Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-22

\ tbH Iiui' NoiIlI'tlN, dIlu Heau or the
banana combination. is dangerously
| ill., ut Puerto CorteS
| New York. June 1S.-Jim Jeffries and
| Mike Morrisey. the Irish champion
have been matched to fight before the
| Concy Island Athletic Club. This
match will take place before the Jeff
rics -Sllarkcy bout in September.
| Marion. Ind. June 1S.-Chas. Wash
| burn. line repairer. received the full
| load of Il trolley wire charged with 500
volts of electricity. ana was hurled 90
| feet. He got up and walked home.
jefferson City. Mo-. June 1S.-Dr.
Jefferson -. Goddard. who killed Fred
!. Jackson in Kansas City on April =.
| 1891. was convicted of murder in the
second degree in the Circuit Court here
and sentenced to 20 years in the pcni-
| tcniiary.
Jacksonville. H.. June lS.-Dr. l..
G. Tiffany. assistant state veterinarian,
and William Baker and w. III. White
| hurst. assistants. are in this city exam
| ining the cattle AT the various state
| institutions for evidence of tubercuIo-
| sis.
Warren. Ohio. June 1S-Willie Zach
man. who was in the city prison await
ing sentence To the Reform Farm for
stealing. escaped from there. His ac-
complice. Orrn Knight. would not ac-
company him and was sentenced TO
the Reform Farm.
Carmi. H.. June lS.-Daniel l.. GOtt
and Mrs. Margaret Rankin have been
arrested ana lodged in Jail in this city
charged as principal and accessory in
the murder of Colts wife nj Norris
burglars did the killing.
Corona. y. Y. June 1S.-John Welz.
Il colorcd lad aged l.; years, was fatal.
ly injured by falling from cherry
tree onto Il picket fence. The fall brok q
the lads back aud he was taken 10 the
hospital where he died without re-
coverin" consciousness
Wilmington. Del. June 1S.-Nfrs.
Emma EaStbtun of Sl3 Shipley street
committed suicide by swallowing Il
teaspoonful of arsenic. She had been
married only 1ivc months. and was 4
prero>ScSSing young woman of 20
She hrcame jealous of her husband
who is Il dril" clerk.
Bloomington Ind.. June 1S-The
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
and Il business block adjoining. on the
east side of The public square. were de-
Stroyed by lire. with II total loss of
about Slo.ooo. The church was in
sured for S.,Uo0 Fire was caused by
Il stove IN II meat market in the build
ing adjoining the church.
New York. June lS.-'rhe law firm of
Friend House X GroSsman. have been
given Il judgement for $3.50 against
Robert IitZSimmonS for professional
services. The debt was contracted
when the law firm defended Fitzsim-
mons in his suit where he was charged
with mans.aughtcr for causing the
death of con l.iordon in n boxing bout
Chicago. June 1S-"IrOn and Steel"
says: Pig iron is about II dollar high
cr than II week ago. The twenty-dol-
lar mark has been reached. In pig
iron there j. no consolidation of inter-
cStS and the strength seems to be due
wholly Ia demand. This year there
will be no shutdown of the mills dur
Milwaukee. June 1S.-The mystery
surrounding HE disappearance of
Joseph Gettelman. II brother of Adam
Gcttclman Il prominent Milwaukee
brewer. about twenty years ago, has
been cleared up by the receipt of q
letter in this city by the Gettelman
family announcing .Joseph's death in
Huntington. Ark, on April IA last.
Washington. ID. c., June 1S.--Henry
\. CasSon. of Wisconsin, is said to be
slated for Sergeant-at-arms of the
House. 1t j.. given out here that Cas-
sons appointment was the copsidera,
tion which led to Wisconsin'S vote be
ing thrown for Henderson. Mr.. Gas
son was formerly Secretary OF State of
Wisconsin. He was candidate for
director of the census.
Napoleon Ohio, June 1S.-James
Cornell. II veteran horseman, was
fatally injured here while attempting
10 break II colt. Cornell's nose was
tured and he received internal injuries
by being thrown against the street
curb. He has been training and break
ing horses for thirtS-hye years. This
was his first mishap.
Colorado Springs. Col. June 1S.-
Commissioner c. w. Sanborn, Of Boul-
der: NJ. j. Raney. of Leadville, and c.
l.. DickersOn. of Denver. hare decided
to represent Colorado's gold mining jp-
teres!s ut the Paris Exposition by a
nugget To weigh nearly two tons. and
to hc worth Sl.oo0.000. Sufficient high
grade ore from the principal camps
has already been contributed
One of lie reasons why the War
Department has decided to send negro
soldiers To the Philippines is that the
reroiis from Manila say that the in
Sursrnts become terrified when the
c"l"red American troops attack them
and they all seem To have an especial
terror of the coloAil soldiers and will
not make Il stand against them il there
is any way for them to escape.
Washington. June 1S.-A new treaty