Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1901 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Frank, the 12-y«ar-obl nod of Mr. mid Mr*. Schulz of South Bend, Ind., was kidnaped by unknown men. 'The parcn s supposed the boy had gone to bed, nn I did not miss him until the next morn.ng, when his abduetiou was reported to the police. The Mauitoulin mail strainer JoEn Long, bound oat from the mainland with many passengers nnl the mails for the islands in Georgian Bay, burned in Meldrtint Buy. All the passengers and < rew escaped, although some of them we: c ► lightly burned. At Noblesville, Ind., the Christian Church was almost completely wrecked by an explosion of natural gas. Flumbers were putting a meter in the basement of the edifice, when the gas ignited from a match. Doras Granger mid Frank Shannahau were badly burned. 'Die commander of the German fleet maneuvering in th- Baltic t «-h-gr.ipln<l from Sassnitz, Island of llugen, that the third-class cruiser Wacht had been sunk off Arkona after having been in cidlision with the battleship Sachsen. Late advices show that there was no loss of life.

Three men were killed and three others seriously injured in n landslide til the new Lake Shore bridge over the boulevard entrance to Gordon Park, in Cleveland. Seven hundred tons of earth, loosened by the flood, suddenly slid down from the bank, burying a force of lalsirers working on the bridge. On the very spot where Gen. Cornwallis was defeated in a battle with the colonia 1 t roops under coin maud of G en. 'Vashitigton on Sept. 3, 1777, just 121 years ago, and where the Stars an I Stripes were first unfurled in battle, a handsome granite monument was unveiled at Cooeh's Bridge, Del. Emporia, Kan., narrowly escaped destruction by fire. As it is, the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Sprague’s pinning mills, Randolph's coal yard ami ice plant, and several residences and barns were destroyed. The total loss will foot up over S6O.(XM). The fire, it is alleged, was started by a spark front a switch engine. Following is the standing of the chibs in the National League: W. L. W. L. I’ittsburg ...66 41 Boston 54 59 Philadelphia (W> 47 Cincinnati .. .44 62 Brooklyn ...64 51 Chlcag 69 St. Louis. ...61 52 New York... 43 65 Standings in the American League arc as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....70 44 Philadelphia. 58 55 Boston 66 48 Washington. 49 62 Detroit 61 53 Cleveland ...48 65 Baltimore ...57 53 Milwaukee ..43 72