Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-01-12
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,

the National WOolgroWcrS Association.
in Denver, committee was appointed
to consider the proposed reorganization
of the National Livestock Association.
Mel Green, of Elbridge township,
Mich, shot and mortally wounded his
wife and then shot himself, dying in
stantly Family troubles caused the
tragedy.
Edgar w. Hasslcr, mayors clerk and
well-known newspaper man, of Pitts
burg, Pa, dropped dead on the street
of heart failure.
Charles Chandler, one of the best
known lawyers of Grand Rapids, Mich,
dropped dead while questioning wit
ness in the Probate Court
Charles G. Williams, who had charge
OF the building of the great Phoenix
Globe (Ariz) irrigation canal, died at
Phoenix, Ariz,, aged "a years.
BY the capsizing of a salboat on
Lake Pontchartrain three men lost their
lives and two were unconscious from
exposure when rescued.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Abrelia
Marcum, in Winchester, KY, gave her
NCTu1Cl Oh pn,uNJ against JNtSN ji"i
gis and Sheriff Callahan.
The stockholders of the Boot Cotton
Mills, OF Lowell, Mass, decided to Ii
quidate on account of the unfavorablc
condition of the market.
Barton G.. Lee, a horscman, well
known throughout South Georgia and
Florida, committed suicide i'll Thomas
vile, Ga.
William Spencer, the policy-writcr,
was elcctrocutcd in Sing Sing for the
murder of Charles S. MacFarlanc il
New York city.
The decision to advance rates OF in
terest caused rush OF dcpositors to
all the savings banks i'll New York.
A new presentment against Bishop
Talbot, of the Central Pennsylvania Do
ceSe of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
is being prepared 1t is based mainly
OH charges set forth in the first docu-
ment.
The body of an unidentified woman
was found i'll a ditch at Dunnlng, near
Chicago. 1t is supposed that the won-
an died after an operation and that her
body was thrown into the ditch.
The followers OF Governor Peabody
in the Colorado legislature gained a
point by the passage OF a resolution Gre
ating commission of IS members 10
canvass the states vote.
An agreement has been signed be-
tween the Chicago Railway Company
and its employees by which they agree
TO resort to and abide bv arbitration to
settle differences.
In his message to the legislature Gov
crnor Durbin, of Indiana, dwells upon
the bribery evil and says that the time
has come for its suppression.
II. O. Barber, former vice president
OF the wrecked Commercial Bank, at
Cambridge, O., has been sentenced to
the pententiary for cmbczzlemcnt
In freight. wreck at Glencoe. on the
Pittsburg Division OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, four unknown tramps
were killed.
William J. Bryan delivered an ad-
dress before the Jackson Club OF Mem
phis, Tenn. his subject being Watch
men of the Night
Prof. Fred ii. Pcrrinc, OF the Lick
Conservatory, at San Jose, Cal, has
discovered the sixth satellite OF Jupiter.
Justice Grccnbaum, of the New York
State Supreme Court, denied the apfli-
cation OF Nan Patterson for bail.
Alfred NJ. Lamar member OF the
New York Consolidated Stock EX-
change, has been expelled.
Sing Yen, Chinaman, was hanged
at Folsom, Cal, for the murder OF an
other Chlnaman.
Elwin c. Foster, of New Orleans, has
been appointed receiver for the New
Orleans Railways Company by Judge
l.anning, in the United States Circuit
Court.
The Canadian Carriage Company's
plant, at Brockville, Ont, was destroy
ed by fire, causing loss of approximate
ly 100000, The insurance is $225,ooo.
Miss Mary Abbott, OF Watertown, CT,
has been appointed chairman OF the edu-
cational committee of the General Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs.
The Twentieth Century Limited and
Lake Shore special collided near An
gola in the snowStorm Eight passen-
gers were slightly injured.
William l.. Douglas was inaugurated
governor Of Massachusetts.
In a scuflc following a quarrel about
10 cents Thomas Mooney shot and kill
ed James Dunn in Waterbury, CT.
William T. Cobb, of Rockland, was
inaugurated governor of Maine,
Neil S. Phelps, capalist, Of Battle
Creek, Mich, who lost his fortune, COM
mitted suicide.