Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1907 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

All the buildings of the Brighton Furnace Works tn Taunton, Mass., with the exception ot the office and pattern shop, were destroyed by Are. Loss, $50,000; partially covered by Insurance. * Japan’s policy of the open door ie a reality in Manchuria; the result Is a eweeping victory for purely American doctrine. Industries of the United States suffered less from strikes during 1905 than in any year since 1893. . A coal mine at Belleville, 111., has confessed to the murder of his cousin and another man by the use of an infernal machine. 1 Impeachment of the federal judge who released railroad officials in North Carolina is being discussed. Attorney Darrow, hoarse from his long talk, continues his argument for the defense in the Haywood trial at Boise, Ida. Arnold Cruse, alias Edward Graff, was arrested at Muncie, Ind., as an accomplice in the Speer poisoning case at Lima, O. Chester B. Runyan, who recently defaulted with nearly SIOO,OOO of the Windsor Trust company’s money at New York, has pleaded guilty to the indictment charging him with grand larceficy.