Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-22
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

Andrew J. Harness, OF Ohio, and W.
H. Downey, OF Alabama, students al the
u. S. Grant Medical College, in Chat
tanooga. Tenn. engaged in duel, in
which Harness is said 10 have been SER
iouSly injured.
The day in the coal-strike hearing in
Scranton was taken up with the contin-
uation of Mr.. MacNeaghs cross-exam-
nation of President Mitchell.
A fire in the Southern Railway freight
depot al Pell City, Ala, caused an ex-
plosion, i'll 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 Schuylkill regions are sons of
miners.
Two hundred truckmcn, members of
the teamsters union. of Norwalk, CT, are
OH strike for recognition of the union.
The Philadelphia Traction Company
decided 10 raise the wages OF conductors
and motormen from 10 to 20 cents an
hour
Paul Woodward was convicted OF
murder i'll the first degree i'll Camden.
\. ]. He had poisoned two boys TO rob
them.
The hearing was begun i'll New York
in the proceedings of the State OF Min
nesota against the big railroad combine.
L. o. Perry. the Cambridge negro. was
held i'll Somervllc. Mass. on the charge
of numbering Agnes McPhce.
Frank O'Connor died in New York.
the fifteenth victim OF the fireworks eN-
plosion on election night.
Thrtyfive thousand textile operatives
in Philadelphia will make 4 demand Tor
shorter hours
The volcano Kilauca. on the Island OF
Hawaii. was i'll violent eruption.
Receivers for the National Asphalt
Company and the Asphalt Company OF
America fled in court at Trenton. \.
J.. reports stating that they have made
progress i'll reducing expenses by con-
solidating the underlying companies.
During a controversy over board
bill James Masterson fatally shot NJ. T.
Birmingham. proprietor OF the Hotel
Bratt. in Manchester. O.. and then kill
cd himself Birmingham was sho;
three times.
Il WAS reported in Philadelphia that
the Reading the Baltimore and Ohio.
and other Eastern railroads will TO-
low the example OF the Pennsylvania
and increase the salaries oil employees.
The Anthracite Strike Commission
began the hearing OF evidence in Scran
ton. Pa. President Mitchell reading 4
long statement and then taking the wit
ness stand.
Col. Edward Butler. the millionaire
politician OF St. Louis. was convicted
OF bribery in Columbia. Mo. and SEN
fenced TO three years in the peniten
tiary.
In tho American Federation OF Labor
Convention yesterday at New Orleans
4 number OF resolutions bearing upon
labor conditions were introduced.
The Methodist General Missionary
Conference. in session in Albany. \.
". made appropriations for the vari
Gus missions in China and Korea.
The Central National Bank OF Bos-
ton closed its doors as a resui; OF inn
paired assets. The failure had no eli
iect in financial circles.
William Becker. who sent threaten
ing letters to number oi wealthy men
in New York. was arrested on the
charge OF blackmail.
One hundred and ten Presbyteries
have thus far voted for revision oil the
creed. none having voted the other
way.
Four men were killed and 10 more or
loss Injured by the explosion OF large
boiler in scrap puddle furnace at the
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing
plant IL Lebanon. Pa.