The Washington herald., 1911-06-06
.TOLDIN PARAGRAPHS

Halifax. N. s.. June 5.-The French
cruiser dEstres ran aground on Groyes
Island while entering the harbor to-day.
| New York, June 6.-Driven TO despera-
ton by the loss OF her fortune OF $4,000
in Wall street speculation, Miss Ursula
Ross twenty-three years old and an or
phan, attempted to commit suicide to-
day by swallowing poison.
! Selma, Ala, June 5.-The Abbott Rifles
! and Union Guards are to-day guarding
Joe and Phil Travis, two negroes in Jail
at Uniontown, suspected of completely in
the killing Of Brakeman Clifford Fox
hill on Sunday.
| Cincinnati, Ohio. June 5-Fire, believed
to have been Of incendiary origin, broke
out to-day in the Sheridan House. a
structure made famous by the fact that
Buchanan Reed wrote 'Sheridan's Ride"
within its walls. Harry KlafeIner. the
clerk. was fatally burned.
Colorado Springs. June 5.-Mrs. Angus
tus Belasco Elliott, second daughter OF
David Belasco. the playwright and theat-
rical manager. and the bride Of William
Elliott. prominent young actor. died
here to-day OF pulmonary affection, fol-
lowing an attack Of pneumonia.
Louisville. KY, June 5.-Driyen insane
by the heat Edward H. Allen, a railroad
clerk, committed suicide.
Boston, June 5.-The vanguard OF dele
gates to the annual convention Of the
Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit Association
in this city are arriving to-day.
Corning. N. Y, June 5.-Mrs. Jacob
Swanson. wife OF a wealthy lumberman.
was killed ard her four young children
and Carl Ireland, OF Austin, Pa. were
seriously hurt early to-day when an auto,
crashed into an iron bridge near Aus
tin, Pa.
Saloniki, Turkey. June 5.-What is
thought to have been a plot to assassin
ate Sultan Hamid on his Forthcoming trip
to Macedonia has been discovered in a
secluded defile in the Koepruelue district,
where the authorities have located
large quantity of dynamite and bomb
making apparatus near the railway line
over which the Sultan will travel.
Nashville Tenn, June s.-The Lebanon
accommodation passenger train on the
Tennessee Central Railroad was wrecked
inside of the Nashville yard limits to-
day. Seventeen persons were injured.
none fatally.
Indianapolis. June 5.-A tornado. cloud
burst, and hail storm caused $4,000 dam
age to crops and property in Wayne
County, Ind. and Prebie County, Ohio.
Dunkirk, n. Y, June 5.-wyllis H. Wa
terman. secretary OF the Empire State
Degree of Honor. was killed to-day, when
an automobile in which he was riding
was run down by Buffalo and Lake
Erie traction car.
Rome, June 5.-Lieut. Conneau, the
French naval officer who is leading in
the Paris-to-Turin air race, has been
decorated with the Chevalier Cross Of
the Order of San Maurizio by King Vic
tor Emmanuel.
New York, June 5-Daniel O'Reilly, Q
former assistant district attorney. was
to-day sentenced TO five months in the
penitentiary on Blackwells Island for re-
ceiving $S5,000 in securities stolen from
the banking firm OF Aaron Bancroft &
Co..
Dublin, Ireland, June 6-John Dillon,
the Nationalist leader, was severely in
jured to-day, when his automobile was
wrecked near Camlough. His head was
cut and his back wrenched.
Boston. June 5.-The 500 delegates from
all parts OF the country, who are here
for the convention Of the Society Of St.
Vincent de Paul, attended a special mass
celebrated for them at o'clock to-day
in the cathedral.
Chicago. June 5.-The hottest wave of
the year enveloped Chicago and the Md
die West to-day and already seven per-
sons here have paid the death toll. Four
of them drowned and the others died OF
prostrations.
Peoria, Ill, June 5.-Three persons were
fatally injured when Rock Island pas
senger train No. II crashed into an open
switch, early to-day, demolishing two
engines on a side track besides wrecking
its own engine. All the injured were
engineers.
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fleet steamship Ryanzan went ashore
upon q reef near Nagasaki, Japan. to-day
while en- route TO Vladivostok.
New York, June 5.-Five persons were
injured to-day when Long Island train,
running from Sag Harbor to this city.
jumped the track near Bridgehampton
Junction.
London, June Skiing George motored
to the British military depot at Aldersnot
to-day to spend several days informally
viewing the troops in training and in
specting the camps.