Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1905 — HURT IN A FIRE. [ARTICLE]

HURT IN A FIRE.

Thirteen Persons Injured in Chicago Stable Blaze. Thirteen persons were injured, two probably fatally, a dozen horses were burned to death and property valued at $65,000 was destroyed when the threestory brick building in Chicago occupied by the La Salle Avenue livery, was burned. The fire burned until long after dark and for a time threatened large buildings in the vicinity. The destruction of the barn was marked with many incidents and rescues and thousands of persons gathered in the neighborhood to watch the blaze. While' the fire was at its height the roof and third floor collapsed, carrying with it the eastern portion of the building. Seven members of engine company No. 98 were carried down in the collapse and all were injured. One fireman jumped from the second floor. His injuries are serious and may cause his death. Two men were rescued from death after being severely burned by sliding down a refuse chute in the rear of the stable. Kansas Jail Overflowing. Because the county jail at Independence, Ivan., is “full and running over” with jointkeepers, Judge Flannelly of Independence has been forced to postpone for one week the sentencing of twenty-one men convicted of violating the liquor laws. Other Kansas ja'lls that have beeu tenantless for months are being filled with “jointists,” all due to Governor Iloch's crusade.

Prisoners Escape from Jail. Four prisoners confined in the Lorain, Ohio, jail cut their way through a teninch wall and escaped. It is believed that the men were aided from the outside. Late for Worki Fatally Shot. Because he was late In reporting for work, Frank Kennedy, chef at n leading hotel in St. Joseph, Mo., shot and fatally wounded Frank Boyer, his assistant. Fatal Stampede at Fort Riley. One artilleryman was killed and a dozen others were injured,.some fntally, in a stampede of horses during target practice at Fort Biley, Kan. Btabs Wife While Drunk. While insane from excessive drinking Elmer Washburn of Vermilion, 8. D., ■tabbed his wife six times with a knife. The woman will probably die. He Haa One Wife Too Many. Jacob Weinstein, a tailor, is under re«t in Kansas City on the charge of a Chicago woman that he has two wives. Weinstein admitted that he wedded two women, but insisted that he believed one of them was dead before he remarried. Robber Oeta $5,000. William Bills, an Australian horseman, was struck over the head with a blunt instrument in a room in the heart of the residence district of Berkeley, Cal., and robbed of $5,000 in English bank notes. The robber escaped.