The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-25
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY
NARRATED
The War In the Philippines, Grimes, rri-
State Happenings, Foreign, Business and
Other Events Boiled Down For the
Reader In Hurry.
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

week the Filipino insurgents have lost
about 1000 men, dead or may die from
wounds.
A dispatch from Manila announces
that Colonel James S. Petit, Of the
Thirty first volunteers, in command at
Zamboanga, has been courtmartialed
for handing a prisoner of war over tc
President Medell, of Zamboango, who
killed the prisoner at once, without
trial. Petit is the officer with whom
Lieutenant Colonel Webb O. Hayes, who
recently resigned, is said to have quar-.
relied, owing to Pettit's dickering with
MORO dato for the right to land troops,
and compelling his men to submit to in.
dignites from the natives.
The rebel general, Montenegro, sur.
rendered to Colonel Smith.
The insurgents attacked San Jose, In
the province of Batangas, and Santa
Cruz, on the lake, fruitlessly.
Twelve hundred Tagalogs attacked
Cases battalion headquarters of the
Fortieth regiment, at Cagayan, island
of Mindanao, ON the 7th. The Ameri.
cans had 10 casualties, while of the at.
tacking force 30 were killed and 30
wounded or taken prisoners. The enc.
my, numbering 100 rifiemen, the re.
mainder being Bolomen, archers and
mounted spearmen, swooped down in
bowling mass at daylight, surprising
and killing three If the sentries. They
swarmed the streets in small parties,
some bearing scaling ladders by means
of which they attempted to enter the
houses.
The Americans tumbled out of the
barracks aud formed in the plaza and
companies began sweeping the town.
The subsequent street fighting lasted
about 90 minutes. Twelve of the
wounded Americans are now on board
the hospital ship Relief
The enemy withdrew to the noun
tains in great confusion.
General Young, at Manila, reported
that 300 insurgent riflemen and bolo.
men attacked the American garrison
at Batoc, province of North Ilocos, but
were repulsed, losing 100 men. The
Americans had no casualties.
Captain Dodd. with a squadron Of
the Third cavalry, recently surrounded
village in Benguet province, and sur.
prised 200 insurgents, living in barracks,
apparently recruiting center for the
province. The enemy lost SO men killed.
Our troops also captured A men and
burned the village. One American was
wounded.
HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.
= Mr.. Allen, the new governor of Porto
Rico, sailed from Washington for his
post of duty.
General @. Gilmore, chief of General
Miles staff, continues critically i'll at
his residence in Washington, as the re-
suit of his participation in the Porto
Ricon campaign.
Owing to continued i'll health, Hon.
John Addison Porter, secretary to the
president, rendered his resignation, and
the president accepted it, to take effect
May next. George B. Cortelyou, of
New York, the present assistant secre-
tary to the president, was appointed to
the office.
Grosvenor (Rep, o. and Williams
Dem., Miss had lively row in the
house, on Wednesday, during the de-
bate on the naval appropriation bill.
The senate considered the Alaskan
civil code bill, Wednesday.
The house had the navalappropriation
bill under consideration Wednesday.
The Foraker resolution providing for
the administration of civil affairs in
Porto Rico, pending the appointment of
permanent officials under the recently
passed Porto Rico law, was passed by the
senate Thursday.
On Friday, Representative Hepburn,
in charge of the Nicaragua canal bill,
announced that q definite arrangement
had been reached by which the bill will
be considered by the house on May and
2 and passed. The committee on rules
had taken no definile action. The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce made an important change i'll
the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill, strik.
ing out the provision for the "fortifica-
tion," and thus providing what % ex-
pected to be compromise, which will
aid in bringing the bill to an early con-
sideration.
On Friday the senate had under con.
sideration during the greater part of the
session the conference report on the Ha-
waiian civil government measure. Mr..
Cullom made an extended explanation
of the changes in the bill. The report
was the subject of sharp criticism.
Mr.. Foraker (O.) pronounced aeulogy
on the late Lorenzo Danford, repre-
sentative from Ohio and the senate
adopted resolutions expressive of its
sorrow.
Senator Platt, of Connecticut, aston.
ished the senate Saturday by declaring
that congress has no authority to legis.
late for Cuba, the island being exclu.
sively under control of the military au-
thorities.
The Quay case was debated in the
senate Monday. The house Monday
considered the postoffice appropriation
bill.
TRI-STATE EVENTS.
l. NJ. McKinsley. grand secretary of
the Royal Arcanum, died of apoplexy
in Cleveland, with which he was strlck-
ON while i'm his office Mr. McKinSley