Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Minneapolis had its thin! grain elevator fire within a fortnight early the other morning, the annex of Woodworth elevator, with its contents, being entirely consumed. The loss on building is about. $12,000 and on grain $6,000. Two Fort Scott, Kan., bandits tied a policeman to a tree and theu held up and robbed the occupants of two hotel offices, after which they shot a railroad engineer, a pitched battle In the dark with two officers and escaped. Bchuyler Hamilton, a New York mining engineer, formerly reputed to possess property worth $500,»K)0, has filed a |>etition in bankruptcy. Mr. Hamilton's liabilities are $90,505 and his nominal assets $115,361. Of the liabilities, $25,229 are secured. The Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society elected Rev. Dr. John S. Lindsey of Boston general secretary. The lniard created the office of corresponding secretary, and John W. Wood, present secretary of St. Andrew's Brotherhood, was chosen to fill it. The Paris Figaro was confiscated by the police throughout Germany ou account of a caricature which it coutuincd, copied from Puck, representing all the crowned heads and entitled “The Threatened Revolt in the Jungle.” Emperor William was represented as a boar. The Elkins-Widener Whitney syndicate has added *anotl«*r industry to its numerous ventures by incorporating in New Jersey an ice manufacturing company for New York. The capital stock is $1,900,000 and may be increased to $5,000,000. A tract of land embracing 125 acres has been purchased on Staten Island and a plant with a capacity of 1,000 tons a day will be erected at once. Aguinaltio has issued a proclamation at Manila calling on the Filipinos to unite to defend their liberty. He protests against every clause of Gen. Otis’ proclamation and denies that Otis has any claim to the title of captain general of the Philippines. He further declares that the Americans came to grand freedom to the Filipinos, not to establish themselves as masters of the archii>chign. The Petit Bleu of Brussels announces that the Batelclas tribesman of the Congo Free State, who defeated a column of 200 of the State troops and captured Knlambari, in addition to killing two officers, one sergeant and 200 native tronpsy captured fourteen whites, two jlfiißrAidC ammunition and n quantity of baggage. Five whites were also killed at Kalambari, which is the chief town of the district. It was garrisoned by 800 men, who deserted. Fire destroyed the three tipper flo.vs of a seven-story brick building at 144-150 Franklin street, New York City. The place was occupied by the Cook & Bernheimor Company, dealers in and manufacturers of liquors. It is estimated that the loss to the building and its contents will amount to about SIOO,OOO. Emile Vineenot was burned to death. It is believed the fire start<sl from the ignition of a small tank of cordial on the fifth floor. One of Chicago's most prominent railroad men confirms the sale of the Chicago and Alton to a number of Western roads, to lie used by "all to secure au entrance to Chicago. According to this man, who refused to allow Ids name to bo used, the roads which will use the. Alton in common and control its destiny are the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, owned by the Rockefellers; the Missouri Pacific, controlled by the Goulds; the Union Pacific nud the Illinois Central. Four persons were run down and instantly killed by an express train near Larimer Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twenty-five miles east of Pittsburg. The train dashed into the group of unfortunates at full speed, and the bodies were terribly mangled. On account of a freight wreck near Larimer it was necessary to switch the west-bound passenger trains to the east-bound track. The express was running at full speed and the engineer blew the whistle, but the alarm was unheeded, as the victims evidently thought that the train would run on the west-bound track as usual. The National Biscuit Company, through its president, B. F. Crawford, met Attorney General Monnett at Columbus, Ohio, and a settlement of the suit of ouster recently filed in the Supreme Court was arranged uttuler which the proceedings are expected to be dropped. The company complied with the first and second clauses in the action by paying iuto the State treasury a fee of $l,lOO for the privilege of doing business in the State. President Crawford assured the Attorney General that if the company’s mode of doing business was in violation of the Ohio trust laws it would modify the system so as to comply. This will satisfy the remaining clause in Mr. Monnett's action.