Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1902 — SUMMARY OF NEWS. [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Two men were almost instantly killed and two injured, one dangerously, by the falling of a furnace gate weighing over a ton at Jones & Laughlins’ steel works in Pittsburg. The accident was due to the breaking of a chain which supported Abe gate. A convoy of empty wagons was attacked und captured by the Boers southwest of Klerksdorp (Transvaal colony). The escort consisted of a force of the Imperial Yeomanry; three companies of the Northumberland Fusilecrs and two guns. The lighting was severe. Cigarette smokers are not wanted at the Northwestern Academy, lOvanston, I’ll. Dr. H. F. Fisk, principal of the academy, made a speech to the students against their use, and ended by advising those who thought they couldn’t quit them to leave the academy. Maj. C. E. Washburn. Republican member of the Kansas City board of election commissioners, was found unconscious In an alley in West Ninth street. He was suffering from severe wounds on the face and head. Maj. Wushburn said his injuries were due to a fall. Frank Oilman, a pioneer settler, 71 years old, shot himself dead in a rooming house in Denver, Colo. He is the last of three brothers to kill themselves because of the loss of their father’s estate, which was valued at SIOO,OOO, but was eaten up by long litigation in ah attempt to break the will.

As the result of an explosion of gas at Aplington, lowa, a large new brick and stone block of Arernls & Ivrammer was badly wrecked and three persons were burned. The damage to the building and stock will reach several thousand dollars. The explosion was caused by carrying a lighted lantern into the basement to investigate the failure of a gas machine to work. The bankers' commission at Shanghai lias received the first installment of the Chinese indemnity, via Hongkong, amounting to 1,820,000 taels. The installment will he distributed to the powers in tlie following percentages: Russia, 29; Germany, 20; France, 15 7-10; England, It; Japan, 8; United States, 7; Italy, 0; Belgium, 2; Austria, 1; Holland, 2-10; Spain, 1-10. An epidemic of crime prevailed in the country surrounding Kansas City, Mo., during the twelve hours preceding noon Tuesday. At Lawrence, Ivan., Edward Katbermnn, a high school boy of excellent family, was shot dead on the street by ,T. It. Shane, a photographer. The motive is unknown. At Boonville, Mo., Charles Reis shot and killed his wife, owing to jealousy. At Marshall. Mo., Will Johns stabbed Mrs, George Whitney to death in a family quarrel. At Farmington, Mo, a human head was' found, apparently freshly severed from the body. The remainder of the corpse has not been found.