Amador ledger., 1901-07-12
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died from heat at South Omaha.
A discovery of the largest and purest
deposit of manganese iron known has
been made in Eastern Utah.
During storm at Brazil, Ind, light
nlng Killed four men who were at work
in wheat field. All left families.
Before the eyes of their eight chill
dren, lightning struck Mr.. and Mrs.
George Weis dead ON their farm at
Fern creek, nine miles from Louisville.
Westbound passenger train 3, on the
Wabash Railroad, ran into a wash-out
at Cass, ILL.,, wrecking the engine and
five cars. A number OF persons were
killed.
Lightning struck the animal tent of
the Wallace circus at Eau Claire, Wis,
killing an elephant and stunning the
entire menagerie. Many persons were
severely shocked.
The forthcoming statement of the
coinage executed at the minis of the
United States for the fiscal year ending
June 20, 1901, will show the total coin
age to have been $136, $40, 81, as follows:
Gold, sos, 065715; silver, $35, 265, 498; mi
nor coins, S2,009,56
A. J. Chalmers, a well-known civil
engineer, while working in the Spanish
Springs valley, New, was stricken by
the intense heat of the sun. He only
lived two hours afterward, in spite of
all the assistance which his companions
could render him.
Jesse F. Thayer, formerly captain
in the American Volunteers, but lately
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his trade, committed suicide at Omaha.
He was horsewhipped at Lincoln three
days before by his wife, from whom he
had separated, and this is said to have
preyed upon his mind.
Edward q. Walsh ST., president of
the Mississippi Glass Company and the
st. Louis Terminal Company, and
prominently identified with leading st.
Louis enterprises, died from heat pros
tration on board the Knickerbocker ex-
press of the Big Four road between
Gays and Nation, Ill.
Mrs. Eliza Rogers Potter, wife of the
Rev. Henry G. Potter, Protestant Epis-
cOpal Bishop of New York, died sud-
denly at the family residence. Mrs.
POtter's death was due to heart failure,
superinduced by the intense heat. Bish-
OPP Potter was at his wife's side when
the end came, but none of her chill
dren were present.
Lansing, Ia, bids fair to become IA
nous for the many fine pearls found
there. One sold for $500. 1t was
found by an old Swede named Benson
at the clam bed which produced the
famous Queen Mary about a month
ago, and, although weighing less, sixty
six grains, is much finer and more
valuable gem. No less than twelve
pearls were found in one day.
Missouri and Kansas are suffering
from hot winds that threaten great
damage to corn. Atchison, Kas., re-
ports the greatest drought in Northeast
ern Kansas since 1860, a warm wind
blowing from the south almost unceas-
ingly for several days. Abilene, Kas.,
reports the temperature at los degrees,
with many fields in South Dickinson
county ruined.
Theodore Sutton Parvin, the collector
of the most complete Masonic library in
the world, died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
aged 81 years. For fifty-eight years he
had been secretary of the Iowa Masonic
Grand Lodge. He was thirty-third
degree Mason, Knight Templar and had
served as grand recorder at the grand
encampment of knights Templar of the
United States. He was born at Cedar
vile, n. j., January Is, 1917.
A posse of eight men went to the
Ketucky side of Tug river early in the
morning and captured nine miners
who are charged with terrorizing the
miners of the west side of the river for
the past ten days by shooting at all who
could not give the proper strikers sig
nal as they passed and repassed along
the railroad. They were surprised in
their sleep with their rifles under their
pillows and surrendered with but little
resistance. Even their guard was cap
tured asleep on duty.
Professor Francis j. Biertwell, the
ornithologist, was killed near Albu-
qurque, n. NJ, while ON an expedition
in search of specimens. Particulars of
his death were brought in by an under
taker. He had climbed large pine
tree for birds nest. He had assembled
|seventy-fve feet of the tree by the aid
of pair of lineman's spurs, when he
called to his wife for help. She called
two men and they threw long rope
up to him. He was coming down when
the rope slipped, and he slowly strangled
to death before his young wife and the
men. They were spending their honey
moon i'll Mexico.
Hungry, ill-clad and almost uncon-
scious, Alice Wagner, aged 10 years,
was picked up ON the levee at New
Orleans at late hour at night. She
had beaten her way to that city from
Cincinnati, a distance of nearly 1900
miles, and says she is going to San
Francisco to her sister, Mrs. Louis
Crawford, whose address she does not
know. She had quarreled with her
sister in Cincinnati, where the Wag-
ners are said to be well-to-do, and left
home determined to get to San Fran
cisco, although she had but $3.50. She
made the way to New Orleans in real
"hobo'' style, bluffing conductors for
transportation, and working at points
along the line to make money enough
to live on.