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the totally deaf to perceive sounds
such as speech and music by means
OF the eye.
The federal grand jury began an
other secret investigation of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail.
roads affairs. Charles S. Mellen,
former president OF the road was the
first witness called.
Forty girls were forced to flee in
their night apparel when fire praS
tically destroyed the girls dormitor.
les Of the Southern Training school at
Graysyille, Tenn.
The United States army and navy
have but IL safe aeroplanes fit for
service in war, Henry Woodhouse as.
serted in a letter addressed to the
United States senators.
Five sticks of dynamite went off in
the mine of the American Plaster CON-
pany at Grand Rapids, Mich, and Hen
ry Siamayanda, %, chief blaster, was
killed and five men hurt.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'S
freight steamer Delhi, reported to
have been lost in Summer Strait after
being abandoned, has been picked up
and beached at Ketchikan, Alaska.
President Wilson has signed the
bill extending for three years the
time In which the municipal free
bridge across the Mississippi may be
completed.
George Steinbauer, who shot and
killed his divorced wife at Milwaukee,
Wis.,, New Years eve when he found
she was to wed another was declared
insane and sent to an asylum.
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Charles P. Taft, second son Of
former President Taft, led the fresh
men class OF Yale during the first half
of the year His father was second in
the class OF 1878.
A census of birds of the United
States shows an average of so pairs Of
English sparrows to the square mile,
or seven to every 100 native birds.
The robin is shown to be the most
/ nnmnrnuc native hind
Clark Helmick of Farmer City, ILL.,,
was adjudged insane and taken to
Jacksonville hospital. He has been
purchasing money orders for 81 each
and sending them to President VIII
son.
P. Morgan has sold the famous
Nine. Du Barry Fragonard collection
of paintings in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art to Duveen Brothers, who
recently purchased the collection Of
Chinese porcelains.
The belt worn by Napoleon at the
battle OF Waterloo, which shows that
his girth was Az inches, has been
presented to the national military
museum at Paris by Madam Fhilpot,
widow of the military painter.
Erman Wiley, engineer, and Frank
Ray and M. A. Beeman. electricians,
all Of Des Moines, were killed by the
explosion of boiler that wrecked the
electric light plant there.
The British steamer Wavelet struck
a mine off the coast and had to be
beached near Deal. Twelve of her
crew we're lost when a 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
oil on his hair and clothes lighted
them.
As result of the fight In Panama
in which several policemen and Amer
lean soldiers were killed and many
persons wounded. Brig. Gen. c. r. Ed
wards recommends the disarming Of
the Panama police.
The Vermont house passed a refer
endum bill looking to the prohibition
Of the sale OF liquor In the state In
1915.
AT least seven men lost their lives
in the Prospect colliery Of the Lehigh
Valley Coal company. at Wilkes
Barre, Pa, 1t is admitted.
Told that she had tuberculosis, Mrs.
John Rahel killed herself with a rifle
on her farm In Edgar county, ILL.,,
where she went as 9 bride three
months ago.
A futile attempt has been made OF
late by British and French airmen to
reach Brussels, and on one occasion a
German aeroplane assembled and .
fierce fight ensued, ending in victory
for the German.
The trial Of Harry K. Thaw in New