The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
THE COUNTRY N GENERAL
A Summary of Happenings at
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
4.
A Review of What Has Transpired
of Public Interest.


OF Public Interest.
Santiago de Cuba Sept. 5.-Senores
Trujillo, editor, of FL Porvenir. and
Eduardo zero, editor of Cubano Iihre
will, it is expected, fight duel in con.
sequence of differences regarding Ger.
tain questions arising from the elec.
tion of the City Council
Washington, Sept. 5.-Among the
Consular officers recognized by the
President appear the names of Cassius
A. Green. Consul of Ecuador. Phila-
delphia; Henry G. Potter, Vice Consul
of Costa Rica, Philadelphia; Wenceslao
Borda, Consul of Colombia, San Juan.
P. r., and Manuel Gomez Barros. Con.
sui of Portugal, at Porto Rica.
Syracuse, n. Y, Sept. 5.-In a letter
to the Chamber of Commerce in this
city, Frank S. Gardner, secretary of
the New York Board of Trade and
Transportation, says that the State
Commerce Convention will be held in
Utica on October 10. The date was
originally set for September 26. but
changed on account of the reception
for Dewey.
Mantle, Conn, Sept. 5.-The body of
an unknown man. about ~ years old.
was found in the Sound off this place.
He evidently had fallen from some
boat. He was five feet, eight inches
tall, weight about $50 pounds. brown
SfD oh
blue serge suit sack coat, with "An-
drew ]. Connick, New York" on the
trousers buttons, and russell congress
shoes.
st. Louis, Sept. 5.-Gov. Stone has
called meeting Of the subcommittee
of the Democratic National Committee
for September II and IS, in the Audi
torium Hotel. Chicago. The commit
tees in question are the Executive,
composed Of seven members; the Ways
and Means, composed of seven men,
bers. and the Press Committee. COM
posed of five members. So far as party
work is concerned, this will be the
most important meeting Of the year.
Toledo, O.. Sept. 6.-Colonel II. Bun.
bury, of the English army. is here 70
purchase wagons from the Mllburn
Company for use in the Transvaal. He
says war Is inevitable.
Farmingdale, L. l., Sept 6.-Fright
ened by the approach of train, horse
backed wagon on the railroad tracks
here, and Clifford Powell, boy of ten.
son of Walter Powell, was killed.
Moorestown, N. Y, Sept. 6.-CaIeb A.
Wright, chief of police. is in bed with
broken leg. He attempted to put
several men out of Coles barroom
and they threw him out, breaking the
leg.
Baltimore, Sept. 6.-President John
| S. Wilson, of the Baltimore, Chesa-
peake and Atlantic Railroad, has con.
| firmed the report of the purchase of
controlling interest of that road by the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
Washington, Sept. 6.-The Secretary
of War has ordered the Thirty-third
Regiment of Volunteers from Fort Sam
Houston, Tex. to San Francisco for
embarkation to the Philippines. The
regiment Is commanded by Col. Hare.
Matawan, n. Y, Sept 6.-Because
after spending several hours at village
hotels. he started to drive home by
way of the Central Railroad tracks.
Charles Chrsty is dead and his horse
and wagon lie in heap by the track
side.
Spokane, Sept. 6.-Harry E. Green's
faro hank in the heart Of the city was
entered by masked robbers, who COM
nelled all present to hold up their
hands. They got S1,S00 Ten police
men chased the robbers. One bluecoat
was shot. The others caught one of
the fugitfves
South Bethlehem, Sept. 6.-The an
nual covenant festival of the married
people Of the Moravian Church, in
Rethlehem, commemorating the one
hundred and seventy second annivers.
orv. was held here. Nearly all the
heads of Moravlan families, with near.
iy 300 children, participated in the
services.
Boise, Sept uG ItCelplS OF
gold at the United States assay office
here during August were larger than
for any other month in the history of
the office The total was $243,S20. For
the first eight months of the year, the
receipts were 81, ,120,5 ,5S3. against $sS3.-
796 for the corresponding period of
last year.
Washington, Sept 6-The Bishop of
Havana, Right Rev. Emmanuel San
tander Erutas, has resigned. Since the
American occupation Of the island he
has heen a passive but not the less de-
termined opponent of the plans Of the
military government. His success has
been small and therefore his resigna-
tion.
Manila, Sept 6.-The Filiplnos are
treating the Spanish prisoners brutally,
according to tales told by several who
have escaped. They use them more
roughly than they do the Americans
who fall into their hands. These es-
caped men say the natives are forced
to use much native black powder and
are in dire need of food.
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 6.-Sheriff Stager
has succeeded in capturing and ac-
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