Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1899 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

la Jane nineteen persons were killed on railways and 175 injured. Gen. Otis at Manila has asked for 100,000 emergency rations in wrappers. Iron manufacturers still insist that there’s a big scarcity of pig iron. Policeman Dalton, Dayton, Ohio, died from injuries received by colliding with a buggy. Belle Galbraith, Oliver Springs, Tenn., was shot from ambush. A woman is suspected. Frances Wing, 3, New Castle, Pa., was fatally injured by* a trolley car. Her home is in Pueblo, Colo. United States Ambassador Choate at London says there will be no war with Canada over the boundary dispute.