Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1909 — PATTEN IS HELPED BY BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

PATTEN IS HELPED BY BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO

Destruction of Wheat May Be an Aid to Speculation. Trinidad, Col., April 30.—James A. Patten, the wheat trader, now at the Vermejo park ranch, was notified by telephone of the destruction of the Illinois Central elevator in Chicago containing 350,000 bushels of wheat belonging to Bartlett, Patten & Co. His only comment was that the supply of cigars at the ranch had also been consumed and that he desired an additional supply sent at once. The fire was caused by a bolt of lightning. Two firemen were crushed to death under a falling wall. • The damage was over a million dollars. Sons of American Revolution. Baltimore, April 30.—More than 500 delegates will attend the congress of the Sons of the American Revolution which will open here today. Cardinal Gibbons will deliver the opening invocation. Tomorrow the delegates will be received by Governor Crothers at Annapolis, Fairbanks Buys California Home. Pasadena, Cal., April 30.—Charles ,W. Fairbanks, former vice president, has concluded through agents a deal for the purchase of a 130,000 residence here.