Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

Albert D, Fogg, Cincinnati, Ohio, died, lie was agent of the Adaius Express Company and had been in the service thirty-five yen**-. Carl Browne, Coxey's old lieutenant, left his' second command at Wichita, Ivan., and declared the proposed march to Washington off. Joe Goldberg, sou of Solomon Goldberg, a wealthy Jew of Chicago, committed suicidcsnt Duluth, Minn., by shooting, lie was lit years old and manager of the One Cent store. A threshing engine belonging to Peter Anderson, twelve miles southeast of Britton, S. D., blew up, killing four men and seriously injuring one more. Low water is supposed to be the cause. A boiler in a mill near Browusburg, lud.» exploded. Milton Roberts, Ban Wasson and Nathan Cook were killed. Willis Tyler was fatally hurt. The damage' 1 caused amounts tnss,ooo, A rear-end collision occurred near Granite Canyon station. Wyo., on the Union Pacific Railroad, between n stock train and an east-bound fast mail, killing two men and injuring three others. Peter Jansen, a member of the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature, is defendant iu a suit brought by C. B. Congdon. a’ Chicago broker, to recover $13,000 of unpaid margins in a wheat deal. Four months ago Dominick Hauro was fatally stabbed iu a tight at Warren, O. On bis ‘deathbed ho told his wife that Frank Augusta had stabbed him. The other night Mrs. Tnuro shot and killed Augusta. Alfred Ilayes, a patient at the People's hospital in Chicago, became delirious and leaped through a sccoud-story window to the ground, twenty-five feet. His injuries Were so severe that he died a few miu : utes later. A fast mail train on the Chicago and Northwestern road was held up between Elburn and Maple Park, 111., by three masked men, who blew up the express safe with dynamite and escaped with its contents. Two heavy shocks of earthquake occurred ut Santa Rosa, Cal. Much alarm was created, but the damage was confined to the cracking of a few brick walls, the dropping of plaster aud the shaking of goods from shelves. Rev. Henry W. I’iukham, j>astor of Bethany Baptist Church and one of the most prominent young clergymen in Denver, Colo., lias been dropped from the Rocky Mountain Baptist Association for alleged heretical views. At Lawivnee, Kan., Master iu Chancery 11. P. Dillon has sold the Carbondale Railroad, a small line running out of LawreUce. to W. E. Winner, for the Kansas City, Lawrence arid Topeka Railway Company, for $51,000. .Yf school, a reformatory w hoys at Fechanugle, Ill'.',' was destroyed by fire and its 400 inmates scattered over the county. 1 ' The loss on buildings is estimated at $150,000. No one was seriously injured. *■ At Mountain Grove, Mo., David Bran-

ton cvptied We six-shooter Into Henry Holt, killing Mm instantly. Holt had quarreled with Branson’s brother, %.§ripplc. and was slashing him' with a Wife when David stepped off a train aniinterS. Schultz, millionaire soap ?r, died suddenly at Zancsfrom heart trouble. He was in theatrical circles as man- ‘ Schultz opera honse. His timated at from $1,500,000 to $2,5004)00. The C. J. Baker Tent and Awning Company’s establishment ip Kansas City burned. Loss SOO,OOO, wXh $40,000 insurance. The building, oKyned aD J. A. A. BtrUen of Chicago and rl{Jjsed at $22,000, was totally destroyed, fully covered by insurance. -!i._ i < Xltt-Fanners’ Bank at Schell City, Mo„ hy cracksmen, who bound and the watchman and blew open the safe with dynamite, securing $3,500. Tbgyfthbp escaped. There were two men, if planitfd, iu advance. lioo, a prosperous farmer, shot and killed his wife’s father, Walter Buckley. Ivillion is alleged to . have mistreated his wife anil the father upbraided him for it. In a fit of anger Klllion drew a pistol and shot the old man four times. The Cleveland Board of Health has begun a crusade against adulterated food products. It is announced that a disinfecting preparation was being used by a number of butchers to preserve meat in hot weather and by milk dealers to prevent milk from turning sour. The pareuts of 14-year-old Harry Sherry,' residing in the southern part of Unudo, Ind., believe that the boy has committed suicide. He left the house several days ago, saying, “I will die before 1 will go to school.” He has not been seen since, although a rigid search has been made.

Miss Lena. Bierc, one of the brightest students‘ .iat ithe Berea, Ohio, College, committed snicidc by hanging herself with a rope to the bedpost in her room. Miss Bierenvcnt to the school from Lowell, Mich. It is believed that overwork aud intense religious excitement unbalanced her mind.

At Fori Scott, Kan.. James Bish shot his fiancee. Miss Clara Stainbrook. As she fell Bish sent a bullet into his own brain. He is dead, but the young wornau will recover. Tliey had quarreled over the date of their wedding, thcFyouug woman huviug insisted that she could not be ready as soon as Bish demanded. A storm of unusual violence visited Hardy, Neb. A large amount of damage was done to buildings. A brick school house was unroofed and the walls badly cracked. The engine house at the Hardy elevator was wrecked. Several barns were blown down. The "aggregate loss will amount to many thousands of dollars.

The G Troop's stables at Fort Meade,, adjoining Sturgis, S. D., burned, together with 125 saddles, all the trappings of the troop, a large quantity of eommißsary supplies and hay and feed, causing au estimated total loss of SIO,OOO. Fortunately the fire occurred when all the horses were on the picket line and all were saved. •. lootin' - • •

Machines l ftit making liquid air have been ordered from German makers by Charles F. Brush of Cleveland, the inventor of the electric arc ligtit. and their arrival is being awaited with interest by the scientific men of Cleveland. One of the machines will be given to the University of Michigan nnd the other Mr. Brush will place in his laboratory in Cleveland. As the steamer Fedora, bound down, was abreast of Port Huron, Mich., her wheel chains parted and she headed for the dock at Sarnia. Her engines were reversed as quickly as possible, but she was under full speed and the big boat could not be stopped in time. She crashed into the dock, doing considerable damage to the structure, but escaping with slight damage herself.