The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-06-17

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James ]. Hill, the railroad builder.
! did not leave will. His widow filed
a petition in probate court of Ramsey
county, Mimi, asking that her son,
Louis w. Hill, be appointed admins
traitor of the estate.
With record of 81 years, during
which hundreds of young southern
women were educated, control of the
Women's college, at Richmond, Va,
has passed to the Westhampton col
lege.
Counsel for DR.. Arthur Warren
waite, sentenced to die during the
week of July 10 for the murder of his
father-in-law, John C. Peck, filed no
tice of appeal for new trial.
A $4,000 jewelry robbery in Kansas
City, Mo, was cleared up by the ar
rest of man giving the name of Rob-
ert Stone, whose confession has re-
suited in the detention of seven men.
Exports of coal to Greece have been
prohibited by the allies.
Mrs. W. A. Moran, wife of a Ne
vada judge, has been chosen on the
committee to notify the vice-presiden-
tial nominee.
Testifying at the inquest over his
wife's body at Bethnalgreen, Eng, a
husband has said that, although he
had been married to the woman for 80
years, he didn't know how old she
was.
The Mississippi state industrial in
stitute and college will on next Mon
day confer diplomas upon 105 young
women.
The University of Chicago will offer
course in military science next year.
The Kentucky prison commission
has paroled Beach c. Hargis, whose
trial and conviction for the murder of
his father a few years ago attracted
worldwide attention.
From 20 to 25 persons were injured,
some seriously, when a c. & A. pas
senger train hit a broken rail and
many of the cars rolled down a steep
embankment at Francis, Mo.
The jury trying the case of DR. j
Grant Lyman in New York, charged
with using the mails to defraud stock
investors, brought in a verdict OF
guilty after deliberating SO minutes
Premier Okuma of Japan is report
ed to have been assassinated.
Prof. Merle Thorps, head of the de
partment of journalism of the Univer
sity of Kansas, has been given a
years leave of absence by the regents
John Warren, who spent SO years in
prison, is dead at Mansfield, Conn.
after he had enjoyed less than foul
years of liberty
The foot and mouth disease quaraD
tine and all restrictions have been re
moved from Christian county, Ill
This leaves the United States entirely
free from foot and mouth disease
quarantine.
The only living quadruplet girls IL
the world are the daughters of Mrs
F. M. Keys of Hollis, Ok. They were
born June 4, 1915. They have just
celebrated their first birthday and are
in fine health.
A light engine crashed into the real
end of a Denver & Rio Grande passen
ger train at Colorado Springs, injuring
eight persons.
The English military tribunal has
granted six months exemption to g
dentist who produced models of Jaw
bones, etc, to demonstrate the work
he is doing for wounded soldiers.
Wednesdays reports from the Chi
cago marriage license office show the
largest number of brides and grooms
ever developed in a single day, there
being 369 couples willing to take the
yoke.
Gov. E. L. Phillip Of Wisconsin has
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citis and was taken to Milwaukee
hospital for an operation.
Construction work on the United
States railway in Alaska is in full
swing. Two thousand and five hun
dred men are working and the month.
ly payroll amounts to $150,000.
Italian losses resulting from the
Austro-Hungarian offensive are 10000
and the Austro-Hungarians have not
taken more than 10000 Italian prison
ers, says the Paris Matin.
President Wilson attended memorial
exercises held in the Confederate sec.
ton of Arlington national cemetery.
The English national war savings
committee has issued another appeal
to the nation to observe the strictest
economy.
Wagner's opera die Walkuere" was
produced before a great audience in
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