Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-27
in Po|itcs-Dsvoed to Literature, Local and General News
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.

The Episcopal House Of Bishops
nominated for bishop-coadjutor of the
missionary district of South Dakota
Rev. Francis NJ. Taitt, rector OF St,
Paul's Church, Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Rosa Di Pietro was indicte d
in New York for the murder of Mi
chael Rogo, whom she killed wher
he attempted to force his unwelcome
attentions upon her
The St. Paul police arrested Karl R
Kipp, former cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Saratoga Springs, n.
Y, who is wanted for cmbezzlemcnt
Fred &. Matthews, a prisoner at
Fort Wayne, serving sentence for
desertion, was shot and killed by Prl.
vate Frank J. Hill while trying to es
cape,
Verne Krall committed suicide be.
cause, as he stated in letter, thu
Dowicitcs had gotten all his money
and he did not want to start again.
The powder-house of Abbott &
Son, in the suburb Of Marshaltown
Ia, blew up, the explosion shaking
the entire city.
Herman Froelich, STRAW bonds
man." was convicted OF perjury i'll
New York and sent to prison for &c
years.
Two freight trains on the Pennsyl-
vania Division of the New York Cen
tral colidcd near Geneva, n. Y. Three
trainmen &C. D. Rogers, Charles
Hickey and Engineer Rouse were
killed
Miss Josephine Hillouse, daughter
of the late James A. lIilhousc, the
poet, and the last member Of one OF
the most distinguished families in
New Haven, was found dead in hcr
bed
Secretary Morton has appointed a
board OF officers to study the type
and qualities OF torpedo vessels an
their machinery needed ior the Navy
and as to the number necessary,
Allen Parker, cashier oi the First
National Bank Of Tulahoma, Tenn.
IS missing 1t is alleged that the
banks books show a shortage OF be
tween $4,000 and $4,000
New York and New England caught
the full force of the tropical storm
which swept up the coast. Telegraph
wires were prostratcd III Connecticut
and Rhode Island.
DIR. George Purviancc, aged 62, OF
Washington, ID. G.. plunged hcadlore--
most from the fourth-Story balcony OF
the Orthopcdic Hospital, in Phlladel-
phia, and was instantly killed,
Robert s. Mccormick, American
Ambassador to Russia, arrived at New
York on the steamer Deutschland
lie came home on leave OF absence
to attend to urgent private business,
DR.. Augustc Frederic Muller, chicf
OF the staff OF the Germantown Hos
pjtaI, died at his home in Philadelphia
OF cancer lie was Of years old.
During the registration OF voters
III Porto Rico for the election. No
vcmber s. several Judges who at
tempted fraud were immediately re
moved
The international Congress Of
Heads OF Schools for the Deaf select
cd indianapolis as the meeting place
OF the tenth tricnlal conference.
The Pittsburg Steamship Company
placed an order with the American
Shipbuiding Company for four large
ore steamers, 10 cost $4,000 each.
George Jaggers, under sentence OF
death in the county Jail at Newton,
\. J., for the murder of Mrs. Mary
L. Bevans. committed suicide.
Nj. II. Phillips, a balloonist, OF Hud-
son, Mich, was fatally injured while
making All ascension at the far
grounds at San Angelo, Tex.
DR.. Henry G.. Hatch, OF Quincy, in
paper before the NationaI Prison
Congress, advocated the death penal
ty for degcneratcS.
American marines are to be re-
tanned Oh the lsthmus Of Panama on
account Of the unrest among the dis
gruntled elements.
X. J. Laws. while on a Southern
Pacific train, died from heart disease
when the train collided with stock
train.
A hurricane has prevailed on the
coast OF Florida since last Sunday.
Many wrecks are reported and great
damage has been done to the fruit
crop. Eight people were drowned
from the schooner MeIrose.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commis-
sion will make rO awards until 1t
next meeting. which has been fixed
for January IS, zoos Several cases
arc now under adviscmcnt
Mrs, Eva Lyons was married to
Frederick Mchren, smallpox pa,
tient at the Municipal Hospital, i'll
Philadelphia, Magistrate McClcary OF
fciating by telephone.
Marines have been sent to Cramps
shipyard to guard the armorcd crulS-
or Pennsylvania, now near comple-
ton.
As result OF a quarrel, Charles
Harding shot his wife three times and
then turned the pistol on himself, AT
Mobile, Ala. Both are fatally wound
ed
William H. Keusngtou, 4 leading
Mormon, has been arrested at Alton
Wyo., on charge OF polygamy.
Two children were burned to death
in fire at the Middcswork thlldren's
Home, at Shelbyvilc, Ill.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridge
~ addressed the Illinois Bankers AS
sociation at St Louis.
The annual meeting OF the Cruciblc
Steel Company was held in Jersey
City.
Enrpjon