Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-20
AWEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday. Ja.. n.

a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday. Jaa. n.
Tho arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and the United States was signed
Yesterday by Ambassador Pauncefote and
Secretary Olney.
Congressman Towno, Of Duluth, MINI,
ie Is SAID, Will represent the silver inter.
ests OF the United States at the proposed
international monetary conference.
Ihe monetary conference at Indianap-
oils, representing hundreds Of millions,
adopted platform favorin9 the gold
standard and looking to the retirement Of
United States notes A COMMITTEES was
appointed to further these objects.
Thursday, Jan. II.
JH Gallinger Of New Hampshire and ].
H. Mitchell of Oregon are assured Of re-
election to the national senate.
South Dakota's Republican Legislative
candidate for United States senator.
Colonel John c. Spooner was named By
Republicans Of the Wisconsin legislature
for United States senator. This insures
his election.
The national senate declined to aocede
to Secretary Olney's request to withdraw
senate amendments to the treaties with
tho Orange Free State and Argentine Re-
public
Two letters from Camaguey and Los
Villas, Cuba, with q postage stamp Of tho
Cuban republic affixed, were received by
the Jnnta In New York through the regu-
lar INail,
Friday, Jan. 10.
= Pierpont Morgan has presented to the
New York Lying-in hospital q building
which will cost 81 ,OOO, COO
The Mexican government has lust
awarded a contract for the making of a
harbor where ships may safely anchor at
Mazatlan, to cost SlO, 900, ,OOO in Mexican
silver.
Thomas c. Platt was nominated BY the
Republican majority of the New York
legislature to succeed David b. Hill a.
United States senator. Joseph H. Choats
had only soven votes.
Mrs. j. w. Dayan, the mother of Kath.
arine Commons, the actress announces
at her San Francisco home that her
daughter Is to wed Howard &c aid, tho
New York millionaire.
Saturday. JS-A 10
Albert s. Willis, United States minister
to Hawnii. died in Honolulu on Jan. g.
Adolph Meyer was caught In the act Of
setting fire to n New York tenement
house in which twenty families reside.
Today is n legal holiday in California,
declared by Governor Budd to celebrate
the defeat of the Pacific railroad funding
bill.
Edward S. Cramp, Of the firm of the
Philadelphia shipbuilders has concluded
arrangements for opening factory at
Rockford, Ills, for the manufacture Of
cnfTprdan nr
stalks.
William NJ Roe was hanged at Mana.
Cal, yesterday for the murder of Mrs.
Greenwood. Roc smilingly mounted the
scaGOld, smoking n cigar and did not fal-
ter when his legs were strapped and the
black cap adjusted
Monday, Jan. Is.
Count Cassell, the pope's private cham
berlain, and formerly OF Denver, died in
Rome on Jan. 10.-Ho was born in London
in 1929.
United States Senator Edward o. VOL
colt is the guest of Baron Rothschild at
his country seat, Tring Park, in Hcrt-
fordshire, England.
While Mrs. Stnub's family soundly slept
at their home in Williamsport. Pa a thief
shoveled out and got away with q ton of
coal from their cellar.
Senators Quay and Penrose, Of Pennsyl-
vania. visited Major Mckinley at Canton
on Saturday, presumably to confer re-
garding a Pennsylvania member of tho
cabinet
T T. Il. u Mckee who travels for thread
company of Chicago and New York, cut
his throat with a razor in n hotel mt North
Topeka, Kan, and will die. Domestic
trouble is blamed.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Farmers of Illinois are contributing
corn literally to relieve the distress in
. India
A dispatch received at Halifax, N. g.,
reports the Lunenberg schooner Molcga n
total wreck at Trinidad.
The government of Dutch Guiana has
granted 100000 acres Of selected gold
lands to British syndicate.
Fire ut the New Castle, Pa, tin mill
last night did $4,000 damage and throws
over 500 men out of employment
Bank failures yesterday: First National
of Newport. KY; German National of
Louisville; Minnesota Savings Of St
Paul, Mimi.
The Ohio coal operators have consented
to an increase of from forty-flve to fifty
one cents for January and February min
ing, to meet the increase of from fifty-One
to sixty cents in tho Pittsburg district