Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1903 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS

HOLD-UP MAN FATALLY SHOT. Wounded at Bprlngfleld, 0., After Fight with Detective NorrU. Andrew Myers, a colored man, charged with holding up and robbing Charles Hays, was fatally shot by Sheriff Routralin near Spriugfleld, Ohio, after negro had had a desperate straggle with Detective John T. Norris. Hays was robbed of $2.50 and a watch, after he had been struck over the head by a man who climbed into the back of his buggy. Hays is In a serious condition and may die. i Norris was sworn in ns a deputy constable and, going to Myers’ house, attempted to arrest him. Myers drew a revolver and Norris, wh’o, is now an old man, attempted to secure possession of it. The two men clinched and a moment later Norris was rolled on the ground, wi ; th Myers on his body, beating him over the head with a revolver. Leaving the old detective for dead on the ground, Myers returned to his house. Norris, recovering consciousness, went to Springfield for help. Sheriff Routzahn and Deputy Rupert went to the scene of action and Myers fnqpd them at his oWn door, with a revolver. The Sheriff and his deputy took no chances and immediately shot him several times through the body. Myers had been implicated in a number of robberies, notably one last winter, when two aged sisters, living alone, were robbed of a large amount. STOLEN KISSES COST SSO EACH. St. Louis Judge Places Fine Upon an Amorous Church Organist. Julius Uherkovits, organist of the Slavonic Church nt Twelfth nnd Park avenues, St. Louis, who created a great sensation in the church last July by kissing forcibly the pretty wife of one of the congregation, has been fined SIOO by default in Judge Pollard’s court. The evidence showed that Uherkovits imprinted two kinses on the cheek of Mrs. L. C. Hollis. Judge I’oilard, after careful consideration of the law and ’of the woman's feelings, estimated the kisses at SSO each, or SIOO a pair. FIND lO\yA MAN MURDERED. Body of Newton Hillyard of Clinton Discovered Near Winona, Minn. Chief of Police Rundgren of Clinton, Town, received a message from the chief of police at Winona, Minn., raying the murdered body of Newton Hillyard of Clinton was found opposite Winona. The body was identified by letters in the pockets. The llillyards came to Clinton twelve years ago from Tipton. A few weeks ago the father of the murdered man died, leaving considerable property. Soon after this Jvewton left home and hut little had been heard from him. lie leaves a wife and children in Clinton. STEAL GOVERNMENT TIMBER. Minnesota Lumbermen, Accused of Being in a Conspiracy. The suit brought by the government against Lieut. Gov. Ray W. Jones of St. Paul, alleging that he had taken part iu a lumber deal by which the government had h£en robbed of 8,000,000 feet of lumber, has caused a sensation. Mr. Jones has been concerned in lumber difficulties previously and it is understood that the suit will show a conspiracy among large Minnesota luipber dealers to denude government land of its timber.

Km press'of India Rams Cruiser. The Canadian Pacific railroad's steamer Empress of India collided near Hongkong with the Chinese bruiser HuangTai. The war ship nans an hour after the collision. The Empress of India saved 170 of the crew of the cruiser. The captain of the Huang-Tai, who refused to leave his ship, aud thirteen of the.crew were drowned. .■* *» • ■ K ' Shubert, Neb., Fire Swept. Fire, which started from an exploding lamp in the Palace Hotel in Shubert, Neb.,, destroyed the hotel, a hardware store and stock, a restaurant, the Citizen printing office, a general store, a saloon, two residences and two barns, which comprise the most of the business portion of the town. The loss is $40,000. Wheat Shortage Closes Still*. The Anchor and B mills of the Pills-bury-W ash burn Flour Mills Company gmi mills C, I>. E and G of the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company in Minneapolis, all of which have been running night and day, have closed. The mills were closed because of the shortage of wheat. Many Striker* Resume Work. It is estimated that between 0,000 nnd 7,000 textile strikers ip Philadelphia, principally operatives in the rug branch, resumed work Monday. The manufacturers made no concessions. The strike was begun eleven weeks ago, and of the original tJO.OOO strikers ouly 10,000 remain out. i Thinks Verdict Excessive. Judge Bellinger of Portland, Ore., has set aside the verdict of $22,500 awarded Miss Birdie N. McCarthy, a Michigan teacher, in her breach of promise suit against James Hereford, an Oregon banker nnd cattle man. He considered the verdict excessive. Yacht* Ho Not Cover Course. Reliance and Shamrock 111. failed to cover the course in the first trial, and the race was called off by mutual consent. Reliance showed superiority over the challenger under conditions especially favorable to the latter. Hinds China to Open Door. United States Minister Conger has secured a written promise from Prince safe to sign Oil Oct. 8 a treaty with the United States which will include a guaranty that Mukden aud Tatung-Tao shall be open ports. . Hale* Black List la Ugil, Judge Rogers in the United States Circuit Court in Bt. Louis banded down au opinion to the effect that any company

has the absolute right to dismiss employes because they belong to labor unions or for any other reason; that employers may maintain what is known as a blacklist and give it out for the use of others; (hat this is a purely lawful act and has no element of conspiracy. CHILD BRUTALLY SLA fii. Terribly Mntilatied Remain* of Alphonse Welme* Found. The mutilated remains of 4-year-old Alphonse Welmes, whose father lives on' St. Aubin aven le, Detroit, were found in a lot at the rear of the Michigan Stove Works at Adair and Wight streets. The body was discovered by a workman wedged between two molding boxes. The hands were tied behind with wire and a red handkerchief had been stuffed down the little fellow’s throat for a gag. The body was partly stripped of clothing. The abdomen was slashed open and the left wrist was nearly severed. Both thighs also had long, deep cuts in them. All the wounds had been made apparently with a very sharp instrument. Alphonse had been missing from his home for 18 hours. Nothing was thought of his absence St’first, but when he did not return for supper a search was begun that ended in the identification of the body by his father at the morgue. KILLING IN HOTEL HOLD-UP. v Deputy Constable Dead and Another Mortally Wounded at St. Louis. Two highwaymen who attempted to. rob the St. Charles Hotel office in St. Louis were put to flight by Clerk Dawson with a revolver, and one of them, giving the name of Joseph Wright, was probably mortally wounded.*' Policeman Cremins, attracted by the shots, received a bullet in the leg. Twenty minutes later, John McAuliffe, n deputy constable, who was driving rapidly several blocks from the hotel, was shot and killed. It is not known who fired the shot. McAuliffe, the police say, had a criminal record, and they are working on the theory that he was implicated in the attempted robbery. At the hospital the prisoner Wright admitted seeing McAuliffe in the vicinity of the hotel earlier in the night. HAIL KILLS CORN CROP. ““ Remarkable Storm Hit* Two Indiana Count iei - Much Damage Done. ' Southern Miami County and northern Fulton County, Indiana, were visited by remarkable hail storms and thousands of acres of growing corn was ruined. What corn was not blown down was cut by the hailstones, some of which measured seven inches in circumference. Hail drifts were reported at and after tlie storm the fog was so dense that nothing could be seen fifty feet away. live stock was killed in the vicinity of Miami. Lodges at Cleveland Suffer Damage. Fire destroyed the three upper floors of the Masonic Temple, at the corner of Superior and Bond streets, Cleveland, and flooded the lower floors with water. The building was occupied by a number of Masonic lodges and commauderies on the three upper floors, while the lower, 'floors were occupied by stores and offices. The directors estimate the loss at $75,(XX).

Seizes an American Ship.. The American schooner Addie Cole, bound from Ivey West for Mexico, was overhauled and taken to Havanh by n Cuban coast guard boat on suspicion of smuggling. The investigation showed there were,no grounds for the suspicion and the schooner has been ordered to be released. Hiir Fire in Texas Oil Field. Fire destroyed twenty-five derricks in what Is known as the Shoestring district in the Sour Lake oil fields trf Texas. The flames were started by a man throwing a gallon of crude oil in the firebox to start a fire in a boiler. Several huge tanks nnd 180 derricks were threatened. The 10. e is $50,000. Shmt* Wife, Kill* Self. Because his wife threatened to leave home Robert Snowball, boas of Stevenson's No. 3 mine at South Fork, Pa., shot her through the neck and then, killed, himself with a shot in the right temple. Snowball had been drinking and this was the cause of the quarrel. The woman probably will recover. Golf Ball Kill* Girl. After lying unconscious for three days, Bertha Herman. 14 years old, died in a Philadelphia hospital from the effects of being struck ou the head with a golf ball. The child wasYvntching the play on the Sharon Hill links, when the ball struck "her, fracturing the skull. Longest Fence In World. The fence about, the Fort Belknap Indian reservation in Montana, which is forty miles wide anil sixty miles long, hns been finished. It probably is the longest fence in the world aud has taken years in building. Fatal Tennessee Clondburat. The electric light and water plants of Greetiville, Tcnn., were flooded nnd made useless by a cloudburst, and Robert Parks, with his little 7-year-old son. were drowned while attempting to cross a swollen creek. Honore Palmer la Married. The wedding of Miss Grace Greenway Brown of Baltimore to Honore Pahner of Chicago took place in I.ondon, about a score of friends being present. „ British Kill 700 Kncoiie*. It Is reported in London that a British column of thirty whites nnd 500 natives defeated a superior force of rebellions natives at Buruii, Nigeria, and killed 700.

\ Thrashing Engine Ha rat*. The explosion of a thrashing machine engine near Coahocton, Ohio sfcauUed in the death of one and the aerioua injury of three others.

MADE MILLIONS IN SIX YEARS. Death of Former Peon Who Offered to Pay Mexico’s Public Debt. Pedro Alvarado, multi-millionaire mining man, is dead at Parral, Mexico. He was one of the most spectacular characters in Mexico. Six years ago he was a barefooted peon working in a mine at 30 cents a day., He discovered the wonderful prospect, now known ns the Pal Millo mine. How much it has produced is not known, but it is conservatively estimated that Alvarado’s wealth aggregates fully $85,000,000. He had no faith in banks, and it is said that more than $60,000,000 of silver bars nre locked in a., steel cage .of his palatial home' near Parral, constantly guarded by a strong force of men. Alvarado recently offered to pay the public debt of Mexico, but this offer was refused by the finance minister. A year ago Alvarado made his first trip over a railroad, chartering a special train for Chihuahua, nnd bringing with him n bodyguard of 200 men. lie was very charitable, disbursing millions among the poor of Parral and surrounding country. RESTORES LIKE TO INFANT. Remarkable Result* From felectriclty In an Ontario Case. Dr. James Krien, an old practitioner of Essex, Ont., says he was successful on Thursday last by means of electricity in restoring life to a child which had apparently been born dead, after all old methods had failed. He says: ‘‘lmmediately after birth not a sign of life was visible. After all known remedies failed to revive the apparently lifeless babe it occurred to me to test electricity. I had never hoard of such an experiment, and only decided to do so when the last spark of life had apparently fled. After fifteen minutes' application of the galvanic and faradic current the infant showed signs of returning life. I increased the current and in ten minutes more was rewarded by seeing the child breathing and the heart beating normally. ST. LOUIS FIRM IS BURNED OUT. Building Occnpled by A. S>. Aloe & Co. Is Gutted by Eire. The building occupied by A. S. Aloe & Co., dealers in optical sui*plies and surgical instruments at 414 North Broadway, St. Louis, was gutted by fire The total loss is estimated at s3j>o,ooo. partly insured. The Simmons Hardware Company, adjoining, suffered from damage by water. During the fire a water tower fell across the street and crashed into the T. J. Reid shoe store, doing $6,500 damage. It is stated that the fire started from an electric light wire. FENCES WILL BE TORN DOWN. Nebraska Cattlemen Abandon Fight to Hold Government Land in Ranges. Nebraska cattlemen who have fenced thousands of acres of government land for ranch purposes have abandoned the fight to maintain the boundaries and the land will be' thrown into ranges. The Catle Men’s Association notified the district attorney in Omaha that by Sept. 1 the barriers will be down. These are the famous fences which Col. Mosby was sent from Washington to tear down. Col. MosA>y was' recalled for intiammajory talk at Omaha regarding the cattle men.

Will Mine Its Own Iron. The International Harvester Company of Chicago has purchased the mining interests of the Dgering Harvester Company on the Mesaba and Baraboo ranges of Minnesota for $3,500,000. The International Harvester corporation has determined to follow the example set by the Deering before it entered the combine of controlling the raw material. Young Kobbors Arrested. Fred Cox, aged 14, and Edgar Driscoll, 17, prominently connected in Muncie, Iml.. were arrested at Columbus, 0., charged with the robHevy of the Wachtel department store iu Muneie. The booty was fouiifl in their possession. The boys made confessions and agreed to return for prosecution without requisition papers. ~ Deserts and Frees Others. Grace and Sullivan, prisoners at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, induced Private St. John of Company F, J-'irst infantry, who was acting ns their guiird as they worked about the officers’ quarters, to throw down h$ rifle and belt aud desert while tlley escaped. Peru Scats a New President. Congress has formally proclaimed the election of President Candemo and Second Vice-President Caldoron, sajs a dispatch from Lima. lVru. A. new election for first vice-president has been ordered, Seuor Alareo, chorea for that office, having died. Flood Seizes Gold Ore. A cloudburst at Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Aria., wrecked the stamp mill of the principal gold mine nt that place and floods carried away 10,000 tons of tailings valued at $40,000 that were being worked for gold by the cyanide process. No lives have been lost. Boy Cured of Lockjaw. A cure for lockjaw has been discovered by Dr. S. A. Mathews of University of Chicago and used successfully on the son of J. M. Newman, of South Chicago. Calcium aud potassium salts solution were given as an injection. Trade Reported Good. Dun's Review of Trade says the quieting influence of the vacation reason is barely noticeable in business. Crops tardy iu moving to market, but railway earnings continue good. ' Heavy iron contract* made. Con* Murder Kanaas Man. W. J. Edwards of Plains, Kan., was shot and killed during she night. Hia sons. Don and Roy, have surrendered, admitting that they did the shooting. Mo | ta*t la known.