Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22
News Briefs.

Five chambers of commerce have united
| IT. vigorous protest to President RooSe-
| welt against the building of barracks to &C.
| commodate the coming regiments Of United
| States troops in the almost inaccessible
| province of Pampanga, P. !. 1t Is stated
| that If the barracks are built there the ex-
pense of their construction will be doubled
| and the transportation OF supplies VIII DC
| dependent on the Dagupan railroad.
Ivan Palencsuk, who Is one hundred and
| three years old, was released from prison
at Agram. Hungary, after fifty years con.
finement He protested tearfully against
his release but in vain, and he Immediately
committed another crime In order TO be re-
imprisoned
Charles Pemberton, wealthy farmer. re-
siding near Geneva, Ill, shot and fatally
wounded Charles Elneff, his farm manager
Thursday. Pemberton believed that his
wife was infatuated with Elneff, and find
ing them talking together, he shot Elneff
| in the abdomen. Femberton was arrested.
NJ Notovich, editor of the Novosti at st.
Petersburg and one of the most prominent
Jews in public life there, has been SEN
fenced to a fortnight in the penitentiary
there for printing a proclamation or the
union of post office employees during the re-
cent strike.
By the breaking of freight elevator ca
BILE In the livery stable of Hunter & Ed
mundson, at McKeesport, Pa, Saturday,
Thomas Hamilton, an employee. was almost
instantly killed and two others fatally in
jured. The elevator dropped from the fifth
floor and the three men were badly crushed.
The barge Enos Soule, which arrived at
Providence, r. l., Saturday from Newport
News in tow of the tug John Scully, was
adrift south OF Long Island for twenty
four hours during the storm of a week
ago. but was picked up again by the tug
without sustaining material damage, al
though the crew were exhausted.
Frank Weir, aged twenty years. was ar
rested in South Cumberland, Md. charged
with being deserter from the Franklin,
Norfolk Va, on September 8 last. He en-
listed ON August last. He Is a son of
Joseph Weir, a restaurant proprietor on
Springdale street.
Amid the disorder of a squalid apart
ment in a large colored tenement house in
New York the police found the body of
Lucille Sparks, or Colebrook, yesterday.
About her neck was tightly twisted and
knotted a towel, her nose was broken and
her face badly bruised. The police believe
that she was murdered.
Conductor Griffin of Cleveland was killed
Brakeman Hawkins of Cleveland was seri-
ously injured about the head and had sew
eral fingers taken off and Engineer Watrous
of Newcastle, Pa, had his head badly
cut in a read-end collision on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad at Kent. Ohio, Sunday.
Dispatches from Greenburg, La, state
that Joseph Sitman subfreshman. who
left Jefferson Military Academy January IL,
is dead at his home at that place, and It
is alleged his death was due to injuries
received at ipS ndii0s Oh CROWD OF nazerS
at the college. The boys father will de-
mand an investigation.
After four attempts, robbers yesterday
morning blew the safe of the Bank of
Dale. near Oklahoma City, Okla, and Sc
cured $3.50 in gold and made their escape
Thieves entered the house of George
O'DonnelI in the Bronx, New York early
yesterday morning and stole Jewelry and
silverware valued at nearly $4,000 Most
of the plumber taken consisted OF 200 we'd
ding presents, Mr.. and Mrs O'Donnell hay-
ing been married but a few months
An earthquake shock was felt Saturday
at Cumana, in the state OF Bermudez, Ecua-
dor.