Catoctin clarion., 1902-11-20
MD, RSDAY NOVEMBER 20
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

Andrew J. Harness, OF Ono, and W.
II. Downcy, of Alabama students at the
L. S. Grant Medical College, in Chat
tanooga. Tenn. engaged i'll a duel, III
which Harness is said to have been SER
iously injured.
The day in the coal-strikc hearing in
Scranton was taken up with the contln-
uation of Mr. MacNcagh's crosS-exam-
ination of President Mitchell.
A fire in tho Southern Railway freight
depot at Pell City, Ala, caused an eX.
p!osion, 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.
Mincworkers claim that only pc,
cent of the graduates at the high schools
in the Schuylkill regions arc sons OF
miners.
Two hundred trucknen. members OF
the tcamstcrs' union. of Norwalk. c., arc
on strike for recognition of the Union.
The Philadelphia Traction Company
decided to raise the wages OF conductors
and motorncn from 10 to 20 cents an
hour.
Paul Woodward was convicted OF
murder in the first degree in Camden,
n. J. Tie had poisoned two boys to rob
them
The hearing was begun in New York
i'll the proceedings OF the State of MIN
nesota against the big railroad combine
l.. o. Perry, the Cambridge negro, wa.
held in Somcrvilc, Mass. on the charge
of ,,,,,ydcrinu ones Nrpher
Frank O'Connor died in New York.
the fifteenth victim OF the fireworks cN.
ploSion on election night.
Thirtyive thousand textile operatives
in Philadelphia will make demand io'
shorter hours.
The volcano kilauea. on the Island OF
Hawaii, was in violent eruption
Receivers ior the National Asphalt
Company and the Asphalt Company OF
America filed in court at Trenton, n
J., reports stating that they have made
progress in reducing expenses by con
Solidating the underlying companies.
During a controversy over a boar
hill James MaS,crSon fatally shot N. T.
Brittingham, proprietor Of the li"tc
Rratt, IN Manchester. O., and then I''l.
cd himself. Birmingham was Sh"i
three times.
1t was reported in Philadelphia thu,
the Reading. the Baltimore and OHIO
and other Eastern railroads will io'
low the example oi the PcnnIy lvanr,
and increase the salaries ni employees
The Anthracite Strike Commission
began the hearing oi evidence III Scran,
ton. Pa, President Mitchell reading
a. 4 t,., ,,-,t
ness stand.
Col Edward Butler. the millionaire
politician oi st. Louis, was convicted
oi bribery in Columbia, Mo. and sen
fenced to three years in the pcn'tcn-
tary.
In the american Federation oi .abot
Convention yesterday at New Orleans
a number OF resolutions bearing upon
labor conditions were introduced.
The Methodist General Missionary
Conference, in session IN Albany \
v. made appropriations Tor the Nari
ou> missions III China and Korea.
The Central National Bank ot Bos
ton closed its doors aS result ot I'M
paired assets The failure had NO ct
icct IN financial circles.
William Becker. who sent threaten.
ing letters to a number oi wealthy "cn
IN New York. was arrested on the
charge nj blackmail
One hundred and ten Prc5bytcr'c'
have thus lar voted ior revision ot the
creed none having voted tho Other
way
-Four men we're killed and 10 more OF
toss Injured by the explosion of large
boiler in scrap puddle furnace at the
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing
plant at chanon, Pa