Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-07
THE country N general
A Summary Of Happenings at
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
A Review of What Has TranSpired
of Public interest.

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of Public interest.
New Brunswick, N. j., Dec. 2.-Wins
field s. Anness, father in law Of George
Valentine, the Perth Amboy bank
wrecker, has just committed suicide
here. Mr.. Anness never recovered from
the shock of the disgrace brought upon
the family.
Sag Harbor, N. Y, Dec. 2.-Dr. Edgar
Miles, one of the best known practising
physicians in Suffolk County, died at
his home here Thursday. He was sew
enty-fve years old and had practised in
Sag Harbor and vicinity for fifty-five
years. He was the father of Clarence
G. Miles, Coroner of Suffolk County
Toronto, Dec. $50 much lumber
vas exported to Buffalo during the
last season that there is a scarcity of
it in Canada. Already the box lumber
men have put up their rates 100 per
cent. higher than they We're at a cor
responding time last year, and to meet
that the box manufacturers of Toronto
will advance prices so per cent.
Chicago, Ill, Dec. as. L. McClel-
land. travelling salesman for the Moore
& Schaefer Clothing Company of New
York City, lost his pocketbood, con-
tanning $4,000, and his diamond stud,
worth $500. He thinks he lost them
while watching the newsboys eat a
Thanksgiving dinner in VOLTS store
Florence, Ala, Dec. 2-General Joe
Wheeler, in letter to w. NJ. Bunting,
editor of a local paper, says: "Will
YOU please state in your valuable pa
per that letters addressed to me at
Washington about matters of Congress
sional business will be attended to, as
! expect to be there very soon."
Paris. Dec. 2.--The weekly statement
of the Bank of France shows the fol-
lowing changes: Notes in circulation
increased 152.s75.OOO francs; treasury
accounts current increased 1890, 900
francs; gold in hand decreased 4, 425, 900
francs; bills discounted increased 1884,
275,O00 francs; silver in hand decreased
/. 100000 francs.
Washington, Dec 2.-Thanksgiving
Day was closely observed at the ma
tional capital. All the executive de-
partments, district offices and business
houses We're closed. At the White
House the President and his household
spent the day in the usual quiet way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley came
over from New York to dine at the
White House, and accompanied the
Cape Charles. Va, Dec. 4.-The en-
firn buStnpcS NORTON nf Onannooolya
Accomac County, Virginia. has been
destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at 100000
Princeton. KY, Dec. 4.-The boiler at
the railroad water tank at CeruIean ex-
ploded Friday afternoon, fatally injur-
ing Engineer Calvin Mitchell and his
son.
Shelbyville, Ind, Dec. 4.-On a play
full wager that he could crawl down the
wheels of moving wagon, ten-year-
old John Rhodes did 80 and had his
head crushed to a pulp.
Lexington, KY, Dec. 4.-John W.
Schooier. the colored attorney and
lea Ter of the colored Democrats of Lex
ington, has been acquitted by Commits
sioner Hill of the charge of bribery at
the recent election preferred by John
Lair.
Muncie, Ind, Dec. 4.-Frank Coffman.
an l.. T.. and w. freight Switclffnan,
was crushed to death between the bum
pers on two cars here. His body was
held suspended until the cars We're
pulled apart Coffman had sued for
divorce only few days ago.
Washington, Dec. 4.-The monthly
statement of the director of the mint
shows that the total coinage at the
mints of the United States during No
vember was 50, 9,511, ,O7O. as follows: Gold.
$G.G43, 700: silver. s2,612, 900, minor coins.
s255,310.
Columbus, o., Dec. Alike Il. Jobc,
iatc captain in the sixth United
states Infantry, who was to have been
tried before the United States Court
here for using war department penalty
envelopes for private letters has es
caped from the county Jail.
Cincinnati, Dec. 4.-The paper trade
is in serious condition, according to
Albert Diem, one of the largest manu-
facturers in Cincinnati or the West.
Mr.. Diem says that within fortnight
the trust will raise prices from 20 Ia
25 per cent. This condition is due moi
so much to a desire to make profits as
to an actual scarcity of the commodity.
brooklyn, n. Y, Dec. 5.--A patron
wagon. containing two policemen and o
large box, drove up to Police Head
quarters Friday evening, and the box
was carried to the room of President
York. The wagon was from the Ver
non avenue station and contained the
hooks and papers of the Miller Frank
lin Syndicate business. President York
and Commissioner Abeli passed con-
siderable time in examining the con-
tents of the box but refused to tell