Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-03-03
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, Feb. ri.

III OhlSuSc, d6SN OF
Marechale MacMahon, widow of the
famous French marshal and president.
died in Paris. aged II.
Leslie Il. Kelley, inventor of the
Kelley cure for drunkenness, died at
Los Angeles, Cal, aged 63.
The receipts of Napoleon" Miller's
Franklin syndicate for less than four
months exceeded 100000.
Olga Nethersole, the actress, was ar
rested in New York, her acting in
"Sapho" being declared indecent"
MarylanGs senate refused to pass a
bill compelling Baltimore street rail-
roads to sell six tickets for 25 cents.
Judge Henry Caldwell, of Arkansas,
will probably be nominated by the Pop
ulists for vice president, with Bryan
for president
Thursday, Feb. %.
Ex-Congressman Charles C. Com
stock died at Grand Rapids, Mich.
aged so.
New jerseys legislature passed a
resolution to investigate the State In
dustrial School for Girls.
BENJAMIN Wood. ex-congressman
and publisher of the New York Daily
News, died in that city. aged 80.
Charles Curtis was arrested at Marys-
vile, o., charged with stealing horse
and buggy in which he eloped with
a wealthy girl from Rootsville, Pa.
The receipts of the American board
Of foreign missions for the frat five
months of the fiscal year show an in
crease of S25.2G1 in donations and
S26.203 in legacies.
The new law school building Of the
University of Pennsylvania was dedi-
Gated with elaborate ceremonies at
Philadelphia yesterday and last night.
Justice Harlan was the principal Or
ator.
Friday, Feb. 23.
The Democratic national convention
will be held at Kansas City, Mo, July4.
Indiana Populists nominated a state
ticket headed by A. G. Burkhart for
governor.
Washington's birthday was general
~ observed throughout Porto Rico. In
San Juan the school children took part
in the exercises.
At Williamsburg, KY, Organizer G.
w. Purcell, of the United Mine Work
ers. has been acquitted of the charge
Of leading a riot.
For the second time in recent years
the business portion of Glen Hazel,
Pa, was wiped out by fire. Loss $780,
600 insurance $4,000
The tablet presented to the Annapo-
lis Naval academy by the Maryland
Society Of Daughters of the Revolu-
ton was unveiled in the chapel at the
academy yesterday.
Saturday, Feb. -.
Stringent measures have about eff
fected the eradication of the plague in
Japan.
The next annual meeting of the
Democratic clubs will be held at In
dianapolis Sept. 5.
Scultown, Pa, had its population OF
100 increased to 125 On Wednesday.
The increase was born.
James p Buck, of Vineland, N. j.,
who, in the opinion of physicians, was
kiccoughing himself to death. has been
cured by plum.
Hugh Kennedy, Harry Griggs, Frank
Reynolds, Harry Parker and James
Gray were indicted for manslaughter
for causing the death of May Bibig-
haus in Philadelphia opium joint.
Monday, Feb. 2G.
In the northwest there is a great
scarcity of labor.
L. F. Latin, the wealthy powder
manufacturer, died suddenly in Chi
cago.
Consul Canada reports from Vera
Cruz that the corn crop there is short
and the shipments from America may
be profitable.
The barge General Wiley foundered
in a gale of Narragansett Pier, r. |.
Captain Eli Harold and his four young
children were drowned.
Accused by her husband of infidellty
and locked out Of her rooms. Mrs.
Martha Ditmeyer, 20 years old. drank
carbolic acid and died, at New York.
because recognition of their union
was refused coo mschinists struck at
the works Of Frazer & Chalmers and
of Crosby g. Co, at Chicago.
As g Jesuit OF a secret meeting at
Cincinnati, O.. OF the Woodenware as
ISOLATION. it IS said there will be an
other advance in prices of all wooden
ware articles.
Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Smallpox seems to be spreading at
n. !.
The California supreme court up
holds the trust clause in Senator Fairs
will
James Johnson, aged 70, was found
frozen to death near his home in
Pomeroy, Pa.
United States supreme court denied
the appeal OF Captain Oberlin M. Car
ter for a new trial.
The appellate court in Chicago de-
cideG that property owners may sue
elevated roads for depreciating values.
Antonio Ferraro was electrocuted at
Sing Sing fcr the murder of Lucaine
Mucrio in Brooklyn April 4, 1898. Five
shocks were administered.
Wilson ". key, prominent farmer
neor Brock, Neb., murdered his wife,
expires Cent &C the Nebraska w. c. r.
e., and then suiciGed On the grave Of
his first vie.