Ripley County democrat., 1914-07-03

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Seventeen local unions OF United
Mine Workers In Indfana have petl
toned Tor q special STATE convention
10 be held July 2l. The petitions as
sert that headquarters officials vio
lated wage contract in decisions on
grievances OF men at several mines
After killing her two children, Fred
eric, s, and Ruth, 6, with a revolver,
Mrs. James LemIn committed suicide
at Xenia. o., by shooting herself.
A sweeping victory was won by the
progressive faction of the Information.
al Sunday school convention at Chi
cago, Ill, when 4 resolution providing
for a special committee on the old uni.
form lessons WAS replaced by a sub
Btituts making the proposed commit
tee a subcommittee OF the internation'
al lesson committee. The substitute
was carried by large majority.
Health officers announced that
case of bubonle plague had been
discovered IN New Orleans. Charles
Lundsne, swede, 40 years old,
who has been in the city II days,
is the victim. Where Lundene came
from has not been learned.
Two men were killed and tive
seriously injured when an automo
bile, being driven at speed OF so
miles an hour, ran through a barbed
wire fence at curve In the road and
overturned In 3 coFnneld.
An egineer and fireman scalded and
Q score Of passengers injured when
an excursion train on the Louisville
& Nashville railroad was wrecked at
Noore's switch. near Guthrie, Ky.
Joseph d. Adam, u years old, Of
Chicago. q spectator at a corner
lot baseball game. was killed when q
foul ball struck him above the heart,
Paul Griffith and Harry Peter
son, young men Of Bloomington, ILL.,,
were killed and two other men
seriously injured when their automo
bile cnpslzed near Hudson.
aa
ten mark in lie, james Car.
ter, well-known Huntington, W.
Va, farmer, married his sixth wife
She was Mrs. Mary Allen Paine, who
has been married three times.
Elsie W. Smith, 43 years old, a
farmer near Garden City, Mo-, cut his
wife's throat, killing her instantly,
and then cut his own threat. The
Smiths were the parents Of 10 chill,
dfen.
The United States battleship Mich.
igan arrived at the Philadelphia navy
yard from Vera Cruz and will be
placed In dry dock for overhauling.
one-third Of the crew and officers will
be given 3O-day furlough.
Senator Theodore Burton OF Ohio.
In a minority report flied in the sen.
ate on the $4,000, 900 river and har,
Dor bill, attacked that measure and
mercilessly dissected Il,
King Peter |. Of Servia was report.
ed TO have abdieated the throne in IA
vor of his second son, Prince Alex
ander
Members Of the family Of the late
Mexican President Madero are to
find haven In Arkansas It was
announced. They have engaged quar-
ters at an exclusive hotel at Sulphur
Springs and intend to pass the sum
mer in the mountains near that city
Strong boxes containing $1,000 900
aud cases with 100000 rifle car.
tridges were shipped 70 Mexico City
from Puerto Mexico. The money and
stores came from French banking
house. '" q
Big business and its relations with
the Mexican constitutlonalists is prac
lioally certain to be the subject
Of a congressional probe as q re
suit Of the publication OF correspon
aeRce between agents OF Gen. Car
rama and H. Clay Plsrcs Of New
fork. Fl
Many were killed or injured in
Iiolent earthquake which caused wide
pread damage in southern Sumatra
rhe offices Of the Dutch president and
many other buildings collapsed Al
the capital. and telegraph
md cable communication was inter {
upted. ~ Ia
The peopla Of the City Of Mexico .
re jubllant at the news Of the sue .
sssful termination Of the peace con
erenee. Estsva Ruiz. the fsrsisn nin,
stsr. sent an official message thanh
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