Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — MADE RAPID GROWTH [ARTICLE]

MADE RAPID GROWTH

TRAVELERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION FIVE YEARS OLD. Convention in San Antonio —Order Contains Over 10,000 Members.—Work of the Organization for the Promotion of Commercial Interested Knights of the Grip. The Travelers’ Protective Association of America, which was organized in Denver, Colo., in June, 1890, held its sixth annual convention in San Antonio, Tex., to celebrate the close of the fifth year of its existence. - It has had a remarkably rapid grcf/th in the last two years, beginning with a membership of 3,945 June 1, 1893, reaching 7,052 June 1, 1894, and closing with 10,600 June 1, 1895. The association is now organized in thirty-two States and in ninety-eight cities of the United States. Two new State divisions have been added during the year—Florida (reorganized) and North Carolina. Twen-ty-eight new posts have been organized, while" three posts have lapsed, leaving the association with organizations in ninety-eight of the principal cities of the United States. The object of the order is the protection and promotion of commercial interests, the promotion of social intercourse among the members and the payment of sick and death benefits. During the last year, through the influence of the Travelers Protective Association, Congress had amended the interstate commerce act, permitting railroads to issue interchangeable mileage, and through the insurance department over $55,000 had been paid. —•• < v 1 Sol Deals in Death. Twenty-one persons wore overcome by heat in and about Chicago Monday. Four of them are dead, others are not expected to live, while the rest will probably recover. The temperature was exceedingly faigfaathday, and most of the prostrations occurred when the mercury was hanging around the 95 degree mark in,the afternoon. This was the highest point touched during the day. Chicago was hot enough, but there were dozens of places worse off. New York had the same temperature and a much greater humidity. Most all of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky were much hotter. Several weather bureau stations, including Indianapolis and Louisville, report an even 100 degrees at 3p. m. The following places reported 96 degrees at night: Detroit, St. Louis, Springfield, Ill.; Cairo, Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and Cincinnati. It is safe to say that at least twenty-five persons died during five days at New York as a result of,the heat, and that over 150 were prostrated. A good many of those taken to the different public institutions will not recover. Gotham never before got such a scorching June.

Floods inforlorado. Heavy rains throughout eastern Colo* rado and rapid melting of snow in the mountains are making the creeks and rivers boom and causing much uneasiness among railway managers. So far the Rock Island has been the greatest sufferer. Four hundred feet of track west of Limon, Colo., was washed away by an overflow of the Big Sandy and traffic is suspended between Colorado Springs and Limon Junction. A bridge is also reported washed away on the Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pacific near Oakley, 270 miles east of Denver. Clear Creek has risen, causing suspension of work on the placers. Crops throughout eastern Colorado have been considerably damaged by cloudbursts and hail. Ae Platte river is out of its banks in places and people living in the bottoms in Denver have prepared to flee from their homes. The Arkansas river has risen two feet at Pueblo, but no damage has resulted. Strange Suicide of a Dunkirk Belle. Miss Elsie Coleman, the 20-year-old daughter of the late William Coleman, a wealthy banker of Dunkirk, committed suicide by blowing out her brains with a revolver, after spending a pleasant evening with her friends. The family is wealthy and she was prominent in society. No cause is assigned for the deed. She is said to have been the fiance of ex-Forestry Commissioner Mac Lennon, of Pennsylvania. Big Expenditure* for Public Works. The publishers of “Paving and Municipal Engineering” have gathered statistics from the city engineers of 300 cities of more than 10,000 population which show that more public work will be done during the summer of 1895 than ever before, the expenditures for paving, sewering, water works and bridges approximating $200,000,000, while last year less than onefourth of this amount was expended.