The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-08-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
IeleSraphlc Gleani !gS From All Parts
of the World

de Janeiro. -'''
The lava from Mauna I.oa. lately in
in Hawaii, has flowed seventy
miles to the. sea.
Inc President, it is reported. has de-
elaeu 10 stay at Lake Chamnain Mt
least until September /.
Decision against Sousa. the composer
and bandmaster, was rendered in a
hhuaoelphla suit for royalties.
fompadour Jim" Corbett the pugil-
ISL, put to flight at Asbufy Park a
masher who insulted Mrs. Corbett.
Julius Mattas, Chicago laborer has
neen attacked by laughing fit. which
die p'''''''
Policeman Daniel Learey. of New.
ark. was killed by the accidental dis.
charge of his own revolver while in
court.
Consul General Wildman. at Hong
hoh%. has warned the United Statos
Government that pirates dominate the
West River in China.
Ex-senator K. q. Mills. of Texas has
sold portion of his oil lands near
CorSicana, Tex, to the Standard Oil
Company for $4,000.
The coroner's jury at Mount Desert
Me-, found verdict that the Sunday
accident there was caused by 'insutIi-
clent construction" of the Steamboat
slip. 00'''
Property owners at Mount Kisco, y.
l., armed with shotgunS, prevented an
electric light company from s,ringing
wires in front of their residences on
Maple avenue.
The Sisters of St Mary's Convent in
Jamica. l.. l.. will prosecute two young
men under arrest at Long Island City
Tor ''peeping at them while they We're
at prayers"
The Federation of Labor IS consider
ing complaint that Marshall Field e
Co, of Chicago, warn employees not to
marry and discharge those who disre-
gard the warning.
Engineer Ford and Fireman Wood
We're killed in the wreck of a Southern
Paciilc express near Dospalos, Cal,
ana two passengers, man and a wo-
man. were seriously hurt.
\ sailor named Miller. formerly of
Buffalo, is to be tried in Japan for the
murder Of R. n. Ward. Virginian,
and two japanese women. He is the
first American to be tried there by
Japanese courts.
Three deaths from yellow fever are
reported from Santiago.
Rev. S. B. Meyers died in his pulpit
at Hanover. Pa.
The dead in the Mount Desert ferry
Slip accident were found to number
twenty.
The eruption from Mauna Loa has
ceased but Hawaii is still shaken by
earthquakes.
Cuban criminals are fleeing to this
country and an eNtraditiun treaty will
be asked for.
Robert Law hanged himself at Yank.
ton. s. D.. and his sister cut him down
in time to save his life.
President Mckinley shared the ex-
citement over the impending regatta of
the Lake Champlain Yacht Club.
1t was reported In Washington that
Gen. Alger would abandon for the
present his Senatorial aspirations.
Mrs. Bradford, wife of the Sheriff at
Marion. Ind. seized an escaping prison
er and held him till he was handcuffed.
J. RI. Dunn. wife and two sons and
Lawrence Mount, narrowly escaped
drowning by the upsetting of a yacht
at Cedar Creek. n. ].
Clarence Watkins, eleven years old,
stabbed to death his father at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, because he whipped
him.
Henry Brown, farm hand. cut the
throat Of Frances Green. domestic at
the home of DR.. Hundley. thirty miles
north of Dallas, Tex, almost Severing
refused to marry Brown.
Harry Hough. assistant cashier of
the Cocheco. Savings Bank. of Dover,
n. H., was arrested on a State war
rant, charged with rObbing the Nation
al Rank of Cocheco. Proceedings are
pending against him in the Federal
Court.
Investigation of the Bridgeport troll
ley wreck showed twenty-nine dead
and several injured. 1t was suggested
that the motormaD's carelessness or
blunder caused the accident and he has
been arrested charged with man
slaughter.
The yellow fever situation at Hamp-
ton is reported encouraging.
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, says
he believes in legitimate expansion.
The Rev. ID. L. Lloyd, formerly
Bishop of Bangor, Eng, is dead.
The New Haven railroad telegraph
operators threaten strike.
A celluloid factory was set afre in
Paris by the suns rays. 1t was de-
stroyed.
EX-Queen Liliuokalani said in Wash
ington that Hawaii was almost in a
state of anarchy.
More troops were removed from
Cleveland, owing TO the quiet condi-
ton of the strikers.
The railway from Skagway, Alaska,
to Lake Bennett was promised for
completion August 20.
Five persons were drowned in the
Patapsco River, near Baltimore, by
capslzing of a rowboat.
Out of 1876 vessels entering Havana
in June 80 brought cargoes from the
United States and % from Spain.
Vice President Hobart arrived at
Lake Champlain, and was
greeted by President Mckinley.
A riot at Fort Mcpherson, Ca, be-
tween regulars and volunteers result
ed in the wounding of eight soldiers.
Prof. r. L. Garner is to make a third
trip to the African jungles, where he
will try TO teach the monkeys English.