Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1900 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

Bouor Mora has resigned as Mayor of Havana. Gen. Brooke is lo succeed Uou. Merritt as commander of the department of tl»e East. The jury iu the ense of Brigham 11. Roberts of Utah, oo trial for polygamy, has disagreed. A dispalch from Bonn says that Mi ehael Muukucsy, the celebrated painter, died lit nn asylum there. Democrats won in the St, Paul mutiici pal election, It. A. Smith being chosen mayor bjfn good majority. Detectives working on the Welland canal case say they have found evidence of a plot involving Fenian and iloer organizations. The mouth of -April was a record breaker for the making of eoiua at the Philadelphia mint. The total number of pieces of money made was 0.831,100, the value of which is (12,054,480. At Steubenville, Ohio, lire nearly destroyed the plant Of the Stcuhcuvillc Wall Paper (,'outpany mid machinery: also a half-million rolls of-wall paper. The loss Is (50,000; ful'a,' insured. Iu a quarrel near Niobrara. Neb.. Bird Head, a Pollen Indian, was killed by Harry Lara vie, same iriiic. I.nrnvie gave liiuaself tip to Bird Head's father, who first shot hiiu dead and then crushed his head with an ax. The total receipts for liquor licenses in New York City for the coming your are ft.Hfifl.lilS, This is $0,0(10 more than was paid last year, and includes the fees for licenses from saloons, hotels, restaurants, drug stores and clubs. Miss Anna Ehker. aged 2d. of l)Hyton, Ohio, committed suicide by hanging. Her faithful 'lag would not leave the set tle, but by howling attracted Miss Ebker's brother. Ills arrival, however, was too late to nave his sister's life. Kobert and William Chambers were shot und killed hy T. 11. Abbey at Webb, Miss., in an altercation with negroes for wlion■ they were searching. Edward O. former director of the mint, who underwent nil operation for npiH'iidlCltis In Mount Minai hospital. New York, oh April 12, died in Ibnt institution. At Findlay, Ohio, a rein of xlnc was found at a depth of IKK) feet by workmen drilling for oil. The vein is thirty feet thick, Great excitement prevails. Optimist* daim the Joplin field will lie rival. M