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HOLMEAD CHICHESTER AN INFORMAL HOST

Holmead Chichester, the son of Mrs j.. D. Chichester was host last evening to a company of his young friends at one of the jolliest of the seasons festivities arr ranged for girls and boys. He is fine chap and a clever host. His entertainment was arranged to be enjoyed al fresco, and number of brilliant lanterns. pendent from the balcony roof. added radiance to the incandescents, so that there was amp@ light for the games and contests. A flower contest was one of the most spir- tied. and at its conclusion the fortunate ones were rewarded with attractive pr,zes. a tie clasp for the boys and a pair OF silver slipper buckles for the girls.
 The sunflowers which stood in big jar diniers on the veranda and in the house made gay and appropriate decoration for boys party. A punch bowl furnished q delicious fruit ice, and Miss Vallie Young
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MRS. HENRY MORCHEIMER HOSTESS AT PARTY

Mrs. Henry Morscheimer entertained party of her young friends at bridge Monday afternoon in compliment to a group of attractive visitors The pleas ant incident included: Miss Roberta Lamb, Miss Pauline Ouerbacker, Miss Marie Lanning, Miss Gene O'Leary, Miss Martha Glover, Miss Martha Green, Miss Elise Chase, Miss Annie Tardy. Miss Katherine Kearney. Miss Dorsey Harris, Miss Marjorie Beall, Miss Nettie Beall, Miss Eleanor Anderson, Miss Willie Keith, Miss Bond, Miss Genevieve Burt. Miss Julia Carney Mrs. r. l.. Miller. Mrs. George Currey, Mrs. A. J. Lamb and Mrs. Atkins.
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MRS. J. w. JONES INTRODUCES A VISITOR

One of the most attractive visitors of the season is Mrs. F. l.. Paquette, the guest of Mrs. J. w Jones. MT. and Mrs. Paquette have been guests of MT. and Mrs Jones since last week They are residents of Knoxville, though Mrs
 Paquette's home was formerly in New York She is stunning young matron and yesterday afternoon few of Mrs.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Peter Wier has as her guests her mother, Mrs. E. B. Cavit of Macon, Miss, and her sisters. Mrs. J. c. Rob- ert and Mrs. Alice Swann. Mrs. Swans daughter, Miss Bessie Swann, Is also Mrs. Wier's guest.
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Mccoy have re- turned from their wedding trip to New York, Washington and other eastern points and are at home with MT. and Mrs. William w. Clayton. D. J. Poncelor, Jr.. who has been i'll three weeks with fever, is regarded as convalescent. Miss Augusta Woodruff of Montgom- cry Is the guest of Mrs. Fred Fergu- son for few days at her home in Mountain Terrace After Saturday Miss Marie Lanning who has been the guest of Miss Ro- berta Lanrb, will be with Miss Laurie Oden for a few days before leaving for Talladega to visit other friends before returning to her home in Anniston
  Miss Pauline Ouerbaclxer. who was one of the trio of attractive girls vis- iting Miss Roberta Lamb, has gone to her home in Louisville.
  Mir. and Mrs. Ed Wilcox will leave in a few days for New York and At lantic City.
 | Miss Elizabeth Dearborn has been visiting friends in Somerset, Ky. | Mrs. NJ. F. Never and her son. Julius Meyer, of Selma, are guests of Mrs M. K. Erdreich, on Crescent avenue.
 
 Mrs. Charles T. Fairbairn has gone north for the summer.
 Mrs. Robert cathcaart and her two daughters left yesterday for their home in Charleston. s. C.. after de- lightful visit to Mrs. Cathcarts sister Mrs. John Milner Caldwell.
 Mir Harry Wilson is out of the city on weeks business trip Miss Evelyn Going is the guest ot friends in Greensboro. Miss Fan Warren. who is 50 delight fully remembered in Birmingham as the guest of Miss Dorothea Orr on
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POWERS-RENCHER

Mrs. Sue Elizabeth Rencher announces the engagement of her daughter Ruby to MT. Edmond Lewis Powers of Greensboro. Ala, the wedding to take
 place August Il. Uniontown, Ala.
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MISS PAULINE THOMAS
 TO GIVE A BOX PARTY

| Miss Pauline Thomas will give a box
 party this afternoon in compliment to
 Miss Emma Carr's guest, Miss Nell Clarke of Montgomery.
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Mrs. William Mudd Jordan plans to leave this week for Pittsburg to visit her sister, Mrs. Bert Lynn, and later to be the guest of another sister, Mrs. Arthur Eastwood. in Cleveland.
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several occasions, has arrived in the city and will accompany Miss Orr to Mentone next week.
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Mrs. W. F. Tyler is spending short time in New York at the Hotel Vol colt
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MY WEES GONE TO THE
 COUNTRY, HOORAY! HOORAY!

Does Absence Make the Fonder?Read These ters Written One Week Apart For Six Consecutive Weeks From Hubby to ''Wife-Y"-Do They Hit Anybody You Know?-Nothng Like
 Getting Used to Things
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LINEVILLE NORMAL
 FACULTY COMPLETED

Lineville. July 1o.-(special)-T board of control of the Northeast Alabama Ag- ricultural and Industrial school have completed the faculty for the ensuing year, At the last meeting of the board Prof. G. G. Glover, three times a gradu- ate of Auburn, and who has been teaching at the Florence Normal, was elected as teacher of agriculture. This completes the faculty. A handsome bulletin of the school is to be out in a few days, and ef- forts are being made to secure a larger number of boarding pupils than in prior years.
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Mrs. Peter Wier has as her guests her mother, Mrs. E. B. Cavit of Macon,
 Miss, and her sisters. Mrs. J. c. Rob-
 ert and Mrs. Alice Swann. Mrs. Swans
 daughter, Miss Bessie Swann, Is also Mrs. Wier's guest,
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normal school of music has been opened here by Prof. A. J. Showalter of West Milton, O.
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Mrs. J. R. Patton and sister, Miss Ed na Mae MacNeal, will leave the 18th for Virginia to visit their parents at their country home, Quest Over." Mr Patton and Hugh MacNeal will join them later after a trip through Canada, returning to Chattanooga about the middle of September.
 
 Miss Katherine de V. Craig of New Iberia, La, is visiting her uncle, Maj A. de Valcourt, and is the guest of Miss Mary Beard. No. 2124 Highland avenue,
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Miss Augusta Woodruff of Montgom.
 cry Is the guest of Mrs. Fred Fergu-
 son for a few days at her home 1T Mountain Terrace.
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After Saturday Miss Marie Lanning, who has been the guest of Miss Ro- berta Lafrb, will be with Miss Laurie Oden for few days before leaving for Talladega to visit other friends before returning to her home in Anniston.
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MT. and Mrs. Walter Mccoy have re- turned from their wedding trip to New York, Washington and other eastern points and are at home with MT. and Mrs William W. Clayton.
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D. J. Poncelor, Jr.. who has been i'll three weeks with fever, is regarded as convalescent.
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Mir and Mrs. Ed Wilcox will leave in few days for New York and At lantic City.
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Miss Pauline Ouerbacker who wa one of the trio of attractive girls wis itng Miss Roberta Lamb, has gone tt her home in Louisville.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
rs HURT AS PARKER SPEAKS
Grand Stand collapses During Mar.
shall Notification Exercises
$50 Fall.

indianapolis, Ind.-Seventy-f1ve per-
sons were injured, some seriously,
when the grand stand behind the
speakers platform gave way and sank
to the ground during the Marshall no.
tification exercises. In the list Of In
jured were staff officials, Democratic
organization officials and many pri-
cate citizens. Approximately one
third of the injured persons were
women.
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York,
chairman of the notification commit
tee, had proceeded with his address
;or about ten minutes when the great
stand, 60 feet long and 80 feet wide,
swayed twice and then went down to
the pavement, hurting with it more
than $50 persons in tangled MACS
of debris. That none was killed is
miraculous.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
RAYS PROMOTION l
UP TO TOE SENATE.
ARMY OFFICER, SAID TO HAVE
AIDED PRESIDENT, MADE DEP.
UTY PAYMASTER.
FIGURED IN ARMY SCANDAL
TAFT Suggested Hiding the Charges
Against Ray So az to Save q Mar.
ried Woman-Wants Record
TO Go to Committee.

ington.-President Taft sent
TO the senate the nomination of Mai.
Beecher B. Ray, U. s. A., to be deputy
paymaster.general. with the rank Of
lieutenantcolonel. Maj. Rays alleged
political activity in 1908 and other
Of his acts while in the army have
been the sebject of congressional In.
vestigation.
Maj Ray is in direct line for pro-
motion under the law. President
Taft long has delayed his nomination.
awaiting a report of the congressional
committee hearing charges against
aim. After conferences, the president
and Secretary Stimson determined to
send the nomination and leave its dis.
position to the senate
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Maj. Ray a Missourian.

Mai Ray was born in La Plata. Mo,
October IL. 1859. He has been active
II Illinois politics for years, and is a
'ailroad man of vast experience, hav.
ing been secretary of the Illinois rail-
'oad and warehouse commission. He
was married December 9. 1854, to
Miss Fannie Plant of BrUwnvlle. Mo.
He is the owner of three fine farms
near Kansas City. He entered the
army May q. 1896, after having
served under VI. A. Hanna in rounding
up the trainmens vote in 1896.
Brigadier.General c. II. Whipple.
retiring paymaster of the army. told
he house committee investigating
Rays political activity, February 10
last. that charges Of conduct unbe.
coming gentleman and an officer
against Maj. Ray had been suppressed
At the suggestion OF President Taft.
under date of July il, 1911, Presi.
dent Taft wrote Gen. Wh!pple regard.
ING omission Of two or three pages of
l war department report called for
by house resolution, and in the let.
,er Taft said:
The part Of the record omitted re-
'ers 10 charge agains- Maj Beecher
B. Ray OF Illicit relations with a GER.
'ain married woman, in respect to
which was consulted by you.
saw Mr.. Sweet in New Haven and
old him that | deprecated its being
brc.:eht out as ! thought 4 would
end 20 bias: thu reputation OF q mar.
ried woman. who, as | understand,
Mas living happily with her husband"
The president declared he wished
hat the whole record go 10 the com.
nittee If the committee desired II.
At the time of the Investigation,
Ray. IL Chicago, declared: THE pub
lie will be asronished when they hear
now have been pursued"
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OFFICIALS PRED|CT !
/. WORLD RATE WAR
ALL MARITIME NATIONS WOULD
BE INVOLVED is BELIEF OF
WASHINGTON MEN.
SUEZ CANAL RATES RED JCED
Through New Cut ls cauie-
Germany and France Bark
England in Protest.

Washington.-A rate war which
might involve all the maritime ma
lions in the world and which would
revolve about the Suez and Panama
canals was predicted in Washington
by officials who have watched the de-
celopment of world interest in the
Panama canal bill, now awaiting ap.
proval Of President Taft.
According TO the report that
reached the state department. the di-
'ectorate of the Suez canal has de-
cided to reduce rates through that
canal.
Opposition in the senate to the
passage of the canal bill was based
largely on the clauses OF the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, and it was argued
that the passage Of the bill giving
American ships the advantage of free
tolls through the canal over the pro.
test of Great Britain would cause 4
rate war.
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BOOTHS TO
SUCCEED. FATHER
WILLIAM eRAMWELL eooTH 10
APPOINTED CHIEF OF THE
SALVATION ARMY.
FUNERAL TO LAST A WEEK
sallineton Booth, Who Had plsasrsed
With Parent, viii Not Attend
ossequies-President Taft
Expresses Sorrow.

New iork.-Wm. Bramwell Booth,
eldest son Of the late VIM. Booth,
commander Of the Salvation Army,
has been appointed head of the army
to succeed his father. This announce
ment was made at Salvation Army
headquarters here after cable mes
sage announcing the appointment had
been received from London.
Miss Eva Booth, head of the Saliva.
ton Army in the United States and
daughter Of Gen. William Booth, was
in state of collapse caused BY grief
for the death of her father. She Is
in the care of a physician.
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'CEhERlL. BOOTHS
DEAD N LONDON
FOUNDER or RELIGIOUS ORGAN.
lzArioN sUccUMes AFTER
RECENT EYE OPERATION.
HEALTH FAILING SINCE MAY
"his Promises Are Sure, u You BE.
Ileve." His Last Messaee-Son
May Succeed Him 40 Com.
mandOr In Chief.

London.-Rsv. William Booth, gen.
sral and commander in chief of the
Salvation Army, died here. He was
born at Nottingham, in 1929.
The veteran Salvation Army leader
was unconscious for forty.eight hours
previous to his death. The medical
bulletins had not revealed the serious.
ness of the generals condition, which
fer a week, it is now admitted, was
hopeless.
Shortly before Gen. Booth died, his
son, Bramwell, said: "My fathers
last message to Salvationists through.
out the worl was:
"'His promises are sure, IL you be-
Heve.'
"He spoke his final ineligible
words Sunday, when he said to me,
Don't worry, let me die. l want TO
90 to heaven"
The generals dying grief IL that
be never has had reconciliation with
bis son, Ballington, from whom no
word of sympathy or interest has
been received.
Operation Twelve Weeks Ago.
Twelve weeks ago Gen. Booth un.
ierwent an operation for removal of
cataract in his left eye. For two
days after the operation indications
Justified the hope of his recovery.
Septic poisoning set in, and from
that time, with the exception of oc.
,asional rallies, the patients health
steadily declined. The general recog.
aized that the end was near and often
spoke OF his work as being finished.
Public interest now centers In the
question of a successor to the late
commander. Under the constitution
Of the Salvation Army, the general
dominates his successor. That Gen
Booth did several years ago, placing
the name in a sealed envelope, which
was deposited with the Salvation
Army's lawyers, with instructions
MA tit shou!G not be opened until
after his death.
Son May Be Successor
While nobody knows what name the
Envelope encloses, the general belief
among the Salvation Army is that Il
vial prove to be that of Bramwel
Booth. who for thirty years has been
Its chief of staff
Where Gen. Booth will be buried
has not been decided. While every
English member of the Salvation
Army is convinced that no man was
more worthy of interment in West
minister Abbey, it is not expected this
honor will be awarded to Gen. Booti
by the abbey authorities.
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Funeral to Continue a Week.

London.-Obsequies of Gen. Booth,
commander of the Salvation Army,
who died here, probably will extend
over a week and the funeral will take
place probably on August 80 or 80.
The lying in state is to be at the Sal
vation Army Congress hotel, Clapton,
the largest building owned by the Sal.
vation Army. On the day OF the fun.
eral 10000 Salvationists will partici.
pate in a massed service in larger
hall. The Crystal Palace may be
used.
Out Of respect for the memory Of
Booth all the flags floating on Saliva.
ton Army headquarters throughout
the country have been half masted.
At the international headquarters
In Queen Victoria street, in the cen.
ter OF the city, constant stream Of
messengers bringing kilograms and
letters of coincidence from every part
of the globe flowed all day.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Panama Rates Must Be Low.

Prof. Emory r. Johnson, whose ex.
haustive investigation Of the financial
aspect Of The Panama canal as a spe.
cial commissioner for the war depart.
ment. formed the basis for the action
Of the congressional committee in fix.
Ing the toll rates on the canal, held
that ii the Panama project was to be
A success financially and commercial
ly its tolls should be lower than those
Of the Suez canal.
This was on the basis that the Pan
anna route would secure at least a
minor share of the shipping moving
between Europe and the Pacific coast
ports of Asia.
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barrow Judge Withdraws.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Before any op.
posing counsel could offer a word Of
argument Judge George H. Hutton
summarily relieved himself of partici.
patton in any further prosecution Of
Clarence S. Darrow by assigning to
presiding Judge Willis of the superior
court the case in which Darrow is ac.
cused of having bribed juror Robert
r. Balm.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Poisoned Rum Fatal to Nine.

Montreal-Nine men have died,
three are lowering between life and
death and many others are in state
of temporary insanity as result of a
celebration at st. Lambert, which
took place among foreigners. Poi.
soned whiskey is alleged to be the
cause
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Severe Reflection.

A discussion on appointments to
the Most Noble Order of the Thistle
gave rise to a caustic saying on the
part Of Disraeli. Among the names
suggested was that of a certain peer.
who displayed more zeal than judg.
ment in his support Of the Conserva.
tive party. "Oh, moi" remarked his
ungrateful chief. II couldn't give Lord
the Thistle. He'd eat it,"
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Must Explain Executions.

Pekin, China.-The national assem-
bly, considered the explanation of the
government in regard to the execu-
ton Of Gen. Chang Chen WI snd Gen.
Feng Wei, members Of DR.. Sun Vat
Sens party, who were summarily put
to death few days ago, and decided
that 1t was unsatisfactory. The men,
bers Of the assembly demand the at
tendance Of the premier and war min
lister to give further explanations.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
2 Admit Slayina Praymate.

Kansas City, Mo.-Two playmates
Of 4.year old Joseph Zimmerman,
whose body was found buried in un.
derbrush in gulley in the north east.
srn part Of the city. confessed to kill.
Ins him. a stone, hurled when the
youngster attempted to follow them
dpon a trip into the woods, struck
struck the lad in the temple.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
U. S, TO Sue Tele-hone Trust

Chicaso.-SUit for the dissolution
9t the Bell Telephone company inter.
ests, headed by the American Telo-
phone & Telegraph company in con.
templated by the government. The
sui. will be civil action brought un.
der the Sherman aR.-trust law. 1t
will be filed either II New .ork O,
Chicago, probably IN the latter place.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
orvi!le Wright Falls Into River.

Dayton, O.-Orville Wright, flying
hydroplane in an experimental
fight south Of the city, took an un-
expected plunge into the Miami river
when making a turn and was only
saved from perilous experience by
the shallowness of the stream.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Four Drown While Bathino.

San Benito, Tex.-Four persons
we're drowned while bathing in the
arroyo Colorado, ten miles north of
here. They were Mrs. George Kettle,
her daughters, Ida, aged IA, and Sa.
rah, aged Is, OF San Benito, and
Charles Meyer aged II, Of San An
tCnio.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Marshall to Stump Maine.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Gov. Marshall
prepared for his first speaking tour
of the campaign, which will open at
Portland, Me-, August 26. On the
following day he will speak at either
Waterville or Augusta; on the 2Sth,
at Bangor, and the 29th at Lewiston.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Truthful Advertising.

A strong movement is on foot to
make advertising truthful, one Of the
startling results being that mer-
chant offers Cracked good patent
leather shoes at three dollars a pair"
Toronto Mail and Empire.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
kld-ich Takes Apartment.

New York.-Real estate men learned
that former United States Senator
Nelson W. Aldrich, chairman of the
national currency commission, has
eased large apartment on Park ave-
nue. and will take possession OF his
new home September Is.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Suez Canal Rates Lower.

Recent dispatches from Germany
and France have shown those coun.
tries to be supporting England in the
contention that the canal should be
open TO all nations on the same, or
virtually the same, conditions.
In official circles this notice was
regarded as the first retaliatory step
against the free tolls provision for
American ships through the Panama
canal.
The announcement of the proposed
reductions through Suez appeared in
'nconspicuous notices in American
newspapers. The notice which aroused
so much interest was to the effect
that after the first of next year the
.ransit dues in the Suez canal will be
reduced 80 centimes, bringing the toll
FOR loaded ships down 10 6.25 francs.
This Is the precise equivalent to the
s1.25 maximum tolls which the Pan
ANA canal act prescribes for vessels
passing through that waterway.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31

1t is announced that a New York
girl who has fortune Of SIS 5.000. 900
is going to become the bride of an
American. She must be another
young lady who wishes to attract at.
tention by doing something eccentric.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Plotters Rob John p.,s Men.

Tarrytown, N. Y.--The 500 work
men who are employed on the Pecan
tico Hills estate of John D. Rockefel-
ler, are in a state bordering on panic
as a result of the holding up of nine
of their number by black hand opera
tors at Tower Hill.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Taft's Veto Stands.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. attempt to
override President Tafts second veto
Of the budget" appropriation bill
failed. The house mustered the nee.
essary two.thirds, 154 to So, but the
senate vote as "a to 27-41 votes be-
ing necessary to adowption.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31

A Pennsylvania farmer has a brood
Of chickens which can run the musi.
cal scale. Evidently the nature faker
is making hay while the sun shines
and while the labor Of organizing
third parties has absorbed the atten.
ton Of the arch enemy Of nature fax.
ing In other fields.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31

France has built motor car road
through Algeria for stretch Of 750
miles, and Great Britain has one 1000
miles in length through the Malay
peninsula. The United States, the
home Of the motor car. has not con.
structed a single great highway to
connect her principal cities.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31

THE law does not permit a man to
leave his wife Just because she rags
him." Justice Marean decides. He
meant, of course. the law Of this state.
says the New York Mail. In Ken.
tucky. Missouri and other states.
"ungovernable temper" and "indigni.
ties" are cause not only for sepa.
ration, but for absolute divorce and
nagging may certainly be carried to
the point of indlgnity; while in Ore
gon one may obtain a divorce II the
partner Of ones joys, and especially
of ones sorrows, makes life burden
some" And what can be more bur-
densome than nagging? However,
there ought not to be divorce. nor
even separation. for nagging. because
no court Of justice can ever be sure
that the nagging is not justified, or at
least provoked. Some women, for in.
stance. are born naggers. Some
achieve ragging, and q considerable
numbers of others have naggins
thrust upon them by course OF con-
duct which may be outwardly courte-
Gus, but which in its essence is In
supportably irritating.
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31

A Yonkers policeman saved about
80 people from death or injury when
he picked up dynamite bomb placed
against hotel and pinched out the
fuse, which was within an inch OF the
explosion point. 1t was a good thing
for the guests OF the hotel that this
heroic policeman happened to be also
one SO exceptionally handy at .
pinch"
Scott County kicker., 1912-08-31
Rehsl Chief Mena Cauoht.

New Ocleans.-Confrmation of the
reported capture OF Gen. Mena and
the fall of the city OF Leon was re-
ceived here b. Consul General Juan
]. Zavala Of Nicaragua. Zavala says
the Liberals and Conservatives now
ers,