Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1903 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

GIVES BULLION TO RELATIVES. Chicago Millionaire Dlatributes Fortune tn Heir* Before Death. “After having the fun of making the money, now I want to let my relatives have advantage of it before it is too late. I want to see how they will act. Besides by giving the money now I will avoid inheritance fees and any fight over my fortune aftqr my death.” Stephen B. Uoath, the eccentric and aged Chicago Stock Y’ards millionaire, who the other day divided SI.OOO, > bOO among his poor kin, is reported as having spoken thus when asked the motive for his gift. Mr. Roath is in Norwich, Conn., among hla relatives who are profiting from his generosity. The settlements Mr. Uoath has made in his scheme of giving $1,000,000 to his relatives are as follows: Louis P. Roath of Norwich, his brother, $250,000; Mrs. Elizabeth Randall, his sister, $250,000; Edwin A. Roath, nephew, $250,000; children of Mrs. Henry L. Parker, deceased sister, each $50,000 ns follows: Mrs. Harry 11. Walker, Brooklyn; Gerard L. Parker. Cincinnati; Mrs. H. B. Norton, Mrs. Martin E. Jensen and Harry F. Parker of Norwich. Mr. Roath, who made his fortune at the Chicago Union Stock Yards, has occupied one room at the Transit House for thir-ty-eight year.*, and many stories are in circulation there regarding his eccentricities. FIGHT FOR $50,003 IN A SAFE. Court* Take Hand in Case of Missouri Foot Race Suspects. The federal authorities intercepted at Joplin, Mo., a steel safe, said to contain $50,000 in gold, in transit from Kansas City to Neosho, Mo., and consigned to George It. Clay of that city. The package was shipped by Robert Boatright, said to be leader of the “fake” foot races, who is alleged to have pocketed half a million by bis operations in Missouri and other States. A bitter tight is berns waged -for of Jtho .safe, .Attorney Clay having taken legal steps ta secure its possession, while 11. W. Cuwyv attorney for the foot race victims, is also trying to-get the properly. Boatright, who is under bonds iu other States to the extent of $40,000, is spending the auumier at some northern lakes. BIG FALL OF TOADS IN UTAH. Million* of Them Dropped from Cloud* Dnring Thunderstorm. The other night an unusuai thunderstorm swept over the northern part of Weber County, Utuh. A tremendous rainfall was accompanied by a great fall of toads. Tn The - morning people going Into Ogden encountered an army of hoppers. There were millions of them, from an inch to an inch and a half long. They were so deep on the highway that they clogged the wheels of vehicles, and it was with difficulty that teams could get through. Nothing like it was ever seen or known iu that section. The theory is advanced that the storm was the end of a distant cloudburst, but where the cloud picked up the toads is a mystery. ... aas Mother Slay* Her Babes. Two' children were killed by inhaling Illuminating gas in Philadelphia. They were Clara and Bertha Roder. Their mother and two other children are iu a dangerous condition. Mrs. Roder said •he had attempted to murder her children and commit suicide. The woman gave as a reason that her husband was without money and that the family, without food, had been forced to vacate the home.

Ilrynn Lead* Nebraska Dcimcrata. The Democratic State convention in Nebraska reaffirmed the Kansas City platform. William J. Bryan was the dominating spirit of the convention. Judge John J. Sullivan was nominated for Supreme Judge, and the Populist candidates, W. O. Jones and E. O. Weber,.were indorsed for regents of the State University. Homes Arc Under Water. A cloudburst early this morning caused the Big Blue River to rise sixteen feet within a few hours, sending a great flood of wafer down the bottoms along that stream. Many inhabitants in the lowlands south of Marysville, Kan., were driven from their homes and heavy dam•go to property was done. One death by drowning is reported. Send Committee to Mitchell. The Southwestern Coal Operators' Association appointed a committee to confer with" President John Mitchell and ask him to use his-influence to have the difficulties in Missouri settled by arbitration. If this is not done it is believed that every mine in the State will be tied up. Muat Take Oath of Allegiance. A stir has been created in the govern-, ment printing office in Washington by an order to all heads of departments, which will be exteuded to ail employes, that the oath of allegiance to the United States must be taken. \ Teleixreph Crones Alaska. ‘ The last link connecting Seattle with St. Michael's by telegraph is complete. Messages aye now forwarded to*Nome by mail. Thi4 marks the completion of the American government’* great Alaskan land system. w Bustle Heroine Perishes. Mrs. I.ucy Van llerekes, who recently lost her bustle, containing $7,300. near St. Paul. Minn., was found dead at her borne near Stmwnee, Kan. Secreted about the bouse $1,575 iu gold was diacovertd. Heavy and Widespread Kainfatl. I-os* of life and much damage to crops and railway property resulted from an unusually heavy rainfall in lowa. Kansas and Nebraska. Seven inches of rain fell In twenty-four hours in Omaha. The storm belt extended to the Atlantic coast. Magelaaen Not Killed. It transpires that the report that Vice Consul Magelsaen was kiHfd iu Syria is incorrect. An unknown persou fired at

him, and the bullets parsed close to the vice consul but did not touch him. The error in stnting that Vice Consul Magelssen had been killed arose from a mistake in a cipher telegram. Our warships have npt been recalled, however. The attack on Mr, Magelsseuifi regarded as an incident which points to the necessity of a demonstration which will have the effect of insuring the .protection of Americans iu the Turkish Empire. BOY BAVUD FROM SHIP. New York Port Official* Halt French Bark Mureclial. The American boy who tried to escape from the French bark Marechal de Gontant, alleging that he had been “shanghaied,” was taken from the vessel by Collector of the Port Stranahan of New York,,, who had gone out to sea on the revenue .cutter Gresham, y he rescue was made after an all-night search at sea, about four miles east of the Sandy Hook lightship. The boy is named -Hugh Thompson, is 16 years old, and is the son of a sailor who ships on a coastwise vessel which plies between Bangor, Me., and points Bouth. After he bad been taken in charge by the revenue officers young Thompson said he had not been forcibly taken tq-the boat, but bad gone with the consent of his father. He said, however, that he thought he was to ship on a coaster, and when he found that the Marechal de Gontaut was bound for Yokohama and that he would be absent for many months, he wanted to return to his home. The government officials declare that Captain Denhlere of the Frenchman made a statement that he had paid $36 to a boarding house runner for the services of the boy. PEONAGE TRIALS EMBITTER. Race Hatred in Alabama la Fostered by Push inn Case*. Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United States Court in Montgomery, Ala., receive*] a petition signed by several hundred negroes of‘Coosa and Tallapoosa counties asking him to suspend the sentence and Burancos Cosby, who pleaded guilty to holding negroes in a condition of peonage. The petition stated that these cases have, caused a bitter feeling between the two races. The petitioners believe that the-peonage system is broken up and further say that the Cosbys were good citizens of the community. It is indicated that there will be several mass meetings held before long iu the interest of harmony. BLOWN OUT OF ENGINE CAB. Engineer, Fireman and Brakeman Meet with Unusual Accident. While ascending a heavy grade about two miles west of Girard, l*a., the crown sheet of a Lake Shore Railroad on a west-bound freight train, blew out, fatally scalding Engineer Charles Albright of Buffalo and Fireman J. W. Burns of Ashtabula, Ohio, and terribly burning Brakeman Ralph Clayy of Colliuwood, Ohio. All three are Bingle. The men were blown clear out of the locomotive cab. The train continued to riin and the rest of the crew knew nothing of the accident until they saw from the caboose windows the bodies of their fellow employes near the tracks. ,

Mission to Kill Trusts. Sam Cohn, who says he is from Spokane, confessed that he blew up the Northern Pacific bridge at Livingston, Mont., last month. When arrested near Arlee he was trying to buy dynamite. Cohn says it is his mission to correct certain evils and destroy railroads, which, he says, are trusts. Robbed by Masked Men. An electric car was held up at the west end of Adams street, Los Angeiep, Gal., by two masked highwaymen and the motormun and conductor were robbed of their watches and money. One of the robbers ke.pt the car men covered with a revolver while the other searched them, securing sl4 ami two watches. Insane Scared br Fire. An early morning fire damaged the power house at the city poor farm, Marf.halsen. Pa., to the extent of SIO,OOO. The flames for a time threatened the buildings occupied by the male and female insane, and the inmates became greatly excited, but they were soon pacified by the attendants. Ide to Succeed Gen. Wright. President Rooevelt announced that Henry C. Ide, at present member of the Philippine Commission, would be designated as viee governor of the Philippines in succession to Gen. Luke E. Wright when the latter assumes the office of governor general. Desert a “Hoodooed" Mins. Because of continued disasters resulting in loss_ of life 100 men' have quit work iu the Treadwell mine, on Douglas Island, Alaska. The men do not make any charge of mismanagement or unsafe condition of the mine. They rather inti-, mate that the property is. “hoodooed.” Give Up Hope for Steamer. The French steamer Amiral Gueydon, 3,018 tons, which sailed from Marseilles July 15 for Colombo, has not since been reported and has been given up for lost. There were fifty-screu persons on board the vesseL Tom L. Johnson Nominated. Mayor Tom L. Johnson was nominated for Governor by Ohio Democratic convention at Columbus; Bryan wing assured control by capturing State committee members; John H. Clarke indorsed for Senate r. Wisconsin Central Fold. It is re|»ortfd in railroad circles that an agreement under which the Grand Trnnk acquire* control of the Wisconsin Central has been signed. No particulars of the deal are obtainable.

SIX BANDITS RAID TOWN. * Heavily Armed Band Descend* on Me* Farland, Kan., and Sacks Station. At 1 o'clock the other night six masked men, heavily armed, appeared at the Rock Island station iu McFarland, Kan., and started to enter through the office door. Conductor Monnehan of a freight train, which had jrtst pulled in, and Night Baggageman Charles Toler saw them and hurriedly attempted to block the door, but the robbers forced an entrance and after taking their money and watches, beat the railroad men into insensibility. The bandits then rifled the station of its contents and, going hurriedly to the eating house, .held up and took all the valuables from half a dozen men on the platform employed at the 'roundhouse and a part of the train crew. Passengers at the lunch counter scurried upstair* apd blocked the entrance effectively. The bandits then looted the eating house cash register and sideboard, doing their work after the fashion of veterans. Then, apparently ns a joke, they marched and carried six of the Rock Island employes, includiug tile night hostler and Baggageman Toler* to a refrigerator car and placed them in; and then disappeared in an easterly direction. During the thirty minutes of their presence not a shot was fired and only Monnehan and Toler were injured. RUNAWAY AUTO KILLS WOMAN. Others Are Badly Injured in nn Accident Near Cleveland* Ohiv. While climbing a hill toward Little Mountain, a summer resort twenty-five miles east of Cleveland, an automobile containing four people suddenly became unmanageable and started backward down the hill. At the bottom it was upset and the four people thrown out. When picked up it was found that Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick of Cleveland was dead, and the three other occupants seriously injured. The other three occupants were W. 11. KifkiShtrlcK, his mother, 70 years of age, aud a man named Cavanaugh. The elder Mrs. KirkpatriclTwas the more seriously injured, .hut it is thought she will recover. The other two, while seriously, were not dangerously injured. GIRLS FORCE %ToUE STRIKE. B. H. Kroser’s Employes in Hamilton, 0., Want Handsome Manager Back. Because Frederick Jansen, the handsome young bachelor manager of the B. 11. Kroger chain of groceries in Hamilton, Ohio, had been summarily deposed there was “nothing doing” in any of the Kroger stores the other day. The girl cashiers and clerks took up the cudgel iu.behalf of their young chief and notified the new manager that they would not work for him. They prevailed on the men clerks and even the drivers to quit, and though the doors were kept open the stores were without employes. The girls say that they will stand by Jansen and will not return unless he is Jansen is a brother-in-law of B. H. Kroger, the millionaire owner of a big string of stores in Ohio.

Labor Tronble at Ft. Joseph, Mo. With the inauguration at. St. Joseph, Mo„ of a strike by the carpenters and plumbers general business is seriously affected anil all building operations are at a standstill. For weeks trouble has been brewing between the Employers’ Association on the one hand and the Building Trades Council on the other. Fully 5,000 workmen are affected by the strike. Discard the Kras.Rifle. The announcement is made in Chattanooga by a member of the special board apjK)inted hy the ordnance department to make rifle tests at Buffalo that the United States government has adopted the improved Springfield rifle and will discard the Ivrag. The w'eapon adopted will be seven pounds in weight, while the Ivrag, now in use, weighs nine. Child Found Buried Alive. Claus Christenson of Callaway, Neb., aged 12 years, was killed by being buried alive. The boy was hunting for gophers, accompanied by his dog. Searching p4r~ tics discovered his dog sitting near the dirt walls of a canyon. ,An investigation disclosed the boy’s feet protruding from a mass of earth which had fallen on him. Aim at Bulgarians’ Extinction. According to a Sofia telegram the Turkish repressive measures iu Macedonia have reached the utmost limits of barbarism and it is evident that it is the intention to aecomplirb by degrees the total extirpation of the Bulgarian population. Explosion at Carthage, Mo, An explosion at the works of the Independent Tower Company, four mile* southwest of Carthage, Mo., on Center creek, wrecked the mixing room, killing three persona and injuriug three others, one fatally. Killed bj Cave-In. Two miners were iustantly killed and six others are idle as the result of one of the heaviest cave-ins that ever occurred in the anthracite mines, in the No. 5 mine of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company- at Wilkcsbsrre, Pa. Great Defalcation Charged. Howard T. Goodwin, who committed suicide in Philadelphia, Pa., last December, Is accused by Caasett St Co., brokers for whom he was manager, with stealing $1,000,00(b worth of securities. Bomb Under lurk tab Train. An express train between Budapest and Constantinople was blown up by a dynamite bomb and reven persona killed and fifteen injured. Revolutionists nr? accused. Three Bulgarian Villa ires Attacked. Three Bulgarian villages near Tchcrkfskoi. vilayet of Adrianopie, are reported to have been attacked by Circassians and their inhabitants massacred.