The Hickman courier., 1915-05-06


two Lake Shore electric limited ears
collided head-on six miles east of Fro
mont o.
Abandoning efforts to raise the ~
with pontoons. Admiral Moore report.
ed from Honolulu that an air hose
was TO be run from the cruiser Mary.
land into the submarine in hopes Of
replacing the water In The vessel with
air and thus bringing the craft to tho
surface.
Clarence A. Rlain has invented
submarine which he insists In unsink
able because of certain suitable air
ducts.
L. 8 Scurlock. travelling agent for
a Chicago firm. was shot and instant.
ly Killed at his home near Edmond.
son, Mo. by his son Bedford, IS years
old The elder man was attacking his |
wife with a razor when the boy fired
the fatal shot
The Orton district lcvee on the Red |
river, In Arkansas has broken, re
sulting in the flooding OF 10000 acres.
Theodore Brink. a blacksmith oi
DioXn. ILL.,. who was charged with |
making counterfeit money, was sen.
fenced TO 10 years 7SsOS. 1886 7 |
fenced to l5 months at Leayenworth,
Kan.
Ell +. Gregory. president OF the de-
funct bank Of Central City. Ky. has
been indicted on 10 counts.
President Wilson took another step
In rejuvenating the diplomatic sery-
Ice by signing an executive order
which will bar men more than rs |
years old from the so-called civil sery.
ice portion of the corps. which In.
cludes secretaries and clerks
The trawler Union was held up in |
the North sea by a German torpedo |
boat and forced TO surrender 76 has.
kets Of fish, a result of three days.
work. The trawler was then released.
Persistent reports that parts Of sub
marines have been shipped from the
United States into Canada are stll |
under investigation.
Chicago policemen are 10 wear
wrist watches-if they care to. The
chief said he believed they would be
more convenient for uniformed men.
Fred Ellwanger. sole survivor OF the |
Mariana mine disaster OF Nov 2S,
1903. In which about 200 men were
killed. is dead In Washington hos
pital
Mrs Thomas Lewis Of New Lexinx. |
ton. o.. who cited AZ one cause she
should be granted divorce Is that her
husband made her curry and take
care of his horses. was granted the
horses as alimony
Cleyeland's record April heat wave
caused the death OF 10 babies. health
department officials say.
The admiralty court announced its
decision In the Empress OF Ireland |
Storstad collision In the 81. Lawrence
river May 29. 1914. holding the collier
responsible for the accident. More
than Loco lives were lost In the col |
lision.
Two roomers have not been located
In fire In Louis Goldmans roomins
house at St Paul. MINI.
A determined but futile fight in the
assembly on the bill designed TO raise
the cost Of liquor business one.fonrth
throughout New York state DELAYED
adjournment Of the legislature for
day The measure was passed. So "
as
The consolidation Of the Merchants
National bank and the Illinois State
bank has been announced at Peoria
The new bank will be known as the
Merchants and Illinois National bank.
Six hundred acres Of wheat have
been destroyed by crickets In the VII.
son Greek section Of Grant county,
Wash.
Among the 80 passengers on the
steamship City OF Tampico. which ar,
rived at Galveston from Vera Cruz
and Tampico. was Phil Il. McCleary,
The American newspaper man recent.
ly sentenced to death by Caranza.
Frederick w Seward. who was the
last survivor Of those who took an
active part in the event Of April IA.
1866, when President Lincoln was shot
At Eords theater by John Wilkes
Booth, is dead al Auburn. N. Y.
Capt Geddes, once prominent on the
Chicago Board Of Trade. and recently
In command Of company Of Cana.