The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-08-01
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY
NARRATED
The War In the Philippines, Crimes rri-
State Happenings, Foreign. Business and
Other Events Boiled Down For the
Reader In a Hurry.
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

hundred and eighty Filipinos were killed
and 80 taken prisoners. Forty insur.
gent rifles were captured.
The fiesta, in Manila, organized by
Palermo and his political followers to
commemorate the amnesty, resulted in
tiasco. The people were passive, un-
enthusiastic and not even interested.
Failing to preceive any tangible, ef-
fective results of amnesty they say they
can see no reasons for celebrating.
Judge Taft and his colleagues of the
commission felt constrained to decline
to attend the banquet, as they had been
informed that the speeches would favor
independence, under American protec-
ton and they could not passive.y lend
their acquiescence by being present.
Senior Paterno, foreseeing the suspen-
sion of the banquet without the Ameri-
cans, frantically appealed to them to at.
tend, promising that there should be no
speeches.
The provost's precautions were ex-
treme. The guards were doubled both
days and the authorities forbade the dis.
play of Filipino fiage and of pictures OF
President Mckinley and Aguinaldo fra.
tcrnally framed.
The fiesta was generally considered tc
have been premature and unfortunate.
HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.
A dispatch from the German legation
at Pekin. dated July 81, reported all
well. United States Consul Fowler, at
Che Foo, sent similar news of lettei
from German legation, and German
loss ten dead and l2 wounded. Body OF
Baron Won Ketteler saved.
In the city of Washington, news was
received of the death of Lewis ..Har'
vie Finney, private secretary to Secre'
tary Long, at Warm Springs, Va. He
had been away from the Office a month
and more as the result of an attack OF
fever.
A message was received at the navy
department from Captain Thomas, sem
ior officer commanding the squadron at
Taku, containing the following:
"CHE Foo, July PA written mes
sage, signed Conger, dated July 4, re,
ceived at Tien Tsin the 2lst. says;
Have been besieged two weeks in Brit
ish legation. Grave danger of general
massacre by Chinese soldiers, who are
shelling legation daily. Relief soon, If at
all City without government, except
by Chinese army. Determined massacre
all foreigners Pekin. Entry relief force
into city probably hotly contested.
THOMAS, Taku, July 23."
The state department received cable
gram from Consul McWade, at Canton,
saving that Viceroy TAX gives assur'
ances that al the foreign ENJOYS ut Pc
kin were alive and well on July 90.
The report of Fourth Assistant Post.
master General Rathbone, on the Gu.
ban frauds was made public. He ac.
cuses Rathbone of collusion with Neely
and others and recommends proceed.
ings against him.
General Chaffee and the Sixth United
States cavalry reached Nagasaki on his
way to China.
A communication from Admiral
Kempff was made public by the navy
department. in which he accused the
Chinese government of first encourag.
ing the Boxers and then later being
unable to handle the situation,
Admiral Remey, in dispatch, denied
that American marines helped loot Tien
Tsin.
The Dtate department was expecting
important news from Pekin.
1t was believed that the basis for the
expectation is the knowledge on the part
of the officials that certain machinery
heretofore set in motion may result in
the opening up of communication
through some secret but reliable chan.
nels. 1t was known that second effort
has been made by our own government
to get another message from Mr.. Con-
ger. and that nearly all of the powers
also have resorted to private agencies in
their own interest with like object.
The fact developed that one of the
last acts of Colonel Liscum before his
death mt Tien Tsin was to undertake the
dispatch OF a spy to Pellin General
Dorward the British commanding Of
iicer at Tien Tsin. also sent out two
messengers. and it was believed that the
Japanese did the same. As far as de-
veloped here Sunday. not one Of these
messengers had returned 10 Tien Tsin
nor had there been single word heard
from any Of them This fact, however,
had not caused the abandonment Of
hope, and this was true in particular of
the message expected from Mr.. Conger.
Minister Wu is perhaps the basis Of this
hope on our part, and he maintained an
mistaken confidence in his original as
serticn that the news, when it does
come, will show that the legationers are
alive. The message reported TO have
come through Missionary Wilder, at
Che Foo, was regarded as most prom
ising
TRI-sTATE EVENTS.
Sudden death of Louis Ruppel. Pitts.
burg saloonkeeper, a mystery.
Irvine Wilfong, son of Rev. Benz.
Wilfong died near Morgantown, w.
Va. Snakebite suspected.
Funeral services over remains Of Rev.
DR. Edward Williams, Mount Washing.
ton Pittsburg, pastor Simpson NJ L.
church Allegheny Clty, Pa
First NJ B church. Wellsville. o.,