The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, March 3,


John Wild. an old. time minstrel and
comedian. died at his home, at Burden
Lake, near Troy, N. Y.
The appellate division of the New
York state supreme court granted a
new trial to Maximilian Shinburn, the
noted bank burglar, convicted of break
ing into the First National bank OF
Nfiddleburg, N. r.
LIE Roy Edwards, q years old, and
Bessie Parsons, 18 years old, eloped
from East Hampton, n. T., behind fast
PAGER They were chased by the brides
brother-in- law, who is a constable, and
he caught up with them just in time to
see the minister kiss the bride after
tying the knot.
A mass meeting at Cooper Union, in
/ New York, adopted resolution protest
ing against the Lodge immigration bill.
Speeches were made by Bourke Cock
ran. Congressman Mahany and ex.
Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn. and letters
from Carl Schurz. John De Witt War
ner and William Lloyd Garrison wers
read.
Friday, March A.
Cubans in New York give list of 80
successful fflfbustering expeditions to
Cuba since the beginning of the revolu-
ton.
Nathan Straus, president of the New
York board of health, resigned and
Michael c. Murphy was appointed in
! his place.
The Rev. T. c. Hanna Of southing-
ton. Conn, who lost his memory
through fall met the fiancee whom III
had forgotten and wooed and won her
the second time.
Civil suits for $4,000 were begun in
New York against G. S. Bell, president,
and H. L. School, treasurer, of the de-
funct Home Mutual Building and Loan
Association of the Bronx.
William A. Cook, an aged lawyer was
locked UP in the Tombs in New York in
default of bail on the charge of misap-
propriating $4,000 from the estate OF
Charlotte E, Harries, for which he was
executor.
Saturday, March 5.
The jubilee anniversary of the italian
constitution was celebrated with gem
eral rejoicing in Rome and throughout
| italy.
The Republican primary bill was in
troduced in the legislature at Albany
and also the penal code amendments to
punish violators of it,
Judge Bradley of the United States
supreme COull dt w doAA1HS iOtAs 1AAANthtf
a colored murderer f1ippant after SEN
tence said his was a case in which
lynching would be justihable.
A dispatch from Washington says
that maps and data sustain the contens
ton that Summit lake. where the Brit.
ish flag was raised issin American ter
ritory, but that a construction of treaty
terms may enter into the question.
Monday March T.
Governor Otero of New Mexico haa
removed from office Solicitor General
Fall of that territory on the charge OF
neglect of duty.
Charles E. Willard, well known in.
surance man. was killed by fall on
Ninth avenue elevated railroad stair
case in New York.
The Bessemer blast furnace operators
of Cleveland, Pittsburg and the Shenan.
go and Mahoning valleys are endeavor>
ing to effect combination
Hugh j. Jewett, the famous railroad
financier, and for many years receiver
and president of the Erie railroad, died
at the Hotel Bon Air, Augusta, Ga.
Adrian Braun, a convict in Sing Sing
IN W prison, murdered his wife, who
was paying him visit, at the prison.
He would give no reason for the crime
In a duel with swords at Rome Felica
Carlo Cavallotti, deputy for te-Olona
and we'll known poet and dramatist,
was killed by Signor Macola, also o
deputy and editor.
The Vermont supreme court has over
ruled the demurrer of Miss Mildred
Brewster to the indictment charging
her with the murder of Miss Wheeler at
Montpelier last May.
In New York Mary Burney, grieved
because her sweetheart had taken an
other girl to a dance. drank poison in
the presence of her parents. who at first
thought she was joking. Little hope OF
her recovery is entertained
Tuesday, March 8.
The Octagon hotel at Fort Lee. N. j..
was totally destroyed by fire.
Nebraska's maximum freight rate law
was declared unconstitutional by ths
United States supreme court.
Sixteen engineers who have formed a
mining company started for the Klon.
dixie last night from Jersey City.
DR.. A. A. Matthews, the physician o.
the village of Gladstone. o.. was called
from his bed and shot by an unknown
man.
Harrison Grey Fiske editor of dra-
matte paper, Was drfeSteu on d Sidr5s
of libel preferred by several theatrical
managers.
The Cunard line steamer Catalonia,
bound from Liverpool to Boston, was
towed into Halifax disabled by the
steamer Delaware.
Seven students from Princeton N. j..
got drunk in Trenton and were ar
rested This escapade became known,
and they win be called upon to face
4 the faculty.
Charles H. Cramp head of the Phila-
| delphia shipbuilding firm, said that the
widespread talk about buying warships-
abroad was part of a plan instigated by
syndicate having a big commission in
view.
Wednesday, March o.
AS the result of a gasoline explosion
/ in Monroeville, N. j., woman and her
I 4t,. I,it "a hod br,rr