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SETLEY, iV iitsitIPR OF THE PEACE. Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also HlauK aeeus, uiorigagon, etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVKK. v. a WRAVKR. Pronr etor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted I... .....fwi.. nrWlt tiotlirfll frail hlttlirOOIllS. hot and cold water, eto. The comforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, GKROW & GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This Is the mostcentrally located hotol In the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No paina will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public First class Livery in connection. pilIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut street, Is prepared to do all Kinds of oiiHtom work Irom the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give ieriect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices, rea sonable. JORENZO FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer lu HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Coufth Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. 5 A -CONGRESSMAN KILLED During a Conflict Between Cu ban Political Parties. Violation of Allen Law- France May Punish Castro Responsibllty For Elevated Wreck Extension of the Erie Regimental Post at Sturgeon Point Printers' Strikes. Congressman Enrique Vllluendas, loader of the Cuban Liberal party and the most able orator In the lower iouBe, and the chief of police of Clen fuegos were killed during a conflict between the two political parties, the Liberals and Moderates. The government advices say the po lice bad Information that within the hotel In which Vllluendas resided a quantity of arms had been deposited and they went there to Investigate. As the pollco ascended the stairs, they wore met by a party of Liberals who fired on them, killing Chief of Po lice Illance. The police returned the fire, killing Vllluendas and wounding several others. Government dispatches say that be sides Congressman Vllluendas and Chief of Police Illance, two policemen were killed and several policemen and civilians wounded. Rural guards sur rounded the entire block In which the Hotel Suize, the scene of the affray, Is situated. A search of the hotel revealed two dynamite bombs in the room occupied by Vllluendas. The police In search ing the hotel were carrying out the or der of a Judge who was informed that explosives were hidden there. Acting on the advice of Senator Frins, the government sent a train of five cars loaded with rural cuari.;, most of whom were destined for Clen- fucgos, while the others will je dis tributed In Matanzas and Santa Clara, where advices received by the govnrn tnent indicate serious trouble may oc cur at any time. The train also car ries artillery and the troops are sup plied with 13,000 rounds of ammuni tion. The balloting on Saturday was heavy. Returns1 iudlcate a sweeping victory for the Moderates In Havana and In the provinces. The Moderates are President Palma's party. . France May Punish Castro. The latest phase of the Venezuelan situation, the refusal of the foreign office to deal with the French charge d'affaires, M. Talgny, has aroused con siderable Interest among govern ment ofllcials at Washington, who are anxiously awaiting the French government's next step in her troubles with President Castro. It Is believed here that the near future will see for cible action taken against Venezuela by France. It Is Bafe to Bay that the government here will not object to any steps on the part of France to punish Castro. There Is no doubt that government officers are firmly convinced that Cas tro needs a good thrashing. France has not communicated her Intentions with regard to Venezuela to this gov ernment. Responsibility For Elevated Wreck. Responsibility for the elevated rail road accident of Sept. 11 last In New York city when 12 passengers lost their lives through the- fall of a car from the trestle on Ninth avenue was fixed by the stnte railroad commis sioners. Their report found that Mo torman Paul Kelly was responsible for the accident In running by cau tionary signals which showed that the 63rd street switch was set for a Sixth avenue train. They also found that Switchman Cornelius A. Jackson con tributed to the cause of the .accident by having the switch set for a Sixth avenue train when the Ninth avenue train was displaying proper signals. Jackson was also blamed for havtug left the tower without being relloved, Erie System Gains 4,000 Miles. President Underwood of the Erie railroad announced on Thursday last: "At a meeting of the board of directors of the Erie Railroad com pany the purchase of a majority of the stock of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad company was author Ized. The method of financing the purchase was agreed upon and will be made public later." By this purchase the Erie system has acquired between 3,600 and 4,000 additional miles of trackage. At Chicago, which ' is the western terminus of tho Erie road, It will connect by the new purchase with some of the principal cities "In Ohio and Michigan. Providence Wins the Pennant Providence baseball team Sunday won the championship of the Eastern league by defeating Rochester 14 to 3 The result of Saturday's game made Providence and Baltimore tied for first place, each team having won 82 and lost 47 games, giving a percentage of .636. Raltlmoro's season closed Saturday, wlnilo providence was scheduled to play Rochester Sunday. If Providence had lost Sunday's game tht team would have been given sec ond place, hut the victory over Roches ter gave Providence a percentage of .038, two-tenths of 1 per cent higher than Baltimore. Bombs In a Private Car. At the Pekin railway station in Chi na Sunday afternoon as a train carry ing one of the four missions prdored abroad to study foreign political meth ods was leaving, a bomb was exploded Inside a private car, killing four minor officials and wounding over 20 other persons. The wounded Include Prince Tsai Tche, who heads the most Important of the missions, and Wu Ting Fang former minister to the United States both of whom received slight Injuries The perpetrator of the outrage, whe was In the car, was blown to pieces. Violation of Allen Labor Law. After eight months of careful prepar atlon the United States district attor ney of New York is to cause the arresl of 11 heads of tile manufacturing an contracting concerns of that city, ot, warrants charging them with having conspired through the medium of an employers' association to violate the contract labor law by the importatloi of foreign workmen. The penalty of conviction Is a fin-! of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or Imprisonment for not mor than two years. Conductor Woodburn Nominated. After the most exciting and largelj attended caucuses In the history ol the city .of Dlnghamton, and the most hardly fought canvass evei known there; Alderman H. H. Wood burn was Thursday night nominated fcr mayor by the Republicans, defeat ing Clarence M. Slnuson, the president of the common council. Mr. Wood- burn Is a Delaware and Hudson rail road conductor and after receiving news of his nomination he took his dinner pall and started out on his reg u.ar run. Charged With Cannibalism. Infcrmatlon contradicting reported death of Daniel Flick Wilberforce, the native African missionary who, aftei being educated In this country, re nounced the Christian fnlth several months ago and returned to heathen ism, have been received here. Wil berforce with several other natives has been arrested by the English com missioner of West Africa, charged with cannibalism. He declared that he was Innocent of the charge and as serted that he would ask forgiveness and return to the Christian faith. Exclusion Amendment Tabled. The amendments to exclude from the 1 .0. O. F. all persons who are engaged In the liquor business, except these per sons who make wine from grapes that they had themselves grown, was tabled. Much of the session was spent In considering changes In the constitution and In the ritual. Sec tion 1, article 4, of the constitution was changed so that the grand sire, in case of death of any officer In the sovereign grand lodge, shall have power to fill the vacancy for the re mainder of the term. Strikes In 33 Cities. At the headquarters of the Inter national Typographical union In In dianapolis this statement was Is sued: Strikes for the eight-hour day nro on In 33 cities and In most ol these many of the employing printers have "signed up." In 21G cities we have the eight-hour day now, or to be come effective on Jan. 1. In 56 ol those cities where strikes have been declared or threatened all of the of fices where union men had been em ployed have signed the new contract Watkins Glen Property Sold. Watklns Glen was sold on Saturday on foreclosure of a mortgage held by the Providence Life and Trust com pany of Philadelphia, whose claim amounted to $14,099.25. The property was bid In for the Andrew H. Green estate of New York, which held a sec ond mortgage of $22,600, for $38,000. President's Return to Washington. President Roosevelt will complete his summer sojourn at Sagamore Hill and return to Washington next Satur day. Senator Piatt Returns East United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt : has returned from the West. Senator Piatt denied reports that have been circulated about hla health. Notwithstanding ills denial, the sen ator was wheeled about In his car in an Invalid's chair. Senator Piatt also denied that ho had any Intention of retiring from politics. He said that future developments would prove that he would continue to be a factor In New York and In national politics. Regimental Post at Sturgeon Point Acting Secretary of War Olivet has authorized the appraisal of tho site of old Fort Porter in Buffalo to ascertain If the proceeds shall be suffi cient to purchase 1.G-00 acres for a reg imental post at Sturgeon Point, 22 miles from Buffalo, on Lake Erie. In case the price for Fort Porter shall not be sufficient to purchase the new site, the proposed enlargement of Fort Ni agara, at the- mouth of the Niagara river, will be ordered. Five Men Killed In Collision. Five men were killed and eight others seriously Injured in a collis sion between a pay train and a combination passenger ond milk train on the Philadelphia, Harris burg and Pittsburg branch of tho Philadelphia and Reading railroad at Roushes Curve nt Mt. Holly Springs Thursday afternoon. Dredge Foundered In Lake Erie. Dredge No. 4, owned by the Lake Erie Dredging company of Buffalo, foundered In a gale off Dunkirk Sun day. Capt. Geo. Miller and his crew ot six men were rescued by the tug Cas cade of Buffalo after a terrific strug gle In the heavy sea. Oppose Chamberlain's Policy. The Trades and Labor congress In session at Toronto passed a resolu tion condemning tho trade policy ot Joeph Chamberlain. Many delegates opposed Its passage. The open shop was condemned. WRECK IN PAOLI YARD. Express Train Crashed Into a Standing Local Train. Five Men Killed and 20 Injured Ex press Ploughed Into Manager Atter bury's Private Car, Which Was At tached to Local Train All the Deaths Occurred In That Car. Philadelphia, Sept. 26. A rearend collision yesterday between the east bound New York limited express from fit. Louis and a local passenger train which was standing at the Paoll sta tion of the Pennsylvania railroad, 19 miles west ot here, resulted In the death of five men and the Injuring of more than 20 others. The dead: Frank Brastow of Haverford, gen eral agent at Philadelphia of the Safety Car Heating and Lighting com pany, and a distant relative by mar riage of W. W. Atterbury, general man ager of the Pennsylvania Railroad com pany. George M. Pennypacker, Philadel phia, foreman of car Inspectors in the West Philadelphia yard. S. S. Walton, Altoona, Pa., steam heat inspector at the Altoona shops of the Pennsylvania railroad. Richard Y. Garland, Narberth, gen eral foreman of West Philadelphia shop of the Pennsylvania railroad. Carl Dunhaur, Philadelphia, a rail road employe. Among the injured are: Mrs. J. H. Voorhees, Haverford, Pa., Injured back; Mrs. A. C. Riengler, New York, shock; Miss E. K. Spangler, Merchant vllle, N. J., back hurt; Mrs. Clinton D. Flsk, New York, leg bruised; O. Mll entz, St Louis, back Injured; John Ford, Jersey City, dining car cook, back hurt; Mrs. Lamotte, St. Louis, ear cut and shock; C. O. Denolst, 8-year-old boy, St. Louts, back hurt; D. E. Bolt, Dayton, O., head cut; M. C. Radfield, Jersey City, back injured; M. F. Elliott, Philadelphia, face cut and arm broken. All those who met death were In the private car of General Manager Atter bury, which was attached to the rear of the local train. Mr. Atterbury Is on his vacation in Maine. He expected t return about Oct 1 and his car had b8en overhauled preparatory to sending it to Maine to bring him home. It was Bent out in the forenoon for a test run and was at tached to a late afternoon local train from Paoll for this city. In the car at the time of the collision were about a dozen persons who had been engaged la overhauling the car. Those who were not killed were injured. Paoll Is the terminus of the Penn sylvania railroad's suburban traffic on the main line and a large yard is located there for the storage of cars and of the engines. The local train was made up in the yard on the north side of the railroad and switched across to the eastbound track No. 1 on the south side, and came to a stop at the station. Before the switches could be set the New York limited came along at moderate speed on the No. 2 eastbound track, took the cross over switch and crashed into the local train. The force of the collision was such that the engine of the limited ploughed 10 feet Into the private car and the lat ter was forced half way through the day coach ahead. At the time of the accident there was less than a half dozen passengers In the local train and they we're In the forward cars, which were not dam aged. The engineer and fireman of the limited were not hurt, but a dozen persons on this train were injured by being thrown against seats and the sides of the cars. Hundreds of railroad men In the yards came quickly to the rescue. Nearly all the Injured were at once placed on the forward cars of the local train, which was run to this city as a special. Four of those who lost their lives were killed almost Instantly. The fifth man, Richard Garland, died in a hos pital here last night. Enlarged Telephone Company. Cleveland, Sept. 26. According to F. S. Dickson, president of the Federal Telephone company, the most exten sive anti-Bell telephone corporation In the country, the United States Inde pendent Telephone company, which has Just Increased Its capital stock from $100,000 to $50,000,000 In New Jersey, will confine its operations al most exclusively to the state of New York. Mr. Dickson added that while the Ohio Independent companies would not be directly Interested In the en larged Eastern corporation, they would doubtless be greatly benefited by ob taining long dlstanco service Ith many Eastern points hitherto not reached. Mr. Dickinson said that a number of local Independent compan ies In the state of New York would be nbsorbed by the United States Inde pendent company, which would, he be lieved, also shortly gain an entrance Into New York city. Farmer Killed by Train. Rochester, Sept. 2C. James Callan, a farmer CO years of age, who lived near Caledonia, was killed last even ing while driving on the Erie railroad track a short distance west of Cale donia. He was struck by an eastbound passenger train. It Is supposed that he had started to drive to Leroy and In tho darkness turned on to the rail road at a point where the track runs very close to the highway wlthoMt no ticing his mistake. BRICK BUILDING COLLAPSED. A Score of Workmen Injured, Eight of Them Seriously. Buffalo, Sept. 26. With a crash that could be heard for blocks a three- story brick building under course of construction on West Ferry street collapsed yesterday afternoon, carry ing down with it 30 bricklayers and carpenters who were at work la and on top of the structure. A score of the men were Injured, eight of them seriously. Six. of the Injured men were taken to hospitals and two were removed to their homes fn ambulances. They were: Harry Craig, bricklayer, skull frac tured, internally injured, will die. Robert Deitchman, Internally In jured. Joseph B. Sanders, badly bruised, will recover. Benjamin Holbel, cut and bruised. Edward Flower, legs broken. Francisco Jacoboni, cut and bruised. Frank Hamm, boss carpenter, an kles sprained, cut and bruised. Charles Pohzehl, bruised about head and body. The other workmen sustained cuts and bruises but were able to go to their homes. The building was owned by J. J. Crowley of 310 West Ferry street. Morris & Allen had the con tract for the masonry and their men were working on the third story wlien the west wall went down carrying with it a portion of the front of the build ing and a section of the rear wall. That there was not serious loss of life was due to the fact that there was no roof on the building and that the mass of bricks fell out toward the street, the men being burled In the timbers of the Interior. Boss Carpenter Hamm, who was working on top of the building, said that the west wall seemed to sway In towards a derrick In the center that was being used for hoisting purposes and then collapsed. UTICA AND ROME. State Enumeration Gives the Former 62,935 and the Latter 16,567 Population. Albany, Sept. 26. The actual popu lation of Utlca on June 1, 1905, as an nounced by Secretary of State O'Brien, according to the state enumeration was 63,648. From this total there has been deducted 973 inmates of the state and county institutions situated In the 8th and 14th wards of the city, which have been credited to either the towns of Oneida county or to other coun ties of the state. There has been add ed 260 inmates of Institutions who at the time of their admission were resi dents of Utlca city. These deductions and additions give a total population for the city of 62,935, as compared with 66,383 In 1900, an Increase of 6,552. The actual population of Rome on June 1, 1905, was 17,334. From this total there has been deducted 945 In mates of state and county Institutions, situated in the 1st, 2nd and 7th wards of the city. There has been added 178 Inmates of Institutions who at the time of their admission were residents of Rome city. These deductions and ad dltlons give a total population for the city of 16,567 as compared with 15,343 In 1900, an Increase of 1,224. Yellow Fever Case In New York. New York, Sept. 26. Another case of yellow fever was reported at the quarantine hospital on Swinburne Is land. Jose McCalra, aged 20 years, a coal passer of the steamer Havana from Colon, was removed to the hos pital on Sunday morning. McCalra was sick on the passage from Colon about two days before arrival. The ship's doctor had him under treatment and kept him Isolated and on arrival at quarantine reported the case to Dr. Doty. The man was promptly trans ferred to hospital, where he developed yellow fever. McCalra Is very sick and Dr. Doty considers his condition as serious. The Havana arrived In port Sunday from Colon. She was five days and 10 hours on the passage. No communication was permitted on board with tho sick man. Speaker Nixon Undergoes Operation. Jamestown, Sei. 26. Sjeaker S. Fred! Nixon was operated upon at his home In Westfleld late yesterday after Boon for an abscess which had formed In the Intestinal cavity Inside the ab dominal wall, hut outside the peri toneum, over the right kidney. This was caused by septic poisoning and resulted from his recent illness. The tiflammation extends from the dis eased portion of the Intestines upward to the right lung, which is slightly affected. The operation was per formed by Doctors Smith, Stockton and Russell of Buffalo and Dr. Rood of Westefleld. Baron Komura Starts Wednesday. New York, Sept. 20. Baron Komura, the senior Japanese peace envoy, has so far recovered from his illness that he will start on his Journey to Japan on Wednesday, lie will be accompan ied by Mr. Sato, who remained Willi him when t lie lest of the suite started for home. They will go by rail to Vancouver whence they will sail on tho Canadian Pacific steamer Em press of India Oct. 2. 33 Arrests of Liquor Men. Bath, Sept. 26. Thirty-three hotel and saloon keepers and bartenders of Bath were arrested on indictments for alleged violations of the liquor tax law In the no-license town of Bath. All were released on ball to appear at Hornellsvlllo next Monilay except Will lain Conklln, who was unable to secure a bondsman and was taken to the coun ty Jail hero. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's News L of the World. Cream of the News Culled From Lonj Dispatches and Put In Proper Shapi For the Hurried Reader Who Is ! Busy to Read the Longer Report: and Desires to Keep Posted. Tammany will advocate munlclpa ownership of public franchises In tht coming campaign, It was announced The Ontario fisheries departmeni will institute a rigid investigatloi Into alleged Illegal fishing by Amerlcai firms In Georgian bay and Lake Erie. President Roosevelt has notified tin mayor of New Orleans that he Is will lng to visit that clt on Oct. 24, oi later. He leaves It to the citizens tc decide. Nicholas B. Smith, the Buffalo po llceman who was shot by a Polish la borer Sunday night, died at the Emer gency hospital Monday. The murderei escaped. Rain-lnthe-Face, the noted Sloui Indian chief, who fired the shot whicl killed General Custer, dies on th( Standing Rock reservation In Soutt Dakota. Thursday. W. P. Appleyard, superintendent ol construction of the Pullman company Is killed at Chicago by a train on whict his wife is riding to meet him. China Is preparing to adopt a constl tutional form of government, an nounced Representative Herbert Par sons on his return from a tour with Secretary Taft's party. President Morton orders suit to re oover more than $1,000,000- which ht says was paid without authority undet the old Equitable regime on loans foi which the society should not be held responsible. Llndon W. Bates, an engineer rep resenting large capital Interests, of fers to the Panama canal board to un dertake the completion of the greal water way on a single contract at s fixed price, with guarantees as to time and work. Friday. It Is likely that the exchange of rati fication of the treaty of peace between Russia and Japan will take place in the White House at Washington. Alton B. Parker Issues a statement In which he declares that neither di rectly nor Indirectly did he sollcll money from any corporation In the campaign of 1904. Four officials of the Schwarzschllc & Sulzberger Packing company ol Chicago were fined an aggregate ol $25,000 by Judge Humphrey in the dls trlct United States court. Dr. Melvil Dewey resigned as direc tor of the New York State library, the Home Education department and the Library School, and the Regents of the University accepted his resignations J. J. Hill, In a speech to Minnesota farmers, declares government control of railroads would mean slower reduc tions in chnrges and high prices fo long hauls, inflicting hardships on grain growers. 8f.turday. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., it was an nounced, has not recovered his health sufficiently to resume charge of hi Bible class. Within two weeks Pennsylvania oi, has advanced 19 cents at Pittsburg end Tlona 14. The other grades wer not changed. Admiral Dewey declared the Russo Japanese war had taught the lesson that big ships, big guns and good shooting decide modern battles. The Cuban government has cabled t complete apology to the United State for the defiling of the escutcheon ovei tbo door of the American consulate Id Clenfugos. Oren A. Coons, a wellknown attor ney of Seneca Falls, N. Y., was drown ed In the Gleason lock of the canal He was a graduate of Cornell la school In the class of 1897. Monday. United States District Attorney Morrison announced that tho next step In tho beef trust cases would be the prosecution of the railroads for giving rebates. Cubans hold their registration elec tion without tho expected rioting, ow ing to the government's precautions. The Moderates, President Palma's party, appear to be successful. Agreement is reached for tho disso lution of tho union between Sweden and Norway- at the Karlstad confer ence and the terms will be published from the capitals this week. Franco Is aroused at the action of Venezuela in regard to M. Talgny, French charge d'affaires in Caracas, and it is said exchanges will occur at Washington relative to the mutual In terests Involved. Tuesday, Jail breakers at Somervllle, N. J., used dynamite to blow out u wall in a futile effort to escape. All the British naval authorities agree with the deduction made by Ad mlral Dewey that bigger ships and hip guns are new wanted. Hall Culne announced that he had como to America to submit to pub lishers a new plan of distribution he believed would revolutionize that busi ness. Liberals in Cuba admit tho triumph of tho I'alma delegates In tho elec tions, but charge repression and Incite ment of tho outbreak In Cienfuegos, which resulted ill tho death of several persons there. OPENING OF CAMPAIGN. Both Republicans and Demoorats Have Big Meetings In Ohio. Bellefontalne, O., Sept. 25. Tho Re- publican state campaign opened here Saturday. Tho city was decorated for the occasion and Republican clubs from all parts of the state participated In a parade during the morning. Judge Dow was chairman of the meeting and delivered the first speech, reviewing the temperance legislation of the state and maintaining that the Republican party had been the author of every temperance measure ever put on the Ohio statute books. The address of Vice President Fairbanks followed. Governor Myron T. Horrlck then spoke at considerable length, dwelling chiefly on state Issues. Senator J. B. Foraker closed the speaking program of the afternoon with a discussion of national Issues. Democrats Also Open Up. Newark. O.. Sent. 25. The Demo cratic state campaign was opened here Saturday. The meeting. In point of numbers and enthusiasm, outranked anv demonstration of like character ever held in Central Ohio. The event of the morning was the arrival of Hon. J. Pattisou, Democratic candidate for governor. He was met by a special committee and escorted to his hotel, where an informal reception was held. Johnson Named For Another Term. Cleveland, Sept. 25. At the Demo cratic city and county convention Sat urday Mayor Tom L. Johnson was re nominated for a third term. War on the Standard. Flndlay, O., Sept. 25. The predicted war between the Standard Oil company and the independent refiners in Ohio is now in the Hancock and Wyandot counties fields. The local officers cf the Buckeye Pipe Line company re ceived a telegram extending the lines of the North Lima field from a mile and a half south of the Wood county lino 14 miles south in Hancock county, and also embracing the whole of the Wyandot county field. The effect of this will bo to give many Independent producers North Lima prices, or an ad vance of 5 cents on the barrel. Question of Cantons Goes Over. Philadelphia, Sept. 25. At the con cluding session of the 81st annual communication of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all questions relative to the patriarchs militant were placed In the hands of a committee which was Instructed to learn the sentiments of the cantons and report at the next an nual session. The transfer of mem bership qurstion was left until next year. No action was taken on the proposed affiliation with the Manches ter Unity, nor on the enlargement of the sanatorium at Las Vegas. Will Abolish Grade Crossings. Leechburg, Pa., Sept. 25. Two dan gerous railroad crossings will bo abolished as a result of a conference here of the commissioners of West moreland and Armstrong counties with representatives of the West Penn railroad. The crossings are at the ends of the county bridge which spans the Klsklmlnetas river here. It was agreed that the approaches of the bridge should be raised so that the tracks can be crossed overhead. Work will be begun nt once. Beaver College Opens Well. Beaver Pa., Sept. 23. The opening reception for tho year was held at Beaver, college In the collego dormi tory. The parlors, which have been newly furnished this year, were at tractively decorated with flowers. A large number of students, truatoes and members of the faculty attended. The fall term has opened with a largo attendance Freshmen Tied to Trees. Washington, Pa., Sept. 25. Cfae night last week tho sophomores at the Washington high school waylaid fresh men and tied many of them to posts and trees, several miles from town. The freshmen, at a meeting, decided to retaliate. Tho high school authori ties have given notice that If thore Is a clash athletics will be abolished. Alleged Horse Thief Broke Jail. Freeport, Pa., 6ept. 25. After hav ing been placed under arrest for a crime alleged to have been commit ted a year ago, Thomas Bresslnskt es caped from the Freeport lockup. Bres slsnki Is said to have hired a horse and buggy from Ewing Bros., livery men, and to have sold them at Etna. Girl Killed by Poison. Comiellsville, Sept. 25. -jr Pearl Grimm, aged 10, of Moyer, Pa., who lived at thu home of H. Manhclm here, was found dead on tho floor Saturday evening. Physicians declared death due to poison, though no poison vials could be found. It is helleved the girl committed suicide. Killed by Soda Water Tank. Wllkrs-ltnrre, Sept. 25. John Rick etts, aged 32, a druggist, whllo charg ing a soda water tank at his drug store In Plains, throo miles from here, was injured by the explosion of tho tank. He was taken to tho city hos pital, where lie died an hour later. Fined For Beating a Tramp. Ravenna, O., Sept. 25. li R. Beaver, an Erie railroad detective, was fined $75 and cort3 and sentenced to servo 10 days In Jail In common pleas court here. Beaver beat a tramp whom he had under arrest nt Mantau and was found guilty of assault and batterfi '
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