Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1902 — RUSSELL SAGE LOSES. [ARTICLE]

RUSSELL SAGE LOSES.

MINNESOTA LAND CASE DECIDED AGAINST HIM. Supreme Court Reverie* Verdict of Lower Court and Says Railroad Company Must Fulfill Contract Made with Uri L. Lamprey—Other New*. Chief Justice Start of the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Ramsey County District Court in the case of Uri L. Lamprey, appellant, vs. the St. Paul and Chicago Railway Company and Russell Sage, interpleaded with the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, respondents. Lamprey brought the action to secure a specific performance of a contract under which the railroad company was due to sell him 30,000 acres qf land located in twenty-six counties of northern Minnesota. The company dedared th* contract forfeited and transferred the lands to Russell Sage. Lamprey brought suit, and the District Court gave him thirty day* in which to pay the money due. Lamprey claimed that the company would not accept his money. His contract was declared forfeited, nnd he appealed to the Supreme Court, which reverses the lower court and holds that Lamprey should not be compelled to pay the balance of the purchase price into court before the defendants give notice that they are willing to accept the money and deliver the deeds. Bsides the $30,000 purchas money there is $62,262.20 in tlxes and penalties due. LEAP FROM FIRE INTO LAKE. Women and Children Jump with Men a* Gasoline Launch Blows Up. The new gasoline launch Ranger, with fourteen passengers on board, caught fire on Lake Bemidji, Minn., and was totally destroyed. AU the passengers, including women and children, jumped overboard and were saved with slight injuries. The accident occurred near the shore at the north end of the lake. It was caused by a leaking gasoline tank. Someone lit a match and in an instant everything was enveloped in flames. After the people had jumped overboard and reached shore the Ranger drifted out in deep water and sank. SIX MEN LOST WITH SHIP. Steamer George Dunbar Sink* and Fate of Part of Crew Is Unknown. The steamer George Duubar sprung a leak in the gale Saturday night and at 4 o’clock Sunday morning sank to the bottom of Lake Erie, ten miles east of Kelly’s Island. Captain Little, two women •nd one member of the creW were saved by people living on Kelly’s Island. Six others of the crew constructed a raft nnd got away from the sinking vessel before she foundered, but it is feared all are lost. League Base-Bull Race. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...41 12Philadelphia. 27 31 Brooklyn 33 26Cincinnati ...22 32 Chicago ....29 24New Y0rk...20 35 Boston 27 27St. L0ui5....21 83 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: > r W. L. W. Li Chicago ....33 19 Detroit 25 28 Boston 32 2G Washington. 27 31 St. L0ui5....27 24Baltimore ...26 31 Philadelphia 27 26 Cleveland ...23 34

Chicago Jury Briber* Convicted. Patrick O'Donnell, James T. Brady, William J. Gallagher and their four associates were all found guilty of conspiracy to bribe and accept bribes by the jury in Judge Brentano’s court in Chicago. I'. H. O'Donnell, his law partner Brady, and Cyrus S. Simon, the attorney of the Union Traction Company, were fined *2,000 each. Gallagher, the most active agent in the conspiracy, was punished with an Indeterminate sentence to the penitentiary. Renewal of Triple Alliance. The treaty providing for the prolongation of the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (the dreibund) was signed in Berlin by the imperial chancellor, Count von Buelow; the Austrian ambassador, L. von Szogyeny-Ma-rich, and the Italian ambassador, Count Lanza di Busca. The alliance was renewed in its original form. Leave* Estate of $1,500,000. A copy of the will of the late Charles Broadway Bouse of New York has been deposited in the county clerk's office at Waxahachie, Texas, to be recorded. The will is a lengthy document and disposes of property of the estimated value of *l.500,000 or more, though no estimate of its value is stated. Jessie Morrison Found Guilty. After being out twelve hours the jury in the case against Jessie Morrison, charged with the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, at her home in Eldorado, Kan., in June, 1900, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. The jurymade no suggestion of punishment. Anti-Trnst Law Sustained. Missouri Supreme Court refused writ of ouster against beef packers, holding K trust is not proved. State anti-trust law is sustained, however, and further hearing is ordered. Je*ae James I* Reburied. From the Samuels farm, where he was born, the body of Jesse James was moved I and reburied in the Kearney, Mo., cemeDeotroy Chinese Mission*. The viceroy of tbe province of BzehL Chuan, China, has notified tbe government that the American and British mis aion buildings at Tien-Ku-Chao have . been destroyed by a mob, and that a miasionary has been murdered. His name I and nationality were not reported. Htorsn in Southern Indiana. ■ Storm in southern Indiana caused three deaths at St. Wendel, seriously injured eight persons and destroyed much prop- - -erty. Two live* were lost in Texas cy-