Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-26
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
"Wednesday. Aug. lG.

riage Of Mrs. Langtry to Hugo Gerald
de Battle, rich Englishman.
All of Egypt is infected with the foot
and mouth disease. There have been
1,S27 cases reported since July is.
The transport Senator sailed for
Manila yesterday. with about 700 Of
fcers and recruits and signal corps
A reunion of eX-slave holders and
ex-slavcs will probably be held in
Chattanooga during the latter part OF
September. This reunion will be The
first of its kind ever held.
Thursday, Aug. Ii.
The Democrats of Iowa nominated
Fred W. White for governor.
The First Colorado regiment arrived
nj San Francisco from Manila.
Boiling Democrats in Kentucky nom
mated j. Young Brown fer governor.
Scarcity of iron and steel is said to
he due to our enormous exports abroad.
The extreme lowness of the Nile
Threatens the Egyptian cotton crops
and The natives have been warned to
, SOW early.
Medals were awarded yesterday to 20
mcn of the gunboat Nashville who cut
the cables at Cienfuegos, Cuba. during
the late war
FrIdny, Aug. Is.
In telegram Admiral Dewey says
he will arrive in New York Sept. %.
Large quantities of supplies are being
forwarded to Porto Rico for hurricane
sufferers.
The fund in Philadelphia for the re-
lief of the Porto Rico sufferers has
reached the sum of S9,5S1.53.
A carriage containing six people fell
into the White river near Washington.
Ind. and all were drowned.
a cotton mill combine is to be
formed to absorb $50 900, 600 worth OF
Fall River manufacturing property.
An attempt was made TO hold up Il
! train III Colorado by one man. The
express messenger ana conductor were
injured. The man was afterwards ar
rested badly wounded.
saturday, Aug. 10.
The town of Placeville. Idaho. was
practically wiped out by fire.
Five men were drowned by the cap
sizing of a boat off Point aux Barques,
Lake Michigan.
Prospects are more favorable for a
settlement OF the South Jersey glass
blowers strike which has existed since
last April.
, A man arrested near Rennes, France,
confessed he was Labori's assailant.
and glorifed the crime. He is thought
to be insane.
Two negroes. Armestead Taylor and
John H. Brown were hanged ut Rock
Vile Nd. for the murder of Louis
! Rosenstein and wife.
Monday, Aug. II.
The bubonic plague is reported to
have appeared in Spain.
Walter Wellman and party of Arctic
explorers have arrived at Tromsoe
Norway.
Price Henry OF Prussia will return
from the far east in December ny way
OF the United States.
The buhonc plaques appearance in
Oporto. Portugal. is attributed to i'm
ports Of rice from India.
( Signor Marconi. who experiments in
wireless telegraphy at Dover, England
will come to the United States next
| month.
General Jimincz. the aspirant for The
presidency of Santo Domingo, has left
Havana and says he will take peace
able possession of that Office.
James p. Young. a recently enlisted
private in the Thirtieth infantry
volunteers was Killed by a freight
train Il Evanston, Ills. yesterday.
Eight hundred tons of supplies for
the Porto Rico sufferers arc now on
| beard the transport Panther at Phia-
delphia. and she will sail this evening
Tuesday, Aug. -.
The Klondike output this year will
| he fully 2G,0a1,000
! There we're two deaths from hu-
bonic plague yesterday in Portugal.
The number OF cnlistment.s Saturday
for the Philippines vas 2!7. making
total Of l4.9l2
The contributions to the Dewey
Home fund yesterday were 1851. max
f! ing the total $l9.12S.
One boy was killed and another NOR
| tally wounded by a farmer whose
watermelon patch they were raiding al
j Ouray. Colo.
4 lamp exploded on the altar of tho
! Church of Good Shepherd at Toledo O..
and the fire which ensued destroyed
the church.
Ralph Robbins was accidentally shot
F.; and killed by his brother, William
near their Adirondack camp. Wlnian
mistook Ralph for deer.
i Favor mn EARLY Convention.