Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-30
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
Tuesday, January 21.

Leonard Roeder, Of Quincy, ILL.,,
celebrated his 102d birthday. He wit
hcssed the battle of Waterloo.
John Moses, aged 20 years, one Of
the leading manufacturing potters in
the United States, died at his home in
Trenton, N. j.
Governor Stone appointed William
j, Hughes to be magistrate of court
No. Is, Philadelphia, vice Richard c.
Lloyd, deceased.
The Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Trust company, capital 100000. filed
articles OF incorporation in the county
clerks office at Camden, N. j.
Wednesday, January 22.
President Roosevelt yesterday nomi-
mated DR.. P. M. RiXey to be surgeon
general of the navy.
The old receiving ship Vermont of
the U. S. navy has been stricken from
the naval list and will be sold at auc-
ton.
The United States transport Buford
sailed yesterday from New York for
Manila &ith large number of SOL
lie submarine torpedo boats Pike
and Grampus, which are being built
at the Union Iron Works, San Francis
co. will be launched February 1.
Thursday, January %.
Fire destroyed ST. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church at New Britain,
Conn. Loss, 100000.
Israel V. Cornell, contractor, of
Wilmington, Del, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the breast.
Michael Dougherty, a clerk in the
New York tax bureau, was arrested
yesterday, charged with embezzle-
ment
NJ. Jules Cambon, the French am
bassador, was the principal speaker
at the banquet last evening of the New
York Bar Association at Albany.
President Harper. of the University
of Chicago, denied the rumor that
John d. Rockefeller is considering a
gift of $26,0O0000 to the university.
Charles Bright, an American engi-
neer, was arraigned at the Guild Hall
police court, London, charged with
concealing 100000 of his assets in
connection with bankruptcy proceed
ings.
Friday, January "a.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill granting the franking privilege to
Mrs. Mckinley.
John d. Rockefeller has given $780,
600 to the Syracuse, n. Y, University
to be added to the endowment fund.
Ezra Budd Marter, aged "a, life
long resident OF Burlington, n j., and
we'll known in politics, died yesterday.
Robert ]. Lowry petitioned the SUI
perior court at Atlanta, Ga, to ap-
point a receiver for the Atlanta Bank
of Commerce alleging that a shortage
of $4,000 exists.
The largest gas well in West Vir-
ginia has been struck in Peasants
county. 1t is flowing about 10000 900
feet of gas a day, and also produces
over 250 barrels of oil.
Saturday, January IS.
A naval retiring BOARD yesterday de-
clined to recommend the retirement of
Captain Richmond P. Hobson.
The flagship of the Manila Bay fight,
the Olympia, went into commission at
the Charleston (Mass,) navy yard to-
day.
The transport Buford will sail for
Manila on February l and will carry
1900 unassigned recruits, now at the
Preside.
w. l.. Stewart, yard foreman, was
killed and six others injured in a
freight wreck in the Burlington yards
at Quincy, Ill.
The annual convention of the Brick
layers and Masons' International I'm
ion, after a two weeks meeting in
Pittsburg, closed yesterday.
Monday, January 27.
Nearly 100000 horses were shipped
from Montana last year, many of them
to South Africa.
An old entrance to the Philadelphia
Custom House has been discovered.
1t had not been used for many years.
The st. Louis franchise of the Amer
lean Base Ball League was purchased
by r. L. Hedges and a number of st.
Louis capitalists.
Herbert w. Bowen, United States
minister to Venezuela, was married
to Miss Carolyn Clegg, OF Galveston,
Tex, on Saturday.
The factory of the Barrett Manu-
featuring Company, at Shady Side,
near Jersey City, N. j., was destroyed
by fire Loss, 100000.
The Southern Furniture Exposition
company will erect a mammoth build
ing at Charlotte, N. c., in which will
be held furniture eXpositions for
southern factories.