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Woinan Appelated as Probate Court Judge.

Jefferson City (Mo.). Dec. 19 A woman to-day was appointed Probate Judge by Governor Elliott W. Major, an act without precedent in the memory of stats officiale. She is Miss Frances Hopkins, and will preside over the Olay County Probate. Court, succeeding her father, Judge, Lewis G. Hopkins, who died, yesterday.

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the effect that Austria intimated on the ebb of the 12th and it was fasco, apart from the killing of the sheer necessity of suing for to Germany that she was under expected that they would be

four civilians. The New York peace and that Austria was pre- equally as successful next day. Evening Post calls the aid "pared to cade E et Galicia to After the storm is over it is ex bit of pure savagery" and Russia, Germany replied that 1915. pected that it will take two or "mere exhibition of fatile he would consent to the in- three days to clear the river and all are confident that they will be that the raid will take the the terms of ceding no terri-Street.

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No. 1 Nathan Road, Kowloon London, Jan. 12. . ing Out of the darkness came organics 1 force for the According to a despatch from (No. 1 Fairview) from ist. Febru

call for help. Captain Wilke invasion of Egypt. An official Rome, some oye-witnesses stated immediately ordered a boat to be message from Cairo aaye that that the crowds in the streets of lowered, the crew of which found the only way the Turks are likely Vienna gave a boisterous demon- a water-logged jank from which to enter Egypt is as prisoners of siration against the war on the six men were taken. The men war, inasmuch as the defences night of Christmas Day, and were in such an exhausted con-re impregnable.

freely used as missiles thrown at dition that it was found necess: The bad weather has stopped the policemen and soldiers frag- sry to bind them in order to the operations

in Poland, ments of the cobblestones they hoist them on board the Hsin Chi. although Roseia is rapidly had broken. As the result, the They reported that they had been making progress in Bukovina police and soldiers were foresd wrecked five days before and had and Hungary. In France the to storm the barricades pat up in bean without food during the British are pouring in reinforce the labourers' quarter. whole of that time. They were mente, which alone are necessary Important Conferencein Aus tria. immediately placed in comfortable to break the German line. The The Austrian Government ha. quarters and their wants attended spirit of the British is excellent, convoked an important conference to, and on arrival at Shanghai while the French have so many men for 16 days, presumably for a seemed little the worse for the that they have just liberated two deliberation upon the terms for experience.

classes. Ouly good weather is now peace. Charge. Against Straits Chinese needed.

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Peace Movement in Austria.

Owing to heavy freight According to a cespatch from Two Directors in the Kwong rates and the manipulation of the London, the German League has Yik Banking Company, Ltd., now market the price of bread is still announced that Austria has com in liquidation, namely, Boey Lian rising in Great Britain, bat little menced a peace movement and Chin, of 54, Scotts Road, and Lim convenience in caused by this, applied to the Vatican for Tian Stoog, of 73, Princep Street, there is an abundance of work, intervention, Singapore, who have been arrested upon a warrant by Chief Detective Austrian Men-of-War Disabled. Inspector McAfee, were brought Harbin, Jan. 22-Tae tet- up in the second police court lastograd Agency

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More German Prisoners from Tsingtau. states that Teinaufa, 2012 January,➡Ao- week obarged with criminal according to news received from cording to reports from Tsingtan, breach of trust as bankers. Mr. privato sources in Rome, one after the examination of German F. M. Chopard appeared and Austrian battleship has been cou- residents in Teingtan it was found represented accased number one, siderably damaged and in under- that there were many German and Mr. Johannes was for accused going repairs, while several other combatante disguised there. Over number two. The case was only damaged, lately, by mines in the sent to Japan as prisoners on the Austrian mon-of-war have been sixty Germans were arrested and formally mentioned, says the Free Press, a remand being northern Adriatic. A telegram 16th instant. granted till the 28th inst, the received from Bukharest states magistrate allowing bail with that the Austrian Government, respect to each accused in the in order to hinder the desertions

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sum of $10,000 in two aureties of militia-men, who are slipping patch 500,000 troops to check the each of $5,000,

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