Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

| The annual convention of the Alncrl-
can Federation of Labor was begun III
Boston. the principal event of the day
being the annual address of President
Gompers.
The postal authorities are said to have
unearthed bogus lottery ticket swindle,
which was worked from Lynn, Mass,
and Toledo, O., on an extensive scale.
John Mitchell said in Boston that there
was absolutely no truth in the report that
he was to be appointed in the Cabinet
to succeed Secretary Cortelyou.
Four persons are under arrest at Rice
Landing, Pa, charged with the murder
of Alexander Jones, the murdered mans
wife being among the accused.
By the will of the late Gordon Mckay,
of Newport, r. l., bequest which will
ultimately amount to $I,ooo,coo is given
to Harvard University.
At the annual meeting of the share
holders of the Northern Securities Com
pany the five directors whose terms had
expired were reelected.
George B. White, convicted of wreck
ing the National Bank of South Penn
sylvania, at Hyndman, Pa. will get a
new trial.
Judge Lacombc, of the United States
District Court. in New York, dismissed
the petition for habeas corpus brought
in behalf OF John Turner, the English
anarchist, whose deportation had been
ordered.
Mrs Edgar T.. Clark, wife of the
grand chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors of America and member Of
tho Coal Strike Commission, died in
Cedar Rapids, Ia,
President Frank Buchanan, of the
Bridge and Structural Ironworkcrs, or
dcrcd a strike throughout the country
on all contracts held by the Iron
League of New York.
Mark NJ. Dobson, confidential clerk
for Austin NJ. Greer, banker and
broker of New York, was arrested on
the charge of grand larceny, preferred
by his employer.
Despite tho opposition of the widow
Of Philo S. Bennett, Mr.. William J.
Bryan was permitted by the court i'll
New Haven, Ct, to qualify as cxccu-
tor of the will.
The Cuban government handed to-
| United States Minister Squicrs 4 propo-
sition for the turning over of the Guam
tanamo naval station to the United
States.
Lieutenant Colonel John Dunlop
Adair, who was member of General
| Grants staff during the Civil War,
died at his home, in Chicago, OF pneu-
monia.
Judge Lands, in Lancaster, Pa, re-
fused either to grant or dismiss the bill
for receiver for the Susqucllanna Iron
and Steel Company.
The jury which tried State Senator
Farris, OF Missouri, for bribery in con-
nection with the baking powder legis-
lation disagreed.
Mrs. Christian Sorenson dropped
dead from heart disease in New York
on learning OF her husbands arrest
for theft.
Miss Clara Josephine Coffin, the
daughter of Edward w. Coffin, of East
Orange, N. J., who disappeared from
her home on Tuesday night, has been
found in Omaha, Neb.
The boiler Of harvesting engine ex-
plodcd at the Ohio State University,
killing the engineer and assistant engi-
neer and injuring a number OF STU
dents.
AS the result of Il general conference
of window glass interests, 10000 skill
cd workers who have been idle for six
months will return to work very soon.
At the last day of the Congress OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church in
America the proposition to change the
name OF the church was discussed.
Fl. ]. Hoover, until recently cashier
of the Licking County Bank of New
ark, O.. confessed that lie was default
cr to the amount OF $4,000.