The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.

L Ilt July III hllN NcoN VI 4 ~f'N
TOW. charged with killing Leonard X
Day in Minneapolis, Mimi, brought
in verdict of mansaughter, with
recommendation for mercy.
John p. Squire & Co., with a capital
stock OF s., 100000 was Incorporated 10
Trenton to do a pork-packlng business
in Boston and other Eastern points, alb
sorbing about dozen concerns.
The Italian steamer Jupiter was LOST
at sea- The captain and engineer are
supposed to have perished, The rest ol
the crew were rescued and landed al
Bermuda.
William Annear, Philadelphia drug.
gist was arrested on the charge oi Sc
curing drugs under false pretenses.
The New York legislature passed the
Singehead Police Bill over the over
nor's signature.
Peter Bergman, colored, was lynch
ed in Mena, Ark, tor assaulting a
young white girl.
Testimony in New York before the
subcommittee on transportation OF the
Industrial Commission showed that the
independent anthracite coal operator;
have not much show in competition
with companies affiliated with the coal
carrying roads.
A subcommission OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission began at Bui
ialo an investigation into the methods
by the railroads fixing grain rates.
The police of Omaha have arrested,
James Callahan, who has been identihed
by Edward Cudahy, Jr, as one OF his
kidnappers
Miss Clara Z. Longworth and Count
de Chambrun, of South France, were
welded at the brides home in Cncin'
natl
Spring elections were held in Penn.
sylvania towns A light vote was
polled
Jacob Conkle was acquitted OF MUIR
der in Parkersburg, W. Va.
William Hamilton, an Atlanta stu,
dent. killed Mrs Wilson, a youthful
widow. and then himself iT q woods. d
the suburbs OF Atlanta. Before killing
himself he set fire to the woods. Their
bodies were partly burned.
The subcommittee on transportation
Of the Industrial Commission, at
meeting in New York, investigated the
combination of railroads and coal COM
panies in the anthracite region.
Fred King. colored, was trailed to his
home at Dyersburg Tenn, by blood
hounds and was lynched. He con
fessed an assault upon a white woman.
Mrs Nation has issued an address, IN
the name OF the Home Defenders, to
those desiring to aid in the work o
suppressing the liquor traffic,
The wooden water reservoir OF Alb.
..--1,IoI apI Inundated
the town. Several men were injured
Dean Eugene A. Hoffman, OF the
General Theological Seminary declared
his purpose to give all the money need
ed in whatever way to vindicate KEY
John Keller, who was shot and badly
wounded by Mr. Barker.
General Attorney Waggener OF the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, has advised
the company to treat as common
burglars the women temperance cru
saders who have been breaking into the
company's depots in Kansas.
Charles Saul Jacobson, 10 years old
eloped from Williamsburg, N. Y. I,
Boston with his aunt, Mrs. Mary
Meyers, who carried along with hei
$500 OF her husbands money Boil
were arrested.
Isaiah van Metre, the editor oil
weekly newspaper in Waterloo, la.
claims that Pat Grove, the alleged kid
naper of young Cudahy, called at hi
house and confessed to him.
James Hutz, wealthy farmer, OF nea
Marion, Ind, believes that'his daughte
Minnie. 18. who recently disappeared
has been kidnapped and is held for ran
som.
George Johnstone, the victim OF
case OF mistaken identity. was released
from penitentiary after having served
an eight years sentence. for man who
looked like him.
Mayor Van Wyck vetoed the Polio
Bill on the ground that it gives th'
Governor OF the State autocratic powe
over the New York city police,
DR.. William Cowgirl, a dentist o
Paducah, KY, was horsewhipped b.
Mary Murphy, a servant girl, VIII,
charged him with winking at her.
The Morgan-Rockeieller syndicate
paid $I4ooo,ooo for the talrmont Goa
field, and is negotiating Tor the Harrl
son county field
An express train was wrecked at MIL
City. New, the fireman and three pas
sengers killed and six persons injured
The residences of Dr. Wilbur Hod
gins and Mrs. J. W. Hopkins, in Roan
oke, Va were destroyed by hre
Two little girls held up Mrs. Mar,
Alschang in New York and robbed he
Of her pocketbook and packages.
Two Killed by Train.
Harrisburg, Pa. (SpeciaD .-Pietr
Parreasic and Base Tarrora, aged 2
and 25 years respectively, were struc
by Pennsylvania Railroad freigf
train at Spruce Creek and killed. The
were employed on a construction trail