Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1903 — WOMAN GETS $50,000. [ARTICLE]

WOMAN GETS $50,000.

NEW YORK EMPLOYERS CHARGE HER WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. Mr*. Mary Johnson Accused by United State* Playing Card Company of Stealing Large Soma—Union of Presbyterian Churches Planned. Mrs. Marie Layton Johnson, n beautiful young woman of 29, is locked up in New York charged with her "fonfrcr"employer -of $50,000. She is the„ ■wife of Albert M. Johnson, a dentist of Larchmont, N. Y., with an office in the metropolis. The warrant specifically charges her with the larceny of $2,000. The total amount of her defalcation* twill probably amount to $50,000. The dom- ” plain ants are Officers of the United States Playing Cards Company, with home offices iu Cincinnati and a branch in New York at 685 Broadway. Mrs-. Johnson, whose maiden name was 3>larie Layton, was bookkeeper in the New York office and in addition acted as ..private secretary to Mr. McCutcheon. She was married to Dr. Johnson in 1901. but did not leave ber position after the marriage. In April of this year discrepancies are •aid to have been discovered in her accounts, according to the statement given out by Inspector McClusky, "and an examination is said to have revealed a shortage of SIO,OOO between Jan. 1 and April 15 in the accounts of the Ne-w York office. She wils discharged, and the investigation continued with developments as given above.

CHURCHES PLAN TO UNITE. Basis o t Union Will Be Submitted to General Assemblies. The committee* on co-operation and union of the Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, •which had been in session in St. Louis four days, two days of which were occupied in joint session, adjourned. “While no agreements were reached at this meeting,” said the chairman, “encouraging progress was made toward outlining a proposal of a basis of union* to be submitted to the two general assemblies.” Wreck on Southern Pacific. The Atlantic Express on the Southern Pacific collided head-on with a freight train at Beowawe, Net., one person being killed and twenty injured as a result. A passenger coach telescoped the smoking ear for half its length and thre9> engines are locked together. The engineer of the express did not see the flagman sent to warn him in time to prevent a collision. Kansas Corn Yield Is Rig. “I have just finished a tour of the Kansas corn belt,” said Got. Bailey at Topeka, Kan., “and I feel safe in saying to the country that the corn yield this year will reach 190,000,000 bushels. There will be 50,000,000 bushels more than the grain men are figuring on,"Gov. Bailey is one of the most extensive farmers of Kansas. Health Rnined by Cold Path. Sait has been begun against the city of Philadelphia on behalf of John F. Rapp and his wife, Maggie K. ~KappT who ask for heavy damages because Mrs. Rapp under orders from the board of health was taken from her home to the almshouse hospital and there given a cold bath, from which she became seriously ill. Earthquake In St. Louis. A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Carondelet, the southern part of St. Louis. The disturbance lasted about a minute and caused alarm among the citizens. At the same time a slight shock was felt in the western portion of the city. * St. Charles, Minn., Destroyed. St. Charles, Minn., was razed by a tor- * nndo, seven persons killed and twentyeight injured. Other deaths from the storm are reported throughout the State. At Independence, Wis., two persons were killed and thpee fatally injured. Lives Lost in Green Bar. Twelve persons were drowned by the capsizing of the steamer Hackley in Green Bay during a furious gale. Seven survivors were picked tip by a passing bout after tossing all night on a bit pf wreckage. Wedding of Ruth Rryan. Ruth Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, was married to William Homer Leavitt of Newport, R. 1., at Fair View*, the summer home of the Bryans near Lincoln, Neb. Storm Takes Several Lives. Five persons were killed and twenty buildings demolished by a tornado at Sheridan, Wis. Two men were drowned In Green Lake, near Ripon, Wis. Great damage to property is reported. Corbin Is Displaced. Major General Corbin, virtual head of the army, has been assigned to command the Department of the fcitsf, and will be •ucceeded by Major General Chaffee, now in charge of that post. Turks and Bulgarians in Battle. Serious news has been received at Sofia. Bulgaria, from the frontier of fightlug between Turkish and Bulgarian troops at Demir-Kapia, both sides sustaining losses. Carrie’s Ex-Husband Dies. DaTid Nation, divorced husband of Mrs. Carrie Nation, was taken ill of stomach trouble at Mediciue Lodge, Kan., and died. Pledge Against Hazing. Every third class man, as he reports ft the Annapolis Naval Academy, is now required to sign a pledge that he will not do any hazing. Superintendent Brownson is investigating recent acts by upper clans men. Cane Rnsli Will Be Fatal. In tlis annual cane rush between the freshmen and tophoniorc classes at the opening of Tula no University, New Origins. tbs attack became a desperate one aud several men were injured, oue fatally and a second seriously. /