Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1903 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

A cave-in at tlie Pioneer mine at Ely, Minn., caused the death of Jaceb Maki a Finn, mid injured three others. High water and an ice gorge washed out three sections of the long trestle over Alum creek, about six miles out of Columbus, Ohio. The safe in tlie postofflce at Dodge Center, Minn., was blown open and S3OO or S4OO in stamps and over SIOO in money taken. The postotlice at Brice Ohio, was dynamited by robbers mid SSO in government monej;, SIOO in stamps and sls belonging to Postmaster Springer were stolen. Fin- nt Waukomis, a small town on the Rock Island Railroad, ten Julies couth of Enid. Ok., destroyed nn mire block of buildings, causing a loss estimated at $75 ( 000. Tile steam schooner Crescent City ran on Fish rock off tlie Mendocino, Ca!., coast during a gale. The passengers and crew, numbering in all twenty-six, took refuge on tlie rock. Sergt. J. R. Fredericks of tlie United States weather bureau, survivor of tlie Greeiy Arctic expedition, wan painfully hurt in Indianapolis while trying to stop a frightened horse. Tlie big “A” mill of the WashburnCrosby Company in Minneapolis has been closed owing to tho inability of the railroads to remove the flour promptly because of lack of enrs. Negotiations are on foot for the sale of the Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company, operating between Toledo and Findlay, Ohio, forty-

seven miles. It is believed ttio Pomeroy- I Mandelbaum syndicate will buy the I road. The bank at Cambridge, 111., was < titered by robbers and SIO,OOO was stolen. Five robbers, their flight impeded by heavy snowfall, were captured in a barn a few miles from town. Senator Hiler Horton of St. Paul has introduced a bill into the Minnesota Legislature prohibiting promiscuous kissing unless the kissers possess physicians’ certificate of good health. Gov. Van Sant of Minnesota has issued a proclamation requesting the people of the State to contribute to relieve the distress of the starving in portions of Sweden, Norway and Finland. The big lumber mills at Port Blakeley,' Wash., together with 50,(MX) acres of timber lands in Mazon and Kitsap counties, have been sold for $3,000,000 to a syndicate of Michigan lumbermen. James Tulloch, a Chicago soap manufacturer, choked to death while eating supper at a restaurant. A large piece of meat lodged in his windpipe, and he died before a doctor could dislodge it. The shortage of former Secretary G. C. Bayer of the Germania, Circleville and New Citizens' Building and Loan Associations of Circleville, Ohio, who has disappeared, is said to be about SIOO,OOO. Charles Smith, a member of the Lawton, Ok., "City Council, shot himself through the heart in the police court room. Smith brooded over charges of boodling in connection with the city campaign. The great department store of Weinstock, Lubin & Co., in Sacramento, Cal., was destroyed by fire. Frank Kasebolt, a fireman, was killed by a falling wall, and others were injured. The loss mayreach $1,000,000. Because, it is said, his fiancee broke their engagement, William Waters, one of the most prominent men of Butte, Mont., committed suicide by ■ shooting, dying in the midst of many wedding presents sent for the ceremony. Captain J. N. W. Rumple, member of Congress from the Second JQistriet of lowa, died at St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, from an affection of the throat. His home was at Marengo, lowa. Captain Rumple was til years old. William Garland at Clifton, Ariz.. shot a woman known ;i*j ''China Dot” and himself. The woman's identity was unknown until after her death, when it was learned her name was Mrs. E. P. Neal, formerly of Warrensburg, Mo. The International Order of Freight Handlers and Warehousemen has completed its organization in St. Louis under a charter granted by the American Federation of Labor. The order already has 15,000 members, of whom about 8,000 are in Chicago.

Three hundred employes of the Golden Reward Smelter at Deadwood. S. D.. have struck because one man was laid Off. About 700 other men will be thrown out of employment as a result, the company having decided to close down two of its large mines. Five business houses were destroyed by fire at De Witt, Mo., causing an aggregate loss of $50,000, distributed among the following firms: Weltner Bros., dry goods; Knappenberger, Iruggist: Barrett, groceries; the postofli-.-t, and a barber shop. An explosion at the works of the Standard Oil Company in Cleveland more or less seriously burnej'four men. John Slater will probably die, and the others will recover. A safety valve on tin oil still blew off and a tremendous explosion of gas followed. A Kansas branch of the Farmers' Cooperative Grain mid Live Stock Association lias been organized in Topeka. It, will build or buy elevators, buy- grain directly from the farmers, and sell it in the best markets, dividing the profits among the stockholders. Charges against indicted Retail Coal Dealers’ officials in Chicago filed with Judge Horton by agreement, include notices to wholesalers that carload sales to individuals and manufacturers may lead to proscription. The Glen View Golf Club and State normal schools are included among offenders. The spot on the battle field on Antietam where Commissary Sergeant William McKinley stood on the evening of Sept. 19, 18(12, under fire and served hot coffee and rations to his comrades in to be marked by an appropriate monument. The Antietam battle field commission has awarded the contract for its erection. The cost will be $5,000. A special grand jury called by Judge Brown at Ely, Nev., to investigate the tragedy of Jan. 7, iu which three men were killed and two wounded, returned two indictments against William Lloyd, president of the miners' union, who is charged with having concocted a scheme for getting rid of Traylor, either bykidnaping him or taking his life. Big Four passenger train No. 7, southbound, struck a street car at the Yellow Springs street crossing nt Springfield, Ohio. The car was filled with people and wns hit squarely in the center, driving it fifty feet beyond the crossing. Eleven persons were injured, two of whom, Mrs. Addie Wheeler and Anna Bailey, are seriously injured and may die. The motorman, A. L. Wilkinson, it is thought, was unable to stop the car owing to defective brakes. Charles Chisholm, P. Herbandson, N. O. Notion. Alexander Smart. Iver Swenson, L. G. Thompson, J. H. McLean. Charles Weigel and H. C. Branton, members, of the North Dakota Legislature, and J. N. Tolman, a legislative representative of Carbon County, Montana, spent Sunday in Glendive to arrange for the segregation of eastern Montana and western North Dakota and the creation of n new State, to be known as Montague, extending from the Belt Mountains in Montana to the Missouri River in North Dakota. Glendive is .to be chosen the capital.