The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-27

pany died at Los Angeles, Cal. He
was a native of Maine.
William Brasch of Rochester, N. Y,
was arrested at Cleveland, o., for wife
murder, which he confessed. Mrs.
Mary Gilmore, with whom he is al
legged to have eloped and for whom he
said he killed his wife, was also ar
rested.
By unanimous vote the executive
board of the Western Federation Of
Miners turned down the application of
the coal miners OF Ohio and Illinois.
affiliated with the United Mine Work
ers OF America, for admission to the
federation.
At Hamilton, Ont, the interior of
the new Central Presbyterian church
was completely destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000.
James A. Hughes was renominated
for congress from the Fifth congress
sional district of West Virginia by
Republicans.
William Lee, a negro indicted for as
saulting several women, was taken to
Baltimore from Norfolk, Va, for safe
keeping, threats OF lynching having
been made.
In a collision between trains ON the
Atlantic Coast line at Ahoskie, N. c.,
o. o. King of Portsmouth, Va, the en-
gineer, and brakeman, Walter Carter
Of Windsor, N. c., we're killed.
Exasperated because he caught but
three small fish after an all-day effort.
Joseph Buechlein returned to his home
at st. Louis and committed suicide
with carbolic acid. He left widow
and infant.
Frederick Wilson. 80, formerly a
clerk in the employ Of the Title Guar
antee and Trust company of Los An
geles, arrested at New York June 6
charged with embezzlement of $40 900
of the trust companys money, was
given into custody of w. H. Amble.
chief OF police of Los Angeles.
James Healey, 40, and single, was
found asphyxiated in shavings chute
at the Steelton Lumber company's
mill. Columbus. o.
NJ. Lodygensky, the Liberal COVER
nor who tried to stop the Black Hun
dred agitation at Vologoda, Russia,
was removed from ONCE.
Fletcher d. Proctor, son OF United
States Senator Redfeld Proctor, was
nominated by acclamation for COVER
nor of Vermont at Republican state
convention.
Three Italian laborers were killed
and two others injured by cave-in at
the iron and steel works of Mil
liken Brothers, at Mariners Harbor,
Staten Island.
WidenerElkins holding company,
under the name OF the Indiana. Column
bus & Eastern. increased its capital
izatiOn under Ohio laws from $1,000
900 to s12.00O.0O0
Clarence NJ. York, secretary TO
Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme
court of the United States, was killed
by jumping from window of a Wash
ington hospital, where he was under
| going treatment
New postmasters: Ohio-J. y. FL
lott, Greenfield. Kentucky-O. A. Rey-
nolds, Covington; G. w. Bury, Clin-
ton; T. F. Beadles. Fulton; L. f. Het-
ty. Shelbyville; Edna J. Kirk, Paints
Vile; Perry Westerfield, Sebree.
w. r. Slinkard, a railroad contractor
of El Paso, was killed by Yaqui In
dians in Sonora, Mexico, where he was
making a grade.
At Philadelphia. John Joseph Kean.
kidnaper of Freddie Muth, was con-
victed and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for 20 years.
Herbert n. d. Peirce, now third as
sistant secretary of state, was appoint
ed envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Norway.
Fire at Evansville, Ind, destroyed
the plant of the Keller Printing COM
pany; loss 100000. The fire was start
ed by a gasoline explosion.
A duel with pistols was fought in
Brooklyn between diminutive Italian
and a giant longshoreman of the same
nationality, in which the latter was al
most instantly killed. The slayer es-
capped.
Negro societies, II they desire, may
adopt and use the emblem of any Sc
cret organization which excludes them
from membership, according to a de-
cision rendered by the justices OF the
court of special sessions at New York.
At Dorchester, Va, Chief OF Police
William Renfro was shot and killed by
unknown persons.
Dave Neville and Wheelock Harvey.
said to be wanted in New York on a
charge OF rcbbing the First National
bank of large amount in cash and
securities. were apprehendsd at Fort
Worth, Tex