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Mrs..Frank Messer, Dixon, V-K called mother to telephoneand told her she was going to commit suicide. Carbolic acid. Success ful. Breaks in Mississippi levees be low 'Vicksburg, Miss., have re lieved flood situation there. Town of Tullulah, La., 17 miles from river, was flooded by "breaks, but no lives lost. Pearl Herekristenke, 7, Bal four, N. D.T found father's shot gun, and shot and killed herself. Floor of Church of Our Lady, ' Harrington Park, N. J., gave way. 300 persons dropped into basement. Two killed, score badly injured. "It would be better if Dean Sumner should say: "'No million aires will be married in my cathe dral unless they can satisfy me that all they possess has been ac quired according to the laws of God and in such a way as not to injure a Tiuman being." Rev. Geo. C. Richmond, Philadelphia. "As you go west from New York-the women grow stouter, less attractive. And when yoytA reach the Pacific coast the wom en grow big like Amazons like the trees." Count Gerard de Reinach, as he stepped aboard steamer on way back to France. Just as well Count de Reinach, waited until he was leaving be fore saying that. f TJ. S. 'has sent untunatum to Mexican government and rebel commanders, warning them that killing of any more Americans, or J destruction of American proper Jy, willjnean intervention. Harry N. Ajtwood, aviator, in jured when his auto collided with street car at Newton, Mass., will recover. J Daily the excessive popularity" of President Taft becomes more apparent, p "Women to be beautiful should wash, scrub and sweep." Dudley A, Sargent, Harvard's physical culture expert. Three persons killed, 20 injur ed and 100 made homeless by tornadoes which swept St. Fran cis county, Mo., late Saturday night. Evidently the only persons who voted for Taft in Philadel phia, or Pittsburg, were the resi dents of the tenderloin districts. English chorus girls now de mand right won by miners the minimum wage. Threaten to' tie up every theater in country. Farnum T. Fish, 15 and young est licensed aviator in world,, broke American aeroplane record by flying from aviation field in San Diego to Dominquez Field, Los Angeles, over ocean, distance of 130 miles. Dennis Bergen, Evanston, 111., rattet pay his daughter-in-law, Mary Bergen, LaPorte, Ind., $7,--500 for spitting on her. Nathan Strauss, of N. Y., has. founded health department in Palestine where such a depart ment is certainly needed. Rear Admiral H. L. Howison, 75, N. Y., hero of a dozen sea' fights, showed he still ws able to put up a scrap when he found ' Chas. Hermanspan, choking Ber tha Odell, the admiral's ward, V iiftfifiiiMHtftt