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do5 OullSlluH, MISS, anu lTOLH Iu6T6
said on Parker's yacht for a cruise
among the islands.
The Mississippi river is out OF it's
banks north of Cairo, ILL.,, and thou
sands of acres of wheat and corn are
under water.
]. w. Griffin, president of the closed
Athens (Ga.) Trust and Banking COM
pany, was convicted by jury in SUI
perior court in connection with the
failure of the institution.
Mrs. Helen s. Amend Of New York.
who inherited 100000 after the death
of her husband, Lincoln Amend, 10
years ago, was arrested on a charge
of shoplifting.
The Duke of Brunswick is about to
make his debut on the turf with a rae
ing stable. The duke is Emperor VIII
liam's son-in-law.
The army transports Buford and
Fitzpatrick, now at Galveston, will be
sent to Vera Cruz to bring back Amer
lean and other foreign refugees from
that port.
President Wilson has approved the
dismissal of two of seven midship-
men accused of culpable negligence
in connection with use of advance in
formation Of examinations.
Lester, the 2-year-old son of Mrs.
Volney Moore, who resides near Ger
ard, ILL.,, fell into two feet of water in
galvanized tank kept in the yard of
his home for the storage of rain wa
ter and was drowned.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has resumed its investigation of
the Rock Island railroads financial
affairs.
The German spies Muller and Hahn
were tried and convicted in Old Bal
ley court, London. Muller was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment and Hahn
to seven years in prison.
Steel barges operated by John H.
Bernhardt Of the Mississippi River
transportation company, New Or
leans, will be in operation between
st. Paul and New Orleans on the Mis-
sissippi river in August.
Acknowledgement Gregory was au-
thority for the statement that the
steel trust suit undoubtedly would be
taken by the government to the SUI
preme court"
A resolution asking the legislature
to grant to women the right to prac-
tice law in Georgia was defeated by
the Georgia Bar association at its an
nual convention.
According to German casualty lists,
Prussian losses alone have reached
total OF 1,3Ss,000. Recent casualty
lists contain the names OF Sc airmen,
of whom IL were killed and IS wound
ed. the remaining 10 being missing.
Col. John M. Snyder OF Canton, ILL.,,
was chosen department commander OF
the Illinois division OF the Grand
Army encampment, defeating William
Andrews Of Rockford.
The annual convention Of Pythian
Sisters will meet at Galena, I'll, in
June, 1916.
Deputy Attorney General Alfred L.
Becker asked the New York court of
appeals to refuse Harry X. Thaw q
jury trial as to his sanity.
The Ford Motor company sn.
nounced that II had increased its au
thorized capital stock from $4,000, 900
to s100.0O0.000 and had declared a
stock dividend of s4s,O0O.0O0. payable
July 1.
The Idea Nazionale says that the
Duke of Apula, who is II years old,
has, with the permission Of King
Victor Emmanuel, enlisted as a pri
yate in the artillery and departed fot
the front.
A violent earthquake wrecked part
Of the instruments in the great Mu
nish observatory.
Jony Janus. aeronaut, and Fritz
G. Ericsson of Duluth, aeronaut, have
been placed in charge of a new aero
plane factory at Toronto, Ontario
wl4eh has contracted with the British
government to build 1000 aeroplanes.
Six thousand survivors Of the Army
Of Confederacy marched through the
streets OF Richmond. Va, giving the
rebel yen and cheering the Stars and
Stripes.
Three men were killed at Miami,
Fla, in an attempt TO free from jzil
John Ashley. sentenced to death FOR
the murder Of a Seminole Indian.
A proposal 10 adopt the commission
form Of municipal government carried
at = special election Il Springfisid.
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