Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1903 — HOBSON OUT AT LAST [ARTICLE]

HOBSON OUT AT LAST

MAN WHO SUNK THE MERRI- " , MAC RESIGNS. Hli BatKavori to Get Out of Navy i Ar« Finally Reworded with Telej cram from Secretary Moody—Kn- ! fflishmcn Bny Ohio Oil Well*. ; * Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Whom it can be said that he has eclipsed All kissing records, is a civilian at last. Captain Hobson has found it practically Impossible since the one achievement of tear with Spain which brought him into distinction became a fact to settle down to the prosaic work of drawing plans for battleships and cruisers. He asked Congress to retire him upon full pay, claimpßur that his eyesight was so seriously impaired that he could not longer perform the duties of constructor. A medical survey composed of distinguished oculists did not agree with Captain Hobson about the alleged impairment of his eyes. On the contrary, the survey held that his eyes were all right Congress, therefore, refused to retire him. Finally Captain Hobson tendered his resignation and Secretary Moody, acting upon the advice of some of the captain's fellow officers, declined to accept it Then the enptnin wrote a letter firmiy refusing to withdraw the resignation and urging the Secretary to communicate with Congress whenever in the future the nation should need bis •word. Mr. Moody wired Captain Hobson that his resignation was accepted. Captain Hobson is the man who was •elected by Admiral Sampson to sink the. collier Merrimac in the channel at Santiago.

HpL t BRITONS BUY OHIO WELLS. „ L. London Syndicate Purchases 4,000 Acres of Oil Lenses for $685,000. A big oil deni has just been closed whereby the National Petroleum and General Construction Company of Lonfc-, don, England, secures possession of .'>33 producing wells, 4,000 acres of leases and a monthly production of 20,000 barrels of i oil for The property is located In Wood, Hancock and Auglaize counties in Ohio, and was owned by seven different companies, consisting of thoso tv members: Rilley Allen of Allentown, W. J. Richardson, E. C. Brown, W. O. Taylor, A. J. Applebeo and Charles Sternberg of Wellsville, W. R. Nobles of Belmont, J. R. Dreuey of Orlean and I. W. Olds of Ohio. BOKRS SELECT TEXAS LAND. Burghers Will Purchase Tract of 200,000 Acre* for Home*. Dr. F. W. Reitz, former president of the Orange River Free State, and other members of the Boer committee looking for homes in America for those Boers who are not willing to accept British rule In South Africa, have returned to New Orleans after a thorough examination of various tracts in Louisiana and Texas. They announce that they have selected • tract of 200,000 acres in Texas, but trill not say as yet where it is. Arsenal Employe Killed. Peter McCallaghan, an employe of the pr-- United States arsenal at Frankford, a Philadelphia suburb, was blown to atoms s % and Joseph Hunter, another employe, was severely injured by the explosion of detonating cartridges. McCallaghan was conveying the cartridges from the arsenal to the railroad station in n wagon, and the man, horse and wagon were torn to r fragments. Workmen Perish at Buffalo. Five men—Joseph Becker, William Burke, John Schneider, Adam Herzog and Michael Ambrose—were killed and Ks. Strauss, Beiser and Charles Fagel were injured by the collapse of a building at Buffalo, formerly occupied by Strauss & Son as a tannery. The men were part of a force engaged in razing the building preparatory to the erection of a new one. Menelik Breaks with France. j’ -A dispatch from Rome says reports have been received from Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, that King Menelik has broken off relations with M. I.egarde, the resident French representative, and ex-, polled him from the capital. M. I.egarde la now quartered twenty miles from |f Addis Abeba. Farmer Held for Countericiting. Nathaniel Miller, a farmer, 68 years old, was arrested by federal officials and taken to Cleveland, charged with counterfeiting silver coins. A counterfeiting eutfit was found in a small building on his farm north of Canton, Ohio. Miller K-. denies knowledge of the use of the buildR. lag. ipET Dies from " ork and Worry. Mrs. Frank E. Shaw of Butte, Mont., a sister of Mrs. William A. Clark, Jr., f died of heart failure. It is said her illH ness was caused by the work and worry of nursing her sister, who was the motliWti er of the baby for whose birth Senator Clark gave $1,000,000.

New Mining Kcale Accepted. . The bituminous miners ut Indianapolis accepted the new scale, increasing wages 12V4 per cent on an average. A strike Is averted and peace assured for a year. Hurricane rod Tidal Wave, f One thousand lives were lost ns a result of a hurricane and tidal wave which swept over the South Sea Islands. Patti to Bing in America. Adelina Patti lias signed a contract a for sixty concerts in America, beginning Nov. 3 next Cincinnati Has $75,000 Fire. The building occupied by the Frank 1 Cnnewehr cigar box factory at the Bof 7th and Culvert i, was entirely destroyims Dies on Train. S. Hillman of Grace i Chicago, died aboard No. 3, bound for Dente ill when he started at Roggen. Colo., be Death was due to