Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-18
THE NEWS.

toN NolcOtt has accepted the resignation
OF Maj. George :. Merrill. state Commission
or OF Insurance for Massachusetts,. who re-
signed on account of il health
Tho celebrated Oakland water front case
was decided by tho supreme Court ia san
Francisco. The greater portion Of the water
front Is declared 20 be the property Of the
state OF California.
4. c. krimiich. prominent whiskey deal
"r and rectifer Of Catasauqua. Pa. while r.
turning from Eehoboth. Del. on a train. fell
from the car platform az Lincoln City. Del.
and was instantly killed
The Australian steamship Cotteurcid
~chenker. Capt. Nicoliet. from New Orleans
ior Trieste VIA Genoa and Newport News.
went ashore west % the Mississippi jettiea.
She has q cargo of phosphate rock and pig
iron.
Frank Trethea was badly stabbed az Tar
rytown. y. Y. and may die. He has eleven
~tslctto wounds on his body. Frank and
Lawrence Anap.es are under arrest charged
with the assault and two other men are
wanted.
Tho problem OF how 60 obtain help enough
60 ho-vcst this year crop has become q ser-
ious one 70 the fruit growers % California.
ono employment agency in san Francisco
has places open for 5000 men ia Fresno am
Iulare counties alone.
Five members of the election board q tho
fourth ward Of South bethlehem. Pa. were
convicted % violations % tho election laws
aud We're sentenced 60 sixty days impris0n-
ment and fine ~ 300 each
An investigation IL the penitentiary con
siiracy AZ Boise City. Idaho. has developed
some astounding facts. Il Is understood
the discovery has been made that a number
oi keys have IA some mysterious manner
fallen into the possession u the convict,
with which they can open their cell doors.
Engineers ". A. Pratt. OF Delaware. and
l.. g.. Janney. of Baltimore. who have been
inspecting the Yukon country With view 20
surveying the route for a railroad. are On
their Wy home. They have practically To-
Gated favorable route for the road
SIX Of the suspicious casc- ia New Or
leans have been declared by the state health
officials TO be yellow fever A case has also
developed ia another part OF the city. A
humoer or additional suspicious cases have
been reported.
Charles Gibson. colored, killed another
negro In Macon. Ca. and was shot and
{ wounded by police officers ia trying 70 es-
cape arrest. and was hanged 20 a tree by a
1'o ;or crimlnaly assauiiing a woman.
The latest news from Skaguay j.. that the
PASS 10 the klondiko H. closed for the win
ter. AID that fourteen miles % trail j. strewn
with dead horses. The collector of customs
r. kepI busy condscaang whiskey.
\ wooden structure. containing the ticket
Office. postoiiice and express oflce u the
New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk Rail
mad, at Kings Greek. nea- Princess Anne.
was destroyed by fire.
The wife Of George A. Smith. who was
shot while asleep. charges her husband With
the crime. The latter claims that il was
the work Of housebreakers
Thirteen men stealing Il ride Ia a freight
car were caught in wreck on the Iron
Mountain Railroad al Hanson. l. T.. and
seven killed and six injured.
Miss Myra Blanchard. public school
teacher IN Roller. No. horsewhipped y. T..
! Doud. school commissioner. who had At
tackled her character.
samuel Parker. Of Cecil GA. was shot
and killed or his way 10 church by shelton
/ pamp!er.