Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1901 — BREVITIES. [ARTICLE]

BREVITIES.

Ambassador nnd Mrs. White entertained the Kaiser at dinner. Charles F. Albert, a noted violinmaker, is dead at Philadelphia. In Buffalo, N. Y., the Niagara Bank, a State institution, has closed its doors. A London firm has made for the Sultan of Turkey two cameras costing £3.000. Lightning bolt struck a trolley car on the Chicago and Milwaukee liue, disabled the coach and caused a collision in which eleven persons are more or less injured. At a special meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad, an issue of *20,000,000 fifty-year 4 per cent gold bonds was authorised. The corner stone of the new Catholic church was laid at Greenville, Ohio,, in presence of a large crowd. Sixteen priests were present. The edifice will cost *30,000. The beautiful Allenhurst inn at Asbury Park, N. J., went up in liames before the 160 guests of the house had fairly got seated at the dinner table. The loss is about *175.000. Schneider & Sons’ clothing factory in Whitechapel, London, covering a ground space of two and a half acres, was burn ed. The damage is placed at £IOO,OOO. Two thousand employes are thrown out of work. Miss Edna Jordan leaped from the excursion steamer Henrietta into the Missouri River at Omaha because of a misunderstanding regarding a dance. The girl bad been employed as a fancy goods saleswoman. Cornell eight won vrtrsity race at Poughkeepsie, Columbia second, Wisconsin third. Record for the course lowered fifty one and two-fifths seconds. Courtney’s men won race for fours and Pennsylvania eight the freshmen's event. The big Homestead Hotel at Hot Springs, Va., has been destroyed by fire. No one was hurt. The loss is estimated at *600,000. Four hundred and fifty tons of dried fruit was destroyed by the burning of the fruit packing house of George N. Herbert, near Han Jose, Cal. Loss about *60,000; insurance, *40,000. New issue of *50,000.000 bonds has been decided upon by the Western Indiana Road, to refund outstanding securities and furnish cash for notable betterments, including a new depot, track elevation, increased terminal facilities, etc.