The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15

OhC Vi the hAoIOilS vans uAuOA
which the Republican party was born
at Jackson, Mich, in 1854, has been
seriously damaged by storm.
Thomas Capello was found guilty
by a jury in the Franklin county cir.
cult court of the murder of Robert T.
Hill. chief of police of Senser, ILL.,, on
July IL. He was sentenced to serve
a life term in the Chester peniten-
tiary.
T. G. Betterton, general manager OF
the Tennessee Coffin and Casket com
pany at Chattanooga, was arrested,
charged with violating the penal code
of the United States by shipping
whisky In caskets sent out from his
factory without showing their con.
tents.
For the first time in the history of
the state, girl ushers served in the
Washington Park Methodist Episcopal
church, Bridgeport, Conn.
On pleas of guilty under nine
charges of embezzlement, Irving
Hirsch OF Little Rock. Ark, was SEN
fenced to one minute of imprison-
ment in each case.
A verdict OF $4,000 was returned by
a jury in the Christian county Qn.)
circuit court in favor of Frank J. Wot-
iowa of Belleyille against Mrs. Ora
Belle Ridgley of Assumption and ]. T.
Long.
In the midst of session of court
devoted to hearing divorce cases,
Judge Sellers at Conway, Ark, sus-
pended business in that line to per.
form the ceremony uniting G. ]. Yam
cey and Miss Lille NJ. Roberts.
Ellison Scott, a negro, was found
guilty of the murder of his sister-in-
law In circuit court at Murphysboro,
ILL.,. and sentenced to be hanged. I'm
mediately after being sentenced he
escaped from jail. but was captured.
Despondent over the depression of
his stock and bond business, C. C. Nc
Donald, widely known Raleigh IN. CO.
stock and bond broker, took his life at
the Raleigh Country club.
The Lokal Anzeiger publishes a dis
patch from Constantinople saying that
the British consul and the consular
guards at Ispahan have been killed by
Persians.
Included In gifts announced by the
Harvard college corporation was let
ter written by Thomas jefferson in
1919, In which 1t was stated that Har.
ward students of those days confined
their drinking to water.
Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Widener OF
Philadelphia, widow of George D.
Widener. who was lost on the Titanic,
was married to DR.. Alexander Hamil-
ton Rice.
Charles Flueter. night counter man
in the railroad eating house at Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia, quit his job to be
married In order to qualify for le-
gacy OF $4,000 left to him by an I'M
Gle In New York City on condition he
should marry before Oct. 1.
The 100000 Arrow Rock dam, at
boise, Idaho, has been dedicated.
The Washington navy yard machin-
lists have won their fight for increased
wages. Beginning Oct. .. a new scale
OF wages. with increases ranging from
SO to s6 cents day, goes into effect.
A series Of earthquakes was expert
enced In Utah. Nevada. the northern
part of California. Oregon and Idaho.
The German naval base at Zeebrug-
&c has been bombarded again. Five
allied aeroplanes attacked Zeebrugge,
but only three returned. One was
shot to earth by German gun and
another was forced to land on Dutch
soil.
A federal indictment was returned
against the Delaware. Lackawanna &
Western railroad, charging 1t with re-
batting.
The Russian Red Cross society has
published . list OF IS sisters OF mercy
who persisted in the bombardment of
a hospital by the Austrians and Ger
mans.
The pension office mailed to Wash
ington addresses hundreds OF pension
checks for civil war veterans who
were attending the G. A. r. encamp-
ment
British military authorities have
recognized the importance OF machine
guns By the formation Of a special
machine gun corps.
Fire destroyed the Salisbury road
military hospital at Plymouth. Eng.
but all the patients were safely re
moved.