Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1903 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The American Flint Glass Bottle Com* pony’s $150,000 plant was destroyed by fire at Sunmiitville, Ind. Safe blowers blew open the safe in the post office at Colfax, 111., securing S2OO in cash and S2OO in stamps. • J. Ogden Armour lias given $150,000 to Armour Institute in Chicago; gift was announced at ■*commencement exercises. Fire in the live-story building of the Avery Manufacturing Company at Omaha did damage estimated at .upward of $70,000. The American Derby was run at Chicago Saturday in 2:33,- It was w,Qjn by The Picket, with Claude second and Bernays third. George Durham and Fred Underwood were banged at Clarksville, Ark., for the murder of Sheriff John H. Powers, Feb. 5, 1002. The San Diego, Cal., Union announces that U. S. Grunt is a candidate for the Republican- nomination for Vice-Presi-dent next year. A posse is hunting for two negroes who attempted to hold up two bridge workers and killed one of them near Sherman, Kan. Five men were killed by an explosion which completely wrecked mine No. 3 of the Raton Coal and Coke Company at Bloasbnrg, N. M. A mob at Peoria. 111., attempted to lynch a negro who murdered a detective, but was foiled by the determined attitude of the Sheriff. In a collision between two Missouri Pacific freight trains at Pole Junction, Sic., four men were killed and one was dangerously injured. Twenty persons were injured by fire-' works bomb found in the street and ignited in front of 1154 Clybourn avenue, Chicago, by John McNally. The discovery of coal at Willow River, near Duluth, Minn., is causing some excitement. The new find is high grade bituminous, suitable for cooking. Ten persons lost their lives when, the Oinaha-Chieago limited, on the Illinois Central, collided head-on with n freight train just west of Raymond, lowa. in a collision between two Spring arenas street cars at Fourteenth and Carr

streets. St. Louis, a dozen passenger* were injured, two of them seriously. J. A. Edgerton of Denver issued a call for a meeting at Denver July 27 of reform advocates for the purpoae of trying to amalgamate the reform movements of the country. Bandford Northrop, nephew of the late Jay Gould, committed suicide at St. Louis by shooting. Melancholia is blamed. His wife and daughter were at Atlantic City. M. J. McMasters, proprietor of a rear taurant at Plain City, Ohio, lost hie life in an attempt to rescue his 11-year-old son from n burning building. The boy died later of burns. Fire in the business section of Boise, Idaho, caused a loss of $140,000. The principal losers are the Northrop Hardware Company. Armour & Co. and John L. Day &, Co., grocers. Karl May, a young banker of Council Bluffs, was accidentally shot and killed, lie was preparing for a hunting trip when his gun was discharged, the bullet passing through his heart. John A. McAuley, a real estate dealer and builder, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States courts at Columbus. Ohio. His liabilities are scheduled at $00,(539 and assets at $7,705. Fifteen Canyon City (Colo.i convicts overpowered the guards, seized the warden's wife as a shield, blew the gate open, and escaped. The guards killed one, wounded two, and captured all. At San Francisco fire did $125,000 damage in the warehouse of Cunningham, Curtis & Welch. Other principal sufferers were the Louis Roesch Company and the Union Lithographic Company. The Modern Woodmen’s convention in Indianapolis adopted the lowa plan for the readjustment of rates by a vote of 215% to 1(56. This provides for a graded increase ranging from 35 per cent to 100 per cent. The large new Avery building as Omaha was gutted by fire, the Racine Wagon and Carriage Company losing $20,000 on stock and the Avery Manufacturing Company losing about $25,000 On the building. Sherman Bell, adjutant general of Colorado and former “Rough Rider,” was married at Colorado Springs to Mrs. Essie Carter. They will spend their honeymoon at the White House at the invitation of the President. E. J. Arnold, under several indictments in connection with the operation of get-rich-quick concerns in St. Louis, surrendered to the authorities. He went to police headquarters accompanied by his wife and attorney. Creditors of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Coal Company of Brazil, lud., have applied for a receiver. Some of the stockholders reside in Chicago. There are claims filed against the company aggregating $6,000. Rev. Frank Hayes, a superannuated Methodist minister, died from exposure and hunger endured at North Topeka, Kan., during the recent flood. His house was surrounded by water # and he was without food for four days. T. 15. Gerow, director of the Kansas free employment bureau, has received final estimates us to the number of outside harvest hands to be needed this year. The total number foots up to 28,100. One man was killed and five persons and thirteen horses were injured in a collision in East St. Louis between passenger trains of the Illinois Central and Big Four railroads. The accident occurred near the approach to the Eads bridge. The ninety-second anniversary of the battle of Tippecanoe was observed near Lafayette, lud. Memorial services were held on the battle ground and the soldiers' graves were decorated. An address was made by Gen. John C. Black of Chicago.

The directors of the public library have notified Andrew Carnegie that they have complied with the conditions of his offer of $1,000,000 for libraries for St. Louis. Mr. Carnegie has replied expressing pleasure at the way the city has performed its part. Robbers -dynamited the Pennsylvania Railroad safe in the station nt Struthers, Ohio, and secured SI,OOO in money, after cutting the railroad and telephone wires, and escaped. The vault of the Struthers Furnace Cdt'npany Was also broken into and SO7 secured. At Owatonna. Minn., the jury in the Ivrier murder case returned u verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Charles and Henry Nelson were on trial for killing Harry H. Krier on April 13. William A. Sutton, their accomplice, turned State’s evidence. After a conference with Attorney General Knox, President Roosevelt signed an order removing Judge Daniel H. McMillan of the Supreme Court of New Mexico on charges of general immorality. Judge Clement O. Smith of Hastings, Mich., has been named to succeed him. Will Zimmerman, aged 20 years, tried to loop the loop at a circus in Indianapolis in place of Ray Stevens, who is again laid up with broken ribs from the feat, but fell from the top and fractured his skull. He will die. The authorities will stop the trials. A Great Northern train of sixty cars loaded with coal .got beyond the control of the engineer and tore through Spokane. Wash., nt a frightful speed, finally jumping the track. Three persons were killed and nine injured, and one is missing. Three buildings were wrecked. The second aud third floors of the eastern half of the Skidmore block, at Fifth and Minnesota streets, St. Paul, occupied by the F. G. Leslie Paper Company, collapsed under heavy pressure, causing a loss of about SB,OOO. The accident occurred iu the night and no one was hurt. The strike of the Union Electric Company's conductors and motoruien at Dubuque was settled through the good offices of the municipal affairs committee of the Dubuque Chib. The company agrees not to discriminate against union men, aud made other important concessions. The harvest of the famous Pottawatomie County, Okla., spring potato crop has begun. The crop is one of the best ever raised. The loss from high water will not exceed 5 per cent of the acreage. The price now ia 80 cents a bushel, almost twice the price paid last year. William H. Henderson, former judge of the St. Louis Probate Court, aud John I). Johnson, a prominent attorney, after a war of words In the Probate Court room in St. Louis, came to blows, and Judge Henderson knocked Attorney Johnson prostrate and caused the blood to flow. Judge Crews finally restored or-

der, after which the two shook hand#, apologised and the case was resnmod. The mills and elevator of the Arkansas City Milling Company at Arkansas City, Kan., were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. Tom Yount, an employe, was so badly burned that he died in a few minutes. Major C. H. Beavering. president of the company, was severely burned. Nick Beirich, a German saloonkeeper of Atchison, Kan., was shot and killed tag Theodore McKim, a notorious Kansas City character, as the outcome of a dice game. McKim was mortally wounded later by officers. Charles Long of Quincy, 111., a comrade of McKim, was fatally wounded by the officers. James W. Ellsworth of Chicago has offered $50,000 for an endowment of Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, a part of Western Reserve University of Cleveland. The money is offered on condition that the trustees of Western Reserve University raise $50,000 to provide the academy with a yearly income of $2,500. The Adams & Barber OH Company, of Cleveland, filed voluntary bankruptcy procedings in the United States Court there. The assets are placed at $170,000; liabilities, $331,000. The company-oper-ated extensively in oil lands and controlled many large tracts of property and oil wells in Ohio, West Virginia and other States. White Eagle, the aged chief of the Poncas, resigned and conferred his title upon his son, Tahgy at White Eagle, Ok. The event was made one of great festivity. In honor of the new chief 700 ponies were given away as presents and, 2,000 Indians participated in the sun dance. Thousands of whites witnessed the celebration.