Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — WIRELESS STOPS A SUICIDE. [ARTICLE]

WIRELESS STOPS A SUICIDE.

Word from Land Starts Boat Crew on Life Saving Hunt. ff- -Wireless warning from distant laud' Weed a passenger from suicide on the _ steamer Plymouth, far out on Long Island sound. The operator was about to transmit a message, when a message came llyiAg through the air from Wilson’s point, at the head of the sound. “Stop alt and listen,” said the wireless. ‘ You have a young man aboard named George If. Aiden of Binghamton, N. Y„ who is : about to kill himself. He left,a letter for r a friend la New York saying he would take poison or jump overboard. Hurry I’’ Captain Williamson and Steward Sullivan were notified. All the boat hands began a search. The wireless had given a brief description of'Aiden. lie was found quickly in one of the staterooms, where he Was seated before a washstand, on which was a sealed bottle of muriatic acid. A few minutes longer and it would have been too late. Aiden begged to be allowed to open the bottle and swallow the contents. He was put under guard and when the Plymouth reached Fall River, Mass., was given over to the police and locked up.

CHLOROFORM TWO FAMILIEB. BsrgUn Secure Most of Loot from Man Afraid of Banka. Burgher* chloroformed seven members of Herman Graupncr’s family in their home in 22d street, New York, and took f 1,650 and a watch valued at $75. Graugner had no use for banks and so sewed up his money in the lining of his vest. After chloroforming the members of the family, while asleep, burglars ripped the seams in the vest and obtained the money. Shortly afterward the seven members of James Bergin’s family, who live in 21st street, were also chloroformed. The burglars here only secured a watch aut) chain and sl4 in money. Pint of the I.cap Year Girls. Miss Emily Stager of Minneapolis took out a license to wed Charles Eakin. This la Minneapolis’ first real leap year wed- ‘ ding. The ceremony is to be performed ia the county jail, where Eakin is serving S a five months’ term on a charge of grand larceny. Miss Steger is 22 years old. Eakin s age is the same. The wedding will come as the culmination <n a friendship which has been close since their childhood. Pope Is Suffering from Goat. Various alarming rumors were in circulation in Rome regarding the health of Pcpe Pius. They vfere to the effect that hia holiness had suffered a stroke of apoplexy, that he had had a bad fainting spell and that the disease of the heart from which he suffers had suddenly grown worse. All were greatly exaggerated, however, as the Pope is only again suffering from the gout. Thinks Husband the Devil. Un. Elisa Matsen, arrested on the charge of complicity in the murder of her husband, made a complete confession at Chisholm. Minn. Tuesday morning Mstsen's lifeless body was found on a bed in a room over a saloon at Chisholm, with the blade of a double-bitted nx implanted in his skull. Mrs. Matson’s excuse for killing her husband was that she thought she was killing the devil.

Heat Wave Kills In Australia. There is much suffering because of the unusual heat wave throughout Victoria, Australia. The people are obliged to ~ deep out of doors and there have been many cases of sunstroke. Thirty-two deaths have been recorded from this cause during the past few days. The theaters are beginning to shut down. Plot to Sink American Fleet f The police of Kio Janeiro are said to have discovered and thwarted a plot of an international band of anarchists to sink the American battle ship licet in the harbor. The rumor is believed to have been set afloat by some crank or practical joker. Schoolboy Dies from Itasina;. Rn y mond Taylor. 16 years old, i pupil at the Eugene Field school in Chicago, died as the result of hazing by fellow pupils, his sister having succumbed five years ago to injuries received from a schoolmate.

£7 Kir*- Imperil* forty Miner*. Fire in the Cattsburg, Pa., mine of the Monongahela Hirer Coal Company endangered the lives of forty miners, but it is said all have been accounted for. The owners hope the blase can be confined to one section of the works. Cssvlft Coerts Death. Frank J. Constantine, murderer of Mrs. Louise (Sentry of Chicago, is believed to be dying as the result of having leaped from the seventh balcony of the Joliet penitentiary in an attempt at suicide. _____ Walah la found Guilty. John It. Walah was found guilty on fifty-four counts of the indictment for misapplying fuuds of the Chicago 'fiufortal Bank. The motion for a new (rial Will be argued Jan. 28 laferl*(a of Hurled Miners. A terrible tale of suffering is told by three men rescued at Kly, Xev., after haying been entombed in mine forty-six Philadelphia Kdilor Dies. Former Postmaster General diaries Emory Hmith died suddenly of heart disease at his home iii Philadelphia. Gladys Rays Itsre Ueea. It was announced at the Irish fair, New You*, that Miss Gladys Vanderbilt had purchased the latest set of Irish point lace in America. The set. two cuffs ami a collar, made 200 years ago, sold for more than •1,000. r- - . —a , Relative* May Break Will. The will of Peter ramming. New York, hank president. gives fOO.fltiO to the Pre*hytrtlan hospital to endow in peris-tnity ■ • man or beds for employes, or depositor* of the bank. Several relative* are fc•nrnd and will attempt to break the will.