Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-20
Politics devoted to Literature, Local and General News
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
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Domestic

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An elevator fell from the sixth tlooi
to the basement of the Land Title Build
ing, in Philadelphia. District Attorney
Bell and several others were seriously
injured.
| Thousands of Italians from various
sections congregated in Little Italy il
| New York and celebrated the Feast OF
Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The entire crew of the British steam
er lndrani, from japanese and Chinese
ports, was detained at New York har'
Dor. Bubonic plague is suspected
The steamboat Drcamland while bound
for Coney Island collided in New York
harbor with the ferryboat Lackawanna
Both boats were damaged
An order was signed in Brooklyn to
exhume the body of Mrs. Mary German
Carlton, whose husband is suspected OF
having murdered her.
Bertha Claiche was indicted by the
New York grand jury for the murder
Of Emil Gerdron, her cruel lover.
Mrs. Kate NJ. Clcary, of Chicago, died
suddenly from heart disease after q
quarrel with her husband.
James Brecn, white. and Charles Jack
son. colorcd, were clectrocuted i'll Sing
Sing Prison,
1t is said that the reason for Mayor
Dunne's refusal to give out the report
of the Scotch expert, Dalrymple, on the
traction system of Chicago is due to the
for tainted money" for the Chicago
without gloves. Another report comm
ing itself to the traction problem has
been asked for.
Hitchcd to a plow by a rope, with the
pastor holding the handles and Rev. l.
X. Bllingsley, of Wesley Methodist
Church, steadylng the beam, members OF
the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
in Des NIoines, broke ground for their
new building.
John Barrenberg was shot dead on the
State rifle range at Sea Girt, n. Jp
Saturday afternoon. He ventured out
OF the rifle pit when there was some
skirmiSh firing going on and a stray
bullet struck him.
Prof. A. n. Fox, who recently tclc-
graphcd to John d. Rockefeller begging
for "taincd money for the Chicago
Theological Seminary. has been DISMISS
ed from the faculty Of that institution.
Mrs. Janet Wilson, who fled from the
Hudson River State Hospital and came
to Bridgeport, Ct, with Walter Lang
don, shot herself at the Washington
Bridge Tavern and will probably die,
Albert Nulcy of Fishers Landing, n.
Y, brutally assaulted Mrs. Fanny liar-
ners and her daughter, who caught HIM
burglariling their home in Clayton, n. y:
Dr. Charles A. Lnsley. secretary OF
the Connecticut Board of Health, rec
ommcnds isolation OF the nurses and
Daticuts in cases OF cerebro-Spnal men
ngitiS.
Superintendent of Insurance Hen
drcks 5, of New York, gave out an an.
,wcr TO the criticisms of his official
acts in connection with the Equitable III
vcstigation. .,..
The condition OF Senator William a.
Clark. OF Montana, who underwent an
operation for an abscesS in the middle
ear, was pronounced very satisfactory
The police of Brooklyn promise sensa-
tiona Developments i'll the case OF FRED
erick G. Carlton. who is being held on
the charge of poisoning his wife,
The unsecured claims against the es-
tate of defauling Banker Bigelow,
amounting TO nearly $2,ooo'ooo VIII get
only 10 cents on the dollar =,
The United States training snip mart
fort arrived at Newport, K. l." from
GARDENERS Bay l.. l., with detachment
Of naval cadets.
In Chicago verdict of not guilty was
announced by Judge A. II. Chet!ain' OF
the Superior Court, in the case OF freSi-
dent Albert A. G. Wheeler, OF the IN
nos Tunnel Company, and several for-
mer municipal officers on trial ~ al
legged alteration OF public records. Inc
Jury in the case was discharged,
Twelve new directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society were elected
Among them are former Judge ID. Cody
Hcrrjck; President Butler, OF COLUMBIA
University. and Congressman LlttIehelc,
OF Maine. .D,.
Walter Scott, the gold miner OF Death
Valley, caused sensation IN me n''ah'
cial district OF New York, his auto
mobile hanson being followed by CROWDS
that yelled to him to toss out MS sold'
Richard Wareham, the oldest mem
Der of the Knights of Pythias, died at
Rock Island, ILL.,, aged 70 years,
A New York man went TO sleep OH
the roof of house and fell five stories,
He was fatally injured.
Three persons were killed and seven
injured in collision between two raft
road trains at Steiger. Ill.
Near Braintree, Mass, Pole muir
dered his wife by nearly Severlng her
head from her body.
Several men in New York became III
sane from the heat. One man who was
overcome fell from roof and fractured
his skull. Heat and humidity are re-
sponsble for an epidemic of suicides IN
Utica, N. y.