The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-03-09

/ HNlNiAlNs
The Texas legislature went on rec.
ord in both houses in a warm endorse
ment OF President Roosovel's policy
in regard TO the Standard OH Co, and
the alleged beef trust
Dr. William r. Harper. president OF
the University Of Chicago who recent
ly underwent an operation. left the
Presbyterian hospital and was taken
to his home.
sumptuous farewell banquet was
rendered Ambassador Meyer by the
diplomatic corps and political leaders.
The leading American residents OF
Rome were present
Marc Catlin. OF Chicago university.
established a new worlds record In
the lllinois-Chlcago track meet by
making the bO-yard high hurdles in
0.6 As, beating his own record OF O:7.
Father Gopon. leader Of the Russian
workmen on January p. who lad
been in Geneva for two days. left for
London by way OF Paris
Locked in their cells keys to which
were in the possession OF the absent
| iailer. j. ID. Reaves and Henry Crow.
awaiting trial for murder. were roast.
| ed alive at BentOnville. Ark, before
assistance could be rendered. Other
| prisoners had narrow escapes.
Louis Moore, a potter ~. was In
stantly killed at East Liverpool. O.,
! by a fragment OF brick. which took
on the top Of his head. The brick was
hurled from the top of the walls OF
the burned George p. lkirt building.
which workmen were domolishlng
with dynamite
Because her husband. Lieut. +. b
Chandler. Of the United States army
had filed suit for divorce from her.
/ Mrs. Bessie Chandler. niece OF the
present governor Of Maryland. com.
mitted suicide in the Paxton hotel.
Omaha. Neb
j. Edward Reese, proprietor 81 the
Reese Printing Co. Louisville. Ky
shot and killed himself
DR. Walter S. Christopher former
! Cincinnatian. died az Chicago. where
ne occupied a chair In the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons lie was
the author OF several works ON child
study.
Charles Holton. 90. night foreman at
! the Woodward avenue carhOusc OF the
Detroit United railway. was electro
cuted while using the railway com
pany's private telephone line Il was
evident that the telephone current
had become crossed With The current
used for operating the cars.
Johann Hoch, multibsamist. has
been Indicted bv the grand jury for
murder az Chicago. The specific
charge on which the Indictment was
found Is that Hoch murdered his last
wife but one. Mrs Marie WelckCr
! Hoch
Mary White. an SS-ycirold insane
woman. and Della owens 30. feeble
minded were burned to death In fire
which destroyed the main building Of
the county poor farm. Hillsdale. Mich
His nerve deserving him after he
had started to cut his throat with a
bread knife. Charles Stol'berg. 90. OF
Newark. ~ j.. was taken 20 cell al
the police station. where ne again at
tempted to end his life by swallowing
his false teeth.
At Jacksonville. Fla. one o. the
boilers OF the city electric light works
exploded. instantly killing John Davis.
the negro fireman. and fatally injur-
ing Capt Fred w Ellis the engineer
A. L. Faulkner. OF Dunkirk. Ind,
was elected president OF the Amalga-
mated Window Glass Workers % Am
erica.
AS result OF a head-On collision
between two freight trains on the Bal
timore & Ohio four miles cast OF De
iance. O.. Fireman samuel Beadle.
vas instantly killed and J r. Cog'ey.
fireman and Thos Carr. brakeman.
all Of Garrett. Ind. were seriously in
iured.
Two persons are dead and six in
iured as the result Of a collision OF a
freight train and the west-bound
Twin Cities" express on the North.
ern Pacific at Bear Mouth Mont
William Dunshee. a former well
known coal operator. died in Pitts
burg. aged S5 years. Death was due
to pneumonia.
Il is known that President ROOse-
welt has under consideration the APP
pointment OF Charles w Anderson
prominent colored lawyer Of New
York. TO succeed Charles H. Treat as
collector Of internal revenue for the
district OF New York
train On the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. filled with passengers bound
home from Washington. was saved
from destruction by the quick wit Of
Thomas Balm. a coal miner. at Pos
sum Hollow. "a miles east OF Pitts
burg. in Tagging the train.
The London Daily Telegraph's cor
respondent at Toxic states that the
japanese Col. Mimada was killed at
the capture Of Seikajo and that Col
KlOber. commander of the second
Manchurian army. was wounded.
A negro who killed DR.. VIM b. oil
plant was taken from the outskirts
and strung up at Helms Station, Miss.
The California assembly. by vote
OF 43 to 20. has passed the bill pro-
hibiting pool selling OF wagering on