The Washington herald., 1913-12-02
News Nuggets from
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paying homage to the first baby boy born
here in four years. Concrete citizens hRd
concluded that there was some weird
agency which had decreed that all the
children here should be girls, but the
spell was broken when the stork visited
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Sar-
como.
Lebanon, No.. Dec. This city lays
claim to the distinction of having the
Oldest present school pupil in Missouri, II
not in all the United States. Aunt
Mary Long, a negress, has started out to
acquire an education at the age Of eighty
three years.
Cambridge, Mass, Dec. l.-Ancient
Egyptians treated their dogs as honorec
members of the household, was the state
ment made today by DR.. Arthur May. OF
Harvard.
when "a dog died in Egypt the family
put on mourning" he said. "Cats were
also honored in Persia in the early ages"
Los Angeles, Dec. with the transfer
from the Superior Court of the injunction
suit brought by the Balboa Amusement
Producing Company against Jack London,
two separate suits over rights to produce
THE Sea Wolf are pending in the
United States District Court. The other
suit is that OF London against the COM
pany.
Boston. Dec. 1.-Because he had spent
mis- weeks pay in squaring debts he had
contracted during the last few months
in going to moving picture theaters,
fifteen-year-old Melvin Bradbury, a mes
senger boy, attempted suicide rather than
admit to his mother. who is in impover-
- Ia that hfa usaakIv * On
was gone.
Chicago, Dec. Prince, the big Afrf-
can lion at the Lincoln Park Zoo, is
dead of a broken heart Nellie, his mate,
died early last summer, and for weeks
thereafter Prince did not eat. The jungle
animals fast lasted until cold weather,
but even though the beast began TO eat
again he continued to mourn for his
partner.
Rome, Dec l.-Rev. Henry Althof.
priest of ST. Barbara's Church, Okawville.
Washington County, Ill. was today cre-
ated bishop Of the diocese of Welleville,
H., in succession TO the late Bishop
John Jansen. who died July :, 1913.
Denver, Col. Dec. 1.-oliver p. cold
Scout"l Virgins, one of Denver's most
famous citizens, died at his residence
here. Virgins was a native OF New
York State and came across the plains
in 1888. For a number of years he was
a member of Kit Carson's famous COM
pany OF frontiersmen and served under
Carson in the Mexican war.
New York, Dec. 1.-The plant of the
Devoe Tin Can Company. at Hunters
Point, Long Island, was swept by fire
today, with a loss estimated at $4,000.
new YORK, Dec. I.-ro repopulate Tne
West as much as possible with the great
animals that once abounded there four
teen full-blooded American bison yes
terday were shipped from Bronx Park.
Buffalo, N Y, Dec. 1-Wiliiam N. d.
Bird, an inspector for the bureau Of
animal industry, Department OF Agricul-
ture, was killed by a street cor here. He
was a graduate Of Cornell University and
the Kansas City Veterinary College.
wabasa. Mimi, Dec. This city
claims a fine weather championship. Yes
terday Frank Stuetzel picked a large
bouquet of pansies from a flower bed In
his yard. The plants are blooming for
the second time this year.
Bogota. Colombia, Dec. 1.-The Colom-
bian congress ended its session with
out passing the new tariff law or ap-
proving the oil and bank concessions re-
Gently granted by the government.
Chicago, Dec. mo longer will Japan
ese walters serve chop suey in -Chicago's
Chinese restaurants. Chinese proprietors
learned that the japanese have been
planning the establishment of rival chop
suey restaurants. The contemplated chop
suey war become known when the Jap
anese attempted to secure the services OF
q Chinese cook.
Vienna, Dec. Tomorrow will be the
anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph's
accession to the throne, and on that day
he shall have rounded out the sixty-fifth
year of his reign. This is a record OF
sovereignty unequaled by that of any OF
his contemporaries.
London, Dec. l-Queen Alexandra en-
tertained upon her seventieth year today.
The occasion was marked by an un-
usually large gathering Of the royal
family. The customary salutes were fired
and there was a lavish display of flags
throughout the kingdom.
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