Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

At Austin, Tex., the 2-year-old son of Ed Peterson was drowned in a tub of water. Revised estimates on the losses of the Leiter wheat deal place the net sum at $5,500,000. Dr. M. P. Creel’s residence at Central City, Ky., was burglarized. The loss will reach $4,000. The gunboat Wheeling has left Seattle for Alaska with n government surveying party on board. Mrs. John P. Sawyer of Mobile,, Kan., was shot and killed by her husband, who says he mistook her for a burglar. The postoffices to be established in Cuba and the Philippines have been placed respectively tinder charge of the postmasters of New York and San Francisco. Chicago tea importer* lost and the United States government gained $40,000 by delay to twenty car Mids of ten crossing the Canadian *border before the war went into effect. Gustave Fuqua of Owensboro, Ky., was accidentally shot and killed by Bayard Tyler while on a camp hunt. Tyler had a rifle Qcross his lap, which was accidentally discharged. • j