The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
NEWS or THE WEEK.


OF New York bay to prevent sinking after
collision with a dumping scow in tow of
the tug Runyon.
Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson are
at Bowling Green, KY. They will remain
there a fortnight and return to Blooming
ton, Ills, where they will spend the re-
mainder of the summer.
At st. Josephs hospital, Philadelphia,
Monday, $50, 900 in money and jewels were
stolen from Mr.. and Mrs. Moore, patients.
The valuables were taken from a trunk
William Fl. Thompson, a professional
nurse at the hospital, has disappeared.
Forest fires are raging in the Cascade
mountains for miles on each side Of the
Northern Pacific railroad. Great damage
has been done to timber, and at times the
flames threatened trains passing over the
mountains.
Thursday, July 10.
Pittsburg and Allegheny City, Pa, were
visited by rainstorm resembling cloud
burst. which caused $500, 600 damage.
An explosion of soda fountain in a
factory in East Twenty ninth street. New
York, badly injured three workmen, one
of whom died.
Walter L. S. Langerman, who figured in
the Aub trial in New York, was accused
of the theft Of $50 from the pocketbook of
a Mrs Merle.
Adolf Herschkopf, convicted OF murder
in the second degree by means of arson in
New York, was sentenced to life impris-
onment in Sing Sing
Two men were arrested on the charge
of having stolen 50, 500 worth of diamonds
I've
St. Louis just before she sailed
from the port of New York
Mrs. Fleming, who was recently acquit
ted on the charge of numbering her moth
er, announced that she would go on the
stage and thinks her services would be
worth 81, 900 week in a melodraina.
Startling reports of the ravages Of the
army worm have been made to the agri-
cultural department at Washington. The
pests are particularly abundant il New
York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvansa
strikers at the Bfown HoisHng works.
in Cleveland, waylaid nonunion men on
their way to work and assaulted them
with stones and clubs. Two men were
badly hurt. The city is now under mar
tial law.
Friday, July II.
William G. Whitney of New York de-
clared that he would not support the Chi
cago ticket.
S. W. Heller, an alleged lottery chief,
was arrested in New York on a warrant
sworn out by man who says he lost
81, 600.
Miss Adeline Tillman, eldest daughter
of Senator Tillnan of South Carolina, and
Al A Hillod NV n
bolt of lightning in Brevard. N. G.
Arbitration between this government
and Great Britain, especially with refer
ence to the Venezuelan question, is prac-
tically assured though concessions must
still be made on both Sides
A dispatch from Havana reaffirms the
death Of Jose Maceo, the Cuban leader. It
is asserted that he was shot, after being
court martialed for insubordination, by
the order of General Calixto Garcia.
Fifteen people were drowned by the
overturning Of ferry boat in CleYeland.
They were laborers employed in unload
ing ore at the docks of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg railroad.
Saturday, July 1S.
The New York state banks met in an
nual convention at Niagara Falls
Maurice Spillane of 1926 Lexington ave-
nue., New York, was killed by cable car
in front of his own door.
dispatch from Havana states that
Colonel Morot has defeated concentrated
insurgent bands in Matanzas province
with heavy loss.
Secretary of State Olney gave out his
correspondence with Lord Salisbury CON
cerning the efforts to secure arbitration
between this country and Great Britain.
william r. Wilson, ex- prosecutor of the
pleas for Union county, N. j., is under
arrest on the charge of the larceny of
81, 400. The charge is preferred by Miss
Mary r. Belts, niece of Mary A. Belts,
who left large estate. The debt which
Wilson failed to pay is part of a mortgage
held by the Belts estate against Lawrence
Ussing of Easton.
Monday, July go.
Three bodies were found in the ruins of
the burned Chicago car barns
Rollan Dewitt of Stantonville, N. Y, a
gold Democrat, bolted the Chicago tieket,
and his mother ip-law horsewhipped him.
A dispatch from Athens reports that a
panic occurred at Canea owing to fire
which was mistaken as signal for car
mage.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt continued to
improve, his physicians saSing that he Is
stronger than at any time since he was
stricken.
Ex-Mayor Clapp Spooner, ex-yioe presi-
dent of Adams Express company, was run
over and probably fatally injured in
Bridgeport, Conn.
1t was reported that meeting of Em-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria and King
Humbert of Italy would soop take place
to discuss the dreibund's affairs
James Griffin, 10 years old, Of 81 East
Eighty eighth street, New York, killed
his elder brother during quarrel by stab
bing him to the heart with penknife.
Tuesday. July FL.
The Colopia won her second race easily
at the regatta of the Larchmont Yacht
club
Major Mckinley visited Cleveland to
take part in the centennial celebration
there.
Sixty Mussulmans and $40 Armenian
Christians were killed in disturbances at
Nikat
The funeral of William Russell was
held in Cambridge, Mass. President
Cleveland attended it.
The trial of DIR. Jameson and his COM
panions in the Transvaal raid began be-
fora tho hi0h corrf. of ,1stica in Tondon