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BOROUGH OFFICERS. .
targets. K. C. Hoath.
CbuHCitmen. Joseph Morgan. J. T.
Dulo, W. F. Ilium, Jas. I). Davis, Clias.
Clark, T. 10. Armstrong, II. II. Shoo
makor. Justices uf the Peace C. A. Randall, S.
J. Hetlov.
Constable II. U. Moody.
Collector V. P. Amslnr.
School Directors U..W, Holemaii, Ij.
Agnow, J. l'J. Wonk, t. Jamioson, J. O.
Hcowdon, Patrick Joyce.
FOHEST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress J '. K. P. Hall.
Member of Senate A. M. Nooley.
A ssemblyDr. S. S. Towlor.
President Judge W. M. Lindsoy.
Associate Judge Jos. A. Nash, A. J.
MeCray,
Prothoivtary, Register C Recorder, die.
John II. Robertson.
. 67irW. Frank P. Walkor.
Preasurer S. M. llonry.
Commissioners VT. M. Coon.C. M.
Whitoman, Hormnii Ilium. "
District Attorney S. D. Irwin.
Jury Commissioners J. B. Carpon
tor, Oeo. 1). Shields.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County A uditorsM. K. Abbott, J. R.
Clark, it. J. Flynn.
County Superintendent E. K. Stllzin-
gor.
Itrxnlnr Terms of t'ourl.
Fourth M.tnday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Mnnitay of September.
Third Monday of November.
fburrfc anil Mirhbnth Mchool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. : M. IS. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church ovory Sab
bath evening by Hev.C.C. Humbnrgor.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Hev.
F. V. McClelland, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Rev. J. V. McAninch officiating.
Tho regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the lioadquartors on tho
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
mouth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PION F.STA LODG E, No. 3G0, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Moots every Tuosday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
j FOREST 1,0 DOE, No. 184, A.O.U.W.,
I Meets every Friday evening In A.O.U.
XV. Hall, Tiouosta.
WASHINGTON CAMP, No. 4:20, P. O.
S. of A., iiiqpU every Saturday eve
ning in A. O. U. W. Hall. Tionosta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
(, A, H. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
evoning iu eacli month, in A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tlonesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. II. C, nieeU first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, In A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
rpiOXESTA TENT, No. 164, K. O. T.
1 M., meols 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening in each month in A. O. U. v.
hall Tionosta, Pa.
P M.CLARK,
. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
and District Attoknky. Office, cor. of
Im and llridgo Stroots, Tionesta, Pa.
Also agent for a numbor of reliablo
Firo Insuranco Companies.
F. RITCIIHY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
TionoHia, Pa,
SAMUEL C. CALHOUN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Olllco at Judgo Hill's rosidouco, Tio
uosta, Pa. All legal business and coilec
1 ions promptly and faithfully attondod to.
JW. MORROW. M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon A Dentist.
Olllco and Residence throe doors north
U( fIIUH, iWIH'n v ----
calls promptly responded 10 at an nours.
T O. BOWMAN, M. D.,
IJ. Physician Surgeon,
TIONESTA. PA
Offloo in building formerly occupied by
Dr. Nason. Call promptly respondod to,
niirhtordav. Rosidouco opposite Hotel
Agnow.
DR
J. C. DUNN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
.Olll o over Heath C Killmer's store,
Timuin a Professional enllM nromnl-
rospondod tq at all hours of day or
night. Kosiuence I'.asi siuo xuim di., ou
doro above Jail uuuuing.
HOTEL AGNEW,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly tho Lawronce
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all tho mod-
em improvements. Ilea tod and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL IIOUSE,
.V. II. W. HORNER, Proprietor.
Tionscta, Pa. This is tho mostcontrally
local Abotcl in tho place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place fop the traveling public. First
class Livery in connection.
j '
pHIL. EMERT
FeJJCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
. Shoo in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion eiven to mending, and prices rea
sonable. T F. ZAHRINGER,
PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER
and Jeweler of 25 years' experience, is
prepared to do all work in his lino on
shortnotice and at reasonablo prices.
Alwlrys guarantees satisfaction. Watch
es, Jewelry, Ac, ordered for parties at
the lowest possible figure. Will lie found
in tho building next to Kceley Club
Room.
BATTLE NEAR DUNDEE.
Two Different Accounts of the
Engagement.
Iloers Acknowledge a Defeat, but the
Victory Claimed by Great llrltaln Not
Verified by the Intent Dispatches Ie
tulls of the Ilattle Latest New From
Fouth Africa.
PRETORIA, Oct. 24. The Transvaal
government haa recplved the following
dispatch from Commandant General
Plet Joubert:
"Commandant Lucas Meyer has had
an engagement at Dundee. He made a
plan of campaign with Commandant
Erasmus by messenger. Erasmus how
ever, failed to appear.
"It is estimated that the British lost
heavily. Our. forces suffered, but owing
to the mist, it has b?en impossible to
get all the details. It Is reported that
ten of our force were killed and 25
wounded."
OETAILS OF A BATTLE.
I'artlculani of the Desperate Fighting at
Klnndslnngtc, Near (ileucoe.
LONDON, Oct. 23. The war office
published the following dispatch to
the secretary of state for war, the
Marquis of Lansdown, from the gen
eral commanding in Natal, Sir George
Stewart White, regarding the engage
ment at Elundflluagte, between Glen
coe and Ladysmith, when the British,
under General French routed the
Transvaal forces under General Jan
II. M. Kock, second In command in the
Transvaal army, who was himself
wounded and captured, and has sine
died.
"The Boer guns, although often tem
porarily silenced, Invariably opened
fire again on the slightest opportunity
and were served with great courage.
"After severe fighting, our Infantry
carried the position. At 6:30 p. m.
this was accomplished, the enemy
standing his ground to the last with
courage and tenacity. The Fifth Lan
cers and a squadron of the Fifth Dra
goons charged thrice through the re
treating Boers in the dark, doing con
siderably execution.
"We captured the Boer camp, with
tents, wagons, horses and also two
guns. The Boer losses were very con
siderable, Including a number of
wounded and unwounded prisoners.
Among the former are General Jan
Kock and Plet Joubert, nephew of the
commandant general. One goods train
with supplies for tho regiment were
recovered.
"Our loss, I regret to say, was heavy.
It Is roughly computed at 150 killed and
wounded.
"The collection of the wounded over
a large area In the dark and the ar
rangements for sending them In have
thus far occupied our time and atten
tion. A full list will go to you later.
"Our wounded and those of the enemy
are now arriving by trains. Besides
Boers, we have many Hollanders, Ger
mans and prisoners of mixed nation
als. "The behavior of our troops and of
the colonial forces were admirable."
BRITISH SHORT OF TROOPS.
No News From Ladysmith Looked Upon
With Some Alarm.
LONDON. Oct. 24. A dispatch from
Ladysmith, Natal, haa Just been re
ceived. It Is a li'eral reoetitlon of
Cape Town's Glencoe advices and it Is
regarded as somewhat ominous that
nothing has since been received re
specting the result, especially when
viewed in the light of Lord Wolseley's
statement that General Yule's force
felt It necessary to retire from Dundee
to Glencoe Junction. General Yule,
evidently is In a tight corner, as he
now has or had to face the main Boer
army under General Joubert.
General Sir George Stewart White,
the British commander-in-chief in Na
tal, will undoubtedly detach part of
the force which was victorious at
Elandslnagte to his assistance. Such
a detachment, however, will leave
Ladysmith poorly protected against the
threatened attack from the west, as
General Hunter on Saturday wired
that the departure of the force to
Elandslaagte' left him with only two
of battalions of regulars, a mountain
battery and 500 Natal volunteers to de
fend the town, which Is the British
military base in North Natal. Further
news therefore is anxiously awaited.
London Financial Satisfied.
LONDON, Oct. 23. The satisfactory
progress of the campaign in South Af
rica has caused a general recovery along
the whole lln on the stock exchange,
In which Kaifires have taken the lead.
Since the beginning of the war the pub
lic has been buying with surprising per
sistency. Prices have risen rapidly, and
the hope Is now that the war will quick
ly be over, thus relieving money and
giving a further boost to prices.
Weeping and Walling at Pro! or in.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-A private message
from Ladysmith says that a messenger
who had Just arrived there from Pre
torla says the women there are weeping
and wailing on the market place. Three
trains have been dispatched from
Klerksdorp to fetch the wounded from
Mafcking. It Is estimated there are
seven hundred killed and wounded and
It is stated at Pretoria that the British
casualties are only eighteen.
Dundee Not Attacked.
LONDON, Oct. 24. The war office has
received the following dtapxtch from
General Sir George Stewart White,
British commander in Natal, dated at
Ladysmith camp: "General Yule tele
graphed me that the wounded at Dun
dee were doing well." This dispatch
partly relieves the anxiety regarding
Glencoe. as the British there had evi
dently not been attacked up to that
time.
Attempt to Wreck Military Trains.
LONDON, Oct. 24. What is believed
to have been an attempt to wreck
military trains bound from .Pembroke
dock to Southampton was discovered.
Five chains were pUed on the tracks
at ' points near Swansea. Two trains
laden with South African troorp passed
soon after their discovery.
HORRIBLE CONFESSION.
A Convlot In Minnesota Claims to Have
Murdered Five I'eople.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 23. A special
from Stillwater, Minn., says: J. C. Mc-
Bride, a convict at the state prison, re
ceived In December last to serve three
years and five months for an assault,
has made a remarkable confession.
showing him to e. It the confession Is
true, a high-handed murderer. Hia
confession was made to Warden Wolfer
In a letter written Oct. 8, and in It he
related the murder of two officers, Jo
seph Grant and John McNott, at Ge
neva, Hie., Aug. 20, 1886; the murder of
Julia Buckmore at Geneva; a postofflce
robbery and the murder of the marshal
of Ossawatomle, Kan; the burglary of a
hardware store, and the shooting of a
policeman at Guide Rock, Neb., and
many burglaries and highway robberies.
Continuing, he says: "I also murdered
a woman by the name of Julia Buck-
more In the outskirts of Geneva two
weeks before I murdered the officer. My
object was robbery. I cut her throat
with a razor because she recognized me
while In the act of committing the rob
bery. I carried the body to a hencoop
and aet fire to the house. The body was
found the next morning."
McBrlde is now 34 years of age and
says he has led the life of robber and
murderer since he was 18 years of age.
While relating the story of his crime he
gave alt the details In a matter of fact
manner and evidently felt relieved. He
claims to have confessed because his
conscience troubled him. and says he is
anxious to be punished for his many
crimes.
. THIEVES ESCAPED.
An American Woman Robbed of a Large
Amount In London.
LONDON. Oct. 24. A sensational
burglary took place at the Savoy hotel,
London, where the room of Mrs. Stotjk-
well of New York, widow of a New
York Jeweler, was entered and robbed,
it is understood of Jewelry valued at
$50,000 and bank notes and other nego
tiable currency to the amount of $25,-
000.
Mrs. Stockwell has been staying at
the hotel for some time with a nephew.
The apartment was entered while they
were at dinner. On returning to the
room Mrs. Stockwell found the door
locked on the Inside. An alarm was
raised and the door forced. The room
was found empty but it had been thor
oughly ransacked. The management
took prompt measures, had the hotel
doors closed, summoned detectives and
searched all strangers and servants,
Nothing, however, was discovered. The
burglars had escaped, the thick fog en
ahllng them to get clean away.
Several detectives from Bow street
end Scotland Yard are hard at work
on the case, but thus far there Is no
trace of the thieves. Mrs. Stockwell
declines to discuss the matter.
COMMONER SUSPENDED.
Patrick O'llrlen Declared That Chamber
Iain's Hands Were Stained With lllood.
LONDON, Oct. 24. During the course
of the days proceedings while the house
of commons was discussing the report
on the supplementary estimates, Patrick
O'Breln, Parnellite, member for Kil
kenny city, declared that the hands of
the British secretary of state for the
colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, were as
much stained with blood as those of any
murderer who ever mounted the scaf
fold. The speaker William Court Gully,
called upon Mr. O'Breln to withdraw
his remark, but he refused to do so.
whereupon the houFe, by a vote of 316
to 26, resolved to suspend him and he
left the house remarking:
"You had better bring up another
army corps, unless you want it some
where else."
The house then adjourned.
LAST OF THE YACHT RACES.
All Three Won y the Columbia, Not
Giving the Miumrock a Knee.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Through wild
and hoary seas, in a breeze that ap
proached the dignity of a gale, the gal
lant sloop Columbia vanquished the Brl
tlsh challenger Shamrock by six minutes
and eighteen Biconds actual time, and
six minutes and thirty seconds correct
ed time, thus completing the series for
the America's cup with a magnificent
rough water duel and a glorious Yankee
Victory. For the eleventh time the at
tempt of a foreigner to wrest from
America the yachting supremacy of the
world has failed. The trophy won by
tho old schooner America 48 years
ago Is still ours, a monument to the
superiority of American seamanship and
American naval architecture and
standing challenge to the yachtsmen of
all nations. Unbeaten America again
tastes the glory of victory. The In
trinsic value of the reward which hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were ex
pended to secure is small, simply an
antiquated piece of silverware which
Queen Victoria offered to the b?st sail
Ing ship In the world In the early days
of her reign, but around It cluster the
precious memories of unbroken Amerl
can triumph and the honor of mastery
In the noblest of sports.
To Sir Thomas Llpton, whose name Is
now added to the list of defeated aspir
ants for the honor of carrying the cup
back across the Atlantic, failure was a
crushing blow. His hopes had been
high. But, like the true sportsman that
he is. the sting of defeat has left na
bitterness and with undaunted courage
he intimated that he may be back with
a better boat to try again.
During his stay here Sir Thomas has
made himself more popular than any
previous challenger and the yachtsmen
of thla country will be glad to welcome
him back. Except for the repeated
flunks and the unfortunate accident to
the challenger on Tuesday this series
of races has been unman ed by a sing!
untoward Incident. The boats have haj
two fair and square races, one in light
airs and the other in a heavy blow, an
Sir Thomas is perfectly satisfied tin it
he was beaten by the better boat.
Antl-Senietlc lilots In Moravia.
VIENNA, Oct. 24. Antl-Semi;tlc
riots broke; out at Halleschau, Mor
avla. Jewish houses were stoned, stores
were pillaged, a house was burned and
the gendarmes charged the ricrters
killed three persons and injured sev
eral others. The military finally re
stored order.
HILIPPINE BATTLES.
Several Pretty Severe Skir
mishes Have Taken Place.
Captain tiny Floward, at Son of General
O. O. Howard, Killed Fonr Men From
One of Our Gunboats Lured Ashore by
a Flag of Truro and Then Fired I'pon
by the I'ebels.
MANILA, Oct. 24. The Insurgents
around Calamba and Angeles have
bothered the Americans lately with
their repeated attacks, like most of the
Filipino attacks, consisting of shooting
a lot of ammunition into their oppo
nents camp from long range. Major
Cheatham's battalion of the Thirty-
seventh Infantry, three companies of
the Twenty-first infantry, a battery
of the Fifth artillery and a Galling
gun sallied out from Calamba, drove
the Filipinos from their trenches and
chasing them for three miles, lnflict-
ng heavy loss on the Filipinos. One
American was killed and three wounded
of the Twenty-first Infantry.
Lieutenant Fergus, with 20 scouts of
the Thirty-sixth regiment, reconnolter-
lng near Labac, encountered a party of
mounted Filipinos. He killed six of
them and captured eight, with 10 rifles.
Four men from the gunboat Maii-
velos were lured ashore 18 miles from
Hollo by a flag of truce and the In
surgents killed one of them, wounded
one and captured a third. The gun
boat was unable to fire for fear of
wounding the Americans.
The second battalion of the Nine
teenth regiment, Major Reefe com
manding, has embarked for Iloilo, to re
inforce the troops there.
DROVE THc REBELS BACK.
The Country Hot ween Angelos and Ara-
jut Clear of Filipinos.
MANILA, Oct. 21. Captain MacRao,
with a battalion of the Third infantry
and Captain Chlnewth. with a battalion
of the Seventeenth infantry, marched
to the town of Jose Malinas for the
purpose of dispersing a band of 300
Insurgents under Juan DIcaret, who
had recently been annoying our out
posts and travelling along the road
from Santa Ana to Arayat. The In
surgents fled In the direction of Ma
galang. The country between Angeles
and Arayat is now reported clear.
Three Insurgent officers entered An
geles and applied to General MacAr-
thur for permission for a Filipino com
mission, headed by a Filipino major
general, to visit General Otis, In order
to discuss peace terms and to arrange
for the delivery of more American
prisoners as well as to consider meth
ods for the i-elease of the Spanish prls
oners. The request was referred to
General Otis. The Insurgent officers
will return to receive his answer.
The Demucracla reports that the
Juntas In ' the Orient and In Europe
intend to send a delegation to Wash
ington to present the Filipino cause.
Regidor will probably be the presl
dent of the delegation and Agonclllo
and Apacible will be among Its mem
ber.
MAJOR HOWARD KILLED.
He Was a Hon of General O. O. How aid
and Lived Iu Omaha.
OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 23. A cable dis
patch was received here announcing the
death In the Philippines on Saturday Jf
Major Guy Howard, son of General o,
O. Howard. The cablegram, dated Sat
urday, was received by Judge J. M
Woolworth, father-in-law of Major
Howard, and read as follows:
"Guy Howard killed in action today."
Major Howard was well known here,
being on his father's staff w hen the lat
ter was stationed here. He waa mar
ried in this city 15 years ago to Miss
Woolworth and the nuptials were a no
table society function. Mrs. Howard
resides here w ith her three children.
Captain Howard's lh-alli Confirmed,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The fol
lowing telegram confirming the report
of the death of Captain Guy Howard
was received at the war department
from General Otis at Manila: "Cap
tain Guy Howard, assistant quarter
master and quartermaster of volun
teers. was killed near Arayat while on
a launch In the Rio Grande river, by
concealed Insurgents. His clerk,
civilian employe, and native were
wounded."
Transport Senator Arrives.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. The Fit
ty-first regiment of Iowa voluntceers
numbering 764 men and 48 omcers, unui
the command of Colonel J. C. Loper, ai
rived here from Manila on the transport
Senator.
The Senator was caught In the tail of
the tvnhoon encountered by the steam
er Empress of Japan. She was toseed
In a lively manner for several hours,
hut aiirTered no severe damage.- So se
rious did the situation seem to the offl
cers of the steamer at one time that all
the passengers were ordered below and
the hatches were battened down.
MODUS VIVENDI ISSUED.
A Temporary lloundary Line For Alaska
Has Keen Agreed I'pon.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. At last the
long expected modus Vivendi relative b
the vexed -Alaskan boundary question
has been exchanged and made public.
This result has been brought about
through the direct negotiations of Sec
retary Hay and Mr. Tower, after sever
al failures In the past through commis
sioners and ambassadors. The state de
partment is confident that It has con
served every American Interest in the
arrangement without unjustly treating
Canada.
The divisional line on the west pass.
by which the Dalton trail is reached Is
placed 2't'A miles above Pyramid harbor,
which Is regarded under the treaty a
tide water mark, so the Canadians are
not allowed to reach any point on-tho
Lynn canal. Moreover there is no per
mission K'vcn for a free port or even
for the free transfer across American
territory of Canadian goods except of
miners', belongings. These matters may
figure later n when it conies to a per
manent boundary line, but tlti-yf are not
touched tpan in this modus.
FOREST PRESERVATION.
It Is Going to Be One of the Features of
Governor Stone's Administration.
HARRISBURG. Oct. 20. The Btate
board of forestry, at a special sitting,
adopted a resolution directing Foreetry
Commissioner Rothrock to at once place
himself In communication with those
who had large bodies of unseated land
for sale at such prices as could be pur
chased under existing laws.
The preamble to another resolution
nets forth the Importance of forest pro
tection and restoration in Pennsylvania,
and concludes as follows:
'That It is the sense of this board that
a reasonable effort shall be made at
once to locate, ascertain and define the
cheap lands In the state, which may be
acquired, either by purchase at tax sales
or from individuals, at low prices, and
that as fast as the treasury will permit,
these lands shall be purchased whenever
they can be bought, under the provis
ions of existing law, at a rate which the
board regards as reasonable, and within
the financial power of the state."
On motion of Attorney General Elkln
the commissioner of forestry was di
rected to investigate, and report to tho
board the price at which certain unseat
ed lands in Monroe county can be pur
chased; also, at what price similar lands
in Clearfield county can be purchased.
The governor has completed the for
estry commission by the appointment of
Charles M. Schwab of Pittsburg. This
commission will select three reserva
tions of not less than 40,000 acres each,
at the headwaters of the Delaware, Sus
quehanna and Alleghany rivers. It Is
the purpose of Governor Stone to make
forest restoration a feature of his ad
ministration.
WAITING ON FURNAGES.
They Are Fxpected to Reduce the Cost
of Ressemer Iron.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 20. Some observ
ers of the iron and steel market hold
that finished lines are showing evidences
of weakness, while pig Iron prices are
growing stronger. Increased costs in
the way of higher figures for ore and
coke are expected, consequently prices
will hardly decline soon. Tin and Terne
in its last issue says:
'It Is understood taht there has been
some heavy selling of billets for next
year, but the greatest effort is made to
keep the transactions secret, presuma
bly because the price Is lower than
might be expected. In comparing the
price of pig Iron with prices of finished
material it must be borne in mind that
pig Iron Is only an intermediate product;
that the bulk which is made does not
pass through the open market at all,
Were the relations of demand and sup
ply the same in the case of pig Iron as
of finished product the price of pig Iron
would be all Important, and should bear
a more exact relation to th Drlces of
finished material, but such la not the
case. The heavy demand lor steel pro
ducts has strained the capacity of blast
furnaces more than any other link In
the chain to the finished material. When
the blast furnaces now being built are
completed the supply will be muoh more
adequate to finishing demands, and then
It seems probable that Bessemer pig
Iron will rule relatively lower."
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES.
Those on Iron and Steel Likely to Soon
He Advanced.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 20. The Iron and
steel trade in this district is now great
ly interested In the qu s'.ion of freight
rate changes, and dealers who have sold
ahead are estimating how much their
profits will be cut down by the increased
figures they will have to pay for freight.
Although nothing official has been an
nounced, it Is stated that Iron and steel
freights will be moved up to the next
higher classification, making an advance
of about 15 per cent. A pi lion ship
per, who has been making tome Inqui
ries In regard to the matter of freights,
said:
"As we all know, a great deal of iron
and steel has been sold for delivery
during the next six months. In some
cases the price fixed is that to be paid
at the furnaces, but in many instances
the cost of shipment is burne by the
shipper. Thus there will be many pig
Iron producers who will have to stand
advanced cost on shipments beginning
next month. There has been no gen
eral change In freight rates on Iron and
steel since the opening of the year, but
now the railroads are apparently com
ing In for a share of the prosperity."
Great t'oke ramliie.
READING, Pa., Oct. 20. There is an
unprecedented coke famine In the Iron
district of Eastern Pennsylvania, and
unless there are Immediate supplies of
large quantities of this fuel, it will be
necessary to bank up the stacks of
some of the large Iron furnaces soon,
There are few ' furnaces in this sec
tion that have more than several days'
supply on hand. The coke famine In
the eastern part of the state Is due
to the inability of the railroad to move
freight.
The situation is regarded as very ser
ious by the furnace men of the Schuyl
kill, Lebanon and Lehigh Valleys. The
great trouble on the railroad Is that it
is swamped by freight, and the traffic
is necessarily very slow. At no time
since the Reading Railway has been
built has trade been so heavy. The
tecord of 192 was a good one, but that
vt 1S!I8 surpassed it, and so far in 1VJ9
the buixni'xs of the Reading ha
doubled what It was a year ago.
Strikes Only as a Last KesorU
SHAMOKIN, Pa.. Oct. 24. One hun
died and six delegates, represontiig
the 20.000 United Mine workers of
Northumberland, Schuylkill, Dauphin
and Ciilumhia enmities, met In Moun
Carmel and organized the lower an
thracite region district, electing oltl
rera fur the ensuing year. A resolu
Hon was adopted advocating strike
only as the last resort-
No Strike Is I'rohahle.
rtfVPl.AVn. Oct. 24. Word that
there will be no strike of telegraph op
i-rutors on the Big Four railway has
been received by some of the opera
tors in Cleveland. A strike Is Im
possible without the consent and co
operation i t the affiliated organisation
of trainmen and firemen. The train
men have'potfillvtly rcfustd their cou
sent.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts of
the World Shorn of Their Paddings and
Only the Fucts Given In as Few Words
as Possible For the Benefit of the Hur
ried Header.
Vandals have chipped away part of
the corner stone of Chicago's new gov
ernment building.
Judge John T. Harris, ex-congre?s-man
from the Seventh Virginia district,
died at his home at Harrisburg, Va.
The Kansas regiment, now at San
Francisco, will ' e mustered out of ser
vice Nov. 3. They will start home the
next day.
Prairie fires have swept over the
Dauphin district in Northwestern Man
itoba. Hundreds of settlers have lost
heavily end many miles of the country
have been burned over.
The steamer Gaelic, which reached
San Francisco from the Orient, brought
3,000 bales of silk, valued at $2,000,000,
and $337,000 In epecle.
William A. Poucher, a prominent law
yer and Democratic politician of Os
wego, N. Y., died at his home in that
city after a long Illness.
Two unsuccessful attempts were made
to burn the railroad depot at Mead
ville, Pa,
Captain John Lafferty, U. S. A., re
tired, died at his home in San Francis
co. He served with distinction in the
civil wa.- and in Indian campaigns for
20 years afterward.
William W. Thayer, formerly gov
ernor and chief justice of Oregon, died
at his home in Portland, Ore., aged 7i
years.
A rear-end collision occurred on the
Central Pacific railroad near Granite
Canon station in Yvyoming. Two men
were killed and three others badly in
jured.
Reuben Bullman of Corry, Pa., while
workins In an iron foundry at that
place, was tenibly burned by mol
ten metal. He 11. ay recover.
South Carolina cotton growers will
appeal to congress to support the "open
door" policy in the Orient.
The W. C. Ritchie paper box factory
In Chicago was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$165,000. Superintendent Alexander
McMasters perished in the flam s.
Harvey Woallver, aged 60 years, of
Corning, N. Y., hung hlmeslf. His wife
committed suicide inree years ago.
A sheriff and posse had an encounter
with a band of Mexican bandits near
Nogales, Ariz., killing one and wound
ing another. The remainder made their
escape.
A fire at Blenheim, Ont., destroyed the
Arlington hotel, teleernph office and 10
of the principal stores of the town.
The Immense coal bunkers of the
Northen Pacific lallroad at Pusro,
Wash., were destroyed by fire.
Robert E. Wyatt. arrested at Balti
more for the murder of Captain Oliver N.
Caulk of the oyster sloop Dream, con
fessed to killing the captain and also
the negro who was on board. Robbery
was his motive.
Henry Myers ad George Belard of
Greenville, Pa., while out hunting, were
mistaken for geme by another hunter
and both srrt and mortally woui ded.
Frank E. Babcock. a famer living near
Redwood Fulls, Minn., murdered his
wife and three sons and then killed
himself in a fit of insanity.
Four sheep herders are known to be
dead and eight others probably perished
in a storm In Montana. Thousands of
sheep perished.
General John M. Scofleld, retired, of
New York, hr.s been elected commander-
in-chief of the Loyal Legion.
Mr. and Mrs. Jenks, an old couple,
were burned to death in their residence
at Green Lnke, Wis.
Walter S. Guiford, a prominent Insur
ance man of Syracuse. N. Y., was as
phyxiated In his room, the f 11s having
been accidentally turned on.
Ex-Spe.iker Thomas B. Reed has been
admitted to the bur In Nw York city.
He Is a member of the firm of Simp
son, Thatcher & Barnum.
The United States circuit court up
holds the court martial sentence of ex-
Captain Oberlln M. Cart t.
The Venezuelan crisis is over. Presi
dent Andnide agreeing to leave the
country, allowing the election of an
other president which will be the insur
gent leader. General Castro.
Charles Wesley, a well known hotel
man, died at his home In Cleveland, aged
60 years.
William Filbert was probably fatally
Injured In a ralircad collision at Fish
kill. N. Y.
Major Alexander McLaren Crawford.
retired in INTO, died at th" historic Jack
son homestead, Ilntnptonburg, Orange
county, N. Y.
There is a smallpox epidemic prevail
Ing at Dallas. Tex.
Rrlgaillei' General Samuel Ovenshlne
has been discharged from the volunteer
service and retired from the regular ser
vice with the rank of brigadier gener-l.
Mrs. Andrew Watt, aged 30. of North
Adams, Mass., drowned her 6-month
old baby in a bath tub and then killed
herself with n butcher knife. She had
suddenly become insane.
Floyd and J irk Allen, brothers, resid
ing near Gladesboro. Va., fatally shot
each other over an old feud.
Horace L. Hastings, editor and pub
Usher of The Christian at Goshen, Mns.,
died at his home In that city of typhoid
fever, aged 6-S year.
On the advice of his physician Adml
ral Pewey has cancelled all his engage
Dients ami will try and regain his loei
health quietly In Washington.
General Frederick Funston will re
turn to the Philippines as a brigadier
general In the regular service as -o(i
aa the Twentieth Kansas regiment la
mustered out of service.
The Dewey home committee has pur
chased a house for the admiral at 1747
Rhod- Island avenue, northwest, Wash
ington. There Is a sufficient amount of
the fund left to completely furnish It.
The high Joint commission will not
mi-tit again until the AUsk.m bounJ.iry
question has been permanently ettld.
tU-CESaFUL
The Veneiuelan Governmant Overthrows
by the Insurgents.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2L The follow
ing dispatch has been received from
Minister Loomis, dated at Caracas,
Venezuela:
"The president of Venezuela left Car
acas at daylight with 800 men for La
Guayra. Has not resigned. Some dis
order In Caracas. Heavy dynamite
bomb exploded In the house of Matoa,
former minister of finance."
The following has been received at
the navy dpartment from Commander
Hemphill of the Detroit, dated at La
Ouayra, via Hayli:
"Andrade has fled, going toward
La Guayra with 800 men. He has not
resigned the presidency. The vice
president, who holds authority during
the president's absence from the capi
tal, has telegraphed General Castro to
enter Caracas. No disorder here or In
Caracas thus far."
Hlg Advance In Diamonds.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Since the 16th
Inst, diamonds In the rough have ad- '
vanced twice. In each case that the
per cent making a total increase In
price of 55 per cent during the last tlx
months. So far the cut diamonds have
not been affected, but as soon aa the
rough stones are put on the market,
proportionate rise in cost will result
in the finished product. It waa said
by may Jewellers that though the strike
hampered trade at present, no perma
nent injury would ensue from It.
Ked Cross Work Iu South Africa.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oat. 24. The
Russian Red Cross society has deter
mined to offer to help both belligerents
in South Africa. The Herald, In mak
ing the announcement, adds: "We pre
serve appearances-with this dual pro
posals, but we do not conceal our
views." All the papers have opened
subscriptions for a volunteer corps,
which Is being well supported In pri
vate circles.
Harrison 'Inking In London Sights.
LONDON, Oct. 24. The Prince of
Wales received former President Ban
jamln Harrison in audience at Marl
borough House. Mr. Harrison was ac
companied by the United States am
bassador, Joseph H. Ohoate. After th
audience Mr. Harrison visited the house
of commons, accompanied by A. J.
Balfour, the government leader In th
house and first lord of the treasury.
Registration of Greater New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. The registra
tion in Greater New York show a
total of 476.717 divided as follows:
Borough of Manhattan and th Bronx,
281,687;boruugh of Brooklyn, 186.4U;
Queens, 6,293 ; Richmond, 3.218.
ftAA irxtl ilt.-JHl
Ne
York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Oct. U.
Money on call, 6'u7 per cent.
Prime mercantile puper, 5Vi8 per cent
Sterling exchange. Actual business in
bankers' bills at $4.8t:Vii4.!7 tor demand,
and $4.S2-Vi I M for sixty days. Posl4
rotes, I.M,.1M2.
Commercial bills, H.8J.
Silver formicates, &&U59.
liar silver, iAC.
Mexican dollurs, 47c.
Nmr ' or t'rodnoe Market.
FLOUR Winter patents, $3.8083.80; win
ter straights, :l.4o'n3.50; winter extras.
2.5.V1W; winter low grades, Z.&V.tV;
Minnesota patents, $3.&wi.l0; Minnesota
bakers'. $J.0iy3. 15.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-$2 .tOUHSO.
RYE No. i western. 66c f.o.b. afloat.
biate rye, 63c, c I f. New Tork oar lota.
H YE-r'I.OL It W. 3(ii 3 70.
BARLEY Mali Ing. 41?54c. delivered;
New York feeding, 41043c, f.o.b. afloat.
WHEAT No. 1 red 7"ic, f.o.b. afloat;
No, 1 northern Duluih. 84r, fob. afloat.
Options: No. 2 red Dae. 7jc; May Vtc.
CORN No. 2, 401-ac f.o.b. afloat, Op
tions: Dec. !ii,c', May, 3a.
OATH No. 2. 28'-jc; No. 8, We; No. I
hlte, SUc; No. 3 white, tic; traok
mixed western, 2SVU30C; track white,
3lKU3ie.
1 AY Shipping, iM,0c; good to choice.
7Mi W'jC.
FdKK-Family. IU.75ffj 13.00.
UUTTKK Western creamery, 17'414;
factory, 14'-nl7c; Eights, 24c; Imitation,
creamery, I.ru2i)c; atule dairy, l6taHc;
creamery. liiJ4c.
C'J-.riK I-arge, white, 12c; small,
do, Vlr; large, colored. 12'io; small, do,
12c; light, skims, t'uilt; part skims, 79
8c; full skims, Hnfla.
EUcid Suite und Pennsylvania, U&23o;
western, 14'ullc.
iiufTslu Provision Market.
BUFFALO, Oct. 23.
WHEAT No. 1 hard, 73',ic; No. 1 north
ern, 7i'iVe: winter wheat, No. 2 red, 1VC.
CORN No. 3 yellow. iJo; No. I yel
low, 3:i'4c.
OA id No. 2 white, 2iic; No. I mixed,
26c.
It YE No. 2. fclc.
FLOUK Spring wheat, beet patent per
bbl., iV&it .; ow grades, $2 WuiM; win
ter, best funuly, $3.7&u4.uv; graham, Ui
63.75
liUTTER State and creamery, 349
24"v; western, do, 2.1Vi'u2le.
C'UKESIv-l'uncy. full cream, UWUlSc;
choice, do, UVu'-c; light skims, tfiuc;
skims. K'uMc.
EOtiS-State, &u2t)lbci Western, 19!3
20c.
Kaat utrlo Live Mock Market.
CATTl.E-Extra export steers, $5.75(1?
1.90; good. do. $f O.V116 75; choice, heavy
butchers. H2.ii5 4"; light, handy do. (4 SO
C5.I0; cows and heifers, extra, $S.fruv4.lie;
calves, heavy fed. $3.i5'n4.2t; veals, $7 IWtf
IK. 00.
SI AND t.AMHS-Cholce to extra,
wethers. H '' 1 10. fair to choice sheep,
Wij4i4ij; common to fair, lltO-ulTS;
choice to exira spring lambs, ti.tf.tfb.4o;
common to fair. IKVyitHK
IHMiS-llenvy. $4 &.'.n l.iM: medium and
mixed. 4.jOii4.uj; Vurkers. $l.4Sv45u; pigs,
$l.4iulio.
Iluiralo Hay Market
No. 1 timothy, per ton. 813 8f 14 60; No. I
do, 812 Dtfu i:U; baled h.iy, 13vM; baled
straw. IU''utA(. bundled rye, $12dU.
I lira t'beese Market.
UTM'A. N. Y , Oct. 23.
CIIKKSK At the Ho.ird of Trade toJsf
the following s.iles were made: S,7oO boxes
Urge, colored at n'c; Z.li boxes do at
c; rtsi bones lame, wlute at 114c; Us
boxes do at 12c; it" boxes small, colored
at l-'c; aw tmxes at U"4c; 3i0 boxes small,
wtitie at Vic; T.40 boxes do at VitC; 1)
boxes small skims at U4o; 1 boaus do
at ll'-c.
Ill TTEK-There were 80 packages sold
at 2l',tc.
Utile rails heese Market.
LITTLE FALLS. Oct. Z3.
I 'll KESti- The lol.owtiig sales were
Inidr: IJ" b"x. l.irne. colored at lie;
240 boxes small, while at 11c; S14 boxes do.
12c; Ij" boxes small, colored at lie: 20
boxes do al 12c. ' boxes colored twins at
11c; IjII boxc. while twins at lie; f-4 lo
do at Lie.
I.