Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1907 — WOMAN SHOOTS LYNX [ARTICLE]

WOMAN SHOOTS LYNX

WINS DESPERATE BATTLE WITH jSAVAGE BEAST. Animal Attack* Mra. liinavmnn in Wood* Ncnr I.ak-e ha«ka. Minn.— Expreaa Robber* in Teia» Throw M<***cntrer from Train. Mrs. Ilinseinan. living near Lake Itasca. Minn., fired eight ibullets into a lynx which attacked her’before the animal was killed. Mrs. Ilinseinan was oil her way from her home to where her husband was at wrwk in the woods when she met the animal. The lynx crouvhfd ns if intending- to spring -upon- her. Mrs. Hintman fired one bullet intb the lynx, but only wounded the beast. Th<-n. rapidly retreating, with the lynx crawling after her. she fired seven more shots into its body. The lynx fell dead at her feet. The animal was 6 feet long from the end of its nose to the tip of -its tai). BILL FOR €1 BAYS TO PAY. ExprnarK of I'nited State* in Pacifying lalnnd Benches 52.500.000. incurred by tlie United States in sending an army of pacification to Cuba aggregate about $2,500.000. according to figures prepared by the War Department. The navy has made no extra charges for the part it has taken in the maintenance of peace in the island, but the marine corps has charged for the organization of a brigade of marines to ‘ assist in preventing trouble. It has not been determined when this money shall be obtained from Cuba. Congress authorizes] the collection of as much as Cuba can spare and virtually has allowed the War Department to exercise its judgment in this matter. EXPRESS ROBBERY IX TEXAS. Mrux-ngrr on Intcrnationnl Trnin I* Throw* Oat and Safe I,noted. As train No. 4 of the International and Great Northern, north bound, was leaving Elkhart. Texas, the other night. Express Messenger Winsley Womack was knocked on the head and''thrown out of the car. He was not missed from the train until Palestine was reached and a little later a telephone message was received from him at Elkhart, stating that be had been assaulted by robbers. The safe in the car was open when the train reached Palestine. Dowir'w Heir I* to Return. Deacon John Lewis, an offiriiri of the Zion church, who arrived in Guadalajara. Mexico, recently to look over some mining investments in the State of Jalisco, has received the news of his appointment as first apostle of the church by the' last will and testament of John Alexander Dowie. Lewis says the news came as a surprise to him and that he will return to Chicago immediately. Nation Worth *107,104,102.410. The official report just issued by the census bureau estimates 4he national wealth in 11*04 at $107,104,192,410. as compared with $88,517,300,775 in 1900. The bulk of this wealth consists of real property and improvements taxed, valued in l!*04 at sss,slo.22B ! (WL___llailroads and their equTymienv Tn lfK*4 were valued at *11,000.000.000. *200,000 Fire in Pitsburg. A dangerous fire following an explosion occurred in the plant of the Baird Machinery Company on Liberty avenue, ntgir Twenty-fifth street. Pittsburg. The flames spread to the adjoining buildings on either side. Loss is estimated at $200,000. Killed on "Way to Stfiiday School William Hayden, IS. son of Richard Hayden, a wealthy farmer, was killed in a runaway accident near Marysville. Ohio, while driving to Sunday school. He was hurled against a telephone jmle. fracturing his skull at the base of the brain and his forehead was caved in.Abu«eft Blind Son; W hltecnpped. 1 Moses Shoemaker, a farmer living near Kyger. Ohio, was visited by a mob of white caps, .who whipped him nearly to death because he was reported to have maltreated his blind son. Shoemaker's condition is critical. Poisoned by Beef Hash. Nine hundred veterans in the soldiers* home at Leavenworth. Kan., were poisoned by ptomaine in beef hash, and several hundred are critically ill. One of the vet eraus has died. Burglar* Get *IB.OOO in Gems. Eighteen thousand dollars' worth of Jewelry was stolen from the home of Charles Morgan, sop oT the founder of the Morgan steamship lines, at bis home in Orange, N. J. ____________ A Elgbty-flve Persons Killed. Eighty-five are reported to have been killed and 150 wounded so far. as the result of disorders in Moldavia. Nicaraguan* Rout Enemies. Nicaraguans have routed Salvadorean* and Hondurans in a three days’ battle, in which 1,090 Salvadoreans were killed. J Tea Die !■ Explosion. i A report reached Sergeant, Ky.. that ten miners were killed by an explosion in the Colonia) mines near Dorchester. Kidnaper la Found Guilty. The jury in the case of Joshua Harrison, charged with the kidnaping and murder of Kenneth Beasley. the O-yegr-old non of former Stau< A'enator Beasley, rendered a verdig* of guilty in Elizabeth City, N. C _ I**" Trust Im Bible Publication. An international combine of Bible societies. Mid to be using the same methods | aa the oil and sugar monopolies, is declared to exist. Small bodies attempting to spread the scriptures a re' being brought to terms or forced to abandon their work.