The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Mail advices from the Orient tell of a
state of anarchy prevailing in the Chi
nese island iof Hainan.
Fred M. Brockhaus has been arrested
in Chicago for the murder of David s.
r. Lambert in Connecticut last De-
cenber. Bernard Willis, his alleged ac-
complice, is believed to be in New York
Plague riots occurred in Bombay, be-
ing aimed principally against Chris
tians. Some soldiers and many natives
were killed. The riots were the most
serious in character That have taken
place.
Ray Gehrig shot and seriously wound
ed Will B. Davis and killed himself in
a dispute over a young woman in Mil
lersville, Pa They were pupils of a
Philadelphia business college, and each
was 10 years of age.
Friday, March II.
A fierce gale did 100000 damage to
the shipping and docks at San Fran
cisco.
An imperial Russian ukase has or
dered the disbursement of 9000O,OOO
rubles for warships.
queen Victoria has left Windsor for
the south of France, where she goes on
account of her health.
Mrs. J. c. Wilmerding, Jr., great
granddaughter of Commodore Wander
bilt, has been adjudged insane and taxi
en- to Bloomingdale asylum.
James Jameson, a well known swim
dler. was arrested in New York on a
charge of defrauding Wall street bro
kers. Jameson was formerly minis-
ter.
1t was reported in New York that Mr..
James G. Blaine, the son of the late
James G.. Blaine. is engaged to be mar
ried to Miss Kuhne Beveridge, who has
achieved some reputation as a sculptor
and who is now in Paris with her moth
er She is a granddaughter of the late
Governor Beveridge Of Illinois,
Saturday, March Ie.
Hindoos and Mohammedans are clos
ing their shops in Bombay as protest
against the plague measures.
The Bank of France has raised the
price of gold, compelling buyers for
America to transfer their operations to
London.
Miss Helen Gould has given $780, 900 to
Rutgers college. at New Brunswick, N.
j., as memorial fund in honor of her
parents.
Lord George Hamilton. secretary of
state for India, it is reported, will sue
ceed Lord Aberdeen as governor gem
eral of Canada.
Twenty-six insurance companies We're
debarred from doing business inGeorgia
because they had failed to apply for re-
newals of their licenses.
The United States dispatch boat Fern
has sailed from Key West for Matanzas
and Sagua la Grande, Cuba, with pro-
visions for the reconcentrados.
Great Britain has protested to China
against the cession of Port Arthur to
Russia. The Chinese officials declared
their inability to Withstand Russia's
demands.
A warrant has been issued for the ar.
rest of Professor Arenhold, a teacher in
Guttenburg, N. j.. who is accused OF
lashing the face of a pupil with raw
hide whip.
Monday, March "A.
Sir Richard Quain. an eminent Brit
ish physician. died in London.
Zacharie Topelius, the Swedish poet
and historian, died at Helsingfors, Fin
land.
France, it is said, win occupy Lei
Chau, on the Quang-Tung peninsula
China. as naval base.
Mrs. Celia Wallace of Chicago, who
last year wore to the opera bejeweled
gown that cost $4,000, will now wear
one that cost S150,000.
The father, mother, wife and son of
j. C. Price, a South River IN. ID mer-
chant, have died within the past few
months. His wife died Saturday. and a
daughter is critically i'll.
Philip sKearny, son of ]. Watts Kear-
ny and grandson of the celebrated
General Phil Kearny escaped from
the Brookside sanitariua at North
Plainfeld, N. j., where he was confined
on a court order as an habitual drunk
ard.
Tuesday, March 10.
A shipment of e4OO,000 gold left Aus
tralia on the steamer Alameda for San
Francisco.
The Democrats of Rhode Island nom
mated Daniel L. Church of Tiverton for
governor on a local issue platform.
dispatch from Seattle says that the
Stikeen river route to the Klondike is
snowbound and that many people arc
returning.
Edward Clarity, an engineer on the
New York Central railroad. was killed
near Montrose, N. Y, by his head strik-
ing a bridge.
Relations between the governor and
the cabinet of Newfoundland are strain
ed on account Of the. govsnor's refusal
I to sign the railway bill at once.
Woolf Joel, nephew and executor of
Barney Barnato, was shot and killed at
( johannesburg, South Africa, by for
ner soldier named Feldthein. whose de-
mand for money Mr.. Joel had refused.
Lord Salisbury, premier of Great Brit
ain, broken in health, has been ordered
to take a rest, and his early resigna-
tion is expected. In the meantime A.
( J. Balfour will be in charge of the for
eign office.
Wednesday, March 16.
/ An outbreak of yellow fever of a mild
type is reported from Rio de Janeiro.
A bessenner pig iron pool has been
formed in Cleveland to control the mar
ket in the United States.
4 d. J. Canty a former broker and poll
tician, shot and killed in Washington