Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1902 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

A cloudburst caused devastation in Hillsdale cemetery at Madison, N. J. Seventy-five caskets were uncovered by the rushing waters and many of them were swept from the graves. Some of the bodies were found a mile from the cemetery. El Correo do Sonora brings an account of a daring stage robbery near Mazutlan, Mexico, by three masked men. The outlaws obtained $4,000 and escaped with the plunder. Mariano tlordillo, the driver, attempted to whip up the horses and was shot dead. The Fort Wayne, Dayton and Cincinnati Traction Company is planning to construct a road from (Cincinnati to Fort Wayne, there to connect with lines being built to Michigan City, and to secure an entrance into Chicago by establishing a line of steamers. Tlie Twentieth Century limited on the Lake Shore made the best long-distance run ever made by the train. The run was made between Kcndallville, Ind., and Toledo. The distance of ninety-one miles was covered in seventy-five minutes, which is at the rate of 72.8 miles an hour. Sheriff W. C. Barnhill of Ilenry County, Ohio, was shot and probably mortally wounded by chicken thieves. He was summoned to the southern part of the county, where some farmers had three thieves with wagons located. When Barnhill and two deputies attempted to arrest them they showed tight. An unknown man was found dead on the stoop of a private house at 50 West Twenty-ninth street. New York. He had killed himself by drinking poison. It developed that the man had during the day robbed the office of Edward Mn.vhew. He failed to secure any valuables, and liis failure is believed to have prompted him to end his life. Articles of incorporation'have been filed with the Secretary of State at I'ierre, S. D„ by the Farmers’ National Co-opera-tive Exchange Company, with a capital of $00,000,000. The principal object of the corporation is to enable farmers to secure better prices for their produce. For this purpose the corporation will hey and sell grain, live stock and all kinds of produce on commission and otherwise. A chain of grain elevators, warehouses, cold storage plants and stockyards will « be built. Following is the standing of the clulis of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg . ..‘is 23 Cincinnati ...43 50 Brooklyn .. .55 43 St. Louis. . . .4 i 52 Chicago ....50 44 Philadelphia. 37 58 Boston 48 43 New Y0rk...31 03 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. St. Louis... .52 30 Cleveland ...40 50 Chicago ....52 40 Washington. 13 52 Philadelphia 48 40 Detroit 30 5t Boston .... .52 44 Baltimore . . .'3O 55