Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-22

ments,' by proclamation, and without
the f0rmality OF Il treaty. 1t is the
first OF the series of treaties which the
British West Indian colonies-Iamaica.
Guiana ana Bermuda- are seeking.
Fort JerVls, y. ". June 1S.-A New
York tourist named Howard Storms,
stopping at Mongaup. saw g blacks
snake dOZing on Il rock. and. thinking
to frighten it. yelled and struck the
rock with stone. The snake chased
Storms Il quarter of Il mile to his
boarding house. where the youn.
mans cries brought out his brother
John. who killed the reptile with Il
club. 1t measured five feet.
Dubuque. To-. June 19.-The Dubu-
que Light and Traction Company's
Sheriff for 100000. 1t was bid in by
the General Electric Company. of
Schenectady \. y. The price paid Is
a very low one. The sale has really no
significance. 1t is simply the bond
holders buying in the property. which
is worth SJ0O,0W.
indianapolis. Ind. June 19.-Robert
Lowry. Il stakeholder in the State Life
Insurance Company. has brought suit
against the company 10 test the legal
ity Of the special contract insurance
policies issued by them Attorney
General Taylor and State Auditor
Hart have recently held special con-
tract" policies Illegal.
Boston. Mass. June 19.-Hichard w.
Jacobs has been arrested here charged
with being implicated in negotiating
cancelled bonds of the State of Vir-
ginia to the face value of $4,000
through James T.. l.ongStreet. IL broker,
who did not know they were cancelled.
Loans amounting to S11.O0O were OBJ
tained on them.
Bloomington. Ind. June l9.-Henry
Leech of Clear Creek and his half
brother. Eldon FrantZ. of Greene Coun.
ty, Went hunting" and Frantz shot ut
a hawk and missed it, He saw what
he thought was the hawk moving
about and shot again. 1t proved TO be
his brother. whom he had killed in
stantly.
Nyack. y. v. June l9.-The laborers
at the Rockland Lake Trap Rock Com
pany at Rockland Lake. are on strike
deputy sherilfS are now guarding the
property. Threats have been made by
some of the men To do damage to the
property and the deputy sheriffs are
all armed with rifles.
Indianapolis. Ind. June ia lion
with the Hagenback Animal Show.
which has been exhibiting here. cscap-
ed and WAS after two hours hard
work captured in Il grocery store.
where the beast took refuge behind an
ice box Charles Ricardo Il trainer
was bitten in the hand by the animal
Washington. II. c., June ao.-Presi-
dent Mckinley has granted pardon
To .Iohn Washington and Simmons
Wolf. two Seminole Indians who were
convicted in Kansas in 1856 of crimin-
al assault. and who have since been
serving life sentence.
Strettin. Prussia. June 20.-A disas-
Ter has occurred on the River Oder. off
the village of Zuellchew. The passen-
ger steamer Bluecher has been run in
TO and sunk hy the steamer Poelitz
Thirty persons are reported to have
been drowned and ten were saved.
Lansing. Mich. June 2U.-Gov. Pin
gree has vetoed the Beet Sugar Bounty
bill. and also the bill appropria ting
$4,000 for Il State building and eX-
hibit at the Pan American Exposition
ut Buffalo. Incidently lie made his
veto messages Il medium for hotly
criticism" the Legislature for alleged
failure I" carry out the peoples
wishes.
Bay Shore. l.. l.. June 20-Walter l..
Dunham recently injured his thumb
smashing and loosening the rail 1t
gave him no particular trouble until
Wednesday morning. when he had
difficulty in Openin" his mouth. by
night the jaws We're fully locked. and
it is thought he will not recover. lie
has suffered great agony and has Ia be
fed by artificial means.
Sing Sing. June 20.-''The Star of
Hope" the new eight-page paper print-
ed and written by the convictS in the
prison here. has proved SO popular that
it has been decided by superintendent
of Prisons Collins to enlarge it and eX-
tend its circulation. The Sing Sing
Prison will furnish and print the usual
amount of matter, Auburn Prison will
furnish four pages and Clinton Prison
four pages. Four thousand copies will
be printed twice II month for distribu-
ton among The inmates of all the penal
institutions i'm the State
ironworxers' Pay Raised.
Pitts rrg. June 19.-As result of
tie I iir days conference between the