Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-05-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A Manila dispatch of the 11th said
that Lieut., Winfield Harper and 80
men Of f company of the Seventeenth
United States infantry were caught, on
May s, in an ambush by several hun
dred Moros, on the east shore of Lake
Liguasan, Mindanae. ,Iieutenants II.
A. Woodruff and Jos. Fl. Hall and Is
men were killed and five men wounded.
The coroners jury at Bristol, Tenn,
returned verdict, On the 11th to the
effect that young Edward l.. Wentz'
death was due to the accidental dis
charge of his own pistol. The body
was found on the mountainside in
Wise county, Va.
1t was found necessary, on the 11th,
to draw off the water from the .agoons
at the Worlds fair at st. Louis in Or
der to make repairs rendered necessary
by leaks that had developed, endanger-
ing the entertainments.
AS the result of an explosion of six
kegs of powder in shaft No. of the
Big Muddy Coal & Iron Co.'S mine at
Herrin, H., on the 11th, five men were
killed and Ia others injured, some OF
whom will die. A number of mine
mules were also killed
An attempt to wreck Pennsylvania
train No. 80 near Richmond, Ind, was
discovered on the 10th, when the en-
gineer stopped the train within few
feet of pile of bricks and stone which
had been placed on the track Two
boys have been arrested.
United States Marshal ]. NJ Barnes.
of Macon, Ca, was removed from Office,
on the 10th, on telegraphic Instructions
from President Roosevelt. The cause
of the removal is through a difficulty
which took place a short time ago at
Valdosta, Ca, between Judge Emory
Speer and the marshal Judge Speer
left Macon for Washington on the 7th
collision occurred, on the 11th at
Whittier, Is miles south of Los An
geles, Cal, between Santa Fe pas
senger train from San Diego to Los
Angeles and an electric car Fifteen
persons were injured, several seriously,
but none, it is believed, fatally. The
injured were passengers on the electric
car The names of the injured are not
available.
1t was reported on the 11th, that
the RUSSIANS were blowing UP their
warships in the inner harbor of Port
Arthur, numerous heavy explosions
having been heard from that direction.
The Russians, however, denied the re-
port, saying they wore not going to
repeat the mistake of Sebastopol.
In an auto accident seven miles west
of Newton, Kas., on the 10th, Judge
M. P. Simpson OF the district court,
was killed. Miss Anna Lees, Mrs. M.
IL. Simpson and S. Lehman were in
iurcd. The machine got beyond control
and dashed off bridge, falling Is feet
into ditch.
Advces from the far east, of the Sth
Inst, indicated that the Russians were
either making or preparing to make
retrograde movements, with Harbin
the probable new headquarters and
Mukden the advance post
All the railroads composing the Cen
trail Passenger association have decided
TO grant stop.overs in Chicago on all
tickets sold in connection with the ex-
position In st. Louis. A committee
has been appointed to confer with the
Western Passenger association and ar
range a common bosis upon which
stop-overs will be authorized.
An Illinois Central passenger train
was ditched, on the 11th, at ten
Z O'Clock, two miles south of Dixon, Ill,
Ten people were injured, three seri-
Z ously. The first three cars and the
engine rolled over a 17-foot embank-
ment, demolishing the cers.
Edward Morse Field, son of the late
Cyrus w. Field, is agin in the insanity
ward at Bellevue hospital, in New
York, for treatment He went to the
hospital himself and WAS examined by
Il Dr. Richards.
Justice HyEd, of Denver, COL dis
charged William D. Haywood, secretary
Of the Western Federation of Miners,
charged with desecration of the flag.
The charge was based on the issuance
of a circular bearing a picture of the
flag, and headed, rs Colorado in
America"
An order was entered in Chicago. on
the 18th, remanding TO the custody of
New York officers Capt John ]. Healy,
former president of the Alaska Ex-
ploration Co. Healy is charged with
embezzlement of funds belonging to the
company,
The Farmers state bank at Nardin
Okla, failed on the 18th. Assets and
liabilities. not given, 1t had about SIS
600 in the Capital national bank at
Guthrie, which failed recently.
The grand jury at Akron, o., on the
18th, returned an indictment against
Art Simms, the prizefighter, on the
charge of criminal assault. Sims, few
years ago, gave promise of becoming
the champion lightweight of the world
Attorneys for the striking Santa Fe
railway machinlsts at Topeka, Kas.,
filed motion In the district court to
have the restraining order against the
strikers dissolved. The hearing Is set
for May 16. The strike situation il
practically unchanged.