Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

A large field of asphalt has been discovered lying under the east end of Logansport, Ind. The Ohio State Republican convention nominated Nash for Governor on the second ballot. The keg factory of Edwin Bell & Sons of Youngstown, Ohio, in Pittsburg, was entirely destroyed by fire. r A disastrous fire broke out at Republic, Wash., and before the flames were brought under control the damage amounted to $350,000. The Ohio Republican State convention held a short session Thursday at Columbus, unproductive of sensations and perfunctory in its proceedings. The man and woman who held up the Globe and Florence stage near Riverside, A. T., were captured by Sheriff Truman of Pinal County, near Benson. Congressman David B. Henderson of Dubuque is Ohio’s choicii for Speaker. The State Republican delegation declared in his favor by a vote of 11 to 1. At San Francisco Thursday night a severe earthquake shock was felt, more severely than that of May, 1898. The shock lasted thirty seconds. No damage was done. Six of the seven members of the Minnesota congressional delegation met at St. Paul and unanimously resolved to support Henderson of lowa in his candidacy for the speakership. Henry Lower, the Cleveland real estate owner who has been suffering with what appeared to be hydrophobia as the result of a cat’s bite received a month ago, died In great agony. Miss Nella Bergen, as she is known on the comic opera stage, has secured a divorce in Fargo, N. D., from her husband, James D. Bergen, a glass manufacturer of Meriden, Conn. At Cleveland, Ohio, Henry Lower, 7U years old, died from the effects of a cat bite received three mouths ago. His illness and death were accompanied with all the symptoms of hydrophobia. As the result of a family quarrel Chas. Herzog, a St. Louis teamster, aged 39, shot his young wife and her mother, Mrs. Mary Sopp, and then killed himself. Mrs. Sopp is dead, and her daughter cannot live.. Congressman Richard P. Bland is seriously ill at his home in Lebanon, Mo., and his friends are alarmed over his condition. For the last two months he has been confined to his room, attended daily by a physician. The Florence, Ariz., stage was heid up by a man and woman. The woman terrorized four passengers and the driver, while her companion relieved them of $350, a pistol and a gold watch. The bandits escaped. Union Pacific train No. 1 was held up at Wilcox, Wyo., Friday morning. The express car was completely wrecked by dynamite. The safe was blown open and the contents taken. Engineer Jones was injured by flying debris. , At Zanesville, Ohio, during a heavy thunder storm a stable was struck by lightning and one of the two horses standing side by side was killed, while the other was unhurt. The report so frightened Mrs. Minnie Baum, who lived a few hundred yards away, that she died almost instantly. By authority conferred upon him by the Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic Clubs —conferred by the advice of Mr. Bryan himself— Mr. Altgeld and six associates are to "co-operate” with the Democratic national committee in marking out

the battle lines and organizing the party for the coming national campaign. Following is the complete ticket nominated by Ohio Republicans in convention at Columbus: G0vern0r......... ...George K. Nash Lieutenant Governor LktiA. Caldwell Auditor of State. Walter D. Gullbert Treasurer of State '...1. B. Cameron Attorney General. James M. Sheets Judge of the Supreme Court... .W. E. Davis Member Board Public Works...F. Haffman Charles T. Yerkes Friday formally severed his connection with- the North and West Chicago Railway companies. The shares belonging to Mr. Yerkes —about one-third of the entire stock in both companies—are sold for $10,000,060 in cash to the Whitney-Elkins-Widener syndicate and leasedTo the Chicago Union Traction Company. The Chicago Union Traction Company is capitalized at $32,000,000. A terrific cyclone passed through a portion of Mills County, lowa, and as a result one person is dead and eight are dangerously hurt, at least two of whom will ■lie. The property damage is about $40,000 in houses destroyed and stock killed. The casualties are confined to the family of John Roherburg, a prominent farmer of Mills County. Roherburg, his wife and six of their children are the sufferers, Tillie, a 14-year-old girl, being instantly killed. Company E, Seventh United States infantry, left Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, for Alaska at noon Friday on a special train, consisting of four tourist sleepers and two baggage cars. At San Francisco the troops will be fitted out with heavy clothing, tents and other equipment necessary for service in the Arctic region. The company will go from San Francisco by steamer to Skaguay. The troops go to relieve a company of the Fourteenth infantry, which has been ordered to Manila.