Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1899 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

A locomotive on the Grand Trunk express jumped tbe track east of la>nnox▼ille. Qne.. and the train followed. Three trainmen and four passengers were injured. The cause ot the wreck is not known. The Xavigaciom- Gent-rale Itnlinne, the largest steamship company in Italy, will establish a passenger service between Italy and the United States. The first boat will arrive, at Xew York the latter part of February. Fire destroyed the plants and stock of the Greer Machinery Company apd the Whittle Trunk Company, ip Knoxville, Tenn_ cansing a 10-s of Is-tween s7s,(ti>() ami Thref/fourths of the loss covered by insnram t/ Articles of incorporation have been filed in Xew Jersey by the American Radiator Company with an authorized capital of slo.**»MX*►. The company is empowered to manufacture and deal in radiators, boilers and other heating apparatus. At St. Joseph. Mo.. Christian Xeideck was burned to death while kindling a fire. Xeidevk's clothes caught tire and he threw himself on a,bed, which ignited. When assistance arrived his charred body was pulled from tin- house, which soon burned up. The Reading Coal and Iron Company has opened a number of Pennsylvania collieries, which Lave !>et*n t losisl because of. a shortage of cars. The collieries will not all run on full time and their working will depend upon the number of cars furnished by tbe railroad. George Woodmancy of Toledo loaned his gun t© a stranger, who said he wanted it for a neighbor, who desired to shoot rats. After getting possession of the tirearm the stranger drew a bead on Woodman cy and Compelled him to turn over his watch and cash.

, Inuring the progress of a colored Mardi Gras hall in St. Louis a quarrel arose.,be- - twvt-n two negroes and one of them drew ■ revolver anil fired. His intended victim dodge! and the Inflict struck Bedford Cunningham. an innocent bystander, inflicting a fatal wound. Jacob Van Ilusen. a well-known farmer of IVnfiebL. X. Y.. was brutally murdered, being dabbed ami then shot. His dead body was found lying on the floor of his home by a neighisn-. Robbery was the motive for the crins-. lint the murderer secured »nly a watch and a small amount of money. A plague panic has occurred in the soathern Kolar gold fields of Mysore, India. A boat 2.590 cooties have bolted, and it is feared this may lead to a susfionsion of the work. There have been sixty cases of plague in southern Kolar and fortyfiTe deaths from that disease have been reported. Henry Morse, a traveling man, aged 38, was found dead from asjihyxfation in his room at the Haulier House, Toledo. When be did not get up at the usual hour the clerk tried to rouse him. but let the matter drop. The man was forgotten until late in the evening, when another effort was made to arouse him, aud receiving no re apoose. the police were called. John J. Uomeilson. Louisville. Ky., died of apiplexy, agi-d 55 years. He became famous fifteen years ago. when in Mount Sterling he horsewhipped Judge Richard Retd of that city, a member of the Superior Uourt of Kentucky. In less than a week Judge Reid committed suicide by shooting, being unable to bear the disgrace of the w hipping. Tolstoi condemns the Tzar's proposed disarmament conference as “only worthy of contempt and derision.” declaring; “It will be impossible to reduce armament.* while nations not only persist in acquiring ■cw possessions, like the Philippines, Fort Arthur and the rest, but also keep what they hare acquired, like Poland, India, Alsace-Lorraine and the rest.” The City Council of Wurzburg, Bavaria, tie- seat of a university, has just taken action, accenting to Commercial Agent Stern at Bamberg, through which the teeth of the |KH>r pupils of the public sdjoeL of Wurzburg are to be examined and eared for. free of cost, provided the parents give their consent. It is also intended to treat diseases of the ear and throat in a like manner, should the teeth experiment prove successful.