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T YTT 12 J13 U15 16 17 18 19 20.21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 BOHOUGH OFFICERS. Purges K. C. Heath. CoiiHeilmen. Joseph Morgan, J. T, Dulo.W. K. Ilium, Jas. D. Davis, Chas? Clark, T. K. Armstrong, II. II. Shoe maker. Justice of the react C. A. Randall, S. J. Netley. Constable M. K. Moody. On! lector F. P. Amsler. Svhixit Directors U. W. Ilolemaii, L. Agnew, J. 10. Wenk, Q. Jamioson, J. C. Huowdnn, Patrigk Joyce. FOU EST COUNTY OFFICERS. Af ember of Congress J.1C. P. Hall. Member of .Senate A. M. Neoloy. Assembly Dr. S. S. Towlor. President Judge V. M. Lindsay. Associate Judges Jas. A. Nash, A. J, MeCray. rrotnonolary , Register fc Recorder, Jte. John II. Robertson. Sheriif. Frank P. Walker. . treasurer S. M. Henry. Cbiit4ioner V. M. Coon, C. M. Whitenirtii, llurinnu Blum. District Attorney H. D. Irwin. Jury Commissioners J. R. Carpen ter, Ueo. D. Sbinlds. t Kroner Dr. J. W. Morrow. Count v A nditors M. K. Abbott, J. K. Clark, it. J. r lynn. County Superintendent E. E. Stltzin- por. ItrMiilnr Term of I'onrt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of Novembor. Church and Knbbnlh School. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. in. ; M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath ovoninir by Hev. C. C. Umnbergor. Preaching in the P. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. F. V. McClelland, Pastor. Services in tho Prosbytorian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Rhv. J. V. McAninch otneiating. The regular moetings of tho W. C. T. U.. are hold at the hoadquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 'piONE.STA LODUE, No. SCO, T. O. O. P. A Meets evory Tuosday evening, in Odd Follows' Hill, Partridgo building. j.VmEST LODGE, No. 184. A.O.U. W., 1 Mods evory Friday evening in A.O.U. W. Hall, Tionesta. ASHINGTON CAMP, No. 420, P. O. S. of A., meets every Saturday ove ning in A. O. U. W. Hall, Tionosta. CAPT. GEO ROE STOW POST. No. 274 U. A, K. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening iu oach month, In A. O. U. W. Hall, Tiooesta. APT. OEOROE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W It. C, moets first and third Wednesday evening of each month, In A. O. U. W. hall, Tionosta, Pa. rpiONESTATENT, No. 164, K. O. T. -L M., meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each month in A. O. U. W. hall Tionosta, Pa. 13 M.CLARK, 1 . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, and. District Attornky. OfUce, cor. of 1m and liridgo Streets, Tionesta, Pa. Also agent for a numbor of reliable Fire Insurnnco Companies. P. RITCHEY, . 1 . ATTORNEY-AT'LAW. Tionesta, l a. SAMUEL O. CALHOUN, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, Odlco at Judge. Hill's rosidence, Tio nesta, Pa. All legal business and coilec i ions promptly and faithfully attonded to. JV. MORROW, M. D., riivsician, Surgeon A Dontlst. Olllco and Residence throe doors north or Hotol Agnew, Tionesta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. T 0. BOWMAN, M. D., 1J Physician & Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Olllco in buildingformerly occupied by Dr. Nason. Call promptly responded to, night or day. Residence opposite Hotel Agnew. D K. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Oillce over Heath & Killmor's store, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt respondod to at all hours of day or night. Residence East side Elm St., 3d dore above jail building. HOTEL AGNEW, C. P. WEAVER, Proprietor. Tills hotol, formerly the Lawrence House, has. undergone a completechange, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, H. W. HORNER, Proprietor. Tionscta, Pn. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livory in connection. pUIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop iu Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the flues t to tiro coarsest and guarantees his work to give porfoct satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. T P. ZAHRINGER, 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. Always guarantees satisfaction. Watch es, Jewelry, Ac, ordered for parties at the lowest possible figure. Will be found in tho building next to Keeley Club Room. STORY OF SURRENDER. Battle of Nicholson's Nek as Told by an Eyewitness. British Would Have Held Out Had Not a Subordinate Hoisted a Flan of Truce. Officer and Men Furious at the Dis honor An Armored Train Fired Upon Hy the liner. LOURENZO MARQUEZ. Delagoa Bay, Nov. 14. Father Matthews, who las arrived here from Pretoria, says vlth reference to the surrender of the Irish Fusiliers and the Gloucestershire troops at Nicholson's Nek that, after the mules stampeded, the force got hard pressed hy the enemy. They aould have held out, however, but some luhordinate, without Instructions, holst ;d a flag of truce on his own resposl billty. Nothing then remained but to lurrender. "We were sent out." says Father Matthews, "to occupy a position with !hi! object of preventing two Boer forces from joining. We started at t : 30 Sunday evening, marched 10 miles tnd got to the hill about 1 o'clock Mon Jay morning. "The first mishap was that the moun tain battery stampeded and scattered the whole lot of mules. We formed up again, and gained the top of the hill. The guns were gone, but not all the ammunition. I do not know what itampeded the mules. They knocked me Sown. It was pitch dark. "We had one hour's sleep. The firing began just after daybreak, being some what slock for a time. Hut finally the Boers crept around, and then the firing became furious. Our men made a breastwork of stones. "Soon after 2 o'clock noon there was a general cry of 'Cease fire!' but our fellows would not stop firing. Major Adye came up and confirmed the order, tnd then the bugle sounded cease fire. "In our locality there was a rumor that a white flag was raised by a young officer, who thought his batch of 10 men were tho sole survivors. But we were 900 alive, having started with per haps 1,000. I think many of the bat terymen escaped. "Our officers and men were furious at their surrender. The Boers did not seem to be In great numbers on the spot. But I heard that the main body had galloped off. Our men had to give up their arms, and the officers were sent to Commandant Steenekamp. "The officer then ordered the men to fall in." TRAIN FIRED ON. Small Mclrmlsh lii-tween British and Iloer Near Colenso. ESTCOTTRT, Natal, Nov. 14. An ar mored train and a company of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers reached the break In the railway line, about half a mile from Colenso, without Incident. Captain Hensley, with several men, reconnol tered and met a native, who mid the Boers were occupying the town. While this conversation was In prog ress the Boers opened fire from Fort Wylle. but did no Injury. Captain Hensley thereupon retired on the train after which the Fusiliers volleyed on the fort. As there was no response the pre sumption was thut the Boers had re treated. The armored train returned here safely. Captain Hensley learned from the na tive that the Boers were numerous on the Ladysmith side of Colenso. Dur ing the afternoon there was a cessa tion of the bombardment of Lady imith. A heliograph was working from Fort Wylle. Troopships Arrive at Cape Town. LONDON, Nov. 14. A dispatch from Cape Town to the war office announces the arrival there of the troopship Ar menian, with three batteries of artil lery and an ammunition column, and the troopship Nubia, with the Scots Guards and half a battalion of the Northamptonshire regiment. This brings the total number of reinforce ments to 12.S02. of which about 6,000 are already on the way to Durban. The Armenian and Nubia, whose troops be long to the first division, will"probably also be ordered to proceed. Nine troopships carrying 11,000 men are due at Cape Town today. Colonel linden-Powell Heard From. LONDON, Nov. 13. The following dispatch from Colonel Baden Powell, British commander at Mafeklng, and forwarded by General Duller, has been posted by the war office: "All Is well here. After two days' shelling and a heavy bombardment, a body of the enemy made a general at tack on three sides of the town, which was repulsed by our Maxim fire. The enemy Is now drawing off. Our casu alties were slight. "Lieutenant Llewellyn, with several armored trains, drove off the enemy at Crocodile pool, killing eight." eight." Protest Against Abandonment. QUEENSTOWN, Cape Colony, Nov. 14. The Boer commander and several burghers, unarmed, have visited Burghersdorp. There Is no sign of the Boers at Dordrecht. At a meeting of the Dutch residents of Allwal North, protests were sent to Premier Schreiner against the abandon ment of the town. The Dutch police there have deserted the Boers. No More Troop Required. OTTAWA. Nov. 9. Lord Mlnto has received a cable from the imperial war afflce stating that a second offer of troops for th Transvaal by Canada would not be accepted, a they were not required. Canadian Keacli Cape Verde Island. LONDON, Nov. 13. The Allan lV.e steamer Sardinian from Montreal and Quebec, with the Canadian contingent for South Africa, has arrived at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. Arrested For Belling Cancelled Stamps. NEW YORK. Nov. 14.-Hugh S. Walsh and William Flckler were arrested here on the charge of selling and having In their possession revenue stamps from which the cancellation mark had been removed by acid. These stamps were of the denomination of $3. $3 and $1. The men were about to leave for Philadel phia, where they expected to sejl the stamps. . JiJAUA NEARLY KNOCKED OUT. Two Ellwood City Men Had a Cloas Share For Their Live. NEW CASTLE, Pa., Nov.13. Ellwood City, this county, la greatly excited over what looks like an attempt at a double murder, and the case has just been re ported to the authorities. The victim! of the attempt are E. J. Walsh, a baker, employed by A. W. Yahn, and Lee Wler, who acts as a driver for the same man. The occurrence happened a night or two ago. ,." The two men slept together In th room above the bake shop, and theli Bleeping apartment was the scene of the attempted murder, Mr. Yahn appeared at the bake shop about 9 o'clock In the morning and was surprised to find that neither of the men had put In an ap pearance for work. He became alarmed and proceeded to their sleeping apart ment. The door was standing open and both were unconscious. . Drs. Boyd and Iseman worked with the two men all morning before they re turned to consciousness. Yahn believes that someone entered the room and tried to chloroform the men, for there was a perceptible odor of that drug about the place. Nothing was taken from the. room. STEEL BARS HIGHER. Advance of S3 Cent Fer 100 Pound for Prompt Delivery. PITTSBURG. Nov. 11. The price of steel bars was advanced In Pittsburg from $2.50 per 100 pounds to $2.75 for prompt delivery. This means an In crease of $5 per ton. Even at these fig ures It Is almost Impossible to obtain steel bars for use any time prior to the first of the coming year. For delivery In the second quarter of 1900 a price of $2.30 per 100 pounds Is asked. There has been very little buying or selling of any kind In Iron and steel this week, owing to the fact that the capac ity of the steel mills and blast furnaces Is sold out entirely for the remainder of the year, and the only orders that are given at the gilt-edge prices demanded by manufacturers are those of an emer gency nature. Iron and steel Bellers pre dicted a quiet market until the latter part of the year, and that no contracts of importance will be made until In the new year. WORKS TO RESUME. Glass Factory at Greensbnrg Will Start on a Non-1'ulon Ilasls. GREENSBURG, Pa., Nov. 13. The Greensburg Glass company's plant, re cently purchased by the National Glass company, that controls a big percentage of the tableware concerns In the coun try, will be started up Nov. 20. The plant has been closed down for a year. Nearly 200 men will be given employ ment. The announcement, however, that the men will be hired on a strictly non union basis created a stir In union glass workers' circles. The superin tendent of the works, will be J. F. Mil ler. The Greensburg plant has been overhauled and enlarged. It contains a 13-pot furnace and a 10-pot tank, and will be known us factory No. 8. John M. Jamison of this place is treasurer of the new trust. HORSE STEALING. New Cattle Man Arrested Under Pecul iar Circumstances. NEW CASTLE, Nov. 13. Charles Morrow of this city was arrested on a charge of stealing a horse and buggy from the barn of Lawrence Trushel. The rig was the property of George Clark, and the manner of the arrest was peculiar. The horse was missed about two weeks ago. Recently there was a report that a horse and buggy were kept in a hollow back of Lowellvllle, O., In the daytime, and that It was used at night by some person who came after It. A watch was set, and a good description of the man taken. The farmers in that vicinity have been missing articles from their premises, and It is supposed that the rig was used to haul the goods away. Morrow dented the charge, but is in jail for a hearing. . W. G. Cramp Leave, the Company. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 10. William G. Cramp a cousin to Charles H. Cramp the president of the Cramp Ship and Engine Building company, and who has been with the company for fifty years, serving in various capacities, has re tired from the service of the company. Although he Is 70 years old his retire ment comes In the nature of a surprise to himself and many of those associat ed with him. He was one of the most expert dockmasters In this country. The first Intimation that he had of the firm's desire that he sever his connec tion with it came last night when he re ceived a note saying that his services would be no longer required. ' A Costly Corn Husking. MEYERSDALE, Pa., Nov. 13. The large barn of County Commissioner Louis A. Kretchman, about three miles, south of here. In Summit township, to gether with Its contents. Including five horses and three cows, was totally con sumed. An old-fashioned "corn husk ing" was held in the barn, which broke up just a few hours before the fire, and It Is supposed that sparks fell from someone's pipe. Charged With Forgery. JEANNETTE, Pa., Nov. 13. Harry Pasmore, a journeyman tailor, who has been employed here for several years, is In jail awaiting trial on a charge of forgery preferred by his former em ployer, Peter Krupp. Pasmore, It Is al leged, secured a First National bank check and filled it out for $16 and signed Krupp's name to it, and shortly got Into trouble when he had It cashed at a hotel bar. Hart lly a Mhotgnn. GREENVILLE, Pa., Nov. 13. Mrs. James Reader, living near Pardoe, and her S-year-old son were badly Injured by the accidental explosion of a shot gun in the hands of Charles Andrews, a neighbor. Andrews was shooting at a target when the gun exploded, pieces striking the woman and son. Strange to say Andrews escaped uninjured. Anthrax Amoug Cattle. BELLE FONTE. Pa., Nov. 14. An thrax has broken out among the cat tle In the vicinity of Wllmore. Already a number of deaths have occurred and State Veterinarian D. Leonard Pear son has been notified and is expected at Wilmore In a few days. Whence tht cattle caught the disease is a mystery. GEN. PAREDES DEFEAT. Fierce and Sanguinary Conflict at Porto Cabello. City Present a Terrible Scene of Carn age, Ruin and Devastation Hundreds of People Killed Surgeon From the Ship Iii the Harbnr Called to Sucoor th Wounded. PORTO CABELLO. Venezuela. Nov. 13. General Paredes, a former comman der In the army of ex-President An drade, who has refused the demand made upon him by General CIprlano Castro and the de facto authorities to surrender the town, even when this was re-enforced by the request of the Brit ish, American, German- and Dutch com manders, surrendered after a terrible battle. The aspect of the city Is ore of ruin and devastation, and It is estimated tint upwards of 650 persons were killed or wounded during the fighting. General Ramon Guerra began a land tttack upon the town and the position Jf General Paredes on Friday night. Desultory fighting continued until Sat urday morning about 4 o'clock and then a fierce struggle ensued. General Par edes made a stubborn defense, but Gen eral Guerra forced an entrance Into the town. Porto Cabello Is about 20 miles north of Valencia on the Gulf of Trieste. It has a spacious, safe port, with a mole and good . wharves. The population Is about 9.000. Its import and export trade has been considerable, the leading arti cles of export being coffee, cacao, hides, skins, fustic, logwood and Indigo. Prior to the bombardment It had a large mu niclpal building, a custom house, a hos pital, a charitable Institution and many large and well kept warehouses. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Rumors of Trouble Between the Two Great Power. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 13. That the rumors of the serious situation between Russia and Japan are not exaggerated, seems certain from news received here. The North China Dally News says: "So greatly excited were the Chinese of the north by rumors of an Impending war between Russia and Japan that many merchants, both Chinese and Jap anese, who are doing business in New Chwang, Port Arthur and Che Foo, have sent their families to Shanghai and else where in the south for safety. It is believed Japan rather courts the struggle, as she is now second only to England In naval strength and for years has viewed the encroachments of Russia with resentment ana alarm. LI Hung Chang, In an Interview given to an American corrf spondent at Pekln on the Philippines ruestlon, blames the United States for departing from its traditional policy, saying that had Gen eral Grant lived the country would never have entered upon the policy that he (Li) prophesied would be disastrous to the United States. He said China would not object to America's enlisting sev eral regiments of Chinese to fight Fili pinos If they were enlisted in the Phil ippines and with the knowledge and con Bent of the Chinese consul there. Hurry Orders For llattloshlps. LONDON. Nov. 13. Hurry orders have been received by the builders of the Japanese battleship now In process of construction at Clydebank to com plete the vessel as speedily as possible. The new Bhlp, which will be one of the largest afloat, Is to be finished by Jan uary 1, 1900. It Is believed that these Instructions are the result of the In creasing terTsion between Japan and Russia. TO SENTENCE BENHAM. Date of Execution Is to Be Fixed By By Judge Hooker, BATAVIA. N. Y., Nov. 14. William E. Webster, attorney for Howard C. Ben ham, the wife murderer, Informed Jus tice Hooker in supreme court here that a motion for a new trial would be made on the ground of newly1 discovered evi dence The matter came up on request from District Attorney Randall that Justice Hooker set e. day when he would fix the week for the carrying out of the death sentence on Benham, the date or iginally hins passed owing to Ben ham's appeal to the court of appeals. Benham's attorney asked that this ac tion be deferred until after the motion for a new trial had been argued, but Justice Hooker denied the request. Benham will be brought to Batavla tomorrow, when the week of his exe cution will be fixed. Positively Hecognl7.es Mollnenx. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. The World to day prints an affidavit made by Joseph Koch, manaser and part proprietor of the advertising agency at 1620' Broadway where just prior to the death of Mrs. .Katharine J. AdamB, by drinking poi son sent to Harry S. Cornish, a man Ihlred a private letter box under Cor nish's name for the purpose of receiving .sample packages of ' drugs by mall. Koch swears that he has positively rec ognized and identified Roland B. Mol Ineux as a young man who came Into his place a few days before the appear ance of the false "H. Cornish" and asked If he could receive his personal mall there. Adulteration of Ale and Beer. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The United States senate committee on manufac tures continued Its inquiry into the the adulteration of ales, porter and beer. On Thursday the commission will jeceive reports from several professors "f Yale and Harvard who have been Invited to submit their views as to the -establishment of a standard of purity ol all food products. Hunter Instantly Killed. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 14. In a fight between Orin Springer and Fred Smith and William Busby, Springer was In stantly killed and Busby was wounded In the shoulder. Springer and Smith were hunting and had been ordered off Busby's farm. There Is much Indigna tion and the sheriff Is apprehensive of troufile. . QUjcTLY WEDDED. Admiral Dewey and Mrs. ilazen United In Washington. WASHINGTON. .Nov. 10. Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen were married quietly at the rectory of St. Paul's Catholic church In V street near Fifteenth, this city. The seremony was performed by Rev. James F. Mackln, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Joseph H. Foley, as sistant pastor, and Il-ev. Sidney Hurl but. The ceremony was of the simplest character according to the rites of the Catholic church, and the only witnesses besides the officiating clergyman were Mrs. Washington McLean and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Rear Admiral Ludlow. mother and sister respectively of the bride, and Lieutenant Caldwell, Admlr al Dewey's secretary. As Admiral Dewey Is not a Catholic, a special dispensation was required for the performance of the ceremony, ar1 this was procured by Father Mackln from BishoD Curtis. Vicar General of the Diocese of Baltimore, who granted it In the absence of Cardinal Gibbons, The ceremony was performed with the ring according to the nuptial rites of the Catholic church. Including the address of Father Mackln It consumed less than five minutes. Father Mackln was the first to hall the bride as Mrs. Dewey. Congratula tions and felicitations followed and the wedding party drove directly from the rectory to the residence of the bride s mother, Mrs. McLean where a wedding breakfast was served. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey are now so journing in New York city where they expect to remain several aays. BIGAMIST ARRESTED. Said to Have Wive In Hnlf Do en Cities. t CHICAGO, Nov. 13. James Monroe, who Is said to have wives In half a dozen cities, and who Is also wanted for a number of alleged swindling op erations, has been arrested here anr1 will be held pending the arrival of offl rprq from Rochester, where he will be tried on charges of bigamy and swlnd ling. Monroe, it Is alleged, married Mrs. Mary J. Colthar of Bunker Hill, III., and deserted her at Rochester after securing $4,100 from her. According to the police, Monroe haR wives In St Louis, Evansvllle, Ind., New York City Rochester and Canada. Monroe is said to have conducted his operations through various matrimonial bureaus. In a satchel of Monroe's were found several hundred letters from women all over the country accepting Monroe's advertised proposals. WHO ISGOVERNOR? Uncertainty Regarding the Election Ii the Slate or Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. No. 13. The sec ond week of uncertainty regarding the result of the balloting for overnor of Kentucky bi-gins with little p.Biiect of an immediate definite result. The offi cial count has been In progress two days and official returns fnm n large ma loritv of the 119 countie? have narrowed the contest down to a nose finish. Each side claims he election pt Its, ticket, but the estimated plurality of either does not exceed 3.000. While the returns so fai received favor Taylor, the result of the count may hinge on the decision given by the county election commissioner In several places where contests have been begun on the ground of alleged ir regularities. Harnett's' Plurality In Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10. Complete fleures from every county in the state, npriv nil of them unofficial, footings of the official returns, show that the plu mlltv of Harnett Ren., candidate for state treasurer, over Creasy, Detn., 106.217. The full vote wus: Barnett Rep., 436,790; Creasy, Dem., 330,1 Caldwell, Pro., 16.863. Total vote, 784, 22$, a slight Increase over the vote for state treasurer In 1897. and 185,941 less than the vote for governor last year. Canals Close on Dee. 1. ALBANY, Nov. 14. Superintendent of Public Works Partridge stated that the canals of the state would close on Friday. Dec. 1, except the Ulack river canal, which will close Nov. 24. unless the weather Is so severe as to cause a suspension of navigation before the date set. This season has been a pros perous one. Mrs, Kyler to lfe Retained. TRENTON, N. -J., Nov. 13. It has been officially announced that Mrs. Myrtle II. Eyler will be retained In her position as. principal of the state in dustrial school for girls and that the teachers and others under her will oIbo be kept unless some new reasons arise for making a change. Colonel Henry I in mi Dead. TOPEKA. Kan., Nov. 14 Colonel Henry Inman, author and ex-plainsman, assodnte of Colonel W. F. Cody Buffalo Bill), has died here,.aged 62. He. Dr. Meade Dead, BALTIMORE, Nov. lO.-Rev. P. Nel son Meade, rector of Christ's Protesiant Episcopal church, Oswego. N. Y., died In this i'.ty of typhoid fever. , , .. ; :' v ' ... - .... : , ; V V jr-. : X : ' POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summaiy of the Weeks News of the World. Cream of the News Culled Grom Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Hurried Header Who I Too Busy to I'ad the Longer Report and Desire to Keep Posted on Kvent. Levi R. D.ity, a Chicago capitalist, made an assignment, giving liabilities at $5,000,000 ui d usi-ets only JtuO.000. Rev. R. Eugene Griggs of Bingham- ton, N. Y., has been suspended by Bishop Huntingdon pending an Inves tigation on the charge of wife beating. General Joseph Wheeler writes from the Philippines that he will be in the United States in time to take his s at in congress. Former Judge Jerome B. Bennett of Easton, Md., fell dead in the voting booth at this place Immediately after marking his ballot. He was 75 years of age and a lifelong Democrat. Melvtn Hendricks, aged 32 years, of Utica, single, was Instantly kil.ed at Chadwit-ke, a few mile from this city. He was a I j borer and had ;one to the roof of the mill in that p.ace with a pail of mortar. TJ'hlle there, the pro jecting end of a rapidly-moving shaft caught hie clothing, killing him instant ly. Hur.'.er Johnson, a white citizen of Jackson, Miss., while hunting In the Pearl river swamp, east of this city, several days ago, discovered a box con tains nearly $50,000. Thursday. Vice President Hobart shows slight improvement, b condition but his re- covery is doubtful. General MacArthur Is now occupying Mabalacat In the Philippines, after driving out the Insurgents in a sharp encounter. The general feeling In England Is full of hope on account of the recent news of many victorias by the British over the Boers. Robert A. Furey wins a bet of $34, 000 on an election wager In Brooklyn. General Wheeler writes from the Philippines, giving as his opinion that the Insurrection under Agulnaldo will be crushed out this fall. Yaqul Indians In Mexico kill an American, put a German in captivity and are generally hot tile. Friday. British foreign office gives out a state ment in the Samoan settlement which say that the United States get Tutlula and other Samoan Islands east of the 171st deg. of long. Judge Wllilam Avery of Highland Falls, N. Y., dies of heart failure. The Dutch In Cape Colony have gen erally maintained neutrality, though a few in Bechuuanaland have joined the Boers in their fight against the British. ' Lord Mlnto has received a cable from the British government saying that they do not desire any more troops from Can ada at present. Commander E. W. Watson has been transferred from the Washington navy yard to the Norfolk navy yard. A tax collector for Aguiraldo has been captured In Manila by United Stales forces. The transport Resolute has arrived at Santiago, Cuba. Saturday. The British steamer Alps, which went ashore In Kingston harbor, Jamaica, was flouted. She is m. Injured. The deputy chief of the New York fire department, Benjamin A. Gicquel, died. He had been a fireman since 1865. Rev. P. Nelson Meade, rector of Christ's Protestant Episcopal church, Oswego, N. Y., died In Baltimore of ty phoid fever. An outbreak of scarlet fever at the barracks of the Horse Guards In Lon don may cause a postponcm.-nt of their departure for Souih Africa. It is understoo I that the negotiations for the new maty of friendship, com merce and navigation with America have opened at Madrid. Colonel J. J. Moore, who, during the civil war, w as chief e lgineer and super intendent of the military roads of Vir ginia, died smidenly in a cheap lodging house in Philadelphia. Moi JJ. Edward P. IH-eil.ig, cashier and bookkeeper for Woodbury & Moultoo, the Portland (Me.) banking house which recently assigned with lu-bllitles of more than $500,000, has been misrlng for several days. The will of the late Senator San ford of Hamilton. Ont., has been filed for probate. He leaves an estate valud at $1,040,000. it all goes to the wife and family. A Winnipeg (Man.) special says: The Northwert territory has offered 1,000 experienced mounted men to the Brit ish government for use in the Trans vaal. Dr. Harvey of Corry, Pa., while In the new high school building, fell from the first floor to the basement, a distance of 15 feet. He was seriously Injured. Sir Thomas Llpton's steam yacht F.rin, which left New York Nov. 2. passed Fayal, Azores Islands, towing the Shamrock. Rear Admiral Wlnfleld Scott Schley has received the orders which made him a Knight Templar and a Knight of Malta at Washington. Tuesday. George J. Schan, 60 years old. an em ploye In the supreme court in New York, was shot and killed by his son, a den tist. Announcement Is made of the coming nuptials of rVnator Thurston and Miss Lola IVarmun, daughter of the ex-congressman. Great enthusiasm Is aroused In Cuba by the announcement that Genersl Wood Is to be governor of the Island when a civil government Is established. Herr Lcyds. brother of the Transvaal agent. Is dead In Brussels. Troubles b"tween Japan and Russia are enlarging In the Orient James Monroe, who married Mrs. Col thar of Bunker Hill, Ills., and then stole $4,000 from hr and ran away, has bats captured In Chicago. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. Large Increase In the Production at Corn and Potatoes. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The No vember report of the statistician of the department of agriculture will give 25.1 bushels as the average yield per acre age of corn acocrdlng to the preliminary returns of the department's correspond ents. The preliminary estimate last year was 24.8 bushels, that of 1897, 2S.T bushels, and the mean of the prelimi nary estimates of the last 10 years, 24.0 bushels. The indicated yield per acre: In the principal corn states is as fol lows; Pennsylvania 31. Ohio 34, Indiana 3?,' Illinois 35, Iowa 31, Missouri 25, Kansas 29, and Nebraska 27 bushels.' The preliminary estimate of the aver age yield of buckwheat is 17.2 bushels per acre, against 17.3 bushels last year and 20.7 bushels In 1897. The averages In New York and Pennsylvania, the two states of principal production, are 1& bushels and 20 bushels per acre, respec tively.' The estimated average of potatoes Is 88.7 bushels per acre, as compared with 75.2 buslie s last yeur, 64.6 bushels In 1897, and 75.2 bushels, the mean of the preliminary averages of the lust 10 years. The estimated average yield of hay is 1.35 tons per acre, as compared with 1.55 tons last year, 1.42 t n.-i In 1897 and 1.27 tons, the mean of tiie preliminary averages of the last 10 years. There is a decided decrease in the rate of yield throughout the Eastern, E.ist Central. Southern, Southwestern and Rooky Mountain states, in fact it 'a only in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and the Pacific states that the yield per acre exceeds that of last year. The usual report on the wheat crop will probably be made on De -. 10, by which time the department will be In possession of the results of a special investigation now being made In the principal wheat states. First Large Boat Through Canal. LACHINE, Que., Nov. 14. The new steel steamship Pnrto Rico (American), bound from Toledo to New York, passed through the new Soulanges ca nal In three hours without a hitch. She was only drawing nine feet of water, while the draft of the canal Is 14 feet. The Porto Rico is the first large boat to pass through the canal, which is the completing link In Canada's 11-foot waterway from the great lakes to the ocean. Brnkeman's Fatal Fall. PITTSF1FLD. Mass., Nov. 14. Matthew Pearl, a brakeman on the Boston and Albany railroad, was killed here by falling under a moving train. Pearl was 22 years old and belongtd to Rensselaer, N. Y. WIA K REPORT New Tort io i -larket. NEW YORK, Nov. 1$. Money on call, 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5Ti5i per cent. Sterling Rxchanee. Actual buslnoss in bankers' bills ut fls6-V-5V for demand, and $4.80-Vi4.81 for sixty days. Posted rate. R81Ait.82. Commercial bills, 1-1.80. Silver certificates. 6SV60a. Bar silver, iDVic. Mexican dollars, 47V4C Sait r- rrodnc" Market. FLOUR Winter patents, trmitXTD; win ter straights, j:.3.Vi3.5U; winter extras, J2.56-ii2.sk: winter low grados, $2.2&2.40; Minnesota patents, 3.75u3.!5; Minnesota bakers', $2.85'ii3.15. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR 12 3W2.40. BUCKWHEAT-61Sii3c c.l.f. Nw York. RYE No. 2 western, 5'.lV4c f.o.b. afloat; State rye, 56c, c.l.f. New York car lot. HYE FLOUK Cholc to fancy. M.twi) $.75. CORNMEAL Yellow western. 80CS3c; city, 8(Kn81c; brandy-wine, $J.30(d2 15. WHEAT No. 2 red. 7274c. f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, "li'ic, f o b. afloat. Options: March, 754; Deo. 71c; May, 75e. CORN No. 2, 40c, fob. afloat. Op tion: No. t red Dec. c; May 3Sic OATS No. I. 2Sc; No. 3. 28Hc; No. ! white 31c; No. 3 white, Sic; track mixed western. SViKu 3(V4c ; track white tate, Sutf 84 cents. HAY-Shlpplng, 65W75c; good to oholoa. 75 86c.. PoKK-Famlly. $11.7512.00. BUTTER Western creamery, lSffao; factory, 15qi7c; Elgin, 24o; Imitation creamery, -li21e; state dairy, 17uJ4c; state creamery, lfliilic. CHEESE Small, September fancy, 114 i:4c; finest October, 12'nl4'4e; large, col ored fancy. September, 12W12!j; large, October, finest, llV'jC EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 12aU cents; western, 14820c. luiirnlo Provision Market. BUFFALO, Oct. IS. WHEAT No. 1 hard, 71t.c; No. 1 north ern old spot. 73'4c; winter wheat. No. 1 red, 70c. CORN No. S yellow. Jto; No. 8 yel low. 3M-,c OATS No. t white, 29Vic; No. mixed, 26 cents. R Y E No. 2, Wie. i-1.1)1' K Spring wheat, bet patent pr bul., t. 25(il. jo: low tirades. $2 00-2-50; win ter, best family, $3.75tj4.00; graham, bet, $3.75. BUTTER State and creamery, 24o- M,..,urn ,1,, CHEESE Fancy full cream, 11c; fair do, ntUWc: I'Kht klms, KftlOo. KUGS Slat, 2tKu21c; Western. 1Vi34jc. Faat riiifntlo I.lva Ntock Market. CATTLE Extra export (teers. ft. SOS) 6.00; good. do. 6041 5. 75; choice, keavy butchers, $5. 40ft 5. SO; Hunt, handy do. 14 70 5 20; cows and heifers, extra, Mu4 5e calve, heavy fed, $3.75'u425; veal. Si.vud $8.00. SHEEP AND LA MRS Choice to extra, wethers. $t 2514.50; good to choir sheep. $4.6o'4.t; common to fair, 4.4r(jj; choice to extra spring lambs, $4. Wai ts); common to fair, $4 4&i4 60 HOUS Heavy. 14 20: medium and mixed. $4 1(U4.15; Yorker, $4 mu4.u6; pigs, H-a 4.07. HulTalo Hay Market. No. I timothy, per ton, $14.00; No. I do. $12 WKU.00; bnled hay, $13 j 14; baled straw, $3.uuu9 00; bundled rye, $11 L'ttca Cheese Market. UTICA, N. Y., Nor. IS. CHEESR At the Board of Trade the following sales were made: 1.9i0 bone large, colored at lie; 135 boxe do at le, 675 boxes large, colored at 11c: 1.111 boxe smHil. eolored at 11 V: 575 boxes do at llc: 1. -.; boxes small, white at 11S: 474 boxfH tit) at lc; 150 boxes do at U!e. BUTTEK-22 rackag at 23l-,c: 40 pack ages at 21c; 65 ease of print sold at Sic Little Fall 4 Ii Market. I.ITTI.E FAI. 1-8. N-iv. IS. CHEESE Tln-se sales are mad: IU boxes Inrre. rolord t ir-c: S75 boxei small, white and colored at lie: 712 uoa do at 12c; WO Ij.ixe do at conutitsaioB. BUTTER A small amount of lalry ssld at 2J. . -
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