Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-11-11
A WEEKS NEv !. CONDENSED
IYotinesdlly, Nov. I.

General Maxine Gomez Is to write
history Of the Cuban wars.
Fire in Montreal hotel resulted In
the death of two men and woman.
A robber murderously assaulted the
express messenger on Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas train Mt Denlson. Tex.
and robbed the safe of $4,000.
Daniel Kelley was parboiled In u
boiler which he was cleaning. other
workmen III Jersey City factory hay
ing closed him In unwittingly.
Thaddcus Durff proposed to Miss
! Maud IIimion while they were out row.
Ing a t Leavenworth Ind. She refused
him. He upset the boat and swan
away, leaving her to drown. bue she
WIS rescued.
Thursday, Nov. ..
Our army subsistence the past year
cost s27,054, GAG.
Admiral Dewey has been elected
commander OF the Naval Order OF the
United States.
An explosion of flour dust in Chi
cago caused the collapse of six story
building. -Four men were killed.
General Funston will prosecute the
Monitor, Catholic paper Of San Fran
cisco. for charging him with desecrat-
ing churches.
General Hughes. commanding the
Kisayan district. in the Philippines.
reports that the Island of Negros has
not been so quiet for 20 years.
Mrs. ]. Rush Branch was found dead
IN, wit I'M or
In her heart. 1t is believed the body
had lain in the room for week.
Friday, Nov. 3.
Over 10000 able bodied Spaniards
have arrived in Cuba since January.
The admissions to Philadelphia's ex-
port exposition yesterday numbered
20917.
Italians are beiaG Imported by Erit-
ish Colombian to take tho places OF
striking Riners.
At Ceaey Islaad tonight James J.
Jegriss and Tom sharkey fought rs
vicious rounds. Jeffries got the de-
cision.
Frederick Hardy, q years old. soR
OF wealthy phosphate mine owner
OF Tennessee, was found murdered and
robbed in the bay at Keyport. N. J.
Saturday, Nov. /.
At the powder works in Etna, Ind.
500 pounds of dynamite exploded. kill
ing two employees.
james w. Johnson, OF Marydell, S. c..
, was shot and killed by two Of his
nephews in the presence of his wife.
A tax Of two cents a bunch on ba-
nanas has been levied by Nicaragua.
Americans control the export trade.
Right Rev. Louis De Goesbrland, for
many years head OF the Catholic
church in Vermont. died in Burlington,
VI. aged SO.
General Hernandez. the leader Of the
new revolution Ia Venezuela. was
routed from San Casimiro by tho gov
ernment forces
General Ignaclo Andrade, ex-presi-
don't of Venezuela, arrived at st. Thorn
as. w. /. and will proceed to San Juan
de Porto Rico.
About 1890 members Of the Dewey
family will hold reunion in New
York in January or February to greet
the admiral and his bride.
Monday, Nov. 6.
Divers found $4,000 In gold In the
wreck of the Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyer Pluton, at Santiago de Cuba.
The defeat of the Peruvian rebels I'M
der General Durand. at Huanaucoa
means death blow to the revelation.
BECAUSE she lost her position as
janitress of a Lock Haven (Pa.) school
Mrs. Louise Smith horsewhipped
i School Director Adams.
The house committee on constitu-
! tional amendments, Of the Georgia leg.
islature, has recommended measure
to practically disfranchise the negro.
The reported drowning of Engineers
Frank 3. Clarke, Of Fulton, N. Y, and
o. C. Mimmack, of Washington. D. c..
in the Machuea Rapids. Nicaragua. has
been confirmed.