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This hotel, formerly the Ijtwrenre House, haa undergone a complotechange, and is now InroixliiHl with ali the moil ern improveiiieuut. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The ooml'orls ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, . OEROW . OEROW Proprietor. Tionsela, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public First class Livery in connection. pilIL. RMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and V al nut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the Hi. est to ihe coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. 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No. 32 Oil City and PPtshurg Exi ress,daily,except Sunday ..7:.'M) p.m. For inokory.Tldioule, Warren, Khisua, Brad lord, Olean and the East : No. SI (Moan Express, daily ex-apt Sunday - ' 8:50 a. in. No. 8;i Pittsburg Express, daily except Sunday 4;-19 p. m. For Time Tables and addiilonal infor mation mnanlt Ticket Agent. J. B. IIUTCIf INSON, J. It, WOOD. General Manager. (Jen'l Passenger Agt. IT D A YQ TO ADVERTISE In tew r . ,'tv-V if JU.jr'o.fcii-,- ,s -1 I THIS PAPEK. TRAIN HELD UP ON B.& 0. Rerntrkable .Story From the Mountains. Operator Was Struck on the Head With a Club, and Five Masked Men Ran the Train Onto a Freight Siding. Armed Express Officers Recovered Train, But the Men Escaped. Cumberland, Md., Jan. 7. A report was received here yesterday afternoon of a bold attempt to hold up a Haiti inure and Ohio express train which left here at 11 o'clock Sunday night for Chicago. The Bceue of the attempt was at Swanton. an Isolated spot on the 17" mile grade in the AUeghenles, about 45 miles west ol hero. The operator, M. J. Sarsfield, states that five men came into his office and offered him candy. Then one of the men struck him over the head with a club and he became insensible. The men then turned a switch, running the express into a siding used for freight traffic The quick application of the air brakes prevented the train from be ing ditched. The armed express offi cera turned out but the five men who had made the attempt escaped into the mountains. Shots were exchanged and nn armed posse is now reported to be pursuing tho bnndlts. Baltimore, Jan. 7. Baltimore and Ohio offlcluls hero claim to know noth ing of the reported attempt to hold up the Chicago express west of Cumber land, Id., Sunday night. " ST. LOUIS PRIZE FOR AIRSHIP. Sir Hiram Maxim Will Spend Money to Compete When Officially Invited. London, Jan. 7. Regarding the puii llshed statement that the managers of the St. Louis exhibition have decided to offer $200,000 for an airship com petition, Sir Hiram Maxim, the Amer ican inventor, said to a representative of the press lust evening: "I have not heard anything on tho Bubject beyond press reports and cop tainly fhall not spend any money on that basis. I have spent $100,000 in aerial cxpsiinu nl In the past. If I got an Invitation in official form and the St. Louis managers put up $200,000 In a bank I am willing to spend $100,000 more to win. and thus recoup myself which I feel reasonably confident 1 could do." Santos-Duinont and Langley are mentioned us probable entries for the St. Louis prize. FATAL DUEL IN GERMANY. Young Student of Halle University Killed by a Lieutenant Berlin, Jan. 7. Full narratives of the duel fought last Thursday at Jena, In the luichy ofSaxe-Weimcr-Eisenach, In which Lieutenant Tbieme of the 94)lh regiment, killed a student named Held, of Halle university, by Bhootlng him through the heart, are producing a deep sensation through out Germany. Lieutenant Thierue is the best pis tol shot of his regiment rind pistols are selected hy the cou:t of honor which stipulated that fiv? shots be exchanged. Held was killed at the third exchange of shots. The duel resulted from a party of students having Jostled seme army officers on the street. Held was with the students and he slapped the face of Lieutenant Thicme who was In plain clothes. French Fisheries In Newfoundland. St. Johns, N. F., Jan. 7. The colonial authorities entertain the hope that the British government does not expect a renewal of the French shore modus Vivendi, (which expired Dec. 31, 1901), for the current year. They consldor that thin arrangement has proved a very 'great drawback to the welfare of the colony and that its renewal would prolong the vexatious phases of the French shore question for a further period. Were It not for the Boer war, there Is little doubt but that the col ony would refuse to renew this meas ure. Even as It is, there.ls a strong element In the upper house of the col onial legislature which is opposed to the renewal of this arrangement un der any circumstances. Receivers For Street Railroad Toledo, Jan. 7. The financial troub les of the Everett-Moore syndicate have rosulted in the appointment of receiv ers for the Toleuc and Detroit tail road. Judge Larber of the common pleas court has appointed the Ohio Savings Bank and Trust company and David B. Cunningham of Detroit, re ceivers. The bond of Receiver Cun ningham is fixed at $10,000 and an in junction bond of $5,000 was required of the Strang Contracting company, limited, which is the plaintiff In the case, aud at whose instance the i0 ceivcrs were appointed. Wireless Telegraphy Successful. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 7. rVofessors Thiessen and Tickells of tho weather bureau wireless telegraphy staff passed through here yesterday from Cape Henry to Roanoke island, N. C, to further experiment. It was learned that messages were on Saturday suc cessfully sent by the wireless system from Capo Henry to Mantee, N. C, a distance of nearly 200 miles. Goet to Canada at Manager. Adams, Mass., Jan. 7. A. B. Mole, general manager of the mills of the Hon. W. B.-Plunkett, has resigned to accept a similar position at the head of the Dominion Cotton mills of Mont real. Canada. Mr, Mole has the repu tation d being the leading cotton man. ufactuiing manager in New England. SUNK IN THE PACIFIC. Jerriblc Disaster Off the Western Coast. San Francisco, Jan 4. A collision at iea early Thursday morning between the steamship Walla Walla and an un known i-ailing vessel resulted In the sinking of the steamer and the prob able loss of at least 20 lives. The Walla Walla is owned by tho Pacific Coast Steamship company aud tailed fiuin San Francisco Jan. 1 for Puget sound ports. She carried 36 first class passengers, 28 second clas3 and a crew of SO men. . When off Cape Mendocino, on the California coast, at 4:10 o'clock Thursday morning an Iron bark, believed to be French, loomed up in the haze and crashed into the Walla Walla's bow. Then the sailing vessel slid off into the darkness and was seen no more. AH. the passengers and crew of the Walla Walla except the few on watch were asleep, but were aroused by the crash. The steerage quarters were in the bow and it is believed some of the steerage passengers and crew were crushed to deatn. A big hole was made In tho steamer's bow and she sank In 35 minutes. The officers and crew maintained strict discipline and boats and life rafts were lowered. All who were not killed In the col lision got off except Captain Hall, who went down with hla ship. He was picked up later by one of the boats un injured with tho exception of a few braises. A choppy sea was running and the small boats could not make a land ing on the shore, a few miles distant. They drifted about nil day and finally 65 people were picked up by tho steamer Dispatch, which took them to Eureka Another boat under com mand of Engineer Brown and contain ing 13 persons attempted to land at Trinidad and was swamped. John Wilkinson, quartermaster; William Martel, fireman; L. Drube, passenger, ind three unknown men were drowned. Those ii; the boat who were saved were Engineer Brawn Fireman John McCleilan. Coal Passer William Shinn, Sailor O Leary, Chief Cook Marshall and passengers William B. Smith and William Morehouse. When the Dispatch reached Eureka with the survivors tugs were immedi ately sent out for the missing boats. The tin? Hanger picked up one contaiii-:rev. MAKES HER DEBUT. The President's Eldest Daughter For mally Presented to Washington Society Last Night. Washington, Jan. 4. Miss Alice Roosevelt, the eldest daughter of Pres ident and Mrs. Roosevelt, was formally presented to Washington society last night at a ball given in her honor it the White House. About 500 guests in all were present, many of whom either were connections of the Roosevelt fam ily or wellknown society people liv ing oiitsiiie of 'ashington. Miss Roosevelt is the first White House debutante since 187C, when Nellie Grant, the daughter of Pres ident and Mrs. Grant, was presented to society at a ball which was tho gayest social event of the decade. Lust niyht's entertainment was given a personal rather than an official char acter by Sirs. Roosevelt, whose wish was that Miss Roosevelt should make her dubut much as though It had taken place In her own private home rather than in the White House. BANK VAULT WRECKED. Cashier and Friend, Returning From a Dance, Chase the Robber with Shotguns. Camden Point, Mo., Jan. 4. Four masked robbers entered the Bank of Camden Point and wrecked the vault with dynamite early yesterday. A. P. Sarrhuist, assistant cashier, and H. T. Rixey, a local merchant, returning from a country dance, passed tho bank Just as the explosion occurred. Hastily arming thmselves with shotguns and summoning a small posse, they sur rounded the bank and opened fire on the robbers. After a fusilade lasting several minutes In which one of the robbers was phot In the shoulder, the bandits retreated from the bank, ran to the railroad tracks and escaped on a handcar. They secured no booty. Several armed posses are searching for the robbers. To Erect Factories In Siberia. St. Petersburg, Jan. 7. Mr. Jackel- 3on, ethnologist of the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History of New Vork, Is probably now Journeying to ward Yakoutsk, having ascended the apper Kollma by boat. Vladivostock Is anticipating the arrival there by steamer ot u representative . of an American syndicate who intends to buy land along the Siberian railroad and er t factories. Missing Cincinnati Man. Cincinnati, Jan. 4. John G. Thomas, lashier ot the Well Fargo Express com pany of this city, was reported to the police yesterday as mysteriously miss ing Blnce Monday night. An examina tion of his books and accounts shows everything correct and there Is no clue to the cause of his absence. He came here 12 years ago from St. Louis, where his parents live. Acetylene Cas Explosion. Owen Sound, On!., Jan'. 4. An ac etylene gas generator in the Canadian Pacific round house exploded last night from some unknown cause, completely wrecking the building. Thomas Gor don was taken out of the wreck burned beyond recognition. The concussion was felt in all parts of the town, win flows being smashed In many build- WAR IN PHILIPPINES. General Bell Conducting a Vig orous Campaign. Wealthy Lopez Family Arretted and Their Property Confiscated Gal lantry of Captain Schoeffel of the Ninth Infantry Two Factories and an Arsenal Captured. Manila, Jan. 0. General J. Franklin Bell Is conducting a vioious campaigu in Bp.tangus province. Every available soldier Is lu the field. The columns under the command of Colonels Wint and Dougherty are doing excellent work and driving tho Filipinos in all directions. A number of the latter are fleeing to Tayabas province, wherd the uativo constabulary ere rendering val uable assistance in capturing men and rifles. The advocates of peace at Manila deprecate the stern measures em ployed hy General Bell. In reply General Boll says that these peace ad vocates have had numerous opportuni ties to u?e their Influence a3 they have been given passes through the Ameri can lines almost for the asking and that It has been afterwards proved that they often only went through the lines for the purpose of assisting the insurrection. General Bell says that the best peace method now Is a rig orous warfare until the insurrection Is completely rubriued. The arrest of members of the wealthy I rnez family r.nd the confisca tion of thnlr steamers and rice, as well as the arrest of threo members of the religious corporations who were known to be Instigators of the insur rection, has bad an excellent effect upon the r.ntlves. Condith ns In the island of Sumar are still unsatisfactory owing to the difficult of finding the Insurgents. Cnptaln SchoefTel of the Ninth In fantry (who was wounded In a severe hand-to-hand flpht last month at Pap dap. Samnr isl.md. between 18 men of Company E of his regiment and a large force cf bolomen) has practically recovered from the effects cf his wound. In an clilclal report of the en counter In which Captain SchoefTel was hurt. It Is said that Schoeffel killed th-e'? men before he received his wound and that the remnants of the detachment of 18 men -.,'lth him were saved by his personal courago and daring. The civil authorities say that the Island of l.eyte is now perfectly peace ful. On the other hand, the military authorities consider Lcyte to be dan gerous on account of Its proximity to Raniar. if for no other reason. Last Friday Major Albert L. Myer of the Eleventh infantry captured quite an extensive prscnal and plant for tho maklne of cartridges at Ormoo, on the rorthwest coast of Levte. Ma jor Myer also cantered another pow der factory, larsre ouanlitUs of ammu nition, four rnuuon and toveral rifles. Four Killed In Hartford. Hartford, Conu., Jan. ti. Anton Chaves, his wife and two-year-old boy Joseph, and Miss Mary Devida.aged 18, were asphyxiated early yesterday morning at their home In New Park avenue. A tenant In the house dis covered the odor of gas and traced it to the floor above. Mr. and MrB. Chaves were found dead and before a physician arrived at the house the lit tle boy and Miss Devida died. The gas had been escaping from a defec tive meter In the cellar. Insurgents Landed. Wlllemstad, Island of Curacoa, Jan. 7. Yesterday It became definitely known that General Rier, the Venezue lan Insurgent leader, and all the other insurgents who had assembled here, embarked on board the LIbertador during the night and landed on Ven ezuelan soil, yesterday morning, near Vela de Coro, with arms and ammuni tion. It is reported here yesterday aft ernoon that the Libertador has cap tured the Venezuelan gunboat Zum bador. Admiral Saw the President. Washington, Jan. 7. Rear Admiral Schley called at the White House yes terday by appointment and spent near ly an hour In conference with the pres ident. Thr? admiral refused to discuss the conversation, saying It was of a personal character. The president also declined to Intimate the nature of the conference. Scots Greys Ambushed. Pretoria, Jan. 3. The Boers nra bushed a party of the Scots Greys last Saturday near Bronkhoist Spruit (about 40 miles east of Pretoria on the railroad). Tho British casualties were six men killed and 13 wounded. Marquis Ito Knighted. Loudon, Jan. 7. King Edward has conferred the order of the Knight Grand Cross of the Bath upon Mar quis Ito, the Japanese statesman. His Passport. Ou one occusidu. Gnxtave Horc, the artist, lost liix passport while on ft tour in Switzerland. At Lin-erne he nske.l to be allowed to neiik to the mayor, to whom he gave lii.-i name. "You ks.v that you are M. (Iiiftare Pore, uud I believe you," snid the mayor, "but," and he produced a piece of paper and a pencil, "you enn easily prove it.'' lore looked aruutid him and saw some peasants selling potatoes in the street. With a few clever touches he leproiliu ed the homely scene nud, appemliug his name to ihe fl.rt.ll, pre-o nted it to the mayor, "Your passport is all right," remarked the official, "lint yon must allow nie to keep it and to offer yon in return one of tlje oidinary form." NET AROUND WILC6X. Trying to Convict Him of the Murder of Miss Crop;:y. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4. The search for clewB which may lead to the discovery of the cause of Ella Cropsey's death and perhaps the conviction of the one who murdered her is being pursued diligently at Elizabeth City, N. C, by the members of the citizens' commit tee, who from the time she disap peared have had charge of the search for her. Coroner Fearing and Dr. Wood, who performed Ihe autopsy upon the body, have since then said that they have not told all they discovered and will not do so until Wilcox is tried at the March term of the court. They told enough, though, to warrant the coro ner's Jury In incorporating Into their verdict a recommendation under which the authorities could do nothing less than hold James Wilcox, and the uso of his name by the Jury seems to In dicate that they believe he may be the murderer. A prominent criminal lawyer here said today that he believed Wilcox guilty. "Innocent men who are accused of a crime talk," he said, "but guilty men are coached by their lawyers and are silent. I do not believe, though, that he can be convicted on the evidence so far obtained, unless the prosecution is keeping something from the public." That Miss Cropsey committed sui cide Is generally discredited by friends. There are a few, however, who think that she may have done so, and in plunging Into the river received the blow on her head which was not discovered when her body was found, but was revealed by the autopsy. FARMER IS MISSING. George Brant left Home Christmas Day With Considerable Money. New Castle, Pa., Jan. 3. George Brant, a prominent young farmer, of Wayne township, this county, is mys teriously missing, and grave fears aro entertained lest he has hen the vic tim of foul piny. He left his home ChrlBtmas day to visit relatives. No alarm was felt at home over his ab sence, as It was supposed he was at Harlinsburg. It Is now learned that Brant never reached Harlinsburg and the country is being searched for him. He carried considerable' money and a fine gold watch and it Is feared that he has fallen a victim of robbers. He started from home driving and It was necessary for hiin to pass through a rather rough country for some dis tance. TOBY ROLLERS LOSE STRIKE. Factory About to Move to Pittsburg and Men Give In. Unlontown, Pa., Jan. 3. The toby rollers' strike, which has closed all the big toby factories here since Sep tember, has been declared off and tho men are making the best terms pos sible. The strike resulted from the manufacturers refusing to grant an Increase in wages, when they were already paying 25 cents over the union wages at Pittsburg and Wheeling. The break came when the largest factory was about to move to Pitts burg. About 75 men were affected hy the strike. Natural Gat Causes Fire. ': ' Cotidersport. Pa.. Jan. 6. The vl! lage of Roulette, Potter county, was visited early Sunday morning by a de structive fire, caused. It is believed by over-pressure of natural gas. The stores of Brown & Co. and R. L White, the Hotel Brehmer, Cavan augh's saloon, the Odd Fellows' Tem ple aud Opera House and several smaller buildings were burred. Only one store is left standing. The town Is without fire extinguishing apparatus and tho fire limned Itself out. The loss will exceed $30,000, which Is partly covered by insurance. Coal Famine In the Coal District Hazletou, Pa., Jan. t. Owing to the idleness of a majority of the coal mines in this district which have been fioi ded for three wtcks, a coal famine prevails here. Coal during the last week was advanced 50 to 75 centu a ton. It will-be a week at least before all the mines iu this district will be "n condition lor resumption. Died After Saving Stricken Mother. Wllkes-Barro. Jan. 3. Thomas Ed wards, who died at Plymouth of small pox, sacrificed his life to save his mother. She was stricken with the disease when he was away from home. When he returned the bouse was quarantined. The guards refused him admittance, but he fought bis way past them in order to nursa his mother. He saved her life, but not being vaccinated caught tho disease and died. ITEMS IN BRIEF. Scire facias proceedings have been Instituted to collect a $35,000 mort gage placed on the property of the IS. J. Evans Oil company of Pltlsb-.n by Ross V. Pitcalrn of Butler. The mortgnge was given in April, 1900. ami the defendant company has defaulted In payment. Real estate agents served notice on tholr tenants at Beaver Falls that after April 1 rents would be raised. The advance Is from 10 to 20 per cent. Houses are extremely scarce. The coal mines in this vidulfy are being worked to their fullest capacity and those who deal in coal by rail are doing their utmost. The demand for fuel 4s greatly in excess of the supply. -SHOTGUN RULE." Deulorable Condition In the Congo Free State." London, Jan. 3. Captain Guy Bur rows, who has Just retired from the employ of the Congo Free State gov ernment atter six years service, de clared in an interview yesterday with a representative of the press, that the conditions prevailing in the Congo Free Slate were a disgrace to civiliza tion, and far worse than ever before. He pictured atrocities of the most hor rible character perpetrated on the na tives by officials and whites who had concessions of rubber land. As a typical case of Ihe means .employed by the Free State government. Cap tain Burrows corroborated the state ment of an American missionary, to the effect that the officials employed 500 cannibals to whom they issued ritles to massacre and capture un armed natives who had rebelled against their brutal methods. "I have sworn testimony," said Bur rows, "of the Belgians handing over natives to cannibal tribes for the ex press purpose of being eaten. Forced labor prevails everywhere and 'shot gun rule' is the truest description of the present administration. The com panies deriving wealth from thetjol- . lection of rubber are all more or less state enterprises, as a third or half the shares in them are Invariably held by the government. Latterly King Leopold and tho government have made some show of action against the agents of some of the Upper Congo companies; but only minor officials are ever touched, and the so-called re forms are merely Intended to throw dust In the eyes of the public whose -Indignation has been aroused by the stories of this reign of terror. While the present systems for the collection of rubber and the recruitment of na tives continue the Congo Free State will remain a disgrace to the white man's work in Africa." Amount of Our National Debt. Washington, Jun. S. The monthly statement of the public debt Issued yesterday shows that at the close of business Dec. 31, 1901, the national debt, less cash in tho treasury, amounted to $1,011,628,286, a de crease for the month of $8,643,192. The debt Is recapitulated as follows: Interest hearing debt, $943,279,210; debt on which interest has ceased, Blnce maturity, $1,339,790; debt bear ing no Interest. $388,612,563; total, $1,333.231, 5i.4. This amount does not Include $8li, 468,089 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount ot cash on hand which is held for their redemp tion. Tho cash In the treasury is classified as follows: Gold reserve fund, $150,000,000; trust bonds, $811, 468,089; genera fund. $145,510,098; In nationaT bank depositaries, $112, 653,534; total. $1,219,621,721, against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $898,028, 443 which leaves a cash balance on hand of $321,603,278. There was an Increase for the mouth of $4,592,613 In the amount of cash cn hand. - Work of the Mint for the Year. Washington, Jan. 3. The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows the coinage executed at the mint of tho United States In Decem ber, ,190". -was $14,649,321. The total coinago for the'fcarenfla year ended Dec. 81, 1901, was $134,693,7170 if which $101,735,187 was gold, $30, 838,460 was silver and $2,120,122 was minor coins. YOUNG LU ANTI-FOREIGN. Not Much Hope for Improvement on the Court's Return Pekln, Jan. 3. Several recent oc currences tend to discourage the hope that the dowager "empress has learned a lesson of reform from the events ot the past year. Foreigners are disposed to take a pessimistic view of the outlook. Gen eral Youug Lu'b determination to or ganize anti-foreign Chinese leaders. Is particularly disquieting and is evi dence of the continued domination of Young Lu'b Influence, which is bitterly anti-foreign. Other Incidents considered signifi cant ate the suppression of the only independent newspaper In this city, by order of the governor of Pekin, and the clOhlng of the industrial school here, recently organized by philan thropic Chinese, also by the gover nor's order. Proofs accumulate that Prince Cblng's arguments persuaded the dow ager empress to trust herself within range of the legation forts. Officials arriving here describe the dowager empress and General Yung Lu as be ing extremely nervous and suspicious lest the foreigners are planning to entrap them after their arrival and punish them for eniouruglng Box ensm. Tho foreigners will probably view the court's re-entry Into Pekin from the wall near the legations. The Chinese officials have been sounded by tho ministers as to wheth er they will enforce the old custom of restraiaing foreigners from wit nessing imperial processions. The replies aro not encouraging. The treaty gives the legations a strip of wall commanding a view of the gntes of the imperial city and tho menioers of the foreign community are pbinuing to assemble thereon. It will be a great innovation. American Engineer Dead In Chili. Santiago, Chill, Jan. 6. R' .id Goldsborough, a well'-: . ;i cutlnuei', is dcau beic. ill
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