The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.

John n. Gentry and Robert J. broke the
worlds team pacing recordin Philadelphia,
making q mile In 200.
President Mckinley md bis party were
warmly welcomed In the Berkshire Hills OF
Massachusetts,. The President is the guest
Of an old friend, and made a speech to n
big crowd at the Hoosic Valley Fair, North
Adams.
Sheriff Martin and his deputies were held
for trial by the Court In Wilkesbarre, Penn,
for the shooting OF strikers at Lattlmer.
. Further Improvement in the yellow fever
situation In the South Is reported.
The State Committee OF the National
Democrats, at q meeting In New York, en-
dorsed Alton d. Parker, the candidate Of
the regular Democracy for supreme Court
Judge.
Joseph NJ. Hardy and Henry G.. Blake
were s~entenced'at Albany, N. Y. to four
teen years and four months Imprisonment
Tor kidnapping little John Conway. Hardy
Is the boys uncle. Albert s. Warner, a New
York lawyer, is charged with being an ac-
complice. but has not yet been captured.
The object OF the kidnRppers was money,
and the case aroused great interest through
out the State.
The jury at Frankfort, Ky., in tho trial
Of DR.. Hunter n others accused OF bril-
berry In attempting to secure Hunters cleo
lion to the United States Senate, returned
q verdict OF moi guilty In oil the cases.
Mrs. Elizabeth McRoberts, of Buffalo, N
T., jumped into the Niagara River and vas
carried over tho Falls. She was sixty-fve
years old, and suffering from Ill health and
melancholia. :
Hon. GeorgeF F. Hoar, OF Worcester. Mass,
made the address OF welcome at tho Ma
tional Conference Of Unitarian and other
Christian churches in Saratoga, N. Y.
Tho widow of DIR. Rial. the former
leader of tho partiots In the Philippines, Is
in Philadelphia, where she has n ar
rangements for military expeditions to aid
the insurgents, and concluded an agree
ment for mutual assistance with the Cuban
Junta. She intends to return to the Phil
ippines to lead the patriots In person. Her
husband was executed by the Spaniards.
William Gantz, n pressman, who had
often boosted that he would accomplish
the feat, jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge
and was rescued from tho water with ap-
parently but slight injuries.
The FIRST snow storm OF the season is re-
ported from Juneau, Alaska, stopping
travel over the passes to tho Klondike gold
fields.
: The Republican organization, andersen
ator Platt's leadership, carried the Repub-
tltuu pltIthI II vow IoAh tbiOh OPPO-
sition, assuring a solid delegation against
Seth Low for Mayor. The Democratic
primaries In Brooklyn resulted In tho gen.
eral success OF HugfAMcLaughlin's organ
lzatlon.
The First National Bank, OF Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, has closed Its doors, owing de-
posltors 800. 900.
The historic frigate Constitution sailed
from Portsmouth, N. H., for Boston, where
she wa launched 100 years ago.
A coal mine near Blocton, Ala, caught
Gre, and before all the miners could be
rescued ave wero burned to death and
three or four were reported missing.
G The bones OF n mustodom have been I'M
earthed neal Waterloo, Ind. One tooth
weighs about i've pounds. The bones,
measured separately, give the standing
height about eighteen feet.
United States Commissioner Alexander
at New York discharged the eleven China
men who were arrested several days ago on
the charge OF violating the Chinese Exclu-
sion act.
: Henry W. Sage. who has given 81. $50 900
IN cash gifts to Cornell University, died In
Ithaca at the age Of eighty-three.
! Star Pointer defeated Joe Patchen In a
race at Indianapolis, Ind, in 2.01. estab-
fishing a new pacing race record.
! The New York Republican State Commit
tee nominated United States Circuit Judge
William J. Wallace for Chief Judge of the
Court Of Appeals.
The village OF Imlnystown, N. j., was al
most wiped out by a flre which Is sup
posed to have been started by burglars.
The loss was nearly $4,000.
An angry crowd at Dillon, s. c., with
drawn pistols prevented the train carrying
q circus from leaving that town until
money people claimed to have been robbed
OF was repaid.
The annual meeting OF the American
Forestry Association was held In Nashville.
Tenn.