The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-19
NEWS CONDENSED.
Interesting Intelligence Gathered
BY Wire From All Parts Of
Both Hcmisphcres.
MONDAY,

| The thermometer at Sheboyga, Wis.,
registered !S degrees below zero.
Two men we're killed by the explo.
| sion of a gasoline engine at Hargrove,
Man.
It is feared much loss on the Texas
cattle ranges will result owing to the
cold wave there.
One person was killed, two fatally
and IA more or less hurt in wreck
on the Great Northern road in Mon
tana.
The worst earthquake shock since
1868 was felt in Manila. One house
was wrecked and many houses were
damaged.
The total destruction of the Lin
coin avenue car barns of the Chicago
Traction Co.. with more than 100
street cars, caused loss of $130,000.
Pittsburg's three rivers passed the
danger line and are still rising. Much
damage was done to the coal fleets,
nearly hundred barges being swept
away.
One thousand Colombian liberals,
supported by 1000 Venezuelan troops,
captured the Colombian seaport town
of Rio Hacha ION the northwest coast
of the Guajiva peninsula).
SUNDAY.
Congress will not investigate the
Schley finding.
The upper lake legion, the Missouri
and the Middle Mississippi Valleys are
in the grasp OF cold wave.
Matthias Gathoffer, of the National
soldiers Home, was found frozen to
death under railroad bridge at Leav.
enworth, Kan.
Emperor William. among variety
of new subjects engaging his atten.
tion. is looking into the relations of
the German workmens productiveness
and the use of beer during working
hours.
Rev. ]. Sidney Peters, of Hampton.
Va, celebrated peculiar marriage,
uniting John Gilbert Insley to his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha Newton.
He is father, grandfather, and step.
father to his own son.
Reports received in peking from the
court says that the dowager empress
is in noticeably failing health. But It
is added that her physical weakness
does not affect her paramount influ.
ence. The emperor's health is improv.
ing.
A cloudburst in the mountains last
night forced PiDey river out of its
banks from three to FIVE feet higher
than ever known before, and flooded
Spring City, Tenn, driving many peo.
pie from their homes and damaging
property.
The home Office, British, notified |
for Miss Josephine Eastwick, |
of Philadelphia, under sentence of six |
Imprisonment for forging a |
railroad certificate. that the petition |
Tor her pardon on the ground of in.
sanity could not be granted
1t is said to be definitely decided
hat President Roosevelt will not &C.
'ept the offer Of Mr. Andrew Carnegie
,f $1O.0O0,O00 OF bonds of the United
States Steel corporation for the pur.
rose of founding an institution for
higher education in Washington.
The secretary of war has sent to the
louse an estimate Of 100000 for the
Of barracks and other
necessary buildings at the army post
t Manila, P. /. He has also sent in
mother estimate for 100000 for
osts In other parts of the Philippines.
Two small children of John Hazel.
on were burned to death in a fire,
which destroyed the Hazelton's home,
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
John T. Brush's scheme for a revo.
ltion of the national game Is dead.
he magnates decided that the Ma.
lonal league is a permanent organiza-
lon.
Gen. Funston will sail for the United
'tates December 16. ON the transport
Warren. The doctors have ordered
change of climate and the general
coming home on sick leave.
The Georgia legislature passed a
Ill giving the sanction of the state
certain grants of land lying In
Iortheast Georgia to the United States
Dr. the purpose of providing a park
be known as the Appalachian Ma.