The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-05-20
Kermit Roosevelt Lost in Jungle
Over Night Has New and
Very Strict Dry Laws-Robbers
Loot Train and Then Wreck IT.
Mrs. Taft Sick.

R0OSEVELT'S SON LOST:-kermit
Roosevelt, who is hunting with his
father In Africa, had pleasant night
last week when he got lost and spent
night wandering around with only the
lions and snakes for company. He
found the camp in the morning. The
hunt continues with the same sue
cess. Rhinoceroses have been kill
ed, and many other wild animals,
and most wonderful OF all, a strange
beast, which is called Zerafanias.
HAMS SENTENCED; Capt Hams
has been sentenced to serve between
eight and sixteen years for the kill
ing OF Capt. Annis.
NEW KANSAS DRY LAw:-Kansas
has had such poor success with her
prohibition statutes that she has
finally passed law which forbids
any one TO drink whiskey, even when
he owns Il, or from his own bottle.
TwENTY-oNE KILLED-The pre-
pounds of dynamite. which was be-
ing prepared for a gigantic blast kill
ed twenty-one men. including sever
al OF the officers OF the company, at
the Callahan Road Improvement Co,
quarries near Albany. New York, last
Wednesday afternoon.
SPEED RECORD BRoKEN:-The
worlds record for speedy marriages
was broken last Thursday at Colorado
Springs by the marriage OF Edward
L. Mosher. mine owner and Miss
Clare Hale. a waitress. Mosher went
TO the hotel 10 get supper, fell In
love with the waitress. proposed, was
accepted. decided he did not want
his fiancee TO do any more domes-
tic work. got carriage and took
her 20 a minister Total time, thirty
minutes. Il is evident that all the
fools are not dead yet.
MONUMENT TO ADAM:--A Mary
land man has found the great lack
OF this world--no tombstone has ever
been erected TO the memory OF Adam,
our first ancestor. This man has de-
cided to remedy this defect, and ac-
cord that famous man his due. and
so he is having built a monument,
dedicated TO the memory OF that
illustrious individual. We wonder
whether people will think any more
OF Adam when that monument is
done
MORE TROUBLE IN PARASITIC
French capital Is keeping up Its re-
putation for trouble. Another attempt
at a general strike there has caus-
ed a general interruption OF business
even the post office being out OF
order. Troops have been stationed
in the streets to prevent an attempt
at a rebellion, and an attempt was
even made In the parliament to have
the ministry thrown out for trying
10 preserve order. This attempt fall
ed. and probably will result in end
Ing the strike, since the strikers
cannot win without outside help.
BAD SToRM:-Five people were
killed and 20 injured in a storm
which swept Kansas and Missouri late
last week. The heaviest rain known
In those parts in years fell.
MEREDITH DEAD: George Mere
dith, the famous English story wri-
ter and novelist, is dead at his home
near London.
ROBBERS GET TRAIN:--A gang Of
Z bandits who held up a train on the
Great Northern Railroad last Sunday.
got away with about $4,000, aud in
cidentally hurt twelve passengers
badly. The bandits overpowered the
train crew, cut the train In two.
they could rifle the mails at their
leisure When they got thru they
started the engine and car back to-
ward the rest OF the train and jump
ed off. II hit the cars which were
standing still, there was a bad
wreck, and twelve passengers were
badly hurt. Posses are out after
the bandits.
MRS TAFT OVERCOME: Mrs.
Taft, wife of the President, was over
come with illness while on her way
to Mount Vernon early this week, and
was obliged to return home. Her doc
tors diagnose the case as nervous
breakdown, but say she is doing well,
ENGLAND sCARED:-The fear
which England has of Germany is in
creasing, and preparation to meet a
possible invasion from the Contin-
ent is being made. Germany profess
es the most peaceful intentions, but
the Englishmen do not seem to be-
IL.