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Anderson, Wm. Smearbaugh, K. W. Bowman, J. W. Jaiuiosoi), W. J. Campbell. CmutabUW. H. Hood. Collector W. H. Hood. School Director J. O. Scowden, Dr. J. O.Dunn, Q Jainleson, J. J, Landers, J. K. Clark, W. U. Wyuian. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress H . P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. K. P. Ilall. Assembly W. D. .Shields. Pretident Judge W. M. Lindsey. Antoexale Judge F. X. Kreitler, P. C. Hill. Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, Se. -J. C. OeiMt. Sheriff, A. W. Ktroup. Treasurer Geo. W. Holmuan. Commxssioners Leonard Agnew, An drew Wolf, I'hilip Kmert. District Attorney A. C. Brown. Jury OommissionersJ. B. Eden, II. II. McClollan. Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar. Countt uihor-Ueorge H. Warden, K. L. Haugh, 8. T. Carson. Countu Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent D. W. Morri son. Koalar Terns ml Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Taesdays of montn. itbck..l. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. ui. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. E. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaohlng in the Presbyterian church everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourtn Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PI' N ESTA LODU E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. C APT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 G. A, R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday evening In each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Weduesday evening of each month. RITCHEY A CARRINGERx ATTORN KYS-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 8 II AW KEY, ATTORN EY-AT- LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. I7RANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S. I Rooms over Citizens Nat. Itank, TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA, DR. J. C. 1UNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIST. Olllue over store. Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours or day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery aud Gerow's restauraut. GEORGE 8IGGINS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Office in rooms over Forest County National Hank. Professional calls promptly responded to stall hours of day or night. D ,R. J. B. SIGGINS. Physician and surgeon, OIL CITY, PA, HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and iB now furnished with all the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and oold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglected. OENTRAL HOUSE, . UEROW A HE ROW Proprietor. Tionsela, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel In the plaoe, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First olass Livery in connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery (store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of oustoin work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS. Furniture Dealers, AND . UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN A. C. DREY, LIVERY Feed & Sale STABLE. Fine Turnouts at All Times at Reasonable Rates. Hear of Hotel Weaver TIOIsTEST-A-, IF-A. ' Telephone No. 20. Mercantile Appraiser's List for Forest County, for Year A. D. 1908. The Wholesale and Retail Venders of Foreign and Domestlo Merchandise, Eating Houses, Billiard Rooms, Brok ers, and Opera Houses in Forest coun ty, Pennsylvania, areas follows, towit: NAME BUH1NK8H POBTOFFICE A nd rews, M rs. M . , merchan t, Kel lett vi He. Abbott A Co., merchants, asi mcKory. Adams, J. A., butcher, Tionesta. Arner, C. M. A Son, brokers, Tionesta. Alluntln Rnllninir Co.. oils. Tionesta. A. Cook Sons Co., merchants, Cooksburg. liaugnman, u. A., uuicner, msrienvuie. liuhl, G. W., cigars, Marienville. Kuriy.nr Hrn . iiiHrchsiits. Marienville. Berg, F. G., merchant, Duhring. liaxler, j. w mercnam, uiuoyie. Berlin, Eli, merchant, Whig Hill. Hchreus, E. L., merchant, Starr. Uonlur H P nlinm Wont Hickory. Howman, T. J., feed, etc., East Hickory. nowwan, w. uiuruuaiu, rinouu. liovsrd, Dr. F. J., druggist, Tionesta. Bromley, James, machinery, Tionesta. Urnrkivav II. N . tin ,) nr. Marienville. Cook, J. T., eigars, Clarington. Uroasmun, w. A, mercnam, iveuciyue. Cropp, William, merchant, Tiouesla. I'.i.nn V. ( ninrchant. Wn( Hlc'korV. Cooper, W. C, cigars, West Hickory. uooper, w. j Dunaras buu puui, yycoi ' Hickory. Prniii'li. VVullnr. merchant. East Hlckorv. 4rriu,n. A.. InwAlftr. TinnflHta. Clark, Chas., buggie-i and sleighs, Tlo- nesis. Clark, Mrs. J., milliner, East Hickory. Collins A Kreitler, merchants, Nebraska. Detar A Uarkless, arugKisis, neiieuviiie. Detar, William, cigars, Kellettville. Dunn A Fulton, druggists Tionesta. Eininger, G. F., merchant, Truemans, Fools Creek Store Co., merchants, True msns. Knl.lmari T, A .. drnaanl. West Hlckorv. Uildersleeve, I. H., merchant, Brooston. Gerow A Gerow, cigars, Tionesta. Harp, H. II.. cigars, Marienville. 1U iiibb, A. E., butcher, Marienville. Hoyt, O., merchant, Cooper iract. Hendricks, W. S., butcher, Kellettville. Haslet. James, lurnituro, Tionesta. Hopkins, L. J., merchtnt, Tionesta. Haslet, R. L merchant, Tionesta. Herman, R. M., merchant, 'lionesta. Hill, P. C , restaurant, Tionesta. Ilnnvr. N v.. broker. Marienville. l.w.araMll .T K mnrf-hnnt. I.vnch. Joues, w'. F., merchant, Newtown Mills. Johnston, II. C, Jeweler, Marionville. Killmer liros., merchants, i lonesia. K riliha V. W mnrchant. Msrienville. Kribhs A Ray, buggies aud sleighs, Kel- leltvllle. Krlhbs, W. W., merchant, Kellettville. IT, ft, 1) man. hunt M nriAB vlllft. Kelly, J. W., billiards and pools, Mar viile Lauson, F. R., merchant, Tionesta. Lansnn Bros., feed, etc., Tionesta. Mayburg Supply Co., merchants, May burg. Mensch, S. C, hardware, Marienville. Marienville Variety Store, merchants, Marienville. Mini DuviH innnOiant. Marienville. Mechliug, London A Braden, merchants, Ulariuglou. Myers, E. L., cigars. Endeavor. Myers, E L., billiards and pool, En- Hnnvnr. Moigan, J. R., merchant, Tionesta. Myers, William, cigars, Nebraska. Neely, A. M. A Co., mercuauu, raaneu- Nye, Mrs. C. W merchant, Marienville. Neill, A. D. A Co., druggists, Marienville. Keyner, T. J., merchant, Marienville. Roehrig, John, harness maker, Marien- Reyuer, John D., cigars, Marienville. Keyner, John V., restaurant, niarienviiie. Russell, Charles, cigars, Kellettville. Rosen, L. A., merchant, Endeavor, ltoliliiami. G. W.. merchant. Tionesta. Randall, C. A., cigars, Tionesta. Koe, J as. T., broker, Mar ten vine. Rudy A Sbaw, billiards aud pool, Kol- lultulllu Salmon Creek Lumber Co., merchants, Kellettville. Slump, Wm., merchant, Muiette. Nilzle, William, jeweler, Kellettville. .Viiiua.t Kvnn. iiinrchants. Endeavor. Switzer, Harry, cigars, Endeavor. Scowden, J. v., hardware, i loneaia. Sigwortb, 8. 8., hardware, Tionesta. Stewart, J. A., cigars, Tionesta. u,.w.ri .r A rAutanrant. Tionesta. Stewart! J." A., hilliardsand pool.Tionesta. isandrock, airs. j. miniuery, nuum ta. HnnrlirriiRs. Thos . merchant. Tionesta. Hhipe, H. A., broker, Marienville. Turner, J. A., merchant, wesi nicsory. Van Horn A Shields, msrihants, Clar- Inirtnn Van Horn A. M.. merchant. Plitoon. Vail, J. 8., merchant, West Hickory. Wilson A Kliuger, mercuauis, manou ville. .t V marnlianljl Knl Iflttville. Wood, Mrs. V., merchaut, West Hick ory. Weaver, Charles, clears, Tionesta. Wolf, Andrew, merchant, Johnlown. Wilson, George, butcher, Tiouesla. Young, J. J., cigars, Marienville. Younders, Mike, merchant, nroonsiuu, -NiriTTr'H in harahi irionn to all Dersons concerned that an appeal from the fore going appraisemotit will he held at the of fice of the County Treasurer, In Tionesta, Pa., Wednesday, April as, nw, wnen buu where they may attend If they see proper. W. C. BROWN. Mercantile Appraiser. Ministerial Responsibility. St. Petersburg,' April 7. The duma has scored a victory of sweeping im portance in forcing the retirement of M. Alexieff, vice minister of com merce and director of the department of commercial navigation, the affairs of which long have been in a chaotic condition. The budget commission threatened to report against the bud get of this ministry unless Alexieff was removed and M. Shipoff, the min ister of commerce, yielded. This Is considered the first step toward the establishment of ministerial responsi bility, which the first duma tried in vain to enforce. Burned to Death Frying Doughnuts. Wutortown, N. Y., April 7. Mrs. John St. Dennis, aged 40, or Natural Bridge, was burned to death while frying doughnuts. The fat ignited and the woman was enveloped In flumes. Death soon followed. Employment For 1,000 Idle Men. Sharon, April 7. The Wheatland mill of the Shenango Iron and Steel company and the finishing department of the Sharon Steel Hoop company re sumed operations yesterday, affording employment to 1,000 men. Orders have been hooked by each company that will keep the plants working sev eral weeks. CAFINEGIF FLILI NDATIDM Increased Teachers In State Colleges to Be Pensioned. Shooting In a Courtroom Mrs. Van derbilt Seeks Divorce Watson I Nominated by Populists Wreckers Cet $100,000 In Stamps Y. M. C. A.'s 40th Anniversary. Announcement was made In New York city that Andrew Carnegie would add $j,00),000 to the fund of the Carnegie Foundation, or what ever sum might be necessary to In clude as pension beneficiaries eligi ble professors of state universities. No provision was made for this liass of educators In the original gift for the reason, stated by Mr. Carnegie at the time, that the donor 'thought it possible that such institu tions might prefer that their relations should continue exclusively with the state from which their chief support was derived. This view was not taken by the Na tional Association of State Universi ties, which in the year following the establishment of the foundation peti tioned the trustees for admittance to the benefits of the retiring allowance system. It was then found that the earnings of the original fund of M0, 000,000 were exhausted through the outlet already planned, and that If the faculties of all slate universities were to be benefited an additional $3,000, 000 would be required. The situation was placed formally before Mr. Carnegie by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, on March 31 last and on that same day Mr. Carnegie replied that the money would be forthcoming for any state institution whose appli cation received the approval of the legislature and governor of Its state. The additional donation will be in 5-per-cent bonds, so providing an ad ded annual Income of a quarter of a million dollars ,nnd a total for yearly disbursement of $730,000. The Carnegie Foundation was es tablished by Mr. Carnegie on April 27, with a gift of a trust fund of 1 10,000,000 In 5-per-cent first mort gage bonds of the United States Steel Corporation. This fund was placed hi the care of trustees who include the presidents of the better known colleges and universities of the coun try. The revenue of the fund provides pensions for teachers of universities, colleges and technical schools In the United States, Canada and Newfound land, who are retired after twenty five years service or having reached the age of C5 years have taught fifteen years preceding. From the benefits of the trust were excluded institutions supported by state or colonial govern ment and schools under sectarian control. . Desperado Shot Up Courtroom. Found guilty of a charge of arson, Henry D. McDonald, in the circuit courtroom at Terre Haute, Ind., shot and killed Chief of Detectives Will lam E. Dwyer, seriously wounded three other officers aud a bystander, and was himself seriously wounded. McDonald had been tried for dynamit ing stores and a church in Sanford last year.. As soon as the jury reported its verdict McDonald jumped up, drew a revolver and fired at Prosecuting At torney James A. Cooper, Jr., but missed, because Cooper tipped his chair over backwards. McDonald con tinued firing at the officers seated around the counsel table. Detective Dwyer fell dead at the third Bhot. Policemen and deputy sheriffs in the courtroom drew revolvers and opened fire on McDonald, who re turned the fire. Before the convict ed man fell with half a dozen bullets In his body he had shot Harvey V. Jones, superintendent of police, in the side; Deputy Sheriff Ira Welluian in the chin; Sylvester Doyle, court bail iff, in the leg, and a bystander in the side. The jurors jumped to their feet at the first shot. Judge J. T. Walker, one of the attorneys, tried to stop Mc Donald, but he only hindered the offi cers, who were afraid of hitting him when they shot Bt McDonald. Judge Crane, who presided at the trial, ran to the railing of the Jur box and the spectators rushed out lu confusion. McDonald was finally overwhelmed by officers, his ammunition, spent and his strength weakened by wounds, and taken to a hospital. It is said that McDonald and the other wounded men will recover. Events which culminated so tragic ally had their origin in dynamiting outrages that destroyed the Methodist church and the general stores of Shlckle & Johnson and J. V. Roes of Sanford on the night of Feb. 21, 1007. Henry McDonald and James Seunlon were arrested the next day, charged with the crime. In a former trial the jury disagreed. Scanlon has not been tried. Mrs. Vanderbilt Sues For Divorce. Within an hour after he had sailed for Europe, Alfred Gwynno Vanderbilt was made the defendant in a suit filed with Die supreme court by his wife, Ellen French Vanderbilt. It was learned from an official in the county court house, who saw the papers In the case, that Mrs. Vander bllt's action Is one for absolute di vorce. Mrs. Vanderbilt was Ellen French, da renter of the late Franols Ormond French, president of the Manhattan Trust company and director of many railroads. Her mother has recently been abroad for several years but is returning for the nuptials of her granddaughter, Miss Pauline Leroy French, and Samuel Wagstaff, which will be solemnized at Newport on May 5. Ellen, or as she was more generally known Elsie French, mar ried Alfred Vanderbilt on Jan. 11, 1901. A year later their only child, William Henry, was born. Mr. Vanderbilt is the second son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt and in herited something like $00,000,000. He has been regarded as the head of the family since the estrangement follow ing the marriago of Cornelius, the eldest son, to Miss Grace Wilson. During the past year or so Mr. Vander bilt has spent much of his time abroad. But recently he returned from Iindon, where he plans to drive the coach Venture as a public coach this spring between London and Brighton. Later he Is to bo one of the Judges at the Interrntlonul Horse (how in London, where his horses won muny trophies last year. Watson Nominated by Populists. For president of the United States Thomas E. Watson of Georgia. For vice president of the United States Samuel Williams of Indiana. The foregoing ticket was nominated by the People's party convention, after two stormy sessions during which the Nebraska and the Minnesota delega tions bolted because they could not procure a postponement of the con vention until after nominations bad been made by the Democratic national convention so that the People's party might nominate William J. Bryan for president, if be were defeated at the Democratic convention. The Nebraska men fought desper ately to the last, and when Jay W. Forrest of Albany, N. Y., mounted the platform to place Watson in nom ination they withdrew from the con vention, followed by the Minnesota delegation which consisted of one man, T. J. Welghan. If Bryan Is nom inated at Denver, the men who walk ed out of the convention say that they and the Populists of Nebraska will support him to a man. Wreckers Get $100,000 In Stamps. Postage stamps valued at over $100, 000, forming a consignment In pro cess of shipment from New York to Newfoundland, have been washed ashore at the Island of Cuttyhunk from the wreck of the steamer Silvia. The stamps re of the current New foundland issue, and were being shipped by the American Bank Note company of New York to the New foundland government. They came ashore several days ago In a single box which was cast aside by the male wreckers but was quickly seized by the women. Many sheets of the stamps have been given away and some are said to have been sold. They are in two and five cent denom inations. One woman Is said to have possession of all the five cent stamps, valued at $80,000. The stamps were not listed on the ship's manifest, the insurance adjust ers here state, but were shipped as cash in charge of the purser of the steamer. Order to Surrender Diamond Formula. The magistrate of the Bow Street police court in London has issued an order to the bank In that city which holds the envelope alleged to contain Henry LeMoyne's formula for the manufacture of diamonds to surrender this document to the French authorities demanding it. LeMoyne Is under arrest In Paris charged with obtaining money under false pretences from Sir Julius Chalres Wernher of the De Beers Mining company. The original demand for the envelope In question was made March 23, since which time the Bow Street magistrate has consulted with the home office and as a result Issued the order of Fri day. Counsel for the bank brusquely declined to obey the order. The mag istrate admitted that he had not the power to compel obedience, but he in tlmated that the mutter would be tak en before a higher authority. Battleship Fleet Starts North. The battleship fleet having com pleted target practice at Magdalena bay, the crews will give the greater part of the week to the work of put ting the big ships In spick and span condition for the receptions that await them at California ports. The warships start Saturday for San Diego bay. The torpedo flotilla is expected to arrive at Magdalena bay from Aca pulco during the week. Employers' Liability Bill. The naval appropriation bill will succeed the District of Columbia bill In the house and its consideration will consume a large part of the week. The employers' liability bill, amend ing the. present law so as to meet the criticisms of the supreme court, was introduced Monday, and only one vote was recorded against it. House com mittee hearings on the Aldrlch bill will begin Wednesday. Scope of Government Control. The scope and limits of government al control over Industry and corporate management will be the general topic to be discussed at the four sessions of the annual meowing of the American Academy of Political and Social Science f t Philadelphia on Friday and Saturday. Y. M. C. A.'a 50th Anniversary. The celebration of the fiftieth anni versary ol the Young Men's Christian association will begin at Chicago on Saturday, continuing until April 2S. Pithy Paragraphs That Chronicle the Week's Doings. Long Dispatcher From Various Part of the World Shorn of Their Padding nd Only Facts Given In at Few Words at Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wedneaday. The torpedo boat Blakeley w'as rammed and almost sent to the bot tom by a runaway torpedo which she fired on the target range off Pensa- cola, Fla. Japan, according to a dispatch from Toklo, Is about to remedy her trade marks law, which permits of abuses from which Japanese as well as for eigners suffer. The New York county grand jury handed in a presentment urging that the court lay the entire matter of charges against Attorney General Jackson before the governor and leg islature. Dispatches from Shanghai tell bow a Japanese bank president has been invited to commit suicide by his un paid depositors as an act of expiation and tell of the spread of the boycott movement against Japan. Thursday. The name of Dr. David Jayne Hill was sent to the senate for confirma tion as ambassador to Germany. Mme, Anna Gould precipitated a family breach and decided to accept the hand of the Prince de Sagan. A Loudon dispatch announces that at the stroke of midnight the British Volunteer army disappeared, and the Territorial army took its place. Cattle growers of Delaware coun ty, New York, have prepared a mon ster petition to be laid before the leg islature protesting against the whole sale destruction of cattle under the Bovine Tuberculosis law. Washington dspatches asserted that the United States would not make a show of force In Venezuela, but would put a prohibitive duty on coffee and forbid the importation of asphalt to bring the country to tenr.s. Friday. E. H. Harrimnn, now a dominant factor In Erie affairs. Is opposing a re organization of the railroad. Efforts to avoid a breach in the Gould family over Mme. Gould's de termination to marry Prince Hello de Sagan were indicated. The state senate upheld Governor jlughes on the antl-rnce track bills, and struck out the amendment delay ing their taking effect until Sept. 1. After hearing argument of counsel for Attorney General Jacrson, Judge Foster denied motion to strike the presentment from the records. The evidence taken by the grand Jury will now be sent to the governor and legis lature. Saturday. Rear Admiral Evans arrived at Paso Robles Hot Springs, Cal., where he will undergo treatment for rheuma tism. The Venezuelan government refused to consent to arbitrate the claims pre sented by the United States govern ment on behnlf of American Interests. It appeared as if the Provident Sav ings Life Assurance society's control was wrested from the hands of the John J. Coyle syndicate of Philadel phia. Speaker Cannon Introduced resolu tions calling upon the attorney gen eral and the secretary of commerce to tell congress what investigations, if any, had been made of the paper trust. Monday. A new gun which will fire shells 300 pilles Is the latest Invention In the art of war, says a dispatch from Lon don. Washington dispatches stated that President Roosevelt would veto the public buildings bill if congress failed to vote for four battleships. Governor Hughes formally and pos itively declined to name his choice for New York delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention. Senators Piatt and Depew partici pated In the ceremonies marking the closing of the Fifth Avenue hotel and the passing of the Amen Corner. Discovery of wonderfully rich salt deposits in Utah has led to a hard fight between rival private claimants and the state for control of the lands. Tuesday. Dr. James R. Day, speaking before the Harlem Y. .M. C. A., said there will be work for all unemployed soon. Albany dispatches reported a plan to force Governor Hughes to take the nomination for the vice-presidency. Public sentiment In Panama Is op posed to any treaty with Colombia necessitating the pnyment of money to that country. The New York Herald's canvass of the Democratic situation shows Mr. Bryan very far In the lead for the presidential nomination. The Prince Edward Island legisla ture has voted a resolution forbidding the use of automobiles on the ground that they are a menace to the public safety. Chancellor Day. speaking to the Y. M. C. A. In New York, says that tie wealth of millionaires Is returned thfl Heinle whou foolish sons uud I laughters dissipate it. SHORT W I MS EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL Passed by the House With On,y On Vote Recorded Against It. Washington, April 7. With only one vote recorded against it, that of Mr. Lltllefteld of Maine, the house of rei resentatlves, under suspension of the rules, passed the Sterling employers' liability bill, after forty minutes de bate. In brief, the bill establishes the doc trine that the railroad companies en gaued In interstate commerce are li able for personal Injuries received by employes in the service of such car riers. It abolishes the strict common law rule of liability which bars a re covery for the personal injury or death of an employe occasioned by the negligence of a fellow servant. It, also relaxes the common law rule which makes contributory negligence a defense to claims for such injuries. A provision, however, diminishes the amount of the recovery in the same degree that the negligence of the injured one contributed to the In jury. The bill further makes each party responsible for his own negli gence and requires each to hear the burden thereof. The bill as passed by the house was transmitted to the senate later in the day and on motion of Senator Dolll ver was laid on the table subject to being called up at any time. Mr. Dol llver explained that the bill Is quite similar to the measure reported to the senate from the committee on educa tion and labor. Mr. Dolliver contemplates asking the senate to agree to take up the bill at an early day. He will probably move to substitute the senate measure for the house bill and after the sen ate acts will then leave to conferees the task of agreeing upon a compro mise measure. The house bill Is much more sweep ing than the senate bill, and it ap plies to all "common carriers" while the senate bill upplies only to "eom mon carriers by railroad." In the debate Minority Leader Will lams said he welcomed "the opportun lty to illustrate to the country how quickly and how rapidly we can Join In passing remedial legislation. Mr. Payne declared that Mr. Will lams had no more to do with the bringing about of the report from the committee or the consideration of the measure than the boys on the street, It has been, he said, the settled pur pose of the majority to bring the bill before congress. Mr. Payne feared the bill would meet the same fate with the supreme court as did the for mer law, but he said he would vote for It, nevertheless, as he had voted for the previous bill. The bill passed by a viva voce vote, but in order that members might be recorded the yeas and nays were or dered. WILD STEERS IN THE RIVER Many Swam a Long Distance Before They Were Captured. New York. A m il 7. A licet of tug boats pursuing a drove of wild Texas steers swimming in tho East river was an exciting and unusual spectacle witnessed bv hundreds of persons. A Lehigh Valley railroad float carrying a carload of thirty steers and sev eral cars' loaded with coal sprung a leak In the East river near tho foot of North Ninth street, Brooklyn, and sank. Before it went down tho deckhands opened tho door and the steers mado a dash for safety. About fifteen of them got clear of the float before It went down but the others were drown ed. A lively chase ensued. Passing tugs joined in the pursuit, and several un successful attempts were mado to las so the swimming steers. Tlioso that were captured were towed ashore where great dii'iculty was experienced in getting them onto the docks. Sev eral of the steers swain a long dis tance up the river before they were captured ami others were drowned. Says He Was Drugged and Robbed. Springfield, O., April 7. Contending that he ia an olliclal Interpreter for the court of King Edward and that he was sent to this country ten months ago on Important business for the British government, Robert Henry Clemming told the police that he liad been drugged and robbed on his way from Detroit to this city. He said that clothing had been stripped from him and another suit put on liini Instead. Clemming says lie is a native of Ahesl la, Asia Minor, that he has been all over the world, speaks fourteen lan guages and seventeen dialects. Ho is black ns a negro. Saloons In Cities to Escape. Milwaukee, April 7. The past cam paign has shown no notlceablo change over other years in the anti-suloon question. Despite tho lectures which have been delivered all over the state by anti-saloon lecture-workers, none of the titles of size have liquor lights on their hands. Tho local op (lion issue, however, is figuring in Homo of the towns of 1,000 or more population in various parts of Wiscon sin. Cruiser Wolverine Sent to Erie. Washington. April 7. At the re quest of Strong Vincent post, G. A. R., Secretary Metcalf lias ordered the old jcrulser Wolverine to Eiio for tho Memorial day exercises In that city. Tho cruiser is to remain In port dur ing the first week in June, during which time tin; animal encampment of tho Grand Army is to be held in Erie. Notice, of these arrangements was received by Representative Bates yesterday. INFATUATED WITH GIRL Elderly Married Man of Family Killed Her and Himself. Pittsburg. April 7. Jealous of a 17- year-old girl, Samuel L. Gardner, aged 9 yearB, a prominent civil engineer. residing at McKees Rocks, a suburb of this city, shot the young woman. Miss Dorothy Yost, throuch the heart, causing instant death, and then fired a bullet into his mouth, dying three hours later in a hospital without hav ing regained consciousness. Gardner, who is a married man with several grown children, lived next door to Mrs. Bradney, the girl's moth er. Both Gardner's and Miss Yost's families are prominent and had been on the best of terms. Sunday evening .Miss Yost, accom panied by a young man, attended ser vices at the Presbyterian church where Miss Yost was a member of the choir. It Is said that when Gardner heard of this he became greatly en raged. He arose In excellent spirits Monday morning, however, according to his wife, ate his breakfast, and after kissing her left the house and went to a hardware store nearby. Here he purchased a revolver, informing the clerk he was going to "fix some burg lars." After leaving the store Gard ner met the young man who escorted Miss Yost to church Sunday night and shaking his fist at him said: "I'm going to get even with you." Gardner made his way past his own homo and entered tho Bradney resi dence. Miss Yost was on the second floor and Gardner went to her there. What passed between them there will probably never be known. The next instant a number of persons, in cluding Mrs. Bradney and Mrs. Gard ner,, were attracted by two shots. Rushing into the house they found Miss Yost dead and Gardner dying. Mrs. Gardner said that two weeks ago her husband confessed to her that he was infatuated with the young girl. The girl's mother, however, says that Gardner's Infatuation has been of long standing. Gardner was borough engineer but lost his position about a month ago when the administration changed. This Is also thought to have preyed upon his mind. Stole $1,000 From Banker' Coat. St. Louis, April 7. While Michael E. Hogan was i tanding in the nubile banking room of the Mercantile Trust company, Frank Sellick of New York, a bookmaker's sheet writer, suddenly seized a roll of $1,000 from Hogan's overcoat pocket and ran, pushing aside men and women who stood . In his path. He was captured on the steps of the bank while attempting to pass the money to a confederate. Sel lick was fashionably attired and was wearing a number of diamonds. He had plenty of money In his pockets. Superintendent John Shea of the Ber tillon bureau identified the prisoner as f'KId" Ilurke. alias Fisher, known to the police of every large city in the United States and in Paris and Lon don. Several pictures of Burke were found in the rogues' gallery. Mr. Ho gan Is president and principal owner of the hank at Altamont, 111. John S. Leech For Public Printer. Washington, April 7. The presi dent sent to the senate the name of John S. Leech of Illinois, to be public printer. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, April 6. WIIKAT No. 2 red. iiSc f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Diiluth, $1.10'. niH.N No. 2 corn. GUMc f. o. h. afloat; No. 2 while, Cii'c. OATS Mixed oatfl, 2G to 32 lbs., 55c; clipped white, 32 to 40 lbs, 57!? li-'c. PORK Mess, $15.,01G.00; family, $Ki.nn(! i7.(io. II AY Good to choice, 90(5 93c. C1IKKSK State .full cream, fancy, l(!c. K(!(!S State and Pennsylvania, Wc. MUTTER Creamery special, 31c; extras, :i()'jc; western factory, liO'fcc; state dairy, Wit 27c. POTATOES State and Western, $2.37W 2.P.2 per ISO lbs.; Long Island. $2.r)0ii 2.75 per bbl. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo. April 6. WIIKAT No. 1 northern carloads, $1.01; No. 2 red, !l(ic. CORN No. 2 yellow, 70'c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, tiS'jC. OATS No. 2 white, 50V4C f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 54(?( '34 Vic FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per hlil.. $5. 75rti (i. 50; winter family, paten:. $3.15ifi 5.90. BUTTER Creamery, prints fancy, 32c; state and Pennsylvania cream ery ,' 30c; dairy, choice to fancy, 2Stj' 30 c. CIIKKSH Fancy full cream, old, 10c- choice to fancy, new, 14S4(fT15c. KGC.S-Selected white, 19iJ20c. POTATOES Home grown, fancy, per bii.. SOc; fair to good. 70c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Choice export Bteers, $6.50 (iiti.s.'r. good to choice butcher steers, $:,.0iifii li. ;!"; choice to extra fat rows, $5.20'n 5. 40; fair to good heifers, $4. 50il 5.50; choice heifers, $5.73(iU 6 00; hulls, common to good, $4.00 4.75; choice veals, $S.005j S.25; fair to good. $7.50'ii 7.75. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice liiniHs. $S.40fti 8.5o; choice yearlings, $7.50', 7.75; mixed sheep, $.50!fi6.5O. HOGS-Light Yorkers, $ti.50(i 6.55; medium and heavy hogs, $ti.50(ij.ti.60; pigs, $3.5U'ii5.05. Buffalo Hay Market. Tlinothv, choice, large bales, $16.00 lti..r.o. No. 2 timothy. $12.0014.00; Vheat and oat straws, $S.50.
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