Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1903 — SUMMARY OF NEWS [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF NEWS

At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the De Beers Consolidated mines in Kimberly, South Africa, a report was presented showing that the diamonds produced during the year realized a total of $20,206,800, giving a profit of $11,511,400. A chain supporting a huge ladle of molten metal in the Mesta Machine Company’s foundry at Homestead, I’a., broke and seriously burned twelve workmen. The two most seriously injured were Charles Mitchell, aged 20, aud James Westland, aged 23. Remarkable fatality has attended the family of I’eter Hickey, of Brooklyn, during the last week, five members having died from typhoid fever in that time. Of six persons in the household only one —a little daughter—remains. She is ill and probably will die. The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, widow of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United Stutes, have been exhumed at the Monroe manor, near Leesburg, Va., for removal to Richmond, where they will be reinterred in Holly Wood cemetery. Frank Siegel, former president of the defunct Siegel-Sanders Live Stock Commission Company, charged with embezzling $4,000 of the funds of that company, was acquitted by the jury in the criminal court in Kansas City. This is the second acquittal of Siegel. At the nnnual banquet of the New York Chamber of Coiunieyee Secretary Shaw, in discussing “The Only Unprotected Industry,” declared that the merchant marine was inadequate and that this country would be practically helpless in the event of a foreign wur. The Massachusetts Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at a special session seceded from the Supreme Lodge because of the increased assessments to meet deficiencies in other Jurisdictions. The rote was 321 to 119 on a resolution to pay no more money so the Supreme Ixulge guaranty fund after Jan. 1 next. Colombia has sent n virtual ultimatum to America, declaring she will consider it time to terminate diplomatic relations unless the United States withdraws her recognition of Pnnama and signifies her willingness to allow an attempt at reconquest. The cnnnl treaty has been signed by Secretary Hay and M. BunauVnrilln and can be ratified by the isthmian commission recently arrived without reference to Pauama. A movement to have all the wealthy Hebrews in America put aside 2 per cent of their incomes to aid the Russian Jew's to come to this country is to be started, according to Dr. Isndore Singer, president of the Zion Eductional Leugue. The Doctor said that an nttempt would be made to have the $45,000,000 left byBaron De Hirsch to the Jewish Colonization Association administered in this country in aid of the work. Two boys were fatally burned in Lebanon. Ohio, ofter they had been bathed by the County Jnil attendants in soapy water and gasoline. The lads were Charles Gray, aged IT years, and George Ross, aged 19. They were sentenced to serve a term on the charge of breaking into and robbing freight cars in Loveland. It is thought the hoys purloined a bottle of the gasoline and deliberately set fire to the cell with suicidal intent.