Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-04
NEWS SUNNI MA RY

employees on the Ishthmus of Panams
by the canal commission.
President Roosevelt has declined
the invitation to attend the Trans
mississippi congress at San Fran
cisco. beginning October 8.
The thirty thousand employees of
the International Harvester company
of Chicago are to have their own sick
benefit and insurance association.
Four firemen were injured and prop
erty valued at $1,000 was destroyed
by fire in the plant OF the Overlook
Carpet company, In West Philadel
phia.
Mark A. wilkins, recently convicted
at Oakland. CAL, of the murder OF
Mrs. vernie Carmin, formerly OF
Leeds, Mo-, has been sentenced to be
hanged November Is.
The postofice at Waukegan, Chi
cago suburb, was entered by robbers,
the safe blown open by the use OF
| dynamite, and stamps and cash to the
value of $4,000 stolen.
| G. H. Watson shot and killed his
aon-in-law, Elijah Crabtree, at Allison
Okla Crabtree had eloped with Wat
sons daughter, and domestic troubles
resulted in the shooting.
| A rumor coming from an authorita
| tive source, says the Canadian Pa
| cific railroad officials are getting tired
of the strike and negotiations will be
begun with view to ending 1t.
Rev T. d. Milligan. pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Canton
Ohio, killed himself by a charge from
shotgun. The coroner is inclined tc
believe the shooting was accidental.
Five men were killed, another is
expected to die, and five others were
seriously injured in q collision at the
Warrior colliery Of the Havemey Coal
company, six miles from WiIkesbarre
Pa.
| Wade H. Ellis. now attorney gen.
eral Of Ohio. has been rendered by
the president and has accepted the
position of assistant to the attorney.
general, recently held by Milton ID.
Purdy.
r. r. Easley, superintendent of the
Rock Island railroad, has issued a bull.
Ietin notifying all employees thai Gig
arctic smoking win not be permitted
and that violators of the order will be
discharged.
Mrs. Kate Howard. AZ years old
one of the leaders In the recent riot
in Springville, Ills, committed sui
eide by swallowing acid while being
placed under arrest. She died as she
was being led into the jail.
The rolling mills of the National
Ename1ing and Stamping company al
Granite, H., which have been closed
since June 80, reopened Monday and
within two weeks the complement Of
1000 men win be employed.
A thirty-foot brick wall which wat
being erected for building on the
site Of one burned in the FIRE at Chel
sea. Mass. last April, collapsed and
buried more than score of workmen
Seven of the workmen were killed and
Fifteen injured.
Margaret DAILY Vokes. the come
dienne, died at her summer home In
Lynnf1eId, Mass. on August ~. afteI
a long illness of tuberculosis. She was
the wife of Harry Vokes of the Ware
G Vokes company, and was one of the
famous DAILY family of dancers.
A Missouri, Kansas g Texas trair
inbound to st. Louis, narrowly es
capped serious accident when this
train passed over a trestle $50 fee
high at Gore, Mo-. just a moment be
fore the structure collapsed, owing Il
weakness caused by washout.
Mrs. s. ]. RosenbIoom and he
daughter, Eva, arrested in Baltimore
In connection with the death of s. ]
Rosenbioom of Windber, whose bod,
was found in a trunk at Camden, n
T.. have furnished bail In the sum o
$1,000 each for their appearance 70
trial
The state department has receives
assurances from David &c. Thompson
ambassador to Mexico. who was in
jured by being knocked down by b
: cycle in the city of Mexico. that h
! | was doing well and suffering onl.
from badly broken and disiocatel
arm.
with a reward of $500 said to b
standing for his capture and return {,
vladiyostok. where he Is alleged to b
wanted to serve life sentence 10
murder, o. HARRISON. alias Bemert.
local grocer's clerk, was arrested a
Il Seattle last week on statutor
charge.
Friends of Mrs. Harry *. Thaw
j who has been suffering from worr
Z over her husbands case and the los
of her income consequent to the banl
luptcy proceedings. declare that he
! condition Is not serious. They denie
that she is nervous wreck, as ha
4 been reported.
i John Henry Briggs. aged So years,
millionaire cattle raiser, shot an
! killed himself at his home in Attict
Ind. Standing before mirror, b
showed the muzzle of revolver int
his mouth and pressed the trigge
: Dependency due to Ill health was til