Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Events Of the Week Told in . Few
Words.


Premier Lyme. of Sydney, New
South Wales, is making extraordinary
efforts to eradicate the plague. OAR
ling harbor has been quarantined,
and attendants at the exhibition have
been inoculated.
The Rev. p. J. Duffy, of German
town, New York. suburb Of Port
Jervis, was found dead from suffoca-
tion March %, in the Ashland House,
New York. 1t is said that Father Duff
fy's health had been impaired through
his labors in securing new house OF
worship for his parishiOners.
President Loubet will pardon Baron
Christina, who last June assaulted
him at the races, and he will also sign
fifty other pardons.
William III. Crocker, of San Fran
cisco, has offered to defray the ex-
pense of sending out a party from the
Lick Observatory to observe the total
eclipse of the sun on May %.
Under an agreement just signed the
H. G. Frick has been closed, the law
suits have been ordered stopped and
an amicable arrangement has been
made between the two great steel and
iron manufacturers by which not only
are the warning elments set at rest,
but great steel and iron corporation
has been formed that will be far
reaching in it's influence and have
a capital of over 100000, 900.
Secretary Root and party has re-
turned to Washington from their trip
to Cuba.
The city council of Chicago has
passed the mandatory tunnel ordi.
nances requiring the street railway
companies to lower La Sale, Wash
ington and Vanburen street tunnels
under the Chicago river so as to pro-
vide a clear depth of water for navi-
cation of 21 feet.
The amount Of bonds received at
the United States Treasury for ex.
change for the new twos to date Is
$S7,O00,O00. OF this amount $1,000
900 came from persons or institutions
other than national banks.
The National Educational AssOcia.
ton has offered $1,000 in prizes for
the best essays on seating, lighting.
heating and ventilating public school
buildings.
The British ship City of Florence
has been wrecked at Half Moon Bay.
California. The crew were saved.
The Trunk Line Association has
given a rate of one fare single tickets
for round trip from all parts of the
United States and Canada for the ses-
sion of the Imperial Council. An
cient Arabic Order, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, to be held in Washing.
ton.
In future no American goods will
be allowed to go north in Canadian
vessels to Skagway for local con-
sumption there without payment Of
the regular duties. This is victory
for American ship owners.
The body of Rev. Thomas X. Beech
er, of Elmira, N. Y, who died last
week, has been incinerated at the
newly built Buffalo crematory. In &C.
cordance with the often expressed
wish of Mr.. Beecher, no ceremonies
whatever were held.
Two fresh cases of bubonic plague
have been reported at Sydney, New
South Wales.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf Railroad has been sold at Joplin,
Mo-, for $12,500,000. to the representa-
tive of the Philadelphia reorganiza-
tion committee.
The United States Supreme Court
has sustained the constitutionality of
the Texas antitrust law.
Maud S. was buried at Tarrytown,
N. Y, March 20, in the Bonner GENE
terry for famous horses.