Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-09-18
NEWS OF The WEEK.



ernor Of New York on the Democratic
ticket
Two men held up Henry Hildebrand,
messenger for George Rlnglsr q Co.,
brewers, In New York and robbed him Of
", 900.
The Union National bank Of New Or.
leans has been forced to close its doors,
and a mistake or defalcation Of nearly
S700, 900 has been found on its books.
Chaunoey M. Depew denied the report
that he would resign from the New York
Centrals presidency to take cabinet po-
sitlon under Mckinley II the latter be
elected.
Two small boys, IA and II years old,
and girl years old, who ran away from
their homes in Providence, were found in
New York city making a living by sing
ing In the streets.
Friday. Sept. IL.
Isaac zehr, the f6-year-old son of we'll
to do parents In New York, cleverly forged
the certiflcatlon Of bank on a worthless
check and is a fugitive from justice.
Ernest Luoolo is under arrest in Plain
field, N J., charged with abduoting Louise
Giles, whom he subsequently, married,
and who, according to her mother, is not
yet 10 years old.
Mrs. Agnes Devere, while on the way
10 meet her husband on her bicycle, came
into collision with another bioyolist and
sustained Injuries from which she died In
Roosevelt hospital, New York.
A cable dispatch from Rome announces
the death OF Professor Luigi Palmiere the
noted italian meteoroloRlst, who for the
last 40 years has lived on the edge Of the
crater Of Vesuvlus and devoted his life to
the study of the volcano.
Two daring robbers held up a faro gamo
In local saloon at Pocatello, Ida, Sc
cured $500 In cash and backed out of the
room, leaving the inmates too dazed to
follow them The men are believed to be
members of the outlaw gang which re-
GENTLY robbed the Montpelier bank. They
are still at large.
Saturday, Sept. I2.
Olaf Laudsem, the Norwegian novelist,
was drowned at Scarborough, England.
The members of the Diamond Match
pool In Chicago have raised 5000, 600 TO
settle the transactions Of Moore Bros.
Owing to the failure of the Labrador
fishery, hundreds Of fishermen are leaving
Newfoundland for the United States and
Canada.
An explosion Of powder at the mills Of
the Ohio Powder company at YounRs-
town, o., resulted In the instant death Of
two men.
Miss Kate Tedford Hickie has brought
suit In the supreme court. Queens county,
N. Y, against the Rev. Father EMS, a
Dominican, Of New York oity for alleged
defamation Of character.
DwnHaeeou Ltuo,ot, CktIa n
LII D., Of Harvard university, died at the
Massachusetts General hospital in Boston,
aged II years. Professor Child was re-
garded as the most learned gentleman In
the community.
John McClave, Stephen W. MoClave,
John McClave, Jr., and Albert MoClave,
who composed the firm of John MoClave
g Sons, manufacturers of bicycles In New
York, made an assignment for the benefit
of creditors to William Harrison.
Monday. Sept. II.
Incsndlaries started fires In the village
OF Rockville Center, n. Y.
A wild man was found In a cave in Ho-
boken, N. J., where he had been living
for months.
William j. Bryan insists that President
Cleveland's indorsement of the Indianapo-
lis ticket amounts to one more recruit for
the "army Of generals"
While practising with rifle in a back
yard In Brooklyn 1b-year-oh Bernard
Shook was shot aud probably fatally
wounded by his chum, George Pholer.
The hotels Of Leavenworth, Kan, re-
fused accommodation to Lieutenant
Charles Young, Ninth cavalry, U. S. A.,
q oolored man and q graduate Of West
Point
A great legal battle is imminent be-
tween the Bell Telephone company and
the Western Union Telegraph company.
The latter corporation insists that It's priv
heges are being enoroRohed upon.
Consul Read has scored a victory for
American enterprise In obtaining the 40
ceptanoe of the tender OF the Baldwin Lo-
oomotive works, Philadelphia, to furnish
all the engines for the Tientsin and Pc
king railway.
Tuesday. Sept. 10.
Senator German has yielded to the de-
sire Of National Chairman Jones and has
taken control of the silver campaign In the
east.
The important dry goods commission
nrm OF Coffin, Altemus s. Co. OF New York
OF upward Of 81, goo, 900.
A special cable dispatch from Havana
states that Major Ambel sustained five
engagements with the insurgents In Ma
tanzas province and defeated them.
The Armenian revolutionary committee
has sent q circular 20 all the foreign en-
bassies except the German, warning them
that unless their demands are granted
they VIII carry death into the embassies.
DR.. Joseph Fischer of New York, whose
wife died under very suspicious oiroum-
stances, was arrested BY order OF Coro-
neE HoebeF ON account Of preliminary re-
port OF the chemical expert that the Wom-
ans death was due 10 inhaling illuminat-
ing gas
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The United States cruiser Bancroft sail
Cd for Turkish waters.
The Australian cricket team arrived In
New York 70 begin their American tour
A son Of Representative Hepburn Of
Iowa was killed In 3 duel with saloon
keeper.
Mamie Bryan, q I2-year-old schoolgirl
Of New York, died from blow inflicted
by Patrick Goggins.
The Grevery family Of i've persons, three
OF them small children, tramped from
Pittston, Pa, 70 New York.
Archbishop Martinelli the newly ap-
pointed papal delegate 10 the United
States, has started for New York.
Latest returns from the Maine state