Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Ignace Vfdowskl, 15 years old, w*» drowned while bathing,ln a creek near Alpena, Mich. \ Chicago's fire losses for the first sir months of 1007 exceeded those of the same period last year by $1,106,944. At Thibodeaux, la., John Howell fell overboard while fishing and was drowned. Miss I|alla Blair of , Chicago has been married in Paris to Don Ricardo Soriano de Ivanrey, a noted Spaniard. John Hogan, of lowa Falls, la., was Injured by a cannon cracker which exploded in front of his face. He was burned badly and may lose his sight. Robert Dayton Thompson, 78 years old, an Illinois pioneer, Is dead at bis home in -La Grange. Richard McGregor, 20 years old, a graduate of the state normal school in this year’s class, was drowned whll» bathing at PlattevlUe, Wls. A plot of Russian reactionists to kill Tlount Witte was foiled by the terrorists. Will J. Davis and George W. Lederer and their brides and Joseph Lelter were slightly injured in an exciting automobile accident near Evansville. Ind. Hiram J. Ayers, the inventor of giant powder, Is dead at Akron, 0., aged 84 years. The body of a child was discovered in the St. Joseph river near South Bend, Ind., and the police are investigating the death. Holmes Jury Still Out. Washington, July 3.—The jury In the trial of E. S. Holmes, Jr., on the charge of giving out crop Information of tile department or agriculture, which retired to deliberate on a verdict. came into court In the afternoon and asked for further Instructions on the question of conspiracy. When these had been given by Judge Stafford, the Jury again retired. 80,000 Acres of Land Flooded. Bakersfield, Cal.. July 3.—The Buena Vista lake levee has broken, flooding 30,000 acres of land belonging to Miller & Lux and the Tevis Land company, and causing $l n .000.<100 damage. The Sunset railway has been put out of commission and the oil fields are cut off from communication with this city.