Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-08

to this city in 1884, and was s5 years
old.
Prince Taro Katsura, former pre-
mier and foreign minister of Japan,
is seriously Ill with cancer OF the
stomach.
By a flight from Paris to Berlin, Le-
tort becomes the nonstop record
holder. The distance covered was
about $50 miles
So extensive has become the slaugh'
ter of lions in British East Africa by
sportsmen emulating the example OF
Col. Roosevelt, the legislature is con
sidering a measure for the protection
of the king of beasts" so far as
crown lands are concerned
That the Balkan struggle will end
by process Of mutual exhaustion
seems the only hope Sir Edward Grey,
the British foreign secretary, is able
to hold out.
Gov. Blease in an interview at.
tackled William Jennings Bryan. who
lectured In Hendersonville, N. c., for
going into chautauQua work while
secretary OF state,
At the first paid attraction ever al
lowed TO operate on Sunday In west
ern North Carolina, William Jennings
Bryan, secretary Of state, lecturing at
Henderson, declared he was forced to
lecture in order that he might live de.
Gently, the salary paid him by the
United States government not being
sufficient for his needs.
President Wilson, much tanned and
weighing about 10 pounds more than
when he left Washington July 3, re.
turned after nine days rest In his
summer home, Harlakenden House
Windsor. Vt.
Tea and sweets are sapplng the VI
tality of the British nation, says a re-
port of the Food Reform association
Mrs Beatrice II. Saunders, the suf-
fragette. who was released In London
on license June 20 on account of Ill
health, has been rearrcsted. She will
now undergo a further period OF her
term Of 10 months imprisonment.
The town marshal, Of Duck Foot,
Ind, has hung this notice in front
OF the town hall: Notice to automo.
bilists; Speed limit. rs miles an hour
Drive as fast as you damn please"
Independence, La, passed night OF
terror following the Are which de-
stroyed the place. Italians attempted
an attack on the ruins Of bank where
they had deposits and were driven of
only by a continuous show OF arms.
The senate passed the Plttman bill
permitting homesteading without
continuous residence on specially des-
ignated areas in all the public land
states except Utah and Idaho.
Such alarm has been caused by re-
cent suffragette demonstrations aimed
at King George that special body
guard was provided for his majesty to
protect him from actual injury at the
hands OF the wild women"
The house passed the rules commit
tee resolution for an investigation OF
the Mulhall lobby charges. A special
committee OF seven members will
make the investigation at open hear
ings and with the aid Of special coun.
sci.
Charles Becker's application for a
new trial on the charge of numbering
the gambler. Herman Rosenthal, was
denied by Supreme Court Justice Goft
In New York City.
Department OF justice investigators
have been invited by the treasury de-
partment to go over the books of the
First-Second National bank of Pitts.
burg within short time, 1t was stat.
ed at the treasury department.
Queen Mother Alexandra is said 10
have been living beyond her income
Of $500, 1000 a year. She lost some OF
her money In speculative investments,
and her affairs had to be Strengthened
out.
A belated communication from
Guaymas says 400 constitutional sol
diers met death In an effort to swim
across the bay when the state troops
we're repulsed by a hidden Huerta
force in their attempt to enter the
California gulf port.
Six members OF the family Of Carl
Huffman, of Caruthersville. No. were
killed instantly when a Southern Pa
cifc switch engine struck Huffmans
auto near San Gabriel The dead are:
Carl Huffman. his wife and four chill.
dren.
Indicative OF the approach Of the
opening of Panama canal is the notice
by the commission that the gigantic
steel cranes used In placing the $500,
900 cubic yards Of concrete In the
great locks are soon to be offered for