Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1901 — WEEK'S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK'S NEWS RECORD

Fire and water caused :i loss of $125,(XX) in the nine-story building at 817 lVnii avenue, Pittsburg, occupied by Barker, Williams & ('<>., furniture-deal-ers. Ivl ward Hagetanicyer, a fireman, was killed by the collaiise of the elevator shaft. The St. Lawrence is to bespanned by n third bridge opposite Montreal. Ihe New York Central has obtained a controlling interest in the .Montreal Bridge (‘on>pfili.v and the am+wntpement is made that the work of construction will be tit (11 e irt'gun. Charles 11. Templesoii, representing himself as a horse buyer and ageii! of ib(: British government, was .arrested jtt I Maw-are-, Ohio, (barged with swindling farmers, lie had in his possession a certified cheek for $3,803 on the South (in Bank of Fulton, Mo. In the collapse of two ancient frame at 100 Maxwell street, Chicago, one man was killed instantly and four boys were seriously injured. The buildings fell while the denizens of the district were engaged in dragging wood from the dilapidated structures. F. 11. Clergue's cherished plan of a tourist route along the north sh ire of. Lake Superior, as yet almost unknown, is to be put in execution at once. Ill l ' steamer Ossifragc, formerly of Dulutli, has been bought and will make regular trips between Sault Ste. Marie and l’ort Arthur., A south-bound Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton limited was badly wrecked nine miles north of Dayton, Ohio, near Johnson's Station. The accident was due to spreading rails, which let flic engine down, and it turned a header. The baggage car and smoker fell into the ditch. Two persons were killed and eleven injured. A car on a Pennsylvania coal train jumped the track near the Baltimore and Ohio target-house at Cambridge, completely demolishing the building. Engineer Fred Johns of the Baltimore and Ohio of Newark was instantly killed. The operator, F. E. Iloke, and Baltimore and Ohio Engineer Woodford were badly injured. Minister I .ootids will not return to Venezuela, and the action of the l nited States in not sending him hack to Caracas is in the nature of a protest against the treatment of American interests by the Venezuelan government. In fact, it has developed that Minister I.ootnis was recalled by the l nited States because the government did not approve of the manner in which its representative was treated. I. 11. Farnatn, of Boston, chief electrician of the New England Telephone Company, was instantly killed bv (Seorge 11. Brainerd, of Boston, in the company’s building at Portland. Me. Bruinerd, who is believed to have acted on an insane impulse, also fatally shot James Wadsworth, an electrician, of Lewiston, and Elmer Lane of Mechanics Falls, severely wounded Earle Boston of Springfield, Mass., and slightly wounded Deputy Marshal Frith. Following is the standing of the clubs in tlk- two leading leagues: NATIONAL I.EAOIK. W. 1,. W. E. Pittsburg 2 1 Philadelphia .~2 2 Brooklyn .... 2 1 Cincinnati 1 1 St. I.ouis 15 2 3 Boston 1 1 New Y’ork 0 1 AMKKtCAN IF. AC, UK. Chicago 1 0 Philadelphia ...0 0 Milwaukee ....0 0 Washington ...0 0 Detroit 0 0 Baltimore 0 <1 Boston .......0 0 Cleveland 0 1