Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1907 — TAKE AWAY FENCES. [ARTICLE]

TAKE AWAY FENCES.

INCLOSURES OF PUBLIC LANDS MUST fcE REMOVED. President Directs Rigid Enforcement «( Law of 15.5.% After April 1— ROO>Ponnd Slnraron (n>»;ht In 4 Lake Michigan. By directionnf the President, Sjeoretarv Hitchcock has issued an order to Commissioner Richards of the general land office at once to notify all special agents and receivers, and registers of local land offices that "the*act of lVh. 25. 18S5, for the summary destruction of ille- - Sal Taclosures and obstruct ianh existing on public lands will be rigidly enforced after April 1. 1907. This order means that all fences inclosing public lands in Violation of law must "lie removed before April 1. If they are not taken down.by that time they wiH be torn down b„v representatives of Jhe government. In his letter to Secretary Hitchcock, the President says he believes the law should btf modified so ns to allow by lease the temporary inelo.sure of public lands for grazing purposes, and expresses the hope that the Senators and Representatives interested will ratlike that the order mean* that such modification must be made at the present pension.

MUCH FISH HAS sll CII TOSGS. Owner Recover. Proper!jr from Sturireon In l-.nke Mlelilirnn. A sturgeon weighing .*»« *• * pounds was caught off the Lake Michigan shore at . Hammond. Ind.. by Patrick Kaddon ami three fishermen. It is the largest sturgeon ever caught in Lake Michigan, according to fishermen. Incrusted in its gills -were a pair of tongs that are identified by Ed Much, a veteran fisherman, as his property. Much while fishing over two years ago three miles out with his three sons captured a monster sturgeon and tried to land it with a i»air of tongs. The fish upset the boat and for four hours the men hung on to its bottom until rescued by the South Chicago livesaving crew. DAM FOR FAKE ERIE TALKED. Halting Lrvrl Considered by Inter* nationnl Water Way(«Comnil»flon. Having disposed of the Chicago drainage canal question and the international boundary line on Lake Erie, the international waterways commission will,, next take up the question of damming the lower end of Lake Erie ted as to raise the level of While no definite plan has been submitted to the commission, the general scheme in view, is to build a great dam or regulating works nt the lower end of Lake Erie or somewhere in the Niagara river. Confr.ie* to Train Robbery. Percy Martin of Atlanta, Ga., whs arrested in Huntington. W. Ya.. hy Chief of Police -l>awson, charged with being one of the bandits who recentlv held up a Seaboard Air Line train eighty miles south of Richmond. Martin an hour after his arrest confessed his guilt.- He delivered to the officer a SSOO diamond ring ■which had been taken from one of the "passengers.

Bank Wpeokfd by Bomb. A bomb burled in the Fourth Street National bank, the leading financial institution of Philadelphia, by a man supposed to be Robert Steele, formerly of Chicago, completely wrecked the interior of the building, blew the thrower to atoms, killed the cashier, 'maimed eleven persons. two probably fatally, and caused a panic in the vicinity. Seven Yearn for Attempted Arson. Seven years in State’s prison and a fine of $2,000 and costs was the sentence imposed by Judge Rellstab in Trenton. N. J., on David H. Rrand, one sis the two men convicted of aiding and abetting in the attempt to burn the store occupied by them. The costs, it is estimated, will amount to $3,000. Clothespin Inventor Head. Ranoom Withered, who died the other day at Northampton. Mass., aged 05 years, was the inventor of clothespins. At 18 he engaged in the basket business and be invented many contrivances, including what was claimed to be the first bicycle, clothespins and a hatnmockotte chair. Three IHe In Hotel Fire. William Winter, aged 50. his wife and John O’Connor were suffocated in a fire which destroyed the American hotel in Delhi, N. Y. The other guests escaped by leaping from the windows in their Bight clothing.

Nrgro Gulltr of Murder. Henry White, colored, was found guilty In Lebanon, Ohio, of murdering Marshal George Basore of Franklin Oct. 30 and was aentenced to be electrocuted May 29. Injured by a Bomb. Three persona were injured by a bomb hurled from a New York elevated station at a 4ruit dealer who had been active in prosecuting a woman. Boat Sinks | Thirteen Die. During a storm the Greek sailing boat Urania went on the rocks near Ancona, Italy, and waa wrecked. Thirteen of the members of the crew were drowned. Expression Is Airninst Bailey. Senator Bailey was defeated by 100 votes In special Democratic primary held in Trarla county, Texas, to secure an expression aa to hia re-election. \i, Ga* Company Short ♦200,000. A shortage of $200,000 is said to exist In the accounts of the Dayton Gas Light and Coke Company. W. J. Munster, expert accountant of Cincinnati, is the man credited with disclosing the alleged defalcation, which may possibly reach double these figures. It is alleged that the money waa used for political purposes.