Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1901 — HIS HOUSE BLOWN UP. [ARTICLE]

HIS HOUSE BLOWN UP.

AKRON POLICE OFFICER EXCITES HATRED OF LAWBREAKERS. Dynamite Placed Under Residence Does Damage, bat Kills No One —Several Suspects Under Arrest —Good Outlook for Produce Reported by Bradstreet’s. The house of Policeman William J. Bruner at Akron, Ohio, was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite, but he and the other members of the family escaped injury, although everything in the house was demolished. The deed, it is believed, was prompted by revenge, and a dozen men and boys are under custody on suspicion and the police think they have the guilty ones among the number. They are suspected of being lawbreakers, whom Officer Bruner has been active in trying to Capture. The dynamite had been placed against the side of the house next to the room in which Mr. and Mrs. Bruner sleep. The room was wrecked, but Mr. and Mrs. Bruner were hot injured, although their bed was covered with debris. Their 2-year-old baby, which was sleeping in a small bed, was missing when Mr. Bruner jumped out to find it. The child was found at the other end of the room, under a mass of wreckage, unhurt, while the bed had been hurled out into the yard.

CEREAL CROP 18 PROMISING. Bradstreet’* Weekly Report Gives Good Outlook for Produce. Bradstreet’s says: “Aside from a quite perceptible increase of the spirit of unrest in labor circles there are few changes to record in the general trade or dustrial situation. Business at present the country over is of a seasonable reorder character with wholesalers in dry goods, clothing and similar lines, but the volume of business is fair for the season and collections are reported likewise. The basic facts underlying the situation continue largely of a favorable character. Notable in this respect is the crop situation, particularly for the cereals, which is In a high degree promising. The backward spring and lack of rains in some sections have militated against the growth of cotton, but improvement is noted even in this respect. The industries are active. PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing as League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clnbs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..13 8 Philadelphia. 11 H New York... 10 7Brooklyn .... 9 H Pittsburg ...12 9 St. Louis.... 9 13 Boston ...1. 9 9 Chicago .....10 15 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. w - L - Chicago ....16 7 Boston 8 10 Detroit ....,16 7 Milwaukee ..8 15 Baltimore ...11 6 Philadelphia.. 6 13 Washington. 11 7 Cleveland ... 6 17 FIREMAN DASHED TO DEATH.

Falla Sixty Feet from a Building While Fishting Flame*. While fighting a fire which threatened destruction to the five-story brick building at 1101 to 1115 Olive street, St. Louis. Edward Green, assistant fireman of engine company No. 22, slipped from a line of hose upon which he was descending from the room to a ladder and was dashed to death on the stone pavement sixty feet below. A moment after Green fell to his death four other firemen, caught in the same trap, made the perilous descent on the hose in safety. Fig- Lock-Out Is Started. ' Nearly 20,000 bricklayers in the employ of contractors who are members of the Masons and Builders’ Association have been locked out in New York. President Otto M. H. Eidlitz of the Masons and Builders’ Association said the lockout was primarily caused by the refusal of the bricklayers’ association to abide by the finding of an arbitration committee concerning a dispute which arose between the masons and the bosses a few weeks ago. Launch Big Warship. Amid the booming of the big guns of the warships, the shriek of thousands of steam Whistles and the cheers of 50,006 people, the battleship Ohio took its first dip into the sea at San Francisco. Miss Bsffber, a niece of Mrs. McKinley, pressed the button that released Ahe'big hull and Miss Helen Deshler of Ohio gave tc the new fighting machine its name. Dynamite Plot for President. A dozen sticks of dynamite and the electric apparatus for firing them were discovered in the basement of the Washington Street Chinese Theater in San Francisco, which the presidential party had been invited to attend. Earthquake Felt in Ohio. Distinct shocks of earthquake were felt the other night in Ironton, Wellston and other Ohio cities, but no damage was done. Poisoner Sentenced to Die. Judge Hicks, at Huntsville, Tenn., sentenced Riley Lowe to suffer the death penalty on June 12. Lowe was convicted of poisoning his 9-year-old stepson. 1 w . Seven Burned to Death in a Workhouse In a fire which destroyed the workhouse at Stafford, England, seven of the eleven aged inmates were burned to death. _ Kill* Denver Water Project. The project for a city water plant in Denver, for which a bond issue of $5,000,000 had been authorized after a referendum vote, was knocked out by the City Council. The contract which had been made with Eastern bankers to float the issue was annulled. Goes Over Niagara Fall*. Man 70 years of age, supposed to be William Gardbouse of Ontario, committed suicide by leaping into Niagara falls In the presence" of hundreds of visitors