Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1900 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

The steamer Curacoa haw arrived at San Francisco from Mexican |>orts with *OBO,OOO in treasure. She reports that the schooner Ixtttie M. has been seized by the Mexican officials at Ensenada for attempting to evade the customs regulations. The Chicago inbound train of the St. Paul road collided with (he rear end of a South Shore train carrying a Northwestern sleeper hi the Houghton, Mich., yards. The reur engine anil the coaches both trains were badly battered, but no lives were lost. A Japanese concern has just turned out a 12.000-ton steel twin-screw steamer, the Awa Marti, which, according to United States Consul Harris at Nagasaki, is equal in every respect, including cabin accommodations. to the best class of Atlantic steamships. William Goeliel was declared Governor of Kentucky by a quorum of the Legislature at Frankfort. Within thirty minutes after the adoption of the board of control’s majority report' the oath of office was administered to the almost dying man as he lay upon his lied. A. Gebhart & Co.'s lumber yard nt Day tea. Ohio, was practically destroyed by fire, the surrounding property being saved with great difficulty. The flames were of incendiary origin and burned fiercely for more than five hours. The loss is estimated at S3O.(MH). Mr. Tracewell, the comptroller of the treasury, has decided that the balance of $57,47(1 of the appropriations for improving the bar and harbor at Brazos Santiago, Texas, is still available for any improvement of said harbor that the \\ nr Department deems it expedient to make. At Grand Rapids, Mich., Prof. A. Lnflnmboy, magnetic lienler. was found dead iii a bathtub filled with steaming hot water and his brother. George Laflaniboy, was lying on the floor of the bathroom unconscious. T’he professor was nude and had been in the hot water so .long his hotly was parboiled. W. A. Harvey, general passenger agent of the Arizona and Southwestern Railroad, was found in Hutchinson, Kan., in a pitiable condition. He was on his way to Chicago. At first it was thought he was getting over the effects of an overdose of cocaine, hut his condition became worst* and he was locked up. It’ is evident. that he is mentally unbalanced.

The postoffice nt Pittsville, Mo., was robbed by two masked men. The robbers entered the store of Post master D. M. Miller atid ordered the proprietor nnd three loungers to hold up their hands at the iwint of revolvers. They were searched ami a small amount of change taken from them. The robbers then went into the safe and took SSO belonging to the Government. The loungers were ordered keep still until the robbers escaped, and they obeyed. Postmaster Miller made a report of the loss to the authorities, and a sharp lookout. is being kept for the robbers. While a live mogul locomotive with a dead engine abend of it was being coaled at Peru, Ind., the throttle of the mogul opened ami it started forward, pushing the dead engine and running on to the main line. Two milescoiit from the city the two locomotives were running at a speed of fifty miles nil hour, and, rounding a curve in the road, crashed into fast freight No. (»4, coming from the opposite direction. Engineer Becket and Fircipnn Brumfield jumped and were seriously injured, but not fatally. Three engines and seven cars were wrecked. Two of the cars were loaded with whisky. The rolling stock loss is estimated at SIO,OOO and the whisky $12,000.