Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1900 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

Burglars recently entered the residence of Dr. Wrede in Berlin and secured 20,000 marks in cash und securities to the -value of 8,000,000 marks. Within a day the police hud recovered all the stolen property—except 15.000 marks’ worth. M. W. Penn uud J. L. Whitlock, two Kentuckians, met for the first time iu -two years in a crowded passenger._l!:ain near Lebanon, Ky., and shot at each other until Whitlock dropped dead. The shooting was the outcome of a trivial quarrel started two years ago. The standing of the clubs iu the National League Is as follows: W L. W. L. Brooklyn ... .74 51 Chicago 777. .GO 08 Pittsburg ...73 54 St. Louis... .57 69 Philadelphia «>8 58 Cincinnati .. .55 71 Boston 04 01 New Y0rk...53 78 Alexander Le Forester died at the hospital at Williamsport, Pn., from an unusual malady, being a victim of brass poisoning. 11 is system had been pi impregnated with the poison that his teeth hud become oxidized and the sweat, as it oozed from his port s, was greenish in color. Mrs. Sarah Ver Mehren attempted to kill her husband, Herman 11. Ver Mehren, wholesale liquor dealer, at Omaha. One shot took effect, in the stomach and may prove fatal. Mrs. Ver Mehren sued her husband for a divorco some time ago, nnd domestic trouble was the cause of the shooting. The ferry steamer F. & I’. M. No. 1 picked tip forty mile* out Iu Lake Michigan the barge Hattie I’creue, owned by the J. T. Vi’ilce Lumber Company, of Chicago. She was bound light for Empire. The machinery became disabled and she was pounding helplessly in a heavy sou when found. The strike of the miners at the Independence mine, Denver, Colo., over the attempt to enforce the rule requiring them to strip off all their clothing in the presence of a watchman before quitting work terminated iu favor of the miners. It was settled that there should la* no other change of clothing than at present. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Lew, who during the Civil War furnished the Union forces with valuable information against the Confederate government, assisted prisoners escaping from Libby prison, and who, after The War was rewarded by Hen. Grant with the post mastership of Iticblliond, died at her residence there at an advanced age. At ltnton, N\ M., Mondo -Rodriguez was found guilty of murder iu the second degree for killing Anna Maria Duran at Cimarron. Rodriguez, who was ill. conceived the idea that the old woman had bewitched him, and -thinking Ire would recover if site were out of the way, lie Hipped into her house und split her head open with an ax. Three burglars forced an entrance at 10 o'clock a. m. into the private offices of Ezra A. Cook, printer and lithographer at 17-10 River street, Chicago, rilled the safe of its contents ami then, after assaulting and knocking down 17-year-old Lyman Cook, son of the proprietor, who had detected them while at work, made their escape. John Keenan, a woodman, shot and killed Annie Hobson, the pretty daughter of John Hobson of Giltington, Pa. The two, accompanied by the girl’s baby sister, had gone for a walk in the woods, nnd half an hour afterward Keenan carried the lifeless body of the girl back home. Keenan, who claims the shooting was accidental, is under nrrest.