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VOL XXX11I. NO. 38.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 0, 1901.
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HOKOUGH OFFICERS.
lioorft. George ltirt-il
Omo"ii". Joseph Morgan, J. T.
Halo, W. V, Itluin, Jus. I. lluvlH, Chit.
Clark, T. E. Arinsliong;, I'r. J.C. Iliinn.
Jntiee utlh fence C. A. Itaiidnll, S.
J. Mutiny.
Om.tf.iooj- II. K. M.ksIv.
Oilleelor F. I'. Anislcr.
c-oot iiree(or it. V. llnloinan, J.
K. Wenk, t. JainUwon, J. (', Ncow.leii,
Patrick Joyoe, W. W, Grove.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Afemher of Omar J. K. I'. Hall.
Member of .Vesiife A. M. Necley.
Aitembly lr. H. N. Towler.
President Jitie W. M. Llndsoy.
Attoetate Jndget A. J. McCray, It. II.
Crawford.
VorAonofnry, RegitterJb Recorder, de.
John II. Robertson.
.VAerUf. J. W. JhiiiIohoii.
treasurer S. M. Henry.
COHtintssioners It. M. Ilernian, John
T. Carson. J. T. Dale.
IHttriet Attorney S. I. Irwin.
jury OommtnitioKtri Levi 11. Rey
nolds, Peter Yniingk.
(troner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditor! J. It. Clark, R. J.
Flvnn, Geo. I.. King.
(iHn(y .Yii;eiHfcni-nl E. K. Htlt.in
Kor. Itraalar Term ( t'eurl.
Fourth Momliiy of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Neptomlmr.
Third Monday of Novemlmr.
Caarra aael Habknth Mr.eol.
PreNbvuirian Sabbath School at SMS a.
in. t M. K. Sabbath Si-IumiI at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching .n M. K. Cliur.-h every Sab
bath evening bv Rev. W. I', Muriay.
Preaching in'the M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
C. II. Mdler. Pastor.
Sern-ea In the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
ltv. J. V. Mi-Aiiini-h otn.-iutinjr-
TliereKiilar ino.-ti tiiri of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarter on the
aecond and fonrtli Tuesday of each
in. nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi N EST A LODGE, No.3i0, 1.O.O. K.
1 Al e-its every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellow' H nil, Partridge building.
rVlltKST LODGE, No. IMI, A.O. U. W.,
I Moots every Friday evening lnA.O.U.
W. Hull, Tioncsla,
CAP T. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
O. A. l. MiWlii lt and ltd Monday
eveninu in eai-h month, In A. O. U. W .
Hall, TloneRta.
CAI'T. GEORGE STOW nilll'S, No.
1.17, W. It. C, meet (lint and third
Wednesday evening of each inoiilb, in A.
O. U. W. lml I, Tionosta, Pa,
-piONESTA TEN T, No. Ki, K. O. T.
X M., moel-t inil and -Ith Weduindiiy
eveimiir In each monlli In A. O. U. NV.
hall Tione-ila, I'a.
'P K. HITCH KY,
1. ATTOKN K Y-AT-LA W,
Timitutta, i'a.
1J M.CLARK,
I Atioknkv-at-Law,
M Tionc-tH, Peiiua.
"OIBeo, f.T the present, over Haslet's store.
SAMUKL C. CALHOUN'.
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW,
Olllro at Cannin'a Jewelry store, Tio
nesta. Pa. All h-iral biisiness and isiilee
liona promptly and faithfully attended to.
J W. MOHHOW, M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon A Dentist.
Olllee and llesidcnoe three dmir north
of Hotel Airnew, Tionesta. Professional
cal.'s promptly responded to at all hours.
L)
It. F.J. HOVAItl),
Physician . Surgeon,
TIOMXTA, PA.
DR. J. C.DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURC.EON.
Ollbie over Heath it Killmer'a store,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional rails prompt
resKindel to at all houra of day or
night. Keeidence Kast side Klin St., 3d
doro aliove jail building.
HOTEL, AGNEW,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a eompletoehange,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout witli natural ga-s, bathrooms,
hot and wld water, etc. Tli9 comforts ol
KiivhU novor neglected.
OKNTRAL HOUSE,
.l UK ROW .t liEROVV Proprietor.
Tioiisela, Pa. This is the uiosteontrally
loratod 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 Livery in connection.
f Wiuiii in,
At Thl tkWfM milttfll UI1VTR8ITY,
farren, pa.
Th bo t praoitcal.up-to-datt Bui
tna Trtlnlni lenou in Pannaylvutta.
our Studant 'Drwl
inning" duoation.
fa mi m ita to Mil run par
tleulari to tnr tJiria, upon raoalpt1
Of application for aara.
our fraauatei arJ boUlns potl
4lona of honor and truit to all paria
r tna On l tad siata.
Wot run parii2uiart, afldrtt,
1KB VAJthLV BUSUkiS UKIVU81TY.
NONE LEFT:
lllieuroiUic Achee, Head Ache or
Lumbago, After Using
WANO ELECTRIC OIL -25C.
It lie moves 1'iniples and Makes the
Skit) soft aud Goe.
All drug stores, or sent pre-paid.
THE WANO CO., Warrun, Pa.
GOV. ODELL'S MESSAGE
Economy Is the Keynote of
the Document.
Itecoinmen.la That II any Change! Be Mada
la Handling Ilia Stale's HuslnMa aaylnf
That Smile Kipentlva l'oi tluut Could
W.ll lie Done Away 'llh-Ollir In
ortant Blaltera. M. t .
To the Iiegialature of the State of New
York:
The cuuntitution provides that the gov
eruor shall coniunuiicate by inesDuge tc
he li'irinlutuie at every session "the con
dition of the state and recommend suet
mutters to it as he uliall judite expnli
cut." Ai-tlng under this mandate, I bnv)
the honor to truuKinit to you the follow
lug message:
On Sept. 30, 11W0, the close of tin
fiscal year, the total debt of the stun
amounted to llO.UO.tli!, clussitied 01
f.dlows:
Vzr.z'i JJ.SuO.IW
A.1iriniU.k park, rhaptrr Ml, Uwz cf
iMd taa,ax
Adirunilick park, thaptrr tiO, Uwt t
17 IU0,(M
Nitlunal muni, public d.fi-tuK-t, clupter
072, Uwt of ltJH, snj chapter V)l,
lam ol 1-VJ WO.Onl
Totil I10.13O.S0I
Of this debt r.MCKH) will full due ot
the Hot It ilny of January, l'.Hil. nnd
(mm) on the .".nth day of Jtinunry, 11X12
The first bus been cured for by an oppro
printlon mil. I.- by the legislature of lU'Kt
and no oihcr piovinion. excepting for thi
Item fulling due ill January, foi
the redemption of outstunding certifunt. i
of Indebtedness, will be necessary diirinj
the current year.
The receipts and balances for the yeai
ending Sept. 30, 1000, were $30,511
0!iS.2.'i.
Of this amount Ho04.Sl-l.74 was tlx
bnttinee carried down from October, lKtej
The total payments for nil purpose!
during the year amounted to f-MJ,2l,
8!.".7), leaving a bulanre in the stnt
treimury on Sept. 30, 1000, of $7.2V.I,
SOL'.M.
The tax rate for the current year It
List mills, which will yield on the Talus
Hon of the state 13,401,31)2," 52) $10,
704.1. uino
Principal Kxpt-ndlt area.
A study of the principal expenditure
Is wise in view of the necessities which
arise for a more economical administra
tion. They are therefore submitted to
you in full, nnd are as follows:
For rdu.-ational puriiowi IA,106,BUO 0!
For chirtuMo inMitutloni, Including
care of tli. tnn. 0,TJ8,U4 01
For th Adirondack park, purchaa of
lands and rxpnai-a i:U,102 61
For printing and adv.rtiilttf d.3.1'1 4i
For tha laviilaturp Ttst,70t 31
For atalt pniwi BD-'.KW 4
Fur Ibe Judu-inry B2s,0s7 Jl
For the national fruard. Including
artnoriva and arM-tiala, lor puldic de-
linn i.oos.m m
For the wi. d. partment, includlngr
refunda fiiVl.fl At
For puhlic buildlnKS 1S1 41
For canals t.75,tl29
The legul expenses, other than thosi
nsmrd above, have also been very lorgi
au.l could be greatly reduced if the com
peiirntlon of the attorneys was fixed bj
statute on a percentage basis, rather than
left to the discretion of the comptroller.
I recommend thnt in all counties when
there are now oflUlnl appraisers tlx
collection of the tuxes be transferred tt
the state comptroller, and that in all
other counties the county treasurei
be made the ollicinl appraiser for suck
counties, with no additional feo fir suet
service.
Since the adoption of the state consti
tution a necessity for an increase in th
force of employees In the legislature hat
arinen, nnd without proper amendment
to the Icgi-dutlve law this Increase bai
been met through whnt is known as
supplemental list. With no definite lim
itntion as to the number ot such em
ployees extravagnnce aud abuses are apt
to result. I recommend an amendment to
the legislative law that will fix the num
ber and compensation of such additional
employees.
The comptroller's report shows also
rust Increase In the expenditures for cler
leal and other help In the departments.
No doubt a thorough pruning could be
effected if the legislature would Invest)
gnte and report promptly Its findings, and
1 nsk fur such action. All items of ex
penditure In the appropriation bills should
be made mine in detail, so as to giv
fuller elTect to the veto power of the ex
ecutive nguinst unnecessary expenditure!
without a disapproval of many of the
gross appropriations.
The Attorney System.
The abuses which have grown np un
der the attorn-y system are such as to
call for correction. There are perhapi
instances where the services of special
attorneys may be justified, but in most
eases the work performed by them should
be left to the legal deportment of th
state. I direct the attention of the legis
lature specifically to the law governiuj
attorneys for the lunacy commission,
and by the forest preserve board. A
great amount of money has been expend
ed in the pnst for such services, and il
rt is possible to save these expenditure!
without detriment to the state, it should
be done. A portion at least is unneces
sary, and 1 am convinced can be avoided
without any serious embarrassment fol
lowing. This recommendation Is mnd
with the belief that you will give to II
the atteution which Its Importance de
serves. Kmiiloyers Liability.
The governor enjoins the legislature to
consider the enactment of an employers'
liability law, recommends the substitu
tion ef n single commissioner for the
present stole board of charities, also for
the prisons commission and olso for the
ttnte boord of health. On the forest pre
lerve hoard and forestry, fish and guise
iommission be says:
The law governing the work of tne
'orest preserve board could be amended
as to permit the selection of a mem
er by the governor, by and with the
ionsent of the senote, who, with the two
itote officers now designated, should con
ttitutc the forest preserve board, and
the powers and duties of the forest, fish
Hid game commission could be transfer
ted to the board as thns constituted.
He recommends the abolition of the
Ifflce of superintendent of weights and
measures. On the subject of the Judi
:lary be soys:
It seems to inc that in making your
appropriations for the juditiary a suv
lag could be effected without a loss of
lignity or power to the various branches
resulting therefrom. I ms ss. In iusti-
arntion of criticism or tne sp-rmi
iury law, thut I nm informed thut the
commissioner is seldom called upon to
f'.unith a j nt y nnd is a hindrance rntl.ei
than a henetit to our Jury system and
iliould therefore be repealed.
Another grent increuse in expenses has
been In the item of printing, which in
INSil amounted to !f l(lS.4.!.i.SS and lust
fear to .iS3,U1.47, or five times as
much.
It is your dnty to curtail In every way
this wasteful extravagance which exists
todny in almost every state department.
It is no answer to cite the fact that oth
trs have done woree and that the state
is better able to afford these expenil1
lures because of the iudirvct tuxutton,
but it Is your duty at once to take such
action as may be necessary to correct
what I am convinced are grave abuses.
Tasatlom.
The subject of taxation Is one tbnt is
of the most import to the people of the
ifnte at large. All corporations receive
from the state certain rights. They
hove, first, the right to exist. In addi
tion some acquire from municipalities,
through the action of the state, rights
to build, ninlntnin and operate their prop
erties. It seems to me therefore thnt
capital of this character in our stnte
should pay a tribute to the creating
power for that which they have received.
This justifies the present luws taxing
corporations for state purposes, and nil
future corporation tax luws should be
based upon this principle. Thnt the pres
ent law works burdships to some and la
not fully enforced in other cases Is ap
parent. This no makeshift remedy will
correct, but an entirely new system
should be framed to meet existing condi
tions, nnd a fulr and equitable recom
pense from all corporations enjoying
state protection and favors should be ex
acted. Exemptions should be given by
the localities ruther thun by the state,
because it is the former which receives
the greatest benefit, and all corporations
should therefore pay a tax bused upon
their earning power.
The inequalities resulting from the tax
ation of mortgages are very great, the
burden being borne principally by estate
and trust funds, nearly all other mort
gages escaping taxation.
If the suggestions before outlined
should meet with favor, I should rccom
rncud exempting mortgages entirely from
taxation, in the belief thut their taxation
should be left to the operation of the
transfer tax law, the present unfair dis
crimination being thereby corrected aud a
lower rate secured to borrowers.
The governor recommends the amend
ment of the excise law to the effect thut
if a prosecution is begun it cannot be
settled without the consent nnd approval
of the excise department. He also rec
ommends crtminsl ruther than civil prose
cution The appropriation of the stute Inst year
f a sum sufficient to discharge the obli
gations of the Mate fair, bringing it
ander the control of a commission ap
pointed by the state, hns proved wise,
ind the enroinat'cuu-tit thus given has
resulted In the most successful fair
that has beeu known in recent years.
Sufficient appropriation should be
(nude to continue this work as . a
state institution during the coming yeur.
The various luws passed empowering
the commissioner of agriculture to pro
tect consumers from udtilterated food
products have been thoroughly enforced,
and the results in the main have been
satisfactory. You nie referred to the re
port of the commissioner of agriculture
for a detailed statement of the work of
this department.
The sugar beet Industry of the state
should still be encouraged and the bounty
continued. It is anticipated thnt this
rear about 0,0O0,(MI0 pounds of beet sugar
will be produced in our state.
Farmers' institutes have been conduct
ed successfully and arc of great benefit
to the funning localities. The work ot
the stumping out of tuberculosis and
glnnders nmong the cattle should, in my
opinion, be transferred to this depart
ment, because it conies properly within
the scope of its duties and because it can
be done with less expense.
The railroad commission, In addition t
the other duties Imposed upon it, hai
been engaged in the work of nbolishini
grade crossings under the appropriates
made Inst year. This work should con
tin tie.
Han-American Kxposllloss,
The Pan-American exposition, whicl
Is to open iu ItulTalo on May 1, has re
ceived the cordial support of both thi
national and , state governments. I'
should be your duty to aid in every waj
commensurate with the necessities it
making this exposition such a succesi
as will redound to the credit of the state
Expositions of this character have
tendency, through the knowledge ncquir
ed of the resources of the various coun
tries participating, to bring about an in
terchnnge of business thnt is of lastin
benefit to the commercial interests of all
Our slato is to be congratulated upon thi
enterprise which conceived and the sue
cess which promises to come as the re
lilt of this great exposition.
The reports from nil the depnrtmenti
will be submitted at the proper time fol
the Information of the legislature, ant"
it is not therefore nccesssry for me to re
fer to them in detail.
The legislature should at this, the be
ginning of a new century, aid in ever)
way possible in the development and
prosperity of the stnte. Economy shoule
prevail, yet nothiug should be done that
may be regarded as inimical to the righti
of the citimis and the vast interests wl
represent. Upon the legislature tjie fill1
responsibility must rest for the pussagi
of all laws. It will be my aim, so far in
possible, to aid in the work with whict
you are charged, withholding my official
sanction only from such measures as mnj
seem to me to be contrary to public pol
Icy. With n desire for the most eordiul
relations between the executive aud tin
members of the legislature, I feel that I
may at all times be assured that the ob
jects for which we are striving have thi
highest motives and the desire to givi
eqnul rights and protection to all inter
ests that tend to the welfare and ad
vancement of our commonwealth.
I .najurtUloa Fsrs.le.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-A distinc
tive feature of the second inauguration
of President McKinlcy. if plans now
under way fulfill their early promise,
will be a large representation of the col
leges and universities of the United
Suites in the line of the paru.lo for the
first time. The mutter tins been put in
the bnnils of nn intercollegiate commit
tee which has addressed invitations to
the presidents of mora tlinn 400 Ameri
can institutions of learning requesting
thnt delegations be sent on to represent
their respective institutions in the iu-nu-iiial
parade. It is expected each col
lege or university will iiuve a distinc
tive uniform and banner nnd thnt the
res. lit will lie a pi. using addition to the
other detuils of the parade.
PHILIP D. ARMOUR DED
Noted
Chicago M'llioi a re
Passes A.vay.
After a Tain fur .salt of Health For a
Number of Yours the Head of the
Largest Pruv.aiuu lilt .lures Iu tlia Couu
try fiuoeumbed to t'ueuiuoula Ills liu
nienae Fortune.
CHICACO. Jan. 7.-Philip D. Armour
died nt his residence iu l'luirie uveuuu
in this city at 5:45 o'clock Sunday.
The end cutuc utter two years uf illness,
during which time .Mr. Armour visited
(ionium bnths, passed the cold months iu
Southern Culiforiiiu uud devoted himself
luigely to an attempt to restore his
heluth, which, however, had been brokeu
never to be regained.
Mr. Armour had lost strength steadily
from duy to day since the commencement
of the winter. The pueuiuuuiu was
cheeked, but strength was not regained,
The firm grip he hud so long maintained
upon tiie business of Armour & Co.,
whether "nt the ollice or thvusands ot
miles away, slowly relaxed. The sud
den dentil of his son and nnincsnke near
ly a year ago hung heavily on him dur
ing the closing months of his lifo. In
fact he never recovered from the shock
he expci ieuced from thnt event. It
stopped his progress towards recovery in
his winter home at l'asndcnu, and its
sorrow remained fresh until the end.
Estimates of Mr. Armour's own estate
run from $10.hi,(si0 to $23,000,(io.
This of course does not include the $15,
1100,000 or ?20,(HSI,(SiO owned by the
younger members of his family. For
years every enterprise he was Interested
in had been making immense profits.
His holdings of stock hnve all advanced
largely during the last three yeurs.
Mr. Armour married Miss Mnlvina
Belle Ogdeti. dnnghter of Jonathan Og
don of Cincinnati iu October, 1.SU2. They
have had two children Philip U. Ar
mour, Jr., who died a year ago, nnd J.
Ogden Armour, who seems destined by
character, training aud circumstances,
to succeed his father as the bead of the
Armour house.
KILLED THE INCENDIARY.
Illram Van llnren Shot Man Who Tried
to Hum III. Home and Was Acquitted.
fil.OVKRSVILLE, X. Y., Jan. 8.-E.1-wnrd
Eddy wns shot and instantly killed
at Trcvntt, a small settlement in Sam
toga county, near the Fulton county line,
early Sunday morning while trying to
burn the home of lliiatn Van Kureii.
Residing with tile latter was n woninu
who formerly kept house for Eddy, and
about 2 o'clock Sunday morning Van
lluren awoke to find his house burning.
He extinguished the fire nnd then sat
up to nwuit a return of the incendiaries,
llctweon 5 nnd II o'clock he saw two
men looking in a bedroom window aud
going out of the house he saw the men
standing under a tree. Eddy hid behind
a pump as Van lluren fired and wns
shot in the neck. He ran about 15 feet
and fell dead. A kerosene bottle was
found outside the dwelling nt the place
where the men looked through the win
dow. Van Huron gave himself up to a justice
nnd at a coroner's examination wns dis
chnrged on the ground of justifiable hom
icide. Eddy wits nboiit 50 years old and
Van lluren was aged 70 years.
Last Year's Gold and Silver Prndnctton.
WASHINGTON, Jau. 4. George E.
Roberts, a director of the mint, yester
day mnde public his preliminary estiiuute
of the production of gold nnd silver iu
the United Stntes during the calendar
year 1!HH. The aggregate of gold Is
given as 3.H:!7,213 fine ounces, vnlue.l
at $7J.322,2K1. and of silver 0.010,51.1
fine ounces, which nt the approximate
average price of 01 cents for the year,
makes the value $.'ii!.Ht!2,4.'!l. Dnring
the calendar year ISO!) the gold prodtic
tion wns $71,053,400 and the silver pro
duction 5l,704,5iK) line ounces. The
Nome gold and silver production for
1000 is given as $5,l(Xi,0oo. and that of
the Klondike, which includes both the
American and Canadian fields, $22,2S7,-
5i.
. Tan.turbllta Kohlnd New Line.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.. Jan. 8.-It is
said the Pittsburg nnd Luke Erie rail
way, controlled by Vnnderbilt interests,
is back of the proposed Cleveland,
Yonngstown and Ohio Pittsburg line, in
corporated last week. The Pittsburg and
Lake Eric uses the Erie rrSad from here
to Cleveland nnd it desired to cut
loose. The movement contemplates the
building of Ml miles of track and it is
said work will be pushed early in the
year.
lloillitles For lleet Kaisers.
ALBANY, Jan. 4 Governor O.ltll's
suggestion that the beet sugar industry
should be encouraged ill this stute will
lead to the introduction of a legisla
tive bill appropriating about $12,000 for
bounties to be pnid to beet raisers for
augur purposes. It is anticipated that
about 12,000,000 pouuds of sugar will be
made this year.
Right l'popte HufTueated.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jnu. 7. Eight men
lost their lives iii a fire at 115 Wash
ington avenue. South. The fire had its
origin iu the rear of the Standard Furni
ture eouipiiny. The men were over
taken by an intense volume of smoke iu
the Harvard hotel, which occupies the
second, third and fourth floors of the
building and death in every instance was
due to suffocation.
Unnslo Leave Vrnrsilelnn Waters.
WASHINGTON. Jau. 8.-The train
ing ship Buffalo, which left La Gunyra
Saturday, arrived yesterday morning at
tuuta Lucia ami will proceed on to Ma
nila by way-of the Cape of Good Hope.
This leaves the Hartford and the newly
arrived Scorpion to natch over American
interests ill Venezuela.
l'rnm'i.ent 1'ka.nr Head.
CINCINNATI, Jan. S.-Ilev. Thomas
A. Fullerton, a prominent minister of the
Presbyterian church, died yesterday at
his home iu this city. He had served as
pastor at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati;
Spriuirficld. O. ; Erie, Pa., and George
town, I), ij.
Con. n I N r Ag-ilt Hies Iu London.
LONDON. Jan. S.-Suniuel I. Cald
well, the United States consular agent
at Seville, Spain, died yesterday in St.
Thomas hospital, this city.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Rational Uebt Shows a Deereas For
Month t.f Hreelnber.
. WASHINGTON, Jen. 3-The month
ly statement of the public debt shows
that the i lo.-e of business Dec. 31 ,1'.MI.
the uutiunul debt, less cash in the treas
ury, amounted to $1,000. 1'JI.MIO, a de
crease for the month of $1,0H3,505.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest homing debt $1,001,400,770;
debt ou which interest bus ceased sine
maturity $2.im4,OiO; debt bearing no in
terest $:tS5,lH.SiHJ. Totul $1,3M),20S.
Ot'i. This amount, however, does not
include $754,0I2..'I71) iu certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
offset by au oquul amount ot cash on
hand. The ensh iu the treasury is class
ified as follows:
Reserve fund In gold $150,000,000:
trust funds in gold, silver and United
Stntes notes $751,012,371); geueral fund
$130,550,473. Iu national bank deposi
tories to the credit of disbursing otlicera
and the United States treasurer, $'Ji,
000.00.. Totnl $1.131.271.5fi2 agniiiBt
which there are demand liabilities out
standing amounting to $11,104,215,
leaving a cash balance on hand of ( "
107,330. The cash ill the treasury in
creased during the mouth $030,545.
Treasurer's Monthly Statement.
WASHINGTON. Jau. 3.-The com
parative stuteiueiit of the receipts aud
expenditures of the United States, Is
sued by the treasury department yester
day, shows that for the month of Decem
ber. ilHK), the total receipts were $40,
b40,50S, un increuse, as compared with
December, IMS), of $ti.4)4.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue are given as follows:
Customs, $lS,4iMJ,034, decreuse of
$024,250; internal revenue, $25.2ts).li'.)3.
increase of $1S5,110; miscellaneous, $3,
OS0.170, Increase of $520,534. .
The expenditures for the month were
$10,204,022, which leaves surplus for
tho mouth of $0,011, Sat).
Colna-re ol Hints In loo.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-The yearly
coinage statement of the director uf the
mint shows thnt the total coiuugo of the
mints of the United Stntes in 1000 was
$137,0!iO,40l, as follows: Gold, $!!).
272,012; silver, $30,205,321; minor cuius,
$2,031,137.
SERIES OF BLUNDERS.
Prluelpnl of Fredonla Normal School Kays
It Was Responsible For Loss of Life.
FUEDONIA, X. I., Jan. I.-Corouer
Ulood bus completed taking the evidence
Iu the Inquest to ascertain the cause of
the deaths of l'hiueus Morris ami the
six young lady students who perished in
the tire which destroyed the Xoruiul
school Dec. 14.
Mrs. Alice Sujuk wus the star witness
of the day's session, as she testified that
on the Saturday before the school burned
she tried to open the screen before the
north fire escape, and was unable to do
so because a wooden button over the
hook holding the screen iu place had
swollen so it could not be moved. She
told Miss May Hayward, the dormitory
housekeeper, of the danger the girls were
In should fire breuk out.
Dr. 1'raucis 11. Palmer, principal, wus
recalled to the stand, and gave a geueral
summary of the cause of the fire aud the
combination of circumstances which re
sulted in the loss of life. He said: "To be
gin with, the janitors did not alarm the
sleeping students either by crying fire,
whistling up the speaking tulic, or ring
ing the big lire bell. Those who perished
at the fire escape had other means of es
caping which they did not employ, as
those who escaped did. That Janitor
Morris did not use the chemical fire ex
tinguisher in the basement was a terrible
mistake. I nm convinced nt the time he
knew of the tire the chemical would have
saved the building bad be used it. Then
the report circulated at the lire, 'every
body's out prevented willing rescuers
from entering the building. All in all,
the series of blunders and delays that
morning are to blame for the loss of
human beings."
Stalas Hoard of I'ha. mncy.
ALBANY. Jan. K.-The state board
of pharmacy created under chapter 007
of the laws of 1!H, which abolished
three separate hoards in Central .New
York, Greater New Yor' mid Erie
county, organised yesterday with these
o'lllcers: President, Robert K. Smith, r,
Buffalo; general secretary, Sidney Fuller,
New York; first vice president, Ityron
M. Hyde, Rochester; second vice presi
dent, Albert II. Kruniluge, Brooklyn;
chairman, eastern branch, Clarence O.
Uigelow, New York; secretary, Sidney
Faber, New York; chairman, middle
branch, Charles B. Sears, Auburn: sts
retary. Warren L. Brndt, Albany; chair
man western branch, Alfred M. I'alnier,
Olean: secretary, George Rcimnnn. Buf
falo. By-laws were adopted, nlso rules
governing the issuing of certificates
granted on examination to pharmacists
and assistant pharmncists. alsu the li
censing of all stores at $2 each. The ef
fect of the law will be to procure uni
form and practical examinations of phar
macists and the closing of perhaps hun
dreds of stores where drugs are sold and
where licensed pharmacists or druggists
tre not in charge.
London 'Clianse Had Exalting Week.
LONDON, Jan. 7. Last week ths
stock exchange had to stand the severest
strain known for a long time. If it came
through safely it wns mainly due to the
strength nnd breadth of the American
market. To the failures nnd panicky
feeling resulting from the collapse of the
London and Globe Finance Corporation,
Limited, was added an unexpected in
crease iu the Bank of England rate, and
even now when the crisis seems to be
safely past, those who are disposed to
look upon the gloomy side of things fear
that there is worse iu store for the com
ing settlement, when sonic big differences
must be met.
1901 JANUARY 1901
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary of the Weeks News
of the World.
f reaan of ths News Called From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper hhapa
For the Hurried Header Who Is Too
Busy to Head tha Longer Reports and
Deslrea to Keep Posted on Cvanta.
William Jennings Bryan arrived at
Galveston, Tex., and left soou after
wards with Colonel W. L. Moody for
the private guiue reserve of the latter
where he will hunt several days.
John ami Andrew Muir, sons of John
Muir, pioneer farmer of Sooke, B. C.
were killed while riding on a load ot
straw. The team ran away, throwing
them off. The bodies were found within
a short distauce of one another.
General Kitchener repoits that the
Boers have captured Helvetia, killing
and wounding 50 men. They also cup
tured 200 prisoners.
Disputches from Muuila report the
capture of numerous insurgents as the
n suit of scouting throughout Lurou.
The Americans iu this work sustained no
cnsuultics. A detachment of the Fourth
regiment raptured 00 In the province
of Cuvite.
Colonel Willcocks bas cabled the Brit
ish government thut the Asbanti rebel
lion has ended, all of the rebel chiefs
having surrendered.
Thnrsday,
Chins changes its tune and asks for a
conference with the foreign ministers fur
th" purpose of asking fur some modifi
cations iu the demauds contained iu the
joint note, the items of demolishing the
Tuku forts and establishing permnment
legntiou guards at I'ekin not being ex
actly to their liking.
City council uf Omuha offers a rewurd
of $25,000 for the capture of the kidnap
pers of Edward A. Cudahy, while Mr.
Cudiihy announces that bis offer still
stands, despite the threats of the kid
nappers of violence to him unless be
should withdraw it.
Two fui tilers aud a hired mau living
near Ithaca, N. Y., died after partaking
of a meul of ginger tea and oysters, aud
foul pluy iB suspected, a brother of the
hired man having suspiciously decliued
to ent of the meul and disappearing
shortly after.
Countess Festetics, formerly Ella Hug
gin of New York, granted uu uhsolute
divorce from her husband, Couut Fes
tetics, at San Francisco.
Friday.
A Tien Tsiu dispatch says that ten
Germans Were killed aud nine wounded
at Lei-Tung through the firing uf a sa
lute with a defective cartridge.
The fine British ship Amlrndn, of 2.304
tous. nppeared off the British Columbian
const about throe weeks ago and Pilot
Curdiucr was taken ubourd. A great
storm arose at that time and the An
dra. la wns diiv.-u to the north. She hut
not been seen since, and it is feared slu
l.as foundered.
Former President Benjamin Harrison,
iu a speech in Indianapolis, Ind., snid
thnt expunsiun was not the safest ave
nue of development. -;
Queen Victorin has bestowed an earl
dom on Lord Roberts, with a special
remainder for bis duughter. He wa
made a Knitlit of the Garter also.
The American Sugar Refining coin
puny has reduced all grades of refined
sugar 10 poiyts nnd the National Sugat
Rcfiining company has made a cut ol
five points mukiiig the prices of both
companies the same.
Saturday.
Charles L, Carson of London (Lionel
Conrtier-Dentoii), editor of The -Stage,
is dead. He wus born in 1847.
The wages of trainmen and rondiictori
on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens
burg division have been advanced If
per cent.
The glass works at Cleveland, N. Y.
have been shut down, throwing 300 per
sous nut of work and practically stopping
the business of the village.
The local bonrd of Oswego, N. Y., bai
iliroct.il Mayor Hall to appoint a com
tnittie to investigate the city water. Tin
supply of water is said to be polluted bj
sewerage from Fulton and other villages
William Poole of Ithuca, N. Y., whlh
fixing a connection on a pole, fell X
feet to the ground, striking ou bis heac
aud crushing his skull. An operatior
was performed, but his recovery is do
spnircd of. Poole was 25 years old au(
married.
Monday.
Andrew I). White, the United State!
ainbussudor nt Berlin, has been elected I
member of the Berlin academy ol
science.
The reports of an outbreak of th
plugiie at Vlailivostock are confirmed
There have be"U 10 cases, of which If
have been fatal.
All but one of the hotels in Fulton, X
Y., a village of 7,000, hnve closed be
cause of poor business. The villsgo de
cln red for no license recently.
Senator Hnnsborough hns intr'sluccc
a bill creating a department ot education
and giving the head of the department t
place ill the president's cabinet.
In the comse of a serious ufTray neat
Ishtib, originntinir in an attempt to ar
rest a number of Bulgarians suspected ol
being emissaries of the Macedonian com
mittee, eight soldiers were killed. Thi
troubles continue.
Tuesday.
All grnilcs of refined sugar Were ad
v a need 10 points.
Important trials of submarine boat
took place ut Chertioiirg.
Count I.nuisdorf of Russia has been
appointed minister of foreign affairs.
The British admiralty has decided tc
build two battleships which shull lie
the largest iu the world. The distinction
of having the largest warships is now
held by It uly.
General John W. Foster has been
elected president of the American Bihi.'
k society, to succeed the late Enoch 1.
r uiieher.
The StH) employes of the Mount Pleas
ant, Pa., colliery of the Elkhill Coal aud
Iron company are again ou strike, the
third time in a yeur.
News hus been received that the steam
er Soudan, which b-ft Antwerp early iu
December to undertake river service in
the Congo State, fouuderisl a week ago,
10 of her company being drowned.
RE "i ft APE.
ftradst reat'a " , , t . fn-idttioas cat
j ttualoe -"i - at - ' ' .miry.
I XEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Brad.treet'a
review of liu.ie says.
I Cereals and provisions have advance-t
!this week, white stocks havs do lined,
a short awing with small fluctuations,
limited by feverish desire to bag profits.
Railway eu ruing, hold up well fur the
season, and the greatest dividend pay
ments on record were reflected in tic
largest day's bank clearings ever re
ported at New York. Failure show Un
usual large crop of small disasters, a fea
ture of the turn of the yeur. but th n
sults for 1000 as a whole are not at all
discouragiug. December bank clearing-,
hold the record, although the ItyiO total
as whole is S.Q per cent behind lSt'O.
Cotton is rather quiet ud uuchuuge.l
on the Week, while cottou good are with
out much movement except as '-' : iitrhtly
weaker quotations for era I. s at
Boston.
The forecast of the n . 1 1
in 1UO0 given in this c .1"
proved fairly correct. .! i
f fnlii s
! V -,:k
- ' ; fig-
ures being einliaiia-sintuis, .uh
liubilities uf $127,lM,7i nnd assets of
$00,1 19..S05, an increase of 2.H per tvsnt
in number aud of C per cent over 1800.
Compared with 1"I'S, however, fail
ures are 15 per .it 1' ss numerous: the
decrease fr. in 1807 is 21 per cent; from
lhLW 34 per cent, and from ISKJ 30 per
cent. Liabilities in 10OO wre 0.9 per
cent smaller than in INK lb.O per cent
smaller than in 1U7 and 44 per cent
smaller thun in ls'.si.
Wheat, including Hour, slu'i ments fur
the neck aggregate 3.014.301 bushels,
aguilist 3,8ikS,li3 bushels hist week. 2,
5oO,i82 bushels in the corresponding
week of 10OO, O..SOO,2fsS bushels in lvjo,
3.481.570 bushels in 1808 aud 3.10S..S
bushels iu 1807.
Cora exports for the week aget-eitate
4,470.521 bu.diels, against 4,011.105
bushels last week, 4,0110 '30 bushels In
this week a year ago, 4,844,038 bushels
iu 1800, 3,455,41(1 bushels iu 1808 and
4.810,201 bushels in 1807.
Business failures for the week num
ber 208 nguinst 213 lust week, 220 Iu
10), 237 iu 1830, 338 iu 1808 aud 488
in 1807.
Oysterman's Frightful Experience.
STAMFORD, Coun., Jan. 3.-Cliugiug
to au oyster stake in the middle uf '.In
soiiud for over sn hour ou New Yeur'
duy, with the thermumetor below free
ing point aud the waves breukiug over
hiiu frequently, wus the frightful ex
perience of George Collins of rroeu
wich. Cultiiis Is an oysterniuu and was
planting seed oysters when his riu.l
crnft wns uverturusd by the lunvy s. as
He swum a quurtcr of a mile to an oys
ter stake nnd clung there until rescued
by John E. Patterson. Collins was tak
en ashore exhausted.
Kldnappai Itecrlved M irked Mu-iey,
DALLAS. T.xns, Jan. 8.-A11 the
banks in Dallas hnve received descrip
tions of the money paid by Edward A.
Cudiihy at Omuha fur the ransom of his
son. It is cluimed thnt marks were
placed on the money by iHich to identify
it. When any of it is attempted to be
passed the arrest of ttie person or per
sons offering the uturked money is tn
follow. Bunks throughout the United
States, Canada and Mexico have re. . iv
ed similar notice. '
lainhle For t' .lu-.l Hint' So or.
PIERRE. S. D., Jim. 8.('o:,;:r ssman
K. J. Gamble hns beeu selected as the
unanimous choice of the Republican
caucus fur United Stutes seuutor.
MARKET REPORT.
New TorH Money Market.
XEW YORK, Jan. 7.
Money on call, S'tH.") per cent.
Prime mercantile puper, 4V.i."i'ic.
Sterling cxclinnge: Actual business in
bankers' at $4.80 for demand and
$4.82 for sixty days. Posted rates,
$4.83i,(i4.87i.
Commercial bills, $l.S2'4.
Mew York Provision Market.
FLOUR Winter patents, $3.7'Ku3.!)5
wlutur straights, $3.5Ofn3.0O; winter ex
tras, $2.5;iW2.05: winter low grudes.
$2.45(!2.0O; .Minnesota patents. 4.103
4.30; Minnesota bakers', $3.0irti3.3.).
RYE No. 2 western, 57c f. o. b. a Moat
state rye, ft2ff53e c.l.f. New York.
CORXMEA I- Yellow western, 00c
?itv. 01c; bruu.lvwine, :2.:',.Vo2. 15.
WHEAT - No. 2 red. 82"ic f.o.b
afloat; No. 1 northern, S7l---c f.o.b ut'.oat
COUN No. 2, 47V f-o.b. afloat.
OATS No. 2, 20c: No. 3 white, ,".2e
track mixed western, 28'1(330c; truck
white, 3U(:i;c.
1IAY Shipping, 77VSOc; good U
choice. 8.V(05c.
BUTTER Creamery extras, 17fir.5c
factory, ll-(il0c; imitation creuuiery
lirylSUc.
CHEESE Fancy luri:.. white, ll',(y
11',-jc; small white, 11V212C.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 2t7Q
28c; western, 27c,
Buffalo Provision Market.
BUFFALO, Jan. 7.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, old, Ki'aC
winter wheat, No. 2 r-d, 70c.
CORN-No. 2 corn, 4lV242c; No. I
mixed, 40V-
OATS No. 2 white, 31c; No. 3 mixed
27V-.
FLOUR Spring wheat, best patent
per bid., $1.75f(f5.00; low grades, $2.75i5
3.25; gruhain, best, $4.50.
BUTTER Creamery, western, extras
25(!j25V; state and Pennsylvania cream
ery. 24c: dairy fair lo good, 81c; westen
extra, 25c.
CHEESE-Faucy full cream, 12c; go.x
to choice, UtullV; comuiun to fuir, Oj
10.
EtiGS Western aud state funcy, 27c
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.
CATTLE Extra Xport steers, t VH
Gr'i,5.50: good to choice shipping sKots
$Ti.1.V,i5.35; coarse, rough, but fut stci
$4.40fii5-00; western branded steers
corn-fed, $4.2.Vf l.r.5". choice to suio.-'t
fut beifcrs, $l.ii.V,f.Y0O; common, old t.
fuir cows, $3.ts.3.ij5; good butchei
bulls. $3.Im'vi4.isi.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Extra ch.uef
fancy selected. $4,754(5.00; culls anc
common, $3.0(4.011; wether sheep. ?l...'
iil.75; gwd to extra. $4.00(i(4.5O; com
mon to fnir. $3.50'(3.75.
HOGS Mixed puckers' trade. $5.4.''
fg5.47: heavy hogs, $5 4..1i'.50; choici
heavy and upward, $5.4."'ii.i.50.
Buffalo Hay Market. '
HAY No. 1 timothy loose.
I i.OO; Xo. 2. $15.lNT(li;.rNl; baled he v.
prime, $15.IKX(jlrt.0O; JJo. 3, S !-'.t' J
13.00: No 1 or too. lisht. $15.0015.50.