Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-02-24

English sparrows to the square mile, or seven to every 100 native birds. The robin is shown to be the most numerous native bird. Clark Helmick of Farme- City, H., was adjudged insane and taken to Jacksonville hospital He has been purchasing money orders for $1 each and sending them to President Will | son.
 John Rnchards, negro, was | lynched by mob near Suar, Fla. He is said to have insulted white woman
 The supreme court of Iowa declared l void the famous red light" injunc- l tion law passed six years ago, under which red light districts in Iowa cit ies were abolished Secretary of the Interior Lane has departed for San Francisco, where he will act as President Wilson's deputy in opening the Panama-Pacific Inter- national exposition
 The belt worn by Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, which shows that his girth was F inches, has been presented to the national military museum at Paris by Madam Philpot, widow of the military painter.
 
 More than 2,000 delegates attended the fourth annual Southern Presby- terian laymen's missionary conven- l tion at Charlotte, N. G. At least seven men lost their lives in the Prospect colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal company. at Wilkes Barre, Pa, it is admitted.
 Erman Wiley, engineer, and Frank Ray and M. A. Beeman, electricians, all of Des Moines, were killed by the i explosion of boiler that wrecked the electric light plant there. The British steamer Wavelet struck mine off the coast and had to be 1 beached near Deal Twelve of her l crew were lost when boat in which they were trying to reach shore cap sized.
 Michael Mazuck was dangerously | burned when two men seized him on ] the street in the Italian section of Kansas City, Mo, and after pouring 1 oil on his hair and clothes lighted them.
 While William Boatright was drag 1 ging the road near his home in Brushy township, west of Harrisburg, 1 H., James McGowan drove up, dis pute arose and McGowan fired fatal 1 shots into Boatright's body.
 
 Five sticks of dynamite went off in l the mine of the American Plaster com pany at Grand Rapids, Mich, and Hen " Siamavanda, 23, chief plaster, was 1 killed and five men hurt 1 As result of the fight in Panama :! in which several policemen and Amer | ican soldiers were killed and many l persons wounded, Brig. Gen. c. R. Ed wards recommends the disarming of the Panama police. While battery b, Sixth field artil- lery, U. s. A., was marching through the streets at Laredo, Tex, a shrap- nell shell exploded, blowing the cais- son to pieces.
 Holding his breath in fit of anger because his mother attempted to wash some chocolate candy stains from his face, Leo Hutton, aged year, died at Detroit, Mich.
 Beer rations for chickens increases the yield of eggs, according to Read ing (Pa.) hotel keeper, whose daugh- ter has been feeding chickens beer. She says 13 hens last month produced 291 eggs.
 James Marshall, the negro witness whose testimony was strong link in the conviction of Charles Becker, has signed an affidavit in the presence of witnesses setting forth that his testi mony was false.
 l Told that she lad tuberculosis, Mrs John RaheI killed herself with rifle l on her farm in Edgar county, III. where she went as bride three months ago.
 Utah's new state capitol was occu 1 pied when the legislature and the gov | ernor moved to their quarters in the building. The building will be com pleted June 1, at cost of $2,000,000
 A futile attempt has been made ol late by British and French airmen te reach Brussels, and on one occasion g German aeroplane ascended and g fierce fight ensued, ending in victory for the German.
 The trial of Harry K. Thaw in New York, on an indictment charging hin with conspiracy, was set for March
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