Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — Telegraphic Brevities. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphic Brevities.

Wife of “Jimmy” Michaels, London, has secured a divorce. Prof. Mazzoni believes the Pope will live to see the new century. Clara Ward Rigo is about to launch society journal In Cairo, Egypt. Fred M. Kerns, Parsons, W. Va., goes up for life for killing Lucy Day. Hoisting tub fell in a mine, Joplin, Mo., killing Alex. Sharp of Millport, Ohio. George Barrow, New York kidnaper, is working on the stone pile, Sing Sing. Grand stand burned at Topeka, Kan., races. Unknown man burned to death. German reichstag has formally adopted the treaty with Spain for the Carolines. I. M. Woodward, Jr., Roanoke, Va., shot himself to death. 11l health. Ball players arrested in Buffalo for playing Sunday; found not guilty. Severe electrical storm visited Gallipolis, Ohio. Two barns burned. Loss $4,000. Degree of LL. D. conferred on Rear Admiral Schley by Georgetown University. Pending the court's decision, automobiles will be allowed to run in Chicago parks. Second immunes mustered out, Camp Meade. The Nineteenth is the only regiment left. Detroit people will probably vote on th* question of municipal ownership of street railways.