Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1906 — JURYFAILSTO AGREE. [ARTICLE]

JURYFAILSTO AGREE.

"alleged CTnchers of negroes MAY GO FREE. ■lurk Mrn Strang Vp to Stntue of | —~ l.tbtrty for Attnrt tin • W hi-te Woman Go I nnvrngrd— Trouble with Sqnittteri?” Alter being out t went v■ illi*oc hours. trie jury in the case of Doss Galbraith. chargod with leading the mob which lynched three negroes in Spr«vgfie44s Mo., on the night of April 14, reported to the court . that no agreement could-he-reached and was discharged. The jury st<>.*»! ten for acquittal arid two for conviction throtiglt, twenty ballots.. The Galbraith ease was reset upon the do.ket.’but it i- doubtful if there will l>c another trial. The throe ' negroes were taken from jail; hanged to the suuue of Liberty and then burned 5y jfoiriah" lyh~~ne~gniptUNvore oir'TTia itTreels of the city after the jury retired and they < kept out of sight all day and night. ON THE DIAMOND P4EWI. Proanai# of ( Inlu Ui lUrc luJ- Bane Ball PpnilHiil*. - 1 W. I. 1,. ■ New Yoik. .?;: ¥t Brooklyn rv.43 '6§ Pittsburg :. . 7;; -tl S:. lemis.... .44 i 2 ITlOMelphia 52 <»3 Bostou .....39 79 i AM KftICAN UAOIE. -W. L J„ t'hieago ....tl!* 4." St. lantis.. . .Tift 53 Phil’delphia T 44 48 Detroit--. .5-1 58 New York., til 47 Washington; 45 §+- Cleveland . ,<lO .’at llostou 35 7!> - AM KItK'AX ASSOCI ATION. —ttrr 1.. E Columbus ~7H 50 Kansas City.<l4 *44 Milwaukee. 7lf 58 la.uisvillr ...*>2 **7 ’Toledo tilt 58 St. l’aul 57 70 : Minneapolis 0(4 63 Indianapolis 45 .84 W KSTKItN LEAGUE. w. l. w. 1.. Des Moines.B2 32 Denver .....53 til Omaha 56 54 Sioux City. .52 <4O Linixiln ....54 59 Tnehlo 41 72 —-- / _ SQUATTERS MAKH/t ltOt Ilt.K. Additional Troop* Ordered to ShnKhone Indian Reservation. Upon n-quest of Sheriff Sfougli of Fremont county, Wyo., <lov, 1!rooks has ordered uutT'oinpany Bof the State -National Guard stationed at l.audet to. proceed to ilte Shoshone reservation to aid the sheriff in preserving order on the new town site on the reservation.' The ililticulty on the reservation began the day' la-fore til'- reservation was opened, whet) alauit 500 settlers gathered on the lamlcr of the re.servatiou and on the morning of the opening day every town lot on the new. .town, site was uccypieil squatter. __ Clash with Cnnndn Oxer t'l»li Nets. Captain Ross, chief of the revenue cutter service of the Treasury Department the Canadian cruiser Vigilant was destroying the nets of Ameriean fishermen in .Lake Erie, set -well within American water. The matter probably will consti,tute the subject of ail exchange between the American and Canadian governments. Filln_! Train t rni.li in Canada. A Wabash special train carrying three theatrical companies and the C’anadian Pacitie regular passenger train from Toruble crashed a* the crossing just eawt of St. Thomas, Out. Engineer McKay of the Canadian Pacific was killed : l'in-man Patterson was seriously hurt and Baggageman Alex \\ iley probably was fatally injured. - Treasurer** Sliorlam- Dineoveretl. Irregularities in the aeeounts of Dr. Robert D. Fheppard, former treasurer of Northwestern University. Evanston, 111.. and Garrett Biblical Institute. Chicago, involving a sunt estimated at her ween 872.un0 and 1200i000, :uv .ii- overed. The educator and his friends say some property already has been turned over and that no one will los a dollar. (irn, Miu V»imiiiimtDd* (Jen. Min. an adjutant to the Czar, who was known for mthlessness in putting down the Moscow riots, was assassinated at Peterhof by a girl. .An attempt was made oh the life of tie- Governor of Odessa, aud the revolutionists warn the Russian officials that terrorism will lie continued. B until Hill* T«e»l>-el«hl Pfr«oa«. Terrorists atlempt<*d to assassinate Premier Btolypin, throwing a bomb into his villa near St. Petersburg during a reception. killing twenty-eight and injuring twent.v-fouc persons. The premier apd his son were injuri-d and his daugh*er-wAs killed. Two of the revolutionists are dead. ••Mark Twain*’ liny* Mansion. “Mark Twain” has purchased the old Noah Sherwood house ;n New Iliv.ii, Conn., and will reconstruct it into a beautiful mansion, in which he exjiects io„gnd hi* days. Whoopi ns « ouch Germ Fun ad. I>r Gengou of the Ib-lgian school m.-d----ical college report* the discovery of the whooping cough microbe. It is said to resemble Pfeiffer's Influenza pah-robe. ■•hlladrlphla KlaasHfr Die*. Frank K. Illpple, president of the Philadelphia Real Estate Trust Company, ' died suddenly at his home in Rcyu Maw He was 67. Mr. ILipple was a lawyer, but for many years devoted most oNAhit time to finance. , j Kind* Diamonds In Canada. ‘ Prof. Reuben Andrea, well known Vn Winnipeg and 1 •ottage la Prairie, returned to the former city with n hiindful of diamonds in the rough which he claims to\ lMre-'discovered somewhere wit bin the confines of the province.

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Rriiorls of Destruction of Juan Fernandes. Robinson Crusoe's island is no more. The famous island is reported To have been wiped out of existence by the great seismic disturbances which wrought such damage t*Brootrhout Chile. The island of Defoe's castaway lias always popularly been supposed to Eg Juan Fernandez.'4oo“ miles off the Chilean coast. Tlie adventures of Alexander Selkirk, a B*ißi'bman. who lived a solitary existence there for fohr years, are regarded as having been the basis for tlie tale of Robinson Crusoe. It is this i-.-land which is now supposed to have been destroyed. The trews comes from Callao on the nutliority of steamers arriving there, w’oi -h report the disappearance of the island. As the island was probably within the sphere of the setsntic upheavals its reported' disappearance is laid to that cause. Juan Fernandez island was a desolate tract and rocky strip of land eighteen miles long and six miles wide lying in tlie Pacific oceau off tlie Chilean coast. Tt has brew-the-seat -4" a small German colony of late years and a few Chilean inhabitants have also made their home on the island. No intimation of what lias become of the islanders is given in the reports saying the island has been destroyed.

NEAR 11! 1.1.10 N DOLLAR SESSION. Total A )>i>roprln»e<l by <’ouitrt*»s ! <>r 1907, f570,580,1!55. .According to a statement issued ,by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C, Courts, chief clerks of the Senate and llodse committees on appropriations. Congress at its last session appropriated for the fiscal year 1907, $879,589,185.10, an increase of $59,404,550.20 over the sum appropriated for 1900. Of the net immense, $42,447,201 was for the Isthmian canal. The new offices and employments specificallyauthorized number t 1,934, at an annual compensation of $0,015,870; and those abolished hr omitted number 5,285, at an annual compensation of $4,010,109, a nel increase of 1,649 in number and $2,005,761 in amount.

GREAT STOIOI IN KVNSAS t'ITV. People Heaene«l from FIoo«le«l ltiatrleta—llun<lre«i» of Illrd* Killed. A terrific rainstorm prevailed in Kansas City and vicinity the other day. causing serious damage. In Kansas City 5.143 inches of water fell, a reix>rd for the time, three hours and a half. I,ow lying lands were flooded and the police and fire departments were called upon to rescue persons from basements in Little Italy, in the north end of town, and in the east and west bottoms, whole the water entered many small houses. Several downtown basements were flooded and goods damaged. Trees were stripped of their foliage and hundreds of sparrows were killed. Yk In n Hattie. Cuban rebels defeated the government forces in a battle in Havana province, killing seven soldiers. Auother band of insurgents captured the city of Palmira and was joined by the Mayor, the town council and the city employes. tmprUoned for Ktivins (ilrl. For seizing and kissing a New York girl wllq wished no caresses from hi In, Dr. Charles E. Wilson of Montreal, Que., vice president of tlie American Orthopedic Association, was sentenced to a week In jail In Toronto, Ont. Rrleaaed Prisoner* Hearresled. James Blackburn. D, D. Kelley. James Wallace and Nicholas Gardner, Indian Territory outlaws, were arrested at the Pausing (Kan.) penitentiary gates after serving aix years. They will be taken to Missouri and tried for robberies there. Insurgent* < aplure ’Clfjr. ’Cuban insurgents captured the~city of San Luis, Pinar del Rio province, after a battle in which many were killed* and Mounded, and took fifty Hurtle Guard*.