Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-31
THE COUNTRY N GENERAL
A Summary of Happenings al
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
A Review of What Has Transpired
of Public Interest.

A Review of What Has Transpired
of Public Interest.
Newark. n. T., Aug. o6-Peter In
slip. a farm hand in the employ of
William Honsif of Franklin. lies In n
serious condition as q result of an en-
counter with yellow jackets. He was
removing pile of brushwood from n
path across a lot when LIS foot slipped.
and as he fell his hand crushed their
nest They stung him to unconscious
ness.
Philadelphia. Pa. Aug. 2G.-rhe en-.
ployes at Cramps Ship Building Yards
have decided to present to the firm :,
remonstrance against the recent dis
charges in various departments. The
remonstrance will be presented to the
company on Monday. and if satis-
factory reply Is not received imme-
diately strike will follow on Tuesday
Portland. Ore. Aug. 26.-The Ore
gonian says that while rcporrs or
damage to the wheat crop have been
exaggerated. it is now estimated tbat
fully - per cent. of the wheat of tho
Willamette Valley has l'cen rendered
urmarkctable by the wet weather
Reliable reports indicate that the dam
age in the Columbia Basin Is also very
heavy.
Plattsburg. \. Y. Aug. 2G.-News has
reached here that II. Walter Webb.
vice president of the Kew York Cen
tral Railroad and Il brother o. DR.. w.
Seward Webb, is critically i'll at III.
Mex. Twombley's camr. on Upper
Streeis Lake. The dispatch states that
NJ Webb is suffering from a complica,
ton of diseases. and the gravest fears
are entertained for his recovery.
Cleveland Ohio. Aug. 2G.-A Rig
Consolidated motorman and conductor
were threatened with iolcnce by an
angry mob on Broadway. The police
had to charge the crowd repeatedly
to save them. The Broadway ear was
almost downtown when running at u
rapid rate. ii struck n spring wagon.
throwing the four occupants onto the
pavement inturing them badly.
BuZzard'S Bay. Mass. Aug. 2G.-The
Manomet House here was DESTROYED by
fire lhe guests had difficulty in es-
Gaping from the burning building and
were obliged in many cases to crawl
on their hands and knees through cor
ridorS filed with flames and smoke 10
place of safety. Very little of the
effects of the hotel or If the guests was
saved
Chicago. H.. Aug. pa leader in
Il. t.. Il. 4.
by police court To keep away from
the big department stores downtown.
That is the condition on which she is
out of jail She is Mrs Annie Movers.
who was Il member of the Women's
Board of Managers of the Worlds
Fair She was found guilty of shop.
lifting and fined $50
san Francisco. Cal. Aug S.-Nrs
Phoebe Hearst denies the statement
sent out from Dcadwood, $. H.. to the
effect that she intended To sell her in
tercStS in the famous iIomeStake mine
London, Aug. 2S.rhc British bark
Simla. Capt lIuestis. from Hong Kong.
May =. and Ccbu July % for Port An
geles. has returned To Hong Kong dam
aged in a gale. she was dsmasted and
her deck was started,
London. Aug. 2S.--A Reuter- despatch
from I.abuan. an island near British
North Borneo. says that according to
reliable advices from Manila The ma
tives have murdered the crew OF
the steamer Saturnus. which was burn
ed by the FilipinoS near San Fernando
on Aug. ,.
Seattle. Aug 2S--The transport St
Paul has sailed for Manila with 80
men of the Third Cavalry. General
Shafter disregardcd protest of the
cavalry officers that the transport was
not large enough to accommodate 100
men. the number assigned to her.
Albany. Aug. 2e.-Application has
been made by the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Company to the State Rail
road Commission. for permission to is.
sue S2,500.000 worth of second mort,
gage bonds. The application, not con.
forming to the rules and regulations
of the Board, action was postponed.
New Milford. Conn. Aug. 2S.-Be-
cause of refusal to give him money
with which to go TO New York Ed
ward Trenkaus shot and killed his
brother. Karl. and the latter's wife.
and then after vain attempt to add
the children To the list. put q bullet
through his own skull. He is also
dead.
Scranton, Penn. !Aug. 2S.-Chief
Arthur. of the Locomotive Engineers.
returned here direct from Cincinnati
His presence is due to hitch in the
settlement of the grievances of the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad engineers. whose conferences
with General Superintendent Russell
were broken on Tuesday last.
Plainfield, y. j.. Aug. 2S. Sylvester
]. Sullivan. vice president of the Marry