Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1901 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

The opera house at McDonald, Pa., was partly destroyed by fire. A church fair was in progress in the building at the time, and a wild rush was made for the exits. In the panic a number of persons were slightly hurt, but no one seriously. An attempt was made to assassinate C. J. Me Lear, proprietor of the Catching Hotel of London, Ky. It is supposed thnt some negro tired the shot, which missed MrLeur only a few indies, while lie was sitting near the frout window in the hotel office. A fire occurred in the factory district of Decatur, 111., which resulted in a loss of probably SIOO,OOO. The wholesale grocery house of Mueller, Platt A Wheels nd, n five-story brick building, was destroyed, aud adjoining property badly damaged. Edward E. Balch, assistant cashier of the Omaha National Bank, has brought suit against, the Pullman company for the sum of s,'*o,ooo damages. While traveling 011 a Pullman ear last summer Mr. Balch was badly beaten by men who tried to rob him. The Kimberly, Wis., mills of the KimIterly <fc Clark Company took fire, nnd before the finmes were subdued the dam age done was estimated at $500,000. While assisting at the fire I). Cowie, superintendent of the plant, fell and was seriously injured. 1 A gigantic deal is being attempt*^by the Weyerhatiser timber syndicate, whiclT lias acquired all of the Northern Pacific's Washington timber lauds. The syndicate -now has Inspectors going over every foot of property belonging to the State with the intention of purchasing it. On the first day of the reign of King Edward ATI. Marconi accomplished the astonishing feat of sending wireless messages between St. Catherines. Isle of Wight, mid The J.izzaid, 200 miles. Per feet eommunication between the two points lias since been established. Unknown men shot at George (V"Diclund, county .clerk of Butler County, Mo. Mr. Orchard was sitting at his desk ill the court house in Poplar Bluff when a bullet Came crashing through the window beside which he was kitting and missing him only by a few inches. At Hastings, Minn., Stanislaus,). Donnelly of St. Paul has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father, the late Ignatius Donnelly. The petition Mr letters of administration states the estimated value of the estate is $20,000 personal, $5,000, anti real, $15,000. It is reported that the purchase of the Sentinel, the only English morning paper in Milwaukee, l*y Henry (’. Payne, Chas. E. Pfister aud Frank G. Bigelow is now an accomplished fact. These gentlemen are the street railway people, whose extension of franchise the Sentinel fought bitterly. While revivul services were in progress at tire Christian Church in Brazil, lnd., n stranger asked to be baptized, ami after receiving religious consolation lie told the pastor that during bis life lie killed three men, stole ninety-eight horses, had; made eounterfeit money and helped rob several banks in Texas. The strange convert left the church immediately after having told his story. A crowd of men. women and boys smashed Henry Schmidt's joint at Win- . field, Kan. The boys Were mostly students from the Methodist College. The saloon was completely wrecked, nil sorts of weapons being used. Charley Schmidt, a brother of the proprietor, was cut on (lie head with a hatchet and severely injured. It is said one of the women was seriously hurt by Hying glass. The previous evening Ernest Hahn, a temperance advocate, was attacked by a joint keeper, nnd this started the agitntion which culminated in this morning's IricTdent.