Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — Telegraphic Brevities. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphic Brevities.

The United States troops keeping order in Havana are encamped in the heart of the city. \ The American flag flies from the Wreck of the Maine, blue jackets from the Texas having unfurled the colors. Gen. Wheeler ascribes his hardihood to regular hours. He goes to bed at 10 and rises at 7:30 in the morning. At Amsterdam, N. Y., Mrs. Anna Scannel was burned to death by a lamp explosion, and Mrs. Ruth Hopkins died of fright over the accident.