Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1902 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

SEAR ADMIRAL JOUETT DIE?. Famous Fighter of Civil 'War Expires at Maryland Home. Rear Admiral James E. Jouett died at hia home, The Anchorage, Silver Springs, Md. He was 79 years of age and had a long and distinguished career. Rear Admiral Jouett, who was called “Fighting Jim," during the Civil War, was considered one of the leading authorities on the art of naval warfare and the Implements most efficacious in its prosecution. Bora in Kentucky, he entered the navy as a midshipman in 1841. His brilliant career opened on the night of Nov. 17, 1861, when, as lieutenant of the Santee, he conducted a hazardous boat expedition against the Confederate warship Royal Yacht, resulting in its capture. For this action Jouett received the greatest praise. He was given command of the Montgomery and became the terror of blockade runners, capturing scores of valuable vessels. His heroism at Mobile Bay was most conspicuous; his capture of the Confederate gunboat Selma, while commanding the Metacomet won Farragut's highest commendation and secured another promotion, with a recommendation that he be promoted thirty numbers in grade. He retired as rear admiral in 1890 and made his home in Washington. t PACT OF THE TOBACCO TRUSTS. No Interference by the Companies in England or America. t Thomas F. Ryan of the American Tobacco Company, who just returned from England, where he completed with the Imperial Tobacco Company of England an arrangement by which the two concerns agreed to work in harmony, said: "It leaves the field open in England to the Imperial Tobacco Company on condition that they do not interfere with our Interests on this side. The rest of the world is left open to both, and we may work together or separately as wo choose.” The capital of the two concerns Interested is $300,000,000. TRIPLE LIFE OF KANSAS GIRL. 1 V Pretty Charmer Said to Have Two Husbands and Many Suitors. Mrs. Edith Willets, a pretty country girl from Jefferson County, Kansas, is said to have two husbands and a long list of disappointed suitors, one of whom is expected to die as a result of attempted suicide when he learned of his sweetheart’s duplicity. Mrs. Willets’ career has been one of triple existence for five years, and only within a few days have her friends learned that she was other than the dutiful wife of a farmer. It is said that very recently she was married to W. F. Elliott of Milwaukee, who had long been in love with her. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Fast Express Has a Narrow Escape Near Pottstown, Pa. An attempt was made to wreck a Philadelphia nnd Reading Railroad express train late the other night at Brookes Crossing, a short distaonce below Pottstown, Pa. A fish plate had been spiked to the rail in such a manner tha£ the wheels would strike it when the train came along. The wheel of the engine did strike the obstruction, but the plate broke and the train was not derdlled. The officials are investigating. Bodies of Ship Fire Victims Found. The bodies of L. L. Hunter and L. B. Mngill, who were lost in the burning of the City of Pituburg. last A4uiL_iMrty. miles below Paducah, Ky., were found four miles below the wreck and apparently had been covered with sand. They were wealthy manufacturers of Tidiout, Pa. Trust in Toys and Games. A proposed combine of forty concerns throughout the country engaged in the manufacture of toys, games and novelties is to be joined by a large manufacturing company of Pawtucket, R. I. The combination is understood to involve a capitalization of $7,000,000 to $10,090,000. Headless Body Discovered. The headless and armless body of n young woman was found floating in the East river at the foot of Sedgwick street, Brooklyn. All the clothing that remained was a pair of very fine lisle thread black stockings and a pair of French high-heeled black shoes. Massachusetts Repnblicans. Massachusetts Republican convention nominated John L. Bates for Governor nnd a full State ticket by acclamation; platform indorses President Roosevelt, favors Republican revision of tariff and Cuban reciprocity and urges settlement of coni strike. High Prices for Horses. Tulrty-eight Russian Orloff carriage horses, just imported, hnTe been auctioned off in New York City. One four-in-hand team sold for $7,950. . The buyer’s name was not disclosed. Many sales were made around $1,500. Another Victim of Football. Edward Frank Edwards of Bowdle, S. D., was injured In a practice game of football at the Vermilion 1 University and Will probably die. His apine is fractured and his body is paralysed. Two Airships Bail Race. Rival airships Santos-Dumont 6 nnd Leo Btevens sailed an endurance contest at New York. The former won by going mile and a half; latter disabled and navigator landed on a telegraph pole. Bon Born to American Duchess. -The Duchess of Manchester, who was Miss Ueleua Zimmerman of Cincinnati, gave birth to a son at Tanderagee Castle, County Armagh, Ireland. Live Wire Kills Two Boys. Two young boys were electrocuted by a live wire on a semaphore signal ladder fas Wood Haven Junction, L. I. The

boys were held to the iron rungs for thirty minutes while a current of 2,500 volts passed through their bodies. The victims were Frederick Peppello, 9 years old, and Rheinhart Houser, 13 years old. BALDWIN REACHES NEW YORK. He Is Angry Abont Charges in Connection with Difficulties in North. Angered, as he said, by the reports of accusations of wrong doing which had reached his ears, nnd ready and willing to face all charges of alleged bad judgment during his polar expedition, Evelyn B. Baldwin, Arctic explorer, arrived at New York on the steamship Germanic of the White Star Line. Mr. Baldwin, talking about the alleged controversies between him and Captain Johannsen of the America, made the following statement: “There is not a word of truth in the report of our not having sufficient supplies. Captain Johannsen wanted to be the whole thing. That’s all. The row first started between the captain—or, to give him bis proper title, sailing master —and the-ice pilot. The sailing master objected to the ice pilot’s holding absolute sway over the movements of the ship at any time, and that is how the row began. I, of course, took side of the pilot, and saw that he was kept in command while we were in the ice. This sailing master was not the Johannsen who was in charge of the Nansen expedition.” CANADA PLANNING TARIFF WAR Bald to Be Entering Into Treaties with European Countries. The Boston Advertiser says that Canada and certain European nations have entered Into a big tariff league to destroy American trade. A special dispatch from Ottawa says: “A statement can be made positively to-night on the best possible authority that Sir Wilfrid Laurier has made definite arrangements with France nnd Italy looking toward a special tariff arrangement which will take the place of the treaties which Canada, France and Italy tried to arrange with the United States on a ‘reciprocity’ basis. It can be stated by authority that the Canadian government, discouraged by the refusal of the United States Senate committee on foreign affairs to even consider the idea of a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada, has made up its mind to adopt a new policy.”

New Candidate for Governor. The Democratic State central committee of Michigan, after a three hours’ conference at Detroit, named L. T. Durand of Saginaw, a brother of Judge George n. Durand, who has been stricken with paralysis, to succeed the latter as candidate for Governor. End of Kansas City Inquiry. After the -examination of one. witness at Kansas City the inquiry in the alleged beef trust was adjourned to St. Louis. Of five witnesses sent for only one was in town, and he could give no evidence of importance. No Municipal Home Rale. The Ohio Legislature voted down municipal home rule. The measure was one projected by Tom L. Johnson, who aspires to the leadership of Ohio Democracy, and was fathered in the House by Representative Price of Athens County. A deed was filed at Marshall, Minn., whereby John M. Burke conveys to the Winfield-Masterson-Burke relief foundation $4,000,000 worth of real and personal property, to be used as an endowment for a hospital for convalescents. Ames Is Found Guilty. The jury in the case of the State against ex-Superintendent of Police Fred W. Ames of Minneapolis for accepting bribes returned a verdict of guilty. The attorney for the defendant made a motion for a new trial. Spider Poisons Three People. At St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Magdaline W. Rode is dead and Dr. Walter H. Morris, her physician, is suffering from blood poison, as is E. J. Williams, the undertaker, as the result of a spider bite received by Mrs. Rode three weeks ago. Turks Burn Two Villages. Fighting between Turkish regulars and Albanians is reported from Mitrovitza, European Turkey. The Turkish forces shelled and reduced to ashes the Albauiau vMfhges of Koprin and Babronitch. Grave Robbers at Indianapolis. Seven negro ghouls, arrested at Indianapolis, confessed to robbing 100 graves in cemeteries there, within three months. Dr. Joseph C. Alexander and Dr. Wilson, medical college officials, are also accused. Temperature la Favorable. Government weekly crop report showed temperature conditions favorable east of Rocky Mountains; cotton hurt by rain, except in Carolines and Texas; Illinois corn safe. ' Hearat Nominated for Congress. William R. Heorst, proprietor of the New York American and Journal and the Chicago American, has been nominated for Congress in Eleventh New York District. • Coal Dealer Trlee Bnlelde. In a financial difficulty as a result of the coal strike, Henry C. Scheel, a coal merchant of New York City, tried to kill himself by shooting. The doctors say there la little hope for him. Bank Robbers Driven Away. A gang of desperadoes who attempted to dynamite and rob the bank at Holliday, Mo., terrorised its citizens for more than an hour, but were finally driven awty without having secured any booty. ... Another Conflict Impending. Colombia and Nicaragua are on the verge of war owing to the open action of President Zelaya In aiding the insurgents under Gen. Herrera. . -

MURDERED A MAIL CARRIER. Pepetraftora of Crime in 1901 Are Ar ' rested in St. Lonis. Through the confession of Hugh O’Neill and Walter McNamara, serving seven-year sentences in the penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo., Postoffice Inspector Dice caused the arrest of five persona in St. Louis on the charge of having robbed Oscar Koelling, a" mail carrier, of a pouch containing registered mail valued at $3,000 on the night of Dec. 17, 1901. Those arrested are Jack Fickler and Tom

Conniff, employes iu the city register’s office; Jerry Kohler, a saloonkeeper; Jerry Creedon, known around town, and Emma Higgins. O’Neill and McNamara confessed that they and John Dumey and Jack Fickler knocked down Mail Carrier Oscar Koelling and stole the registered mail pouch. One month later Dumey was killed in a saloon fight After the robbery, they said, they drove to the house of Emma Higginß, where the money was divided, and then burned the pouch and papers in Kahler’s saloon. AMERICAN CITY FOR CUBA Chicago Capital Interested in Project to Colonize 100,000 Acres. The Cuban Land Company, with a capital of $3,000,000, to build an American city and colonize 100,000 acres of land in Cuba, forty miles from Havana, has been /organized by capitalists from New York, Cleveland and Chicago and wealthy local men, including H. G. Hamilton and W. H. Park of Youngstown, Ohio; W„J. Hayes, L. W. Fryor, George Dennison of Cleveland, Ohio: M. A. Devitt and George McCoy of Chicago, and George F. Penhnle and H. Whipple of New York. W. J. Hayes is president; H. W. Whipple, vice-president; Henry Heed.v, Youngstown, secretary and treasurer, of the new company. The modern city will contain water works, electric light, hotels, an opera house, race track for motor racing and electric railway to Havana. LAW TO FORCE ARBITRATION. Ohio House Adopts Measure to Apply in Street Car Troubles. The Ohio House, by a vote of 00 to 22, adopted the Guerin amendment providing for compulsory arbitration of differences between street railway companies and their employes. The question whether the amendment should be tnad-e to apply to regrauts of franchises, notably that of the Cincinnati Railway Company, as well as new grants, caused a spirited debate. The House voted 51 to 31 to apply the amendment to all regrants. SEIZE A WOS|AN IN PRAYER. Robbers Bind, Gag and Threaten to Burn Victim in Oil. In Toledo, Ohio, two masked men-en-tered the home of Fred R. Leonard during his absence and seized Mrs. Leonard while she was kneeling at her bed in prayer. They bound and gagged her, poured kerosene on her feet and threatened to ignite the oil unless she told where her husband’s money was. She gave them her earrings and small amount of money which she said was ail" there was in the bouse. Tidal Wave Kills Hundreds. A dispatch from Tokio says that a tidal wave at Odawara, near Yokohama, has killed 600 persons. Many steamers that had anchored during a typhoon that was blowing were carried ashore, but most of them have been flouted. Among the vessels that grounded was the battleship Shikiobima. J. Hampton Moore Elected. J. Hampton Moore was elected president of the National League of Republican Clubs iu session in Chicago. E. W. Weeks of lowa was chosen secretary, and Sid Redding of Arkansas was elected treasurer. Mr. Moore is city treasurer of Philadelphia and prominent in politics in that State. Subsidy for Canard Line. Cunard steamship line will receive $750,000 annual subsidy from British government and stay out of Morgan trust; two steamers to be built ou government loan at 2% per cent, naming twenty years; no freight advance guaranty!. Coler Nominated in New York. The New York Democratic convention nominated Bird S. Color for Governor nnd filled up the remainder of the ticket according to the slate prepared by former Senator Hill. The platform declares for uational ownership and operation of the anthracite coal mines. Japan Borrows $25,000,000. The report that a Japanese loan is to be floated is confirmed. Baring Brothers of London, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and the Yokohama Specie Bank will issue soon $25,000,000 Japanese consolidated bonds bearing 5 per cent interest. They will probably be issued at par. Fait Trust Goes to Wall. With a deficit of almost $300,000 the fait trust, legally known as the National Salt Company, and which waa widely proclaimed in gullible quarters at one time as International Trust No. 1, has gone to the walk Tragedy In the Lawson AM nr a. I Twelve men were killed by an explosion of fire damp on the fourth level of the south side of the Lawson mines, near Black Diaipond, Wash. Three men were injured, one badly. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Five persona were killed by the explosion of a boiler at Jeme Htnslow’s mill at Rocky Hill, Ky. The accident is supposed to have been caused by low water in the boiler. Operators Refuse to Arbitrate. Conference on the coal strike colled by the President failed of results, the operators refusing to arbitrate. • --v J-.