Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-29
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.


civic authorities.
At Waterbury, Conn, Jacob Ferror a
misor who was robbed Of sl25 few days
ago. died ms a result Of an nttompt to
commit suicide Ivy shooting.
Rov. Dr. samuel Ashton Keen, noted
evangelist and author widely known in
religious circles throughout the United
Statos, died at Delaware o.
Fire in tho wire and nail factory of
Philip Townsend & Co., at Philadelphia,
destroyed the buildinF stock and ma
chinery Cuaailing q loss Of $3.50, 600.
Edward Wemplc, ex-senator, ex-oon-
gro5sman and OK comptroller of New York
ltatc was arrested at his homo in Fulton
Hilo, y. Y, on the charge of arson and
admitted to bail in the sum Of SlO 900.
His mind became unbalanced through
dissipation and developed a mania for
burning buildings.
Friday. Nov. 10.
Robert II. Hcgouan, 75 years of age,
was burned to death in his house in Ros-
lyn, n. y.
Two men wcro killed. by tho caving in
Of q sewer ttcnch in Woonsooket II. 1.
They wcro Alexander Aubin and Joseph
Laville.
A G.ibuster expedition has landed at
Yaguas, eastern Cuba from Venezuela,
with men and munitions, to aid tho in
surgents.
A five story brick block on Congress
street, Boston, occupied by the Empire
Distiling company, was destroyed by fire,
with loss oi Sl25, 600.
A large barn belonging to Frank Haas
at I5ny3n, n. Y, was destroyed by fire,
causing @ loss Of $40 600. Eighteen valu-
nblc cows were burned
Articles Of Incorporation of the Erie
Railroad company under the new reorgan-
ization plan were fled with the secretary
Of state at Albany. The capital is S146,-
OO0 OOO.
The Mossrs. Cramp, the ship builders
have notified tho secretary Of tho navy
that the hn.tleship Indiana will be sent to
League Island navy yard at once fully
prepared for delivery to the government.
Saturday, Nov, 16.
Fire at West Carthage, n. Y, destroyed
the entire business section OF the village.
The losses aggregate S36, 600.
An underground explosion occurred in
the vicinity ol the Mansion House, London,
w.ockiug several buildings
Ebon d. Jordan, the head Of the great
dry goods firm OF Jordan, Marsh & Co.,
Boston, died in thal city, aged 73 years.
Adyica5 received in London from Pre-
tOria state that upon tho arrival of a
Transyaal maicoach at Buluwayo, a day
or tW0 ago. il was discovered that u parcel
containing 5l2O had bceh stolen from
| the vehicle and a parcel containing sand
| substituted therefor
/ James Bloomfield, a married man, liv-
/ ing in Morrisville Pa. employed at the
/ Trenton iron works, had both legs and
arms broken yesterday afternoon. His
clothing caught in the betting in tho on
/ gino room, and before the machinery could
be stopped all his clothing was torn of.
! He will die.
Monday, Nov. 1s.
Rev. Dr. $. e. Smith, the venerable
| author OF tho national anthom "Amori-
/ Ca, died suddenly in Boston from heart
| failure aged 81 years.
Thomas M Thompson, who was in
| charge OF the boiler in the Detroit Jour
| nal building, the explosion of which caus-
ed the killing Of 40 people, was indicted
| for mans aughter.
/ Admiral Jose Navarro who was ap-
/ pointed in the early part of last month to
| take command of the Spanish squadron in
/ Cuban waters, has arrived at Havana and
assumed command.
/ The Improved Match companys factory
mt Detroit was destroyed by fire, entail.
| ing a loss Of Sl5, 900. Three employees
/ were kilod--Reuhen Davis, Thomas Wag-
ner and Agnes Getkc
Julius A. LGudauer, aged 30 years, for
merly superintendent of the clothing
manufacturing firm Of Samuel Stern
berger d Co, Philadelphia, was found
/ dead in his room with a bullet in his
right temple.
Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Albert Neville carpenter, was muir.
dored by two masked robbers near San
Francisco
Rustem Pasha, the Turkish ambassador
to the court Of st. James, is dying Of in
flueula in London.
Az earthquake shock was folt at Charles
ton. Mo- the vibrations lasting three SEQ
Onds No damage was done.
The British steamer Manitoba, from
Rio Juuciro for Now York, stranded near
Beach Haven, n. Y. The crew was saved.
John Ulrich's barn. with 90 head Of
cattle, five horses and contents to the
value Of $4,000, was burned in Tiogn,
n. Y.
homer S. Atwood, grocer, committed
|
the rear room of his store at Jamestown,
n Y
John Edqerton Doris, secretary of the
Sons Of Now York society in Chicago,
died in chat city. He formerly lived in
Tompklns county, N. Y.
Lester Bal cy aged years, and Laura
Bailey, aged months. children of Frank
Bailey of Cardiff, n. Y, wore accidental
ly drowned i'm a mill race near that place.
The British steamship James Turpie,
from Genoa for New York, arrived at
Gibraltar seriously damaged from coming
into collision With and sinking the Brit
sh steamship Vulcan. Two of the latter's
rev were drowned.
"wednesday, Nov. 20.
The United States steamer Boston was
put into commission at Vallejo Cal.
William c. Dlckit pioneer landowner
Of the city OF Minneapolis, died at Lyons,
n. Y.
The president appointed John L. Peal,
Of Kansas City United States minister to
Swi'2arladd to succeed Minister Broad
head, resigned.
Kinston Leonard Churchill, eldest son
Of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, has
joined the Spanish amy in Cuba as a
lieutenant of hlssars.
An express train on the Great Northern
railroad was held up near st. Cloud,
MINI. The robbers were unsuccessful in
attaining their purpose
by rear end collision between two
trains ON the New York and brooklyn
bridge one man was killed, one probably
fatally and several slightly injured.
The steamer Horsa was seized by Unit
Ell States customs officers at Philadelphia
on the charge Of conducting a fillbustering
| exuedition IN aid of the Cuban Insurgents.