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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES William Hoffman, while going home last night from his restaurant in Frostburg, Md., was held up by four negroes. Hoffman resisted when the negroes shot him through the thigh and robbed him of $200. Dr. P. Whittley, health officer of Corry, Pa., while fishing this morning in Findley Lake, Chautauqua county, N. Y., was drowned by the upsetting of his boat. His son and daughter, who were in the boat with him, were rescued. The Lancaster (Pa.) Bank, on which a run was made Monday and part of Tuesday, was closed this morning and a receiver is now in charge of the institution. All demands for withdrawals Tuesday were met and it was thought that the bank would weather the storm. The doors did not open this morning, however, and Henry Peter, president of the Fairfield Bank, was appointed receiver. There is considerable excitement in the city. At a meeting of the textile council at Fall River, Mass., yesterday, further plans were made for the continuance of the big strike. A local business man, who refused to allow the use of his name, offered to be one of ten men to give $5,000 each to the strikers to fight manufacturers when the funds of the union were exhausted. In case the other nine men could not be found, he offered to give a note for $5,000 to the strikers. There is no change in the strlke situation this morning, everything being reported quiet at the mills and in the city. None of the mills was opened today.
