The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-11
PUNCHED PARAGRAPHS
VER5IAoE CAREFULLY AVOIDED
IN THIS COLUMN.
Important Events, Occurring Both al
Home and Bbroad, VIII Be Found
Briefly chronleled and Duly Ar
ranged In This Column.

Thaw, sailed for home from Dover,
England.
Rev. DR.. P. L. Mercer pastor of tho
Church of New Jerusalem, died OF
heart disease at his home in Gin
oinnati, o.
II. Nick. Twombly, IS, only son OF
Nick. Twombly, the New York capi-
talist, was drowned while swimming
in Big Squaw lake, Holderness, n. II.
William Kostenbader, 56, foreman Of
fence builders on the Pennsylvania
lines, was struck by fast mail train
near Wooster, o.. and instantly killed
Colonel w. w. Lumpkin has with
drawn from the South Carolina race
for United States senator. This leaves
the field clear for Senator Tilman's re-
election.
At East st. Louis, ILL.,, Mrs. Maud
Deasso shot her husband, Peter
Deasso, twice through the head, NOR
tally wounding him because. she de-
clared, he had threatened to kill her
with a hatchet.
Professor Henry A. Ward of Chi
cago, the we'll known naturalist, was
struck by an automobile at Buffalo and
killed.
Molders and coremakers in the fob
and machine foundries of Columbus,
o., are ON strike for an increase Of
wages.
At Corinth. Miss, portion of the
plant of the Adams Machine works
was destroyed by fire, entailin2 a loss
estimated at $15O000.
William Lee, colored, was convicted
In the circuit court of Baltimore OF
criminal assault on two white women
in Somerset county and sentenced to
be hanged.
Silsbee mill of the Kirby Lumber
company, with the yards containing s.
100000 feet of lumber and numerous
dwellings, at Beaumont, Texas, were
destroyed by fire.
Addressing a Texas audience Sem
ator Joseph w. Bailey declared his
desire and belief that w. ]. Bryan will
be nominated for and elected to the
presidency Of United States In 1908.
Secretary Wilson Of the department
Of agriculture will soon begin a thor
ough inspection Of the Chicago pack
ing houses
w. C. Miller, 40, of Hazel Grove.
Ark, died suddenly on an electric car
while enroute to Redlands from San
Bernardino, Cal.
II Ia ~
branches of tree by the bursting Of
a cannon, Edward Guthrie OF Memphis,
Tenn. was instantly killed.
G. II. Thompson, As, a prominent
English merchant OF Hong Kong, died
on board the Mongolia on her passage
home shortly after leaving Yokohama.
His body was buried at sea.
Steamer America, which sailed from
Marseilles for New York, and for
whose safety considerable anxiety was
felt, arrived in Bermuda in tow. The
Americas machinery was disabled.
Next chairman of the interstate
commerce commission will probably
be James S. Harlan of Illinois, son of
Justice Harlan of the supreme court,
and ex-attorney general of Porto Rico.
BY premature explosion in a mine
at Keystone, w. Va, three men were
killed outright and a number are still
missing Bud Meadows, Ed. Howard
and Will Mahon were found dead
Judgment for $4,000 was entered at
Altoona, Pa, in favor OF Charles L.
Greek, an Altoona contractor. against
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
which Greek sued for illegal car dis
ordinations.
The great church OF st. Michael at
Hamburg was totally destroyed by
fire. The tower in falling crushed
several neighboring houses and they
caught fire. Four workmen who were
repairing the church were killed.
Splicers and linemen to the number
Of 1000. comprising the entire force
Of the Bell Telephone company IN
eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware, are on strike for more pay
and shorter hours.
Missouri supreme court overruled
a motion to transfer the case OF Mrs.
Aggie Myers to the court en- banc for
hearing. Her fate is now in the hands
of the governor She and Frank Hott-
man were convicted Of numbering her
husband and sentenced to be hanged.
Enrique Cortez was named Colon
bian minister to the United States to
succeed Diego Mendoza.
After being imprisoned six days IN
the flooded Caradocvale colliery in
Wales, two miners of the six origi-
nally imprisoned, were rescued alive.
Six firemen were injured by an ex-
plosion OF fireworks in the wholesale
cigar and confectionery establishment
Of ]. Kraus & Sons, Cleveland, o.
Plant OF the United States Gypsum
company in Ottawa county, Ohio, was
destroyed by fire, entailing loss OF
s150,o00 and thorwing $50 men out OF
employment. "a
In attempting to get out OF the way