Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1906 — STORM BALKS PEARY. [ARTICLE]

STORM BALKS PEARY.

OTHERWISE 1-lE WOULD HAVE REACHED THE POLE. Explorer Reaches Sydney on the Roosevelt and Talks of His Voynge to “Farthest North” —Mutilated Body of Girl Is Found. Flying the flag of the United States which had been placed nearer the north pole' than any other national standard, and _weather beaten and disabled, the Peary arctic steamer Roosevelt arrived at Sydney, O. 8., under sail and steam after sixteen months of vain effort to reach the pole. The expedition got to 87 degrees 6 mintitesnorth latitude, within 203 miles of the pole. Dr. L. J. Wolff said the health of the party had been excellent. There was no death and practically no sickness. Dr. Wolff had not the slightest doubt that if the gale in the early part of March had not occurred the pole would have been reached .without difficulty. Commander Peary came ashore almost immediately after the steamer came to anchor and joined Mrs. Peary, who had been in Sydney for two weeks waiting for her husband's re--torn.— Asked what- he thought of the. suggestion embodied in Fridtjof Nansen’s interview to the effect that Peary’s latest experience served to strengthen the •lan of reaching the pole by drifting from Bering sea, Commander Peary said he always believed there were great possibilities in the drifting theory for men of the temperament to stand imprisonment for several years in the ice. For his part he could not adapt himself to it. OHIO GIRL SLAIN BY ASSAILANT. Mutilated Body Found in Common — Attacked and then choked to death, the body of Dora Gillman, 20 years of age, was found in a common along Groveland avenue, in New Arlington Heights, Ohio, where it evidently had been lying since Tuesday night. The body was terribly mutilated. Miss Gillman worked at the National Cash Register plant in Dayton. It is supposed she was attacked while on her way home. There is no clew to the murderer. Bloodhounds are on the scene, but the rainfall of Wednesday makes tracing of the slayer difficult. The murdered girl’s widowed mother is in a critical condition as a result of the shock.

Ocean Steamships Collide. In a terrific collision between two ocean liners in the English channel thirteen lives were lost and a number of passengers ami members of the crews were injured. The crash, in which the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wjlhelm der Grosse was struck by the British royal mail steamer Orinoco, d’sabled the former vessel so that it had to abandon the voyage to New York. No I.nborers; Corn in Rnin. A scarcity of farm hands w’ll cost the farmers of lowa and Nebraska thousands of dollars this year. Corn is ripe in the field waiting gathering, but corn buskers are not to be obtained at any price. Farmers have offered double wages. They will suffer the heavy loss through the vast quantity of 'corn that is going to ruin in the fields. Seven Killed In Landslide. Seven trackmen on the Norfolk and Western railroad were killed as the result cf a big slip of land near Bluefield. W. Va. The men were swept down tbe mountain side and Into the river. Twelve escaped. Great Dockyards Barn. The main part of the dock yards of the Societe Des Forges Et Chantiers at Toulon. France, wns destroyed by fire. Foreign warships in course of construction were saved with difficulty. Ths loss will amount to several million francs. * Railroad Fined for Rebatin*. Federal Judge Holt at New York fined New York Central SIB,OOO for rebates to American Sugar Relining Company. Three Killed by Fallin* Scaffold. Three men were killed and several injured by a falling scaffolding at the new railroad bridge at Naugatuck Junction, Conn.

SEES ROBBERY OF INDIANS. Educator Tells Senate Committee Oklahomans Will Despoil Rednien. There was a dramatic incident before the Senate Indian investigation committee in McAlester, I. T. Rev. J. C. Murrow of Atoka, who is engiged in Indian educational work, addressed the committee against the removal of restrictions and in a violent speech assailed the white men of the territory-as the despoil era of the Indians. Senator Ilenty M. Teller of Colorado interrupted the speaker by the statement that in a short time the State government of Oklahoma could settle the questions. Rev. Mr. Murrow broke in: “God save the full bloods when statehood comes.” Senator C. D. Clark of. Wyoming then asked: “Mr. Murrow, do yoii mean to tell me (hat the 1,200,000 white men of Oklahoma would conspire to rob the pitiable remnant of 16,000 full bloods of their lands?” “I do, sir,” replied Mr. Murrow. “I firmly believe it.” “Well, then L don’t,” replied Sen a tor Clark. “I think better of any race and the citizens of the new State than to believe any such thing.” SEES NEW WAR BY CUBANS. Liberal Leader Declares “Americans Weigh on Country Like a Curse.” In spite of the fact that Gov. Magoon of Cuba has received reports from the military commanders in twenty-one towns that absolute tranquillity reigns throughout the entire island, there is a general spirit of unrest abroad, due to the uncertainty regarding the future course of the United States. The liberals are becoming more restive day by day under the indefinite continuance of the government of intervention, the liberal leaders are clamoring that the moderates be ousted from office and replaced by liberals and they are endeavoring to bring pressure to bear to secure the promise thut elections will be held at the earliest possible moment. Gen. Loynaz Del Castillo, the leader of the anti-American sentiment, "addressed aliberal meeting and made use of the phrase, “The Americans weigh on the welfare of the republic 1-ke a curse.”

SAVED BY LOSING FINGERS. Mnn Cauicht in Oil and Gas Tears Off Part of Hand to Rescue Himself. George Wilson and Arthur Steepleton, o ! i workers, narrowly escape! death at New Martinsville, W. Va., in a remarkable accident. The two men had cleaned an oil well and were putting the cap, which weighed 4,000 pounds, back on the weli. Their tools accidentally slipped, causing the cap to fall on their hinds. Oil and gas began to escape, threatening both men with asphyxiation. With a desperate effort Steepleton released his hands, tearing three fingers off. Almost dead, he released Wilson, an l both men fell unconscious from pain and from inhaling the escaping gas. The men will i ecover, but their hands were crushed and must .be amputated. Free Seed Is Condemned. The National Grange convention in Denver adopted resolutions reported by the committee on agriculture condemning free seed distribution in the government ns being of po benefit, opposing a national fertilizer law and favoring amendment of the oleomargarine law by striking out the word “knowingly,” to the end that more convictions may be secured for violation of the law. \ Hanftln* that Breaks Record. Indicted, tried, convicted and hanged in due process of law in less than four hours, is possibly the world’s record. Dick Garrett, a negro, who murdered Dr. M. M. Paul, was the subject and the scene was at Center, Texas. Cashier Held) $31,000 Gone. B. G. Cavagna, receiving teller of the First National bank in Cincinnati, was arrested by United States Marshal Lewis. It is alleged Cavagna ia short $31,600 in his accounts. Labor Shuns Socialises. The American Federation of Labor, after a spirited debate, decided to contiue •political activity on the lines laid down by President Gompers. nnd voted dewn plan to indorse Socialism. Property and Lives Lost. Twenty-three persons are dead in a ■term on three of the great lakes; fifteen persons on two missing vessels may have perished ilso; property loss estimated at $500,000.