The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-08-25
GENERAL NEWS.

Alfred Villa reached Tucson. Ar,z
after driving forty miles with the dead
body Of his brother, who had been
killed by lightning. The surviving
boy was paralyzed and could use o,jv
one hand.
ROBERT Treat Paine, president Of the
American Peace society and widely
known as a philanthropist died At hts
home In Waltham, Mass. He was a
sufferer from paralysis.
An excursion train from Bordearx
with 1900 passengers and running at
q speed Of so miles an hour crasbs1
into freight train at saujon France
Thirty-two persons we're kised and
100 injured. Many Of the victims
were school girls. A misplaced switch
caused the accident
Rioting was resumed in CoIumbr.
o., and one man was fatally shot and
1--WE others injured. So fierce wss the
violence Of the crowds that all street
car traffic was abandoned.
After keeping his secret for two
years, Thomas Mooney confided N q
friend In kansas City. Kan. that bs
had dubbed his stepfather to death
In quarrel. The friend repeated the
confession. the police heard of It. and
Mooney is in jail
-FOUR persons were killed and three
injured when south.bound passenger
train on the Chicago & Erie railroad
struck an automobile at a cross,ng
near Rochester, Ind.
with every clue proving at fault
the police who have been investisatIne
the mysterious Killing of the wealthy
attorney. William L. Rice, in CIete.
land. have fallen back on the tbeorv
tnat the murder was the work OF boId.
up men. U'
Nearly 400 persons have nerf,bsd
and 500 are missing as resuit OF The
Hood that threatened to submsrea ALI
OF Tyko. The damage to property "a
enormous.
louisiana legislators met at Baton
Rouge In special session. called nv
Governor Sanders, to consider Tho
proposed raise in the appropriation
for the Panama exposition At Ne,v
orleans In 1915. from $4,000, 900 to
l." The Society Of American Florist,
opened their annual meeting ana sT
hibit In Rochester. N. Y...r.R pisr.on
Of rarrytown PRESIDING. 'n
The twenty-fourth annual corr.,
ton OF the Master Butchers Assoo,.
tion OF America began in Cbieago
The body Of a woman idenf'eo. .
Mrs. Henry Hall Of Huntinpton VIZ
Va. was found in the Ohio riv.r '" ",
Catlettsburs, Ky. It is believed tss
woman was robbed and. murderea ''
Porter Charlton's extraditiob hs.u
ing for wife murder in Italy was 90,
for September 20 at New York
4 Uhfan, 1881. king of bor,.s.
horses, trotters or PAGERS wa. tso
title hung up at the North Randa,,
grand circuit meeting at CleyeIsna
The black son OF Bingen trotted ,na
mile track in 1854 without = Sa,,aS
all the way and without the aid OF .
wind shield.
It will take many DAYS to p,ac. q,
Belgian exposition in a fit conditior
for reopening. although "a large major
ity of the buildings are still intsot
The known loss caused by the Ar,
which swept through the White CITY
at Brussels is between $4,000 900 an,
$10,o00,000.
Ansered because bis wife refused
70 live with him. w. J. Myer, fort,
years old. an expert with THE revolver
shot and instantly killed his wire
Grace M Myer. twenty-five years old
his son Ralph. aged seven. and his fa
ther-tn-law. r. Q. Bouton. 'aged fifty
nve. and then took his own life.