Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1901 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

lii San Francisco fire destroyed the Pacific glass works and n four-story flat building adjoining. The charred remain* of a man supposed to be William Holst, the proprietor of the glass works, who had a habit of sleeping in Ihe factory, were found. Advices from Dawson slate that tlie gold shipments to the outside this year have amounted to $5,000,00(1 to date. Over &{,(>00,(>00 of this sum went dowa the Y'ukon and is going out by the way of St. Michael's, and the rest has gone lip the river. The Alexandria, Ohio, village hunk was dynamited at 1 o'clock the other morning. The building and safe were wrecked, hut the rash box uol disturbed. Citizens exchanged shots with the robbers, John Lloyd being shot and slightly hurt. Six robliers escaped with three stolen rigs, but no money. The Gardner motor works in New Orleans were struck by lightning and destroyed liy fire. The loss on the building, machinery and stock is about $150,000. There has been a strike of raacbin ists at the Gardner factory for over a month and Superintendent Gardner was recently beaten by strikers. The body of Samuel Carlson, a ranch man who resided Ht the Natural Corral, twenty miles from Cody, Wyo., lias been found some distance from his cabin with a bullet wound in’the shoulder and the face crushed and beaten in a horrible manner. A considerable amount of money which Cartson was known to possess is missing. Charles A. Spring, associate of the late Cyrus H. McCormick and manager of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Coin ftany from 1858 to 1889, died at bis home in Chicago, lie was 75 years old. It was one of his principles that lib man should have more than a moderate fortune, and, in keeping his property at the $250,000 mark, which he bad set. char itnblc institutions and Individuals were benefited. £ The packing plant of Jacob l>old & Nous of Wichita, Kan., was destroyed by fire. There were four large buildings. It Is estimated that 7.000,000 pounds of meat, in process of preparation, was destroyed. The loss is $1,000,000, with in sura nee about S4OO,(HK>. One wall fell, injuring four men, but not fatally- Three hundred and fifty men are thrown out of rvork. It is said the plant will he rebuilt at once. The fire originated in the lardhouse and is thought to have been due to spontaneous combustion. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League; W. L. W. L Pittsburg ...42 28 New Y0rk...33 20 St. L0ui5....41 31 Boston 32 35 Philadelphia 38 31 Cincinnati ...30 30 Brooklyn ...38 34 Chicago 25 51 Standings in the American league are ns follows: W. L. W. L. Boston 43 23 Washington. 29 32 Chicago ....4(1 25 Philadelphia. 28 37 Detroit 39 32Cleveland ...20 44 Baltimore .. .84 28 Milwaukee ..23 47