Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Il nt hNtdultI fhlluRt AbUNbln MEEK
from st. Johns, N. F., for New York, is
ashore off Halifax. She has been abandon
ed by her crew.
Passenger train No. 800 on the Erie rail
road ran into a freight train between Riv-
erside and Fourth avenues, Newark, N.
j. Three freight cars were thrown from
the track, and travel was blocked for sew
eral hours. Several passengers were slight
ly hurt.
A Detroit dispatch says that Thomas B.
Reed is Mayor Pingree's presidential can
didate, and his honor announces it in
tones Of exultation. 1t is improbable that
the mayors hatfooted declaration will do
his own gubernatorial boom any harm
Reed is pretty certain to have most Of the
Michigan delegates.
Friday, Jan. 10.
Near Mount Pleasant, Gadsden county,
Fla, Henry Thomas and Albert Stafford
fought a duel about girl Both were
killed
e. B. Wight, Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Inter Ocean and widely
known as a journalist, died Of heart fail
ure in Washington.
Unknown men called at the home Of Ed
Weloh at Holton, Kan, blindfolded him,
threw him to the floor cut Oft his left
hand with an AZ and robbed him.
Mr. Clement A. Griscom, president Of
the International Navigation company,
has been elected commodore Of the Corin-
THAN Yacht club Of Philadelphia.
The Fait & Slagle company, oyster
packers of Baltimore, made deed Of as
signment TO John s. Gibbs. The cause Of
the failure is excessive competition. Ii
abilities are placed at $50, 900.
AS John Robertson, prominent farmer
in the town Of Riga, N. Y, was passing
through his barnyard he was attacked by
a bull, and six ribs were broken before his
son arrived and beat the animal of.
John W. Mcdonald, alias George Allen,
indicted for kidnapping Lawyer o. o. Cot
tie, pleaded guilty to the crime In the
criminal term Of the supreme court In
Buffalo and was sentenced to the Elmira
reformatory.
Saturday, Jan. II.
The Ontario and Western railroad depot
at Rock Rift, N. Y, was totally destroyed
by fire.
Fire at Brushton, N. Y, destroyed five
blocks, and only part of the contents was
saved. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
| Fight masked men blew open the safe
of the Farmers bank at Verona, Mo-,
with dynamite and escaped with 1900
in cash.
A decree has been gazetted in Paris pro-
hibitipg the export from France for the
French colonies Of warlike munitions In
tended for the island of Cuba.
| O. r., g. Dun & Co. Of New York report
that the failures for the week have been
491 in the United States, against 4e0 last
year, and SO in Canada against "a last
year.
John Mcbride, former president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, has writ
ten his farewell to that organization, in
which he says he will "never again seek
or accept official responsibility in the la
Dor movement"
Monday, Jan. IS.
George Spengler, deputy postmaster at
Chatham, N. Y, dropped dead while at
tending to his duties in the postoffice.
Frank H. Lummus, who owned two of
the largest cotton gin factories in the
south, died at his home in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Addona p. Fotch, aged "a years,
wife of Walter Fotch of Stafford, commit
ted suicide by hanging at Batavia, N. Y.
The annual exercises in commemoration
of the founder of Cornell university were
held in the armory in Ithaca before l 200
people.
Governor and Mrs. Morton gave a din
ner at the executive mansion in Albany
to the judges Of the court Of appeals and
few other invited guests.
The Fifth Avenue Savings bank of Co
lumbus, o., closed its doors. The cause is
alleged to be money loaned too freely. The
officers say everybody is secured.
The Vassar College Glee club gave a
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Hudson River State hospital in Pough-
keepsie, where 500 insane patients com
posed the audience
Tuesday, Jan. II.
Peter Houghard, who is thought by
the police to have been insane, killed him
self, wife and five children in Chicago.
McGowAn's undertaking establishment,
at Haverstraw, n. Y, was burned with
its contents. A. Saul's shoe store and
Cohn's market were also destroyed
The steamer Royal, one of the fastest
vessels on the great lakes, burned to the
waters edge at Evansville, Ind. The loss
is e24, 900 and the insurance $4,000.
In Philadelphia scaffold, on which
three painters were working, fell. William
Anderson and Edward Petroski were in
stantly killed and Henry Petersen fatally
injured.
At Newmansville, Fla, Henry Jordan,
a negro desperate, charged with murder
ously Assaulting Dr. J. N. Cloud, was
burned to death in house where he had
sought to escape from a mob.
Richard J. Oliphant one Of the wealth
lest, most progressive and influential busi-
ness men Of Oswego, N. Y, died from
blood poisoning, the result Of contracting
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teeth extracted.
Wednesday, Jan. is.
Henry S. Tyler, mayor of Louisville,
! died in that city He had been i'll for
about five weeks.
The French chamber Of deputies reas-
sembled at Paris. NJ. Henri Brisson was
reelected president
In New York city Michael MCGOWAN,
the murderer Of Rose Finn, was found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
James Farley of Philadelphia was found
dead in an area in Railroad avenue in
Newark, n. ]. He had fallen into the
area, and, striking on his head, broke his
neck.
The American Savings and Loan asso-
citation of Minneapolis went into the hands
Of a receiver, application to the court hay-
| ing Deeu Nldue ny AlbOfueg OoucfdA OhlAuo'
Major W. ID. Halemann was named as re-
ceiver.
The 20 rate yacht built by Sibbiek for
Mr. Arthur Goelet and Mr.. Paget was
launched from Sibbick's yard, Cowes, Isle
of Wight.
The trial of R. f. Kneebs, the American
horseman charged with fraudulently en-
tering Bethel in races under false name
in Berlin resulted in verdict Of guilty.