The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-05-24
LATESTkEWS lNSHORTORDER
DOMESTIC

NfAA~"f JCAAA lloi ullie. ICll III lONC
with the girl, and will take her abroad
as his bride
William |. Schnable, patient at the
University Hospital in Philadelphia. has
been in state of coma for AZ days.
The doctors do not expect him to regain
consciousness.
While lying very i'll at hospital in
Keystone, s. d., Miss Lulu Kendall, in
vision, saw her father fall from a cliff.
/ he accident really occurred just as she
saw it.
In behalf of her blind grandfather.
Pearl McDade, I3 years Of age, made a
plea TO the Alabama Board of Pardons
10 release the old mans only son.
Louise Perez, a wealthy Cuban woman,
has sued to recover the possession of
her daughter, whose foster father has
made her an acrobat in circus.
A cat overturned a lamp in White
Plains, n. y, causing a fire which re-
suited in the fatal injury OF a girl and
he serious burning Of her sister
DR.. L. J. Ernst Of the City Dispensary
staff in ST. Louis, was stabbed with a
hatpln by young woman who appeared
to be dcnented.
Final reports from San Francisco in
dicate that the damage to the slSyscrapcrs
Of that city is far less than was at first
supposed.
Frank Wyrant, of Kansas City, is anx-
ious to establish the fact that his son is
a negro Both appear to be white
Twelve persons were injured, two Of
them severely, i'll an accident at the
White City Amusement Park, Chicago
SONG unknown persons murdered the
family of G. Ackerman, at Allentown
Fla, and then burned their home.
James II. Van Blarcom. Il contractor
OF East Orange, n. J., was shot and
killed by teamster named Stevens.
Three men were drowned in the Mer-
rimack River, near Lawrence, Mass by
the CapS'zug OF a canoe.
1t was reported in Wall Street that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will re-
quire more money TO carry out its i'm
proyemcnI plans than the amount realized
by the sale of the $5o,oooOOo eighteen
months notes.
Vice President Thayer OF the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad, has issued statement
tcnying the allegations OF Commissioner
of Corporations Garfield that the rail
road granted rebates to the Standard
Oil Company.
First Vice President John P. Green,
)t the Pennsylvania Railroad, says the
holding of coalmining stocks by railroad
officials will b. Investigated, and that
such practices will not be tolerated.
Alexander Bcrllman, who attempted to
kill Henry Clay Frick during the Home
stead (Pa.) riots, was released from pris-
On in Pittsburg.
J. Oscar Nonte, former cashier of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
shot and killed himself at Montclair, n ].
Second Vice President Charles +.
Pugh and General Superintendent MichN
acl Trump, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
testified before the lntcr-Satc Commerce
Commission regarding coal mining
stocks they own
Governor blanchard. OF Louisiana. in
4 message 10 the Louisiana legislature,
recommended a law requiring insurance
companies to invest in Louisiana an
amount equal to the reserve on Louisi-
ana policies.
Fire swept the summer cottage set
ilemcnt at Monument Beach, Mass.
Iwenty-four cottages and the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Sta
ton were destroyed.
An explosion of gas in the Diamond
Mine of the Lackawana Coal Company,
at Scranton. Pa. burned six men. three
OF them seriously.
Wilson Miner. the husband of the wild
ow Of Charles 7. YcrkeS is practicing
boxing with Jimmy Britt, on Coney Is
land.
he New Jersey Court OF Pardons COM
muted the death sentence of Mrs. Anna
Valentino to lie imprisonment.
. Manila exporters report a shortage of
the hemp crop amounting to 10000
bales, valued Al $2,OoO,OoO
The remain of Carl Shurz were buried
i'll Tarrytown, n Y
The Mormon Church is reported to be
going ont of business
X. K. CasSatt, son of President Cas-
Satt. of the Pennsylvania Railroad, teSt-
hed before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that the Keystone Coal Company.
of which he is president, was able to
get 500 new coal cars by the PennSylva-
MIA rchnguiShing its contract with the
builders