The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
TELEGRAPHfC BRIEFS.

Derby. ct, JUNE 1O.--it was announced
today that, at meeting OF the directors
of the Briggs Seabury Gun and Ammuni-
tlon Company Of this city y es,terrda ~, u
from 81, 100000 to &,0O00OO =.
Armour, S. D., June los, D. Clark
struck and fatally Injured bis wife ana To-
Of belmont, last night, and then disap-
Deared f"'
New Haven. June 10.-Thomas Germloy,
a member, of G. Company Second reBl-
mont IS confined IN the county jail, hav-
ing been arrested by order or COL BUR-
pee, communicating.
Newport, June l0.-United States mont
tor Amphitrite, J. C., Barclay, from
League Island arrived this afternoon.
Enterprise sailed today for Hampton
Roads.
PittsBdrg. June ia strike Of 5000
coal miners in the central district OF
Pennsylvania is threatened
Frankfort Del, June 10.-Two persons
were killed by lightning during a heavy
storm which passed over here last eve
ming, They were George and Ida Truitt,
step-chidr5n of John s. Rogers.
Chicago, June 1O.-The jury in the case
Of Red Chris" Strook, charged with
completely in the Schrage bond robbery.
was discharged today, having failed to
reach an agreement.
Chicago. June 1O--Ths will Of Martin
Meier who on Wednesday was found
bound and murdered In his home and
which the police hoped would furnish a
clew to the. slayer$ IS missing the
was opened today. Mortgages amount
ing to $1,000 and other papers were found,
but the envelope marked win of Martin
Meier contained nothing but naturaiiza-
ton papers and a receipt for burial lot.
Chicago June i0.-The rolling mill Of
Norton Brothers TN can factory in May
wood, where the wOrkmen are on a strike.
was burned today Loss $1,000 The
factory officials claim the fire was started
by the strikers.
Washington. June lO-The Afro-Ameri-
can counsel Of the United States has is
sued an appeal addressed 20 the officials
OF the southern states urging them to
do everything possible to prevent lynch
Ing.
South Norwalk. Conn. June 10.-John
Kuhn, a Hungarian aged IS years, who
was taken to the town farm this after
noon, for examination as 10 his sanity,
set fire to the small building in which
he was confined and was burned TO
crisp.
New Haven. June 1O-At the regular
monthly meeting of the directors Of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company held in New York
today, the usual quarterly dividend of
per cent was declared.
Washington, June 1.-THE receipts of
application for patents on inventions ars
larger than they have been in any ether
years save 1861 which were the ban.
ner years. Last month there were s847
applications received at The. pateat office,
nearly 100 ia excess of Nay, lS9&-
San Francisco. june 1g.-Tfon. Timothy
Guy Phelps, chairman of the board OF
regents OF the University of California.
and formerly collector Of customs for
this port. died today at his san Carlos
county home, from the effects Of injuries
received last month, at the hands OF two {.
cyclists mounted on tandems who ran
over him.
washington. June 1.-The post ofice at
PrigmOre, Tenn, whose postmaster, .
Samuel F. WINS. was recently removed,
as chiefly identified with an or@anized
movement TO raise postmasterst compen-
sations and clerk hire allowances, IN
defiance OF official rules, has been dia-
continued. on account OF the lack OF a
suitable candidate to take the Office
Washington. june 1l.-Agent- Pollock
telegraph from Eiohama, in response to
an official inquiry in connection With re-
cent alleged eviCtions Of intruders. that
there is no trouble whatever on the Usage
Indian reservation.