The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-14
NEWS EOF LTHE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World Briefly
and Terse1y Told.


The Catholic summer school at Platts-
session for five weeks
The president has appointed Freder-
ick r. Spriggs of New York agent for
the Indians Of the Nevada agency.
The town Of SteeIeville, Mo-, was
practically wiped out on Friday by
cloudburst, and Is people were killed.
General David w. wardrop, depart
ment commander of the Union Veteran
union Of Massachusetts. died in Boston
Monday.
Francisco Javier Cisneros, the distin-
guished Cuban patriot. died from
Bright's disease at the Windsor hotel,
New York.
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, a naval
hero of the civil war and inventor of the
Ammen ram Katahdin, died at the Ma
val hospital, Washington, Monday.
Eleven men We're instantly killed by
the explosion of gas in the big water
works tunnel that is being constructed
under the bottom Of Lake Erie at
Cleveland Monday
Mrs. Martha Place, charged with muir
dering her stepdaughter, Ida Place, in
Brooklyn on Feb. 7, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree in the
Kings county court on Friday.
Services of thanksgiving for victories
and prayer for the return of peace were
held all over the country on Sunday.
President Mckinley attended the Met
ropolitan church in Washington.
r. G. Dun & Co., New York CONNER
cial agents, report that the failures for
the week ending Saturday were 229 in
the United States, against 208 last year.
and II in Canada, against 80 last year.
The action of the senate in providing
for the expenses Of the commissioners
to settle differences with Canada has
removed all obstacles in the way of the
appointment of those to represent this
country.
Andrew Mason was found dead in a
deserted nelghborhood near Florida,
Orange county, N. T., on Sunday. His
house was shattered by dynamite. 1t
is believed the crime was committed to
conceal robbery.
Miss Edla Mcpherson, daughter Of the
late ex-senator from New Jersey, was
married in Hoboken, N. j.. last Satur-
day to DR.. Joseph Muir Of 254 West
Thirty-fourth street, New York The
match was a IO1lS W e1y Oklc-
President Mckinley on Thursday
signed the Hawaiian annexation reso1u-
ton passed by congress. and the cruiser
Philadelphia, under command of Ad-
miral KILLER, was ordered to Honolulu
to hoist the American flag over the is
lands.
Forecaster Dunn of the New York
weather bureau rendered his resigna-
ton to the secretary of agriculture. He
had been ordered by Professor Willis L.
Moore, chief of the weather bureau, to
go either to the West Indies or to thu
station at Cleveland.
Kinsley Magoun. a son of the late
American representative Of Barring
Bros, London, died suddenly Saturday
of injuries received while playing polo
and from the subsequent upset of his
trap while driving from Rockaway to
Meadow Brook. L. I.
Ex-United States Senator Omar d.
Conger of Michigan died at Ocean City,
Md, Monday afternoon. Omar d. Con
ger was born in New York state in 1918
and became resident of Michigan in
1S45 He was identified with public life
in that state from 1850
The busineAs portion of the village of
Midway, Pa, was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire Monday night. The
most important losses are the Crescent
FIGURING mills, Midway Supply COM
pany, j. N Ogle drugs; postoffice; P,
c., c. and st. L. railway bridge, freight
and passenger depots and telegraph
tower and four residences. Loss, $780,
| 600.
| According to agreement congress ad-
iourned Friday at O'clock. Many i'm
portant measures were rushed through
and signed by the president during the
forenoon, among them the bill to indem-
nifty all the states in the matter of ex-
pense in mastering volunteers for the
war At the conclusion OF the session in
the house congressman sang patriotic
songs and cheered war heroes.
Under the act of congress providing
for the annexation of Hawaii the presi-
dent on Friday appointed the following
commissioners to organize govern
ment for the islands: Senator Cullom
of Illinois, Senator Morgan of Alabama,
Representative Hit of Illinois, Presi-
dent Dole of the Hawaiian republic and
/ Justice w. F. Frear of Hawaii. Presi-
dent Dole will be the governor.
| The New York state legislature con-
yened in extra session on Monday night
for the purpose of passing an appropria-
1 ton to meet the expense of providing
New York's share of troops required in
the war with Spain and enacting a
/ measure to enable voters absent from
4 their homes in the military service to
vote at coming elections. Reform In
the election laws relating to the city OF
New York is also under consideration.
Information was received in New York
on Thursday that the French liner La
Bourgogne, which left that city on the
preceding Saturday was sunk in COLI
sion with the British sailing vessel Gro
martyshire at a. m. July 4, SO miles
south of Sable island. On board the
French. steamer were 7S9 people-517
passengers and 222 crew. OF these only
1853 were saved-54 passengers and 105
crew. Only one woman was saved. The
crew and some of the male passengers
displayed the greatest cowardfce. They
drovs away the women from the boats
on deck and when afioat beat with oars
those who tried to enter the boats and