Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1904 — TRY NATION TACTICS. [ARTICLE]

TRY NATION TACTICS.

KANSAS WOMEN SMASH JOINTS AS CARRIE DID. Armed with HnUlietß, They Put Four Illicit Saloons Out of Business—Man ; SeekitlK Srumosed Kitem y•Ki 11 s Brot her by Mistakc. Four joints, or illicit saloons. were wrecked by women in Cuba, Kan., and much liquor destroyed. Mrs. O. E. l it.'' and Mrs. William McDonald, wives of prominent business mon. armed with hatchets, first entered without warning the place- fun by Ben Hull. Without ceremony they began to smash everything in sight and soon they had demolished bar and fixtures and broken every bottle and opened every keg to be found. Later they were joined - by twenty-live other women, and the entire party raided the other four joints in Cuba. The stocks and fixtures at each place were destroyed. Finally the women spilled into the street a great quantity or keg beer that had been confiscated and stored in the city jail.

STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Four Principal Leagues. The chilis of the National League now Etand thus: W. L. W. L. New York... 80 32 St. Louis6oss Chicago 67 44 Boston 42 73 Cincinnati ...66 47 Brooklyn ....39 71 Pittsburg ...63 46 Philadelphia. 32 81 The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: W. L. W. L. New York6s 42 Cleveland ....60 46 805t0n.66 43 Detroit 47 60 Chicago 64 47 St. Louis 42 63 Philadelphia. GO 44 Washington.. 24 83 Standings in the American Association are as follows: -- W. L. W. L. St. Paul. .<. .82 43 Minneapolis.. 64 5S Milwaukee . .73 50 Indianapolis. 57 70 —Louisville—.-..69 56 Jyansas —< 'ity. ■ •»! <•* Colunibus .. .68 56 Toledo 34 82 The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Denver 70 44 Des Moines...s7 61 Colo. Spriugs.6s 44 St. Joseph... .48-64 Omaha 65 52 Sioux City.... 36 76

VICTIM OF IIVXAMITE PLOT. Hotel Demolished ami Proprietor Narrowly EscapesTleath. The Avenue hotel at Elmira Heights, N. Y., was practically demolished by ' dynamite and the explosion shook the city from center to circumference. The explosive was placed against the hotel under the window of the proprietor. Pearl Scott, who was in his bedroom. A hole ten feet wide was blown through the building, but Scott escaped injury. A stone building in the rear was demolished and windows were shattered in all directions. There is no clew to the perpetrator. Held Back by Labor Troubles. Weekly trade reviews report a confident tone in business, with an active country demand and satisfactory distribution of merchandise. Labor controversies prevent improvement in manufacturing. Marshall Field Pays Most Taxes. The largest individual taxpayer in the United States is said to be Marshall Field of Chicago, whose Cook county assessment this year reaches a total of $40,000,000. “Velvet” Paper Money Loses. After most exhaustive experiments with a process to make paper money of velvety softness, treasury officials in •Washington have decided to retain the method producing the “crisp"’- variety. Hail Loss in Northwest Large. Otto C. Tollefson, secretary of the Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Minneapolis, says that hail already has caused $1,10u,000 damage to crops in the two Dakotas and Minnesota. Japan States Her Intention. Japan has addressed a note to the powers informing them that unless Russia forthwith disarms *er warships in Shanghai Japan will be forced to take steps to protect her interests. Large Wheat Crop in Canada. The Canadian wheat crop is declared to be in no danger from rust, and estimates place the yield of the harvest at nearly B»0,0u0,000 bushels. * Puts Force on Short Time. The Reading company posted notices that employes in the locomotive and ear shops will work eight hours a day and five days a week. Furniture Factory Burns. The furniture factory controlled by the Canada Furniture Syndicate trt Waterloo, Ont., was completely destroyed by lire; loss, $125,000. „ Drown in AdirondackH. Adele Sturtevant and James A. Sturtevant of Brooklyn. N. Y.. and Harris H. Sturtevant of Rome, N. Y., were drowned in the Arirondaeks. Old Landmark Destroyed. Fire has destroyed the Benjamin Schenck homestead, one of the oldest houses on Long Island, built a mile from Kagmore Hill 182 years ago. Mr.. James H. McVicker Dead. Mrs. James 11. McVicker, widow of the late manager of McVicker's theater in Chicago, and for many years after her husband’s death in charge of the playhouse, died in Pusadeua, Cal. Favor Separate Reboot.. The Kansas association of cities of the first and,second class has adopted n resolution in favor of maintaining separate schools for negro nnd white pupils. The resolution stated that the race question had grown so serious in Kansas as to make some action necessary.