Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The Michigan Legislature has passed the Sayres anti trust bill.

Richard P. Bland died at Lebanon, Mo., after a sleep of thirty-two hoars.

Lieut. W. C. Eagon of Sioux City, loma, and Miss Janet McKinley mere married at Mexico, Mo. Street car strikers in Cleveland created aeveral riots and a number of non-union am mete badly bare The large planing mill of Fish Jc Hunter, ia Lead, S. D„ mas destroyed by fire. Laos S3BOOO. insurance SB,OOO. Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cornell University has been elected as president of the University of California. The American Seed Trade Association in session at Cincinnati elected Alexander Rodgers of Chicago as president. Ur. Daniel Albright Long has tendered his resignation as president of Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio. At Gathrie, O. T., Henry Lee and family of throe are dead. They ate toadstools, mistaking them for mushrooms. The Imperial Council, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, has elected John H. At-m-jod of Leavenworth imperial potentate. The corner stone of the Minnesota Odd Fellows* Hume and orphan asylum was laid at NorthfieUl with appropriate cereElevra firemen were injured in a fire that destroyed the wholesale grocery of Allen Bros, at Omaha. The property loss was SIOO,OOO Fasw>n Lee, a 10-year-old boy who ran away from his home in Chicago, waa arrested ia Washington on complaint of his father. Walter J. Lee. At the meeting of the Ohio Republican State central committee Col. Charles Dick mi Akron was selected to manage the Repahficaa campaign in Ohio, Aa east-booad Northern Pacific freight train rsHided with an excursion train one male cant of Liatoa station. Ore. One man am the Astoria train was killed and five The Miners* Bank at Cfeede, Colo., and hanks at Hooper and Monte Vista, of ahith President D. J. Maben of the Greede hank is also the head, have been The hnfldiag containing the kitchen, rommimsry department, bakery and dining hall of the State Reform School at WhittieT. CaL. horned. Loss $20,000, no A young man named Abraham Herrhberg leaped to his death from a tenthatary window ia Dayton, Ohio. He was re—ne and aa inmate of the State hospital at Cahmahns. By aa explosion at the United States ffmnkrlets Powder Company's factory at Saa Rafael, CaL, Edward Secumbe, John Secamhe. James Morrissey and M. HoiAt Laportr.'TmL, a mob or 600 boys and yonag men raided a gospel tent in which the Hatyitrs were holding services. The rioters cat the ropes sad let the tent down aa the congregation. Ex-Senator Benjamin E. Harding is dead at Cottage Grove, Ore. He was elected to the United States Senate in 18R to fiß oat the aaexpired term of Senator Baker, deceased. The entire front of the brick house of Abraham Koha, at Cleveland, was blown ant ky aa etplomoa of gasoline, and Kobn, Ida wife and child are ia the hospital. Tim baby will sorely die. f while attempting to it— it. John Henry Coffins, who is in the Kan

the Murder trf bis father, has written «, book on prison life which has been printed in the penitentiary office. The southbound passenger train on the Kanins City, Pittsburg and Quit Railroad ohMheM up hy three maskdt men at a curve a mile south of Shady, I. T*> The robbers got only $5 and a registered letter. v Ed J. Stubblefield, charged with the attempted robbery of a Missouri Pacific express train, was found guilty at Bed all a, Mo., and bin punishment fixed at .1 ten years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary. . - ■ At a Bohemian picnic outside the Cleveland city limits a fight was started, during which Frank Hajdut was shot through the bead and instantly killed. The police are unable to learn the name of the slayer, who escaped in the crowd. The Nebraska State board of public lands and buildings has closed the'arrangements for the purchase of a residence for the Governor. The price paid for the which includes the house and furniture as it stands, is $20,000.

One hundred and fifty ore handlers oa the Hocking Valley docks at Toledo, who struck on account of the company refusing an increase of wages, have returned to work. The situation for a short time looked serious, as several large vessels were in port waiting to unload.

A military prisoner named Wringer, who was serving a two years’ sentence in the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., for desertion from the Sixteenth Infantry, made a break for liberty and waa shot and killed by Private Olson, Troop F, Sixth cavalry, who was oh guard duty.

A unique condition of affairs exists at Xenia, Ohio. Owing to the refusal of the City Council to provide money for meeting the expenses of the workhouse, the board of directors of the workhouse passed a resolution ordering that all prisoners confined there be released from custody.

Gov. Scofield of Wisconsin has sent out telegrams to the Mayors of thirty or forty cities asking them to renew their efforts to raise money for the storm-stricken people of New Richmond and vicinity. The Governor estimates it will take $500,000 to meet the requirements of the situation.

John A. Magee of San Francisco has filed a petition in insolvency in the United States District Court. His failure is ascribed to ill advised investments in the Klondike freighting trade and the steamer Humboldt last year. His losses are estimated at $122,500. Assets estimated at $3,000.