Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1902 — HIS LIFE ATTEMPTED. [ARTICLE]

HIS LIFE ATTEMPTED.

INFERNAL MACHINE MAILED TO PATTISON OF PENNSYLVANIA. Means of Ignition Had Been Omitted, So Contrivance Does Not Explode— Mexican City la Swept Away by Great Tidal Wave. An attempt upon the life of Robert E. Pattison, former Governor of Pennsylvania, and the present Democratic nominee for that office, was made in Philadelphia a few days ago, and the news has just now come to light. An infernal machine containing several pounds of gunpowder in a contracted and highly powerful form was sent to him by mail. The senders had neglected to place the means of ignition in the parcel, trusting to circumstances for the working out of the dastardly plot When Mr. Pattison received the package he opened it, and was under the impression that he had received a sample of some culm, which is being treated by a company of which he Is a director. SOBBED TRAIN PASSENGERS. ..■.■■■■l Porter and Barber on Northwestern Limited Arrested by Detectives. Lewis Solden of Chicago, a porter, and Wayne Shoup, barber on the Union Pa-dSc-Northwestern overland limited train, were arrested a few miles east og Omaha for stealing from passengers. The detectives who made the arrests say the men have systematically robbed passengers while in the barber chair. The plan was to remove from pocketbooks left in coats hanging on a hok such an amount as they believed would not be missed and returning them to the pocket The detectives had a pocketbook full of marked money, and after leaving the barber shop part of it was gone. The arrests followed, and the missing money was found in the men's possession. SAD ENDING OF A PICNIC PARTY. One Killed and Eight Injured in Collision with Electric Cur. By a collision between a Page avenue electric car and a furniture van containing eighteen boys and girls returning from a picnic in the country Henry King was killed and eight other occupants of the van injured in St. Louis. Whore the collision occurred there is a steep incline. Just as the van turned into Etzell avenue it began A Page avenue car came around the curve and started down the incline in the direction of the van. It was impossible for the driver to pull his team out of the tracks, and the car struck the wagon, overturning it. Young King fell on the roadbed and one leg and an arm were cut off. He died en route to the hospital.

TIDAL, WAVE WRECKS CITY. Town of Altata, Mexico, Reported Swept Into Ocean. The lower portion of the city of Altata, on the Pacific coast, just west of Culiacan, Mexico, has been destroyed by a tidal ware, and not loss than fifty persons are known to hare been drowned. The tas of life may be several timea...thai_ number. The property loss is heavy. It is reported that several smaller coast towns situated above Altata were washed away by the tidal ware, and that the loss of life in these smaller places is heavy. League Baae-Ball Race. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg .. .71 24 Cincinnati .. .45 51 Brooklyn ...55 45 St. L0ui5....45 53 Boston 49 44 Philadelphia. 38 60 Chicago ....51 47 New Y0rk...34 G 4 The clnbs of the American League stand ns follows: „ W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 53 40 Cleveland .. .48 51 St. L0ui5.... 53 41 Washington. 45 53 Boston .....55 44 Baltimore ...40 57 Chicago ... .52 43 Detro : ‘ ..;. .ov 56 -lOrm Havoc in the South. Severe electrical, wind, hail and rain storms raged in North Carolina for three nights. At Statesville a hotel was struck by lightning and destroyed. At Concord the St. Andrews Lutheran Church was blown down. The Odell cotton mills were damaged $6,000 worth, the Liphard mill was unroofed and the Cannon manufacturing plant was damaged to the extent of $2,500. Foil Plot to Wreck Train. Night Operator Coyne at Wolf Summit, W. Vs., prevented a disastrous wreck of a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train. Having heard a suspicious pounding on the rails, be set the danger signal and stopped the train. Investigation revealed that a switch lock had been broken, the switch turned and an iron driven into the frog. Shoots Wife and Boarder. J. C. Surles, a Kansas City blacksmith, coming home unexpectedly and finding Albert Hayes, a boarder, in company

with his wife, shot both with a shotgun. Mrs. Sarles probably will recover. Hayes may die. Sarles had pretended to go fishing, and returned to the house quietly. Boer Generals Visit Edward. Boer generals visited King Edward on board the royal yacht at Cowes, and are highly pleased with their reception. Dog Eats Gems Worth •1,000. Mrs. McMaster Mills’ bulldog swallowed three of her diamond rings, worth 11,000, at Greenwich. Conn. Boy Slain in Melon Patch. Andrey Newman, a 15-yesr-old boy, was shot through the heart by a guard at the water melon patch of William Kim bro, near Jefferson City, Tenn. New Gold Field in Trans-raaL A new gold reef has been discovered In the Transvaal, which is said to traverse a 'large extent of territory. Local geologists think the strike is a continuation of the Witwatersrand main series, but the discoverers declare they have found hew gold fields that will be the Wftoal in size of the Witwatersraud