The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-11-08
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.

was shaken by an explosion in the
shops of the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad, causing the death of one
man.
A young japanese officer was
caught in disguise sketching fortifi-
cations in Manila harbor Upon him
were found sketches Of other forts.
Augustus J. Hartje, the Pittsburg
millionaire who sued his wife for
divorce, has been asked to resign
from the Duquesne Club.
New York firemen made a thrill
ing rescue of two men surrounded
by fire ON the roof of a seven-story
tenement
The strike of machinists on the
Southern Railway. has been called off
pending settlement by arbitration.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will
grant 10 per cent Increase in wages
to 100000 employees January 1.
John ID. Rockefeller has given
$4,000 toward rebuilding the Bap-
tist churches of San Francisco.
A derrick which fell from John
Wanamaker's new store in Philadel-
phia killed two men.
James A. Mcmillan. a manufactur-
er's agent. was killed by highway
men near Pittsburg
A mob attacked the private bank
of Angelt Comptello, Brooklyn, n.
Y, upon hearing that the safes had
been ReVed and that the banker and
his family were missing
Papers in the suit for divorce were
served on Mrs. Aurel BatOnyi by her
former husband, J. Burke Roche, of
England. who alleges bigamy as the
ground for his suit.
Mrs ho
well connected in Philadelphia and
once wealthy, was arrested in New
York, charged with obtaining $500
by means. of a forged check.
The directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad declared a dividend of H
per cent, which is per cent. regu-
lar and ~ per cent. extra.
The Peoples Palace, said to be the
largest lodging house in the world,
was opened by the Salvation Army
in Boston.
United States Senator William A.
Clark, of Montana, says his friends
insist he shall again be a candidate.
Two warehouses at the Standard
Oil Company's plant at Constable
Hook, n. j. were destroyed by fire.
Charles Whitney Norton was ar
rested in Chicago for the federal au-
thorities on charge of fraud.
1t is said that Herchall Grider, of
Columbia, Ky, has been asleep for
ID years. ....
G. Inslee Jones shot and killed
himself on the street in Philadelphia.
All classes of organized railroad
labor has made a demand on six
Eastern trunk lines, including the
Pennsylvania system. for a readjust-
mpnt Of wages Or hours
The Consolidated Rendering Com
pany of Maine has been fined $4,000
for. refusing to show its books to a
grand jury inquiring into the sale
of diseased meat.
The Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts will pass on the validity of the
will of Mrs. Jennie Chase, who left
over a million dollars.
Frederick Stocking and Hiram Mil
Ter, accused of blackmailing Mrs.
Richard Robinson of $4,000, were
sentenced at Racine, Wis. %.
A band of Cheyennes are moving
to join the renegrade Utes, now be-
ing pursued by United States troops.
William Reynolds, of San Francis
co, author of The Sweetest Story
Ever Told" is dead
A 36-inch water main burst in
lower New York. tearing up the
street and flooding houses --- ,-
A few selected correspondents were
accorded an interview with Mrs. Ed
dy at Concord, upon whom she Gre
ated the impression that she was
mentally and physically weak, despite
statements TO the contrary
President Samuel NJ. FELTON,, of the
Chicago and Alton Railroad, testi-
fed in a suit charging the road with
discriminating in freight rates that
he did not know the tariff of the
company r -:
One hundred and fifteen students
of Lawrence University. Wisconsin,
have been suspended for refusing to.
restore property damaged in class
rush.
Miss Anna Robinson, clerk of the
Art League, which Anthony. Com
stock Taided, tainted after leaving
the. witness chair.
Former Governor General Ide, OF
the Philippines, says the islanders
have not had square deal' on the
tariff.