Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1901 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

Friends fear that Fred 11. Bacon, president of the Canton, S. D„ State Bank, which closed its doors, has fled and some intimate that he has committed suicide. He left Canton shortly before the bank failed, ostensibly for the purpose of going to .Minneapolis to procure financial aid. James F. Ayres of Port Arthur, Mich., was found dead in his room at a Washington hotel, lie had been shot in several places about the body, and the police assert that all the circumstances ' point to murder. Ayres belonged to a well-to-do family in Grand Rapids, Midi. L. I). Blaine, n wheat grower of Prat! County, declares that Kansas would need tlic services of 11.000 men from other States to help in saving the big wheat crop. Blaine held a conference with railroad officials, who agreed to make a spo tin! rate to harvest hands in the middle West. nnd-misery -prevailing in New -Verier especially among the children, to whom she has devoted years of her life, Mrs. Edith Thomas, friend of the poor and a giftc I writer, sent a bullet through her heart in the west side branch of the University Settlement. Robert W. Kinahan of Chicago, manager of the Stock Exchange building, has an oil painting which he bought at a sale of household effects seized for rept, and which cost him sls. Art experts, including Alfred Chntain, n New Vork critic, say it is a genuine Rubens and worth $15,990. Ail his life ".Steeple duck" John Williams laughed in the face of death high in the air as he followed his business of painting and repairing church steeples, only to be killed by a Cleveland street ear in a most commonplace way. The simple act of trying to dash in front of a trolley car brought him to It is death. Mrs. Mary Leonard, known as "French Mary.” a vivandiere of the Civil War and one of the most picturesque figures produced during the rebellion, committed suicide at Pittsburg, Pa., by taking poison. Mrs. Leonard served with the Pennsylvania volunteers, doing service in a number of battles, for which she received a medal for bravery. Following is tha,Btanding of the clubs In the National League: W. L. W. L. New York.. .10 5 Brooklyn .... 8 10 Cincinnati . .12 7 Philadelphia.. 9 10 Pittsburg ...11 BChicago 8 11 Boston ..... 9 7 Bt. Imitis. . 7 111 Standings in the American League arc as follows: W. L. W, L. Detroit 14 5 Boston 7 9 Baltimore ...10 sMilwaukee ..8 11 Chicago ....12 7 Philadelphia.. 5 11 Washington.. 9 oCleveland ... 4 15