Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1904 — SLIDES INTO SOUND. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SLIDES INTO SOUND.

THE BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA IS LAUNCHED AT SEATTLE. Heaviest Warship in Navy Thrusts Her Keel Into Puget Sound Wute'rs—Syndicate of Bellboy Thieves Cover Big Hotels iu Cobntry’s Great Cities. At 2 o'clock Fry ay afternoon, thirteen minutes before the scheduled tin 1 battleship Nebraska left her ways at Moran Brothers’ shipyard in Seattle, Wash., and slid gracefully and majestically into -the waters of Puget Sound. The launching was successful. The reason the vessel was launched ahead of time was that by a slight mischleulation the poppet, a wooden brace, at the bow, was raising the vessel too high, and in the opinion of experts it was better that the supports be knocked away without delay. Fully 50,000 people saw the big vessel slip into the water. She created a very small wave as she took her maiden plunge. The Nebraska weighs more than any vessel ever before launched in the United States navy. Miss Mary Kain Mickey, daughter of Gov. Mickey of Nebraska, christened the vessel. DISCOVER BELLBOY THIEVES. New York Police Say Syndicate Covers the Big Cities. The “tenderloin” police in New York have unearthed what they believe to be a syndicate of bellboy thieves extending among the big hotels of New York, Philadelphia, Ohdcago and St. Louis, in the arrest of Arthur Frazer, an employe of the Metropole. Frazer was arrested on suspicion of having a hand In the many robberies of jewelry and clothing that have occurred at the hotel In the last month. In Frazer’s pockets were found letters from bellboys from Philadelphia. Chicago and St. Louis. From these letters the police think the gang work together, sending their plunder to each other to dispose»of. BANK BOBBERS MAKE RICH HAUL. Blow Vault with Dynamite and Escape After, a Running Fight. After dynamiting the private bank of Young, Hamilton & Co. at Freeland. Ind., early Saturday morning two robbers fought a running fight with citizens who were aroused by the force of the explosion and escaped with .a booty estimated at $20,000. The first explosion was at about 1 o’clock. Freeland has night policeman and it was not until a second explosion was heard, which seemed to shake the very earth, that the citiEens realized what had happened. The men, some say four, hurried from the bank as the earliest of the citizens emerged on the street and escaped after a fierce running fight. STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Two Principal Leagues. Following is the standing of the clubs in the American League: W. L. W. L. Boston .....04 58 Philadelphia 80 GO New York ..91 58 St. L0ui5....65 87 Chicago ... .89 Go Detroit 62 9C Cleveland ...86 65 Washington. 37 112 Following Is the standing of the clubs in the American League: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk..106 47 St. Louis.... 75 79 Chicago ... 93 60 Brooklyn... 56 97 Cincinnati. 88 65 Boston 55 98 Pittsburg... 87 66 Philadelphia. 52 100 SIX DEAD IN TUNNEL. Train Parts in Great Bore and Gas Is Fatal. Six employes of the Grand Trunk Railway were suffocated by coal gas in the tunnel that runs under the St. Clair River from Port Huron, Mich., to Sarnia, Ont. A coal train broke in two while passing through the tunnel and three of the crew were suffocated while part of the train lay stalled in the tunnel. The engineer io;t his life when lie returned and endeavored to push the stalled cars back to safety. Two other rescuers perished iu vain attempts to penetrate the gaseous atmosphere of the great tube. "King of Romancers” in Cell, Joe Mulhatton, a dozen years ago one o? the most prosperous and successful commercial travelers in the country, is in jail in San Francisco, charged with stealing a coat. Penniless and broken in health from dissipation, it is difficult to believe that once he commanded a salary of $15,000 a year and had a reputation as an inventor of clever fakes and as a story-teller that was known throughout the country. Watson Accepts Nomination. The letter of acceptance of Thomas E. Watson, Populist candidate for President, has been made public. The writer ■cores both the Republican and Democratic parties on their records, lauds Bryan, and declares that Alton B. Parker is not a tighter and is unfit to lead bis party. Meets Death in Subway. John Kupac, an electrician, was killed by a subway passenger train in New York. He is the first person to be killed by a passenger train in the underground system. $14,387,(150 Fire I.ossen. Fire losses in United States and Gan ada in September amounted to $14,387,050. «, Anarchist Pm per for Chicago. Herr Most, the notorious anarchist, will start a paper in Chicago to push hi* propsgr ;a. He will be watched closely by the police. Firs in Cruiser Washington. A blaze was discovered among n dozen bags of sawdust in the hull of the United States cruiser Washington, iu course of construction in South Camden, near Philadelphia. Fortunately there was no woodwork to catch fire nild the ffautes were soon extinguished. The damage gu slight.

BARTHOLDI 18 DEAD. fflnoni Creator of Statue of Liberty Passes Away in Paris. Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor, died Tuesday morning in Paris. Since 1875 M. Bartholdi’s name has become familiar to the people of the United States, and his statue at the entrance to New York harbor, “Liberty Enlightening the World,” has given him a worldwide reputation. The idea of this colossal work was first conceived early in the ’7os, and was enthusiastically received by those to whom he confided it. A society was formed called ' the Union Franco-Americaine, and a banquet was held Nov. 6, 1875, to inaugurate the projeot. The city of Paris subscribed $2,000, and in the ensuing five years $250,-

000, the amount necessary to complete the statue, was raised, the greatest part being contributed by the masses through email subscriptions. The work was so enthusiastically pushed by its projector that the hand and arm holding the torch was sent to the centennial exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. In 1877 a meeting was held in New York to further the pedestal fund, and Congress passed’resolutions granting the use of Bedloe's Island and appropriations for the statue. Aug. 5, 1884, the corner Ston£ of the pedestal was laid and work was continued until Oct. 26, 1886, when it was completed and the statue unveiled. Bartholdi was born in Colmar, Alsace, April 2, 1834.