Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1904 — NEWS BRIEFLY STATED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS BRIEFLY STATED.

Matters of General Interest Taken from the Wires. Some of the Happenings of the Past Week Given In Condensed Paragraphs for Busy People. Thursday, Ang. 4. Rose Shugum. 12 years old, a Chicago girl, was stricken dumb while playing and was unable to utter a sound during forty-eight hours. Dr. Brown Ayres, of Tulane university, New Orleans, has accepted the presidency of the University of Tennessee. The 100th anniversary of the arrival on Nebraska soil of the famous Lewis and Clarke expedition waa celebated at Fort Calhoun, Neb., by 2,000 Nebraskans. The Wisconsin state Pharmaceitlcal association elected T. H. Spence, of Milwaukee, president, and Henry Rollman ,of Chilton, secretary. Monsignor Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, was a passenger on the steamer Sardinia, which has arrived at New. York. Friday, Aug. 5. The United States marshal’s office at Philadelphia tells of a discovery of a syndicate to smuggle Chinamen into this country by packing them in boxes and shipping them as freight/ Russell Sage was 88 years old yesterday and he was at bis office half an hour late. Pope Plus X has been pope Just one year. The Utah Democratic state convention will be held on Sept. 8. Ex-Senator Vest is reported slightly weaker. A Wilmington, Del., goat has consumed two sticks of dynamite and is In sole possession of the premises. Saturday, Ang. 6. A married couple of Ldenz, Austria, celebrated their silver wedding by filing a petition fordlvorce on the ground of “unconquerable mutual antipathy.” E. C. Wall, of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Wall have sailed from New York for Europe. The Chicago sleuths have not succeeded In capturing any of the four thugs who robbed the Illinois Central tran near Harvey. Major Pelmar broke the half-mile record at Hudson River Driving park, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., going the distance in 59 Vz seconds. Ex-Senator Vest is failing perceptibly. and it is believed be can not survive many hours. All dispatches from St. Petersburg are delayed owing to storms on the continent. The navy department has recalled Its recruiting parties, owing to the decision of the comptroller of the treasury that officers on recruiting sendee are not entitled to traveling expenses, being allowed only mileage. Monday. Aug. 8. Professor William L. Drew, of the University of Chicago Law school, has been appointed professor of law in Cornell university. George S. Boutwell, aged 86, of Boston, who has been governor, secretary of the treasury and congressman in both national houses, has just retired from active business. James Hamilton Lewis is at Paris prosecuting a claim for $41,000 against the New Panama Canal company, in behalf of Samuel Doll, of Chicago. Judge Parker has received an eightyfive pound watermelon from an admirer in Georgia. The New Jersey state Democratic committee hasdecided to hold the state convention at Trenton, Sept. 15. The annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence JUnion of America has been called to meet in St. Louis Aug. 10. Tuesday, Aug. 0. F. F. Matthews, Democratic nominee for congress in Oklahoma, says be will kiss every baby In the territory to win the election. Chicago death rate for July was the lowest on record, according to the weekly bulletin of the health department. The chiefs of the Moros and Igorrotes, now at the World’s fair, will pay a visit to the president at Washington. Registration has begun of those who hunger for a part of the Fort Totten reservation. Women made the first ten filings. Ex-Senator Vest’s death is momentarily expected. Harness manufacturers are In session at St. Louis. Vice Presidential Candidate Davis will be notified at 1 p. m., Aug. 17, at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Wednesday, AugJlO. The triennial session of the grand patriarchy of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the United States is in session at Wheeling, W. Va. The approval of King Edward of the reappointment of Lod Curzon of Kedleston as viceroy of India is announced. The wheat crop now being harvested in Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho will approximate between 45,000,000 and 50,000,000 bushels. The president baa approved tbe reprimand of Postmaster McMichael, of Philadelphia, for political discrimination In tbe selection of employes. The Wabash railroad has mad* a redaction In its rates from Omaha and other Missouri river points to Boston from $30.50 to $28.15. _