Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1907 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

WBta RECORD OTTHE OTHTS OF SEVEN

CONVICTS HAVE A SCHOOL. C*lle*e Gradoatei Amons Priaonero Oonatitnt* Focalty in Sin* Sins. The departure for Auburn of Philetus If. Helfer calls attention to remarkable educational work under State« sauspices tor convicts in New York prisons. Mr.. Helfer has introduced among- the 1,200 •r more prisoners in Sing Jfing a course tanking rather above the gnammer grades and below the high school courses. A •otapetent corps of instructors was obtained among the prisoners. The faculty •onsists of nine members, all of whom are college graduates. The dean is a Cambridge (England) man, while one of the members is an Oxford man. Columbia has three representatives and Cornel) »ne. The Cambridge and Oxford men are •erring sentences for forgery, a crime which,seems to Appeal ttrrhw educated.

OUT OF MONEY; TRIES SUICIDE. Norwood Park Man Attempt! to Kill Himself in Cincinnati. John W. Fuller of Norwood Park, 18., made two unsuccessful attempts at sui•ide in a cheap rooming house on East sth street, Cincinnati. He first swallowed a quantity of liniment containing morphine, and. this failing to take effect, he gashed his wrists deeply with a piece broken glass. Ile was t~a ken to t lie city hospital, -where the phys’eians proaounco hia condition serious. He was without money and despondency caused his attempts at self-destruction. REVENGE OF A STRANGLER. Victim a Witn»«« Airainat Foreigner! Accnaed of K eep ing HI i nd Tig ■ • • The murderer of E. S. Jefferson, who was strangled near his home in Burlington, N. J., is still at large. It is thought that revenge may have been the motive. Jefferson had appeared as a witness against foreigners arrested for running a “apeak easy,” and it io said they had threatened to get even with him. As a direct result of the murder of E. 8. Jefferson, Policeman George Gusrang was murdered by a mysterious stranger, who afterward attempted to commit suicide. Cats Wage! of 10,000 Men. Ten thousand men employed on the Pacific Coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad already have had their wages reduced 25 cents a day and have been notified of a further •adnotion of cents a day on Dec. 1. Iffieae reductions are the direct result of laying off of men by western roads, by taining companies and by other industrial «a tabl iahmento.

Three Yeans Skater* v?rv.»*r.’ Ella Swift, aged P years, Merle’ Mettlsr, 14, and Frank Hartfelled, 18, were drowned in Little Creek at Mason City, lowa. The two girls were skating together, when the ice broke and they went beneath. Frank Hartfelled attempted their rescue, but was unsuccessful. The bodies of the two girls were recovered and searchers are now dragging the river for that of Hartfelled. VnaMe to Agree on Verdict. The jury in the Steve Adams murder case was discharged in Rathdrum, Idaho, being unable to agree .on a verdict after having been out for twenti’-one hours. The jury stood eight for acquittal and four for convicton. Adams was tried for the murder of Fred Tyler in the Marble Creek district of Shoshone County, Idaho, in August, 1904. Glass Block Is Destroyed. The Glass block, at St Marys, Ohio, a three-story brick building. own«d by the St. Marys Woolen Mills Company, was partly destroyed by fire; loss $40.0(1). bfihding,..occupied byßit? ■er 4 Co.’s department store, was damaged to the extent of $4,000. Paris Sees Dawn of Republic. That a revolution, the abdication of King Carlos, and the formation of a republic in Portugal will be the outcome of the present disturbances in that country is the belief of well informed circles in —'-yr; rr-— —- Hart in Street Cur Crush. One woman was probably fatally injured, . one man seriously hurt, and a •core bruised and shaken when a "th •Jreet car crashed into the rear end of a Maria avenue street car in St Paul.

Marder, Suicide and Arson. A rich New York manufacturer and his wife were found dead in their burning home. The woman is believed to have killed her busband, fired the house, then ehot herself. Papinta Dies on Stage. Papinta, known the world over by her “fire dance" and “mirror ’ is dead fa Berlin. She died in the Dusseldorf Theater at the conclusion of her act. Sevan Killed by Blast. In an explosion on the eastern construction work of the Grand Trunk Pacific road at Dryden, Ont., seven men were killed and four injured. Delay la Thaw Trial. Second trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White has oeen again postponed. It will probably not be begun until late in January. Want Saloons Closed on Sunday. War on Sunday saloons >n Chicago has been opened with attacks from .agents of the Chicago Law and Order Ixxigue and from the pulpits of 500 churches. Princess Sacrlflcea a Crown. The Vienna newspaper Die Ziet publishes a Brussels dispatch, according to which the Princess Blisabeth has left her husband. Prince Albert of Belgium, heir to the throne, and will not return to Belgium. She is j with her parents in Munich. Bi* Factory la Closed. The works of the Aluminum Company of America, formerly known as the Pittsburg Reduction Company, suspended operations in St Louis and it is announced What the plant will be closed indefinitely

TRUST WILL ,EAT TRUST. Harvriter Company Finds Nemesis ib liemp Combine. If nothing occurs to mar the plans ,of the sisal hemp producers of th.? Sftte of Yucatan, Mexico, the International Har.rvester Company and other large" users of the fiber in this country will Tie compelled to pay for their supplies whatever price the plantation owners sere inclin«f to demand. Thus, it i« said in the trade in New York-, will be created a condition., under which one concern with a practical monopoly will be compelled to deal with another—smaller, perhaps, but in a position to shjw an arrogant spirit. Details' of" tlie producers’ plans show thormirlmon of organ I rat inn tn uphold prices. The sisal hemp growerg met at Merida. Yucatan, Nov. 8 and formed a stock conipany to be known as the Corporation Association 0f... Sisal 1 lemp PlanGrowera will make deliveries directly to the as-” sociattfbn, which will have full charge of •ales. Planters will receive two-thirds of the value of their crop on delivery to the association and the remainder when its sale is effected. Heavy penalties are provided for breaking the agreement, which is to last for five years. SALOONS DIE INOKLAHOMA. SVaiehood Bata Total of SCO Dram■hops Ont of Existence. When 12 o’clock came .on Saturday night approximatelysaloons in Oklahoma, closed ns the result of the Statewide prohibition provision in the State const it u t ion. The g rea t<• st nu mber lootis in one town was sixty-live at Oklahoma City, where the fixtures ot each saloon had an average value of about sl,500. The only breweries in the State, two in number, were in Oklahoma City. An idea of the traffic cut off may be gained from the statement of an experienced saloonkeeper. He said the gross income of each saloon in Oklahoma would average S4O a day, making a total of $3,696.000 paid annually for alcoholic beverages by the people of one-half the new State, Indian Territory having had fed•ral prohibition fi>r._many.. Jear s.

MA Y RE J ECT NEW SENATORS. Men from Oklahoma Likely to Encounter Difficultles In Washington Senators Owen and Gore of Oklahoma may not be received by the Senate when the Sixtieth Congress convenes. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, holds that their appointment by Gov. Haskell is invalid, and thie view la entertained by several of the Senate lawyers. The Constitution provides that the Senators shall be elected by the Legislature. The Senate has never recognized appointments by Governors where State Legislatures have had an opportunity to elect and have failed to do so. In the case of Oklahoma it is contended there was no senatorial vacancy t-o KILLS SLEEPING HUSBAND. New York Woman Shoot* Man and Trie* to Commit Suicide. Crazed by jealousy because of her husband's attentions to another woman, Mrs. Lottie Hitchcock shot and killed Robert L. Hitchcock, a compositor, as he lay sleeping in bed in their home in the borough of the Bronx, New York. Turning the revolver upon herself, Mrs. Hitchcock inflicted several wounds, from which it is expected she will die. The man and woman were married about a year ago. Recently they had frequent quarrels, and Mrs. Hitchcock repeatedly complained that her husband had been spending his evenings with another woman.

Heavy Lo>* at Peoria. Fire in the Leuthner building, on South Washington street, Peoria, HL, occupied by Brownie & Brothers, agents for the Flint Wagon Company, the Kircher Carriage Company, the Peoria Implement Company and the Wheelock Wholesale Crockery Company, spread to the two occupied — Bet hard; & Co,, wholesale groceries, and Arthur Lethman, wholesale liquor dealer. The loss’sustained by these firms will reach $300,000. Ml** Shontn to Wed Prince. Theodore P. Shonts and Mrs. Shonts have announced the engagement of their youngest daughter, Miss Theodora, to Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Marie d’Albert de Luynes d’Ailly, ninth Due de Cbaulnes et de Picquiny and Marquis d’Angeau, who also bears the title of prince and a few others of the Italian and Spanish nobility to supplement those bestowed on his family by France. Haring May Coat Girl’s Life. Attempting to escape by a tope made of lace curtains from her room on the third floor of East Hall at the State University of South Dakota, in which she had been locked by girl sophomores. Miss Anna Johnson, a pretty freshman from Howard, S. D., fell thirty feot to the frozen ground, sustaining injuries from which she will probably die. Mlaaln* Bn*ine«* Mau Returns. Howard Heidelbart, the business man whose disappearance caused a sensation four months ago, returned to Cincinnati with bis wife, and announced he had been In Europe. Receivers had been appointed for the concerns in which he was interested. , ; • Four Killed by Dynamite. * Four men were killed and three injured in an explosion in a construction camp on the Portland and Seattle road' twelve miles south of Cheney, Wash., while thawing dynamite for blasting. Some of the men were blown into- fragments. Kill Two Treasury Official*. A telegram from Bokhara says that two official* of the Bokhara treasury were attacked, mortally wounded and robbed of $60,000. The robbers were captured, but the not recovered.

HANDY, RAIL CHIEF, •dIES. General Manager of Lake Shore Knll Road and Allien Expires. Edward A. Handy of Cleveland)' Ohfa;' general manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, railway, the Lake Erie And Western, Indiana, Illinois and'lowa, and 'Lake Erie, roads, died .in Passavant hospital, Chicago,—Mr. death was due to .pneuniojika contracted while he and his wife were-in Chicago on a business trip. He was taken to the hospital from the Auditorium Annef. Mr. Handy was 57 years old, and had been in the railway service since 1878. ,lle was born in Barnstable, Mass., April 4, 1855, and was educated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. IJis first experience aS”a~ railway man Was as assistant engineer of’, construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, but he was soon promoted to tlie position “Of - 'bridgra/andbuildings. He served also as locating engineer of the Mexican National. In 1891 he entered the service of the Lake'Shore and rose from the position of chief engineer to that of general manager.

DENIED WAGES, TAKES BABIES. sur!c Ctrl -Kidnap*—Children to Enforce Demand for Pay. —Declaring .._that sls_ was due her in wages and that she had been unable to collect the money, Lorine Myers, 18 years old, a nurse girl, kidnaped the two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson, 4003 Page boulevard, St. Louis, and left a note saying that they would bo returned to their parents when—tlie—money was paid. Mrs. Johnson found the note, reading, “When you settle with me I’ll give back your children,” a short time after the girl left the house with the little ones, and at once notified the police. After a search lasting many hours the girl and the children were found in Webster Grove, a suburb, and MisS Myers was placed under arrest. Later she was sgt free at the request of her employers, ■as she did not- mean to kidnap the children. ———— — -

“PRINCE "GEQRGEWEDS. Takes Princess Marie Bonaparte a* His Bride at Paris. The marriage of Prince George of Greece, second son of the King of Greece and high commissioner for the powers in ’Crete’, and’Pfinc'ess ifaric Bonaparte-took place at the Mairie at Passy, France, Thursday. The strictest privacy was observed. The witnesses for the prince were -Prince Nichnln* of Greece and M. Delyuunis. the Greek minister. Those for the bride were Princess Jeanne Bonaparte and Princess Constantin RadziwelL The ceremony was a pure formality and does not change the status of the contracting parties, as the Greek church does not’reeognize the validity of a civil marriage. MARRIED BY TYPEWRITER. Deaf and Dumb Couple Made Husband and Wife in Unique Manner. Fingering out their marriage vows on the keyboard of a typewriter, Carrie Lemke of Cando, N. D., and Chris D. Anderson of Willow City, N. D., both deaf and dumb, were made husband and wife in a unique marriage ceremony. The service took place in the Minneapolis court ihouse and was performed by W. E. Bates, court commissioner. Mr, Bates placed a large sheet of paper in his typewriter, wrote the first question, asked the groom to read it and write the answer, and then wrote the questions for the bride and had her read them and write the answers.

Cull* for Postal Bank. The eighteenth annual meeting of the trans-Mississinpi commercial congress adjourned in Muskogee, Okla., to meet in San Francisco next November. A resolution indorsing the parcels post was voted down amid great applause. Resolutions were passed favoring the establishment of a postal savings bank; for an appropriation by the government for better roaSs " ana for the ApPFbllTiUtlunr ’by the government of not less than $500,000,000 for the improvement of rivers and harbors. Divers Flfrht Beneath Sea. Six miles off Tarpen Springs, Fla., on the gulf’s bottom, fifty-seven feet under the surface, Nicholas Andreas and John Bastoni, Greek sponge divers, fought desperately with sponge hooks for possession of a big sponge. Both received painful wounds. Andreas went to Tampa to institute prosecution against Bastoni, only to learn that no court had jurisdiction. Government Palace Fired. An unidentified man entered the government palace in Santiago, Cuba, dropped a can of gasoline in front of the governor’s door, slashed it open with a knife, and applied a lighted match. Considerable furniture and draperies were burned and the 'building itself sustained some damage. In the confusiou the man who made the trouble got away. Lamp Explodes) Women Dead. Burns caused by the explosion of a lamp resulted in the deaths of Mrs. Rose Routes, aged 60 years, and her daughter, Mrs. Rose Edwards, aged .30 years, in Philadelphia. The explosion followed an attempt by Mrs. Coates to blow out the light. Her daughter went to her assistance. Say* Drink Coat Hl»h Office. Frank M. £ddy, former Minnesota Congressman, made his first appearance as a temperance lecturer when he addressed an attentive audience at the Metropolitan opera house in Minneapolis. He said that drink had prevented him from becoming Governor of Minnesota. Counluls* of BO Per CanL ”’" Half a million dollars has been paid by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Company to its reorganisation committee as a commission on a $1,000,000 stock issue.

FIRES ON AMERICAN FISHERMEN Canadian PatroL " Captnrea Them After a'Lively Chose—Set Free. - The Canadian patrol Viglant fired ■ shot at American fishermen Tuesday afternoon and captured them with their boats after a hard chase on Erie. The patrol came upon two fishing boats and a gasoline launch near Old Hen Island. There were foiy men in the boats. The fishermen were ordered to surrender, but instead of giving themselves up they hurried aboard the launch and set out for American waters at top speed. 'Then the government vessel gave chase. It was a lively run for a time, but when the Vigilant sent a shot after the Americans, which came dangerously near them, th,e “nen“on the lisping boats, suueudeied. They were taken aboard the Uigilant and kept prisoners for some time. They were finally taken to other boats fishing on the "American- side- andgiven their liocrty. Th»fishing boats, however, were retained by the Canadians.

INSISTS ON LOW FARE. Oklahoma Xotiflea Road It Must Comply with the 2-Cent Provision The first act of the Oklahoma corporation commission was to notify the Fort Snil tli ancl ’Western railroad to comply with the 2-cent fare provision of the constitution...untiL.pt her wise ordered by that body. The railroad company has thus far refused to establish the 2-cent rate. Under the constitution failurq to comply with an order of the commission subjects the corporation to a fine of SSOO for each day of violation. The commission also received —and filed- complaints from the Midland Valley and the Wichita Falls and Northwestern railways, stating that they cannot make a profit on 2-cent fares and asking for the re-establishment of the 3-cent rate. The latter road is only thir-ty-three miles long. $687,000 LOST FOR 24 HOURS. r~~ Money Is in Car in Freight Yard and Entirely LingtOHrded. ■—- An express car containing a sealed sack in which were gold certificates —yellow backs —to the amount of $687,000 wks lost for twenty-four hours between Washington and New York on the Pennsylvania railroad. The money was intended for the Chase National bank and for one whole day the Washington authorities and Abe bank officials were making frantic but secret search- to find that car. When the searchers were becoming desperate, the car was found in the Pennsylvania yards in Jersey City alongside of a freight train. During all ttris“tim«the money in the car bad remained entirely unguarded.

INDIAN LAND FRAUDS BARED. Senate Committee Probe Show* that Restriction* Can Not Be Lifted. The Senate committee investigating the charges of fraud in the sale of Kickapoo Indian lands, completed the examination of witnesses at Shawnee, Okla., and Senators Curtis and Teller are on their way to Washington, where the investigation will >be completed. Such fraud is reported to have been uncovered that it is believed it will prevent Congress from removing the restrictions on Indian lands belonging to the five civilized tribe*. Senator Curtis, who heretofore has favored the removal, says, since taking part in the investigation, that he will oppose it in the United States Senate. TEXAS DAMAGED BY FLOODS. Fourteen Inches of Rainfall Reported and Railroad* Washed Out. Rain has Fallen 'almost incessantly throughout the southern part of Texas for four days and in consequence all the smaller streams are overflowing and the rivers are at or near the flood stage. At Lackhart the rain gauge shows a precipitation of 8% inches. At Nacogdoches residences along Bointo creek are under water to the first floor, fourteen inches of rain having fallen there. Much damage to roads, bridges and farms is being done by the floods. The railroad beds are soft and dangerous. Washouts are reported.

Three Bank Official* Indicted. , The Kings county grand jury, which is investigating the recent management of the suspended Borough bank of Brooklyn, New York, returned indictments charging larceny and other offenses against Howard Maxwell, who was president of the institution when its doors were closed j.--" Arthur D. Campbell, the deposed cashier, and William Gow, a director, who holds a coptrolling share of the bank’s stock. Curtail Work in Factorle*. Dispatches from New England industrial centers show a further curtailment of working hours, due to the scarcity of currency and to a falling off in the demand for goods. The principal industries affected are the woolen, rubber and shoe trades. The factories have either shut down or decreased their output the last few days. Nebruka Never So Prosperous. Gov. Sheldon, in his Thanksgiving proclamation declared that prosperity in Nebraska had been unparalleled. Crops, industries and rural expansion, be declared, called for public gratitude and thanksgiving- i Knocks Out Recount Law. The recount law passed by the New York Legislature to enable William R. Hearst to attack the validity of Mayor McClellan’* election has been dedared unconstitutional by the Court of Appeal*. Will T**t Ldpomotiva*. The Pennsylvania railroad will begin a series of elaborate tests to determine which of the five types of locomotive* in use is best. The test will be made on the Crestline division of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago. ■