Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1895 — IS SHORT A FORTUNE. [ARTICLE]

IS SHORT A FORTUNE.

DENVER HAS A STUPENDOUS SENSATION. Frightfully Fatal Accident at Attica, Ind. Death Accompanies Fierce Storms in the Missouri Valley—Little Ohio City Gets a Bad Scorching. Another Napoleon Goes Down. Henry J. Aldrich, who went from,, Bloomington to Denver, Colo., ten years ago after having had an experience in the grocery business to fit him for handling millions, is missing. He blossomed into a “Napoleon of finance” within the last few years and was caught in the crash three years ago when the bottom fell out of real estate and left him with more land than money. Aldrich is now supposed to be in Australia, having had a clean start of five weeks under the pretext of going East for the purpose of effecting a settlement with creditors. It is said that the failure of the Chamberlin Investment Company, which occurred at Denver threeyears* ago, and presented liabilities of 13,500,000 and assets that afterwards realized $250, will not be as bad as the final showing of the Colorado Securities Company. Quarter of a Million Lomu As the result of a fire Sunday night which started in a stable at the rear of the Winter block, Greenville, Ohio, the large wholesale store of Westerfield Bros, is in ruins, as are the steam laundry, Daily Tribune" and Courier newspaper offices, the Methodist Episcopal Church, Deutsche UWschuu, Dr. Matchett’s office, the large livery stable of H. E. Davis on the north side of Third street and the home of Mrs. William Sullivan adjoining. The fire was the work of incendiaries, and in the excitement thieves looted the town. Two ineffectual attempts were made to set fire to other buildings in different parts of the city. Two persons are reported injured. The losses and insurance are about as follows: Mozart store, loss SIOO,000; insurance, $15,000. Westerfield, wholesale grocery, loss, $30,000; insurance, $20,000; Dr: Matehett, loss, $8,000; no insurance. Methodist Episcopal Churcli, loss, $5,000; insurance, $2,500. H. E. Davis, livery stable, loss, $2,000; insurance unknown. Daily Tribune, loss, $4,000; insurance, $3,500. Steam laundry, loss $5,000; insurance, $3,500. Courier, loss. $2,000; insurance unknown, Mrs. William Sullivan, loss, $3,500; uninsured. Mrs. Ernie Farrar, loss, $2,500; insured. The entire loss at a conservative estimate will reach $225,000.

Two Killed by a Bursting Boiler. One of the worst accidents that ever happened in Attica, Ind., occurred through a boiler explosion at the home of Charles Peterson at 4:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. The dead are: Frank Peterson, William Smith, married, leaves no children. The injured are: J. W. Hamar, Alex Hamar, aged G. son of aboye^Leonard Stambaugh, aged 28, horribly scalded, cannot live; Henry Shumar. Contractor Perkins of Goodland had two men at work drilling a well. While they were discussing the work the boiler exploded. Smith was blown twenty feet away and instantly killed, every bone in his body being broken and his flesh being crushed to a pulp by the awful force. Indians Dance to Bring Rain. The Sac and Fox Indians at Guthrie, Ok., have adopted a new method to get rain. They appointed one day last week for all their tribes to meet at one placer and dance for rain, and at the same time they invited several neighboring tribes to join the ceremony for much needed showers. Large numbers of Indians met and danced until Sunday’s flood came, and this so buoyed them up that they are still dancing, that more rain may come. Before they commenced their festivities they moved their wigwams from the bottom to the high lands, saying rains would flood the low lands. Death in a Cyclone. Three different -Storms swept over the Missouri valley Monday, leaving death ind destruction in their paths. The worst pffects were felt at Kenwood, la., and Hartford, Kan. In the former place Mrs. Rose was killed, her husband badly hurt, and vast damage done to property. At Hhrtford six people were seriously injured and one will die. Kansas City was visited by a deluge and two boys were killed by lightning. Nebraska suffered in Richardson County and at Fayette and St. Joseph, Mo., the damage to crops will reach high up in the thousands.