The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-30

murder case IN Syracuse. On June 70,
1900, Mrs. Schmon shot and killed Mrs.
Lulu Ostrander at Baldwinsville, N. *.
1t was shown at the trial that Mrs. Os-
trander had been intimate with Mrs.
Schmolls husband and had tainted her,
as the defense claimed, beyond endur-
ance. The defense was temporary insan-i
ity.
Coal outcroppings have been traced IL
miles along Cbignik bay, 1926 miles this
side Of Unimak pass, Alaska. Claims
covering the best part of these vast
deposits have been fled by miners EN-
ployed by Thomas Magon. The man
ager Of the Apollo gold mines at Unga
says the veins uncovered to date are four
and half, five and nine feet thick, COM
prising excellent Ignite and bituminous
Goals.
Former district attorney of Jefferson
county, ~ H., Frank I'll. Peck, now cap
tain of Company B, Twenty-sixth infan-
try, has been recommended for promotion
TO brevet rank of major of volunteers for
GOODNESS and bravery in the engagement
at Dumavages, Panay island, on June 6
and Z, and for the skiilful manner in
which he handled his troops against an
overwhelming force of the enemy. Cap
tain Peck is graduate of West Point.
Adiutant General Corbin has received
a cable message from General MaeAr-
thur at Manila saying that Second Lieu
tenant John Kennedy signal corps, was
accidentally killed Saturday evening, the
Oath inst. Lieutenant Kennedy served in
the army as a private and corporal of
Troop III, Seventh cavalry, and in May,
1900, he was appointed second lieutenant,
volunteer signal corps, and served in the
Philippines up to the time of his death.
Mrs. Natalie Bayard Brown, the widow
of John Nicholas Brown of Newport, r.
L, has fled as executrix of her husbands
estate and guardian of her child, John
Nicholas Brown, a partial inventory of
her sons estate. The inventory gives the
amount of the child's estate received from
its father as 1,943, 690.31. This amount,
however is not one-third of the childs
wealth, as he gets like amount from his
uncle, Harold Brown, and 100000 on
the death Of his mother.
A double wreck, causing the death of
one man, occurred on the Delaware river
bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad be-
tween Trenton, N j., and Morrisville,
Pa. A drill engine first ran into the
rear end of freight train, demolishing
Frederick Mcdowell, a trainhand, was
killed. Subsequently a passenger train
bound east ran into the wreckage, but
no damage was done other than a shak-
ing up of the passengers.
Particulars have recently been re-
ceived at Manila from Iloilo of the battle
Oct. 80 at Bugason, island of Panay,
when 200 bolomen and so rifiemen at
tackled the Americans, who lost three
Izilled-Lieutenant Ell. M. Koontz, Ser
geant Kitchen and Corporal Burns, all of
Company II, Forty-fourth infantry
When the garrison in force attacked the
rebels, 40 of the latter were killed. None
of the other parties of attacking natives
made much of a stand, and the insur-
gents lost 103 killed all told.
Train No Al on the Cleveland and
Pittsburg railroad, which left Pittsburg,
ran into the Ohio river half mile west
of Beaver, Pa. Early reports of a heavy
loss of life were found to be untrue. Elk
press Messenger Casey was drowned,
and his body has not been recovered
The injured are Engineer Albert Cough
amour, who stuck to his post and went
down into the Ohio river, having one foos
cut off, but not being otherwise hurt
Conductor Frank Council, slightly in
jured; j. A. Allen, baggage master
slightly hurt, and John Taylor, Pullman
porter.