Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-06-21
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

The striking puddcrs in four rolling
mills at Columbia. Pa, although granted
an increase in wages. refused 10 return
To WORK hecausc the management re
fused 10 treat with the Amalgamatcd
Association.
Vice Chancellor Emory. in Newark. X
J.. made permanent The injunction re-
straining the United States Steel Corpo-
ration from converting 500. 100000 OF
preferred stock into bonds
Dr. George H. Denny. president OF
Washington and Lee. has been notified
that Furman University. Greenvile, :. {.
has conferred the degree Of Ii. ID. on
him
Abe Rothschild. who is accused Of be
ing the principal in the unsuccessful at
tempt TO swindle New York diamond
merchants, was arrested i'll Harrisburg,
Pa
The 2o-hour schedule between New
York and Chicago was inaugurated by
the New York Central and Pennsylvania
Railroads.
a freight train ran into a washout
caused by a cloudburst at Middiesex, VT,
and FIVE railroad men lost their lives.
y memorial arch was dedicated at
Camp Chase. near Columbus. erected i'll
honor OF $500 Confederate dead buried
there The speakers were Governor
Nash and General Gordon.
Oliver Williams. the gypsy who
eloped from Nanscmond. Va. with Fan
ny Smith, was arrested in Emporia. Va.
\ conversation between two colorcd
hagmen was the cause of the wreck
on the Seaboard at Macon. n. c.
William Collins. colored. aged so
years, was nearly cut TO pieces with an
AK by William Dixon. aged 20 years.
Joseph a. Swain. president OF Indiana
State University. has accepted the pres
idency OF Swarthmore.
Blenhcin. the home of DR.. B. L. VIM
ston, in Hanover county, Virginia. was
destroyed by FIRE
The combine pate-glass works of the
country have agreed 10 shut down Tor
month.
The city of New York will prosecute
corporations 10 force them to stop using
soft coal
Counsel for Charles l.. Raymond. of
Boston. asked permission OF Vice-Chan-
cellor Emery at Newark. n. J., to file
bill for a preliminary injunction 10
restrain the United States Steel Corpora
ton from retiring 2oo.ooo,ooo OF pre-
ferred stock and issuing bonds instead.
The Imperial Glucose and Starch Com
pany. recently formed to compete with
the Glucose Trust. or the Corn Products
Company. will construct a 100000
plant near Chicago with daily capacity
of $4,000 bushels of corn.
John Wanamaker is reported to be
back of deal in progress in Chicago
for the purchase of the Palmer House
block for the erection of gigantic de-
partment store
The wholesale milliners of Chicago,
upon notice of the Audubon Society.
agreed TO stop the Importation as well
as the sale of the plumage of singing
birds
Lieut.. R. c. Croxton. Twenty-third
United States Infantry. attempted to kill
himself by shooting in Richmond, Va,
where he had gone on sick leave.
Thosvald Hansen, who murdered a
boy in Montreal to get II cents. was
hanged. tickets OF admission being sold
to see the hanging.
Charles W. Reynolds, pioneer cti-
zen Of Newport News, Va, died there
OF complication of diseases.
Ed Franks. moonshiner, living in the
mountains of Virginia, shot and killed
Samuel Engie.
John Fox. a farmer, of Elbow Lane.
MINI. killed his brother, his mother
and himself.