The Bolivar County Democrat., 1915-11-27
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-Four Chattanooga (Tenn.) men have
been indicted here for defrauding the
government by shipping whisky in
cOffins from this city.
The charred bodies Of the three
small children Of NJ. D. Tiller were
found In the ruins Of barn on the
farm of their father in Boyd county,
KY, according to report reaching
here. 1t is the supposition that the
children accidentally set fire to the
barn.
An increase in wages TO 1900 en-
ployes was announced by the Yale &
Towne Manufacturing company, SIAM
ford, Conn.,, makers of builders hard
ware
Mai. Gen. Wood has announced that
. military camp Of instruction for
civilians would be established in
North Carolina early next year SINH
lar to that conducted at Plattsburg,
N. NJ. last summer.
Cardinal Mercier. archbishop of Ma
lines, Belgium. arrived at Lucerne,
Switzerland. on parole. Cardinal Mer-
cier aroused the ire of the Germans
by his pastoral letter Of Christmas.
1914.
Fire In the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy shipyards at Aurora, ILL.,. de-
stroyed . warehouse filled with huge
casks Of gas, causing loss estimated
1t $15o.o00.
According to a message, the kaiser
4 led through Sofia, where he Wis
itdE King Ferdinand for two days.
After the visit the German emperor
left for Constantinople.
Mrs.. T. T. Taylor and her 10-year-
old daughter were drowned in st.
Francis river at Wise Ferry, Ark,
when the skiff in which they were
seeking to cross the river sank.
Fire has destroyed eight stores In
the village Of Oneida, III.
Tho Standard OIL company Of Kan
sas has declared quarterly dividend
Of 50 share, payable Dec. 16.
Gen. Geronimo villareal. Mexican.
was indicted by . United States grand
Jury at Laredo for bringing women
into this country for immoral pur.
poses.
State Auditor Brady appointed Ed
ward Ridgley Of Springfield, ILL.,, state
hank examiner.
The French liner Rochambeau.
which caught fire in reserve coal
bunker after leaving New York for
Bordeaux. Nov. Is, has arrived.
Augustus o. johnson, a former col.
lection clerk in the Fifth-Third Ma
tional bank Of Cincinnati. has pleaded
guilty to having embedded $4,000
and sentenced to five years in the fed
eral penitentiary at Moundsville, w.
Va.
The steamer Charles A. Luck,
owned by F. W. Green, supposed to
have been lost in q gale on Lake Su-
perior last week. is safe.
The Russian government is opening
5000 new savings banks in connection
with the postoffice department.
Frank Stephens, Jr., was shot and
killed during quarrel with John Cain
and his two sons at Sullivan, Ind.
A decree has been issued by the
New Zealand government providing
that no men between the ages of 18
and 45 will be permitted to leave the
country.
Judge Jett sentenced James Conner,
. negro, to be hanged Dec. II for the
murder OF his wife. This will be the
6rst hanging in Montgomery county.
Illinois.
In consequence of the decision of
tho German authorities at Warsaw to
permit the reopening Of all schools,
the Warsaw university has resumed
its work.
Jean Duluth Pear. in Minnesota,
has established q new worlds record
for Red Poll cattle in the 1915 club
contest by scoring more than 700
pounds Of butter fat in one season.
The towboat Harry rBown, owned
~ the Monongahela Coal company.
-uck q snag near Osceola, Ark, and
,aihk In Is feet Of water.
A deed for $1s,0oo.00o which relates
10 the recent transfer Of the Wabash
railroad was filed for record in Nc
Lean county, III. The revenue stamps
On the deed cost $4,000.
The lake steamer Charles A. Luck
has been lost with all hands. accord
ing to . report that has reached Chi
cago.
The Handelsblad learns from Brus-
ssls thai two citizens Of Cambria were
executed as spies on Nov. l.
Herman Ridder, publisher. left
net estate Of about $1,000. His will
vas executed in 1914 and beQueathed