The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-07-25

quay hepuDncanS each naming leRlS-
lative candidate and dividing the coun.
ty ticket.
Joe Orlandy, i'll Rankin Pa, mills Of
American Steel and Wire company was
overcome by heat while at work in the
the mills and fell unconscious 10 the
floor. He was taken to his home in
Rankin. 1t is not believed he can re.
cover,
At Canton, Ohio, President McKin.
ley attended services at the St. Paul's
Episcopal church Sunday, instead
Of at his usual place. Bishop Leon.
ard, of the diocese of Ohio, per.
sonal friend of the president, conducted
the services, and the boys vested choir,
of Whe ling, furnished the music.
walk Circumspeotly," was the
theme of the bishops sermon. The
usual prayer for the president was Of.
fered and special prayers said for those
engaged in war; for the diplomats in
China, and for all in distress on account
of the Chinese situation. but there was
no special reference TO the chief execu.
tive i'll the services.
The pres ident aud Mrs. Mckinley
took drive during the afternoon, and
the rest of the day was spent in a rest.
full manner.
At Newtown, a suburb of Cincinnati,
David Brown, hostler, killed Mark
Robinson and fatally wounded Frank
Murphy, The shooting was the out
come of an old family quarrel,
RECORD OF GRIMES.
Joseph Mitchell, cigar maker from
Kingston, Ontario, was shot and killed
in Menominee, Mich, by Policeman
Christopher Eek. Mitchell was intoxi.
Gated and resisted arrest.
| Alexander Donelson, one of the best
known men in Davidson county, Ten.
nessee, was assassinated by an unknown
person.
VICTIMS Fo DISASTER.
In fog in the Irish channel the Gun.
ard line steamship Campania, enroute to
Liverpool from New York, struck the
| Liverpool bark Embleton, bound for
New Zealand, amidships, cutting her
in twain.
| The Embleton sank Immediately. Sew.
eral of the crew were rescued, but it ID
believed the other IL members Of she
ships company, including the captain,
| were drowned
The Jampania had her bows stove in,
but arrived safely at Liverpool five and
| half hours late.
AT the town of Coleman, Texas, 10
lives are known to have been lost in the
cloudburst here Ten bodies have been
recovered, but only two have been iden.
tilted. They are:
Joseph Spath, leading merchant Of
the village.
Jonn Fulleisteine.
1t is feared that many more lives were
lost in the valley below Coleman. The
cloudburst, which followed three days
unprecedented rainfall caused Fords
creek to burst its banks and rush through
Coleman, village of less than 1000
inhabitants.
Bewildered citizens, reused from their
slumbers rushed into the streets and
Were swept away. Many were saved
by catching hold of pieces of timber and
navigating them into eddieS formed by
the swift current, where they were
drawn ashore.
Spath and Fuleisstein managed 70
mount theis horses. They dashed into
the water and swsm their horses to o
house where four little girls were
screaming for help.
Each rescued two of the children,
whom they took upon their horses The
animals were swept away, however, III
noble effort TO stem the swift current.
and all were drowned
NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS.
The allied forces stormed the walled
city of Tien Tsin OH Saturday last, and
captured all its defenses. The Chinese
were completely routed. The loss in
the three days fighting was 800 killed
and wounded, of which the Americans
had 2l5
The Russians have refused Admiral
Seymour s request to hand over the re-
stored Taku-Tein Tsin railway to the
English company and it is rumored that
Germany purposes taking serious ill.,
dependent step, namely, to patrol the
Yang Use Kiang with German men Of
war. Such q step would be greatly re-
sented by England.
Still more alarming news have been
conveyed to The Daily Express from
Toxic TO the effect that the apparent
reluctance of Germany and Russia to
consent to n japanese commander for
the army corps has lod the japanese
government 20 delay the forwarding Of
the division already modified.
The Russian general staff denies the
report that the Chinese have captured
Blagvotchense, capital of the province
of Amur, and it is reported from Ir.
kutfk that the Russians have taken All
gun.
BUSINESS JOTTINGs.
The vote of the Amalgamated asSoci-
alton has been secured The result is
that the conference committee on tho
tin scale is to make a schedule with the
manufacturers on whatever terms the
fomfnittee sees fit to accept
On the bar i-on scale the conference
committee has not been given power TO
change the base rate of the scale, which
means that the Republic Iron and Steel