Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-08-14
NEWS or THE WEEK.
rhursday. Aug. q.

over politics.
The Emerald beat the Colonia in th,
run Of the New Yacht Club feet from
New London to Newport
Mrs. Henry E. Abbey has begun a suit
against her husband the we'll known New
York theatrical manager, to secure a sepa.
ration. She declares that be deserted hen
and treated her shockingly while under
the influence Of liquore
Alice Heaney dreamed that her sister,
Mrs Larkin of Classon avenue, Brooklyn,
was trying to cut her throat. She awoke,
seized an AK and attacked Mrs. Larkin
while the latter was asleep inillotins
many dangerous wounds.
Two Brooklyn ministers, the Rev He..
ry Aston, Methodist Clergyman, and she
Rev. Michael Murray, pastor Of Catholic
church, ore missing The former left home
on Monday last and has not returned.
Father Murray failed to appear after q
surf bath at Rockaway and is believed tc
be drowned
Friday, Aug. !.
Mgr Martinelli, the newly appointed
papal legate. will arrive in the United
States at the end of September.
A madman who had written letters t.
Father M. j. LOTUS, threatening to kill
him, attacked the priest in his reotory In
Bay Ridge, N. Y.
Carpenter, the convict who escaped from
the Westohester county jail three weeks
ago, was captured by six deputy shsriffi
at Port Chester, n. Y.
The British house Of lords adjourned
after making several amendments TO ths
Irish land bill. The action was In opposi
tion to the policy of the government and
caused decided sensation.
Lester Pryibil IA years old, and Harry
Bradley, 10, both Of New York, were ar.
rested In PouRhkeepsie and arraigned IN
Kingston on the charge Of breaking int
the premises Of Mr., Hoffman, rich brew.
or at Rondout. Hoffman. who Is young
Pryibi's uncle, refused to prosecute, and
the boys were set free.
Saturday. Aug. 8.
II is reported from Leipsic that Won
Hohenlohe has resigned as imperial chan
oellor Of Germany.
franklin Seaman, leader Of Brooklyn
society, shot himself to death accidentally
with a rife at his fathers house, 1853 Co
lumbia heights.
Ii Hung Chang was banquetsd at Ho.
tel Metropole In London and wore his
yellow jacket and peacock feather. He
will sail for New York on the steamer ST.
Louis ON Aug. 22.
Lord Salisbury, premier Of Great Brit.
ain, limited at resignation II defeated
again on any important point in the Irish
land bill, and the government measure is
now thought to be safe.
Walter l.. Cham berlain, business man
of Jacksonville Fla, disguised himself
and tried to rob a bank by threatening
the cashier, A. S. Hubbard, with vitriol
Hubbard shot and mortally wounded
Chamberlain.
Monday, Aug. 10.
William Hale John Charles Perry, earl
Of Limerick, died In London.
Herbert Willis of Taunton, Mass, mads
a confession to the police, In which he ad-
mitted the commission of murder, larceny
and highway robbery.
Painters threatened to walk out in NeN
York, and building workmen talked Of a
general sympathetic strike. More than
5000 tallors proposed to join their fellows
now out.
An appeal to the supreme court has been
taken In the Lincoln gold bond injuno-
tion Case, in which william ]. Bryan, Dem
cratic candidate for president, is the prin-
cipal plaintiff.
It is reported In Paris that Queen Vic
toria has invited President Faure of France
TO meet Emperor William of Germany az
Osborne House. Isle of Wight. The pro-
posed meeting, IL Is said, was made on the
motion of the German emperor.
BY the careless unballasting of the oais-
son at the entrance to the drydock at the
Brooklyn navy yard the water entered
carrying awsy the oaisson, doing serious
damage to the torpedo boat Ericsson,
wreoking Commandant Sioard's launch
and doing other damage. The damage Is
estimated at 500, 600.
Tuesday, Aug. IL.
Five persons we're drowned near Phila-
delphia from the overturning Of a rowboat.
Secretary Herbert of the navy depart
ment made an address before the Naval
War college in Newport
Lady Emily Tennyson, widow of the
late Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate
Of England, died in Aldworth.
Mrs. Vaill Of Union Hill, N. r., was
paralyzed by lightning. 1t occurred eight
weeks after her husbands death from the
same cause.
Charles s. johnson and Edward Sohu.
bel we're drowned by the oapsizing Of a
boat in which they were sailing of Lin.
ooln park, Chicago.
Application was made to the attorney
general of the state OF New York to begin
action against the Brooklyn Union Gas
company under the antitrust laws.
Commodore Sdcard began an investiga.
tion into the causes Of and responsibility
for the accident that wrecked the drydook
and damaged the torpedo boat Ericsson al
the BROOKLYN navy yard.
The police Of Bridgeport have been in.
formed that Herbert Steele, burglar cap
tured in Brooklyn on Saturday, is the
man who tried to rob the postofice at Fair.
field a week ago. He is also wanted for
several crimes committed In the vicinity
Of Bridgeport Upon his release by the
New York authorities he will be taken 10
Bridgeport for trial
Wednesday, Aug. 12.
The Murray Hill bank was closed by
State Superintendent KilbuRn.
General Harrison has consented TO
speak In New York on Aug. %.
Ii Hung Chang has accepted the invita-
tion Of the dominion government to visit
Canada.
Wilbur and Roland Buttertleld aged IA
and IL, sons Of William N. Butterheld
were drowned in the river at Bondsville,
Mass.
Five people were killed and nine In
iured. perhaps mortally, by fire In the
six story building, 465 Greenwich street.
New York.
The mystery surrounding the death OF
A. H. Pile whose body was found floating
In the Potomac river near Washington,
has not been solved.
About 90 inmates Of the Elmira reform'
stoFy attacked two keepers In an attempt