Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-10-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Thursday Oct. ai
James K Taylor was appointed SUI
pervising architect OF the treasury by
Secretary Gage
French garrison in Madagascar was
attacked by natives. losing several Of
hcers and many men.
A. ]. Pepper, a wealthy farmer Of
Rush, Pa. died from injuries received
at the hands Of thieves.
Mrs. Julia A. Sherman. 90 years BID
ana Benjamin Hunt. widower % years
old, were married in Waterfowl. N
The British force in india met witt
severe losses in storming heights held
oy rebel tribesmen on the Samana
range.
Mr.. and Mrs. David McLane OF west
CHESTER Pa, aged SO and SO respective
~ signed mutual agreement of sep
aration.
Lord Salisbury replied formally to the
proposals of the American bimetallic
special commission, announcing the
British governments inability to open
the Indian mints at present. The Brit
ish government would, however, con-
slider any other practical suggestions
from the United States.
Friday, Oct. ae.
Many thousands were reported to
have perished in a hurricane In the
Philippine islands.
At Spanish cabinet council 1t was
decided to make a strong protest
against filibusterlng in the reply to Min
lister Woodford.
coroners jury decided that the un-
known man found in the abandoned
copper mine near North Arlington NJ
j., was murdered and thrown into the
pit
The board of directors Of the Catholic
university voted to refer to the pope
the question whether Mgr Schroeder
shall continue a professor in the uni
versity.
An unknown man threw vitriol in the
faces of two mill girls in the street in
Norwalk, Conn. One may die and If
she lives she will be totally blind The
other will be blind in one eye.
A syndicate of English and New York
capitalists has been formed to build an
1S-story hotel on Riverside drive, New
York, The hotel will be known as the
Hendrix Hudson and with the ground
will cost s4,OOOOOO.
Saturday, Oct. 23.
DR.. Newton Bateman, president Of
Knox college, died at Galesburg, Ills.
Justin Winsor, librarian of Harvard
university, died at Cambridge, Mass.
A dime museum manager offered to
furnish $4,000 bail for Luetgert aud to
give the alleged wife murderer $500 q
week to exhibit him.
James L. Butler, a travelling salesman,
fearing insanity committed suicide with
strychnine at the Putnam House, in
Fourth avenue, New York.
Lord Aberdeen, governor general Of
Canada, received an honorary degree at
Princeton university's charter day cele-
bration, and he and ex-President Cleve-
land made addresses.
The details of the monetary negotia-
tions between the United States, French
and British governments, with the ac-
tion of the Indian government, we're
made public in London. The British
government refused to open the mints
of India for free coinage of silver and
declined to send a commissioner to an
international bimetallic conference.
Monday, Oct. 25.
Sir Richard Hem Collins has been
appointed lord justice of appeal in Eng
land, to succeed Sir Nathaniel Lindley.
A railroad laborer has been found at
Logansport, Ind, who has two univer-
sity diplomas and can growl at the fore
man in eight languages.
The Japanese government has yield
ed all the points in dispute with the
Hawaiian republic and accepts arbitra-
tion of every phase of the contention.
Mrs. Willis Edminster. an opera singer
known professionally as Estrela Belln-
fante, attempted to commit suicide by
deliberately starving herself to death.
Gold hunters who arrived in Victoria
from Dawson City said miners there
were suffering from a plague and star
walton, the deaths reaching five a day.
An award of over $45O,OOO has been
made by an arbitration commission
against the government of Colombia in
favor Of the Cauca Railway and Land
company.
Tuesday, Oct. go.
A column of troops commanded by
General Hunter has started to drive Os-
man Digna from the Atbara river
General Adolfo Castillo, an insurgent
leader in Cuba is reported to have been
killed in an engagement with Spanish
| force.
General Weyler was ordered to re-
main in Cuba until the arrival of Mar
shal Blanco, his successor as captain
general.
The court of appeals declared that
Seth Lows nomination for mayor of
Greater New York by the Citizens un-
ion was valid.
Straw votes on the Produce and Cot
ton exchanges and among a number of
business men indicated an overwhelm-
/ ing sentiment for Low.
1t was announced in Rome that the
pope had decided not to interfere in the
case of Mgr Schroeder of the Catholic
| university in Washington.
The refusal Of the czar to receive the
| Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Ba-
| den is regarded by the German press as
an insult to the German nation.
Steps were taken by the United States
/ embassy in Paris to secure the extradi-
ton Of William r. Foster, who in 1888
stole $685. 900 from the gratuity fund Of