Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-12-29 | Page 2 | Flashes from the Wire

FLASHES FROM THE WIRE The plant of tjic Quaker City Flour Mills company in Philadelphia was damaged dam-aged by fire yesterday to the extent of about $30,000. Rev. B. L. Holder, a Presbyterian minister, min-ister, was assassinated Thursday night at Troy, Tonn. His body was found near the railroad tracks. The Cudahy Packing company of Chicago Chi-cago certified to the Secretory of Stale yesterday to an Increase of capital stock I from $7,000,000 to $12,000,000. 1 Adolphus Busch, millionaire brewer of St. Louis. Is seriously III at his home with pneumonia. The attack developed suddenly sud-denly and Thursday night physicians and members of his family were at his bed- . side. Five merchants of Alton. 111., were lined S5 and costs each yesterday by Justice Jus-tice Nathan for violating the child labor law. The director of the mint lias purchased 100.000 ounces of silver for delivery at 70.15S cents per line ounce. The Iown State teachers' convention has adopted 'resolutions favoring simplification of English spelling. " ' In the Shea case yesterday Robert Ko-ren. Ko-ren. business agent of tho Garment Workers' Work-ers' union, testified he never gave to Shea, Young, Berry ami McCarthy $lfi00 before the strike of the teamsters was called. Albert Young testified that No-ren No-ren paid this money in his presence. No-ren No-ren flatly contradicted this.