The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-02-28

OHIO, extending from Lake Erie TO
the Ohio river. The route of the first
is via the Miami and Erie canals, from
Toledo to Cincinnati, and the second
via the Ohio and Erie canals from Cleve-
land to Marietta.
Admiral Dewey attended the Wash
ington's birthday Fort Henry-Doddrige-
Dewey day in Wheeling.
The Pennsylvania supreme court re-
scinded the order previously ly made fix
ing the 2Sth inst. for the argument on
the question of the right of the gov
ernor to veto resolutions passed by the
legislature to submit constitutional
amendments to the vote of the people.
This action was taken ON the petition
of NJ. f. Olmsted and W. U. Hensel,
that they could not be present on that
date.
Argument cannot be had on the case
under the order until the supreme court
shall sit next summer in Harrisburg,
and there is no certainty now that the
argument will be heard then.
VICTIMS OF DISASTER
The army transport McPherscn was
found drifting at sea, with her shaft
broken and passengers on quarter ra-
tions She was towed to Norfolk, Va.
RECORD OF CRIMES.
Mrs. Amber Louise Mcclellan, wife of
o. l. Mcclellan, millionaire state sena-
tor of Louisiana, has sued for divorce on
the ground of extreme cruelty.
At Washington the jury found
the defendants guilty in the case
against Lieutenant Colonel James B. h.
Streator, of Washington, and Major j.
@. Kay, of Pittsburg, who were charged
with embracery and conspiracy the spe-
cific act being the attempt to influence a
Juror. Frank Watson, who was sitting
on case at the May quarter sessions
court in which Major Samuel Hazlett, a
friend of Kay and Streator, was acquit-
ted of embezzlement as banker. AT
the November term Hazlett was con-
victed.
DR.. Franklin l.. Caldwell, a young
dentist, shot and killed Mrs. Mamie
Hayes, wife of his employer, in her
rooms at the Hotel Endicott, New York,
and then killed himself. He was in
fatuated with her, and she had refused
his attentions.
Olga NethersOle, the actress, was
arrested and made to appear in the Cen
ter Street Police station, New York,
for playing "Sapho." She was paroled
in the custody of her counsel and the
case set for hearing. With Miss Neither
sole were arrested upon the same
charge Hamilton Revelle, her leading
actor, and Marcus Mayer, her manager.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of
Theodore Moss, proprietor of Wallacks,
but as Mr.. Moss was i'll Charles Burn
ham. the manager of the theater, ap-
peared in the police court in his stead
as representative of the playhouse.
NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS.
A special correspondent to the Cape
Argus saws: General Cronje is sur
rounded at Paardeberg drift, but is Of
fering a stubborn resistance. The Brit
ish are shelling the Beers vigorously
and expect to capture the whole force. "
In reply to General Cronje's request
for an armistice of "a hours, to allow
him to bury his dead, Lord Roberts told
the Boer commander that he must fight
to finish or surrender Internationally.
General Cronje's position is reported
hopeless Lord Roberts defeated the re-
Inducements sent to Cronje.
Count Boni de Castellane arrived i'll
Paris and took steps to sue The Figaro
for libel for asserting recently that he
lost heavily ON the bourse.
The carnival marking the beginning
of Lent in France began.
England released the American ship
Sabine, seized off Delagoa bay on suspi-
cion of carrying contraband of war.
Lord Roberts is being made the popu
lar hero in England, while Kitchener,
because of his hardness of heart, is not
so popular.
A diary kept by correspondent dur
ing the siege of Kimberley shows that
$500 women and children were nightly
lowered into the mines for safety against
the bombardment.
France is making popular hero of
Colonel Villebois- Mareuil. who is Gen
eral Joubert's 5 chief of st. Fl and Repub-
licans fear that the Nationalists will at
tempt to use him as another Boulanger.
BUSINESS JOTTINGs.
Receivers were appointed for the var
ious plants of the United States Milling
company, the flour trust.
Minority stockholders of the Frick
Coke company, sued the company aud
the Carnegie Steel company, to break
the existing coke contract.
A Chicago dispatch says that the re-
organization of the business of Armour
& Co. into corporation will be accom-
plished within few days. 1t is said the
capital will be about 20,000,000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Despite protests from the railroads
Chairman Jones declares that the date
fixed for the Democratic national con-
vention will not be changed.
Governor ]. @. w. Beckham, of Ken
lucky, has entered suit for an injunction
to oust w. S Taylor, the Republican.
Taylor is the plaintiff in similar suit
against Beckham.
Mgr. Sbaretti, new bishop of Havana,
was installed with fitting ceremonies.
Tho siuht of Mrs II O. Parker of