Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1903 — PLANTS SHUT DOWN [ARTICLE]

PLANTS SHUT DOWN

THOUSANDS OF MEN THROWN OUT OF WORK. Consolidated Lake Superior Company at American and Canadian “Sooe” In Difficulties—Barber Tries to Kill Wife in Battle Creek. Pending the outcome of the financial difficulties in which the Consolidated I.ake Superior Company at Sauk Ste. Marie, Mich., is now involved President Shields . has. v iaeuod orders temporarily r; cloih' K 3oWh™Blf'ofthe ivperntrons’of tbo company, except the street railway system ou both sides of the river, the ferry system and the Tagona Light and Power Company of the Canadian Soo. This step is taken, it is announced, because the funds of the company are exhausted and Mr. Shields does not want to incur further liabilities until it is known where the money with which to meet them is coining from. Inasmuch as the company’s operations on the American aide are confined to the street railway and the power house force, the order will not materially affect the American Soo. In tile Canadian Soo. however, the effect on business will be very extensive. The total number of men thrown out of employment is 3,500. Train service over the Algoma Central Railroad, owing to the cessation of work in the wood?, will he reduced to one train per week. The Helen and Grate mines nt Micliipieoten will be shut down, ns will the Gertrude nickel mine at Sudbury. The general Staff of the company will be reduced front ninety to fifteen men.

BASK BALL SCORES. Standing of the Cl aba In Big Leagaj Games. The clubs in the National League are standing thus: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg .. .90 44 Brooklyn ... .65 64 New Y0rk...81 53 Boston 56 78 Chicago 79 54 Philadelphia. .44 84 Cincinnati ...71 GO St Louis 42 91 Following is the standing of the clubs in the American League: W. L. W. L. • .86 Louis.-...i»2 4M» Cleveland ...72 60 Detroit 61 66 Philadelphia. .68 58 Chicago 56 72 -Near York.. .65 £8 Washington.. .41 88 CHICAGOAN TRIES TO KILL WIFE. Mrs. Charles Rollins Grabs Revolver and Saves Her Ltfe. Mrs. Charles Rollins bears on her right thumb a scar that tells of a close call she had in Battle Creek, Mich. She is a professional nurse, and has made her home there since leaving her husband, a Chicago barber, four years ago. Rollins wanted her to rejoin him, but she refused. He went to the home of Miss Annetta Blakely, where his' wife was working as a nurse, and without-.a word of warning tried to shoot her. Before he could fire she grabbed the revolver and the hammer came down on her thumb.

City Suffers Bail Flood. The worst flood experienced in that portion of the Mississippi valley for years has been submerging thousands of seres of farm lauds along the river near La Oroese, Wis., sweeping away stacks of hay and grain, drowning live stock* in fields and doing immense damage. The flood entered I>a Crosse and in the lower portion of the north side sixty families were forced to move out of their homes. Said to Have Four Wives. Dr. Clarence Colgrove Perry has been arrested at Cambridge, Mass., on the charge of bigamy. It is asserted that the prisoner was married to Sarah Louise Pratt of San Francisco in 1577, nnd deferred her in Chicago; to Isabelle Jane Wood in New York in ISS3; to Adeline C. Colgrove of lioeton in 1593, and to Annie Marie Brett at Cambridge in 1902. Jail Delivery at Jeffersonville. Harry Emmett, - charged with safe blowing; James Massengill, who Confessed to attempted criminal assault, and Bud Jones, charged with perjury, escaped from the county jail at Jeffersonville, Ind. The men cut a hole through the iron cage and dropped to the ground by means of a rope made of bed clothing. Many Are Injured in Wreck. A Vandalia freight train crashed into a Monon passenger train at the Crawfordsville, Ind., junction, overturning and demolishing two coaches. Of the ninety passengers several were seriously hurt. Favor* Panama Canal. Senator Obaldia has been formally installed us Governor of Pammin aud reiterated his belief that the interests of the world demand the construction of the Panama canal. More Cabinet HeaiKnations. Lord Balfour of Burleigh has resigned from the British cabinet. Financial Secretary Arthur Elliot has also retired. It ia believed the Duke of Devonshire will remain in th« ministry. Joseph Letter Arrested. Joseph I>eiter was arrested at Bar Harbor, Me., for the alleged non-payment > of a hill for provisions. Mr. Letter says he was overcharged. Prof. Alexander liain la Dead. V, Prof. Alexander Bain, formerly lord rector of the university at A herd ecu, Scotland, and for twenty years professor of logic and English literature, is dead. Wealthy Man la Mnrderrd. O. P. Dexter of Norwalk, Conn., a large bolder of Adirondack lands in Franklin County, N. Y., was shot and killed while riding along the road near Santa Clara. No clew to his slayer has been obtained- " Marble Workers Locked Oat. Repudiation of an agreement by the International Association of Marble Worker* resulted in the beginning of a lockout of the 3,000 marble workers cm ployed in nine of the largest cities in the cuunirj.