Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1902 — THE NEWS IN BREF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEWS IN BREF

James B. Hill, a retired capitalist, was killed by a street car at St. Louis. Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, on their twenty-fifth marriage anniversary, gave a dinner at Washington, entertaining lowa friends. William Seville, a fireman, was Browned and another fireman is missing as a result of a fire which caused $50,000 loss to the steamer Saxon at Philadelphia. Fred Hennig, aged 8 years, while playing with a rifle, shot and probably fatally wounded the 6-year-old daughter of Philip Trowbridge at Mishawaka, Ind. Charles O'Neill was found frozen to death in a corn field near Winona, Minn. W. R. Wanser of Seattle, H. Cole and M. M. Martin were drowned near Leavenworth, Wash., while surveying a location for a power plant. McMahan, a domestic employed in a hotel in Springfield, Mo., was found dead in her room with a bullet wound in her back. William Pittman, a railroad employe, found in the room slightly wounded, was held for the crime. The American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, as receiver, took possession of the Barrett & Barrett eider mill at South Haven, Mich. The three men who are supposed to have robbed the bank at Bridger, Mont, and escaped with $3,738 were captured after a wild ride of 300 miles. The Pickering Manufacturing Company of Lowell, Mass., maker of knitted cotton underwear, announces Its failure, with liabilities over $300,•00. Thomas Thornton, receiver for the defunct Lemars National Bank of Le mars, lowa, has filed his final report showing that creditors get 60 cents oi the dollar. Mrs. Claypool, an aged woman, was fhtally beaten by Frank Fleming and Arthur Griffith of Elkhart, Ind., who robbed the home of Isaac Murphy at Niles, Mich. A girl aged 6 years and an infant of 2 months, children of Mrs. Ainsley Bowers of Saginaw, Mich., were burned to death while their mother was absent from the house. The Reichstag held the longest session in its history, caused by the debate over the tariff bill, during which the opposing factions became involved in serious rows. Secretary Shaw's report has created deep interest in Berlin and is the subject of much comment in the German press. The French chamber of deputies has ratified the monetary convention between France and three other continental countries on the coinage of more silver.

The motor vehicle manufacturers have decided to call a convention in Chicago during the automobile show to ask congress for $20,000,000 for a great national highway. The Rome correspondent of a Milwaukee Roman Catholic paper cables that neither Bishop Spalding nor Auxiliary Bishop Muldoon will succeed the late Archbishop Feehan, but that Bishop Quigley of Buffalo is the choice of the cardinals at Rome. Miss Ella Westln was probably fatally burned near Bertram, Tex., Her clothing catching at an open grate. Dr. Lorenz, the Austrian specialist, accompanied by Dr. Friederich Mueller, has arrived at Washington. The buildings of the Crystal Ice and Cold Storage Company at Anderson, Ind., burned, causing a loss of $50,000. Actor Barry Johnstone, who shot and killed Mrs. Kate Hassett at Philadelphia and wounded himself, is reported dying. President King of Oberlln College, Oberlin, Ohio, announces a gift of $50,000 to the institution, but withholds the name of the donor. Crossed wires started a fire at Allentown, Pa., which destroyed the wholesale dry goods store of Bittner, Hunsiker & Co. Total loss $170,000, Insurance, $112,000/ Fireman Frank Elliott and Express Messenger Richard Helm were killed and nine other men seriously Injured In a collision on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad at Sunbrlght, Tenn. At the synod of the Springfield dio-

cese of the Episcopal church In ses•ion at Springfield, JJL, Bishop Seymour announced that he wanted no coadjutor named at present. Frances E. Brooks, Republican, for congressman-at-large from Colorado, has 840 plurality over Alva Adams, Democrat, and in the First district John F. Shafroth, Democrat, has 2,792 plurality over Robert W. Bonynge, Republican. The plant of the Brookville Manufacturing company at Brookville, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Loss, SIOO,OOO, with insurance of $52,000. Frank Ashby, aged 53 years, of Sheboygan, Wis., died sitting in a chair at the breakfast Jable. Apoplexy is supposed to have been the cause. John Vanderberg of Nelllsvllle, Va., was accidentally shot while out hunting. L. Free his companion, mistook him for 4 deer. The green bugs have appeared in Ellis county, Tex., creating considerable alarm among the wheat farmers.