The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-04-07


and Elkhart, nd, Margaret Morse,
11-year-old girl, is being held at the
home of Herman Rouskowsky in
Elkhart, awaiting instructions from
the Michigan state officials.
Eleven hundred negroes, men, wom-
en- and children, employed in one of
the American Tobacco Co.'S stemmar-
les at Leu sville, KY, struck Thursday
for an inCl ease of one-half of l per
cent per pound for stemming.
Because he was refused a raise in
salary by the Detroit, Mich, common
council, Frank H. Gladding, employed
in the office of the city comptroller,
shot and killed himself in the bed
room of his home there
Tom l.. Johnson, former Mayor of
Cleveland, who arrived at Fishguard,
Eng, on the steamer Mauretania, is
stopping with friends in Regent Park,
Johnson is visiting Europe with the
hope of improving his health.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan and
her daughter, Grace, arrived in New
York Wednesday on the Kaiser Will
helm II. Both appeared in good
health.
Sam B. Cook, former secretary of
state of Missouri, was awarded judg-
ment for $4,000 against the st. Louis
GlobeDemocrat for libel. Cook was
awarded originally $150,0O0 and the
supreme court. in a decision handed
down Wednesday, cut this to $4,000
punitive and $4,000 actual damages.
Governor Hughes of New York has
called a special election for April 2S
in the thirtyseventh senatorial dist
rict, comprising the counties of Madi-
son, Chenango and Otsego, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
| Senator lothian p Aids.
Heavy snow and rain and high
winds. swept he entire Rocky Noun
tain region north of Central New
Mexico Tuesday. Telegraph service
was seriously crippled and for several
hours Central Colorado was all but
cut off from the outside world.
William Truman Alurcn, son OF
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, and
| Miss Dorothea Davenport, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Davenport of
| Boston, were married at Trinity
chursh Boston, by Rev. Alexander
Mann, Monday.
fresh and vigorous eruption of
Mount Etna began Monday afternoon
after a subsidence of "a hours. The
new eruption is almost as violent as
that Of Friday and Saturday, and is
accompanied by loud rumblings,
which add to the dorror of the people.
A special message was sent by
President Taft to congress, urging the
appropriation of $250000 for the
carrying out of the work of the new
tariff law, as outlined in his annual
message.
Rabbi ]. Leonard Levy of the Ru-
dolph-Shotum synagogue at Pittsburg
is to be retained at salary of $15-
900 year. He had been offered
charge of the largest synagogue in
London.
At Memphis, Mo-, fire burned about
two-thirds of the buildings on the
east side of the public square, in
Guiding the Bence College building, G.
R. Combs, poultryhouse, w. c. Chew
piano-house, Bratz shot shop and the
Popel & Giller building.
After being estranged for ten
years, Col. Buffalo Bill" Cody and
his wife have settled their differences
become reconciled to each other.
Cody is back at his old home,
Scouts West ranch, where his wife
has resided since the estrangement
and he probably will make his home
here in the future.
An explosion at the Dupont Powder
works at Tacoma, Wash, seven miles
south of the city killed three men
and injured seevral others.
First among the eastern weddings
in Boston was the marriage of Miss
Dorothea Davenport, daughter of Mrs
George H. Davenport to William Tru
man Aldrich son of Senator Aldrich
of Rhode Island. Inc wedding took
place at Trinity church at noon and
was a notable affair
Twelve hundred firemen employed
on the Lehigh Valley railroad will gel
: an increase in pay of ten cents pei
day. The men will have their work
day changed from a 12-hour to a 10
! hour basis.
> George w. Coleman, indicted on the
; charge of defrauding the Nationa
> City bank Of Cambridge, Mass, ot
: 100000, has taken oss a license il
: his home city to marry Miss Mamie
Hightower, daughter of Mr.. Mathew
/ and Mrs. Meliva (Norman) Hightowel
0 of Kansas City.
Following a complete failure Of the
y operators and miners who have beer
in conference here over a new wage
l. scale to reach any basis of agree
ment it was announced that a strike
OF the coal miners of Indiana Ohio
and Pennsylvania will in all BRO
liability be ordered for April !.
Thousands of persons, rendered
homeless by the new eruption o!