The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-09-11
AwEEKs NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, September 3.


Over $1.000.000 worth of opium was
brought to San Francisco yesterday
by the Japanese liner Hong Kong
Maru.
In a collision on the Rock Island
Railroad yesterday near Birmingham.
Mo-, four trainmen were killed and
three seriously injured.
Fire early yesterday morning com.
pletely gutted st. Luke's Hospital, at
Jersey City. n. j.. and all the inmates
escaped in their night clothes.
The torpedo boat destroyer Paul
Jones. built by the Union Iron Works,
Of San Francisco. was accepted by
the navy department yesterday.
Thursday, September 4.
Paris has raised S1,7O0.OO0 for the
relief of the volcanic sufferers on the
Island of Martinique.
John A. Schmitt a prominent builder
Of Wilkesbarre. Pa, died yesterday OF
injuries received in a mine accident at
Plymouth.
The Pennsylvania Republican state
committee yesterday appointed a com.
mittee to endeavor to settle the coal
strike.
The enlisted men of the United
States ship Dolphin presented Secre.
tary Of the Navy Moody with beauti.
full silk flag during his visit to the
vessel.
Friday, September s.
The war department cannot fnd
sufficient number OF army officers to
supply the demand for military In.
structors in colleges.
The Philadelphia board OF education
ordered $4,000 tons Of hard coal to
heat school houses from q British
firm. at $3.50 per ton.
The Chesapeake. which was used
as a training ship for cadets during
the summer. was placed out of com.
mission at AnnapolN Nd. yesterday.
Plans were made in New York yes.
terday to form an international bank.
ing institution, capitalized at 10000.
600, to operate in Latin-American
countries.
Saturday, September 6.
The big interstate shooting tourna.
ment at Sea Girt, N. j., ended yester.
day.
Over 1000 Quakers attended the
Friends General Conference at As.
bury Park. N. J.
The postoffice at Tazewell, Tenn,
was entered by robbers last night,
who secured $500 in stamps and
money.
Mrs. Annie B. Robin, of Philadel
phia, was struck by an express train
at Wayne Junction yesterday and in.
stantly killed.
A conference OF Boer sympathizers
was held at New York yesterday to
provide relief for Boer prisoners still
In the hands Of the British.
Monday, September 8.
William N. Roach, formerly United
States senator from North Dakota
died in New York yesterday.
Daniel Omler. 3 years old, Of Lancas.
ter, Pa. Saturday set his clothing on
fire with a match and was fatally
burned.
Attorney General P. C. Knox arrived
In Paris yesterday. where he will in.
quire into the title OF the Panams
Canal Company.
It is believed that Rev. Morris VIII.
son, who killed his wife at Wayne, w
Va, and escaped to the mountains, hae
committed suicide.
The real estate valuation OF Cook
county. Ills, in which Chicago Is 10.
Gated, has been fixed at 31,4SS, 749, $40,
an increase Of 500, 900. 900 over last year
Tuesday, September 9.
Over 400 delegates attended the 10th
annual convention Of the United Typo
theta at Pittsburg.
The Socialists OF Massachusetts,
held a convention yesterday and nomi
mated full state ticket.
The annual football game between
the Annapolis Cadets and West Point
Cadets will be played at Philadelphia,
November 90.
President Roosevelt accepted an in
vitation to be present at the Southern
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors reunion
at Carbondale, Ills, on October 1.
2 or 3.
Hamilton Armstrong, principal of
the schools at Otisville, N. Y, was
struck by an Erie Railroad train yes
terday and instantly killed. He was
formerly district attorney Of Pike