Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-18
ics-Devotsd to Literature, Local and General News.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY is, 1904.
TIE NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

| Inc tNhtIOual 1 uDe company, CON
stituent concern of the United States
Steel corporation, has won the strike at
the Continental works, Pittsburg.
| The destruction of the steel construct
ed skyscapers in Baltimore is disa-
| greeablc surprise to Chicago experts wi o
Invented that class of building,
The Security Savings Bank, of Ash.
land Wis, has been closed, tho directions
having voted 10 place the bank in charge
of Marcus b. Bcrgh, state commissioner
of banking.
A rumor is current in Pittsburg that,
as a result of the Baltimore fire, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has been
considering the removal of important
general Offices to that city.
| a cut all along the line has been made
in petroleum rates by the Standard OH
Company, A reduction of five cents q
barrel was made,
Fully 26, 600 sheep, valued at $35, 900,
have been destroyed by wolves in Mon,
tana in the last year, according TO the re-
| port of the sheep commissioner Of the
| state
| The Mississippi farmers have annonnc'
cd their purpose io take vigorous steps
! in dealing with negro stealcrs, that is
! against labor agents from other states en-.
dcavoring to induce negro labor to cmi'
| CRATE.
William A, McKowcn, secretary OF
the University of California who lost
the university y money on horse races,
was sentenced to serve six wears and
eleven months in san Quentin prison.
! The Chicago aut hori,ics have prevent
rd the use Of a spot light in Sir Henry
lrvings production Of The Bells, " arc
have compelled the stage management
to use instead in the dream scene a strong
incandcScenl light.
The Susquchanna river is closed for
the third time this winter. The water il
twelve and one half feet above low walrI
mark and only lo'Ir and one holt below
The danger line.
Rcputcd to he the richest woman ir
Iowa, Mrs. Amanda Bradley died u
CCntcrViIle Suddenly She was prcsi
dent Of half dozen or more banking IN
| siitutions in southern Iowa and was iii
rector in twice nS many more.
Mrs. Florence MAY brick will arrive il
Birmingham, Ala, in July, probably 'h'
latter part. rs she sails from England it
that month. The purpose Of her visit i'
/ that city will he to wind mp the affair,
Of her portion of the famous llolbrook
/ estate.
The Senate passed the Diplomatic anC
consular appropriation bill without delay
1t is reported that hundreds of per
sons have been killed by vocani
eruption in the Island of .layaa
George A. Rose, cashier Of the CIcve
land Produce E\rhnngc Bank. who en-
brIllcd Sls1, 600 of the bank funds wM
/ scntcr"cd 10 ten years in the penitcn
/ tinry.
The Comptroller of the Currency an,
nounccs the closing of the doors Of tho
Equitable National Bank, of New YORK.
! city, and the appointment Of Nntiona
Bauk Examiner RjdgcIy us temporary
| receiver,
Burglars entered the postonce at Or
leans. Ind aud blew the safe to atoms
,halirring the plate glass windows oj
The building and securing 500 in money
and stamps. One piece ot the safe was
| blown through two walls.
Paul Misik convicted Of numbering
t'harles O'B,irn in a dispute over 81
"cn,s. was executed in Hartford, Conn.
The Norwegian Parliament has passed
/ bill, almost unanimously, authorizing
women to act rs attorneys, solicitors and
! barristcrS in the lower as well as in the
, AighCr courts, on the same condition AS
, men.
The coroner has begun the inquest t0
determine responsibility for the Grand
Rapids Mich railroad wreck, in which
% persons acre killed.
The Baliour Cabinet won by Il ma jor
ity Of 81 in the House of Commons ON
the Robson amendment t." the address in
reply tc the speech from The throne.
The rx?olt orders of The United States
Steel Cor ,,oratiouS for the iiISt week in
February exceeded the export orders Of
the first three weeks of December last.
Fchruarv's record for exports is expect.
ed to be the largest in its history. The
net profits on export orders, however,
arc very small.
Effects of the Baltimore fire are fast
disappearing and the great ma iorty ot
the business men affected by it resume
activity.
Mrs Nary Anne Powell was placed in
iail in Dover, Del, accused of the nun.
der of Estclia Albn from motive OF
jealousy.
Congress is expected to adjourn some
time in May.
Sir Henry Irving SAYS lroqrlois panic
might have occurred in n cathedral, and
lectures Chicago officials.
A man rides from New York lc
PoughkccpSie under II Pullman ear. His
companion is believed to have been
, killed.
The suit started in Saratoga County
is expected to result in disclosing whc
sent out the false prospectus of the
shipbuilding trust.