The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-04-07
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
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BY the substitution OF white for red
tape in government offices, the Brit
ish cabinet has effected a saving Of
$1,000 year.
Ira Jones, constable at Christopher,
ILL.,, was shot and killed by Clee Smith,
miner, in a saloon.
Because OF increased business. A
H. Rogers, president OF the Southwest
Missouri Electric company, at Joplin,
announced 10 per cent increase in
wages of employees.
Citizens OF Columbus, N. NJ will be
armed with pistols furnished them by
the Kansas City (Mo.) police depart
ment.
l.. Garfield Snow, editor OF a Valpa-
raise (Ind.) reform newspaper, was
either thrown or jumped from sec
ond story window of his office build
ing following an attempt to kidnap
him.
Appeal was made here to the Illinois
board of arbitration by the carclean-
ers at the Pullman car shops to settle
the strike for higher wages.
Owing to rumors OF President Yuan
Shi Kai's resignation, Pekin is in a
veritable state of panic. Marines from
the gunboat Wilmington have been
landed at Swallow.
Dr. Herbert Cummings, Grand Ha-
ven (Mich.l dentist, drank a large
quantity of poison about 10 hours be-
fore his brother. T.. p Cummings Of
Lansing, shot and killed himself in a
Chicago hotel.
A general increase Of pay OF en-
ployes of the American Smelling and
Refining company became effective
April 1.
Edward Monohan married Miss Yer
ME McHenry March Is at Kansas
City. Two days later they separated,
and he has brought suit for divorce.
Expert mechanics from the plant of
the New London Comm Ship and
Engine company departed for Petro-
grad to work on submarines being
built by the concern for the Russian
government.
Judge Dpoling of San Francisco
overruled demurrers to the bomb plot
indictments against Franz Bopp, Ba-
ron R. H. Won Setback, Baron George
Wilhelm Won Brincken and four
others.
Henry p Haas of Pittsburg was
elected president of the National AS
ISOLATION of Real Estate Exchanges.
A reward Of $1,000 is offered for
the arrest of Oliver H. Cline, missing
cashier of a Seattle concern, whose
books show defalcations OF 100000.
Gross earnings Of the Erie railroad
during 1915 were s66,4s6,72O, an in
crease OF s6.776,494 over 1914, accord
ing to the annual report.
British casualties In March, as com
piled from the published lists, amount
ed to 1,107 officers and 1897 men.
A bill for comprehensive control OF
rivers. prevention OF floods and deyel-
opment of water power was intro
duced by Representative Rainey OF II
linois. 1t carried an appropriation Of
s6O,000,000 year for 10 years.
The British steamer Carly has been
picked up. disabled at sea, by the
steamer Fogols, and is being towed to
Halifax.
A dispatch filed at oldenzaal, Hol.
land, says that many persons lost
their lives in a fire In powder fac
tory at Trc:sdorf, near Cologne.
The schooner Metinie, which sailed
from New York on Feb. 20 for ston-
ington, Me-, has been given up AZ
lost. She carried five men.
Two earthquake shocks occurred at
Panama, one In the morning and the
other in the afternoon.
Five men were killed an IL others
injured. some seriously, when a boiler
exploded at the Manuel Riddle grist
mill on Peter creek, near Pikeville.
Ky.
Six masked men held up 30 men in
an alleged gambling house in New
York and obtained money and jewelry
estimated at $500.
Final certified statements OF the |
revenues OF the Panama-Pacific expo |
sition submitted to the board Of d. |
rectors gave the grand total Of re-
ceipts as sl2,s24,s2s.40.
A message from Perugia, Italy. says 4
thieves entered the sacristy Of ST. /
Peters basilica and stole nine pic |
$780, - rr-~a& 49,