Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-09
THE NEWS In BRIEF
Telegraphic Gleanings From All Part'
of the World.

Charles Frohman and other New
York managers have arranged to build
fine new theatre in Chicago.
The Beers have crossed the Cape
Colony boundary near Norvals Spruit
and destroyed the bridges.
Mrs. Langtry contradicts in London
the report that she and her present
husband have separated.
Sir Josiah Eees, chief justice and
Judge of the vice-admiralty court of
Bermuda since 1878, is dead.
Eastern capitalists have secured the
control of $4,000 acres of West Vir-
ginia coal lands in Preston county.
The committe of bankers to devise
a uniform check collection charge
system has been named in Chicago.
1t is officially announced in London
that British have evacuated Colenso,
south of Ladysmith in South Africa.
federal judge in Missouri has just
rendered an important decision in the
matter of the double liability of bank
stockholders
General Shafter reports from San
Francisco that sick troops returning
from Manila have been shamefully
neglected.
Troops OF the Third and Fourth cav
airy in the Philippines, swan river
and took Bongbong, finding that the
enemy had escaped.
despatch from London says that
Gunnery Lieutenant Egerton, of the
British cruiser Powerful has been
promoted to The rank of commander
Admiral Scllcy and ii party of
friends have left Washington for the
South
y great gale is reported raging over
the lakes, and many vessels are said
10 be III distress.
Secretary Gage has approved the
selection OF Mr.. Cass Gilbert as archi-
tcct of the New York Customhousc.
The British nave ordered thirty-tivc
battalions OF militia to be mobilized
at their headquarters after November
20
Three officers of the Bank Vile
Marie, eff Montreal. have been indict-
ell for making false statements of the
banks affairs.
The New York Soldiers and Sailors
Monument Commission decided to To-
cate The proposed memorial in River.
side Fars n the foot OF Eighty-ninth
street
Lawyer Arthur +. baldwin says
that tire consolidation of telephone in
ter"Sts has not vet been accomplished,
but thNt the corporations will come
together
rho i'ilipinoS attempted to ambush
Capt Rntson'S scouts between San
tiago md SaroCassa. but the .Ameri-
cans drove them from their position,
killing and wounding several One
American officer was killed.
George Birchett, colored, has been
arrested in New York charged with
stealing SG.0a0 in gold from the
Adams Express Company. He con
fesScd and led the detectives 10 the
place where Tie money was hid
y colonial bureau will be establish
ed in connection With the War De
parhnent
y Texas convict forged a pardon
and walked ou az The Rusll peniten-
tiary nnmoleSted
The monthly statement of the di-
rector Of the mint shows Il coinage Of
S11.S3S.1G9 during October.
While riding from Louis City. Neb.,
to Ravenna, w j. Bryan was thrown
out of Il carriage ana bruised but not
seriously.
\ petriied snake weighing more
than one hundred pounds ana twenty
seven feet long has been found near
PottsYillc. Ia.
The fourth annual i'ittSburg art eX-
hihiton opened Thursday the gold
medal and Sl,3o0 hcing awarded to
Miss Cecilia BcauX. of philadelphia.
The treasury department ut Wash
ington has decided To investigate the
treatment o! Sir Louis Davies OF the
Canadian cabinet, by New York GUS
toms officers
The Kentucky courts have decided
against the Brown Democrats in the
matter Of inspectors at the polls
Light fails ol snow are reported
from milwaukee,, Wis. and Marquet
t.. Mich.
The New YORK state Tax Commits
sion has received the New York City
real estate and personal valuation for
1S'@ The Manhattan real estate fig
ureS are increased Sl0o,00o00O over
those Of last year
Costa Rica has definitely refused to
surrender Rutherford. the man who is
charged With The murder of Archer.
the American citizen. unless the Brit
ish authorities nj Kingston. jamaica,
%rSrantee not 10 inilict capital pun
ishment, To which the latter cannot
accede.
Elizabeth n. j., Nov. 6.-The body
of Samuel Van Arsdale, brakeman on
the Central Railroad, was found cut
in fypn hn tt,oa al Oh I,n