Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1902 — VAST MINING TRUST. [ARTICLE]

VAST MINING TRUST.

EMBRACES NINE COMPANIES IN CRIPPLE CREEK. New Concern Incorporated Under Colorado Laws, with Capitalization of , W ,000,000—Cuban Sentinel* Com--1 muted to Mark American Evacuation. The largest consolidation ever put through in the Cripple Creel; district was announced Friday by the Woods Investineut Company. The deal amounts to $4,000,000 and embraces all the properties of eight mining companies along the line of the United Mines tunnel. A new company is being incorporated under the laws of Colorado with a caprtaliaatkm of $5,000,000. divided into 5,000,000 shares, par value $1 each. Of this slock 3,991.769 shares have been issued in payment for the properties taken in. The merger includes the Consolidated mines. New Zealand, Damon, Columbine-Victor, Battle Mountain Consolidated. Columbine Gold. Bonanza Queen and the United Mines Transportation companies. There la a total of 2,700 stockholders. BEVOLT IN FRENCH CONGO. liativea Massacre European Officials and Loot Factories. The French Minister of the Colonies, M. Dechais, has received the report of a revolt in French Congo. Ou Mprch 4 a large body of natives came down the banks of the Sangha river. They looted all the factories, massacring all the officials, European and native, at the Keleinpa. M. Cazeneuve, director of the Sangha River Company, was killed and the factory, containing goods worth S3U,000, was pillaged. : < BOON TO CUBAN CONVICTS. Sentences Reduced to Mark End of American Rule. In the course of winding up the American military occupation of Cuba a decree has been issued granting commutation varying front a quarter to a half the sentences of those prisoners serving sentences of twenty years or less. Convicts having appeals pending will benefit by the decree if the appeals are withdrawn. All persons convicted of electoral or press offenses are pardoned. BOBBERS AND CITIZENS SHOOT. Noise of Explosion Prevents Looting of Indiana Bank. Six men broke into the Commercial Bank at Macey., Ind., drilled a hole in the safe, and touched off a heavy charge of nitro-glycerin. The explosion awoke citizens, who appeared before the robbers could gain entrance to the money vaults. Many shots were exchanged, but the robbers got away. The damage caused by the explosion is SI,OOO. Hubbard Bill Signed by Cummins. Gov. Cummins of lowa has signed what is known as the Hubbard railway merger bill, authorizing railways organized in lowa to absorb connecting lines anywhere in the United States, and enjoy the same privileges as have heretofore been limited to lines wholly in lowa and adjoining States. The bill was amended so as to prevent the merger of competing or parallel lines. , Pyromaniac Destroys a Church. The fifth supposedly incendiary fire in South Chicago within twenty-four hours destroyed St. Patrick's Catholic Church, spread to adjoining buildings, and despite the efforts of the firemen threatened for -a tima tn devastate a large portion of the district. n"w:is mT'qHettintTTiirrt”a^cr ; great “damage had been done. Strong St. Louis Concern. By the consolidation of the St. Louis and Union Trust companies one of the strongest financial institutions is formed in St. Louis. The new company, which, will be known as the St. Louis Union Trust Company, has a capital stock of $5,000,000 and a surplus of $3,750,000. Big Flour Mill* to Clone. On accoimt of having to pay a premium of from 1 to cents over May wheat, together with a decline in the demand for flour and high freight rates, about 50 per cent of the Minneapolis flour mills have closed down for an indefinite length of time. Tower of Cathedral Fall*. At the close of the celebration of a grand mass the tower of the cathedral of Cienta. iu-Madrid. collapsed ami dest-rey-ed three adjoining houses and part of the cloisters. Two Uuiws and 4 number of injured persons have been recovered from the ruins. Chicago Lawyer Die*. Perry A. Hull. Chicago lawyer and politician, died at Beaumont, Texas. He had been ill but one week from pneumonia. Forty Killed by * Cyclone. Oriental advices say that Japan was vi»ited by a cyclone recently. It destroyed *eventeen fishing villages, killing forty persons and injuring hundreds of others. Doe* Not Want Another Term. In course of bitter debate on the subelections Senator Depew announced U>* , to Botlre f—jui public life at the end us present term. Death of Dr, Talmage. r l. Ih i \\ itt Talmage died in ♦“Washington, after being uncoubcioug two I*** Carnenie Give* a Big Rum. ' The trustee* of the Cincinnati public .library have l>een apprised that Andrew 'Carnegie had offered to give to Ciocinnatl SIBO,OOO for the establishment of six branch libraries on condition that SIB,OOO ibe annually appropriated for maintenance. The gift was accepted, 1,. • - Brooklyn Factory Burna. Fire in Brooklyn. N. Y„ destroyed the ffarniturc factory of Masel A Huebner and the pipe foundry of David Binns. Bevcral frame tenement* were also burntad. The loaa la estimated at SIOO,OOO.