The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-11-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the wide World
Briefly and Tersesy Told.

he IHlllHS Oili1CAillSA e&t NiEQSAif 1885,
have been settled. Work is to be re-
sumed at once.
The command of the European squad
ron has, it is said in Washington, been
promised to Admiral Schley
T. McWihters of Holyoke, Mass. was
killed by falling from freight train
near East Norfolk, Conn, Monday.
The transatlantic lines Of steamships
have agreed upon two outward and
two homeward bound ocean tracks.
Colonel James Gilliss, assistant quar-
ternaaster general, died suddenly Sum
day at his home on Governors island.
CLAUDE vautin, metallurgist, well
known on the Pacific coast, was arrest
ed at Florence for passing worthless
notes.
The Philadelphia bark John Baisley
was wrecked in the China sea. Her
crew was saved und has been landed at
Singapore.
The president and Attorney General
Griggs have decided that there is no
necessity for federal Intervention in the
South Carolina race troubles.
The joint high commission appointed
to settle questions at issue between the
United States and Canada has resum-
ed its sessions in Washington.
A mass meeting of coIored citizens is
TO be held in Cooper Union, New York.
on Thursday evening to discuss the race
riots in North and South Carolina.
The postoffice department has dis
covered and has interdicted a scheme
to ayoid the payment of about 100000
in war taxes on bids for mail contracts.
A statement prepared by Commodore
Hichborn shows that 55 war vessels Of
various kinds, including eight battles
ships, are under construction for our
navy.
1t was announced in New York on
Friday that the old site of Columbia
college, valued at about 81, ,00O,0 had
been sold to the head master of Berke-
ley school.
A riot over politics at Rehobeth, S. c.,
resulted in the death of ten negroes and
the wounding of four others The riot
was precipitated by the shooting of a
white man.
E. c. Bruce, a telegraph operator at
Little Rock, fired at his land1ady, Mrs.
Wallace, and her daughter, Mrs. Day,
and wounded the latter in the face. He
then committed suicide.
Several hundred dollars worth of
jewelry was stolen from the apart
ments of Mr.. and Mrs /. A. Singer and
their son, Mortimer w Singer in the
Hotel Savoy, in New York.
A colored man who says he is nearly
100 years old has turned up in Plain
field, N. J. Hesays he has two hearts
and two sets of ribs, and this claim is
upheld by local physician.
The American commissioners at Paris
expressed themselves as gratified with
the result of the elections, and the Lon
don press comment was generally ia
vorable to Colonel Roosevelt.
Lieutenant Herman G. Dressed Of the
United States navy committed suicide
in Baltimore Monday because, it is as
serted, he had been ordered to Manila
to join the United States ship Zafiro,
Mrs. Susan Anderson, an eccentric
old woman, is believed to have been
murdered by her farmland, Fred Hah-
nan, in New Canaan, Conn Her farm
house was burned down, and Hahnan
was found dead, hanging from a tree.
Governor Elect Roosevelt of New
York state has selected w. ]. Youngs
former district attorney of Queens
county, as his private secretary Mr.
Youngs conducted the details of Colonel
Roosevelt's speaking tours through the
state.
Eight negroes were killed and three
white men were wounded in race riots
in Wilmington, N. G. A complete new
municipal government was established
by a citizens committee and the office
of a negro newspaper was sacked and
burned.
The Turney and Jones Coal company
of Columbus, O., and the Pennsylvania
and Ohio Fuel company of St. Paul
with offices also in Chicago, have been
put into the hands of the Security and
Title company of Chicago as receivers
by the federal court
Princeton won the football game with
Yale on Brokaw field at Princeton, n.
J., Saturday by a score of to 0. The
one touchdown was made by Arthur
Poe, who ran nearly 100 yards with the
ball. Both teams played strong game
The attendance was $4,000.
A Grand Trunk express train bound
for Toronto crashed into a moving
freight train at Murray Hill crossing,
near Trenton, Ont, Tuesday, and sew
eral cars were smashed almost to
splinters- Twelve people were killed
and a dozen or more seriously injured.
A misplaced switch was the cause of
the accident.
William Hickey Gross archbishop of
Oregon, Roman Catholic church, died at
st. Joseph's hospital, in Baltimore, Mon
day of heart disease. Archbishop Gross
came to this city to attend a celebra-
ton at ST. Charles college, Ellicott City,
Md, and was taken sick on Nov. g. since
which time he has been confined to his
bed in ST. Joseph's hospital.
An explosion in the grocery store of
C. A. Stearns at Hanover, Mass, Fri
day wrecked the building, caused the
death of four men and severely injur-
ed ten others, one of whom it is feared
will die. The dead are: M. r. Sylves-
ter, leaves wife and six children; G.
T. Tolman, leaves wife and two chill
dren; c. A. Peterson, leaves wife and
one child, and Edgar Adams, leaves
wife md two children
The results of last weeks elections in
the various states indicate that the Re-
pubIicans will have a majority in the