The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-04
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
Tersely Told.


Tersely Told.
Two thousand eight hundred police
men paraded up Broadway, New York,
and were reviewed by the mayor
A discharged papal employee shot and
wounded Commander Martinucci in the
Vatican at Rome and then tried suicide.
The Red ID" line steamer Valencia
which 1t was rumored had been lost off
the south coast of Cuba, has arrived at
Cienfuegos.
| James Young and Dan Smith quar-
relied at Cedarville, o., and Young kill
ed Smith by shooting him through the
heart and made his escape on a bicycle.
The street car and stage drivers and
stable hands of Havana have gone out
on strike owing to the failure of the
companies to comply with their prom
ises to increase the wages of their en-
| ployees.
Five children were burned to death
in the residence of J. H. White, two
miles from Keystone, w. Va. Enemies
Of the family are believed to have fired
| the house. Bloodhounds will be used
to trace the murderers.
According to the latest information,
the horrible accident at Valley Stream,
L. l., in which Ave people We're killed
and many others mangled. was due to
the fact that the signal bell at the rail-
road crossing was out of order.
Tuesday, June 1.
Eight little children were killed at
Denver, Colo, by the collision of a train
with wagon.
H. B. Niles, president of the Equita-
BILE Mercantile company of New York
city, killed himself.
Charles Brown, one of the boys to
whom their mother gave poisoned soda
water in Brooklyn, Is dead.
Memorial day was observed with pa
rades and the decorating of graves in
New York and neighboring cities.
Former Assistant Secretary of State
Joseph D. Hail, who fell from a second
story window at Trenton, has died from
his injuries.
Official reports state that over 200
cases of black plague occurred in two
of the largest towns in Formosa during
early May.
Monday, May 81.
The president has nominated Thomas
H. Baker for postmaster at Louisville.
| Miss Mildred Brewster, in a fit of
| jealousy, killed Miss Annie Wheeler
and shot herself in Montpelier, VT.
Henry Vanderbogart died at Milton.
Saratoga county. N. Y. He was so
years old and served as an officer in
the Mexican war.
A shock of earthquake was felt in
various parts of Greece and was espe-
cially severe at Lamia and Patras
The disturbance was slight in Athens.
The station at Cortlandt street on the
Sixth avenue L." New York, was
robbed by daring thief, who called the
agent away by a false dispatch and
then took his place.
Richard Harvey was convicted of
burglary and sentenced to prison for
three years. While being handcuffed
in the courtroom he made a break for
| liberty and was shot and dangerously
wounded by Deputy Sheriff Burt.
Saturday, May 80.
Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York
gave $4,000 to the American Victoria
Jubilee fund.
Ludwig H. Auer, aged 16, and Bessie
L. Thomas, aged IA, were married in
Elizabeth, N. ].
A gas hose exploded on a New York
IL" car setting it afire and putting
passengers into a panic.
Colonel Charles S. Gordon, a brave
| American officer of the Cuban army,
was killed in a skirmish between body
Of Spanish guerrillas and so Cubans
near Cienfuegos.
James Parker, the train robber and
murderer, who broke Jail several weeks
ago and killed the assistant district at
torney, has been captured and brought
to Flagstaff, A. T.
Mrs. Mary Savage. who sued for $780,
900 for the loss of her husband, who
was killed in the Ireland building dis
aster, New York. Aug. s, 1895. obtained
! $4,000.
The British steamer Ohio, Captain
| Owens, from Rotterdam on May % for
Baltimore, is ashore 10 miles north Of
Wick, in the northeastern part of Scot
land. She went ashore in a dense fog.
Friday, May eS.
Henry o. Havemeyer, the sugar mer-
chant, has been found not guilty Of
contempt of the senate at Washington.
James g. Blaine, son Of the late
statesman, 10 a guest at the Kesley in