The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Bri~Gy and
Terselv Told.


Terselv Told.
The Montana supreme court hts sus-
tanned the antiscalper law.
Cornelius Van Cott received his COM
mission at Washington as postmaster
at New York and will assume office at
once.
Vice Chancellor Reed made an order
appointing Charles Case permanent re-
ceiver of the Eastern Rubber company
of Trenton.
The steamer City of Worcester collid-
ed with the ferryboat Wyoming in East
river, New York, causing a panic. No
one was injured.
The Brazilian minister for war, Gen
eral Bernardo Vasques, has resigned
and has been succeeded by General
Marcado Bitencourt.
Mr.. Richard Croker's brown filly
Rhoda B won the Epping plate of 500
sovereigns at the Newmarket, England,
second spring meeting.
Elmer Runyon's suit against the Jer-
sey Central railroad and the United
States Express companies to test the
right of commuters to carry packages
on trains was dismissed at Elizabeth,
N. ].
Tuesday, May 1S.
1t was brought out in the Leona
steamer fire inquiry in New York city
that matches were slowed near cotton
and jute.
Trial Of Havemeyer and Searles, in
contempt Of the senate at Washington,
was postponed until the 25th Chap
man ha0on f0 carva hic canfapao
L. ". Boyle & Co. of Boyle, Miss,
have made an assignment of their mill,
lumber. a township of land steam
railroad, stock and everything they
owned. valued at 100000 The high wa
ter Is the cause Of the assignment.
The body of Laura E. Currier of Ches-
ter, N. H., was found in a swamp not
far from her home. The coroner found
that the woman had probably tainted
while walking, and, falling face down.
ward into the water, was suffocated.
By the dropping of the brake bar of
a freight car on the third rail the
switchboard at the Berlin (Conn) pow
er house was burned out, causing a loss
Of $1,000 and delaying probably for
week the opening of the third rail route
between New Britain and Hartford.
Monday, May II.
Revised figures show that the new
Gunboat Vicksburg, on her builders
trial off the Maine coast, made 1888
knots an hour
1t is officially announced that IS per-
sons were killed in the accident to the
military train wrecked Thursday even
ing between Rockenhof and Eliva, Rus
sia.
The jury at Owingsville, KY, in the
case of John D. Young, Jr., a son of
Hon. John d. Young, for the killing of
Chimney Fossett. returned a verdict of
manslaughter and fixed his punishment
at IS years in the penitentiary.
An agent of King George of Greece
has purchased the Villa Klusemann at
Muhlwang on the river Traun, a small
place near Gmunden, in upper Austria.
According to current gossip, King
George will eventually retire to his new
estate in Austria.
A steam launch in which there were
16 persons seeking a view of the dedi-
cation ceremonies was swept over the
dam in the Schuylkill river, Philadel-
phia, The boat capsized, and a wo-
man named Even and two young sis
ters named Matthias were drowned.
The others were rescued.
Saturday, May 10.
Stephen r. Mallory was elected Unit
ed States senator from Florida.
Mrs. Langtry, the Jersey Lily, has
been granted divorce at Lakeport,
CAL, where she had her legal residence.
Gussie Staiger, aged 10 years, and Ray
Lafferty, aged 10 years, were asphyxi-
ated at the home of the formers par
ents at Atlantic City.
Major General James B. Forsyth
commanding the department of Cali
fOInia, was placed on the retired list on
his own application. He was confirmed
in his present rank on Thursday.
Lieutenant Edward S. Farrow of New
York, who was tried in the criminal
court at Pittsburg for an alleged viola
tion of the insurance laws of the state,
was found not guilty The jury re-
turned sealed verdict in about Is min
utes.
No fewer than 80 earthquake shocks
have been felt in South Australia dur
ing the last three days. The disturb
I ances were particularly severe at
Kinrnton where buildings were dam