Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1899 — News of Minor Note. [ARTICLE]

News of Minor Note.

Kentucky tobacco growers want to ignore the trust by selling direct to consumers. , Body of John Stebbo, Pittsburg, Pa., found near the railroad. Believed he was murdered. During the last fiscal year 14,604 postmasters were appointed, 13,523 being fourth-class. Pilot William Durham of the ferryboat Chicago is held blamable for the collision at New York, in which five lives were lost. Conflict between colored troops and Mexican residents, Laredo, Texas, has caused the Government to temporarily abandon the garrison. Christian Endeavorers, Mount Vernon, N. Y., are waging war on saloons and gambling joints. Zola trial, Paris, has been indefinitely postponed, in view of the proposed Government amnesty. . Jennie Coleman committed suicide at New York. She said she was once the wife of “Lucky” Baldwin of California. Many daring burglaries committed in the City qf Mexico are believed to. be the work of professional American operators. An American syndicate has bought 70,000 acres of land near-Nuevitas, Cuba, to establish a village for workmen. X,