Ripley County democrat., 1914-07-03

Two hundred and twenty-five men
we're entombed by an explosion fnt
mine No. 20 OF the Hill Crest Coll
lleries, Ltd, at Lethbridge, Alberta
Twenty have been rescued alive. fSI
bodies have been taken out and 1881
still buried in the spit are probably
dead.
Emerson d. Dietrich Of Brooklyn.I
manager Of 9 theatrical produetionI
presenting troupe OF trained lions,
was killed and partly devoured by sixI
lions when he entered the car inl
which they were kept at Chicago.
Fire at chrlsAey, Ind. which for anl
hour threatened the main busineasI
section OF the town, destroyed theI
Chrisney hotel. The loss is $15,O0O,l
with part Insurance
Two hundred coal miners had mar
harlhaye colliery, near Liege, Bel
GUM, when fire broke out aud pennedI
them inside.
Gen. CarranEa advised Lozaro de lsI
Cara, Villa agent at III PAso, Tex,
that the difficulty between himself
and Villa had been adjusted by Car
rama giving his permission for villa
to proceed south to the City OF Mex.
leo. regardless Of the appointment Of
Gen. Natera as head Of the new cen.
tral Ions.
Large quantities of rifles and am.
, munltion were landed during the night
on the Connemara coast in the west
of Ireland by the Nationalist volun-
teers.
johnson NJ Camden OF Versailles,
KY, took the oath as senator from
Kentucky to succeed the late Senator
W, o. Bradley. Mr.. Camden Is a Dem
eerat, appointed by Gov. McCreary.
A thunderstorm OF phenomenal vio-
lence ragged over Paris for three
hours II caused loss Of life and enor-
nous damage to property. The rain
flooded the streets and caused the
bursting Of sewers. In the central
fashionable quarter of the city a
street caved in. enguliing several per
sons.
The will of former President
Stevenson was filed for probate at,
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sharing equally IN an estate OF
500 900.
Telegraph operators of the Illinois
Central received word that the strike
had been averted. the company grant.
Ing an increase Of per cent in pay.
with improved working conditions.
The men demanded is per cent ad.
vance.
With the arrival of Roy Donaldson
Springfield at a forest ranger station
In Hood River county, Ore. the last of
the four groups of aeronauts who
sailed from Portland last Thursday
Was accounted for.
With y perfect score OF 100 in five
a0-clay-taFget events. W.. r. Crosby.
professional Of New York, won second
day high honors in the eastern handi-
cap shoot at Bradford. Pa.
A light fall OF sulphur dust at Sew
ard. Alaska, has caused the belief that
Mount Katmai, the great volcano on
the Alaska peninsula. Is again In erup-
lion.
The greatest hospital and medica!
school In the world is bequeathed to
ST. Louis by the will OF James Camp
bell, multimillionalrs capitalist The
sntire estate. variously estimated at
rom ts6. 900. 900 to SCI. 900. 900. goes to
81. Louis university within 21 years
Or less following the deaths Of his
widow. Mrs. Florence A. Campbell.
and his ouly living child, Miss Lois
Ann Campbell.
The pension appropriation bill, car
'ying appropriations agsregating
1853. $50 900. passed the senate In less
than two minutes. The bill is
Iil.oOo.O00 less than the one passed
asst year.
There viii be no controversy over
Hages at the biennial conference OF
The United Mine Workers OF America
and the Soutkw sstern Interstate Coal
Operators association. This was an
iounced at the conference at Kansas
City.
Senator Hoks Smith introduced
oil to waive tho age limitation for
AonorRbly discharged veterans, OF
sithsr union or confederate armies,
who seek appointments a. fourth-clasa
postmastsrs.