The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-11-04
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


cause Of the crop failure.
Anglo Egyptian troops have started
to drive Osman Digna from the Atbara
river.
The reply Of Spain to the note of ths
United States has not yet been received
n Washington.
John Augustine. an American citizen.
vas imprisoned by President Zelaya Of
Nicaragua without trial.
The Se5. .000, 900 estate of Imblay Clarke
Is claimed by the adopted daughter Of
San Francisco saloon keeper.
1t was said in Washington that action
would be taken this winter on the
Alaska Canada boundary question.
The bark Lydia. the first of the Alas
ka whaling fleet to reach San Fran
cisco. reports only three whales cap
tured.
The Capps family OF Springfield and
Riverton, Ills. have fallen heirs to over
81 ,0000 900 by the death OF a brother in
London.
Edward Jacques, convicted of the
murder OF Walker b. Adams at Bedford
Station, N. Y. was sentenced to Sing
Sing for life.
A Denver minister said that a leaf OF
the New Testament had been found
among the recently discovered 'logia"
Of Christ in Egypt.
Michael Kaufman of Springfield, o..
bequeathed $50 to an institution pro-
vided prayers were said for him every
morning for year.
The report that General Castillo. the
Cuban insurgent leader, had been killed
In an engagement with the Spanish is
confirmed in Havana.
Monday. Oct. 2b.
Luetgert. It Is said. will be put on
trial again this week.
John G. Lorlmer. a noted journalist.
tied at Plymouth. Mass.
A woman has been acting governor OF
Idaho the past ton days.
A reception was given in New York
to the arctic explorer Nansen.
James Knox. the well known turfman.
committed suicide by shooting himself
A man In Lyons France, had 300. 900
francs stolen from safe in his house.
Miss Cisneros, the heroine OF Havana,
was rendered big reception In Wash
lngton.
The investigation into the Hammond
case at Fort Sheridan Is over, but no
Judgment given as yet.
A Norwood (Mass) man named Ber-
nard Is held for murder because ne
abetted his wifes suicide.
A man named Mccormick dropped
dead at the Iron HAl race track just as
the horse he had backed won.
Saturday, Oct. as.
The Abyssinians are reported to be
devastating Somaliiand.
The striking engineers In England
claim their fight Is won.
Belle Clifton, a we'll known actress.
went insane in New York.
A boiler exploded in Detroit. killing
one man and injuring ten others.
Leo d. Well. the young Photographic
expert Of Chicago. has gone insane.
a Boston thief who resisted arrest
has been sentenced to Is years i'm
prisonment.
Queen Liliuokalani OF Hawaii denies
reports that she has abdicated in favor
Of her niece.
Nicholas Engel, well known cafe
proprietor in New York. died suddenly
Of heart disease at his home.
Henry Ives Cobb of Chicago has been
chosen architect for the new Pennsyl-
vania state capitol at Harrisburg.
Friday, Dot. 2a.
The Knapp roller boat was success
fully tried at Toronto
General Weyler denies he has refused
to surrender his command.
\ large plant for counterfeiting liquor
labels has been found in Chicago.
Thousands OF lives are reported lost
in a cyclone on the Philippine islands.
The anniversary OF the launching OF
he Constitution was celebrated at Bos-
ton.
A Saratoga man was tossed into a
ditch by COW and injured so badly he
may die.
A mob at Manhattan. Kan. has
threatened to lynch Ike Warren, who
killed a sheriff
David Tenney Of Newburyport. Mass.
was shot by robbers and had to have
leg amputated.
huuOIpn lstuSIeT OF ,HlCdSu Is SulHb
George Travis Of New York for $25,0oo
,or alienation OF his wife's affections.
Thursday. Oct. FL.
Superintendent Kilburns son was In
jured at Malone, n. Y, while trying a
aying machine.
A man in Syracuse. accused OF theft.
was drowned trying to escape the po-
lice.
Secretary Alger will create a military
reservation of the country within 30
miles Of ST. Michaels, Alaska.
A man in New York thinks ne is
werewolf and goes on all fOurs bowling
ike wolf He is now in a hospital.
Chicago labor organizations have pro-
tested against the engagement Of the
Marine band at the Chicago horse show.
Dynamite which schOolboy at
Springfield. Mo. was carrying in his
pocket exploded and may cost him his
life.
Mr.. and Mrs David McLane of West
chester, Pa, aged Sc and SO respective
ly, signed a mutual agreement OF sep