The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06

WEDNESDAY, January =.
Fire guttsd the Guardian Assurances
compapy's building. In Montreal. and
caused a loss Of 100000. .is
Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly,
U. S. N, died of heart disease at West
Newton, Mass, yesterday.
Rear Admiral Silas Casey. with the
battleship Iowa, Of the Pacific squad.
ron, arrived at Valparaiso, Chilli, yes.
terday.
The British war Office says there is
no dispute betweeen the colonies and
the government over pay Of colonial
troops in South Africa.
The Pittsburg Steamship company,
at Cleveland, o., has settled the wage
question with it's firemen and oilers
on basis of 171s cents an hour for
nine hours work.
Thursday, January 80.
A syndicate Of Norfolk, Va, capi
talists bought the Consumers Light
Heat and Ice company at Newport
News, Va.
To escape arrest, ]. NJ. Walsh
charged with burglary, committed sui.
eide by blowing out his brains in q
Chicago hotel.
President Baer, of the Reading Rail
way, denies that his company has
made an offer 20 purchase the West
ern Maryland railroad.
Captain Charles Barr, who sailed
the Columbia in her victorious race
against Shamrock H., has been en-
gagged by August Belmont to sail his
7O-foot yacht Mineola.
Friday, January 81.
Rev. Madison c. Peters, of Now
York, has accepted call to Emmanuel
Baptist Tabernacle, Baltimore.
The navy department announced
that Rear Admirals William T. Samp
son and B. ]. Cromwell will be retired
on the 9th of February.
In a rear-end collision of freight
trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad at Deerfeld, Ill.,,
Hugh Cox was killed and three others
were badly injured.
A bill introduced in the United
States senate provides for the union
Of Oklahoma and Indian territory and
their admission into the Union as a
state, to be called Oklahoma.
Saturday, February I.
All pubic schools at Fremont, O.,
will be closed for ten days owing to
an epidemic Of smallpox.
There are rumors Of renewed diff,
ferencos between Queen Wilhelmna
of Holland, and Prince Henry, her
consort.
A. J. Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, was yesterday
elected president OF the West Jersey
and Seashore road
The Treasury Club composed of
officials of the treasury department,
gave farewell dinner at Washington
to Secretary Gage.
The senate committee on building
and grounds made favorable report for
an appropriation of 100000 for an ad.
dition to the Nashville, Tenn, public
building.
Monday, February 3.
King Edward of England will organ.
lie a bodyguard of native Indian cav.
airy.
]. Santos Zalaya was inaugurated
president of Nicaragua for his third
term yesterday.
Jacob Christman, of Summit Hill,
Pa, died suddenly on Saturday. Aris.
ing in the morning in good spirits, he
foretold his death.
Relatives of James Lee, a resident
Of Calhoun. Mich. who died yester.
day, have found over $4,000 in gold
buried in the cellar Of his home.
1t is feared at st. Johns, N. F., that
many American fishing vessels bound
for Gloucester, Mass, were caught In
last Thursdays storm and are lost.
Tuesday, February 3.
Through misreading of orders a
passenger and freight train collided
near Savannah, Ca, killing one per.
son and injuring three others.
A fire at the Cook & White coal
mine, at Madrid, N. NJ, caused the
death of two men and did great dam.
age to property.
1t is stated Emperor William of
Germany will present Miss Alice
Roosevelt with gold jewel box on the
occasion of the launching of his yacht
A lockout in the four large mills of
the American Woollen Company, at
Olneyville, r. l., took place yester
day. More than $500 operatives are
idle.
The second annual sportsman's
show OF the International Forest, Fish
and Game Association opened in Chi
cago, with an attendance of 10000
people.