Evening star., 1907-08-23
News Briefs.

purs, Nd, Wednesday, a flame shooting
from a standpipe fifty feet high. visible ali
! over the city. The Arion Band gave a
| concert in honor of the occasion. At Lo-
naconing the introduction of natural gas
| VIII De one OF the features Of homecoming
week. 1t will be touched off on Labor day
Miss Mamie Martin. who has been MAX
ing her home with the family of DIR. Perry
at fleetwood, w. Va. for, nearly a year,
was found dead in her room Thursday She
had put chloroform on a towel and had
placed the towel to her face to sleep a
while, it being the belief of the coroner s
jury that she did not Intentionally take her
own life.
Lewis Christian. colored.. of Warrenton.
who was arrested Thursday by Deputy
Sheriff Rawlins. charged with shooting his
wife. Mollie Christian. last September.
Christian made his escape at the time of
the shooting, which IS said to have been
deliberate.
Prof. H. E. Flesher. for two years princi-
pal of the schools at Kingwood, w. Va,
has been appointed superintendent of the
West Virginia reform schools at Prunty-
town, succeeding Rev. d. s. Hammond
whose resignation will be effective Octo-
Der 1. -...
Guernset z. Webb. manager OF the Lynn
Haven Hotel at Norfolk. has resigned and
will be succeeded by Nat C. Dstrich, pres
ent cashier of the Lynn Haven. David
LAUDER. late manager of the Tampa Bay
Hotel. Tampa. Fla, Is In Norfolk. and will
In few days succeed f. E. Dowell as
manager Of the Pine Beach Hotel
Edward Wyant son Of D. N Wyant of
Shenandoah, Page county. Va, died Sum
day from injuries received by falling from
a freight train on the Norfolk and Western
railroad pear Stanleytown. only a fews
hours before. Both of young Wyant's legs
were cut off. He was about twenty
years old.
The British steamship Westhampton with
a large general cargo loaded at Baltimo- 20
and 600 toms Of dynamite shipped from
Thompson's Point, Delaware, bay. passed
down the Delaware river Saturday night
on her way to Colon The entire ca go Is
consigned to the tsthmian canal commits
sion. .-"r
saIlie Stewart had the lining of h,r
mouth burned out and narrow escape
from death at Baltimore yesterday as a re-
suit of rnsng her mouth with carbolic acid.
which she took for the purpose of curing
a toothache. She succeeded in stopping the
ache.
found dead yesterday on the floor of his
apartments in New York city, where he
had been living alone. Reese was wild
over and had been in very feeble health.
He was extremely poor, and it is thought
he may have starved to death
After a search of thirty seven years.
George Chandler of Springfield. Mass, has
found his mother. Mrs. Julia Trombey of
Burlington. VT. Mrs. Trombley is a widow
for the fourth time. Chandler also
surprised to find that he has six half
Arthur Clark of Dedham, Mass, one of
the best known members of the democratic
party in that state, died yesterday after
noon In a Dorchester hospital, where he
went for an operation.
An attempt was made at noon yesterday
to blow up with dynamite the incoming
short line passenger train at st. Peters
Dome, midway between Grippe Creek and
Colorado Springs. Every window in the
last car was broken.
AS the result of the first quarrel with his
wife which he had had in five years since
marriage, Albert M Timpson of New York
city committed suicide Wednesday by in
haling gas. Until four months ago Mr..
Timpson worked for the New York Life
Insurance Company as an auditor.
Gen. Caffarel. who was involved in the
administration of President Grevy. in 1856
died at Paris yesterday. With Gen. CAT
farel was also involved in the scandals NJ
Wilson, son-in-laW of President Grevy.
public health from danger arising from i'm
portation and distribution of impure arti-
cles Of food. adopted in the house OF com
mons August 16. passed it's second reading
In the house of lords yesterday by unani-
nous vote
Frontino Angelo employed at the Edison
cement works in New Village, N j., was
drawn into a large screw conveyer going
forty revolutions a minute early Wednes-
day. His body was crushed to pulp and
clogged the machinery so that 1t stopped
LIE Gage Pratt of East Orange. N. j..
vice president of the Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company of Newark. and repre-
sentative Of the eighth New Jersey district.
will sever his connection with the insurance
company when Congress convenes
]. Overton Paine. the Newark. N. j..
stock prophet who was arrested by the
Newark police on the charge of attempting
to receive money under false pretenses. was
held for the grand jury in $4,000 bail Wed
nesday.
Whiie running to welcono guests who