Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1902 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

The planing mill and wood-working shop of the Illinois Car and Equipment works at Hegewiseh, a Chicago suburb, were totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated by Superintendent Aberaner at SIOO,OOO. Two thousand men are throw’ll out of employment. An Irish horse, ridden by a Yankee jockey, won the English Derby at Epsom. Ard Patrick, owned by J. Gubbins of Limerick, with "Skeets" Martin of Pennsylvania in the saddle, carried off the greatest of turf honors. King Edward and Queen Alexandra were spectators. Practically complete returns from twenty-eight out of the thirty-three counties in On-gon, and estimated majorities In the five remaining, give Chamberlain, Democrat, 258 majority for Governor. The entire Republican ticket, with the exception of the Governor, is elected by from 7,000 to 12,000. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, who, as the beautiful Harriet Lane, w as first lady of the land during the administration of her uncle, President Buchanan, has been invited by King Edward to the coronation. Miss Laue was mistress of the White House when the King, then the Prince of Wales, visited this country in 1800. Ruddock, La., the ideal mill city of Louisiana and the lifelong dream of Charles H. Ruddock, the millionaire lumberman of Chicago, was almost wiped out by fire. It is impossible to estimate the loss at present, for the whole place ia in a panic over the destruction of the immense plant of the Ruddock Cypress Company. The organization of a new political labor party has been agreed on finally by the Western labor union convention in Denver, which adopted a declaration for socialism and independent political action and decided on the name, the American laibor Union, for the organization. It was voted to send organizers throughout the East. In an all-night conference, arranged by the Illinois State Board of Arbitration, the representatives of the big Chicago packing houses and their striking teamsters made mutual concessions, and a peaceful settlement of the strike was reached. The night of peace negotiations was preceded by a day of wild rioting, over 100 persons being injured and many arrested. Mrs. Charles D. Kingdon, mother of Mrs. George Jay Gould, was robbed at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York of jewels worth SB,OOO. The circumstances of the theft, all of the doors to Mrs. Kingdon’s suite having been locked from the inside and the thieves having left a diamond necklace worth $50,000 lying in full view on a chiffonier, made it the greatest puzzle the detectives have hud to deal with in years. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...31 7 Philadelphia. 10 21 Chicago ....24 13 New Y0rk...16 21 Brooklyn ...19 19 St. L0ui5....14 23 Boston 10 20Cincinnati ...14 24 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 21 13 Detroit 10 17 Boston 20 15 St, Louis.... 10 17 Chicago ...,19 15 Washington. 17 20 Baltimore .. .18 18 Cleveland ...12 24