The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-04-02
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
. Wednesday, March Is.

Asa anu NutaA-S tlS'lOW, uSSI
and years. were burned to death in
fire which destroyed their home at
Kansas City. Kan, yesterday.
The Spanish government will sign
a protocol with Minister Bowen pro-
viding for a commission to adjust the
claims of Spain against Venezuela.
While attempting to arrest a negro
for murder at Greenville, Miss, yester-
day. two officers were killed. Posses
are in pursuit and lynching may
follow
Thursday, March 26.
The Old Forge breaker of the Penn
sylvania Coal Company, at Duryea, Pa,
was destroyed by fire yeste
The 36Sth anniversary of t.. settling
OF the colony OF Maryland was observed
yesterday throughout the state.
The National Woman's Suffragist
Convention at New Orleans adjourned
last night. The next session will be
held in Washington.
The Toronto, Ont, Opera Hosue was
burned yesterday, entailing loss of
sl50,000. Defective electric wires were
the cause Of the fire.
Edward Edsall was sentenced to one
year in the pententiary at New York
yesterday for sending a threatening
letter TO a Pittsburg millionaire.
Friday, March 27.
The torpedo boat De Long has bccn
accepted by the government She is
now at the Norfolk navy yard.
Notices were posted yesterday At
the coal mines near Cumberland. Md,
giving the miners 10 per cCn,. il.
crease in wages.
Judge Henry C. Idc. member OF
the Philippine commission. arrived in
San Francisco yesterday. He returned
on account of his health.
The plant of Henry X. Wampole 6
Co., manufacturing pharmacists, Phla-
delphia, was damaged by fire to the
extent of sGO,0 last night
J. c. Bowling and w. S. Cooper
while crossing the Southern Railway
tracks near Raleigh, n. c.. in a wagon
were struck by train and killed.
Saturday, March 20.
President Roosevelt has declined to
visit Victoria, B. c.. on his western
trip
The 500 employees of the brick ay.i
terra Gotta plant of Henry Maurer. at
Maurer, y. j., went on strike yester.
day.
4 bill was introduced in the Canada
parliament yesterday to increase the
head tax on Chinese entering Canada
from 500 to $500.
DR.. c. V. Brown, OF Milwaukee, will
represent the United States at the
International Medical Congress at
Madrid, Spain, next month.
In collision of passenger trains on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, near
San Antonio, Tex, yesterday, three
passengers were killed and nine others
injured.
Monday, March Gov
President Diaz, of Mexico, has con-
sented to adjudicate the claims of
Spain against Venezuela.
Twenty.one Sisters of the Daughters
of Jesus, recently expelled from
France. arrived at St. Johns, N b.,
yesterday.
Extensive forest fires are raging
| on the mountains near Williamsport,
Pa. and large amount of valuable
| timber has been destroyed
In order to give the Pennsylvania
State College near Bellefonte, a moro
adequate library, Andrew Carnegie has
Increased his gift to sl50,0OO.
After wandering over several states
in the last few weeks, Lawyer J. j.
Timanus, of Baltimore, Nd, has re.
| turned, claiming to have no recollec.
ton of where he has been.
Tuesday, March 81.
All the employees of the g!sfs factor
| les at Dubois, Pa, are on strike against
a reduction of wages.
Queen Alexandra left London for
Copenhagen yesterday to visit her
father, King Christian, of Denmark.
! Arthur Wellhousen. Of Marine City,
| Mich, shot and killed himself because
his parents wanted him to go to church.
| ElmerWeaver, a baker, was run down
and killed by an express train while
crossing the Lehigh Valley Railroad
tracks near Easton, Pa, yesterday.
Frederick S. and Edward F. Rowe,
brothers, aged II and 8 years, were
killed by shifting engine on the B.
and o. Railroad, near Baltimore, Md,
yesterday. -