Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1903 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

A Mississippi River excursion steamer lit Hannibal, Mo., was crushed against n bridge pier when carrying 200 passengers, most of them women and children, who were thrown" into a panic of fear. The boat sank and four people were drowned. E<lward It. Knapman, a young Chicagoan who has been on trial fodfrlho murder of Agnes Mooney In a house on «i rut lot avenue, Detroit, Feb. 10. was found guilty of murder in the first degree and was immediately sentenced to ,lackson prison for life. Edwin Wadsworth Longfellow, son of the poet, arrived at San Francisco on the steamer American Marti front the Orient. He* lias been on n tour of the world and is now returning to his home In New York. Mr. Ixingfellow is an artist of considerable distinction. Maine the other night was burning from one side to the other anti in almost every sectiou. Thousands of dollars worth of property and valuable timber land were destroyed hourly by forest fires and there is little prospect for changed conditions until rain has soaked the ground and woodlands. Six miles from Sumter an excursion train on the Atlantic Coast Line, loaded with negroes going to Columbia, S. C., to spend the day, ran into a wash-out caused by a cloudburst. Conductor Clement was instantly killed, ns were four of the negroes, one being a woman. About thirty passengers were injured. John Howell, 05 years old, committed suicide at Middletown, Ohio, by drinking half a pint of carbolic acid. Local doctors have never before known of a case in which a person was able to swallow one-third ns much of this poison. Howell’* stomach was completely burned out. 11l health and growing blindness caused his suicide. The United States erui-er Princeton lias arrived at San Francisco after a long cruise in the waters of the Orient. She started from Yokohama nearly a month ago. The Yorkfown, also from the Orient, has arrived. She sailed from Yokohama a few days in advance of the Princeton- and called tst Honolulu, where she took on coal. ry A dotal] of sleuths have been Vf curing St. Louis for three men, who are believed to have entered into a conspiracy to assassinate Circuit Attorney Joseph \Y. Folk for $5,000. That they failed to carry the pint into execution is believed to be due to the fact that the circuit attorney lias been cloudy guarded by detectives. The conspirators were heard discussing their plans in n rest an runt. Prof. John F. llicks, assistant botanist of the Ohio agricultural experiment station, died from the effects of a pistol shot fired by nil unknown man ns lie was leaving the borne of his fiancee. Miss Mary (Jill of Wooster, Ohio. As lie was about to leave the house liicks saw an unknown man run across the lawn. Miss (Jill screamed and Hicks pursued the stranger. A struggle followed, in which Hicks was shot in tiie groin. The stranger escaped and his identity has not been learned. Mr. Hicks came three years ago from the St. Louis botanical gardens. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Chicago MO 11 Boston IT 20 New Y0rk...20 13Cincinnati ....IS 22 Pittsburg ...‘27 17 St. Louis.,.. .12 .'SO Brooklyn .. . .20 20 Philadelphia . .11 2S 'iThe clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. Boston ......22 15Cleveland ~..17 10 Philadelphia.. 22 10 Detroit 17 10 St. Louis. ... 10 14 New York... .15 21 Chicago r. .. .20 15 Washington... 10 20

II linn liri'ii proposed that fat people bo taxed by the' authorities iu Stockholm. Russian cavalry dispersed n inob of 700 at Kislienev and saved the Jewish quartern of the town from a raid. Danjel .1. Sully, who has closed his successful bull campaign in the cotton market, distributed $20,000 among his associates and sailed for Europe. The London Daily Mail understands that Lord Oqrzoh’s term its Viceroy of India, which expires 'next September, will be extended for two years. Palestine Gar ling, 24 years old, committed suicide at New York after writing that promise to kill herself was given to her husband if he died first; 3-year-old son left. . "Tip" Nelson, aged 20 years, was killed iu Lee County, Va., by John Heyncdds. Their quarrel nrose over a girl and Reynolds blew Nelson's head off with a shotgun. Reynolds escaped. A passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Tiffin, Ohio, struck a carriage containing two young men and two young women. As a result three will die and the fourth is badly hurt. Harold 11. J. Raring, member of the Ixmdon family of hankers of that name, arrived at San Francisco from the Orient. In company with Mrs. Raring he hi making a tour of the world. Monte di Piota. the State pawnbroking establishment at Naples, Italy, was destroyed by tire. The strong room, filled with valuables, was gutted. The damage, according to some reports, amounts to $2,400,000. Thomas B. Reed, long Speaker of the ‘National House of Representatives, according to the official report, left a personal estate valued at $431,090 after providing for the paymeut of debts and the expense of administration. Former United States Senator Thomas C. Power of Montana, president of the board of sheep commissioners, has written that the sheep losses were not onetenth of the number reported and the recant storm, in soaking the range and insuring good grass for the remainder of the season, did more good than damage. The international conference of the German Baptist Brethren (Dunkards) at BeUefontaine, Ohio, went on record as opposed to life insurance. The delegates who furor fife insurance declare that the ■agitation will be renewed at the next