The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23
NEWS BREVlTlEs

caring that ~
pet dog would mourn her loss 81 usr
she be inferred, Mrs. Otto pna 0uia
made a dying request that her -,
be cremated. The body has ~ sus
shipped to a crematory in St Lon;s
Pekin-The dowager emnreva
China has ordered all the viceroru
hurry physicians to the royal ns, a u
to attend Tsai Tier, the emperor NJ.
is i'll. 1t is impossible to lear, - ~
rulers ailment. as none hut ch,. e
physicians are admitted to the pal.a"
MISUNDERSTANDING and 10
rivatives are barred from the mon
by an order sent out from the nos,
office department. Reports Witt
have been received at the departmas.
indicate that 1t has been the innons4'
distributor of the deadly drug to -
extent which is alarming.
Clarksburg, w. Va.-Sentencoa :.
be hanged for the murder of Rou,.s
Martin, negress, at Gypsy, w v.
in March, 1908, Frank johnson
giant negro, has confessed to mini.
tiers here that he has murdered A..
persons since 1896, and gives ~.
names Of three of his victims
New York-A. H. Forbes and
Mccoy of this city and Lieut. =
Lahm, United States army. will rom
pete in the international balloon raco.
to be held in Berlin next October n,
the James Gordon Bennett Gun.
Greenfield, Ind.-Davis Bennett Han
Is years old, and Ernest Hopper ~
years old, while driving, were struet
by Pennsylvania passenger train M
10 and both were killed
Springfield, Mass.-After two wears
of litigation over the $25 900 900 will
of Daniel B. Wesson, compromise
has been reached. By its terms, afte,
requests Of 100000, the residue goes
to Walter H. Wesson, Joseph Wessop
Sarah j. Bull and the four chfdrn
of the late Frank Wesson. The Smith
& Wesson factory is to be incorpora.
ed and run by Walter H. and joseph
II. Wesson.
Warsaw, Ind.-Unable to furnish
bond and charged with embezzlement
of 81 500 of county funds while deputy
county treasurer. Roy Messena Is con.
fined in the county Jail here. It Is
said at least two other arrests are
probable in connection with shortages
uncovered.
Manila "A pleasure launch carrying
20 persons to Corregidor island found
cred and rs of the passengers were
drowned Three of the victims were
Americans, one of whom, it IS Be
lieyed, is an army surgeon.
New York-Fearful of tubereukr
infection, the governors Of the New
York stock exchange are having the
300 telephone clerks employed on the
floor examined by physicians. Three
clerks infected with the bacill have
already been found Members OF The
exchange will pay for their treat
ment in Sullivan county sanitariun
Greenwich, Conn.-Miss Margas
Armstrong of Philadelphia was killed
and 10 other passengers OF the WhR
Mountain express were injured when
the train, after passing the stauoa
here, was ditched.
Chicago-Raymond n Gourley u
years old, cattle buyer employed u
the stockyards, was shot and ins'aa'
ly killed while making chiyaroa
attempt to take the part OF wonu
In a quarrel. by Charles Pretschoa,
awning manufacturer. PrestscholdH
serts that he took Gourley for noa
up man who was about to attack DIN
and fired when he saw the sc''a
make a threatening movement
to draw a weapon.
Owosso, Mich.-Hugh McCurdy ps
grand commander of Knights le4
plars and past grand master OF ~
SOILS Vi lHt tulltu pN"'N'f
his home in McCurdy Park near "
runna.
Tokyo-The keels OF two new ~
tleships for the japanese navy WIN
laid before the end OF the year Wv
will be laid before the END o.
month. The new vessels VIII raw
speed of 90 knots and dispaeen''
OF 20,S00 tons. They Will each 'A"'
twelve 12-inch guns
Washington-The interstate
merce commission made public ~
Der of rulings, the most impo''as
which is a decision that a MOUSE
employe, travelling with a IuenD INA
a family entitled to pass 10 ~" -.
ing as eligible for free taA'p'
ton.