Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1900 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Mgjftr '¥' J- Forney, a prominent physiof Cherokee. Kan-. «as found dead Kgn his office. On a table were bottles of aconite anti chlorotorm anti a ■ note saying: "1 had gather leap into the Bhnuknown than longer endure what I I know.”. ■ .In the Legislature at Victoria, B. ('.. it B was brought to the attention <>t Attorney KtJeneral Henderson that ii British flag B and portrait of the Queen hail been tram Kpled under foot hi a city sulixm. Ihe At’ ■rloruey General said he would prosecute ■*any parties guilty of treason. I g The automobile patrol wagon built by Kthe city of Akron. Ohio, and said to be ■ the first manufactured. has been put ini" B actual service. It is much like ordinat.t I covered patrol w agons in appearance. It KWeighs 5.5(H) pounds and is equipped with E’ two four-horse power motors. | Tile Toronto Presbyterian foreign mis [ aioli office has received a letter t loin its ■■ mission in II mi on. China, bet! ring news ft <>f complete failure of crops throughout F that region. Famine confronts the rta!R tives, who are greatly excited, blaming ft the missionaries for‘their misfortunes. || The new doctorate instituted by the ii' University ot Paris in IStii lor the benf. etit of foreigners has been conferred up I on Daniel I’olkmar. former lecturer in sociology at the I nit cisity of ( htcago ’ and now professor of anthropology at the ’ new University of Brussels. K- It is said Bussell Sage cleared Sl.OtfU.<MM> by the sale Of the'greater part of his holdings in the Standard Gas Light Coin- ' patty. It is understood that he pttrehaS; i cd his stock at 36. The price received for it is reported to be 1 10. ami at that figure he is said to have let go of IOJHHI ; shares. At Toledo, the grand jury reported an indictment against Lemont Bateman, manager of the Toledo Tube works, tor ' violation of the < >hio coercion law . Bate ! man discharged an employe because of his affiliation' with a bicycle workers union. The penalty is S.JHt fine or six f months' imprisonment or both. K- - At Ripley, Tenn.. Marvin Durham and « W. D. Turner, peace officers, were shot s down and instantly killed by two negroes | while taking a brother of one of the two murderers to jail. The white people immediately began a hunt for the nnirderF ers. Two negroes, believed to be the men who killed the officers, were ly itched at S 9:30 the same evening. * The State Bank of Plankinton. S. !>.. owned by D. L. Stevens, failed to open its doors the other day owing to his absence. Nothing could be learned as to how heavy the failure is. Mr. Stevens went East, presumably to secure assistance. ami wired his cashier not to open : the hank. Stevens owned a drug store which he transferred to his head clerk. It being the only hank there, nearly ev | cry business ma it w its .caught in the failure. Aurora t'oiinty. it is said, had about $3,000 on deposit. The tire losses throughout the I tided I States find Canada for the year 1899, just computed, have caused a sensation ill tire insurance circles, and underwriters are milch disturbed as to the condition of ? their business. There is already talk of L Increasing rates all over the country, esjteciiilly in the large cities. where the losses have been heavy. The total tire loss of $1311.773.201) exe Is by more than $17,0(H),000 that of 1 SOS. and by more than S26,(MM>.(MK» that of 1897. December shows that the pace set in the previous months of the year were more than fully sustained. There were 217 tires of a greater destructiveness than $16,000,