Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1908 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

One-half of the business portion of Pierson, la., burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $30,000. At Minneapolis R. O. Russell, formerly In the employ of * local undertaking establishment, confessed that he robbed the bodies of persons that were placed In his charge. Archibald Bruce Mac Lean, a resident of Chicago since 1867, died suddenly in New York city. Officials of the Chicago Taft club announce they will start a campaign to secure a popular vote on presidential candidates* at the aldermanlc primaries. * Prominent men appeared before the legislative committee at Albany, N. Y., and argued for and against the new anti-betting measure. Blinded by a snowstorm, Mohamet Farb and Pitzkalll Ahias were struck by a fast Pennsylvania train near Wlttmer, Pa., and Instantly killed.

Charles F. A. Young, grand chief ranger of the Foresters of America, Is dead at his home in Rochester, N. Y. t of typhoid pneumonia. Half hearted denials have been made of the Thaw family's plans to divorce Evelyn. New York anarchists have issued a circular urging workingmen to slay capitalists and Wall street men.