Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-05-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.



members and took away a box Of money.
A man, thought TO have been Edward
Friend, who recently failed in business,
committed suicide at a Park row hotel.
New York.
Mrs Dora Phelps Of Bridgeport, Conn,
denies that she tampered with the affso-
tions Of George Hayes damaging them to
the extent of $4,000.
Citlzons Of Nyaok, N. Y, are uuakina
lest they be indicted for taking part In q
lottery held in connection with the benefit
entertainment Of a benevolent order.
Mrs Sarah Schofleld, wife of a hotel
keeper at Armonk, N. Y, was found dead
in brook near Mosholu parkway with
wound on her forehead. 1t Is believed
that she was murdered.
Alfred Schmidt and wife sat up in bed
and watched three masked burglars by
candle light rob their house at Wsehaw-
ken, N. J. One burglar kept the couple
quiet with revolver while his compan-
ions collected the valuables All three
escaped
Friday. May 10.
Earl and Countess Spencer Of England
arrived in New York.
Scott jackson was convicted and sem
tenoed to death at Newport, KY, for the
murder Of Pearl Bryan.
Robert II. Dolan. a photographer, was
found impaled on the fence In front Of his
home in Wakefield, N. T., under oiroum-
stances which point to murder.
The body of a young and finely formed
woman, gagged and showing five ugly
wounds made with knife and club, was
found in the water on the south shore Of
Staten Island.
Ernest Arnheim, son of a millionaire Of
New York, was declared insane by ju4y
in general sessions and was sent to Mat
teawan asylum. A fast life Is said to have
caused his mental arrangement.
While attempting to get on a moving
train at Irvington. N. Y, Reginald H.
Jaffray q we'll known society man, who
was recently married, had his right leg
cut off. He is a grandson OF the late K. g.
Jaffray, the millionaire dry goods mer-
chant.
Saturday, May 16.
Surgeon General Forster Of Boston
dropped dead on the steamer Puritan just
before che sailed from New York.
The trotting mare Nightingale, the
property of G. ]. Hamlin, dropped dead
at Louisville. She was valued at over t10
O00
Minister de LONE denies that Spain
will enter formal protest against the ao-
ti on of the United States in regard to the
Cuban insurgents.
George NJ. Clarke, who says he was for
years private secretary to Thomas B. Reed,
is locked up in the Raymond street jail in
Brooklyn, charged with swlndling many
hotels and boarding houses.
The New York Democratic state COM
mittee met in New York city and fixed
June "a as the date and Saratoga as the
place for the state convention to elect four
delegates at large to the national oonven-
tion.
Ex- Excise Commissioner Andrews OF
New York had Edgar M. Tomlinson. the
Lexow witness who accused him of accept
ing bribe, arrested on court order In
his suit for $50, 900 damages for criminal
slander.
Monday, May 1S.
Governor Claude Matthews of Indiana
has written a letter opposing single gold
standard.
Suits have been begun in Iowa against
a number of western railroads for over
charges on grain shipments.
Mrs. Mary Burgess was found dead on
the floor of her room on Mott street, In
New York. with bruises on her body. Hel
husband and son were placed under arrest
Benjamin Stone aged 10, leaped from
the roof of 100 Allen street, New York, In
front of an "L' train. His skull was
crushed and his left arm cut off. He died
in Bellevue hospital.
Charles f. Schroeder of New York rode
bicycle over preoipioe while descending
the Palisades, near Weehawken, N. j. with
his wife and died of his injuries in Roose.
velt hospital, in New York.
A rumor was current in Suakin to thG
effect that the khalifa, the leader Of thu
dervishes, against whom the Sudan cam
paign is directed, is dead. No oonhrma
tion of the rumor can be had
William A. Thompson, scion of an ex
cellent family, was held for trial In the
Yorkville police court in Now York fol
passing a worthless check for $y18 OF
HOinemann Bros. riding academy, IL
payment for horses.
Tuesday, May 10.
A sharp fight between insurgents ant
Spanish troops in which both sides claim
the victory, took place in the province o.
Santiago de Cuba.
Lillian Russell, the opera singer, ant
her bicycle were injured in collision will
a scorcher on the hiM in West One Hun
dred and Sixth street. New York.
Arnold Hermann, a Swiss farmland
was probably fatally gored by bull be
longing to Thomas Flood of South Orange
N. j., by whom he was employed.
Gold standard Democrats of Illinois re
solved to have a state convention of theii
own, and there will be two sets of dele
gates sent to the national convention a
Chicago.
Tobacco importers in New York SAL
that General Weyler's embargo on the Gu
ban raw material will cripple them anC
throw out of employment nearly 100, oO'
persons in the United States.
The ozar and ozarina arrived in Moscow
and were enthusiastically received. ThiI
was the beginning Of the ceremonies con
nected with the ozar's coronation. Il wa
the occasion Of his twenty eighth birth
day, which was celebrated with great en-
thusiasm.
Wednesday, May 20.
Senator Quay announces that he vii
visit Mckinley at Canton, o.
Witnesses in the Holt will case in Wash
ington said they were sure Judge Aol
wrote the alleged will.
A serious financial crisis has resulted
in Baltimore from the fight between May
or Hooper and the city council
The subcommittee of the Republican
state committee has made a report review
ing the work of the late legislature.
George W. Holt, a wealthy Brooklyn
IRE adjudicator, and Harry N. Vaughn o
New York were arrested charged with col
lecting false insurance claim in Brook
lyn.
A dispatch from London sta tes on tn
highest authority that a movement is OF
foot in London, Paris and Bruss.Nls TO sf
feet a reconciliation between the Arme