The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-05-16
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY
NARRATED
The War In the Philippines, Grimes, Tri-
State Happenings, Foreign. Business and
Other Events Boiled Down For tho
Reader In u Hurry.
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES.


Three Americans were killed and
seven wounded in an attack at Batacos
by Philippine insurgents.
Aguinaldo was reported alive. and,
with Tina, reassembling rebel force.
Two rebel attacks on the American
garrisons in the Visayan islands re-
Gently resulted in the killing of 2SO of the
enemy and the wounding of two Ameri-
cans.
A force of Filipinos, estimated to
number 200 men, armed with rifles and
and 900 armed with bolos, and operat-
ing four muzzle loading cannon, at
tackled Jaro on Leyte island, April 10,
which place was garrisoned by 20 men
of B company, of the Forty-thirl regi-
ment, Lieutenant Bates commanding.
Bates left 10 men to protect the town
and with the remaining ten men he ad-
vanced on the enemy in two squads,
sheltered by the ridges south of the
town, when they stood off the Filipinos
for three hours.
Then 20 armed members of the local
police force sailed forth to help Eates'
Americans. The latter, with the po.
hce, charged the enemy, and together
they dispersed the Flpinos, and after
the fight was over buried 125 of them.
There Were no American casualties.
HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.
Tho bouSo 1ovota6 most nf T,o,1o,-,.
session to the consideration of private
| bills reported from the committee on
claims and ten bills were passed. The
most important was bill to remit the
penalties imposed by the government on
the Union Iron works, of San Francisco,
the builkers of the monitor Monterey,
for her failure to make contract speed.
| The house overruled the action of the
ways and means committee in reporting
against resolution calling upon the
secretary of the treasury for informa-
ton regarding the materials used in the
manufacture of olemargarine, which is
on file in the internal revenue office.
On Tuesday, the naval appropriation
bill was under consideration in the SEN
ate. 1t was disclosed, in secret session,
that a shell had been invented by a
United States naval officer which went
through even Krupp process armor.
On Wednesday the senate discussed
in secret the mysterious projectile with
which the naval department has been
experimenting. In open session there
was some advocacy of government a !.
NOR plate plant.
The house, on Wednesday, discussed
the reports on the contested election
case of Pearson VS.. Crawford, from
North Carolina.
On Thursday, the house by margin
of two votes unseated Crawford, of
North Carolina, Democrat, and seated
Pearson, Republican.
In the senate Thursday the case in
volving the seat of Mr.. Clark, of Mon
tana, was postponed until next Tues
day. Mr.. Chandler gave notice that at
that time he would insist that the case
be continuously considered to the exclu-
sion of all other business.
Mr.. Sewell IN. j. announced that he
should object to that Mr.. Gallinger,
of New Hampshire, addressed the SEN
ate at length on his resolution declaring
that "the present phenomenal prosperi-
ty of the country is due to the policy of
protection as embodied in the Dingley
tariff law"
The Sc ssion was concluded with eulo-
gies on the Late Representative Samuel
Baird, of Louisiana.
In the senate Friday the naval appro-
priation bill was considered. Mr.. Lodge
(Mass.) made speech, urging the
building up of the navy, and indicating
that we might have to fight Germany
to maintain the Monroe doctrine, owing
to her colonization i'll Brazil, and inter-
fering with our purchase of the Danish
West Indies. The house did little of
Importance.
Bya close vote the senate Saturday re-
jected proposition to erect, without refer.
ence to the price at which the gov
ernment could secure armor plate for its
warships, an armor plate factory. The
vote upon the direct provision was % to
"a, and subsidiary amendments were re.
jected by about the same vote When
the committees proposition was about
to he voted upon filibuster was organ
lied, the quorum of the senate was
broken and the question is till in the
air During thf debate Mr.. Chandler
delivered sensational speech, in which
he charged that the government had
been defrauded i'll the adoption Of the
Harveyized armor.
During last Monday, after dis
cussion lasting five full days, the senate
passed the naval appropriation bill.
Practically four days were devoted to
the consideration of the armor plate ap-
preparation, which was agreed to
finally as reported by the committee,
with the exception that the secretary of
the navy is authorized to make con
tracts only for such armor as may be
needed from time to time.
The secretary of the navy is author
lied to procure armor Of the best quality
ut Si45 per ton, but if he be unable to
obtain it at that price, he is then au-
thorized to pay Sjl5 per ton for the ar
NOR for the battleships Maine, Ohio and
Missouri and proceed to erect an armor
factory to cost not to exceed $1,000, 900,
one-half of which amount is made inn
mediately available. The committees
carried by a vote of 32 to 10.
The secretary of the navy is directed to