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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 11.
T ION EST A, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1900.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN
ICAN
BOKOUGH OFFICERS.
Jinrgess. Georgo liirtcil
Counnlmen. Joseph Morgan, J. T.
Palo, W. K. Blum, Jus. I. Davis, Chas.
Clark, T. H. ArniMtrong, Dr. J. C. Dunn.
Justices uf the reuceC. A. Kaiulall, S.
.J. Netloy.
Constable l, K. Moody.
. (Collector V. P. Amslor.
tirhool Directors O. W. Ilolouiaii, L.
Agnow, J. K. Wonk, Q. Jamioson, J. C.
Hoowdon, Patrick Joyce.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress 3 . K. P.Hull.
Member of NennteA. M. Neoley.
Assembly Dr. S. S. Towlor.
1'res.dent JutVeW. M. Lindsey.
Assoemte Judges A. J. MoCray, K.U.
Crawford.
. Prolhonotury, Register it Recorder, die.
John II. Robertson.
Sheriff. J, W. Jamioson.
treasurer S. M. Henrv.
Commissioners K. M. Herman, John
T. Carson, J. II. Morrison.
District Attorney S. D. Irwin.
Jury Commissioners Lol O. Roy
nobis, Poter Youngk.
(kroner Dr. J. V, Morrow.
("ounty Auditors J. It, Clark, It. J.
Klynn, Geo. L. King.
County Superintendent K. K. Stitzin-
gor.
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Fourth Monday .of February. a
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Soptombor.
Third Monday of November.
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in. : M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. Jn.
Preaching In M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. U. C. Rumbnrger.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
F. V. McClullaud, Pastor.,
Services in tho Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evoning,
Hcv. J. V. McAninch oinciHting.
Tho regular meetings of tho V. C. T.
U. are held at the beadquartors on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
in- nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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J- M e'ts every Tuesday evening, in Odd
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hall Tionesta, Pa.
1 F. R1TCHHY,
1 ATTO KN12Y-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
SAMUEL C. CALHOUN,
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW,
Olfieo at Carson's jewelry store, Tio
nesta, Pa. All legal business and collec
tions promptly and faithfully attended to.
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OlUco and Residence threo doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
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DR. J. C. DUNN,
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Tionesta, Pa. l'rofossional calls prompt
respondod to at all hours of day or
night. Itosidenco East side Elm St., 3d
dore abovo Jail building.
HOTEL AGNEW,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly tho Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all tho mod
ern improvements. Heated and lightod
throughout witli natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. Tho comforts of
guests nover nogloctcd.
f CENTRAL HOUSE,
V. G h ROW ik G E ROW Proprietor.
Tioiisota, Pa. This is tho most centrally
located hotel in tho place, and lias all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
bo spared to make it a ploasant stopping
pliico lor the traveling public. First
class Livory in connection.
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FANCY HOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Waltors building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees bis work to
give perfect satisfaction. Proin pt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
'sonablo. J.
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short notice and at reasonable p rices.
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NAMED A TICKET.
REPUBLICANS NOMINATED M'KINLEY
AND ROOSEVELT.
llnmi Finally Gav I'p to the Gen
eral Demand tif the Dclri;iilc Tim
riairurin Adopted Declared SH-i lllrlully
fur the Gold Standard Other l'oints.
PiiiLAPKU'iiiA, June 2?. Tho Repub
lican lmtionul coiniuitteo renominated
William McKinlcy, or Ohio, for presi
dent, nud Theodore Roosevelt, of New
York, for vico president. Both nomi
nations were unanimous.
A boom started for Roosevelt, which
was said to luive beeu started by Piatt
and Quay, to puuiU Hauiui, tho lntter
ou uccount of Hnni.ii voting n gainst
hiiu (Quay) getting a seat iu tho senate
on Governor Stone's appol utmout, and
tho former (Piatt) because ho wanted to
hit nt Ilnunn and al.-o eliniiiir.to Roose
velt from New York politics. This wus
tho gossip. But it was undeniably a
fact that most of tho delegates wanted
Roosevelt. Hanim wanted to stein tho
tide, favoring Secretary Long.
Dolliver was also a tolerably strong
candidate.
But most of tho dolegntes wanted
.Roosevelt. Tho New York governor
fought ngninst nomination, but would
not .ny thn? ho would not accept.
Annua finally gave np Wednesday
night he issued tho following state
ment. Thn ailinliilst ration has had no ran
iliilalit lor vice i-r nlclf nt. It haa not
been for or KUit any rnllfliito. It
IiiixIc mkmI thitttlir convention Miuultl
iiinko tlic iHinllclute, ami that lias
Ixh'II my ion:tion throughout. It
lias Intii h Irro llclil for all. In
thcM t'lrriiiuitlniirps svveral rmliieiit
l(rMililiiHiiit hav Ik-cii iroioMil; all
nt IIiimii ill.tiiiKUllirl men with many
frli'inU. I will now iwy thnt ou Im
liulf of nil llioe rniKllilstra, anil I
except umio, that I havs within I he
Iiint I 'J Lnura beru Mkel to give mjr
ntlvieo. Atler roiiultiiiK with us
many del. ;nte a olhle iu the
tiuie within my ilinooanl, I have von
rliuleU to accept tltu rrsiinillllly in
vulveil In till reiiient. In (lie pres
ent nit mil inn, wllh the strong mid
earnest veutlnieiit of thn dnlcKntea
, froiii nil pui-U of the country for
tiovernor Itoonerelt, and ulnee I'leni
dent MeKinley In to bo iiomliinted
without a titentliii voice, It li. my
t JiHlKineiit that (ioveruor llnoevelt
should lio nominated for vice presi
dent with the mime unanimity.
This announcement of Senator Ilanim
wns made after u long consultation with
many leaders of tho party.
Tko platform adopted contained tho
following:
The Id publioHiiHor the United HtHteu til rnuirh
their rliosen reiireMOntntives met in nntimml
evnTcntion, liNikiiiK buck upon nn uiisurpiissed
rrxrd of iicliieri'inent, and lixiking forwnnl
into a BnHt Held of duty and opportunity, and
iipiiculinK to the juilitiuent of their country
men, nmke tlu-se divbmitions:
Tile eAiieetiitton In which tile American pco
ile, turuiiiK rrniu the Dcmoerutic party, cn
t rust til power four years ngo to a Kcpubliran
chief laaKwtrnto mill n ItipiilUciin conuress,
lins been met niul sntisllMl, When tile people
then nswnililcd at the (wlls, nftcr a term of
Dcmncnitic IcislntionHnd ndniini.Htration,busi
lioss wiisdcud. Industry panilvzed and the na
tional cnxiit disastrously impaired. The coun
try s'ii;iital was hidden awny und its lalsir (lis
trcNNetl and uuemployeil. Thn l-mM-nits had
no other plan with which to improve tho ruin
ous rendition which they had themselves pro
(luced tlnin to coin silver at the ratio of 111 to 1.
The K-pnliliciin party, denouncing this plan
as sure to produce conditions even worse than
those from which relief was sought, promised
to restore prosperity by means of two legisla
tive measures a protective tariff nnd a law
imikitiK nld the standard of value. Tho pis
pie by tfreat majorities issued to tho Republi
can )irly a commission to enact these laws.
This romniissifin has bisn executed, and the
Kepiililican promise is redeemed.
Prosperity more tteiieral and more abundant
than we have ever known has followed these
ebnetment. There is no longer controversy
ns to the value of any government olllK"tion.
Kvi-ry Auii rican dollar is a gold dollar or its
usiirsl equivalent, and American credit
stands higher than that of any nation. Capi
tal is fully employed und labor everywhere is
protitubly occupiitl. Ko single fact can more
A
Cuprrljht, 1000, by flurlrt A. Cray.
rilKSIDE.NT M'KIM.ET.
strikingly tell the story of what republicvu
goveruinent iiHiins to the country than this-,
that while during the whole period of ona
hundred nnd seven yiiirs from 17UI to lsil
thero was an exci-ss of exports ovr imisirts of
only f.Kl.lb8,WT, there has been in the short
Vhrre ymrs of the pri-si-nt Republican adminis-te-ation
an excess of exports over imports in
jek pnorinons sum of I1.4-'l..,7,lie4.
And while the American people, sustained
Vrp this repulilicnn legislation, havo bei-n
anlnrviiig tliwn s)ilcndiil triumphs in their
Jiusini's1 and commerce, they havo conducted
and in victory concluded a war for lils-rty
and enmnn rights. No thought of national
acimtndi'ienicnt tarnished tile high pnrpow
nlh which American standards were nn
.orUs3. J.t was a war nnsought nnd jiatiently
, -isted. but when it came tho American
pC T-nitnent was ready. Its fleets were
ele; wd for action. Its armies were in the
Held and the imiek and signal triumph of it.i
forc, V on bind and sa lsre sunl tribute b
the c mnife f AutiTican soldiers and sailors
and to Ha-skill Hiid fon-siglit or republican
ctut-sm an-li'p To ten millions of the human
race the re wnz given "a new birth of fris
dom," an 1 Aincricun people a new and
noble r.-s) mHilnlity.
Wo endo tsr the administi-Htion of William
MeKinley. Its acta have lss-n estnlilish'-d in
winiom an 1 !utriotistu. and at home and
abroad iphasVl'stinetlf elevattsl and extend.sj
tiia itimice vt the American nateai. Walk
MP3" .
I ng untriist paths and facing ntiforsecn reAion
kiliilitit, I'resideiit McKinlcy has been In
every situation the true American patriot and
tin- upright statesman, clear in wisdom, strong
in judgment, firm in action, always inspiring
and deserving tho confidence of his country
men. In asking the American people to endorse
this Republican record nnd to renew their
commission to the Republican lrty, wo re
mind them of the fact that the menace to their
prosperity has always resided ill Democrutio
principles and no less in tho general incaimci
ly of thn Democratic party to conduct public
iifTuir. The prhne essential of business prost
)ic rity is public confidence in the good sense of
tho government and in its ability to deal intel
ligently with each new problem of udiulnistra
turn und legislation. That confidence tho
Democratic irty has njver enrnod. It is
bopeli-ssly inudisuato and the country's pros
perity, when Democratic success at tho polls ia
nniiouneid, halts and ceases in moro anticipa
tion of Democratic blunders and failures.
Wen-new our allegiance to the princi
ples of the gold standard, and declare our
eotilhlcnco In the wisdom of the legisla
tion of the Fifty-sixth congress, by which
the parity of all our money aml.tho sta
bility of our currency upou a gold basis
litis been secured. We recognize that in
terest rates are a potent factor in produc
tion and business activity for the purpose
of further eiu ili.ing and of further low
ering the rates of interest, we (avor such
monetary legislation us will enable the
varying needs of the season und of . 11
sections to be promptly met ill order that
trade may Is- evenly sustained, labor
ktcadily employed and commerce, enlarg-
Copyright. 1900. by Rock wood. N. Y
iniiK
TneonoiiB noonsvELT. l(
ed. The volume of money in circulation
was never so great per capita as it is to
day. Wc declare our steadfast opposition
to the five anil unlimited coinage oi sil
ver. No measure to that end could bo
considered which was without the support
of the leading commercial countries of
the world. However firmly Republican
Icglslalion may seem to have secured tho
country iiKiiinst the peril of base and dis
credited currency, the election of u Demo
cratic president' could not fail to Im
pair thii country's credit and to
bring uncu more Into question the
intention of the American people
to maintain upon the gold standard the
parity of their money circulation. Tho
IH'iiiocratic party must be convinced that
tho American juiiplo will never tolerate
the Chicago platform.
We recognize the necessity and propri
ety of the honest co-operation of capital
to meet new business conditions and espe
cially to extend our rapidly increasing
foreign trade, but ws condemn all con
spiracles and combinations intended to
restrict business, to creato monopolies,
to limit production, or to control prices,
and favor such legislation as will effect
ively resti-iin and prevent all such abuses,
protect and promote competition and se
cure the rights of producers, laborers and
all who are engaged in industry and com
merce. Wo renew our faith in the policy of pro
tection to American labor. In that policy
our industries have been established, dl
versillcd and maintained. JJy pr itstting
the home market competition lias been
stimulated and production cheapened.
Opportunity to tho Inventive genius of
our people has lieen secured and wages in
every department of labor maintained at
high rates, higher now than ever before,
and always distinguishing our working
people In their better conditions of lile
from those of any competing country.
Knjoying the blessings of the American
common school, secure In the right of self
government anil protected In the oc
cupancy of their own markets,
their constantly increasing knowledge
and skill have enabled them finally to enter tho
markets of the world. Wo favor the associated
policy of rs-iprocity ho dircctislus to open our
mnrkets on favorable terms for what wc do
not ourselves produce In return for trtv for
eign markets.
In the further interest of American work
men wc favor a more effective restriction of
tho immigration of cheap labor from foreign
lands, the extension of opiMirtunftics of edu
cation for working children, tho raising of th
age limit for child lnbor. and protection of
free lalsir as against convict labor and nn ef
fective system of lalMir insurance.
Our present dependence upon foreign ship
pine for nine-tenths of our foreign carrying is
a great loss to industry of this country. It is
also a serious danger to our trade, for its sud
den withdrawal in event of Kuropenn war
wonld scrionly cripple our expanding foreign
commerce. Tho national defense and naval
elllciency of this country, moreover, supply a
compelling reason for legislation which will
enable us to recover our former place nmong
the trade-carrying fleets of tho world.
The nation owes a debt of profound grati
tude to the soldiers and sailors who have
fought its battles, and it Is tho government's
duty to provide for thn survivors nnd for tho
widows and orphans of those who have fallen
in the country's wars. Tho pension laws,
founded in this Just sentiment, should bo lib
eral and should bo liberally administered nnd
preferences should be given wherever practi
cable with respect to employment In the pub
lic sorvieo to soldiers nnd sailors and to thulr
willows and orphans.
We commend tile policy of tho Republican
party in maintaining the efficiency of the civil
service. Tho administration has acted wisely
in its effort to secure for public service in
Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine
islands, only those whose fitness has been do
terminid by training and cxperiein-e. Wo be
lieve that employment in the public service in
these territories should lie confined as far us
practicable to their inhabitiuisH.
It was the plain purpose of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution to prevent dis
crimination on account of race or color in reg.
biting the elective franchise. Dcvicis of state
governments, whether by statutory or consti
tutional enactment toavoid the purisise of this
amendment, are revolutionary and should Iw
condemned.
Public movements lisiking to n permanent
improvement of the roads n nil highways of the
country mi-et with our cordial approval, and
we rivommend this subject to theearnest con
sideration of the pisiple and of the legislatures
of tile several states.
Wc favor the extension of the rural free do
liwry servue wlnjrevor the extension may lie
Justiti(-1.
In further pursuance of the constant
policy of the lleimblican party to provide
fnv homes on the public domain we rec
ommend adciiuatc national legislation to
reclaim the arid lands of the I nileil
States, reserving coin nil of the distribu
tion ol 'water lor i relation to the respec
tive stiics and tern- jries.
vVe favor home 'lie for and tho curly
admission to statebv id of the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona anil Oklahoma.
Tho Uingley act, amended to provide
sullli-ient revenue for the conduct of tho
war, has so well performed its work thut
it is possible to reduce the war debt In the
sum of $Ul,i tn.lKKi. So ample nr.-the gov
ernment's revenues and so great is the
public confidence In the Integrity of its
obligations that its newly-funded per
cent, bonds sell at a premium. The coun
try is now justified in expecting, and It
will 1st the policy of tho lb-publican party
to bring about, u reduction of the wur
lax.
We favor tho construction, ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian ca
nal by the government of the I'nited
States. New markets are necessary for
the increasing surplus of our 1 inn prod
ucts. Kvery ell'ort should be made to open
and obtain new markets especially In the
Orient, and the administration Is warmly
to Is commended for its successful ell'ort
lo commit all trading und colonizing na
tions to the policy of the ''open door" in
Chlnn. In the Interest of our expanding
commerce we recommend that congress
create a department of commerce nnd in
dustries in charge of a secretary with a
sent in the cabinet. Tho I'nited States
consular system should bo reorganized
under the supervision of this new depart
ment upon such a basis of appointment
and tenure as will rentier it still moro
serviceable to the nation's Increasing
trade.
The American government must pro
tect tho person and property of evt ry citi
zen wherever they ure wrongfully violated
or placed in peril.
We congratulates' ho women of America
upon their splendid record of public serv
ice in the volunteer aid ossis lalion and as
nurses in camp and hospital during
the recent campaign of our armies
in the KiiHtcru and Western Indies and
WV appreciate their faithful co-operation in
all works of education und industry.
President McKinlcy has conducted the for
eign affnirs of the United Ktnti-s with distin
guished cn-dit to thn American people. In re-h-asing
us from tint vexatious conditions of a
European aliinneu for tho government of Ha
moa, his course is espii-ially to be comincndi-d-By
securing to our undivided control the most
important isb;nd of the tSamotin group and the
bi-st harbor in the (southern Pacific, every
American Interest has been safegnardi'd.
Wc approve the annexation of tho Ha
waiian islands to i hi United States.
We commend the part taken by our
government in the peace conference at
The Hague. Wo assert our steadfast ad
herence to the polio? announced in the
Monroe doc: Hue. Tho provisions of The
Hague conference wore wisely regarded
when Pres. dent McKinlcy tendered his
friendly olliccs in the Interest of pence
between Great llHt.-iin and the South Af
rican republics. While tho American
government must continue the policy
prescribed by Washington, allirmed by
every succeeding president and Imposed
upon us by The Hague treaty, of lion in
tcrvention In Kuropenn controversies, tho
American people, earnestly hope that a
way may soon lie found, honorably ivliko
to bof h contending parties, to terminate
the strife between them.
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the Just
responsibility of our victories In tho Spanish
war, the president nnd tho senate won the un
doubted approval of tin American people. No
other course .was possible than to di-stroy
Simla's sovcrongnty throughout the Western
Indies und in the Philippine islands. Thnt
course creutirl. our responsibility before the
world and, with the ii'iorgani.i-d population
whoni our intervention had frwd from Spain,
to provide for the maintenance of law and
order, nnd for the establishment of good gov
ernment and for the performance of interna
tional obligations. Our authority could not
be lees than our responsibility, and wherever
sovereign rights were extcndisl it became the
high duty of thn government to maintain its
authority, to put down armed insurns-tion
and to confer the blessings of liberty und civi
lization upon all tho ri-scuid people.
The largest measure of self-government
consistent with their welfare and our
duties shall be secured to thorn by law.
To (Juba independence and self govern
ment were assured in tho same voleo by
which war was declared, and to the letter
this pledge-shall be performed.
The ltc publican party upon its history
and upon this declaration of Its principles
and policies confidently invokes the con
siderate and approving judgment of the
American people.
MILLIONS MAY AEISE.
THROUGHOUT CHINA.
Northern China Allaine and Some South
erners lb-come Kxrltcd Over 0,000
Chiiiniiicii Killed.
London', June 25. Tho position of tho
international forces in tho section of
Northern China, where 10,000 men are
striving to keep a footing nnd to succor
the legations in Pelun, nppenr.s to in
crease in peril with every fresh dispatch.
Pekin has not been heard from direct
for 14 days. The hist dispatch was one
imploring aid. Admiral Soymonr'a col
nmu of 2.0(M) was last hearil from 13
days ago. At that timo it was snr
ronnded midway between Pekin nnd
Tien Tsiu. Possibly now it has reached
Pekiu.
The 3,000 interuationnls nt Tien Tsiu
were hard pressed nnd fighting for their
lives on Thursday nnd a relieving forco
of less than n thousand had been beaten
back to Takn Friday. Observers on tho
spot think thut 100,000 men wonld not
be too niany to grasp China firmly.
A dispatch from Shanghai dated Sun
day, at 4 p. m., said that official Japan
ese elegriims confirmed tho reports of a
defeat of the iillied forces at Tien Tsin.
The foreigners thero were placed iu a
most desperate situation. Tho Russian
admiral, Ilillebrandt, Saturday scut a
mixed foree of 4,000 from Tuku to at
tempt tho relief of Tien Tsin. Nearly
half of tho force consisted of Japanese.
The remainder was mado np of contin
gents representing tho other nations.
Tho guns of tho Chinese arotmd Tien
Tsiu wero superior to anything tho de
fending European forces had or wcro
likely to havo for somo timo.
Tho bombardment of Tien Tsin con
linnet! Friday, llomb shelters woro
hastily erected by tho foreign troops,
largely constructed of wetted piece
goisls. The food supplies wero in
Huflieient ami tho continued shelling is
resirted to Iki telling terribly.
It was reported from Shanghai Satur
day evening that the allied forces had
blown up the Takn forts und that every
available man hud lH-en sent to tho re
lief of Tien Tsin. Two thousand, tlircc
hundred Chinese) bodies alleged to havo
been cremated at Takn and more than
4,000 Chinese were said to havo been
killed at Tien Tsiu.
Wasiiiniidn', Juno 2'). Tho nnvy de
partment issued the following bulletin:
"A telegram from Admiral Kempll',
dated Che Foo, June 21, says:
" 'In ambuscade near Tien Tsin, on
the 21st. four of Waller's command
killed and seven wounded. Names will
be furuikhed us soon us received, l'on-o
of 2,000 going to relievo Tien TbIu to
day.' (Signed) "Kempfp."
"Tho secretary of tho navy ordered
Admiral Komey to go with tho Brooklyn
to Takn and to tender to General Mac
Arthur conveyance of any army troopa
which the Brooklyn con carry."
. Admiral Kempff's report that four
Americans wero killed and seven
wounded in the ambuscade of Waller's
force caused the gravest concern among
officials, but the chief fear was as to the
outcome of the second attack, which the
admiral reported wonld begin Sunday.
This is little short of tho dimensions of
a battle, and its results may be decisive,
not only to tho immediate force em
ployed, but iu determining the fate of
the legations and foreign settlements at
Tien Tsiu, and also whether the issue is
or is not to bo war with China.
Word reached the navy department
that tho battleship Oregon got away
from Hongkong Saturday night, bound
for Tuku. This was about two days
ahead of her expected start. She took
on 104 sailors and marines, brought to
Hongkong by the Zafiro. If she makes
her record time she will bo at Taku
about the same time that the Brioklyn
arrives from Manila.
The war branch of the government is
preparing for any eventuality that may
arise out of tho Chinese situation. A
stated by one of tho highest officers of
the army the scale of preparation is of a
magnitude which would both interest
and surprise the public. But, ho added,
the information would be of even great
er interest and service to any foreign foe
which tho United States may be called
upon to face within the next few weeks
or mouths, and for thnt reoson there is
no purpose to make public the complete
preparations making to meet whatever
issue arises. All thnt tho officials will
say is that both the army and the navy,
if tho occasion arises, will give a good
account of themselves.
DAMAGE TO WHEAT CROP.
Accounts or Kxtent Conflict, Said Dun's
Kcvlcw, but the 1'rice
Went I'p.
New York, Juno 21!. R. G. Dun &
Co. 's weekly review of trade, issued to
day, said in part:
The damage to tho wheat crop of the
northwest Is tho event of chief lniMrt
unco. How extensive tho loss may provo,
In view of widely conllictlng accounts,
can only be judged from tho speculative
markets, In w hich Information gathered
at the west has caused a reinnrkablo ad
vance, at Chicago 111 cents in ten days, and
tho prico hero has advanced 11 cents per
bushel, though, for the September option,
only ! cents. The belief is that so largo
a part of tho spring wheat has Is-en killed
as to reduce a yield expected to be olose to
the largest on record to considerably less
than tho world has required during the
crop year now ending.
Until within the pastthroo years it
would have biten reasoned that any ma
terial advance In price would neutralize
the foreign conditions which had caused
exports of about 1S0,IXK),000 bushels wheat,
flour Included, in the closing year, after
22-.,,iWi,0;'0 bushels In the previous year
nnd 217,uo:i,uuu bushels in the year 1S1W,
besides exports of 2i:U 0,000 bushels corn
In the closing year against 177,in).l,tA)0 last
year and 2l2.uU0,tXIU in the previous year,
liut the facts seem to Indicate a more ex
tensive and lasting increase of foreign de
mand than has Is en considered probable.
Other sources of export have been found
disappointing. Tho United States con
tinues to show enormous power of in
crease, if supported by prices which, until
recent years, would hardly have been re
garded remarkably high.
In iron and steel progress toward that
end was inmie when the structural pro
ducers, a week ago, reduced the prices of
beams to l.!K) and angles to l.st) at Pitts
burg, leaving only rails and t itipl.it es
which have not been reduced from tho
highest point. The rail works are crowded
far ahead, and the question in tinplntes
depends largely upon wages. Kastern bar
Is reduced to l.fw cents, nnd steel Imrs to
1.50 at 1'lttslmrg, witli a general shutting
down of works expected July 1. Hoops
are quoted there at 2.2-"i, and So. 27 block
sheets at !l cents, buyers asking only for
small lots. There Is a wide range of quo
tations for merchant steel, and the lower
prices named lor pipe havo only started
the demand a ill! Iu, as buyers expect yet
lower quotations.
In woolen goods the manufacturers lind
that the demand fulls to answer expecta
tions or to support prices asked at the
opening and some largo works are now
reported running part time or closing.
At the three chief markets wool has lieen
extremely dull, with sales Of only 2,720,
ti'KJ pounds. Kven where considerable
blocks nre offered at low figures the con
dition of the goods market by no moans
encourages buying.
THE MARKETS.
Pitts mt no, June 25.
WFTFAT No. 2 red, 7HM 7tio.
(,'OUN No. 2 yellow shelled, 4S'iU!c; No. i
yellow ear. -lil'ir.iOe.
OATS No.-1 white, IWitM'i" : No. 2 white,
fJ1L'"-tlc; extra No. 9 white, a'aMOo; regu
lar No. II, Avvi
HAY No. 1 timothy, IU.7.YH1R.3: No. 2 do,
l!1.5n'ffU.0O; packing hay, 7.l"t h.iwi ; clover,
1:.(KKi.1.'I..t0; loose, from wagon. (IS.lRfain.lJ0.
BL'TTElt Klgin prints, ! a-!' jn ; creamery,
Elgin, 4nt'.r; Ohio, 1S7C1KV; dairy, liWJ
lilo; low grades, lltoj:."!.
nKISFrcsh, enndlisl, nearby, M'j'Qlic;
southern eggs, l:."; dock rggs, I.Vliln
CHKESK Kull cream, Ohio, flrt.li',0; throe
quarters,S'.4in,Sl c ; New York stale, full en-am,
new, wV'!lV: Ohio Hwiss, l-."j'il:i'jc; Wis
consin, U'.'rtoe; 5-pound brick cheese, 1 1 ','
12o: liinburger, new, II j'! T.2e.
POL'IjTHY Chickens, live, small, iVflflik-;
largo, T.V Sac. per pair; spring chickens, live,
lyfCilo per pound; dressed, 25c x-r jsmnd;
dn-ssed chickens, 12'il:)c per pound; livo
geese, T.VotUMpcr pair; tnrkeys, TirSe per
pound: dri-ssid, 14"i,15o per pound; ducks,
tressed, H 'jlac per pound; live, 75no1.00 per
mir.
PlTTsiuriio, June 25.
('ATTI.E Heecipts fair, alsiut 78 cars on
sale, mostly common and medium grndi-s of
grass cuttle; good dry fed imtcher steers alsmt
steady ; grass stock of all grades and cows,
bulls and heifers l.Va:Jc lower. We quote as
follows: Kxtra heavy, (." ia.SU ; prime,
,").I.V .:.!!(; good, th.a O.HU; tidy, .". 1 .l.it ;
fair, ft.S0"ii.llll: gissl butchers', (I.Wm.tiU;
common, it.5ii'i4.(l; heifers, H joil. 7ft; oxen,
l.'.'ill'i I.IR); bulls and stags, tH.Wai.ib; common
to good fat cows, f.rilifil.lRI; good fn-sh cows,
Wi.lR) a IS.I10 : fair cows and springers, IJj.uko
lll; U.loi-na rims, llil tio-f l" iW.
IKKiS li'is'cipts fair, alsiut- !l" ran nn sale;
market m'cd netive nnd prices shade stronger.
Hates were: Kxtra mediums and liest fisivy
Yorkers. ." .X -Viil; heavy hogs.ln .VH".') iA; light
Yorkers. Y4.Vn."i 50; pigs, as to weight nnd
qunlitv. (.vniniS.-tii: roughs. Jj:t.;.Vf.Y.
KIIKK1 AND bAMKH Supply fair, alsmt :N
loads on sale; market steady on sheep; lames
dull and a quarter lower. We quote price
as follows: Choice wet hern, t4.Ka.7t! ;
K'sid, f4.tmt4.riii; fair mixed, fitHO go; com
mon, I .Vit .'..VI; yearlings, 4:1 um.VU): Hprui -luaibs.
41 ;j0u.v,.i; voal calve, Di.t047.tJU; hwvy
and thin. i.wni.lM.
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY
NARRATFl?
The War In the 1'hllipplnrs. Crimea, Trl
Slate Happenings, Foreign, Uutlnw mad
Other Kvnnts Uollad Down For th
Reader In a Harry.
NEWS FROM THE I'HILIPPIXF.S.
Ill tho city of Manila Central Mac Ar
thur guve a formal answer to the Fili
pino lenders who, Inst Thursday, sub
mitted to him peace proposals that had
been approved earlier iu the day by a
meeting of representative insurgents.
In his reply he assured them that all
personal rights nuder the United States
constitution, excepting trial by jury
nnd the right to bear arms would be
guaranteed them.
The promoters of tho pence move
ment wero again engaged in recon
structing tho draft of tfre seven clauses
tin bruit ted to General Mac Arthur in
such a way us to render it acceptable to
both sides.
The seventh clause, providing for the
expulsion of the friars, General Map
Arthur rejected ou the ground that the
settlement of this question rested with
tho commission bonded by Judgo Taft.
That iMirtiou of the Forty-third in
fantry which formerly garrisoned the
island of Sumnr will proceed to the
i:land of Loyto, giving the garrison
there the needed reinforcement.
The lintfuliou of the Twenty-uiuth in
fantry which was sent to Samar will act
ns the garrison there.
Gen. MiicArthnr formally announced
President "IcKinley's order of amnesty.
Buencnmiiio Paterno nnd other pronii
liontFilipino lenders were said to be much
pleased, us they lielieved thnt under the
amnesty they enn bring about the sur
render of Aguinaldo, who, they de
clared, was rt ndy and willing to consid
er the jieaee platform adopted by the
Filipino leaders with a few insignificant
exceptions.
The following dispatch wus received
from General Mac Arthur:
"A detachment of fonr officers, 100
men. Fortieth volunteer infantry, Cap
tain Millar commnudiug, left Cnyngan,
Juno 111 on reconnaissance up Cnyngan
river, morning ambushed by insurgents
in strong position. Fifty men sent to
reinforce from Cnyngan. Could not
take position and troops withtlrcw to
const post. Our loss iu killed: Com
pany H, Robert R. Coles, John II. Huy
wood, Fred Hollowny, John T. Pelham,
Frank Salisbury; M, Corporal Jesse G.
Moody, Michael J. McQnirk.
"Wounded Coinimny I, Captain Wol
ter Elliott, slight; II, Cnptnin Thomas
Millar, in thigh, slight; Jeff Effig, mod-
crate; James W. Jeil'cries, slight: Roxie
Whenton, mixlernte; George Hollarif,
slightly; Murley Phillips, severe; John
W. Smith, severe; M, Edwin E. Will
iains, severe; K, George W. Wills, se
vere; Lex M. Kitmters, moderate.
"Missing Coni)uuy II. Sergeant
W iilinni fCorthcross.
"Full detail report not received."
HAIThAKU I.V WASHINGTON.
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler re
ceived his commission from tho presi
dent und was assigned to the command
of tho depurimeiit of the hikes, with
headquarters at Chicago.
Secretaries Hay and Root, Assistant
Secretaries Mciklcjohu and Huckett
and Admiral Crowiushield hud a con
ference with the President Wednesday.
On leaving tho White House they said
nothing had been heard from Pekiu,
and that the confer uce was on the
subject of how communication with
Minister Conger conld be secured at the
enrjiest moment. There wus no donbt,
it wus said, the government oflicials re
garded the Chinese situation as very crit
ical, and that more vigorous measures
arc under consideration.
TKI-MTATK EVENTS.
Christ (Swedes') church, UpisT Mor
ion, celebrated its one hundred and fifti
eth anniversary.
Edward Ohinor, a merchant of Day
ton, O., filed a petition 111 bankruptcy.
Liabilitie, (i.'i.OOO; assets none.
The Heaver county (Pa.) centennial
commenced.
Lieut. Gen. Miles reviewed tho one
Hundredth, One Hundred and First,
One Hundred and Third, Cue Hundred
und Fortieth und One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth regiments. He received
an ovutiou wherever he went. Upon ar
riving uf Mr. jjiinl's home he rested for
several honr. licing much fatigued by
his traveling.
E. N. Bigger made a sjM'wh and pre
sented to the county the new monu
ment erected at a cost of i:i,(KK), to the
memory of soldiers and sailors of the
civil wur. Lienteimnt Governor J. P.
S. Gobin wns exp -eted to niuko an ad
diess accepting it, but was nimble to get
here. F. E. Reader mado an address
upon "The Early Military History of
the County," nud James II. Cunning
ham spoke iu an eloquent manner on
"A Boy's View of Civil Wur."
VICTIMS OF DISASTER.
A passenger train 011 the Macon branch
of the Southern railway rau into a wash
out near McDoiiottgh, Ga. Thirty-five
people were killed.
Every jstsoii on the train except tho
occupants of the Pullman car perished
iu the disaster.
Some of the Ixslie.s floated off.
Some of them were terribly man
gled. Flagman Oiitulnti went lwtck to the
telegraph office at MoDonough and gave
the news and then fell iu a faint.
Only three women were on the train.
Two escaped. It is prosnmed that the
other peri.-Oied, but tho lxsly had not
ls-en found.
Four men lost their lives as the result
of an explosion in the Champion mine,
Champion, Mich., Saturday evening.
Eight istsiiiis were killed and over .'K'
were injured as a result of a collision ot
au excursion and a freight train nt Do-
pere, Wis. One man is reported mus
ing. RECORD OF CRIMEN.
The body of a 2-iuonths-old infant,
Bupposi-d to have lieen murdered, was
found in the Delaware river, above Mar
ket street ferry, Camden, N. J.
"United States officers in Luzerne
county, Pa., arrested two men on the
charge of robbing the postoffice at West
Nunticoke.
Major Charles M. Schaefcr, late of
the Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers,
was found (load with a bullet wound in
his head in a cemetery at New Praguw,
Minu.
NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS,
Lord Curzim sent the following dis
patch regarding the famine situation:
"The week's famine reports show a
state of general expectancy, pending
the advance of the monsoon, which has
not yet apjieared. Heavy ruin has fallen
in Burma, Bengal and the doltaio und
central districts of Behar.
"Ou the west coast the mousoou cur
rent is weak nud has not progressed
north of Goa, nor penetrated to the most
affected regions, and the hot weather
conditions still exist. Thero is no im
provement possible in the affected dis
tricts, nor any decease of numliers on
the relief works until there shall be a
heavier general rainfall. The relief to
tal now reaches 4,!l'.'0,000."
Mrs. Gladstone was luid to rest in
Westminster nbbey.
Russians attacked Pekiu. Chinese
had renewed attack ou foreign lega
tions. It was reported foreigners hud
all beeu massacred.
The wires connecting with the harbor
mines wero cut by the bouts of the war
ships tho night before the bombard
ment. It is now reported nt Shiiughai
that it was on board the Russian cruiser
Korietz, nnd not the Maudschnr, that
the explosion occurred, killing and
wounding moro than fifty. It is re
ported that no fewer than 5b0 Chinese
were killed in the forts,
At Ynm-Nan-Fu, where the rising has
been gathering force for several days.
680 Christians have beeu attacked at the
French mission settlement, many being
put to death. Tho French consuls und
three missionaries are still in prison.
Tho disorderly elements hove secured
tho upisT hand at Wu Hu aud Czo
chunu, where the native Christians have
boon massacred.
A thousand Boxers have gathered on
the outskirts of Tien Tsin.
Tho Shanghai correspondent of The
Daily News, telegraphing yesterday,
said:
"Tho Chinese officials here assert that
they havo news from Pekin up to June
17. The situation was then very ser i
ons. Beyond that they claim to have
received nothing, but they deny that
dispatches huve lieen withheld.
"Although I am nut willing to adopt
the alarmist rejiorts, my impression,
gathered from tho consuls and tho Chi
nese authorities, is that the worst in to
be feared in Pekin.
"Admiral Seymour's column is now
in the middle of an arid plnhi, with no
food and no gtxxl water, and surroundid
by hostile forces."
A Manila disimtch said that a typhoon
had washed out the rond lietween there
and Tarlae, delaying the arrival of the
Ninth regiment. This was the regi
ment destined for service in China.
IH'SINESS JOTTINGS.
Secretary of Agriculture Hamilton, in
a letter to W. J. Creasy, usked for spe
cific information as to the basis of
charges against his department.
Official aunonncomeut has lioou tnndo
that the Northern Pacific railroad 1ms
acquired the St. Paul and Duluth rood.
It is said i0 a sharu wus paid for the
stock. .
IIIISCELLANEOIS.
It is estimated that tho population of
Buffalo, by the present census, is a lit
tle less than 400,000.
A distwtch from Cape Town said it
wos reiHirtod there that President Kru
ger is m n feeble condition.
Mrs. Reitz, wife of the Transvaal
state secretary, snilwl for Eurojie from
Loureuzo Marques, accompanied by her
family.
Henry Wulter Webb died at his
rosideuco at Soarborough-ou-tho-Hud-soii,
N. Y., aged 47 years. He was
a sou of the late General James
Watson Webb, and brother of Dr. W.
Seward Webb, and was a director in
the Wagner Palace Car company, the
Buffalo Erie Basin Rnilroud company,
the National City liauk, and Oswego
and Rome Railroud company, aud trus
tee of tho Mutual Life Insurance com
pany. At Grand Rapids, Mich., the gencr
erol synod of the Christian Reformed
Church of North America oiened iu
biennial session in the theological sem
inary here, with all but six iuciuIhts
present. Rev. J. Munni, of Passaic, N.
J., the retiring moderator, delivered a
brief address, und the synod then elect
ed the following officers for tho coming
two years:
Fodorutor, Rev. A. Keiscr, Gruaf-
schap, Mich.; vico president. Rev. E.
Breeu, of Iowa; secretary, Rev. P. M.
Ten lloor, Grand Rapids; assistant sec
retary, Rev. J. W. Brink, Grand Rap
ids.
Archbishop Ryan officiated at the
dedication of St. Mary's Polish Catho
lic church, costing faO.OOO, in ReaiUug.
111.
The Chinese minister asked an armis
tice in the sending of American troops
to China, liased on the assurances ol
Chinese viceroys that they can maiu
tain order. I'resideiit McKinlcy made
it known to the Chinese minister that
the United States would fry to g-t
troops to points where its citizens and
officials were considered in dnuger.
Work was resumed at the Rockfori
(Ills.) plants of the Glucose Snpir Re
fining couquiny after several wef-ks'
idleness. Two hundred and fifty
are affected.