Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

Seven young men and women, members of a parry enjoying an excursion on the Maumee river, lost their lives at Toledo when the naphtha launch Frolic was run down and sunk by* the tug Arthur Woods of the Great Lakes Towing Company's fleet. Bernard Corrigan, a Kansas City capitalist and railway contractor, has been selected as president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, which controls all the' lines in Kansas City and the Kansas City Electric Lighting Company. Three masked and armed safe-crackers blew the safe at the Lake Shore freight depot at Cleveland, and secured an unknown sum of money, thought to he about |SOO. The robbers had a violent struggle with the night watchman. The safe was badly wrecked. The St. Louis exposition building was •old at public auction for $280,000 to Frederick W. Lehmann for the St. Louis [lnion Trust Company. The sale was forced by the bondholders, who were surety for a mortgage for $150,000. The building will be torn down to make way for a library building. Walton Weber of Columbus was cleetcd department commander of the Grand Army of Ohio on the first ballot over five competitors. The feature of the encampment was the parade of veterans, in which Gov. Nash participated. Several thousand soldiers were in line, and 20,(KH) visitors were in the city. The Shenango tinplate works in New.castle, Pa., the largest tinplate works in tlie world, were almost wrecked by a tornado. Every stack was torn from its foundation and hurled through the roof of the building, steam pipes were broken and torn away and the roof torn off. The damage will reach SIOO,OOO. Bishop Favier, the French vicar apostolic in China, has received information to the effect that 10,000 armed rebels, with several cannon, are participating In the revolt at Cheng-Ting-Fu, Chi-Li province. It is considered doubtful if Yuan-Shi-Kai, Governor of Clii-Li, has sent a sufficient force to cope with the rebellion. Thousands of orchards in northern Missouri are stripped of foliage and will not bear fruit this year. The canker worm is responsible. It is impossible to estimate the final los.s to fruit growers, out in one instance the owner suffers the loss of an entire apple orchard, the crop »f which has been sold on an average for fIO,OOO a year. The Ohio Anti-Saloon League has derided to establish substitutes for saloons In municipalities where they are voted »ut under the loeal option law. The temperance leaders are convinced that some •uch diversion as a saloon is necessary •nd their idea is to establish a place where all the advantages of one, except strong drink, will be provided. At St. Edwards, Neb., tire destroyed •even stores and one residence, among them being three of the largest buildings •n tow n. A number of persons living in the Egan block, which was partially burned, had narrow escapes. Escape by stairways was cut off. and they were compelled to climb down an electric light pole. Three were slightly injured. The loss will reach $25,000, partially insured. The entire business section of New Milford, Conn., has been destroyed by fire. Lack of water was the cause of the spread of the fire. The blaze wiped out all the buildings in both sides of Bank street, in Railroad street from Bank to Bridge street, and in Main from Bank to Bridge street. The two hotels, the two banks, the Southern New England telephone exchange and dozens of business structures, with two residences, ...are among the buildings destroyed. The loss will reach from $300.(100 to $400,000. So far as known no lives were lost. Following is the standing of the clubs if the National Baseball League: YV. L. YV. L. Pittsburg .. .15 2 Philadelphia.. 7 8 New Y0rk...10 (i Brooklyn .... 0 1(1 Chicago .... 8 5 Cincinnati ... 4 12 Boston S 7 St. Louis.... 3 11 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. YV. L. Philadelphia. 8 4 Chicago <1 5 St. Louis.... 7 4 Washington.. 5 8 Boston 8 5 Baltimore ... 4 .8 Detroit (J 4 Cleveland ... 4 10