The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-01-05
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday, Dec. 2S.

JOnH SoCuIdi, eA-soNtiHoi VI i'S''
aware, died near Middletown. DEL
aged 90.
Justin s. Morrill,, the veteran senator
from Vermont, died Of grip in Wash
ington, aged IS.
Miss Mercedes Garcia, daughter OF
the dead Cuban general. died Of con-
sumption at Thomasville, Ga
Hon. Justin s. Morrill,. the veteran,
United States senator from Vermont.
died Of pneumonia in Washington, aged
So years.
The dry goods store of Henry Wes-
sells. In Baltimore, was entered by
burglars. who blew open the safe antc
secured $1,000.
w. A T.. Moore, convicted in New
York OF working the badger" game on
Martii. Mahon, was sentenced to. -
years in Sing Sing prison.
Soteros de Sarantos, brigand for
whom the Greek government offers g.
600 fiancs. dead or alive, Is under arrest
in New York for felonious assault.
Thursday, Dec. go.
II is asserted that Carlist prisoners In
Spanish prisons are being tortured.
Howard ]. Reder, judge of the PENN
sylvania superior court, died at Easton-
aged IS.
The Island Of Guam, just acquired by
the United States as naval station,
will have a naval governor.
1t is reported that w. X. Wander
bilt, Jr., now Harvard student viii
marry Miss Virginia Fair, of California q,
Mrs. Kate Adams died In New York
from poison sent through the mails as
gift to a friend, labeled "bromo.
seltZer."
When the Americans went to tahe
possession Of Iloilo. in the Philippines,
they found the insurgents had already
captured the place.
Harry F. Bailey, cashier of the Cole
brook IN. H.) National bank, Is under
arrest for robbing the bank Of $4,000.
The bank has suspended.
Rev. Sam Small, the evangelist, now
an army chaplain. declares that he will
advocate the abolition OF army chap
lains as useless expense.
At district school near Clare, Ia,
Harry Garvey killed the school teacher.
Miss May Thomas. and then killed,
himself She had Tilted him.
NJ. Claude Philibert de CorceIles,
formerly secretary Of the French is-
cation at Washington, and a grandson
OF Lafayette. died in Paris, aged 96.
Friday Dec. 80.
A floating quarantine station. to, COST
$4,000, is to be built at Philadelphia 70,
Havana harbor.
The entire board Of directors of the
Moran (Kan.) bank are In Jail, charged
| with violating the banking law.
The Cubans in Havana had expendeA
$4,000 for an evacuation celebration
which was prohibited by General
Brooke.
Frank Jay Gould, the youngest! sory
OF the late Jay Gould. paid $40, 900 for
seat on the New York Stock Ea-
change.
Arrangements have been perfecte,I
for bringing home the bodies of SOL
diers buried in Cuba, Porto Rico and.
Manila.
c. A. Boeler, a Wells Fargo exprssH
employe at San Antonio, Tex. went to
deliver 100000 money package. He.
has disappeared with the money.
saturday, Dec. 81.
Ex-Governor Merriam, of Minnesota
Is mentioned as ambassador to Russia
The domestic letter rate from Cam
ada to the United States has been re-
duced to two cents.
An army board will investigate the
"embalmed beef controversy between
Generals Miles and Eagan.
Frank Blassington. aged 16, and his
brother Joseph, aged u, were drowned
at Rock Falls, Conn.,, while skating.
The Merritt & Chapman wreckinS
company has started to raise the.
sunken Reina Mercedes In Santiago
harbor.
r. G. Dun's review of trade says the
year 1898 far surpassed all others ins
financial and industrial results. New
York is now the center of the worldsr,
financial power.
Monday, Jan. 2.
A revolution has broken out in
iivia and Ecuador is much disturbed
Six Finnish mine laborers fell YtS
feet to death down a mine shaft az
Ishpemlng. Mich.
The Louisville Courier-Journal nomit
mates Dewey and Lee for president anu
vice president on the Democratic ticket.
The American liner Paris brought to-
New York the crew Of the British tank
steamer Vindobala, wrecked in mid
ocean.
An American lady in Rome has pre-.
sented the pope with a magnificent
gold snuffbox. studded with diamonds.
and containing check for $4,000.
A New York newspaper sent a $5.NW
check to Emperor William, with re-
quest that he write his views of tho
Spanish-American war. The check
Kas returned. X