The Irish standard., 1906-05-12

low metal which Il chemist declared to
be gold.
w. F. Durham. former president Of
the Chicago Numismatic society, paid
$2.165 for Il five dollar piece dated
1922.
Mrs. Edward p. Massa, wife of a
foreman in Ohio Brass works, and Lo-
reno D. Frasher. prominent con-
tractor. were shot to death in the wom-
ans house at Mansfield, o.
Chairman Shonts in report to the
secretary of war says tieup of Panama
canal work is menaced by indecision
over type Of water way.
DR.. T. B. Sachs, of Chicago, speaking
at the Jewish charity conference in
Philadelphia, declared that 100000
lives annually could be saved by prop
er methods OF combating consumption.
Gov: Pardee. of California, an
nounced he would give five days
warning before disseminating legal
holidays
A blizzard did great damage through
out Wisconsin. excepting along the
Lake Michigan shore
Judge Wright at hearing ut Belvi-
dere. Ill.,. proposed to place manage
ment of Zion in hands OF a committee
of three
A Bulgarian band massacred IA
Greeks between Kataranitsa and Nieus-
tia. Several horsemen wearing Bull
Sarian uniforms, killed three Greeks
at Ligovan.
Mayor Thomas A. Combs, of Lex
lngton. KY, announced that he would
close the saloons on Sunday, and keep
them closed ii he bankrupted the city.
The steel rail requirements of the
pennsylvania Railroad company for
its lines east and west of Pittsburg for
1907, as determined by President Cas-
satt. are 10000 tons.
Eva Bulls, seven-year-old daughter
of Davis Bulls. of Brighton, Mich,
was shot dead while sitting in chair
in the kitchen of Claude Newman by
his siX-year-old daughter.
An Englishman named Frazer was
sentenced at Vienna to two years at
hard labor for representing himself to
be the son of Joseph Letter. of Chi
cago. and drawing checks in Mr.. Lei
ter's name on London bankers.
Near Brinley's Station. O.. Isaac
Mackey. aged G5 years. split the skull
OF his brother. David Mackey aged
IS, with a Ratchet. ana then took poi
son.
An Ashtabula. o.. hen has been per-
forming the feat of laying two eggs a
day for a week. The superintendent
of the Ashtabula Bethel church vouches
for this statement
Elmer Ellsworth, a potter of War
rem county. Illinois. has discovered the
secret of making genuine china from
American clay.
Judge Henry G. Hyde, prominent as
a lawyer, was found dead in bed at
Freeport, ILL., He was 20 years old.
Max Judd. OF national reputation as
a chess player, died suddenly in his
room at St. Louis from angina pee
toris.
The police of Barcelona discovered
an anarchistic conspiracy. There nave
been 1G arrests and eight bombs have
been seized.
A man was stabbed to death in an
ELECTORAL disturbance at Doulon, near
Nantes, France
Umpire Tim Hurst struck Manager
Griffith, of New York, in game at
Highlanders' park.
The Continental Fire Insurance
company, one Of the largest and
strongest in he United States, refuses
to raise its rates and has withdrawn
from the exchange trust. Other COM
panies are expected to follow it's lead.
1t is estimated that the failure of the
Traders Fire Insurance company
leaves an Indebtedness of at least ST.
100000 to policyholders for unearned
premiums. Under favorable conditions
SO per cent. of these claims will be
paid.
Mayor Heiskell, OF Knoxville, Tenn,
swore to having paid Reese Galyon
s125 for holding an honest election.
Charles l.. Spier, confidential agent
and the only man who had the COM
plete confidence Of Henry H. Rogers,
the active head of the Standard Oil
company, was killed almost instantly
in his home in New Brighton, Staten
Island, by shot from his own re-
volver.
Thomas w. Lawson has decided to
dispose Of his kennel Of dogs, and will
sell them at the Readville trotting
track Tuesday, May %.
The daughter of H. o. Havemeyer,
the sugar king, was fined $40 by a lew
Jersey justice for speeding her auto.
She borrowed money to pay the fine.
Thomas Brooks, aged Is, of White
hall. fell 80 feet from the Pere Mar
quette, Mich, tunnel bridge. He
walked away with hardly limp.
Mrs. James &. Blaine, daughter OF
Rear Admiral Hichborn, has left
Washington for Sioux Falls, s. D., to
remain for several months.
Fourteen passengers were injured
when coach of the Cape May express
on the Jersey & Seashore railroad
overturned on curve near Camden,
N. j., and burned.
Mrs. Mary Waters, of New York, en-
tered the room where her two daugh-
tiers. Agatha and Ruth, lay sleeping,
and shot and killed Agatha, the eldest
and her favorite, and then killed her.
self.
Accountants at Chicago examining
the books Of the American Reserve