Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LAVA FLOWS 60 FT. AN HOUR Unconfirmed Report States 8 Soldiers Have Been Killed and Many Hurt. Rome, March 25. —An unconfirmed report has been received here that eight soldiers have been killed and many Inhabitants injured in the neighborhood of San Leo and Rinazzi, where several cottages have been burled under the lava flow. Prof. Ricco, of the Mount Aetna observatory, reports that the lava stream is flowing at the rate of sixty feet an hour. 400 BUILDINGS BURNED Mount Hope, W. Va., Entirely Destroyed by Conflagration. State Asked For Rations and Tents to House and Feed PopulationLoss Aggregates $350,000. Charleston, W. Va., March 25.—0n1y four buildings . are left standing in Mount Hope, fort)-five miles southwest of here in Fayette county, as the result of a fire which practically wiped the town out. Starting in a business block, the flames consumed nearly 400 structures before lack of material for their progress caused them to die down. Four days’ rations and a supply of army tents have been asked of the state •authorities and shipments of theee supplies are already being prepared. The loss is estimated at $350,000. GOV. HARMON FOR PRESIDENT Decided, Is Is Said, to Make Him the Democratic Candidate. Hot Springs, Ark., March 25.—The conference of Democratic notables being held here has virtually decided that Judson Harmon, governor of Ohio, will be the next Democratic candidate for president ( _ Friends of the governor have been here to consult Norman E. Mack, national chairman; Charles F. Murphy the Tammany boss, and Roger Sullivan of Illinois, who form the triumvirate occupying the Democratic diet rs this time and place.