Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-07
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The transport Logan, with the Forty
first Infantry on board, has arrived at
Gibraltar.
Contracts have been made for con-
Meeting all the islands Of the Hawaiian
group by wireless telegraphy.
The King of Korea has offered 5000
yen to the mother of the late Clarence
Greathouse, his late legal adviser.
Gen. Otis reports to the War Depart
ment the surrender of Bayonbong and
the capture Of 800 Filipinos.
Gen. Otis reports that Lieut.. Col.
Bererton committed suicide at Santa
Thomas while temporarily insane.
John F. Leschke, tailor, was found
dead in bed by his son at his residence,
219 East Seventieth street, New York.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck the Colorado special on the
Northwestern Railroad, near Marshall
town, Iowa.
The heirs of the late John G.. Moore.
of New York. have decided to erect a
memorial building at the East Maine
Conference Seminary.
a despatch from Natal, South Africa,
ish killed and wounded at the battle
Of Modder River is 43S.
An official despatch stated that Gen.
Methuen was waiting at Modder River
to repair the bridge. He was being re-
inforced. His wound was said to be
very slight.
Edgar Williams, accused of the mur-
der of Minnie Eisley at Yardville, n.
j., narrowly escaped lynching at the
hands Of an infuriated mob on Satur-
day night.
The directors of the American Bell
Telephone Company have voted to turn
over the assets of the company to the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company
Benjamin Ellis, of Boston, has re-
ceived from Emperor William bronze
medal commemorative of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of En-
peror William the Great, which occur
red on March %.
The gold production of the Cripple
Creek district in November was 50 2.515.-
500
1t was stated in Washington that
there would be no filibuster in the Sen
ate against a vote on "a currency bill.
All the manufacturers represented i'll
the Fall River Association have decided
to grant an increase in wages of 10
per cent
Eight hundred weavers have gone on
strike at Philadelphia, closing twenty
six mills and throwing 1000 hands out
of employment
y Coroners inquest will be held on
Tuesday to fix the responsibility for the
Paterson disaster. All the injured are
expected to recover
The reported absorption of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad by the Penn
sylvania is officially denied. The rumor
originated in an agreement as to rates
The will of the late Vice President
Hobart has been filed at Paterson.
Most of the estate. valued at So, 800, 600.
was left to Mrs. Hobart and her son.
Several bequests to charity We're made.
MIR. Erving Winslow has explained
that his Thanksgiving message to Pres
ident Mckinley was personal one and
in no way connected with the Anti-Im-
perialistic League.
Amendments changing the Cunstitu-
tional provisions in respect to citizen
ship and revenue laws will be intro
duced in Congress in view of the ac-
QUESTION of the Philippines.
The President has decided not to
send his message to Congress until
Tuesday. as the immediate adjourn
ment of the Senate upon the announce
ment of the death of Vice. President
I.NINn i u
on Monday.
James Nj. Boston. of the Executive
Board Of the United Mine Workers, de-
clares he will take the place of John
p. Reese who has been imprisoned in
Kansas for contempt, and If he (Bos-
ton) should be arrested another mem
Der will take his place and so on in
definitely.
The condition of Senator Hayward,
who is i'll at Nebraska City, is reported
much worse.
Archbishop Chappelle, Of New Or
leans, has left that city for Manila via
San Francisco.
Brigadier- General Carlos Garcia. OF
Cuba, will formally inspect the Post
Office on Saturday.
The corrected official speed of the
battleship Kentucky on her trial trip
was lG.S97 knots an hour.
President Rich. of the Momon Elder;
working in Ohio, says he does not care
what becomes of Congressman-e n-elect
Roberts politically.
Gen. Taylor will deliver his inaugural
address as Governor Of Kentucky
whether the State Board gives him a
certificate or not.
General Shafter has ordered a court
martial of Chaplain Shields. of the
Forty second Volunteer Regiment ac-
cused of drunkenness.
The Yaqui Indians have sent a mes
sage to the Mexican Government Civ
ing the conditions on which they will
lay down their arms.
1t is feared that the plates of the
Furness Variorum edition of Shake
speare We're destroyed in the burning Of
Lippincotts publication house in Phila-
delphia.
Bishop Joyce in an inteviewr at Min
nlt a no a,,I 81,