The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
TerselY Told.

Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
Tersely Told.
The court of appeals affirmed the
conviction of Murderer Howard A.
Scott, who shot his wife in New York.
A collision has taken place off Cir
6leness (Scotland) lighthouse between
the British steamers Collynee and Grin
goe. The Collynee sank, and II of her
crew were drowned.
There is movement on foot to send
10000 sheep and 500 bullocks from Aus
tralia to England for the poor of the
slums of London upon the occasion of
the celebration of the queens diamond
jubilee.
Admiral Meade, retired, died at
Washington after an operation for ap-
pendicitis. He was one of the best
known officers of the navy, having seen
hard service before during ana after
the civil war.
The new twin screw express steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse of the
North German Lloyd line has been
launched at Stettin, Germany. She is
of $4,000 horsepower, will carry 10000
tons of cargo and 1,5O0 passengers, is
649 feet long and has four tunnels.
Tuesday, May 4.
ambassador Hay has been received
by Queen Victoria.
The Dingley tariff bill was the sub
ject of an Interpolation in the German
reichstag.
Henry A. Lewis, a rich retired mer-
chant Of New York, jumped to death
from a third story window.
About 1,200 plumbers in Chicago went
on a strike, and work in nearly every
building in course of construction is at
a practical standstill.
John V. Crum, the celebrated runner,
died of appendicitis at Des Moines.
Crum had a record better than 10 Sec
onds for 100 yards. He was % years of
age
Ex-Governor Albert G. Porter died at
his home at Indianapolis. He was born
in Lawrenceburg, Ind, April 20, 1924.
He had been first comptroller of the
treasury, member of congress, governor
of Indiana and minister to Italy.
Monday, May 3.
Oil was struck at a depth of 96 feet
in well that was drilled on the Foun-
tain farm, two miles north of Bolivar,
N. Y.
A young doctor of New York who had
taken poison by mistake, was arrested
for scorching while riding to a hos
pital on his bicycle.
William Bells, helpless paralytic,
was burned to death in the house of
his son, Delos Bells, prominent citi-
zen at Penn Yam, N. Y. Mr.. Bells was
alone in the house
Twenty-six anarchists, in addition
to the five formerly sentenced to death
at Barcelona, were condemned todeath
for completely in the bomb outrage of
June Z last at the feast of Corpus
Christi.
Edward Lower, while attempting to
escape from Patrolman Eugene Sulli-
van, in Buffalo, fired two shots at his
captor, one of which took effect in the
officers groin. Sullivan held to his
prisoner until assistance arrived
The house of farmer named Breed
er, near White Oak creek, in Tennes-
see, was struck by a waterspout and
demolished. The farmer. his wife and
child were instantly killed, and two
farmhands were so badly injured that
they died during the day. The neigh
DOrlnB houses were not udIndSeu.
Saturday, May 1.
The United States circuit court of ap-
peals at New York exonerated Judge
Wheeler, who was charged with op-
preston.
]. H. Werts, formerly millionaire
clothing manufacturer in New York
city, died a pauper in a Lexington
(Ky0 madhouse.
Hugh Mcdonald Struble, one of the
most prominent physicians in Middle
town, N. Y, died suddenly after trache-
otomy had been resorted to.
President Mckinley refused to par
don Editor Joseph Dunlap of the Chi
cago Dispatch, sent to prison for two
years for violating postal laws.
Richard Cotter. aged 30, an electric
light lineman of Northampton, Mass,
fell head first from the pole of an cleo
trio light, breaking his neck. Death
was instantaneous.
Mr.. Marshall Field Of Chicago says
that the story that he is to marry Mrs.
Sheridan, widow of the late General
Phil Sheridan. is untrue and without
any foundation whatever.
Forest fires have been raging for sew
eral days in Buckingham county, Va.