Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-14

Seattle, Dec. 11.-Cape Nome miners
have held a series of meetings in this
city and employed counsel to defeat
what they say is an attempt on the
part of certain corporations to with
draw in their own favor the famous
Cape Nome beach digging.
Auckland, n. T., Dec. 11.-Advices
received here from Apia, Samoa, dat
ed November 28, say that the news
Of the German annexation of the ISL
ands, as result of the Samoan agree
ment, was received by the natives
with apparent Indifference.
Philipsburg, N. j., Dec. 11.-A COM
pany, headed by Thomas A. Edison,
has purchased the John w. Cline farm
at Stewartville, five miles from this
place, and has secured options on
number of adjoining farms. The COM
pany has been prospecting for cement
rock for several months. An excel
lent quality of rock has been found
on and about the Cline farm.
indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 11.-C. NJ. c.
Peters, in charge of the Commercial
Travellers Department of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. has begun
an antitrust campaign in this city un-
der the auspices of the National Com
mittee, and he has called a meeting for
next Saturday night for the organiza-
ton of an Antitrust Commercial
Travellers Club.
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 11.-Jack Bennett
of McKeeSport, Pa, gained a decision
over Owen Zeigler of Philadelphia here
Friday night after six rounds of the
fastest kind of work. The decision
was unpopular, as the majority of the
spectators appeared to be of the opin-
ion that the Philadelphian, who had
forced the fighting all the way, should
have had the big end of the purse.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE indictment
against Nelson Weeks, of Hackensack,
N. j., the Sunday school superintend-
ent charged with having caused the
death of Miss Aimee Smith, at the
Victor Hotel, this city, on March s,
1897, has been dismissed by Justice
Fursman. Miss Smith was n teacher
in the Sunday school, very beautiful
and was the organist in the church.
Greenburg, Pa, Dec. 11.-Peter Zim-
merman who is seventy-five years old,
has pleaded guilty in court here to
horse stealing. He acknowledged that
he could not resist the impulse to steal
horses and said that if he We're liber-
ated he would probably commit the
same offence again. Zimmermans at
torney made a plea for mercy on the
ground that the prisoner was a klep-
tomaniac. The court sentenced him to
seventeen years imprisonment and
81, 900 fine. Zimmerman has already
spent forty years in prison for previous
convictions on similar charges.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 11.-There has
been concluded in this city one of the
largest baseball deals in the history
of the sport. The Pittsburg Club has
exchanged Chesbro, Fox, O'Brien and
Madison and $4,000 for Cunningham,
Waddell, Philippi, Flahrety. Doyle,
Woods, thinner, Lattimer. Kelley,
Richey. Leach, Clarke and Wagner, of
the Louisville Club. Fred Clarke
will be made manager and captain of
the Pittsburg Club. while it is under
stood Barney" Dreyfus will secure an
interest in the Pittsburg Club and be-
come it's president at the election TO
be held soon.
Chicago. ILL.,, Dec. l1.-Members of
the faculty of the University of Chi
cago are struggling with the problem
of how to discipline the rioters of last
Friday without injuring some import
ant features of the university life The
Ac CT, ,%o ,,alta tal to
large that wholesale suspension
would play havoc with musical and
athletic clubs. nearly empty some of
the Fraternity houses. and endanger the
success of social and musical events
that have been planned. The faculty
finds it hard, moreover, to dscrimin-
ate between the different degrees of
guilt. 1t was rumored that Professor
Laughlin would resign if no punish
ment was meted out to the offenders.
but the professor denies he ever had
any such intention
Reading, Pa, Dec. l2.-After twenty
four hours search of the ruins of the
burned hosiery mill of Nolde & Horst,
no more bodies have been found. The
it is thought. have all been
accounted LOT, anu no more QeatnS are
among the sixty injured girls,
although several of these are in
dangerous condition. The last reports
of the State Factory Inspector and
State Insurance Inspectors speak very
highly OF the condition of the factory.
the fire escapes, doorways. and stair
ways.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 12.-The Grand
Jury, in the United States Court, has
returned indictments against William
NJ. Shockley, the county jailer, and his
son, Harry Shockley, who are charged
with voluntarily and negligently"
permitting n federal prisoner. Captain
r. c. .Jobe, to escape from Jail. Father
and son were arrested and held in $500
bail each. Captain Jobe was himself
for using the government en-
velopes for private correspondence and
forging an order for transportation Of
recruits to Manila.
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