Amador ledger., 1901-03-08
UNITED STATES.

Leon SOFA, u years old, was shot and
instantly killed at Tempo, A. T., by his
eleven-year-old brother.
Senator E. o. Wolcott, of Cripple
Creek, has struck the greatest ore body
known in Colorado history.
Articles of incorporation ofthe United
States Steel Company have been filed
at Trenton. The capital is said to ex-
coed billion.
The National Cycling Association has
ruled of for life Orlando Stevens and
Jay Eaton for riding fake race at the
Valesburg track last summer.
Frank H. Hamilton, convicted of
manslaughter in the first degree, has
been sentenced to seven years hard la
Dor in the Saltwater penitentiary.
Fire destroyed almost an entire block
in the wholesale district in Atlanta,
Ca, entailing a loss of $500, 200, on
which there was an insurance of $780,
600
A jewish millionaire named Taguiri
has committed suicide at Leghorn.
Prior to killing himself he burned Turk
lsh rentes to the value of 2,0OO,O 900
francs.
Having invented firebox for loco
motives which is proving a great sue
cess, Cornelius Vanderbilt is now at
work on new form of boiler, a multi
tubular, which promises, he says, to
work revolution in boiler-making and
construction.
The United States now stands at the
head of the worlds exporting nations.
Complete figures, for the calendar year
1900, when compared with those of the
other nations, show that our exports of
domestic products are greater than of
any other country.
The date for the execution of Tom
Ketchum, better known as "Black
jack" whose band ofoutlaws terrorized
New Mexico for a long time, has been
fixed by the Territorial Supreme Court
for March Odd. Although accused of
several murders and other felonies he
was tried for the robbery of train near
Folsom, n. NJ, the penalty for which
is death.
Captain G. l.. Jones, treasurer of the
Missouri Confederate Monument Asso-
citation, Springfield, Mo-, has received
check for $500 from Mrs. Phebe A.
Hearst of California. In a letter ac-
companying the gift Mrs. Hearst refers
with satisfaction to an earlier gift by
her late husband, ex-senator Hearst, TO
the Confederate home in MISSOURI.
A mob in Mattewan, N. j., hanged
Charles Herbert, a resident of the place,
in an effort to make him confess that
he had started fire, which destroyed
the business portion of the town. Her
bert protested his Innocence. He was
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lowered again, asserted that he was not
guilty. This time the torture ceased
and the man was taken to Jail.
The famous Harvard pump, which
for seventy years has been one of the
features of the Harvard college yard,
has been blown up by bomb. The
explosion which destroyed the old
wooden landmark made very little
noise, but the work of wreckage was
complete. The old pump, set up in
1882, will be abandoned, and there is
talk now of filling up the well from
which the pump for many years has
supplied water to thirsty students. The
guilty person has not been found.
To the surprise of her classmate
Helen Keller, the wonderfully men,
tally endowed deaf and blind Radcliffe
college student, did not secure high
marks IN the recent mldyear examina-
tons. They were Miss Keller's first
examinations since she became MEM
oer ol Cne conege: MISS Aeller Is TAX
my loul courses, Hlgnsn, ETeilch, ger,
lilall az" 10 !, MISS heiier received
Oily ner colhparatlveiy low
ma was que HoI " IIaplllty, put 10
Ile lacI tnaE MISS heLer was SO con-
scieilIiotls. 90 eheLosseo was sue py
1 ner suIJetls tnaI sue ueVoceu hlucn Oh
tlie alio oe; .liile W Ine nrse TWO OF
Inree questtiolis, GonsequenIly pelng aoie
siillpiy " sAini over 'he o'nefs'
Two young men are IN jail as result
OF an attempt to blackmall wealthy
citizen OF Huntington county, Ind, +:
1. Taylor, president OF the Citizens
Bank. Mr.. Taylor received letter
threatening to destroy his sight by the
use of vitrlol unless he deposited $500 on
the south window OF an old gashouse.
Taylor filled a large envelope with old
newspapers and made the deposit as di-
rected. In the meantime Marshal Nc
Carthy and three special policemen
were secreted in nearby houses. An