The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-09-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
happenings of the Wide world
Briefly and TerseIy Told.

sugar WITH dffeulc III ~ W<to oCAAt -
a widow in Newark, ~ j., Thursday
Former Judge Thomas F. Mccormick
OF Elizabeth, N. j., shot himself dead
Tuesday.
Secretary Gage said in an interview
he was not alarmed by the financial
situation
Robbers bound and gagged a clerk in
Wilkesbarre Tuesday, rified the SAFE
and escaped.
The government is arranging for the
return from Alaska Of the men who
need assistance.
An explosion Of gasoline wrecked three
buildings and killed several persons ID
Philadelphia Sunday.
Four persons were killed and many
injured by the collapse OF a railroad
bridge in Texas Monday.
Three men were killed by the blowing
down of barns in tornado near To-
wanda, Pa, Wednesday.
President Mckinley is determined to
compel Turkey, by force If necessary, to
pay the American claims.
Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the well
known constitutional lawyer, died at
Ann Arbor. Mich. Monday.
prevent the removal of the troops from
the Montauk camp this week.
One man was killed in a collision on
the elevated tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad in Jersey City Sunday
The St Lawrence river gave UP six
more victims of the ottawa and New
York bridge catastrophe Sunday.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph company has increased its CAPT
tai from SIC. 100000 to $25,000,000.
Three workmen were burned to death
in fire which followed an explosion in
vesey street. New York Thursday.
w. Fl. Lawrence of Cleveland. who
was shot at Denver on Friday by Flor
ence Richardson. died from his wound.
The win of the late Rowland Hazard,
the wealthy Rhode Island wooden man
ufacturer, bequeaths 500, 900 to Brown
university
District Attorney Marean says he will
invoke the law if necessary to shorten
the hours of labor OF Brooklyn trolley
employees.
Representatives of large American in
dustries were heard by the Canadian
American joint high commission in Que
bee Thursday.
IT is said by New York Democratic
leaders that the Chicago platform will
probably be practically ignored in their
state campaign.
New York gold Democrats may place
a full state ticket in the field whether
the Syracuse convention affirms or ig-
nores the Chicago platform.
Colonel John Hay, ambassador to
f~x4r
terms by a committee of the Anglo
American league Thursday.
Nat Goodwin, the comedian, while
riding near Wooiwich, England, Tues
day, was thrown from his horse and
sustained two serious fractures Of the
leg.
Heirs of George M. Pullman object to
the transfer tax upon the property in
New York state, declaring that at the
time he died he owed more than hesown-
ed here.
Margaret Woods. the Scotch girl whe
came to this country to marry M. Y.
Hamilton, a negro. was permitted by
the immigration authorities to wed him
Tuesday.
At the opening session of the none
tary conference at Omaha Tuesday pa
pers in support of the gold standard
were read by Edward Atkinson, Hor-
ace White and Louis r. Enrich.
Louis B. Smith Of Elizabeth, N. J.,
crazed by love, hid under his former
fiancee's bed Sunday night and when
discovered wounded her relative. He
fed and was killed under a train.
John R. Grant, senior member of the
firm of Grant Bros. of Boston, which
has the contract FOR making the air
bags to raise the Cristobal Colon; was
found dead in bed in a hotel Thursday.
Mr. Overstreet. secretary of the Re
publican congressional committee, says
the Maine and Vermont elections show
that nothing is to be feared from the
dissatisfaction of the returning sol
diers."
A gift representing 81. 100000 has been
made to Cornell for the new medical
school to be established In New York
city by one of the members who retired
from the council of the New York uni
versity.
Delaware Democrats scored the ad-
ministration Tuesday for not seeking to
correct admitted evils in our currency
system and demanded that war taxes
be lessened and the conduct of the wer
department Investigated.
John T. Williams steam yacht Embla
caught fire off Shippan Point, Conn,
Wednesday from explosions of gasoline
and was scuttled to save her from de-
struction. Two of the crew were SO
badly burned that they may die.
District Attorney Kenefck and Sher-
iff Kilgallon prevented the Lavigne-
Erne fight Monday at Buffalo. The
sheriff even refused to permit a box
ing exhibition. This action. means that
the Mccoy Corbett fight will not take
place at Buffalo
Joseph Chamberlain, Great Britain's
secretary of state for the colonies ar
rived at New York Wednesday on the
| Majestic and talked freely on interna-
tional questions, Anglo Saxon union and
the results of the war between the
United States and Spain.
A destructive storm swept over New
York Wednesday. blowing down a pier
! in course of erection at Bethune street