The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-01
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, Feb. II.


In New York, aged Is.
Leander ]. Mccormick. Of the ia
nous harvester machinery firm, died
In Chicago, aged 81.
Marechale MacMahon, widow of the
famous French marshal and president,
died in Paris, aged II.
Leslie Z. Kelley. inventor Of the
Kelley cure for drunkenness, died at
Los Angeles. Cal. aged 6S.
The receipts of Napoleon" Millers
Franklin syndicate for less than four
months exceeded s2.00O.0O
Olga Nethersole. the actress. was ar
rested In New York, her acting in
"Sapho' being declared Indecent"
Maryland $ 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
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 so.
Charles Curtis was arrested at Marys-
vile, o., charged with stealing horse
and buggy in which he eloped with
n wealthy girl from Rootsville. Pa.
The receipts of the American board
OF foreign missions for the first five
months of the fiscal year show an in
crease of S25.2Gl in donations and
sc6 1908 in legacies.
TIL. 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 state
ticket headed by A. G.. Burkhart for
governor.
Washington's birthday was general
ly 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 ye"rs
the business portion of Glen Hazel.
Pa. was wiped out by fire. Loss $50.
| 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 i'll the chapel at the
academy yesterday.
Saturday, Feb. -.
Stringent measures have about ef-
fected the eradication OF the plague in
Japan. .... ...r.,. ...-...
| =, The next annual meeting Of the
Democratic clubs will be held at In
dianapolis Sept. g. =
Sculltown. Pa. had its population of
100 increased to 1875 on Wednesday.
The increase was born.
James p. Buck, OF Vineland, N. j.,
who, in the opinion of physicians, was
hiccoughing 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. 20.
In the northwest there is 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 off Narragansett Pier II. |.
Captain Eli Harold and his four young
children were drowned.
Accused by her husband of infidelity
and locked out of her rooms, Mrs.
Martha Ditmeyer, 90 years old. drank
carbolic acid and died. at New York.
Because recognition of their union
! was refused 600 machinists struck at
! the works of Frazer & Chalmers and
of Crosby & Co., at Chicago.
AS a result of secret meeting at
Cincinnati, o., of the Woodenware as
| sociation, It is said there will be an
other advance in prices of all wooden
| ware articles.
Tuesday, Feb. 81.
Smallpox seems to be spreading at
Morristown, N. J.
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 NJ. Car
ter for a new trial.
The appellate court in Chicago de-
cided that property owners may sue
elevated roads for depreciating values
Antonio Ferraro was electrocuted at
Sing Sing for the murder of Lucaine
Mucrio in Brooklyn April 4, 1898. Five
shocks were administered.
Wilson Wakely, prominent farmer