The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-19
iUMMARY 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 Conveni-
enoe of the Reader Who Hss Little
Time to Spare.

John T. Carlisle. claiming to be a
cousin of ex-Secretary Carlisle, shot
and killed Professor William Liscomb
IN a church during services at Dallas,
Tex. No cause is known for the trag-
edy.
An order has been issued by the pres
dent extending privileges and protec-
ton of the American flag to the ship
ping of Porto Rico and the Philippines.
Albert Smith, middle-aged negro,
was hanged at Harrisburg Pa, for
numbering his wife.
The schooner Ida L. Hull, belonging
to Barnstable. Mass, was totally
wrecked in Machias bay OFF the Maine
coast. and her crew and passengers, 15
in number, are missing and believed to
have been drowned.
More returning gold-seekers have
returned from the Klondike with ter
rible tales of suffering in the extreme
Northwest A few brought treasures.
: Henry Hoyer and his son James were
killed by an explosion in a mine near
Altoona, Pa. Three other men were
badly hurt.
Martial law has been declared in
Servia on account of the recent at
tempt to assassinate ex-King Milan
Henry Lorraine, a veteran actor. is
dead in London.
The receiver of the Order of the Iron
Hall has made his finll report and the
trust will be Immediately closed, the
claimants getting about 25 cents on the
dollar.
At Crawford, Miss. Shields Erwin
and F. A. Tarleton shot each other to
death, the result of an old quarrel.
The cruiser Olympia reached Suex
with Admiral Dewey on board. The
admiral is in very good health.
Hon. Henry Singletry of Waycross,
Ga, aged co, state representative,
was assassinated while going from his
store to his home near by. No clue.
A movement has been started to have
the government purchase 1000, 900 acres
of the forest land in Minnesota for a
national park.
President Mckinley has postponed his
trip to ST. Paul and other western
points until October.
The president has appointed Colonel
Alfred r. Bates paymaster general of
the army to succeed General Asa B.
Carey, retired.
lockjaw at Oswego, N. Y as the re-
suit of a wound inflicted by toy pis-
tol July L.
Manufacturers of drill and seeder
implements have decided to make an
advance of Is per cent in the price of
seeders and drills.
The City of Para sailed from San
Francisco for Manila with four compa-
nies of the Twenty fourth infantry, Ma
jor Wigant commanding, and two
troops Of the Fourth cavalry.
The No. IL coal breaker at Plymouth,
Pa, owned by Haddock e. Shonk was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000 1t is
supposed it was struck by lightning.
About $50 men and boys are thrown out
of employment until the breaker is re-
built.
The arrival of Is non-union glass
blowers at Bridgton, N. Y. was the
cause of an outbreak on the part of the
strikers, and the residents are appre-
hensive of more serious trouble The
strangers came from Indiana.
Mennonite church at Allentown, Pa,
was struck by lightning just before SER
vices began and Miss Florence Oswald.
aged 10 years, was instantly killed.
Several others were stunned, but not
seriously hurt.
The little daughter of Orren Hazard
of Bemus Point, N. Y, fell from wag-
on in which she was riding with her
father and was crushed by the wheels,
dying almost instantly.
Edward MinchelL IA years old. died
at Syracuse, N. Y, from lockjaw.
which was caused by an injury to his
hand He was shot with a toy pistol
on July 4.
Admiral Dewey before sailing from
Port Said informed the navy depart
ment that his next stopping place
would be Trieste.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith. in charge
of the quartermaster's department I'm
st. Louis died at his home in that city.
The scarlet fever scare has abated
at West Point and the cadets are once
more drilling.
General John b. Clapp, aged 81 years.
one of the best known military men
in Connecticut. died at his home in
Hartford of Brlght's disease.
Captain William p. DuvaU of the
First artillery. has been appointed lieu
tenant colonel of the new Twenty-sixth
regiment volunteer infantry.
George Payne, a llneman of the New
York fire department. touched a live
WIRE, and was almost instantly killed
81 Smith, in Jail at Gainesville Ga
Tor killing w Bell. was shot to death
In ms cell by a mob that broke in dur
ing the night.
The Filipino junta at Hong Kong
has been moved to the island Of La
buan, a British colony six miles from
the northwest coast of Borneo II is
members were too closely watched by
the Americans at the former place.
The new board Of managers of House
Of Refuge for Women at Hudson. ~ Y,
decided that corporal punishment at
that institution must be stopped.
The French cabinet has decided that
no new evidence can be introduced at
the coming trial Of Captain Dreyfus.
The United States refrigerator chip
Glacier has arrived at Manila with her
cargo Of fresh beef in excellent cond-
tlon.
Several Detroit aldermen have been
accused Of bribery and an investigation