Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1902 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

TALKS BY HERTBIAN WAVES. Greenleaf Pickard of Boston Performs Wonderful Scientific Feat. Greenleaf W. Pickard of Boston has Just succeeded in performing a scientific feat never before accomplished. He has telephoned by H.ertsian waves, the human voice being accurately and distinctly reproduced. Officials of the Bell Telephone Company who were invited to witness the test signed a certificate that it was successful. The Instruments were in two rooms of Mr. Pickard’s house, and it remains to be seen whether they will work over greater distances. The inventor does not yet claim that the device will be a commercial success, but hopes to make it such in the near futurer Recently he constructed an instrument at Cape May by which sounds were transmitted by Hertsian waves over a distance of forty miles. At that time articulation was not reproduced, but this is now accomplished, though - for only a short distance. Mr. Pickard is the son of Samuel T. Pickard, a well-known journalist and author, and is a grandnephew of the poet Whittier. He is still quite young, but already has accomplished a great deal in the development of the transmission of electricity without wires. JEALOUS MAN SHOOT 9 GIRL. Enters Woman’s Home and Fires Without Any Warning. A particularly atrocious murder was committed in Omaha when Peter Olsen walked into the home of his sweetheart, and without a word of warning, shot the girl, inflicting a fatal wound. After the shooting the murderer ran from the house and disappeared. The police fear he has committed suicide. Olsen has been jealous of the Peterson girl for some time. Recently he was forbidden the house. As Mary sat reading to her father, who is a paralytic, sister and mother, Olsen walked in and fired without uttering a word. FIRES INTO DANCING PARTY. Manager Wounds Two Men and Three Girls in Pleasure Park. In a drunken row at the dance hall of San Luci park, near*St. Marys, Ohio, P. S. Schmidt, manager of the park, fired a heavily loaded shotgun into the crowd of dancers, and two m&i and three girls were wounded. J. F. Drake was shot In the neck and may die. The others wounded are: Charles Rhodes, Rose Whitehead, Ella Wilkinson and Mary Hines. The dancers were quarreling, and Manager' 1 Schmidt turned out the lights and ordered them to leave. This they refused to do, and the manager fired. Schmidt jumped on a bicycle and escaped. College, Burns at Ottawa, Kan. The main building of the Ottawa, Kan., University, the pride of the Baptist denomination in the West, and its contents were destroyed by fire. The building had Just been compTeted. after "twelve years in construction, at a total cost of $50,000. The total insurance is $20,000. The cob lege library, consisting of 4,000 volumes,* was also destroyed. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Congressional Contest Decided. Judge Weiss at Harrisburg, Pa., decided the contest between Congressman Henry D. Green of Redding and Marcus C. L. Kline of Allentown, the rival Democratic nominees for Congress in the Thirteenth District, composed of Berks and Lehigh counties, in favor of Mr. Kline. Whipped hy the Whitecaps. A band of whitecaps visited the home of Mat Sturgeon on the Wyckoff farm, five miles east of Bloomington, Ind., took Sturgeon out and gave him a severe whipping. Sturgeon’s wife was also lightly switched. Notices were left at the door of Rolla Sturgeon, near by, warning him to leave within a week. Alaskan Volcanoes Raging. Passengers on the last trip of the steamer Bertha from Alaska say the volcanoes Redoubt, Iliamma and Augustine are in active eruption. Great volumes of steam issue from all three and Redoubt is throwing clouds of smoke miles high. Fastest Ship of Her Class. , The torpedo destroyer boat Worden, which, with the Bainbridge, was given her standardization trial over the Barren Island course the other day. showed that she is the speediest vessel of her class afloat. During a sport she developed a speed of 30.50 knots. Kill Big Bchool of Whales. A great whale hunt took place at Hiilswich, in the Shetland islands. A school of herring whales was reported approaching the village and the entire fishing population put to sea aboard of everything that would float. They drove the whales ashore and slaughtered 166 of them. Big Alaskan Ship on Rocks. The steamer Cottage City of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company went on the rocks twenty miles south of Port Wrangle. She is well sheltered and it is believers bulkhead can be built inside and the ship floated. Lake Steamer Barns. The steamer Stevens of Buffalo, bound froglDnlath to Buffalo with copper and flou£M»urned to the water's edge ob Clear Creek, Ont. A heavy aea was maning and the crew bad great difficulty In reaching shore. Mormons Busy in Enrope. For some time past there has been a great Increase in the number of Mormon missionaries in both Germany and Switserland. Germany has nearly 2,000 such Missionaries, while there are several hundred in Switzerland. Kills 0,000 Troop* la Few Days. Nine thousand dead, bodies, of them 4,000 bodies recovered sad other thonM»da swept away hy the water* of the

Batang Lupan river, tells the awful disaster that has overtaken the military forces-of Borneo, as reported by advices from Honolulu. Through the ravages of cholera an entire military corps of natives, sent to punish the notorious headhunters of Borneo, was wiped out of existence. TRUST HOLDS YUKON GRANTS. War Department Secures Confirmation of Former Collector’s Charges. There is evidence at the War Department tending that, as alleged by former Collector Ivey of Alaska, a huge trust was formed od government reservations in Alaska which control the commerce of the Yukon. A full report lias been fiietk at the War Department by Gen. Randall, and when the facts have been laid before President Roosevelt he may take a hand in rectifying some of the injustices which have been done the general public by the way in which the reservations in Alaska were granted. The first reservation was made in 1897 at St. Michael’s, and another, it is understood, was made later in southeastern Alaska. The grantees, it is affirmed, have formed a combine which has frozen out any c-tlt-ers than those to whom the original grants for water front privileges, roads, etc., were made. The original grantees, of course, got everything that was valuable. There is now practically a gigantic monopoly, some of the grantees having erected wharves, docks, etc., to the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars. CONVICT WOMAN OF WITCHERY. Pennsylvania Jury Says Mrs. Mcßride Is Guilty of Necromancy.In the Cumberland County Criminal Court at Carlisle, Pa., Mrs. Sarah McBride was convicted of witchcraft after a day’s trial. Sentence was suspended. The formal charges in the indictment upon which Mrs. Mcßride, a woman of 60, was tried stipulated that she had indulged in “fortune telling, necromancy and false pretenses.’’ Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Zug claimed that they paid Mrs. McBride over SSQO, in return for which she gave them information concerning the location of a $30,000 treasure hidden in their yard. Zug dug for the money, but did not find it. Mrs. Mcßride claimed that she only told fortunes by cards for pastime. KEEP OLD BOND WAR ALIVE. Holders of Railroad Paper In Missouri File New Suit in Court. In order to keep alive the claim against St. Glair County, Mo., for the amount cf railroad bonds the county has refused to pay a new suit has been brought iu the Federal Court at Kansas City and a United States deputy marshal went to Osceola to serve the papers on the county clerk. Judgment in lie federal courts expires in twenty years unless renewed. For several years the county judges of St. Clair have been imprisoned during the greater part of their terms for contempt in refusing to order a tax levy to repay the bonds, which now amount to $1,500,000. Rich Youth Found Insane. Henry W. Grady, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., has been found in City Hall Park, New York, in a dazed condition. He was unable to recognize friends or to give a coherent account of his actions. His friends and physicians state that acute suffering from hay fever affected his brain, causing temporary mental aberration. Safe Blowers Are Caught. Burglars were surprised by officers while trying to~brenk open the safe in the Panhandle passenger office at Wheeling, W. Va. A battle ensued and one of the burglars, who gave his name as John Doe, was fatally wounded and died soon after. His partner, Philip Martin, was captured. No New Dresst Takes Poison. Because her husband failed to give her $25 he had promised her for a new dress, Mrs. Louis Dahlstrom of Minneapolis swallowed a quantity of carbolic acid. Physicians were called, but their efforts were unavailing, aud In three hours she was dead. Roosevelt Ban on Race. President Roosevelt has put his stamp of disapproval on the proposed cowboy race from Deadwood to Omaha and the contest has been abandoned. In addition to the President’s disapproval there have been received several protests from humane societies. Cuban House Passes Loan Bill. The Cuban House passed the $35,000,000 loan bill, 4S to 2; bonds to be issued at 90, with 5 per cent maximum interest. Agricultural industry to get $4,000,000 loan; balance will pay army and constitutional obligations. Fire in Beaumont, Texas. Waste along the Texas and Sabine Railroad started a blaze in the Beaumont. Texas, oil field. The fiamsa were soon beyond control and several oil tanks exploded. Bobbery in Bank of France. The Bank of France was robbed of $44,000 in gold. Tlie robbery was committed in the daytime evidently by some one baying access to the cash vault. Embezzler Is Arrested. Charles Francis Sidney Colomb embezzled $5,000 from firm of Wooley & Co. of Chicago and was arrested at Buffalo and brought back. Killing Frosts in Northwest. Heavy frosts killing vegetables and injuring corn have been reported" la lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas aad Indiana. _ , j— : Hsyttaa Ports Closed. ~~ The State Department has been officially informed that the government of Hayti hat declared certain Haytian porta eiosed to commerce.

CONFESSES BLAME IN DEATH. Conscience Drives Mrs. Jarrean to Tall of Lnken’a Death. Mrs. Kate Jarrean, the young wife of a traveling man, confessed to Coroner Richard in New Orleans that while she was one of the party on the yacht Indian at the time Earl C. Lukens, manager of the New Orleans branch of the International Correspondence School, was drowned, she had pushed Lukens overboard. She was led to tell her part in the affair which resulted in Lukens’ death Aug. 31 by her conscience. On that evening a party boarded the yacht Indjan for a sail down the river. On the yacht’s return it was announced that Lukens had accidentally fallen overboard and drowned. His body was recovered two days . later. At the time it was believed that the party on the yacht was made up of men only. Mrs. Jarreau went on to say that she had wished to tell the truth about the affair on the night of the drowning, but had been prevented by Hans Reig, a member of the party, who had warned everybody that in justice to her good name they should all stick to the accident theory. It was also learned that Reig had been a constant cavalier of Mrs. Lukens, wife of the dead man. LAMP BTARTB SERIOUS FIRE. One Whole Block and Part of Another Destroyed at Prentice, Wis. At Prentice, Wis., fire burned out one whole block and part of another. The following buildings were consumed: Owen Bros., general store and dwelling house; the Columbia Hotel, S. T. Nelson’s shoe store, Oliver Valois’ saloon, C. Myes’ hotel, laundry, barber shop and millinery store, Emerson Bros.’ office and several barns and storehouses. The total loss is about $50,000, partly insured. The fire originated in the Columbia Hotel and was caused by a lamp dipping over. UPHOLD PRIMARY LAW’. Judges of Minnesota Supreme Court Say It Is Constitutional. The-justices of the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the primary election law. The question came up from Mower County, an order being sought to compel the auditor of that county to provide blank spaces on the primary election ballots. The Supreme Court refused to grant an order to correct the ballot in the manner desired. The court also held the law in this respect to be constitutional. ■WAITRESS KILLS JEALOUS WIFE. Bloomington Girl Shoots After Having Received a Horsewhipping. Daisy a pretty young waitress at a chop-house in Bloomington, 111., shot and instantly killed Mrs. Joseph Leslie after the latter had horsewhipped hgr. Mrs. Leslie’s husband is employed as cook in the restaurant where Daisy is waitress. Mrs. Leslie is said to have quarreled several times with the young girl for encouraging the alleged attentions paid to her by her husband. Marry While Train Waits. B. A. Rose, a banker of Fort Worth, Texas, and Miss Dorothy Weaver of the same city were married by Probate Judge Staffelbach in the baggage room of the Rock Island station at Wellington, Kan., while the train on which they were traveling stopped at the station. The bride was under 18, but had her mother’s consent to wed, and the opposition of male relatives was circumvented, by strategy. Burglars Get Stamps and Money. Burglars robbed the postoffice at Miami, Mo., of SSOO in money and stamps. They also entered the Miami Savings Bank and smashed the door of the vault, but were unable to open the safe. All the private boxes in the vault were robbed, however, but the extent of the less is unknown. To Bnild Big Lake Steamer. Plans are being prepared and estimates made by the American Shipbuilding Company of Cleveland for the construction of the largest ship on the great lakes. The new steamer will be a coarse freight carrier, and is to be 550 feet long, G 6 feet beam and 32 feet deep. It will cost $425,000. Woolen Factory Destroyed. The large factory of the East Lake Woolen Mills Company at Bridgeton, N. J.. of which J. Edward Addicks of Delaware is the head, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of SIOO,OOO. Two bundled men and women are made idle. Striking Teamsters Win. Striking Swift & Co. teamsters, Chicago, won demand for recognition of their union and resumed work; National Biscuit Company restored old wages of striking bakery teamsters. Industrial Activity Increasing. Dun & Co.’s review declared industrial activity increasing in spite of transportation blockades; foodstuffs declined 3.5 per cent during August; railroad earnings gained 4.2 per cent over 1901. Boer Generals Unsnccessfnl. The Boer generals failed to induce Chamberlain to discuss proposals at recent conference In London which were rejected during the peace negotiations at Yereeniging. v Barge Binks and Two Die. The steam barge H. Houghton, owned in Detroit, sunk at her dock at the foot of Dubois street in that city. Two of the crew were drowned in their berths. To Command New Maine. Orders have been issued by the Navy Department assigning Captain Eugene H. 0. Leutze to command the new battleship Maine. Mistaken for Deer and Bkot. Herbert Short of Cleveland, N. Y., was shot and mortally wounded In the Adirondack* in mistake for a deer by his companion. 7: - .