Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

Elsie Teasel, aged 54 years, was found (lead in her room at the Vendome Hotel, Kansas City. She had taken morphine after telling the landlord’s wife that her husband had robbed her of all her property and then deserted her. A car loaded with men, women and children jumped the track at 7 a high bridge in Tacoma, Wash., turning completely over as it fell through I<M) feet of dir and striking on its top. Thirty-six persons were killed and nearly sixty hurt. Au agreement between the St. Louis Transit Company and its former employes has been signed by representatives Of the transit company and by the executive committee. Both sides claim the victory. The strike continued for fifty-six dajs. Alt the union miners in Alabama, about 10,000 in number, suspended work pending the setttlement of the wage dispute between them and the operators. The old wage contract expired and the miners demand a 40 per cent raise and other conclusions. Beatrice Goslin, white woman, and bride of three weeks, shot and instantly killed Sophia McGee, her Indian rival, who, it is claimed, tried to take away Alfred Goslin from his wife's home. The duel between the two women occurred near South McAlister, I. T. While celebrating at Muncie, Ind., two boys were fatally and one seriously injured. They are Joseph A. Walters.. 17, Charles Wilson, who will die, and Freddy Wise. They were firing a toy cannon when young Wilson dropped a lighted match into a box of powder. The equestrian statue of General the —Marquisde J,aFayette, the gift of the American school children, was presented to the French nation at Paris by Feril W. Peek and accepted by President Loubet. Archbishop Ireland made an eloquent speech at the unveiling. Judge Thomas B. Long, well known to the Indiana bur, a thirty-third degree Mason ami past grand master of the Indiana grand lodge, committed suicide at Terre Haute. He lay down on the floor of his library and fired a shot into his heud, dying instantly. Despondency is given as the cause. In a letter to Mayor Jones of Toledo • Gov. Nash of Ohio declared that he would not call a special session of the Legislature in regard to the State centennial. He does not regard the situation concerning the centennial as an "extraordinary occasion," within the meaning of the constitution. Fire in the crowded tenements, 127 to 131 Adams street, Hoboken. N. J., caused a loss of twelve lives. The building was a frame structure, throe stories high, and several families lived on each floor. When the flames started they burned rapidly and the firemen could do little either to extinguish the flames or to save life. Glenview, Ind., is without a negro, every son and daughter of Ham having deserted the town. Since the shooting of Marshal Lockhart by a negro named Greathouse a few days ago the colored population has been greatly excited and has been leaving town daily, (hie hundred left in one morning, and n few hours Infer the remainder, with their families, departed. Feeling ngjiinst negroes is high. Commissioner of Pensions Evans states that during the fiscal year just ended 105,507 certificates of pensions were issued, 15,000 more than were issued during the year 1899. Of these 40,(537 were original issues, 4,352 were restorations and 00,578 were increases of pensions. The commissioner says the adjudication of original claims is practically up to date where the evidence completing the claim has been tiled. The standing of the clubs iu the National League is as. follows: W. L. W L. Brooklyn ...37 21 Cincinnati ...20 31 Philadelphia 33 27 Boston ......2*l 31 Pittsburg ...34 28 St. L0ui5.,..25 31 Chicago ....31 20 New York... 20 37 Following is the standing iu the American League: W. L. W. L. (tbieugi) ....40 2(1 Minneapolis .31 35 Milwaukee ..30 27 Kansas City. 32 38 Indianapolis 33 28 Detroit 2(5 38 Cleveland ...34 20 Buffalo 24 42