Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL
A Summary of Happenings at
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
A Review of What Has TranSpired
of Public Interest.

Halifax. y. s.. July 29.-Four men
We're killed and several seriously in
jured by an accident to Il construction
train on the Midland Railway between
Truro and Windsor.
Princeton. y. j.. July 29-Workmen
began to rebuild the big baseball
grandstand. which was badly wrecked
by being twice struck by lightning dur
ing Thursdays storm. The entire east
end will have TO be rebuilt
Albany, y. Y. July 29.-Gov Roose-
welt dispatched his military secretary,
Col. Treadwell. to Lake Champlaiu. as
Il courier. bearing to President Nc
Kinley ii letter of cordial greeting and
welcome to the State of New York
Springicld H.. July 2a-I'wo negro
highwaymen assaulted Hr. Rudolph G..
HUM. Il prominent young dentist The
negroes beat Dr HUM. fracturing his
skull. and robbed him of 5000. He
was found lying unconscious in the
street and conveyed to the City Hos
pital. He may not recover.
Chicago. July % Frederick ! v.
Skiff of the L. S. Paris Exposition
Commission. has just returned from
Paris He found the American bui'l-
iLgs in satisfactory condition. Rapid
progress has heeh mat" on them and
they VIII he completed III ample tiHie
for the installing of exhibits.
Wahpeloh. ~ ~ Jul! . fiofelce
Bagg. years old. OF Moofetoli 1his
county, was caught on the outdoor
driving smart OF Il gram elevator winch
was making 200 reYo'ntlehs per minute
and was Whlrled around i!n'll her heels
dug hole III me SFo"ii" SIN iiiciieS
was thrown hfteeh ieet She WAS
dizzy when plcKeu up ou' uhihjufeu.
London. luly ~ ne bfitlsii steam
er Europe, tapf uii'' from Ne"
York July II for i-"hdoh liaSseit he
Lizard ana reported tiiat III ihtltu"', Il"
Longitude ~ Slle SiGh'e" 'lie NORTH yer
man llyod steamer LAM me LAM
was stopped and Sl@naled that hcr en-
glne was our Oh "fueT' hu' was 'Np"'l-
eG to he set right soon ana no assist
ance was required me Lam Salie"
from southampton Tor New lo'k II
July 70
Boston. Mass. july 2H-Ihe convert
ed ferryhoat East hoston. which was
bought by the Navy department duf-
ing the war from the city OF boston
but which never left tn" local navy
yard. has been turned over To the
agents OF her new owners she was
bought from the Government Ut auc-
tion for S'N.oou Ter me No"iuik county
Odeon received her for the company.
1t has not been decided Yet whether
she will go down under her own steam
of he towed down
Boston. July - tEaileS IL. Wood
man. manager OF tn" AoTrnt Christian
Publication Society. Who Is one OF the
executors of sidney lialiS VIII, said
that he did not know how the provi-
SionS OF the VIII Wonld ne carried our.
''pernicouS doctrine Of the immortality
of the soul. Th" executors Will meet
in IL few weeks ant decide The money
will probably h" spent in the puhlica-
tion of tracts. Mr Hall having writ
ten some himself. Mr. Hall believed Il
resurrection of The righteous who
London. July 29.-B Il. Howell. tho
American oarsman. won the Wingtield
silver souls and the amateur cham
pionshiD of the Thames. llnlShing the
four lengths ahead Of Blackstaffc, who
was second. Fox was third in the con
test Howell won the diamond sculls
in the Henley regatta July {.
New York. .iuly ~ Fhc steamer
Massachusetts of the Providence and
Stonington Steamboat Company with
an excursion party aboard collided
with and sank the canal boat The
Baird X Lyman. of Buffalo. in East
River off Eighty-fougth street. The
Massachusetts WAS nos damaged. SO
far as is known. and the accident
passengers.
New Orleans. July 29.-Senor Luis
+. Cores, Minister of Nicaragua. has