The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-03-17
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday, March o.


Wednesday, March o.
William ]. Calhoun. of Illinois. was
yesterday named by the president as
interstate commerce commissioner.
A dirt ear fell upon four Italians a,
the new East river bridge. New York,
killing two and badly injuring the
others.
William o. Hutchins. a prominent
Jewelry manufacturer of Providence.
r. l.. was killed by burglar whom he
had chased from his home.
Archbishop Kain. of st. Louis. has be-
gun civil proceedings to oust Rev. ].
T. Tuohy. pastor Of st. Patricks
church, that citv.
Thursday, March 10.
Senor Polo De Barnabe, the new
Spanish minister, arrived at Washing
ton today.
The strike at the Globe shipyard at
Cleveland. o., has ended in the defeat
Of the strikers.
Great Britains defensive prepara-
tions Cor next year call for an appro-
priation OF s2i0, 100000
The trial of Sheriff Martin and his
deputies, at Wilkesbarre. for the Lat
timer shooting, ended in acQuittal
Four men were given IL yecrs al
Hagerstown. Md, for destroying monu-
ments and tombstones in the cemetery
at Williamsport. Md.
Friday, March IL.
The Kachins, Burmese hill tribe.
have massacred five military policemen
at Allahabad.
Mrs. Jack" Wilmerdng Is said to
have been committed to the Blooming
dale asylum.
Ross Smith. marshal of Morley, Mo-,
arrested for drunkenness. set fire to the
Jail and was fatally burned.
Although the government Klondike
relief expedition has been abandoned
the reindeer will be sent to Alaska.
Insurance Commissioner McNall, Of
Kansas says the insurance companies
have formed n combine to prevent re-
bates.
Anna w. Corbin- Borrowe makes
charges of mismanagement in the
handling of the estate of her father
the late Austin Corbin.
SutuTuitys Murcn ~.
No treaty has yet been signed be-
tween this country and Great Britain
fixing the Alaska boundary line.
Congressman Jason b. Brown. of
the Third Indiana district, is dead OF
congestion of the liver. aged 50 years.
A regiment has been organized in Chi
cago known as the First Illinois Vol
unters." who will fight against Spain II
need be.
The women Of st. Johns Slavonian
church, Bridgeport, Conn, have given
the pastor, Rev Father John Pribyl.
Is days to leave town.
Frederick Brotz, who was to have
been married Thursday afternoon to
Miss Gertrude Holbre. in New York,
was found in his room with his throat
cut.
Monday. March II.
The homes of Mckinley and Bryan
will be represented at the TRANSMITS.
sissippi exposition at Omaha.
The safe in the postofiice at Ashland,
Va. was blown open Friday night and
robbed of $500 in stamps.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York by the steamer Advance,
from Colon, was Shen Sen Yu secrc-
tary of the Chinese legation at Wash
ington.
George b. Erb, formerly of Sherman
town, Pa, who thought he had divine
power and could fly. tried 1t. and is at
the Eastern District hospital, Brooklyn,
N. Y, suffering from internal INJURIES
and broken leg.
Tuesday. March 10.
The finances of Korea will hereafter
he managed by Russian bankers.
over zoe deaths occurred from plague
in Bombay during the week ending
Feb. !.
Senior Domingo Cana. Chilean min
lister at Washington. has been appoint
ed minister to England.
Judge Archibald, of Scranton. Pa.
declares the school board of that city.
which has been in existence for "a
years. to be illegal.
Pennsylvania supreme court refused
to grant an Injunction restraining the
building commission from awarding
contracts for the new capitol at Har-