Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1905 — FARMERS ASK ACTION [ARTICLE]

FARMERS ASK ACTION

WANT THE STATE TO PROCEED AGAINST HARVESTER CO. Allege that Several Big Concerns Are Working in Combination in Violation of Ohio Law—Youth Kills Himself, Thinking He Has Slain Landlord. —Attorney General Wade 11. Ellis is going to investigate the harvester trust .in Ohio, and if he finds it is violating the Ohio anti-trust law he will endeavor to oust the trust from the State. Mr. Ellis received a petition signed by W. C. Cly and others, including many farmers near Millersburg, asking him to bring action In quo warranto or criminal procedure or both that ‘‘will bring relief from the oppression and monopolistic prices- forced upon farmers by the International Harvester Company.” The petition recites that the McCormick Harvester Company, the Deering Harvester Company, the Plano Manufacturing Company and Warder, Bushnell & Glessner have combined, and their capital stock is deposited with G. W. Perkins, Charles Deering and C. 11. McCormick of Chicago as trustees. The Attorney General replied in brief, as follows: “Answering your respectful communication, I shall immediately commence an investigation of the so-called harvester trust and its methods of business, and if it is violating the terms of the Ohio anti-trust act or any other law I shall file the necessary suit to dissolve such trust and to protect the purphasers of the commodities referred to from any combination operating to control prices thereof.” - __

SEEKS HOSTS LIFE; KILLS SELF. Boarder in Arrears Uses Revolver When Caught in Flight. Caught in the act of removing his trunk through a rear window to escape paying a board and room bill, Victor Walkowski, 19 years old, tried to kill bis landlord, John Garoski, in Chicago, and then shot himself to death. Walkowski was in arrears, and Garoski had demanded his money. When Garoski caught the boarder trying to slip away Walkowski fired four shots at him, but all missed. Believing the landlord dead, Walkowski ran downstairs and in tho presence of Mrs. Garoski and another woman shot himself.

FIGHTING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of the Clubs in Prominent Base Ball Leagues. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. New Y0rk..103 44 Cincinnati ...75 73 Pittsburg ...94 52 St. L0ui5....57 91 Chicago ....87 til Boston 49 98 Philadelphia 80 66 Brooklyn ....42 102 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 87 54 New York...GO 72 Chicago ....88 57 Boston "1 74 Detroit 75 71 Washington. 61 83 Cleveland t. .75 73 St. Louis. .. .52 94 Fraternal Order Must Pay. Holding that the policy governs and not the application for insurance, Judge Hostetler in Kearney, Neb., gave judgment for Mrs. Mabel Harr against the Highland Nobles on a $2,000 certificate held by George Harr, her husband, who committed suicide. Payment was contested on the ground that a clause in the application voided the certificate in the event of suicide within three years.

Hurl Bomb at Tenement. A bomb filled with dynamite and a quantity of inflammable oil was thrown at the rear of a crowded tenement house at Eighth avende and One Hundred and Forty-third street. New York. More than a score of persons were hurled from their beds by the explosion. The police believe that ‘‘Black Hand’’ Italian as■assins threw the bomb.

Poisons Son and Himself. Herbert McCartney, 40 years old, committed suicide by taking poison in St. Louis, after administering a fatal dose of the drug to bis 7-year-old son, Leon. Despondency over being separated from his wife is the only reason given. Great Blast in Tunnel, One man is said to have been blown to pieces and another to have had his arm torn off in n tremendous explosion in the excavation for the Pennsylvania railroad terminal in New York. Tlie city was shaken for half a mile around the excavation. Ninefold Tragedy in Illinois. A family of nine was wiped out in a tragedy near Alpha. 111., the "motherkilling her seven children and herself nnd the father committing suieifie from grief.

Mia* Gould to Give Hull. Miss Helen Gould has agreed to give $150,000 for a railroad Young Men's Christian Association building at St. Louis. Preaident Enthusiastically Received. President Roosevelt was given an enthusiastic reception upon his return to Washington from Oyster Bay. Killed by Automobile. An auto killed Mr*. Alma A verson in Chicago, and Henry .1. Merle, the driver, millionaire’s son, voluntarily surrendered. Hulclde of New York Millionaire. William R. Travers, millionaire club man and relative of ninny families of social prominence, committed suicide in a New York boarding house, the motive probably being worry because his Mife recently obtained n divorce. Bi< Casket Plant Burned. Fire totally destroyed the Missouri Valley Casket Company’s plant at Oth street and Reynolds avenue, Kansas City, Kan., causing |.'H),OOO loss and Injuring three firemen, who were caught under a falling wall.