The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
Tersely Told.

Tersely Told.
Ex-Empress Charlotte of Mexico is
believed to be dying at Brussels.
Gold ore of phenomenal richness is re-
ported in a new strike at Cripple Creek,
Colo.
The second round of the international
chess tournament took place yesterday
at Berlin.
Two companies have been incorporat-
ed to mine gold in Greenfield, Saratoga
county, N. Y.
Two people were fatally injured and
dozen others hurt by a collision of
trolley cars in Lagrange, Chicago.
The president resumed work yester-
day at the White House, seeing many
callers and holding cabinet meeting.
Mrs. ]. w. Field, an American, liv-
ing at East Grinstead, Sussex, Eng
land, was burned to death in her house.
The Philadelphia department of pub
lie safety has decided upon a new uni
form shoe to be worn by the city police.
King Charles of Roumania will meet
Emperor Francis Joseph at Budapest on
Sept. 27 to show loyalty to the drei-
bund.
]. B. Cunning of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
Is searching the ruins of the trains that
collided near Newcastle Colo, for his
wife's body.
Senor Sagasta, the Spanish Liberal
leader, says the Cuban insurrection is
spreading seriously and that the Philip
pine outlook is bad.
The president has appointed Daniel
B. Hainer of Pennsylvania United
States district attorney for the Western
district of Pennsylvania.
Joseph NJ. Hardy and Henry C. Blake,
alleged kidnapers of Johnny Conway Of
Albany, were arraigned yesterday, and
the date of Hardy's trial is set for
Sept. %.
Tuesday, Sept. IL.
The western part of Guatemala has
risen against President Barrios.
The steamer Niagara, which grounded
or Santiago de Cuba, was fioated.
Louise Michel and band of English
anarchists propose to visit America.
Forty persons were killed by an ac-
cident in the Champion Reefs mine, In
dia-
Sarah Bernhardt was slightly injured
by fall from cliff at Belle Isle en-
Mer.
The bodies of two more victims of the
Newcastle (Colo.) railway wreck have
been identified.
ia Of New York have been expelled from
Vera Cruz, Mexico.
The steamer Humboldt from st. Mi
chaels reports the steamer Eliza Ander-
son safe in Dutch harbor.
Rev. q. B. F. Howard. United States
prisoner from Tennessee, has escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary at Column
bus.
John e. Redmond, the Parnellite, says
that Ireland's prospect of starvation
this winter Is blacker than for many
years.
Arnold Luetgert, son Of the Chicago
sausage maker on trial for alleged wife
murder, plans to tour the country to ex-
hibit the vat in which Mrs. Luetgert's
body is said to have been destroyed.
Monday, Sept. 13.
The king Of Siam is in Paris.
Fifteen public companies for exploit
ing the Klondike have been fioated In
London.
Rev. Abel Stevens, LII. D.. died sud-
denly of heart failure at San Jose, CAL.
aged nearly SO years.
Judge Sedgewick, senior judge Of the
supreme court of New York city, died at
Norfolk, Conn. after a brief illness,
aged 68.
The steam schooner South Coast ar
rived at Port Townsend from st. Mi
chaels with 26 passengers and about
$500, 900 in gold.
Russia is preparing to reap harvest
from French delight at the Franco-Rus-
sian alliance and is about to issue loan
In Paris Of 1,000, 900, 900 francs.
The body of Ostrander, the engineer
on the Colorado Midland stock train,
which collided with the Rio Grande
passenger train, has been found In the
debris Of the wreck.
Saturday. Sept. IL.
Rich gold strikes are reported in Col
orado near Woodland Park.
Five white men and 25 Kaffirs were
killed by dynamite explosion in mine
near johannesburg, South Africa.
The Afridis are gathering again on
the Afghan frontier. and 1t Is feared