The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
Tersely Told.

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Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
Tersely Told.
Editor Dana of the New York Sun is
seriously i'll.
Joseph Ladue, the Klondike pioneer,
called on President Mckinley.
Three children were burned to death
in fire at Sturgeon Falls, Ont.
/ Passenger and stock trains collided
near Muncie, KY, but nobody was
Killed.
The body of a we'll dressed man was
found floating near wharf at Plym-
outh, Mass.
James H. Eckels, comptroller of the
| currency, is at Colorado Springs on a
pleasure trip.
1t is feared that Thorn, the Gulden-
suppe suspect in New York, may at
tempt suicide.
1t is rumored that Arroyo, the assail-
ant of President Diaz of Mexico, was
killed not by a mob but by police off,
GERS.
Alvin Seaman, Thurston IN. W
farmer. hearing that verdict had been
given against him in a breach of prom
Use suit, dropped dead.
Miss Harmon, sister of Judson Har-
mon, President Cleveland's attorney
general, was arrested in New York on
a charge of stealing ring from jew.
elry store.
Tuesday, Sept. 21.
A kite reached the altitude of 10,016
feet at the Blue Hill observatory, Mass.
The president has appointed A. J..
Sampson of Arizona minister to Ecua-
dor.
Another pigeon dispatch brings word
that all is well with the polar aeronaut
Andree.
Ten were killed and 80 fatally wound
ed in a railroad wreck near Kafosvars,
Austria.
President Mckinley will leave Wash
ington for North Adams, Mass, this
evening.
The first snowstorm of the season is
reported from Juneau, Alaska, stopping
travel over the passes.
Five claims for the discovery Of gold
in the town of Greenfield, Saratoga
county, were filed at Albany.
Miss Ida Orme, the song writer, re-
ports to the London police an attempt
by an unknown man to assassinate her.
General John w. Foster is preparing
for the international sealing confer
ence in Washington for next month.
Japan will be represented.
J. H. I. Cruickshank was remanded in
a London police court, charged with
defrauding prominent English women
out of sums aggregating $5O,OOO.
Charles ]. Devlin, the Illinois coal
mine operator says the condition OF
the miners is pitiable. He is willing to
pay a price equal to the Columbus
CO., scale.
The File works of Mayer Lands &
Co. at Philadelphia were burned and
Harry A. Lands, member of the firm,
was arrested, charged with setting the
place on fire.
Monday, Sept. 20.
A man named Hamilton is under ar
rest at New Philadelphia, Ills, charged
with forging $1,000 worth of express
money orders.
Silas C. Croft has been appointed sur
veyor of customs for the port of New
York.
Two sailors were drowned by the
wrecking of an italian bark from Seat
tie, Wash. for Peru.
The treaty of peace between Greece
and Turkey has been signed.
A deputy sheriff, trying to arrest vio-
laters of the game laws near Paradox
lake, was killed.
A son has been born to the duchess OF
Marlborough, nee Consuelo Vanderbilt.
The First National bank, Benton
Harbor, Mich, has suspended payment.
Henry w. Sage, one of the chief benz
| efactors of Cornell university, is dead.
President Diaz made a speech de-
ploring the lynching of his assailant.
New York state Republican commit
tee has nominated Judge William ].
Wallace for chief judge Of the court Of
| appeals.
Saturday, Sept. 1S.
Four men were killed by freight
collision near Chippewa Falls Wis.
Striking coal miners at Ration, N. NJ,
are accused of blowing up a building
with gunpowder.
| The Coal trust case has been post
poned until Sept. "a in the appellate d.
vision, supreme court.
Coal miners at Diamondville, Ida,
I have struck for more pay and the abo-