Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-27
News Briefs.

Albert G. Beaunisne, assistant to the
publisher of the Chicago Daily News. died
suddenly yesterday. Mr.. Beaunisne was
one of the most widely known newspaper
men in the country and had been con-
nected with the Daily News since 1879.
While number Of Slavs were returning
home from Christmas celebration in
Wilkesbarre. Pa. yesterday. quarrel
arose. Frank Wicoski was stabbed to
death and Adam Schoski fatally wounded.
Henry Meiser and Antonio Obert were
burned to death and two other men were
seriously injured in a fire which de-
stroyed the home of Andrew Baltow at
Bradford, Pa.
Not single business house fire in Chi
cago in 1907 has extended beyond the
walls of the structure in which il start
ed. This tribute to the promptness and
efficiency OF the department of which he
Is head was made by Fire Chief Koran.
James Curry. a rich farmer. aged eighty
years. was shot and instantly killed by
his hired man at his home. near Bramp-
ton. Ont. Curry's son had a quarrel
with the hired man. an Englishmar,
known as Jack during which the
father came into the room, and the hired
man turned the gun on him.
In recognition Of his loyalty to the
democratic party and his services for
eight years in the Maryland senate a
silver service was presented TO Senator
Marion V. Brewington by the democrats
OF Wicomico county at banquet given
in his honor in Baltimore last night
Jean Joseph Cornely. a brilliant Paris
journalist died in Paris yesterday OF con-
gestion of the lungs. aged sixty-three. AL
though a royalist NJ. Cornely was a stout
champion of Dreyfus. He thus sacrificed
large measure wrecked his professional
career.
w. Fl. Squires. forty-fve years old. a
travelling salesman of New York. was
beaten and robbed Of a diamond ring
valued at $3.50. diamond pin valued at
$50 and a gold watch by three men in .
downtown alley in Chicago yesterday.
highwayman who it is believed is a
member of gang of bandits that has
been creating terror in several towns in
Westminster county lately. shot and NOR
tally wounded Hugo Gasseveg at Elms-
Y. last night and then robbed him of his
gold watch and $50 in money.
DR.. Coleman Sellers. the famous engi-
neer. is seriously i'll at his home in Phila-
delphia. DR.. Sellers. who is In his eighty
first year. Is suffering from a general
breakdown. DR.. Sellers is we'll known as
consulting engineer in this country and
abroad.
Harrison Loring. who started one OF the
first plants in the United States for the
building of iron steamships. died at his
home, in South Boston yesterday, at the
age or efghty-hve years. He built the
monitor Canonicus, which was in the
bomb ardment of Fort Fisher, and the
cruiser Marblehead.
The death Of Col. Uriel L. Boyce OF
Boyce. Va. at Staunton. Va. u reported.
Col. Boyce was seventy-nine years Of age,
and was for many years a leading figure
In Virginia Born in Missouri, he served
with distinction in the Confederate army.
When the Shenandoah Valley railroad was
projected he became the chief counsel
and later the president. until the line was
absorbed by the Norfolk and Western.
Miss Ann Maria Harrison. seventy-nine
years old. died on Christmas day at her
home in Leesburg, Va She is survived
by many nephews and pieces One of her
nephews Is Judge Thomas W. Harrison
OF Winchester, Va.
The Swenson Granite Works of Concord
N. H., which have been shut down for the
past few weeks, resumed operations
on full time yesterday. with full COM
plement of $50 men.