Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1902 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

The officers of Clark University at Worcester, Mass., have just received from Andrew Carnegie a cablegram giving SIOO,OOO toward the $250,000 needed to secure a bequest of $500,000 by the late Jonas G. Clark. Mr. Carnegie’s gift is in honor of Senator (Jeorge F. Hoar. It is believed in Paris that King Leopold of Belgium and T. F. Walsh of Colorado are about to make important investments of capital in Persia. The King recently made a flying trip to Paris for a conference with Mr. Walsh, who is his partner in various large enterprises. The new monument recently completed over the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, at Lincoln City, lud., will be formally dedicated .on Oct. 5. The monument is peculiarly appropriate, being constructed from stone taken from the grave of President Lincoln at Springfield, 111., when a pew tomb was constructed. J. M. Speyer of New Orleans, a showman at a street fair in Kansas City, killed his 5-year-old son by cutting his throat while the child slept, and then attempted to commit suicide by, cutting his own throat. Speyer was accused (if assaulting a 0-year-old girl, and assorts that he intended to kill his son and himself because he feared In* would he lynched. although he maintains his innocence of the charge of assault. Word from Itoyal Center. lud., is that John Ivane was taken from his bed by twelve masked men, dragged to tin- edge of town and tied to a telegraph pole. His face was smeared with varnish and lamp black. Then the rope was passed over a crosspiece and he was strung up. Officers were heard approaching and Kane was cut down and a promise exacted that lie would leave the commit nlfy. Kane was found later by his friends and is in a serious condition. Following is the stnmlir,g of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg .. .51 15 Philadyhfhia. 33 41 Boston 57 51 St. Louis. . . .51 4l‘ Brooklyn ...41 55 Cincinnati ...50 40 Chicago ....50 51 New Y0rk...22 50 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. \V. L. Chicago ....42 25 Cleveland ...55 50 St. Lotris.. . .57 51 Washington. 54 35 Boston 5S 34 Baltimore ...31 40 Philadelphia 55 32 Detroit 20 40