The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-06-24

cord Broken Again-AWtul MURDER
Case-Street Car Accident-San-
Francisco Bribery Case - Comet
Coming-Two Naval Accidents.
MUST KILL HIMSELF:-lt is re-
ported that the Empress Dowager of
China has sent her officials to Yuan
Shih Kai, the highest statesman of
China, with the imperial yellow cord.
himself with the cord. The officials
are to watch him day and night Civ
ing him two months TO carry out the
command. IL is a great favor to a
chinaman who has been condemned TO
death to allow him TO take this me-
thod of leaving the world. Chinese.
believe they get the same bodies
In the next world and that II they
are mutilated In death they have TO
live always with the wounded body.
BATTLE WITH RoBBERs:-Three
robbers held up a train near Bragg,
Oklahoma. The train crew resisted
and their shots brought constables
to the scene. One constable was kill
ed and one of the robbers captured,
while the other two escaped.
TEN MEN KILLED:-Ten persons
were killed and forty injured In
collision OF two electric cars in Ind
lana last Saturday night. The motor
man had disobeyed orders. He was
killed.
HIGH LIVING:-Corn at cribbing
time this fall will open at about 60
cents bushel, II is expected. Meat
has also gone up, and II is almost
impossible to get anything suitable
for slaughter. so that refrigerated mea
Is being largely used the best cuts
selling at 25 cents a pound.
TWO CoLLISIONS:--Two serious
accidents occurred last week in the
Strait OF Dover, between England
and France A mail ship colided with
a cruiser at night in dense fog.
The warship was badly damaged near
ly all the crew having to go TO shore
In small boats. The liner proceeded
on her voyage practically unhurt The
same day a passenger ship near the
same place struck an unknown vessel
and was badly damaged. Altho an
effort was made to find the other
ship no trace was found.
BRIDE AND GROOM DEAD;-Two
young people of wlliamsport, Pa, had
been mAried only week, when both
died at once. IL was thought at first
that they had eaten poisoned candy.
Another theory was that the bride
had died of heart failure, and the
e husband overcome with grief had
fallen forward on the bed and shad
been smothered.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO FLY?-For
only $500 you can buy an aeroplane
and be taught to fly II. The Wright
Bros. are 10 manufacture airships IN
Dayton, o.. and Lorin Wright, the
third brother, who is manager of the
company Gays they expect aeroplanes
soon TO be as popular as automobiles
for purposes OF sport. Only four ma
chimes have been made by the
wrights so far and only two OF them
used
HUNG JURY IN CALHOUN CASE:
Patrick Calhoun has not been con-
yicted OF bribery by the jury which
has been considering his case In
San Francisco. Five months have
passed since the street car magnate
made his first appearance In court
to answer to the charge of offering a
$4,000 bribe TO a supervisor to obtain
a privilege for his corporation. Eight
OF the jury were for acquittal and
four for conviction. Francis ]. Heney.
the man who is doing so much TO
clean up San Francisco, will not cease
the prosecution here.
FALLS 1900 FEET AND LIVES
Uriah Sorensen, a blacksmith of Ber-
wyn, Nebraska will not try again to
fly for a while, as he is lying in a
hospital with broken leg, and cover
ed with cuts and bruises as the re-
suit Of his last effort. Several
months ago Sorensen became crazy
to fly and went to work behind lock-
ed doors on an airship of his own. A
few days ago he procured a gas bal
loon which he hitched to his machine.
He mounted into the air amid cheers
and after going about 5000 feet high,
he detached the balloon from his air
ship and began to settle gently seek
ing a place to light. Suddenly the
onlookers we're Mortified to see the
machine turn turtle, and dive thru
the air with great velocity whirling
over and over, but finally lighting
right side up in a plowed field, with
Sorensen still in the saddle. When
his sense returned he told thrilling