The suburban citizen., 1900-01-06
THE NEWS.

Governor RoOseYets message 10 lhe Nc"
York legislature was largely taken up with II
discussion Of trusts, lie advocated the re-
peal OF the Horton boxing law.
\ The United states tug Resolute was sunk
! in Boston harbor by collision with the steel
( ocean tug Swatara. All on board were saved
I except the engineer.
North Carolina Republicans will contest
the consttutiopalty Of the suffrage amend
ment to the constitution to be voted on next
august.
At the United States mint in Philadelphia
during 1899 there were l22,7gO,525 coins
4 made representing value Of over FOo''
600 0O0.
George J.. Price was sentenced to eighteen
months in the Easton pententiary for lar
ceny of Photographic supplies in York, Pa
Edward Cressnger, nineteen years old,
was hanged in Sunbury, Pa, for the murder
I Of Daisy Smith, sixteen years old.
] The Democratic caucus Of the Mississippi
legislature nominated Senator McLaurin for
the long term.
The girls at the Allen & Glnter Tobacco
Company works in Richmond, Va, went on
a strike.
Oscar |. Fleming the Princess Anne coun-
ty magistrate who shot and killed Clarence
III l. SNYDER of Norfolk, a few weeks ago, was
Indicted in Princess Anne county. His ball
was increased from ~ 900 to $4,000 and
his trial set for the first Monday in Feb
ruary.
Fire in Richmond, Va. destroyed a large
part of the G. 4 .. office building, records
and other papers, the damage being about
$50 OOO
Former Senator Blackburn was chosen for
United States senator by the Democratic
q members Of the Kentucky Legislature.
The L. A. W. will try to get Congress to
vote Ave million dollars to construct good
Il rsad. all over the country.
Water was turned into the Chicago drain
age canal. The canal cost thirty-three mil
lion dollars.
star Edwards, aged nfy-nye, died in
4 York county, as the result Of stroke OF
paralysis
A baby's life was lost and nine people
we're injured in fire in tenement in New
York.
Junius Robinson colored, was hanged in
Dinwlddle county, Va, for killing W. NJ.
III Jolly.
The wages Of 25 coo men in Pittsburg were
advanced from Ave to ten per cent.
Charles J. Harrington register Of wills Of
Kent county, Del, Is dead.
George V. Metzel founder OF the Order of
{ Heptasophs, died suddenly at his home in
Stewartstown, Pa, aged seventy-llye years.
4 On December l3 he celebrated his golden
wedding. He was a native Of Baltimore.
The system Of pensioniug old employees of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the
lines east of Tittsburg was started. Nino
81 hundred and fifty men were retired.
The executive committee Of the National
Antitrust Conference issued an address de-
claring that the special privileges Of the
trusts should be taken from them.
An explosion Of acetylene gas set fire to
the Eden Baptist Church in Stromsberg
Neb., while a watch meeting was in pro-
gress.
Captain W. w. Marshall formerly deputy
postmaster at Des Moines, Iowa, tried to
commit suicide. His death Is expected.
During the week eight men OF the Central
Phosphate Works at Lady's Island, 5. Co.
died under mysterious circumstances.
Ellen Labash was accidentally killed at
Passaic, n j., by the discharge Of pistol
in the hands Of Michael schwartz.
The stores Of the McCorkle Dry Goods
Company, and W. j. Clury. in Greensboro,
n. c., were destroyed by FIRE.
Andrew Carnegie has given S30OO 900 to
Cooper Union to found Il day school similar
In scope to the night school.
The one hundred anniversary of the birth
Of Dr.. Constantin Herring was celebrated in
Philadelphia
Z. r. Hershey treasurer of Lancaster
county, Pa, is deiaulter. He is supposed
to be In Canada
Eugene l.. Packard, Of the Robinson In
yestment and Security Company, of New
York. was sentenced to eighteen months i'm
prsonment in Sing Sing for unlawiully using
the mails.
Judge Sanborn, Of the United States Cir.
cult Court in st. Paul, MINI, discharged the
receivers OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company
BY the will Of the late Daniel sharp Ford,
Of the Youths Companion. the Baptist Social
Union comes in for large bequest.
The stock and plant of the Charles Heiser
Shoe Company, at Hanover, Pa, was de-
stroyed by nr',
John n. Whitehead, wealthy Virginia
farmer, died Mt his home, near Bay View.
Charles /. Pike, one Of the original Free
Sollers, died In st. Paul, MINI.
c. b. Turner was murdered at his home,
near Ferguson's Wharf, Va.
Comptroller Of the Currency Dawes says
thegeneral financial condition Of the country
Y Is sound and stable, and there Is nothing to
Indicate q recurrence OF the recent furry.
A strike Of miners In the bituminous coal
regions Of Pennsylvania IL threatened. The
y uen want "A geneI al increase Of thirty per
cent. I'm wages.
The Panama Canal Company Of America,
with an authorized capital Of $50 600, 900,
was Incorporated In Trenton, n J.
n The trustees OF the Mortified Seminary