The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-16
The LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC

| John n. MCNall, president OF the New
York Life Insurance Company. was
! called before the insurance investigating
committee in New York and ordered to
demand the return TO this country of
Andrew Hamilton and an account of the
moneys he expended.
William II. Andrews fled his answer
IN the SUIT instituted against him in Pitts
burg by Receiver Cunningham. of the
Enterprise National Bank. He denies
the charge of conspiracy.
The New York Police Court denied
the application for warrant in the Mar
garetta Todd case, the assistant district
attorney having declared that the evi-
dence did not warrant an arrest
Proceedings were instituted by the
government against various railroads and
private car companies in the federal
court in Milwaukee, alleging violation of
the Elkins Law.
Harry A. Leonard the Wall Street
clerk who stole $35o,OOo worth Of Sc
curitles to give Wall Street an object
lesson, was sentenced to I3 months in
Elmira Reformatory.
Five hundred girls employed at the
shirtmakng establishment of Tutelman
Bros. q Faggen went on strike because
the male employees were laid off
jim Walker, colored, was convicted
In Atlanta of having committed a crimi-
nal assault on Mrs. w. G. Moore and
was sentenced 10 be hanged.
Thomas B. Clement, president of the
First National Bank of ST. Paul, Mimi.
was sentenced 10 eight years in prison
tor embezzlement
a statement was given out in New
h. "a l. Il
Bermudez Asphalt Company charging
that officials of the Venezuelan govern
lnent had tried to extort 100000 from
the company.
James Speyer, of New York. has given
$4,000 to the trustees of the Columbia
University to endow a Theodore Roose-
welt protesSorship of American history
and institutions in the University Of
Berlin.
Samuel c. Whipple, if Pawtucket
X. J., grocer's clerk, while on his
rounds married Miss Ella Newton then
continued delivering his goods with his
bride on the seat beside him
Attorney General Moody made a state
ment explaining a petition he will file in
the federal court in Wisconsin under the
Elkins law
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, gave
notice of her intention TO contest the will
OF her rich aunt, Mrs. Henry S. Hoyt, of
Newport. r. l.
recently was deformed young man, has
lost his humpback and gained several
inches in height
Secretary Bonaparte announces a COM
petitive examination TO be held to fill
x--,r~ IL,
master in the Navy.
Three negroes who had been arrested
in Fort Worth, Tex, on the charge
of killing Elias White, colored, were
lynched by mob.
An Armenian unable TO speak English
was tagged and mailed from New York
to Lynn, Mass.
The owner of property valued at $780,
900, A. J. Seaman, of Omaha, Neb.,
lives on p cents a day.
The torso of a man was found on
city dump i'll Cleveland by children.
Pink Adams, mail rider. was as
sassinated at Milers Creek, Miss
William Barnes, former superinten-
dent of insurance for the state of New
York, testified before the Armstrong in
vestigating committee that a one-man
power, III WHICH ! lOUldS NNdn look the
place Of James Hazen Hyde, still con-
trolled the Equitable Life Insurance
Company
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivered
an address at Brookline, Mass, in which
he said the present tendency toward mu-
nicipal ownership threatened the estab-
lishment of an oligarchy of officeholders
and the destruction of Individual liberty
Miss Lillian Russell had a narrow es-
cape from death by a horse throwing
her while riding i'll Central Park, she
having her foot caught in stirrup and
hanging head downward when assist
ance reached her.
The suggestion is made at Washing
ton that a Temple of Peace" be erected
at the Capital in honor of Presidents
Roosevelfs work affecting the Ports
mouth conference.
Countess de Szilassy. formerly Miss
May of Chicago. has been granted
divorce from her husband. who was
secretary to the Austrian legation at
Washington