The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

granted divorce from Frank j..
Gould.
DR.. ". L. Boggs was elected
moderator of Southern Presbyte-
rian Assembly.
English lord. who insulted new
American countess, apologized at
public meeting. s
The case Of the Tennessee night
riders is before the supreme court
for final argument.
President Taft delivered notable
speech to South at Charlotte during
Meckelnburg celebration.
a serious wreck occurred on the
New Orleans and Northeastern rail
road at Lumberton, Miss.
The New York Stock Exchange
has forbidden members to trade
with consolidated exchanges.
In an encounter on the streets
of Paris with a body of worklnen
five policemen were wounded.
Because japanese lad was added
to their ranks, the bell boys of a
Denver club have gone on strike.
Burglars broke into the postofficc
at Bells. Tex, recently, dynamited
the safe and escaped with $1,000.
Berlin's latest fad for metropoli-
tan greatness is an elaborate new
race course, to be known as ''Ruhe-
leben."
Theodore Roosevelt and his son,
Kermit, are having good hunting
on the Juja ranch of George Nc
MILAN.
A bill permitting women to vote
for officers of cities. villages and
towns has been defeated in Illinois
legislature.
William Cooper Proctor of Gin
cinnati has offered gift of $780,
600 to the board of trustees of
Princeton, \. j.
The Philippine general assembly
in the closing hour of its session
declared in favor of the independ-
ence of the islands.
A. B. Garretson of Cedar Rapids,
Ia, was elected president of the Or
der of Railway Conductors at the
Boston convention.
Secretary Meyer has approved the
plans for the summer maneuverS of
the Atlantic fleet and the program
has officially been made known.
The assignment for the benefit of
creditors of the brokerage firm of
Sederquist. Barry & Co. of Boston
and New York has been annexed.
A Boston, Mass, snoe manufac-
turing company has just completed
an order for 1, pairs of shoes dcs-
tined for the baby princess of Hol-
land.
Marion Dwight Fortner. arrested
in Paris charged with forgery al
legged to have been committed in
st. Louis, has been imprisoned in
Paris.
The situation in Asiatic Turkey
is improving and the government
is npleting its preparations to
send the Armenians back to their
homes
Much Indignation is felt in Lon
don over refusal of Dean of West
minister to allow remains of George
Meredith to repose in the English
ValhalIa.
The mutilated body Of Aunie Pol
ters, the two-year-old daughter of a
rancher. was found in d secluded
spot off the roadway in Griffin Park,
near Los Angeles, Cal.
The Union Pacific Overland, linn
tied, was held up between Omaha
and South Omaha by four masked
robbers and seven valuable register
ed mail pouches were taken.
A huge bowlder, to be placed by
the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution upon the old Natchez Trace
the road leading from Natchez to
Nashville. has. been received.
The assets of A. Booth & Co. of
Chicago were sold at public auction
for S1,OOO,OOO. The only bidder
was an agent of the reorganized
company promoted for the purpose
of rehabilitating the big fish con-
cern.
The Louisiana Association of
Elks disbanded at Baton Rouge be-
cause the National Association re-
fuses to recognize the organization.
Midshipman Theodore S. kilkin-
son, Jr., of Myrtle Grove, La, was