The Tomahawk., 1903-09-17
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
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DOMESTIC.
At Vinton, Ia, William johnson, a
laborer, was killed and five painters
were injured by the collapse Of the front
and side walls of a two-story brick
building.
Sarah and Gladys Hogan, daughters
of Samuel Hogan, farmer, Is miles
northeast of Topeka, Kan, were burned
to death by the explosion Of can OF
kerosene.
Mrs. Fannie Bickford and Mrs. E. A.
Gibson were run over and killed by a
logging train on the Daniels Creek,
Ore, railway, at Kings camp.
President Baer and all officials OF
anthracite coal roads defy the cen
sus law and refuse to give detailed In
formation of the workings of their
companies. They may be prosecuted
under the new law.
The worlds trotting record for geld
ings was lowered at Providence, r. J..
by the bay gelding Maj. Delmar, to
2:O2H in a trial exhibition against his
own record of 2:04.
Railway express service throughout
the United States Is threatened with
strike, which will cause heavy loss to
business interests.
q reaction and readjustment in busi-
ness, following recent unhealthy spec
ulative excesses, and the caution Will
make for steady and legitimate gains
Commander Robert e. Peary will
make another dash for the north pole
next summer. He is granted three
years leave of absence and has hopes
for success of new methods in his COM
ing venture.
Eleven men and one woman were
convicted at Danville, ILL.,, of COM
plicity in the recent riot, following the
confession of Richard Roberts, de-
fendant, while on the witness stand.
Two young sons of M. Epstein, liv-
Ing with their parents over junk
shop in Scranton, Pa, were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
building.
Nearly $5O0,O 900 worth OF mater
ials were imported by American manu-
facturers in the last fiscal year.
Francis M. Benque, photographer,
was committed to Bellevue hospital at
New York for writing threatening
letter to Secretary of State Hay.
A deputation of Pittsburg Saliva
tionists will leave for the feud dis
trict of Kentucky and undertake the
work of reforming the feudists.
Railroad corporations and large In
vesters in building operations in the
east have completed plans for the with
drawal of $1s0,000,000 worth of i'm
provements which it was intended to
complete in 1904 because Of conditions
in the labor world.
A locomotive pulling Kansas City
fast freight train west-bound on the
Chicago and Alton railway, exploded
at Greenview, ILL.,, with fatal effect.
Engineer Frank J. Upton, of Bloom
ington, was killed. Fireman G. G..
Keltner, of Bloomington, was fatally
injured.
In a collision between two trolley
cars on the New Hampshire Traction
company's road at Pelham, N. H., four
persons were killed and 10 injured.
An electric storm of great severity
swept across Connecticut, damaging
growing crops and causing two
deaths.
Leaders of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
road Expressmen declared that the
possibility of strike has diminished,
the companies promising concessions.
The Pacific coast pack of salmon this
year is 100000 cases smaller than last
year.
A group of 40 men and boys were
struck by lightning at the Crotona
park baseball grounds, New York. One
boy was killed, eight burned, and Is
knocked fiat.
New York banks decreased their re-
serves $3,3s0,0O0 as result of the
operations Of the last week. The loss
in cash is about $3,SS0,000. and the
increase in deposits $2,000,000.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hay are now considering the appoint
ment of American ministers to the
great lakes commission 10 act with
three named by Great Britain.
One officer was beaten to death and
another fatally injured while attempt
ing to arrest brawIers at the st. Louis
Labor day celebration.