Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-07-25
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEvEh
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
PRESENTED.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For
eian Countries Are Here Given
in Shc't Meter for
Busy Readers.
Domestic

Senator Sherman of Illinois intro
duced a bill providing fer an appro-
! priation OF 100000 to be expended To
perfect the leyee system 1T and near
Cairo. Ill.
President William Martin, the Mem
phis cotton broker who disappeared
from London April 3 and has been re-
ported at Vevey, cannot be located.
There ! a rumor that Martin has
gone i Geneva,
! Herman Coppes, 16 years old, con.
fessed that he was the slayer Of Mrs.
Hanny Sleep and her two small chill.
drcn, whose bodies were found in
! cistetn under the kitchen OF the Sleep
iarm. five miles west of Elgin. Ill
Ray Pfanschmidt was found guilty
OF the murder OF his mother, father,
sister and Miss Emma Kaempen by
jury at Quincy, H.. and az penalty
iOf MS crime must ole,
The United States was exporting
more than 26 fines as much fresh
beef and cattle six years ago than II
sends abroad today, as shown by sta
tistlcs made public by Secretary Red
field of the department OF commerce.
AS a mark Of appreciation for the
work of the boy scouts In acting as
guides at the inaugural March 4, Pres.
ident Wilson accepted the honorary
presidency OF the Boy Scouts of Amor
ica.
Mrs william Cumming Story OF
New York City. thrice candidate for
the presidency general OF the Daugh-
tars of the American Revolution, was
elected to that office, Mrs. Storys
majority was Isl, She Received ex-
actly 600 votes to 4i9 for Mrs Horton,
Believing Joseph w. Martin of Mem
ihts, Tenn, met with no foul play.
but has his own reasons for, remain.
ing in hiding, william ]. Burns, Amer.
lean detective, withdrew from active
participation in the search.
Prompt action by Deputy Sheriff
Wise In shooting and killing Ed Rob,
inson, former levee worker, prevented
the cutting of the levee at Arkansas
City. Ark, and the overflow of thou.
sands of acres of valuable farm lands.
S, l.. Heeter, superintendent OF
Pittshurg schools, was acquitted Of
charges made against him by Ethel
Fisher, Is years old. a former house.
maid in his home.
81 had to do 1t to save mother and
my brothers and sisters" declared
Beulah Dyer, II. who shot and killed
her father. Charles Byer, So, on the
Oyer farm, near North Baltimore, o.
Mrs. Augusta Dietz, widow OF
George Dietz, wealthy tailor, mysteri.
ously murdered in Chicago, and
George Nurnberg harness manufac,
turer. her admirer, were released un,
der $4,000 bond each, following their
arraignment on the charge Of murder,
w j. Bryan and Champ Clark have
buried the hatchet. The secretary OF
state and the speaker who have been
at odds since the Baltimore conven,
tion met at a luncheon given by
local newspaper editor and formally
wiped out the past.
Jacob Furth, millionaire Seattle
banker, was found guilty of conspir,
acy In connection with the insolvency
Of the Schricker bank Of Lacoaner.
Wash.
President Wilson In company with
other officials of the government at.
tended solemn high mass of requiem
held In ST. Matthew'S Catholic church,
Washington, IN memory of the iato
President Manuel Bonilla Of Hon
duras.
Protests by representatives of great
EUROPEAN syndioates against one
phase of the California alien land
holding bill. whish would require
stockholders in corporations owning
land in the state either TO be Ameri-
can citizens or to have declaIt ! their
Intention, soon will reach Way 'ngton.
Slow.worklng snake venom was the
esuse Of the death OF Karl Hagea-
beck, the animal collected. at hens-
teie Serer5e We wss bitten sev,a