Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1901 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

A heavy wind and rain storm swept through the town of Anadarko, Okla. AH the larger buildings in process qf construction were blown down, together with u large number of tents and smaller houses. Two persons were killed and many injured. Julius C. Beige, president of the St. Louis Shovel Coiypany, confirms the reported consolidation of tive of the largest shovel manufacturing concerns in the country, with a capital stock of $5,000,000. The new company will be culled the Ames Tool and Shovel Company. Fire nearly destroyed Grandbonrg.-the principal town of French West Indies, having a population of aLout 15,000 persons. All the public buildings except the church, prison and headquarters of the gendarmie were destroyed, as were some tive hundred houses. The fire was of incendiary origin. lowa Democrats in State convention at Des Moines reaffirmed the Kansas City platform, amending the committee report so as to do so by a vote of (Mil 3-5 to 558 2-5. T. J. Phillips, of Ottumwa, was nominated for Governor on the second ballot over 11. J. Steiger, of Toledo, by a majority of six votes. The postoffice at Andrews, Ind., was robbed by burglars and $270 in cash and SIOO in postage stamps were taken. The safe was blown open by dynamite. The robbers were discovered by two citizens, one of whom was struck over the head with the stock of a revolver by one of the robbers. Further pursuit was then abandoned, the robbers escaping on a handcar. 2.

Four well-dressed men have been wandering about through the woods anil swamps in the vicinity of Rising Sun, Ohio, lately. They have made several inquiries regarding the financial standing of various farmers, whether they bank their money, ami similar questions. They all carry arms. Jacob Schultz an I two other farmers warned them away, and a little later were fired on from ambush. Following is the standing of the clubs iu the National League: IV. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...5(1 37 Boston 48 51 Philadelphia 58 42 Cincinnati ...40 5(1 St. Louis. ...57 45 New York.. .30 55 Brooklyn .. .50 45 Chicago 40 03 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....01 40 Philadelphia. 52 49 Boston 00 40 Cleveland ...42 50 Baltimore ...54 43 Washington. 41 55 Detroit 54 47 Milwaukee ..35 (18 Before he died at the South Chicago Hospital John Sehmaeker, 10 years old. living at Berlinton. Ind., told his father, who had been summoned to his bedside, a strange tale of being robbed and thrown under the wheels of a Baltimore and Ohio excursion train near Brinson, Ind., the previous niglU. The boy told his father that two men had robbed him on the platform of a car while he and his cousin, Jacob, w’ere passing front one ear to another and that, after robbing him of 80 cents, all he had, they threw him off the train. Then, the boy said, when he attempted to clamber on ggain, they kicked him in the head and he fell beneath the wheels. 1 Five men were drowned the other night as the result of an explosion of gas in the tunnel leading from waterworks crib No. 3, of Cleveland, two miles from crib No. 2, where the recent fatal accident occurred. The work of sinking the shaft at crib No. 3, which is five miles from shore, had just been completed. Five men were at once put to work digging a tunnel toward crib No. 2. These men had bctji working onlv a short time whyn a terrific explosion of gas occurred. The casing of the tunnel was crushed and a torrent of water from the lake rushed into the opening. ‘The tive men who were in the tunnel hnd not the slightest opportunity to escape, and perished before assistance could reach them.