The suburban citizen., 1902-11-22
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

Mrs. Lena Dexheimer, OF Hobokcn,
N. J., who revealed an alleged anarch-
istic plot against the life OF President
Roosevelt, returned to her home, from
which she had fed in fear OF anarch-
ist attempts upon her lie.
The charges against President Com
pers, of the Federation OF Labor, have
petercd out The opposition to him
as head OF the organization has been
unable to settle on man to run
against him
Jackson Stoll, vice-president OF the
W. T. Akerson Company, OF Paterson,
N. J., committed suicide in San Jose,
Cal, by swallowing a dose OF chlor-
oform.
Refugees from the devastated lands
in Guatemala have arrived at San
Francisco. They confirm the reports
OF the great havoc caused by the vol
canic eruptions.
Alfred Walter, president OF the lie.
high Valley Railroad, has resigned be-
cause OF differences in the manage.
ment of the company
The American Cigar Company has
increased the wages OF about 5000
girls 20 per cent.
The shorts in May corn were squeez.
ed in the Chicago grain pit.
Miss Florence McFarlin, music
teacher of Rochester, N. Y, was stabbed
to death in her fathers home by another
woman Mrs. Lulu Young was arrested
charged with the murder
The hearing of the suit of the State OF
Minnesota against the Northern Securi-
ties Company was continued in New
York.
Judge Moore, OF Elizabeth City, N. C.,
granted James Wlcoxs plea for removal
Of case for second trial to another
county.
The town of Cavey, KY, is in stage
of siege on account of a fight between
the Frisbee and Mans factions
The Federation of Labor has voted an
increase in the salaries of the president
and secretary.
Andrew J. Harness, OF Ohio, and w.
H. Downey of Alabama, students at the
L. S. Grant Medical College, in Chat
tanooga. Tenn, engaged in a duel, IN
which Harness is said to have been ser
iously injured.
The day in the coal-sirike hearing IN
/ Scranton was taken up with the contin-
uation of Mr. MacNeaghs cross-eXam-
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A fire in the Southern Railway freight
| depot at Pell City Ala caused an eN,
| plosion, in which people were killed
and 10 injured.
The Lake Shore has granted an in
| crease of 10 per cent in wages to switch
/ men, and the Nickel Plate is expected to
| follow suit
Mineworkers claim that only per
| cent. OF the graduates at the high schools
! in the SchuylIll regions are sons OF
| miners.
Two hundred truckmen, members OF
| the teamsters' union, of Norwalk, Ct., arc
on strike for recognition of the union.
The Philadelphia Traction Company
decided to raise the wages of conductors
and motormen from 10 to 20 cents an
hour.
Paul Woodward was convicted OF
murder in the first degree in Camden,
| n. J. He had poisoned two boys to rob
! them.
The hearing was begun in New York
in the proceedings of t.. State OF Min
nesota against the big railroad combine
L. o. Perry the Cambridge negro, was
held in Somerville, Mass, on the charge
of numbering Agnes McPhee,
FRANK " (OnnOI ulcu III NCN lOlN
the fifteenth victim of the fireworks eX-
plosion on election night.
Thirtyhve thousand textile operatives
in Philadelphia will make demand for
shorter hours.
Receivers for the National Asphalt
Company and the Asphalt Company O.
America filed in court at Trenton, N
J.. reports stating that they have made
progress in reducing expenses by con
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