The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-08
,iWEEK,s NEWS CONDENSED.
1. "Wednesday. May 81.

pines, r.. '.
American ladies Of Havana decorated
the wreck Of the steamer Maine yes
terday. p'i
Alabama newspapers are urging
General Joe Wheeler as q candidate for
governor.
The Cornell-Pennsylvani freshman
boat race at Ithaca. N. Y. was won BY
Cornell In 11.2eis.
Memorial day was more generally
observed throughout the country than
ever before. the ceremonies being de-
voted largely to the memories Of SOL
diers who died In the Spanish Ameri-
can war.
Thursdsy. June 1.
The upsetting Of rowboat etTo:eoo
drowned three women and two men.
Another strike In Buffalo has called
out 1000 freight hanu,ers.
In q recent fire at Yamagata, Japan,
GOO houses and II shrines and temples
were destroyed. A number Of lives
were lost.
Colonel Randall. who is distributing
our governments $S.000.00o gratuity to
Cuban soldiers. says the payrolls have
been padded. '-
]. NeaIe Plumb. who recently muir
dered Millionaire Alexander Master
son In New York. died at Benevue
hospital Of facial erysipelas.
The Duke Of Westminster's Flying
Fox won the English Derby. Holo-
causte, ridden by Tod Sloan. broke MS
leg In the race and was killed.
Friday, June 2.
A 100000 monument to Admiral
Dewey is to be erected In Lincoln park.
Chicago. ..
Governor Jones. OF Arkansas, an
nounces himself q candidate for United
States senator.
The bimetallic convention at Louis
VILE endorsed the Chicago platform
and William J. Bryan.
The German government has not
lodged a protest against the sending
OF the cruiser Newark to Samoa to
take the place Of the Philadelphia.
In his last will and testament sar,
T. Jack. the dead theatrical manager
willed his wife to his brother. James
C. Jack. urging that they become hus-
band and wife.
saturday. June q.
The bill to tax Michigan mines
seems sure OF passage in the legisla.
ture.
Forged bonds OF the state Of Ar
kansas have been discovered. The
forgeries may reach millions.
w. H. Ellerbe governor OF South
Carolina. died OF consumption at bis
plantation near. Dillon. s. c.. aged 81.
Vice President Hobart left Washing.
ton for Long Branch. to spend the
summer. ;, His health Is greatly i'm
proved. 81, .,
Suit Aas been brought In Washing.
ton to prevent the payment Of con.
gressional appropriations TO sectaria1
institutions. ...t..
Major C6mte .Esterhaxy confessed IN
London that he forged. by order oI
SandherfsA the bordereau that cou'
! victed DA1fds: !. a...r = :,
'i - a.Aonday, June g.,
Goveruor Otero. Of New Mexico. sx'
poets congress to make TINT TERRITORY
state next year.
Duke dArcos, Spain's minister &
Washington. was formally received b!
President Mckinley on Saturday.
Johann, Strauss. the famous Aus
trian musical composer. known as tn
waltz king" died in Vienna, aged u
Congressman Richard p. Bland
seriously Ill at Lebanon. Mo-. and hi
friends are considerably alarmed owe
his condition.
While Great Britain h still tn
greatest coal producing nation. th
United States IL q close second. an
will soon lead.
Owners OF Arkansas Valley Goa
lands in West Virginia propose to com
bine on a &c, ,000. 900 basis and build
50-mile railroad.
| The publication Of inflammatory ar
ticles In the newspapers OF Santiago d
Cuba has forced General Brooke :
establish press censorship.
Tuesday. June o.
General Carlos Exeta, ex-president Q
Salvador. Is dangerously Ill In OAK
land, Cal.
George Ray. aged l02 years. is suin
his wife, aged 81. for divorce at CO
lumbus, Mo.
The British house Of commons vote
General Lord Kitchener grant O
ESQ, 9,351 for his victories In the Soudar
The naval section Of the armamen
committee Of the peace conference q
The Hague has unanimously rejecte
the Russian proposals.
Judge Reagan. Of Texas. the onl
surviving member Of the Confederat
cabinet. made q patriotic address at
but non one was badly injured.