Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

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Star Pointer paced a mile in 2:01% at Ottumwa, facing a strong wind, Henry Carter of Chicago, while temporarily insane from illness, attempted to climb on the stage of a New York theater and join in a ghost dance, and was taken to a sanitarium. While attempting to extinguish a small blaze which had been caused by a lamp explosion, Mrs. Della Klingenhagen of Chicago was burned about the hands and face. She will probably recover. Daniel B. Hubbard, one of Chicago’s early settlers and for nearly thirty years connected with the First National Bank, died of heart disease. He was 55 years old and leaves a widow and one son. The war between the coffee men, llavemeyer and Arbuckle, is on again. The trouble was precipitated by the Ohio Wholesale Grocers’ Association in an endeavor to induce Ohio jobbers to become members of the organization. The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Washington are formulating an appeal to Congress to rectify the mistake made in omitting the name of Thomas Moore from the roll of poets inscribed on the walls of the Dew congressional library. Frank A. Novak, who was brought back from the Klondike to answer to the charge of murdering Edward Murray at Walford, lowa, says Murray died from drinking from a bo,ftle containing whisky and morphine which Novak had put in his store as a trap for burglars. Mayor James M. Jones of Kansas City, with a gang of sixty men, tore up 000 feet of track on the river front which the Missouri Railroad Company had laid between Saturday night and daylight Sunday. The railroad company, it is claimed, had trespassed on city land. During a quarrel, George I’. Pfeiffer, a St. Louis stenographer, shot his father-in-law, Robert Delaney, through the brain and then killed himself. Delaney had been in the habit of coming home drunk and making trouble. On this occasion Delaney came in as usual and a quarrel with his son-in-law ensued. Three Chicago highwaymen fought with three Klondike gold miners at Clark and Monroe streets in that city. They beat the miners and robbed them of gold nuggets valued at SSOO. From one they obtained a draft for SI,BOO. The victims were John. Elmer and Alfred Larson, brothers. Their home is in Pennsylvania, to which they are returning after three years in the Klondike country. The Chicago and St. Louis express on the Chicago and Alton Railroad was held up within a few miles of Kansas Oity. This train has been held op three times within a year and at nearly the same place each time. Three mashed men did the work at what is known as Washington Park cut, six miles east of the cityj It is claimed they seen rod nothing. v Dexter Park horse market, the center of the Chicago stock yards horse trade and comprising the eldest of the stock

yords buildings, was destroyed in a fife that in twenty minutes swept over As many acres and threatened to engulf all the business and residence property of the district. Eleven men were killed. The loss will reach $117,500, which is partially covered by $103,000 insurance.