Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17

after many trips brought all the pas.
sengers ashore. e. s. Radel, secretary
of the Brunswick Traction Company,
drove to NIilltown and ordered several
trolley cars to convey the wrecked
party.
Mexico. Aug. 14.-The Yaqui army
that was beseiged by the Mexican
army at Bacum has outwitted the
pickets and escaped to mountain fast,
neSSes
Columbus. o., Aug. 14.-One more of
the prison demons" yielded to the in
evitahle aud went to work. O'Neil
was taken to the cellar and after he
had been severely padded by Deputy
Wells said he would go back and work.
He kept his promise and is now get.
ting along all right.
Baltimore. Md. Aug. 14.-It IS known
from authoritive sources here that the
approx innate gross earnings of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for July.
1899 were $262S, $40. an increase of
S322 S5S over July. 1898. These are
the largest gross earnings in the his
tory of the company for one month
Webster Mass. Aug. 14.-Charles f..
Darling. Il farmer of Dudley. has
struck gold in digging well On his
farm. The auriferous earth taken out
assaved $l46 To the ton. A multitude
of prospcctorS are exploring farms ad-
jacrnt to Darling's. The lucky farmer
will form corporation to develop his
mine.
jefferson City. Mo-. Aug 14-Sixty
eight of the scvcnty-three ousted in
Surance companies have paid their
fines of 81 .Ou0 each. Sunday is the
last day for the remaining companies
to pay in order To keep from being
ousted from the State under the pro-
visions of the antitrust law. which
they can counter to in combining to
fix the price of insurance.
Williamsport. Pa. Aug. 14.-Intelli.
eence came from Oval that Leslie Il.
Clark. who fooled the Willimsport pO-
lice into dragging the river for his
body also wrote letter to Young
woman in Nippenose Valley. who re-
fused To marry him. stating that he in
tended To commit suicide. and mailed
it at the same time he posted his let
ter to Chief Strykcr He is en- route to
California.
Albany. Aug. i4.-Gov. Roosevelt has
appointed the following delegates to
the Conference on Trusts. 10 he held
in Chicago beginning on September
Is. Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew. Hon.
John c. Carlisle. DR.. Albert Shaw
Hon. w. Bourkc Cochran. George Gun
ton. T.. Il. rhurhcr and Henry White
1t is possible that this list may be
added to at Il later day.
Victoria. Il. G.. Aug. 1.-THE Count
Festetics. of Austria. who. with his
Countess. has been cruising in south
ern seas in the Yacht Tolna. narrowly
escped death ut the hands of savages
The Tolna had been visiting the
larger of the Solomon Islands. the
Count taking many chances to secure
photographs of head bunting battles
and Cannibal feasts. when the savage
models developed sudden and fierce
Hostility. The Count and his party be
came suspicious of them Just In time
and. returning to the yacht. were for
tunatc In getting favorable wind. As
l
pursued them for many miles.
Bnghamton. Aug. 14.-In the pres
cncc Of twelve hundred people at
Owego. y. Y. David McCahe plunged
from n blazing balloon. half mile in
the air. and. clinging to II partly un-
folded parachute, landed in the river.
slightly burned and badly scared. The
mouth of the hot-air balloon was
noticed 10 be Smoulderng us McCabe
cast off. He struggled to free the
parachute. but before he succeeded the
bag was mass of flames and had be-
gun to fall. He took Il chance jump
ing into space. and his weight broke
the cord holding the parachute.
plattsburg. y. Y. Aug. 15.-The
weather was cold and rainy here
Yesterday. and the President and Mrs.
Mckinley and the rest of the Presi-
dental party remained in their apart
ments all day. The President re-
viewed the Twenty sixth Regiment at
Plattshurg Barracks today.
san Francisco Aug. William T..
Strong. ex-mayor of New York and
president of the Protective Tariff
League, has arrived here from the
east He has come to meet his son
Major Putnam Bradlee Strong, who
was Il volunteer officer on the staff of
Gen Merritt in Manila, and who is ex-
pected To arrive from the Philippines
on the transport Warren next week.
New York Markets.
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