Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and Tersely Told.

| Ex-President Kruger visited the expo
sition grounds in Paris.
The Somalis have risen in Jubaland,
| East Africa, and Il small British force
has been cut off.
| An International congress assembled at
| Rome to discuss the use of cannon in pre-
venting hailstorms.
IsidOro Termini. the Italian who disap-
peared from Ellis island. is now said to
be alive and in New York city.
Five refugees from South Africa who
were driven over the Portuguese border
arrived in New York to see the Transvaal
consul.
The snOwstorm which began in north
ern New York, Vermont and Canada Sat
urday night proved to be the worst
known in November for many years.
Monday. Nov. 20.
William Lemberg, a septuagenarian,
killed his wife and himself in their home
in Brooklyn.
Brazilians charged with an attempt to
overthrow the republic have been re-
leased by jury.
Twenty-six lives were lost by the
wrecking of the steamship St. Olaf on
the Labrador coast
tortured to death by robbers at his home,
near McDonough, y. Y.
Vincent Cody. the oldest prisoner in
point of service in Sing Sing, was re-
leased ON pardon by Governor Roosevelt
after 33 years incarceration.
Miss Marguerite Cast of Brooklyn at
the Clermont Avenue rink in Brooklyn
finished first in the six day bicycle race
for women. one lap separating her from
Miss Lottie Brandon, who finished sec
ond.
Saturday, Nov. "a.
Tugeri pirates attacked the natives of
the British possessions in Dutch New
Guinea.
Turkey has rejected the request for an
exequatur for United States consul at
Harpoot.
The city of Anaheim, Colo, was threat
ened with inundation by the rise of the
Santa Ana river.
A Cleveland firm has decided to pur-
chase interests in the iron ore range of
Atikotan, Canada.
Richard Croker was interviewed at
Queenstown. Beyond saying that he was
not we'll and needed rest he would not
talk.
A big deal in coal lands. which also in
wolves control OF the Little Kanawha
railroad, was reported from West Nir-
ginia.
Iron ore shipments at Duluth and Two
Harbors, Mimi, have been interrupted
by the cold snap, thousands of tons Of
ore being frozen.
Friday, Nov. 33.
Eight inches of snow fell at Ashland,
Or.
The torpedo boat Blakely was launch
ed ut Boston.
A Boston man shot a pure white deer
in Aroostook county, Me.
Women swept II Reading Pa) street
when the municipal authorities refused
to keep il clean.
The pope visited the Basilica of st.
Peters and experienced such fatigue that
he had to take to his bed.
Washouts due to heavy rains have
brought train service in southern Cali
fornia to Il temporary standstill.
Sir Alfred Miner proclaims that all
the east coast ports of South Africa be-
| tween the tenth and fortieth parallels
are infected with bubonic plague.
Thursday. Nov. -.
The Delagoa Bay railroad award was
| paid in London.
Today's bulletin issued by the cars
physicians was more satisfactory.
Damage to the railroads by snowslides
was reported from western Colorado.
A heavy gale did much damage to tele-
graph and telepone wires in northern
Ohio.
A monument to Count Won Moltke will
| be erected i'll Berlin by contributions of
army officers.
The population of the state of New
| York was officially announced as I.26S,
OH as against 5.997, ,S53 in 1890.
| Mile Yvette Guilbert who had been in
Berlin for several weeks undergoing
medical treatment, has returned to Paris.
Wednesday. Nov. Fl.
| Chicago was visited by thunderstorm.
The Klondikc's output of gold for 1900
was estimated ut $2O.OOO.OO0.
The faculty of the University of Chi
| cagO has forbidden class rushes.
| King Oscar of Sweden was reported to
have had two slight paralytic strokes.
| Five men were swept overheard from
scow on lake Superior and drowned.
The woman who attempted to kill EN-
| peror William at Breslau has been sent
to an insane asylum.
Three men assaulted Baltimore jew
eler and plundered his store, which Is
near police headquarters.
The cashier of the First National bank
OF Springfield, VT, was alleged to be
$4,000 short in his accounts.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff and
party were thrown from sleigh in the
.Adrondacks. but no one was hurt
The recent warm wave caused much
suffering among the millmen Of Pitts
burg, and one case Of prostration was re
ported.
The court of appeals has granted new
trial to DIR. Kennedy, the dentist wht
was convicted of the murder of dolly
Reynolds at the Grand hotel IN New
York city.
l. EInnIs In entnNkv.