Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — EVENTS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

Prompt work of firemen prevented tk' - lost ruction of tlio photograph laboratory of the United .States geological snrvey at Washington, the flu men being ex tingnishnl with a loss of $0,099 in blue prints Mid chemicals and $2,000 damage to the building. Frank ftose, a barber, formerly of St. Louis, surrendered himself in Salt Lake City, confessing that lie murdered his wife. The i*dice visited the house and found tho woman dead in bed, her 2-year-old son alive beside her, his night clothes saturated with blood. Mrs. Mary A. Rogers, convicted of the murder of her husband, Marcus 11. Rogers, was sentenced in Bennington, \ t., to be hanged the first Friday in February, 1903. Leon Peril am, the self-con-fessed accomplice of Mrs. Rogers, woe sentenced to life imprisonment. \V. O. Brewster, a member of ihe firm of Bolger & Brewster, underwear uinnu facturers at 250 Church street. New York, committed suicide nt a hotel in Cincinnati by hanging himself. For two days he had been suffering from nervousness, which it is believed caused temporary insanity. A. W. Hollister’s wholesale grocery, Fitzpatrick & Draper’s tobacco factory and the Troy Furniture Company’s building nt Troy, N. Y., were burned. Crutchley & Co,, furniture; W. J. Alexander, crockery, and the Troy Belting and Supply Company suffered severely from water. The total loss is $200,000. By the derailing of an engine and fifteen freight cars on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway near Denrock, 111., Fireman H. C. Badger and Brakemnn W. ,T. Long of Galesburg were killed and Engineer E. B. Nealey, also of Galesburg, was injured. The wreck was caused by a broken rail. After failing to induce the district attorney in Portland, Ore., to issue a warrant for the arrest of Albert Young, who he alleged had alienated his wife's affections, David G. Van Houten, a farmer, went to a saloon and, without warning, shot Young, one of the proprietors, who died three hours later. Van llouten -escaped. The trustees of Albert I.en College at Albert I.en, Minn., have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors of the college. The liabilities are from $9,000 to SIO,OOO, and the assets five times ns much, including school buildings, residence, and property. The downfall was brought about in part by friction between Albert Lea College and Mac Alister College, another Presbyterian State school. A play lias been produced ill the Trinity Gorman Lutheran Church in Baltimore. It took the place of the usual Sunday night sermon and was written, staged and produced by the minister iu —eharae of- the church. The tone of the drama, which was iu German, was highly religions. Announcement of the unusual event had attracted wide attention iu church circles and the admission fees paid by ail audience which packed th 3 edifice will lie used in aid of the poor. For three liouys the other night a howling mob of men and boys surrounded the county jail in Council Bluffs, lowa, clamoring for the blood of two negro prisoners, and only for the efforts of Congressman W, I. Smith nnd the knowledge that a company of militia was hurrying to the scene both men would have paid tiie penalty of their crime with their lives. George Williams and Neely Zimmerman were identified in court as the men who attacked Mrs. Mary Stark and her daughter, Mrs. Sanders, Friday night.