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VOL. XXXII. NO. 10.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30. 1899.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. K. P." 1 loath.
OuuBeimen. Joseph Morgan, J. T.
Palo, W. F. Blum, Jas. D. Davis, Chas.
Clark, T. K. Armstrong, II. II. .Shoe
maker. Justices vfthe Peace C. A. Randall, S.
Motley.
Constable II. K. Moody.
Collector V. V. Amslor.
School Directors O. W. Holoinaii, L.
Agnew, J. K. Wank, Q. Jamieson, J. C.
Sudwdon, Patrick Joyce.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress 3 . K. P. Hall.
Member of Senate A. M. Nooley.
Assembly Dr. S. 8. Towler.
President Judge V. M. Lindsoy.
Associate Judges Jos. A. Nash, A, J.
-McCray.
Protnonotary, Register fc Recorder, Cc.
John II. Kohortsnn.
.Sheriff. Frank P. Walker.
rreasurer S. M. Honry.
Commissioners W. M. Coon, C. M.
Whiteman, Herman lilnm.
District Attorney H. D. Irwin.
1 . SI ... ' T n '.....nil.
I or, Oeo. D. Shields.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County A uditorshl. 15. Abbott, J. R.
Clark. R. J. Klvnn.
County Superintendent K. E. Stltzln-
gor. .
Iti'Hulnr Term of t'ourl.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptember.
Third Monday of November.
Church and Nnbbiuh Hrhool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
in. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. R. A. Huzza..
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sahbath evening Rt the usual hour. Rev.
F. V. McClelland, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Rev. J. V. McAiiinch officiating.
Tho rogular mootings of the W. C. T.
U. are hold at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
' piOX EST A LODU E, No. 300, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meets overy Tuosday evening, in Odd
Follows' Hall, Partridge building.
j WREST LODO E, No. 184, A. O. U. W.,
I Meots every Friday evening in A.O.U.
W. Hall, Tionesta.
ASHINGTON CAMP, No. 420, P. O.
S. of A., meets every Saturday eve
ning In A. O. U. W. Hall, Tionesta,
CAPT. OEOROE STOW POST, No. 274
O. A, R. Moots 1st and 3d Monday
evening in Dae1, month, in A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
APT. OEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, in A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
rruONESTA TENT, .No. 104, K. O. T.
1 M., moois 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening in each month in A. O. U. W.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
P M.CLARK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
and District Attorney. Office, cor. of
Im and Urldgo Streets, Tionesta, Pa.
Also agent for a number of reliable
Fire Insurance Companies.
F. HITCH EY,
1 . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
W. MORROW, M. D.
J,
Phvslcian. Surireon A Dentist.
Olllco and Residence three doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tionoata. Professional
calls.promptly responded to at all hours.
T O. BOWMAN", M. D.,
lJ. Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Office iu building formerly occupied by
Dr. Nason. Call promptly responded to.
night or day. Residence opposito Hotel
Agnew.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office over Heath t K Miner's store,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence East side Elm St., 3d
dore above jail building.
JB. SIGGINS, M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon & Druggist,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL AGNEW,
. C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotol, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughput with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
H. W. HORNER, Proprietor.
Tionsfeia, Pa. This is the most centrally,
located. hotol in the place, and has all tho
modorn improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class Livery lit connection.
pUIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT & SHOEMAKER.
.Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
I he coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion givon to mending, and prices rea
sonable. T F. ZAHRINGER,
J. PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER
and Jeweler of 25 years' experience, is
prepared to do all work in his line on
short notice and at reasonable prices.
AlWHys guarantees satisfaction. Watch
es, Jewelry, &c, ordered for parties at
the lowest possible figure. Will be found
in tho building next to Koeley Club
Room.
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Structure of the Chicago Col
iseum Gives Way.
yii Known That Six Lltti War Croah
rd Oat Three Mora Are fcupputed to
lla Under the Wreckage, ami Sewn Are
In Ilia Iloepltal, Two of Them Fatally
Injured.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29. Twelve steel
arches, each weighing 33 tonH, which
were to have supported the super
structure of the Coliseum building In
course of erection on Wabash avenue,
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, fell to the ground. It is known
that six lives were crushed out. The
bodies of three men are supposed to be
under the wreckage. Seven are In the
hospital with injuries received In the
accident and of these two will surely
die, one may possibly recover and the
rest are for the greatest part seriously
Injured.
The dead are:
Charles Walpot, crushed to death.
Stephen J. Thompson, crushed to
death.
John Fay, head crushed.
Richard S. Herman, head cut off.
Edward Murray, head and both legs
cut off.
Theodore Thornc, crushed to death.
The missing who are supposed to be
under the ruins are:
Frank Logan.
Alex Millas.
Samuel Smith.
Those fatally injured are:
John Dowd," both legs broken, both
eyes knocked out; Internal Injuries.
John White, cut on head and right
side; internal Injuries.
The others Injured are:
Cornelius Tourney, head crushed; In
ternal injuries;. may recover.
Peter Pelletre, crushed about should
ers and chest;, serious.
John Hawthorne, head cut, internal
injuries; serious.
All of the 12 arches were standing,
the 12th and last having Just been
completed. It was the Intention; of
the steel contractors, the Pittsburg
Bridge company of Pittsburg, to turn
over Its work to the general contractors.
The Immense "traveller" or derrick,
which had been used In the erection of
the arches had been removed and the
agents of the bridge company were ac
counting their work as practically com
pleted when suddenly and without the
slightest warning, the arch last put in
place suddenly fell over ngainst the
one next to It. The weight was too
much for this, it gave way, crashed
against the third and then one by one
the great steel Bpan fell over to the
south, precisely In the same manner
as a number of cards would fall.
. Nearly all the men who were killed
were at work on top of the arches 40
feet above the ground. Some of them
made futile attempts to Blide down the
side of the arches, but before they
could save themselves, were hurled to
the ground. Many of them uttered
piercing shrieks for aid as they fell.
Most of them were killed outright by
the awful nature of their injuries. The
skulls of the unfortunate men were
crushed into shapeless masses, their
limbs were cut off as If by a monster
knife and they were mangled beyond
recognition.
The Immense structure began falling
slowly, each arch being sustained by
the cross beams supporting the entire
structure. As the mass gained im
petus, bars of Iron Inches thick snapped
with a loud report and the great mass
moved faster and faster In Its descent.
With a crash that was heard blocks
distant, the structure fell, leaving the
walls practically uninjured.
An immense crowd gathered around
the place and, despite the efforts of the
police, who were close at hand, they
swarmed over the mass of wreckage,
making desperate but ill-directed ef
forts to drag out the dead and to save
the wounded. It was only with the
greatest difficulty that the police were
finally able to drive back the crowd,
and give the firemen and uninjured
workmen a chance to rescue the in
jured. That more men were not killed and
injured was almost a miracle. Fully 50
men were at work In the space covered
by the arches as they fell. .
A number of the men Jumped Into
small excavations, of which there are
many in the ground beneath the steel
works, and were saved from the great
masses of steel that crashed down over
them. Several of them were standing
under the arches when they commenced
to fall and, running to the side walls,
by great good fortune, happened to
stand In the space left vacant bv the
cave of the arches away from the side
walls. Had the arches fallen to either
aide the loss of life must have been
much heavier, but they fell true to the
south on a line parallel to the side of
the building and none of them save the
two southern arches fell at all out
side of the space to be occupied by the
bidding.
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DEWEY AT NICE.
The Admiral Pay a Second Visit to That
City and Enjoys It.
NICE, Aug. 29. Admiral Dewey, ac
companied by Lieutenants Brumby and
Caldwell, arrived here In the afternoon.
Accepting the United States vice con
sul's Invitation, the admiral drove to
Point Andreev stopping at the Grotto.
Thence he ascended the Fallcon, from
which there Is a superb view. The
Jarty continued on to Clmlez, skirting
the heights over the town, and re
turned to the city.
In 6plte of the warm weather and the
fact that this was his second visit. Ad
miral Dewey expressed his admiration
of all he saw.
The Americun officers returned to
Vlllefranrhe after dinner.
Kncounlered Iinngeroun Iceberg.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 29. The Brit
ish steamer Ikbal, Captain Jennings,
from Montreal, Aug. 16, for Bristol,
called here at midnight and repurted
that on Monday, Aug. 21, over 100 ice
bergs, many of them very large, were
lighted to the northward. The berss
extended over an area stretching from
the Straits of Belle Isle SO miles eastward.
JUDGE HILTON DEAD.
liter a Long and Lingering Illness th
Aged Jurist 1'aiees Away.
SARATOGA, Aug. 25. Ex-Judge
Henry Hilton of New York died at 5:30
'clock at his summer home, Wood
lawn Park, after a long Illness. He
suffered a relapse in the afternoon. At
JUDOB HSKRT HILTON,
the bedside were Colonel and Mrs. A.
B. Hilton, Mrs. Horace Russell, his
daughter, and Dr. John .Miner, his
physician.
Funeral services will be held here on
Sunday afternoon and the remains will
be taken to Greenwood on Monday.
Judge Hilton was in his 75th year.
Up to within a few hours of his death
the family hoped that the Judge would
recover, but when the relapse again
prostrated him and he became uncon
scious it became apparent that he did
not possess sufficient physical strength
to enable him to rally. He continued
to sink and his death wag painless at
the hour named.
MAKES A GOOD SHOWING.
Statement or the Financial Condition of
the Island of Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. The war
department gave out for publication
an Interesting statement of the financial
condition of the island of Cuba. It
shows that under the management of
the United States government the re
ceipts of the Island from Jan. 1, 1899,
to June 30, of the current year, exceed
the expenditures by the very hand
some sum of $1,480,021. During the
period named the receipts from all
sources were $6,9S2,010; disbursements,
$5,501, 9S8.
Of the money disbursed $1,712,014 was
expended In sanitation; $505,263 in the
erection and Improvement of barracks
and quarters; $443,563 in the establish
ment, etc., of the rural -guard and ad
ministration; $250,674 on public works,
harbors and forts; $293,881 Jn charities
and hospitals; $242,146 for civil govern
ment; $723,281 on municipalities; $38.
944 in aid of the destitute; $42,205 in
quarantine matters; total $4,448,924.
The statement for July says that the
customs collections In the entire Is
land for July alone were $1,201,537; In
ternal revenue collections, $56,351; pos
tal collections, $15,000; miscellaneous
collections, $65,435. Grand total of re
ceipts for the month, $1,339,324; dis
bursements, $1,029,877.
UPHOLDING BRITISH RIGHTS.
Rlnejaoketi Landed In Rnsila and a Gun
boat Krouglit Into Service.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 28. As the out
come of a dispute regarding the pos
session of. some lands at Hankow,
about 700 miles from the sea, which
was purchased In 1865 by the concern
of Jardlne, Matheson & Co., but were
subsequently Included In the new con
cession to Russia, the owners, under
the advice and protection of Mr. Hurst,
the British consul, sent workmen to
fence In the tract.
After the work had been commenced
a dozen cossacks from the Russian
consulate appeared on the scene and
forcibly ejected the workmen.
The captain of the British second
class gunboat Woodlark, specially de
signed for river service, after consult
ing with Mr. Hurst, landed a party of
blue Jackets and moved the Woodlark
Into firing distance of the Russian con
sulate. For a time a fight seemed Im
minent, but nothing further occurred.
The blue Jackets are now guarding the
property.
The Britis.i third class gunboat Esk
has been despatched to Hankow from
this port. Great Britain Is evidently
determined to uphold British rights.
WELLMAN IN ENGLAND.
The Great Arctlo Explorer Beaches Hall
and Talks of. II la Trip.
HULL, Eng., Aug. 29. Walter Well
man, leader of the Wellman polar ex
pedition, who returned to Tromsoe,
Norway, Aug. 17, after having success
fully completed explorations In Franz
Josef Land, has Just arrived here. He
walks with the aid of crutches, his
right leg, which was seriously Injured
by Mr. Wellman's falling Into a snow
covered crevasse while he was leading
his party, still being useless. The ex
plorer was accompanied by the Ameri
can members of the expedition who are
well.
In an interview Mr. Wellman said:
"The object of the expedition was two
fold to complete exploration of Franz
Josef Land, of which the north and
northeast parts were practically un
known and to reach a high latitude or
even the pole itself.
"The first object was successfully
accomplished. The second should have
Seen achieved,' at least to a greater
extent than by previous expeditions,
but for the accident to myself."
Murderer Finally Han Ilown.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 29. Mall
advices received here from Port Llrm.n.
Costa Rica, report the arrest there of a
man named Rutherford, who Is alleged
to be the murderer of Best Harding
Archer, an American, who was mur
dered there In 1897. Rutherford, It ap
pears was Archer's partner und dis
appeared after Archer's death, and
the country coroner's Jury found a ver
dict of suicide. In spite of the suspicious
facte in the case. This caused such
widespread indignation that, ultimate
ly, further investigation was begun,
two months ago, at the request of the
United States.
SITUATION IN MANILA.
True State of Affairs Existing
In the Philippines.
Haws Tltat M il Not Censored lly the Ofll
elale at Manila Dimenltle In Carry
lag Out a Volley of Conciliation Accom
panied By War Several Mayors Arrest
ad For Aiding the Rebels.
MANILA, Aug. 22, via Hong Kong,
Aug. 28. Recent events have proved
discouraging to officials who are trying
to accompany war with a policy of con
ciliation. Two new municipal govern
ments have collapsed through the
treachery of the mayors. The mayor
of San Pedro Macati, who was elected
by the people under the direction of
Professor Dean Worcester of the Unit
ed States advisory commission for the
Philippines, was brought to Manila and
lodged in Jail. The United States offi
cers at San Pedro Macati found that
he was using his office as a recruiting
station for the Philippine army. Four
disguised Insurgent officers were help
ing him.
The mayor of Ballnag was also ar
rested and confined In the same prison.
The Americans found him passing
between the lines of the two armies
with Incriminating documents, which
the authorities secured.
Another prominent native mayor is
under surveillance.
Colonel Smith of the Twelfth In
fantry, who Is In command at Angeles,
Is sceptical regarding Filipino friendli
ness. Instead of allowing the natives
to return to the town, he has ordered
his troops to shoot all men trying to
pass the lines and to turn back the
women and children. He recently gave
the natives In the town an opportunity
to prove their friendship, putting them
to work at digging trenches and clean
ing streets, but this only displeased
them.
The formost citizen of Angeles, a
lawyer, who had welcomed the Ameri
cans with a great show of cordiality,
was found communicating with the
Insurgents. The Americans promptly
marched him oft to San Fernando to
stand trial.
PHILIPPINE POLICY.
President McKlnley Tells It to an As
ernibly at Orean Grove.
OCEAN GROVE, N. J.. Aug. 26.
President McKlnley addressed 12,000
persons in the Auditorium here. He
was Introduced by Bishop Fitzgerald,
who said that there is no conflict be
tween the stars and stripes and the flag
of the cross and that "they float side
by side for humanity, liberty and
truth."
The president said:
"Love of flag and love of country
are not Inconsistent with rellglofus
faith. I believe that there Is more love
for our country and that more people
love the flag than before. Whenever
that flag is raised It stands not for des
potism and oppression, but for liber
ty, opportunity and humanity and what
that flag has done for us we want It
to do for all people and all lands which
by fortunes of war have come within
Its Jurisdiction. That flag does not
mean one thing In the United States
and another in Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. There has been doubt In some
quarters respecting the policy of the
government In the Philippines. I see
no harm in stating it in this presende.
Peace first, then with charity to all,
establish a government of law and or
der, protecting life and property ond
occupation for the well being of the
people who will participate In It under
the stars and stripes."
When the president finished the big
building shook with the intensity of the
applause. When the tumult stopped
the president said:
"I have said more than I Intended."
UNEXPECTED AID.
A Native Tribeiman and 11 1 Hand fight
ing lit FlUn-nt.
MANILA, Aug. 29. A report received
here from Cebu savs Dato Mundi. a
native chief, with his tribesmen, has
taken the warpath against the insur
gents who are holding Zamboanga and
has given them a warm battle.
Recently Dato Mundl, who is a fine
able bodied man, educated abroad, vis
ited General Bates at Jalo, saying he
was anxious to become an Americun
citizen and asked permission to fight
the Insurgents. He was given an
American flag and told to return to a
small island near Zamboanga and was
told that troops would be sent there
soon. Mundl, however, would not wait
for the Americans, but with his band of
tribesmen attacked the insurgents,
killing 30 and wounding a number of
others. His loss was slight.
General Bates will return to the
Sulu archipelago to arrange for estab
lishing American garrisons there.
AMERICAN YACHT WON.
The Canada Cap fjoee to Chicago, The
Geneisee llelng the Winner.
TORONTO, Aug. 25. The Canada's
cup goes to Chicago, such was the re
sult of the third race for the trophy
between Beaver and Genesee. There
was Interval of 10 minutes and 47 sec
onds between the two yachts at the
finish, but both were accorded un equal
ly warm welcome.
A crowd of nearly 2,000 persons, afloat
gnd ashore, watched the Yankee boat
come in to victory and the uproar ut
the finish was terrific.
I'rldoner Drowns Himself.
DETROIT, Aug. 29. M.iry Ann
Car, a Port Huron young woman,
leaped from the rail of the c t camel
Darius Cole Into Lake St. Clair and
was drowned before the steamer could
be pvt about and boats lowered. The
young woman was en route to Detroit
in charge of an officer, having been ar
rested for the theft of $3.". She had
acted refractorily on the trip down.
ItritiOi htramrr I ff(iitiii-i'il
LONDON, Aug. 92. A dispatch from
Stockholm says that the British st"arn
en Calrnesk, last reported from O n
stadt, July 20, for Pitea. Sweden, foin.
dered In a gale north of Finngruv.i.
No lives were ict.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
A Ynnng Man Found lead la lh Yard
nl Ilia Itnrtrriine: I'oua.
HARRIPBCRG. Aug. 29. The West
ern Electric company, of New York city
M Installing the new unde g oui d
switch system of the Pennsylvania
Telephone company. Among the force
of employes sent here to do this work
was Edward Kt inls!:e. a young man of
to. He was ab ive til average In lnt 1
ligence, and was will liked. Early In
the morning hl dead b. dy was found
In the vard of M:c Woodward's resi
dence on Front street, where he had
roomed with a young man named Jen
nings. There Is a deep mystery surrounding
his death, but the most geneia ly ac
cepted theory Is that he is a victim of
foul play. He left the telephone build
ing in the afternoon, and went to his
room, which he left about 8 o'clock fur
his boarding house. A seat check found
on hi person indicates that he was at
the opera house that night. After the
play he accompanied a strange man to
the medical Institute on Second stree',
where he was treated for some Injury
of the nose. That was the last he was
seen alive.
Hie body was found face downward
the arms extended and his head resting
on a coil of garden hose. There was a
slight scalp wound and also a slight
abrasion of the left hip and leg. These
were not sufficient to produce death,
and the superintendent of the telephone
company, L. H. Klnnard, Jr.. ordered
an auto)y. This showed that the neck
was broken and that death must have
been instantaneous. Some blood spots
were found under the balcony in the
yard, but the heavy rains during the
night had removed all othe bl od
marks If there were any. The sur. eons
say that Reinicke could not have stag
gered from the bliwid spots under the
balcony to where he was found a:'ter
such an Injury or blow.
The young man's hat and umbrella
were found near him, and it is not be
lieved that he was In the house at all.
The gas had been left burning in the
room by Jennings and was still burn
ing in the morning. Reinicke was not
known to have any enemies and w s an
Inoffensive young man. It Is believed
that the body had been there at least
five hours when discovered. There is
no clue at all to the manner of his
death.
Coroner Crouse has left for New
York with the body. Reinicke's father
lives at 600 One Hundred and Second
street.
BIG INCREASE SHOWN.
nauha, Triim Compaulea and having In
atltutlKua Doing Well.
HARRISBURG, Aug. 29. There ha?
been an enormous Increase In the busi
ness of the banks, timst companies and
saving Institutions In Pennsylvania
since the advent of prosperity. This is
shown by the reports of the institu
tions under the control of the state
department of banking for the first
half of the fiscal year ended June 30.
The total deposits In these institu
tions at the close of this period was
$316,115,623.65, an Increase of $50,545,
409.71 In the deposits on Nov. 3 last.
There was a total of $67,104,694.26 in
deposits In the state banks on June 30,
and $151,606,688.94 in savings institu
tions. There was an Increase in the capital
of the banks, trust companies and sav
ings institutions of $6,010 on June 30,
as compared with Nov. 30: an Increase
of $1,104,093.66 in the surplus, and a
decrease of $243,792.41 In undivided
profits, $15,209,251.07. The total cash
on hand and due from banks was $56,
465,737.66; an increase of $6,911,807.64 In
the amount of cash on hand at the
Close of the last fiscal year.
The total loans of the banks on June
80 were $13,013,006.40; saving Institu
tions, $3.181, 641. 26; trust companies, $97,
614.123.06; a combined total of $143,708.
779.72, and an Increase of $20,531,835.57
In the aggregated loans on Nov. 30.
The total Investments on June 30 were
$187,608,174.17, an Increase of $19,083,
575.13 in the amount invested on Nov.
30 by these institutions. The total
amount of trust funds invested and un
invested on June 30 was $418,682,040.05.
an Increase of $11,937,602.11 on Nov.
30 last.
The reports of the foreign and do
mestic associations under the supervis
ion of the department also show a
large increase in their business during
the past 12 months, as compared with
previous years. Some associations have
been forced to close up their affairs by
reason of. their failure to loan suffi
cient money to keep them going and
others have had to decrease their rates
of interest on loans. There are nearly
300 savings Institutions and 1,300 build
ing and loan assciatlonB under the
control of the department.
USEFULNEbS NEARLY OVER.
CohI Kxchange Will Sot lie Needrd
lirn Combine Are formed.
PITTSFiLRG, Aug. 29. With the ad
vent of the two combinations in the
river and railroad coal trades, one In
stitution which hus done a great deal
for the mining and shipping interests
of this section will likely pass out of
existence. This is the Pittsburg Coal
exchange. When the question of free
navigation on the Monongahela was
first brought up, this organization be
gan a systematic work which was of
great benefit to the river coal shippers
and did much toward hastening the
purchase of the Monongahela slack wa
ter improvements by the national gov
ernment. Captain John F. Dravo, as secre
tary of the Coal exchange, did much
service in collecting and tabulating in
formation on the river trade, showing
the necessity of free navigation. The
exchunge kept u close watch on bridge
building over the Ohio and always saw
that the bridge laws for the protec
tion of marine interests were rigidly
observed. At each recurring time foi
congressional action on river appro
priations the Pittsburg Coal exchange
exerted quite an Influence In favor of
Ohio river improvements and In fact
there has been no Important matter af
fecting the river trade In which that
body hus not taken an active and effec
tive part.
M'Uck a Vein or Lend.
MALVERN, O., Aug. 29,-Whlle thos
who have leased the Shanty gold mine
were looking over the claim, they found
a valuable vein of lead In the valley
nearby This is the Indian mine which
has be.n sot.ght for all there year.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dlapatehe From Varlotu Parts of
the World Miora of Their Paddings and
Only tne Facte (liven In an Few Wnrde
as Poultita For the Benefit of the Hur
ried Header.
Forty persons were Injured by a cir
cus tent blowing down at Winchester,
Va. Thieves got in their work during
the panic wheh followed.
Llewellyn Stout, who killed Harvey
H. Wurster, a telegraph operator and
station agent on the Philadelphia and
Reading railway, was hanged in the
Jail at Easton, Pa.
The resignation of Thomas B. Reed
as congressman In the First Maine d's
trlct was received and accepted by
Governor Powers at Augusta. It is to
take effect Sept. 4.
Governor Roosevlt has appointed
Eugene A. Phllbin of New York city to
succeed John Vinton Dahlgren, de
ceased, as member of the state board
of charities.
A stage between Salmon City and
Red Rock, Mont., was held up by four
masked men, and the passengers
robbed. One of them had $5,000 In gold
dust.
A destructive storm visited the At
lantic coast, wrecking a number of
vessels oft Virginia and the Caro
llnas. A wreck on the Cincinnati and Mus
kingum railroad occurred at Cirtie
Ville, O., Injuring 25 persons, 5 quite se
riously. Arctic Explorer Walter Wellman has
started south from Tromsoe, Norway,
la route to the United States.
Admiral Dewey has been asked to
:hange the time of his arrival in New
York harbor to Sept. 28, so as to have
the two big days on Friday and Sat
urday. Several leading officers in the Santo
Domingo army have deserted and gone
over to the enemy.
A boiler exploded In a planing mill
at Appleton, Wis., killing two men and
badly injuring eight otheis.
John Irlbacker of Buffalo was fatally
injured and died soon afterward by be
ing run down by a hospital ambulance.
Admiral Dewey cables that he will
reach New York one day earlier, on
Sept. 28, so the reception can take p ace
on Friday and Saturday.
The Pennsylvania Republicans num.
Inated a state ticket at Harrisburg,
headed by Colonel James E. Barrett of
the Tenth regiment, for state treas
urer. It was a Quay convention all
the way through.
Emperor William declined to acrept
the resignation of the ministry.
The striking street railway employes
have established a line of herdics to
run In opposition to the boycotted street
car lines In Cleveland.
The bubonic plague has broken out
atNew-Chwang, China, and It Is feared
that it will spread to Tlen-Teln and
other places In North China.
Henry Marron, aged 60 years, was
killed at Ponoe, Neb., by a blow from
Forrls Casey's fist, the result of a'i oi l
feud. Casey surrendered.
William T. Spinning, a bank p esi
dent of Danville, N. Y., died after sev
eral weeks' illness, aged 80.
Mrs. Edith Quick has been arrested
at Peru. Ind., charged with poisoning
her husband. She denies having com
mitted the crime.
Mrs. Hannah H. Davis, well known
for her many acts of charily, died In
Philadelphia, aed 104 years
The sentiment in favor of annexa
tion to the t.'nited States Is giow.ng
among the more Intelligent natives of
Cuba, especially In Havana.
There is a large buying of steel In all
the European centers to supply the
American markets.
Spain Is trying to sell her colonial
possessions, especially th Nl.ind of
Fernando Po. Germany, beln ' the pos
sible purchaser.
Edith Dunn, aged 17, a farmer's
daughter living near Franklin, Pa.,
on coming home from a party Lite at
night, was mistaken for a burglar and
shot and killed.
Cyrus A. Brown and Matthew Craig
were hanged at Muskogee, I. T., for
murder. They were the first white
men ever legally executed In t e In
dian Territory.
Patrick Haikett, a well known cit
izen of Ogdensburg, N. Y., died from
the effects of a surgical opera 'Ion.
An unknown man was drowned in the
Genesee river at Rochester.
A 5-year-old child of John a'l ivr
was killed at Victor. N .Y.. while pla.
Ing at the foot of a monument in t e
cemetery, which fell over on It.
Glen Onmer and Emma Nichols were
killed, Madley Harris fatally injured
and Mamie Kelh-y haiily hurt at a rail
road crossing in Katavia. N. Y.
The sitting of the Angl'lr Venezuelan
boundary commission was resumed in
Paris.
Edmund Routledge, a vt-l kn n
publisher, died at his home in Lo. don.
Joseph Harris wus killed at Troy, X.
Y., by falling from a window.
Emperor William of Germany has
conferred the order of the Red Eagle o-i
Herr Rose, the German consul at A:ia,
Samoa.
Several buildings of the convent of
the Dominican Sisters at Spin khill,
near Itlauveli, N. Y., housing '1'0 chil
dren, were burned. Three children and
two domeitii s we e humed t ienh
and 20 others -Injured.
While 16 men were descend. ng Into a
mine near Saint IOtienne, Fiance, the
cable broke and they were ull kloed.
Two more deaths from the bubonic
plague were reported from Oporto.
Delegates representing 75,(HI0 org mill
ed commercial tiaelers are meeting m
Chicago to discuss the use and ab;is
of the interchangeable mileage . it. ts
The Tpnth Pennsylvania rei i e it
volunteer Infantry returned to P t s
burg, receiving an enthusiastic w com
In which President .McKlnley to .k put.
Crazed by Jealousy, Emmet Hia'nh
ard of Athens, Pa., shot ami killed his
wife and 'hen killed himself Thev
had been separated about six weeks.
FORTUNE AN') MIND GONE.
Oaardlaa U A-ohi'ed Fur th rereee oi
l.'dr T rrie-llniter.
BAN FRANCfsCO. Aug. 29. Lady
Yarde-Buller, the heroin1 of many aa
capfffles In Europe and California, hat
been adjudged Insane and a guardian
appointed for her person and est at
She has run through a big fortune Ir
15 years and has gained notoriety bj
many mad freaks In London and Paris
Those who have been thrown lnt
contact with her during the. last tern
months testified that Lady Yarde-Bul
ler's addiction to alcoholism had In.
creased so much of late that she had
been rendered Incompetent to manag
her affairs. She spent her mone
recklessly and went so far as artuallj
to throw it away on the streets. Whllf
her actual income Is only about $100 ot
$500 a month, she had been spend ng
$600.
Lady Yarde-Buller's career has beer
as checkered as that of a heroine oi
melodrama. She was spoiled by hei
father, who was very wealthy, and
when In her teens tried to elope Ir
Japan with young Majorlbanks, after
ward Lord Tweedmouth. Then ehi
wedded an Englishman named Blair
who was killed In South Africa, and
soon after his death she married Yards
Buller, a Scotchman who taught net
how to drink. They quarreled and h
sued for a divorce alleging that sfct
showed too much partiality for the so.
cley of Vanentine Gadsden, a mining
promoter.
AVERTING FROST DAMAGE.
How Cropa May Be to Nome Kitent Pro.
teeieil.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-As a meam
of furnishing In popular form the neces
sary information to methods of pro
tecting crops from frost, the United
States department of agriculture has
had prepared and will soon Issue farm
ers' bulletin No. 104, entitled "Notes
on Frost." The bulletin says that ex
periments and observation seem to es
tablish the following facts:
The danger of damage from frost can
be materially lessened by placing early
and tender plants on high grounds and
crests and hardier plants In low
grounds and hollows. When ground
can be selected in the lee or to the
south and ePst of considerable bodies
of water, the danger will be further
lessened.
Laxe Veeli Earning Rig Money.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 28. Vesselmen
are amazed at the phenomenal aotlvlty
In the lake transportation business and
It can be truthfully said that consider
ing the improved facilities for handling
cargoes the earnings of the vassals
were never before so great as now.
CneioiK limine. Dlatrrw.
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 29. Th
t'ltlander council held a long meeting
to discuss the acute business distresi
that has follewed the prolonged politi
cal crisis. It was decided to bring th
situation to the notice of the Imperial
government.
vlAiKEl HEPORT
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Aug. St
Money on call, 2i!l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, ityyi par oeot
cent.
Sterling exchange. Actual builneie In
bankers' bills at 4.84Viifi4 M for demand,
and H.K.IVi4 83V for sixty days. Postes
rates, (4.4'4.87to.
Commercial buia, $4.82it.Utt
Silver certificates, Hostile.
Bar silver, 5iHc
Mexican dollars, 48o.
New torn I'roduoe Market.
FLOUR Winter patent!, M.6OCJ.I0;
winter strHlghls, l3.K'a:t45; winter ex
tras, JIM.Vri2.Ni; winter low grades, tltKd
2 40; Minnesota patents. $3.804j4.00; Min
nesota bakers' $3.06fg3.20.
RYK-No. 2 western, 61c f o b. afloat;
state rye, 47c r.l.f. New York oar lets.
H YE FLOl'R l2.IWif3.2e.
BUCKWHEAT KLOUR-22.M.
BARLEY Malting, IK'uiic delivered
New York; feeding, 28a f.o.b. afloat.
CO It NM UAL Yellow weetarn, 7207 Jo;
city, 7:Kn74c; brsndywlne, J2.1(yS2 20.
WMICAT-No. 2 red, 7SSc, f.o.b. afloat;
No. 1 northern Dululh, Wic, fob. afloat.
Options: No. 2 red Sept. 74lc; Deo. 77So.
CORN No. 2, 39'4c, f.o.b. afloat. Op
tions: Sept. 3c; Dec. 3o'.ic
OATS-No. 2, 2rtc; No. 3. 26c; No. I
white, 28c; No. 3 white, 27c; track mix
ed western, 261 28c; truok white, UaHa.
14 A Y Shipping, 50 Sic; good to oholoe,
tb'a 87Vic.
PORK-Famlly. in.50U.S0.
BUTTER Western creamery, IT'S
21c; faotory. ISuloVtc; Elglns, 20o; Imita
tion creamery, H'rtl7c; State dairy, U
19c; creamery, 17((21c.
CHUB SB Large, white, 104e; smalt,
do, lii-V; large, colored, lOHc; small, do,
1044c; light, skims, 7 'a be; part skims, tfj
Tc; full skims, 646c.
EGGS State and INmniylvanla, 17Jllo;
western, 12fftlic.
HufTklo Provlalon Market.
BUFFALO, Aug. 23.
WHEAT No. 1 hard, none; No. 1 north
ern, 75-V. Winter wheat, No. t red, 73c.
CORN No. 2 yeiluw, 3714c; No. J yel
low, 37c.
OATS No. 2 while, 254c; No. $ mixed,
220.
KYE No. 2, 60o.
KLoL'R Spring wheat, beet patent ner
bbl., $4.2Mi4..V; low gradee, S2.0u4l2.SO; win
ter, best family, $3.754.00; graham, $3U
4(3.75.
BUTTER Stte and creamery, 21fy22c;
western do, 2uu21c.
LillOKSK Fancy full cream, 10J)i0So;
choice do, S'li'J1; light skims, 6W7c;
skims, t'uK.
KUGd State. loViSUc; weitern, 153
Eaat Kuflhlo I. lie Stock Market.
CATTLE Extra export steers, li.7SJ
jO; good do, 54iKiu.50; choice heavy
butchers, S3.lf 1.25: light haudy do, S3 4ujj
4.00; rows and heifers, extra, S3.26uJ.aO;
calves, heavy fed, J3 8iK4 30; veals, SeH&d
6 50.
bHKKI' AND I.AMBS-Cholce to exn.i
wethers, J., I5(5; fair to choice hwp
Ii.ju&I". common to fair, S iaifi U
chulce to extra eprlng lanibe. Sti ttjf I SO,
common to fair, S4 2..'uj W.
lloiiS llcuvy, J4.HH94 SS; medium and
mixed, H twt.W. Yorkers, S4.t.0u:
pigs, S4 W(i4 7S.
IHIra heeee Market.
UTICA. N. Y., Aug. 2S
on the Ullra board of trade today the
following weie the official sales ol
ch ese:
til lSKSK-2'io boxes Urge colored at 19c;
2,21 boxes si ll-c; 3.346 boxes, da at
pi-V: 2.'0 box.; li'-te white at l'Wc; 1.034
boxen nm.dl colored at l'l'jc: 9i boxes da
ul lifv; 1 .", hnxe do at lic: 41 boaet
small, while at MM boxes do at ltSo.
On the curb a fw of very fanc
laree and small, colored sold at luT.c all.
BUTTER-The tales of butter were: 1!
packages at 2t"c; 10 lockages at 2lHo;
160 packages at tic.