The Irish standard., 1905-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

Official and resident Washington ex-
tended New Years greetings to the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt at the
white house. The event was brilliant
and spectacular, as the presidents
New Years receptions always are.
Col. A. A. Rodman, grand captain gen.
eral OF the grand commandery, Knight
Templar of Iowa, and author of Rod
mans tactics, is dead at Washington,
Ia, of apoplexy.
The denomination of United States
Senator Julius Caesar Burrows for a
third term was agreed upon by acclama-
ton in joint caucus of the two houses Of
the Michigan state legislature.
A fire which broke out in the tobacco
district of Greenville, N. c., destroyed
two warehouses, five prizeries and sew
eral small buildings, besides million
pounds of tobacco. Losses, 100000.
Fire consumed the home of Frank
Noweski, Polish miner, in Morris Run,
Pa, and the entire family of ten, except
the Oldest son, aged 10, was either burned
to death or smothered.
Haven Ditzler, aged seven years, and
his brother Earl, aged nine, were burned
to death in their home at St. Charles,
Mich. Their brother Bennie was Sc
verely burned while trying to rescue
them.
The largest production of gold coins
in the history of the Philadelphia mint
was that of the calendar year just closed.
The total number of gold coins minted
was 6,996,957, with a value of S129 Ill.,
42S
A 50-ton fiy-wheel in the National
Tube WORKS company plant, at McKees-
port, Pa, burst and completely wrecked
the continuous mill One man was killed
outright and four seriously Injured. The
loss to the plant will reach 100000.
John Hathaway, negro, who Is years
ago ranged high as a jockey, was hanged
at Winchester, KY, for the muruer OF
Ella Thomas, his sweetheart.
The First national bank of Faribault,
Mimi, has been closed and Bank Exam
liner Lyman D. Baird appointed receiver.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English
actress, fractured knee cap as the re-
suit of fall while entering a carriage
to go to the Broad street theater, in
Philadelphia
The republican members of the Min
nesota legislature held a caucus for the
purpose of nominating United States
senator to succeed Moses e. Clapp, and
by vote of 1877 to 1 Mr.. Clapp was in
dorsed for reelection.
Tho total ANNA icod vo11,o Of nav
chandise imported at the port of New
York in 1904 was $552,709,359, against
$553.225 905 in 1903.
Four soldiers in the guardhouse at
Fort Hamilton, N. Y, escaped and three
were drowned in the ocean in an at tempt
to swim to safety. The other was caught.
In the wreck of a Canadian Northern
train carrying a snow-plow at Orinona,
Manitoba, B. Linlzlater was killed and
dozen persons were injured.
Moving bog in county in Ireland
practically destroyed a village endau-
gering the lives of tenants and causing
widespread distress.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty says the railroads of the United
States own the courts and that his COM
mission should have more power.
The entire Roumanian cabinet has
resigned in consequence of the resig-
nations of the ministers of finance and
of domains.
Twenty-Five men were rescued from q
wrecked oil steamer off Cape Hatteras
after being at the mercy of the waves &c
hours.
Two Conneaut CO., bankers who failed
because of run caused by the Cassie L.
Chadwick case were arrested by United
States marshals.
A civil service board has been estab-
lished for the Panama canal zone.
Two firenen were killed and damage
of $4,000 was done in fire that de-
stroyed a repair shop of the Union Trac-
ton company in Chicago. The fire is the
fifth in Is months in this company's
plants.
Prisoners in the Folsom (Cal.) peni-
tertiary attempted a wholesale delivery
Three were shot to death, four were
wounded and the break was quelled in
20 seconds
Four blocks of business houses and
residences were burned at Hartford.
Ark, causing loss of about $125, 1000.