Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday. July 4.


IIolet. H., several days ago, was set
tied yesterday. The men received the
sought.
Among the more prominent of the
New York city heat victims yesterday
were the Rev. DR.. Maynord, the Episco-
pal clergyman and lecturer, and Jacob
S. Rodgers, the famous locomotive
builder.
Ten boys were caught like rats in
q trap in a tunnel leading to the old
Keeling mine owned by the Pittsburg
Coal company,near Pittsburg, yester-
day. Two were killed and eight were
overcome by the foul fumes.
Friday, July 5.
Col. Julian Scott, the well-known
artist, is dead at his home in Plain
field. N. ].
Henry L. Wilson, American minister
to Chilli, arrived in Santiago yesterday
from the United States.
The third wife of the Sultan died
yesterday after three years illness. The
Sultan is much affected.
Prof. John Fiske of Cambridge, the
famous lecturer and historian, died
yesterday at the Hawthorne Inn, East
Gloucester, Mass.
The six-story brick and iron build
ing in Baltimore, directly opposite the
city hall and known as the "Hoen"
building, was completely destroyed by
fire shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning.
! In the House Of Commons yesterday
Mr.. Chamberlain announced that
bill would shortly be introduced.
changing the title Of the king so as
to more clearly recognize his sover-
eighty over the entire British empire.
Saturday, July 8.
The following fourth class postmast-
ers were appointed for Pennsylvania
yesterday: Adamsille, w. G. Mckee;
Bolivar, F. R. Hammond; Canoe Camp,
c. ]. KnowltOn.
A general railroad strike for in
creased wages has commenced in
Perth, Australia, and the consequent
= tie up of the roads is complete
throughout western Australia
2 Major Thos. w. Hall, a prominent
+ journalist and editorial writer for the
|, Baltimore Sun, died last night at his
D residence in Ruxton, a suburb of Bal
0 timore.
y Twenty-one disciples of John Alex
:, ander Bowie, visited Eanston, a Oh
e cago suburb last night and despite tn
t efforts of the entire police force mol
of 1000 people drove them from town
g Monday, July 8.
$ Franz REM, for many years tn
Il principal circus proprietor in German
e. has just died at his villa near Ham
o burg.
;e Reports from Havana say that tn
,e condition of Governor General Woo,
er who has been suffering from typhoi
is fever, is now much improved.
ID George Kenna, the well known tra1
eler and writer, has arrived in S
4 Petersburg after short stay in FIJI
~ land. He will study Russian life an
IN literature.
70 There is now said to be little hol
If Of the sheriff's posse overtaking Il
,e men who heldup the Great Northern e
q press train at Wagner, Mont, la
If ! Wednesday.
III James E. Yeatman, we'll known
&c a philanthropist and one of the mo
nd respected citizens of St. Louis, di
yesterday, aged 81, from the effects
ii. uraemia. Mr.. Yeatman is believed
o. be the original of the character, IN
or Brinsmade," in Winston Churchill
40 noel, 1.-THE Crisis"
of Tuesday, July 9.
,ee Anthony ]. Drexel's steam vac
.sl. Margarita has arrived at Copenhagt
Sixteen school teachers from POI
,le Rico were passengers on the Red
in line steamer Caracas which arrived
Id New York last night from Ponce a
San Juan.
I'M Messrs. Griscom and Bowen, the
re Gently appointed Ministers to Per
,di and Venezuela, respectively receiV
ice their commissions and final instr
The lions yesterday.
Ii. The property of the Maryland Brt
ose ing Company was sold at public a
By ton in Baltimore yesterday, to
ing Gottlieb ss-Bauernschmidt CO
to pany for $3,500,000.
lies Traffic through the Union Tunnel
nh the Pennsylvania railroad in Baltim
the was resumed yesterday, after be
aim suspended for more than a week
to the result of the cavern which occur
nse Friday, June %.
hey Wednesday, July 10.
the Mrs. Patterson, daughter of eX- P
ldent Andrew Johnson, is dying at
n.s home in Greenville, Tenn.
ond The presence Of the North Atlal
90 squadron in Nantucket waters has
noo tracted hundreds of visitors to the
,ior land.
80 A special dispatch last night f
law Great Falls, Mont, says Sheriff CIR
oon has cornered the Great Northern
Of bers.
edi Frank A. Vanderlip, until a
the months ago first assistant secre
fer of the treasury, was yesterday ele
nh to a vice presidency of the New Y
ners City National bank.
GOV. An operation for cancer was
and formed upon Rear Admiral Francis
the Bunce, U. S. ~, retired, OF Hartf
,em. Conn, in Boston yesterday, entail
,ade the removal of nearly the whole OF
tOngua