Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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The Brown block> the finest building it Westerly, R. 1., was burned, entailing • loss of SIOO,OOO. A henry northeast gale with snow caused four wrecks on the New England coast. Five men were drowned. Fire at St. Paul destroyed the building occupied by the Wallblom Furnishing Company and the two upper, floors of the Baltimore block. Loss $76,000, partially insured. Distinct earthquake shocks were felt In Ogdensburg, N. Y., and also all along the St. Lawrence valley. A similar disturbance rocked business buildings in Los Angeles, Cal. Granville W. Garth, president of the Mechanics’ National Bank of New York, committed suicide by jumping from the steamer Denver of the Mallory line on the trip to Galveston. In New York Frederick M. Cushing, n naval veteran nnd said to have been at the battle of Manila Buy, was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting his wife during a quarrel. The plate mill of the Glasgow Iron Company was destroyed by fire iu I’ottstown, Pa. The mill wns in full operation, and employed about 100 men. Loss $30,000, partly insured. Mrs. George Frisbie Hoar, aged GO, wife of the senior Senator from Massachusetts, was stricken suddenly with heart disease nt her home in Washington nnd died within an hour. Thirteen passengers who faced dentil for five days when the steamship Menominee was overwhelmed and disabled by a giant wave in the Atlantic arrived in New York City on the Cedric. The will of Francis B. Peckham, who was a lending lawyer in Newport, R. I.» leaves $30,000 for the edueation of Edward J. Corcoran, a boy who hud done odd jobs In Mr. Peckham’s household. The story sent out from New York recently of a western millionaire paying $5,000 for a human ear and having it transplanted to his own head to replace a missing organ is declared to be a hoax. One of the walls of the old Thirteenth regiment armory building, Brooklyn, N. Y., fell. Two Italian workmen who were engaged in tearing down the structure were killed and seven others were badly hurt. First presentation of Wagner’s great music drama, “Parsifal,” in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, stunned an audience of 4,000 persons to a spirit of reverence, which was felt even iu the streets. In Lebanon, I’a., John L. Fisher, charged with the murder of J. Marshall Funek, swore on the stand that Funck committed suicide because he believed he had, as prosecuting attorney, caused au innocent man to go to the gallows. William Goebel, Frederick Haberstraw and William Bcckhusscr were found dead in their room in Baltimore, Md. The men were all butchers and retired late. It is supposed they neglected to turn off the flow of gas nnd were asphyxiated. Col. W. W. Castle, examiner in the appraisers’ stores at the Boston custom house, has been suspended by orders from Washington pending an investigation. It is alleged Col. Castle has erred in not placing sutflctently high values on Imports. His integrity is not questioned. New high-record prices were made amid the greatest excitement nt the opening of the New York Cotton Exchange Monday. First prices were at an advance of 23 to 51 points. Before the call wns fairly completed March had sold at 14.01 c, May nt 14.20 c and July at 14.14 c. Brooding over his inability to purchase suitable Christmas gifts for his three motherless children, Joseph Phillips, a Hollowvillc, N. Y., farmer, murdered the children and then hanged himself in a barn. Phillips had complained lately of his poverty, and it is believed his mind became unsettled. In a report to the Mayor of New York Bridge Commissioner Lindeuthal recommends the rebuilding of Brooklyn bridge, which was opened to traffic in 1883. The commissioner says the suspended structure, from anchorage to anchorage, is in a wornout and weakened condition, requiring constant nnd expensive repairs to keep it safe.