Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1898 — Told in a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Lines.

At Marysville, Mo., a man recently sold a hog for $37 and tvith sl7 bought a good horse. Many people at Pine Bluff. Ark., were driven from their homes by the breaking of the levees. t Many stowaways are coming to this country, under the impression that the war will boom work. Japanese naval officers have arrived in San Francisco to command the two cruisers being built there for Japan. The States of Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and Alabama have more population than Spain, and vastly more wealth. Three hundred persons have been executed in Porto Rico on charge of treason. Many families are fleeing to the interior. The restoration of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, has progressed so rapidly that it is expected the formal opening of the historic structure can be held on the Fourth of July. The Queen of Greece has the unusual distinction of being the only woman admiral in the world. She holds this rank in the Russian navy. The appointment was conferred upon her by the late Czar, because her father held the rank of high admiral. At Sailors’ Rest, Tenn., Jane Allen, aged 18, jumped from a fast traveling passenger train and was instantly killed. It was her first ride on a train, and, when the brakeman called the station, she left her seat, and, not knowing that the train would stop or realising the danger, leaped to her death.