Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1903 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

’"B may elnworate dedieaHon of/me JU>ai#imui l’urcliuse Expbsi- . Hon Thursday, Vre.‘Vsen t Roosevelt and rx-Fr«id«rt £i«V*laiM being the moat notable pity was fllll of troopslaWd vhHt&fs. / Busmens all over town wa yjfcj le celebration. The ill the Laiietfct-oftMt kills at Lanett, on the I i loiu tfclC&o. fal* If toakd hi* $ ranother. pgletree and- killed John fV/fter' 'Tutnlly wounded” Daniel Seachry and escaped. The operatives were on a strike. The State Department has received a dispatch from Ambassador McCormick, at Ht. Petersburg, to the effect that the Itunsian minister of foreign affairs has assured him that there is no foundation for the report that Uussi.i demands that China shall refuse the rc<|nests of other ; |H>went for treaty ports and consulates in Manchuria. The Question of a strike at the works of the Wefctingjiouse Electric and Manufacturing Company nt East Pittsburg will be decided at a meeting of the employes. Tim trfrike, if it is declared, will affect between 5,000 and (1,000 men. Officials pf, the company say no men have been discharged because they were mem- - hers of the union. The arrest of foftr men tn Pittsburg may uncover a systematic selnmie to defraud the Western Union Telegraph Company by field men between New YorV. and Chicago. It nppeni'ii an organized gang lias padded expense account* for securing rights of way, purchasing pole# land other supplies, and by overcharging for wages and necessities. Ten men have lieen arrested in New Y old;, aue at Clarion and one nt Butler, Pa. Othey arrests are, expected. The clubs iu the National League are standing thus: W. L. W. L. New York.. 8 2 Brooklyn ... 5 5 Pittsburg ..8 4St. Louis.... 0 <> Chicago ....7 4 Philadelphia. 3 » Boston' (5 0 Cincinnati .. - '■* Following is the standing of the clubs in the American League; W. L. W. L. Detroit .... 5 1 Cleveland ...3 3 Washington. 4 <1 Boston ...... 4 5 Philadelphia. 5 4 New Y'ork... 3 4 Chicago .... 3 3 Bt. Louis.... 1 4