The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
fne Record of Notable Events of tht
Week Tersely Told.

1ne IecCOTu ol NOtaDle Events OF the
Week Tersely Told.
The French gunboat Fulton and six
vessels of the white squadron arrived
to take part in the Grant day parade.
The celebration of the silver anniver-
sary of Archbishop Patrick ]. Ryan be-
gan and will continue with varied ex-
ercises until Friday evening.
Nelson M. Weeks of Aimee Smith no.
toriety, who was arrested in New York
and subsequently pdmitted to ball. was
surrendered by his bondsmen.
Nine-year-old Charles Simon of New
York, about 3 feet tall, indicted for
stabbing, was released on his own
recognizance by Judge Newburger.
The mercury fell at Geneseo, N. Y,
to II degrees above zero. Ice a quar-
ter of an inch thick had formed, while
the ground was covered with snow.
Jacob F. Randolph, president of the
Morris and Essex canal and purchas-
ing agent of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road company, died at his home at
Woodfern, aged 20.
Court of appeals ordered a reassess-
ment of the Manhattan IL" road by
New York tax commissioners. 1t up
held the legality of the appointment of
60 Brooklyn city employees.
Tuesday, April 20.
France will not interfere in the Greco
Turkish war.
The British cruiser Talbot arrived to
participate in the Grant day parade.
H. A. Sutherland was sentenced to die
for killing Mrs. Sarah Wren of Brook
lyn.
Sixteen-year-o Frank wentworth of
Exeter, N. H., has confessed that he
tried to poison his father and mother.
A detachment of the Aragon battalion
has captured the five remaining MEM
bers of the Cuban insurgent force COM
manded by Zarraga.
Admiral Selfridge has been ordered
to look out for American interests with
his Mediterranean fleet in connection
with the Greco-Turkish difficulty.
The late General Thomas Ewing's
daughter obtained a $1,000 verdict
against the Third Avenue Railroad
company of New York for his death.
H. C. Salisbury, assistant chief of
the Troy IN. " fire department, drop
ped dead at his home in that place. He
was about as usual and on duty up to
the last.
Monday. April 10.
Theodore Roosevelt resigned his posi-
ton as New York police commissioner.
Twelve thousand persons are destitute
in the Susquehanna mining region of
Pennsylvania.
Japanese soldiers of the war with
China have been pouring into Hawaii
in disguise as immigrants.
Captain General Weyler announces
the paciffcation of Santa Clara and a
portion of Puerto Principe, Cuba.
The body of General Ulysses S. Grant
was transferred from the temporary
vault to the new tomb at Riverside
park, New York.
Cecil Rhodes is expected back in
South Africa this week A formidable
British fleet is gathering at Natal. Eng
lishmen are impatient for war in the
Transvaal.
The Franklin county grand jury, at
Frankfort, KY, returned true bills for
conspiracy to bribe against DIR. w. God
frey Hunter, the Republican caucus
nominee for the United States senate:
former congressman John H. Wilson, E.
T. Franks, Captain Noel Gaines and his
brother-in-law, Thomas Tanner of
Frankfort.
Saturday, April II.
Kate, one of the Central park New
York; leopards, was chloroformed.
Mrs. S. M. Hanna, the mother of Sem
ator Hanna, died at Asheville, N. c.,
aged 84
The national bank at Great Falls, N.
H., was robbed and Cashier j. A. Stick
ney murdered.
The Cuban leader Zarraga, with five
of his followers, surrendered to the
Spanish authorities at Pinar del Rio.
Two hundred arrests have been made
at Tolxat, in the Sivas district of Ar
menia, in connection with the recent
massacre there.
Joseph l.. Mason, "a, a well known
actor and member Of the Cherry Pick
ers" company, died at his home at Win
field, N. Y, of pneumonia.
Judge Morton of the Suffolk superior
court has decided that Adah Richmond
has not established her rights as Wild
ow to contest the will of John Stetson.
Jr.
Friday. April 10.
Jersey City sold a $450,000 issue Of
gold bonds for $483.SS