Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
They seized Telegraph Operate

er1ng and binding him, dropped the red
light, (which stopned the fast mail.
Then they. oyer9Q9wered the mail
cf9ygsand BleT open the iron safe of the
AMERICAN Express Company, securing
oyeIa $59, 900 In cash and perhaps as
much more in jewelry and other valu-
ables. The express car was so badly
Wrecked by the explosion that the
wrackipg crew had to be sent out from
Chjcagorto. clear the road.
The robbers, after securing their
bluhder, forced Dan White, the engin.
eer, and his fireman, to dismotlnt from
the locomotive. They detached it from
the train and ran it two miles down
the track, where they left it. They
then disappeared in the darkness.
st. Louis, Senegal, Oct 1G.-A native
craft, while attempting to cross the bar
at the mouth of the River Senegal, was
wrecked, and forty persons were lost.
Halifax, n. S., Oct. 16.-The military
authorities here announce an increase
from one pound sterling to two pounds
for the capture of deserter from the
British army.
Washington, Oct. 16.-Gen. Merritt,
commanding the Department of the
East, has ordered Battery M. 4th Artil-
lery, now stationed at Fort Strong,
Long Island Head, to remove to Fort
Warren, Massachusetts, for quarters
during the winter. The armament in
stalled at Fort Strong will be left in
charge of a detachment of fifteen men
of the battery under Il sergeant.
Los, Angeles, Cal, Oct. 16.-The Cali
fornia citrus growers tariff committee
has adopted a resolution calling on all
the citrus growers and associations of
southern California to contribute one
fifth of a cent box on their crop of
the coming season for the purpose of
creating fund to carry on a campaign
against the ratification of the Jamaica
treaty.
Cleveland, Oct. 16.-Word has been
received that the 200 Cleveland soldiers
in the Fourteenth Regiment, just re-
turned from the Philippines, are strand
ed in San Francisco, their pay, which
was given them in Manila, having been
spent The plan was to have them
come to this city in body and elabor-
ate preparations have been under way
for some time for n reception. An eff
fort is being made to raise the $1,000
necessary to bring them home. Senator
Hanna and Governor Bushnell have
contributed 500 each.
Pittsburg, Oct 16.-The Monongahela
River Consolidated Coal and Coke
Company has arranged for the pur-
chase of the immense tract of coal
land belonging to the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company at Clar-
leroi, for 81 100000 cash. The money
has been paid into the Union Trust
Company, and the river company is
now in possession of the land. The
tract contains about 1000 acres and is
one of the largest and finest bodies of
coal on the Monongahela River 1t has
been under option for some time to the
Mononghela Company and also to the
Pittsburg Coal Company. 1t is prob
able that the tract is to be opened up
on large scale next spring by the
river company.
Washington, Oct. 17.-PreSent indica-
tons warrant the belief that the eX-
ports of the calendar year 1899 will be
the largest in our history. The total
for the eight months ending with
August showed an excess of $4,000
900 over the corresponding months of
1898, which was the largest calendar
year in our exporting history, and the
September statement of breadstuffs,
provisions, cottonS and mineral oils
Just issued by the Treasury Bureau of
Statistics shows for those four classes
alone an excess of S12,000,O00 over
September of last year. When to this
is added the fact that the exports of
are now much larger
than at this time last year, and that
even in the re-eXportation of foreign
goods the figures of this year exceed
those of last, it seems probable that
the calendar year 1899 will show
larger total of exports than that of any
year.
Tarrytown. n. Y, Oct. 17.-Fire
broke out in the works of the National
Conduit Company at Hastings, and de-
stroyed one of its buildings, 100 feet
square. The loss is $165,000, fully in
sured The building was worth $12,-
BOO. The fire was caused by an ac-
cident. One of the men dropped a
knife which cut through the lead pipe
which supplies the gasoline and caused
an explosion. The flames spread rapid
". The men tried to eXtingush them
but in vain. An alarm was sent out to
The neighboring villages and the depart
nents from Hastings, Dobbs Ferry and
CnioDtown responded. In the build
ngs that We're saved was 100000
worth of machinery. In the burned
building was $4,000 worth of conduit
for the American Traction Company