Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-08-07
NEWS or THE WEEK.

Joined the ranks OF the striking GOAT tai
lora In New York
Robert Garrett, former prsbident Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company.
died at Deer Park, Md.
Spain SO much fears a mutiny that the
great body Of re-enforcements TO be dls
patched 90 Cuba In August will be seria
unarmed, other vessels taking their equip
ments.
william p. Sc. John treasurer OF the
Democratic national oolinittee, engaged
permanent headquarters IN New York for
the bryan and Sewall campaign In the
Hotel Bartholdi,
Mrs. lillian Reynolds has'brotfahs suit
for the annulment Of her Iharriage With
Guy Reynolds In New York and for
500, 600 damages. 1t is,Rneged that he has
another wife living AM. .eRaotion for big
a. Friday, JuIysi.
The Tammany Democracy has decided
to accept the nomination Of Bryan and
Sewall as regular.
Secretary Hoke Smith says the story
that he Is going 10 resign is beneath the
dignity Of dental.
Severe wind and rain storms did much
damage In Pittsburg and other places In
western Pennsylvania. Three lives lost.
The explosion Of an empty oil still at
Eagle works, CRvan Point, Jersey City,
severely burned five men, Of whom two
are likely 10 die
The preliminary step for an inquiry in
TO the administration Of the British South
Afrlca company was taken In the British
house OF commons.
Frank Wollweber, a boy burglar, was
shot and killed by Policeman Thomas r.
Meyers, after committing burglary at 300
Pearl street, New York.
Attorney General Harmon dismissed the
government suits against about 10000
settlers made defendants with the Union
Pacific and other western railroads.
Saturday, August 1.
Cholera is said to be beyond control In
northern Egypt; 5000 deaths have al
ready been reported
James Cody, an alleged west side rough,
was shot in West Sixty first street, New
York, bX Policeman Kiernan while resist
Ing arrest
Nineteen persons, two Of whom are
women, have been sentenced to death in
ARram, Hungary, on the charges Of brig
andage and murder.
Mrs, A. s. Rosenthsl, wife Of q silk
merchant in Greene street, New York, has
discovered that she Is one Of the heirs to
nm estate Of s2b, 600, 900 In Australia
Major Mckinley addressed delegation
Of veterans and others at Canton, o., say
Ing in substance that pensions must be
paid In money as good as gold.
In New York James Butler, an old for
msr convict, confessed having committed
perjury to save his sister, who had mar
ried policeman, the disgrace Of having
her brothers. record exposed and was SEN
tenoed TO two years and six months in
the penitentiafy.
Monday, August 8.
-Four men were killed In a battle be-
tween sheepmen and oattlemen in Oregon.
Fire In the Cramps shipyard in Philadel-
phia destroyed the big paintshop OF the
concern, with It's contents.
The opposition of Lord Salisbury to a
blockade OF the island Of Crete had bad
effect on the Berlin and Vienna bourses.
Riots occurred on the east side in New
York as the result of efforts by, tailors to
CLOSE down sweatshops started up with
nonunion labor.
According to the Berlin press, the un-
disciplined action of the recent congress
Of socialists in London has been a severe
blow to socialism in Germany.
Morris Connolly, 10 years old, was
caught picking a mans pocket In New
York. He says he was taught by Law
renee Luttrell, whom the police have been
unable TO find
James Cahill, while being Shaved by
Nioolo CantaRnolo in New York, objected
10 the razor's dullness and was attacked
by the barber, slashed and struck with a
hatohet and left for dead.
A fugitive steer escaped from the stook-
yards at the foot of West Fifty-ninth
street, New York, and finally got into
Central park, where he raised a panio and
was fruitlessly shot at by three policemen.
Tuesday, August 4.
The Right Hon. Sir William Robert
Grove died in London.
The pope is said to be confined to his
apartments with an attack Of rheuma-
tism.
The Rockefeller iron mines in Michigan
have been closed, throwing Z, 200 men ouO
Of employment.
The striking tailors on the east side,
New York, were disorderly, and numerous
arrests were made.
Mrs. Lenfeoty, second cousin Of the
Princess Colonna, was arrested in Brook
lyn on the charge Of shOplifting.
Judge Calvin K Pratt Of the supreme
court, Brooklyn, died suddenly Of apo
plexy at his country home In Rochester,
Mass
Walter o. Poor stabbed former "tao-
kle" OF Prinoeton's football team during
game OF cards In a boarding house In
New York. The wounded man, who will
live, Is believed to be J. b. Riggs.
Frank Davis killed Robert Pickett in
Cripple Creek, Colo, cutting his head
nearly Of with q razor, and also cut Nay
Rivers so badly that she will die. He then
cut his own throat, but IL is Thought that
the wound Is not fatal. Pickett was a
dance hall proprietor and Davis was the
porter OF the place. The woman was an
inmate OF the resort, and jealousy caused
the tragedy.
Wednesday. August ..
Frank LomeO, an italian blacksmith,
shot his wife three times and killed him
self In New York
MrA Annie Book was mysterIously muir
dered w her fat at 2O7 East Twenty-lrst
street, New York.
Twenty-Five hundred vestmakers da-
manding shorter hours swsllsd the number
Of striking garmentmakers In New York.
Two wheelwomen were attacked by a
tramp near Denville N. j. One struck
him In the face with stone and drove him
away.
James Phillips son Of 3 former solicitor
general OF Tie department Of justice In
New York, was indicted for forging the
name OF the Rev. DR.. John R. Paxton.
Soldiers on picket duty at the Brown
Hoist works In Cleveland prevented two
strikers exploding what is supposed 20
have been a dynamite bomb. The strikers
were pursued by the soldiers, and about 20