The suburban citizen., 1902-09-06
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.


1t is said that the United States gov
ernment is seriously considering the ad-
visibility of annexing the island of
Hayti on account of the frequent dis
orders which threaten American inter
ests there.
In the mimic warfare off the New
England coast four warships attacked
Fort Wright, on Fishers Island, and a
hard fight ensued. The army claims to
have put all four warships out of action
lin the naval maneuvers in Buzzard's
Bay, the cruiser Brooklyn, Admiral
Coghlan's flagship, ran on rock and
was injured so that she will probably
have to go in drydock
Simon Johnson, col burglar, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by Attor-
ney Charles N. Sheldon in Cleveland,
o., as he was escaping from his home
The sum of $3.50 was thrown into the
large American flags carried in the la
Dor parade in Chicago The money is
for the striking miners.
Governor Stone. of Pennsylvania, will
call a special session of the Legislature
TO pass a compulsory arbitration law TO
end the coal strike.
Howe & Hummel New York, died OF
He was IS years old, and was for many
years one OF the leading criminal law
yers OF the New York bar
In Queens Borough, N. Y, Jerry Hun
ter, a negro, was captured after he had
wounded II policemen and 3 citizens.
His wife was seriously wounded. Hun
ter fought to escape arrest.
George w. Bissell a prominent capi-
talist of Detroit, received injuries in a
runaway of which he died His horses
were frightened by an automobile
The report of Special Examiner Mabey
in the Northern Securities case has
been filed at Minneapolis. 1t makes
million words of testimony
Two hundred and seventy five thou.
sand pupils were enrolled on the OPEN
ing day OF the pupils schools OF Chi
cago
President Roosevelt resumed his tour
OF New England, reaching Rutland at
about 1895, where he made a speech
He left Burlington at 10 o'clock and
stopped at Proctor, where he was
driven through the town and made a
speech
President Mitchell OF the United
Mlneworkers, had rousng reception
in Philadelphia. There were 10000
men in the parade and 10000 attended
the picnic. President Mitchell made a
stirring speech.
Peter Medinger, OF Chicago, bitten by
dog, believed he would be attacked
with hydrophobia. He told his family
to keep away from him, locked himself
in room and the malady quickly deve-
loped.
Gen. Ell Torrance, commander-in-
chief OF the c. A. r., has issued an
appeal TO his comrades for aid in the
erection of building for Confederate
veterans at Mission Creek, Ala.
The Keystone State Telephone Com
pany and the United Telephone and
Telegraph Company, operating in
Southern Pennsylvania, will be ANAL
gamated.
President Roosevelt made a trium-
plant journey from New Hampshire
into Vermont on a tallyho drawn by
six horses. Enormous crowds greeted
Kim at Cornish and at Windsor
Robert Edwards, while coasting on
his bicycle at Harpers Ferry, w. Va
collied with a stubborn steer and was
thrown violently, narrowly escaping
with his life.
Governor Cummns and staff. OF Des
Moines, will attend the launching OF
the cruiser Des Moines at Quincy,
Mass, September II.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr,, and party
left Chicago en- route to the North
west on hunting trip
Alfred d. Jones' the first settler IN
Nebraska, died at his home, in Omaha,
aged 81 years.
Three Italian workingmen employed
ia sewer at Schenectady, N. Y, were
drowned,
President Roosevelt has been invited
to visit Birmingham, Ala