Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1902 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Total receipts from the operation of all the railroads in the United States during the year ending June 30, 1901, was sl,588,526,037, an increase of over slOl,000,000. This fact is shown by the summary of the annual report of the interstate commerce commission. Two cars on the Youngstown and Sharon Electric Railway collided two miles south "of Sharon, Pa. Seventeen persons were injured, two seriously. Fifteen others received slight injuries. The accident was the result of a misunderstanding of orders and heavy fog. A. w. Mitchell, reputed to be a millionaire from Michigan, a passenger on the steamer Coptic, committed suicide on Aug. 12, when the vessel was three days out from San Francisco*. Mr. Mitchell, who was accompanied by Dr. C. E. Miller and a nurse, was reported to be on a trip around the world for his health. At Whatcom, Wash., Judge Neterer overruled a motion for a new trial for 11. St. John Dix and sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary, the limit under the laws of that State. Dix was convicted of wreckihg the ScandinavianAmerican Bank in Whatcorn. He tied to England, and was arrested there about six months ago. According to Peter Sells, one of the proprietors of the Forepaugh and Sella Brothers' circus, his concern has agreed to a “community of interest’’ with the Buffalo Bill Wild West aggregation and the Barnum and Bailey shows. He said the three aggregations are to be managed by the Barnum ami Bailey Company, Limited, of London, England. Consternation reigns at Muncie, Ind., owing to a hand of gypsies located south of the city which has been sending its members, who have been found to be affected with smallpox, about the streets begging. The band has been driven into a big field and quarantined. It is feared the gypsies have spread the disease promiscuously eu route from Tennessee. Lieut. A. Jurich, Jr., of the Fourth cavalry, officer on watch at the guardhouse at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, foiled a plot of seventeen long-term prisoners to escape. He caught six men in the act of Sawing through the roof of the guardhouse. In ten or fifteen minutes more they would have been on the roof and escaping by means of ropes. Jurich Called assistance ami the prisoners were put in safe cells. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...81 27 Cincinnati ...52 56 Brooklyn ...69 51 St. Louis. .. .48 59 Chicago ....54 53 Philadelphia. 43 63 Boston 53 52 New Y0rk...38 68 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: . W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 60 42 St. Louis..*.s4 48 Cleveland ...52 56Washington. 51 56 Boston .....59 46 Baltimore ...45 60 Chicago 47 Detroit 10 <l2