Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1904 — MILLIONS TO HEROES [ARTICLE]

MILLIONS TO HEROES

CARNEGIE FOUNDS FUND TO REWARD VALOR. All Who Risk Life to Save Others May Benefit —ls Rescuer Is Slain Dependent Kin Will Be Supported—See Miracle Picture. _____ 'Andrew Carnegie lias established a “hero fund" of $5,000,000 for men and ■women who risk their lives in saving others. If the hero is killed the fund will provide support for those dependent on liTm; if he is injured it will maintain him until he recovers; if lie escapes injury he will receive a medal, and whatever his fate his name will be recorded on a roll of honor to be maintained at the Pittsburg offices of the commission in whose hands Mr. Carnegie has placed the fund and the execution of his intentions. Charles L. Taylor is president of the commission, which consists of twenty men. The commission will reward heroism in the United States and Canada and on the sea out of the fund. It will provide for widows and children of men “losing their lives in heroic effort to save their fellow men.” and also look after the injured heroes and distribute medals for heroism. STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Two Principal Leagueo. The clubs of the National League now stand thus: W. L. • W. L. New York... 3 0 Chicago 1 2 Cincinnati ..2 1 Philadelphia. I, 2 St. Louis.... 2 1 Pittsburg ... 1 8 Boston 2 .2 Brooklyn ... 1 3 The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: \V. L. W. L. ■ Philadelphia. 2 0 Chicago 1 2 Boston 2 1 New York... 1 2 Cleveland ..2 1 St. Louis.... 1 2 Detroit 2 1 Washington.. 0 2 PEARY DELAYS POLAR TRIP. Inability to Get Funds Causes Voyage North to Be Postponed Till 1005. Commander Peary announced the other day that it wQuld be impossible for him to start for the north pole this summer, ns the guarantee fund of $200,000 had not yet been fully subscribed. He will seud a preliminary expedition north in July to establish a coal depot on the • coast of Greenland, opposite Cape Sabine, and soon will let - the contract for -his own ship, ih which he will start for the pole with his main expedition in July, 1005. * AWED BY A MIRACLE PICTURE. Milwaukeeans Crowd Humble Cottage to Behold Print of Madonna. Mrs. Mary Badeau's cottage at 520 Lapham street, Milwaukee, has been visited by churchmen from all over the city since Palm Sunday to behold a print of the miracle madonna at Rimini, Italy. On Easter Sunday a hah) of gold and wreathes of roses surrounded the figure, nt another time the figure of Christ stood beside the madonna, and the eyes have been seen to move, according to witnesses. Kills Girl at Her Request. Ed Gallons, who murdered Lake Kinsey and his daughter. Fannie Kinsey, lias confessed at Jackson, Miss., that after he killed her father in the field he went to the house where the girl was and told her of his deed. At first the two planned to run away and he married, ljut the girl changed her mind and asked lifin to kill her, which lie did. Indianapolis Hospital Burns. One woman »•; dead and six more wore pgob.ably fatally hurt in a fire panic in St. Vincent's hospital at Indianapolis. Rescue of the endangered invalids was marked by many acts of heroism. The Occidental Hotel also was destroyed by flames. Iroquois Theater Changes Hands. The Iroquois Theater ih Chicago has been sold to Rich & Harris of New York and Boston. The playhouse will he reconstructed, refurnished and opened early next fall as a vaudeville theater under another name. Shoots Robbersj Saves $3,000. In n battle at Hazleton, Pa., in broad daylight with five highwaymen John Gaffney, aged 18, shut and killed two of his assailants and put the others to flight. He carried $3,000 for the pay roll of the G. 15. Markle Coal Company. Gives His Employes Stock. Mayor Jones of Toledo, the “golden advocate,” has made tie employes of the S. M. Jones Company a gift of SIO,OOO worth of stock of the company. The gift is a clean present, the Mayor stating that there are “no strings" to it. Fatal Choking on Hologna. Rcnn Johnson, the 12-year-old •■•ngfiter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johuron. residents of Sioux ’Falls, S. I)., is dead as the result of a chunk of bologna lodging in her windpipe. Bad Language Is Expensive. Mrs. Louis Michells was given a verdict of $2,500 at Alexandria, La., against a man who “prostrated her with abusive language. ” Kills Sweetheart and Self. Clyde Ore,. 35 years old. who hails front Wisconsin, shot and killed Addie Blossom, 23 years old, in Batavia,' N. Y., and then killed himself. Uncle Sam Will Pay Cuba. The United Stntes is arranging for the payment to Cuba of $137,000, which amount was incurred by Cuba in purchasing private projterties within the sites of the United States naval stutious ft Guantanamo and Buhia Honda. Aaron Burr Indictment Found. The original indictment of Aaron Burr for treason wna found in the archives Richmond, Vn.