The Madison journal., 1915-07-17
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN

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viewed Without comment-Ai
Nations Find Somewhat to
Edify and Instruct
There are 1879 cases Of pellagra un
der observation in Arkansas, accord
ing to DIR. c. w. Garrison, state health
officer.
BY court decision the Bache-Denman
Coal Syndicate of IL companies lost
its $1,250,0O0 suit against union miners
for destruction of property in Prairie
Crek mine riots.
The use of moving pictures to stim.
ulate interest in Sunday night services
was authorized by the board of the
Grace Methodist church, Elgin, Ill.
A German zeppelin exploded while
leaving its shed in Brussels and was
destroyed. ,
Fifty persons in a light tower, 60
feet high in Exposition park, Rock
Island, ILL.,, fell to the ground when it
collapsed, but only seven were in
jured, none fatally.
The Turkish authorities at Constan-
tinople announce that the death of
Col. Leipsig, military attache of the
German embassy at Constantinople, is
attributed to suicide.
Frank Holt, the man who shot ]. p.
Morgan, was an instructor in the Ger
man department of the Cornell univer-
sity at Ithaca, and was a noted lin
guist.
Hero stuff, bravery and courage are
all matter of how much of a certain
kind of secretion you have in your
adrenal glands, says DR.. De Witte Will
cox of Boston.
The Panama Canal will show net
profit for the year of more than $780,
coo, which far exceeds the expecta-
tons of the administration.
Deputy sheriffs at Charlottesville,
Ind, have discovered that three dead
men have been drawn to serve on the
regular jury panel.
The nrfpuf of tnrnodoo. - A. -.
rious U. S. arsenals has been so re-
stricted that only one is made daily,
whereas authorities agree that ten
would be none too many.
The PHILIPPINE Islanders having been
cut off from the source of their SUD-
ply Of candy which was formerly Ger
many, have turned their attention to
the Chicago market.
All social clubs in Vicksburg, Miss,
no matter how exclusive, will here
after be as dry as Sahara. This is in
accordance with a new ruling of may
or and chief of police.
A Florida man cut down a bad fence
post on his place, and discovered that
a nearby grapevine had grown entire
ly through the body of the post.
Japanese exhibitors at the Panama
exposition seem to have had a monop-
oily on winning medals, as the Orient
ais have won 1,511 decorations.
Real snow was reported from juno
ton City, Kan, on the I'd of July.
Lightning struck the steel rod of an
umbrella carried by Mrs. Martha Bur-
net at Collinsville, Tenn, and killed
her instantly.
The town of Oneida, Kan, has gone
mad over croquet, and even the blind
men are playing the game.
Another field of operations has been
opened for the blind, as John Gibson,
sightless for seven years has demon
strated that he can clean windows In
a successful manner.
Six million dollars toward the con-
struction of a rapid transit system
was appropriated at session of Phil
adelphia city council.
John E. Redmond, leader of the
Irish Nationalist party. speaking at
Dublin, said that up to June 16, 12O.-
TAI Irishmen from Ireland had Joined
the army.
Eight men were killed and eight
more seriously wounded on board the
British steamer Anglo-C Californian
when it was shelled of the coast of
Ireland by a German submarine.
Twenty-Five thousand advocates of
temperance gathered at Atlantic City,
n. j., July 6 for war councils in the
campaign against the liquor traffic In
the United Sttaes.
Rilly Carson, the noted automobile
driver, died Of injuries suffered in the
race at the Speedway in Tacoma,
Wash.
The funeral Of Gen. Porfirio Diaz
former president Of Mexico, who died
In Paris Friday night, was held Julv
8 at II O'Clock at the Catholic church
Ct St Honore d'Eylau.
An explosion destroyed an illumin.