Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1902 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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The two hosiery mills of Henry Kramer at Nazareth, Pn., were destroyed by lira. Loss SIOO,OOO. Charles R. Gager, 17 years old, who had his spine broken while playing football, died at St. Francis’ hospital, Hartford, Conn. The fivd-atory furniture factory of D. Wllfson &. Sons in IJultimore was almost totally destroyed by fire. Loss estimated ut SI2S,(NX), partly covered by insurance. William Ziegler, N'exv York, who backed Evelyn B. Baldwin arctic expedition, announced he has dropped Baldwin, hut will send out another explorer to seek north pole. Miss Ida C. Craddock, priestess of Chicago “Church of the Yoga,” and author, committed suicide in N'exv York. She was under conviction for sending improper literature by mail. The residence of Mrs. Nancy Sewell of Gospel Hill, near Erie, Pa., was struck and almost totallf destroyed by lightning. Mrs. Sewell xvas instantly killed and her daughter Josephine seriously, injured. Simpson Brothers, manufacturers of dress goods at Mnnayuuk, made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors to W. M. Longstreth of Bcfaill, Taylor & Longstreth, yarn merchants in Philadelphia. The Grand Hotel at Point Chautauqua, one of Ihe largest and finest hotels around Chautauqua Lake, burned to the ground, together with the amusement hall and a summer cottage owned by the hotel company. The loss will be fully $200,000. > The plant of the American Glue Company at Springdale, sixteen miles enst of Pittsburg, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $120,000, which is covered by insurance. This fire xvas the fourth in a month, and it is thought to have been the xvork of incendiaries. Joseph 11. Connors of Chicago was perhaps fatally xvounded by Alfred W. Clark of the same city in the United States Hotel at Pittsfield, Mass. Both men are canvassers uud had quarreled over a card game. Clark, xvho is under arrest, claims he shot iu self-defense. By n unanimous viva voce vote the convention of United Mine Workers at Wilkesharre, Pa., accepted President Roosevelt's arbitration plan. The resolution as adopted carries xvith it a declaration that the strike is off and provides for an immediate resumption of xvork. Baltimore customs officers seized a lot of jewelry and fancy goods conceal'd about the persons of Rev. L. Sternberg of Urbana, lad., and Mrs. Charles Eggert of Wichita, Kan., who arrived on the Frankfurt from Brernerhnven. The articles were confiscated, though the minister wept and offered to pay the duty. William Rooney, a collector for the N’exv Amsterdam Gas Company, xvas txvice knocked down by Mrs. Albena Green, n New York widow, xvho beat him xvith a poker almost into insensibility and poured a kettle of boiling xvntcr over him when he called at her house to collect a bill. Both xvere fatally hurt. Plans for the Wabash station at Pittsburg are completed and the xvork of demolishing the obi buildings on the site has started. A building nine stories in height, xvith a train shed of steel and glass covering three blocks, costing more than $1,000,(XX). xvill he erected. It is hoped to have the structure completed by June. Charges of wholesale robbery of manufactured silk by an organized gang have been investigated by the grand jury of Passaic County at Paterson, N. J., and as a result indictments have been found against Jacob L. Simon, a justice of the peace, alleged to be the financier and head of the gang; John J. Kelly and Frederic Wilson.'