Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-09-03
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

MA l''S.'- 'itN''
Christopher Thompson Thomas
father Of the boy who was rescued from
the French bark Marechal de Gontant,
committed suicide in Brooklyn.
What purports to be the last will
OF the late Charles +. Fair has reached
the chambers OF Judge L. J. Murasky,
oi San Francisco.
Rev. j. S. J. Mcconnell, recording
secretary OF the Beard of Extension
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
died in Philadelphia.
There was 4 general resumption OF
work in the numerous mills OF the
American Wooden Company through
oft New England.
CAPT. T.. L. Strine, lawyer and
member OF the lover house of the
PENNSYLVANIA legislature, died at his
home, in York.
The Philadelphia and Reading an,
nouuccs continuance OF the speclai
reduction on contracts C< September
making.
The striking employees OF the textile
mills operated by John and James Dob
sos. Philadelphia, returned to work
Inhn Cations. who shot and killed
his iavoritc son last July, is dying OF
grief in the Joliet jail.
DR.. Philip Wooli, formerly editor OF
the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette,
died in New York.
Gen. Don Carlos Hasseltcno, dis
tinguished scholar ,nd lmguist. died at
Denver, Col.
Signor Marconi. who returned to
New York from Europe, brought iour
Inventions which he believes overcome
all important defects IN the system OF
wireless tclesraphy.
\ syndicate bought the entire hold
ing, OF the Metropolitan SecuritlcS
Company of New York, preparatory
| il is believed, to 4 merger OF the sNt'
lace and underground railway, electrlc
| and Gas interests OF the city.
The war game" of the coast G.
! Maine ended and the um?ires Will de
cidc whether army or navy won.
Attorney General Crow began pro.
ccodings before the Missouri Supreme
| Court TO annul TIE charters OF the com.
nanics composing the so-called terminal
monopoly in st. Louis.
MGR. Mooney, vicar general OF the
Ar,h-d'occ<" ot New York, was .ap-
poirtcd auxiliary bishop by Archbishop
!. NJ. Farley. and the Pope approved
The appointment.
\ sailor stabbed the mate. Peter
Francis. on the British bark Calcutta
in New York harbor.
THREE persons were drowned reai
Piusburc a, the result ci the vehicle
in which they were riding falling ovc'
an cmbankment into a swollen stream
I.ynclcv's airship houscb0at, in th'
Potomac River. slipped her moorInS
and driitcd two miles before her an
chors caught.
In the war game the enemy made
;mportant captures at Portland, Me.
which we're aitcrward disallowcd by th'
umpireS.
The Southern and the Louisville an'
Nashville Railways engaged IN rlGnt
ni.Wav war northwest OF knoNViI'c
Ic"N
Satisfactory arrangements have beer
made for the construction Of railr"at
10 connect Colorado with Northern
McX;co.
The annual report OF the Chicag'
and Northwestern Railroad show
gross earnings OF over $5o,ooo,ooo.
Hezekiah Buttcrworth, OF Boston
made the opening address at the Peac
Conference. at Mystic, CT.
Herbert @. Shatfcr committed Su,
c:Gc in Chicago by taking carboIic acid
) IUcign.
An ugly feeling is growing in Nene
,rrI, toward fore ;srcrs. The local an
,,o,itics are hunting those down VIII
n, 'rnt claims against Venezuela in ac
! cordaucc with thc recent protocol
Cvmana an citigy representing lo'
cigncr Was hanged by a mob.
It is believed in official and revoIV
, tcrary circles at Sofia that war betWr'
g., Eulgari2 and Turkey is imminent, y
extensive outbreak in Macedonia ma
, occur any day.
raron Hayashi, Japanese minister I
, London. says any small causes OF fr''
,icn between Japan and Russia will uIt
na,ciy be settled. .,
J. Vhc sources for the supply OF ritl,
ard ammunition to the Mad Mu'Iah
forces in Somalland haY" been traced
!, q London firm,
:, The ttmains OF Lord Salisbury we,
i INFERRED beside those OF his w1tcS,, IN II
burial ground CT the Cccis, at liathcI'
England. 49,, ,y,u..
Crown Prince Frederick William {
Germany atted as fireman. III cXtll
gushing a fire on the estate on fr'"'
}. Henry. WIN.
v The Turk, have occupied kliSsurr
-. Albania, and a number OF villages III
" yc,fiy have been burned.
a King Edward arrived at Vienna a, ar
n was given a cordial reception by Ii
" pc.or Frarcis JoeePh.
VI Admiral Prince Henry OF Prussia
+ command the naval station at Mel.
y Adianoplc. Turkey, is reported bur,
l. inc, and the Turks arc alleged to
i massacrcng the Bulgarian populatlo
Morocco insurgents inflicted a seVe
LcIeat on the Sultans troops,
At least 10000 tin workers III wa
are on strike. rr.
a The split among German Socialls
III i, growing more serious.
-, I7mocror William. i'll speech
>. Cassci, said that the early training
), lis teachers fitted him Tor his lie
"a hard work. ,,
= Ioscrh Chamberlain declined
id sanction the proposed loan tor the I
lc liei Of the Jamaica sufferers ,
IL The date for the first meeting OF |
ic arbitration tribunal OH the NcnezntI
~ ,,atter, set for September I, mas be
I'd rr.tnoncd because of the inability
be DR.. Lardy and Professor Ma'zeh
serve.
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