Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1907 — CLAIM LAND FRAUDS. [ARTICLE]

CLAIM LAND FRAUDS.

GRAND JURY INDICTS PROMI-■ NENT UTAH MEN. Salt Lake Attorney and Minima Man Arc Included in l.lat—Supposed Robber of St. Looia Sub-Treasury *• Acquitted. s _ Men of prominence in the business and professional world fire indicted by the federal grand jury, which made its report in. Salt Lake City. The names arc being kept secret until service is s.'cured. ■Two men who were served with indictments are. E. W. Senior,, one of the leading land attorneys of jhe Wesk and Don C. Rotibins, a well-known mining man. TThey ire Charged with conspiracy in ac- | quiring coal lands from the government. It is alleged that they endeavored to illegally secure title’ to valuable coal areas. The alleged offense consisted of filing,on laud, claiming it to be for Their own use and benefit, when in reality it was for the purpose of turning it over to a coal company, It is rumored that indictments were found in connection with the lumber combine of the Northwest/

DAVID P. DYER. JH„ ACQI ITTED. Not Guilty of KnibcrillnK from St. l.oui* Sub! reanury. ■ ’ David P. Dy er, Jr., was acquitted by a jury of the charge of embezzling StiltfiOO from the subtreasury in St. Louis where he was receiving teller. The verdict came little as a surprise after Judge Garland’s instructions, in which he said: “It must be shown that the defendant feloniously converted the public money of the United States. The mere failure to account does not warrant intent to convert.” The defendant admitted on thewitness stand that he discovered the shortage Sept. 27, 190(5, but failed to reveal the fact in the hope that the money would be found. Cashier Johnson reported the discovery of the shortage on Oct. 5, when, just after checking up Dyer’s cash and finding it all right, he said he saw Dyer replacing money in Paying Teller Ferguson's cage. He immediately went over Dyer’s cash again and found it short.

LIGHT WIKB CAISES BIG FIRE. Three Store* and a l.nrxe Hotel Are Destroyed at YonnutloHn, Ohio. Three of die largest retail business he uses in Youngstown, Ohio. and a large hotel were destroyed by tire caused by a defective light wire, entailing a loss which will reach close to $1,000.(100. The tire started in the basement of the H. L. McElroy Company's building, at 6:45 Sunday morning, and an hour later the McElroy building, Euwer building and the Eastman Hotel, all three large four-story brick structures, were in ruins and the ment store was destroyed by water.

Oklahoma After Cool Limit. The special committee of the Oklahoma constitutional convention on coal and asphalt lands in Indian territory made its final report to the convention in the form of a congressional memorial notifying Congress and the President that the State of Oklahoma desires to open negotiations with the federal government and at an early date purchase the lauds. Tiffany Store la Robbed. Tiffany & Co. of New York hare been the victims of another diamond thief. The value of gems that are known to have been stolen from the jewelry department during a period covering the last air months will reach well into the thousands. News of the thefts followed the arrest of a young man in the jewelry department. Tries to Save, but Kill*. Crazed by the excitement following an explosion of gasoline in the tank of an automobile on which he was working in a garage in Cleveland. William Garroway lost his life and caused fatal burns t<i his little daughter, whom he, was attempting to save. Had he left her alone she would have.been unharmed. Sixteen Burned to Death. Sixteen persons were killed and half a score injured when the Queen City Special on the Big Four Railroad clashed into west-bound freight train No. 95, 400 yards east of the depot.ax Fowler. 4 Ind. The wreck immediately caught fire and nearly all of the passenger train was burned. Fatal Railroad Wreck. More than thirty persons are believed to have been killed in the train' wreck at Sandword. Ind., caused by the explosion of a car of powder. Twenty-three persona are known to have met death, and parts of multilated corpses which are found indicate a dozen others perished. End* Life aa Husband Dies. Growing frantic because her husband wan dying in convulsions. Mrs. Walter Milla rushed from her home in Zanesville. Ohio, and her Imdy was found the next day on the banks of the Muskingum River. Her husband died during the night. Jamaica Governor Acta Hastily. Governor Swettenham of Jamaica, his pride hurt by seeing United States bluejackets on British soil, requested, in a sarcastic letter, that Admiral I>avis withdraw, and the American commander quickly left with his squadron. Society Man Admit* Foraery. * Horace E. Hand, attorney-at-law and society leader in Kirkwood. Mo., pleaded gdilty to two charges of forgery, and at bis own request was taken to Jefferson City in time to begin his sentence of five years at dawn the next morning. Sontb Carolina City Devastated. The most disastrous fire in the history ot Beaufort, 0. C., occurred KatUrday •fceraoou. The loss is estimated between s£oo,ooo and $700,000. abojjt one-third I covered by insurance. Among the losses were the town ball and tb» market bouse.