The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-01-26
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday, Jan. Is.


Tuesdays elections In ireland show
great gains for the laborites.
Three highwaymen held UP a uni
formed policeman in Chicago and stole
his revolver.
John Russell Young, congressional Ii
brarian and ex-minister to China, died
in Washington. aged 81.
The naval personnel bill. which has
been urged by navy officers for over a
decade. passed the national house.
In the conference between operators
and miners in Pittsburg the former op-
pose a proposed advance In wages.
Arrangements have been perfected
for monthly postal service between
Sltka and Unalaska. Alaska, 1900 miles.
Joseph Buckley, of the Second Lou
isiana volunteers, was convicted at Ha-
vana Of numbering a comrade. John d.
Hughes.
Thursday, Jan. 10.
Major Esterhazy arrived in Paris to
testify in the Dreyfus case.
Cuban newspapers speak Of our mil
itary governors on the island as mil
itary dictators."
A Carlist chief in Paris declares that
Don Carlos is resolved to take the field
for the crown of Spain.
The Kansas City (Mo.) Times nomi-
mates Senator Cockrell as the Demo-
cratic candidate for president
There has been fighting in Samoa. the
forces Of King Malietoa Tanus being
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 S. Z. Payne, OF New
York. will probably succeed the late
Mr.. Dingley as chairman OF the house
ways and means committee.
Friday, Jan. 20.
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 cYar OF Russia Is hav-
ing built a 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 as
mascots on the transport Grant, which
left New York with troops for Manila,
We're landed and their parents notified.
saturday. Jan. 81.
The Chinese exclusion laws are 10 be
rigidly enforced in Porto Rico.
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 5000 to 5000 by six men. who es-
capped. They bound the watchman.
In a published statement Richard
Croker New York's Tammany leader,
vigiorouMy assails the Is to issue.
Congressman Payne. Of New York,
succeeds the late Mr.. Dinpley as chair
man Of the house ways and means com
mittee
Monday, Jan. 90.
A new tariff for Porto Rico goes into
effect Feb. I.
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 I.ongfellow National Memorial
associa ton is soliciting subscriptions
for a monument to the poet in Wash
inEtOn.
Because Of General Brookes order
transferring control OF expenditures to
Santiago. Cubans talk wildly OF retiring
to the hills.
Senat orial deadlocks continue in Penn.
sylvania, Dela ware, 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.