Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1897 — Told in a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Lines.

At Perry, O. T„ James Weuab, a demented Creek Indian, killed an old man by the name of Jones for fish bait. Indian Agent Wisdom at Tuskahoma, I. T., has telegraphed the Interior Department that every sign indicated that the war cloud in the Choctaw tribe has passed away. Edward D. Adams has resigned as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and the office has been abolished. Mr. Adams remained as director of the compauy. The heirs to the estate of the late Senator Fair have entered a stipulation with Drs. Mizner, Livingston and Rosenstein to pay them $1,700 for holding the au'topsy on the deceased millionaire. The whalers that wintered in the Arctic last year are having hard ludfc this season. Only one of them succeeded in killing a whale this summer and the fleet that will return this fall will bring only a small revenue to their owners. Advices received from Manila, capital of the Philippine Islands, say that earthquake shocks were felt at Mindinao during the last days of September. Great damage was done to property and there was considerable loss of Ufa