Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-21

tne IOrIldtlOl OI u CeItIdA OTSdulZdliOIiS
to be composed Of representatives from
each independent body.
Catskill, N. Y, Dec. 16.-Judge San-
derson has sentenced Elizabeth c.
Bear, for the murder at Kiskaton, on
October g. of her aunt, Kate Wolven,
paralytic, aged eighty-three years, to
twenty years at hard labor in the wo-
mans prison at Auburn.
Pipestone, Minn., Dec. ia pretty
pipestone gavel has been sent to Con-
gresham McCleary to be presented to
Speaker Henderson. The head is a
solid piece of pipestone and the handle
is decorated with gold. 1t bears the
initial letters I'D. B. H. in solid gold.
Greenwich, Conn, Dec. 16.-There is
a water famine at Fitch's Home for
Sailors and Soldiers at Norton Heights.
The inmates are forbidden to take
baths until better supply is obtained.
An artesian we'll is the only source of
supply, and the continued drought has
greatly lessened the flow.
Anderson, Ind, Dec. 16.-Frank r.
Beaming, in the hospital here for two
weeks, thinks he will die, and has vol
UNFAIRLY made confession to hav-
ing robbed the postoffice and general
store at Treaty, Ind, last May of $50
worth of stamps and 500 worth Of
shoes Fred Johnson, his accomplice,
is now serving a term in the peniten-
tary.
Washington, Dec 16.--United States
Consul Hill, at Amsterdam, in a priv
ate report to the State Department,
says that the failures in the diamond
trade there and at Brussels are eX-
pected to be followed by others. Thou
sands of men are without work, and
the stock of diamonds is exhausted.
This is caused by the stoppage of the
South African supply. He predicts n
100 per cent. increase in the price of
diamonds by March.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 16-The first
Lafayette dollar, the unique specimen
authorized by Congress in aid of the
fund for the erection of the Lafayette
Monument in Paris, has just been
struck off at the United States mint in
this city. This coin will be presented
by the President of the United States
to the President of France. Fifty thou
sand of the coins will be struck, and
are to be disposed of at a cost Of 81
apiece.
Ogdensburg, N. Y, Dec. 1S.-Stephen
Burtis Gouverneur, of this place, ac-
cidentally killed himself with a shot
gun while preparing to go hunting.
Dallas, Tex, Dec. 1S-John Eggles-
ton, 25 years old, of Gordonville, Va,
was killed at Ft. Worth Friday night
by a live electric wire. He fell dead
from a pole.
Akron, Ohio Dec. 1S.-Louis Sey and
John r. Carr fought and the former
struck Carr on the face with knife,
completely cutting off his nose. Sey
has been arrested
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Printers on
all the daily papers with one exception,
have gone on strike. The publishers
have banded together to make as hard
fight as possible.
Marion, Ind, Dec. 1S.--William Wash
burn, a prominent attorney and a
member of the Soldiers Home here, is
in Jail charged with attempting to
criminally assault a twelve-year- old
girl.
San Francisco Dec. 1S--An invita-
ton, signed by Mayor Phelan and the
grand officers of the Native Sons of
the Golden West, has been sent to Ad-
mral Dewey, requesting his presence
in this city on Admission Day, Sept
g. 1900.
New York, Dec. 1S.-DriVen by his
desire to peer into the mystery of fu-
ture life, Maurice Strauss, twenty five
years ago a well-known actor, and
lately an enthusiastic Spiritualist, is
supposed to have ended his life by
plunging into the Sound from the Fall
River steamer Puritan Friday.
Omaha, ,Neb., Dec. 1S.-The Rev. L..
r. Mackay and the Rev. H. c. Herring
have been fined 5000 and $500 respec-
lively by Judge Scott for contempt of
court. They had asserted that Scott
was acting improperly in u case in
volving the guardianship OF two small
children.
Boston, Dec. 1S.-The Broadway Nat
ional Bank of this city has failed. The
directors are John r. Graham, Henry
IL. ldWTthSC, II W. DOWHeI,
o. Squire, and Roswell c. Downer.
Frank o. Squire is connected with the
firm of John p. Squire &c Co., which as
signed yesterday with s3,000,O0 liabili-
ties.
Chicago, Dec. 19.-According to wool
experts in Chicago. the war in South
Africa is threatening the prosperity of
New England wool manufacturers A
heavy shipment of Cape wool is due in
Boston. New York and Philadelphia
have three months supply of this
staple. and il British campaigning
shall last for sixty days in the Trans
vaal, indications are for a sudden,
shap rise in wool, estimated at 10 to
Is per cent.
Chattanooga. Dec, 19.--The Southern
Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
has been organized in this city at the