Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-05

| siNC ChiplOy Iucut. IHcIc are tWO OtuCI
mills, the property of Boston capital
lists. s. w. Allerton and other Chi
cagoans have valuable interests near
there.
Mt. Willing, Ala, Oct. 2.-W. r.
Noble shot and instantly killed Stephen
| j. Barganier a prominent politician,
late this evening on the public high
way. The cause is unknown.
| Panama, Oct. 2.-The steamer Mon
| toya of the Colombian Transport line
has been burned on the Magdalena
River and thirty people lost their lives
| in the disaster
| IAlgiers, Oct. 1t is reported that
| the French Foureau-Lamy mission has
arrived safely at Air, in the Desert of
Sahara, where the party will remain
| for the present. 1t was reported n few
days ago that the members of this
expedition had been massacred by
| Tuaregs.
South Bend, Ind, Oct. 2.-The
| South Bend Woolen Company is SlS,-
| ment of dipped wool was stored in the
| factory, with nearby 100000 pounds,
| and spontaneous combustion resulted
| All the wool had to be pulled out he
| fore the fire was discovered.
| Stamford. Conn, Oct. 2.-SulgeonS
at the hospital here are greatly inter-
| ested in til autopsy of the body of John
| Jordan. young blacksmith of Moro
| ton, who died of lockiaw. a horse
| stepped ON one of Jordan's fingers a
! week ago. The finger was amputated
1 and the stump was apparently healing
| when tetanuS set in.
| Anderson, Ind. Oct. 1.-The mar
| riage ceremony of Miss Della Allen
| and Alonzo Gardner was brought to Il
| sensational stop in the center of the
| service by the groom refusing to take
the pledge of love. The wedding was
| declared off. On a second considera-
| ton he decided that he would make
the pledge, and then the officiating
| pastor refused TO go on.
! Detroit, Mich, Oct. 2.-Nlrs. Clara
| Rheiner. 81 years of age. is alive after
having attempted suicide. but two of
| her three children are dead by her
| hand She gave all OF the children
/
| The wounds were not deep enough to
| reach the arteries. Mrs Rheiner aud
| her eldest child were resuscitated IT
| is believed that she is insane.
| Princeton. Ind. Oct. 1.-The resi-
| dence of NliGael Wild. / I miles south
| east of this city. was burned. and with
| it an eight -year-old son and two orphan
| bows, aged II and IL. Wild and his
! wife made n narrow escape for their
| lives as the roof had fallen in on them
! The victims slept on the second floor.
| which had neither doors or windows.
| The stairway was aflame and they
| could not escape.
Chicago H.. Oct. lit can be AN
| nounced on the highest authority that
| $13, 100000 in cash has been offered for
the Northwestern Elevated Railroad.
/ The offer was made to Il representa-
tive of Blair Il Co.. the New York
| financial house ut the head of the syn
dicate which recently fioated the
| Northwestern Elvated bond issue. II
| came from the Whitney Widener-El-
| kinS syndicate.
indianapolis, Ind. Oct 2.-Repre-
sentatives of Il dozen of the carriage
and buggy body manufacturers of the
Central States met here and forme-
n combination to maintain prices.
| They raised the prices on an average
| of 20 per cent. The claim is made
that the increase in the prices of iron,
steel. screws, lumber and also of wages
has necessitated an increased price for
the manufactured goods. There will
| Ill n
"A. when Il permanent organization
will be effected. ID. j. Miller. of the
LaFrantz Body Manufacturing Com.
chairman of the combination, and A..
SCHNEIDER. of Cincinnati, secretary.
Washington. Oct. 3.-Thc mayor Of
Philadelphia having asked Secretary
Root to investigate the report that SO
per cent of the relief cargo of the
Panther was lost overheard in the har-
Dor at Porto Rico while being unload
ed, the Secretary cabled the Quarter.
master at San Juan for Il report, and
has received n reply stating that the
reports of loss of cargo are much ex-
aggerated and that the loss is not mora
than per cent.
Philadelphia Oct. Sit is learn.
ed that the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company has made a
general advance in the prices Of
anthracite coal. to take effect Mt once.
The higher price is due to an almost
unprecedented demand for anthracite.
Tidewater rates have gone up twenty
fiv cents Il ton, and the rates for limo
and city trade have increased ten cents
Il ton on broken coal and twenty five
cents on egg, stove and chestnut sizes,
The prices Of pea and buckwheat coal
remain the same.
New York Markets.
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