Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1904 — LIVES LOST IN FIRE. [ARTICLE]

LIVES LOST IN FIRE.

SIX PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH IN HOUSE. W-H Jlwellfng in Yellow Creek, Ohio, Ig' nites from Street Lamp and Tank of Oil Is Exploded Statistics of World's Snni|oy Schools. ' ■ In Yellow Creek. Ohio, six persons wi re burned- In death and four-terribly injured by-, a tire and oil eitt>iosion.. The dead are: Mrs. Henry Fling and yyp children, and three unknown nieh. ’lb' ■ • li.-.Use'of Fling caught from a Street lamp and the intense'hent set lire lb the rig, of, an oil well near the house. TheHames destroyed the derrick and cuinmtinieated to the tank. Winch was I'njl of oil. Before the occupants of the house realized their danger a terrific explosion occurred. The blazing oil was thrown all' ever the house and their is ape was: cut; off. The Iwdies were.reieovered afjer-the fire was subdued. ■ ' ■ ’ i . STRIVING I»\1R PENNANTS. ' ■; ■—.-^-"07-.—C Standing of Cliibsl in the Four jprincit>al League*. ‘ The chibs of the National. League tiTf etand thus: . .. W. L. 'V, L. ; New Ydrk...S4 32 St. Lodi's ■’ s . t’-hivago 70 4G Boston 43 "a I’irtshtirg . . .157 47 BrooklyirH".. ’4tli-i'> Cincinnati .. .<57 30- rhilmbdi’fliia. -33 M.

The fable below shows how matters stand in the American lieague: \V. L. t W. L. Boston 71 44Cleveland New .York.'. .till 43 Detroit- .......47 65 ..VjiilQilelp-hia. I>2 46 Str .Louis. .. a.4.> <k> 'Chicago . ... .tit; 50 Washington.."i 27 S 6 » Standings in-the America^:Association . are as follows: .- , . IV. L. • ' W-.'L, ... St. Pau]. .....;<4 43 Minnea-_;i <•» Milwaukee ..76 51. Indianapolis. 'i 60 71 Coluhilms .: .<;<» 57 Kdnshs City.'. 52 5 76 Louisville .. .69 58 Toledo; .’.'•.‘<..135’9,5 : »• • . ■ ■ • The following is the 4 .stMiding jcif clubs In the Western League: -G’ ■ ■■-, • Wr-L. ’ iW. L. Detivej- .....74 45 Des jdoipvy.:. 4 6J..6.1 Colo. Springs.*? 1 45 St. Joseph... . 48 71 Omaha 65 56 SibuX City. 1 .. 137 78 , V 5 si ARI! 260,905 SUNDAY SCHOOLS, *7““- ' . . . > 1. I 1 .■. * --- • ■ i • ~ Secretary of World’s Fount U Codtfetl-' tion Issiles Statement ofStatistfes.. • The,.report compHthl by W.-J. Spinel-. ro|hof St. Louis..chief secretary for tfie World's Fourth Sunday school eohventiotie shows ' a world’srrtotaT oTs-dJ6< f.tW> Pj itestay! Sabbath schools, 414.757 teachers’ and 23.442.998. scholars. The United' Stares tefttfe w ith' 139'817'Sunday schools. 1.419.807 .teachers and 11.493.591 enrolled scholars. England and Waje* come next with a total'member-, ship of little more than half that number, while Greece, tile lowest on the list, has only four’ Schools, seven teachers and Jsij scholars.

jKIGIIf HI RT IN TI>RNADO. P Sfur«» Tn WiscotlMin Wretlfi? Several , , , Residences. ' "Eight persons were injured by a tor-’ i esidvi stn.i lightning iu the- southern psfrt r of I<si '(’ron<e. Wis. .Six in. one house were l>’jrne<l by a shock' .of lightning, •wh'd*-'$A-.4h.*thvr residence tiyiilg debris strucikf and Jnjured two. All will , recuveC: Several 'residences and ourbinfif.ifigs were badly damaged by the wind. . Heavy rain, which followed. . caused .“ninny/ washouts on railroads. Wind Wrecks Barnum Tent. A furiofis w’indstorm blew dbwn K.ir.tiu.ni <y Bailey's teiiLin lowa City. lowa, lyre starting from gasoline Jumps also infficted'"heavy damage. No one was scriouslj; injured. Anticipating the storm, the management had refused to admit thousands. A stampede of animals was siverfed by their early removal from the ring. '’The'loss'is Asks Doctor to Kill.Wjfe? •I'nttjk Schaffer. a protfinfeiif Imsine-s map of> Dayton.; Ohio. .haSdxa > n .arrested nil. the charge that he had,fried to induce the fjftnily physician t'> 'kill Staffer's wife with m, under the pretense <d giving her medicine, "J’Jie .physician. Dr. C. A. Keifer. says* he' was offered .s.'.<to,/.i give rhe pbWoii. ’ - Storm 18 Worth-s2fttt>Oy. The steamship Alaskan, phiyli arrived at .New York recently with a cargo of sugar, made nearly S.'lil.Thhi for the owners i>f her cargo by IteTng delayed jin It storm at Carnuel. The ripe in sugar add<d to the vahje of the cargo by $29,120. It was the tnost valuable ship load ever sent front Hawaii. Flames Destroy Lumber Plant. The plant of the M-itcheTF& Rowland I.umber Company was destroyed by fire in I\>ledo. The loss is estimated at $150,000. with insurance of ' sllS.O<hi. Sparks from a locomotivy .ignited, sawdust lit the yard. The steamer' Verona, owned by Gilchrist A of Cleveland, was burned. -, r • .. Beats Women at Fancy Work. Louis Gladder won the Id,tie ribbon prize for embroidery at the .Minnesota State fair, beatipg many women competitors.. Retail IluHiness I.ivelicr. *■ Weekly trade reviews report ah increased volume of business, with country buyers active. Retail movement is increased in spite of labor troubles. „ $200,000 Fire in Balt i more. The large packing plant of, Struct A I'orkrnn, in Pennsylvania avenue. Baltimore. was destroyed by tire. The loss is i-jyimated nt between SISO,(MH) and Idaho Town Hu ept by Flumes. Eire swept the entire business port i m of Gem, Idaho, ami a. large part of the residence district. entailing a loss of $150!000, destroying 100. houses and rendering scores of persons homeless. The houses were occupied for the most part by miners.