Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-07
THE COUNTRY N GENERAL
A Summary Of Happenings al
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
A Review of What Has Transpired
of Public Interest.

"A review or What fiaS ranSplred
of Public Interest.
jamestown. n. Y. Sept. 1.--Goyernor
Roosevelt was greeted by a crowd of
more than $4,000 persons at the Little
Valley fair. where he delivered an ad-
dress
Santiago. de Chill. via Galveston
Texas, Sept. IA bomb which. how
ever. did not explode, was deposited on
the balcony of the Presidents resi-
dence yesterday.
sydney, n. $. W.. Sept. 1.-The Amer
lean steamship Mariposa. Capt. Hay
ward, which sailed from here prior to
Aug. 30 for San Francisco had on
board f1So,0o0 in gold
Plainfeld \. j.. Sept. 1.-Iohn w.
Kucl,lc otherwise known as Sohn II.
Smith. of this city. shot his wife in the
head and then attempted to kill him
self with the same revolver.
Paris. Sept. 1.-Accordng to a story
in the Matin. Guei.in and his compan-
ions will be driven from their strong
hold by fircmcn. VINO will play several
streams of water through the win
dows and flood the house.
Newburyport, Muss.. Sept. 1.-Scth
4. Borden. of Fan River. has plir-
chased tile Victoria cotton mill which
has been idle for several years. The
Victoria will be equipped ut once The
running of this mill means to the city
Il weekly pay roll of about $1,000
London. Sept. IA petition from the
Netherlands Woman's Disarmament
League has been presented to the
Queen. praying hes, in the name of
womanhood and motherhood. to avoid
war with the Beers. aud saying II
would "cost a flightful blot upon Your
Majesty's most glotious reign"
Geneva. \. Y. Sept. Ira L. Peek.
Il well known resident of Seneca
Castle. is dead. The only treatment he
received during his illness. which was
typhoid fever, waS from Christian
Scientists. The District Attorney will
bring the case before the next Grand
Jury. and will have rigid investiga-
ton.
Paterson " J., Sept. 1.-Sadie Wise
man, through her mother. will bring
suit for $1,000 damages on account of
injuries she received while an inmate
of the New Jersey state Industrial
School, presided over by Mrs. Myrtle
B. Eyler. The girl claims to have been
permanently injured hy her stay i'm the
institution.
New Haven, Conn. Sept. Miss
Anna Abel. Of New York City. COM
mitted suicide by taking carholic acid
on the steamer Continental IN her
stateroom soon after the boat made
fast after its trip from New York. She
was twenty years old. she was com
ing TO this city 10 visit her sister. Mrs.
NJ. T.. Fettermnr, who resides here.
No reason for her act has Ecen learned,
Cleveland. Sept. Mayor Jones of
Toledo formerly opened his guberna
torial campaign ut the Newburg race
track. drawing large crowd. He
said: Humanity is naturally loving
lust and kind, but this feeling is de
stroyed by the daily warfare of life
called competition. till we have come
to be utterly mistaken regarding the
purposes OF life The shorter workday
il one of the steps toward the solution
of the question of employment"
Kew West. Fla. Sept THE State
Board of Health has officially declared
that yellow fever exists in this city.
A native boy named CoSgrove has died
from the fever, Dennis l.. Egan. an
attache of the custom house. may die.
William NJ. Browder, special agent of
the Treasury Department. has bad
case. Some of the unacclimated per-
sons are preparing to depart, but the
authorities are taking every precaution
against the spread of the disease.
Boston. Mass, Sept. Mrs. Mary
Baker G.. Eddy. The founder of the
Christian Science religion, Is reported
by telephone To be dying ut her coun-
trv home. Concord. \. III. Her assist
ants have been summoned to her side
in the hope of saving her by prayer.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy was the found
or of the Christian Science doctrine.
which in 1866 first made its appear
ance in the so-calleJl form of divine
revelation.
Washington. Sept. William s. a.
Murphy. one of Eoosevelt's Rough
Riders. who served through the San
tiago campaign and Tho was wounded
several times in the battles fought by
the regiment has been sent To the
Washington Insane Asylum. Murphy
came here from New York on Sunday
last to see about commission in one
of the new volunteer regiments foT
which he has applied and for which he
has been recommended highly by Gov
crnor Roosevelt,
Alliance. Ohio. Sept. AT the Re-
publican convention TO nominate can
didate for Common Pleas Judge for
this judicial district. composed of Car
roll. Stark and Columbia Counties. held
here. Warren w. Hale. of Salem. was
nominated by acclamation. The dis
trict is strongly Republican