Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1899 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

Fire did $5,000 damage- in the cotton factory of J. Burton <k Co. in Chicago. William Schnyder, a miller at Higginsport, Ohio, was shot dead on the street. A lire at Armona, Cal., destroyed $30,000 worth of property, including a large quantity of this season's crop of raisins. Cyrus A. Brown and Matthew Craig were hanged in Muskogee, I. T., for murder. They were the first white men to be executed in the territory. ■Six men were killed near Joplin, Mo., by. the explosion of five boys of giant powder. The plant of the Marguerite mine was also completely destroyed, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst denies the statement sent out from Deadwood, S. D., to the effect that she intended to sell her interests in the famous Homestake mine. The only direct descendant of Columbus in America—Mrs. Mary Harriet Robinson—died at Sandusky, Ohio. She was 80 years of age. Her inaideii name was Colomba. McCook, Neb., is much stirred up over the mysterious disappearance of Robert Barr, a prominent cattle man. He was traced to a point two miles north of Dresden, Kan. The Great Northern proposes to erect, has let dredging contracts for and is preparing plans of construction for an ore dock seventy-three feet high and sixtythree feet wide at Duluth. The iron framework of the new Coliseum in process of erection in Chicago collapsed, burying many workmen in the ruins. Nine men were killed, nine were injured and five reported missing. Great forest fires have been raging in the vicinity of Denver above the Platte Canyon of the national forest reserve and in the center of one of the most thickly studded timber areas in Colorado. While hoisting an immense casting five men were seriously injured at the E. P. Allis foundry in Milwaukee. The easting, weighing twenty-seven tons, and the structure by which it was hoisted, gave way.

Final figures' furnished by the State Auditor give the assessed valuation of South Dakota nt $158,722,7(14. an increase of $40.142.21 IS over last year. In the total about $13,000,000 is corporate property. Owing to the increasing price of meat and the falling off of trade in consequence the St. Louis butchers are organizing to fight the so-called beef trust, which, they say, is responsible for the higher prices. A special from Deadwood, S. D., says that four Indians, John Swift, Longhorn, Pretty Eagle and Noisy Own, have been bound over for the murder of Yellow Bull, supposed (o have been pounded to death with clubs. Henry Marron, CO years of age, was killed near his home, seven miles southwest of Ponca, Neb., by a blow of Forris Casey's list. The murder was the result of an old feud.. Casey gave himself up to the authorities. The Toledo Commercial, which has been run as an independent paper, was sold the other day by George Hull to John 11. McLean, owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer, acting through C. C. Stivers, his business manager. Harry and Joseph Becker, 29 and 23 years of age, respectively, brothers, of St. Louis, were drowned in tue Illinois river just above Grafton. 111. One of the brothers was seized with a cramp while in bathing and the other went to his aid. After making a futile attempt to kill his wife, Hugh Herr, living at Cleveland, sent a bullet into his head. There is little hope for Herr's recovery. The cause for the shooting was that Mrs. Herr did not want to live with her husband. Through the treachery of Sergeant of the Guard Crawford of the Fifth United States cavalry, who is believed to have been bribed, eight prisoners confined in the Wardner (Idaho) prison escaped and

I fled to the hills. The faithless sergeant 1 of the guard also is missing. j At Lima, Ohio, stockholders of the late American Nati6nal Bank, which was | mysteriously robbed of over SIB,OOO on I last Christmas eve, have filed a suit against N. L. Michael, vice-president, I and Gus Kalb, cashier, to recover the I amount taken, with interest. ! Martin Nessler was robbed of S7O at I the First National Bank in Milwaukee. The money was seized by one of three ; men. Two of the men escaped with the money. The third was captured after an exciting chase. He has been identified as William Barrett, a general thief. The San Francisco police declare that I two of the men who robbed the treasure I room of the steamer Alameda of 5,000 ' sovereigns some time ago have been accounted for, one of them. Jack Casey, who is in custody, asserting that Jimmy Kelly, an alleged associate in the crime, is dead. Albert Scheuer, a Metamora, Ohio, youth, 17 years old, was accidentally shot, the charge entering his abdomen and penetrating upward through intestines, stomach, liver and lungs. He walked a mile to his home, his wounds were sewed up, and he is now said to be out of danger.

Thomas Padgett, formerly of Duluth, but now of Minneapolis, who was the principal witness in the suit brought by Ella Mendenhall against Luther Mendenhall. president of the Duluth Street Railway Company, for divorce, announces that he committed perjury. He is dying es cancer.

A letter received from Lieut. C. G. Warner of Fort Scott. Kan., who is aid on Gen. Fred Funston's stuff, states that Funston is In Manila awaiting orders to sail for home with the Twentieth Kansas regiment. The letter states that Funston will retire from army life and reside in Kansas. Dr. J. H. Hubbell, a prominent physician of Naponee, Neb., is missing. One night recently lie went out to mail a letter. and in about five minutes returned and said he had a call to go to the country. He kissed his wife and only child good night and went out and has not been seen since. Foul play is feared. A Big Consolidated motorman and conductor were threatened with violence by an angry mob at Cleveland. The Broadway ear was running at a rapid rate and struck a spring wagon, throwing the four occupants on to the pavement. The police, coming on riot call, had great difficulty in protecting the street car men. The steamer which off Fairport, Ohio, was the Sir S. H. Tilley, a Canadian vessel of 750 net tons. The fire started in the engine room and it spread so rapidly that the engineer did not have time to shut off the steam and the crew and passengers, about twenty in number, had difficulty ifi escaping. The Tilley is almost a t<.taJJ,uss. Near Perry. Ok., John'S. Perry, a cowboy, and Miss Emma Moyer were wedded while standing on one sifle of a swollen stream while Rev. Mr. Carlock, who performed the wedding ceremony, stood fifty yards away on the opposite, side of the stream. The clergyman could net get across the stream to the bride's home, the place appointed for the, marriage.