The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-01-20

The United Mine Workers, In sessior
At Columbus, O.. reelected n. b. Ratch
ford as president.
Senate confirmed Henry X. Boyer
ex-treasurer Of Pennsylvania, O. super
intendent Of the Philadelphia mint.
The court martial trying Major Ester
hazy. in Paris, for alleged conspirac,
against France. declared him not guilty
M. A. Hanna was elected senator
from Ohio. for both the long and shor-
terms. by a vote Of rs. against 20 70,
McKisson. ..t 4
A bill will be introduced in congress.
requiring all persons desiring to prac.
tise In pension cases to give proof ol
their good reputation. 1T
Thursday. Dec. 13.
The remains Of a prehistoric village
and burial ground have been discovered
near Massillon, o.
A dispatch from The Hague says 3Ot
persons were killed by the recent earth.
quake in Amboyna. IFU
Mrs. McCusker. charged with killinf
her husband. was acquitted by the 1ury
at Camden. N. J.. yesterday.
Chairman Dingley says that this con-
gress will do nothing to reduce the in.
ternal revenue on distilled spirits.
The postoffice department will seek to
secure bonds directly from clerks hand.
ling money, instead Of through post
masters
Friday. Jan. ID.
Red Cloud. the last OF the great Sioux
chiefs. Is dying in a shack on the Ogal-
lala reservation.
Schlatter, the healer" is said to
have restored the sight Of a blind girl
at GAINESVILLE. ..
The body Of, Theodore Durrant, muir
derer Of Blanche Lamont, was cremated
at Altadena. Cal.
The diamond back terrapin, for which
Maryland has long been famous, is
threatened with extinction.
The French government will prose-
cute M. Zola. the novelist, for charges
OF perjury against government officials.
Saturday. Jan. IS.
Five men are entombed in a tunnel of
the upper smelling works at Anaconda.
Mont. There is no hope OF saving them.
The operators OF the Pittsburg coal
district will appoint commission to
enforce the true uniformity" agree
ment.
The senate committee on election, by
vote Of to 3. reported against the
seating Of Corbett, appointed senator
from Oregon. ,.Hier t-sy ..rs. oH
While Mrs. Mary Curtin, q young
New York widow, was romping with
her child she fell downstairs and was
instantly killed. ~ 4.E ... ,,,,
Rose Feinberg. 15 years old, was 80
badly frightened by the appearance of
q tramp at her home In New York that
she became insane. ,ff.r- .it yJ '.ti.II,,
s $50 Monday, Jan. II. ~ % Q
John X. Valentine. ex-United States
district attorney OF Philadelphia, died
In that city yesterday. ,,r s,iU tfyr,r
Chief Of Police McCullagh ordered the
chiefs Of greater New York to strictly
enforce the excise law. ~
- Logan Carlisle. son Of the ex-secre-
tary and ex-chief clerk Of the treasury
department, died in New York, aged 81.
The mining towns OF Dillonville and
Long Run. o.. have been looted BY
tramps. and the miners are on the war
path.
Hon. Charles Villiers died in London
aged s6. He had served continuously in
the British house of commons for ca
years.
Charles A. Duran. arrested in New
York for embezzlins funds Of the REM
ington Typewriter company in Balti-
more, has been sent to that city
Tuesday. Jan Is.
Ex-Congressman Benjamin S. Hooper
died suddenly yesterday at Farmville.
Va.
Circuit Court Judge W. s. Barton. of
the Fredericksburg Va) circuit. is
dead.
A New York policeman named Gard
ner has fallen heir to 5000. but is de-
termined to stay on the force.
Half an ounce of steel dust was re-
moved from near the ribs of a Chicago
ironworker who had inhaled the par
ticles.
By braving a temperature of 30 de-
grees below zero George Graham secured
a placer claim on French creek, Alaska.
worth $500. 900.