The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-30
i WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
wednesday,. March 81.

q WEEKS NEWS UUNUENSEU.
,,,T Wednesday,. March 81.
S{)nuel q. King, ex-mayor Of Philadel-
rhih. died In that city, aged SS.
The Deutsche Zeituns. OF Vienna, de-
scrilies America as "a dangerous trade
rival"
An exploding sawmill boiler near Cum
kerland. Nd. killed Philetus Wink, Dan
iel Snyder and nam named Shuss.
Harry II. Hammond fatally shot John
who was escorting Hammond's divorced
wife.
Ii is announced that Congressman
Bailey will attempt to secure the seat
in thc national senate now held by Mr..
Chiffon, OF Texas.
A report that reached Washington an
nouncng the death Of Hon. John Shcr
man created great excitement. 1t was
subsequently corrected.
Gerald Lapiner. 3 years old, stolen
from his home in Chicago last May, was
found in Painesville, o., and his ab-
ductor, Mrs. Ingersoll, arrested.
Thursday. March ca.
Scc~etary Alger and party left Sn-
vann.h, Ga. tonight for tour in Cuba
William ]. Bryan will address tn"
Chicago platform jefferson day banqur;
in New York.
Germans in Samoa have petitioncd
their government to demand the recall
Of Chief Justice Chumbcrs
Ambassador Choatc has leased the
London residence Of the viccroy AMI
vicerine OF India.
A committee of citizens of Washington
are cndcavoring to have Admiral Dewey
brought home to participate in peace
jubilee in May.
james Billings, negro ex-cony,cf.
is under arrest in Now York charged
with killing ll-ycar-old Susie Martin in
1891. William Johnson. another cX-
convict, says Billings confessed to him.
Friday. March 2L.
A reunion of Rooscvclt's rough ridcrs
will be held in Guthrie. o. T.. next June
Mupkacsy. the noted Hungarian rr;is,
is dying in a madhousc at Bonn. Ger
many.
In II letter to Admiral Sampson The
president recognizes him as the destroyer
OF the Spanish fleet off Santiago.
Race wars in Arkansas and Mississippi
have resulted in the lynching OF ten he,
grocs in the past three days.
Dr. w. III. IipScomb. - years old,
has just entered Mississippi's state prison
to serve n life sentence for murder.
I.olo Bnnzilla, popular Austrian
actress, cxclaiming ""ris love that
kills. shot herself In view of Vienna
audience.
saturday. March "5.
Hon. Il. II. Picrpont the first gov.
ernor OF West Virginia. died in Pitts
burg. ~
Commercial agencies declare that. de-
spite trusts and stock spcculations, busl
ness steadily improves.
Consul Fowler. at Chce Foo. China, is
sues an appeal for American aid fol
China's starving millions.
q. w. Leitner, the noted German lin
guist. died at Bonn. Germany. aged 80
lie wrote and spoke 80 languages.
MISS Marion SOckTeli, uauEntcT OF tnt
| Missouri senator, will christen the battlc
I ship Missouri at Newport News. Va, IL
! October.
The New Jersey legislature ndjourne,
sine die at 9:15 last night, the clocks
having been stopped just before o'clock
the legal hour OF adjournment.
Monday, March 2s.
Ex-Governor Fletcher. OF Missouri.
died in Washington Saturday.
George Bidwcll. the noted Bank OF
England forger, died in Butte, Mont.
Secretary Of War Alger and party ar
rived at Havana yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Knapp. special agent OF our gov
crnmcnt to Japan, declares that countr.
needs our farm products.
John and Paul Xcltncr killed Lawyc
| Westenhavcn in court at Iloytsvillc, o.
then escaped to their home, where the!
! held atmilitia company mt bay nll nigh
before surrcndcring. In the firing Mt th'
house Clarence Weidcnmeycr, Of thu
posse, was killed.