The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-18
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS. -.

fears for vessels outside are entertained.
Berne, Oct. 10.-The papers here state
that the Hon. j. o. Broadhead, Ameri
can minister to Switzerland, will shortly
retire from office owing to his advanced
age.
Pawtucket, R. l., Oct. 10.-Mrs.
Josephine Quinn, who was found uneon-
scious near her dead child, as the result
of inhaling illuminating gas yesterday
morning, is dead.
Newark, n. j., Oct. 10. Alderman
Herman Schmidt, who figured in recent
alleged crooked horse transaction with
the city, mailed his resignation to Mayor
Lecbkuecher last night.
Moosup, Conn, Oct. 12.-Mrs. Mary
Coffey celebrated the 104th anniversary
of her birth yesterday by a reception at
the home of her son. Mrs. Coffey has
been in the United States only few
weeks.
Baltimore, Oct. 12.-Cardinal Gibbons
left last night for Santa Fe, N. NJ, where
he will invest Archbishop Chap@lle of
that province with the pallinm. His emf
nence travels in the private car of r.. j.
Henley of St. Louis.
Chicago Oct. 10.-The report of earn
ings of the Chicago Milwaukee &, st.
Paul railroad for the first week in Octo-
Der shows $S22, $40. 10; for the CORE
spending week last year, $685., ,301. 12; in
crease, $155, ,31S.9S
Erie, Pa, Oct. 15.-Actuated by the
great activity of the A. p. A. societies in
the city the Catholics will have q series
or big mass-meetings next Monday to
take steps toward united political action
at the polls and in the party primaries.
Newport, r. l., Oct. 12-The board of
aldermen yesterdat voted to contract
with a New York party for the disposal
of the city house offal by cremation for
period Of ten years at S275 per month
At present the offal is towed out to SEA
and dumped.
Jersey City, Oct. Is. -Chancellor
McGill last evening granted writ of
error in the case of Anello Spina and
Joseph Aragie, uRder sentence of death
at New Brunswick for the murder of
Antonio Pristo. They were to have been
hanged on Friday
St. Johns, n. F., Oct. 10.-The re-
ceiver-general issued an order yesterday
refusing to accept the guaranteed notes
of the local insolvent banks in payment
of duties. This completely shuts off the
circulation of thousands of dollars
worth of these notes, causing great dis
tress to holders
Eastport, Me-, Oct. 15.-The strike of
the sardnc workmen against reduction
of wages which began two weeks ago has
ended, the men returning to work ut the
old rate. Good feeling prevails between
the men and the factory owners. AS a
result of the fortnight shutdown, the
pack for this season will be shortened bv
over 100, 600 cases.
Fort Smith, Ark, Oct. 15.-News has
just been received of the assassination of
Cadet Miller and his wife in bed at
their home on the Oklahoma border.
This is the fourth assassination of per.
sons who are important witnesses in
the Clutch John murder trial The
other two were Bruce Miller and a
deputy sheriff of Pawnee county, Okla
homa.
London, Oct. "a collision result
ing in the loss of twelve lives has oc-
CURED off Dudgeon. The steamer
Emma, bound from Rotterdam for
Boness, ran into and sank the French
bark Pacifique, from Shields for Val
paraiso. The bark foundered so quickly
after being struck that she took down
with her the pilot, the captain and ten
of the crew. The Emma rescued the
others and landed them at Hall.
New Haven, Conn, Oct. 12.-Full re-
turns of the women's vote at the school
elections in this state last Monday show
that there were polled only 1905 ballots,
as compared with 3, 241 in 1894 and 8, ,S06
in 1893 There are about ITO, 900 women
in the state entitled to vote If registered.
The returns are pretty certain to be used
effectively against appeals hereafter to
the legislature by the women suffragists
for extension of the voting privilege.
Constantinople, Oct. 12-The Porte
has appointed commission of inquiry
into the recent Armenian arrests and
has given its promise to the powers to
deal most severely with any one who has
tortured the Armenians in prisen.
Many persons were killed and wounded
In the recent disturbance in the Ismid
district, southeast of Constantinople, in
Asia Minor, but order has finally been
restored there. Ismid is the residence of
both Greek church archbishop and an
Armenian archbishop.
New York, Oct 10.-Lawyer w. G.
Maxwell is authority for the statement
that decree Of divorce on the ground
of incompatibility, has been granted to
Mrs. Amelie Rives Chanler. 1t is stated
that there was no opposition to the de-
cree, and that nothing in the proceedings
or pleadings reflected on esther of the
parties. This ends the romance of q
girl who, not more than ten years ago,
almost stupefied the literary world by a
book that was, to say the least, daring
in its inception, bold In its working
out, and psrilously close to impropriety
That book was "Ths Quick or the DsadP''
and her ex-husband, Jack Chanler, was
its hero.
New York, Oct 1b.-Simultansously
with the unexpected arrival of the Duke |
of Marlborough yesterday from the blue
grass regions Of Kentucky, from where |
he was expected to prolong his trip south |
several weeks, comes the rumor that |
there will be another Vanderbilt marri- |
age shortly after Miss Consuelo becomes |
a duchess, and that this wedding will re-
unite her divorced parents. This rumor,
which finds many believers among the !
of the Vanderbilt set who have
the doings of William X. Van
derbilt and his divorced wife, started in
Hampstead last Saturday, when Mrs.
Vanderbilt aud Miss Consuelo were the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Kernochan.
franklin Davis Dead.
Baltimore, OCT 1e.-Franklin Davis,