Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1904 — GREATEST DISCOVERY YET [ARTICLE]

GREATEST DISCOVERY YET

Professor Demonstrates That He Has Found the Microbe That Causes the ‘•White Plague.” Naples, June 3.—Fofessor Sekron, the discoverer of life in crystals, has given a public demonstration that be has found a new microbe wbitk causes phthisis, a microbe quite different from that causing tuberculosis. Professor Schron affirms that this discovery explains why Dr. Koch’s serum not only did not cure phthisis, but aggravated It.

Caught by a Folding-Bed. Minneapolis, June 3. Mrs. A. M. Woodward, wife of the president of the South Side State bank, is dead as the result of a folding-bed accident. While some of their household goods were being moved Mr. and Mrs. Woodward occupied an old foldingbed. It dosed on them in the night. Three of Mrs. Woodward's cervical vertabrae were broken.

No Conscrlptton in England. London. June 3. Secretary Ar-nold-Forster, answerng a question in the house of commons, said the government had no intention of proposing to parliament the introduction of a system of conscription, as recommended by the royal commission on the volunteer and militia forces.

Water Invade* People's Borne*. Newton, Kan., June 3. —Six hundred people were driven from their homes by a sudden rise in Sand creek, which flows through thenorth and west parts of the city. The overflow was caused by heavy rains.

“Culver” Day nt the Fair. St. Louis, June 3. —Yesterday at the World’s fair was especially designated as "Culver day.” in connection with “military week,” and Governor Durbin. of Indiana, reviewed tbe Culver .Military academy cadets.

McClelland Beets Abe Attell. St. Louis, June 3. —Jack McClelland, of Pittsburg, was given the decision over Abe Attell, of San Francisco, at tbe end of a fifteen-round bout here. Referee Sharp’s decision was well received.