Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1896 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Fotta & Knevalls. heavy importers of siyinr. spices, coffee and' tea,,sif Wall street. New York, have failed. The firm is one of the .oldest in that city. Thc.jneeting of the sewer pipe manufaeiijFefs. called in Pittsburg for the purpose of forming a trust, has adjourned without accomplishing An explosion in the nitro-glycerine house of the California Powder Company at Pinole. Cal., wrecked the building and caused the death of twelve workmen, eight Chinese, and the following whites: James McNulty. W. W. Crates, James Fritz. M. Garcia. Daniel Spraker. president of the Mohawk River Bank, died of pneumonia at I'onda, N. Y., aged 98. Mr. Speaker was probably the oldest bank president in the United-States. He was the last of six brothers of the old historic Spraker fa» of Speakers, N. Y.