Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-10-19
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sizing of a small sailboat in Maumee
Bay, near Toledo, O.
Seventeen persons were injured, one
perhaps fatally, by the wreck of the ST.
Louis Denver flyer on the Missouri Pa
cifc, near Sugar City, Col. The acci-
dent was caused by spreading rails.
An express package addressed to John
D. Rockefeller has remained two weeks
uncaled for at Des Moines, la. 1t is
supposed to be the work of some joker.
By an explosion of natural gas the
First Presbyterian Church at Mckees
Rocks, Pa, was blown up and the JAM
tor, David Leader, seriously hurt.
The Indemnity Savings and Loan
Company of Cleveland, o., closed its
doors in consequence of proceedings be-
gun by the attorney general.
A meeting of the freight traffic Off
cials of the B. & O. Railroad is in ses'
sion at Cincinnati, c. S. Wright pre-
siding.
Mrs. Caroline Buchlcr, of St. George,
S. l., committed suicide by shooting her
self in the head with a revolver.
Mrs. Grave Evans, of Des Moines,
Ia, tainted upon learning that her hus
band, Ralph w. Evans, had been Sc
cretly married to Miss Jessica Penn, a
society girl and art student, who had
been his model.
John Frederickson, of South Nor
walk, Conn, is on the hunt for William
Barrett, who ran off with his wife and
ST 900 of his cash. He does not want
his wife, but docs want his cash.
DR.. Arthur St. Clair KnudSon, a
wealthy New York clubman, was found
nude on top of freight car at 4onkers'
He had climbed there while suffering
from mental ALTERATION.
Two more convictions have been OBJ
tained in the Oregon land-fraud case
the latest culprits being former STATE
Representative Willard N. Jones and
Ira Wade, a timber locator.
The Southern Pacific Railway has or
dered I4o new locomotives and over
5000 cars. A perfect block system will
be installed between San Francisco and
Omaha.
Joseph A. Flanely, an Inspector of the
New York State Excise Department,
was arrested on the charge of falsely
certifying to permits for license.
Rev. George Soltan, pastor OF the
Sioux City Baptist Church, notified his
congregation that he would resign il
they did not give up Sunday diversions
A portion of the brain OF Thomas
Paine, that had been stolen, was recov-
cred in Paine's tomb at New Rochelle,
N. Y.
Five fremen were injured in fire
that destroyed paint and wallpaper es-
tablshment in Chicago.
Mrs. Russell Sage has given $4,000
for a new modern school building in Sag
Harbor, l.. |.
lieut.. Louis McLane Hamilton, Four,
tcenth Infantry, has been reduced 30 files
in rank as the result OF a court-martial
held at Vancouver Barracks, when Lieu
tenant McL.ane was tried on charges OF
conduct unbccoming an officer and a
gentleman, and conduct to the prejudice
OF good order and military discipline.
District Attorney William T. Jerome,
of New York, speaking OF his lndepend-
ent campaign for reelection, and the
fact that Tammany Hall nominated a
: candidate to oppose him, SAID he Will
remain in the fight.
Rev. DR.. J. c. Kunzman, treasurer OF
Home Missions Of the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church of North America, re-
ported to the General Council that dur
ing the past year 600 missions had re-
ceivcd support.
During a hearing in Chicago the at
torncy OF former Capt. Oberlin NJ. Car
ter laid charges of dishonesty against
government officials. He mentioned nc
names.
A woman cashier in New York con-
iessed that she had embezzled $4,000
and had used the funds to support hei
father, mother and invalid sister. :,
w. T. Brown, president OF the tailed
First National Bank of Storm Lake
Ia, was sentenced to five years IN priSor
for fraudulent banking.
FOREIGN
The Vologda Railroad, the first sec
ton of the contemplated direct line
across Russia to connect with the Trans
Siberian Railroad and obviate the pres
ent long southern detour, was opened.
The suit brought by Prince Philip O.
Sake Coburg for separation from hi
wife, the Princess Louise, was begun
in the divorce court at Gotea, in tn
duchy.
The union between Norway and Swe
den, existing since 1874, has finally beef
dissolved by the acts of the Parliament
of both nations.
The Japanese Minister of War ha
instructed the Japanese officers and mel
in the field not to crticise the terms o
peace
Snow is falling at Bayreuth ant
Wuerzburg, in Northern Bavaria On
scasonable cold prevails Throughout
Germany.
1t is reported that France is prepar
ing an ultimatum to be sent to Presi
dent Castro, of Venezuela.
Baron Komura, the Japanese peac
envoy, was greeted with imperial honor
upon his return to Toxic
Andrew Carnegie will today be in
stalled as Lord Rector of the Univer
sitv of St. Andrew, Scotland.
King Edward laid the foundatio
stone Of the immense new general post
office building in London.
The complete text of the peace treat
: between Japan and Russia is hnall
made public.
, Labor troubles in ST. Petersburg ar
increasing and the printers have jone
the strikers
It has been decided that the body G
Sir Henry Irving shall rest in West
minister Abbey.
French government officials are be
coming impatient over President Gas
tro's failure to withdraw his offenslv
l action toward M. Taigny, the Frenc
{ representative at Caracas.
The Chinese government will intro
ducc bill in the legislative council pre-
viding for loan of $2,ooo,ooo tor tn
d Kowlon- Canton Railway and other raj
: way purposes. NJ