The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Wire Sparks

Columbia, s c.. June 2S-That John d.
Jacobs, farmer living near Peak, Lex
ington county, together with his wife and
four children. were murdered, the house
| being afterward set fire in an effort
to conceal the crime, was the conclusion
reached late today by the coroner's j,ry
after an inquest which lasted all day.
| st. Louis. June 2S.-.Just before the In
diarapolis-St. Louis game in the FEDERAL
league this afternoon Manager Jack
| O'Connor of the local club and Jack Nc
Nulty recently appointed umpire in the
league, engaged in fist fight
! New York, June 2s.-Womens fashion
able skirts are to be tighter than ever
around the hem with an eight inch slit
in front but they will be fuller at the
top. Elaborate draping and the easing
over the hips is expected to permit "a
graceful sitting posture
Chattanooga, June 2s.-It was decided
| tonight to hold the next convention of
the Ladies Auxiliary of the brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen in Chattanooga
III Faso, Tex" June S.-An alleged
dynamite plot which contemplated the
destruction of the customs house in Ciudad
Juarez and the Wholesale killing of fed
| erals was frustrated today when federal
soldiers captured several consttutionalist
agents who We're said to have placed
dynamite under the building.
New York, June 2S.-Lying in wait out
side of house when a happy social
party was dispensing in the upper East
Side shortly after midnight this morn
ing Baptsto Baldiero, aged 26, jealous
suitor used a revolver with deadly effect
| William j. Grogan. aged %, the favored
rival fell at the first shot with a bullet
i'm the abdomen. He is dying.
Los Angeles, June 2S.-Charies Ledoux
of Paris and kid" Williams of Balti-
more matched today to meet at Vernon
July 10 in a 20 round bantamweight box
ing contest.
Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest. ILL.,, June
2S.-The Ontwentsa clubs team today
won the polochampionship of the middle
west by defeating Cincinnati II goals
to "a.
Antwerp, June 2S.-Five thousand
persons today visited the United States
battleship Illinois, which is lying here.
| The governor of the province enter
tanned the officers of the battleship at
a banquet tonight.
Christiania, June 2S.-The storthing
| by a vote of 80 to 16 today sanctioned
the contract arranged between the
Marconi company and the late Nor
wegian government providing for a
wireless service between Norway and
the United States.
Manchester n. H., June l2S.-Four out
OF six occupants of "A canoe were
drowned in the Merrimac river today
when their craft upset. The drowned:
John OHearn, 20; Arthur Lecock, IS;
John McKeon. 90, and Henry McKeon.
Jr., 4.
New York, June 2S.-Roswell York. a
jockey employed by Thomas F. Ryan,
was today for the twenty time a
victim of the risks of his calling when
he was thrown and seriously injured
while schooling a horse over the jumps
at Belmont park.
Lodi, CAL June 2S.-Rev. w. A. Nc
Kune, a Baptist clergyman of Utica, ~
Y, visiting here, lost his life in the
| Mokelumoe river today in a futile at
tempt to rescue drowning child.
Montreal, Quebec, June 8.-Domillion
| Park. MontreaIs Coney Island was par
| tally destroyed tonight in one of the most
| spectacular fires seen here in years.
| Rome. June 2S.-Following the ancient
| tradition of ST. Peters-eve the Pope de-
scended this evening to ST. Peters to pray
on the tomb of the apostle.
! Paris, June 2S.-A strike of 11,15O taxi
cab chauffeurs out of the 12.0O0 in Paris,
because of their objection to police traffic
regulations. was brought to an end in a
few hours today by certain concessions
/ from the commissioner of police.
J st. Louis, June 2S-Benjamin Jordan
| 2S years old fell 80 feet from the top Of
the cross on St Mary's Roman Catholic
! chuch in Edwardsville today and landed
apparently uninjured save from bruise
| on his side where he struck cornice.
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