The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

dSkeu tne ponce TO investigate.
PRESIDENT Diaz' trip from Mexico
City has been continuous ovation.
AT every stop crowds have gathered
with flags and flowers and cheered
those journeying northward to meet
the presidential party from Washing.
ton.
City Marshal William Wyrick lost
his life at Eureka. Ill.,, when the gas
engine used for pumping purposes at
the city waterworks plant exploded.
The entire town was awakened by the
detonation.
Judge William Lindsay, former
United States senator and former
| chief justice of the Kentucky court of
appeals, died at his home after an ill
ness of two months. Judge Lindsay
was "a years old.
]. H. Dodge, special agent of the
government in the interest of good
| roads, met with the business mems
| league at Canton, Miss. and it was
decided to build mile of model road.
to cost about s1,500.
Pointing gun at his 14-year-old
cousin, Marshall Sanderson, in Wheat
ley, Mass, with playful warning of
Look out I'm going to shoot" Her
bert Sanderson, aged 16, sent the
charge of shot into the boys breast,
causing wounds which resulted in
death an hour later.
Charged with attempting to poison
his mother-in-law, Mrs Annie Stetzer
of Laurelton, Pa. and her family by
placing arsenic in medicine and -four
which they used, Jacob Baughman. 80
years old, of Cass, w. Va, is under
arrest at Lewisburg.
A Socialist mass meeting in Los
Angeles, at which President Taft was
denounced, resulted in a near riot
and the dispersal of mob by the po-
lice. The police arrested three of the
radical leaders
Andrew Carnegie has subscribed
100000 to McGill university, Mon
treal, as part of the general fund
Of S2000000 which friends of the uni
versity are trying to raise.
| Politics in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, the only two state holding
elections this fall, looms up unusually
large for an off-year. In those states
the governorship is at stake, while
the income tax amendment lends
great interest in the contests in each
legislative district.
Watched by over IA Gates, which
were her only companions in life, the
body of Miss Mary L. Johnson, 67
years old, was found in her lonely
home near Wallingford, VT, under
circumstances indicating murder. Rob-
berry is the only suspected motive.
DR.. ]. L. Skipworth was shot and
fatally wounded by H. j. Thomas at
Bushnell, Fla. DR.. Skpworth, 1t is
said. met Thomas and demanded an
apology for remarks made about him,
requiring Thomas to get on his knees.
Thomas made the apology, but as DR..
Skipworth turned to walk away.
| picked up shotgun and fired both
barrels.
| c. R. Shafer, owner Of the Barkott
carnival outfit, which is exhibiting in
Washington, N. c.. was waylaid on
the main street Of that city, robbed
OF a hundred dollars and probably
fatally injured by blow from an
old gun barrel in the hands of the
highwayman.
| Despondent because he had been
sentenced to serve a term in the
guard house for an infraction of dis.
Icipline. Ernest c. Nelson, a private
In Company e, Second infrantry. sta.
toned at Fort Thomas, KY, commit.
ted suicide by hanging himself with
q roller towel.
| John T. Springer, aged Is, is dead
In Jacksonville, Ill. He was long
president Of the First National Bank
OF Jacksonville and served several
terms in the state legislature.
The commission of Supervisor OF
the Census Robert R. Wallace "
Hamilton, ILL.,, for the fifth supervis-
or's district of Illinois, has been
signed by the president.
The grand jury of Richmond, Va,
| aAAoASeOu T. II. OSlcTl0 ana Eugene
Reilly of Chicago, representing the
American Seating Co., in connection
with a contract for furnishing chairs
for the new Richmond high school.
The men have disappeared.
Jack Carroll, the wrestling promo
ter, for long time Frank Gotch's
manager; Bert Warner of Minneap.
oils, a middleweight wrestler. and
Winn Sharris of Spokane were arrest
ed at Curfew, Wash, as members OF
the Maybray gang Of wrestling and
foot-race swindlers
Information has been received that
Charley Taft, youngest son of the
president, will take lessons in boxing
the coming winter from Jimmy Walsh
Boston fighter.
While resisting arrest David HAYES
was shot to death by Deputy Sheriff
Gordon Givens at Edgewood Mines.
KY. Givens fired four bullets into
the mans body.
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