Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1903 — From Far and Near. [ARTICLE]

From Far and Near.

Glovino Feauvalo, 9, Chicago, was run over by a wagon and killed. Southern Pacific train w<s derailed, Promontory, Utah. No one killed. Fannie Orinwits, 4, NeW York, fell four stories and fractured her skull. Congren has been asked to give $50,000 for the education of the blind. Miss Mary Jenkins, 19, of Denver, Colo., fell from a cliff and was killed. Burlington expref’s went into a washout, New Castle, Wyo. No one killed. Northern Pacific limited train was derailed near Mont. No one hurt J. M. Hotchkiss, Denver, Cok>., is dead as a result of injuries received in a wreck of an excursion train. The Conecuh Lumber Company’s plant at Montgomery, Ala., burned, resulting in a loss of $70,000; insurance $50,000. Residents of Sullivan Island have appealed to the Governor of South Carolina to save them from the mosquito pest. Robert McComisk’s house, Golden City, Mo., was struck by lightning and fired. He rescued his family, returned to get some household goods and was burned to death. Major Charles H. Smith, widely known as “Bill Arp,” died at lia borne, “The Shadows," at Cartersville, Ga., after an illness of many months. The Nelson Morris Packing Company, which proposes to erect a big packing house in Kansas City, Kan., has applied to the State cnSTrter board for a license to do business in Kansas. hundreds _of Mississippi Choctaw I» dians are immigrating to Indian Territory, in accordance with an act of Congress last year, which requires these Indians to settle there in order to secure allotment, the vales' «f 820 acre* *