Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-01-21

Twenty-one persons were killed an
30 injured, many Of them seriously. /
the head-on collision between pas
enger train and freight train on I'll
Denver & Rio Grande near Dotser,
Col
Scarlet fever appeared among tn
students al the Cornell College Of A,
riculture At Ithaca. n. Y.
The schooner Swallow OF St john
". f.. was wrecked on the coast Z
Long Island and her crew OF about /
men lost
Lee Quinn tried to rescue hi
brother from an officer on train nea
Fort Smith. Ark, and In the resultin
pistol battle Irwin Brassfield, q pasi
enger. was fatally wounded.
A triple tragedy was discovered i
Seattle. Wash. when W. l.. Seeley q
attorney and former national bank e,
aminer for Illinois under Comptrolle
OF Currency Eckels. his wife. Mr..
Kate NJ. Seeley. member OF the ns
tfonal society Of the Daughters of tn
American Revolution, and his daugf
ter Miss Rena Seeley a student at tn
University OF Washington, were foun,
dead In bathroom OF their home. |
was believed Seeley killed the Nv,
women and committed suicide.
While getting money to hand to
robber. l.. Trimball, a restapran
keeper OF Union, la. was hot twic,
through the head and instantly killed
The navy department began tn,
work OF loading vessels with buildinf
material and sending them to the
earthquake survivors Of Italy for the
erection of small houses.
A number OF young women student.
narrowly escaped being burned &c
death when the dormitory of Benzonis
college at Benxonia, Mich, burned Il
the ground.
William c. and John 8. Mckee
bankers of Eltnenton and Clintonvillo
Pa, were sentenced TO five years ID
prison for misapplication of funds.
A court order was issued for the
trial of Harry K Thaw to determine
his mental condition.
Frederick HerreshoK, Yale man, golf
champion. and youngest son Of j. -
Francis Herresh0ff. a wealthy manu-
facturer OF New York, astontshed his
parents by announcing he had Sc
cretly married Miss May Faulkner, Z
show girl. last August
Ten or more persons were killed and
twenty-five or thirty injured in q col.
liston at Dotsero. Col. between a pas.
senger train and q freight ON the Den.
yer Z Rio Grande railroad.
After reviewing the evidence for %
hours and taking Is ballots before all
were agreed. the jury in the trial of
Thornton Jenkins Hains At Flushing,
N. ", found the prisoner not guilty az
a principal with his brother. Capt.
Peter C. Hainss. Jr.. In the killing of
William E. Annis It was believed
Capt Hams would not be put on trial.
A general strike OF hat makers. that
may involve some $4,000 workers, WAS
in the hat manufacturing
conters Of the country az the result OF
a decision Of the Associated Hat Manu-
facturers to discontinue the use of the
union label In the factories represent.
ed In the association.
Mrs. Nathan Sherrard and four chill
dren were burned to death at q lum.
Der camp 20 miles from Ashland.
Wis.
Cyrus Campbell. "a years old. a
pioneer resident Of Cherryvale. Kan.
was burned to death and his wife
fatally injured in q fire that destroyed
their home.
Brig. Gen. Robert M. O'Reilly, who
has been surgeon general Of the army
for the past seven years. was placed
on the retired list after 46 years. serv.
Ice with the advanced rank OF major
general.
Miss Frances Livingston OF Boyd,
Wis.,. who advertised In papers in all
parts OF the country for husband and
received 1000 proposals Of marriage,
has chosen Louis Struvanz OF Dor.
chesetr. Wis.
The National League for Industrial
designed to foster national,
state and local cooperation in the pro-
motion Of Industrial training In
schools. has been organized In New
York with James j. Hill Of st. Paul Is
honorary president.
The corporation of Harvard college
sent to the 0versecrs of the college
The name Of Abbott Lawrence Lowell.
professor Of the science of govern
ment. as their choice AZ president Of
The college to succeed President
Charles W. Eliot.
In IRE that completely burned the
residence OF Samuel Higgins. general
manager Of the New York. New
Haven Z Hartford railroad ut New
Haven. Conn.,. yesterday his mother.
Mrs. Higgins. lost her life.
The Turkish government accepted
he Austro- Hungarian offer Of E2.5OO,-
400 Turkish (S1O.s00.0O0) indemnity
or the annexation Of Bosnia and
thus removing every pos
,ibility Of war.
More than 100 lives were snufRed out
BY an explosion In the mines of the
Lick Branch colliery. near BlueAeld.
". Va. Just two weeks before. 50
miners were killed In the same mines
by similar explosion.
John v. Duffy. confidential clerk to
]. Condor. president Of the
American Snuf Company. was arrest.
ed In New York charged with forging
his employers name to ~ checks az.
gregating $500.
Thrilling escapes. many injuries.
and one death accompanied the dc.
by fire of the famous Cone,