Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-06-05
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

Officers of the w. R. Jones window
glass factory say they have uncovered
conspiracy of the Glass Trust with union
leaders to cripple their plant.
E. Louis Smith, who had factory for
| bogus postal cards, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary by Judge Kohl
saat, in Chicago.
Several physicians declared before the
| National Conference of Charities and
Corrections that consumption can be
cured.
Carrie Nation, who is serving term
in Topeka (Kan.) Jail for saloon smash
ing, was pardoned by Governor Stanley
The MeXicans under General Torres
had battle with the Yaqui Indians at
FL Tanque, near Hermosille.
Loretta Scudder, I8 years old, while
under the excitement of a religious re-
vival in Methodist church at Brooklyn,
N. Y, died suddenly of heart failure i'll
the parsonage of the church just after
one of the meetings.
The question of changes proposed IN
the covenant membership of the United
Presbyterian Church was referred to a
committee by the General Assembly, III
session at Pittsburg, to be reported at
the next assembly.
President Jacob G.. Schurman, of Cor
nell. delivered an address before the Free
Religious Association in Boston, in
which he urged the granting of inde-
pendence to the Filipinos.
New York University will confer the
degree of master of letters on Miss Helen
NJ. Gould, Miss Emily Ogden Butler and
Mrs. Henry Draper.
The members of the Rochambeau mis-
sion placed a wreath on the grave in
Newport, r. l., of Chevaler de Tarney,
the commander of the fleet of war YES
sells that conveyed Rochambeau's army
to Newport, their landing place.
The grand stand and paddock at the
Hawthorne race track, Chicago, was de.
stroyed by fire, which broke out half ar
hour after the last race of the day. All
the horses we're saved. The loss is
$Ioo ooo
Capt. K. G. Martens, of the transport
Buford, was found guilty of cruelty.
profanity and neglect, and suspended
Third Officer K Grammar was dis
missed from the service.
Bv a rcar-end collision on the New
Paltz trolley road, about three miles
west of Poughkeepsie, seven persons
were injured, none very seriously.
The Yaqui Indians are reported to be
again on the warpath. A number OF ha-
cendas have been raided and the occu-
pants fled to avoid massacre.
Five representatives of the railroads
indicted in Memphis, Tenn, for vioat-
ing the Interstate Commerce law, gave
! bond to answer in court
The remains of the late Gen. Henry
Leavenworth were renterred with i'm
posing military honors in the National
! Cemetery at Fort Leavenworth.
Reflections of the volcanic eruptlons
in the West Indies were seen at Homo
lulu. Hawaiian Islands, i'll a red glare
on the horizon.
A bronze bust of Mckinley erected
by the letter-carriers and postal EN-
ployes in the Philadelphia postottlce was
unveiled
A monument erected by the Daughters
of the Confederacy to Confederate sol
diers was dedicated i'll Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Rose Fieginow, while insane,
killed her six year old daughter and her
self in New York.
The safe of the treasurer OF Hardin
county, Texas, was looted by burglars -.
Sylvester Pennoyer, Ex-Governor OF
Oregon, died suddenly.
1t was reported in New York that w.
X. Vanderbilt would intervene IN the
miners strike and not only seek to pre-
vent a strike of the bitumlnous miners,
but also to end the anthracite miners
strike. There was a conference between
George w. Perkins, representing the
Morgans, and Senator Hanna, but the
latter declined to talk about it.