Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1903 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

RUMOR OF ATTACK ON CZAR. Attempt Said to Have Been Made on Life of Kmperor A dispatch dated at Moscow says reports were current that an attempt upon the life of the Czar was only prevented at Hie last moment the other day, in the palace of Tsarskoe-Selo, on the eve of the departure of the court for the imperial villa in New l’aterboff. The wouldbe assassin attempted to gain access to the presence of his majesty by donning the uniform of a superior officer of the gendarmerie. There is much mystery about the affair, which has been hushed up in fear of its coming to the knowledge of the Czar, who, it is said, lias been in a highly nervous state since the Belgrade bntcherv. The Czar’s uneasiness over the Belgrade catastrophe arose from the fact that the regicides were military officers. About the personality of the man who attempted to assassinate the Czar at Tsarskoe-Selo nothing has yet transpired, and if the policy, and the minister of the interior can prevent the matter from becoming public nothing more is likely to he heard of him. EXPERT KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. Electrician Bent from Berlin Meets Death in Philadelphia. Otto Thornert, an electrical expert from Germany, was instantly killed by touching a live wire while inspecting a new switchboard for the Germantown, Pa., Electric Light Company. Shornert had been in America only a few weeks. He was formerly assistant supervisor of the electric light system of Berlin, and was an authority on electrical construction. He was sent here as an agent of a Berlin firm. Thornert was making the final adjustment of the switchboard when the accident occurred. Workmen in an adjojAiug room saw a flash, heard a heavjrfall and later found Thornert lying twenty feet from the switchboard, dead. It is supposed his hand came in contact with a switch, sending 2,500 volts through his [body. BRIDGE FALLS WITH CROWD. Nearly 200 Suffer in Carnival Crush at Eau Claire, Wis.—Two Will Die. The approach to the Madison street bridge in Eau Claire, Wis., went down under the weight of a big crowd gathered to witness the street carnival. Nearly 200 people who wete on the approach at the time fell to the bench below, a dis-v. tance of twenty-five feet. Six are badly hurt and two will die. Twenty-five others received serious injuries. The accident occurred during an illumination of th# street carnival booths along the main streets of the city. Hundreds of people had gone to the bridge to watch the illumination from this vantage point. The illumination was ended at once and every aid .that the city could give was extended to t&e suffering. Dubuque Cars Again Run. The Union Electric Company resumed the operation of street cars in Dubuque, lowa. They were shunned except by dwellers on the hill returning from church services in the morning. In the afternoou patronage was inconsiderable notwithstanding the ball game and the presence of several thousand excursionists. No interference was attempted by the strikers. Election Jml ires Sentenced. Three months’ imprisonment in the county jail was the punishment meted out to John J. Kelly,\Harry O’Donovau and Hiram B. Sherman, judges of election, by Judge Carter) of Chicago, who found them guilty of contempt of court for what lie termed tne most flagrant misbehavior at the ballot box that had ever come to his notice, i T 4 Branding May Kill Pupils. Clarence Mason, son of the chief of police, and Joseph Mclntyre maj*i die of Hood poisoning at New Bedford. Mass., as the result of being branded at an initiation into a secret society in thle local high school. Greek letters were burned into the foreheads of the candidates for membership by means of nitrate of silver and nitric acid.

Oil Trust “Gets Even." The Standard Oil Company has raised the price of oil in South Dakota 1 cent a gallon to counteract the effect of the law passed by the South Dakota Legislature, requiring a test for kerosene. It is estimated that this will greatly increase the profits of the company over and above the value of the oil which may be rejected under the test. \Hi:r Hailstones Kill Cows. A hailstorm covering a strip of land a tmile and a quarter in width passed over eastern Allen County, Ind., for a distance of three miles and covering New Ifavcn. In [daces the hail fell to a depth jf two inches and crops are ruined. Many daws were killed. \ Dismissed for Crooked Work. James T. Metcalf, chief of the money order division of the Postofflee Department, has becti summarily dismissed for attempting to persuade the lowest bidder for a contract to withdraw, leaving the company that now has the contract the* lowest bidder. Bad Washouts in Mon ana. Washouts on the Northern Pacific between Big Timber, Mont., and Billings were even worse than at first reported. Near Columbus a steel bridge thirty feet long was swept away. Oliver Bassett of Park City lost about 2,500 head of sheep. Arnold Gives Himself Up, E. J. Arnold, under several indictments in connection with the operation of get-rich-quick concerns in St. Louis, surrendered to the authorities. He wenl lo police headquarters accompanied by his wife and attorney. ■ a Lyddite Factory Blowa Up. Twenty men were killed and thirteen injured by an explosion in the lydditt factory at the Woolwich arsenal in Kng-

land. Several of the victims were literally blown to pieces. The building was wrecked, the roof was blown off and the interior collapsed. The explosion is attributed to the bursting of a shell. There were many pathetic scenes about the gates of the great arsenal, where thousands of relatives! of employes besieged the officials for information. BOY CAGED WITH ANIMALS. Stolen Child Tells of Terrible Treatment by Bhowmcn, Kidnaped by circus hands, John Layton, a G-year-old hoy, told the police at East St. Louis that his clothes had been taken from him, that his face and hands had been discolored as a disguise, and that he had been locked in a cage with monkeys as a wild boy. He trembled with terror even as he told the story of his terrible experience, and not even in the company of his father, Patrick Layton, would he be comforted. His body is covered with scars. His tortures have left him a nervous wreck and the sight of a stranger drives him into a fit of hysterical fear. For more than a week the child had been missing until the other day, when the .police found the terrified little one running into town. Sylvester Baker, a negro attache of tl{e carnival show, is under arrest, but he: has been taken to Belleville to prevent W possible lynching. \ MEXICAN OFFICIALS BRUTAL. , American and English Travelers Said , to Have Suffered Indignities. R. B. Bryan and wife have arrived in Aberdeen, Wash., after six months in Mr. Bryan tells a, story of many indignities suffered at the hands qf Mexican officials at Guaymas, which is almost incredible. With his wife Bryan hoarded a at Alamos Topolobampo for Guayamas, stopping at Mazatiau to put off mail. There they were quarantined and both men and women were treated iu\ a scandalous and brutal manner. Oue Englishman, lie says, tried to escape and Was subsequently found dead, with a bullet hole through his temple. Bryan says that the whole affair was presented tc the American and British consuls at Guayamas before the officers would take any action. ROBS FBL jOW UNION MEN... Hntmaker of Nriwark, N. J., Forces Payments for His Extortion Fine. Accused of attempting to extort money from employes iii\ a hat factory._Da.vid Richman has beei\ fined $999.99 by the II at makers’ Union at Newark, N. J. About eight mouths ago similar charges were made against Ribhman. He was lined $99.99. He declares that the new charges are trumped up and that he will not pay the second finb. The complainants asserted before tlije union that Richman had forced them to pay him $2 a week out of their wages with which to pay his first fine. They also declared that they know he was receiving money from other men in-(he shop. Richman, they said, told them that the money was to go to the firm. LEOPARD TEARS A WOMAN. Animal Trainer Fatally In jured While Taming Dangerous Beast. . Mine. M. L. Morreli, a professional trainer of wild animals, was torn nearly to pieces by a 6-year-old leopard while she was attempting to teach it tricks in one of the big cages of Rostock’s animal show at Coney Island, New York. The great animal leaped on her back from above, and before it could be driven off by Rostock and his assistants had torn and scratched the woman almost fatally. Held for Alleged Bribery. George Eaton, cashier in W. Wellington Company’s bank at Corning, N. Y., was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Sanforifi Deved on the charge of attempting to bribe Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ‘Taylor. The treasury official, it is said, had charge of the matter of selecting a site for the new federal building at Corning. Belgian Steamer Loati Eight Drowned The Belgian steamship Rubens sank off Cbristiansand. The captain, mate and six sailors were drowned. Seven survivors drifted twenty-three hours in an \open boat, aud three of them died from exposure. The other four were picked up by a Norwegian steamer.

Chicago Waiters’ Strike Ends. Striking hotel and restaurant employes in Chicago have capitulated, joint board through Steam Power Council making overtures in writing to employers for peace, agreeing to submit all differences to arbitration. New Servian King Recognized. King Peter of Servia has been formally recognized by Russia, Italy and Austria, but latter!* sovereign practically commands punishment of conspirators who killed King Alexander: there will be an outbreak if he is obeyed.

Battleship Rains a Schooner, The schooner Martha T. Thomas was rammed and nearly sunk in Massachusetts Bay by the battleahip Massachusetts on a clear night. The cargo of pine prevented its sinking. An investigation is likely. » End of Textile 6trike. The Lowell (Mass.) textile workers’ strike hns been declared off .and 17,000 operatives will resume work at former pay. About $1,300,000 were lost in wages. Cleveland Nat Seeking Nomination. Former President Grover Cleveland has broken Ins silence and declared that he does not want the nomination for the presidency. Bad Weather a Setback. R. G. Dun & Co. report merchandise distribution hindered by weather, with trade generally satisfactory; Jane railroad earnings 5.8 per cent over 1902.

FORCE WORK ON WARSHIPS. Government May Act in United States Ship Building Company Tangle. The government of the United States is interested to the extent of $15,000,000 in the proposed reorganization of the United States Shipbuilding Company, having war craft to that valuation under contract in the various yards, and may take some positive stand in the matter. In every contract between the government and a shipyard there is a clause providing that in, case of delay the former may take the details of construction away from the contractor and complete the vessel by government officers and employes. Lewis Nixon, head of the Shipbuilding Company, who is to retire July 1, has stated that there will be no delay in the work on government contracts, but if the bitter fight between the dissenting bondholders and the company results in a receivership the delay incident to the termination of legal proceedings over the property may be sufficient to cause the government to take its warships elsewhere. LOCKS OUT 10,000 EMPLOYES. Tie-Up of the Building Trades in New j York Is Made Complete.. / Ten thousand employes of the George /A. Fuller Construction Company were I thrown out of work by order of the company, thus inuring the lockout in the building trades complete in New York. While not joining the Employers’ Association in membership, the Fuller company took this sympathetic action on the same grounds as those maintained by members of the association. The 150,000 laboring men who are idle because they are members of building trades unions have been served with the ultimatum of the combined contracting constructors that they will remain idle as long as the individual unions refuse to sign the plan or agreement of arbitration and conciliation proposed by the Employers’ Association. BANK OFFICIAL KILLS SELF. Frank Dean, Vice President Seaboard National, New York, a Suicide. Frank Dean, a vice-president of the Seaboard National Bank at 18 Broadway, New York, committed suicide at his home at Orange, N. J. He arose at the usual hour aud went into the cellar, where he shot himself in the head. Mr, Dean’s family advances no motive for his act, but at the bank the officers said Mr. Dean was despondent over domestic afflictions. Mrs. Dean has been an invalid for years and an only son, about 12 years old, recently was stricken with pneumonia. It was stated emphatically at the bank that Mr. Dean’s act was not because of financial matters, as he was involved in no divestments. Until a few months ago Mr. Dean was cashier of the Fifth Avenue Bank. He was about 40 years old. To Merge Vanderbilt Lines. Important changes, it is asserted, are pending in the Vanderbilt railroad systems. President Ledyard of the Michigan Central is to retire Aug. 1, and W. H. Newman, president of the New York Central and the Lake Shore roads, will be made the president of the Michigan Central. This is but the beginning of other changes. The Michigan Central, it is added, will lose,its identity. Safe Robbers liet $1,003. RobbeTS' dynamited the Pennsylvania Railroad safe in the station at Struthers, Ohio, and secured SI,OOO in money, after cutting the railroad and telephone wires, and escaped. The vault of the Struthers Furnace Company was also broken into and $97 secured. \ Death of Major Pond. Major James Burton Pond, famous as a manager of lecturers and singers, {lied at his home in Jersey City as the result of au operation, in which his right leg was amputated. He had been ill for a month. Lynchers Are Foiled. The attempted lynching of George White, the negro, alleged to have murdered Helen Bishop near Wilmington, Del., was prevented by the workhouse prison warden. The girl’s family advised againat violence.

Knnsas Nee 'e Harvest Hands. T. B. Gerow, director of the Kansas free employment bureau, has received final estimates us to the numbey of outside harvest hands to be needed this venr. The total number foots up to 28,100. Minister Dies from Hunger. Rev. Frank Hayes, a superannuated Methodist minister, died from exposure and hunger endured at North Topeka, Kau., during the recent flood. His house was surrounded by water and he was without food for fonr days. Postofficc Robbed of S3OO. The postofflee at Rhodes, lowa, l/4 «vas entered by burglars and the safe wrecked with dynamite. The booty secured by the robbers was S3OO in cash and stamps. There is no clew to their idem tity. ■ American Derby Winner. The American Derby was run at Chicago /Saturday in 2:33. It was won by The Picket, with Claude second aud Bernays third. Rmaib-Up on Illinois Central. Ten persons lost their live* when the Omaha-Chicago )imite<fr,wn the Illinois Central, collided head-on with a freight train just west of Raymond, lowa. U. A Grant for Second Place. The San Diego, Cal„ Union announce* that U. S. Grant is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Vice-Presi-dent next year..

Henry F. Greene Named. Henry F. Greene Of Dulnth ha* been appointed civil service commissioner to succeed Mr. Garfield. Mr. Greene is a lawyer.