Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-17
TIE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

The International Cigar Factory, al
San Juan, Porto Rico, was closed, all
the employees going out on strike and
several thousand men in other parts OF
the island are OIL strike.
Three factories in the Fox River man
ufacturing district in Northern Illinois.
shut down because the employees refused
to sign individual agreements not to
strike
A verdict for $I2,I82 was given i'll
New York for Chicago plaintiffs against
the promoters of the Get Rich Quick
Syndicate.
James NJ. Edge. the defaulting Pater'
son bank teller, pleaded guilty III the
United States District Court i'll Trenton
N J..
Unless $4,000 be raised by popular
subscription by December "a Palmer In
iyersity, near Muncie, Ind, will be
closed
Miss Helen Gould has declined to com
pete for tho presidency of the board OF
lady managers OF the Worlds Fair
The Steel Corporation will cut the
wages of nearly all the 10000 work.
men and dismiss high-salaricd enl'
ploycs.
All of the New England cotton mills
have now reduced the wages OF opera
tors 10 per cent. on an average.
The Chicago Presbytcry passed reso'
luton condemning the production on the
stage of "Parsifal"
DR.. Joseph II. Greer, Of Fort Wayne
Ind, died of blood-poisoning resulting
from stepping on a tack.
President Broderick and Cashier Col
lins, of..the Indiana National Bank, at
Elkhart. were arrested on the charge
of violating the National Banking
Law
John T.. Chandler was arrested in
Los Angeles, Cal, OH the charge OF
dynamiting the transfer house OF The
Sun and Moon Mine. at Idaho Springs,
Col
At the annual dinner OF the Arctic
Club in New York Walter Wellmar
said he had some entirely new ideas
about the way to surely reach the
North Pole.
Merchants OF Havana. Cuba, expect
the passage OF The Reciprocity Treaty
to result Immediately in an extraordin-
AIRY demand for American goods.
Ben C., Ayler was acquitted in
Carthage. Mo, OF the charge OF muir.
der. his plea being that he killed Cor.
don Allen in sclidefense.
The Franklin Union, No. 4, Press
Feeders. OF Chicago, was fined $1,000
by Judge Holden, OF Chicago, for con
tempt OF court,
The New Orleans flyer and freight
ST. Louis, and the passengers had a
shaking up. -.
United States Minister Squicrs sail
ed from Havana for New York whence
he will go Immediately to Washington.
Anna Cypress, the young w'te OF all
Austrian coal miner OF Federal, Ia, was
found dead at her home with gunshot
wound in her breast. The husband IS
under arrest. pending All investigation.
Mrs. Rachel Ann Bcall, u years old
was found murdered i'll her home, III
Washington, ID. c. Two men and a
woman, members of the murdered
woman's family, are under arrest on sus-
plcion.
A firm of Cleveland commission brok-
ers secured in New York a verdict tor
$7,o43 against Alfred f. Goslin, Robert
A. Amrnon and other members or the
get-rich-quck syndicate
The schooner Willie L. Newton was
capsizcd while Ell route from Jackson
vile to Providence, r. l., and the cap
tain and crew of six men were drowned
Robert Middlebrooks, colored, wac
hanged at Cartersville, Ga, for the muir
der of BailH Reed, whom he killed SIX
months ago while resisting arrest.
The railways of Pennsylvania have
devoted $H7,Ioo,ooo to construction
work and bettcrments to steam and cleo
trio railways during the pas, year
IeIelSn.
Concerning Russias reply to Japan,
the Japanese Minister at London says
the negotiations are still incomplete, but
he expects peaceful outcome, The i'll
dications are that Japan will not accept
Immediately, but that there will be fur
ther negotiations dealing with modlf,
cations.
A company of marines from the Unit
ed States cruiser Prairie were landed at
Colon, to be dispatched TO a point on
the coast south of Panama in conSe-
quence of information OF the landing OF
Colombian troops This may mean the
beginning of 4 campaign of guerilla
warfare.
Emperor William had conference
with the president ard vice-presidents
of the Reichstag, in the course OF which
he emphasized the necessity for Germany
concerning herself with oversee poll.
tics. The EmpcrorS voice appeared
unaffected.
1t is announced from Rome that NJ
Loubct, president of the French Repub
lie will pay a visit to Italy, extending
from April to April II. Preparations
Oh an extensive scale for the reception
of President Loubet arc now being plan
ned.
Two of the royal gamckcepers III
Spain have been arrested in connections
with the shooting of a shepherd while
King Alfonso was hunting, and the ru'
mors are revived that the affair was
really plot against the Kings life.
The Countess Diane Ogier dlvry, a
beautiful young woman. while i'll male
attire was fatally injured i'll a driving
accident in Paris and her sex was dis.
covered by the surgeons at the hospital
in which she died.
Russia's reply to the Japanese pro
posals has been received at Toxic. ] he
Japanese government is apparently de-
termined to prosecute the negotiations
according to the original plan
Financial.
The Pullman Car Company has a
cash surplus of $I4275.74o.
Don't buy Brooklyn Rapid Transit
until it drops to a." says Harry We'll,
the bear leader.
Perciva Roberts, Jr., succeeds the
late w. l.. Elkins in the directorate OF
the Land Title Trust.