Baton Rouge, La: Pure water for this city. Municipal artesian wells furnish 300 gallons per minute. Seattle, Washington: 21st Infantry off for Mexico. Cruiser "Pittsburgh" will land these boys at San Diego. Charleston, Mass: Fire destroys ...See moreBaton Rouge, La: Pure water for this city. Municipal artesian wells furnish 300 gallons per minute. Seattle, Washington: 21st Infantry off for Mexico. Cruiser "Pittsburgh" will land these boys at San Diego. Charleston, Mass: Fire destroys freight depot and cars loaded with merchandise. Fort Crockett, Texas: Soldier boys stage exciting bout especially for the Mutual Weekly. Galveston, Texas: Battleship "Kentucky" ordered here by wireless sails for Vera Cruz, Mexico. New York City: Harry Houdini, hand-cuff king, wins $500 wager. Liberates himself from asylum straightjacket in one minute and fifteen seconds. Paris, France: Latest modes in colors. San Francisco, Cal: Fragrant feast for fishes. Five thousand bags of condemned onions are dumped into the Pacific. Fort Meyer, Va: Fifth Cavalry leaves here for service in Mexico. Quinoy, Mass: The U.S. destroyer "Rowan," sister ship to the "Sampson," is launched here. New Haven, Conn: Night fire destroys New Haven R.R. shops. Yale students fight $700,000 blaze. Subtitle: The next morning. Palm Beach, Florida: Seminole Indians Sun Dance celebration. San Francisco, California: Tanker goes on rocks. Tugs work to save vessel and crew. Little Rock, Ark: St. Louis Browns vs. Arkansas Travelers. First practice game of the season. Fresno, California: City engineers test brick sewer. One hundred and thirty-two square inches carry load of 16,500 pounds without strain. New York City: S.S. "Patria" arrives safe after torpedo attack. Escaped destruction by only 20 feet. Missile was seen from the deck. Amherst, Ohio: Triple wreck on N.Y. Central kills 30. 20th Century Limited ploughs into wreckage of two sections of train 86, injuring 100. Toronto, Canada: Prof. Hein is world's high-skate champion. He uses skates 15 inches high without ankle supports. Written by
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