Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1899 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

Premier Ha past a aud the Spanish niiuistry hare resigiu-d. William B. I*epew, lirother of Chauncey M. Depew, is dead at Buffalo, aged 63. Queen Itanaralo of Madagasn-ar is being deported to Algiers by the French Government for political reasons. A 400-pound torpedo planted at the outbreak of the Spanish war drifted ashore near Norfolk, Ya., in good condition. At West Liberty. W. Va., three masked men entered the residence of Frita aud Henry Pape, beat v the two brothers in a horrible manner and robbed the residence of $5,000. Aa a consequence of the breaking up of the Atlantic steamship combine passenger rate* to Europe have been reduced to (50 and (75 first class and (37 and (50 second dam. Queen Victoria has abandoned her projected visit to the Kiviera because of newspaper attacks, which, she fears, might induce some half-demented person to seek her life. In a head-end collision lietneen passenger train No. 1, east bound, and a doubleheader, west bound, near White Plains. Nev„ four people were killed outright and one seriously injured. Frank G. Mortimer, formerly of Chicago. whose disappearance in Denver created a sensation and suspicion of foul play, has turned up in Ban Francisco. The Madrid Senate has, by a vote of 130 to 7, approved the motion of Marshal Martinez de Campos demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the ! recent war. A movement haa been set on foot in St. John's, N. F„ for an extensive reciprocity scheme between Newfoundland and the United States. It is regarded aa extremeCOm “ UsK>n ■