Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1902 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

MOVES COUNTY SEAT TO FARM. “ ; - ■ ■ r —.— — Kifc =»rfrr,Supreme Court Bring* Long Nebraska Fight to Qneer Conclusion. In its ruling that county officials bf Knox County must move their offices to the farm of William Wishendoff, twelve miles from the nearest towm, the Supreme Court of Nebraska has eiyded the most remarkable county seat fight in the entire West, a fight which has been persistently waged for more than twenty years and has cost the taxpayers $20,000. Accordingly on April 1, the date fixed by the Supreme Court, a remarkable exodus will take place. Business men of Niobrara, where the county seat of Knox County has been maintained since the beginning of history of Nebraska, and of Verdigris and Creighton, twelve miles away from Wishendoff's farm, and which last named two towns will supply the largest part of the population of the new county seat, are already preparing for this wholesale removal. Many of the owners of buildings will follow the example of the three towns in Charles Mix County, across the Missouri in South Dakota, where horses were hitched to the buildings and the entire towns moved bodily from old to new sites. The new county seat of Knox. County'will be called Center. To-day there is' -nothing to be seen on the site but the sleepy old farm house and outbuildings of the Wishendoffs. Tile change from Niobrara was made because that pttfife is l the county, and the voters decided to locate the county seat in the geographical center.of the county. FLOATING DOCK IS A SUCCESS. Thorough Test Made by the Battleship Illinois at New Orleans. A thorough test was made at New Orleans of the great floating dock, built in Baltimore and towed to New Orleans, the test being made by a board of naval experts, including Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, sent there by Secretary Long. The test was made with the man-of-war Illinois, the largest vessel in the United States navy. It was a success -in all respects. The contract called for the dock to lift the Illinois out of the water in two hours and forty minutes. This was accomplished in one hour and fiftyseven minuses,- the machinery working splendidly, and the vessel being lifted evenly. The Illinois will remain in the dock about a week, and will be scraped and painted. HELD UP BY FOUR BANDITS. Saloonkeeper I* Thrown DownsJaix* and Bobbed of S7O. After assaulting their victim, four highwaymen in the saloon of Frank Komowski in Chicago looted the cash register of its receipts for three days and then made their escape. After opening his place Komowski went to the cellar for fuel. As he emerged from the basement he says he was attacked by two men who, after assaulting him, threw him down the steps. Meantime two other men who had entered from the side entrance were helping themselves to the contents of the cash register. Komowski says they took S7O. B>n Steamer Is Wrecked. The big steamer Bristol was wrecked on the coast of Green Island, half way between Vancouver and Skaguay. on the night of Jan. 2, and Captain Mclntyre and six of the crew were lost Three boats carrying seven men each got away safely, but the captain's boat, which was the last to leave the steamer, was smashed against the collier and all on board went down. Americans and Russians Clash. Thijee clashes between American sailors and Russian soldiers have occurred at Now Chwirng, Uhinn. One Russian has beep wounded. Advlees to this effect have been received by the State Department from Minister Conger, who said that complaint had been made to him by the Russian minister in Pekin. Take Women and Cuttie. The latest capture by the Kimberly column is a Boer laager near Mokwani, with great numbers of cattle guarded by women under the leadership of the wife of Commander de Beers. Oue hundred and fifty of the women were acting a* cowboys and only six men were connected with the camp. Operation* in South Africa. Review of operations in South Africa for the year, just published in London, says the Boers have lost in killed, wounded and captured 18,320 men. while the British have lost 9,113 men killed or captured. 4.090 died of disease aud 25,800 invalided home. Perry Belmont Out. Perry Belmont, ex-Congrcssinan. millionaire and the Democratic candidate for Congress from a New York Democratic district, the Seventh, was defeated by the Republican candidate, Montague Lousier, a young lawyer, almost unknown. Two Arc Frozen to Death. Two persons have died as a result of the severe weather near Dawson, Alaska, according to advices brought by the steamer Amur. The weather there is very stormy and the temperature has been as low as 50 degrees below zero. Ship Capsize*, Killing Many. A bark capsized at the month of the River Ix'iero and twenty-three persons, mostly women, were drowned. The River I-exere ts southwest of Corunna, Spain, and In Corunna province. , Will Review Hchley Findin v *. President Roosevelt has consented to review the findings of the Schley court of inquiry. This is the result of the feeent conference between the admiral and the President. Walxah Train Wrecked. IV."bash east-bonnJ limited No. 2 was wrecked in a collision at Lagro, Ind. An extra freight, west hound, was making

•the .siding and had nearly cleared the main track, when the limited, running fifty miles an hour, crashed into it, making kindling wood of the reaTTliTee ettrw and throwing the passenger engine into the ditch. Engineer John Brumbaugh and Fireman W. C, Humphrfey stuck to their post and were badly injured, but will recover. SKELETON FIND ENDS MYSTERY. Utah Recluse, Thought to Have Been Murdered, Perished on Desert. The mystery of the disappearance of Nicholas Phul, an aged reeluse who formerly lived near Fillmore, Utah, which has prevailed for over a year and has enlisted the services of several hundred searchers for weeks at a time, was cleared the other day by the finding of a skeleton half buried in the sand in the desert in the southern part of the State. The bones had been’gnawed by coyotes. In the rags that covered them were found $175 and papers that identified the skeleton. It was thought that Paul had been murdered and robbed. It is now believed that he started across the desert into 'Arizona, where he hacTrelatives, became delirious from thirst and wandered away from the trail, finally perishing. BIG BOND SWINDLE IN BOSTON. Man with Bogue Certified Check Get* $15,000 Securities. By means of a bogus certified cheek a plausible swindler'succeeded in persuading one of the most conservative banking houses of Boston to turn over to him SIOO,OOO worth of United States bonds, due in 1925 and numbered 72,674 to 72.678 inclusive, and $5,000 worth of Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern division stock due 1925 ami numbered 24,315 to 24,319 inclusive. The swindle was not discovered until the next day, and Inspector Watts has telegraphed to the police of the larger cities of tile East, but he has litle hope of bringing about the arrest of the thief. FOUR SISTERS MARRY SAME DAY. ■Wedding Ceremony Is Performed by John Chapman, a Brother. Miss Bertha Chapman, Miss Lucy Chapman, Miss Anna Chapman and Miss Kate Chapman were married at Wakefield, Kan., the other night to Fred Montell, William Montell, Samuel Windser and Matthew 11. Spooner respectively. The brides were sisters, and the wedding took place at the home of their parents. The clergyman was the Rev. John Chaptaian, a brother of the brides. Cashier Cuts His Throat. Smith Diller, cashier of the First National Bank of Diller, Neb., in whose honor that town was named, cut his throat with suicidal intent at Liberty, Neb. Although badly injured, he probably will recover. Diller's child died from accidental poisoning a few months ago, and since then he had been mentally deranged. Former Governor I* a Thief. Admitting that his picture was in the rogue's gallery and that for a period of years he had been familiar with the “lowest depths of New York opium joints,” yet pleading for mercy from the court, Franklin J. Moses, once Governor of South Carolina, was sentenced in Boston to four months' imprisonment for the larceny of nn overcoat. Omaha Constable Shot. In Omaha Constable Hans Timme was shot and fatally wounded by John Rolfas, a German, on whom he was trying to serve a writ of restitution. Rolfas says Timme thrust a revolver into his face and demanded him to move his effects from the house in which he was living. Farmer Shnots a Woman. Near Shawnee, Kan., Carl Fishner, afarmer, shot and probably fatally wounded Mrs. Mary L. Wallace. She was traveling overland in a covered wagon from Rich Hill to Custer County, Neb., with her family, aud was accused of stealing corn. Virchow Broke Thigh Bone. The fact has developed that the injury sustained by I’rof. Rudolph Virchow in slipping as be was alighting from a street car in Berlin, was a fracture of the thigh bone. The professor is doing well, considering the nature of his injury. Six Persons Injured by Collision. A roar-end collision on the Monongahela division of the Baltimore and Ohio road, near Shinnstown. W. Va., resulted in the serious injury of six persons and the wrecking of two engines aud a mail and baggage car. Rapid Transit for Mexico. It is reported that $16,000,000 has been subscribed in Paris for building and equipping a new system of electric street railways in Mexico City and introducing low fares. Mi** Julia Foraker Weils. Miss Julia Foraker, youngest daughter of Senator and Mrs. Foraker, was married at her parents' residence in Washington to Francis King Wainwright of Philadelphia. Well-Known Wisconsin Man Die*. In Milwaukee George N. Wiswell died from nicer of the pericardium, following an attack of pneumonia, which resulted . from a severe cold. Robbery nt Greensburg, Ind. The safe in the postoffice at Greensburg. Ind., was bkfvii on a recent night and $1,500 worth of postage stamp* were stolen. There i* no clew to the burglars. Medical College I* Hold. The Northwestern Medical College In Chicago has been sold to Valparaiso. Ind.. Normal Schnwi and Chicago Eclectic Medical College jointly for $40,000. Gormau Is Nominated. • Democratic legislator* In caucus in Maryland nominated Arthur Pue Gorman for return to the United States Senate.

DISINHERITED, HE FINDS WILL. Samuel Miles, Jr., Son of Wealthy Farmer, Fight* for Estate. The Miles will case, the most noted estate coptest in the annals of the Ne- ■ braska courts, and originating at Falls City, has just taken a sensational turn. An estate of from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 is involved. Four years ago Samuel Miles, the wealthiest man in southeastern Nebraska, and a pioneer of the early territorial days, died, leaving, the bulk of his property to Joseph Miles, a son. Tho will was dated 1888. The other heirs, including another son, claimed there was a subsequent will which was drawn in St. Louis in 1897, but at the hearing could not produce the will, which had disappeared, only bringing forward witnesses at the drafting of the alleged document. The preponderance of the evidence was in favor of the 1888 will and District Judge Thompson sustained the claim of .foseph Miles to the bulk of the estate. The case is now pending in the Nebraska Supreme Court on appeal. Meanwhile, Samuel Miles, Jr., who was cut out by the father in the previous document, has been steadily prosecuting an inquiry to prove the existence of the subsequent will and his search has at last had tangible results. The witness on whom he now relies is a young attorney, Paul T. Gadsden, formerly of St. Louis. Gadsden relates that he drew up a will for the elder Miles in 1897 when the latter was in 1 St. Louig on business. FEARED PLOT TO ROB MINT. Strange Tapping* Heard in Basement and $68,000,000 I* Moved. Just because a watchman was nervous $68,000,000 in gold and silver has been moved from the basement of the San Francisco mint to steel-lined vaults, .where it is guarded night and day.. It seems that the watchman heard strange rappings on the floor while he was patrolling the basement and told his brother officers. Then they thought they heard the noise, too, and the superintendent of the mint wgs informed of it. The watchmen were sure somebody was tunneling beneath the buildi-ng to rob the mint. All the money was removed and placed under an extra guard. An investigation, however, has failed to disclose any indication of the supposed robbers or their tunnel. & CAVE-IN BRINGS DEATH. Eight to Seventeen Miner* Imprisoned Underground at Negaunee, Mich. Miners to the number of from eight to seventeen were imprisoned several hundred feet underground in the workings of the Negaunee, Mich., mine, with hardly a chance of escaping alive. A cave-in of the surface precipitated a great mass of earth and ore several hundred feet in thickness into the shaft, shutting off the mine workings and making the rescue of the entombed laborers almost impossible. That the number of victims is not 150 is due to mere chance. The accident occurred during the noon hour, when most of the miners were above ground. Port Arthur Docks Are Sold. The property of the Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company was sold by the United States marshal at auction at Beaumont, Texas. There was only one bid, that of Max Pam, for the Kansas City Southern Railway. The property was sold to him for $500,000. The channel property is valued at about $2,000,000. 22 Garment WorkeY* Will Not Strike. First practical fruits of the recent conference between leaders of capital and labor in New York have been shown in the city of New York, where the executive committee has succeeded in averting a strira of 40,000 garment workers, the points at issue being adjusted by arbitration. • Passing of J. B. Polk. J. B. Polk, the old-time actor, was found dead in his bed at Brevis Hotel, Baltimore, apoplexy being the cause of his death. Mr. Polk had been on the stage for forty years when he retired, a few years ago, to become president of the Chesapeake Brewing Company. Hart by Premature Explosion. As a result of a premature explosion of powder blasts in the Newhouse tunnelrIdaho Springs, Colo., two men are dead, another is fatally injured, and two others are in a serious condition. ' The men were kbown as the powder gang. They were loading boles with powder*—. Raises Pay of Twenty Thoimand Men. Joy was conveyed to 20,000 employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company when the announcement was made by the division superintendents of the company’s liberality in its “readjustment of wages.” This readjustment affects train craws and yardmen. Hpaniah and British Boat* Collide. The British steamer Alfonso and the Spanish steamer Vilelva, both loaded with <B>al, collided off Aveiro, Portugal. Both vessels sunk. Eighteen men of the Alfonso and one man belonging to the Vilelva were drowned. Bank Robbery I* Prevented. Night Watchman David Palin of the Southern Illinois National Bank at East St. Louis, 111., reports that an attempt was made the other night to enter the bank, and that he fired through the door aud drove the robbers away. i.»* Fatal New York Central Wreck. Fifteen persons were crushed, burned and scalded te death in a rear-end collision in the New York Central Railroad tunnel at Fifty-sixth street aud Park avenue. New York. Democrat* Nominate McCreary. James B. McCreary, ex-Governor and ex-Congrcsstnnn, has been nominated by the Democratic caucus of the Kentucky legislature for United States Senator to succeed Senator Deboe, Republican.