Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — CONDENSED NEWS [ARTICLE]

CONDENSED NEWS

Jesus Rodriguez, of Victoria, Tex., attempted to drive a neighbor’s horse from his field and was kicked in the stomach, dying in a short time. John D. Morton, charged with the murder of Marion Thomas, was acquitted at Columbus, Kas. At Muncie, Ind., after having waited ten years for her husband to return to her, Mrs. John Benjamin has filed suit for divorce. , D. M. Strong, a prominent attorney of North Bend, Neb., died of injuries received by being struck by a train, Lusn Thomas, a negro, shot and killed another negro from Forrest City, Ark., near McNeil. Both men were working on the Cotton Belt extra gang. At Evansville, Ind., the attorneys in the case of Wilbur S. Sherwell, the former policeman, charged with choking to death three women, have agreed to nave the case called in September and set down for trial. Sherwell has been in jail nine months. Luther Orr committed suicide at Greenfield, Tenn., because of disappointment in a love affair. Dr. McFall of Mattoon, 111., ha«s deeded his farm of i,v acres near that city for a Protestant hospital. Others have donated $20,000 in cash. The total endowment is $60,000. A fight in Cabin Hollow, near Middlesboro, Ky., between rival dive owners resulted in the death of Henry and James Shackleford, brothers, and the fatal wounding of Smith Overton. In a collision between a wagon and ~ street car at Houghton, Mich., Cyrille Boivin was fatally injured and Andrew Gaffney severely injured. Boivin died later at St. Joseph’s hospital. He was 45 years old, married and has ten children. The authorities of the northern tier of Indiana counties are alarmed at the action of Berrien county, Mich., in expelling the berry-picking tramps on account of the mysterious murder of one of their number. Measures will be taken to prevent their crossing the Indiana state line. A total loss of $20,000 was caused by a fire at Lexington, Mass. Andrew Carnegie has offered $25,000 to Lawrence, Kas., for a library, on the usual terms. Fire at Hubbard, Tex., destroyed a brick block and five wooden buildings, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. Mrs. Clarence Vawter of Indianapolis, 18 years old, committed suicide at Russellville, 111., because of domestic trouble. Frank Jones and John Johnson, negro murders of Israel Badetsky, a Hebrew peddler, were hanged at Ellicott City, Md. Democrats of the fifth congressional district of Ohio renominated John 8. Snook of Paulding and indorsed the Kansas City platform. The American Library Association closed its session at Magnolia, Mass. Dr. James A. Hosmer of Minneapolis was elected president. At Valley City, N. D., Jennie Daley was shot and killed in a quarrel by William Bennett, her partner in a restaurant, who then committed suicide. James Wharton, a traveling man of Atchison, Kas., was accidently shot and kihed in a restaurant at Leon, la., by Lou Betrick, the proprietor. The London Board of Trade has awarded a handsome piece of plate to Captain Freeman of the British steamer Roddam in recognition of his gallantry at St Pierre, Martinique, when that town was destroyed. 'Fire yesterday destroyed the business portion of Rugby, N. D., with a loss of $40,000. The residence section was saved. D. M. Strong, an attorney of North Bend, Neb., died from injuries received by being struck by a train near Fremont, Neb. While attempting to board a moving train D. M. Strong, an attorney and once Prohibition candidate for governor, of North Bend, Neb., was thrown under the wheels and fatally injured. The Republican convention of the fourth West Virginia district renominated James Anthony Hughes. A British cabinet meeting, at which Lord Salisbury presided, was held at •bls official .residence in Arlington street for the convenience of the premier, who is recovering from a chill. The house committee on public lands favorably reported the bill establishing the Wind Cave National park in South Dakota. The locality is said to embrace extinct geysers, a subterranean cavern and other natural wonders. Jackson, Miss., police have arrested a man giving the name of John Thorpe and claiming to represent a Chicago lumber firm, whom they suspect of being Charles Kratz, wanted at St Louis in connection with bribery charges against Aidermen Kratz and Murrell of that city. Otto Steffen, a fireman on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, who was to have been married to Miss Car He Rick of Boscobel, Wis., in a few days, was Instantly killed by striking his head on a bridge over the Wis «onslD river at Merrimac.

John Wilburn, living near Collinsville, Tex., was shot and killed by James Dial, a neighbor, with whom he had a quarrel over a fence. Brycie Thompson, who was badly ourned by a powder explosion while taking part in a spectacular show at Houston, Tex., died of his injuries. The tank steamer Pinna left Port Arthur with a cargo of 25,000 barrels of refined Texas petroleum for Plymouth, England. This is the first shipment of kerosene from the Guffey refinery. Daily prayers for rain are now being offered in a dozen towns in Texas, but so far no rain has fallen in any of the vicinity where the meetings are held. Joe Crenshaw, of Alvord, Tex., was hit in the head with a scale weight and probably seriously injured by Pearl Reynolds, who is under arrest. A large barn in Henderson county, Ky., belonging to Thomas Mann, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $5,000. James P. lyharton, traveling representative and part owner of the McClelland Cigar company of Atchison, Kas., was accidentally shot and killed at Leon, la., by L. P. Detrick, proprietor of a restaurant at that place. They were friends. Wharton was 36 years old and leaves a widow and one child. / Rev. Joseph Loving, a pioneer Baptist preacher of Texas, is dead at his home near Bartonsville, aged 93 years. Mrs. Anna Spence Woffe, one of the most notable pioneers of Carthage, 111., died aged 80 years. She had been a resident of Carthage for fifty years. Jennie Moore Vaughters committed suicide at her home north of Vincennes, Ind. She was a wayward girl, whose parents had closed their doors upon her, and she became desperate and took morphine. Emory Alexander was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary at Hiawatha, Kas., for the robbery of T. C. Horr, a traveling man of Frankfort, Kas. Walter Graham, a wealthy stockman near Kokomo, Ind., fell from a tree and was killed. The silver jubilee of Auxiliary Bishop P. J. O’Reilly was celebrated at St. Patrick’s school, Peoria, with a program arranged by the pupils. F. O. Hewes was arrested at Warren, Ohio, charged with sending obscene matter through the mails at Springfield, 111., where he worked for a patent medicine company. Charles D. Warner, aged 24, son of Major William Warner, United States district attorney, was found dead in a Kansas City rooming house. He is supposed to have committed suicide by taking morphine. He had been drinking.

Dr. Jacob F. Meyer was shot through the heart and mysteriously killed at Buffalo. His wife, who has told disconnected stories regarding a scuffle with tne doctor, is held by the police, though no charge has been entered against her. It is announced in London that' Sir Christopher Furniss, the well known shipowner, has bought the Gulf Line of Greenock. The line consists of six vessels, aggregating 19,502 tons. H. H. Rand of Wisconsin has been appointed assistant superintendent of the salary and allowance bureau of the postoffice department at "Washington. The Royer Wheel works at Aurora, Ind., were partly burned, earning a loss of $75,000. Over 300 hands are temporarily thrown out of employment H. L. Frank of Butte, Mont, has sold a three-fourths interest in his coal mines at Frank, B. C., to a French syndicate for $1,300,000. A payment of $85,000 has been made to bind the sale. The Frank mines are in the Crow’s Nest region. The French senate began the discussion of M. Rolland’s bill providing for the reduction of the term of military service to two years, which, as the premier, M. Combes, announced in the ministerial declaration, the government will support. Albert G. Smith, one of the most prominent young men of Lafayette, Ind., committed suicide by taking morphine. The deed is attributed to despondency over the deaths of his wife and daughter within the last year. The borough council of Poplar, London, England, has accepted an offer from Andrew Carnegie of £15,000 for the establishment of free libraries in the borough. The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union at Baltimore appointed a committee to consider a proposition of the feeders to withdraw from the union and form an independent organization. Application has been made in the supreme court by the Colorado Bar association to have disbarred from practicing law Sidney H. Dent, a referee in bankruptcy. Mr. Dent is a relative of Mrs. U. S. Grant. The French minister of the interior has accepted the proposal of the director of the hot baths establishment of Aix-les-Bains that henceforth French and foreign doctors’ children under age and women will be allowed to partake of the waters gratuitously at any time of the year. Owing to the rapid spread of typhoid fever the schools of Monroe, Wis., have been closed by order of the board of health. Churches, Sunday schools and the public library have been closed and public gatherings of all kinds nrohibited. C. A. Sykes of New York was elected president by the National Dental Trades association, which closed its convention in Detroit. R. Bruce Mason of Helena was nominated for congressman on the 986th ballot by the Democratic convention of the first Arkansas district.