The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.

Peter Wambold shot hlmSelf dead
in telephone booth in a Brooklyn
drug store after calling up his wife
and instructing her to listen for the
shot. II am going to kill myself, as
/ can't stand things any longer" he
said over the telephone.
The earth shocks at Monteleone,
ITALY, average a dozen daily and APP
parently they are increasing in num-
Der and intensity The refugees are
in constant state of alarm and the
vast majority Of them have decided
to emigrate to America as soon as
they can secure transportation.
Luis T. Navarro, student in the
national college Of mines in the City
of Mexico, Mexico, has applied to the
Mexican government for patent on
an instrument which he claims will
foretell earthquake shocks with the
same certainty that barometer
gives warning of coming storm.
The young inventor refuses to go
into details regarding his invention,
but declares that it will tell with un-
erring accuracy, at least six hours
previously, of pending shock II.
given region. Z
Chief O'Brien of the Chicago city
detective bureau, has devised new
scheme for curing automobilists Of
the scorching habit He proposes to
establish a rogues gallery for reckless
chauffeurs. Reckless driving in Chi
cago is going to STOP" says the cap
tain. Il intend to start a gallery OF
these fellows who persistently violate
the law. / shall keep a list Of their
names together with an account OF
the accidents for which they have
been responsible. I'll use 1t not only
to get heavier sentences for them
when they are brought into court, but
to keep them out of jobs. ! figure
that no decent citizen wants to hire
a chauffeur who has killed or MAIN
ed several persons"
Negotiations for sale Of a majority
interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway company, to Edwin Hawley
and associates, have been concluded
in New York city. Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
sold to the new interests about two
hundred and forty shares of common
stock, which they had purchased from
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
over two years ago, and it is under
stood that other large amounts Of
stocks are included in the deal, The
Chesapeake and Ohio owns and
operates through lease about 1850
miles of road. It's chief points Of con-
tact are from Newport News, Va,
and Washington, d. c., to Cincinnati
and louisville. with numerous branch
lines.
A young man who for four months
preached from the pulpit OF the Con-
gregational church in Greenwood,
suburb Of st. Louis, Mo-, was an inn
poster, using the name Of a Chicago
clergyman. The clergyman" called
himself REV. Ivan M. Gray" and just
before leaving Greenwood, he paid
several accounts with bank checks,
drawn for greater amounts than the
bills called for. In this way he re-
ceived about 500 in change, The
checks were returned as worthless
by suburban bank.
Sidney c., Love of New York and
Chicago, having amassed during a
brief but brilliant career a fortune
said to be closer to two million than
one, and having married Chicago So
ciety girl, pronounced by Sir Philip
Burne-Jones, the artist, TO be the
most beautiful in the world, has quiet
w retired from business. MIR. Love
had contemplated the move for some
months, but so quietly were the de-
tails worked out that it was done in
four hours by the strenuous use Of
direct telegraph wires, that the an
nouncement that Sidney G. Love &
co. had abandoned business form
erly rated at $25,0O0,00O year,
startled the Chicago and New York
financial districts.