Catoctin clarion., 1903-04-16
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.

the Northern Securities merger had q
conference in the office OF J. p. Morgan
& Co., in New York. 1t is limited that
the big tumble in stocks may have been
intended by them as an object-lcsson.
George Edward Mills, indicted in
New York on the charge of attempting
to bribc the assistant district attorney,
failed to appear for arraignment and his
bond was forfeited
United States Minister Squiers out
lined to President Palma, of Cuba, at
Havana, tho details OF the permanent
treaty between Cuba and the United
States.
Morris X. Jesup, who provided the
funds for the Jcsup expedition to
Northeast Asia, says he is satisfied with
the results OF the expedition.
Rev. Clarence +. Ebcrman, field sec
retory Of the United Society OF Chris
tian Endeavor, died at Bautf, North
west Territory.
A committee OF the various electric
and trolley companies OF New Jersey,
controlling 500 miles OF road, vote TO
consolidate.
A tornado wrecked number OF
houses in the vicinity of Blocton, Ala.
A woman was injured by falling CHM
ncy.
Mrs. Kate Woscy, OF Covington,
Ky, author OF Republics Versus Wo-
men," has written a letter resignng
membership in the organization of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution,
OF which she was charter member. be.
cause the founders oi the republic die
not give women the right TO vote.
The attorney general of Illinois GER
tilted to the states attorney OF Cook
county (Chicago) the names OF 5000
corporations which have failed to com.
plv with the Antitrust Law, and di,
rectcd that official to proceed against
them.
Charles w. Sell, Jr., shot and scri.
ously wounded Miss Mabel French, and
also wounded Grover Davis and JOS
cph CIough, who were cscortlng her
home from a grange meeting, near
Manchester, n. H.
The United States marshal at St
Louis began the payment OF 1000
creditors OF John ]. Ryan & Co., the
race investment concern They will re-
ccivc IS cents on every dollar they IN
vested.
Gen John S, Jones. president OF the
| board OF trustees OF the OHIO Soldiers
and Sailors Orphan Asylum, at Nenia,
! died at his home in Delaware, y.
Justice Murphy held an inquest in
Buffalo in the matter OF the death OF
Mr. and Mrs. pcnncll, and decided that
| he could not determine from tho evil
dcncc whether the tragedy was acct
dental or designed.
The gun explosion on the battleship
Iowa is reported upon investigation
to have been due to a detective fuse
! The three who were killed were buried
in the National Cemetery in Pensacola
Spreading rails caused drill engine
on the Jersey Central Railroad to
PLUNGE down an embankmcnt into a
pond near Elizabeth, y. J., and the CHI
ginccr, fireman and a brakeman were
| killed.
Daniel Lamont says the decision IL
! .hc railroad merger case will make little
difference i'll the management OF those
roads. even ii the decision is affirmed
by the Supreme Court.
Congressman J. II. Southard, o.
! Ohio, is investigating complaints OF cX'
! Orbtant charges being made tor the
disintermcnt and shipment oi the bodles
| OF dead soldiers from Cuba.
p. Ogden Armour and the othc'
wheat bulls associated with HIM III tht
big corner now being formed arc count
| ing upon war i'll the East to be OF as
SiStance To them
Lewis Good. the only formidable
candidate against President I. J. Shat
Ter. OF the Amalganlatcd Association
oi Iron and Steel Workers, has with
drawn.
The rear end OF freight train on tn,
Susauchanna Railroad broke loose ant
IL cars plunged into the PoquannocI
river, in New Jersey
lc,eign.
Fifty men and one officer were KIN
ed by the explosion OF the NINE unde'
the fortress OF Trajana by the Moor IN
surgcntS. The rest OF the garrison
fed into Spanish territory and the IN
surgents took possession.
Great crowds greeted President Lou
bet in MarscillcS, where he stopped OF
his way to AlgicrS. a dlsorderIy crowd
Including a party OF antlgovcrnmcr
radicals cried Down with Freema
Sonry.
In fight between German and Aus
trian soldiers on the streets in Pckir.
the result OF a barroom row, scvera
were injured. Troops separated III,
rioters and cleared the streets.
The British ambassador at Rome ha.
been informed that the Pope would bl
pleased to see King Edward during
| ,ba I,,,or'e 10 Rome
The death OF NJ. Stcherbina. the Rus
sian consul at Mitrovitza, Europeai
Turkey, who was shot by an Albania
sentinel, has greatly alarmed the Turk
ish authorities, who fear complication:
with Russia.
Moses Fowler Chase, wealthy young
man OF Lafayette, Ind, whom Unltco
States Consul General Goudy found II
a sanitarium in Paris, is now on HI!
way to the United States.
An official cable message from Mica
ragua states that President Lclaya
forces have recapturcd Fort San Car
los, at the Lake Nicaragua entrance Of
the San Juan river.
Motif cations have been received here
from the governments of Salvador
Uruguay, Guatemala and Korea o
their adherence to The Hague conven'
ton OF 1900.
Queen Wlhemina has sanctioned the
Anti-strike Bill in Holland, and it has
become effective. The troops continue
20 guard the railroads.
NJ. Revolt, the governor general OF
Algeria, resigned under circumstances
that caused something OF sensation III
Paris.
Financial
The Bank of England retains its 4