Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1903 — Telegraphic Brevities. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphic Brevities.

Cloudburst flooded Fort Crook City, Neb. High water did considerable damage at Akron, Ohio. George Bucheit. East Liverpool, Ohio, was stunned by lightning while praying. Boydstown dam, Butler, Pa., burst, flooding the town. No lives lost. Several bridges were washed away. Main Street Presbyterian Church, Lima, Ohio, was struck by lightning for the third time. The tower wae destroyed. The Continental Creamery Company has purchased the Mosser ice and cold storage plant at Topeka for SIOO,OOO. United States Ambassador Clayton has returned to Mexico from his trip to the States. He is in very poor health. It is said that the Cuban government intends to redeem the bonds issued by the junta in New York during the revolution, The Germania of Berlin credits the Grand Duke of Baden with the following declaration: “As long as I live, monasteries w'ill not be allowed in.my state.” R. T. Lynch, aged 30 years, a merchant of Caddo, I. T., was shot to death in his store by unknown parties, who escaped. Eight shots took effect in his bted. There is no clue. 8. W. Alexandrovsky, Russia’s commissioner to the St. Louis world's fair, says he will bring to the fair a steam engine made 100 years before Watts’ time, which, he claims, is 6be original invention.