Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1899 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

William H. Webb, aged S 3, is dead at New York. He was known as the father of American skipping. At laimdh of torpedo boat Shubrlck at Richmond, Vn, President 'McKinley spoke of development of United States. The steadier Berthil has arrived at San' Francisco from Cape Nome with 1180 passengers and S2,S<X.),IKX> in gold nuggets. The collapse of a six-story building on West Lake street, Chicago, and its subsctpient destruction by tire, killed four persons and caused a property loss of $200,000. Max Meyer, a son of S. Meyer of Hot Siwinirs, Ark., was seriously wounded by police officer-*. The shooting was the result of misapprehension, the ottlcers be♦teving they were firing n|Hin burglars. Mrs. Frank E. Tyler of Kansas City received a telegram from Alpine, Colo., stating that her husband had been burned to death in his cabin near his property there. Tyler was a well-known mining operator. Capt. Nieoll Ludlow has been retind with the rank of rear admiral'in the navy on his own application, after thirty years' service. Capt. Ludlow is a son-in-law of ill’s. Wash McLean and brother-in-law of Mrs. Hazen. The October Cripple Creek gold output aggregated $2,003,000 from 28.300 tons of ore treated. The ad Vance of $300,000 over the Seifeniber reeord ami the breaking of all previous records are due to increased facilities for shipping ore. The French senate high court cointniscion has voted to dismiss the charge of high treason against Paul Deroalede and has modified the charge to conspiracy. The North China Daily News has * dispatch from Chun King, saying that a native revolt has broken out at Jen-Huaih-Sien, province of Kuei-Chow. A magistrate has been murdered. Dense fog was the cause of a eollisioa Jtefweeu a local passenger train on the Wabash Railroad ami an electric train in Chicago. The trailer was demolished, the motor car was wrecked and three persons were hurt.