The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-03-14
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 the
Reader In Hurry.
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

lnOuSandS OF organized insurgents
were reported resisting Colonel Hous.
tons battalion of the Nineteenth regi.
ment at Antique, Province of Panay,
which is the only province which the
Americans do not occupy.
The Americans lost seven killed. A
battalion of the Forty-fourth from Iloilo
reinforced Houston's command.
One hundred and fifty Tagalogs,
armed with rifles, have surrendered to
Capiz and have been transferred to Lu.
Zon.
Six Americans were killed in an am.
bush recently laid by the Filipinos at
Aparri.
General Otis is installing civil gov.
ernments in the Philippines IL antici,
patton Of the arrival of the civil com.
mission.
Lieutenant Edgar f. Koehler, of the
Ninth infantry, was shot in the abdo
men and killed at a village about siS
miles north of Tarlac, where he went in
search Of some hidden rifles. A Fill.
pino, promising to produce the rifles, led
him into an ambush away from his com
mand. The soldiers, in revenge, burned
the village and killed "a of the enemy
HAPpENED IN WASHINGTON.
The financial bill report was adopted
in the senate, A to 26, Tuesday. Simon
(O.) said Quay's paired vote against
Corbett should estop his obtaining a
seat in the senate Little of general
importance occurred in the house Tues.
day.
The death of Congressman Harmer
of Pennsylvania, 1.-The father of the
house." cast a gloom over the house
Wednesday. After some business, there
was an adiournment, out of respect tt
his memory.
In the senate, Wednesday, Senator
Lodge defended the administration
Philippines policy. An adjournment
was formally taken, out of respect fol
the late Congressman Harmer' memory
In the house, Thursday, Aldricf
(Rep., Ala.) was seated and Robbins
Dem.) unseated. Mr.. Foraker defended
the Porto Ricon tariff bill in the senate
Pettus opposed it.
The amendment to the diplomatic ant
consular appropriation bill providing
$40, 900 and an annuity of $4,000 for eX
Queen Liluokalani, of Hawaii, was ia
bled by the senate.
The house, on Saturday, considered
the Wise Young election contest withou
reaching a vote, and decided to take NJ
the bill providing a government for Ha
waii on April 3, the final vote to be takel
on April >, at p. III.
On Friday, it was announced the sell
ate committee amended the Hay
Pauncefote treaty as to provide fol
United States defense of the canal.
Behind closed doors in the senate
Friday, the Mason Boer sympathy res
olution was debated. Ninety-seven pen
sion billspassed in the house, Friday.
In the house, Monday, Wise rep,
Va.), was seated and Young Dem.,
Va.), unseated. John S. Wise, ex-con.
gresham, was excluded from the house
for interference.
In the Senate, Monday, Mr.. Rawlins
Utah spoke against the administra-
tion's Philippine policy.
TRI-STATE EVENTS.
A.. C.o,,., ID ,g.o o;1 10 ,,,,l.,, ,,,.o,.
mt Clarksburg, w. Va, for passing two.
dollar silver notes raised to fives. II is
believed she is the notorious Belle
Freeland, who was arrested at the
Worlds fair, at Chicago, for passing
counterfeit money, and who year later
was sentenced to term in the peniten.
tiary in the state for the same offense
At Shamokin, Pa, the latest and
greatest sensation i'll connection with
the alleged councilmanic bribery deals
occurred when High Constable Will
lam Taby appeared before Justice
Francis NJ. Rowe and charged Council
men L. o. Euern, Thomas Holl, Will
lam Zimmerman and ex-Councilman O.
]. Reed and William Reppard of bribe.
taking; thousands of dollars figuring in
the alleged deals.
]. D. Mcnamara, late assistant pay
master in the Pennsylvania railroad
shops mt Altoona, Pa, was brought to
Pittsblrg III irons from Chicago, and
was LATER taken to Altoona, where he
is wanted for the alleged endorsement
of PENNSYLVANIA railroad checks To
the amount of 81, ,563.76.
At Huntingdon, Pa, very bad acci-
dent to passenger train on the East
Broad Top railroad, at Martin Meadow,
resulted in the death of Conductor
George w. Briggs, the probable fatal in
jury of Mine Superintendent Frank
Lyon and Grant Schmittle, and the seri-
GUS injury of a dozen passengers. The
accident was caused by broken rail,
and the derailed cars, containing about
100 passengers, were thrown over an
embankment.
Scarcely any one of the travellers es-
raped without some injury. A lone
woman passenger and her little babe
were extricated from the debris, the for
mer being severely hurt while the babe
escaped without IA scratch.
Colonel James +. Barnett, Of the Tenth
Pennsylvania regiment, is agitating the
movement for the erection of a monu-
ment to the late Colonel Hawkins.
Eight postoflice robbers were run tn
earth by Postoiiice Inspectors Dickson
and Gregory, after about years chase.
Three are in Jail at Altoona, Pa.-G. A.
Loa, Edw Kelleyand John Fowler-while
tba otborc ara confined in yarious West