THE FOREST REPUBLICAN Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office- itt Smoarbaugb. 4 Venk Building, KLM HTRKKT, TIONKaTA, PA. Terns, Vw" mr,r,lj' I" Advance. No subscription received for shorter .Mrlotl limn throe mouth. (.orroepoiidenoo solicited, but no notice will bo tukeu of anonymous eommunlca '.ioiis. Always iiivo your nl,," RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one inch, one week... 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month. 3 00 One Square, one inch, 3 uintbH... 5 iiO One Square, one inch, one year .... 10 00 Two Squares, one year. IS 00 Quarter Column, one year SO 00 Half Column, one year. 50 00 One Column, one year 100 (4 Legal advertisements ten cents per lint each insertion. We do tine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it'a ch on delivery. Forest ublican. VOL XXX11I. NO. 14. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, FEJil.UAHY 20, 1901. $1.00 PER ANNUM. Rep BOKOUGH OFFICER!. Ilu,ge.-T. F. lllU-Iify. Omanmm. Johcj.Ii Morgan. J. T. Dalo. W. F. Ilium, Jan. l. Davis, Ilia. Clark, T. E. Armstrong, lr. J. 0. Iunn. Justiees vfthe l'eaeeC. A. Randall, N. J. Nellev. Cmtable II. K. Moody. frctor F. I". Aninler. -hmtl Virvor-l. W. Ilolmnaii. J. K. Wonk, lj. Jauileson. J. 0. Heowden, Patrick Joyce, W. W. Grovo. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Membrof(nnrest-i. K. P. Hall. Member of .Venule A. M. Noeloy. Assembly A. M. Koiilt. PresidenlJ ndoe-W. M. Llndsoy. Assaeuite Jndyei II. I. Crawford. Vt. II. II. liotlorer. YorAoKutary, Register Jt Recorder, re. John II. Robertson. .VAeriT. J. W. Juniieson. VMuri S. M. Henry. Oxixmxssioners It. M. "Herman, Jidui T. Carson. J. T. Dale. itinlriet Attorney. 0. Irwin. jury mmtssionera Lovl U. Rey nolds, Peter Youuek. (wroaer Dr. J. W. Morrow. Omnf.v .4(liforji J. H. Clark, R. J. Flvnn, Goo. 1., King. iiunty Superintendent K. E. Htlt.ln- ger. Itrsulnr Teru of Court. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Soptoiiilior. Third Monday of November. ( kurrh and Mabbnlk Hc-keel. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. III. ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. 111. Preaching ill M. E. Church every Sab- tHtth evening bv Itev. W. P. Mur.ay. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sahhntli evening at thotisual hour. Itev. C. II. Mdler, Pastor. Services III Hie Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Hot'. J. V. McAnlnch otfioluliiW. The regular meetings of 111 W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarter on the aecond and fourlli Tuesdays of each in. nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PI' N EST A LOIKiE, No.StiO, I.O.O. F. 1 Meta every Tuesday evening, ill Odd Fellows' Hall, Purtrldgo building. I.MUEST LODGE, So. ISI, A.O. IT. W.. I Meots'evory Friday evening inA.O.lT. W. Hall, Tiouesta. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274 (1. A. It- Meet lt and 3d Monday evenimr in each month, in A. O. U. W. Hall, Tioncsla. CAI'T. GEOROE STOW CORPS, No. W7, ". R. C, meela first and third Weilnmdav evening of each month, In A. O. U. W. hall, Tiouesta, Pa. 'lMuNEXTA TENT, No. Uil, K. O. T. 1 M., iiiix'Im 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each month in A. O. U. . hall Tiouesta, Pa. 'P F. RITCHEY, 1 . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Tiouesta, l a. I) M. CLARK, 1 ATTOIISKY-AT-LAW, Tiouesta, Penna. Olllce, for the present, over Haslet's store. SAMUEL C. CALHOUN. ATTOKNEY-AT-LA W, Olllce at Carson's jewelry Mtoro, Tio nesta, Pa. All h-gal business and coilec liom promptly ami faithfully attonded lo. J, W. MORROW, M. D., Phvaii'ian. Surireon A Denllst. Olllce and Residence Hires door north of Hotel Atfiiew, Tiouesta. Pnifeaaloiial calla promptly responded to at all hours. L) li. F.J. HOVARP, Physician . surireon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. Ul'NN, PHYSICIAN ANI SURHEON. Otllco over Heath it Kilhner'a atore, Tiouesta, Pa. Professional calla prompt ly responded to at nil hours of day or night. Residence May SU I R. J. l.li REAVES, I Physician and Surgeon. Olllce ami residence above Forest Co. National Rank. UOTEIi WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. Tiiia hotel, formerly Hie Lawrence House, has underifonnacoinplctechange, ami is now furnished with all the mod em improvements. Heated and lighted tliMiigliout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The couilorta of Kuests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, V' (iEROW A OEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel ill the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will lie spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling publlo. First class Liverv in connection. pilIL. E.MERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and alnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the finest to Ihe coarsest and guarantors his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORUNZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer iu HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES. And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S. H. HASLET k Ml GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN. NONE LEFT: llheuuiatio Aclies, Head Acbe or Lumbngn, After Using WANC ELECTRIC OIL -25C. It Remove Pimples and Makes llie Skiu 'soft and Gno. All I m ; st rM, or sent p re-pald. THE WANO CO., Warren, Pa. STILL FLOODING MINES, Several Days Before Bodies of Victims Can Be Reached. !l For Dl.trtt.ad ramble rremler tnniiniilr Orders hlnrefcrepera lo tlv Them Whatever auppiies Tliejr Need, lauu of Kilo.loii Will Neer II Knnwa. VANCOUVER, H. C, Feb. lS.-Thc terrible accident nt I'uinii mines, Van couver isluiul, which lias phuiKcd the town of CuiulH-rlaud and the entire prov ince into mourning continues to cngi-os public attention. The grentest excite- Tlie Cnuailinn Pucilic Railway com pany's steamer Tartar arrived nt Van couver yesterday afternoon from the coaling stntlon at I'liioii. 21 miles from Cumberland. Slit brought two pnssen licrs, II. Raymond and t.isirge Iteuuett, liotli ronl lulucrs. Neither hud any theory as to the cause of the explosion In No. (I shaft, in which the accident oc curred. They ray the cause is not known and that it will never lie known. When the Tartar left I'nioii at 7 o'clock yester day morning the latest news from No. tl shaft was that the flooding process was still being continued. The lire wns still burnlug.edthniigh not so fiercely us luring the preceding .'til hours. The tre mendous volume of water pouring In the mine from the continuous supply fur nished by nil K-luch inniii was grndunll) performing the desired service, and bf tonight it in confidently expected that tin lire w 111 be extinguished. It will be several days, Raymond sny. before the bodies of the 01 entoiulasl mi ners can be renched, liecnuse after the fire has been completely put out it will lie necessary to pnmp the water out of Ihe mine before a rescuing party ran hope to remove the corpses now lying at the bottom of the shaft. GOOD PROGRESS MADE. Searchers WMhIn loo Tards of Where Ilodlre Are Ktiieeled lu II Found. VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. lfl.-Splendid progress wns made yesterday by the men who are searching for the bodies of the unfortunate men killed by the explo sion at the Union mines. The fires have been put out and the Inspectors have penetrated through No. 5 mine to No. !, expelling the gas us they proceeded, and at Inst reports were within 100 yards of whore they expect to tiud the first bodies. Experts will not express opinion as to the cause of accident. Premier Duns inuir and party h ft the scene Inst night for Victoria, having left the work of re covering the boilica in the lunula of four exports, who have the company's full stuff at their disposal. No. 5 mine was not badly damaged by the tire, but No. U is a complete w reck. fclorr of the Dliaster. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 10.-A special to The Post-Intelligencer from Victoria inyc What is feared will prove to lie one of the most horrible mine accidents in the history not only of the province, hut of the dominion, took place Friday at the Union mines, owned by the Welling Col liery company, of which James Duns tiiuir, premier of the province, is the prin cipal shareholder. The telegraphic ad vices received so far give no complete tory of the nccideiit. As near us can be gathereil the explo sion took place almut It o'clock in the forenoon in No. (i shaft, situated in the village of Cumberland. There were tit) men in It when the explosion took plnco lud not one escaped. The explosion ignited the mine, wreck ing the shaft from midway down to the bottom, and filling it with a solid mass of rocks, earth nnd timbers. The first explosion wus followed by several niore, from the vent holes indicated that flro while a dense volume of smoke pouring as well as gas was doing destructive work below. As sisui as possible the men of the morning shift in No. 5 shaft organized a rescue purty. No. 5 is situated nliont a mile from No. (I. but the two workings ire connected by a tunnel, and through this channel nn attempt wns made to help the unfortunate men in the wrecked ilinft. They had not cut their way many yards through the debris when they encoun tered lire, which rendered the plnce un tenable nnd obliged the party to desist. Overcome at last by gas and smoke they reluctantly withdrew from No. S nnd ."ouiuicuccd work on a long cut from No. t, the only other menus of reaching the men. Work ou this wns prosecuted with Ihe greatest rigor until abatement of the (ire In No. fi enabled them to once more return there. City sues Mreet Railway Company. WORCESTER, Muss., Feb. lO.-The Consolidated Street Railway company was yesterday sued by the city of Wor cester lu two actions of contract to re cover nu nggregnte of $.'13.11110. One suit asks for damages amounting to $25,000 hy reason of repairs done by the city on a number' of stri-eta and claimed to bo Ihe duty of the railway company. An ither, for $10,000, is fur removal of snow hy the city with similar allegntion of neglect on the part of the railway. Editor shoots Keporter. HONOLULU, Feb. 19.-Edwin S. Gill, alitor of The Republicnn, shot and seri ously wounded Mortimer II. Stevens, a member of the stuff of The Advertiser, in the office of The Republican on the evening of the lith. The shooting fol iWcd n controversy about an article (iill tind published concerning some young In lies who were stopping at the Hawaiian hotel. Itonnetolt at enver, IiENVER, Feb. 10. Vice I'resideirt ?leot Roosevelt, who has just returned from a five weeks' hunt, tins arranged in leave Colorado Springs today on a spe cial Colorado and Southern train for Deuver. He will start East from here over the Union Pacific, Chicago and Northwestern. Klpg and Qnestn Batnra to London. L6NDON Fob. m.-King Edward ami Queen Alexandra have returned lo tow. GIFTS OF SAENGERBUND President MeKinloy a; Emperor Will lain Each Iteeelve ail Albnm WASHINGTON, Feb. lO.-Mnjnr Cnrl Lents, president, nod 'At directors of the Northeastern Saeiigerbund of America, called in a tssly at the White House yes terday and presented to the president nu allium Isiund lu red leather and contain ing the songs sung by the society at its Sst meeting In Hum, On the Hy leaf of the album is iuserils'd in Illuminated let ters the words: "Willinm McKiulcy, president of the United States of America, in commemor ation of the festival lu honor of the <b nnniversory of the Northeastern Siienger fcimd. Krooklyn, N Y., June IiO July 4, UKU)." The directors also prcsentud to Em peror William, through the German am bassador, an album of rare beauty, said to have cost $1,1!00. This is an ac knowbslgement of the emperor's coutesy in offering a prixe nt the last Siienger fest. The ambassador received a cablegram from Emperor William, authorizing him to receive, in his inline, the souvenir of the Sncngerhunil. After the presentation the ambassador ami the delegation drank the health of Emperor William. The ulhiiui is of American manufac ture nnd n masterpiece of nrt. It consists of two silver plates, weighing 40 pounds, bound 111 leather richly embellished with scrolls and silver mountings. Upon the fnce of the first plate is engraved the American nnd Gorman flags and coats of arms, while on the buck is a resolution of thanks for the emperor's prize. On the fact1 of the second plate is Inscribed Ihe song that won the prize nt the Inst inengerfest, and on the back is an en graved resolution of the "Wandering Minstrel," the emperor's prize. SPELLBIN DING-TRAM P. Invaded a Mn.lo Teacher's Home and Mmrlxd Her With the rtauo. NEW YORK. Feb. 13. A trnmp who refused to give his name or nuy informa tion about himself wns sent Wednesday to the county jail for IiO days by Record er liegeman of North Rergen. The tramp called nt the home of Henry Rich creek and nsked for money from Mrs. Richcrock. She refused to give him any, nnd pushing her aside he wiilked into the house and Is'gun to wreck the furniture. The sight of a piano arrested his disjtruc tiveness. He sat down at the Instrument and began to play. .Mrs. Riehcreek, who Is a music teacher, wns thoroughly frightened; but fear gave way to admi ration when the tramp begun plnying se lections from operas and classical music. Mrs. Riehcreek is n pianist. She said she snt spelllMiuiid while the man played. When he stopped he gave the piano keys a vicious pound and walked out of the house. When Mr. ltiehcrwk came home his wife told of her experience nnd de scribed her visitor. Riehcreek notified the police nml the trnmp w.is arrested. ENGLAND IS INTERESTED Inclined lo Take the Rnssisa filde In Tariff War With I'nlted Siie. LONDON, Feb. in.-There is consid erable interest here in the outcome of the tariff ditlieulties between the United States and Russia. The ndvocntes of a chnuge iu the Ilritish fiscal system hope to hud in them some support of their contentions that retaliatory duties should be imposed on countries taxing British products. The St. .lames Gazette says: "Some Americans, including Secretary Gage, appear to think the United States have the monopoly of the protection pol icy, but they have been sharply remind ed hy Russia that two can play at the game of hostile tariffs, as the import of Russian sugar is a trille compared with the exports to Russia. The present game of retaliation is one in which Russia holds the best curds. Therefore she will win most of the tricks." CONSTABLE ARRESTED. Alleged to Have Incited Negro t' Hum House to Culleet Insurance. l'OUGUKEEPSIE, N. Y., Feb. 11). Thoodore Adams, a constable of Hope well Junction, Ihitchess county, and Charles Miller, a negro living near that place, are in jail here to await the action of the grand Jury on a charge of arson. Miller wns arrested on Saturday night. He confessed to the authorities iu this city that he set the liouso on fire and charged Adams with inciting him to commit the crime. He said that Adams wanted to buy a threshing machine to cost $1,000 and hud $00 toward it. Adams proposed to him to burn his home, telling him that he could collect at least $'100 Insurance. Then they would buy the machine in partnership, mortgaging it for the re maining $ii00. Miller snid he burned the house, believing that the constable would be able to shield him. Sever Weather In Knrope. PARIS, Feb. lfl.-The. weather is less cold here and in this vicinity, though several deaths have liocii reported. Rig orous cold continues in the provinces, the rivers ill the extreme south being frozen, while several feet of snow have fallen In the department of the Vonges and iu the Dauphue, in the southeast of France, comprised in the departments of Hnmie, Hantcs-Alpes and Isere. Fifteen de grees below zero has bicn recorded ut Grenoble, capital of the department of Isere. Switzerland is also suffering from the severe weather and snow covers the northern part of Italy. A dispatch from Rome reports an unprecedented snowfall there yesterday. Mr. Keller Out of Hunger. l'ATERSON, X. J., Feb. 111. After tic attending physicians had visited the Rev. Mr. Keller yesterday they said that his condition continued to improve and thnt he was practically out of danger. The physicians agree that the wounded minister will not lie totally blind. There is every indication thnt the sight of the left eye will be preserved. It is now be lieved that if Mr. Keller continues to Improve before many days he will be al do to appear in court anil testify ugninst Thomas C. Darker, who shot him. fire De.lroys Models nod linK TROY, X. Y, Feb. P.I. Fire yesterday destroyed a large number of valuable i..u r.. .ilL- nml Lnit cooils frames 1 owned by Tompkins Bros. Yalnnble tools were also lo"l. KRUGER'S FINAL PLEA. "Will No One Arbitrate?" Cries Heartbroken Boer. Bet-rets II Is Too Old lo tr l-rlit-Tlilrty. On Sous and Grandsons He line In the Meld, Fighting a War I'ljn.tly Thrntt Vpoa Them, but Ho Say l!or Will Win Vet. LONDON, Feb. Ki.-The Tall Mai! Magazine will publish, Feb. H, an inter view with Mr. Kruger iu part as follows "Will no one arbitrate? Will no our give lis a chance of defending ourselves'. We may have done wrongly. We hnw our faults and our weaknesses. We de clared wnr, but our hands were forced and we cun prove it. Get Bomeone r judge between this England and our selves. "Rut the Lord will help us ill the end We shall win. I do not know how ot when, but we shnll will nt last." Mr. Kruger says the Transvaal offered more reforms in one week than an oldei country would mnke lu 40 years, giving in ou till points almost to the uttermost, but that the uttermost was seized upon as a stumbling block. Referring to his reception in Europe Mr. Kruger says: "I care nothing for fluweis; nothlim. nothing. The people who send them mean well, and I mil grateful; but I csre nothing for them. What I wnnt i a fair hearing. If they will only givr us a fair hearing nud justice I nsk f it justice. "We ure little folk, but we have made gteat steps." When nsked why he enmo to Kuropt he said to the interviewer: "I could not go out with the comman does ns Mr. Steyn can. I inn too oil but I may be of some use here." Regarding Mrs. Kruger, he said: "I am sorry for her, too. I hnve a deep sorrow for her, but I have fur more sor row for my country. My wife hns hci children. Six nre still with her. They were left with her in her home. Two of my sons have died on the battlefield. Two were captured. I believe two move art dind also, ns 1 hnve not heard from them for two months, nud I know they were In the thick of the light. "Thirty-one sous and grandsons I have In tile field yet, but I could not go on commando. I have not heard from my wife for Id days, but she has six chil dren with her and she ifl uot to be pitiisl." NO FURTHER LENIENCY. Foreign Envoys' DecWhm In It. pert to I'uuUlimeiit of Guilty Is Irrevocable. FEKIX, Feb. lfl.-The Chinese pence plenipotentiaries hare replied to the lat est telegram from the imperial court that the decision of the foreign envoys with respect to the punishment of the giulty is irrevocable, nlthough the sentence upon General Tung Fu Ilsinng enn be suspended "until such time as it comet within, the power of the court to place him in restraint, when his death will be demanded." Although there, have been uo otlleial communications on the subjict between envoys and the Chinese plenipotentiaries there have bis'll long unoflicul consulta tions between the latter and M. DeGiers nnd Sir Ernest Satow, the Russian and Ilritish ministers. A definite reply from the court is not expis'tcd before the end of the new year celt bra lions, ut least 10 days off; but, the envoys believe that the court must yield. Count Von Woldcrsee has issued a for mul denial ot the published statement that the German troops arc leaving China. He says that he could not move one without instructions from Berlin, and that these hnve not been received. MRS. NATION RAMPANT. Caused All Kinds of Exoltement at Tnpeks, Kan. TOl'EKA, ,Knn., Feb. iS.-Mrs. Car rie Nation put in a busy Sunday in To pekn nnd us n result the capital city has expcrieiicisl mine genuine excitement than can be remembered by the oldest in habitant. Mrs. Nation succeeded in hav ing the contents of a notorious joint smashed, broke Into a cold storage plnnt in senreh of liquor, ruined the mirrors on several hnrs found stored In n livery bam, addressed a large innssiiieeting of men nml women and wns arrested four times. The last time that the law laid its hands upon her was when Mrs. Na tion emerged from the church where the mnssineetiug had been held. Last night Mrs. Nation announced that she would not rest until nil the joints in Topekn had been closed. Amerlrail Henley Atlred. BOSTON, Feb. lO.-Tho American Hcnli'y, for which so many plans have been fostered, only to fall through In lie end, is now practically an assured fact. Several of Huston's bestknown rowing men have developed a plan which embraces the larger athletic nnd rowing clubs and colleges. It is proposed to hold a week of racing nt New Loudon nt the time of the llarvnrd-Yale college race, to include clnssi-s from the single scull up to the eight-oared crews. Many of the leading rowing organizations have agreed to scud entries. Another f'trnegle Library. GALESI'.URG. Ills.. Feb. 1!). Andrew Carnegie has written the Gulcsburg pti lic library board that be will give $30, 000 for a new library building in this city providing the city appropriates $3,000 a year to sustain it. Injury Troved Fatal. KINGSTON, N. Y., Feb. m.-IVter Stolfi of Ilobart. who wns injured hy on explosion of dynamite while working" on the Onconta trolley road extension Saturday, died Sunday. Oli I Killed by Train. TROY, X. Y., Feb. 1!.-Mabcl E. Boutcll. a factory girl of IPS Grand street, was killed by an engine ou the liostou and Maine tracks yesterday wliile try ing to avoiil un incoming train. Hermit round Froseo lo lleetlt. KINGSTON. Feb. 19.- Philip Genold, a hermit, was found frozen to denth at his home iu Elleiirillc on Saturday. REVIEW OF TRADE. Ilradul reel's Keport on Conditions ol lleslnes Thronslt-tnt th Country. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Bradstreet'i review of trade says: Trade advices are rather more cheer ful. Prices show exceptional strength, all things considered, the one weak spot being raw cotton, which shares the rathet unsatisfactory tone manifested by tht cotton goods and yuru markets. For eign demand for our breadstuffs hns been rather licttcr, and this is reflected iu heavy exports, particularly of corn. Specially cheerful reports from the shof Olid leather, the lumber and the iror tiades, the strength of prices of the lnt tr having been increased by the talk ol pending consolidations, although the volume of business is restricted from the same cause. Failures are smaller than of late, and current railroad earning rhow Inrge gains over good returns i yenr ago. Despite the check to new business given by the talk of consolidation, a fall volume of trade is doing at all leadiiifi Iron markets and the advances noted Ir these columns Inst week are firmly held Expectations of a favorable outcome in the negotiations for a combination of the principal steel companies caused the s'ocks of those concerns to show decided fi 'inness nnd a readiness to advance. Uu certainty as to the terms of the deal, however, checked the development ol speculation iu tlieiu. Wheat, including flour, shipments fot the week aggregate 4.S14.STS bushels, oe-nlnst 4,b0T,SlS bushels Inst week. 3, F.'U.IMJO bushels in the corresponding week of l'.sKl, 2.434.778 bushels In lS'.tfl nnd 3.KVJ.744 bushels iu ISPS. Corn exports for the week aggregate 1,700.422 bushels, against 4.471.440 bush elr (corrected) Inst week, 3,41)1 ..TO hush els iu this week a yenr ago. 1,500,815 bushels ill 1SSSI and 5,030,575 bushelg ill IS! IS. Fnilures for the week number 220 n ngninst 230 Inst week, lf! in this week a venr airo, 100 in 1S!0, 200 In 1S!8 am! 323 In 1S97. CURIOUS FiSH FROM WELL. They Had Neither Head Nor Tail and Could Swim llackward or Forward. GOSHEN, X. Y, Feb. 15. Some time ago a driven well wns sunk at the Howell creamery. Pine Islnnd. to the depth ol 230 feet. The supply of water obtained equalled only one-quarter of the amount necessary, nnd in order to obtain a great er supply two charges of joveite, a new explosive, were discharged by William J. Brown, nn expert in Its use. Both charges were set off simultaneously by an electric battery, aud a column of wa ter eight inches iu diameter was thrown to a height of .'100 feet. Many curious things came up from the bottom of the well, including three cu rious lisii. They were almut eight inehef long nnd hnd neither head nor tail, both ends Isdng alike. They could swim as easily backward as forward and were not provided with eyes or mouth. There were. several sinull orifices at each end of these curious fish. When they came down with a shower of atones from the top of the column of water they bounded repeatedly ninny feet in the nir. One wus captured by a l'olander, who, curious to see its interior, struck It with a dull hatchet, but made no impression whatever upon the fish, although he killed it. One is still alive in captivity. Y. P. S C. E. CONVENTION. Plana For Meellni al Kyraeui Being Knpldly Perfected. SYRACUSE. Feb. IS. Plans for the state Y. P. S. C. E. convention to be held in this city Oct. 21 to 2.5 aud which it i expected Il.ooo delegates will attend are being rapidly perfected. The general subject of tile convention will be "The New Century Awakening." Orange and white hnve la-en designated as the convention colors and the daisy selected as the emblem. An order hns been placed .for 3,000 badges. They are to be in the form of a daisy with a rib bon attached. For the first time at a tate conven tion of this society there will be evangel istic, meeting at the noon hour among the workmen nt the city factories. Ieh gates will be assigned to speak iu dif ferent parts of the city. The First Presbyterian church will be secured for Syracuse night. The quiet hour service each morning will be held at the First Baptist church. SERIOUS CHARGES. Fatrlck Coyle Aconsee Town Authorities of Avoudate, N. J. ALBANY, Feb. 1!). The state com mission iu lunacy is investigating as to the truth of charges made by Patrick Covle. the husband of Margaret Coyle, an Insane woman, formerly employed as a domestic in Avondale, X. J., who al leges that without notice to him the town authorities of Avondale, finding his wife was insane nnd likely to fall as a charge upon tho town, had her conveyed to New Y'ork city at night, where she wns aban doned. Within a short time she fell Into the hands of the police nnd wns committed to the Bellevue pavilion, whence, owing to her condition, she was transferred to the Manhattan state hospital, where she died within a few days of j .leiimnuia. Stamford Will Have l.liiiir .Irene. KINGSTON, N. V.. Feb. 1!).-The TMcrs of the town of Stamford, in the Cstskills, have voted to have a license town for the next year. The town last yer wus no license and hotel keepers churned they have lost money, summer boarders going to license towns. Froight Trains Collide! No One Hurl. WATERTOWN. X. Y, Feb. 19.-An extra freight train and a regular freight train ou the Rome, Watertuwn and Og deusburg railroad met in headou collision at Kasog yesterday. The engines of both trains were budly smashed aud many cars derailed. Xu one was hurt. From HlnKUnmton to ftawego. MNG11AMTON, N. Y, Feb. 11). I'laus arc under way looking to the ex tension of the lines of the Binghainton Railroad company to Maine, a village about 18 miles west from this city, aud ultimately to Owcgo. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Roeord'of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In 8mnll Npwoe and Arranged With Special Kegaid For the Conreul ene of the Header Who Has Little 1 1 In to Spar. W. II. Harris, for the past quarter of a .entniy proprietor of numerous low priced circuses, is dead from heart dis ?ase. Mrs. Thomas C. Piatt, whose condition bus been ruusing great auxiety for the last few days, is reported ua being n better. According to the Italian newspapei-s, Signer Guiscppe Zunurdclli has been def initely charged by King Victor Emman uel to form a ministry to succceed the Snracco cabinet. Iu thut event It Is be lieved that Signor Gioletti would lie the minister of the interior and the actual premier. A westbound passenger traiu ou the Chicago and Erie railroad wits partially derailed 12 miles east of Dccntur, Ills. Fireman Finney wus killed In jumping. H. W. Schmidt, superintendent of the Illinois Southern railroad, is dead at Sparta, Ills. His son Harry died Satur day night nnd Mrs. Schmidt is not ex pected to live. It is supposed they were poisoned by eating corned beef. Thnridny. An explosion occurred In the Chilworth gunpowder works near Ginldford, 17 niili-s from London. Six men were blown to pieces. The navy department hns received a cablegram from Commander Delano of the training ship Topekn. announcing his arrival nt Barimdoes. The Topekn re cently sailed from Cnpe Verde and ap prehension win felt in some quarters as to her safety. More than 150 shots were tired, a ser geunt of police and two negroes were wounded, nnd a ballot box was stolen in the course of an election riot at St. Loans. It is rumored that the queen mother will go to Bonn shortly to undergo a se rious operation, the necessity for which is the reason that Queen Wilhelmiua'l marriage festivities were not postponed, as they would otherwise have been be cause of the deuth of (Jileell Victoria. Friday. Dr. Campbell Brown, the city analyst, testifying at a beer poisoning Inquest ut Liverpool, estimated from samples ex amiued that the average weekly con sumption of beer in Liverpool in summer time would contain 300 pounds of arse nic, enough to kill n million people If ad ministered in equal doses and ut one time. .Mrs. Thomas C. l'lntt, the wife of United States Senator Piatt, died at 0 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Fifth Avenue hotel, where she had been ill for some time. Her husband and suns were at the bedside. Charles Carroll Mann, aged 72 years, a retired stock broker ami fur years a prominent liomoeratie politician, com mitted suicide nt Philadelphia. lie had been suffering from n complication of dis eases for 10 years. Xorthcrn and Central Xew York are feet deep In the worst blizzard of the winter, aud in some respects in recent years. Satnrdpv. I.nvelnnd J. Miller. Jr., a young man convicted of ma usln lighter in the second degree In killing Walter D. Tyler, was sentenced to six years and six months in Auburn prison. Coroner Tnrbell of Troy finds thnt the denth of Lebbens J. Rice wns cnuscd by a gunshot wound iu the head, which wns inflicted wrongfully, feloniously nnd with Intent to kill by some person or persons unknown. Anti-saloon crusading In Winfield, Knn., is so serious troops may he called out. Mrs. Ccrrie Nation was followed by dense mobs iu Chicago. A Berlin special tells of many Gor maus offering to the British embassy for service in Smith Africa. London has contradictory reports, ac cording to a special enbte, about thcVick-ers-Muxim-Crump deal. Monday. From the Battery in New York 100 Ice hound vessefs could be counted. It is said that the dowry of the Prin cess of the Astnrins will he 2UWO,000 francs. For the first time in many years the Dele ware river is closed to navigation. due to the large amount of lee in the stream. Syracuse mid vicinity are snowbound. the blizzard which begnn Tuesday has sbated somewhat, but snow is still fall lug. and railroads are suffering. The bitter cold caused the loss of two lives in New York. Lawrence Veill, a stableman, ami nn unknown man, cm ployed as a coal heaver, were frozen to .lentil. A dispnteh from Portsmouth soys tho royal yacht Victoria and Albert has been commissioned to take King Edward and Queen Alexandra of Germany, and it I' cxpcctiil the British channel squadron will form the escort. Tneiday. ' The noilv of "William llendrlcksnn, a veteran ISI years old, was found on rsil- tond tracks at Troy. He died from ex posure. Minnie Hulls, 15 yenrs old, the daugh ter of Jnmes Hultz, one of the wealthiest net in Indiana, lui" been kidnaped. The condition of Qui-en Sophia Is so .nuc'.i improved that It is now believed she will no lomir be confined to her bed M. Hecko of Pittsburg was shot nnd killed while defending himself from be ing robbi-d by three negro highwaymen ut McKee's Ibsks. Two negroes are hold ou suspicion. The American Tobacco company, the largest concern of its kind in the world, is about to establish a large plant in Al bany, which will furnish work for up wards of a thousand persons. BR DE ONLYFOURTEEN. Hy Agreement Husband I Xot to ClalB Her For Two Year.- WILKES BARRE. Feb. 10.-A 14 year-old girl was married Thursday to I 27-yi ar-old man, and he signed a coa tract agreeing to let her live with her pa rents until she Is Id, whirh will be el Christmas day, 11103. The bride wai -Mary June Iteaker of Plymouth town ship and the brid. gnsiui Nicholas Rurk hart, a prosperous young butcher of thll city. They met last summer aud fell il love with each other. Since thea the) have often met and it was his lova foj the girl thut induced the parents to al low the marriage, although they stlpula ted that he should not claim her for twi years. The girl looks hardly more thai 12 yenrs old. The wedding took place here before Justice P. W. McKeown and tl.uro wcri present the girl's father a id ; n. : am Ber brother, besides the l:.-' 'fie. - ;i After the ceremony the -i 1 nt ho-.'f Willi her parents and the I-! '. : o -.: v. oi back to his shop. BU'LDING TRADES STRIKE. nttshorg Is Threatooed With One l T-ara' II inn4lnna. PITTSBURG. Feb. lS.-Unless thi nu ster builder of this city comply with the demands of the building trades coun cil a general strike will be declared which will involve at least 13o,U0 work men. Nearly every nieehunlo in the city il expecting an advance of from 5 to 2( per cent. The curpenters nnd joiucri hnve alreudy asked for an advance, an! the bricklayers, painters and di rntora, paperhaugers, plasterers, structural irn workers, machinists and stoue musoni are preparing their scuhs and In evcrj ease it is proposed to make demands fm higher wages. The window glass work- errs, it is said, will also ask for an ia cn use of 20 per cent when the next sciiU cenferenee meets. The date upon which mauy of 'h scales expire is April 1 and unless tin master builders grant nn advaucc th indications nre that there will be a gen eral suspension in the building trades am) work on the big structure will huve tl be suspended. S'LK MILLS IDLE. Strikes Have Tied I'p This Industry la Ijiekawnnnn Volley. SCR ANTON, Feb. IS. Every silk mil In the Lackawanna vulh-y is Idle by rea sen of strikes, excepting the Klots mill a Cinboiidale. where the employes contlniM working, pending the arbitration of ililU culties by the Rev. Father Coffey. Then are 4.5(10 girls and men on strike nn they show every determination to staj out until they receive a considerable in crease In wages. Around the strikers' headquarter there is renewed hopefulness of nn curlj settlement. Among the manufacturers, however, the feeling is that the shutdown will be a lung one. WOMAN'S INQUISITIVENESS. title Was r-o.tmlslreM antl Opened Lovers Letters to Her ftorrnw. BKLLEFONTE. Pa., Feb. 18. Mini Marion Peters, assistant postmistress al MitiL'oville, wus urrested by Postodlct Inspector Malone of llarrishurg for tain pering with the mails. Miss Peters ad mitted the truth of the charge, which was opening letters nnd pneknges ad dressed to others. She acquired the hiinit' through an unconlrulhible desire to read the love letters of the youug men Hilt women of that community. .Miss Peters wns held under $300 bat for trial nt next term of United Mul court at Pittsburg. Young Wmnati Assaulted, NEW CASTLE, Feb. 1S.-M!ss Ma mie Ryan. 20 years old, wns assaulted Friday night by an unknown man. Mist Ryan left her home to go to the home of a neighbor. Clnra Voegele. She passed a deseited barn on the way when she was grasped by a man. The glr screamed for help and struck nt her as sailant. She niannged to break awaj and ran to the Voegele residence and throwing open the door, ahe fell fnintlui ou the floor. Frew Kefused a New Trlsl. t'NIONTOWN, Feb. IS Harry Frew of Eversoii, who was convicted of second degree murder for Willing his brothnr-ln-law, Dr. Nnrmnn King, in the bedrooa of their litlle sister-in-law, wus refuse, a new triub ' UK MS IN llitltK. SHARON Joseph Mclntyro of ncai Wuitemburg fell down a flight of stniri ami lnirt.e his neck. He died almost in stantly. BEAVER FALLS Lilly, the yeni-ohl daughter of Edward Cloud, win was terribly burned by ber clothes catch ing fire at an open grate on Friday, hai died. UMONTOWN Edward R. Spinner colored, who was found guilty of ninr Id in the first degree for killing Troy Tiuu wus granted a new trial on the atrengtt of new evidence discovered since the tr-.al NEW CASTLE Juines J. Moniss.-y, a biaV.eman on the Pennsylvania liner, lost his life here under the wheels of freight cur. from which he slipped nud fell. The accident occurred iu the c u ter of a long bridge over the Xeslian nock. lIOLLlDAYSr.t:ilG-lsvid N. Trcose, luunager of the quarries of the Juniata compuiiy at MeKees Gup,, this couuy, while inspecting the work, ventured un der n large uinoiuit of rock that had be, u blown loose. A ton of rocks came down ou him. killing him instantly. GliEENSltl'HG Cnptiiiu Richard D. I.nirl lias receivisl orders from Colonel Burnett to tuke his company to the in auguration ut Washington. March 4. GKEENSKURG-Rev. fir. Towusei ). I.. pastor of the Unity Pre-do-tirl.i:! ihnrch. tins stricken with paralysis s'ni I is h i i side is completely paralyzed. Dr. fowii-onil has been pastor of the I'tiitJ I'n-sln t. i i.ui church for 30 yenrs. WA S 1 1 1 V ITi ' V I n. -Au.-el Garcia, a yonn: Cuban, entered Washington am Jnioii tulh.e. Gurciu mm riculai-1! iu the preparaiory department, and is the second Cuban (hut has bsome a stiiocM ut the instil utioii this year, the Lut bj ine, I'ruuci.seo Dias.
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