Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1904 — DIG TUNNEL COMPLETED. [ARTICLE]

DIG TUNNEL COMPLETED.

Bore Connecting Jcr»ey City and New York Finished Thirty Years. Begun thirty years ago and twice abandoned for long periods becafise of accidents and financial difficulties, the driving of the bore of the Hudson river tunnel, connecting Fourteenth street, Jersey 'City, with Morton street, on Manhattan Islands was finished shortly before noon Friday, three days before the builders had expected. A few hours later President William C. McAdoo of the New York and New Jersey Railroad Company, the contractors of the work, and a party of officers and, guests made the journey from one end of the completed tunnel to the other. So great had ' been the accuracy of the plans of Chief Engineer Charles M. Jacobs’ That when five ends of the tunnel met there was not the variation of a hair in the courses of the Jersey section and the New York heading. When the hydraulic jacks sent the shield forward for the last time and the last ring of plates was placed in position it was found that the joining of the two sections had been exactly in line, both as to level and direction.

Russians Leave Port Arthur. Reports, although somewhat conflicting are that the Russians have evacuated Port Arthur, leaving the city in flames. As a result o's Thursday's- bombardment by the Japanese, thirty-eight Russian soldiers were killed and more than 100 wounded. The Czar's troops are reported retreating from Korea to occupy their strongholds in more northerly districts. Assails Farmer, Kills Self. Robert Williams, a farm hand at Welcome, Minn., attempted to kill his employer, William Plumhoff, first knocking hint down with a pitchfork and then cutting him badly in the throat. Williams then went to the house, secured a shotgun, placed it on the stairs, and with a forked stick pressed the trigger. His head was blown off. The man evidently was crazy. Negro Resists Mob; Is Killed. An unknown tal>en from the jail by a mob at Mojave. Cal., and after being tarred and feathered was killed, either by being struck on the head with an iron bar or by a bullet. He had been arrested for an attack, and a coat of feathers was the only punishment, intended, but the negro resisted and his death followed.

Experiment on Human Heines Ends The poison test undertaken by the Alpha Sigma (Homeopathy) fraternity nnd four “co-ed" medical students in Ann Arbor, Mich., has come to an end. The human test tubes have suffered no great inconvenience except occasional headaches. Out of the nineteen who started In the race fourteen finished. Marx Confesses Another Crime. • Bandit Marx in a new confession in Chicago snjs he led the tower W train robbers and that most of the SIOB,OOO, which the rnilrond officials say was secured, was destroyed by dynamite, used to wreck the safe lu the express car. Car Ham Murderers to Hang. Death on (lie gnllows is the fate decided on for Harvey Van Dine, Peter Niedemeyer nnd Gustav Marx, the Chisago car barn slayers, whose escapades were attended by eight murders. Patti Tour Not a Failure. Mine. Patti is well satisfied with her American tour, which netted her $210,000. She snys she knows her age, but denies Hint she lias wrinkles and is not sure that this farewell tour is the last. Mark Dnnn Banned nt Ft. Joseph. Mark Dnnu was hanged in St. Joseph, Mo., for the murder of Alfred Fenton, a wealthy young farmer of Ruslivills.jMo. The closiug week of Duun's life was marked by a sensational escape and recapture. 1 j Augustus Cook Is Dead. Augustus Cook, fntlier of Eleanor Robson and one of the best-known actor? on the Amerlenn stage, is dead at hia New York home from cirrhosis of the liver nnd dropey. He was born in England fifty years ago.