Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1900 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

The regular summer shut-down of the flint and green glass factories will take place as usual this year, notwithstanding the eflforts of the manufacturers to have it abolished. The factories will be closed from four to eight weeks, beginning with June 15. The Bankers and Cattlemen’s Protective Association was organized at Kansas City by Western banks that handle cattle paper. The association will make a concerted tight to convict any cattleman accused of swindling a member of the organization. The seventh annual international convention of chiefs of police, in session at Cincinnati, elected the following officers: President, A. H. Leslie, Pittsburg; vicepresident, Philip Deitsch, Cincinnati; secretary-treasurer, Harvey O. Carr, Grand Rapids, Mich. At Atlanta, Ga., the factory of the Ware Furniture Company was burned. Forty cottages occupied by many people employed in the factory were destroyed, rendering families homeless. The loss io the factory and on the cottages will be about $200,000. Six men blew open the safe of the Farmers’ Bank at Sunbury, Ohio, and in doing so blew the entire rear wall out of the building. The safe, as well as the building, was wrecked, but the noise of the explosion aroused the people and the robbers escaped empty handed. The standing of the clubs in the National League is as follows: W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 11 5 Chicago 8 0 Cincinnati. ..1) 6 Pittsburg . 7 9 Brooklyn ... 9 7 New York... 0 9 St* Louis.... 8 8 Boston 5 10 In the American League the standings are: W. L. W. L. Milwaukee ..12 4 Buffalo ..... 7 7 Indianapolis.. 9 5 Kansas City. 8 10 Chicago .... 9 7 Minneapolis.. 7 12 Cleveland ... 7 7 Detroit 4 11