Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
"A large majority of the freehold

ers of Laporte who are residents o
the first ward, have decided to seced'
from the Borough of Laporte ant
establish a new borough to be known
as South Laporte Borough which
will comprise the old borough
bounce ~ before the tannery was an
nexed A strong petition was pre-
sented b the Court this week ant
the di lsion will most likely bt
effected by next term of court ir
September.
The much talked of crimina
libel suit of Kraus VS. Sullivan Her
aid is occupying the attention of the
court at the time of going to press
with this issue. Much time was con
sumed in selecting jury which re
suited in the following panel: An
drew Edgar, Asa Little, Bert Haz
zen, John Litzelman, II. c. Boat
man, Grant Little, Walter Lawren
son, Geo. Suber, w. L. Sheets, Jas
Spence Jr., A. l.. Kilmer, Lawrence
Lavelle. The Common wealth is
ably represented by Dist. Atty. Al
Bradley, f. j. Mullen and F. H.
Ingham, while the defense has the
legal talent of James Piatt of Tunk.
hammock, and Peter O'Boyles OF
Wilkes Barre, at work for verdict
of acquital.
Miss Anna Dittmar, of Middle Viii
lage, L. l.. died yesterday from burns
received on Saturday while building a
bonfire to destroy waste paper.
Howard c. Benham will be placed
on trial for the second time at Canaan
dagua, N. Y, for the murder of his
wife, Florence Tout Benham, at Ba-
tavia, N. Y, on January 4, 1897.
Three men in boat on Flushing Bay
on Sunday found the body of man
in the water. There was n deep cash
in the forehead and the skull was frac-
tured The authorities are of the opin-
ion that the man was victim of foul
play.
G. w. Bowerman, secretary of the
London Society of COmpOsitOrs, and
James Sexton, secretary of the Ma
ton UuiOn of Dock LaDorers will ar
rive in New York on June "a. They
will lecture in this country for about
six weeks.
rs hnc hot y
gold and silver in paying quantities on
his eighty-acre farm two miles west of
Glen Gardner, N. ].
The body of William Cavanaugh, of
Newark, who was drowned in the Pas
sale RiverSaturday night has been re-
covered.
Irving II. johnson and Levi Parsons
of Torrington, Conn.,, failed to return
home Saturday from a fishing trip. On
Whist Pond their hats were found,
and also the boat adrift right side up.
Their bodies have not yet been recOv-
cred.
BY the will of Dr. Charles Holbert
Voorhees,, of New Brunswick, n. j..
almost his entire property is left to a
favOrite son, Louis A. Voorhees,. To
his other three children only $1,000
each is left.
A bold attempt to burn McVey's no.
tel, in Plainfield, n. j., was made on
Saturday night. A bicyclist stopped
at the hotel and was shown to u room
and few minutes the lattice work on
a rear balcony was seen on fire. 1t
had been sprinkled with alcohol and
ignited.
While attempting to cross Fort Ham
ilton avenue in Brooklyn on Sunday
evening, James Duro, a laborer, was
struck by trolley car and killed.
Searching parties for several days
have been pursuing wild woman in
the woods around Florence, a suburb
of Omaha, Neb.
1t is reported from Raleigh that q
terrible disaster has occurred at the
Cummock Mines. Fifty men are re-
ported killed.
Striking cabmen stopped funeral
procession in Buffalo yesterday after.
noon and persuaded four nOn-union
drivers of carriages to abandon their
fares. The mourners tried to convince
the strikers of the wrong they We're
committing by telling them that the
deceased was union man himself.
Baltimore was in darkness last night
as the result of strike of the EN-
ployes of the United Electric Com.
pany, which has monopoly Of the
electric lighting Of the city. The fire
department found great difficulty in
making progress, and huge search
lights have been mounted on the hose
wagons. All the theatres were in
darkness
George G. Dewey, the son of Admiral
George Dewey, may go to the Legisla-
ture Of Illinois if he is willing to ac-
cept nomination at the hands of the
Democratic party. The Democrats of
the Twenty-third District, Chicago, are
willing to give the young man the nom-
ination in the lower house Of the Legs-
lature.