Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1907 — 5,000 DYING DAILY. [ARTICLE]

5,000 DYING DAILY.

TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN FAMINE DISTRICTS OF CHINA. Tea Million Per»on« Suffer from Lack of I'ood and American Aid In Aaked—lnsurance Order Onaled from Ohio. Five thousand persons nre dying daily from starvation and conditions nre growIn* worse, according to tclcgriftns received at Shanghai, Chinn, from ]*oints in the famine district. Whole families have been found dead in their houses from lack •f food, and bodies nre seen lying by the roadside. Ten million-persons are suffering from a lack of food and facing fftarration. Americans are urged to give *3,000,000 in the next few. weeks to help In the relief work. It is suggested that they cable money to the American consul In Shanghai, James Linn Rodgers, as supplies can be purchased hi A dollar, the relief' committee reports," will save one life until the harvest, June 25. and $10,000,000 is needed. The Chinese government aiffl people up to date have contributed over $4,000,000 for fain—lne relief, and live sums reteived from nllforeign sources total $500,000, including the supplies on their way from America. Fifty missionaries with the hghcr class Of Chinese are" engaged in overseeing the relief distributions’. The telegraph officials are carrying free all messages to and from the relief stations, and the •teamship companies arc furnishing free transportaton for supples of food, etc!,’ for the sufferers.

BASE BALL STANDINGS. Game* Won and Lint by- Club* in Principal Lmcnra. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. X> W. 1.. ’ CKTcagb .7:7 2 OTR 0 I Boston j 1 0 Xmv York... (:) 1 Philadelphia. 1 0 Pittsburg .. . o.—l Cincinnati... 1 0 St. Louis.... 0 2 American League. w. i„ w. I, New York... 1 0 Detroit 1 1 -Chicago .. ■. 2 -4—Philadelphia-:—1 1 Boston 1 1 St. Louis.... 1 2 Cleveland..... 1 1 W ashington— 0 1 LODGE IN FINANCIAL STRAITS. Death Claims Said to lie SI NO,00(1 and Funds $3,000. Coincident with the tiling in the Circuit Court in Columbus. Ohio, by Attorney General Wade H. Ellis of a suit iu quo warranto to oust the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmeu of Ohio from doing business in the State, the lodge filed an answer admitting the truth of the charges made and consenting to the prayer of the petition. It is mid the lodge has death claims against it amounting to $150,000 and its funds are only $3,000. Sees Child Die in Hia Arina. “Papa, kiss me.” said lama Hoffman, 12 years old, leaping into the arms of her father, John Hoffman, at their home in Camden, N, J. Hoffman drew her to him and kissed her. Then as he held her in his arms he saw her cheeks pale and her eyes grow dim and she fell against his breast. A moment later the child was dead. The coroner said her death was due to heart disease. Silk Mill Mcrs'cr Announced. , * A silk-mill merger with a capital of $22,500,000 Itas beert announced in Y-ot'k. Pa. The merger thus far includes the York and Monarch mills, lit That —city, and mills at Carlisle, Fleetwood. Kttiztown and Iteyuoldsvillc, Pa. The purchaser is the American Silk Mauufaoturing Company of New York. Plans under way for the merging of a total of thirty niiils, principally iu Pennsylvania. Standard Oil Company- Convicted. Twelve jurors in the t'nited States Distriet Court in Chicago found Hie Standard Oil Company of Indiana guilty ®f accepting illegal rates from the Chicago and Alton Railroad, as charged in 1,4(12 counts of the indictment on which the corporation has just been tried. Should the verdict stand Judge Landis can impose aggregate fines of $2*.*,240,000. or $20,000 on each count.

Haußh I* Denied Clemency. The Ohio prison board has refused clemency to Dr. Oliver Haugh of Dayton. who murdered his mother, father •ml brother. The application was made on the ground that Dr. Haugh was demented. He will appeal to the Governor. He is condemned to die on April 19. University IluiltliiiK Burned. The Hippey Building, one of the largest and most imjwrtant structures at Baker 'University. Baldwin. Kan., was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated •t SOO,OOO, insurance $15,000. Esrptlkn Governor Beiilirna. Lord Cromer, Great Britain's plenipotentiary on the Nile, who reclaimed great ■actions of Egypt, has been forced by ill health to resign his position. Chicago Woman la Robbed. A negro bellboy has been arrested for stealing $2,000 worth of jewelry from Mrs. M. A. Craigmiles of Chicago at the Hotel Albert in New York. Flee* from Fortune Iluntern. Dorothy Edgarita Crouse, a girl of 20, whe is heiress to $4,000,000, has fled from New York to Paris to escape titled fortune hunters who pursued her in America. Fiada Verdict of Murder. The jury in Bemidji, Minn., which has been trying Paul Fournier for the murder of N. O. Dahl and his daughter in April, 1904, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, the penalty of which is death. James Wesley is also ■Oder conviction for the same crime.