Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Frank Frick. of Shelbyville, Ind., made some remarks derogatory to the character of a young woman and was fatally beaten by Joshua W-dton,. who escaped. 'Flic Earl of Ashhntlihpm has Jgeiiletl to sell tile famous library of printed books and manuscripts fornusL by the late earl. Some portions of this library have of late years been sold to the British and Italian Governments. It is reported that an attempt has jtist been made upon the life of the new Shah of Persia at Teheran. The attempt was unsuccessful and the assassin was arrested on tile spot. He proved th Is- a member of the Bnbi Mohammedan secret society. E. O. Hart, n prominent farmer, shot and killed his wife Ida at Wichita, Kan., and then elided his own life in the same way. Jealousy prompted the act. Harv had accused his wife of intimacy with n local business man and bought a revolver and started out to kill him. The prospect of a general coal strike inEngland is being disewssed. The employers nre trying to effect a 10 per cent reduction in wages, and-the miners ot Derbyshire and Lancashire have already refused to accept the proposition. Sucha strike wpuld have a serious effect uponthe home ratilonds, which hive late.jt been enjoying a boom.