Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1903 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

The National Spiritualists’ Association of the United States and Canada met at Washington in annual convention. Mayor Ilnrrison has extended an invitation to the Polish National Alliance to hold its next convention in Chicago. The world's mile trotting record was broken by Creseeus at Wichita, Kan., in 1:59% ; records of Lon Dillon and Major Delmar clipped by ■quarter of a second. The War Department has published a proclamation of President Roosevelt creating a military reservation near the old Spanish fort at Sassi, Sassi Province, Philippine Islands. The body of a young man supposed to be ltoy Mills, of Cass City, Mich., was found near Ogdeu, Utah. There, was ft bullet hole in the bend, the indications pointing to robbery. Northern New York bad its first snowstorm of the season Monday. The mountains about Lake Placid. Loon Lake, Chuteaugay Lake and Lake Titus were white with snow. At Pittsburg notice was posted on the doors of the Federal National Bank Wednesday morning announcing that the institution is closed by order of the Comptroller of the Currency. White Cappers with guns and whips took from his tied Isaac Moore, aged 65 years, of Athens. Inti., and whipped him unmercifully. There were twelve men In the gnug, masked with pillowslips. While members of the family of Henry Schwarts, of Newport, Ky.. were discussing the fall of ills picture from a wall they received word that he had been killed under a train at Burgiu, Ky. Advices from Mazatlin, Mexico, state that the terrific storm which visited that city and port a few dgvs ago caused considerable loss of life. In the city sixteen persons were killed and a number of others injured. W. 11. Smith, iu custody at Basin, Mont., lias confessed to complicity in mobbing the jail at Basin last July,when Gorman and Walters, two murderers, were shot by the mob and Deputy Sheriff Prince was killed, Alderman John Sibley was arraigned In the district court at Minneapolis, Minn., on the charge of bribery. He is the third member of the council of 1901 to be so arraigned. He gave $3,500 bonds and will demur to the indictment

When the Superior, Wls., postofflee was opened Wednesday morning the large Taalt was found to hare been rifled of nearly the entire supply of stamps, amounting to $13,000 or $13,300. About SIOO In silver also was stolen. The vault was forced without the use of explosives. Samuel E. Mores, former consul general at Paris, proprietor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, founder of the Kansas City Star and one of the best-kuowu public men in the United States, was killed at Indianapolis Wednesday by falling from the third steer of the Senfinel iuiW«a. s