The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-01-24
EV ENTS OF A WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY
NARRATED.
The War In the Philippines, Grimes,
Tri-State Happenings, Foreign, Busi-
ness and Other Events Boiled Down
FOR the Reader In Hurry.
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

from General Otis:
MANILA, Jan. 20.-Pack train of 20
ponies transporting rations between
Santo Tomas and San Pablo. Laguna
province, escorted by 90 men under |
Lieutenant Ralston, Thirtieth infantry,
yesterday; two men killed,
five wounded, nine missing; pack train
lost; lieutenant. with "a men, returned
to Santo Tomas with killed and
wounded. Affair being investigated.
Doret, Fifty fifth infantry, struck in.
surgents in Batangas mountains, pre-
rared.in ambush to meet him; he killed
eight, wounded three, captured II, one
Spaniard, six rifles. His casualties, two
men slightly wounded. OTIS.
General Wheeler will return to the
limited States from ManilI this
we, k, making a stop at Guam on his
way hitherto.
Three additional cases of the bubonic
Tlague have been reported.
Part of General Bates troops are oper.
ating about Lake Taal. The insurgents
continue toretreat south. Colonel Hayes,
with the Fourth cavalry, is supposed to
have reached Epa, where many Span
lsh prisoners are held. Colonel Ander-
aon, with the Thirty-eighth infantry,
took ralisay, Gu the north shore of the
lake, with but little opposition. Major
Cheatuam, with battalion of the
Thirty seventh, on his way to San
Pablo, dispersed 400 insurgents, whom
the ca"alry are pursuing toward Ala
Ininos.
A troop of the Third cavalry lost two
men killed and three wounded i'll an en-
counter with the insurgents near San
Fernando de la Union, Jan. IL.
HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.
A report was made to the house on
the Roberts case, Saturday,. The majority
of the committee hold that Mr.. Roberts
should be excluded, while the minority
contend that he should be seated and then
expelled, basing their argument for this
course upon the ground that Mr.. Rob-
erts possessed all the constitutional
lOls lOl ohN NhUN
any attempt to exclude him, upon the
theory that congress has the power to
exclude him upon the theory that con-
gress has the power to add TO those
qualifications, would establish danger
GUS precedent that might return to
plague congress in the future.
In the senate Tuesday Mr. Vest (Mo.)
condemned the idea that those who
spoke against the administrations
Philippine policy were enemies of the
nation, but he said that all the talk
would not change the situation. The
Samoan treaty was rdtifi ed. In the
house, Richardson (Tenn.) attacked
Secretary Cages sale Of the New York
custom house to bank. Hopkins Qll.)
defended Gage.
The house had another inning We'd
nesday over the sale of the New York
custom house by Secretary Gage. Mr..
Sulzer IN: ", the author of the reso.
luton for an investigation of the secre.
tary's transaction with the New York
banks, b.arted the ball rolling by charg.
ing that the mandate had already gone
forth to suppress it. Mr.. SiOley (Pa.)
warmly commended Mr.. Cages course.
Mr.. Grosvenor (O.) explained that the
committee on rules, to which the Sulzer
resolution had gone, had not acted be-
ca1se no evidence had been produced
before the committee TO warrant the or.
L ,NF. 90 nl,tnrr ipuagtt tora-
ton. Not IL single person had appeared
before the committee to press it. Mr..
Hepburn (Rsp., Ia.) assailed Mr.. Sulzer.
Later, during the discussion of the ap.
propriation for the army, Mr.. Cannon,
III charge of the bill, challenged any
member to move to strike it out. Mr..
Williams Dem, Mass charged Mr.
Cannon with shrewdly issning IL chal
lenge that he knew would not be aC
cepted. The urgent deficiency bill was
passed with only one unimportaDi {
amendment.
An agreement was easily reached in
the senate. Wednesday, to take the
final vote in the pending bill fixing gold
as the standard of value on Feb. l5.
The Hoar resolution of inquiry regard.
ing the conduct of the Philippine war
was adopted. The resolution offered
by Mr.. Hale Me as to the seizure Of
flour by the British authorities was
adopted. Mr.. Teller (Colo.) addressed
the senate upon the financial bill.
On Thursday, the house passed the
senate bill to extend the powers of the
director OF the census after striking out
the committee amendment to authorize
the director to contract for extra print
ng with private contractors.
In the senate, Thursday Mr.. Well
ton (Rep., Md occupied the attention
of the senate continuing the debate on
the Philippine question. Mr.. Teller
(Silyer Rep, Colo.) resumed mis- speech
on the financial bill, in the course Of
which he arzaigned Secretary Gage for
his negotiations with the National City
bank, of New York. He had not con-
cluded his remarks when he suspended
them for the day.
On Friday the pension appropriation
bill passed the house, carrying $l45,-
245, $50 Attacks were made on Com
missioner Evans and he was defended.
An amendment was adopted which
placed the "pension sharks" (attorneys)
at his mercy. Representative Payne in
uoduced a bill, the import of which was
to give Puerto Rico free trade with the
United States.
In the senate, Friday, Hale (Me.)
made speech declaring the sympathy