Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1908 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Hou»e Republicans in caucus fielded to adopt commercial paper as an imergeney currency asset Governor Gooding has granted a reprieve to Harry Orchard, sentenced to be hanged on Friday of next week, to July 2. Lewis Levy, fifteen years old. was drowned in the Y. M. C. A. swimming pool at Chicago with help all about him. Newspaper publishers urge the removal of duty on wood pulp in evidence before the special house committee, declaring that it will not Injure American mills. Governor Folk of Missouri is mentioned as a possible compromise candidate for president on the Democratic ticket. Fire at Houston, Tex., practically destroyed the Shaw building, San Jacinto and Congress streets, in the heart of the business section. Guests of the Houston Hotel had narrow escapes. The ninth biennial congress of the National Society of Colonifil Dames of America convened at Washington. Demott Church, assistant cashier of the Fox Lake State bank at Fox Lake, Wls., is missing. His accounts at the bank are straight. Minnesota primaries indicate that Governor Johnson will have an overwhelming majority over Bryan. President Roosevelt has left Washington for Pine Knot Va., Mrs. Roosevelt’s country place, for a few days’ recreation. The Somerset Inn, a well known summer resort two and a half miles from Bernardsville, N. J., was destroyed by fire.