Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — BIG EXPRESS TRUST. [ARTICLE]

BIG EXPRESS TRUST.

COMPANIES TO BE COMBINED IN jJLI ONE ORGANIZATION. Parcel-Carryinc Business of Country to Be-Dominated by Uarrimau, Platt, -Gould and Associatcs-bix Italians Fatally Hurt by Explosion. •i Wall street believes that a $50,000,000 express company trust has been formed and that Edward 11. Ilarriman is to be Its president. The nucleus of the row ; combination is the combination of the Wells-Fargo, the Pacific, the United States and the American. These, in turn, are to absorb all the other coms panies of importance, notably the Denver and Rio Grande Express, so that the b entire parcel transportation business of ' the country will be dominated by Messrs. Harriman, Platt and Gould and their associates. The serious break between if George J. Gould and Edward H. Harrifitasa over the contest for control of the ■ Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, whjeh resulted in a series of sensational denunciatory publications, has been quickly healed. They are now working amicably together in the combination of the WellsFargo and Pacific Express companies, which Wall street financiers have reason to know is but the forerunner of the big •f express trust which shall include all the important companies of the United States. OLDEST ARMY LEADER QUITS. Colonal K. M. Hayes Out After Almost ' Fifty Years of ce. - The last order of Colonel E. M. Hayes, . commander of this fort and the Thirteenth Cavalry, has been made public at Fort Meade, S. D. It contains the colonel's farewell address, in which he refers to the support of the officers and speaks of the military efficiency and discipline of the regiment. He says lie parts with "his regiment with regret on orders from Washington to report there • for promotion and retirement. In point of service Colonel Hayes is the oldest officer in the nrmy. with nearly forty years continuous service. He enlisted Ang. 28, 1855, as a bugler in Company H of the old Second Dragoons.

SIX ARK FATALLY INJURED. Slavs Blown Up in Boarding Home at TVindber, I’a. Pour kegs of powder exploded in a Slav boarding house in Windber, Pa. John Chupa, Stacco Chupa, Meeke Soutemba, Frank Fresak, John Modes and M. Felerick are believed to be mortally injured. The men were seated together In a room and one of them was endeavoring to dry a quantity of powder when the explosion took place. The side of the building was blown out and the six victims were found unconscious on the floor. Long Missing Steamer Found. A telegram to the Pacific Tacking and Navigation Company, from Valdes, Alaska, announces that the long missiug Nome steamer Dawson City passed Ungu Island during the latter days of Decem- £ I»er. The vessef 'was under' sail, having exhausted her supply of fuel. Repulsed by Venezuelans. The German cruiser Panther attacked Port San Carlos, Venezuela, and was badly damaged by the fort’s guns- and forced to withdraw. Three of the garrison were hurt, but the fort was practically uninjured. Caracas citizens celebrated the victory. Suicide Declares He Was Booth. D. R. George, an aged man, reputed to be very wealthy, committed suicide at Enid, Okla., by taking poison. He owned land in Indian Territory and Okalohama, and at Dallas. Texas, liefore his death he declared that he was John Wilkes Booth. Slew a Gamb eri Goes Free. James Walker, charged with the murder, Nov. 22, of Hasten Broadus, was acquitted at Chadron, Neb. Evidence was adduced to show that Broadus was a gambler, and this was used as a defense. The killing resulted from a card game in a saloon. Chicago Gfand Jury’s Work. The grand jury has voted true bills against thirty-nine coal corporations and their officers. The anti-trust law was used, and for the second time in Illinois corporations themselves have been indicted. Death of M. de Blowitz. Henri de Blowitz, famous London Times correspondent at Paris, died of apoplexy at the age of 78. He was the originator of interviewing noted personages and had prevented three ruptures between Germany and France. Gnn Crew Blown Up. Five men were killed and four wounded, one of whom died, by the expio»ion of a powder charge of an 8-inch gnn on board the United States battleship Massachusetts, while at target practice off Colebra Island. A. I*. Hewitt la Demi. Abram S. Hewitt, former Mayor of New York and former Democratic Congressman, died, aged 81 years. He was — rag son-in-law of Peter Cooper and a pioneer iron manufacturer. Andijan Death Record la 4,714. The official figures show that 4,714 persons lost their lives and that 33,112 house* were destroyed as a result of the recent earthquakes at Andijan, Russian fnrkestan. ■ Killed by a Wooden Leg. “Boston” McVeigh was killed by Albert Ames at Akron, Ohio. Marks cn McVeigh’s body indicate that Ames kicked bis victim on the head with his wooden leg. :. u Five Cents for the President. Postal authorities are puzzled by the actions of Sam Saunders of Lexington. Miss., who is flooding the money order department of the Albany, N. Y., postoffice with orders for 5 cents, made payable to President Roosevelt and otba prominent men. a