Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

cense to wed at Newport, Ky, had to
wait two days because he forgot the
name of the prospective bride Her
name was Fannie Dozorthzov.
Federal and local authorities at
Leechburg, Pa, are seeking alleged
Black Hand members who have
threatened the life of Congressman
Beale.
Inquiry by the coroner's jury into
the causes of the st. Paul mine dis
aster at Cherry, H., came to an alb
rupt close without a verdict being
reached or any steps being made to
fix the responsibility for the attending
loss of life. The jurors refused TO con-
slider the finding of verdict until two
missing witnesses were produced.
Adam Pietrzyk. aged 25 years, has
confessed to the Milwaukee police
that he murdered Hattie linda, II
years old. ON November IL and impli-
Gated Karl Woiciechowski. who is
also under arrest
Thirty-fye passengers on a street
car were injured, none fatally. and
few seriously. when the car was
struck by an inbound Pennsylvania
passenger train at an indianapolis
street crossing and hurled 80 feet.
Given carbolic acid by her daughter
by mistake for brandy, Mrs. William
Tate of Toledo, O., i'll with tubercu-
losis. died before medical aid could
| reach her
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president of the Phenix Fire Insurance
Company of Brooklyn lying at deaths
door at his Greenwich tConn.) home,
was indicted for larceny in the first
degree by the grand jury in New York
for alleged Misrepresentation of funds
of the company, of which he was the
head for % years.
William Crandall, on trial for the
killing of his wife at Battle Creek,
Mich, last August, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree by n jury
at Marshall, Mich. Crandall cut his
wife's throat
EX-President Cardenas of Nicara-
qua, who was overthrown by Zelaya
in 1891, has taken the field against
his old enemy and is heading an ex-
pedition from Costa Rica into Mica
ragua, according to advices received
at New Orleans by the sympathizers
of the revolutionary movement in the
latter country.
The New York Times printed the re-
markable narrative of two men. made
under OATH declaring that they were
employed by DR. Frederick A. Cook to
fabricate astronomical and other OBJ
seryations for submission to the Uni
versity of Copenhagen, which is about
to pass upon Dr. Cooks assertion that
he discovered the north pole on April
21. 1908. The men are George Fl.
Dunkle, an insurance broker of New
York, and Capt. August Wedel Loose.
sea captain of Brooklyn. For their
labors they were to have received
Jointly from DR.. Cook $4,000. They
say that DR. Cook had paid them only
$3.50 when he disappeared on the eve
of the dispatch of his records" to
Copenhagen, and his failure to pay
the sum remaining due them, they
freely acknowledged to be their mo-
tive for coming forward with the
story
For the first time in the history Of
American banking. statements show
ing in detail the condition of practical
ly every banking institution in the
/ United States at a given hour have
been obtained by the national none
tary commission. Report was made at
the close of business April %, 1909. The
total resources of all establishments
reach $21 100 0000,000; loans, $l1.373,-
| 0000; investments in bonds, etc,
| S4614 100000; due from banks, 50 ,562,-
| 100000; cash on hand, including $780,
| 100000 in gold coin and certificates,
81, 1872, 100000; other resources, 81 ,094,
100000; capital, 81 100000, 900; surplus
and profits, $1835, 100000; due to
banks. s2,4S4,O 4,OOO,OOOO; deposits, includ
ing government deposits, $14,106, ,000,-
600; other liabilities, $87,000,000.
A $2,500000 hospital for the treat
ment of New York sufferers from tu
| berculosis will be completed during
the coming year. The hospital will
provide for more than 1000 patients
The firebrand of war has again been
hurled against the 1907 Root peace
compact with Central American gov
ernments and the Nicaragauan situa
tion rendered more acute. The repub
lie of Honduras has declared martial
law in order to repel an invasion head
ed by the former president. Manuel
Bonilla.
After refusing for 2S days to eat,
saying he would wait till God ordered
him to take food, William Tippin of
Rome, Ga, broke his fast when he
discovered that members of his fam
lily had placed whites of eggs in the
water he drank
Thirty-three American steel firms
and individual agents for steel com
panies were found not guilty of collu-
sive bidding for city steel contracts, In
the superior court at Boston, after an
| II weeks trial
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