Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1903 — FROM THE FOUR QUARTERN OF THE EARTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERN OF THE EARTH

V CARRIE CAUSES PANIC. Tries to See Pres Went an a Creates a . Scene in Senate. . Carrie Nation invaded the White House and Senate chamber Thursday 'and created the greatest excitement since the pugilistic encounter between Senators Tillman and McLaurin. Her shouts created a panic and officers ejects ed her from both places. With a woman's wisdom, Carrie left every weapon except her tongue outside the fence, but she used her voice with startling effect. Mrs. Nation was arrested in the gallery of the Senate chamber just after the opening of the session. She screamed down at the Senators that they were all allies.of the rum sellers. There was tremendous excitement in the galleries. Women screamed and men. rushed toward Mrs? Nation, who was taken to the guard room and then in « patrol wagon to the police court. Although she was not allowed to See the President, he was forced to give her an ntulieneir’wheu she went to UuLWhite House, for lie could not fail to .have heard every word she said. She screamed in the lobby of the office building. only a few yards from the President's room, that the “Roose'velt western trip was a cigarette-smoking, liquordrinking bout.”. Nothing that the secret seiviee men ami the uniformed police ccuki do would quiet her voice. ; Finally she was seized and rushed out of the building, screaming the while like mad.

“THANK YOU,” SAYS CORPSE. Dead Man’s Body Is Resurrected and Relatives Are Greatly Startled. “Taking me to the graveyardV” asked John Nelson, of East St. Louis, 111., the other morning, when he woke up in a hearse. The query was addressed to the driver, who almost fell off his seat when he heard the words. Looking around he saw Nelson sitting upright in-the-wagon-rubbing his eyes in a dazed manner. “No, I’U take you home now,” the driver answen»! in tones that showed confusion. “ ’Tisn't necessary." retorted his passenger, ''l’ll walk there. Thanks for the ride.” At this Nelson jumped out of the vehicle -and soon disappeared. The driver returned to the Kiirrus morgue to tell the strangest experience of his life.

TAKES VOTE FROM NEGROES. Hill Framed by Kentuckian for Presentation to Legislature. Steps toward eliminating the negro from suffra.se in Kentucky have been taken. James A. Frazier, one of the most influential members of the legislature, jHfsJjmnicJ a bill which almost .certainly., will be adopted at the approaching session. It provides stringent educational qualification and will be. as effective as the laws in Mississippi, Louisiana or any other Southern State.' The bill will do away not only with almost the entire negro vote, but will remove the ignorant mountain rote, which goes to the Republicans to a'unit. Supreme Court Upholds Sheriff. The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the lower court in the suit of the "Coroner. ft) oust Sheriff John S. Dudley,, of Sullivan County, for failure to proteet'4he negro Dillard last winter. Suit was brought under a law declaring the office of sheriff vacated for such negligence. The lower court decided that the law was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court did not pass on the question of unconstitutionally, holding that the coroner had no interest iu the office ttf sheriff. Two of the five judges dissented.

Find Bones of a Monster. Workmen dredging the Rockaway inlet near New York brought up from.a depth of thirty-five feet part of a skeleton of enormous proportions. Many of the workmen thought the bones belonged to the skeleton of a whale. Some wise ones said that it was the skeleton of a prehistoric dinosaur or mastodon. The bones were in a perfect state of preservation.

Cannot Build Masonic Home. Register of W ills Goff in Norristown. Pa., decided that the codicil of the will of William L. Elkins, by which he gave a plot of ground worth $250,000 and $250,000.in cash to erect a Masonic Orphans’ Home, the whole value of the gift being $500,000, .is void, because it was executed withiu thirty days of the death of the testator.

Kidnaped or in Hiding. Somewhpre in or near New York Henry Baxter Kingsley, of is either iu hiding or imprisoned by' kidnapers. For two days and nights the entire police force has been searching tiunvailingly for some clew ns to his whereabouts. For throe days before the police were called his family and friends had sought' him. Lincoln "'nlking Stick Sold. , At imhlic auction in New YorlTinralking cane of the late President Abraham Lincoln was sold for $145 to it. 11. Wibirt. The cane is a black stick with a bone handle. On the handle are silver trimmings and the name of "Abraham Lincoln" is spelled opt 4« silver letters. Will Suspend Operation*. Rumors in New York are that the Fill-' ler Construction, Company, one of the largest building concerns .in the country, will temporarily suspend operations because of constantly recurring labor troubles. Anti-Trent Law I* Valid. The Missouri Supreme Court held that the statute prohibiting the giving away of liquor in local option counties is constitutional. and fined Boney Ilartfller and Joe! Smith for giving drinks to Chnrles Smith in the town of Phelpa. Sheriff Take* Railroad Cash. As Paymaster Sweethen of the Pennsylvania company was,leaving the First National Bank in Logansport, Ind., Sheriff Beckley took from him a ralise con

taming $42,000 ail'd carried it do the Court house, where the money was poured out on a table and nearly $20,000 of it seized by the officer. The sheriff was collecting judgments in favor of Thomas CoHins and George Lightheiser, who were injured on the Pennsylvania lines and were awarded damages in court.

RICH MAN FEARS ASSASSIN. Foe Disguised as Tramp Attacks Him and His Wife. Violence or murder is feared by William S. Mansfield and his family ns. the result of an old grudge. Mr. Mansfield is a wealthy shoe manufacturer in Lowell, Mass. Anonymous letters and the actions of a mysterious individual, who is believed to have adopted the guise of a tramp to wreak vengeance for an old quarrel, have caused Mr. Mansfield to appeal to the police for protection. Mrs. Mansfield is so worried that she is under a physician’s care. piece of was found pinned on Mr 4 . Mansfield’s door the other night, and on this was written in red ink: “ your "soul, I’ll have you yet.” ' The night before an attempt was to lure Mrs. Mansfield from her home by a _gtory that her husband had been seriously injured and taken to a hospital. She started for a neighbor’s bouse, the strange man keeping her in sight. She encountered her husband and Jhe prowler disappeared. A tramp called at 4he house that day and after asking for a cup of tea dashed red pepper into her face. She saw his arm move in time to close her eyes and half turn her head away. BUTLER, PA., THEATER BURNS'. Total Destruction of Property Is Estimated at $300,000. Fire broke out in the Park Theater building in Butler, Pa., about 5:30 Fri* day morning, anil by 9 o’clock property valued at $300,000 Fad been destroyed. The falling walls buried a number of firemen under a mass of bricks and burning timber and Chief Jacob Burckhokler, Frank Ziegler, Charles Douglass and Albert Walters were seriously injured. The fire evidently was caused by an explosion of gas in the basement. Among other structures burned were the buildings occupied by the Central Hotel, the Butler Business College, the National Supply Company, Dr. John M. Leighner, the Butler County Recorder and Printing Company, and William H. Ritte, grocer. The buildings were owned by Daniel Yottnkins, James Thompson and J. G. Smith. To Bring Russian jews Here. A~in”ov"emenF to have all the wealthy Hebrews in America put aside 2 per cent of their incomes to aid the Russian Jews to come to this country is to be started, according to Dr. Isadore Singer, - president of the Zion Eductional League. The Doctor said that an attempt would be made to have the left by Bardn Do Hirseh to the Jewish Colonization Association administered iu this country iu aid of the work. Bnrning Bridge Imperils Train. With the Chicago flyer due at that point in ten minutes the big Pere Marquette Railroad bridge spanning the river at Lee, Mich., was discovered on file. Section men with the aid of a handcar stationed a danger signal just as the Chicago-bound train neared a curve leading to the bridge, which toppled info the river at this moment. The estimated loss is $50,000.

Hidden in the Bible. In a raid on alleged counterfeiters in the home of Salvatore Birindo, 2095 First avenue, New York, the officers found the formula'-for making the bogus metal written in a Bible. Four big sticks of dynamite, weighing six pounds, a coil of fuse and fulminating caps were also found. The alleged counterfeiters were held for trial. World-Wide Electric Combine. By reason of a trade agreement that has just been reached, there now exists what is to nil purposes a world-wide electrical trust. The largest three electrical corporations in the world, the General Electric of America, and the leading two German concerns, have reduced competition to an impossibility.

Lay in Trance Fifteen Years. Sesipe Moyer, the girl who had lain since Dec. 27, 188 S, iu a tmuee-like sloop, awoke in the village'of Grambke, near Bremen, Germany, during the clanging of fire bells. Iler case had long interested physicians, and had been the subject of various experiments. Old Man Assaulted. Henry It. Hope, station agent on the Erie Railroad at South Nyack, N. \\, was assaulted while going home with part of the day’s receipts. There is no clew to the thug. Hope, who is badly hurt, is OO years old.

I>eath of Composer H. I’. Ranks. A silent orgail' in the lodgings occupied by Hart P. Hanks, the musical composer, in Philadelphia, led to the discovery that he was dead. He was 70 years of age'and had a national reputation as a singer and song writer.

Cold Rtimnlate* Trade. Orders are more tumierous in many hrnnehes of business, according to Dun’s review; rnilroad eamingh 0.1 over 1002; trade stimulated by cold, according to Brndstreet's. Klkliart Hank I* Closed The Indiana National Bank of Elkhart has been closed by the Comptroller of the Cuorency. "National Bank Examiner C. H. Bosworth haa been directed to take ehnrge nf the bank. low* KX-GovCr«or Kxpire*. General Francis Marion Drake, former governor of loWa, died of diabetes lifter a brief illness at Centerville, lowa. He leaven • largf estate.

BIG FIRE AT LOUISVILLE. Masonic Temple and Hopkins's Play* house DestroyoJ by Flames. Fire destroyed the old Masonic Temple, occupying half of the block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Green" and Jefferson streets, in the heart of the retail busi*ness district of Louisville. The loss 1 is about a quarter of a million dollars, divided ns follows:,Masonic Temple building, $125,000, insuraWe $05,000; Hopkins* Theater, scenery and properties, $20,000; J. W. Fowler Dfug Company, $35,000, insurance $14,000; Byck Brothers, shoes, $15,000; Boston Shoe Company, $15,000; Manufacturers’ Shoe Company, $45,000; Rodgers & Krnll, jewelers, $40,000; Clias. B. Smith’ll Sons, hatters, $15,000, insurance $11,000; ,T. T. Johnson & Co. opticians, $2,000; Heath’s billiard parlor, $7,500; English Kitchen restaurant, $1,000; W. D. Gatcliell & Co., photographic supplies, $2,500; Hadgeley & Graham, photographic supplies, $2,500. The fire is supposed to have started in the scenery on the stage of the theater. The losses to the tenants of the building will be heavy, owing to the high rate charged for insurance. The underwriters made a rate of $3.85 because of the construction of the building and becafise it contained a theater.

CIVIL SERVICE LAW GETS BLOW. Wisconsin SnpCeme Judges Practically r Void the Statute. A decision of the Supreme Court at Madison has practically wiped out the civil service law by making its operations so ineffective as to be of little use. The Milwaukee city clerk appointed an assistant in defiance of the civil service board and its recommendations. The hoard held up his pay and fought determinedly to have him ousted. The city clerk claimed that as lie gave bonds for the conduct of his office he had the right to make his own appointments. This view W*as sustained by Judge Tarrant, and now by the Supreme Court. The effect will be felt all through the county. CARDS CAUSE FATAL FIGHT. Denver Priest and n Friend Clash and Both Will Die Rev. Felix M. Lepore, pastor of Mt. 'Carmel Catholic Church, and another Italian named Joe Sorici were fatally wounded in Denver in a fight supposed to have arisen over a card game they were playing in the priest’s apartments in the church building. Father Lepore was shot twice in the abdomen and once in the faee and Sorici was shot once in the abdomen. There seem to have beep no eyewitnesses to the affair. Both men were taken to St. Joseph’s hospital, \vl)ere it is said they cannot recover. MURDER MYSTERY IS DEEP. Twenty-one Stiletto Wonnds in Body of Man at Minneapolis. With twenty-one stiletto wounds, the frozen body of Salvador Battalia was found at midnight on the Franklin avenue Jaridge in Minneapolis. A letter wqs found on the body showing that the man had applied for admission to the Masonic order. That robbery was not the motive is clear from the fact that about SOS was found untouched in his pockets, while a loaded revolver in the hip pocket showed that he had been struck down without a chance to defend himself. ‘

Crisis in IsUimian Affairs. Colombia has sent a virtual ultimatum to America, declaring slie wilKconsider it time to terminate diplomatic relations unless the United States withdraws her recognition of Panama and signifies her willingness to allow an attempt at reconquest. The ennal treaty has been signed by Secretary Hay and M. BunauV aril la and can be ratified by the isthmian commission recently arrived witlf 1 out reference to Panama. Clerk Robs King Edward VII. King Etlward for the second time in his brief reign has been robbed 1 by a clerk in the office of the paymaster of the household. On this occasion checks amounting to $2,500 were illegally drawn and cashed by Frank Lanham, who confessed and was committed for trial.

Horn Is Hanged. Tom Horn, long renowned ns a scout and Indian-fighter, friend of Gen. Miles and Buffalo- Bill, nud one of tjie most noted figures of the mountains and the plains, was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyo., for the murder of a 15-year-old sheep herder.

Mystery in Mnti'a Suicide. „ Edward Dubsky, 24 years ohl, walked to the rear of his saloon, 4802 Loomis street, Chicago, and shot himself in the head, dying instantly. Neither Mrs. Dubsky nor any of her frieuds could furnish a possible motive for the suicide. Far Grafting la Accotupliahcd. The operation for grafting ail ear upon the head of a wealthy Western man was performed In Philadelphia', In order to nvoid interference from the New York authorities, and is expected to prove successful. • 1 T 4s * Wilt Present Stock to Employe*. The McCormick Harvesting Machine Company has announced that It'will present to all employes who have worked for it for fire years stock in the International Harvester Company equal to 5 per cent of the total wages earned. Hoy Hlow* Hi* Head Off. Rather than go to the hospital, Paul Millington, aged 12, of Che*tertown, N. Y., went into the barn, and placing a dynamite cartridge on a stone struck it with a hammer. His head was nearly Mown -off... . . - ■ l ank Robber* Get 92,000. Robbers blew open the safe in the First National Bank of Lyons, N*h. They secured $2,000 In cosh and escaped, •