Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1907 — WILL RECALL TROOPS [ARTICLE]

WILL RECALL TROOPS

RUSSIAN FORCES TO feE WITH* DRAWN FROM MANCHURIA. Immediate Evuruation Tnkfn »* A»■nrnnrr erf Peace nnd Good F^ilto ,_ mm Pmri of Cl«r’» QtH^rn mon«— - Aiurrr Hunband Kills Wife. ,f The Russian government has decided to withdraw its troops from Manchuria immediately,, instead of awaiting the date. April 35, fixed by the Russo-Japanese agreement. Tfic'governments of China and Japan have been notified of the decision nnd of the steps already taken by Russia. thus assuring the completion of the evacuation at an early -dato. ThO «lecision Is considered as cortettisive proof of the '.'pacific intentions of Russia and also that she has no future plans concerning Manchuria. The first step in the proj>ose<] internal reorganization, of the Russian navy was taken the other day by the issuance of a. .uka.se reversing Jhe.syw tern of decentralization that has'existed for the- last ten years and Concent rating the power and responsilrflity Tot the >1 ip: tion of the fioet in the hands of the minister of marine. Under this new order Admiral Piknff. who was appointed-a few days ago -to succeed Vice Admiral Biriled as commander -in chief of tlte fleet, becomes virtually the commanding admiral and is in direct charge of all ships, their personnel and the technical strategic administration of the navy.

TEI.I.S OF CANADA’* KHIIAIIMIII’. Serrrtary Itoot l’lc»«ed with Ilcceptionn Given Him In Dominion. Secretary Root luis tviurned to Wash ington front his visit t*& Canada with the most pleasant impression, lie took occasion repeatedly to spca)t of the very satisfactory reception which he had nnd of the good sense and friendship which had been shown by Canadian officials with whom he came in contact. “My visit to CVnada." said Mr. Root,', “grew out of an entirely social matter, and more importance has Wen .attached to it officially than it deserves. As to' questions which are pending between the States and Canada, those are matters of• which I cannot speak.” It is understood in Washington that Secretary Root’s visit to Canada really paves the way to an adjustment of differences between the two countries on the arrival here of James Bryce, the new ambassador, on Feb. 28.

MAX KILLS SLEEPING WIFE. Ilaabnnd Then'l’lre* llullct Into Own Drenxt nml May Die. Peter Schlef, 40 years of age, shot and killed his wife ns she lay asleep in bed in IVtroit, and then fired a bullet ihto bis own breast, lie is believed to be dying in a hospital. The shooting followed a long heated quarrel with his wife the previous night. The couple had quarreled frequently of late. They have seven children ranging from 2 to 17 years of age. Mrs. Schlef cauie from Chicago a few days ago. Old Masters Held Indeeent. The Omaha courts have decided that works of art by famous painters, including Van Dyke, Rubens and Van dor Werff. are indeeent and that reproductions of them cannot be sold in Omaha stores. For persisting in their sale John Greenberg was fined and warned-that on the next occasion he would be sent to jail. Big tfltto* Mill Hums. Five boys were, burned to death and a number of men and women were injured in jumping from the -windows when one of the largest mills of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company, makers of cotton goods, was destroyed by fire in Dover, -X. 11. Explosion Kills Twelve or More. Twelve tnen or more were killed and a hundred others were jo soiled from death after an exciting struggle in the Pennsylvania’s company's coal mine at Loreutg, IV. Va. The disaster was due to an explosion of fire damp. Five of the dead were Americans, the others Italians. Xlne Are Blown to Piece*. Nine men. all foreigners, were blown to. pieces by a dynamite explosion on the Tidewater railroad near l’earisburg. Va. The laborers were at dinner aud a quantity of the explosive which was being thawed in front of a fire blew up. $200,000 CourthouNC Destroyed. The Columbia County court house in Hudson, N. Y,. was burned with a loss of $200,000. The building was erected in 1000 and was a three-story structure of white marble: *' __ Mother and Son Perl*h In Fire. Rachel Pyles, aged SO, a soldier's widow, and her son Jonathan. 3S. both deaf, were burned to death in a log cabin at Dixon's Mills, Ohio. Neighbors found tbe skeletons among the ruins. Higher Wggea for Textile Workers. The 60,000 textile workers of Philadelphia have been virtually assured an increase in wages of 10 to 15 per cent. The schedules will go into effect Feb. 1. Xatnral Ga* Shortage. With tbe mercury hovering about sero there was much suffering from a natural gas shortage in Pittsburg. Allegheny and all the surrounding towns. Lover of 13 Year* End* Life. • The body of\ Join* L. Ilart. aged lft. was found liangibg in tbe barn of;* relat tive at Stowe, near Pottstown, Pa. II is act of self-destruction is attributed to a playful remark made by a young girr companion, who said she did not like him. c ; Rattle Company Kell* Out. The CatU« Company, the largest range cattle company Ml the West. h*« sold Us entire herd,of 80,000 head dl cattle in South Dakota and will go out of business. E. H. Harrimau is a member of tbe firm.