The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-07-19
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
Wednesday. July II.

many as an article OF food.
British casualties in the Boer war to
date are 4S,lSS officers and men.
The estate OF the late Vice Presi-
dent Hobart was appraised at S2,G2S.-
9il.
The reciprocity agreement between
The United States and Germany has
been signed.
Governor Mcmillan, of Tonnc has
withdrawn from the contest for Uni
ted State senator.
The money express" on tho . md
q. road was deliberately Wrr' n.gr
Philadelphia. The miscrcauta g,o
without pl,ndor. Nobody seriously III
jured.
Thursday. july II.
United States Consul Hay. Of Pre-
toria, is about to return home.
Gen. Randall has placed Cape Nome.
Al" ka, under martial law.
Bodies ~ lGN victims of the HohuGen
horror have been recovered thus far.
Oscar Siscu. Of South Caanan, Pa.
while beating his wife, was shot dead
b. his l&-yoar-uld son.
The insurance commission of Ne
brHska has slmm1jly suspended rom
work in the state all tralcrual COM
pancs chartered ly Illinois
SiX-year-old Willie Daily. of New
York, Just for fun" set fire to the
clothes Of his baby sister, Kate, and
the child was burned to death.
Friday. July ~.
Six forgcrs. engaged IN the H.. NIL
facture of spurious Brazilian bank
notes. were captured in Paris.
A Boston and Maine railroad gaso-
line tank car exploded at Somervlle,
Mass. Three killed and 80 injured
by an explosion in an old coal auaft
at Wiliamsport. Pa, William Punch,
aged Sc, was killed and David Samuels
seriously injured.
Charles H. WeStcrvelt, secretary and
treasurer of the Dime Savings bank, Of
Newark n. j., confcsses to do'alCa-
ton of S35 900 to $4,000. He is in all
Beers overwhelmed British force
OF 800 at Nitral's Mex, Is miles from
Pretoria. after a days fighting. Brit
ish casualties 100, and 200 captured.
James NJ Beck has left the Demo-
cratic party and has been appointed
United States assistant attorney geucr-
AL James B. Holland succeeds him as
district attorney Of Philadelphia
saturday, July II.
Paul Bluet ("Max O'Rell') is suf-
fering from appendicitis in London.
Spain. having no interests to defend
in China, will send no war vessels
thore.
John r. Gear, United States senator
fiuIl Iowa, died in Washington, aged
- yrs.
The wheat crop OF Minnesota and
North and South Dakota this year will
re mh 1900, 900 to $50, ,00O, ,O0V bushels.
against .l0 900 900 bushels last year.
Bryan and Stevenson will be for
mally notified of their nominations at
Indianapolis on Aug. s.
The reports that a fresh revolution
has broken out in Venezuela are
strongly denied in Caracas .....--i
Monday, July 10.
Fire destroyed six business blocks
in Prescott, Ariz.. causing over Sl,OOO,-
600 loss.
George Chance, the well known labor
leader, died of cancer of the stomach
at his home in Philadelphia, aged 81.
Gen. De Polleux, who figured prom
inently in connection with the Dreyfus
affair, died yesterday at Quimper.
France.
John G. Woolley, Of Illinois, Pro-
hibition candidate for the presidency.
will be officially notified in Chicago
next Friday evening.
Commander-in-C Chief Willis J. HUI
ings has called the National AssOcia-
ton of Spanish American War Neter-
ans to meet at Chattanooga, Tenn, on
Oct. 3l3.
Col. Henry Mccormick. of Harris
burg, a veteran of the civil war ana
well known iron manufacturer, died at
his country residence in Cumberland
county, Pa, Saturday, aged 81.
Tucsdny, July II.
Manuel Alvarez Calderon has been
appointed Peruvian minister to the
United States.
Heavy rains in northern Kansas
yesterday broke a drought OF five
weeks duration and saved the corn
crop.
The Indiana Socialist Labor party
has placed full ticket in the field,
with Philip More, of indianapolis, at
the head.
The services of the Fourth and Fifth
regiments Illinois National Guard,
are rendered to the government for
duty in China.
Terry McGOvern, Brooklyn feather
weight. defeated Frank Erne, of Buff
falo. lightweight champion at New
York last night.