The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-10-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly and
rersely Told.

Count Macedo has been appointed
Portuguese minister for foreign affairs.
Lord Salisbury denies a report that
he intends to retire as premier of Great
Britain.
Frank c. Partridge of Vermont was
appointed consul general at Tangier,
Morocco.
The business men of Cuba are pre-
7 pairing to petition the United States for
annexation.
The schooner Lodowica Bill, of Dam
nrascotta, Me-, went ashore near Prov
incetown. Mass.
Colonel Peter c. Hains has been ap-
! pointed engineer commissioner of the
Nicaragua canal commission.
The city of Kuang Yang. in southern
China, has been sacked by rebels and
thousands of inhabitants massacred.
A San Francisco man swan across
the Golden Gate. this being the first
time the feat was ever accomplished.
The United States war vessel Detroit
has been ordered to the gulf coast Of
Guatemala to protect Americans from
! revolutionists.
The Versailles Und) lynching has
been Investigated, and 1t is said that
the governor will proceed against the
leaders Of the mob.
Monday. Oct. Is.
The king of Siam is in Madrid.
The wife of Hugh Mclaughlin
Brooklyn Democratic leader, is S, rious-
ly ILL.,
Anthony Hope has arrived in New
York and will start on lecture tour
at once.
Mrs. Clara Nye. widow of Bill Nyc,
the humorst. is reduced to compare
tive poverty.
The German government may enter
into reciprocity arrangements with the
United States.
The son of the Duke and Duchess Of
Marlborough has been christcned in the
Chapel Royal in London.
Thomas Taylor of Provincctrwn,
Mass, accidentally killed his brother
Eerscy while out cunning.
Police are confident that FIJI Shaw is
the murderer Of old Mrs. Zane and his
mother AZ Camden, n. j.
Baron Kontsky, who recently at
tempted suicide in New York, has been
charged with theft by his roommate,
Judge Gaynor has decided that the
protested nominations of the Citizens
union in New York are perfectly legal.
The Spanish coasting steamer Triton
was wrecked between Dominica and
Mariel. and at least $50 persons were
drowned.
| al Al oft
months of married life, attempted sui
eide in New York because her husband
was unkind to her.
saturday, Oct. 10.
Gold has been found near Jancsvillc,
Wis.
Six men were sashed with razors in a
negro fight at Chicago dance.
There are l5CO prospectors in the
new Ruth creek mining district. in
Washington.
a negro woman in Mayfleld. KY, held
white woman on n stove until she
was fatally burned.
Ada Kuh. a New York woman, tried
to kill herself by using gas and car
bolic acid, but failed.
Professor Darcy Thompson the seal
ing expert, Is to leave England for the
United States at once.
DR.. Saraneli, in Montevideo, claims
that serum from various animals Is a
sure cure for yellow fever.
a Boston man named Mcuiarrahan
has just secured "a $1,000 verdict for
injuries caused by train.
The trial of Martin Thorn for the
murder Of William Guldcnsuppc has
been postponed until Nov. s.
Friday, Oct. II.
Nine prisoners escaped from Glynn
county jail in savannah.
The Methodist church in st. James,
N. Y, WAS burned by incendiarcs.
Wilson q. Hunt. in Geneva, n. Y.
was killed by the bursting Of an oil
lamp.
The Toronto express - Ottawa was
wrecked. -Four We're killed and many
injured.
Alonzo Williams was sentenced in
Buffalo to 10 years imprisonment for
numbering his brother.
May Marks. little Bridgcton On. JD
girl, was burned to death by il candle
StttlnS ncf nlgntHpNn on llre.
Attorney General McKeuna has de-
Cidcd that diamonds imported into this
country from another country not con-
tiguous to Canada must pay 10 per cent
discriminating duty.
Thursday, Oct. II.
a boxer named Cummings died in
New Orleans as q result of contest
John w. Hendrle Of South Beach,
Conn. has given $4,000 to the Yale Law
school.
The president appointed William A..
Prescott of New Jersey consul at
Rheims, France.
~ registered package containing Sl4,-
000 has been lost in transit between
Omaha and Denver.
The jury disagreed in the trial of the
wife of Governor Atkinson of West Nir-
ginia, charged with forgery.
The injunction against the Pennsyl-
vanla state capitol building commission
was dissolved. and the architect and
design may now be selected.
Sheriff Martin and General Goblin
have been called upon to give an eX-
planation Of the Lattmcr tragedy for