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school game in Ansley, Neb. He was
thrown during a scrimmage, falling
on his head and breaking his neck.
Firemen succeeded in extinguishing
the flames in the hold of the French
liner Chicago. The vessel itself was
not damaged
A proposal has been made by the
Russian minister OF finance to re-
place medals and decorations made of
gold and silver by others of less val.
liable metals. In 1915 gold and silver
Of value Of over $2,5OO,O00 were
used for these purposes.
A 3-year-old child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Collins of Newport, Ark, fell into
kettle of boiling apple butter the
mother was making and died.
The four bandits who were cap
tured at Babicorn ranch, rs miles
from Casas Grandes, Mexico, have
been executed.
William ostermeir. wealthy farm
er of South Fork township, H., was
kicked In the abdomen by a horse
and killed.
President Wilson has committed the
sentence of dismissal from the army
imposed by courtmartial in Hawaii
upon Capt. John B. H. Waring, medi.
cal corps, TO loss OF rs numbers.
An additional $15,O00,OOO In gold
was received by ]. P. Morgan & Co
from Canada. Total imports from all
sources thus far this year aggregate
$365.OO 900.
John Lowe, 40 years old, well-to-
do farmer of Pana, Ill.,, was shot in
the ankle by boy whom he ordered
off his farm, where he was hunting,
and died of gangrene.
Henry HOLE. aged 20, 6k feet tall,
son Of August Hole of New Salem, N.
D., was taken off the train by the DO
lice after he had run away from
home because his father had given
him whipping. Hole returned HON,
Brig. Gen. w. A. Mann, commanding
the army division with headquarters
at Laredo. Tex. was selected for chief
of the division for militia affairs in
the war department, made vacant by
the death of Maj. Gen. Albert ]. Mills.
Mrs. Matilda Banks, So years old, Of
Hume, Mo-, was run down and killed
by an automobile driven by ]. Ia Nc
Connell.
To meet the increased cost of liv-
ing, the Peoples Gas Light and Coke
Co. Of Chicago has announced a vol
untary raise OF 10 per cent in the
wages of $500 employees, OF whom all
are getting less than 5000 a month.
Ben F.. Mckee, jeff Harrison and
H. Grady Webb were indicted by a
federal grand jury on charge Of rob-
bling Louisville & Nashville train
near Greenville, Ala. on July 8, 1915.
Three trainmen were killed when
the caboose in which they were rid
ing was demolished by an engine Of
another train which ran into 1t in the
trainyard in Gibson, Ind.
Having shot and killed Eugene Pres
ton, whom he mistook for a deer, &C
cording to advices received in Be
midi Mimi. Richard Martin of Grant
Valley, Mimi. is held under a charge
OF manslaughter.
The new Trolpastta canal. in Swe-
den, has been opened by King Gus
tay, says the Overseas News Agency.
The canal establishes communication
between Vener lake and the North
sea and Its construction took seven
years.
In the first two years OF operation
the Panama canal tolls amounted to
s7.i11.6s2. although the waterway was
closed half Of year. due to repairs.
A total Of 2.OS7 ships passed through
the canal
Women and girls viii no longer be
allowed 10 work longer than nine
hours day a. result OF an order is
sued by the labor and Industrial com
mission in Kansas
Homer T. French pleaded guilty In
the federal court in New YORK to the
charge Of impersonating a government
officer to extort $4,000 from Alfred
r. West Eighteen months.
Preparations for q national -turn-
Observation-Disclosures" convention
In December were discussed at a meet.
ing in New York.
Students OF the Atlanta (Ga.) school
for the deaf win receive military train
ing Commands WIN be conveyed BY
signs.