The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-05-03
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
Short Items From Various
Parts Of the World.
Record Of Many Happenings Condensed
and Put In Small Space and Arranged
With Special Regard For The Convent
snce of the Reader Who Has Little
Time to Spare.

Toledo pastors favor municipal own
ership Of saloons.
Edward Oswald of Camden, N. j.,
murdered his wife and S-year-old child
and then attempted to kill himself.
Domestic trouble.
James and Joseph Caldwell, brothers
living on a ranch near Williamsport,
N. D., quarreled, and James shot his
brother to death with rifle. He then
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid.
Edward Scott OF Jamestown, N. Y,
stabbed his son Edward, the result of
quarrel The son is in a critical con-
dition and the father is in jail.
The dead bodies of four men who
started on a timber cruise in Oregon,
have Just been found. 1t is thought
they were poisoned by eating poisonel
canned meat or vegetables,
The Missouri river at Omaha
overflowed it banks and over l99
pie are homeless as a result. The ri
is still rising.
Three hundred houses in the town O.
Guta, in the Kombon district, IIr
ry, were destroyed by fire, and ssl,A
women and three children are known to
have perished.
Don Carlos, the pretender 10 the
Spanish throne, is said to have IS
sued another manifesto to his adhcr-
ents.
DR.. r. M. Rakestraw, a radical aho,i
Zionist in anti-bellum days, died at his
home in Hicksville, o.. aged 81 years.
The Russian government has Sc
cured an interest in port on the Pc
sian gulf sufficient to give her IL,
right Of possession.
The treaty of peace between thl
United States and Spain was handed
over to the Spanish minister in Parts.
who Immediately forwarded it by syr.
cial messenger on to Madrid.
The Mazet commission investigator;
into the affairs of New York city 49,.
ported to the Legislature asking frr al
extension of time and power to
widen the investigation.
Three men were killed by fall 1t
slate in the Pen Argyle valley quatry.
at Pen Argyle, Pa.
Richard Croker left New York City
on the steamer New York for Soutl-
ampton, Eng. He will remain abioa
three or four months
The British government will subsidze
a Pacific cable to connect British Co.
lumbia with Australia.
Three more great plants in CleN ridnd
have entered the shipbuilding trust
1t is said that the Canadian wnc4t
crop in Ontario has been greatly in
jured by the extreme winter.
The Republican monetary comnjttra
In session at Atlantic City, N. j., have
agreed upon monetary plan, but will
not make it public Just at present.
The statue erected in memory of Gen
eral Grant in Philadelphia was un-
yelled with appropriate ceremonies.
Six men were badly burned by a.
explosion of gas in a colliery hear
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Three persons were killed and a vast
amount Of property was destroyed by
tornado at Onawa, Ia
The treaty of peace between tha
United States and Spain wars formally
turned over to the Spanish premier in
Madrid
The president has issued proclan,a
ton announcing the ratification of tie
new extradition treaty between lna
United States and Mexico.
Will Mullen, a white road oversee
was shot ond killed by three negro
near Montgomery, Ala.
Dr. William Seward Webb of Bur
lington has presented war medals 90
every member of the First Vernon
regiment of volunteers. The medals ave
made of metal taken from AdL,
raj Cervera's flagship, the Marie Tereae
Nearly the entire village of Crotcr
Mich, was swept away by fire. L b..
teen houses were burned, causing
loss of $6O,OOO.
Rev. DR.. Alexander II. Clapp, edit
rial secretary of the Congregation
Home Missionary society of Ne"
York city. died at his home in that city.
John P. Ross OF Sharon, Mass, was
shot and killed by his wife who elaine
that he was choking her.
President Mckinley has telegraphed
General Otis conveying TO officers and
men his heartfelt congratulations and
gratitude for their signal gallantry AMI
victories in the Philippines.
The collier Abarenda started from
Fort Monroe on her long voyage to Sa-
moa. She goes by the way Of the
Straits of Magellan.
Brigadier General Davis has been ap
pointed governor general of Porto ri
co to succeed General Henry, who
asked to be relieved on account of III
health
The coal operators in Southern In
diana, fearing a strike, have shuI down
their mines for six months. throwing
1000 miners out of employment Great
suffering is feared.
Owing to an thrush Of water at a
gold mine near Troigk, Poland. 81 min
ers were killed and 30 others badly in
jured.
-Four people were killed by an explo-
sion of powder at the Dupont works
near Woodbury.. n. j. The explosion
resulted from an experiment of a gov
ernment giant torpedo.
John Webber. an engineer of Peter
boro. ont. shot and killed his VIE and
then killed himself Webae was sub
ject to fits and was ur ouhtad'y in
sane when he committed the deea.