The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Events Of the Wesk Told In a Few
Words.

WQTOSs
The completion of a deal whereby
the Erie telephone system, the largest
Bell system in the United States,
passes into the hands of the Tele.
phone, Telegraph and Cable Company
OF America has been announced. The
Erie Company controls five branches
operating in North and South Dako.
ia, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Arkansas, Texas and part of Ohio
and employs $22,00o,000 capital.
Two more white persons and eight
Kanakas have died of the bubonic
plague at Noumea, New Caledonia.
There were three deaths from the
plague at Honolulu on the 18th ult.,
the first for twelve days.
Lent will be observed more strict
~ than usual in Germany, owing to
the death of the mother of the EN-
press.
Robert Johnson, at one time propri-
etor of large dry goods store in
New York, and who was worth $4,000
600 twelve years ago, had wonder.
full escape from death by fire in. a
house in which he was living by the
courtesy of trust company that had
toreclosed a mortgage on it.
General Otis has purchased from
the Spanish Government and turned
over to the navy two small gunboats
and a transport.
Marcus DAILY testified in Washing
ton that he has no feeling against
Senator Clark, of Montana, but he ad-
United contributing heavily to the an
ti-Clark fund.
Kentucky's State Election Board
has issued certificates of election to
the six democratic candidates for mi
nor State Offices, but the republican
incumbents refused to vacate the
places.
Minority stockholders in the H. c.
Prick Coke Company are trying to an
nul the contract with the Carnegie
Steel Company.
Heirs to the Venecia estate in Cuba,
have presented to the State Depart
ment, through an attorney, a claim
for 100000 for damages to the prop
erty during the Cuban instruction.
The claim is based on a clause in the
Paris peace treaty.
Milton Rathbun, of Mount Vernon.
n Y, broke his fast of thirty-five days
Feb. 26, during which time his weight
has been reduced from 207 to 1874
pounds.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff has
returned to Albany, jubilant over the
results of his Western trip. He is now
planning Southern trip. He has been
invited to deliver an address before
the Americas Club, of Pittsburg, and
has accepted.
P. w. Miller, manager of a detec-
tive agency in Atlanta, Georgia, was
to the chain gang on Saturday
York out fine of 500 imposed for
e5nducting a business without a IL
cense and for fraud
The Idaho Democratic, Silver Re-
publican and Populst committees
have declared for union of all silver
forces in the State.
In German military circles it is be-
lieved the lesson of the Boer war will
result in large increase in the cav
airy and lead to a change of cavalry
tactics, emanating massed charges.
Three women and man were res
cued from the hardware store Of
Sheppard & Hackney, which was al
most destroyed by fire at Atlantic
City, N. j., Feb. "a. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage has
declared he did not believe the charg-
eS made by Charles e. Macrum form
er Consul in Pretoria, that his official
mail had been opened by the British
censor in Durham.
Fears for his personal safety led fol-
lowers of Gov. Beckham of Kentuc-
ky, to urge him to keep within his ho
tel.
An Assembly committee of the New
York Legislature has been sent to
Syracuse to investigate a deficit of
100000, which Republicans declare
has been caused largely by political
favoritism.
The merry war of the farmers
against the New Rochelle officials who
are trying to build a pest house in the
Blind Brook Valley continues with
several novel features.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue has ruled that special tax
stamp held by a corporation as a
liquor dealer cannot cover the same
business carried on by any other per-
son upon the ground that he had been
stakeholder in the corporation at
the time of its dissolution.
The Massachusetts House has de-
feated woman suffrage bill by vote
of 124 to 32.
Municipal elections were held Tues
day throughout Pennsylvania. Nor
ristown with Republican majority
of 500, elected Democrat Burgess by
275, and gains were made by the Dem
ocrats in Council. Simon Shissler,
Democrat, Mayor of Lancaster, a can
didate for reelection, was defeated by
DR.. H. r. Muhlenberg In Reading
the Republicans made gains in Coun-
ellis, and will have control by two
votes on joint ballot