Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-11-21
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
: Domestic.

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Andrew J. Harness, of Ohio, and w.
H. Downey, of Alabama, students at the
! u. S. Grant Medical College. in Chat
tanooga. Tenn, engaged in duel, in
which Harness is said to have been ser
iously injured.
The day in the coal-strikc hearing in
! Scranton was taken up with the contin-
uation of Mr.. MacVcagh's cross-exam-
ination of President Mitchell
A fire in the Southern Railway freight
depot at Pell City; Ala, caused an cx-
p!osion, in which people were killed
| and 10 injured. n,
The Lake Shore has granted an in.
| crease OF 10 per cent. i'll wages to switch
men, and the Nickel Plate is expected to
follow suit t&
Mineworkers claim that only d pc,
in the Schuylkill regions are. sons, OF
miners. 81 4 Il. ls..3f-.. !, Z l.. & n
Two hundred ,truckmen. members OF
the Transfers, union, of Norwall1, CT. are
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. sa5-.e, s.e IL
The hearing was begun in New York
in the proceedings of the State of Min
nesota against the big railroad combine
L. 0. Perry, the Cambridge negro. was
held in Somerville, Mass. on the charge
of numbering Agnes McPhee
Frank O'Connor died in New York.
the fifteenth victim of the fireworks ex-
ploslon on election night. & a., s.
g Thirtyive thousand textile. operatives
in Philadelphia will make a demand for
shorter hours. ~ ~! Is h
u. The volcano Kilauea, on the Island Oh
Hawaii. was in violent eruption. x.
Receivers for the National Asphalt
Company. and the Asphalt Company oil
America filed in; court, at Trenton, n
j, reports stating that they have made !
progress in reducing expenses by con. s
solidating the underlying companies. :
r During a controversy over a board
bill James Masterson fatally shot NJ. P
Birmingham, proprietor. OF the Hotel
Bratt, in Manchester, O., and then kill
ed himself. Birmingham was shot
three times. ~
b 1t was reported in. Philadelphia that
1.-The Reading, the Baltimore and Ohio,
land other Eastern railroads will fol.
~ the example. OF the Pennsylvania
~ sy4 "a increase the, Salaries OF employees.
iThe Anthracite Strike Commission
Began the hearing of evidence i'll scran-
ton. Pa, President Mitchell reading "a
long statement and then taking the wit
ness stand p
Col. Edward Butler. the rlillionalre
politician of St. Louis, was CONVICTED
OF bribery in Columbia. Mo, and sen :
fenced to three years in the penlten1l
tiary.
In the American Federation OF Labor
Convention yesterday at New, Orleans
a number OF resolutions bearing upon ,
labor conditions were introduced, n
The Methodist General Missionary
Conference, in session in Albany, N.
Y, made appropriations for the ,vari.
Gus missions in China and Korea.
The Central National Bank OF Bos-,
ton closed its doors as result OF I'M
paired assets. The failure had no Ell,
feet in financial circles. $500 j,
William Becker, who sent threaten
ing letters to number OF wealthy men
in New York. was arrested on the
charge Of blackmail. =
}}One hundred and ten ,Presbyteries
have thus far voted for revision OF the
creed, none having voted the othet
way. : 80
Four men were killed and 20 more OF
less Injured by the explosion of a largs
boiler i'll a scrap puddle furnace at the
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing
plant at Lebanon. Pa. ~ g.. -
Foreign
The King of Portugal is on visit to
King Edward. A great banquet was
given at Windsor in honor of the royal
visitor. Emperor William is enjoying
the shooting on the estate of the Earl of
Lonsdale, ~.
: Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, of
Great Britain, in speech at Birming-
ham concerning his arnroaching trip to