The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-12-31

Chicago haA closed a da4l to l0slse
2a.pct'0 acres ut hand nj Enrtika
Springs. Ark. TO mine poeash. An
immense bed has been discovered
Fire Destroyed the Cleveland Eie-
vater companlfs elevator and wood
storage house at Sheldon, ILL.,. with
an estimated loss OF s2S9.O00.
Seven men we're drowned In Ches-
aEeake Hay slihsaa the sloop Lady Har-
rington OF Oxford eapsiEed and sank
In gale Of wind and rain.
Accusations OF having received sttp
ulated sums Of money for tie city
which were In effect brides to give
immunity to keepers Of alleged gam
bling houses and liquor selling estab-
lishments caused Judge CNnn Linn Of
the district court TO remove Mayor
Frank NJ. Woodea and T, j. Quinn OF
Tulsa. Ok.
Congress has been asked 10 appro
pirate $1,000 10 purchase the suit OF
clothes Abraham Lincoln wore the
night OF bis assassination at Ford's
theater In 1865
approximately 90 employees Of the
Westinghouse Company In the river
shop" at Springfield Mass. are on
strike,
Switzerland has extended its embar-
40 list to include dyestuifs and paints,
paper and paper stock, wire. elastic.
metal and wood tools and few chem
icals.
John Mcpherson two years ago de.
clared he had been haunted by the
ghost OF the man he had killed in Ala
bama, has been found guilty OF the
murder and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
Representative OF Belgian and Hol.
land firms have been buying up large
supplies OF leaf tobacco and heavy
shipments TO Europe are now being
made.
II former Mayor Crump's plan pre-
vdflt,% Memphis. Tenn. wit soon have
poor mans" court
Lady Byzantine. the white leghorn
hen that laid 3l% eggs In 3s5 days.
making her the worlds champion
layer. was presented diamond
studded gold anklet at the Philadel
phia poultry show.
Word comes that Earl Kitchener has
fallen victim to Cupid's darts and
Is soon TO we'd the dowager duchess 0;
Mimic.
Mrs. Rose Ferling was arrested.
charged with killing her husband,
James Ferling. by shooting him from
a taxicab at Pitcher. Ok.
Jesse Seligman. a wealthy leather
manufacturer OF Gloversville. n Y,
shot and killed his wife aud then
killed himself at their home.
The stock Of gold held by tho Bank
OF France reached total OF
5000, 100000 francs $4,000, 900 600.
worlds record
Miss Virgie Stevens, 10 years old,
shot and killed Viola Horne, 81, in 4
rooming house at New Orleans.
Creation Of $4,000 900 Booker T.
Washington memorial endow ment for
the Tuskegee institution was author.
lied by the institutes trustees, who
announced that $45o.O00 already had
been pledged
Washington society Il discussing q
rumor that Capt Karl Boy.Ed Ia en-.
gagged to Miss Virginia Mackay Smith.
daughter OF Bishop Alexander Mackay
Smith.
Leland Thompson, president Of the
Mems Student council OF the univer.
sity OF Kansas has received a bill for
vi for damages done to Lawrence
property during football celebrations.
Majority Leader Kltchin introduced
IN the house resolution 10 continue
the present emergency tax which ex.
plres BY limitation on Dcc, 81, for an
other year.
Clifford Burfield. years old. was
pounded to death when his clothes
caught In drive shaft in the flour
mill at Blodgett. Mo.
Henry Beal, negro at Klenpe,er.
La, toiled \ mob bent on lynching
him by facing the leaders and turning
"a revolver on himself
p u English. who has been clerk
ot the Arkansas supreme court since
| 1869, has resigned
The Los Angeles board OF educa-
| ton has defeated, by a vote of 4 10 4.
proposals TO Introduce military train.
ing In the high schools.
The new oil refinery At Alien. Ok,
has begun operations and will run on
full time.