The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-18

pointment OF Otto Praeger OF Texas
to be second assistant postmaster
general.
Frank Anderson of Mednota, H.,
arrested and taken to Henry county
TO tell what he knew of the death Of
Roy Lenox of Dixon, confessed that
he murdered the man with an ak.
The funeral ,Of II victims of the re-
cent Zeppelin raid, which was held in
the church of the Notre Dame de la
Croix, at Menlimontant, brought out
immense throng.
Prince Leopold Of Bavaria will be
appointed to command a German
Turkish army in an attack on the
Suez canal, according to the Bayer-
ische Burier of Munich.
Creation of a national Hawaiian
park including the crater areas and
natural wonders OF the islands and
volcanoes is proposed in bill intro
duced in the lower house by the COM
mittee on public lands. /.
The Russian government has pro-
hibited the importation of bound
books.
1t is rumored that |. T. T. Lincoln,
former spy, who escaped from custody
in Brooklyn few weeks ago, is now
en- route TO Europe.
Charged with forcing their two chill.
dren, 6 and Z years old, to remain In
the cold until their feet we're so badly
frozen that amputatlon was necessary.
]. A. Clark and his wife, negroes, are
in jail at Bristol, Ok.
Pope Benedict has appointed the Rt.
Rev. John J. Lawler, auxiliary bishop
OF the archdiocese Of st. Paul, Mimi.
to be bishop of the diocese OF Lead,
8. d.
Representative Cary OF Wisconsin
has introduced a resolution for the
transfer of the United States capital
to Milwaukee.
A companionship which began in
childhood, 20 years ago. has just end
ed in the death of Nathan and Sarah
Mendenhall, pioneer residents Of the
Quaker community near Georgetown,
ILL.,, who died only As minutes apart.
Charges Of violating election laws
made against more than lao persons
who served on election boards at
Pittsburg last September have been
withdrawn by order of District Attor.
ney r. Fl. Jackson.
Eugene Ellison, president of the In
surance Company of North America,
is dead at Philadelphia. He was II
years old.
Willis L. Black, 81 years old, BUSH
ness manager and half owner of the
Elgin (Ill.) Daily News, is dead at his
home.
Two young women, Misses Agnes
and Ruth Angedahl, 10 and IL years
old, respectively, have entered in the,
annual ski tournament at Cary, Ill.
Mail carriers from Iditarod said that
when the mail was taken over the
trail at Takotna the temperature was
II below zero.
The English steamship Clematis,
outbound for Rotterdam with wheat
for the Belgian relief commission, was
rammed in Galveston channel by the
Morgan liner Ell Monte. Both ships
locked.
Mary Aderson (Mme. de Navarro) is
to appear on the stage again, having
promised to take part March z at the
Theater Royal, Worcester, in Comedy
and Tragedy"
Lieut. Berg, commander of the Ger
man prize ship Appam, announces he
win give to the American Red Cross
mite" boxes found aboard the ship
and containing $4,000.
Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son
of Emperor William, has been, slightly
wounded.
One person was killed and 10 seri-
ously hurt at West Wheeling, o.,
when a street car was struck and de-
rnolished by a Pennsylvania railroad
engine.
According to the Hamburger Mach
richten, Bnrgomaster Max OF brussels,
who has been kept in prison by the
Germans since the carly part Of the
war, is soon to be released.
Decoration of the silver and gold
honor badge OF the Scottish Black
Watch" regiment has been conferred
upon Mrs. William r. Taylor of Phila-
delphia ''in recognition of her kindly
act in writing to British soldiers in
the trenches"
One young woman was burned to
death in her bed and six other girls
and two men we're injured by jumping
from secondstors windows of the
Al