Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1903 — FRPM THE FOVR QUARTERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER. ReKistry of Amended Mortsage Leads to Startling Discovery. Mrs. Mary McKnight of Springfield township, Kalkaska County, Mich., has been arrested on suspicion of wholesale murder. She and her mother live together, ami her brother, John Murphy, with his wife and baby, lived with them, but were planning to inbve the next day into their own house. They tvere away for a short time and found the baby dead on their return. Murphy was buying a coffin when word was brought of liis wife's sudden death, from epilepsy, it was claimed. Ten days later he died suddenly. An insurance policy for sl,000 in the Maccabees, in his wife’s name, then fell to his mother. A mortgage held by his sister, but not recorded, when placed on file later, was found to be raised from SIOO to SOOO. This aroused the first suspicion that something was wrong. His body was exhumed and the stomach sent to Ann Arbor. Returns show that death was caused by strychnine. Mrs. McKnight lost two husbands, both dying suddenly and both leaving insurance in her favor. WOMAN ESCAPES BURIAL ALIVE. Mere Chance Saves Mra. James Walters at Lewisburg, Pa. By the merest chance Mrs. James Walters of Lewisburg, Fa., escaped being buried alive. She had been suffering from heart trouble for several months. Early on a recent nnjrning, after calling her husband to her bedside, Mrs. Walters lapsed into unconsciousness. In a few minutes respiration apparently ceased, and all efforts to revive her failed. An undertaker was sent for and two women began to prepare the body for burial. They had about finished their task when one of the women observed that Mrs. Walters breathed when her arm was raised. A physician restored the woman to consciousness. Her condition later greatly improved. ,

WANTS MORE MEN FOR NAVY. Secretary Moo ’y Will Re-establish the Recruiting Stations. Secretary Moody has become satisfied that the unsanitary conditions which recently prevailed in receiving ships owing to their crowded condition will not recur and has ordered that recruiting for the navy be begun. Recruiting stations will be re-established in Chicago, Baltimore, Boston and other cities. A number of additional men will be needed to man the new vessels which will be put into commission shortly. The protected cruiser Minneapolis, for some time the receiving slap at the League Island navy yard, has been placed out of commission and her officers and crew transferred to the dou-ble-turret monitor Puritan. This act on was taken because of the infection of the Minneapolis. Killed in Santa Fe Wreck. Two Santa Fe trains collided head on one mile north of Stilwell, Kan. Eleven persons are dead and twenty-eight are said to be injured. The trains were running over the Missouri Pacific tracks owing to the flooded condition of the Santa Fe tracks. Both trains were in charge of pilots, and it is said that one of the pilots misread his orders, causing the accident. Takes Half Pint of Poison. John Howell. 05 years old. committed suicide at Middletown, Ohio, by drinking half a piut of carbolic acid. Local doctors hare never before known of a case in which a person was able to swallow one-third ns much of this poison. Howell's stomach was completely burned out. 11l health and growing blindness caused his suicide. Three Men Cooke 1 Alive. At Pueblo, Colo., while a gang of laborers was diggiug a trench near one of the blast furnaces of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's steel works a bosh, or vent, at the base of the furnaces was opened without warning and molten iron and blazing gas poured out upon them. Three of the men were literally cooked alive. The men are Austrians: Mississippi State lioase Opened. The handsome new capitol building erected at a cost of $1,000,000 was dedicated at Jackson, Miss, It is estimated that 10,000 visitors were present. Five thousand men and women were in the parade from the old capitol to the new, ex-G.ov. Robert Lowrey. commander of the Missif-sippi division. Confederate veterans, being chief marshal of the day. Pittsbnrg’a Importance. George Gould’s effort to secure railroad entrance into Pittsburg is explained, by the city’s tonnage of 81,000,000 in 1902: it is now greatest manufacturing center of United States in steel, coal, glass and foundry products, though population is' only 321.01 G. Hank fafe la Dynamited. Thieves blew open the safe of the Gold-StabCek bank at Vesta. Minn., with dynamite and made a big haul, securing $2,500 in currency and $20,000 iu Dotes. The robbers stole a team of horses and made their escape. They are believed to be amateurs. Americana Are Driven Out. Two Americans,. William Stevens of New York and John Meyers of Chicago, have been expelled from Muehlhaiisen' Thuringia, as Mormons. . The expulsions occurred in accordance with the decision to expel Mormon missionaries. Explosion Injures Seven. Seven people were burned and one girl so seriously injured that she will die. as the result of a fire caused by the explosion of chemicals at tbe big wholesale drug house of W. J. Gilmore & Co. in Pittsburg. Plot to Aaaaaainate Folk. A.detail of sleuths have been scouring St Louis for three men. who are believed to have entered into a conspiracy to

assassinate Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk for $5,000. That they failed to carry the plot into execution is believed to be due to the fact that the circuit ~aF~ torney lias been closely guarded by detectives. The conspirators were heard discussing their plans in a restaurant. TOO MANY RURAL ROUTES. Payne Will Abolish Those Installed by Machen Which Are Profitless. As the result of investigation the discovery lias been made that one-third of the rural routes in the Southern States and one-fifth of those in the North, particularly New England, are unprofitable. There has been enormous demand for the establishment of rural fre.* delivery routes and former Superintendent Machen did , not always exercise the best judgment in complying with the requests of members of Congress. In consequence some of these routes will be abolished. A big fight against this will be made by statesmen who rendered favors to Machen and who have secured more than one re election on the strength of their securing the establishment of rural routes. But Postmaster General Payne admits that the expenses are so heavy some of the unprofitable routes must be abolished. FIRE SWEEPS NEW LISBON, WIS. Town Hna Insufficient Fire Protection —Loss About SIOO,OOO. The business portion of the town of New Lisbon, Wis., was destroyed almost entirely by fire early Friday morning, nnd the loss is approximately SIOO,OOO. The fire -started in Stinson Brothers & Co.’s store about midnight. The fire department, With only 200 feet of hose and a small chemical engine, was unable to cope with the flames, and Mauston and Tomah were asked for nid. The largest losses are: Stinson Brothers & Co., sll,500; Cash department store, $5,000; F. E. Hurd, $2,500; A. G. Anderle, $G,000; Moore’s Opera House block. $0,000; Wolf Mercantile Company, $ 14,000; B. I). Curtis, SO,OOO, and O. B. Chester, SII,OOO.

HURRICANE HITS PHILIPPINES. Transport Said to Have Snnk and Several Other Craft Left. A hurricane has swept over the Philippine Islands and great do mage has been done to shipping. The Uuited-hStates transport Bhamshas is reported to have been wrecked. This, however, has not been confirmed. The United States steamer Pearla de Visayas has been totally lost off Camotes Island. Part of her crew were saved. The United States steamer Haurafel and the schooner Mayflower have be«r driven ashore off Ormoc, West Leyte, and will prove total losses. All on board these vessels were saved. —— ; — — I.ost with Eighty on Board. A dispatch to Lloyds from Valparaiso, Chili, says that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Arequipa, which during a lull in the recent storm at Valparaiso left that port iu an endeavor to ride out the gale at sea, probably was lost. The ngeut cables that the steamer had eighty persons oil board. The bodies of some of the Arequipa’s crew have been washed ashore. All. Maine Is Fireswspt. Maine the other night was burning from one side to the other and in almost every section. Thousands of dollars worth of property and valuable timber land w v ere destroyed hourly by forest fires and there is little prospect for changed conditions until rain has soaked the ground and woodlands. Windstorm Brings Death, A cyclone started about three miles south of Welsh, . La., and swepj everything before it for a distance of two miles. The two-story house of S. E. Carroll. a wealthy farmer, with all the outbuildings and barns, was wrecked. Ed Burgess, a hired man, was killed and Carroll aud his wife seriously injured. Te Encourage American Commerce. In an interview in Paris Senator Elkius announced that he would introduce a bill at the next session of Congress to decrease import duties 10 per cent on goods carried in American ships and increasing it a like amount’ if shipped in foreign bottoms. Held in Mnd Until Drowned. Charles Lynch, a stockman, aged 25, living in Union County, S. D„ met a horrible death. He became mired in the soft bed of Lewis creek and was held a prisoner until the rising waters passed over his head. Dun's Review of Trade. Dun’s review of trade, says weather conditions proved the only drawback during the business week. Railroad earnings are heavy and trade is encouraging in the principal cities. Married Beside Father’s Bier. Miss Mary Morse, daughter of Henry G. Morse, president of the New York Shipbuilding Company, was married to Harry A. Horner, standing beside the coffin of her father. Lynching Threats in Wisconsin. A mob attempted to take a wife murderer from the officers nt Tomah, Wis., but was prevented by nnd officers, aud the prisoner vSis taken to JSpjirta. Great Failure at Toronto. The banking and brokerage house of A. E. Ames & Co., of Toronto, closed its doors with heavy liabilities and unknown assets. Ohio Republicans Choose Herrick. Colonel Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland, was nominated for Governor at the Ohio Republican convention. Droaght In New England' Drought of forty-eight days in New England is estimated to have caused a lons to farmers of ,|7O,OOO,GIXX

BIG RAILROAD PLAN REVIVED. Omaha the Center of Proposed Transcontinental System. Private advices from New York indi* cate that the project for the construction of a railroad from Omaha to the Gulf ol Mexico on the south and Omaha to tha Canadian line on the north has been revived and is in a fair way to be carried through. The specifications and estimates of cost are now before the syndicate of New York and Omaha capitalists hack of the project and it is given out that representatives of tfie syndicate will soon pass over the proposed route. This syndicate, it is said by Omaha members of it, is alsb tentatively interested in a proposed road passing through Omaha with Chicago and Denver as its termini. The Omaha promoters of the project at*c members of the National Irrigated Homestead Company, of which William -N. Paxton, president of the South Omaha Stock Yards Compatiy, is the head. CZAR'S GIFT TO ROOSEVELT. Russian Horses for the President Arrive by Boat at New York. Two sufierb Russian horses, supposed to have been sent by the Czar as a gift to President Roosevelt, reached New York by steamer the other day. They were consigned to Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador at Washington. It is said the count will present them to the President with the compliments of Nicholas 11. and that Mr. Roosevelt will institute the Russian custom of driving in Washington. In this connection the question is asked whether President Rooseevelt will aceept the gift. Under American law the President cannot accept gifts froim foreign monarchs except by permission of Congress. President Grant accepted such presents, but not until Congress had passed a moasurf allowing him to do so.

KILLED AT FIANCEE’S HOME. Prof. John F. Hicks Victim of In known Assassins. Prof. John F. Hicks, assistant botanist of the Ohio agricultural experiment station, died from the effects of a pistol shot tired by an unknown man as he was leaving the home of his fiancee, Miss Mary Gill of Wooster, Ohio. As he was about to leave the house Hicks saw an unknown man run across the lawn. Miss Gill screamed and Hicks pursued the stranger. A struggle followed, in which Hicks was shot iu the groin. The stranger escaped and his identity has not been learned Mr. Ilicks came three years .ago from the St. Louis botanical gardens. Schooner Wrecked in Storm. That the recent storm on Lake Huron brought at least one marine tragedy became known' when the Anchor Line steamer China reached Port Huron, Officers of the vessel reported having passed a three-masted schooner dismantled off Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron. The schooner’s spars were hanging over her side, and there was no sign of life aboard. J. Q. Adams’ Cousin Dies of Burns. R. H. Adams, aged 82 years, who was burneiLia St. Paul on April 18 in a gasoline explosion which killed his helper, Mrs. Ida Hawley, died nfter several weeks of intense suffering. His son was also burned, but he recovered. Adams was a cousin of President John Quincy Adams, whom he visited in the White House when a small boy. Seven Hurt by Explosion. The explosion of a large quantity of iodine in the laboratory of the wholesale drug house of W. J. Gilmore & Co. in Pittsburg, caused the burning of seven persons. One young woman, Minnie Prim, was perhaps fatally hurt by jumping from a third-story window. Or. Hutchins, the chembt, was dangerously burned and may die. Big Fire at Ottawa, Ont. The sash and door factory and planing mills of Davidson &. Thackeray, the printing and lithographing establishment of Mortimer & Co. and about ten houses in Queen street were burned to the ground at Ottnwa. Out. The loss is estimated at s4oo,otjp. Drowned bjr Sinking Steamer. A Mississippi River excursion steamer at Hannibal, Mo., was crushed against n bridge pier when carrying 200 passengers, most of them women aud children, who were thrown into a panic of fear. The boat sank nnd four people were drowned. Anthracite Miners May Strike. General strike of anthracite coal miners is threatened by executive board at Wilkesbarre, Pa., because of operators’ refusal to recognize miners’ representatives on conciliation board, as promised under Arbitration agreement. Mr. Moody Ready to Retire. It is announced authoritatively that Secretary of the Navy Moody would not remain in the cabinet longer than the present term of President Roosevelt. Mr. Moody expects then to resume the practice of law. Mistakes Hart for a Burglar. Government Geological Surveyor E. M. Hart of Blairsville was mistaken for a, burglar and killed by Night Watchman Edward Thomas of the Hotel Jefferson, in Jefferson township, Allegheny County, Pa. Thoipas is under arrest. Defeat for Republicans. Judge Elbridge Hanecy and all Republican candidates for Circuit judga except Tuthili, Gibbons and Smith, were defeated at Chicago’s late election; Superior Judge Brentano, Republican, was re-elected. Largs April Exports. Exportation of manufactures in April was larger than in auy preceding month in the history of trade with tw# exceptions—March aud May, 1900. ✓