The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-09-25

"wednesday, september n.


The 43d annual convention Of the
Pennsylvania Jr. o. U. A. M. was held
In Pittsburg. with over 800 delegates
present
A dispatch from St. Johns. N. F..
says ten fishing schooners, with their
cargoes and outfits. were wrecked in
the past two weeks.
The coal bunkers and briQuette fac
tory of the Tesla Coal Company, at
Stockton. Cal. we're destroyed by hre
yesterday. Loss, 100000.
Seven gamblers, arrested at Rich
mond. Va, in the police departments
crusade against vice. were sentenced
to one days Imprisonment and a fne
Of 500 each.
Thursday, September 18.
The public schools of Pennsylvania
will observe October II as Autumn
Arbor Day.
The Duchess Of Marlborough (Con.
suelo vanderbilO sailed for England
on the Teutonic yesterday.
Secretary Root arrived in Washing.
ton last evening and resumed charge
OF affairs at the war department to-
day.
Villa Nova College. at Philadelphia,
gave a reception today to the prior
general from Rome. the Very Rev.
Rodriguez.
Secretary Of the Navy Moody will
make an address before the Marquette
Club. of Chicago, on October 8, on the
political issues Of the day.
Friday, September 10.
The United States supreme court
will re-assemble at Washington, d. c.,
October 13.
Over 10000 people attended the
Lancaster county fair yesterday. at
Lancaster. Pa.
John T. Fish. of Doylestown, Pa,
was yesterday appointed factory In.
spector by Governor Stone.
Grand Duke Boris. Of Russia, sailed
from New York for France yesterday
on the French liner La Lorraine.
The power house and stables of the
Victoria Coal Company. at Caperton,
w. Va. were destroyed by fire yester-
day. Loss, 100000.
Saturday, September 20.
Captain William A. Winsor, U. s.
N, was retired yesterday. with the
rank Of rear admiral.
The French steamer Thomas sank
in Lisbon harbor yesterday, and nine
persons were drowned.
Two trainmens were killed and
score Of others injured in wreck on
the B. & o. railroad yesterday at Chill.
licothe, o.
The war department has authorized
General Chaffee to expend $4,000 to
build a military road in the Island OF
Mindanao, p. |.
The cruiser Des Moines was launch.
ed at Boston today in the presence OF
the governor of Iowa and prominent
citizens of that state.
Monday, September 22.
In riot at Barrysburg. w. Va, Sat.
urday three Italians were killed and
one badly wounded.
Heavy rains have extinguished the
forest fires in Southern Wyoming and
Northern Colorado.
On October | the wages Of the EN-.
ployes of the Harrisburg. Pa, Traction
Company will be advanced 10 per cent.
General Booth. Of the Salvation
Army, conducted three farewell ser.
vices in London yesterday, prepare.
tory to sailing for America.
The International Union of CONNER.
cial Telegraphers was formed at Chi.
cago yesterday by delegates from
many cities in the United States.
Tuesday, September 20.
The next convention Of the Nationa
Negro Baptists will be held in Phila.
delphia
Being alone and penniess, Mrs.
Maud Donnelly committed suicide
yesterday in her lodging house In New
York.
Rear Admiral Coghlan, of the
cruiser Olympia, has been ordered to
Washington to talk over the trouble
at Colon, Colombia.
The war department has invited the
military attaches of foreign legations
at Washington to attend the army
manoeuvres at Fort Riley. Kan.
John T. O'Sullivan. labor editor Of
the Boston Globe. and well known in
national labor organizations, was kill.
ed by a train at Lynn, Mass, last
night.
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