Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1898 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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John H. Dialogue, aged 08, a Camden, N. J., shipbuilder, Is dead. Brig. Gen. Joseph Roberts is dead at bis borne in Philadelphia, aged 84 years* Ilenry F. Naphen was nominated for Gongress by the Democrats in the Tenth Massachusetts district on the 116th ballot. Rev. Charles Heath, a colored preneherof New York City, is dead. He was 101 years of age, and a veteran of the civil war. At Montpelier, Vt., (he Senate and House met in joint convention and reelected Redfield Proctor United States Senator. At Middletown, N. Y., two little daughters of William Meyer, the proprietor of a fertilizer factory, fell iut.o an acid vat and were destroyed. The towboat Rescue, belonging to Jutte & Co. of Pittsburg, was blown up at dock No. 3, near Elizabeth. The captain was killed and nine of the crew were injured. The woman claiming to be Helen Mnxiin has withdrawn the bigamy proceedings against Inventor, Hiram Maxim at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and will sue for damages on the ground of betrayal. Soldiers from the Fourteenth Pennsylvania and Two Hundred and Third New York regiments became involved in a riot in Harrisburg. Pa., which ended only when the fighters were placed under arrest. A majority of the Fall River, Mass., cotton manufacturers have ratified the pooling agreement and the policy of curtailing production. The agreement calls for four weeks’ curtailment of production in the next three months. The directors of the Mechanics and Traders’ Bank of New York have deposed President Fernando Baltes and elected Vice-President Schlesiuger to succeed him. There was a slight run on the bank, but all demands were met. Fire at pier 39, East river. Brooklyn, did damage to the amount of $500,000. Among the heaviest losses is that of George L. Hammond, owner of the naval stores, which is placed at SIOO,OOO, the Andorenha, owned by F. W. Roberts of Liverpool, England, and valued at S3OO,(MH). She was consigned to Rail! Brothers, commission merchants. The blazing vessel was towed down to the Gownnus flats and probably will prove n total loss. The Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company, according to the best estimates, will lose $150,000.