Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-02-25
SOME NEWS OF INTEREST

Messrs Wolmarans and Vessels,
the Boer European delegates, during
their stay in America, will center
their efforts in Philadelphia and Chi
cago, believing that those cities are
the headquarters Of anti-British SEN
timent. The delegates started for
America in response to the urgings
of Webster Davis, former assistant
secretary of the interior.
Samuel RaWson, the famous his.
torian, is dead in Great Britain.
Diplomatic and society circles in
London have found a common sub
jeet Of diseussion-the engagement,
just announced, of Consuelo, Duchess
of Manchester, to M. de Sevral, the
Portuguese ambassador to the court
Of ST. James.
A dispatch from Barcelona says
everything was quiet there Monday.
The newspapers which were com
PEELED to suspend publication during
the rioting by the striking workmen,
reappeared Monday morning. Many
Of the employers had paid their men
for the whole of last week, but
threatened to dismiss them if they
did not return to work Monday.
A report compiled by Russian con
sular agents in Turkey shows that
during 1901 1859 Christians were
murdered by the Turks, an average
Of six murders daily. In only CT
cases were the murderers punished.
The longest term of Imprisonment i'm
posed for the murders was four years,
and the shortest term four weeks.
The seismic disturbances at Sha-
| maka have recommended, and a fresh
volcano began to erupt vigorously
last Wednesday. The number of
killed in the Shamanka disaster is
now estimated at 5000.
Ninety people were locked in a
Brooklyn car because DR. Murray, Of
the Brooklyn Hospital of Contagious
Diseases, discovered a case OF malig-
nant smallpox among the passengers.
The car was switched to one of the
Brooklyn traction stations and held
| there until a physician from the board
Of health had vaccinated the passen-
Detectives Gordon and Hornbeck
brought to New York from Southamp-
ton aboard the American liner St.
Louis, James Murray, OF West Jeffer-
son. o., extradited for manslaughtev.
He is accused~ of killing his wife.
Murray was a first cabin passenger
and none of his fellow voyagers ex-
cept the detectives knew that he was
| under arrest. He gave himself up to
the police in ireland, declaring that
the killing was unintentional
The preliminary examination Of
Miss Florence Burns, charged with
killing her sweetheart, Walter s.
| Brooks, in New York, has been post
poned until Wednesday.
The Patrick trial was postponed
Monday because of the funeral of the
father of Fred B. House. one of the
counsel for the defense.
The Pennsylvania railroad special
bearing Prince Henry had Just passed
curve about a quarter Of a mile east
of Bristol, Monday morning, when an
extra freight train jumped the track
and was badly wrecked. Cars We're
thrown over four other tracks and
traffic was delayed for foru hours.
Had the princes special been two
minutes later it must inevitably have
collided with the wreekage and a dis
astrous accident would have resulted.
Guy CARRIER, a prisoner in the
Dauphin county. Pa, jail awaiting
trial for larceny, died of smallpox.
Nervous excitement following the
discovery that his house had been
robbed is believed to have caused the
death, at Chicago, of Erskine C. Muir
ply, formerly manager of the Iowa
division of the Chicago Burlington
and Quincy railroad. The direct
cause of death was pronounced heart
failure. Murphy had just sent in
report summoning the police, and was
on his way to his home when
stricken. IT, 1>a~' No., -