Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1908 — NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE. [ARTICLE]

NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

A picture of the king of Siam, presented by "his'majesty himself, has been received by the Harvard Cosmopolitan club at Cambridge, Mass. „lt is reported from Hot Springs, Ark., that the recovery of Colonel W. F. Tucker, U. 8. A., General Logan’s son-in-law, is believed to be assured. Duchess Alexandra Victoria of Sctales wlg-Holstein tas been married to > Prince August ttllhelm, of Prussia, the Kaiser’s fourth son. Floods prevail In central and northern Oklahoma, causing heavy loss of property, but the stories of loss oMif" are apparently without foundation. Thirty earthquake shocks were .experienced Wednesday in the Zwickau region in Germany but no damage is reported. Blizzards and heavy snow storms la Montana caused snow drifts fifteen feet deep and paralyzed train schedules. Rainfall at Lawrence, Kan., yesterday was 5.60 Inches, the heaviest precipitation in twenty-two years. Forest fires which have been raging in the region about Madisonville, Ky., for several days have destroyed thousands of dollars worth or property. One of the worst snow storms that ever occurred in the west is reported raging In Manitoba, Britisn America. The Manitoba Grain Dealers* association announces that 53,000,000 bushels of this year’s wheat crop of western Canada has already been marketed.