Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-09

WICK, ia, yesterday.
Crawford Davis, while trying to
save goods from burning store at
Eastman, Ga, yesterday, was snffo-
Gated and burned to death.
The bodies of seven persons who
were IN the electric car which
plunged through an open draw at
Portland, Ore, have been recovered.
Latest reports Of the bnrning Of
the steam ship City of Alexandria
on Wednesday are that six persons
were lost and seven Others are miss
ing.
Edward Morrill,, colored. was
sentenced to imprisonment in the
District Jail for 364 days on
charge of shooting James Jackson,
who, Morrill, claimed, gave him per-
mission to shoot him.
While Henry Weir and his wife,
of Kennedy, Ala. were at work
yesterday their house caught fire
and three of their four children,
who were locked within, we're burn
ed to death.
An attempt was made to hold up
the north-bOund Louisville express
on the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad,
near Coal Greek, Tenn. last night.
One of the would be robbers was
killed and another captured.
George Schader. engineer. Thos.
Scott, Brakeman, and Edward
Koopke, fireman, were killed by
the explosion of locomotive boiler
at st. Louis Thursday night. The
damage to property amounted to
500, 900.
The extraordinary session of Con-
gress, which was convened August
z, and which has adjourned finally,
was summoned by President Cleve-
land to meet for the purpose of re-
pealing the silver purchasing clause
Of the Sherman act. Aside from
the silver repeal bill, the only other
bill of national importance passed
/ at the recent special session of Con-
grcss was the one extending the
time for Cinnamon to register un-
der the Geary expulsion law.
Monday, November G, 1898.
The steamer w. W. Colt was de-
stroyed by fire while lying in the
Potomac river near the Long bridge.
The Bar Association adopted a
resolution favoring the selection of
successor to the late Judge Bond
from the bench or bar of Maryland.
After the ways and means COM
mittee of the House of Representa-
tives has completed its tariff bill
the measure will be submitted to
Secretary Carlisle for his criticism.
Builders of war vessels have
earned in premiums over a half
million dollars from United States
government by exceeding the speed
and horse power required in the
contracts.
Instead of furnishing him on the
spot teacher had Michael Quigley,
schoolboy, who threw button
across a classroom, arrested on
charge of disorderly conduct, and
Judge Kimball, of Washington,
fined the youngster 81.
Over one million books have been
found stored away in the cellars of
the Capitol buildings at Washing
ton, some of the publications hav-
ing been placed there as far back as
1865.
John W. Prendergast, brother
of the man who killed Mayor
Harrison, accompanied by two
lawyers, called at the Chicago Jail
Saturday and held consultation
with Prendergast. 1t is thought
likely that the two lawyers will be
engaged to defend Prendergast.
MIR. John IL. Blake, one of the
editors of the Hagerstown Daily
News, was shot at early Yesterday
morning as he was leaving the door
of the editorial Office into the street
by a man wearing a SLOUGH hat
pulled down over his eyes and
standing but short distance away.
The bullet whizzed past Mr.. Blake's
head and imbeded itself in tree
near by. The report of the pistol
awoke the neighborhood and
number of printers rushed out of
the Office and with Mr.. Blake pur-
sued the man, but he escaped.
Tuesday, November Z, 1898.
A whale was seen of the coast of
Cape May, n. j., SATURDAY., and
fingered during Sunday, disap-
pearing at night.
The trial of Prendergast, the
slayer of Mayor Harrison, Of
Chicago, has been postponed until
Monday, November %.
The famous race horse Longfcllow
died Sunday night of collie and old
age at the Nantura stock farm, in
Woodford county, Ky.
The United Press, which sent
out a dispatch stating that Senator
Ransom, Of North Carolina, said
President Cleveland rendered him
thu ransifinn nf unsA.l g..