Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

Rf/John King and iiis wife, an aged couple c' of Fixkdale, Mjsm.. were killed l>v their Peter, who was crazed from the ex®W.s'sire use of liquor. The skulls of both 3? were crushed by a heavy instrument. The IsHtUrderer also at tempted to kill his J brother, % 'Mrs. J. M. Williams, wife of a Missouri Eypacific braketnan of Sedulia, Mo., satu--1 rated the clothing of herself and 2-ilßKmths-old babe with coal oil and then Ppet tire to the garments. She was burujf ed to death and the babe was fatally fi *corehed. jf • Mrs. Beatrice Markalaua and her I daughter. Angelina, aged 10 years, were | burned to death and Joseph Markalaua. F the husband, badly injured at their home Si in Cleveland as a result of an attempt by | the girl to start » fire in the cook stove L with coal oil. p. The rapid rise of the rivers Salzach, ; Kffis and Traun has Hooded Upper Aus--1 tria. Interrupting road and railway eoni- ■ mnnieations. At Iselii and Kbensce several bridges have been destroyed and / many families have been driven from ifc their houses. The Kichardson A Boss Asphalt Block and Tile Works at Philadelphia was dels strayed by fire, entailing a loss of b 4 00(1, The blaze was caused by the boiling ; over of crude oil ami asphalt. Albert E. Lewis, a fireman, was severely injured by falling girder. fe Neither the State Department nor the German embassy has any official advices on the reported acquisition of a large tract of land nearly 1,000 miles square in Brazil by the German Government. I The report probably grows out of the work of colonization societies in Brazil. Fifteen hundred members of the Amul gatnated Journeymen House Painters’ Association went on strike at Philadelphia in consequence of the failure of the master painters to sign the agreement presented them by the association. The union demands an eight-hour work day at 85 cents an hour. Luther Day, son of former Secretary of State Day, narrowly escaped death near Canton, Ohio, while hunting. He stepped it ism a marshy piece of ground cat! was drttwn into a quagmire, lie sank to his shoulders and was only rescued after three hours' work by his brother .aiid .a farmer who went to his assistance. 4 Word has been received of the strange an<i romantic marriage of William L.von, the son of Rev. and Mrs. Frank It. Lyon of Cleveland. The groom, who is 24 years of age, is now u medical student Ui the Western Reserve university of Cleveland and the bride is an aunt of the groom. She was Mrs. Agnes Crawford, a widow, 34 years of ago. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is ns follows: W. L. W. L. Brooklyn .. .86 37 Chicng I>t> t!3 Philadelphia HI 47 Pittsburg . . .<l3 l!4 Boston 77 4H Louisville ...AH tlit Baltimore ..73 51 New York,.. .52 73 Cincinnati ..73 57 Washington. 45 HO St. L0ui5....71 5s Cleveland ...13 115 The steamer Cleveland has 1 libeled for $5,409 by eighteen second- lass pa>- - tengers who arrived at Seattle from St. Michaels, Alaska. The suit grows out of trouble the vessel had between St. Michaels and Dutch Harbor, when, by reason of running short of coal, the secondclass passengers were employed ?o break up for fuel all the loose lumlicr and superlluous.woodwork on tin* vessel. In addition to their wages libelants sue for damages for the discomforts suffered on the voyage in consequence of poor sleeping accommodations. "x