Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1902 — FORTUNE IN MEXICO. [ARTICLE]

FORTUNE IN MEXICO.

SOLDIER LEARNS HE IS PART HEIR TO $2,000,000. . Father Who Deserted Him Twety-five Year* Ako Dies Possessed of Great Wealth-White-Capper la Blown to Pieces by Dynamite in Pocket. i John Gilmore Hall, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. dharles T. Hall of Arlington, N. J., is believed to be heir, together with three other children, to $2,000,000 left by his father, John Gilmore, who is said to have deserted the four children twenty-three years ago at Crestline, 0., after placing them in an orphan home. Mr. and Mrs. Hall adopted John when he was five years old and brought him up as one of their own family. A year ago the young man entered the army and is now stationed at Fort Riley, Kan. According to information received by Hall Gilmore went to Mexico, where he took up mining and died .wealthy. On his deathbed he told his partner of his children and begged him to take up the search for them. All have been found except a daughter.

$9 CLERK HEIR TO MILLIONS. Bachelor Uncle Leaves Him Fortune in California Property. Thomas Walters, a clerk in a Findlay, Ohio, furniture store, has received word from San Francisco attorneys, notifying him that he is heir to the major portion of a $6,000,000 estate left by Christian Westenhaver of San Francisco. Walters’ mother, who resided in Circleville until her death, two years ago, was a niece of Westenhaver, who left the vicinity forty years ago to go West and make his fortune. When he died a bachelor a year ago he left a controlling interest in several gold mines, as well as large estates in the city of San Francisco and other California towns. Search tor relatives discovered Walters and some further removed in central Illinois. Walters is married and has two children. He has been getting $9 a week. QUEER FATE OF WHITE CAPPER.

Shot Explodes Dynamite inArkansan'a Pocket—Nine Injured. White cappers in Fulton County, Ark., were punished in a .novel manner after they had whipped Mrs. Phil Guest and blown up her house with dynamite. “Pinck” Gibson, leader of the gang, was blown to atoms and nine of his band were senously injured, nt least two fatally. A bullet struck Gibson’s coat pocket, in which he carried dynamite. The explosion which followed scattered pieces of the man's body over a fortyacre field, a large oak tree near which Gibson was standing was wrecked and the white cappers were scattered in all directions. League Base-Ball Race. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: *■ W. L. W. L. Pittsburg . .45 14 Philadelphia. 29 36 Brooklyn .. .38 29 81. Louis... .28 30 Boston 33 27 Cincinnati ...24 36 Chicago ....33 30 New Y0rk...20 42 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....37 22 Washington. 29 34 Boston .....35 28 Detroit 28 33 St. L0ui5....31 28 Baltimore ...28 34 Philadelphia 30 28 Cleveland ...27 38 Gueata of the King:. Half a million of London's slum dwellers were King Edward's guests the other afternoon. They were scattered in about 400 hails, schools and parks in varying numbers, the greatest number of the royal beneficiaries being at Stepney, where no less than 45,000 enjoyed a dinner such as they seldom partake of. At every gathering was read a message from the King, signed by his private secretary, to the poor. Bad Fire in Chicago. Fire which started mysteriously in the store occupied by Henry Bosch & Co., wall paper and paint dealers at 307-300 M abash avenue, Chicago, destroyed three large buildings, threatened many others in the neighborhood, severely injured one man, totally disabled the machine shop of Siegel, Cooper & Co., in the rear of the burning structures, and caused a loss of more than $300,000. Famous Actress Is Dead. Ada Gray, aged 52 years, the noted actress who made the play “East Lynne" famous in every comer of this country and in England, died at her home in Brooklyn, N. Y., after a long illness. Fire in Chicago Stockyards. Fire at the Chicago stock yards wiped out Swift & Co.’s wholesale meat mnrket and general offices, entailing a loss of $500,000.

Heavy Rains in New York. Heavy rains, amounting in many places to cloudbursts, caused damage to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in western New York State. Engineer and Fireman Killed. In a freight wreck on the Montana Central road near Fort Benton, Engineer Charles Peck and Fireman Matt Cameron were killed. Fall in Hotel Proves Fatal, Edward H. Whipp. of Hamilton, Ohio, father of Elisabeth Undley Whipps, the actress, was killed at the Lamar Hotel, Cincinnati, where he fell off a stairway. Refuse, to Change Name. ' Twelve thousand dollars which the lat« Louise Frisbie, formerly a Wall street broker, willed to Lumas H. Holmes of Springfield, Mo., provided he changed his name to Frisbie, will go to Vassar College. He announces that he will retain the name of Holmes. Train Strikes a Buggy. Five persons were injured, some of them seriously, in a crossing accident at Monticello, Minn. The Great Northern passenger train struck a double seated