Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1905 — SHOWS GREAT NERVE. [ARTICLE]

SHOWS GREAT NERVE.

MISSOURI BANK EMBEZZLER HAS ASSURANCE. Chats lrlth President of Institation He Had Robbed AVhlle Awaiting Train on Wbleb to Flee—No In-\, dlctments In Pierson Case. r ,l! When G. iff. Gwin, cashier of the Bank of Hayti,- Mo., walked off with , over SIB,OOO funds of the institution, theother day he met the president of the bank at the railway station and engaged him in cheerful conversation on local affairs. Gwin set the tune lock of the safe for seventy-two hours, and consequently he had two days’ start befoTe the directors could get into the vault. In the safe he left, two letters, ope to President Dorris, saying the reason lie left was personal, not for the sum taken, and the other for J. E. Franklin, the ljeaviest stockholder, explaining, that he took the funds because Franklin had sharply criticised his methods of conducting the bank a short time before. VOTERS TO PAISS ON LAWS. Petition for Initiative nndvßefercndnm in Ohio Cities. Petitions are being circulated in all the big cities of Ohio .asking the next Legislature to authorize the people to vote on an amendment to provide for the initiative and referendum system in both State and municipal affairs. Rev. George Candee of Toledo started the first one, ■which is signed by Brand Whitlock. The Democrats are pledged to the referendum by their platform, and its supporters hope that these petitions will have enough effect on the independent Republicans to secure the enactment of the ‘necessary legislation. If successful, all bills will have to be voted upon by the people before they become laws.

FAILS TO INDICT D. K. E. MEN. Grand Jury, However, Believes Student Was Tied to Track. The Knox count}- grand jury reported at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Friday, but failed to return any indictments against members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity or sttidents of Kenyon College in connection with the death of Stewart Pierson, who met a tragic death at Gambier. The jurors carefully examined all 'fhe testimony at the inquest • of Coroner Scarborough and came to' the same opinion as the coroner, to the effect that Pierson was either tied on the track or in such position that he could not extricate himself, but the guilty party or parties could not be determined. Arixona Flood Is Fatal. G. E. Kennedy, who has reached El Paso, Tex., from Clifton, Ariz., overland, reports that three men have been drowned there by recent floods. The express office, a station,' a two-story hotel and many siqall buildings were washed away. Drifting snow has caused the Gila River to‘ rise at Silver City, N. M., cutting off several mining camps fromsupplies. Bargre Sinks; Four Lost. The foundering of the new steel barge Delawanna and the loss of four»persons on board, including Captain Johif B. Munsey and his wife, was reported at Boston by the tug Scranton, which had been towing the Delawanna from New York. The barge went down in a heavy sea about eight miles east by south from Minot’s Light. Employer.’ Blacklist Upheld. Judge J. P. Gregory in Louisville ruled in a s6,ow damage suit brought against the Ox Breeches Company by women formerly employed by the concern, that employers have the right to list discharged workmen whom they refused to take back and furnish other companies with such lists, provided no misrepresentation of the facts be made. Gilhooley Jury Completed. A jury to try the defendants in the “Gilhooley case” in Chicago was completed on the sixty-sixth court day and the seventy-seventh calendar day since the trial was opened. The cost of the proceedings up to date has been approximately $40,000. Explosion Kill. Watchman. A terrific explosion of natural gas in the Bieber building. St. Mary’s, Ohio, resulted in the death of William Smith, a watehjnan. and the wrecking of several buildings. The explosion shook the town and broke many windbws. Landslide for Moderate Party. The election in Cuba developed into a landslide for the moderate party, every nominee, from President Palma to the provincial councillors, being elected. Kill. Wife and Himself. B. A. McCarty, a laboring man of W.vmore, Neb., crushed his wife's skull with an ax and then killed hirnVlf. Family trouble was the cause. Mine Explosion Kill. Elshtren. Eighteen were killed in a Wyoming coal mine by an explosion 4,CKjO feet from the entrance to then shaft. President’* Train Attacked. A heavy iron missile wns thrown through the window of President Roosevelt’n special train. Destruction Amuses Marine Men. Marine men are astounded at the result of tile recent great gale on the lakes, seven ships being addeil to the list of wrecks, and the total of property is greater than was deemed possible. Family of Four Killed. Charles F. Douglass, Ids wife and two children were instnntly killed by an explosion of a gas main near their lisipie in Weston, W. Vn. The house was wrecked and later caught fire, almost consuming the bodies. The explosion was felt for fire miles.