Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1904 — FROM THE FOVR QVARTERS OF THE EARTH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM THE FOVR QVARTERS OF THE EARTH.

LOSS BY FIRE IS $250,000. Between Twelve and Fifteen Million Feet of Lumber Destroyed. Half a square mile of glowing embers was all that remained Thursday of one of the largest lumber yards in JJJorth Tonawanda, N. Y., after one of the worst fires in the history of the place. The north end of Tonawanda Island was swept by the flames and between 12,000,000 and 15,000.000 feet of lumber, valued at $250,000, was destroyed. The heaviest loser is the firm of White. Rider & Frost, whose loss will amount td~ $225,~ 990. Other firms that suffered are W. W. Tyler & Co. and the Company. The fire-started in the White, Rider & Frost yard shortly before midnight and soon was beyond control. Appeals for assistance were sent to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Lockport,-but before aid arrived hundreds of thousands, of feet of lumber were blazing. All the men available were set at work removing lumber 'to make, a clear passageway across the island from east to west. The work was completed at 7 o'clock, just as the hurricane of flame reached the cleared space. There was no wind and at 9 o'clock the danger was past. The fire is believed to have been incendiary because oil-soaked, burning waste was found in several places. FIFTEEN FALL TO DEATH. Case at Stratton’s Tn dependence Mine, Victor, Colo., in Terrible Descent. As the result of an accident that occurred in Stratton's Independence mine, near the center of Victor, Colo., .fifteen men are dead and one other is severely injured. In the main shaft sixteen men were being hoisted in a- cage from the sixth, seventh and eighth levels. When the cage reached the surface the engineer was unable to stop the engine, and the cage, with its load, was drawn up into the gallows frame, where it became lodged temporarily. The strain on the cable caused it to part, and the cage shot down the shaft. Two of the occupants, L. I*. Jackson and James Bullbek, had become entangled in the timber rods near the top of the gallows frame. Jackson was crushed to death by the sheave wiieel falling upon him, while Bullbek had a marvelous escape from death, but received painful injuries. The other men were hurled to death down the 1,500-foot shaft. INDIANS THREATEN TO RAID. Say They Will Leave Nothing Alive but Birds and Snakei. Runners-in from Texanna. I. T., report an uprising among the full-blood Indians of the Cherokees and ask the protection of the officers for the whites who live in that country. The Cherokees belong to the Ketoowah band, which has opposed the government in the allotting of lands. They have left their homes around Poorman's Glip and gone to Greenleaf mountains-, where they threaten to raid and “leave nothing alive but the birds and snakes.” Runners are going constantly between the Ketoowahs and the Snakes atid they are trying to get their forces together. If thi,s is done bloodshed is feared. The. Sn!rl»s and the Ketoowahs led the uprising in 1890. Former Mayor Ames Released. The prison sentence over Dr. Albert A. Ames, former Mayor of Minneapolis and central figure in one of the most'sensational stories of civic corruption ever recorded in the United States, has been -removed. The verdict in the lower court which sent the ex-Mayor to Stillwater penitentiary was overthrown by the Supreme Court of Minnesota on the ground of lack of proof. Sewer Makes 560 Pick. Since Jun. 1 560 cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Columbus, Ohio, and there been nineteen deaths from the disease. The health authorities claim the prevalence of the disease is due to contamination of the water in the Scioto river at the west side pumping station by leakage from a sewer at the Columbus State hospital. Chicago's Mayor Is Released. Mayor Harrison of Chicago, by order of Judge Tiithii! in habeas corpus proceedings. was discharged from the custody of the sheriff, was declared to have v no part of blame for the Iroquois disaster, nnd the coroner’s jury was censured for having gone beyond the evidence nnd the facts in holding the Mayor to the grand jury. Killed by Moro Traitors. It has been learned that Lieut. Campbell W. Finke of the Twenty-second infantry was killed while trying to enter Moro Cdtta, in Mindanao, for the purpose of examining the locality. Lieut. Flake was shot treacherously, the Moros firing into the party while Major Bullard vas parleying with them. Eaten by Wolves in Forest. The mystery of the disappearance of J. C. Sullivan of Minneapolis from Black Duck, Minn., last spring has been solved by the finding of his bones in tlie forest of the Little Fork country, where he had gone to locate a claim. He hnd evidently been eaten by wolves. Fire Drives n Janitor Crazv. Crazed by brooding over the Chicago theater fire, Frank Nelson, for twenty years janitor of Forepattgh’s Theater in Philadelphia, was taken to the Philadelphia hospital, leaving his wife nnd five children destitute nt their little home. Wreck Near Brokonbnw, Neb. s 1 Two train hands were killed In a rearend collision lietween two Burlington freight trains near Brokenliow. Neb. Taylor, a fireman, nnd an unknown brnkemnn are the dead. Independent' Brewer n Suicide. Carl Corper, 62 years old president of the Carl Corper Brewing Company and tor many year* prominent In Chicago

German circles, committed suicide in the : office of his brewery by shooting himself j in the right temple with a revolver. 11l i health and the recent appointment of a 1 receiver to conduct his brewery are sup- ' posed to have caused Mr. Corper to become despondent. ST. LOUIS CARS IN COLLISION. More than a Score of People Crushed, Seine of 1 hem Fatally. More than twenty persons were injured, some of them fatally, when two cars on the Broadway line collided in St. l.i.uis. Both cars were north bound -and—traveling in tt--fog so- densethat itr was impossible to make out an object as_ far as a- block away. The accident occurred vvhile the front car was stationary, owing to a quarrel between the conductor and a passenger over a fare. The second car was coming at high speed through the fog, the motorman, Christopher Juergin, ringing his gong. None of the 100 passengers on the two cars knew that the accident was impending until the crash came. The second car crashed through the rear of the front one until it reached almost the middle of it. The dozen or more passengers on the rear platform of the front car were jammed together under the rear car. Motorman Juergin caught the full force of the collision. He was cut and bruised and his back was broken.

TO SAVE THE DANISH ISLANDS. Association Formed in Copenhagen to Prevent Sale of Possessions. The “Danish Atlantic Islands’ Association” has been formed in Copenhagen with the object of arousing the nation’s interest in its outlying possessions and preventing the diminution by sale or otherwise of. territory under Danish sovereignty. The movement originated at the time of the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States and has been strengthened by the reports that Canada desired to purchase Greenland. Many members of the Danish nobility are among the leaders of this agitation for the retention of the Danish West Indies, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland. THOUGHT DEAD; RETURNS ALIVE. Pratt, Supposed Drowned Two Years Ago, Reappears. Two years ago in April friends of James Pratt saw his coffin lowered into a grave at Bemidji, Minn. Pratt arrived in that city the other day alive and.well. He was supposed to have been drowned and a body which was recovered from Lake Bemidji was identified ns his. On the morning of the accident it happened that Pratt left for the Pacific coast. He did not write his friends and was thought to be dead until his appearance. Nothing concerning the identity of the man buried in bis place can be learned. J. G. FARWELL KILLS HIMSELF. Son of Prominent Detroit Capitalist Ends Life - No Reason Assigned. Jeremiah G. Farwell, son of one of the most prominent capitalists of Detroit, died at Harper hospital from a bullet, wound through his stomach, Cred, it is Supposed, with suicidal intent. He was found at the Woodward avenue ear barns with blood flowing from the wound and a revolver beside him. No motive for suicide is known. Mr. Farwell was 36 years old. Queer fentenc: on Alleged Forger. James Benton, an alleged manipulator of crooked checks, was received at the prison from Indianapolis under an indeterminate sentence of from one minute to five years. This is the first sentence of the kind that has come to the knowledge’ of the prison officials. The board of parole can release the mnn immediately if it likes.

Drouth Fatal to Stock. Thousands of cattle and sheep are dying in southern California as a result of the drouth, which is unprecedented in the history of the section. The hay crop is a failure owing to the lack of rain. Hay is being imported from the middle West in large quantities. Kansas Bay Scalded to Death. Elmer Gardner, a student at the State Agricultural College in Manhattan, Kan., wafi scalded to death by falling into Mi pump pit that furnishes hot water for the institution. The earth caved in, precipitating him into the boiling water. Fuspectc ! of S hafer Mureer. Harry Behr has been arrested in Louisville, charged with the murder of Miss Sarah C. Schafer, the Bedford, Ind., school teacher. His clothing is blood stained and his face scratched. The stories of his movements are conflicting. Kintr Alfonso in Danger. A report from Madrid is [hat during King Alfonso's levee nt the palace, the police discovered an infernal machine underneath n bench near the doorway of the palace. Poor Health of Po-e. Pope Pius’ health is declared to be poor, and already there is talk in church circles of summoning a conclave. The pontiff is declared .to be suffering from physical depression. Lumberman Kittel by Employe. Joseph Walters, operating n sawmill near Bussell, Ky., for the Pendergast Lumber Company, was ar lulled and killed with a crowbar by Alfred Keaton, nn employe. Keaton escaped. Root Succeeded by Taft. Secretary Root hns taken formal leave of the cabinet and his successor, William 11. Taft, has been greeted. Frozen to Death In Bed. Henry Mertz, an old man living alone at Linwood. Mijun.,-'was found dead in bed. He had been frozen to death.

VERDICT FREES WOMAN. Ln'u Prince Kennedy-Kramer Acquit" te I of Murder of Hu.bnnl. Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy-Kranier, on trial a second time for the murder, in January. 15)01, of her first husband, Philip H. Kennedy, was found not guilty by a jury in Kansas City. At her first trial Mrs. Kramer was convicted ami sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. The case was reversed, and during her release on bond last February she married .JLohn Kramer, an attorney who had defended her brother, .Will Prince, laid- convicted on a charge., of. conspiring, with the defendnirtrßYEHT Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy killed Kennedy, who was local agent for the Merchants’ Dispatch Transportation Company, a month after they had been married. He hnd refused to live with her, bringing suit to have the marriage annulled on the ground that he had been forced into it. The first verdict was reversed on a technicality. Mrs. Kennedy’s defense was emotional insanity, and evidence was presented to show that her grandfather and greatgrandfather died in insane asylums in New Hampshire and Connecticut. PISTOL DUEL WITH BURGLAR. St. Louis Driißsist Kills One Robber and Wotindi Another. Awakened from slumber by the barking of his pet dos. Paul W. Deichman ran from his sleeping room into his drug store in St. Louis and there fought a pistol duel with one burglar and instantly killed another over whom he stumbled. Eight shots were exchanged, all at close range. The burglar whom Deichman first encountered fled when tlie druggist turned and killed his companion, but it is believed that he, too, was wounded. Outs'ide the store he stumbled, but escaped, with a third man who had acted as “lookout.” Deichman’s drug store is the Cass branch of the postoffice and is known to do a heavy business in money orders, registered letters and stamps. SAVES LIFE OF LITTLE BROTHER. Omaha Lad Likely to Die as Resalt of Burns in Rescuing Baby. With his own clothing aflame. Howard Ambrose, 12 years old, saved the life of his 4-year-old -brother Perry from a fire that burned the Ambrose dwelling in Omaha. Howard Ambrose is seriously burned and his death is likely. The boys had been left at play by the mother. When the fire started Howard dragged his brother through the flames, and mistaking a cupboard door for an exit, got caught in a little room. Neighbors res'cued both. - * > LAD TELLS OF MURDER. Frank Czepk, One of Chicago Bandits, Makes a Confession. One of the three youths arrested for the murder of Mathew • Daniels in Chicago made a full confession to the police and boasted of many robberies. The prisoner, Frank Czepk, declared Frapk Ray killed Daniels in tlie saloon at 1005 North Hoyne avenue, and said his other comrade, Joseph Dolinski, fired two shots. Czepk denies firing a revolver. The police also secured from Czepk confessions to seventeen other robberies.

Women to Have Club House. Athletic women in New York society are about to put into operation plans for a club lros.se which they have talked of for a year. 'The York Athletic Club will be incorporated in a few days and the land has. been bought for the site of a club house. The subscribers are the husbands, brothers -and fathers of thapvome« interested in the project, wWh will cost about §250.000. Trap Mafia Robbers. « Three men who are hlleged to be members of a Mafia organization known as the Red Cross Society were caught at Newark, N. J., in a trap which had been set for them. The trap was sprung when they went to a lawyer’s office for the purpose, it is charged, of collecting SI,OOO blackmail from Samuel Russo. Colombia Plans War on Panama, News has reached Panama from Bogota that inasmuch as Gens. Reyes and Cavallero have assured Colombia that the United States will only object to her landing forces in the canal zone, the Colombian government intends to organize and send an expedition against Panama. Ohio Adopts a State Flower. The Ohio House of Representatives adopted a joint resolution offered by Representative Hill of Columbiana County making the scarlet carnation tlie State flower. The concurrence of the Senate is assured. The scarlet carnation was a favorite of the lute President McKinley.

War Preparations Arc Muking. Russia daily is pouring 7,000 men eastward along the line of the Siberian Railroad. Germany nnd Denmark nro said to have agreed in case of war between Russia nnd Japan to effectually blockade the Baltic. Not Guilty of Kmbesxlcinent. J. R. Heino, who has been on trial in the United States court in St. Paul on charge of having embezzled $1,500 of government money while cashier of the local customs office, was given a verdict in his favor by the jury. Wlilte Postmaster for Indianola. The Indianola (Miss.) postoffice case has been settled by the appointment of W. B. Martin, a white man, as postmasiter, on the request of Mrs. Minnie Cox. the negress "whose appointment raised u storm. Chicago University Not Bo pt la t. President Harper in an address to University of Chicago seniors declared that institution is not Baptist, and that Jews of ChicageHnaderit possible.