Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1896 — Told in a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Lines.

The jewelry store of M. J. Cohen, Pitts* burg, Pa., was robbed of $7,000 worth of diamonds by three men and a woman. Philip D. Borden, the oldest active manufacturer in Fall River, Mass., and widely known in textile circles, is dead, aged 80 years. A letter 'from Smyrna, Western Turnkey, says that Armenian relief funds are diminishing while the number of destitute Is increasing. The schooner Viking, which left San Francisco on Nov. 15 fortbe South sea, is a month overdue and fears are expressed for her safety. The Viking carried a crew of eight men. It is said that the Spanish Government has declined the Pope’s mediation in Cuban affairs, on the ground that the acceptance would be tantamount to recognizing America’s right to interfere. Fire destroyed the Adirondack Hotel, Emerson Bank, the music hall and several residences and stores at Warrensburg, Warren County, X. Y., entailing a loss of $50,000, which is partially insured. The Moulton Leather Company, having factories at Lynn, Mass., assigned to A. W. Pope & Co., of Boston, for $135,000. Most of the claims against the corporation are held in Xew York and Philadeb phia. Engineer Fanning of a cattle train was killed and his fireman, P. McClellan, Engineer De Groat, Fireman McClairville, a sleeping car porter and others were badly injured in a Northern Pacific wench •oar Livingston, Mont