Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1900 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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The Massachusetts Republican State convention will be held Oct. 4. The runners and drivers at the Delaware and Hudson mines at Scranton, Pa., struck for increased wages. Jose N. Recverd* president of the Chamber of Commerce of Panama, died ip New York, aged 71 years. Representatives of the leading publishing houses met in New York and organized the American Publishers’ Association, with Charles Scribner as president. A woman about 25 years of age, said to be Miss Elizabeth Blair of St. Louis, committed suicide in the Pennsylvania hospital in New York City by drinking carbolic acid. The Crucible Steel Company of America, with a capital stock of $50,000,000, was formally organized at Pittsburg. C. H. Halcomb was elected president and general manager. In New York Pat Logan, aged 18, killed his father, Edward Logan, crushing In his skull. The father had been abusing bis wife and the son rushed in to protect his mother from being hit. Jacob Bestwick, aged 6, at McKeesport, Pa., is the envy of all the youngsters in the city. Several days ago he •wallowed a round tin whistle about the size of a silver half-dollar. Every time he eoughs the whistle sounds. The bite of an ordinary house fly killed 15-months-old Joseph Bokek of New York, according to the opinion of Coroner's Physician Dolin, who has made an investigation. Dr. Dolin said that it is wrong to suppose that a common fly is not a dangerous insect. The training-ship Hartford ieft*4?hariestown navy yard tot Southampton, England. The first stop of a cruise which is expected to last a year will be Southampton. The Hartford will visit Turkey, Gibraltar, Italy and France after leaving England. Five girl members of the junior class of the State normal school at Trenton, N. J., have been expelled and three suspended for acting as the ringleaders in a junior raid on the seniors’ rooms and for participating in n “nightgown parade” about the lawn adjoining the boarding hall. Madge Carpenter and Margaret Donahue are rival belles of Coopersville, N. Y’., and both are extremely jealous of the other’s good looks. They recently fought a fistic duel on the street. The contest lasted five two-minute rounds, during which honors were equal, when the constable put a stop to it. The western penitentiary authorities at Pittsburg, Pa., discovered through accident a plot to release prisoners confined in the western penitentiary in Allegheny by tunneling into the institution. The tunnel extended from a deserted bouse across Sterling street, a distance of over 200 feet. The discovery was made by the earth giving way from the recent heavy rains and precipitating a penitentiary officer into the tunnel. The authorities are of the opinion that the intention of the tunnelers was the release of J. C. Boyd, the notorious real estate swindler.