Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1899 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

pfc*. Alice Petit, wife of Dr. Petit, livpi one mile from Greenville, Mo., was finned to death. Starting a fire in the mgk store, she poured oil on the fuel. The &ue ignited her clothing. She died in a ftoort time. . yr pCL Pereira! Stewart of New York, president of the American Investors’ ComJpnnj, mirrendered to the Syracuse anunder four indictments found Wains; him by the grand jury charging phu with grand larceny. He was admitted to $2,000 bail. K|*mes Nunley of Coal Bluff, Ind., re|turned from the Soldiers’ Home at LaYayelte a few weeks ago. He began |&riakiug. and at night set fire to the JlMMue and then cut his thrust and died. jffte attempted suicide once before after a Iguarrel with his wife. F After doing business sinre 1892 the PaijpwuwK Building and Trust Company of ■Pgdncah. Ky.. has assigned to K. G. ■Caldwell- The liabilities are $200,000 luid assets the same, largely in property, fffd verse court decisions and heavy depaands for withdrawals by stockholders jure given as the cause of the failure. MBadie B. Matthewson. 20 years old, was Sundered by Samuel Itoweus, 57 years laid. At Foster. R. I. Both were drunk. ■Owens knocked her down with an ax, Stabbed her twice, and then, pouring kerjaaene oil over her. set her on tire while f«he was still breathing. Her hwly was fbarnrd to a crisp. I la a dingy, stuffy room in St. I<ouis i Officer Hanrahan found in a dirty trunk 'lul a valise over $15,000 in Government (bonds. gold and bills. The police think Ithis fortune is the property of Mrs. Wulfberger Wackerle, an aged German wom<an, who is now a patient at the city injaane asylum. 1 Fully 05 per cent of the zinc mines in (the Missouri-Kansas district have l>ecn .dosed down, in accordance with the reiquest of the Zinz Miners’ Association, food it is thought the remaining plants |will be idle in a few days. The smelters fwie now paying the association schedule •to get ore. It Is generally believed that |the mines will be iu full operation again •in a few weeks, and the fight between {the smelting trust and the ore producers 1 wiU he nettled. j Mrs. Margaret Woegler of Chicago died (from burns. At 2 o'clock in the morning Iker husband was awakened, hearing her Jpereaming with pain. He ran to her room laud found her lying on the floor with her A dress on fire. He extinguished the flames, f but his wife was burned so badly that she died within a few hours. It is supposed I that Mrs. Woegler dropped a lighted match in her clothing while lighting the I gas. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict 1 Of accidental death. 1 A man was found dead in a movers’ Tcamp west of Brazil. Ind. Sheriff Kiing- ■ ler and Coroner Mershon went to the - camp and took charge of the body. A man named Johnson and several women who were with him said the man died of " keart disease. They gave his name as , James Ayers and said his home was in i Xcxington. Ky. Only 5 cents was found ! on his person. Later it was learned that j the man had been seen with a large roll of money a short time before his death. The travelers were arrested. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: W. L. W. I*. I Brooklyn —45 it;Cincinnati ...29 2S) | Boston 38 21 New Y0rk...30 31 i,|jPhiladelphia. 36 22 Pittsburg 211 32 'Chicago 36 24Louisville ...21 39 . Baltimore ...33 25 Washington. 18 44 j St. Louis.—3s 27Cleveland ...10 47 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. \V. L. [ Waneapol s. 32 23 St. Tan! 27 27 b Indianapolis. 30 24 Milwaukee .. .27 29 Detroit 29 20 Kansas City.. 23 32 , ; Columbus ...29 27 Buffalo 23 32 . .