Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-07
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Tuesday, October 2e.

The Peruvian congress convened in
extraordinary session.
The Porto Rican delegates arrived
at Detroit last evening.
Third Assistant Secretary of State
Crider will shortly resign his office.
The sugar production of Europe is
estimated at 5,92S.264 tons. an increase
of 212,S41 tons over last year.
Baron Walburg. of Vienna. has been
tortion on Emperor Franz Joseph.
Right Rev. Thomas j. Conety D. D..
of Washington, has been appointed
bishop of Samos, port in the lonian
Archipelago.
Wednesday, October 80.
Fire destroyed the entire business
section of St. Joseph. La. on Monday
John D. Rockefeller presented 100000
marks to an American church in
Berlin.
Another victim of the Hunt, Wilkin
son & Co. fire, in Philadelphia, was
found Yesterday morning.
The 125th anniversary of the battle
of Fort Washington will be celebrated
November 16 in New York
1t is estimated that the orange and
lemon shipments of Southern Cali.
fornia will exceed 10000 cars.
The bishops of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church in this country will hold
a weeks session in Cincinnati.
Thursday, October 81.
Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000 for
the erection of a library at Kinning
Park, Scotland.
Edwin Gould was elected president
of the reorganized Seventh National
Bank in New York.
The municipal council of Havana
has rejected all bids for sewering and
paving contracts, owing to grave er,
rors.
The fifth annual convention of the
Southern Cotton Spinners' Associa-
tion will meet in Charlotte, N c., in
November.
All of the Siberian peninsula, en-
bracing about $4,000 square miles, will
be thrown open to mining operations
next spring.
The case of Dr. Swallow, who is
on trial for falsehood before the Gen.
trail Pennsylvania Methodist Confer
ence. will go to the jury today.
Friday, November 1.
Henry C. Baird, the oldest member
of the Bradford county bar, died yes
terday, aged 81 years.
The Will Colvig building, in Wheel
ing, w. Va, was destroyed by fire
yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
Owing to a strike two fruit jar glass
factories, employing 1000 hands, at
Muncie, Ind, have closed down.
The United States consul at Liver
pool reports that two cases of bubonic
plague have developed in a hospital
there.
The President yesterday denied six
and restored three applicants to citi-
zenship.
Saturday, November 2.
No fresh cases of bubonic plague
have been reported at Liverpool
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
declared an extra dividend of l per
cent.
The transport Fitzpatrick sailed from
San Francisco yesterday for Manila.
with 140 recruits.
James c. McCook, former United
States consul at Dawson City. died at
his home in Philadelphia.
The Passaic Auto Transportation
of Paterson, N. j., has sus-
pended, owing to lack of patronage.
Will Jackson, a negro, of Carters-
Vile, Ga. was legally hanged for as
sault. in the presence of 1000 people.
T.onday, November q.
A fire on the Welsh mountains, near
Beartown, Lancaster county, burned
over 200 acres.
Half the business section of Boone
Vile, Miss, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday night.
Edward S. Stokes. 9la er of ] N"
Fiske, and one the u i-milli aaIre,
died in New YC ;; IN saturday
The delegation 0E Por,o Rican me'-
chants let :. LCu's Tor WASHINGTON.
from whe, G hey VII rn,urn hone
Pres!dent Roosevelt Saturday, issnad
his pT0claIaa,i fixin thursday, No
verbrr 2%. rs a day Of national
thaNfs givins.
Ahout 4,0J0 Ir!sh-AT ERIK ans gave
at Carnegie Music Hall New
York 10 JOAN +. Rajmond NJ P.
leader cf the Irish Nation list party
in England.
Philadelphia Live Stock Market.