Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-11-03
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,

y temporary injunction was graft
ed III St Louis restraining Brown
Brothers & Co., of New York, from
establishing an alleged blind pool OF
the st. Louis Transit Company and
the United Railway Company's as
sets
Martin Olson, who shot himself on
october II after holding up the book.
keeper OF Mundy's Machine Works,
in Newark, n. J., and trying to get
away with $i,Z71, died from his
wounds
~ dozen persons were injured, three
"t them seriously. in COLLISION be
tween two surface cars at Forty-sec.
ond street and Ninth avenue, in New
York. Both cars were badly smas
The marriage of Lizzie Fey and
Allcn May, which was to have been
Soicmnizcd in Philadelphia, was check.
ed at the altar when the priest learned
that May had been divorced
Gen. {. c. Mason, a distinguished
British officer. VINO served 90 years
III India with the Madras army, died
at his home, near Grccniclds, Cal,
aged 80 years
The officers OF the Organization ot
the Slocum Survivors sent letter to
President Roosevelt thanking him fNr
his prompt and energetic action in
the matter.
Eight officers and 25 scamcn Of the
British steamer Kelvin arrived at New
York on the steamer Ponce. They
had abandoned their sinking vessel.
Elizabeth Large. colorcd said to
be the oldest woman in Georgia, is
dead. She was reported to be be-
tween 1IS and I25 years old.
Relatives Of Ira ID. Sankcy, the ia
mou, singing evangelist, have decided
to take him south in the hope OF pro-
longing hi, lie
Secretary OF State Hay has issued
circular letter to the representatives
ot the United States government in
other countries, carrying out tic Pres,
dcnt'S instructions looking 10 the sum
monlng OF another international peace
conference.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany IS preparing to handle increased
traffic. Works OF Improvement. tenn
pnrarlIy suspended. have been taken
mp and orders have been placed for
more cars and locomotives.
Officials of the Enterprise Col'jcry,
IN Shamokin. Pa, which caught five
three weeks ago, stated that the fire.
which caused over SIooooO damage,
has been cXtingulShed.
Kogora Takahira, the Japanese min
lStcr to the United States. has under.
gone an operation for appcndicrtI, ~
New York and his condition IS str,ou.
Ross Schater, tarmer. living ~
Ohio, hot and killed John Ham. who
had been employed by him as a FARM
hard. The motive was revenge.
Nvah X. Cooley confessed being
implicated with Edward Douval N
an attempt to b,ackmail Mrs. Theresa
y Sheridan in New York.
THE report Of the United States
Commissioner Of Education shows
that daring the past year 16,oooSht
pupils attended the public schools.
TIE steamer Mainlander, OF the Pa
cjlir Coast Steamship Company's fleet,
lies at the bottom OF Puget Sound, off
West Point lighthouse, north Of Seat
lie, as the result OF collision with
the powerful tug Sea Lion.
The summer home Of former State
Senator John x. McCarty, at Pits
field, Mass, was robbed. The thicvc,
secured jcwclry valued at $4,000.
II. Stanley Wilson, y years old wa
shot and instantly killed at PuIha"
g.. Ne, ny his brother Herbert.
Who m'<took him for deer,
orc man was burned 10 death and
.r,thcr injured in fire ON the New
York waterfront that partially destroy
I'd several vessels and the pier.
Columbia College began the cclc.
bratluu OF the one hundred and hitietn
anniversary of the university since its
inception as Kings College.
\ young lady fell between the plat
form and train in the subway and
wa, painfully hurt. This was the frst
accident in the subway.
Myrtle Smith, Is years old, is dead
and Jennie lcavcr critically i'll as the
result of Knockout drops administered
TO the girls.
Former Gov George X. Nash, Of
Ohio. died suddenly OF heart disease
at the home oi his stcpdaughtcr, iii
Columbus.
The American steamer Miami. which
4 -, Ii,,,,, i,ra,,,i,. ~ tb-
crew of the Spanish bark CoSmc Cal.
zada, which was wrecked on the Flor
ida coast.
Thomas NJ. IIiggs, hotel man in
Huntsville. Ala. has been arrested
and placed under $1,000 bond on a
charge OF conspiracy in tho IynchmS
OF Horace Naples.
r. flaming. fathcr-in-law OF County
Treasurer Thomas J. Chase, was in
dctcd i'll Pomcroy, O., on the charge
Of being involved in the county treas
ury robbery
On account of the charge of arson
brought against him. Isaac n. Ferry
resigned the presidency oi the Ma.
tional Bank of North America, of
Chicago.
Foreign
The presidents OF 81 provincial
zemstvos in Russia have been SUM
moned to st. Petersburg by Prince
Sviatopolk- Mir,ky, minister oi the in
terior to participate III the considera-
lion ot the peasant reforms.
Russian officials are gathering evi-
I..,.,, ., h,u, ,h,t tho Jewish DODlI-