Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1898 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

As far as new discoveries went the expedition sent out by the University of Pennsylvania to study northern Alaska from a scientific standpoint has been a failure. The threi men of the party, in Charge of E. A.'Mcllhenny, returned to Seattle on the Excelsior. Ten persons cremated, eight more fatal- , ly burned and eight seriously injured is the record of the most disastrous fire that ever occurred In Toledo. The spontaneous combustion of dust in the grain elevator owned by Paddock, Hodge & Co. caused this terrible destruction of life. | AM local cattle records were broken at the Kansas City stock yards the other day, when 18,085 head of cattle were received. Fully 11,000 head of those received were stockers and feedera from the Western ranges. The previous record was 17,477 head, received Aug. 3, 1897. George E. Green, president of the Commercial Travelers’ Home Association of America, has started a 10-cent endless chain of letters for the purpose of raisiug money to complete the home, the corner stone of which was laid on South Mountain, in Binghamton, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1894. A deal was consummated in St. Louis, Mo., whereby the Brown tobacco plant becomes the property of the American Tobacco Company. The price paid was $1,250,000. Paul Brown, president of the Brown Tobacco Company, will become manager of the business there for the American Tobacco Company. Following is the stnuding of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 87 44 Philadelphia. 65 62 Baltimore .. .83 46 Pittsburg ... .67 67 Cincinnati ..82 53 Louisville .. .57 75 Cleveland ...73 56 Brooklyn ....48 76 Chicago 74 6(1 Washington. 42 88 New Y0rk...70 61 St. Louis 35 94 A deal was closest at Irvine. Ky., by which 25,000 acres of valuable timber land, a large part of which is virgin forest in Knott and Perry counties, were transferred to an English syndicate. Includes! in the deal was the Ingles sawmill at: Irvine, one of the largest along the Kentucky river, which will be utilised in turning timbe'r into lumber to supidy the mammoth furniture factories which the syndicate will erect in Cincinnati. George Bowman of Bridge-port, Conn., was murdered last winter near Dawson, Alaska, by a companion named Johnson of Springfield, Mass. He was almost in sight of the* golden Mecca when his strength failed him and lie sank in the soft snow. Johnson, who was the lea (hoof the* party, won't bete*k to him and with an oath blew- out the unfortunate man’s brains with a revolver. 'Phis is the terrible* story that is te»lel for the first time by J. C. Sachs, who lias just returned, from Alaska.

Five men were injured at. the new Government tlain at Neville IsQund, near Coraopolls, Pa., by the broking of a large traveling crane. The accident wag caused by the breaking of n steel guy line of the crane, which precipitated a largo derrick from sixty feet above the crane to the ground. In its descent the derrick ton* away the support of the crane,which crashed down upon the workmen. A huge block of stone which was being raised whtm the guy line broke fell a distance of forty-five feet among a group of workmen, but fortunately the men ran for their lives ami ail but five escap'd injury.