The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-25


envy and the appropriation OF money
for the improvement of the two navy
yards,
Morse hall, erected in 1890 and con-
tanning Cornell university's valuable
chemical laboratory, was destroyed by
fire.
William Ely of Flushing, L. l., claims
he has the shortest name in the
world.
Because her teacher intercepted a
note in which she asked boy TO
come to Valentine party and read 1t
to the class, Gladys Stone, IA, Of Hart
ford, Conn, committed suicide by TAX
ing poison.
The navy department has opened
bids for building two of the largest
submarines in the world. They will
displace 1900 tons and be capable Of
Is knots an hour.
Inmates Of the state prison at
Charlestown, Mass, were allowed for
the first time to read the Sunday pa
pers in their cells.
The Marquis of Bath has received
word that his eldest son, John Alex
ander, 81, Viscount of Weymouth, had
been killed in action.
Corporal Frank J. Harrington, 81
years old, Of the Fourth United States
infantry, was found dead at Fort
Brown, Tex, his body pierced by
rifle bullet.
More than 100 communities
throughout the country are preparing
to observe Baby week March to II.
Three thousand laborers in the
wire, brass and copper mills Of the
American Brass company, Ansonia,
Conn, are on strike for an increase
In wages.
w. s. Roberts, 50 years old, of Ma
rietta, o., fell while carrying two cans
of nitroglycerin and was blown to
pieces by the explosion which fol-
lowed.
New equipment, mostly rolling
stock, to cost between 100000 and
100000, mas been ordered by the
Southern Pacific company for use on
the ccmpany's Pacific system.
Gov. Bilbo of Mississippi signed a
bill limiting the amount of liquor any
one person may import into the state
to one quart of whisky, "a pints OF
beer or two quarts of light wine every
IL days.
The reference OF H. J. Tenant, par
liamentary undersecretary Of war, to
Winston Spencer Churchill. as Sol
Churchill" in the house of commons,
is the first public intimation of his
promotion.
The Japanese steamer Kenkon Maru
No. IL, from Marseilles to Baltimore
foundered in a storm in the Atlantic
William Waldorf Aston, who was
elevated to the peerage on New
Years day, has taken his seat in the
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; Henry ]. Tennel, negro, convict
ed Of assault, was reprieved Just al
Sheriff Hammond Of Houston, Tex.
was reading the death warrant.
Two armed men held up and robbed
the cashier of the Quaker drug store
in the heart Of the Tulsa (Ok) bust
,, ness district There were more thar
200 persons In the store at the time
Louis Fitzgerald has agreed to de
!. liver one red rose on June "a eacl
4 year to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Dick as con
!. sideration for her permitting him Il
J run water pipe line from a dam OIL
Mrs. Dicks estate at Garrison, N. Y.
80
I The Swedish government has decid
: ed to ask parliament for $6,350.000 Il
: defray the expense Of maintaining
neutral defenses.
: The second special session Of TIL
D Illinois legislature was ended whei
t three members Of each house met OF
t the 14th and adjourned.
!. Despite the remonstrances Of doc
tors, Daniel Hawkins Of Lake Grove
n. Y, smoked his pipe necessarily
when awake, during his recent seriou
e illness of pneumonia, and is receives
ing.
Withdrawing the previous plea o
e not guilty. the glove-making firm o
S Fownes Bros. Co. Of London pleade'
n guilty to the charges Of trading wit
e the enemies of England.
Census bureau experts estimate III
r population of the United States o.
n Jan. / was 1c1, 2Os,3l5, and that b
r July 1t will be 1O2,O17,SO2. On Jul
0 last year it was estimated at 100
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