Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


the Cuban insurgent camp. with General
Calixto Garcia at their head
The counsel for DIR. J. G. Moore Of Man
chester, N. H., appeared in the supreme
court and asked for a continuance of the
case, owing to the illness of DIR. Moore
The conservation of the Rev. DR. Henry
Yates Satterlee as the first bishop Of
Washington, which took place at Calvary
church, in New York, was attended by a
large number Of ecclesiastics from differ
ent parts Of the country.
Governor Griggs has sent to the New
Jersey senate the following nominations:
Clerk court of chancery, Lewis A. Thomp-
son Of Somerset; state prison keeper, Da-
vid A. Pell of Bergen; inspector of work
shops, John C. Ward of Salem.
Friday, March 81.
The Old Dominion line steamship York
town went ashore on Sewell's point, on
the Virginia coast, during the fog.
Hon. Alonzo p. Carpenter has been APP
pointed chief justice of the New Hsmp.
shire supreme court, to succeed the late
Hon. Charles Doe, deceased
The greater New York bill passed the
New York state assembly by a vote of
yeas, 81; nays, 56 1t had previously
passed the senate and now goes to the gov
ernor
Governor Atkinson Of Georgia has given
Alexander Carr, the murderer, whose san
ity is questioned and who recently con-
fessed that he was shamming, a respite of
80 days.
The Old Colony mills of Wilton, n. H.,
operated by Messrs G. J. Amiden g. Son,
have shut down indefinitely owing TO duh
times, throwing large number Of men
out of employment.
A terrible explosion of fire damp has
taken place in mine at Brunnerton,
New Zealand. Five persons were killed
outright and 80 more are entombed with
no hope Of being rescued.
Saturday. March 2s.
d. Joseph Beals, leading spiritualist,
died at Greenfield, Mass, aged 70.
The steamer Sam Brown of Pittsburg,
valued at 25,O00 was burned on the
Ohio river at Louisville
Governor Morton appointed DIR. I. K.
Tuthill a coroner in New York city in place
of william O'Meagher, deceased
Governor Morton has signed the bill ap-
propriating $3.50 for finishing and
equipping the newly erected prison build
ings at Sing Sing
Governor Morton sent the nomination
of Frank d. Kilburn to be superintendent
/ of banks to the New York senate, and it
was unanimously confirmed.
Judge Lauder of Fargo, N. D., has
| granted an absolute decree of divorce to
Harry G. Woodoock from Eliza Woodcook
on the ground of desertion. Woodcook is
prominent insurance broker of Brooklyn.
Alexander Deglos, Frenohman, who
| arrived in New York from Havre a couple
Of weeks ago, was unable to obtain en-
ployment, and, being without friends or
money, became respondent and fred a
bullet into his temple.
Monday, March 80.
The new battleship Iowa has been
launched, with befltting ceremonies, from
the Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia.
The Glenmore worsted mills at Phila-
delphia, operated by s. A. Wood, were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is about $3.50, 600.
Erastus Aldridge of the firm of Aldridge
& Daley, produce dealers at Brockport,
N. Y, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart.
A ]. Conover, a notorious bank draft
forger and ex-convict, has been arrested
in Peru, Ind, at the instigation Of the
American Bankers association.
James Shepard, go years old, tramp
charged with granddaughter. 1t is believed
he caused the death of his sisters small
daughter by an overdose of medicine three
years ago.
Hannah Woodward of Lowville. N. Y,
found guilty of drawing a pension as q
soldiers widow when she was the widow
of David S. Simons, second husband
was sentenced to a year and day in AL
bany county penitentiary and fined $25.
Tuesday, March 81.
Mrs. Booth fuckers child died in Eng
land, and her sisters child died as 1t wa!
about to sail from India.
Senator John Sherman visited New
York and said he believes Mckinley ha
255 of the 1888 delegates thus far elected
At the Democratic district convention
held in Iowa up to this time ex-Governo
Boies has been unanimously indorsed 70
the presidency.
The Ailsa won the yacht race for th
Grand Prix de Nice, which was sailed a
Nice. The Britannia was second and tn
Satanita third.
The Harrison elevator, the property o
the National Linseed Oil company at Bur
ungton, Ia, was burned to the ground
The loss is $50, 600.
Charles o. Peckens of Rochester, con
victed of grand larceny in the first degree
was sentenced to state prison for eigh
years at Canandaigua, n. Y.
The Manufacturers club OF Philadel
phia repudiated the action of their mem
bers who attended the recent silver confer
ence in Washington and declared for sin
gle gold standard.
Justice Smyth, in the criminal branc
Of the supreme court, refused to diamis
the indictment against Mrs. Mary Alic
Almont Livingston Fleming, who is nov
confined in the Tombs in New York az
oused of the murder of her mother, Mri
Evelyn T. Bliss.
Wednesday, April 1.
The Duke and Duchess Of Marlboroug
were welcomed TO Blenheim castle.
The president has nominated WilliaI
A. Little of Georgia to be assistant attol
ney general for the interior department
vice John 1. Hall resigned.
The plan for a meeting between Ba
/ lington Booth and Mrs. Booth Tuokel
, his sister, was not carried out owing
her objections to certain stipulation
made by him.
A bill to provide for the payment Of tf
debt of the Pacific railroads to the govern
I ment has been agreed upon by joint sui
committee Of the senate and house raj
/ road committees.
E Adjutant General Il. A. McAlpin
I Governor Morton's staff Is announced as
) candidate for the Republican nOminatic
? for vice president on ticket with Willial
Mckinley of Ohio.
The New Hampshire Republican sta
convention met at Concord and eleots
: four delegates at large TO st. Louis. Th'
4 were not instructed but are said to be 4
2 Reed, with Mckinley as second choico.