Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Tuesday, August II.

was killed at chicago Dy plLcned
ball, which struck him on the ear.
Lady Alma-TRdema. wife Of Sir
Lawrence Alma -Tadema, the painter,
and herself an artist Of note, is dead.
Because she Tilted him, Harry Bliss,
aged eighteen, shot and fatally wound
ed Miss Minnie Clarke, aged seven
teen.
Ned Marshall, who is described as
an American millionaire. was killed
at Monte Carlo by q hospital guard,
who escaped
Prince Albert Leopold, heir to the
Belgian throne, has arrived in Ant
werp from his trip to the Congo, and
was given an ovation.
Wednesday, August 1e.
Carrying twenty-five passengers, the
steamer Seattle turned turtle 300 feet
from her dock at Couer D'Alene,
Wash. No lives were lost.
The petroleum fuel of the steamer
Monte Blanco caught fire in the har-
Dor at Callao. Peru, and the steamer
was completely destroyed.
The first bale of new crop North
Carolina cotton was sold at Norven,
N. C. It was classed as good middling,
and brought IA cents a pound.
Ella Bullock and her two small sis
ters were burned to death in fire
that destroyed the farmhouse near La
Brosse, Kan. The fire was caused by
a gasoline explosion during the alb
sence of the parents.
Thursday, August 10.
The first new bale of Alabama cot
ton for 1909 brought 80 cents a pound
at Montgomery, the highest price in
twenty-five years.
The British first class battleship
Agamemnon stranded on the Long
sands range. near Sheerness, Eng,
while engaged in target practice.
Edward w. Exell, alias John w. Les
lie, ex-postmaster Of Jamaica. West
Indies, was arrested in Philadelphia,
charged with embezzling $4,000 from
the colonial government.
Pickens Wells. one of the most
famous barbecue cooks in the south,
dropped dead at Augusta, Ca, while
preparing a cue" Pickens prepared
the famous c. S. Boiler barbecue, at
which President Taft was the honor
guest last winter.
Friday, August 20.
Isaac Kembel. pioneer resident of
the anthracite coal region and a Civil
War veteran, died at Mt. Carmel, Pa.
One woman was killed and three
other persons injured in a panic re
sulting from controller blowing Ou.
on a Park & Falls Interurban car a.
Youngstown. o.
Governor Stuart appointed Thomas
F. Bell, of Philadelphia, to be execu
tive controller of Pennsylvania. The
position was created by the last legis
lature.
Judge Howell Cobb died at Athens
Ca. from the effects of a stroke OF
paralysis experienced three months
ago For thirty years he filled the post
tion of judge of the city court Of
Athens.
Saturday. August Fl.
The Porte has decided to recogniz-
King Ferdinand's title as King of the
Bulgars.
Dorando Pietri, the we'll known lonl
distance runner, was married at Milar
to Teresa Dondi.
Thomas c. Dawson, the new Ameri
can minister to Chile, was oficially re
ceived by President Montt at Santiago
Thomas J. Davis, a retired New
York merchant. was found dead I.
the kitchen of his home at Los Gatos
Cal. with blanket over his head a2C
two gas jets turned on full force.
John Henry Johnson. eighty-fou
years old, an officer of the origina
Aberdeen volunteers, corporal in th'
Queens Guard and writer of Scottis,
verse. died in Rosedale, a suburb o
Kansas City, Mo.
Monday, August %.
The government is to lease 100 acre
of land at College Park, Md, for avia
tion purposes.
When their boat was upset at Jas
per, Ont. Mrs. w. H. Stevens and Mis-
Bessie Jones. both of Syracuse, N. Y
were drowned.
Mrs. Solomon Gingrich, near HoerT
ersville. Pa, was nearly gored to dea''
by bull but a grandson. aged sixte,
years saved her life.
twenty-five night riders burned tw
large wheat stacks belonging to Mrs
John Strube. near Mount Olivet, KY
because she refused to sign the tobaC
60 pooling pledge.
Former Councilman Klein. Of Pitt
burg, declares he will serve his ser
tence as a CRATER without appeal, a
he would rather give his money to hi
family than the lawyers.