Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-07-30
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.

Inc Dig NdGB f1edu I1OtCl, dt the
North Carolina ocean resort OF that
namc was totally destroyed by fire. The
hotel had 40 guests, and all were saved,
though Mrs John T.. Lowe, OF Norfolk,
wife of the proprietor, died afterward as
the result of excitement. Mrs. Lowe had
been a sufferer for sometime from heart
trouble.
The failure of E. S. Hooley & Co. was
announced on the New York Stock Ex-
change The firm was heavily interested
in Evansville and Terra Haute. the stock
of which sold at $40 share. Last week
it sold as high as 500.
The National Coal and Coke Company,
with a capital of S., 100000 stock and $1.-
100000 in bonds. has been formed in
Pittsburg. 1t will supplant the Frick
Company, which has practically with
drawn from the market.
+. J. Kimball, president of the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company, died at
his country home at Radnor. Pa, after
an illness of about month, following an
operation. He was 50 years old.
The bodies of the suicide and Of his
woman victim in the Morton House:
New York, were identified as those OF
Christopher Weiss and of Mrs. Quittner.
both of Schenectady. N. Y.
One thousand men employed by the
II. S. Wilson Contracting Company OF
Pittsburg, Pa, are on strike because
the firm would not sign scale of hosting
engineers.
John Barrett, former minister to Siam
and recently appointed minister to the
Argentine Republic, conferred with the
President at Oyster Bay.
+. J. Kimbal president of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company, dice
unexpectedly at his summer home, at
Radnor. Pa.
AT St. Louis Judge Ryan imposed SEN
tcnces upon members of House Of Dele
gates convicted of brbey. They took an
appeal.
The Richmond Street Car Company
is taking active measures to protect
their cars from throwers.
The plant OF the Southern Hal,
Works will be removed from Peters.
burg to Richmond, Va.
Two negroes charged with attempted
assault on a white woman i'll Mecklen-
burg county, Va, are in the Petersburg
Jail for saiekeeping.
The liabilities OF T. J. Taylor & Co
are estimated at $4,000, 900 to $8,ooo,ooo
The Turkish cruiser Medjldia. al
! Philadelphia, and the Pacific steamer
Mongolia. at Camden, were launched.
Convicts in the coal mine at Cole
City, Ga. have revoted
Mrs. Charles +. Ritter, OF Cincinnati
charges that her husband poured car
bolc acid on her while she slept.
Shelby NJ Cullom, a nephew of the
Illinois Senator, was indicted by the
grand jury of Prescott, Ariz., on ths
charge of wrongdoing in connection
with the collection of internal revenue
duties.
President Roosevelt and his son Theo,'
dore. with two nephcws, rode horseback
from Sycamore Hill to Sayville, N. Y.
where he spent the day as the guest OF
his uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt.
A government launch containing
Lieut.. George Stevens and seven men
of the Portland Naval Reserves was
wrecked off Beach Island. coast OF
Maine. The men were saved.
Mrs. Ella Smith and her two daugh'
ters and Mrs. Rcna Bradford were
drowned in the Hood Canal at the ttoo'
of the Olympic Mountains. in Washing
ton.
John Gilbert, colorcd, who killed
white planter at Pinckney Landing
Ark. was taken from the officers ane
lynchcd.
Robert Lee. minister in Casey coun
tv, KY, after killing one man and seri
ously wounding another, says grace II
Jail.
Frederick w. Hollis, recently appoint
ed member Of the lntcrnationa! court
died suddenly at his home, in lonkerS
N. Y.
Acting Police Commissioner, Ebste,n
of New York. refused a marching per
nit to Mother Jones and her army.
A relief committee was called IN rat
crson, N. J.. to aid the sufferers by th'
tornado in that city.