Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Ex-United States Senator O. P. Stearns of Minnesota died at San Diego, Cal., where he had gone in search of health. Edwin B. Fitter, ex-Mayor of Philadelphia, and a member of the well-known firm of cordage manufacturers bearing his name, died at his hoiite in Philadelphia, aged 71. Charles L. Simmons, of St. Joseph, Mo., who was given as one of the missing in the St. Louis disaster, is safe in Baltimore. He was in St. Louis at the time of the storm, but was not injured. The Garfield statue, the gift of the Fairmount Park Art Association, was unveiled at Philadelphia with imposing ceremonies. The unveiling was done by Henry Garfield, a son of the late President. During his visit at Pfauneusel, near Potsdam, Emperor William was accosted by an escaped lunatic. The man was seised before he could do any harm, but the Emperor is said to have been greatly perturbed.