Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1899 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

A freight train on the Big Four Bailroad crashed through a bridge a mile .west of Guilford, lud.. killing Edward McCreary of South Bend and injuring •fatally W. D. Clark of Somerset, Ky. ‘Fifteen cars loaded with lumber were piled in the creek. In San Francisco. Mrs. George Fife, daughter of the late Nicholas Lulling, has sued George Whittel for $750,000. She alleges that in the settlement of her father’s estate she was not given the full amount due her under the will. She was allowed $500,000. Fire caused $50,000 damage to occupants of the seven-story building* at 88-92 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago. The firejstarted in the boiler room in the base-' input and spread as far as the tifth floor. The firemen soon had the fire under control, but the loss by water was considerable.

A daring train robbery occurred within the city limits of Denison. Texas, the thieves mortally wounding Messenger W. F. Concannnn and escaping with all the money in the express ear before anything was known of the affair. Over SIO,OOO was in the car, according to reliable estimates. Mrs. Pilligree am) two children have been burned to death near Tiff, Mo. It seems that the baby fell into a caldron of hot apple butter and the mother and another child were fatally burned trying to rescue it. The baby was dead when taken out anil the other two members of the family died soon after. With a desire to become acquainted with the most improved agricultural methods and practices Ln use iu the United States, with a view to introducing them in his own country, Avodas .1. Adjemani of Harpoot, Asia Minor, Turkey, has been enrolled as a post-graduate student of tine Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Guthrie. The Cass Lake (Minn.) townsite on the Chippewa Indian reservation, over which then' has been a hard contest for a long time, was sold at the St. Cloud land office. The site went in four parcels, the total price being $17,994.38, going to Sidney L. Wright of Philadelphia,,the Eastern. Minnesota Railway and the A. Sauk Lumber Company. In order to meet an engagement to sqienk at Ravenna. Neb., W. J. Bryan was driven across country from I .snip City, twenty-two miles, three relays of horses Ix4ug employed. When about five miles from the start the carriage was upset over an embankment and Mr. Bryair.aud tin? other occupants were thrown out. All were more or less bruised, though not seriously. It is stated that the organization of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company is an assured fact. The syndicate is capitalized •for $4,000,000. Among those interested in the combine are Henry E. Mclntyre, the flour trust magnate; one of the Warner brothers, of proprietary medicine fame: Turner A. Beall, and John G. JLmruhan. New York capitalists, and C. K. Ide, a wealthy Syracuse, N. Y„ attorney.

Tin* escape of George Isaacs, a life convict, from the Rusk, Texas, j»enitentlary by means of a forged pardon was one of the most remarkable in the criminal annals of the State. Isaacs walked out of the prison gates on Sept. 30. and the prison officials supposed that his pardon was legal until by mere chance the attention of Gov. Sayers was called to the fact that Isaacs was at large and claimed to have been pardoned. Tin* St. Joseph Cattle and Loan Company of St. Joseph, Mo., has been organized. The officers are: President, J. P. Lyman of Hammond, lud.; vice-president and treasurer. Gordon Jotm-s, St. Joseph; directors, P. J. Lyman of Hammond, A. H. Yeider of Chicago, John Donovan, Jr., general manager of the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company; E. 1.. Lindsay of St. Joseph and Gordon Jones. In addition to the above directors the names of G. P. Swift and Edward Morris of Chicago are among the incorporators and stockholders. The company is capitalized at SIOO,OOO. It will invest in ranches and loan money on cattle.