Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-26
NEWS BRIEFS.

Enpr09S
company out Of Victoria. B. c. The steam
ers are being built by the Fairchllds on the
Clyde.
Arbitration has been employed success
fully to settle wage scale differences be-
tween Chicago office building managers
ployed In the one hundred and twenty-five
downtown Office blocks. DR.. Emil g.
Hirsch. acting as umpire in the dispute,
fixed the pay of flremen for the coming
year at the same figure in effect last year.
The employees had applied for an increase,
while the building managers desired a de-
crease.
The Teller county cases against Charles
H Meyer and other officers Of the Western
Federation of Miners. growing out Of the
transferred to Douglas county, Colo. for
trial by order Of Judge Cunningham. before
whom q motion for a change Of venue was
argued In chambers.
The government Investigation, begun in
New York. to determine whether there had
been any negligence on the part Of the OFF,
GERS on board Of the steamer Glen Island.
which was burned on Long Island Sound
last Tuesday, was concluded Friday. De-
cision was reserved.
Miss Jennie Fairbanks of Mansfield, ILL.,,
niece of Senator Fairbanks, was brought
to a hospital In Bloomington, Ill. Friday.
While putting on her hat with hat pin
in one hand. a friend accidentally jost-
led Miss Fairbanks arm, and as a result
the pin was buried in Miss Fairbanks eye.
An effort will be made to save her sight.
Two persons were seriously injured in a
head-on collision between two electric ham
Som cabs In New York Friday night. Mrs.
John Mfnturn was thrown through the glass
front Of one, of the cabs and was taken I'M
conscious to hospital. Charles c. King,
one Of the chauffeurs, was injured so badly
that his left leg may have to be amputated.
John Lamar was arrested in Huntsville.
Ala, Thursday night on an Indictment re-
turned charging conspiracy in the lynching
OF Horace Naples. Several indictments were
found, and so far three arrests have been
made. T. M. higgins and Robert Powell
are out on 5000 bond
John Holden, colored driver employed
in Portsmouth. Va, was arraigned at Nor
folk, Friday. charged with stealing ma
terial from the navy yard and was commit
ted to jail In default of a bond.
Police Justice Bryan has decided to estab-
Hsh whipping post in the Roanoke (Va-)
Jail for the punishment of youthful Offend
ers. Two white boys were given a hard
drubbing Thursday in the Jail.
William Tuell shot and killed James Law
son In a quarrel, near Chilhowie, Va. The
men became involved in difficulty over
trivial matter
Va, committed suicide Friday. A pistol
was in the right hand. Wood, who was
thirty-five years old and unmarried, had
been on spree.
complaint brought by Countess Maria
Francesca O'Reilly de Camara, who seeks
to recover $250O0O from Maj. Cen Brooke,
formerly governor general of Cuba. was
heard in New York court yesterday. The
countess alleges that Gen. Brooke abolished
the Office of high sheriff Of Havana, which
she claimed by Inheritance.
Mrs. Patrick Hagerty, wife of the fugitive
of fl,o r hnrr Ny0t,h Noll Dol ,lr
has suggested compromise with creditors
Of the bank offering them at least 60 per
cent of their claims In return for assur-
ances that her husband and her brother,
President McGreevy, shall not be prose-
cuted.
The eighty-fifth anniversary banquet of
the New England Society was held at
Charleston. s. c.. Friday night DR.. w. H.
McElroy of New York responded to the
toast 1.-THE Day We Celebrate" Represen-
Berry, U. 8. N, and others spoke. A letter
from J. Pferpont Morgan was read.
A heavy snowstorm ragged all day yester-
day in the Wyoming Valley Pa, and about
eight inches of snow fell. On the mountains
the fall was heavy and drifted badly and
trains on all the railroads were running
from two to three hours late. On the Lee
high Valley railroad the same conditions
existed.
New York city was treated to Christ
mas snowstorm, accompanied by a high
wind and decided drop in temperature.
With the snow came gradual increase In
the velocity of the wind, which by 10
O'Clock last night was blowing thirty miles
an hour. At that time between four and
five inches of snow fell. which brought
the record for the month up to twenty
inches, the heaviest snowfall for December
recorded there In many years.
George E. Letcher of San Jose, Cal, who
is wanted by the Ohio authorities on the
charge of arson. alleged to have been COM
mitted twenty-five years ago, and who has
been resisting extradition has been kidnap-
ed by detectives.
Hugh H. Price of Black River Falls, Wis,
representative from Wisconsin in 1887
and 1888, died in Denver, Col, aged forty
five. He was son of W. T. Price. for
many years representative from the eighth
Wisconsin district and succeeded his father
in Congress
Two policemen fatally injured, a third
badly hurt and four negroes locked up Is
the result Of a battle that took place early
yesterday in North Plainfield, N. j., be-
tween firemen, policemen and citizens
one side and a gang of negroes on the
other.
T. B. Altman, a farmer. dead: his son.
Darling Altman, charged with involuntary
manslaughter, and City Marshal Mcmillan
badly cut Is the result Of Christmas eve
whisky drinking. 1t was proved that young
Altman accidentally cut his father while
trying to cut Mcmillan. The jury brought
in a verdict of involuntary manslaughter.
Baronio, an Italian, was murdered at
Dorseyville, La, and his body cremated, by
a gang of negroes yesterday.
Fire yesterday at WayIand, N. Y, de-
stroyed the plant of the Wayland cement
works, near Perkinsville entailing a loss
of $200,0O0 partially covered by insurance.
Shortly after midnight Saturday night
Stephen Pushart, John Brinkush and Mar
tin Poblish were held up on the outskirts
of LanSford, Pa, and beaten by four men,
who were armed with blackjacks. Pushart
was killed and Brinkush is. it is believed,
fatally injured
John D. Krombling. the aged shoemaker
of BerryvilIe, Clarke county, Va. who was
struck on the back of the head by brick
it is alleged, by Rein Carlisle, nine
teen years of age died yesterday. Carlisle
is held at Berryville charged with willful
and the grand jury will be sum-
moned to indict him.
Christmas day passed quietly throughout
the united kingdom. The most notable
feature of the day in London was the large
amount of charity distributed as the result
of the generous sums of money collected for
this purpose through the newspapers and
other channels
Fire Saturday damaged a Chicago apart
ment building and caused loss of $4,000 to
tenants of the building. Three of the ten