Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-07-26

Notable Evsnas Of the week Drisny
anA TsrssHy TelA.
The machinery Of Lieutenant Psary's
steamer Windwasd has broken down.
Archie Lawson, aged q years, wal
drowned in ChautsuQua lake outlet.
Football Captain DAILY Of Harvard fail.
ed to pass his West Point examinations.
Testimony against Charles F. w. Nee
" was taken In the proceedings for his
extradition.
Joseph Mullen was put to death in the
Sing Sing state prison for the murder OF
his wife in New York city in 1898.
Adolph Roknitki Of Wallingford, Conn.
set fre to his house and then committed
suicide. His wife and children barely
escaped.
John Howard Bryant. brother OF vii.
liam Cullen Bryant, celebrated the nine.
ty-third anniversary OF his birth al
Princeton, Ills.
Monday, July "A.
The new Russian cruiser Variag left
Cramps shipyard for an official speed
trial off the New England coast.
At the meeting OF the Christian Mis-.
sionary alliance at Cleveland, O., $1,000
was subscribed for foreign missions.
Gilbert 81. Lien, brother Of the fu.
sionist candidate for governor Of South
Dakota, died suddenly at Sioux Falls.
At Muscatine, Ia, one Of the ware
houses Of the Huttig Sash and Door com
pany was burned, with loss of $50, 600.
The remains Of about 100 Americans
buried on the battlefield Of Buena Vista
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lean soil.
Morris Lurie, aged 6 years. missing
from his home in Punxsutawney, Pa
has just been found in the custody OF
kidnapers.
Saturday, July Fl.
Queen Victoria and her suit arrived u,
Osborne.
A massacre Of native Christians in Per.
sia was reported as impending.
The California wheat crop will fall fal
short Of the estimates Of two months ago
The Prince of Wales Diamond Jubilee
won the Eclipse stakes at Sandown
park.
The Peary relief ship, the Windward
sailed from Cape Breton with all on
board we'll.
Miss Bessie Anthony of the Evanston
Golf club won the western woman's golf
championship at Chicago.
Two hundred persons were reported
killed or injured by volcanic eruption
from Mount Azuma in Japan.
Friday, July 70.
The first cargo OF Pennsylvania soft
coal ever sent from Philadelphia to Lon
don will leave shortly.
United States Judge Lacombe decided
a mere indictment was not sufficient for
the extradition of Nicely.
Mr.. William Waldorf Astor expressed
regret in The Pail Mall Gazette for the
famous paragraph about Sir Archibald
Berkeley Milne.
A rapid fire gun mounted on an auto
mobile of special construction started
from Fort Sheridan on an experimental
trip to Washington.
President Loubet Of France reviewed
the combined Mediterranean and chan
mel squadrons, AZ warships in all, in the
harbor at Cherbourg.
Thursday, July 10.
The Hampton negro conference met at
Newport News.
The total number Of applicants for ex-
animation for entrance to Princeton this
was 765.
John A. Black, a prominent Kentucky
banker, testified against Caleb Powers in
the GOebel shooting case.
The report Of Commissioner Of Patents
Duell showed a total Of 28,540 patents
granted during the last fiscal year.
Intense heat prevailed over the eastern
and middle states for the third consecu-
tive day. Many prostrations were re-
ported.
The pictures of the eclipse by Profes-
sor Buckhalter Of Oakland, CAL, have
the success Of his new
method of astronomical photography.
The steamer City Of Venice and the
schooner G. K. Jackson colAded at the
to Buffalo harbof, and the Jack
son was beached to prevent her sinking.
Wednesday, July 1s.
Heavy rains fell In northern Kansas
and saved the corn crop.
John Delpage Of Niassra Falls com-
mitted suicide BY leaping into the rapids.
A $146. 900, geld brick arrived at the
New York heaheh OF the Bank of Mon
treal from Canada.
Three deaths have occurred at Nome
from smallpox. which is said to have
been taken there On the steamer Oregon.
A revised estimate placed the loss by
Are at Prescott, A. T.. at
more than 81 900. 600, with insurance Of
less than 'e20o. 900.
1t was stated at the treasury depart
uept In Washington that no further
OF deposits from the ma
ti6hAf banks were probable.
agreement baSbeen reached as to ternS
Of arbitration Of claims arising out Of
seizure Of American and British sailing
vessels By Russian cruisers In 1892.
Beckham Nominated.
LEXINGTON, KY, July PLAT 8
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