Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-01
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
Thurndav. October "a.

A plan is on foot to combine the
hardware !obbing interests Of the
country.
The eleventh annual convention Of
the Ohio Bankers Association began
at Cleveland, with large attendance.
Professor G. W. Gilmore, Of the Car
negie Museum. Pittsburg, has discov-
cred near Medicine Bow, Wyoming,
the almost complete fossil remains of
an immense Brontosaur.
General William B. Franklin, Uni
ted States Army, retired, dined with
King Leopold at the palace last even
ing. During the afternoon the general |
had a long private audience with the /
king.
The fifth annual convention of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
opened at Chicago this morning. The
alliance supports 400 missionaries in
foreign lands, its members being ad-
vocates of divine healing.
Friday, October IS.
The Ohio Bankers Association con
vention ended last night with a ban
qUet.
Former Police Inspector George w.
Dilks, of New York. died yesterday,
aged 81 years.
Nearly all the business houses in
Lamar, Ark, were destroyed by ire.
Loss, S150,000.
Marquis Ito, former premier Of ia
pan, was given a banquet last evening
at the Metropolitan Club, New York.
The Anti-Imperialistic League, OF
! Boston. hopes that President ROose-
welt will take the view that colonial
policy is an impossible one.
Saturday, October 26.
The League OF Professional Base
ball Players is now in session in New
York.
Textile manufacturers at Fall River.
Mass, positively refuse to advance
wages.
Hall Game. the author, has been
elected a member of the British par
lament.
Adjutant General Corbin, of Wash.
ington, is the guest Of DR.. Doty, OF
New York.
The Grand Camp of Confederate
Veterans OF Virginia are in session
at Petersburg, Va.
It is said that General Weyler will
= assume the premiership of Spain, tt
succeed Senior Sagasta.
Andrew Carnegie announces that he
will be absolutely impartial in relation
3 to the municipal campaign in New
/ York.
e Monday, October %.
The Duchess of Manchester CAV
4 birth to a daughter yesterday.
r Yesterday was the ADD anniversar.
Of the birth of President Roosevelt.
e The strike of cigarmakers at Tampa
II Fla, is said to be thing of the pas
. Sealing schooner returning to Vic
a toria from Being Sea reports a goo
h catch.
r The National Association of Agricu
It tural Implement and Vehicle Mani
" facturer will convene in Kansas Cit,
Mo-. on Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 20.
The Peruvian congress convened
I extraordinary session.
- The Porto Rican delegates arrive
. at Detroit last evening.
2 Third Assistant Secretary of Stat
u Order will shortly resign his Office.
ie The sugar production of Europe
estimated at 5.928,264 tons, an increa'
N Of 212,S41 tons over last year
b. Baron Walburg, of Vienna, has bee
ID arrested for attempting to practice e
II tortion on Emperor Franz Joseph.
- Right Rev. Thomas j. COnety, D.
of Washington, has been appointt
N bishop of Samos, a port in the Ionii
III Archipelago.
as Wednesday, October 80.
OF Fire destroyed the entire busine
We section OF St. Joseph, La, on Monda
d. John D. Rockefeller presented 400
of marks to an American church
IL Berlin.
cd Another victim of the Hunt, Wiki
:; son & Co. fire, in Philadelphia, W
found yesterday morning.
The 125th anniversary of the bait
We of Fort Washington will be celebrat
EN- November 16 in New York.
I'd 1t is estimated that the orange a
IS lemon shipments of Southern CO
.as fornia will exceed 26,000 cars.
- The bishops of the Methodist Ep
- copal Church in this country will hi
a weeks session in Cincinnati.