Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-04-12
SOME NEWS IN BRIEF.


King Otto, of Bavaria, has again
suffered from severe hemorrhages
and violent spasms.
At Potsdam, Emperor William I'M
yelled the equestrian statue erected
in honor of Emperor William I.
William Ryan, of Erie, Pa, commit
ted suicide at Lorain, O., by throw
ing himself in front of a train.
e. B. Powell, Baltimore and Ohio
brakeman, was killed under a freight
train near Bristol, w. Va.
Edward Brobst, prominent man
of Ravenna, O., was missing and there
is an alleged shortage of $65,o00 in
the funds which he held in trust
Eddie Gump, aged 8. was burned
to death while playing in front of an
open CRATE in his fathers home, at
Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
John Wells, aged 8, while asleep
on the Ohio River railroad tracks near
Ravenswood, o., was struck by q
train and instantly killed
A stir was created at the American
Steel works at Sharon, Pa, by the
appearance of a supposed case &C
smallpox. 1t proved to be skin rash
Michael Crook. Slav. was under
arrest at Wilkesbarre, charged with
the murder of Adam Rhoades near
Parsons, Pa, last Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis killed a mad
dog at her home in Youngstown, O.,
by closing a door on it's neck and
beating it with a poker.
William Rusk, aged go, committed
suicide by shooting at it's home, in
Dennison, o. He was Respondent on
account of bad health.
At Birmingham, Ala, Jack Dodd
fell dead in the roadway near Cahaba
river when he saw his sweetheart
driving with another man.
At New York, in fight over a
crap game in a canal boat in the East
river, John Fuller, a negro, shot and
killed John Scott, another negro. The
amount involved was cents.
The management of the Bedford
Springs hotel will be changed the
coming season. Thomsa Park, of New
York. will succeed William Hecker-
man.
A recommendation for the pardon
OF M. V. Karnes, of Hinton, w Va
in the penitentiary for shooting Vance
Campbell, was made by the state
board
At Parry Sound, Ont, the Conger
Lumber companys sawmill, with its
contents, has been destroyed by fire
Two hundred and fifty men will be
thrown out of employment Los, $50
900.
1t was reported at Shanghai that
brigands in Thibet captured and tor
tured a French priest. A Chinese
force has been sent, upon request of
the French consul at Changking, to
rescue the priest.
The Citizens Bank, of Meyersdale.
private institution, will be changed
into the Third National bank of Mey-
ersdale, with capital of 100000
This will make two national banks
organized here within three weeks.
Miss Mary Martha Patterson, of
Altoona, laid claim to the small for
tune of $4,000 found in the cabin of
Sabina Beers, basing her claim on a
presentiment that came to her. She
is the eigth claimant.
az LoHuon, Dir george Lewis, cOun-
sci for the Agnews, art dealers, who
recovered in America the Gainsbor.
ough picture stolen from them in
1876, said that the man who stole the
picture died in Holland some years
ago.
At Beaumont, Tex, about 10000
people saw the Higgins oil well spout
slx-inch stream over the top of the
60-foot derrick. Then the big Beatty
well, about 500 yards away, was shot.
and proved to be much stronger than
the Higgins.
1t is reported that the land front
ing on Sixth Avenue, between Twenty
fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. be-
longing to the Astor estate. New
York, was leased by the Associated
Merchants company, the new dry-
goods combination, and is to be used
for a fire proof building, IL stories
high, costing 100000.
The New York police admit that
the case Of Willie Mccormick, who
disappeared from his home two weeks
ago, is wrapped in deeper mystery
than ever. Every clue that looked
promising has been run down without
avail The same is true in the case
OF Lena Pensak, the 5-year-old girl
who disappeared from her h0ma IN