The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-21
IwEEK's NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday, Sept. IA.

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New York state trades unions have
increased 131 In number and 81 900 in
membership in year.
Miss Alice Knott was found dead in
bed at Washington, having been as
phyxiated. A pet parrot had turned
on the gas.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, multi-milllon-
aire and head of the famous Van
derbilt family. died suddenly Of cere-
bral hemOrrhage IN New York, aged 56.
At Tuckahoe. N. Y. Terry McGov-
ern. of Brooklyn. defeated Pedlar Pal
mer, OF England, in 2 minutes and 80
seconds for $4,000 purse and the
worlds bantamweight championship.
Thursday, Sept, Il.
There are now II, COS soldiers quar-
tered at the Preside, San Francisco.
At Fiskdale, Mass, Peter King mur-
dered his aged parents while under the
influence of liquor.
Ex-Speaker Reed thinks the Ameri-
can people will soon tire OF spending
$50 .000.0 900 annually on the Philippines
Charles f. Snedes, a grain merchant
Of Harlem. n. d., suicded by shooting
on crowded train near Glenview. Ills.
Philadelph!a's export exposition was
formally opened today, under auspi-
cious circumstances. First days at
tendance. 22.o27.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheuowe.h. Christian
Scientists, of Frankfort, Ind. are un-
der arrest for murder They refused
to give their dying child medicine.
Judge Talcott. OF Valparaiso. Ind,
aged 80. married I4-year-old Mrs.
Boardman. The judge first wife died
after C2 years OF married life.
Friday. sept. Is.
None Of the cabinet officials will take
part In New York's Dewey reception.
A platoon Of Indians is to be re-
Cruited for service in the Philippines
Postmaster General Smith will speak
for the administration In the Ohio
campaign.
Mrs. Catherine Kennedy was burn
ed to death In tenement house fire in
Brooklyn.
Paul e. Aver, OF Columbia. S. c..
veteran of the Spanish war, chal-
lenges Count Esterhazy to duel.
Colonel DENLY and Professor Wor-
cester. of the Philippines commission
have been summoned home for confer
ence by the president.
saturday, Sept, 10.
Two marines Of the cruiser Philadel.
phia were killed by drinking wood
alcohol
An aerolyte weighing 500 pounds fell
near Sycamore, o.. making the earth
tremble.
The revolution in Venezuela, despite
contrary reports, is assuming alarm
Ing proportions.
The Chinese government is suppress
Ing kilograms to the German minister
at Pekin regarding ,he destruction OF
German property by natives in the
Hintcrland.
b. r. Banning, a Hawaiian capital.
ist. arrived at San Francisco with a
valise containing $4,000. He after
wards missed II. and II Is believed to
have been sent back to the islands by
mistake.
Monday. Sept. IL.
The pope's encyclical to France does
not refer to the Dreyfus case.
Seven hours Of rain has broken the
drought which has existed In northern
Texas since June rs.
A Paris dispatch says General Mer-
oier will be a candidate for the senate
In the department Of Sarthe.
Manuel Cordova. wife and six chill.
dren were killed by the collapse OF their
adobe house near Mora. N. M.
Charles A. Pillsbury. founder OF the
famous Pillsbury -four mills In Mime
apolis. died In that city. aged 81.
Congressman Daniel Ermentrout, of
the Ninth Pennsylvania district, died
In Reading. aged 62.
Maurus Jokai. the noted Hungarian
novelist, rs years old. married lS-year-
old Arabella Grossnagy. a popular ac-
tress.
Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Fire In Los Angeles, Cal. caused
$250.000 loss and fatally burned two
firemen.
A case Of smallpox prevented the
departure OF the Thirty-first infantry
from San Francisco for Manila.
The number OF enlistments to date
is 6,685. The Thirty-eighth regiment
leads with 926. and the Thirty-ninth,
with 9S1 men.
A boat containing the captain and II
men of the French steamer Dunral. re-
ported to have foundered. is believed
to have been lost
The Epoca. newspaper, Of Havana,
speaking Of Cuba's future. says the
United States will not tolerate Hayti
or San Domingo at its doors.
The remains Of General Antonio
Maceo and Francisco Gomez were ex-
humed at Bejucal. Cuba. in the pres
ence Of large crowd OF people.
1t is said that apartments have been
engaged at Folkestone. England. for
Nine. Dreyfus and her children In the
event Of her husbands pardon.