The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Geographic Gleanings From All Parts
of the World.

, INJURED members Of the Dickin-
son family held a reunion at Verona
Chlcago has planned to have a hotel
corresponding to the Mills hotels in
Ohio coal operators raised the nrice
OF their product above that of the
Pittsburg district.
The result of the Cabinet meeting
was determination to force the fight.
ing in the Philippines.
Under new treaties TWENTY-FIVE ad.
utlonal japanese ports have been
opened to foreign trade.
President Mckinley reviewed the
parade of G. A. r. men at the National
Encampment in Philadelphia.
The American Bankers Association
met in Cleveland, with delegates from
all over the country present.
Charles Custer, nephew of General
custer, died at Toledo, O., from a bull
let wound, accidently received.
The Thirty-third Volunteer Regiment
has been ordered to start for Manila
from Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The corn crop of the United States,
for 1899, has been estimated at 2,5OO,-
100000 bushels, a lecord harvest.
Lewis Mettler, New York lawyer.
died at Trenton, n. j., from a gunshot
wound. The weapon was discharged
/ accidently.
The tirst-claSs battle ship Kearsarge
left the yard of the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company for her builders
trial trip.
Duryea's Zouaves, the Fifth New
York Volunteers, held a reunion about
the statue of General Warren, at
Gettysburg.
Thomas j. Drum, a Denver lawyer,
has died in Chicago hospital from the
| excessive use of strong cigars, after ly-
ing unconscious three weeks.
Neighbors of Mrs. James Forden, a
Christian Scientist leader, of Beach
vile, Ontario, had to take her dead
baby from her by force to bury it, she
believing it still alive.
The United States transport Morgan
City is aground near Nagasalli, Japan.
More gold than usual was received
during August at the Boise, Idaho, as
say office.
Gov. Roosevelt sent q cordial mes
sage to the Canadian foot guards visit
ing Albany.
1t has been arranged to start 4,500
soldiers for Manila from San Francisco
between September IL and 10.
| A group of Sunday school pupils
were knocked senseless in Rochester,
N. Y, by running into live wire.
Chief Justice Chambers, of Samoa,
and DIR. Bedloe, United States Consul
at Canton, have reached Washington.
Five American soldiers captured q
Filipino outpost near Porac, with loss
of one man killed and one wounded
Special Policeman Farley, of North
|. Bergen, n. j., was knocked down and
beaten by two men and shot both of
them.
Naval Constructor Hobson reports
that the two Spanish war vessels sunk
In Manila Bay are probably not worth
raising.
The American Equal Wage Union, an
organization to prevent w0nh'n from
doing mems work at low wages, has
beein formed in Kansas City.
El TEMPO, the organ Of the Mexican
Clerical party, says President Mckin-
lev is plotting to control the election OF
President Diaz's successor.
Count de Montholon, French Ambas-
sador to Switzerland, is dead.
The steamer Doric will carry nearly
100000 Mexican dollars from San
Francisco to China.
Baron Pauncefote will return to the
English Embassy at Washington about
the middle of October.
The Dreyfus trial continued at
Rennes, and strong arguments in favor
of the prisoner were advanced.
The naval transport Solace has sail
ed from Manila for San Francisco.
She will touch at Yokohama.
In the thirty-mile race off Newport
the Columbia easily defeated the De-
| fender by nearly seven minutes.
All of the officers and men of the
navy at Key West who are not yellow
fever immunes have left that post.
General Jiminez is expected to put in
| an early dppedrAHCc al oaAIO AOiAoo'
where he has been proclaimed Presi-
dent.
The gunboat Princeton arrived at
Shanghai, bearing Mr.. Conger, United
States Minister to China, who is tour
ing the consulates.
John r. Stone, Of Baltimore, was re-
ported to have carried S450,000 worth
of premiums and documents from
Missouri to avoid proceedings by the
antitrust agitators.
Through blunder Of the village
trustees, Mt. Kisco, n. Y, will be with
out street lights until October ], when
a new electric plant will be Installed
Col. Schneider, Austrian military at
tache at Paris, has sought satisfaction
from Gen. Roget for an alleged insult
in the latter's Dreyfus case testimony.
The children of the late James @.
Fair. in their answer to Mrs. Nettie
Craven's suit, in San Francisco for an
allowance from the estate, denied that
the plaintiff and Mr.. Fair were ever
9narrind
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