Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-31
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

operators case was begun III Philadel-
phia before the Coal Strike Commits
sion, that OF G. B. Marklc & Co. being
the first called.
The tipple OF the Harrison Landlord
mine. near Gerre Haute. Ind. was de
stroyed by fire. One man is dead and
several were badly burned
An injunction has been issued against
the Detroit Coal Exchange restraining
that body from fixing the minimum
price for coal
Sheriff Benjamin F. Dry. of St.
Charles parish. La. was shot and killed
by negro prisoner. James Jackson.
Messrs. Boughton. Ford & Co. bank
ers. OF Burton. o.. made an assignment
Tor the benefit OF creditors.
Judge William w. Porter. the Phila-
delphia member OF the Superior Court
OF Pennsylvania. has resigned.
At indianapolis John Mitchell was
unanimously reelected president OF the
United Mincworkcrs.
Twelve hundred employees OF the Ken
nedy Biscuit Company. OF Chicago. have
been locked ont.
Senator PctiuS. OF Alabama. was re-
nominated by the Legislature OF that
State
he department store OF a. Lcdcrer
& Co. Chicago. was damaged by fire
Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO rob the bank at Mocksville
y. c.
Thirty residents OF Strathio d. Ia,
were arrested Tor Selling coal train.
The Smith business block. i'll Wells
vile. o.. was burned.
Detective Sergeant William ID. Welsh
attached TO the office OF District Attor-
ncy Jerome. OF New York. died from
wounds received in the Black Cat res
taurant. and Mrs. Chcrriere, wife OF the
proprietor, is under arrest. charged with
firing the shot that killed him
An investigation made by reputable
lawyers OF Philadelphia proves that there
are no American heirs TO the fortune OF
James Tyson. an Australian miner, who
LETT property valued at S4o.ooo.coo.
he big transatlantic shipping combine
has decided 10 carry its own risks. Tins
will take an insurance OF Soo.ooo,ooo
away from the companies.
Four of the six molders on trial for
conspiracy TO inJurc nonunion workmcn
during the labor troubles OF 1902 were
found guilty at Chicago.
a new alignment of railroads i'll the
South and West is announced. with the
PENNSYLVANIA combination as the domi-
nant factor
Rev. L. c. HirSch, OF Chicago, made
a fervid denunciation OF Sunday school
books
There is unusual activity at the naval
training station II Newport.
Fire damaged factory building al the
coroner OF Crosby and Houston streets,
New York. adjoining a fvc-story tenc-
ment. the occupants of which got out on
the fire escapes Three women were
killed during panic in an adjoining
cigar factory. 4 number OF persons were
also severely injured.
Three Italian women were killed and
a number of men and women injured by
a fire panic in the cigar factory OF Leo
pold Miller 4 Son. I53-I57 Crosby street
New York The fire was in an adjoining
building and the cigar factory was in nc
danger
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has negotiated loan approximating
$4,000 600 in the New York market al
4I-2 per cent. The loan is to run for
six months. with the privilege OF renewal
for like period.
\ statement was Issued by a commit
tee OF the Clan-na-G Gael showing how the
soldiers OF the Irish brigade were cared
for by the association upon their return
from the war III the Transvaal.