Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1906 — TEH NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

TEH NEWS IN BRIEF

The federal grand Jury which is te hear the Standard Oil matter "at Chicago, hus been sworn (p. August Peterson, Swedish vice consul in Washington, died at sea while returning to this country from a visit to his home in Sweden. High officers of the army are Involved In the construction shop scandal in Manila. Edward Bateman, a negro, found guilty of assaulting a young woman at Aurora. Mo., last • February, has been hanged at Mount Vernon, Mo. Princess Mathilda of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is dead at Davos, Switzerland. The Hartje divorce trial in Pittsburg closed with the final arguments -by the attorneys. Judge Fraser stated that he was going on his vacation and would not give a decision until fail. In making a parachute descent from a balloon 3,000 feet high William Johnson was fatally injured at Little Fnlls, N. Y. Efforts are being made to find the 8-year-old son of John Karvala of the Allonez mine. Calumet. Mich., lost for the last week. The directors of the Panama railway will have a meeting in New York Aug. 18. The Galesburg. 111., city council has rejected the local gas company’s proposed price schedule and iusist on 90ceat gas. William Imrie, ons of the founders of the White Star steamship line, is dead at Liverpool. Wesley Shaffor, a farmer, was arrested at his home near Viola, *-Ia„ charged with the murder of his wife. John M. Syeper. convicted in Kansan City of killing bis son. has hem senteced to be hanged Sept. 21.