The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-12-06


at Pipe creek, 10 miles below Wheeling,
Edward Martin, young farmer, found
in the river a small wooden box. with
Stats nailed across the box. which was
floating near the shore, in which he dis
covered human leg and foot, which
had been carefully wrapped in paper.
A physician declared it wa snot the
work of a surgeon. Foul play is sus-
pevted
Chairman John S. Killing, of the
Democratic state committee announced
that in Pursuance of the resolution
passed by the Democratic executive
committee in It's city week ago he
has appointed as committee to lnvesti-
gate the falling off OF the Democratic
vote the following: j. +. Ancona,
Reading; William r. Brinton, Lam
caster, and John Oavanaugh, West
Chester.
Two fires occurred in Philadelphia,
one Of which destroyed the departments
store of Partridge & Richardson and the
publishing house of the j. B. Lippincott
Publishing company, and did other
damage. Losses nearly $4,000, 900,
mostly insured.
A Pennsylvania railroad train struck
Cherbys stage, running from Hazleton,
Pa. to HarwOod, at the Cranberry cross
ing, killing three women who were in
the stage. The killed were: Miss Da-
wilson, Grafton, w. Va; Miss Emma
Goeddecke and Miss Brisel, Butler Val
ley. Tony Oherby. the driver, was in
jured.
The superior court, at Pittsburg,
granted an application for an appeal in
the Hazlett case. The hearing comes
Off in April. This stays the sentence.
Jealousy was believed to have actu-
ated William H. Hummel in the COM
mitment OF his quadruple murder the
killing of his wife and her three chill
dren at Montgomery, Pa. The authJri-
ties ascertained that the woman's lover
visited the Hummel residence on the
night the murder is believed to have
been committed and demanded posses
sion of the youngest child. In his frenzy
over the actions of the woman and her
lover Hummel evidently murdered the
women and then killed the children.
He is III Jail at Williamsport, Pa.
VICTIMS OF DISASTERS.
Six persons were killed and 20 injured
in a rearend collision ON the Lacka-
wanna, near Paterson, N. j.
w. d. Jacobs and Ed Harri son, who
were out prospecting in Wyoming, are
believed 20 have been lost in a recent
severe snowstorm.
The Italian bark Fabio, Captain Bel
giano, from Naples, Sept. II, for Pensa-
cacola, Fla, struck on the Palisades in
a storm and is total wreck.
Reuben Harris, hunter, was found ON
| Pocono mountains, near Stauffers, Pa,
unconscious aud lacerated, beside black
bear. with which he had had an en-
counter, infiichng mortal wounds.
RECORD OF CRIMES.
At Chester, w. Va. opposite East
Liverpool, o., John johnson. a negro
railway laborer, demanded of Mrs.
Mary Kidder. keeper of railway
boarding house, $500 which he knew
she had hidden. She refused, and
he beat her to death, but did not
get the money. Her little 6-year. old
son ran and gave the alarm. Italian
laborers, fellow workmen of the mur.
derer and fellow boarders, captured the
murderer, who is now in Jail.
At GAINESVILLE, o., officials were mys-
titled over the murder of Mrs. John
Swingle at her home near Cannelville.
She was with her three children, the
eldest II and the others 2 and years of
age. The oldest was at the barn when
he SAYS he heard the report of gun and
hastened to the house and saw man
running through tho orchard and found
the dead body of the mother. The mur.
der was committed with Swingle's muz.
zle loading shotgun, which was not
loaded when the husband went to work
in the morning and which was found
carefully put away when the alarm wai
given by the older boy.
SEW OF FOREIGN LANDS.
A great battle was fought by General
Methuen's force at the Modder river.
The Beers, estimated at about 5000,
were driven from their position. Cen
eral Methuen was reported as stating in
a message to the queen: 1.-The battle
was the bloodiest in the century. The
British shelled the enemy out OF the
trenches and then charged. The result
xuas tarrihia -
In the battle between the Bri ish and
Beers, at Modder river, on Tuesday last,
both sides lost heavily. The aggregate
of casualties to Lord Methuen's army
aggregate nearly 500, including many
officers.
A revised list of the casualties sus-
taixwk by General Hilyard's forces al
thJ Lbattle of Beacon Hill showed:
Killed, -; wounded, "a; missing. Il;
prisoners, S.
A revised list of the British casualties
at Belmont showed: Officers killed, a;
wounded, %; non commissioned off
GERS aud prIvates killed, 46; wounded,
225, of which number the Guards had
30 killed and l59 wounded.
MISCELLANEOUS.
John Garfield, millionaire lum ber-
man, died at Nistee, Mich, aged SO
years.
Mrs. Alpheus b. Stickney, wife of the
president of the Chicago Great Western