Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-06
NEWS CONDENSED.
Tuesday, January %.

Grocers held their fifth annual session
in Milwaukee.
Two negroes were lynched at West
Carroll Parish, La, for the murder Of
q. N. Grant, police juror.
Fire destroyed the book store of w.
o. Davis & Co., at Cincinnati, causing
loss of $4,000. Many rare books
were burned.
Yale College has decided not to en-
ter a crew in the race at Annapolis,
Nd, May TO- which is being arranged
by the University of Pennsylvania.
A Norfolk and Western Coal COM
pany tug collided with the ferryboat
Vermont at New York yesterday,
smashing the women's cabin of the
ferryboat.
Wednesday, January 90.
Fire Quilted the Guardian Assurance
companys building, in Montreal and
caused loss of 100000.
Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly,
u. s. N, died of heart disease at West
Newton. Mass, yesterday.
Rear Admiral Silas Casey, with the
battleship Iowa, of the Pacific squad
ron, arrived at Valparaiso, Chilli, yes
terday.
The British war Office says there is
no dispute between the colonies and
troops in South Africa.
The Pittsburg Steamship company,
at Cleveland, O., has settled the wage
question with it's firemen and oilers
on a basis OF 171a cents an hour for
nine hours work.
Thursday, January 80.
A syndicate of Norfolk, Va, capi-
talists bought the Consumers Light,
Heat and Ice company at Newport
News, Va.
To escape arrest, ]. M. Walsh,
charged with burglary, committed sui
eide by blowing out his brains in a
Chicago hotel.
President Baer, of the Reading Rail
way, denies that his company has
made an offer to purchase the West
ern Maryland railroad.
Captain Charles Barr, who sailed
the Columbia in her victorious race
against Shamrock H.. has been en-
gagged by August Belmont to sail his
70-foot yacht Mineola.
Friday, January 81.
Rev. Madison C. Peters, of New
York, has accepted a call to Emmanuel
Baptist Tabernacle Baltimore.
John Schmitt. an invalid business
man of New York, blew his brains
out in hotel at San Antonio Tex.
The navy department announced
that Rear Admirals William T. Samp-
son and B. j. Cromwell will be retired
on the 9th of February.
In rear-end collision of freight
trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad at Deerfield, H.,
Hugh Cox was killed and three others
were badly injured.
A bill introduced in the United
States senate provides for the union
of Oklahoma and Indian territory and
their admission into the Union as a
state, to be called Oklahoma.
Saturday, February I.
All public schools at Fremont. o.,
will be closed for ten days owing to
an epidemic of smallpox.
Funeral services were held over the
remains of Rear Admiral Lewis Kim
berly at Newton, Mass, yesterday.
There are rumors of renewed diff
ferences between Queen Wilhelmina.
of Holland, and Prince Henry, her
consort.
A. j. Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, was yesterday
elected president of the West Jersey
and Seashore road.
The Treasury Club, composed of
officials of the treasury department,
gave a farewell dinner at Washington
to Secretary Gage.
The senate committee on building
and grounds made favorable report for
an appropriation of 100000 for an ad-
dition to the Nashville, Tenn, public
building.
Monday, February 8.
King Edward of England will organ
ize bodyguard of native Indian cav
airy.
j. Santos Zalaya was inaugurated
president of Nicaragua for his third
term yesterday.
The dowager empress, emperor and
empress Of China gave reception to
the ladies of the various legations in
Pekin.
Jacob Christman, of Summit Hill
Pa, died suddenly on Saturday. Aris-
ing in the morning in good spirits. he
foretold his death.
Relatives of James Lee, a resident
of Calhoun. Mich, who died yester-
day, have found over $4,000 in gold
buried in the cellar of his home.
1t is feared at St Johns, N. F., that
many American fishing vessels bound
for Gloucester, Mass, were caught in
last Thursdays storm and are lost
Cleveland at the White House.
Washington, Feb. Sit was said at
The White House that Grover Cleve-