Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — BREVITIES. [ARTICLE]

BREVITIES.

The long overdue French bark Broun has arrived at San Francisco from New Castle, England. Cabinet members who can make speeches will take part in the campaign at President Roosevelt’s suggestion. Fire at Brookside, Ala., destroyed four business houses and about forty residences, causing u loss of $40,000. The family of ex-Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong paid May Yohe $l5,OtX) to settle, the latter’s claim for diamonds pawned. The Chicago Union Traction Company's deficit for the fiscal year was $247,527; its floating debt increased $950,000. The postponed trial of Henry B. Faulkner, member of the hotise of delegates charged with perjury, began at St. Louis Monday. The George F. Thompson & Son Buggy Company. Minneapolis, suffered a fire loss of SSS,OUU, on which there is $40,000 insurance. / Santos-Dumont arrived at New York and declared he will be able to sail Brighton Beach airships around the statue of liberty. Mrs. Ellen Turley shot and killed her 4-yeur-old child, attempted to kill two other children, and failing, shot and killed herself at Depoy, Ky. The Ohio Legislature has been called to meet by Governor Nash to provide new laws for city governments, which the Supreme Court held invalid recently. John B. McGehee, charged with the murder of F. L. Miller, a Confederate veteran, committed suicide in jail at Rome, Ga., by cutting his throat. Philippine ladrones broke through a cordon of Cavite constabulary, which was “rounding them up," and escaped. Three members of the cordon were killed. Cardinal Ledoehowski, prefect of the congregation of the propaganda, died at Rome at the age of NO years. He was famous as a financier and an appointee of Pope Pius IX. The Navy Department is troubled to find ships enough for watching South American and West Indies rebellions. Hayti, Venezuela. Colombia and Nicaragua all have revolts. The Wnr Department has been informed from Manila that between May 9 nnd June 11 seventy-six enlisted men of the army died. Of these thirty-two deaths were caused by Asiatic cholera. In Chicago a 19-year-old boy was shot and instantly killed by his father after n desperate buttle, in which the older mnii was struck three times with a sledge hammer. J. Frederick Lyman, n distributing clerk at the Cleveland postoflice, was killed by an unknown man who called him to the door of bis home and fired three shots at him. Mrs. Mary Baker, sister-in-law of MaryBaker Eddy, died in Boston of cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Baker, who was the widow of Samuel Baker (Mrs. Eddy's brother), had been a sufferer for years.