Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-02-09
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The latest Happenings Condensed for Rapk
Reading.
Domestic.


for the purchase of the concession fol
electric car lines from Monterey, Mex
leo. They are also negotiating with
F. S. Slayden, of New York, to buy
his system of mule cars and conver
the two systems into one electric line.
The Philadelphia Iceboat No. 3 struck
a sunken wreck on the northwest END
of the Harbor of Refuge, at Lewe;
Breakwatcr, and was wrecked. The
crew got upon an icehoe and, after suf'
fcring severely, were picked up by Z
number of tugs that came to their res
cue
Some unknown enemy has been per
scouting Rev, l.. D. Cook, pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Black
Creek, N, Y. Though his house ha:
been burned, his horse poisoned anc
his life threatened, Mr.. Cook has de
clared his purpose of staying in Blacr
Creek.
Miss Annie Shubc, of Cambridge
Mass, was found unconscious OH a cake
OF ice floating down the Charles River
She was taken to hospital and shortly
after recovering consciousness nystc
riously disappeared.
Miss Erin Murray. a full-blooded In.
dian girl, of Erin Springs, |. T., will
bring to William W. Winstanley, Kan
sas City man she is to marry, dot Of
100000.
John B. Terres, foreman in the chi
ploy Of the United States Express Com.
pany i'll Philadelphia, was arrested fol
theft upon his return from his brida'
tour.
Mrs. John A. Kirkpatrick was crimi
nally assaulted and choked to death IL
Allegheny City, Pa. Her body was
found in the yard OF all unoccupicd
house.
Birmingham. la, was visited by a
disastrous connagration. One OF the
city's chief business blocks was con.
sumcd, with loss approximaling $780,
600.
Louisa Schroeder was shot and killed
in a hotel on Third avenue, New York
by a man who claimed that the woman
had ruined his life.
The proposed contest by Mrs, ". 5
Flower OF the will OF her father, Chas
I.ockhart, the Standard Oil magnatc
was amicably adjusted
Dr. Augusta Smith, aged Is, one OF
the most widely known women phySl'
clans i'll the United States, died at her
home, in St Louis. Mo, as the result OF
being struck by a street car.
The home OF Charles OTIS and fam,
ilv, in Canastota, n. y, was destroyed
by fire and three young children were
burned to death Mrs. Otis was probably
fatally burned.
George F. Krochl, president. and AL
bert c. Twlning were acquitted IN Iren'
ton, n. J., OF the charge Of ml5applylns
the funds of the. First National Bank
OF Asbury. n. ].
Albert G. Wheeler, president OF the
Illinois Tunnel Company, and several
city officials of Chicago were indicted
for forgery in connection with the cor
pora;ion's franchise.
George II. Wood was held III New
York on suspicion OF being the murderer
of George Williams, the grocer ol
Watching, \. J., who was found dead
i'll his sleigh.
Walter Packwood, Fred Smith and
Fred Weaver, who had been operating
at Dillingham;, Wash. for two years
were arrested for counterfeitlng.
J. + Barrett, who conducted turf
investment scheme i'll New Orleans, was
arrested i'll Chicago on the charge OF
using the mails to defraud.
Nine persons were injured III a wreck
near Plattsburg. n. Y The collision
was due to the fact that switch had
been lett open.
The rcpricve OF Mrs. Mary Roger
by the Governor OF Vermont has brought
letters and kilograms from all over the
country to Governor Pennypacker, OF
Pennsylvania, asking him to repricvc
Mrs. Edwards.
A presentment made by the PhiIadei-
phia Grand Jury charges that organized
vice exists in that city and that the re,
sponsibilty rests upon the Director ot
Public Safety and other high police oft
cials.
Mrs Chadwick refused to sign a pc
ti,ion to Governor Pennypacker Of
Pennsylvania, to commute the sentence
OF Kate Edwards, sentenced to hang
for the murder OF her husband,
Johann Hoch, held i'll New York tot
the Chicago authorities, was Identified
by Mrs. Mary Hendricks, OF Chicago, as
the man who married her January
1904, i'll Hammond, Ind
The lower house OF the Texas leg sla-
ture has passed the Senate bill forcing
persons giving ground for action il
divorce cases TO remain single for three
years.
William Fl. Hunt, Chicago banker,
is held in New York, without bail, on
a charge of embezzlement to await eX-
tradition papers from Illinois.