Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-06-03
IA WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
"Wednesday, Mny 81.

the Ohio coal fields.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken to keep the proceedings of the
peace conference ut The Hague secret.
B. f. Clark, United States consul mt
Pernambuco. died on the steamer
Hevelius while homewnrd bound, and
was buried at sea.
George II. and Mrs. Kintcr, Chris :
tian scientists. and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c..
Saunders, are under arrest ut Buffalo,
charged with permitting the latters
9-year-old boy to die of neglect
Thursday. May 90.
Senator Platt, of Now York, favors
the nomination of Mckinley and Ho-
bart
On his march to Malolos General
Lawton had 90 fights and captured rs
towns.
Queen Victora's SOth birthday was
celebrated in all parts of the world
yesterday.
Colonel E. w. Cole, of Nashville
the richest man in Tennessee, drop
ped dead in New York hotel.
The striking grain and freight han
dlers of Buffalo have resumed work
having gained nearly every point.
Colonel Summers, of the Second Ore
gon regiment. has been breveted brga-
der general for bravery in the Philip
pines.
Friday, May 90.
A white man and colored woman
l. jtp.intr E, fro ~ A Now Nnrl-
lodging house
Still another unsuccessful attempt
was made yesterday to float the Ameri
can line steamer Paris.
Secretary ei Agriculture Wilson saws
he IS not IL candidate to succeed j. II.
Gear. United States senator from Iowa
Senior Castelar,. the famous Republic
can and president of the short lived
Spanish republic. died ut Murcla. aged
&C years.
Later advIccs show that the Mos
quito coast Indians have refused to
surrender their rights to Nicaragua
and threaten to revolt.
SATURDAY., Nav 81.
The president has appointed John c.
Twomblcy postmaster ut Denver. Colo.
Rosa Bonheur. the famous animal
painter. died at Fontaincbleau, France,
aged IT,
An automobile Travelled from Chi
cago to New York. TOT miles, In 40
hours and minutes.
Fire at Coney Island swept 90 acres.
destroying 200 buildings and causing
nearly 81 .OO0.O0 loss
The Presbyterian general assembly
referred the case of DR. McGiffert, for
alleged heresy, to the New York pres
bytery
The Presbyterian general assembly,
at Minneapolis. adopted resolutions
urging an anti-polygamy constitu-
tional amendment
Monday, May 20.
A tornado in Hamilton count. Ne
briska, did 100000 damage.
1t Is rumored in Rome that the pope
will create South American cardinal
James Williams. colorcd convict at
Dannemora On. " prison. suicidcd by
setting fire to his cell.
Susan Grant. Il young colored wo-
man. was outraged and murdered on
a lonely road near Savannah.
Coal production in the United States
in 1898 30 .SS5.993 short tons. an In
crease of nearly 10 per cent over 1897
1t now seems evident that the steam
or Paris, ashore on the rocks near Fal-
mouth, England, is doomed to dcstruc-
ton.
NcarHardeeville. S. c.. the farm
house of Jacob Solomons was Destroy
ed by fire Solomons. his wife and
seven children persisted.
Tuesday, May 80.
The Belgian government hasrescind-
cd the Introduction upon the importa-
tion of American cattle.
The Fifteenth infantry has arrived
at Manila. One man was drowned and
five deserted at Honolulu.
Marion Clark. the 1S-months-oid
child kidnapped from her New York
home nine days ago. is still missing.
Clotheslnes saved 3-year-old Joseph
Frederick, who fell from the fourth
story window of his home in New
York
President Mckinley yesterday issued
the amendments to the civil service
rules, releasing about 1000 offices from
their operations.
BY the explosion of a gasoline stove
at their Philadelphia home Mrs. Serbia
and her 9-year-old daughter were
probably fatally burned.
Adrian Braun was electrocuted at
Sing Sing for the murder Of his wife,
whom he killed when she visited him
in prison, bringing him delicacies.
Ex-Governor Holloway Dead.