Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1902 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Seven persons were killed and forty injured in cyclone that nearly destroyed the town of Glen Rose, Texas. Allen Cogsdell, North Carolina farmer, announced he would kill himself at dinner June 10, and sent out invitations. His wife will fire the shot. William Rogers, aged 72, shot and killed his granddaughter. Miss Mary Awfield, aged 30. and committed suicide by shooting, near Butler, Tenn. Near Dallas, Texas, James Clevinger was shot and killed by E. Clifton, who 'was in turn killed by an unknown man, who shot him through the heart. Edgar T. Washburn of Wickliff, Ky., has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with $26,000 liabilities and no assets. The creditors are lumber dealers in Chicago and Milwaukee. I'he vault of the First National Bank of Wickliffe, Ky., was blown open by robbers. The sound of the explosion awoke the citizens of the town, who drove the robbers off, but did not suc-ceed-in capturing them. The robbers, four in number, failed to get any money. The steamer Sunrise burned to the water's edge at her wharf in New Orleans. The fire spread rapidly and some of the passengers and crew narrowly escaped, but all were saved. The boat carried considerable freight, which was badly damaged*. The Sunrise was valued at $25,000. Mrs. R. Worthington of Chicago, whose husband is a race horse man, and Mrs. G. D. Byles of Memphis were badly bqrned and the former is not expected to recover. Mrs. Worthington was boarding with Mrs. Byles. They were preparing a meal on a coal oil stove, when an explosion followed, igniting their clothing.