Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1903 — SUMMARY OF NEWS [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Citizonj* returning to Kt Paso, Texas, from Casas Grande, la the heart of the Sierra Mudre Mountains, report the discovery of a smoldering volcano hitherto unknown except to a few of the natives. The volcano showed signs of a recent eruption. Daniel \V. Miller, assistant. Attorney General for the Postofllce Department, has been arrested for alleged acceptance of bribe for decision favoring John J. Jtyun & Co. get-rich-quick turf concert). Joseph M. Johns, Rochester, Ind., was arrested ns alleged go-between. At Laconia, N. 11., nearly 100 buildings have been burned, 330 persona are homeless and there is a loss of $400,000 as the result of a fire in the Lakeport section, the area burned over being about 150 acres, 'flic fire started in a boiler room of thq II- H- Wood hosiery mill. The servant girl problem will be simplified if success attends an experiment to be made by the Women's Education Association in Boston. A house in the Back Bay residence section will be opened Aug. 1, where young girls will be trained for a month or six weeks in various household duties, after which they will be hired out by the hour to householders. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...22 i) Cincinnati ....17 17 Chicago 24 10 Boston ......14 10 /Pittsburg ...21 15 Philadelphia.. 0 24 Brooklyn ....17 10 St. Louis..... 0 20 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago 17 12 Boston ......15 15 Detroit 17 13 St. Louis 13 14 Philadelphia.. 17 14 New York..,. 13 10 Cleveland ....14 13 Washington.. .10 10 Joseph Becker, an anarchist, is in the city jail at Walla Walla, Wa.-h., on suspicion of having intended to kill President Roosevelt. The episode was kept quiet until the President’s departure. Becker is accused of having said at Pendleton, Ore., that lie had one bullet for President Roosevelt and another for Emperor William of Germany. He left for Walla Walla With a Winchester, and his Pendleton partner, Pat Kino, followed him there, notifying the police. Becker was found working in a butcher shop, lie was arrested and disclosed the hiding place of his rifle, which was in a barn along the line of march. Becker is a Swiss.