The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-09-17

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Mulhail's statements.
James Farley, the noted strike
breaker, died OF tuberculosis at his
home in Plattsburgh, n. Y.
Carrolltowa, Pa, with 1000 inhab-
itants, was practically wiped out by
fire, owing to the lack Of water.
A white ground hog weighing IS
pounds was killed by w. H. Monroe,
Of Lexington, Va.
Workmen vxcavating in Platts-
mouth, Neb., unearthed a mound Of
ffty-eight skulls.
Governor Dunno, OF Illinois, has
designated October as the State fire
prevention day
James c. O'Connor, a real estate
dealer, of Joliet, ILL.,, was arrested,
charged with forgeries estimated at
100000.
The Bureau Of Animal Industry re-
ports that during the past year, hogs
valued at $6O,O00,000 died from hog
cholera.
Senator Chiffon, Of West Virginia,
took the page boys of the Senate to
the American League Baseball game,
in Washington.
Charles McElfsh and Seymour Lind
ley miners, We're killed in a prema-
ture explosion Of dynamite in a man
ganese mine, near Batesville, Ark.
Seth Low was elected Chairman of
the arbitration board that will pass On
the wage demands Of employees on the
Eastern trunk lines.
The administration at Washington
is losing hope that Provisional Presi-
dent Huerta will be eliminated as a
candidate in the Mexican election.
Theodore II. Waterman, a noted
grain speculator, who in 1909 made
100000 in one day, died in a hospital
at Albany.
The New England Telephone CO.
voluntarily gave : wage increase OF
' 20 to 25 cents a day to its men EN-
ployed as installers.
Albert Goldenburg, his wife and
four children were burned to death
when their home at Bridgeport, H.,
was destroyed by fire.
The Lexington (Ky) Board of Ed
ucation issued an order providing that
the bible be read in the class rooms
every morning before beginning the
session.
Chief James Flaherty, who repre-
serred the entire Police Department Of
Metuchen, N j., resigned when the
City Council fined him SO for attend
ing a clambake.
The will of DR.. Oliver Livingston
Jones, who died in New York city, OF
a revolver shot wound on August 9,
was filed at Mineola, l.. l., and friends
estimated his estate at s6,O00,000.
Representative Anderson, Republi
can, Of Minnesota, resigned from the
Ways and Means Committee, protest
ing against Democratic methods in
legislating on tariff and currency.
The Administration at Washington
is awaiting the meeting OF the Mex
lean Congress. II is reported that the
election there may be postponed and
that members from tie States in re-
volt will not be allowed to sit.
'Orders to make time were blamed
for the many wrecks on the New Ha-
ven road in statement submitted
to General Manager Bardo by F. S.
Evans, Chairman of the railways en-
ployes.
Mayor William J. Gaynor, of New
York, died alone as he sat in steam
er chair on the promenade deck Of the
White Star steamship Baltic, which
was nearing the Irish Coast. The eld-
est of his children, Rufus ". Gaynor,
found him dead.
Documentary evidence was produced
at the hearing in New York before the
Assembly Board of Managers by Mel
vile Fuller, Of Harris and Fuller,
bankers and brokers, that Governor
Sulzer was the first one to bring his
wife into his stock speculations. Mr..
Fuller testified all his dealings were
with Governor Sulzer and that he
never transacted any for Mrs. Sulzer.
In a decision rendered at Kingston,
n. Y, in connection with habeas cor
pus proceedings aiming to compel the
authorities OF New York city to honor
William Suffers pardon Of Joseph G..
Robin, Supreme Court Justice Has
br0uc!; held that William Sulzer was
regularly impeeched and while await
ing trial had no right to exercise any
executive functions.
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