The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
Tersely Told.

Tersely Told.
Senator Harris of Tennessee is not
expected to live longer than a few days.
Tommy Burns, the well known Eng
lish diver. was killed while diving from
Rhyl pier, London.
A dispatch from Stockholm says that
Professor Andree's balloon was ready
for his start to the arctic regions ON Ju-
ly 1.
The plan to form two channels for
New York's harbor, one for incoming
and one forooutgoing vessels, will be
Urged upon congress at an early date.
Alaska papers state that the volcano
on Douglass island, opposite Juneau, is
In state of eruption. The entire town
of Juneau is watching with interest
the immense clouds emitted from the
crater.
Sixty tons of butter have arrived at
Vancouver, B. c., from New York and
will be forwarded to Sydney by the
steamer Warimoo. This is the first
shipment of American butter ever sent
from here to Australia.
Tuesday, July @.
The police and military of Calcutta
have at last overawed the Mussulman
rioters, and the city has resumed its
state of normal quietude
The shafting department of the Akron
(O) Iron and Steel company's works
has been completely destroyed by fire.
The loss is 100000 fully covered by in
surance.
John Eastep. who murdered DR.. o. r..
Brewster on Sunday, was shot and
killed by Detective w. P. Bevins in the
mountains south of Williamson, w. Va,
while resisting arrest.
Two cases of smallpox have developed
in Montreal A few days ago ]. A.
Goddard, a well known insurance agent.
was removed to Strongs private hospi-
tai. where he underwent treatment for
typhoid fever, but it has since been as
certained that it was smallpox.
The British bark Overdale. Captain
Roberts. bound for South America,
came into collision with the steamer
Pandua off Hooglay point, near the
mouth of the westernmost branch Of
the Ganges, and sank almost immedi-
ately. All on board were drowned ex-
cept the captain the pilot and one sea
man.
Monday, July 8.
A storm caused 100000 damage in
and near Duluth.
Many delegates to the conference of
the Populist party arrived in Nashville.
Intense heat continues throughout the
west. At Akron, o., the heat started a
100000 fire.
Fourteen bodies have been recovered
from the floods caused by the rising of
the river Garonne. France.
James Murtha of New York unwit-
tingly told policeman in plain clothes
of an assault committed by him on an
other policeman. He is now In Jail.
Cuban women Of wealthy Guanaba-
Goa families were taken from home at
night by Spanish troops. and Havana
pays no heed to the plants of friends
trying to find them.
Saturday. july 8.
The steamer Aransas has sailed from
bacco.
In the fighting which took place in the
suburb of Chitpore. Calcutta. between
the police and the rioters, many police
men were injured.
Edgar D. Thornburgh of 100 Broad
way, New York. is said to have disap-
peared, leaving behind him debts
amounting to 100000. Thornburgh was
a banker and broker.
Frank Clark, %. became involved in
a difficulty with his stepfather. John
Rainback, at Little Rock. The father
attempted to cut the boy, when the lat
ter drew revolver and killed him.
The new law prohibiting gambling in
Montana is being universally observed.
The law even prohibits shaking dice for
drinks and makes playing cards for
prizes in social gatherings unlawful.
Patrick McEneany, an aged saloon
keeper at Port Jervis, N. Y. stepped
out upon the porch of his saloon to
speak to a friend. turned his ankle and
fell from the stoop two feet to. the
ground, breaking his neck.
Ferdinand Aerve, SO, today shot Rose
Dreley, SO. of 271 West One Hundred
and Fourteenth street New York, in
the back and in the head and then shot
himself in the left breast, killing him.
self Instantly Her death is expected
FriA.y. July 2.
Louis Gallot, the convicted Unior
bank wrecker. has been sentenced a.