The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-08-18

New York woman, !. / se husband has
not been oui of the lnkon Valley for
fourteen years has llEjved here from
SEagway She brt lSht S15un0 a.
spending money 70, aie month that
will intervene until Hall can get ont
Mrs. Hall. who is s-ender and pretty.
says the Yukon Valley seems more
like home than Neg York. She met
and married Hall II that region. and
expects to return ne It year.
San Francisco. Aut 16.-The eastern
DELEGATES to the Sun eme Grand Lodge
OF the Independent rider of Red Men.
witch convened in this city to-day.
arrived last night. They are headed
by Grand Powhattal. Charles Acker of
cleveland, O.. and Grand Secretary
Fable of Chicago. 1he sessions of the
Supreme Lodge arr expected 10 he
LARGELY attended from all parts of the
coast
Atlantic City y. !, Aug. 16.-Frank
Eilron, the four-yca -oA son of Dr. l..
A. Ef'ron, of S33 SIuth Eight street.
Philadelphia, who las been here for
two weeks with his father. was TAX
en- by his mother tt her home at i04
Cooner street. CaIJden. y. !. The
mother came here ald stold the police
that her husband. 'om whom she is
separated. had ki.napped her son
Frank and asked aid in recovering
him The officers occurred the child
and restored him to ais mother.
HackenSack, \. J Aug. 16.-Thrce
or Sheriff Van Ruski. ks deputies made
a raid on the shell-Snp4es gamblers in
Pine View Grove NJ Alpine. They
caught two men. I'll omas Getting and
John Terrill, of New York. who are
committed in the PeckenSack iail.
third gambler gave the officers dps
porate fight and. assisted by the ex
cmSioniStS, made his escape on the
boat. Judge 1ahriskie demanded ST..
t"h bail. hut the amount WAS too higi
for the gamblers friends.
Sing Sing. Aug. 1G-Arthur MichaclS
n convict in Sing Sing prison attemnt
ed 10 commit suicide by hanging him.
self in his cell an6 was cut down hv
Keeper e. ]. KInnane Just In time to
save his life. Michaels had been de-
spOndent for several months, as he was
complaining of I'll health He took
piece of sash rope, which he had SNUG
gled into his cell. and. fastening one
end at the top of his cell door. swung
himself in the air. Michaels was sent
to prison in April. 1897, for grand
larceny for five years. He has little
over year to serve.
Puerto Plata. Aug. 1.-THE people
here are in wild panic. The revolution
against the Government is gaining
ground. The situation is considered
bad for the Government forces. Sur
geons have gone from here to Monte
Christi.
London. Aug IA dispatch from
Calcutta says that the surveying
steamer RtSoute was sunk in collision
with the British steamer Scindia, last
reported from Calcutta July O. for
BOMBAY. Several lives were lost in
the disaster.
London. Aug. 1.-THE Johannesburg
correspondent of the Morning Post
says: "Presidcnt Kruger, owing to ad-
vanccd years. has become physically
and mentally incapable of dealing with
the situation Often mt meetings of
the executive he WecpS. but possibly
he is shamming in amcity.'
Philadelphia. Aug. 1.-THE British
steamship Puritan cleared this port to-
day for China and Siberia with the
largest cargo of railway material that
has ever been taken from any port Of the
United States, Her destination is Nlad-
livestock and New Chwang. She takes
out 40 Baldwin locomotives and tenders
and IS steel bridges for the Chinese
Eastern Railroad in addition to several
tons of miscellaneous cargo. She will
go first to the Russian port and then
back to New Chwang to finish dis
charging her cargo. In a few weeks the
British steamship Uplands will leave
here with a cargo almost like that of
the Puritan.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE report of
the Samoan Commission has been re-
ceived at the State Department. Its es-
sential features include the abolition OF
the kingship and the substitution Of an
administrator or governor general
agreed upon by the three powers. The
report was accompanied by private
letter from United States Commissioner
Bartlett Trip, summing up what had
been done and giving light on personal
,,l,sag Of +ha inquiry NotU tba