The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-16
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Louis the other day.
James Stevenson, a sawmill employe
at Murphysboro, ILL.,, fell upon cir
cular saw few days ago. and his head
was severed from his body.
Miss Martha Clyburn has sued in
Chicago for a share Of the 81 N.000.OOo
estate of Allen Gregory. founder Of the
stock yards. She alleges that she was
married to him in 1895
George Bogart. alias George Myers.
the absconding city clerk of Evanston,
H.. is in Jail at Cape May Point, n. j.,
charged with having stolen $4,000 OF
the city's funds.
Iowa, Sac and Fox Indians are hold
ing dance and dog feast on the Chief
Abraham Lincoln allotment, at Okla
homa. over 200 dogs were roasted and
eaten in the feast a few days ago.
The average daily shipment of
money from Kansas City banks last
week to farmers throughout Missouri
Kansas. Colorado. and most of which
has been used in moving grain, was
S7i5,000
Theodore C. Coleman, stairbuilder,
living at Allegheny, Pa, died Saturday
night from worry over the fact that
levy had heen made on his furniture
for rent. He was widower, aged "a
years.
The New York and Brooklyn public
schools opened Monday. In New York
225,O0O pupils answered roll call and in
Brooklyn l25,000. All the schools are
crowded and several thousand children
had to be turned away.
The trouble over land titles in Juneau
has at last been settled by decision of
Judge Delaney of the United States
court at Juneau. The possessory rights
who have improved their holdings are
held to be good against invasion.
Excitement pervals in Logansport.
Ind, over the capture of n carrier pig
con with message signed 'Andree.'
The writing is in English, but II is
thought that the explorer sent out the
messages In all languages.
The Japanses government has given
an order to Thompson & Co., the ia
nous Clyde shipbuilders, for another
first-class battleship of 1900 tons. a
sister ship to the Skikoshima. 1t also
contemplates building first-class
cruiser of 5000 tons at Yokosuka.
Three masked bandits stood ten
Omaha citizens up in line at an early
hour Monday and relieved them of
cash aggregating $500. The victims
were members of social party who
had taken possession of social beer
garden in the heart of the city for
little entertainment.
Two maiden sisters, Miss Harriet C.
Sheldon. 50 years of age, and Miss Matil-
da Sheldon, Sc. were fatally burned at
their home in Lynn, Mass, Sunday.
The old ladies', who lived in house by
themselves, were cooking with a kero-
sene stove, when the latter tipped over
and the oil ran out and ignited.
Six young men were drowned in a
yacht near Windmill Point in Lake St.
Clair few days ago. The dead are
Thomas Fritz. II. Gerteis. Grant Muir
ray, Thomas Newsome, Charles Rice
and Jay Tansey. They had hired
yacht. which was capsized by two OF
the boys rocking the boat.
John Miller living in Hampshire
county, w. Va. the other day sold his
apple crop to a purchaser from Balt-
liam Miller. his father also sold his
apple crop for about $4,000 at the same
time. These are two of the largest fruit
deals ever made in this section.
Thayer Thomas, the 5-year-old son Of
DR.. Thomas, of Anderson. Ind. was ar
rested the other day for holding up
Herbert Clevenger, a newsbOy and re-
lieving him of his money, with n pistol,
in genuine dime novel style. Young
Thomas was one of the principals in a
wholesale mail robbery from the An
derson nostoffice a month ago.
DR.. T.. Roberts, Tor 10 years pastor
of All Souls Unitarian church at Kan
sas City. preached his first sermon to
the new Creedless church in the Coates
opera house Sunday. The house was
crowded. DR.. Roberts withdrew from
the Unitarian church last spring be-
- tlNA.. l.
tackled the God of Revelation as un-
ro asonable,
A project is under way which con-
templates the amalgamation of three
great railroad systems-the Big Four,
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Balti.
more and Ohio Southwestern. The mile
age of such a consolidated system would
be nearly 5000, and 1t would be the
most extensive railroad property in the
East, extending from st. Louis and
Chicago to New York.
Mgr. p p. Toner. Missionary apos-
tolic and honorary chaplain to His
Holiness Pope Leo Kill, and chaplain
general to the American bishops. was
stricken by the heat in his room in a
hotel at Philadelphia Saturday. He
died shortly afterward. Mgr. Toner
was Go years of age. He had resided
about two years at the hotel where he
was stricken
According to dispatch from Mos
COW Lieut.. Gen. Baron Won Schak has
committed suicide by shooting himself
with revolver at Odessa in fit of re-
pentance. He was a member OF the
German Lutheran body. His religious
connections excited the suspicious of
his superiors and they ordered him to
resign or to join the Russian orthodox
church. He chose the latter course and
then killed himself in remorse.
The property and plants of the Edi-
son Illuminating Company of st. Louis
were disposed of last Saturday for
Sl9400O at a foreclosure sale. The
property was bought by A. d. Brown,
a representative of the stock and bond
holders organization committee. The
defunct company defaulted on its
bonded debt to the Knickerbocker
Trust Company of New York last Feb
ruary. 1t has carried a capitalization
of 100000 900 and bonded debt of s4,-
900 900.
Hawaiian advices contain the reply |
of Minister Cooper to the arbitration |
proposition as submitted by Japan, |
Mr.. Cooper says that Japan, having re- !
fused to submit to arbitration the ques-
tions whether the Japanese immigrants |
refused entrance into Hawaii ware poc- |