The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
VOL. r..
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The wife OF Samuel u. MllleT, SOU U
former United States Attorney Genera
Miller kidnapped her seven-year-olC
son, who, with his father, was ivinl
at the home of his grandfather In In
1ianapolis. The couple have been liv'
ing apart, but are not divorced.
The fifth annual convention Of the
National Commercial Teachers Fed
Grafton was opened in Detroit. w. G
Stevenson, of Port Deposit, Md, prest'
dent of the federation, made an ad.
dress on the progress of commercial
education.
Mr. Bryan, in a speech at Jefferson
banquet in Lincoln, Neb., said that
whether he would ever be a candidate
for office again was question which
must be determined by events.
Charles H. Cramp says he received
a cablegram announcing the signing OF
the contract with the Turkish Minister
Of Marine for the construction OF a
cruiser.
Deputy John Usher and Charles
Bowl1ne, a saloonkeeper, were killed
and Birch Hillen wounded in Mayfield
KY, as the result of an effort to arrest
KILLER.
Physiologists Of the University Of
Chicago announced as the result OF eX
oeriments made upon turtles that salt
,auses the heart to beat,
Handsome Elk, a dangerous Indian,
Of South Dakota, beat his squaw near
y to death and scalped another Indian
woman.
Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner sur
rendered his office as district attorney
Of New York to Eugene A. Philbin un-
der protest.
Prof. D. w. Batson, dean of Ken
lucky Wesleyan College, resigned on
account Of his opposition to football
playing.
Mr.. Cleveland wrote letter to the
Atlanta Journal stating that he did not
vote for Mckinley at the recent cleo
ion.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Murphy, an emf.
nent Presbyterian clergyman and ec-
elesiastlcal writer, died in Philadel'
Ohia.
Frank Corcoran, while skating on
Louck's Dam, near York, Pa, broke
through the ice and was drowned.
The strike of the miners at the En-.
;erprise colliery in Shamokin, was set
lied.
The new Rocky Mountain smelter
started up at Florence, near Pueblo,
Col.
Mr.. Bryan, in a greeting to political
friends in Kansas, says, THE princl-
pies of Democracy still live, and the
policies for which the fusion forces
fought will yet be vindicated"
There is growing doubt as to Mr.. Ad-
dicks ability to capture one of the Del
aware senatorships, to be filled when
the legislature Of that State meets in
January.
The pony supposed to have been rid
den by one of young Cudahys aD-
ductors has been found in barn 70
miles south of Omaha, where it was
abandoned
Hughes billiard, a well-known resi-.
lent of Martinsville, Va, was probably
tatolly shot by negro, The latter
probably escaped lynching by flight.
Mrs. Sarah Frank, Of Brooklyn, NY.
sook a dose of paris green in mistake
For headache powder, and died an
lour afterward.
The Agricultural Department an
nounces a successful experiment near
Hartford, Conn, in the growth Of SUI
natra tobacco.
Noble Lindsey, president Of the First
National Bank of Alexandria, died sud
ienly after a few hours Illness.
Senator Hanna attended a dinner
given to 1900 poor people at Cleveland
1y the Salvation Army and made a
ihort speech.
Farmers around Newport News are
.ndeavoring to have the study Of ag-
iculture introduced into public
schools.
Advices were received in Cedar Rap
DIS, Iowa, telling how the Hodges
Simcox family and DR.. Taylor died al
oao Ting Flu. All perished in the burn
ng buildings except two children, who
escaped the flames only to fall into the
lands of Boxers, who deeapitated
hem.
The Scranton street car system Is
still tied up by the strike OF motor
men and conductors. No violence mas
yet been offered and eight cars were
Kept going, but they were not patron
zed.
Major Charles E. Snodgrass, who
was quartermaster Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia when Lee surren'
iered, died at his home In Richmond
He was 20 years old.
Because Louis LombardO persisted
n singing love songs in serenading his
sweetheart, in Brooklyn, he was sho
the head by the girls father.
Mr.. r. B. Cooke has been elected
l.
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
company, with headquarters in Nor
ok.
Governor Pingree has been sum
noned before a Michigan court to show
ause why he should not be punished
or alleged contempt Of court.