The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-01
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at Tarrytown, n. Y.
The body of Thomas Mast. former
American consul at Guayaquil. was
brought to~New York on the steamer
Finance from Colon
Operators in the oil fields OF Indian
Territory fear suspension of activity
because the Standard Company will be
prevented from continuing as a buyer
and transporter of petroleum. through the
proceedings instituted in Missouri.
Chairman Knapp, OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission, expresses the
belief that the agitation against the rail
roads will eventually lead to government
ownership.
Poultney Bigelow has sent check
for $1,000 to Colonel Watterson. to be
forfeited if his statements about the
Panama Canal are found to be untrue.
Elder T. Samuel Williams. of the
Mormon Church i'll Mexico, denies the
charge made by Professor Wolf that
polygamy is still practiced there.
Mrs. Thomas Stockton. of Mount Yer
non, Braddock, Pa. left her husband
because his moving habit led him TO
change his abode I3 times year.
Miss Tillie Foley got a sheriff after
Victor O'Clair, her tickle lover. who
abandoned her for another, after she had
paid his fare from Gallcia.
Washington Christian and his two
daughters were shot in Athens. Ga, bv
Walter Hardeman, the husband of Chris
tian'S divorced wife.
The lives of 800 patients in Bellevue
Hospital, New York, were endangered
by fire, but no one was incommoded.
Miss Drew, of Boston. was thrown
from her hourse and killed as the result
of reckless automobile driving.
Three more bodies have been recov-
cred from the wreck of the steamer
Valencia
Captain Van Schaick, master of the
General Slocum, OH which 1000 lives
were lost, has been sentenced to 10 years
IN Jail He has made an appeal from
the decision.
Nelson Morris & Co. and Armour &
20. deny the giving OF bribes 10 Chicago
newspaper men TO influence reports of
the beef packers trial in Chicago.
Rev II. 5. Little, just returned from
inc ORIENT, says the students of the
Chinese universities arc fomentng a rev.
oiutlon and favor a republic
Mrs. Susan Day Parker, accused of
participating in the firing of the yacht
Scythian for the insurance. has been
declared not guilty.
Charles J.. Tucker, convicted Of the
murder of Mabel Page. OF near Cam
bridge, Mass, has been sentenced 10 be
elcctrocuied.
Secretary Loeb announces that tho gov
ernmcnt may prosecute the wreckers of
INC Enterprise National Bank of Pitts
burg
Norman Hapgood, editor of Golfers
Weekly, was acquitted of charge OF
criminal libel preferred by Justice Joseph
NJ. Deuel.
In the Grcene-Gaynor trial kilograms
bearing upon the allegation that an at
tempt was made 10 bribe a Government
inspector were admitted.
The miners OF the Southwest at In
dianapolis decided 10 stand by the dc
mand tor the admission of the joint
conference
There arc indications that District At
iorney Jerome Is preparing to prose
cute certain persons involved in in
Surance irregularities.
Fire in the sanitarium OF Miss Anna
L. Aston, in New York. endangered
the lives of a number of patients who
mad recently been operated on.
Constantine Levi and Petro Forac-
ika, alleged secretaries Of the Baird
(Pa.) anarchist band, were arrested
near Monongahcla, Pa.
Fourteen lives were lost in an cN-
ploSion i'll the Whiucvie Mine. Indian
Territory, that was caused by fire-damp.
The Pennsylvania State Senate or
dercd an investigation of the Insurance
Department OF that state
The Bank of San Luis Obispo, CAL
closed its doors by order of the bank
commissioners.
Charles VIM killed his wife, her
sister and himself i'll Providence. r. |.
United States District Attorney Morri-
son denounced the attorneys for the beef
packers of Chicago as trust lawyers and
that their defense of immunity is clap
try.
two orthern Central Railway trains
from = Treck near Harrisburg. Pa, by
signaling rat bowlder had rolled on
lanes Debuv. for g years member
OF the New 01,sns Cotton Exchange
and prominent in ii. social and business
world Of that city, diaa, sue suddenly: y,,,..o,,
The Mississippi compfSSS' "t > aO"oo.
Miss, with $500 bales ohSSOOto.oon' ,,';SS w%S
destroyed by fire. Loss $7&O'" with
insurance of $4,000. -,
Seven ST. Louis women havNO NO'e"
stabbed by a Jack the Gutter" Y
tOREIGN
King Alfonso took his future brids
the Princess Ena, and her mother in al