Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1896 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

Denver was plunged in darkness Sunday night by the burning of the Consoli-’ dated Electric Company’s East Side station. The loss ''between SIOO,OOO and $200,000. ’ . Henry Dnnic.s and wife were drowned in the Republican river at Franklin, Neb. They, in comp-try with others, were wading in the river, when they stepped into a hole. Daniels- was an expert swimmer and labored hn.fl to save his wife, but became exhausted, and both went under. Both bodies were recovered. Specials to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette report having thunderstorms mid rains. At seviial places there was loss of life and property from lightning. Near Portsmouth, Ohio, five persons took refuge in a shed, which was struck by lightning, killing W. E. Dudent and Willard Brown and injuring J. I*. Brown, Arthur Brown and Joseph Estep. Saturday Miss, Dells Hutchinson, of Humboldt. Kan., mysteriously disappeared. Wednesday night her body was found in the Neosho river with a large stone tied to it. Suspicion at once pointed to Jake Rogers. It was known that he had purchased poison on the day she disappeared. He was the last person seen With her. Rogers is in jail. t Ghicag* hoai_iraj,ll4 degrees Tuesday, Humidity, arch-oppressor, joined hands with high temperature and prostrated man and beast j n the streets, increased the death rate among infants and old persons and tortured those who labored under the sun s glare in stuffy factories. While no dea*l’s from sunstroke were reported, there were many prostrations, and of tlj£ yktini- are said to be in a serious condition. Charles Stark, the Springfield, 0., murderer, was captured in a box car at liurbin by Chief of Police McKenna, Defective John Hynes, Bailiff IVill Johnson and Officer Jvsis asleep 'and the flash of the darlTTiifU iern awakened him. Before lie had' time to escape lie was handcuffed. He said that he achidebtaliy shot his wife, and, shot Louis Lanterman, the barkeeper, iii self-defense. Mrs. Stark is still alive, but her recovery is impossible. July 4 the inmates of the Cincinnati infirmary were treated to green apples, lemonade and other luxuries. The inmates drank and ate too much, sickness followed and eight inmates have since died from the effects of the festivities oil that dhy. as follows: Barbara Batters, aged 53; Henry Holldier, 74; Marut' Thornby, 70; Edwin White, 90; Gerard Voqderspeck. 75; William Hare, 08; Join: McDermott. 55 Mrs. M, L.. Bassett, 05. All were infirm as well as aged? ‘ John W. Lanehart, formerly Gov.’ Altgeld’s law partner and member "of- the Democratic State Central Übnirinftee, died front an attack of peritonitis at Chicago Thursday morning. Mr. Lanehntß was a native of the. State of Ohio. He was born thirty-six years ago in the town of Bellville, near Cincinnati. As an attorney Mr. Lanehart made corporation law a subject of, special attention. Mr. Lanehart was the refognizeiUleadcr of German Democrats on the North Side of Chicago. At 2:30 o’clock Monday morning tire was discovered in the boiler-room of the Merchants’ terminal elevator, at 1 St. Louis. The large building was quickly enveloped in flames. About thirty minutes after the tire broke out a 200-foot smakestack fell, narrowly missing a number of firemen below. Twenty minutes after this the west wall collapsed. John F. Ryan, president of the company, estimated that the loss would be at least $500,000. The elevator contained many thousands of bushels of grain. Further disorders occurred at the Brown Hoisting nnd Conveying Works at Cleveland Wednesday moruing. The strikers and their sympathizers attacked the nonunion men while the latter were on their way to work. In numerous cases the non-unionists were beaten with clubs and felled to the ground. U. W. Jackson, one of the unfortunate men, who was attacked by a crowd of union men, received no less than fifteen kuife cuts on the face and body, and had three ribs broken. For a time the police, who were greatly outnumbered by the rioters, were unable to cope with the mob. 1 lie officers on duty around the works weic finally reinforced and succeeded in driving the enraged strikersback and r selling the non-union men. Tw£ companies of militia have been ordered under arms. Over a score of victims were claimed Thursday night by the Cuyahoga river at Cleveland. A flatboat ferry used by ore handrbrs capsized at 7 o'clock, and of the twenty-five men and boyS known to have been on board only four escaped by swimming to the shore. The boat was crowded to a dangerous limit. When part Way across the stream the tug W. Cushing and the steamer Aragon were seen coming down the river. Nearing the wash of the steamer some of the people at the bow attempted to turn Hack and a panic followed. The frail shell was capsized and the occupants dumped ia a struggling mass into the river. Most of them sank like lead. While the search for. the bodies was going on a disgraceful scend occurred between two undertakers. They pounced on 'to one of the bodies arid fought like demons. While the fight was going on the two got near the edge of the dock and were in danger of falling into the water with the body between them. Both*thereupon released the corpse nnd it rolled back -into the -river. .The Jit<lign:ition of those present was unbounded and both the undertakers left.itye ss-erje.