Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1904 — HEAVY FINE STANDS. [ARTICLE]

HEAVY FINE STANDS.

GAME DECISION UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT. Fine of $lO Apiece for Killing 2,000 Wild Pucka Out of Seaaon Held Not Excessive in Minnesota Buys Up Electric Lines. ! The Supreme Court has handed down a decision affirming the decision of the} Jackson County Disrtriet Court, holding that a fine of $20,000 assessed against William Poole and William Kerr for having illegally in their possession 2,000 wild ducks was not excessive. They appealed on the ground that the fine of $lO apiece for the ducks was excessive. They also attacked the constitutionality of the statute prohibiting the killing and selling of game for commercial purposes. The Supreme Court upheld the statute. The men fined, it Is claimed by Executive Agent Fullerton of the State game and fish commission, were in the employ of a Chicago commission firm and had crossed the State line into lowa with two wagonloads of wild ducks, with the intention of shipping them to Chicago. Mr. Fullerton says there are other cases against them which will now be pushed to a conclusion. Mr. Fullerton said this clique of illegal hunters was so carefully organized that he and his assistants were under constant espionage, so that none could leave his office without the fact being known to the hunters.

BTRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Fonr Principal League*. The clubs of tlie National League now stand thus: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...62 24 St. Louis 47 41 Chicago 53 33 Boston 33 57 Cincinnati ...52 87 Brooklyn ....32 59 Pittsburg 49 36 Philadelphia. 22 63 The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: TV. L. TV. L. Boston 52 33 Philadelphia. 46 38 Chicago 53 3t> St. Louis.... .34 45 New York... 50 33 Detroit 33 50 Cleveland ...47 35 Washington.. 18 64 Standings in the American Association are as follows: W. L. W. L. St. Paul .61 37 Minneapolis.. 45 47 Columbus ...56 36Indianapolis. 45 51 Milwaukee ..56 39 Kansas City. .33 59 Louisville ...53 44 Toledo 30 66 The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Colo. Springs.sl 30 Des Moines... 44 46 Denver 52 33 St. Joseph... .35 47 Omaha 44 43 Sioux City...2B 55 BUYS UP ELECTRIC LINES. New York Central Negotiates Purchase of Trolley System. The New York Central Railroad is reported to be negotiating for the purchase of 476 miles of trolley lines, including the Albany and Hudson Valley, the Schenectady, the Utica and Mohawk Valley, the Syracuse Rapid Transit and the Buffalo International railways. The Syracuse Rapid Transit and the Utica and Mohawk Valley lines are the only ones bought so far, but there is already a tentative arrangement as a basis for the ultimate purchase of the Schenectady Railway. Bank Receiver u Suicide. Receiver TV. G. Taefel of the Newark (Ohio) Savings Bank and supreme secretary of the American Insurance Union, was found dead by Samuel Oden in Licking river. He left a note saying that he was innocent of any wrong leading to the failure of the bank and that he was ruined financially and therefore had decided to kill himself. Strike Riot in Chicago. Five thousand rioters gave the police their first fierce battle of the present strike at the Chicago stock yards. A frenzied mob hurled stones and bricks at the blueeoats, injuring a number of the men. Two buildings were wrecked and a patrol wagon was demolished. Trolley Cars in Collision. Twenty-three persons were hurt as the result of a rear-end collision between two large trolley cars on the shore line of the Cleveland, Eastern and Painesville Railroad near Nottingham, Ohio. Saved by Celluloid Collar. Detective Michael Reilly, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., in attempting to arrest a highwayman, was sliot at close range. His life was saved by a celluloid collar, which stopped the force of the bullet. Lion Trainer Is Attacked. Trainer in a “zoo” at Coney Island, N. Y., was attacked by n lion and almost torn to pieces in a desperate struggle which was witnessed by 3,000 persons. Seize Property of Americans. Under the guns of a Venezuelan gunboat Venezuelan troops landed at Guannco and seized an asphalt lake, the property of an American company. Retrenchment at the Fair. The board of directors of the world’s fair has reduced the salaries of all employe* from 5 to 25 per cent. Kills Ilis Son and Himself. \ farmer named Kive, living near New York Mills, Minn., shot and killed his •on and then committed suicide. Tornado Ruins in Kansas. A tornado and heavy rains prevailed In portions of Kansas and Oklahoma Sunday. Ten miles north of Norton, Kan., a tornado wrecked several farm buildings near the Nebraska line and killed a number of live stock. No person was hurt Usual Midsummer Dullness. Weekly reports show that trade is at a low ebb, the usual midsummer dullness being increased by labor disturbances. In the country the outlook is better because el the prospect* of large crops.