The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Telegraphic Gleanings From All Parts
of the World.

The Right Rev. Charles Groves, Bis
hop of Limerick, is dead
Cecil Rhodes was warmly welcomed
on his arrival at Cape Town.
Lord and Lady Curzon will begin a
tour OF Central India October 20.
Two hundred lives have been lost by
tornado in the province of Pensa,
Russia.
TOD" Sloan. the American Jockey,
has been suspended, for insubordina-
tion, from July 1S to August s.
Three trainmen were killed and three
! seriously injured in a wreck on the
Norfolk and Western Railway at Hav-
erhill, Ohio.
Albert Knowles, New York Central
conductor. was crushed to death at
White Plains while attempting a coup
ling.
Mrs. l.. Morris hanged herself with
strips of her dress at No. 433 East one
/ Hundred and Eighteenth street, New
Lork, but was rescued.
The steamer Roanoke has arrived at
Seattle, from st. Michaels, with about
500 passengers and gold dust estimat-
An important meeting of the British
Cabinet to consider the Transvaal situ-
alton was held in London The latest
advices Indicate peaceful settlement.
The Paris "Matin" has published
statement by Counte Ferdinand Wal
sin EsterhaZy saying that he wrote the
bordereau by order of Col. Sandherr.
Admiral Cervcra wrote to Ports
mouth, n. H., denying that he was
coming TO take back to Spain the
bodies Of the Spanish soldiers who
died at Seacey's Island.
3 Willis J. Abbot and Ex-Governor Alt
geld had a conference at Chicago. 1t
was understood that they decided to
Join forces to win the New York and
Illinois delegations to the next Demo
cratic National Convention for Bryan
and silver
Roumania has established a lcper
colony in the Debrugea. an ancient
monastry.
Lake Seneca's fSmous sea serpent
has been captured. 1t is an eel thir-
teen feet long.
Oliver II. Paynes new steam yacht,
the Aphrodite. has arrived at Havre
from this port.
Another strike has been declared on
the lines of the Big Consolidated street
railway system of Cleveland.
Secretary Wilson in an interview al
Seattle said that expansion would he a
great aid to the trade of the Pacific
coast.
DR.. Edward McCOrn. who shot Cliff.
ton White. a bong Island hoy cherry
purloner, has beeu refused admission
to bail
The Conwell- Wilcox Iron Company
of Fishkill Landing. n. Y. voluntarily
granted 10 per cent. increase in
wages
All the tin-plate mills in the country
have started ms n result of the wage
scale agreement. This means work fol
10000 men.
Burglars blew open the safe in q
hotel office at DemareSt, n. J., and car
ried away seven hundred dollars
worth of plunder.
A serious collision between trains of
the New York New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad occurred at New Haven
No one was killed.
The Vienna police have asked the
New York authorities to look for Thco
dore Hcckcl, boy charged with mur
dering an aged widow.
1t is reported at Victoria that the
steamers Roanoke and Garonne will
bring TO Seattle aud san Francisco
S7.000.0O0 in Klondille gold.
1t was reported in Washington that
Senator Chandler had lodged a com
plaint with the President against Civil
Service Commissioner Brewer.
Fires at Fort Duchesne were be-
licved to have been caused by White
River Utes, who wish to destroy the
cavalry equipment of the soldiers.
The Rev. Mr.. Shields and his wife
and Miss Macbeth missionaries in
Eastern rhibet, barely escaped with
their lives from native rioters
a. III. Brown is under arrest in South
Dakota charged with numbering his
wild man" TIe says the wild man.
was only highly developed monkey
Lewis G. Eagers and August Lin
man, employees in the Doscher sugar
refinery in Long Island City have been
arrested for burning soft coal and held
for trial.
1t is reported at Perth Amboy that
George NJ Valentine, the alleged dc,
faulting cashier Of the MiddlcSeX
County Bank, will plead non vult and
take his sentence without trial.
Americans are being replaced by ma.
tives in tic Cuban mail service.
Mary Vaughan, of Cedar Falls, Ia,
Is dead by the bite OF n kissing bug.
Gen. Otis cables that typhoons and
heavy rains made the sailing of trans.
ports impossible.
The National Fair Company, to give
fairs and eXpositions, has been incor.
porated at Albany.
An incendiary appeal to Cubans
signed BetancOurt has been scattered
broadcast in the island
The Milwaukee Brewing Company of
New York City has been incorporated
at Albany with capital Of $4,000 600
Wireless telegraphy will be useu as a
means of communication between the
different islands in the Hawaiian
group.
r. E. NJ. Cooper, poor st. Louis
man, has been bequeathed 100000 by
John G. Gregg, of Cripple Creek, whom
he saved from drowning
Three Oaks, Mich. having with n