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

WESTERN.

In Nan Francisco Mrs. Arthur C. Rudolph shot and killed her husband and then killed herself. Jealousy was the cause. Boys playing ball in an Omaha lumber yard unearthed #<l,ooo stolen from a driver for the First National Bank five years ago. Fire destroyed the Mount Vernon, Mo., elevator, causing a loss of #50,000. The elevator was filled with grain, all of which was destroyed. The First National Bank of Columbus was the successful bidder for the issue of #O,OOO municipal bonds of Montpelier, Ohio. The price paid was #<5,834. An unprecedented downpour of rain at Cleveland, Ohio, flooded streets, wrecked houses, tied up railway service and inflicted damage of almost #1,000,000. Ralph Hanmeter and a young man named Stottler were struck by a Wabash train near Modico, Mo. Hanmeter was killed and his companion injured. The Gate City Carriage Company of Winona, Minn., assigned to C. A. Morey without preference. Nominal assets are given as #35,000 nnd liabilities #20.000. James Younger, one of the notorious bandits now out on parole under life sentence, is to marry Miss Alix J. Mueller, formerly society editor on a St. Paul paper. A freight train broke in two on a steep grade in Montana and crashed into a passenger train over the Great Northern, killing thirty-six persons and injuring thirteen. Because his father had punished him. George Hull, aged 12, lay down on the Hocking Valley tracks at Fostorin, Ohio, and let a train run over him. He was the son of a laborer. Congressman J. A. Tawney of Winona, Minn., while playing golf, was seriously injured in the left leg, just below the knee, a ball driven by another member of the club having struck him. Negotiations have been completed nt Milwaukee for the absorption of the National Exchange Bank by the Wisconsin National, of which the millionaire brewer, Captain Pabst, is the head. Henry Bronson committed still It in Salt Lake City the other day because of poverty. AftFr the act was committed, an attorney arrived and announced that the man had inherited a fortune. Albert Buchanan nnd Ira Evans, boys, were overcome by gns while exploring a deserted coal mine at Kirksville, Mo., and asphyxiated. Their bodies were recovered after several hours' search. Al Cross Plains. Mo., John Ktrickland, a farmer, shot nnd instantly killed h.’s eoi-ln-law, Elwing Chandler. Strickland

surrendered, but as it was a clear case of self-defense, he will not be prosecuted. A call has been issued for a convention in Guthrie Oct. 12 of all persons in Oklahoma named Smith, to effect an organization for an annual reunion. It is estimated that there are 2,000 Smiths in the territory. William Johnson, a four-year convict, committed suicide at the State penitentiary at Lansing, Kan., by drinking a large quantity of alcohol. He was Bent up from Dodge City and had three years to serve. Rosa Pride and Mintlie Smith, both aged 18. of Clarendon, Ark., agreed to end their lives because of disappointment in love. Miss Pride took laudanum and died, but Miss Smith failed to carry out the compact. Little Boy, the brown gelding purchased by F. G. Jones, beat the world's record for wagon pacers with amateur drivers on the Washington Park track in Chicago by going a mile in the remarkable time of 2:03 3-5. The Indiana State board of charities completely exonerated insane hospital officials in its report to the Governor on its recent investigation. The board declares tiiat no sane persons are now confined in these institutions. Judge Clark of the United States Court at Cincinnati issued an injunction against 450 strikers formerly employed ia the steel mills at Ironton. Ohio, restrain-’, ing them from picketing the plant or interfering in any way with the compaay. The steamer City of Clifton sank in nine feet of water at landing No. 76 on the Missouri side in the Mississippi river, not far from Murphysboro, 111. The seventy passengers cs aped in safety. The cargo of lumber and peanuts was partially lost. The four-story warehouse of the 11. M. Hooker Company in Chicago, filled from basement to roof with glass of every grade, was burned the other night. The damage, as estimated by Mr. Hooker, amounts lo £50,000 ta the stock ami £12,000 to the building. On a recent night, for the third time within a year, an attempt was made to wreck a Minneapolis and St. Louis train near New Ulin, Minn. The north-bound passenger train rati into a pile of ties on the track, and four other piles were found within a mile. In an accident due to a spreading rail on the Southern Railroad at Fireworks station, four miles from East St. Louis. Frank llaefle, chief ear inspector of the road, lost his life, Elmore Drumm, fireman, was fatally and Scott Mulconnery, engineer, seriously injured. Katherine Hotz, daughter of Jailer Hotz, prevented the success of an attempt to deliver thirty-three prisoners from the Madison -County jail at Edwardsville, 111., made by James Johnston, under indictment for murder. The girl discovered the men in the act and her screams brought aid. Horse thieves visited the ranch of A. C. Huidekofer near Medora, N. D. They made off with provisions from the storehouse, saddle horses from the corral and 100 full-blooded Normans from a nearby pasture. They started southward, but were attacked by men from the Carey Cattle Company and compelled to abandon the stolen horses. An immense cavity in the earth 250 feet below the surface was struck by oil drillers at Dalton, Ohio, and into this bus poured the water supply of the village. Wells at surrounding farms have also been drained. The drillers say the only hope of regaining the water supply is the possibility of striking a subterranean lake below the cavity. The business portion of Dougherty, lowa, burned Sunday night. The fire originated from spontaneous combustion in the wareroom of Swallow's drug store. When the fire spread to the hardware store and into the powder, Iteuzine and gasoline the flying embers were thrown all over the town and nothing could be done to prevent the spread of the flames. Tlie total loss reached £44,(MM), with £28,500 insurance. Severe storms have visited southern Arizona almost daily for the past ten days. Railroads from Sonora and Bisbi e, connecting with the Southern L’acifie, are paralyzed. A large bridge was washed away near Fairbank on the Arizona and New Mexico Road. A body was seen floating down the river followed by a buggy. A storm which was al-, most a cyclone visited Tucson, tearing off several roofs ami demolishing the gas works. All rivers are raging torrents. The jewelry store of Bernard J. Hagatnaiin in Chicago was entered by a gang of safe blowers, who escaped with booty valued at nearly £S,<XX). The burglars drilled holes in the door of the safe and with an explosive it was torn from its binges. Mr. Hugamaim's entire stock was in the safe, and everything was taken with th'? exception of a few watches owned by railroad men. Besides the jewelry Hagamnnn lost £7(M). The robbery whs not discovered until Mr. Ilagamann went to his store to open it for the day's business.