The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-09-13
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Weeks Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts Of
Only the Facts Given In as Few Words
as Possible For the Benefit Of the Hur-
ried Reader.

MlCndtl ~ ANtll VI DtSBdlNhs ~ Ass
was run down and fatally injured by
passenger train on the New York Cen
trail railroad.
President Mckinley has commuted
the death sentence to life imprison-
ment for Thomas McVeigh, who muir
derously assaulted his superior officer
at Manila.
The st. Jseph's Orphan asylum at
Hartwell, O., suburb of Cincinnati,
was entirely destroyed by fire. No lives
were lost.
Daniel L. Fish, author of Fish's arith-
metic and other we'll known school
books, died at his home in Rochester,
N. Y. He was 70 years old.
The Spanish officers on trial for sur
rendering Santiago to the Americans,
have all been acquitted.
The Thirty-third regiment of volun-
teers have been ordered from Fort Sam
Houston, Tex. to San Francisco, where
they will embark for the Philippines.
Richard Kesse, a prisoner sentenced
to death for murder at Springfield, Mo,
committed suicide in his cell by taking
morphine smuggled to him by some
unknown person.
Charles L. Bailey. one of the most
prominent iron merchants in Central
Pennsylvania, died at his home in Har-
risburg. aged IS years.
Charles A Danolds, prominent ca
nal contractor, died at his home In AL
bion, N. Y.
An lncendiary fire at Port au Prince,
Hayti, destroyed 20 buildings.
General Shafter may be retained in
the volunteer service after his retire.
ment from the regular army next
month
A temporary Alaskan boundary may
be agreed upon until the question is
permanently settled.
The New York butchers association
has secured two large packing plants
at Wichita, Kan, and will fight the
beef trust.
The New York Central depot at Cay
uga, N Y, was destroyed by fire.
The Olympic Park hotel at Lake
View, near Paterson, n. j., was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, O,000
Seven persons were killed in a COL
lision between a freight and passenger
train at Miller's station on the Erie
railroad.
Five persons, three of them children,
were bitten by a dog on Eighth av-
enue, New York city, The dog was
killed.
John Y. McKane died at his home at
Sheepshead Bay, aged IS years.
Admiral Dewey is well pleased with
his reception in Gibraltar.
The G. A. r. encampment elected
Colonel Albert d. Shaw, of Watertown,
~ Y, for commander-in-chief for the
coming year and selected Chicago for
the meeting in 1900.
Captain Henry Geek aged 70 years,
died at his home in Rochester of par
alysis. He was captain of the famous
Old Thirteenth New York during the
civil war.
William B. Smith, prominent drug
gist of Troy N. Y, died from an over
dose of chloral. Whether suicide or an
accident is not known.
Fourteen dwelling houses in the Will
age of South Harwich, Mich, were de-
stroyed by a timber fire which swept
through the little town.
Mrs. Michael G. Mundy, IS years old
of Rochester shot and killed herself
Her mind had became unbalanced by
worring over an invalid husband
The United States transport Sheridan
landed the Minnesota and South Da-
Gotta regiments at San Francisco.
John Brewster killed John Collins
by blow of the fist in a fight in a
Buffalo restaurant
The internal revenue department at
Washington has decided that the war
tax must be paid on deeds transferring
church property from one owner to an
other
William Metzgar, a well known at
torney Of Condersport, Pa, shot him
self on account Of business troubles.
Rear Admiral Philips says that less
than 20 war vessels will take part in
the Dewey reception on account Of so
many Of our vessels being in foreign
ports
1t is said that Rear Admiral Sampson
will be assigned to the Boston navy
yard when relieved of the command OF
the North Atlantic squadron
j. b. Eustis, formerly ambassador to
France. died at his home in Newport
r. l., Of pneumonia,
The Sons of Veterans i'm session at
Detroit decided to meet next year in
Syracuse n. Y.
William II. Longstreet, music deal
er of Elmira, n. Y, killed Himself with
a pocket knife. III health had un-
balanced his mind.
Two fires in Louisville destroyed
property worth $25OOO one fireman
and spectator were fatally injured.
John r. Lesher aged 70 years, pro-
/ prietor of the Mansion House at Ron.
dout, n. Y. is dead. He had been a
hotel man for over 80 years.
James Grove of Elmira. n. Y,
brooding over III health. threw himself
from a second story window and was
| killed.
/ NJ CASTOR Tissandler the dstin-
| guished French chemist and aeronaut
died in Paris, aged SO years.
AS soon as congress meets a bill Will
| be introduced Withdrawing the support
| of this government from the Paris ex
| position on account OF the Dreyfu,
/ case
George B. Horne OF Meadville. Pa.
q fireman on the Erie railroad, waI
| killed I'm a wreck near Randolph, n. \
The Rev. James c. Caldwell, a wei
| known Presbyterian minister Of Phil