The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-16

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The House OF Congress has passed
a bill providing for the coinage oil
! three-cent and half-cent pieces.
/ Talledaga. Ala. was struck by q
cyclone Saturday night and damage
was done TO the amount Of S165. 900
/ There was no loss OF life, however.
! E f. Houser, a native OF New
England Is walking from his home to
| Denver In pursuit OF health. He
claims to have gained Is pounds In
twelve weeks.
| A number OF people were killed
and injured in st. Louis, Mo-, one
day last week In a collision OF an au-
| tomobile with a Pacific Missouri
train at a crossing.
Mrs. Maria Morterello, of Tampa
Fla, committed suicide over her
child's grave a few days ago. She
poured wood alcohol over her body
and set herself on fire.
The James Sanitarium, located at
| Raleigh, Tenn, was burned May 14th
entailing a loss of about $125, 700.
Sixty patients were asleep In the
! building at the time, but all escaped.
| Mrs. Mary Wick and her son-in-
law. John Row, are held in jail with
out bail for the murder OF Miss Nee
kie Story. an aged fortune-teller, at
Suffolk, Va. Both protested their in
nocence.
Jonathan Hawkins, of Andrews,
South Carolina, committed suicide
one day last week, leaving a check to
pay his board and funeral expenses,
also requesting that none of his rela-
tives be notified.
Peter Walker, wealthy contrac-
tor, of Los Angeles, Cal, was shot
and killed by Mrs. Anna Dewey, of
Haskell, Ohio, said to be a daughter
of former Congressman. She then
committed suicide
Three men were buried alive un-
der an avalanche of dirt at Bristol,
Va, last week in an excavation made
in the building of the new court
house there and two of them died
before they could be disinterred.
Twenty acres of storage sheds at
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
wharves at Norfolk, Va, were burned
Sunday last, becoming ignited by a
lightning bolt. The loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000, covered by insurance. |
According to a special report by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor, West Virginia leads the world
in the manufacture of glass and also
the production of natural glass. This |
State is second in the production of |
coal.
The photographic Office at Wash |
ington, D. c., has announced the
changing of the Transatlantic steam
er lanes sixty miles southwark. This
places the new lanes about 23O miles
south of the scene of the Titanic dis
aster.
1gnited by lightning bolt, TWEEN
ty acres of storage sheds at the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad wharves
In Savannah. Ca, were swept by fire
Sunday entailing loss of about |
$460,000. One fireman was severely
injured.
The Republican National Commit |
tee met in Chicago, Thursday, June
9Th. to decide contests among dele
gates to the National Convention.
This gives twelve days to consider
contests before the Convention opens !.
June 18th.
E. B. Afford, who killed his wife
and mother-in-law three years ago,
was hanged last Friday at Macon,
IRA. he was so emaciated that he |
had to be assisted to the gallows,
having suffered for some time from
tuberculosis
A man believed to be r. L. Gray,
OF Atlanta, Ca, committed suicide
in Tampa, Florida, last Sunday by
swallowing carbolic acid. 1t is aid /
that he stopped at local hotel and |
rented typewriter, then later sold
in for $40.
The will of Major Archibald Butte, |
victim of the Titanic disaster, was
filed in Washington last week. I'll
contained request that his body be |
buried in Arlington Cemetery and
$500 be set aside for a monument. |
His body has not yet been recovered