Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Secretary Of the Treasury Carlisle an
nounces that the success of the 500, ,OOO,-
900 loan Is assured.
In Joint session the Ohio Legislature
elected j. B. Foraker United States sena-
tor for the term beginning March 4, 1897
The steamship Cisgar of Barcelona has
been sunk in collision with the German
ship Nereus. Nineteen of the crew of the
Cisgar were drowned.
The City bank, one of the smaller state
banking institutions Of Minneapolis, sus-
pended payment pending an examination
by the state bank examiner.
. Chief Engineer George W. Melville,
United States navy, has been appointed
engineer in chief and chief of the bureau
of steam engineering mt Washington.
DIR. Hiram Collins well known in
ventur. n forty miner and member of the
Masonic fraternity. died at Amcskury,
Mass, aged SO years. He was the intl-
mate personal friend of the late poet Whit
tier for more than half century.
Friday. Jan. II.
The Hon. W. Bourke Cochran Is booked
for the steamship st. Paul, which sails
from Southampton for New York on Satur
day.
Congressman N b. Smithers, who
was secretary of state under Governors
Cannon and Marvil, died at his home in
Dover, Del.
A fire destroyed Jacob B. Rue's livery
stable in Maple avenue, Red Bank, N. j.
Eleven horses were burned to death. The
total loss is about 500 600
Perkins & Welsh, carrying on gen
eral commission and export and import
business in sugar, coffee and other com
modities in New York, made an assign
ment The liabilities exceed 800, 600.
The Republican Editorial association of
the state of New York held its annual
meeting in New York city Resolutions
urging the nomination of Governor Nor
ton for the presidency were unanimously
adopted
The worst storm in several years is rag
ing in Montana The thermometer
throughout the state ranges from to 30
degrees below zero, with snow to 20
inches deep. Fears are entertained for the
safety of cattle on the ranges.
Saturday, Jan. 1s.
S. L. Schwabach, customer Of Char
don & Co., brokers, committed suicide at
that firm Office i'm New York.
Frank Lawler, eX-congressman and
present alderman from the Nineteenth
ward, Chicago, died at his home of heart
failure.
The New York state board Of claims has
awarded John ID. Mcmahon S4,3S1.0S as
counsel i'm conducting an investigation OF
the New York city asylums.
John Cork, who has been making beds
at the Anchor lodging house on Lloyd
street, In Buffalo, for three years past, has
learned that he is the presumptye heir tC
fortune of $4,000 or $50, 900 derived
from an estate in Bolton, Lancashire,
England.
Owing to Justice Brewers engagement
on the supreme court bench the Nenezue
Ian boundary commission has not beer
able to make much progress since its ad
journment last Saturday. Severe Mallet
Provost of New York probably will be Sc
lected as secretary.
Monday, Jan. go.
The American Association of Physicians
and Surgeons elected DIR. G. Edison Coyey
of Detroit president.
The National committee of the Populis
party has decided to hold the national con
vention ut st. Louis on July %.
Lawrence II. Buchanan, junior in Cor
nell Law school, from Horseheads, n. Y.
is suffering from an attack of smallpox.
NJ. Floquet, who was at one time presi
dent of the French council of minister
and also minister of the interior, died IL
Paris.
The United States branch of the deel
waterway commission has elected Presi
dent Angel of the University of Michigan
chairman and Commissioner Russell o
Massachusetts secretary.
Calvin B. Dunham, one of the bes
known politicians in Rensselaer, county
N. Y, fatally shot himself because o
financial troubles at Troy.
Tuesday, Jan. FL.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati ar
rived in New York from Key West vii
Norfolk.
Daniel H. Pulcifer, late United State
postollice inspector, died suddenly of hear
failure at Shdwano Wis.
State Engineer Adams has appointe'
Horace G. McKelvey of Rochester drafts
man in his Office at Albany
The gold discoveries of Forty Mile creel
i'm Alaska, according to survey, belong {,
the United States and not to Great Brit
ain.
George Putnam of Syracuse charge,
with passing forged checks, waived ex
animation and was held for the gran'
jury.
A small cabin near Almira, Wash, oc
cupied by Henry Leads George Lewis ant
Henry Taylor was destroyed by fire, ant
the three were suffocatod by smoke.
Cardinal Guillaume Rene Meignan
archbishop OF Tours, was found dead il
bed at Tours, France. He was born il
1917 and was created u cardinal in 1898.
Otto Sutro one of the leading musica
publishers of the south, died in the Mary
land hospital at Baltimore. Adolph Sutro
mayor of San Francisco, and Emil Sutr
of Philadelphia are his brothers.
Wednesday, Jan. es.
A vein of salt 300 feet thick and said {
be the richest in the world has been dis
covered under the town of Little River
Rice county, Kan.
Judge Dennis has named receivers fC
the Woodbridge Fertilizer company Of Ba
timore. Messrs. Frank V. Rhodes Joh
S. Lusk and Julian Henry Lee were ohoseT
Mrs b. f. Powelson, daughter of ric
retired merchant, obtained divorce froI
her husband, Joseph A. Powelson, who
a well known physician and wholesal
druggist of New York city.
Commander Booth, who has been
command of the Canadian wing Of I'll
Salvation Army for the last four year
announces that he has received instru,
tions from General Booth to prepare I
leave Canada.
Frederick W. Sutterle, the head Of II
Keen Sutterle company of Philadelphia