The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-06-13
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failed to adjourn finally. on account of
differences over features Of the navA
appropriation bill. In the house, the
conferees. for agreeing to senate
amendment. were reversed and new
conferees appointed.
Congress adjourned on Thursday. In
the house there was q reversal Of its
action Of Wednesday night In turning
down the couferrees ON the naval bill for
yielding on the item relating to ocean
surveys. Over night the sentiment of
the house underwent a complete change
and the members voted, by large ma
jOrity, to accept outright the senate
amendment, which goes much further
than the compromise which the confer
rees offered the night before. The CON
ferrees, led by Mr.. Cannon, were igno
miniously pushed aside. 1t was a dis
tinct victory for the old conferrees,
Messrs. Foss, of Illinois; Dayton, Of
West Virginia, and Cummings, of New
York. The other feature of the day was
the course of Mr.. Lei :, of Ohio, i'll
blocking unanimous consent legislation
For three days he had objected to bills
because the majority would not allow
the testimony in the Occur d'Alene in
vestigation to be printed and he main
tanned his position to the end. He only
relented when certain bills came up.
The senate, Thursday, waited most Of
h. f,,, tI,, 30, fl,a
naval appropriation bill. After agree
ment the naval bill was signed by Presi.
dent Pro Tenn. Frye.
TRI-sTATE EVENTS.
The dead body of Winthrop Fallon,
travelling man from Brookline, Mass.
who killed himself in Cleveland hotel.
was found.
1t is now believed that eight miners
were killed in the gas explosion in shaft
No. 2, near Glouster, o.
Mrs. John Sherman died, after q pa ra
lytic stroke, at Mansfield, o.
William Oliphant and Gustave Cor.
ike were found drowned in the Schuyl.
kill, at Philadelphia.
John Bilakis stabbed and killed his
former partner, Peter Govanis, at Ap.
| pletree and Perth streets, Philadelphia.
VICTIMS OF DISASTER.
At Halls Lake, near jackson, Ala,
John Ovess, prominent planter, and
his young son, were riddled with buck.
shot and killed by some one in ambush
on the roadside. The father died in
stantly. The son lived long enough to
tell who he thought the assassin was.
The American bark Harvester, Cap.
tain Edwardsen, which left Cape Town
ON April 20 for New Castle, N. S. W..
has foundered at sea. All on board
were saved.
-Four persons were killed and 25 in.
| jured, three probably fatally, in col.
hsion Of trolley cars in Warwick, 3 sub.
urb of Providence, R. l.
RECORD OF CRIMES.
Mrs. Sarah Gown, a pensioner, aged
| 70 years, was found dead IN a court in
the rear of 720 Montrose street, Phila.
delphia. The autopsy showed that she
died of strangulation by hanging. The
| police believe it was suicide, but they
had her son, James, As years old, in Gus.
tOdy to await the coroner's action.
The Randolph (Vt) Savings bank
| closed its doors. When its last report
was made the bank owed its depositors
$342,6
NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS.
The complications in China do not ap
pear to have developed any special feat.
ures of moment beyond the fact, as
stated in cablegram from Tien Tsin,
that about 800 foreign troops started
for there from Pelkin. Some missionar.
les were reported murdered, others were
safe and some native converts were mur.
dered and scattered.
General Kelly Kenny, at Bloemfon.
tein, reported that the telegraph had
been cut at Roodeval, north of KroOn.
stad, by body of Beers estimated to
be 1000 strong, with six field guns.
he is sending strong relnforcements TO
Kroonstad. The British lost heavily in
killed and wounded
A special dispatch from Durham, Ma
tai, says the Beers at Laing's Mex, aftcI
an action fought recently, offered to
surrender, conditionally, but General
Butler replied that their surrender must
be unconditional.
Lord Roberts announced the surren
der of Pretoria to the British.
Beers captured a battalion Of Irish
Yeomanry.
BUSINESS JOTTINGs.
Federal Judge Baker, in Indianapo.
lis on Saturday, ordered a foreclosure
and sale of the Louisville, Evansville
and st. Louis railroad. The road has
been in the hands of receiver since
1894.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Republicans carried Oregon.