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I. 1'iivis, Chas, Clark. T. E. Armstrong. lr. J. l Dunn Justieta vftht PeiteeV. A. Randall, H, J. HotloV. (mtiblrl, K. Moody. t,llslitr K. P. Allislcr. M-A )invnr U. W. Iloloinaii. J K. Wotik. U. Jamie-son. J. C. Hcowdtui Patrick Joy, W. W. Grove. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Mrmhtr of nrriii . K. I. Hull. Momlmr of Aeaiiff A. M. Nooloy. Aiuembty.. M. Hoiilt. PeeniilfHl jHilutW. M. l.iinUoy. .1 ormf Jwttjei It. H. Crnwl'ord, W, 11. II. Ilotlorer. Vi(Atiniirv, Itfgitlerit Itteordtr, te, John II. Itolxirtson. A'ieriT. J. W. .Iitiiiitison. VnuBMr-S. M. Ilonrv. ,iiiii.i.fi(inrr It. M. Herman, John T. Carson. J. T. Dale, I hit net .4(firney N. 1. Irwin. jury fVimnUttoners l,cvl 1. Rey nolds, Peter Yoiiuuk. (Vrourr lr. J. V. Morrow. ruiinfy A uilifors J. K. Clark, It. J. rlvnn, tuxi. I.. Mug. tAmufy .Vitpei-mteniient K. K. Stltr.in K"r- Iti-salnr Terms ef fenr!. Fourth Momlay of February. Thiril Monday of May. Fourlli Momlay of September. Third Momlay of November. t kerrk and Nnbbnlk Mi-keel. Picslieiorlati Sabbath School at 9:45 a. in.: M. E. Sabbath School al lil:(K) a. in. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab l.alli evening lv Rev. W. I. Mur.uy. Preaching in the K. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. ('. II. Mi nr. I'aslur. Servlcca in the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning ami evening, lii'V. J. . .Mi-.Mllllcll ullli'liUI ll(T. The regular meetings of too V. ('. T, II. ar hell at lti headquarters on the hftoiiml and tourlli luua-iiiya m ewu-ll III. nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 'PI N K.ST A l. ) I i i K. N 1 1. WV. I. O. O. F. 1 Me da every Tuesday evening, ill Odd follow-. Hall, 1'artrnlge building. LMItKST LODGE, No. ISI.A.O. V. W., I M'-ots every Frnlay evening ln!A.l. II. W. Hall, Tioncsta. CAPT. liKOlti 1 K STOW POST, No. .71 (1. A, It. M.H'UM hiiiI 3d Monday evening III each luoiith, ill A. I'. '. Hall, Tionosta. (A'T. t IKOlli JK STOW COKI'S, No. J 1:17. W. It. mwla II rl ami third UVilintilav I'Vi'iiinn of cai'li inontli, in A. 0. V. W. Imll, TiouxHta, l'a. rPIi iN ICST.V TF.NT, No. nil, K. O. T. 1. M., inwilH L'ml ami 4tli 'nliiilay KvimiiiK in cik'Ii inontli in A. O. U. . hall TionoHta, l'a. F. HITCH KY, 1 . A TTt ) It N K Y - A T-1 A V, Ttonema, l'a. II M. CI.AItK, 1 A 1 roil.NKV-AT-I,AW, Tioni'sta, Peiiim. Ollloo, for tlio prrxiMil.ovi'r llali'l'a aturu. (JAMUKI. C. CAI.IIOfN, O a 1 ro 1 1 m: y a r i, a w . Olllen at CarMim jownlry Morn. Tio iiPKta, l'a. AH li'Kal buinin ami i-ollic-liona promptly ami I'uitlil'uUy ntU'iuli'il to. J W. MOKHOW. M. P., riiVKician, Niiri;ion A IVntlst. Olllrn ami it'nltm- tlirixi iloora north of llotnl Ajinow, 'I'ioniMta. I'rol'i'Mxional ralla promptly rfKpnmlud to at all houra. I) 11. F.J. IIOVAKD, l'livaii'ian .v .siirirmii, TIONIJSTA, 1'A. Dlt. J. C. lil'NN. l'llYslclAN ANPSL'IHi ICON. t)tll"ii over lli alli it Killincr'a Ktorw, Tloiuwta, l'a. rniftwional ralla proinpl roMpomliil to at all hour ol day or nlltlit. Itnaiilmnw Kaat Hiilu Kl III Ht., 31 (lore alaivejail bilililin. HOT Kl. WKAVKIt, K. A. WKAVKIt, I'ropiiot.ir. Tiiia liotnl, forun'riy I lie. LawriMiee IloiiMe, ha umleroimft coiuiet(M'lianro, ami ia now liir.nslieil w ith all tlin moil orn linproveinentM. Heated ami liulilinl tlir.niu'ii'iiil with natural pax, lialhriHiiini, hot ami 111I1I water, cte. The eoiiil'orla ol Kueil.M never negleeUil, 11: nt it a Ij iiorsn. V- (iK.ltOW .V ;i:ilOV Proprietor. TionMcta, l'a. Tliia in thn moat centrally liM-ateil hotel ill the place, ami has nil the modern improvement. No pain will lie Mpared to make it a pIcuKiint atoppinir place lor the traveling public. First claaa I.ivery in roitmrliou. pilIL. KMEltT FANCY HOOT . SIIOKMAKKK. Shop In Walters Iniil.liui;, Cor. Kim ami alnut atreet-s, la prepariKl to do nil Kinds of custom work troui the finest to the coarsest and KiiarautecH hia work tJ (jive perl'is't aatistaction. l'rompt atten tion iven to iiiumlinK, and iricoa rea Boiiablo. J OltKN'ZO FULTON. Manufacturer of nnd Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONKSTA. PA. s. h. mm k mi GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furnituro Dealers, UNDERTAKERS. TIONKSTA, PKNN. NONE LEFT: Rheumatic Ache, ll?nl Actio ur Lumbago, After Using WANO ELECTRIC OIL -25C. It Removes I'iniplcs and Makea tlie Skin soft anil' fine. Al1 1 M f st 1-1. or aotit. p re-paid. THK WANO CO., Warren, Pa. COLONEL SHAW DEAD. Found Lifeless In His Room It Washington Hotel. Ifc-tlh Waa I)u la Aii..ilxy -Ttplreil Altar Returning Fruut llanqiirt Vm toavirutuan Fr.iui t4lh Nw York HI Irlrtauil farutarly ConimaiKler la Clilel ..f I h O, A. II. WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-rtcprc ienlutivc Albert 1). Sliuw of Wateitowu N. V., formerly ciuiiiiinniler in chief ol uie iiriiu.i Army of the Itcpiililic, wa fuiiii'l dead 8tiinlny imirniiiK in bit riMiin at ilic Iticita Ilmisc. A plijsiciai Biiniiiiuiied ofter tliu discovery of tin body pronounced death due to apoplexy probably nlsmt 2 o'clock in the moruiim Cnliuiel Slmw waa 69 years of nee am a veteran uf the civil war. He waa widower, hi wife dying just one yeni Giro Saturday. He wna the picture ol health, of roinninnditiK slut 11 re, Ktronul) liuill, with sipiare alunilden and erect fk-ure, which with white buir uud inns taelie iiuide li i lit a ronspicuoua figure in the house. An active worker during lib incumbency of the commander ill chief he fmpnnily rnine to WiisliiiiKton anil took a hand in uikIiik lc:is!atiou for the old Hobiiera Is fore the roiiiuiitteca of coll crc-K. Colonel Slinw wna born hi Lyme, N. Y iieceiuiiLT -1, JMI. lie aerveil a term of enlistment In the Thirty-firth New York volunteer and as a apcciul ncent of the war department at provost ninr-shal hi ndipuirters diirinir the civil war. Later he was 11 member of the state assembly for one term, was appointed consul to lorouto in In'kS, nnil promoted to Man Chester. Kinrland, in 1STS, from which latter place he was removed by I'resi dent Cleveland in 1vV for Ininir "un of fensive partisan." Afterwards he filled the olllce of depart incut commander of the (I. A. It. for the state of New York; coniiimnder in chief uf tho national body and a representative in ronicress, miccecd hii! the late C A. ('bickering, who met a tranic death in New York. JAMES M RUGGllES DEAD, lla Drafted tli I'lairorin on lib-h He. tmlillr.i I'-rty W'hi Fnitmleil. SPItlNCFIKLP. III., Feb. Il.-f3en crnl Jnnics M. Itm:i:les, one of the found era of the ltcpiibliciiu party, who drafted the hist platform 011 which the lb iiubli ran party was founded, died Saturday at Hopping Sanitarium, Iluvnnn, dkciI SI years. I.neral Itucuha wna born Miirch 7, IMS, in Uicbland comity, Ohio, nnd wi of noted ancestry, his trrent-uiiclu being linirndicr 1 iniothy Itugglea, who was president of the first congress that ever Diet in America in New Y'ork in ITT'i, A Crcnt uncle. John limbic, was three tiniea elected I'liited States senator from Maine, and another uncle, Ilinjniiiin ItugglcH, was first 1'nited Statea aen tor from Ohio, serving eighteen years from lsis. His father. Judi;i SpMiner UiiKKlca, wna ftnte senator in the Illinois legislature from ):le and Wiunebngo ronnticH in 1SI2. He dinfted the first lilatforin on which the ltcpublicnn party was orgniiiml, be lli); one of n committee of three, the oth prs belnir Lincoln nnd Kliencier Peck, they being appointed for that purpose during the session of the legislature of February. 1.iil. Other members of the Committee being otherwise engage, the work of drafting the platform devolved upon (leiicni! Haggles. At Ih eoutbrcnk of the civil wnr be wits appointed by Governor Yntes lieutenant of the First Illinois cavalry. When mustered out In 1MII he was lieutenant Mloncl of the Third Illinois cnvalry ami was for n time In command of the regi ment. After the war he was breveted brigadier general. Haggles was tho lutlior of the first drainage biw in Illi nois. He was n scholar and able writer. In religion lie was a pronounced spiritual int. He haves four sons. CUP CHALLENGER. Work llurrleil So That Hie May Ha I .ail-ielirtl In March. OLA SCOW, Feb. 12,-Owing to a s.- rlous protest upon the part of Oeorgo 1. atson at the delay in the construc tion of the Shamrock II. the Hcnnys lave put nil their available workmen on lie job. noil the building of the America's up challenger will be pushed night nnd Jay, without pause. Mr. Watson in lists that she must be launched during :he last week in March, so that hia clnb irate plans for trial races enn lie carried ut. Orcut (inutilities of materials have nl- eaily been shaped and fitted, in readiuesa :o being put in their places. There la onsidernblc doubt, however. In aome litarters, us to whether the shell enn be ready for launching nt the time luen lioned. A dredger is working in the River Levi n, preparing n launching berth ml a channel to Fuirway on the Clyde. WILL MEET ALONE. Parrtgn Knvoys I Init That Milneie rianf potent Inrles Hinder Any Action. P.IIULIN, Feb. l2.-"Another meeting it the foreign envoys w ill Is? held today," mys a special dispatch from I'ekiu, "hut aithout the Chinese plenipotentiaries, alio constantly interrupt and render uny Iction almost impnsihlc. Hereafter the foreign envoys intend to commuiiicato inly in writing and to designate their lecisions as irrevocable." Sulrnie at Syracuse. SYK.UTSi:, X. X.. Feb. 12.-Charle Ncllis. agi-d 4S years, committed suicide It .'t:.'!0 p. 111. yesterday in the Hotel Ilen 1011 by shooting himself in the head. He 7laced n mirror in front of him and plac ng the muzy.lc of the revolver on b'm ight temple pulled the trigger. Pealli .is instantaneous. I'cspoudeiu y nnd ill lenlth is said to havo Imcii the causi'. Ol.l llrllrua I Mm Until. WA Ti:l;TOVN. N. V.. Feb. 12-.lar.d L". Tubbs, one of the organizer of the Rome, Wiilertown nnd Ogdenshurg rail road and for 20 years treasurer of the lompnny. died yesterday, uged 77 years. JOINTS MUST, CLOSE. Cltlsens of Toprkit Take t'p Mrs. Nation! Cua autl la tMlmntntn. TOPKKA, Kns., Feb. 11. Thret thousand male citizens of Topeku in niasi meeting here yesterday decided that tin numerous joints of the city must clost their places. They Wued an ultiniatua giiing the joiutists until Friday next a1 12 o'clock, noon, to iuit business. If tbi) llHS. CJtltltIK RATIO. ahnll not be done warning wns given thai a thousand armed men would immediate ly move on the joints and remove then: by font". Y'esterduy's action is the result of tin crusade started in Topeka less than ter days ago by Mrs. Carrie Nation. Th meeting was called by a committee of th Law Lnforccinent league and was at tended by nearly nil the prominent busi ness tiii-11 of the city. The ultimatum commanded the offlccn of the city and county to perform thcii duty regarding the closing of the joints The olllcers were warned that they hue waited long enough. The property own ers in whose premises the joints are kept were also warned in unmistakable teruu thut they should abnte the nuisances al once or the people of Topeka would not be responsible for the damage that inighl ensue to the buildings. Chief of Police Staid made an address, He said the law could bo enforced if the entire police machinery of the city woulc work in unison with him. The audience adopted a resolution demanding that tin city council nt its next meeting conlirii' the rcnnuiiiuttiun of .Mr. Stuhl for chief of police. TnpekA Joint, rlosril. TOPKKA, Kan.. Feb. 12. "Joiutists" of this city generally heeded the warning to close their places by noon yesterday and when Chief Staid and his officer! visited the ."."1 places in the afternoon they found all closed, with oue excep tion. -No u ires Is were made. KILLED BY AN ICICLE. Mais Cruihed Skull of llojr as He Kn tereil Kniirinr 8rhool. IH'FFALO, Feb. ll.-Frnnk Onrdner, 8 years old, who lived with bis par cuts nt No. -Hil Virginia street, met with a peculiar and fatal accident while on his way to Sunday school at St. Louii church yesterday afternoon. A large icicle, weighing many pounds, fell from the caves of St. Louis Parochial school, striking the boy squarely 011 the head. He died at the Fit eh hospital about D:4. o clock last night. The little fellow left home shortly af ter noon to go to Sunday school. Just as the Isiy hail stepped into the schoolyard a big icicle fell from the caves of the roof and struck him on the head. A telephone message wns immediately sent to the I-itch hospital for the ambulance. At the hospital the doctors discovered that the hoy's head waa in a terrible shape. His skull was not merely frac tured; it was crushed almost to a pulp, From the forehead to the lower portion of the crown was one nmss of broken bone. Some of the smaller bones lino penetrated the brain. The lad died a few hours later. IMPROVEMENTS" MANILA. Appropriation of 1,0110,000 to lletter the llarlinr Fncllltle.. MANILA, Feb. 12. rti.la will be ad vertised for in a few dnys for harbor Imnrovenieiits tit Manila, for w-bii-b 1.. tXNi.nOO of insnlnr funds has been ap propriated. J he improvements will con sist chit-lly in an extension of the break water, which the Spaniards had nearly completed, and dredging, inside, to a depth of 3(1 feet. Major Craigbill is in charge of the work planned. I'ltiuiately government wharves will eliminate the use cf cascoos between the shores an.l the distant nnchornges of ships. The American forces have captured since September IS cannon, 1.8(H) rilles. thousands of boloa and 110,1 MU cartridges. Besides this 700 rifles have been surren dered. The orders of insurgent nllleera will no longer be considered to mitigate crimes. l'o,,ii.iis 1 roll Ai!"in liOCHF.STF.lt, Feb. 12.-Edward J. roppen, who was arrested in ltntnvin Saturday for the murder of Theresa Keating in this city Nov. 20, wns in po lice court yesterday for a hearing. The people were not ready, however, to go on with the case, and the examiiuitiou was .n'journcd. l'oppcu is the first to be urn sted on n warrant charging him diiei-tlj with the murder. Poppen re fuse, to tulk further than to say that he is innocent of the charge against him, Hid that he has 110 feur uf conviction. The police arc non-coininittal. -w,rrnr l.-nuie Ci-ntro'. JftANOrtAI, Feb. 11. It is reported 4ere that the empress dowager, yielding to foreign pressure, has allowed lini pcror Kwang S11 to resume the reigns of government. A dispatch from I'ekin asserts that uh the fortified passes beyond the territory held by tin- allies are Is-ing garrisoned by the Chinese and that boxers are re-entering I'ekin secretly. .Vnicl l' t-een nt liuli n . MANILA, Feb. !. It Is reported agniu In Cavite province that Aguiualdo has Lecu ih-cii at Iiuluiig. BOERS AfiBUSli BRITISH Dewet Springs Another Sur prise on the English. Crewe's plen ltd Itetreet Caught In Ambuscade and Hit Foroe Outnumber ed rivi to One, He Klllli-d Capture and Joined Kaos, Tlliing-h Ue Lost Heavily. EAST LONDON, Cnpc Colony, Feb. 0. Details have been received here of Severe lighting at Tabaksherg Mouutnin, forty miles east of the railway and nlxjut midway lictwccn Sinalldeel and Bloom font i-i 11. Major Crewe, with a composite column traveling southwest, sighted the nioun tain on the morning of January 31st. He beard heavy firing and knowing that Colonel I'ilrher'a column was on the other side of the mountain he concluded thut this officer was in action. Conse quently he hurried forward, only to meet lloern streaming down and evidently re tiring from Colonel Pileher'a lyddite shells. Immediately Major Crewe brought three fiftccii-pnundcrs and a "pom pom' to bear 011 the Boers, who, however, were fouud to be so numerous that it was impossible to head them. Orders were given to return to camp, about two miles from the mountain. The column rested until four ill the afternoon, when the march was resumed southwest. Major Crewe was just touching the southern point of the mountain when terrific rifle fire opened from a lurge force of Boers who w ere ill ambuscade on the mountain. The light soon became gen eral. The Boers outnumbered the Brit ish five to one and were attacking them" on both flunks uud the rear. The British "pom pom" jammed and became useless. Major Crewe grasped the situation nnd by n brilliant move got the convoy into a safe position. Between 7 nnd 8 in the evening the Boers churged the position and turned both Hanks. The British ammunition be came exhausted and Major Crewe was obliged to retire and abandon the "pom pom," after the udvance party had en deavored to save it and had sustained se vere losses. A rear guard action wus fought by Mnjor Crewe into the camp where the wagons had been laagered. He personal ly superintended the retirement, the Boers linnassing him throughout. En trenchments were thrown up during the night. When morning cntne Major Crewe started to join Cenernl Knox twelve miles southwest. The BoerB immediate ly re-attacked him, compelling him to fight a second rear gunrd action for a few miles. Ceneial Dewet personally commanded the Boers, estimated at 2.o00, Mnjor Crewe's force was only 700. Eventually the British officer joined Gen eral Knox and returned to Bloemfontein. Lord Kitchener has highly complimented Major Crewe upon the achievement. TEN NEW REGIMENTS. Orders l r-pa-eit For Their Orfantiallon A'-eiiibllti-; nnil Kunlpment. v.MU.iTj., fob. 12. Orders were prepared at the war department yesterday for the organization, assem bling and equipment of the 10 additional regiments authorized by the army reor ganization law. According to these orders the new cav alry and infantry regiments will be des ignated and located ns follows: Eleventh cavalry, headquurters at Fort Myer, Va. Twelfth cavalry, headquarters nt Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Thirteenth cavalry, headquarters at Fort Mende, S. D. Fourteenth cavalry, headnunrters nt Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Fifteenth cavalry, henilqiiarters at the Presidio, San Francisco. Twenty-sixth infantry, headquarters at Fort MePherson, Ga. Twenty-seventh infantry, headquarters nt IMattsburg barracks, N. Y. Twenty-eighth infantry, headquarters at Vancouver barracks. Wash. Twenty-ninth infantry, headquarters at Fort Sheridan, Ills. Thirtieth infantry, headquarters at Fort Logan, Col. The first battalion! of the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh infantry have been already organized at San Francisco and will be sent to Manila on the Sheridan which sails on the Kith Inst. As the other regiments are organized, equipped and drilled they will be forwarded by battalions to San Francisco for trans portation to the Philippines. Ibe designations of the new regiments is in continuation of the numerical sys tem of the existing army. The field and regimental officers for each of the new regiments have lieen chosen and will lie officially announced in a few days. There may be slight delay in the assignment of the commanding olllcers in view of the failure of the senate to act upon the nominations sent in early last week. Similar arrangements ore being made for the Immediate organization of the batteries of light artillery provided for under the new law. CHARLES LEAVES LONDON King of 1'ortugal Waa Accompanied to Its 1 1 mail -S at lull lijr Klnx Kilwaril. LONDON, Feb. 12. King Charles of Portugal and his suite started for Lis lion lust evening at 10 o'clock. King Edward nccompnnied the Portuguese monarch to the railway stnion. Grand Duke Michael of Russia, tht cznrewiteh, left two hours earlier for St. retersluirg. Prince Charles of Denmnrit seeing him off. Extraordinary police precautions were taken at the station to protect him. lie presented to Inspector Thorpe of Scot land Yard, who w as attached to his suite while in England, a magnificent diamond, n The route of the czarewitch beyouil Flushing is kept secret. The King of Greece will leave today. t'iMlrl ,r Ait.al. f-nl..iilnr. ALBANY, Feb. 12.-The court irf ap peals will uot meet today, it being Lin coln's birthday. The calendar for Wed nesday is as follows: Nos. 1, 2G, 12, 0o2. 021, 133, 03, 100. BIG PITTSBURG FIRE. Spectaealar lllaze " roiia-tit Pimtn Be. lima!-' 1- K-n.nV). riTTSBUKO, To.. Feb. ll.-The fl- story brick building ut Twenty-. street and the Allegheny Valley railroad, occupied by the Armstrong Brothers' cork factory, wos completely destroyed by fire Saturday, with the foundry and machine shop of the Totten-Hogg Iron Steel Foundry company on Thirty-fourth street .adjoining the Armstrongs. Thl loss will reach almost $750,000 with in surance coveriug the uuiouut fully. Thl conflagration was oue of the most spec tacular seen In Pittsburg for a long time. The flames from the main building of the Armstrong factory, where the fire origi nated, spread with astonishing rapidity and five alarms were sounded in quick succession, calling all the engines In thl lower city to the scene. Oreat excitement prevailed, because the employes of the cork factory, num bering 1,500, were al lat work and it wni feared that many of the girls and boys the building would not be able to escape. Fortunately, the several fire-escapes and the firemens' ladders provided ample means for the safety of all. In spite of the firemen's good work the flames jumped across the street and ata their way into the Tottcn-Hogg foundry and laid waste the foundry and machine shop before they could be checked. The Armstrong cork factory was ths largest plant of the kind in the country and the company has offices in most of the principal cities. All of the valuable machinery was destroyed, but the books and pupers in the office were saved. FIVE VICTIMS OF POWDER. Two Fatally and Three Seriously Burned by ati KxpliMllntt. IRWIN, Feb. ll.-The explosion of keg of powder in Hemlock ltow, at the edge of this town, which is a well-known section, occupied by the Russian mining colony, caused terrible havoc Friday evening in houses Nos. 31 and 32, at which time two men were burned beyond recovery and three more so seriously burned thut they are in a very precarious condition, and may die from their burns. The men were all employed by the West moreland Coul company. Matsny Evanyiius, oue of the burned men, wns filling his suiull powder can from a twenty-five-pound keg. There wns a crowd of men in the room at the time, and one of them accidentally dropped a lighted squib into the big can. A big explosion followed, and one whole end of the house wus blown out. Fire im mediately followed. Jacob Sot-off, who was Heated by the fire, was terribly burned. Both he and Evanyans were burned so badly that the flesh is almost charred to the bone on. their legs, arms and backs- win )o to Sooth Africa. CLAYSVILLE, Feb. 9.-Pr. David WaUlfll. one Of the thrp hrnthnra who bave gained prominence in veterinary circles in Washington and Allegheny counties, has been visiting bis parents near West Finley. He has started for new urlenus, where he has instructions to join a British transport and look after 1.10O Ill-nil nt linrM.u ..nn.iirii.i.1 British army nt Cupe Town, South Af rica. Wreck- Victim Rt-rovertna;. GREENVILLE. Feb. ll.-The injured in the Erie wreck Thursday are all rest ing well. Some were uot injured so seri ously as first reported. The laxly of the Rushville man wus identified as J. T. Mc Dowell, and the remains sent there. Major S. It. Jones of Governor's Island, Jf. I-., came here to make disposition of the bodies of Sergennt Hart and Private Patterson and send surviving members of the Tenth to their destination. lltir Fire In re:iter Count.v. BELLEFONTE, Pa., Feb. 8.-Fire totally destroyed tho wholesale and re tail general merchandise store of T. B. Budiuger & Son at Snow Shoe, Center county, together with the postotllce. Cen tral Commercial Telephone Exchnnge and the offices of Kelley Bros., coal op erators. All were located in the Budin ger building, owned by T. B. Budiuger. Loss, $100,000; insurance, about $00,000. Ased Woman Kllleil hv a Trnto. NEW BRIGHTON, Feb. ll.-Mrs. Wallace, w idow of the late Samuel Wal lace of New Sewickley township, was struck by the Erie express ou the Fort ayne road uud instnntly killed. Tho deceased wns 70 yeurs old and for some time has been living with her daughter, Mrs. I-ruuk Kettlewood. She was walking across the tracks, apparent ly not he ' i the train's approach. Httrned br Celluloid Comb. GREENSBVIIG, Feb. 9. Miss Sadie Keminer, a domestic at the home of A. 11. Hugh, was severely in. tired by the ex plosion of a celluloid comb in her huir. She was sitting in front of a grate, when the comb was ignited. Sue was terribly burned before :istance came to her. Mnonaliliie Httll Pnptnrnl. ROCKWOOD, Feb. 11. Another still was captured Saturday in the cellar at the home of Jonas Long, four miles from this place. Revenue Collector Dixon uud Dr. D. Gilder of Rockwood conducted the raid. No arrest has been made. ITEMS IN llltlKt. WAYNESP.rRO-ITonier Day, a far mer, Xi years of age, wus insC6utly killed near Deer Lick stution, Greeue county, by falling in front of a wagon loaded with corn. ALTOON A Joseph lluiiuneia, a Democrat, was elected city controller by councils, to succeed the late Jesse B. W. Ickes. The election of Hammers will las contested. UNIONTOWN The Point Marion House at Point Marion, was robbed, the robber securing entrance by boring through the back door. The cash draw er in the bar was robbed of $28 aud con siderable whisky wus taken. The tool were left behind. WASHINGTON, Pa.-Ai a meeting of the cungregaiLuu of the First Presby terian church a iiiMiiiuiuus call to ths pastorate waa t steaded to Iter. W. 10. Slemmens, paster o' the First church of Mercer, Pa. It Is understood that Rev. Slemmens will aarent the rail. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Tut In Small space and Amua-ed With Special Regard For the Conveni ence of the Reader Who Has Little Time to Kpare. The anti-Jesuit demonstrations which began at Madrid in connection with the anti-Clerical play, "Electra," have spread to V uleneia. The announcement appearing in the Echo de l'aris of the foundering of a torpedo boat off Havre with the loss of al but two of her crew proved to be Mithout foundation. A Cardiff workinuifbas beeu attacked by a disease which is diagnosed as the bubonic plugue. Andrew J. Leavitt, formerly widely known as a minstrel, is dead at Boston, rged 78 years. Rev. Edward A. Stockman, editor of The World s Crisis, is dead, aged 81. He wns one of the lenders of the Chris tian Advent denomination in the United States. ' Thursday. Quarrymen to tho number of 1.000 em ployed by the Carbon and Bessemer lime stone companies ut Youngstown, O., are on strike against a reduction from 20 to 17 centB per ton. It is reported in London that the Boers commanded by Blake are threat ening Lorenzo Marques and that Por tugal has requested British assistance. A private dispatch says that B. B. Osier of Toronto. Canada's bestknown cimiiml lawyer, died sudde-nly at Atlan tic City, N. J. Mrs. T. C. Piatt, wife of Senator Piatt, is reported at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, ns not so well as she was yi-stenlay, and there Is some apprehen sion felt about her condition. Two hundred and fifty saloon keepers were arrested in Chicago charged with keeping their places open on Sunday. Germany still insists on the execution of guilty Chinese, and I'ekin fears a deadlock among the envoys Friday. "The Queen of Sweden and Norway Is suffering from a dungerous affection of the tin oat," says a Copenhagen corres pondent; "her strength is rapidly dimin ishing and her couditioii very serious." The island of Reunion has been de clared infected with bubonic plague. The British third-class cruiser Pyra mus has been ordered to South Africa. An operation on Mr. Kruger's right eye was successfully performed at Utrecht. The editors of three of the dozen Span ish papers in Manila are liable to be de ported to the island of Guam. Smallpox prevails at Glasgow in alarm ing proportions. A score of fresh cases are reported daily. There have been many deaths and there are 4o.l eases in the hospitals. A number of Chinese residents of Pe kin have presented General Chaffee with several umbrellas, on account of the Chi nese regard for General Chuffee person ally and for the troops under bis coui niaud. Saturday. Secretary nay has left Washington for a few days' rest in a Virginia resort. The early publication of a life of Queen Victoria by the Marquis of Lorne is an nounced. Upwards of 3,000 wreaths, worth 100,000. were sent to Windsor foi the queen's funeral. Mrs. Charles M. Acker, aged 23 years, was found frozen to death in an outhouse at Uticn. N. Y. Brussels paper announces that Cheva lier Wouters has refused the post of counsellor offered to him by the Chinese pe-nee plenipotentiaries. General Julian Acostn. chief of the Venezuelan revolutionary movement in the Carupano district, is a prisoner in the hands of government force's. The intensely cold weather prevailing in China is causing widespread suffering. There have been over 100 deaths there from the cold. Monday. Former King Milan of Servla Is suf fering from pneumonia. His condition ie pronounced to be dangerous. On' the occasion of her marriage Queen Wilholminn pardoned or lightened tlie sentences of 34 prisonrs. The date of the annual Oneida county (N. Y.l fair has la-en changed from the Inst week in September to the last wi-ek iu August. The stuteinent of the London board of trade for the month of January shows increasi-s of 1.131. 000 In imports and 1,HKI.NX) In exports. David Hunter Mi-Alpin, the tobacco manufacturer of New York, suffensl a stroke of apoplexy ou Tuesday and the physicians hold out no hope to the fam ily. The body of a brnkemuu, crushed to pieces, was found on the Central tracki near Canastota, N. Y. It is supposed to be O. B. Tanner uf Oneida. Tuesday. W. II. Harris, for the past quarter of a century proprietor of numerous low-prici-d circuses, is dead from heart dis ease. Mrs. Thomas C. I'lutt, whose condition bus beeu cuiising greut anxiety for the last few days, is reported us being nc belter. According to the Italian newspapers Signor Guiseppe Zunardelli hns bis-n de-f-initcly charged by King Victor Emman uel to form a ministry to succcwd the Puracco cabinet- Iu that event it is be lieved that Signor Gioletti would 1m- the minister of the interior aud tlie actual premier. A westbound passenger train on tin Chicago and Erie railroad was partially j derailed 12 miles east of D.-oatiir, Ills. 1 Fireman Finney was killed in jiiinptn;. I II. W. Schmidt, superintendent or tin Illinois Southern ruilmail, is dead al Spuria. Ills. His son Harry died Satur- day uight and Mrs. Schmidt is nut ex petted to lire. It is supfiusid they were poisoned by eating corued bscf. ' ! w.lhelmnawed3ed. Holland's Qneen Married to Duke Beory of MeeUlenbarfff. THE HAGUE. Feb. 8-WilheImlna. the first ruling queen of Holland, yester day married Duke lienry of Meckles- DtTKE IXENHY or MCCKLEKBUBn- "niVKili: AUD QUEEN W ILHKLkttXA OF ' t LiN'D. burg-Rchwerln, who becrr-.t " iiice -if the Netherlands by prc'. -.-.; 1 In ths Court Gazette last evuuii ir. The marriage was a series oi b:i''' ,- tly colored pictures, but the severe simplic ity of the Dutch form of marriage, which was followed to the letter in the civil contract before the minister of justice. Dr. P. W. A. Cort Van der Linden, and in the old-fusbioned relL-ious service In Grooie Kerk, gave it a democratic spirit. DISTRESS IN RUSSIA. FaHnr of Cropt CnatM KutTnrlnit Among Pcnftlf nf -,f !(itr'Mr ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12.-Th ministry of the interior at last officially admits that widespread distress exists It la.ge sections of the country, owiug to the failure of the crops. An official announcement issued yesterday says there has been a complete fallue of the crops in the governments of Kherson and Tomsk and the territory of Smolensk, while similar conditions exist in num bers of districts of Bessarabia, Kieff, To bolsk, Luanda, Poduliaud, the Trans baikalla territories. The government has also sent a mil linn and a hull roubles for the relief of the sufferers and considers thut five and a half millions will be ned-sary to -meet the requirements, of which amount five n. Mums will be contributed by th.- gov ernment. The minister of the interior appeals to privute churity in aid of ths govern ment. - a- T-v n li.tVi-t-il ' ith Flasue. CAPE TOWN, Feb. 12. Tha govern ment has decided to notify foreign na tions of the fact thut Cupe Tuwn Is In fected with tin- bubonic plugue. There is no longer any duubt as to the nature of the disease. Another native has died of the disorder; three additional casea are announced and fit) persons who have been ill contact w ith plague victims bavs been isoluted. A temporary uiiitury hospital is be ing erected l.t-KI e iiii- ti- ail. VIENNA, Feb. 12.-Former King Mi lan of Serviu is dead, lie died at 4 o'clock yesterday ufturnoou. MARKET REPORT. New York Money Market. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Money on call. 'Ju'. per -t Prime nicrcunilte paper, 3Vl 4c. Sterling exeiiaiiL-i-: ctua! i.iistue-as In bankers' at tl.hh',4 for demand and $-t.M'li for sixty duys. Posted rates, $4.SV(4..S-iU. Commercial bills, $4.83(24.81& Bar silver, tioic. Mexicun dollars, 47VjC. New York Provision Market. FLO UK Wiuter patents, $3.05(3.4.00: winter straights, 43.4o3.&0; winter ex tras, $2..M((2.h5; wiuter low grades, 2 4.V(t2.00; Miniiesotii patents. S4.(ki((J 4.2.'; Minnesota bakers' $3.00(2.25. RYE-No. 2 western, OOfc f.u.b. afloat; elate rye, .M zoic c.i.f. -New Yurk. CORNMEAI. Yellow western, 00c; citv. !Me: liiundywiiie, y2.35Tii2.45. WHEAT Xo. 2 red, 80'zic f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern, 80'ViC f.o.b. afloat. CORN No. 2, 4ti-V' f-o.b. afloat OATS No. 2, ao'ac; Xo. 3 white, 32jc; truck mixed western, 3o30VsC, track white, 31(i33c. HAY Shipping, JifcsifSOc-; good tJ choice, KVi(05c. BUTTER Creamery extras, HMi22ci factory, 1 Kit 14k; imitation creamery, 14ii(17'iC CHEESE Fancy large white, 11V.I3 UV.x'; small white-, HVc EGGS State aud Pennsylvania, 20Vic; western, IO'O'ijc.. POTATOES - Jerseys, $1.2531.75; New Yurk, $L501,75; Jersey sweets. $1.75(tl2.50. Buffalo Provision Market. BUFFALO, Feb. 11. WHEAT No. 1 northern, old, 8c; winti-r wheat, No. 2 red, 7Nc. CORN No. 2 corn, 42(ii42V4c; No. 3, 414l42c. OATS No. 2 white, 304t31c; No. 3 mixed, 2S. FLOUK Spring wheat, best patent, per bbl., 4.7.Vy;5.oO; low grades, $2.75(J 4.25, graham, best, $1.50. BU 1 TEU Creuuiery, western, extras, TMj'S' jc; state and Pennsylvania cream ery. 21c; dairy, fair to good, 14(y,loc; western extra, 22(yI22VjC. CUEt-Slvi-alley tuil cream, 12c; good to choice, 10',j(iilHac; common to fair, 1 10. EGGS Western and state fancy, 21c. PO'l'ATOES-Faucy, white, state, 52c; state, fair to good, 4s.'tivc East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Extra export steers, $5.4C &5.5U; good to choice shipping steers, niifo. in; coarsi-, rough, but fat sti-ers, $4.5tKo I.Vi; westeru branded steers, coriifed, $4.514.75; choice to smooth fat heifers, $4.75o;.5.UU; common, old to tuir cows. .i.iiKii3.iO; good buicm-i bulls, $3.75e!l.(W. SHEEP AND LAMBS Extra ch fan. selected. $ t.t'snU 1.70; culls aud common, fl.40dli.5i'; wether sheep, $.(jj 4,4.75; good to extra, $1.301.40; com l ion to luir. t;;.7.'Hi(.t.ll. ill ICS Mixed packers' grades, $3.05 (l5.7o; heavy hos, 5.ti."'(i."i. lO; choice heavy uud upwards, $5.Im'5.70. Buffalo Hay Market. HAY No. 1 timothy loose, $ltU"j(J 17.i; No. 2. lo i(ili;.Mi; bale l hay, prime, lri.nmy 10.OO. No. 3, J-l'-'ue- 13.00; No 1 per tun, light, 15.UWil5.50.
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