Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-05-24

census of Americans in Mexico City report the American colony is con servatiyely estimated at 1,2O0.
 
 William Jennings Bryan will attend the Democratic national convention not as a delegate, but as reporter for St. Louis paper. Three men were shot, one probably fatally, in riot at the plant of the Ansonla (Conn.) Manufacturing com pany, where between 150 and 200 men are on strike
 The $20000 home which Eugene D Schmitz, three times mayor of San Francisco, built in the heyday of his political power is to be sold by the sheriff.
 An equestrian statue of George Washington, the gift of an anonymous patriotic citizen and veteran of the civil war" was unveiled o the West Point plain.
 Two troops of cavalry of the nation. al guard of Pennsylvania, the last to be on strike duty in East Pittsburg, have been withdrawn
 Washington was chosen by the United Confederate eVterans for the 1917 reunion and Gen. George P. liar rison of Alabama was elected com. mander-in-chief, to succeed Gen. Ben nett Young of eKntucky.
 
 The destroyer Benham has arrived at Norfolk to make tests with new type of mines designed to permit minelaying from a vessel going at high speed.
 Miss Marion Blakelock, daughter of R. A. Blakelock, the painter, herself an artist, may soon be released from the Hudson river state hospital in Poughkeepsie if her friends are sue cessful.
 Eight Hindus were injured on the Durst hop ranch at Wheatland, Cal, in a riot which started with a re ligious discussion.
 More than 200 Roman Catholic priests from various parts of the coun- try assembled in New York for the annual meeting of the alumni of the North American college at Rome.
 
 A motion to reconsider the vote by which the nomination of George Rub- lee of New Hampshire to the federal trade commission was rejected has been passed by the senate.
 The king of Denmark, whose yacht Nurdug ". won President Wilson's cup at the Panama-Pacific exposition, has invited San Francisco yachtsmen to race in Danish waters this summer. Mexican paper currency amounting to $46,000,000 was burned in the court yard of the national palace. The money is being supplanted by the new i uncounterfeitable bills.
 Clinton G. Brown, mayor of San Antonio, Tex, enrolled for the civil ians' training camp June F to July s. Mayor Lindsley of Dallas and Mayor Tyra of Fort Worth also have en- rolled.
 The senate agreed to the army reor- ganization bill as amended by the house and senate conference commit tee. The measure will be sent to the house immediately. It was announced by the Yale cor poration that former President Taft would give courses in international law next year, in addition to his pres ent courses in constitutional law.
 The United States submarine K-2 collided with the steamer Aragon IA miles north of Cape Delaware, slightly irjuring the bowcap.
 Camp 'tWoodrow Wilson, came into existence when more than 800 high school students arrived at the Culver (Ind) Military academy.
 President Wilson has asked John w WeStcott, attofney-genera1 of New Jersey, to make the nominating speech at St. Louis.
 
 The senate has rejected the nomina ton of George E. Rublee of New Hampshire to be a member of the, fed eral trade commission.
 The steamer Monterey, from Mexi can ports and Havana, arrived in NeV York with Rafael zubaran, newly ap pointed minister of the Mexican d. facto government to Berlip. ! Missouri Prohibitionists held stat. convention and selected 31 delegates , to the national convention at St. Pau in July. ''