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Of the Week

Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi dies
at his home in Stratford, Conn.
The Montana Legislature adicufns,
having passed the fair triar' bill
A ministerial crisis is expected 81
Portugal on the return Of the King.
Twenty-Five children survive James
w. GoIightly, who died at Taylorviilc.
III.
Il. H. r. Green Of Texas buys 5.o08
white Leghorn hens for his experiment.
al farm near Terrell.
Fourteen persons we're killed and
many we're injured in a railroad acci-
dent in Spain Sunday.
The remains Of Major George B.
Clark wero buried in the State lot nt
Jefferson City last week.
Congressman Lamar Of Florida offers
resolutions impeaching Federal Judge
Charles Swayne OF Florida.
Former Mayor Hensley and Chief OF
Police Crosby of Ell Reno. Okla, are In
dicted on charges Of boodling.
Eighteen thousand persons attend
ed the Inauguration ceremony of Gov
crnor Beckham at Frankfort.
A former assistant OF Edison has i'm
vented telephone receiver which re-
cords the messages transmitted.
liberty Hill Normal and Business
College and the Baptist Church in
Georgetown, Tex, were destroyed by
fire.
A new artesian well near Cheyenne,
Wyo., gives supply which, it is be
lieved, is adequate for all the city's
needs.
Missouri Supreme Court denies q
jury in the Terminal Railway custer
proceedings and resets the hearing for
Dec. %.
A blizzard from Western Kansas
sweeps over Missouri, following rain
and a sudden and tremendous drop in
temperature.
Benjamin Aylor, the webb City min
ing millionaire, is acquitted on the
murder charge for which he was tried
at Carthage.
Mrs. ]. Edgar Thompson left her
millions to her sister instead Of an or
phanage endowed by her husband, as
had been expected.
The Ohio commission on Uniform
Laws recommends the adoption Of
statutes in that State which will pre-
vent migratory" divorces.
The House Of the Louisiana Assem-
bly, passes a bill providing for pest
commission with plenary powers to
stamp out the boil weevil.
Three persons were killed and ten
injured in a railway wreck in Iowa.
Several of the cars caught fire and two
passengers burned to death.
The Turkish authorities at Alexan-
| dretta lay blame on Consul Davis for
the incident which caused him to close
the consulate and go to Beirut.
State Auditor Coulter Of Kentucky is
charged by Inspector Hines with hold
ing out prison labor checks for $4,000.
His bondsmen have been notified.
The Coroner's jury at Hanlontown.
Iowa, returned a verdict that George
Louge was murdered Martin West
colt has been arrested on the charge.
In an official report to the Governor
Of Hawaii, Mai. Gen. Macarthur is
quoted as saying that war between the
United States and Germany is inevita-
BILE.
Fred Mink, who shot down his step
mother and Newton Harris. near Itch
field last June, pleads guilty in each In
stance and is sentenced to prison for
life.
The recall Of John Charlton from the
United States by Sir Winifred Lanrier
| is said to have been because Of his adj
vccating reciprocity with the United
States.
Judge Waller of Moberly. Mo, is dis
qualified in the murder trial Of William
Gaines and William Campbell and
Judge Samuel Davis Of Marshall viii
preside.
The extensive importation Of Brit
ish sovereigns is an extraordinary fea-
ture OF the present gold movement
being in violation Of London's tradI
tions.
The Reverend John Lanahan. known
as the "Nestor" OF the Baltimore Con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, dies in Baltimore at the ass
Of So years.
The unexpected death Of Baron Ar
thur de Rothschild was due 60 albume-
nuria, complicated with heart disease.
He leaves a fortune OF S15.Oo0.00O 70
St7. 100000.
The National Protective TaFiR
League win present two amendments
10 the Cuban reciprocity bill. WhieA
they win sndeaVor to have introduced
In the Senate.
A jury in Cherokee County, Texas
sentences q negro to serve 1000 years