The Tomahawk., 1904-08-18

Fire in the five.story building at
251-257 Main street, Buffalo. N. T.,
caused loss estimated at 100000.
Constable Daniel O'Brien was killed
and his father, John O'Brien, was prob
ably mortally wounded near Hillside
station, suburb of Philadelphia, by
two chicken thieves.
Mark H. Dunnell former republican
congressman from the Eighth Mime
sofa district, and who was the first
superintendent of public instruction in
Minnesota, died at Owatonna, Mimi,
of heart disease.
Sangford Wolf, farmer living near
Moweauqua, ILL.,, was arrested at his
home charged with the murder OF
enemies for some time.
Mamie Gilroy, an actress and singer
who had appeared in many musical
productions on the American stage,
died in New York.
The death list in the wreck of Mis-
souri, Pacific train which plunged
through a washed-out trestle into a
mountain torrent near Pueblo, Col, is
placed at 100. Seventy-six bodies have
been recovered, of which So are identi-
fed.
The New York Building Trades alli-
ance, stung by the lockout, abrogated its
arbitration agreement with employers.
The Injunction against the Illinois
anti-convict labor bill has been dissolved
and the prisoners will now be put to
work.
Strikers in Chicago were given new
hope by the sanction of the teamsters'
walkout at the international convention,
by the spreading of the contest to New
York and by the voting Of financial aid
by local street railway mems unions.
Secretary Of State Hay has protested
against the action of the Russian govern
ment in declaring on articles recognized
by it as contraband of war The circular
was issued in June, but has been made
public because of seizures OF American
goods.
The repair shops of the American Re-
frigerating Transit company, including
65 refrigerator cars, were totally burned
in St. Louis, entailing loss estimated
at 100000, fully covered by insurance:
After lingering for weeks between life
and death, Former Senator Vest passed
peacefully away at Sweet Springs, Mo.
He was "a years of age. He served in
the United States senate for "a years.
William Coates, a negro aged 22. left
the criminal court room at st. Joseph,
Mo-, a free man after having been tried
five times for the murder Of his mother
two years ago, and having been twice
sentenced to be hanged.
John Casey. aged 30 years. stabbed A.
G.. Mccoy, aged 35, at Paolo, Kan. Mccoy
died Immediately. When arrested Casey
said he killed Mccoy through mistake,
thinking he was one of the bosses of the
Standard Oil pipe line, where both men
were employed.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet. who reported the
theft of 5000, 900 worth of jewels from her
Newport house, found the gems in her
safe in New York.
Unfavorable crop conditions are re-
fected in the weekly government report,
which says that in the central valleys
and parts Of the upper lake region the
drought is serious.
The Wisconsin supreme court granted
the anti-La Toilette faction temporary
injunction and the party fight will come
up for hearing on it's merits in Septem-
ber.
A mother and three children were
killed in a train wreck at Thirty eighth
and Western avenue, Chicago, number
Of persons were injured and eight rail-
way employees were placed under arrest.
Justice White, Of the New York SUI
preme court decided that the eight-hour
law is unconstitutional