Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-28
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Jen.1s.

A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
wednesday, jan. rs.
Tuesdays elections -in9 ireland show
great gains for the laborltes.
Three highwaymenr held up uni
formed policeman in Chicago and stole
his revolver.
John RUSSELL Young; congressionaltli-
brarian and ex-minister, to China died;
in Washington, aged 81.
The naval personnel bill, which has
been urged by navy officers for over
decade; passed the national house,.
In the conference between operators
and miners in Pittsburge the former'op
pose q proposed advance in wages.
Arrangements have been perfected
for a monthly postal service between
Sitka and Unalaska, Alaska, 1900 miles.
Joseph Buckley, OF the Second LOU
ssiana volunteers, was convicted at Hn-
vana Of numbering O comrade. John D.
Hughes.
Thursday, Jan. 10.
Major Esterhasy arrived IN Paris to
testify In the Dreyfus case.
Cuban. newspapers speak Of ourmil-
itary governors on the island as mil
itary dlctators.'
A Carlist chief In Paris declares that
Don Carlos is resolved otake the field
for the crown Of Spain.
The Kansas City (Mo.) Times nomi-
mates Senator Cockreu as the Demo-
cratic candidate for president.
There has been fighting in Samoa, the
defeated by Chief Mataafa,s followers.
Cubans' cruelty to animals has led
to the organization OF a. branch OF the
American Anti-Cruelty society In San
tiago.
Congressman 8. e. Payne, OF New.
York. will probably succeed the late
Mr.. Dingley as chairman Of the house
ways and means committee
Friday. Jan. go.
The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Giralda
arrived at Seville with, the reputed
ashes Of Columbus.
Porter J. McCumber has been select
ed by North Dakota Republicans for
United States senator.
The peaceful car of Russia, Is hav
ing built new cruiser, three battle
ships and numerous torpedo boats.
Police Chief Crow. Of Somerville. n.
j., was perhaps fatally shot while pur-
suing fleeing burglar who escaped.
a bill introduced in the national
houses proposes to reimburse soldiers
Of the late war while home on sick fur
Tough.
Four boys who had slowed. away az
mascots on the transport Grant. which
|, left New York with troops for Manila.
were landed and their parents notified.
Saturday, Jan. 81.
Our government advertises for bids
for the deportation of Spanish prison
ers In the Philippines.
Admiral Schley was presented with a
jeweled sword by fellow members Of the
Royal Arcanum In New York.
The bank at Arthur, Ills. was robbed
of 81, 900 to $4,000 by six men. who es-
capped. They bound theawatchman.
In published statement Richard
Croker, New York's Tammany leader.
vigorously assalls the Is to issue.
Congressman Payne. Of New York,
succeeds the late Mr.. Dingleyi as chair
man of the house ways and means COM
mittee.
Monday, Jan. 23.
A new tariff for Porto Rico goes into
effect Feb. /.
On Saturday the national senate
passed the Nicaragua canal bill.
In Porto Rico from 16 to 20 per cent
of the people can neither read nor
write.
The Astor battery returned to New
York from Manila, and received an en-
thusiastic welcome.
The Longfellow.- National Memorial
association Is soliciting subscriptions
for monument to the poet In Wash
ington.
Because of General Brooke's order
transferring control Of expenditures to
Santiago, Cubans talk wildly Of retiring
to the hills.
Senatorial deadlocSs continue In Penn
sylvania. Delaware, West Virginia. Ne
braska, Montana, Utah, Nevada. Wash
ington and California.
Two villages in southern Greece were
completely destroyed and two others
partially destroyed by earthquake.
Many injured. but no fatalities.