Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1901 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

EASTERN.

A strike of 30,000 operators in Fall River, Mass., mills is imminent. Helen Gould is involved in a line fence war at Tarrytown with a wealthy New York broker. Not a wheel is turning in the steel combine’s plants at McKeesport, Pal Over 15.(100 men are idle. The destroyers Whipple, Truxton and Worden were launched at the*Baltimore ship yards Thursday. Fire destroyed the Hammond Hotel, four stores and six residences at Dry Run, Pa. Loss, $40,000, partially insured. In relieving the irritation, of mosquito bites Mrs. Joseph H. Leddy, of Mt. Carmel, Conn., opened an artery and bled to death. A Philadelphia Sunday school teacher has caused a storm of protest by deserting the Methodist church and embracing Mormonism. Lieut. Henry Watterson, U. S. A., and Miss Bianrsr Esther Casanova, niece of the late Cuban General, were married in 1 ’hiladelphia. The Democrats of Pennsylvania an-1 Virginia followed the set byOhio, ignoring silver and confining their fight to State issues. Lightning struck a benzine tank of the Atlantic Refining Company at Philadelphia. exploding it. Six persons were killed and twenty-three missing. A beautiful woman created a scene at the Holland House, New York, by claiming to be. the wife of Norman B. Ream’s secretary. Secretary Neese denied it and fled. Former Chief of PuKce Devery, of New York, declared Lawyer Moss and those conducting the crusade against the police are a gang of highbinders. He denies wrong doing. Matthew Mcßride, tt private watchman employed by residents of the fashionable Squirrel Hill district of Pittsburg, was shot and killed by an unknown man. It is supposed the murderer was at burglar. A wireless message was sent to Bandy Hook from the steamship Lueania when 287 miles at sea. The usual methods of reporting arrivals were beaten by several hours. The Lueania was informed of the news by same means. Six live* were lost through the explosion of a large quantity of dynamite stored in the New York Central and Hudson River rouildhoitse al Herkimer, N. Y., in which lire broke out. The roundhouse was wrecked and burned. Edward’ R. Carroll, clerk of the New York Court of General Sessions, has seat to Comptroller Cider a bill for $7,829 for printing the volume of testimony taken at the trial of Roland B. Molineaux for the killing of Mrs. Katharine J. Adams. It is reported that the Armours of Chicago are making an effort to corner the apple crop of Maine, and that they have set apart for that purpose a fun 1 of $3,000,000 an 1 have agents traveling through the State making offers for the entire crop. Edward V. Shepard, of Massachusetts, chief clerk of the patent office, was summarily dismissed after an investigation by Commissioner of Patents Duell and other officials in connection with the dinappearance of money contained in unclaimed registered letters returned to the office.