The Brinkley argus., 1910-06-03
Notes From Foreign Lands. Through out the Nation and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.
RACES FOR THE REMNANTS.
National League.
American League.
Inhn W. Gates and he other stock

St. Louis ...........-... ~ .EVo John W. Gates and the other stock holders of the Texas Oil company have voted an increase of $1S000,0o in the capital stock of the company, making it sSGOO0.OO0.
 The dead body of little Alma Kell- ner, who has been missing from her parents home at Louisville, Ky, since December s, was found in an unused cellar of the St. Johns parochial school. All indications point to the child having been murdered and her body dropped through Zap door into the underground passage.
 Miss Elizabeth Morrell of Chappea- uua, N. Y. cannot understand how the biggest elephant in the New York geological gardens could mistake her diamond engagement ring for pea nut. At any rate, the elephane has the ring tucked away somewhere in- side and Miss Morrell is wondering how she vii lever explain the tragedy to the Chappeaqua young man, who paid s150 for the circlet.
  the west is so strong and the wages paid so high, comparatively, that the post office department is finding It difficult to find young men for post clerkships at the initial salary of $500 a year. Postmaster General Hitch cock has written to Senator Penrose, chairman of the committee on post tn and has suggested the passage of bill authorizing the postmaster gen eral to allow a higher compensation for services at points where it is diff ficult to obtain clerks.
 Mrs. Frank Bond of San Francisco waas drowned in the Russian river near Bonneville. Gal, when the auto- mobile in which she and her husband, their daughter and A. R. Strange of San Francisco were riding, plunged over a 15-foot embankment.
 Lena Berteau and Henry Meineke were downed in Vermilion river near Cleveland, O., in the sight of hun dreds of holiday makers. While try ing to change seats their canoe was upset.
 The deposed shah of Turkey, who has been living at Odessa in villa placed at his disposal by the govern ment, has taken up the study of medi- cine. After private preparatory work he expects to attend clinics and lec- lures at the University of odessa
 The April immigration bulletin hat aliens were admitted to this country This brings the total for this fiscal year. with still two months to run, up to sos ,o01, or 52,000 more than during the entire year ended June 30, 1909.
 At Cleveland, Mayor Baehr suspend ed Chief of Police Kohler, pending an investigation of charges of drunken ness. immortality, malfeasance and misfeasance, to be conducted by the civil service.
 Several men are missing, following an explosion which destroyed the plant of the Hit Fireworks company near Seattle, Wash. It Is feared some of the men were killed.
 Because robbers, who entered gen eral store at Rugby, Col, stole pic ture of Jack Johnson and mutiiated one of Jeffries, the authorities are rounding up negroes. The robbers stole several other articles of value
 Wrecking tugs will make an inves tigation of the big steel steamer Frank H. Goodyear, which sank II Lake Huron with IS of her crew. is considered probable that she vii be total loss.
 The honorary degree of doctor o laws was conferred upon Commando Robert E. Peary by the University 0 Edinburgh. Sir Ludoyic Grant, wh' presided at the ceremony, introduces the explorer.
 Because her husband spanked he with a yardstick and made derogator remarks about her fathers sermons Mrs. Anna A. Maxwell, daughter Q Rev. Dr. Durfee, was granted d yorce from Guy E. Maxwell by Judg Dupuy at Chicago
 Leon Ling, alias William H. Leor . the Americanized Chinese who is a' cused of having murdered Elsie Size was in Wellington, kans., until tw months ago. Four foremen in tn Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe shoI say they are positive Ling worked ul der them.
 Twenty-two persons were drowne in the English channel when u Clyde Shipping company's steam' Kerrymore was cut in two and SCI to the bottom by the German fou master J. R. Vinnen. The latter ma aged to make Cowes, badly cripple
 J. c. Mars, the aviator, in thri ing flight in an aeroplane at Jopli Mo, scared upwards to height
 1900 feet, flew across country uni his machine was speck against u sky. after 22 minutes returned to u aviation field and finished with gli' downward of 800 feet.