Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

uEmSnacoalfTof.DOtn eastern anu W&sk-
ernstyadaatAsfgure which will notsad-
NIT, of 8H lHcyeASs in wages. A joint
rdeetipE hass heef called for Monday to
endeavor tosreach settlement.
Chicago. Sept, 1s.-In his address on
"Mblppdlies" before the Trust Confer
enceM W.,J. Bryan made no specific
attemptSto reply to Mr.. Cochran, but 1t
was considered n mastery treatment
Of the subject by the immense crowd
that heard tit.
San Jose, Cal, Sept. 1S.-President
David Starr Jordan, of Standard Uni
versity, is back from an automobile
trip up Mount Hamilton. The electric
carriage reached an altitude of 1900
feet, the greatest height ever reached
by vehicle of the kind.
New York, Sept. 1S.-There has been
a further advance of one-quarter of Il
cent Sover the top-notch price of ten
cents pound in the price of beef. BY
this additional raise the Beef Trust
will pocket an extra profit of $4,000
during the current week in Greater
New York and Jersey City.
Topeka, Kan, Sept 1S.-William L.
Hahn has made muck money by adver'
tising as widow looking for a loving
husband Many farmers answered and
to each applicant he wrote and pro-
posed to visit him and act as house
keeper for few weeks on trial if the
man would send a sum sufficient to
cover expenses The postal authorities
say Hahn gathered in hundreds OF
dollars in this way. He is now under
arrest.
Berlin, Sept 1S.-The Cologne Nolks-
Zeitung prints a despatch from Shan
Tung which reports Il serious condition
Of affairs in the Hinterland. The Chin
csc government has endeavOred to Keep
the German minister at Pekin in ignor-
ance of the condition of affairs and has
intercepted telegrams to him. The
German mission at Shan-Tung, it is re-
ported. has been annihlated and rail
road communication is only possible
with strong military escort.
San Francisco. Cal. Sept. 1S.-B. Il.
Banning, a Hawaiian capitalists, az
rived here from Honolulu on the steam
ship Australia. Among his effects was
a valise containing. it is said, between
$4,000 and $4,000 in bank notes.
bonds and sugar stocks, with other
valuable documents. \ few hours
after his arrival he missed the valise.
1t is now thought that Mr.. Banning's
property is on its way back to Homo
lulu having been sent on board the
steamer Nippon Marn by mistake, as
part of the baggage of Purser River,
of that vessel
Manila. Sept 1S.--The local news.
papers assert that Corporal DamhOffer
and Private Conine of Company b.. Six
teenth Infantry, have been sentenced
to death by court martial, and thai
Private McBennett has been condemn
ed to twenty years imprisonment for
having assaulted native women in Ma
Mia n month ago. The crime, it is
said. greatly aroused the natives.
The newspapers add that Gen. Otis
has recommended that President Nc
Kinley approve the sentences and that
the general desires Il public execution
of the sentence as n warning against
repetition of the crime.
Helena, Mont. Sept. 1S.--Joseph II.
Allen, a quarterbreed. who murdered
!. s. Reynolds near Henela in July,
1898 was hanged here yesterday. He
was only 81 years old. Many efforts
had been made to induce the Governor
to commute his sentence, but with
out success.
Frankfort. Ind, Sept. 1S.-The Gin
ton County Grand Jury has indicted
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chenewith. charged
with manslaughter. Their 9-months-
old child died of pneumonia without
medical attendance, they having en-
ployed a Chicago faith healer to make
prayers there
Shamokin. Pa, Sept -. A trip o
cars from Burnside ran away, and
mounting Il plane. dashed into and bad.
ly damaged Il pair of engines at the
Peerless drift 1t was necessary to
close down about half the mines for
one week to repair the damage. e
San Francisco, Sept. l9.-The follow
ing message has been sent to President
Mckinley by the Episcopal clergy of
this city The clericus of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church of san Iran
cisco, profoundly moved by the verdict
in the Dreyfus case. most earnestly
request your EXcellency to take such
action looking forward TO reversal of
the sentence as is possible and COM
patible with the diplomatic relations
existing between the two nations"
The Philomath Club. representing all
the Jewish women of San Francisco,
sent a cablegram of sympathy to Nine.
Dreyfus.
New York Markets.