Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Tuesday. July 16.

DSDullcS.
Edward p. Kershaw, formerly vice
president of the Knickerbocker Ice
company, died yesterday in Phiiaoel-
phia.
The United States delegates to the
congress of American republics have
about decided to have their first pas.
ing at Buffalo two weeks hence.
A great Belgian, Russian and French
syndicate is forming in Brussels to
construct railways in China. 1t will
have capital of 000,0o0.000 francs.
Wednesday, July II.
Charles f. Alba, former United
States appraiser. died in New Orleans
yesterday from heat.
Colonel John S. Mosby the Confed-
crate leader during the Civil War has
been appointed a special agent of the
general land Office.
Colonel John Wallower. who found
ed the first individual freight line from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New
York, died yesterday in Harrisburg
from paralysis.
Charges of irregular practice made
against Corn King" George H. Phil
lips have been dismissed by the di
rectors of the Chicago board of trade
President Mccarthy of the Iowa
State Bar Association spoke yesterday
on the prevalence of bribery in Ameri
can courts.
Thursday, July 18.
Maurice Robinson, of New York, is
t,;,, ~
world
The wages of the puddlers at the
Harrisburg rolling mills will be in
creased from $3.50 to 1915 a ton be-
ginning July 16.
Charlemagne Tower, United States
ambassador to Russia, will give a ban
quet at which 80 covers will be laid, to
Anthony J. Drexel.
On the St. Louis, which sailed yester-
day was James j, Van Allen, who is go
ing to England to receive the decora-
tion of the Order of st. John of Jerusa-
lem from King Edward.
The Denmark ministry, formed April
27, 1900, has resigned. King Christian
has requested the ministers to retain
their portfolios pending the appoint
ment of new cabinet.
Friday, July 10.
William Farrell known as the lum-
ber king, of Arkansas, died yester-
day.
syndicate of st. Louis capitalists
has been formed for the purpose of de-
veloping the iron fields of Kentucky
An Australian fortune of $40 600 900
is to be divided among the heirs of the
late Josiah Tyson, residing in Georgia
and Alabama.
Lord Russell, a British peer, pleaded
guilty yesterday to the charge of big
amy and was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment
Daniel J. Lamont vice president of
the Northern Pacific railroad, denies
the report that he is to be selected as
president of that road.
Henry Alexander, colored shot and
killed Phillip Bennett and Benjamin
Carter, both white, at Dingess, w. Va,
yesterday and then fled to the noun
tains.
Saturday, July 20.
Indiana has completed her annual
job of packing French" peas.
B. J. T. Bosanquit has decided TO
bring a British cricket eleven here for
a short tour in the coming autumn.
Alfred Patti, the composer and vio-
lincellist, died yesterday at Bergamo,
Italy He was born in 1922
William H. Reynolds, comptroller of
the state of Florida, died at Tallahassee
yesterday.
DR.. Gustave A. ,Andreen, professor of
Scandinavian language at Yale univer-
sity, has accepted the presidency Of Au-
gust college at Rock Island.
Marquis Malispina, the new Italian
ambassador to the United States, has
written from Rome to a friend in
Washington that he will arrive her in
the early part of September
DR.. William II. Gobrecht died at
Washington yesterday aged 72 years
He was the author of we'll known sur
gical works. He served on Gen. Han
cocks staff
Monday, July %.
Luther B. Richardson, former mayor
of Grand Forks. ~ D., and formerly
territorial secretary, died last evening.
Nine passengers were seriously in
jured and several others painfully
bruised at Chicago in the wreck of a
Madison street cable car yesterday.
Bishop S. G. Breyfogel o, Reading
Pa, made the principal address at the
Pan American Bible congress in Buff
falO last night
The United States torpedoboat Ad-
der will be launched from the Crescent
shipyards at Elizabeth, N. j., this af-
ternoon.
A. b. Cummins, Republican candi-
date for governor of Iowa. had his
shoulder dislocated and body cut and
bruised, by being thrown from a buggy
in a runaway at Dubuque, last night
The sinking of the sea level on the
North Sea coast has been confirmed
There has been decrease in the depth
of the water at the mouth of the Elbe
of from 16 feet to 1S feet since 1895.
Milwaukee Catholic Church Dedicated.
Milwaukee, July 22.-Cardinal Maru