Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1900 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

Thomas McDermott, brother of Mexine Elliott, the actress, wife'of Nat Goodwin, committed suicide nt San Francisco. 2 Engineer Frank Shaw and Fireman Harry Wetzel were killed in n local train wreck on the Southern Pacific road at Oakland, Cal. Two cars on the Genesee street line in Buffalo, N. Y., jumped the track as they were approaching a bridge across Seajaduagada creek. They both entered adjacent fields, the first car being overturned. Two persons were mortally and several seriously injured. Three big fires in Chicago caused a total loss of $148,000. The M. Schultz organ factory, Wagner & Keil's planing mill and the Jackson apartment building divided the losses. lathe Jackson apartment building there were many narrow escapes from death. Reeves Brothers' boiler works at Alliance, Ohio, were totally destroyed by tire. Ix>ss on building, machinery and stock, $144,000. with $40,500 insurance. The origin of the tire is unknown. A large number of men are thrown out of work. The plant will be rebuilt. It is officially announced in London that Col. Bethune, while marching in the direction of Newcastle, Natal, was ambushed by a party of Boers six miles west of Vryheid. in the Transvaal, and that very few of his force escaped. His casualties numbered sixty-six men. Judge Ryan of the Madison County, Indiana, Superior Court upheld the weekly pay law in mandate cases to compel the American Plate Glass Company of Alexandria, the American Tin Plate factory and the Wright shovel works of Anderson to pay employes weekly. The four little children of Thomas Brady, a well-known farmer, residing about- ten miles from Nashville. Tenn., were burned to a crisp. The parents, who had gone to church, arrived home in time to get a last look at their children, but were powerless to render aid. There will be no home at Mattoon, 111., or elsewhere for aged and disabled engineers. The brotherhood after an all-day session at Milwaukee on the proposition to establish on the farm near Mattoon owned by the brotherhood a home for aged and Infirm engineers decided to sell the property. Calvin Kimblern, n negto murderer, was lynched by a mob of 1,500 citizens who took him from n train in the outskirts of Pueblo. Colo. The sheriff’s officers and the city authorities were helpless. Kimblern had killed two little girls at the Fries’ “Orphans’ ” home in that city in an atrocious manner. The body of a young woman was discovered in Pigeon creek, near Evansville, Ind. The head was badly crushed, and around the neck was a rope, to which was attached a heavy stone. The body was nearly nude except a shirt waist and black corset. She had been handsome, about 20 years old, but the face was so badly bruised that identification is almost Impossible. An accidental shooting in which nine persons were hurt painfully and several more injured slightly took place near the close of a performance given by the Buckskin Bill Wild West company in Terre Haute. The accident was caused by the accidental discharge of a Winchester shotgun in the hands of Elmer Mendenhall, one of the performers, who was engaged in fancy shooting. The standing of the chibs in the National League is as follows: * W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 17 8 Pittsburg ...15 13 Brooklyn ...16 10 Cincinnati ...12 13 Chicago ....10 12 New York... 8 17 St. L0ui5....14 12 Boston 0 17 In the American League the standing are: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis 17 7 Minneapolis. 13 10 Milwaukee ..10 10 Kansas City.l3 10 Chicago ....15 13 Buffalo 10 15 Cleveland ...13 12 Detroit 9 17