON. Chas. M. Holcomb Regains Consciousness and Tells His Story. Charles 11. Holcomb, one' of the principals in the Gould Hotel tragedy in St. Louis, regained consciousness and told a coherent Story of the affray in which he killed Pearl Sutton. He says that he and the woman were in his room drinking, when they quarreled ami she struck him. He picked upa hatehet, when she shot him. Then he became frenzied, seized her arm qjid turned the pistol against the woman. The revolver was discharged several"'tlnies'diiring the struggle, the bullets hitting Pearl in the head and arm. When she fell, he beat her over the head with the hatchet and afterward placed the body on the bed, after which lie lost consciousness. FIEE SCARES HOTEL GUESTS. Flames in Morton House and Keith’s Theater Entail $30,000 Loss. The. Morton House and Keith's Thea ter at Union Square and Fourteenth street. New York, were threatened with "destruction by tire. One hundred frightened patrons of the hotel were forced by tho smoke to make hasty exit from their rooms, and a great deal of excitement was caused in the neighborhood by the fear that the fire would spread. Twentytwo firemen were Overcome by smoke, and the fire department worked three hours before it had the Hames under control. The loss was estimated at $30,000. INSURGENTS ARE DRIVEN OUT. Lieutenant, with Two Orderlies, Overpowers Twenty Filipinos. Lieut. Charles D. Rhodes of the Sixth cavalry, accompanied by two orderlies, when within six miles of Manila, came across twenty armed insurgents in a cuartel, or barracks. The insurgents shouted “Americanos'’ and Lieut. Rhodes feigned a' retreat. Then seeing that the insurgents were off their guard he took the cuartel in a flank and drove out the insurgents, capturing arms and ammunition. Rhodes then burned the down and proceeded to Manila. . Seeks World Match Trust. O. G. Barber is at home in Akron, OtftOTTronra: receutEuropean-trip.—He states that he has been successful in getting control of the match business in some of the countries he visited, and that it is. the plan o fth el)himo n d Match Company to eventually get control of the match-making industry of the world. Twenty Japanese Missing. Twenty Japanese are missing from Steveston, B. C., aupposedto have been killed or drowned in the destruction of a Japanese boarding house between Steveston and Point Roberts. The boarding house stood out on piles, and not a vestige of the structure now remains. Flouring Mills May Close. Many of the largest flouring mills in Kansas will have to shut down soon if the price of wheat does not drop from the recent heavy rise. The mills which stocked up heavily two mouths ago at Ipwer price are running to full capacity aud are making big money on their flour. Injunction Retards Consolidation. Minnesota court granted temporary injunettan restraining officers of Northern Pacific Company from retiring preferred stock, from transferring property to Northern Securities Company -and from entering into any agreement with competing lines to fix rates. Greeley’s Friend a Pauper. Louis Carmichael, wjio nominated Horace Greeley for President at the Baltimore convention in 1872, will spend the wiqtex at a county poorhouse near Binghamton, N. Y. Once a prosperous farmer, Carmichael is now a poor and aged cripple. Takes Charge of Syndicate. Committee of seven Cleveland bankers has taken over the financial affairs of the Everett-Moore syndicate after a conference. Solvency of the syndicate is not in doubt, the action being due to the need of reafiy cash by the electric railway and telephone companies controlled by it. Will of F. 11. Peavey. Th* will of Frank IL Peavey, Minneapolis elevator king, disposes of estate estimated at $2,350,000 in hundreds of bequests, including gifts F? employes and relatives. Continuation of his grain-lytsi-ness is provided for aud $1,000,000 is pili into it. Murder ou Mississippi Train. J. M. Rhea, an inoffensive passenger on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley branch of the Illinois Central, was murdered by four men near Leland, Miss. The murderers seized the engine and attempted to escape, but were captured and put in jail at Sbeiby. Catholic College Burned. The Sacred Heart College, attached to St. Joseph's Church, Cohoes. N. Y.. was totally destroyed, oud St. Ann's convent, which adjoins It, wm badly damaged by fire. Mgr. Dugas of St. Joseph's Church estimates the total damage at SOO,OOO. Larue New Yenr% Reception. Crowds attending the-New Year's reception at the White House broke all records. President Roosevelt shaking the hands of 8,100 persons and showing no weariness when his task was over. Will Organize Philippine Fire Raya. Hugh J. Bonner, former fire chief of Nmv York, has beeg chosen to organise fcßjMdepartmrnts in the Philippines.

JOURNALIST KILLS A FOOTPAD. Eugene Hector Shoots Down a Thug Who Sought to Hold Him Up. Eugene Hector, a newspaper ma.n, shot and killed a footpad at Calumet avenue and Twenty-first street, Chicago. From papers found on his person the dead highwayman is supposed to be George F. Donavan, Springfield, Mass. He was about 22 years old, and belonged, it is believed, to a respectable family. Donavajj's companion, Edward Conger, was shot at three times by Robert E. Stone from bis window at 21st street and Prairie avenue. Conger was captured by Patrolman White aud Watchman Thul. Mr. Hector was on his way to the 22d street station of the Illinois Central Road when he was intercepted by the two men. Suspecting that they w'ere highwaymen, he drew his revolver from his pocket and hid it in the folds of his overcoat-. When the two footpads reached him and ordered him to throw up his hands, pointing revolvers nt him as they did so, he fired and wounded Donavan In the eye. The thief was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where he died two hours later. DIE IN Fl RESWEPT WRECK. Two Killed and Many Maimed in Baltimore and Ohio Crash. Two men were killed and more than twenty injured in the wreck of Baltimore and Ohio passenger train Nol G from Chicago. The engine jumped the track on a curve a mile aud a half west of Glencoe, Pa., and pitched over a high embankment. Mail, baggage, chair car and -sdeeper plunged into the ditch op.top of the engine. The gas tanks in the passenger ears exploded, setting fire to the woodwork, and within thirty minutes the former finely appointed, vestibuled train was only a heap of ashes and twisted iron. SHARP FIGHT WITH BURGLARS. Postofficc at Nottingham, 0., Looted and the Thieves Escape. Burglars blew the safe in the postoffice and general store at Nottingham, a Clevelartd suburb. The explosion awakened Postmaster Hoose, who with several citizens opened fire on the cracksmen, a» the latter were leaving the building with their booty. The burglars returned the "fire and fully two dozen shots were exchanged. After a long running fight, however, the robbers cs.caped. A bloody trail showed that at least one of their “number-had been badly wounded. Geronimo Will Be Releasee. Gon. Frawk Armstrong, _as agent of th? War Department, is at Fort Sill, Ok., making arrangements for the release of Chief Geronimo and the 298 Arizona Apache Indians who are held by the governmnnt as prisoners of war. They were captured by Gen. Lawton twelve years ago after a 3.000-mile campaign. They will be allotted land by the government. Great Elevator Man Dies. Frank 11. Peavey, head of the Peavey Grain Company, and said to be the greatest elevator owner in the world, died at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. Pneumonia, with which Mr. Peavey had been confined to his room since Dec. 22, wgs the cause of death. Million Feet of Gas a Day. An enormous gusher giving a million feet of gas a day was struck in “Wild Cat” territory, near Rockbridge, Ohio, by the Springfield Gas Company. Several dry holes had been drilled near the gusher. Gives $1,000,000 to Charity. King Edward has received $1,000,000 to be used for charitable or utilitarian purposes. The donor is Sir Ernest Cassol, a merchant and financier who was prominent in Egyptian finance. Senator Robbed of Gems. The residence of Senator J. Henry Cochran in Williamsport, Pa., was entered by burglars ‘while the family was at dinner and jewelry valued at over $6,000 was taken. Mississippi Company Suffers Damage. At Meridian, Miss., the fertilizer department of the Mississippi Cotton Oil Company waz burned and some railroad property damaged. The total loss is $50,000. Russia Behind Boxer Outbreak. Russia is accused of fomenting the recent anti-foreign outbreak in China, Manv churia anti Mongolia being given as the price of her support of the dowager empress. ' Five Die In Boiler Explosion. The boiler of an engine on the Central of-Georgia Railway exploded nt the* shops in Macon, Go.. five men and serioyjjy ; Juring twelve others, ui whom probably will die. Higher Wages for Trainmen. An increase of from 4 to 12 per cent in tbs wages of about 45,000 trainmen will be made soon by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Killed by Drunken Father. Section Foreman Sullivan of the Great Northern while in a drunken rage killed his daughter and seriously injured his wife at Jennings. Mont. Miss Mary Wilkins Weds. Dr. Charles Manning Freeman anti Miss Mary Eflbn Wilkins, the novelist, were quietly married nt the home of the groom in Metuchen, N. J. Opepation Upon French Author. Paul Blouet (Max O'Hell), the French author and lecturer, underwent a successful operation for appendicitis in New York. Common Law Marriages Abolished. New statute abolishing common law marriages went into effect in New York with the new year. It recognizes mar- i riages by civil contract . ,