Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1902 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

BANKERS WILL HIRE FORGER. National Association to Pay Becker 8500 Monthly to Quit Crime. . It is stated that Charles Becker, the hotoriouf forger who is serving time in San Quentin prison in California, will be placed on a salary of SSOO a month by the American Bankers’ Association immediately on his release next year to keep him from plying his old trade. Becker has boasted during his confinement that he had not done his best work yet and promised to work a big job on the banks after his release. J. M. Oliver, secretary of Warden Aguirre of San Quentin, told a party of friends that the Bankers’ Association had decided “to pay Beeker to be good” and gave the amount named above. James K. Wilson, vice-president for California of the association, said he knew nothing of the matter, but admitted that the protective committee of the association had power to make such an arrangement. Becker is serving seven years for raising a sl2 draft to $22,000, on which he secured $16,000 from the Nevada bank. MANY HURT IN TROLLEY WRECK. Twenty Persons Made Unconscious by New York Accident. Twenty persons were'inade unconscious by a trolley car going to Yonkers jumping the track at Mosholu parkway ord Jerome avenue. New York. Several of the injured may die. There was a ditch beside the track and the great mass of steel and wood plowed along the watercourse for a short distance, when it crashed into one of the poles supporting the trolley wire. The impact, coupled with the momentum of the car, caused it to turn completely over. Every passenger was thrown upon the ground. The motorman was caught underneath the wreckage. The conductor struck on his head and neck in the gutter. Both men were arrested.

FINDS A CAVE OF CURIOS. Geologist May Unearth Relics of Prehistoric Ages in California. So important are the recent discoveries of the University of California geological department in the limestone caves on the McCloud river, in Shasta County, that Prof. John 0. Merriam, head of the paleonthology work, will join the student assistant, Eustace Furlong, who is digging into the deposits for bones. Prof. Merriam believes that Furlong has discovered a “fissure cave” and that it has taken thousands of years to fill this crevice in the. earth. If so the successive layers of soil and gravel will prove a veritable storehouse of geological curiosities. WAS MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR. J. M. McMorris of Charleston* 111., Shot and Killed in Oklahoma. J. M. McMorris, an aged and wellknown resident of Charleston, 111., was mistaken for a burglar and shot in the home of J. F. Shaffer at Oklahoma City, wounds being inflicted from which McMorris died. Shaffer recently located there from Dixon, 111. McMorris entered the house, thinking his daughter, Mrs. Fred Troutman, still occupied it, and was bending over the cradle to caress his supposed grandchild when Shaffer shot him. McMorris’ dying statement exonerated Shaffer. Uses Hatchet on Telephone. James M. Cottingham, principal of the Benton school in Kansas City, tried vainly to secure the telephone number he wanted the other night, and when central refused to pay any attention to him, procured a hatchet, and, ripping the phone box from the wall, threw it into the street.

Will Not Be Floated at Present. It is doubtful if any attempt at present will be made to float the proposed loan of $35,000,000. President Palma and Lis cabinet are strongly opposed to the revolutionary element which has been clamoring for the payment of the Cuban army, and which saw in this loan the only means to bring this payment al»out. Two Killed in Drunken Row. Perry Oxley of Lysauder and Charles A. Brown of Gallipolis wore shot and killed in the street at Gloucester. Ohio, by Frank Smith. The men were more or less intoxicated and quarreled. Smith, who had a shotgun, ran to the middle of the street. The others followed and he shot them both. Smith gave himself up. Darinsr Theft of Diamonds. A daring robbery took place in the jewelry establishment of A. A. Webster & Co., Brooklyn, during the busy hours of the day. A tray containing forty-two solitaire diamond rings, valued at $4,000, was removed from one of the show cases and the thief made his escape undetected by any one in the place. Three Held for Murder. Oscar Thompson, “Dad” Classy and Edward A. Counselman have been held by the coroner's jury in Chicago to await the investigation of the grand jury into the murder of Minnie Mitchell. The verdict also recommends that William Bartholin be apprehended and held.

Hold-Up in Home of Banker. Mrs. Frederick W. Prentiss. wife of the president of the Hayden-Clinton Na- , tional Bank, wis held up tn her own home in Columbus, Ohio, by a masked I robber and at the point of a revolver compelled to deliver $2,600 worth of diamonds. Big Strike on Havana Docks. The longshoremen and lightermen of all classes and the dock laborers went out on strike at Havana, Cuba. They have several grievances, one being that coal Should be unloaded per ton instead of by day wages. Veteran Commits Rnlcide. Calvin B. Potter, an attorney of Salt Lake City, and at one time peeoainent In Michigan State politics, committed sui

tide by taking enough morphine to kill a dozen men. Potter, who served throughout the Civil War, had been trying for twelve years to secure a pension and despondency over his failure is believed to be the cause of his suicide. FATAL CLASH WITH NEGROES. Three. Reported Killed in Trouble Due to Thefts of Corn in Mississippi. Sheriff Long of Tupelo, Miss., received a telegram from Deputy Sheriff Sam Young at Shannon asking that he come immediately to that place. A report was current that three negroes had been killed, and that James Randolph, one of the best known citizens of the county, who had assisted in the arrest of other negroes, had been Shot and seriously wounded. The trouble grew out of the stealing of some corn by a negro named Davenport. The following night the Messrs, Eubanks, from whom the corn was stolen, went to the field to look out for thieves, and on returning were fired on by a squad of about forty negroes. Messrs. Randolph, Rogers and Barnett were deputized to arrest those implicated. The negroes barricaded themselves in a barn, armed with shotguns. In attempting their arrest Randolph was shot in the head and shoulder. It is reported that three negroes were killed by the posse. Deputies brought to jail eight negroes. Everything is now quiet.

MAJOR G. A. ARMES SHOT. Wounded by Former Tenant With Whom He Had Quarreled. Maj. George A. Armes, a retired army officer, was shot but not seriously injured at his home, a few miles outside Washington, by J. Doland Johnson. Maj. Armes was able to go to the army hospital for an operation to extract the bullet. According to his account Johnson was formerly one of his tenants, with whom he had some difficulty and who threatened to shoot him. Maj. Armes says he was sitting on the porch of his house when Johnson approached and fired two shots, the first taking effect in the right breast. The second shot went wild. LIMITED TRAIN IS DERAILED. Unknown Persons Wreck tho 'Frisco Flyer Near Fort Scott* Kan. The Frisco system’s southern limited train, south bound, heavily laden with passengers, was derailed at Edwards Junction, near Fort Scott, Kan., while running at a speed of thirty miles. Some one had driven a spike between the switch rails and opened the switch half way. The engineer and fireman were injured, but none of the passengers was hurt. The engine was derailed, and the baggage car was thrown across the tracks, but the coaches and Pullmans remained on the track. -- 3 Killed in Train Wreck. Lives were lost, several persons were injured and two trains and the train shed of the station at Belmar, N. J., were wrecked as the result of a collision. A special passenger train on the Central of New Jersey Railroad ran into the rear end of a regular Pennsylvania passenger train on the New York and Long Branch road. Many Victims of Explosion. Eight workmen are known to have been killed, six are missing and supposed to be in the ruins and three others were badly injured by the explosion of two steel digesters in the Delaware pulp mills of the Jessup & Moore Paper Company on the Christina river, near Wilmington, Del.

American Yacht Wins Race. The American auxiliary yacht Utowana, owned by Allison V. Armour of New York, won the Earl of Crawford’s Coronation cup in the sailing race which started from the Nab lightship at Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Cherbourg and back, around the Eddystone lighthouse. Two Killed by Lightning. During a severe thunderstorm lightning struck the farm house of Henry Moyer, nine miles west of Emporia, Kan., killing Mrs. Moyer and her granddaughter. Four other members of the family were stunned. . Remington's Death Not Suicide. Autopsy on the body of Robert Remington, who was supposed to have committed suicide at Newport, R. 1., showed that the bullet in his head does not fit the pistol found beside him. Carnegie Gets Rail Contract. The Wabash has awarded a contract to the Carnegie company for 25,000 tons of steel rails to be used between Zanesville and Marietta. The value of the order is about $700,000. Drowned in Conneaut Lake. Dr. Glenn S. McDowell of Franklin, Pa.| and his 12-year-old daughter Laura were drowned in Conneaut lake, the result of their skiff being run down by a steamer. Mining Planet Rediscovered. Prof. Pickering of Harvard has received word from the Harvard station at Arcquipa, Peru, that the planet Eros has been rediscovered. The planet disappeared in May, 1901. B. A O. Merger. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad merged with the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Stock of the new organisation will be controlled by the Pennsylvania and Northern Central. Owm Nearly Half Million. Dr. Chauncey Forward, president of Forward Redaction Company of Cleveland, is bankrupt, owing nearly half ■ million to many creditors. ' Wants Guardian for Huaband. Mrs. William D. Schults has asked that ayMriian be appofcgtqd for her busband, the millionaire aoapmaker of &nesville, Ohio.

PERISH IN TENEMENT HOUSE. Two Women and Three Children Burn to Death and Others Injured. In a tenement house fire at 35 Essex street, New York, two women and three children were burned to death, another woman was burned severely about the body and face, and a man had three libs broken by jumping from z a window to the pavement. The bodies of the' dead women were burned beyond recognition. The injured woman is Mrs. Rosa Moses and the man who jumped is Jacob Moscovitz. A woman named Mrs. Hannah Balotbin could not be found after the fire, and it was believed that one of the burned bodies found was hers. Nathan Liebowitz reported to the police that his four children, Moses, Julius, Louis and Sallie, respectively 3,5, 6 and 8 years old, were missing and a search of the building resulted in the finding of the badly burned bodies of two children, supposed to be Liebowitz’s. The body of an elderly woman also was found. BRINGS THE SULTAN TO TIME. Leishman Has American Demands Regarded—To Rebuild Mission House. The sharp reminder of the United States minister, John G. A. Leishman, at Constantinople, to the Porte is having the desired effect of hastening the carrying out of the Sultan's engagements for the settlement of pending questions. One of the minor American demands heretofore disregarded—namely, the return of a package of insurance policies seized by the authorities —was complied with the other day, while indications point to the Porte’s being desirous of preventing further friction by settling the other matters, including the rebuilding of the American mission house at Kharput, Turkish Armenia, destroyed at the time of the Armenian massacre there, and the granting of permission to Armenian women and children to join their husbands and fathers who are naturalized Americans.

BOOK COMBINE 18 RESTRAINED. Injunction Against American Company la Issued in Kansas. Judge Fagan of the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kan., in behalf of the Trades and Labor Unions of Topeka, granted an injunction restraining the American Book Company and its Kansas depository, the Kansas Book Company, from supplying the schools of Kansas under its contract with the State. County Attorney Nichols in presenting the case held first that the contract with the State and the book company was made before the book company was legally authorized to do business in Kansas, and that therefore its contract is not good. CLING TO A BUOY ALL NIGHT. Thrilling Experience of a Boating Party on Lake Erie. Patrick Botkin, Michael Demming and William D. Ray were rescued after clinging to a gas buoy in Lake Erie, off Buffalo, all night. They were fishing and their boat was capsized. They were thrown into the water, but managed to reach the buoy. As soon as dawn broke Botkin swam to the boat, which was nearby. It was dragged partially on to the buoy and emptied. Botkin got into it and started to drift to Buffalo without oars or sails. The others hung on to the buoy until rescued by a passing boat. Meanwhile Botkin reached shore safely. White Star Liner Cedric Launched. The White Star Line steamer Cedric, of 21,000 tons, the largest liner afloat, was successfully launched at Harland & Wolff’s yards at Belfast, Ireland. She is 700 feet long, has 75 feet beam and draws 49 1-3 feet of water. Her carrying capacity is 18,400 tons, and she has accommodation for 3,000 passengers.

Result of Bartholin Inquest. At conclusion of inquest on body of Mrs. Ann Bartholin in Chicago, the coroner’s jury declared woman was killed by her son and held Oscar Thompson nnd Edward Counselman as accessories after the fact. Commits Suicide at Home. Carl Henrid, owner of a restaurant in Chicago, was found dead in his bed with a bullet hole in his right temple. As Mr. Henrici had not been in good health lately, it is thought that fact had something to do with his taking his life. Farm Implements. of plows and other farm implements have advanced the prices of their products from 5 to 10 per cent over the prices of last year. The increase is caused by the rapid rise in the cost of raw materials, iron, steel and hard wood. All Hayti Is Now in Revolt. Advices received at Kingston concerning affairs in Hayti say the revolution has now extended to every part of the country, and that the situation is daily growing worse. Senator Frye Soon to Wed. Information has been received in Washington of the engagement of Senator William P. Frye of Maine, president pro tem. of the Senate, to Miss Ellen May of Portland. Me. Rockefeller Buys Opera-House. John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate, has purchased the Fnrot Opera House and block at Lima, Ohio, for SOO,000. It is his Intention to make extensive improvements. Fire In an lowa College. Fire of unknown origin destroyed Parsons College at Fairfield, lowa, a Presbyterian institution founded in 1875, The loss is $50,000, and the half that amount. Fitxhugh Lee’s Prophecy. Gen. Fitxhngh Lee. who spoke |t the Chautauqua at-'Uibana, HL; said there was a strong'possibility that the United R’atea would acquire Cnhe in time.