Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,

The report of the Geological STIR
vey shows the production OF IRON ores
in the United States in 1908 was great
er than that of any other country.
A large fortune has come to Mrs
lula S. Cowan, of Manchester, n. H.,
who was estranged from her tamly
because of her marriage.
Poison has been found in the stom'
ach of Mrs. Jones Watson, OF Ne"
London, who was supposed to have
been drowned
James A. Place, a Berwick (Me)
farmer, has sold two ponds which
have valuable deposits OF chalk Oh
their bottoms.
Eva Booth will probably succeed
Commander Booth Tucker as head OF
the Salvation Army in the United
States.
Mrs. Charles Cohen, of Brooklyn.
choked thief who was trying. &c
break into the apartments OF nelgh'
bor
Jesse Pomcroy, the famous New
England convict. made another at
tempt to escape from prison
Weskern railroads are seeking
cheaper method OF locomotion than
that furnished by steam.
Mrs. Sadie A. Lytle sued her nus
band for dlorce because OF his con-
stant desire to pray.
The admissions to the Worlds Fau
last week were considerably larger
than the week before. =,
Mrs. G.. Guenthcr of Gcrmanla n:
/. beat off two thieves who attempted
to rob her.
The Kansas City police were led III
a raid on an opium JOINT by IS
yearold girl.
The excessive importation of TODD.
stuffs caused a decline in the value OF
English farms.
John w. Gates lost SIoo.ooo because
he was on the wrong side OF wheat
William Kilday shot and killed Owen
Cunningham in Philadelphia.
The coal miners have decided to
submit TO Judge Gray the entire ques-
ton OF check -weighmen and check
docking bosses.
Hereafter the conventions OF the
Brotherhood OF Stationary Flremen
will be held every two years instead or
annually.
DR.. Frank G.. Sanft, a prominent
physician, of Roxbury, Mass, has been
arrested on charge OF counterfe't'hs
Seymour ID. Thompson, former as
socate justice OF the Court OF Ap'
peals at St. Louis, died at East Or
ange, N. J.
Chairman Cortclyou announced that
President Roosevelt will not make
any political speeches during the cam
paign.
The Interstate Commerce Commis'
sion announced its decision regarding
the fruit transportation charges.
Half a dozen men were inJured in
various encounters between strikers
and nonuniou men in Chicago.
Former Congressman George BRICK,
ner died suddenly OF heart trouble at
Shegoygan Falls, Wis.
Prince Henry, OF Prussia, his wite
and eldest son will visit the St Louis
Exposition.
Three persons wre killed and three
were injured in trolley car wreck
at Defiance, O.
Twcnty-one mines OF the Lehlgh
Valley Coal Company will shut doWr
for a week.
Eight mn were arrested for counter
ieiting in a raid at Chicago,
A meteor struck the earth near Con
cord Station, Pa.
a $35,ooo,ooo mortgage from the
Norfolk and Western Railroad COM
pany to the Guaranty Trust Company
of Kew York was filed for record at
Columbus. O.
The international brotherhood OF
Stationary Firemen indorscd the ac'
ton of the packing hremen III
going out III sympathetic strike.
A summer trolley car ran away III
Beaver Run Valley. 1t turned over
at the bottom OF grade and 10 people
were injured, 1 fatally.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks wa:
rendered reception during the celc,
bration of the Old-Home week al
Marysville, o.
The Citizens Alliance has threat
cned the bondsmcn OF the miners
charged with the riot at Victor with
deportation.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Regis II, Post to be secretary and
L. S. Rockwell to be auditor OF Porto
Rico.
Carrie Nation has given over thous,
and dollars to the Home for Wives OF
Drunkards, at Topeka. Kan. -.
Mrs. Ida Stebblns shot and killed
her husband near Golden, Cal.
Vincenzio Mannino, the Italian con
tractor, of Brooklyn, whose six-ycar'
old son, Antonio, has been kidnapped
offered a reward of $500 for the re
turn of the boy. and also offered tc
paw literally for any information con
cernng his lost child.
Willie Mungen, alias Frank DAVIS
coored, who was hanged at JOINS
town. Pa, for the murder of Laur;
Taylor, also colored. confessed to tn
murder of another colorcd woman, II
Jacksonville, Fla, years ago.
Foreign.
The Turkish government has pleds'
ed itself to give equal protection tc
the American schools i'll Turkey to
that afforded to the other schools anc
has granted an idemnity to Mrs. Lane
thus putting an end to the pending
controversy, and the American fleet
has been ordered to withdraw,
The British torpedo-boat destroyer
Decoy was sunk off the Scilly Island:
in a collision with another destroyer
The crew were saved.
The British bark lnverkip was sunE
in collision with the British shif
Loeb Carron and 20 persons were
drowned.
A band of Armenans was attacked
bv Turkish troops in the village OF
Schamirun, near Bitlis, Turkey.
The United States South Atlantic
Squadron arrived at Cape Town, At
RIGA.
In her replv to Great Britain in the