The Irish standard., 1906-09-01

| th0rizes the announcement of his en-
gagement to Miss Camille Clifford, an
American actress.
John Finn was killed and four
worknlen were seriously injured while
engaged on the Wabash railway at
Brewster, O. A charge of dynamite
failed to go off as expected.
Gen. Rennenkampf has been ap-
pointed successor of Gen. Skallon, gov
ernor of Warsaw.
Secret service operatives at Phiia-
delphia arrested Herman Hanau,
travelling agent in Pennsylvania and
| New England for the Royal Havana
lottery. Hanau's home was searched
by secret service agents, who secured
tickets to the value of $4,000.
In spite of the threats of the revo-
lutionists the transfer of the body of
Gen. Min from Peterhof to st. Peters
burg for interment in the regimental
chapel of the Seminovsky regiment
took place without incident, though
with imposing military ceremonial.
Dewitt Adams, aged 27 years, and
Miss Carroll Jones, aged IL, while
returning from church near Fredonia,
Kan, were drowned in attempting to
ford the Fall river.
Mrs. Fannie L. Heating, widow of
George j. Keating, of San Diego, is
dead in London, aged 72 years. She
was probably worth more than a mil
lion dollars.
A call for the ninth annual session
of the American mining congress, to
be held in Denver, October 16 to 10
next, was issued by ]. H. Richards,
president, and James F. Galbreath,
Jr.. secretary.
An invitation was extended to Vice
President Fairbanks and Gov. Cum
minis, of Iowa, to make speeches at
Fairmount park, Kansas City, Septem-
ber by the Missouri Republican club.
Rev. G. Winter Bolton, rector of
the Church of the Redeemer, at North
Pelham, N. Y, is dead. He was Sc
years old. Mr.. Bolton was the author
of several books for children.
E. S. Wells, one of the first civil
engineers employed by the Burling-
ton railway, and friend of Abraham
Lincoln, when both lived in Spring
field, ILL.,, died at Atchison, Kan, aged
73 years.
T. c. Watkins instituted suit at
New York for $3S,5OO against the
Transatlantic Fire Insurance COM
pany, Of Hamburg, Germany, for al
legged losses in the earthquake fire in
San Francisco.
AS direct consequence of the pro-
vision of the new railroad rate bill
now in effect the Union Pacific rail-
way has determined to install it's own
system of refrigerator cars. Hereto
fore the Armour private cars have
had monopoly of this business over
the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific with all the profitable California
fruit trade.
The first skirmish in the crusade
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil company to compel the con.
cern to comply with the letter of the
antitrust and monopoly laws was
ended when the two special federal
grand juries at Chicago returned ten
indictments against the oil company,
containing total number of 6,428
counts.
Earl Grey, governor general of Can.
ada, had a narrow escape from serious
injury at Winnipeg. Just before re-
firing an electric light bulb exploded
full in his face and bits of glass were
blown into his eyes, the right optic
was closed and the services of a ply
sician were required.
The f1ve-year-old daughter of Ed
ward Albright, farmer near Ber-
trand, Mo-, was assaulted by Charles
Goforth, farm hand employed by
her father.
Two men found sitting upright in q
wagon dead and four mules dead in
harness, near Kenna, N. NJ, have been
identified as Victor and Thomas Simp-
near Ida. They were killed by light
ming when driving from Roswell to
their farms.
Judge Wolverton in the United
States court at Helena, Mont, over
ruled a motion for new trial in the
case of J. T. Carroll, convicted of
illegally fencing public land and SEN
fenced Carroll to confinement in jail
for "a hours and to pay fine of $780,
The international Pan-American con-
ference closed at Rio Janeiro. The
ceremonies were brief but impressive.
TIL building was especially and beau
tifully illuminated. Gen. Rio Branco,
the foreign minister of Brazil, made
a farewell address.
A Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
train struck buggy at Rock City,
killing two little girls, one daugh-
ter of Louis Pothast, and the other
the 11.year.old daughter Of John Tilke-
meier. Another girl was severely hurt.
Prof. Jamess Bryce, secretary for
ireland, has arranged to make tour
Of County Donegal beginning in Sep
tember, to inquire into the congested
districts, potato famine, fisheries and
other problems.
Three Spanish ships captured by
Admiral Dewey in Manila bay, May 1,
1898, were sold by the navy depart
ment for $103. The three ships are
the Albay, Manileno and Mindanao.
The federal grand Jury investigat-
ing alleged violations of the Elkins
rebate law by the Standard Oil COM
pany, the Pennsylvania Railroad COM