Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1900 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

!' Isaac Gordon, ‘’the greatest usurer in England,” is dead. Spain denies that the Canary Islands are to be ceded to England. Solon Humphreys, pioneer railroad | builder, in dead at Bergen Point, aged SO. Holland is said to be seeking an indusI trial and political alliance with Germany. Charles Manrras and M. Monod, Paris T editors, fought a duel, the former being severely wounded. The bill to repeal the Goebel election law was killed in the lower house of-the Kentucky Legislature. | The Kansas City coroner’s jury over the death of Mrs. and Miss Kcbmidlapp of Cincinnati, killed in the Missouri Pa- ! rifle wreck at Independence, Mo., returned a verdict censuring the railway compnuy. , Mount Asama, one of the principal volcanoes of Japan in activity, which of late K has been showing unusual signs of disturbance, the other day was the scene of r, a terrific explosion, followed by a continuous upsoar. Prof. Bernard Moses of the University of California had n conference with the t President a't Washington. Mr. McKin--4 ley tendered him the vacant place in the |new Philippine commission, and Prof. Moses accepted it. Julius Moyse, the bogus Capt. Clarke, was held at New Orleans for trial in the Federal Court on the charge of iinper- !; sonating a Government officer. . Four thousand employes of the National Tube Company ut McKeesport, Pa., have been notified of a 10 per cent advance in wages. The increase includes all day laborers in the tube mills. The handsomely furnished private car of Lewis Morrison, the actor, was homed Bear Egafport, Me. The fire was caused by the explosion of an oil stove. In the excitement Mr«. Morrison did not get (35,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry.