Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Prince Henry of Prussia opposes the building of railroads in China by Americans. The United States cruiser Raleigh sail-' ed from Manila for New York, Tia the Suez canal. Fifteen thousand silk operatives at Colfeld, the German silk manufacturing center, are on a strike. Marqnis Ito of Japs? is reported to have said that there is no man in China capable of saving the empire from collapse. J