The new South-news., 1909-01-30
WIRE FLASHES


and foods In northern. Noroccc.
The Venezuelan Government has
reached an agreement with Holland
buzz Bisland. his wife and step !
daughter we're assassinated near Tex
faw. la.
Mrs. Pauline Palmer was acquitted
a, Tampa. Fla. OF the murder OF her
husband.
otto schueister. OF philadelphia.
suicided In a church pew at Sa-
yannah
Six hundred houses were destroyed
BY an earthquake at Phocaea. Assatic
Turkey.
Fire IN London destroyed the
Clobc cashet Works. causing loss
OF s95o.ooo.
Robert r. Mobley. former pas
scnger conductor. suieiiei at Mobile
with poison.
Twelve persons we're injured In an
explosion at powder plant at Glib
hstown. \. j.
Great Dritian has protested against
the imposition Of a surtax By the ven
czulan Government.
Tho list OF victims in the Chicago
water works crib disaster may be in
creased 10 seventy.
The indications are that the In
ternational Naval Conference In Lon
don will be failure.
Ere broke out In the earthquake
ruins AT Messina. Italy, and caused
still greater damage.
The Liberian Government has ap-
ologizei to Germany for nrine on
two German steamers.
Four defendants. convicted OF vio-
lating the Caddo Parish prohibition
law. were fined $1,000.
The eleventh arrest in the Chinese
smuggling cases along the gull coast
was made at Biloxi. Miss.
u. w. Aswcll, father OF Prof. ]. d.
| Aswell. head of the State Normal
! School. died at Choudant. La
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Eight persons were killed and con.
siderable damage was done by al
earthquake in Asi2tic Turkey.
Several persons were killed and
injured in wreck on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad near Summer Hill
Pa.
The naval appropriation bill was
passed by the House. The bill In
cludes provision for two battle
ships
The death sentence OF Herman Bill
lik was commuted by Governor De-
neen. OF Illinois. to life imprison-
ment
Homer G. Taber. a banker. was ar
rested at San Diego. Cal. on Q
charge Of embezzling $4,000 in Ne
vada.
Senior Paul, the Venezuelan repre-
sentative has reached q satisfactory
understanding with the French Go
erment.
The new Russian loan has beer
many times oversubscribed and Il
already selling at premium of
per cent.
After twenty minutes deliberation
a jury at Meridian. Miss. acquitte.
Covest Taylor of the murder of Os
car Hatcher.
The captain of British steame
aJ ..
commander of Chinese guard boat
who fired on his vessel.
Three children were killed instant
ly and others hurt at Johnstown, Pa.
as a result of the putting OF a mattel
to a keg of powder.
A. Correro, Manager of a grocer
at Greenville. Miss. was fined SAC
, and sentenced to l2o days for violat
/. ing the prohibition law.
| An agreement has been rcache
h between the United States and vene
(. zuela in regard to claims against tn
2 Venezuelan Government.
Fifteen people were injured
e burns, some of them seriously. whe
the lnfrmary of Mahoning Count,
4 Ohio. was destroyed by fire.
DR.. p Rytter, the Swiss Minist'
TO Japan has been ramed to succee
: Leo. Vogel, at present Minister {
I Switzerland at Washington.
Four negroes were wounded. sorl
OF them seriously. in raid in a craI
: game at Shreveport. La, by Depul
- United States Marshal James W. Tu
ner.
1t is not thought that troops /;
Clinton. ~ c.. will be able to SAY
:, VIII Ward, a negro. VINO criminal
assaulted white woman from lyncl
. ing.
: Italy is confronted with graz
' problem. the caring for the 200. .0t
n persons made homeless by the cart
q quake of last month in Sicily al
" Calabria.
e Over two scores Of lives were 10