Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

It is reported that Fred W. Baumhoff will be the next postmaster at St. Louis, Mo. At Dayton, Ohio, H. B. Sortman, aged 58, a contractor, committed suicide by hanging himself. a Robert W. Miers was renominated for Congress by the Second district Democratic convention held at Sullivan, Ind. The President has appointed N. O. Murphy to be Governor of Arizona, to succeed Myron W. McCord, who resigned to accept a colonelcy in an army regiment. The wife of ex-Gov. Albert W. Mclntyre of Colorado obtained a divorce in Conejos County June 26 hut. The grounds for the divorce are not stated. E. J. Allen’s farm house, twenty miles east of Junction City, was burned and three children under 6 years of age were eremated. Two older children were burned beyond recovery. Passenger train No. 1, east bound, was held up one mile east of Humboldt, Nev. Express car blown up and safe blown open. Robbers escaped. Not given out how much they secured. George H. Spry, one of the best known lawyers in the Northwest, ran in front of a street car at Minneapolis and was instantly killed, the body being frightfully mangled. He was 57 years of age. By a vote of 18 to 4, the executive committee of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, composed of the various State presidents, decided to abandon the project of owning the Woman’s Temple inJJhicago. . . Fire cotnpletely destroyed the large three-story structure of the Racine, Wis., Malleable and Wrought Iron Company, resulting in a pecuniary loss of SIOO,OOO, together with three lives and serious injury to a score or more of others. At Dayton, Ohio, William Seime, aged 48, a millwright, in comfortable circumstances, in a fit of jealousy gashed hik wife's throat with a razor, chased his daughter with the bloody weapon and then cut his own UlTQat, dying instantly. The wife may recover. Five specimens of gold-bearing quartz were placed in the hands of City Chemist Bogardus of Seattle by a stranger from Alaska. Mr. Bogardus says that he can bold five pieces of the rock in one hand and that they carry $450 worth of gold. They will assay $150,000 to the ton. 4 *’ The Ledigh Carriage Company at Dayton, Ohio, assigned to Charles J. McKee, The estimated liabilities are $115,000 and assets $140,000, with preferences of $35,000. The company has stocked up with $90,000 worth of raw material, and the expected orders for the finished product were not forthcoming. In order to liquidate, the Winona Mill Company and the Winona and Dakota Grain Company of Winona. Minn., sold all their properties, valued at $250,000, to the Atlas Elevator Company of Minneapolis. It is understood all creditors will be paid. Unfortunate speculation is said to have hastened the misfortune.

Forty-five prisoners in the reformatory at Mhnsfleld. Ohio, are strung up by the thumbs in dungeons and given only one scant meal a day, having gone on a “strike" because their tobacco supply was cut off. There were twenty-five others implicated, but they returned to work When informed what the punishment would be. . ' Statements having reached Washington that cattlemen are trespassing on the Sequoia national park, in Tulare County, Cal., since the withdrawal of the Fourth cavalry, the Secretary of the Interior has appointed W. B. Zebley superintendent of the reservation and Instructed him to appoint twenty deputies and see that cattle are kept outside the park limits. The ’longshoremen, in session at Cher boygan, Mich., elected the following officers: President, D. J. Keefe of Chicago; first vice-president. Frank Foster of Escanaba; second vice-president, J. Walsh

of Cleveland; third vice-prc.iident, W. Murnan of Duluth; secretary and treasurer, H. C. Barter of Detroit. Buffalo wm chosen as the next place of meeting. Mrs. I. N. Barber, principal of the BL Paul, Mitin., School of Fine Arts, committed suicide at Mendota, where she was in charge of the summer art school. The deed was committed some time during the night and the body was cold when found ip the morning. She bad shot herself through the temple. She left letters to friends saying that the struggle for a livelihood was too great. She was a young woman of exceptional ability and great strength of character. The 'Frisco passenger train leaving Wichita, Kan., for St. Louis was held up by two masked men at Andover, Kan. A" citizen of Andover, who learned of the plan to rob the train, attempted to notify the train crew and was shot by the robbers. He will probably die. His name could not be learned. Several hundred dollars was taken from the express car, but the exact amount is not known. As soon as the engineer slowed down the men, wearing heavy masks, entered the express car and demanded the money. The messenger drew a revolver, but was gagged and disarmed, after which the men took the valuables from the safe.