Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
NEWS or THE WEEK.


York, badly injured three workmen, one
Of whom died.
Walter L. 8. Langerman. who figured In
the Aub trial in New York, was accused
Of the theft Of ESQ from the pocketbook Of
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 sAested on the charge
Of having stolen So, w worth Of diamonds
and jewelry from the American line
steamship St. Louis just before she sailed
from the port of New York.
Mrs. Fleming, who was recently aoquit-
ted on the charge Of numbering her moth
or, announced that she would 20 on the
stage and thinks her services would be
worth 81 600 a week In a melodrama
Startling reports OF the ravages Of the
army worm have been made to the agri-
cultural department at Washington. The
pests are particularly abundant In New
York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Strikers at the Brown Hosting works,
In Cleveland waylald nonunion men on
their way to work and assaulted them
with stones and clubs. Two men we're
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
oaeo ticket.
S. W. Heller, an alleged lottery chief,
was arrested in New York on a warrant
sworn out by a man who says he lost
"a, ,0O0
Miss Adeline Tillman, eldest daughter
Of Senator Tillman Of South Carolina, and
the Rev. Robert A. Lee were killed by a
bolt Of lightning in Brevard. N. @.
Arbitration between this government
and Great Britain, especially with Fefsf-
enoe TO the Venezuelan question, is prao-
tically assured, though concessions must
still be made on both sides.
A dispatch from Havana reafflrms the
death Of Jose Maceo the Cuban leader. IL
Is asserted that he was shot, after being
the order of Genegal Callxto GaEoia.
Fifteen people were drowned by the
oyerturning OF ferryboat in Cleveland.
They were labQrers 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 1925 Lexington ave-
nue., New York, was killed by a cable car
In front of his own door
A 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 oon-
oerning the efforts to secure arbitration
between this country and Great Britain.
William r. Wilson, ex-proseoutor 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, a niece Of Mary A. Bette
who left a 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 20.
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 ticket,
and his mother-in- horsewhipped him.
A dispatch from Athens reports that a
which was mistaken as signal for car
mage.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt continued to
improve, his physicians saying that he Il
stronger than at any time since he was
stricken,
Ex- Mayor Clapp Spooner, eK-vioe presi.
dent Of Adams Express company, was run
over and probably fatally injured In
Bridgeport, Conn.
1t was reported that a meeting Of Em-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria and King
Humbert of Italy would soon take place
to discuss the dreibund's affairs
James Griffin, 1e years old, Of 9i7 Kasi
Eighty eighth street, New York, killed
his elder brother during a quarrel by stab
bins him to the heart with penknife.
Tuesday. July Ell.
The Colonia won her second race easily
at the regatta Of the Larohmont Yaohi
club
Sixty Mussulmans and $40 Armenian
Christians were killed In disturbances oil
Nikat
The funeral of william E Russell wa
held In Cambridge, Mass. President
Cleveland attended It.
The trial of Dr.. Jameson and his oom
panions In the Transvaal raid began be
fore the high eourt of justice in London.
General Harrison left indianapolis fol
the Adlrondaoks. He says that he viii
make speeches for Mckinley In the fall.
In the house Of commons Mr.. BalfouF'i
motion for longer sessions for the puFpos'
Of exDeditinR the Irish land bill wal
/ adopted.
Henry Irving, JF,, son of Sir Henri
Irving, was married In London TO Mis-
Dorothea Baird, who has become famoui
for her personation of the character o.
Trilby.
wednesday. July -.
A statue to John Brown was unveiled
at the John Brown farm, near Sarana'
lake, N. Y.
Gold Democrats in II western states de
oided TO hold conference Ia Chicago anC
issue a call for a gold standard national
convention.
Howard Benedict, nephew Of e. G. Ben
edict, the banker Of New York, was mar
ried TO Miss Edith Lloyd Of Cincinnati
yesterday morning, and in the evening h
died.
A dispatch from Havana states that olti
zens of the capital breathe more freely, thu
police having captured bombs intendeS
for use In blowing up the principal build
ings.
Katie MAybaoh, who claims 10 haV'
been struck with an iron bar by an IN
known person in Avenue A, New York, \
lying at the pest of death in the Presby
terian hospital
Members Of the finishsYs' branch Of thi
brotherhood OF Tailors caused the eKeou
tive committee to declare strike whiol
will throw out Of work 8, 900 workers II
New York and 4, OO0 IN Brooklyn.
Theodore Banta, aged 80 years, We
struck by a m TX train at Ridgeheld Park
n. j., on Monday while he was walking