The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, July 2a.


men.
A semiofficial announcement is made
that experts on the sealing question will
meet in Washington next autumn to
compare the results of their inyestiga-
tions.
An explosion in the cartridge factory
of the Winchester Arms company at
New Haven caused the instant death of
four women and three men. Several
persons were seriously injured. All were
employees.
After a mysterious absence of three
days Mason Hatch bookkeeper for
Flint, Edge & Co.. has been found. An
employee of the firm stated yesterday
that Mr.. Hatch had wandered off while
suffering from dementia.
Friday, July 23.
Dwight NJ. Bruce has been appointed
postmaster at Syracuse.
President Mckinley nominated Rear
| Admiral John G. Walker, u. S. N;
4 engineers, u. S. A., and Lewis M.
Haupt of Pennsylvania members of the
Nicaraguan canal commission
Mrs Annie Kmetz of Newark, N. j.,
was murdered during her sleep by An
ago that he would take her life.
Maliniak is a prisoner and has confess
ed to having committed the crime.
At Griffin, Ca, a negro prisoner on
his way to Atlanta for safe keeping
was taken from the train by mob and
hanged to a tree. At Madisonville, KY,
worthless character was hanged by
mob ION general principles" AT Riv-
erton, Ala, negro was either hanged
or burned at the stake.
Masked burglars entered the home of
Marcus G. Nichols in the town of
Trumbull, Conn, and shot Nichols dead
and severely wounded his sister. They
then searched the house and secured
about 5000 in money. Nichols was a
wealthy farmer and was supposed to
have a large amount of money conceal
ed about his home. s.r
Saturday, July "a.
United States judges in Maryland
handed down two decisions favorable to
the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Jacob and Mary Black, 104 and 1O2
years old respectively were rescued
from a fire in plumbing shop at 14S
Clinton street, New York.
About 100000 damage was done by
fire in the cracker factory of the Ameri-
can Biscuit company at Hester and
Elizabeth streets, New York.
An explosion occurred on the steamer
Nutmeg State at Bridgeport, Conn.,, kill
ing four of the crew and injuring more
or less severely dozen others.
A storm almost-cycIonic in intensity
swept over New York city. The display
of lightning was magnificent. The tow
ers of the Manhattan Trust company's
and the New York Life Insurance COM
panys buildings were struck. Shipping
was temporarily demoralized. The storm
extended from Connecticut to southern
New Jersey, doing considerable dam
] age. ON.
/ Monday, July rs.
/ General Ruiz Rivera was removed by
the Spanish authorities in Cuba from
hospital to Cabanas fortress.
Alunbermill boiler at Punxsutawney,
/ Pa. exploded, killing one man, wound
ing 10 and throwing 200 out of work.
A company headed by j. Edward Ad-
dicks of Delaware and having $5, ,000,0 900
capital, is said to be in process of
formation to develop the Klondike coun-
try.
A mob of white toughs in Arkansas
set fire TO cabin containing 10 negroes
and shot at them as they endeavored
to escape Four men dropped in their
tracks Several of the assailants were
indicted
Peter McNally, the Boston swimmer,
swan across the English channel from
Dover to within three miles of the coast
of France in 15 hours. Captain Webb
accomplished the feat on Aug. 24-25,
1875, remaining in the water 21 hours
and 45 minutes.
An autopsy proved that the infant
daughter of a Long Island City man
4 died of starvation and neglect. The
\ father, who had turned his family into
the street, was arrested with money in
his pocket, of which he refused to give
his little son 10 cents to buy bread
Tuesday, July ~.
Former Queen Liliuokalani called on
/ President Mckinley and protested
/ against the annexation of Hawaii.
! Footpads near Little Silver, N. J.,
4 dragged the Misses Lillian and Louise
Blackburn from their carriage, beat
4 them into insensibility and then robbed
them
American Horse, an Indian doctor,
eloped with 17-year-old Elizabeth An
derson of Tullytown, Pa Trenton po-
/ lice captured the girl and returned her
/ to her father.
A fishing party on the schooner
( Georgiana Young ran aground on
Romer shoals, New York bay. The cap
tain and 10 others put off in two dories,
leaving six men on board. All were
rescued, and the schooner was towed to
port.
President Mckinley decided to ap-
point ]. Tracewell of Indiana comptrol-
Ter of the currency. T. V. Powderly
was appointed commissioner general OF
immigration. Powderly was nominal
ed for this position some weeks ago, but
the senate did not act upon the nomi-
4 nation
Wednesday, July 20.
General Woodford, minister to Spain,
sailed for that country. His party COM
prises 10 persons.
The lambeth conference decided to