The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
NEWS or THE WEEK.
,rhnrsdax. March 81,

from the upper Nile
Six officers and one hundred men OF a
French expedition in Madagascar are
said to have been killed by natives.
A case Of Illness believed to be of the
East Indian plague has occurred at Jid-
deh. Arabia. on the pilgrim route to
Mecca.
The steam yacht Mayfower was put
in drydock at the Brooklyn navy yard,
preparatory to making her a govern
ment vessel.
1t is stated that unless China complies
by Saturday with the Russian demands
Russia will seize and occupy Port Ar
thur and Ta-lien-wan.
Ensign Roscoe Spear jumped over
board from the cruiser Montgomery at
Key West and rescued sailor who was
drowning He nearly lost his life in the
attempt
Friday, March rs.
It was estimated that 20 people were
drowned by floods at GAINESVILLE, O., and
Hamilton, o.
A severe gale prevailed around the
British isles. A steam trawler was lost
off Rattray Head with all on board.
Miss Beatrice Frost, one Of the most
beautiful young women in Hoboken, N.
j., despondent over her mothers death.
shot and killed herself.
China has agreed to all the Russian
demands. being practically the cession
Of Port Arthur and Ta-lienwan and
the right to construct a railway to those
points.
John William Mollenhauer, son of the
New York sugar king who posed as
Brother william to Mrs. Savallah
Mallory, and who inherited that wom-
ans estate, notified Mrs. Mallory's
mother that she should herself become
the legatee, that he would not claim the
property.
Saturday, March 26.
James Payn, the novelist, died in Lon
don.
j. A. Font. who was once sentenced
to be hanged, but was pardoned after
serving ten years in prison, committed
suicide in New York
Jew Gus killed English Mary, the wo-
man with whom he lived, by hurting
cheap knife at her across the back
room of an east side saloon in New
York.
Alleged impairment of the capital of
a finance company amounting to $464
900 caused the suicide of Cashier Hop
kins of the Peoples bank Of Philadel-
phia and the revelation that he had
loaned the finance company upward of
$500, ,000 The bank suspended.
William A. Bellwood, alias Louis AL
fred Balensi, was convicted of swim
ding William E. Marcus & Co., jew
elers of Union square, New York, out
of several thousand dollars worth Of
diamonds. BelIwood became notorious
through his dealings with the late Max
Lebaudy.
Theodore b. Willis, Police Commits
sioners Phillips, j. r. Clark, w. Leay-
craft, r. w. Fielding, F. Milne, O..
Knapp, w H Golf and A. L. Jensen
We're indicted by the Kings county On.
Y) grand jary on charges growing out
of the old Brooklyn city waterworks'
department scandal.
Monday, March rs.
Interesting experiments in night sig
mailing by means Of kites are being made
at Bayonne, N. ].
A relief fund has been started in New
foundland for the families of the 4S men
lost from the sealing steamer Green
land.
Members of the New York state legis-
lature are considering Wnat acsioh WIZ
need TO pe taken 70 equip Tue 7la'e
troops piopeiis ~ eo'se -
The New fork state superintendent OF
puolc instruction reco,il'lienus , lne
and girls off the streets at night
The Widow OF Montreal ll"l ls'r mas
sued the members OF tne raceh. Con
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