Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Early on n recent morning a gang of bank robbers walked into a carefully laid trap at Riley, Kan.,' and the leader, Frank Wharton, an eipcrt safe blower, wan captured after a desperate'figlif in the dark. The vault, containing SIOO,OOO, was untouched. Fire in the four-story.brick building at 792 to 791 West Madison street, Flii<og<i, threatened the entire structure with destruction. Five manufacturing firms, occupants of the'building, were damaged by the flames, ami4t-4s thought the total loss will amount t<> $-11,Otto. Charles T. Yerkes has severed finally iiis business connection ( with Chicago. 'l’he control of the Northwestern Elevated; ttre Lake Street Elevatedr Union Elevated (loop), and also Mr. Yerkes’ stock in the Chicago Fnion Traction Company have been taken over by a syndicate. 15. A. Cudahy of Omaha, who was in Chicago the other day, admitted that inbad received a letter purporting to comp from the kidnapers of bis son. agreeing to return $2(1,000 of the ransom money provided he would withdraw the reward for their arrest. Mr. Cudahy said lie would take no notice of the letter. Albert T. Patrick was formally charged with the murder of William Marsh Rice in New York. This was due to his effort to secure release on the forgery charge by offering SIO,OOO cash bail. Charles F. Jones, Hire's valet, signed the affidavit declaring Patrick guilty of the murder.

Six central office detectives who have been working for two weeks trying to find some dew in regard to a robbery-el SIO,OOO worth of jewelry in the Hotel Savoy, New York, from l’ereival Kuline, a banker, succeeded iti recovering one of the stolen pieces. "They had been stolen 1 by a bellboy. William Emmons died of-fright at tils home at Kansas, Ohio. He wais a section man on the Hake Erie and Western and got his foot caught in parallel rails a few days since. Being unable to break loose, he fainted when a train was a few yards off. Tin* train stopped, lie-was carried home, but never regained consciousness. Mrs. Maggie licit horn, aged 2U years, and demented, walked out on a bridgeover the Mouongnhela river at Pittsburg with her two children, aged 2 and I tears, and when in the center of the , structure picked them up and threw them ! over the parapet. Boats put out at once | and rescued one of the children, but the i other was drowned. P. 11. Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, organizer of the Old Soldiers’ colony, who es tablislied the town of Fitzgerald, ill Wilcox County, (Jn., in 181)5, proposes to lead a colony of 10,000 persons into Oklahoma in the spring or summer. Fitzgerald says the company will be incorporated under the Indiana laws this week, will* a capital of $:*, 00,000,