The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-10

nEoonD OF rnn LEAGUE c1uBs.

Domestic.
nEconD OF the LEAGUE CLUBS.
Clubs. Won Lost. & 81 Clubs. Won. Lost, 81 &;
Bait ,.t...Ts SO 700, Chicago so So .452
Boston 80 35 500 Brooklyn SO G5 .435
NV York.74 80 .655 Philad'a..50 65 .4s5
Cinein'ati65 46 1876 Pittsb'g ..49 81 .429
Olevefd. sc Sc 500 Louisville 40 10 .426
Wash'n. 81 81 ASS st. Louis.27 81 .2S7
In New York City the Bank OF Commerce
zave an A. d. I. messenger draft Of the
face value of $50. 900 for collection. The
boy disappeared after collecting s1500,
Although 1t was announced that there are
three cases Of yellow fever at Biloxi, Miss,
1t Is believed the authorities have the con
taglon under control.
Governor Hastings, OF Pei ,sylvania,
asked for and received the resignation OF
General Frank Reeder as Secretary OF the
Commonwealth. This Is thought to be the
beginning of an onslaught by the Governor
upon the office-holders belonging to the
Quay faction.
At the Coroner's inquest and autopsy held
on the body Of Mary Kistler, aged seven
teen, who died at Allentown, Penn, IL was
revealed that she smilingly ate poison 10
the presence of several people. (
Policeman J. b. Taylor was dismissed
from the New York City force. An anony-
nous letter informed the Police Commits
sioners that Taylor, when a youth, had been
convicted Of theft. He was a good officer.
George Aiken, t~wenty-four years old, was
dared to climb up and take hold OF O racket
on an electrlc-light pole at Hudson, N. Y.
Aiken went up the pole. He took hold OF
the racket with both hands and immedi-
ately fell dead,
The Prohibition State Convention in
Syracuse, N. Y, nominated Francis e.
Baldwin, of Elmira, for Chief Judge Of the
Court of Appeals.
Horace s. Perry, who killed Belly Lanfer.
was hanged in Decatur, Ga. His last
words were: II die In defense OF my wife,"
E. Benjamin Andrews, President Of Brown
University, refused to withdraw his reslgna.
ton.
In the Luetgert trial In Chicago a sensa-
don was caused by the Introduction as evil
dence of the prisoners stained and rusty
knife, and by the Identification OF some Of
Mrs. Luetgert's clothing. Expert testi-
mony was introduced as to the nature OF
the matter found In the potash vat, and the
defense asserted that it favors the accused.
r. h. Ackert. the oldest conductor Of
the Wabash Railway, is dead from injuries
received by falling from his train at Mo-
berly, Mo. He was over seventy years OF
20 -N1 wa ~ -
The Zunis 10 New Mexico are torturing
old women for witchcraft, and troops nave
been ordered to arrest Chief Nope. The
Indians are armed, and trouble Is expected.
Colonel Isaac W. Avery, at one time edi.
tor OF the Atlanta Constitution, the former
Minister Of Mexico and the South American
Republics for the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition, Of 1885, fell from the
porch OF his residencein Kirkwood. q sub
erb Of Atlanta, Ga. He died next day from
the effects OF tho fall.
Mi ssis dso@ esa ans S!s II ssss ss sa!at .sst.; y.
has shown as mucscios e1i.oo q ton.
The President arrived In somerS55t, Penn.
on a visit to his brother. Abner Mckinley.
Wives OF striking miners drove away
deputy sheriffs who tried to evict families
In O~rangeville, Penn, and miners OF the
Pittsburg district chose delegates TO, the
Columbus Convention who VIII vote to ac-
cept the compromise settlement Of the
strike.
President Andrews Is to sever his associ-
alton with the Brown University, Provf-
dence, RI That decision was arrived at
during a conference between DR.. Andrews
and six members Of the Executive Commit
tee Of the university.
Dr.. l. D. Bloom, house surgeon OF the
Charity Hospital, New Orleans, La, re-
eeived a letter from Saratoga from Mrs. d.
A. Milliken, widow of the late Richard
Milliken, 10 which sho announced her pur-
pose to erect and endow a large hospital
for children to be an annex to the New Or
leans Charity Hospital and controlled byit.
Ulrich C~oppeuex, Superintendent of the
Hester plantation In Louisiana, died from
the effects of wounds inflicted by Willis
Miller, a eolored empioye. Miller was en-
~deavoring to persuade the other coiored
hands to strike and leave the place. Cop
peuex ordered him of the plantation, when
Miller fired Ave bullets, killing the super.
i%ntendent.
A number OF soldiers OF the State Guard
returning from practice at Creedmoor de-
vastated a flower garden at Queens, Long
Island. The proprietors and several VIII
ayers attacked them, but were severely
beaten by the soldiers. te
Mrs. Mary Stuart. aged thirky-ive, and
her daughter Mary, Rged thirte4n, coIorod,
were burned to death in their DDS at their
home, Jamaica Plain, Mass. flremen
made heroic efforts to reacay he upper
stories, but were driven bacf by the in
tense heat.
Abraham Dorfmann, a bprRlf%, was shot
and killed by Roundsman 6aiiasshr while
driving of with a load Of at9l 20 a ing,
in Brooklyn.
Several large New England kSs,. .tur.
ing establishments will begin v@19N in full
time, including the Amoskead{ Mills. OF
Manchester, N. H., e~mployisE 4 20 men.
The Agricultural Commlssi5H Iers' report
shows that sixty-ilye per canf26ff Eentuckys
II, 00o, 900 bushel crop OF is still IN
the hands Of the farmers 3 state.
Thousands Of working H ! celebrated
Labor Day in Create ~ by attend
Ing excursions and pfenie84Y Fhere we're no
ms IN los Ilyalnoaa srna aS|H& tq Nu.
ed in the city and many nag sxufa 4 listed
In honor OF the day. =,
President Mckinley left Canton. oaiySR z
Somerset, Penn, where he is to Wis., of
brother, Abner.
Veterans OF the Sevcnty-third Newt brk
Regiment dedicated a monument oil Ehe
battlefield OF Gettysburg, Penn.
Siskiyou County, California, Is the ID lst
to come forward with a big gold stril4& "a
largo body OF ore assaying also a toS & IS
been struck in the Schroeder Mine
Yreka. Since the mill was destroyedN
FIRE two years ago the owner has been ~ i
ming drifts ~endeavoring to strike the IN. !,
which failed at the 1000-foot level. Thfuk
one OF the richest strikes ever made In Amy
kiyou County. NJ
Forrest H. Parker, Jr.. son OF the presh
dent OF tho New York Produce Exchancks
Bank, and his young wife were drowned iVsik
Chain Lake, 10 the Adlrondacks, ON TIL
estate OF the elder Mr.. Parker. v
The cornerstone for a new Royal A.ca.
num building was laid in Brooklyn.
Charles NJ. Charnley, a church cider IN
Chicago, fed under a charge OF embeszline
800, 900, part of which we're poor funds and
part money belonging to the Presbyterian
Educational Society.
Foreign. X
Mascagni, the composer OF "cayal,erl1
R~usticana, g tried to Kill himselfin Bolocnspz
Italy, by taking poison.
The Duke and Duchess Of York end.ss
their visit to ireland, and sailed on a rassi
yacht for Glasgow.