The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-04-02

ElBnJeen members OF Jne CT6N OF
the British steamer Trostburg lost
their lives when the vessel was wreck
ed near Cape Spartel on the Moroc-
can coast, at the entrance to the Strait
OF Gibraltar.
Hall Thompson of Virginia, ILL.,, aged
80, son Of the late Harry Thompson,
committed suicide by taking strych-
nine at the home OF his grandfather,
Robert Hall. He was engaged to mar
ry girl in Chicago early this spring.
The total attendance at the Panama,
Pacific exposition during the first five
weeks was announced officially as
having been 2.35s,642. This was an
average daily attendance Of more than
$4,000.
The Jefferson County CHI Medical
Society at Mount Vernon placed itself
on record as opposed to the practice
OF clairvoyancy. An alleged swindle
perpetrated by clairvoyant was the
reason.
Eight masked robbers entered the
mail order business of Babson Broth
ers, Chicago, felled the Waterman,
John Kastory, with an iron bar, bound
him to chair, blew open two safes
and vault and escaped with more
than S4O0.
Kansas motor cars increased In
number from 36,775 to 1925 in the
last year In the same time the num-
Der Of motorcycles has grown from
6,911 to 1914. 1t is estimated $751;
100000 was spent in the state for
cars during the year.
Col Francis Desclaux, Madame
Rechoff and soldier named Verges,
who were convicted by a court-mar-
tial of stealing army stores. and SEN
fenced to terms of Imprisonment, have
appealed from the decision Of the
court
Clarence Burke, who has been held
at Aurora, ILL.,, for a month as a sus-
pect in the Emma Peterson murder
mystery, was released from custody.
A. M. Augustine, one Of the leading
horticulturists of Central Illinois, has
discovered that the peach crop in that
section has been ruined by the severe
temperature Of last winter.
EPITOME MARCH 29
California has 300 incorporated oil
companies and 276 oil producing COM
panies. The number of producing
wells is 6,1S3, producing 657,051, 45s
barrels OF oil.
Forty-five hundred Villa soldiers
were opposite Mercedes pumping
plant, on their way to Matamoras to
give battle to the constitutionalists.
Villa currency is being traded here
freely at three Villa dollars for one
25-cent piece of United States cur.
rency.
A German Zeppelin attacked the
Russian fortress of Lomza on the
Narew river, the war offices an
nounces. Fourteen bombs were
dropped and nine civilians were In
jured.
Sammy Mucoish, aged IL, confessed
that he had shot and killed Felix No
vensh, also aged IL, near Jackson
vile, Ind, recently. lie admitted hid
ing the body in clump of bushes.
AS a result Of fight at Big Muddy,
| H., Patrick Priest is in the county
jail, probably mortally wounded, and
six other men, slashed with razors
and shot, are in hospitals and eight
others are prisoners.
Walter L. Ross, receiver for the
Glover Leaf railroad, applied to the
federal court for permission to Dor
row 100000.
Mrs. Victoria Cadaract, aged 106, is
dead in Ottawa county infirmary,
near Oak Harbor, o. Mrs. Cataract
was the last survivor of the native
Ohio Indians
The gasoline yacht La Sofa, with
her millionaire owner, Morgan Adams,
his bride Of month and 10 friends
aboerd, all of Los Angeles. Cal,
burned six miles off San Pedro.
The Vermont legislature passed an
act providing for eugenic marriages.
A fine of $500 is fixed for any person
who weds without fulfilling the re-
quirements of the law.
H. J. Freelich, the Chicago pro-
moter who has been in jail at DAN
vile, Ill, since his arrest last Deem
Der. has been released on bond of
| $4,000.
Speaker Champ Clark. wife and
their daughter, Miss Genevieve Clark.
narrowly escaped injury when the
Lynn Haven hotel, at Pass Christian,
was destroyed by fire.