The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-05-23
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic

justice Bowling. in the Supreme
Court or New York, granted an inter-
locutory decree of divorce to Mary
Adelaide Miner from Wilson Miner.
The report Of the referee IS sealed
and the decree simply states that 1t
is granted by reason of the defend
ants adultery. BY the terms of the
decree Mrs. Miner is permitted to
resume her former name of Mary
Adelaide Yerkes.
Mrs. May De Rosa. accused by the
police of being a confederate of
Dutch" Oscar Miller in the robbery
Of the home of Harry Siegel of $780,
600 worth of goods. was arrested
while visiting the Tombs in New
York
Benjamin Vincent. a private de-
tective of New York, who shot and
killed a bystander while being pur-
sued by angry longshoremen, was
saved from the mob by a policeman.
P. S. Grosscup, of counsel for the
Northern Pacific, says Roosevelt is
considering the advocacy of a con-
gressional commission to value the
railroads.
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco,
issued a statement saying that he
! had not resigned and had no inten-
ton of doing so.
The skeleton of man and a box
containing $117,31O were found in
the ruins of an old inn in Cleve-
land
Anisia Louise de Massey, popularity
known as the Baroness de Massey, re-
Gently convicted of having shot and
killed Gustav Simon, a Broadway
shirt manufacturer, was sentenced to
seven years and five months in the
State Prison for Women, at Auburn.
She will take an appeal.
President Finley. of the Southern
Railway, and President Whitman, of
the National Wool Manufacturers
Association, made addresses at the
closing session of the American Cot
ton Manufacturers Association. S.
B. Tanner, Of Henrietta, n. c., was
elected president.
John L. Boodley was crushed to
death and four persons, including
two ladies, were injured by a big
touring car turning completely over
while going at a terrific speed.
Frank A. Bretherton, of Des
Moines, committed suicide in the
Pennsylvania Railroad Station in
Philadelphia.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railroad pleaded guilty TO
granting rebates and paid a fine of
$4,000.
The submarine boat Octopus used
but one forty-fifth of it's air supply
in 24-hour stay under water.
Rev. John l.. Clark. who married
the Coreys. is reported to have sent
in his resignation.
Governor Stokes signed the bill
creating a state railroad commission
in New Jersey.
H. Clay Pierce, president of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, must re-
turn to Texas to answer to the
Elmer B. Adams, of ST. Louis, refus-
ed a writ of habeas corpus and or
dered the prisoner remandcd to the
custody of the police. He will be
turned over to Sheriff Mathews at
once and taken back to Texas
c. 3. Richardson, a broker, and
A. b. McGraw. a business associate,
of Pittsburg, have been arrested on
charge of conspiracy to bribe in
connection with the Tube Railroad
scandal.
The scarcity of cotton mill labor
was emphasized by two speakers
who addressed the annual meeting
of the Cotton Manufacturers Asso-
citation in Philadelphia
The inability to roll a cigarette
led to the discovery that Miss Millie
Block was travelling through Missouri
as a man.
The fight against the so-called
bridge trust has resulted in the in
dictment of 80 bridge-builders at
Lima, O.
Eighty-five thousand New England
mill operatives are to get more
wages.