Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable Events Of the Week Briefly
and Tersely FOLD.

President Mckinley has slight cold.
The situation in Venezuela over the
asphalt dispute was declared critical.
A man claiming to be one of the Cuda-
hy kidnapers offered to turn states evi-
dence.
Ex-senator Fred L. Dubois was nomi-
mated for United States senator by the
Cusion caucus in Idaho.
Captain J. ID. Bulloch. a famous agent
Of the Confederates during the American
civil war, died in Liverpool.
The residence of Edward II. Taylor at
Model City, near Lewiston, \. Y, was
burned. Taylor, his wife and three small
children perished in the flames.
Monday, Jan. Z.
Additional re-enforcements have been
ordered to Lourenco Marques.
The number of smallpox cases H.
sas City exceeds 100. Il majority
sufferers being white.
The first ice this winter was cut a,
Catskill by the American Ice company.
1t was ten inches thick and of high quail
ity.
The Right Rev. Bishop Winand Mi
chael Wigger, head of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese Of Newark. n. j., is dead at
South Orange, ~. j.
President StickAey of the Chicago
Great Western railway went to Boston
to claim as his bride May Crosby, whom
he loved 40 years ago.
Saturday, Jan. 5.
A heavy gale has done much damage
on the Pacific coast.
The recent snowstorm did little injury
to California orange crop.
ambassador White was elected to the
Berlin Academy of Science.
Grip is prevalent in New York city,
but an epidemic is not expected
Nineteen cases OF plague are reported
at Vladivostok, 15 of them fatal.
Reported settlement of French shore
dispute in Newfoundland denied.
Three men were killed in powder works
explosion at Thompson Point, y. j.
Earthquake occurred at Nevada. FL
Dorado Springs and Appleton City, Mo.
Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in
attempting to arrest suspected emissaries
of the Macedonian committee.
Friday, Jan. 4.
Secretary Hay has recovered from his
recent illness.
Three failures were announced ON the
LOnQOn StOck
Great snowstorm in southern Oregon
and northern California.
Very cold in northern New York. Thr-
ty-one below at Saranac lake.
Joseph Letter of Chicago is negotiating
for control of Canadian packing trade.
Methodist Episcopal Bishop W. y.
Ninde was found dead in bed in Detroit
French gunboat Menhr and torpedo
cruiser Feurus colided in Brcst harbor
Duke Henry, betrothed of Queen Viii
helmina, has left The Hague in a pei
over discussion of his position.
Governor Jordan of New Hampshire i'll
his inaugural address declared school
children should play more and study less
Several fires in tenement houses in New
York and Jersey City caused the death OF
at least two persons. Many others were
injured
Thursday, Jan. 3.
Ex-President Kruger has bronchitis.
A bomb was found in a Chicago street
ear tunnel.
The Berlin Rcichsbank celebrated it,
twentyffth anniversary.
Erie's new sheriff pledged himself to
stop ali gambling in Buffalo
foundsred in the Bristol channel.
Ten Germans were killed in the firms
Of a salute at Lci.tung. China, Jan. l.
Briefs in the insular possessions cases
have been filed with the supreme court.
Fears are felt AT Astoria. Or, for the
British ship Andrada. which was blown
to sea last month.
The United States circuit court of ap
peals sustained the lower court in deny
ing petite" for National Linseed Oil
receiver.
W tesday. jan. 2.
Northern orado coal miners struck.
The czar reviewed troops back from
China.
The Rhode Island general assembly
convened.
Diamonds have been discovered near
Captain, y. NJ.
The new comet was observed at tine
Lick observatory.
A lace smuggling scheme was discov-
cred at Del lilo. Tex.
The mr. lerer of Baron Won Ketteler
was e S<ed at Picking
>battleship Wisconsin has been
tuiaed over to the government.
The Wells Fargo company opened ref
erence libraries for its employees.
DR.. ID. X. Pearsons OF Chicago has
given away more than x2.SO0,OOO.
Schmoize. kichmann & Co. Of London.
foreign bankers. were declared bankrupt.
Forty-six tons of gold and silver were
received at the Seattle assay office in
1900.
stock Market Bre AXIS All Records.
NEW YORK. Jan. s. - All records
We're broken in the stock market again