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I TOTEL WEAVER.
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This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a eoiiipleteehange,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Heatod and lighted
ilir.ni,. limit with natural iras. bathrooms.
hot and cold water, etc. The comfort of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
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Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
lie snared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class Ijivery in connection.
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FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and alnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction, rroinpt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JORENZO FULTON.
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Kheumatio Acliei, Hear Ache
Lumbago, After Usiog
WANO ELECTRIC 0IL.-25C.
It Removes l'iinples and Makes the
GEN. HARRISON'S DEATH
End Was Without Pain,
Patient Being Unconscious.
Advanced Age or Patient Left II I in With
out Multtcleut Vitality Is Ile.lit Lang
Congestion Hurlel Was Attended bjr
Thouaanils of Per.on. From Every la
llon In Life.
INDIANAPOLIS. March U.-C.encial
lleiijuiiiiii Harrison dii-d at 4:43 o'clock
Wednesday iifliTiicioii without ri-KiiiniiiK
(niinriuiisness. Ilia diulU was quiet ami
painless, there being a gradual sinkiiiK
until the end came, which wus marked
liy a sliiKle gasp for breath as life de
parted from the body of the great tati'S
iii ii ii. The relatives, with a few excep
tion, and several of his old and tried
friends, were at t lie former president's
bedsiilu when be pussed away.
HARRISON'S BURIAL.
TlioiiBAnilt of rrirs Prom All Walk.
In I. If. Galhrrrit at III r.rav.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 18.
Siirroundcd by fully l.V or his fellow
citlreus, the ri-niiiins of lienjuuiin Harri
son were Sunday n fl ii i n interred in
the family lot In Crowu Hill cemetery.
Close by the grave were the members ol
hi fumily, President Mi-Kiiiley mid othei
vii-itors of dixtiiirtinu and the more inti
ii tt- friends of tieiieml Harrison. Hack
a distance of .) yards, behind ropef
Kiuiiled (enloiisly by a lurge force of
police, stood with liucovered heads t lie
gM-iit uiiiltituile who knew liim not so
wtll as the)' who stood beside the freshly
upturned earth, but who honored him
ai'd admired him ipiile as iuik-Ii.
It is doubtful if nny public man, at
least In this generation, has been borne to
hit last resting place among so many
manifestations of respect. Of passionute
grief then' was little outside the members
of his family, but the tribute of respect
was universal. There was no exception
anywhere to the expression that the na
tion had lost one of its ablest men and
the greatest man of his generation in his
own state.
Pj the grave stood the chief innglstrate
of the nn I i' m and Is-hind the ropes were
the street nrabs of Cicnerul Ilarrisoii'l
rily, every grade of human life in Anier
Ira between the two was represented In
the crowd nod among them all there was
but the one feeling, 1 1 uii t a mull had died
who was honest nt all times, with himself
and with others, and whose ability and
character wer such as the nation could
ill afford to lose.
The weather, like that of Sutnrday,
wits splendid. The serviees nt the church
ni.d grave were simple ill the extreme,
all In most excellent taste and there was
an utter absence of friction In everything
that was done. All was well orduiued
and well performed.
AT THE GRAVE.
Notsbl Group of Mourners Nurronntlsd
the Tnioh, Wlilln Tltfin.nliils llrsrtl
ami WnU-lirtt tlis rrfmtnny.
(lathered around the Iliirrison lot In
Crown Hill cemetery and standing 111 sol
id masses along the winding rond which
led to the place were the thousands of
people who, with IhiwciI heads and limiii
festiitions of sincere sorrow watched the
funeral procession take Its way through
the grounds.
It was in arly fi o'clock when the line of
ri'letlves and friends came up the grav
elled path to the tomb. On the arm of
Lieutenant Commander Parker Mrs.
Hairisou took her place at the head of
the coffin, which had been iMrne to the
side of the grave by the pallbearers.
Through the heavy mourning veil which
she wore there were visible marked signs
of her grief. Her lips trembled contin
ually and it was evident that she kept her
emotion under control by a great effort.
Near her on the left stood the General's
son. Russell B. Harrison, with his wife,
and Mr. and Mrs. McKee. Colonel Har
iiso:i kept his eyes fixed upon the casket
never turning them away from it during
the service. Mrs. ICussell Harrison and
Mis. McKee were composed, but now
and then a little storm of emotion would
slmkr them anil their faces would he
buiied In tlieir handkerchiefs. The
brothers of Oeuernl Harrison, John Scott
Harrison and Carter H. Harrison, stood
close together, old men with faces that
revealed how deeply they felt their loss.
Mrs. Newcomer and Mr. and Mrs. 8. V.
Morris were together nt the side of the
grave. The other relatives stood to the
left aud slightly below them in the circle
which was formed for the service of
burial.
President McKinlcy came to the grave
with Mrs. Durliin and stood with her
durinir the brief service. When the
prayer was offered the president, was
seemingly deep in thought and remained
to with bowed head after tho final word
had been said. lie stood with bared
head Immediately beside tho monument of
the Harrison family and once, when the
weariness of the day had touched him,
seemingly he leaned against it for a mo
ment. The air hud become chilly, but
whilt some others alsmt the grave to pro
tect tlieir heads barely raised their hats,
the president kept his in bis hands
throughout the service. Reside him were
(iovemor Durliin and Private Secretary
Coitelyou.
Ilnrlsl Srrrlce Terr Slniilr.
The burial service was very simple and
very brief. The Uev. Mr. Xiccol read the
short committal and burial service aud
the ltev. Mr. Haines followed with a
prayer.
Instead of following the usual practice,
which consists of dropping a handful of
dust on the coffin, three white carnations
Vicre placed upon the lid.
M hen the last word had been said and
the service was over, the attendants low
ered the cofllii to its place. To the last
it bore the wreath from Mrs. Harrison
and the limpid of lilies of the valley from
little EliziilK'th. On the coffin was placed
a heavy wulniit cover and then the gran
ite roof of the tomb was lowered and
doted.
The Inst resting place of Ex-rrosldent
Harrison is a tomb five feet deep, en
cased in granite four inches thick and
covered with a granite top of the same
thickness. Of? the reverse side of the
cvr la the simple inscription:
BENJAMIN HAItRLSON,
1S33-100L
The Interior of the tomb "us decorated
will- ferns so profusely that no sign of
enrth or stoue was visible. Dozens of
exquisitely beautiful floral tributes were
placed on the tomb and on the ground
close by.
The arrangements for the services at
the grave had been Jiiii-fully perfected.
There was not the slightest hitch in any
of the details. After the services ut the
grave were over and the people had left,
carta of earth were unloaded at the
fci'uvisidc and the tomb billed and (lowers
placed over all. As the people slowly
left the cemetery the distant boom of
cmiiion tiring the national sulute came to
their ears, and by the time the last gun
was fired the night was down and the
grave alone.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Ilrlaf Chronology of iho 1'rlnelpat Events
la Hi Lira of tho I.auie.itd
Ex-Irctlitent.
Benjamin Harrison, a sou of John
Scott and Elisabeth Harrison, was born
in North Bend, ()., Aug. 211, 113. Hi
was a grandson of ex-President William
Henry Harrison and a great-graudson of
Benjamin llurrlsou, a signer of the Dec
laration of Independence. His father
was an extensive owuer of land and
served in the ,'Ud and U4th sessions of
congress. Benjamin Harrison was placed
iu charge of his futher's farming proper
ty while the elder Harrison served the
people in congress. In IMS-11) he at
tended Tanners' college nenr Cincinnati.
He lutcr studied at Miami university,
from which institution be gruduutcd iu
l.V.2.
In the same J cur he was admitted to
the bar aud began practice Iu Indianap
olis iu IfvVi, where he remained until
IMS!). During this period he served us
reporter of the supreme court during
1KMS2 and ISiil-ia. July 11. lSd'Jj he
entered the volunteer army and was
made second lieutenant iu Company A
of tin- Seventieth Indiana volunteers.
On July L'2 he was promoted to the cap
taincy of that company and assumed the
position of colonel Aug. T, 1812. He re
tained command of this regiment until
Aug. 20, lSii.'t, when he nssumcil com
mand of the Second brignde. Third di
vision, lteserve corps, retaining command
until Sept. 211, lSiilJ. On Sept. 23, 153,
he was assigned to special recruiting ser
vice, lie was lircvetted liriuadicr gen
eral of volunteers Jan. 23, IMm
During his military service he partici
pated ill the following battles: Ituss
vllle, Ky,; Hesaca, la.; Cassville, Go,!
New Hope Church and Dallas, Ga.; Ken
esnw Mountain, siege of Atlanta, Nash
ville, ami was present nt tli.' surveudur
of (iem-ral Johnston, April 25, lS'si.
In l.STli he was an unsuccessful candi
date on the llepulilicnn ticket for the gov
ernorship of Indiana and in the same
year was appointed by ex-President
Hayes to be n member of the Mississippi
river commission. He was chosen chair
man of the ltcpulilicuu national conven
tion held in Chicago in ISSil. His name
was presented as a candidate for the
presidency, but he insisted that it be
withdrawn. In 1H81 he canvassed In
dinna for (iiirfielil. I'pon the hitter's
election he refused nn appointment hi
the cabinet. Iu 1S.S1 he was elected a
I'nited States senator for a full term
and was chairman of the committee on
territories.
In ISSN he received the presidential
nomination from the lb-publican con
volition at Chicago, being nominated on
the eighth ballot by a vote of 1544. At
the election in November he received 5,-
4-10,2111 of the popular votes against
Orover Cleveland's !S..'W!,2.'!3 Votes. At
the session of the Electoral College he
was elected president of the I'nited
States, receiving 2.1.3 electoral votes
aguiust Cleveland's liW votes.
His term as president proved him to be
a diplomat of the highest order and many
momentous questions were disposed of
to the satisfaction of all concerned. He
arranged for the arbitration of the dif
ferences existing bctw-.-i-n the I'nited
States and England over the killing of
seals In the lb-hring sea: he signed acts
for the admission of North and
South Dakota, Washington, Montana,
Idaho and Wyoming, secured the ex
tinguishment of Indian title to vast
tracts of hind in the West, which eventu
ally opened the territory of Oklahoma to
settlement; quelled the Indian disturb
ance on the frontier in lH'.HMU, and de
fined iu a message to congress the rights
of aliens to protection by the I'nited
States government. This hitter action
was brought about by the demands of the
Italian government for redress for the
killing of several Itnlians In New Or
leans In 1S1I2 Mr. Harrison was again nom
inated by the Itepublicans to be can
didate for the presidency, but was de
feated by Grover Cleveland. On retiring
from the presidency in l."!.'l he resumed
the practice of law in Indianapolis and
was non-resident professor of constitu
tional law of the I -eland Stanford, Jr.,
university.
In isr3 he married Caroline Lnrinla
Scott of Oxford, O., and two children
were born to them. Itussell Benjamin
Harrison was graduated from Lafayette
college in 1S77 and later entered the jour
nalistic field. During the Spanish-American
war be served with distinction as a
major of volunteers. Mary S. ott Harri
son, the daughter, married Hubert Mc
Kee. an Indianapolis merclinnt. Mr.
Harrison married the second time on
Feb. 21. 1S93, the bride being Mrs. Mary
Lord Diminick. A daughter w;2 horn
to them and christened Elizabeth. In
May, 1WIH, Mr. Harrison was retained as
counsel by the Venezuelan government
before the court of arbitration on the
British-Veneiuelan boundary dispute.
He received the honorary degree of LL.
D. from Sliami university in INNS and
from the college of New Jersey In 18!)9.
Peru OflVra lo Settle r'owk. Cle'ln.
WASHINGTON, March 19. United
States Minister Dudley, at Limn, Pern,
cabled the state department yesterday
that the government of Peru had of
fered to settle for the sum of 3.000 soles,
the Fowks claim, and he was immediate
ly instructed to accept the offer. The
claim originated in 1SI4. William Fowks
was au American merchant living at
Tunibcr. and the military authorities sub
jected him to a forc-ed loon and impris
oned him for 24 h s. A claim was pre
ferred against Peru for ?."i.(i0. on his
account, but that government prnttereil
3,(K) sole (a sole being equivalent to 4.S
tents), and the clniniant expressed bis
willingness to accept that sum.
FIERCE RUSSIAN RIOTS
Students and Cossacks Clash
In St. Petersburg Stueets.
Demonstrators Entered a Church Sinokail,
Bang and Thraw Tlilius at lha Holy
linages, Utlug Kacr.d Ilsnuers as Weap
oat U'han Ilia Congregation Bought to
VJeol Them.
LONDON. March 10. Special dis
patches from St. Petersburg describe
fierce fighting between the demonstra
tors and the Cossacks. The lutter
charged the mob at a gallop und the
people replied with volleys of stones.
A Cossuck olllcer, who was struck hi the
head by an iron bolt, was unhorsed.
The Cossacks, on seeing their leader fall,
dismounted and engaged in a hand-to-hand
fight, using tlieir whips freely on
the people, many of whom were Injured
seriously, although nobody was killed.
A Inter dispatch soys:
"The light lasted for an hour end the
disorders until the evening. From "(HI
to 8O0 students were driven by the po
lice and Cossacks into the surrounding
yards, where they were detained for ex
uminDtion by the minister of justice.
"Faces were cut open by the whips of
the Cossacks. Old women w.-rc crushed
almost to ili-nth. A child was killed, and
It is reported tluit there were other fa
tulithn, though it is impossible to con
firm the rumor. Further disorders ore
expected tomorrow."
DEMONSTRATION FAILED.
St. Petersburg I' .Ilea Kept btuilents from
lta:slna lli.liirbanee.
ST. PETEItSIU'ItO, March 10,-Thc
students organized Sunday what was In
tended to Ik' an imposing demonstration
111 front of the Cathedral of Cur Lady of
Kazan, the occasion being tue anniver
sary of the death of Votora, the girl who
committed suicide some years ago In a
dungeon of the political prison In the
fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul In or
der to esciipe infamous persecutions.
Immense crowds assembled on the
Newskol l'rospekt, the principal street
of tho city, and the niljaeent thorough
fares. The military, in even greater
numbers, occupied the district, closed
the entrance of all houses and shops,
patrolled the streets and time after time
cleared the pavements, making many ar
rests, including teachers and pupils ol
the higher grade gills' school. Several
of these young women resisted arrest.
The demonstration was held, but, owing
to the presence of the troops, it wn
rather a mild affair, although for a time
uerimiH coiiseiillences scelucd likely to
follow the brutulity of the Cossacks Iu
driving hack the people with whips.
BOY'S HORRiBLE DEATH.
Threw 1 ighleit Mutch In I'owder Keg
autl Was Illown to lieces.
CUMBERLAND, Md., March 19.
Tboimis Connors, the 8-yenr-old sou o!
Thomas Connors, coal miner, at Thomas,
W. Va., had seeu his older brothers set
iinuiLir in the vnnl for fun.
His futher kept a big keg iu the
house and yesterday morning tne no'
u-out mi utiiii-n mill liirllleil It.
The explosion wrecked the house and
instantly killed the boy, almost leurliitj
him to pieces.
New l'retlilent of Erie rlosd.
NEW YOKK, .March II). A report
was current on Wall street yesterday
that Frederick W. Underwood, second
vice president and general manager ut
the Baltimore and Ohio railroud, is la
succeed Mr. E. B. Thuuius iu the
presiiUucy of the Erie railroad, Mr.
Thomas presumably to be made chair
man of the board of directors. The offi
cers of the Erie ruilroad iu this city
would not confirm the report. Mr. Un
derwood came to the Bultimore and Ohio
from the Minneapolis und Suuh Ste.Ma-
rie, of which be was general manager.
From 1NI5S to lNNtl he was with the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. l'uiil road.
V;fi Died After lln.band'a Funeral.
1IOOSICK FALLS, N. Y., March 13,
Willium Hayncs, postmaster of Hoo
sick Fulls, u prominent Republican lead
er, died Friday, Mure h S, after a week's
illness of grip and uttenduut heart fail
ure, aged 72 years. The widow, Mrs.
Willis Huyues, aged T5. attended the
fuueiul obsequies Tuesday, and within
two hours after returning home from her
husband's burial was stricken with cere
bral hemorrhage, followed by pneumo
nia, aud died ut o o'clock yesterday after
noon.
So d l.r'. Ucath Sentence- Commuted,
WASHINGTON, March 19. Private
lohn II. Schmidt. Company A, Thirty-
sixth vounteer infantry, was convicted by
rourt martial at Liugiiyan, P. I., of mur
der and sentenced to death by hanging,
The president has commuted the sentence
lo dishonorable discharge and confine
ment at hard lulsir for life. The peuiten
liury at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., has
been designated as the place of confine
ment.
Had Knth Eyes Rliot Out.
KEWBUItG, N. Y., March 19.-A let
ler from the Philippines says that George
IL Enstull of Newburg, a member of
Company M, Forty-fourth United States
volunteer, had both eyes shot out in a
battle in t lie Island of Cebu and was cap
tured by the insurgents.
Remeuitieied War or 18111.
XC.K. N. Y.. March 19. Mrs. Cor
mlia Sneden was buried Siinduy, aged
lu: veurtt. She was a member of the
Methodist church for SO years. Up to
he day of her death she related many in
cidents of the war of 1S12, her mind be
ing unimpaired.
Ex-Preeldent Cleveland's Rirlhdar,
PRINCETON, N. J.. March PJ.-Ex
President Cleveland spent yesterday, bis
(54th birthday, at home with Mrs. Cleve
land and their children. He entertained
no caller. Many congratulatory tele
grams were received.
Has Voted at IS Election..
WAVERLY.' N. Y., -March 19,-Is
rael Parshalt Burt celebrated his 100th
birthday anniversary today by voting at
the charter election. He has never
missed an election since 1S21. ,
GREATEST GIFT OF ALU
Mr. Tamable OITeis US I. brarloe te
Krrr York It .
NEW YORK, March Ill-Andrew
Carnegie, who, since retiring as an ac
tive figure from tile steel world, has been
able to devote his time exclusively to his
other passion, the founding of libraries,
has made his departure for Europe this
spring memorable by the largest offer
of that kiud ever advanced. If New
AKDKKW CARNEOIB.
York will provide the sites and mainten
ance he has promised to give $5,200,tMX)
to establish lio branch libraries in this
city.
The offer was made in a letter to Dr.
John S. Billings, director of the New
York public library, last Tuesday. The
correspondence in connection with the
mutter was made public last night:
Mr. Carnegie's letter follows:
New York, March 12.
"Dr. John S. Billings, Director New
York Public Library:
"Our conference upon the needs of
Greater New Y'ork for branch libraries
to reach the mosses of the people iu every
district has convinced me of the wisdom
of your plans.
"Sixty-five branches strike one nt first
as a very huge number, but, as otliei
lities have found one necessary for every
ixty or seventy thou-mnd of population,
the number is not excessive.
"You estimate the average cost of these
libraries at, sny SfHo.lKX) each, being $5,
200,000 for all. If New Y'ork will fur
nish sites for these branches for the spe
cial benefit of the masses of the people,
as it has done for the Central library,
and also agree in satisfactory form to
provide for tlieir maintenance as built, I
should esteem it a rare privilege to be
permitted to furnish the money as need
ed for the buildings, say $5,200,000.
Sixty-five libraries ut one stroke proba
bly breaks the record, but this is the day
of big operations and New York is soon
to be the biggest of cities.
ANDREW CARNEGIE."
1,000,0(10 I or St. L-nli.
ST. LOUIS, March 16.-Andrew Cat
negie hos offered to donate $1,000,000 for
the building of o new public library in
St. Louis. The offer is similar to many
others which Mr. Carnegie made to cities
throughout the country and abroad. The
can be easily complied wi n by the city
conditions on which the gift is to be made
of St. Louis Mr. Carnegie asks that
the city furnish au unincumbered site for
the library und that a luaiuteiiunce
fund of $150,000 per year be assured.
LI A PHYSICA- WRECK.
Dlmlbaul.hed Chinese Diploma Iu Mate
of I'tler fo'Iap
PEKIN, March IS.-Thc health of Li
Hung Chang is again a matter of grave
consideration to the ministers of the pow
ers. Mr. Rockhiil, the American special
commissioner, who visited Earl Li Satur
day, says he is a physical wreck and ap
parently in a state of utter collapse, al
though mentally as brilliant as ever. Mr
Rockhiil would not be surprised to hear
of his death at any moment.
The removal of Li Hung Chang by
death or any other cause at the present
moment would be very unfortunate. M
DcGicrs (Russian minister), said lust
night: "Li Hung Chang is a great diplo
mat, and his influence with the Chinese
court is absolutely unique. No other man
iu China approaches him iu this respect.
This influence is not temporary but it is
particularly effective at important mo
ments in the history of China like the
present."
ELEVATORS AT MONTREAL
New Syndicate Offers lo Fulfill Contrae
Abandoned by Connor.
MONTREAL, March 19. A syndicate
beaded by Cuptuin Walvin of Duluth
yesterday made an offer to the harbor
commissioners to build grain elevators in
Montreal harbor, replacing the Connors
syndicate, whose efforts have apparently
come to naught.
The idea is to bring grain in the larg
est lake capacity bouts to Port Col
bourne, thence transhipping it to steam
ers of full capacity of the St. Lawrence
canals. The harbor commissioners are
asked to guarantee bunds on cost of ele
vators in Montreal, taking the buildings
as security. The answer, which is to be
given Sutiirday, will probably be favor
able.
Fatal Fire In Nesr.psper Off! -.
BOSTON, March 18. Three Uvea were
lost, nearly a dozen men were more or
less injured and many thousands of dot
lars' damage was the result of a tierce
fire that started in the pressroom of The
Daily Advertiser and Record iu the 7
story granite front building in newspa
per row. Washington street, last night
The dead are:
Aged Woman Cat Her Throat.
BUFFALO, .March 19. Mrs. Mary
Joerus, 70 years old, living on the Ridg'
Road, in West Seneca, committed suicide
yesterday by cutting her throat with a
razor. She died almost iustnutly. She
was temporarily insane.
Killed bv Fall From Waaon.
RTIFFALO. March 19. Henry Brown,
Jr., a teamster, fell from his wagon here
Tssterduv and was killed. Brown struck
the pavement with terrific force and
nstuiued a haflly fractured skull at tha
base. He was 2d yea is old.
Antl-IT.nry I -aw In Sweilen.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 19.
The riksdag lyesterday passed the law
against usuiy.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Tartans Parts of
I He World Hltorn of Their Paddings and
Only the recta Given la as Pew Words
as Possible For the UeneUt of the Hur
ried Header.
Friends of President Kruger are re
irteil by a Loudon dispatch to expect
the Boer surrender on Tuesday.
Evidences thst the Brazilian govern
ment is curefully guarding against a
monarchist uprising are reported.
As a result of injuries received in a
railway collision In Allegheny, Pa., Ed-
ward Strauss has been compelled to
bandon the directorship of the court
orchestra at Vienna.
Members of the Cuban constitutional
convention lire urged by their constitu
ents not to r-'cede.
Fire destroyed the combination freight
and passenger station of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at
Mott Haven.
Former President Benjamin Harri
son's illness is so serious as to alarm hii
family iu Indianapolis, Ind.
Thursday.
Loudon has a report, according to a
special cubic, that the United States bus
protested Hguinst Russian eucruachmeuts
n Manchuria.
Bubonic plague is spreading iu Cape
Town.
New efforts to obtain Mrs. Maybrick's
release, suys u special cable dispatch,
will tuke the form of a petition to Kiu
Edwurd.
General Muriuno de Dios, a noted Fil
ipino leuder, has surrendered.
Grover Cleveland und David B. Hill
wrote encouragingly of the future of the
Democratic party to a club in Baltimore.
Great Britain announces her rejection
of tlie Huy-Pauncefote treaty as amend-
d by the senate.
Seuutor Proctor of Vermout left for
Cuba, supposedly to investigate condi
tion there for the administration.
Friday.
For a slight affliction of the throat,
which bus troubled him, W. Bourka
Cockrun submitted to an operation,
which is described as having been wholly
efficacious.
The awards to the winners In the inter
national fire brigade display at the Paris
exposition include gold ineduts to Chief
George C. Hole of Kansas City and
Commissioner Benoit of Canada.
The city of Kharkoff has experienced
disturbance similar to those which oc
curred at St. Petersburg lately, when the
Russian police brutally dispersed a gath
ering of students.
Lieutenant Watson of the Forty-fifth
volunteer infantry, while scouting near
the hnuilet of Bado, in Camn lines prov
ince, killed five insurgents nnd destroyed
15 of the enemy's thatched barracks.
The Massachusetts senate killed the
bill abolishing the death penalty ill the
state. Life imprisonment was proposed
rather than death by the electric chair.
Satnrdav.
William M. Evnrt' will has been filed,
leaving his entire estate to his family.
William Marconi, the inventor of the
wireless telegraph, nrrived in this coun
try lo establish station for communica
tion from incoming vessels to the land.
Colonel William Cary Sanger of New
York has been appointed assistant sec
retary of war. Senators Piatt and De
pew acquiesced in the appointment.
Chinn is reported to have protested
gainst Russian demands In Manchuria.
French military authorities are discuss
ing the reduction of the term of service
fiom three to two yearn.
M. de Rodays, editor of The Fignro,
has selected seconds to challenge Comte
Bonl de Custcllnne to a duel, in conse
quence of on assault made upon him by
the lntter.
Sir Edwin Arnold, author of "The
Light of Asia," has totally lost his sight,
At Governor Odcll's suggestion the
New York stnte senate passed the Mor
gan anti-Raniapn hilt.
Monday.
With 24 hours' truce declared, Rus
sian and British are waiting In nrms at
Tien-Tsin for the home government to
give Instructions.
M. De Rodays .was wounded in the
thigh In his duel with Comte Boni de
Castellane at the Pare des Princes, near
Fnris.
London is talking mainly of the bad
weather and the prospective end of the
Boer war, according to a special cable
letter.
The Ophlr, carrying the Duke and
Dm h ess of York, left Portsmouth for
Australia, the King and Queen accom
ponying the vessel down the Solent.
All efforts to locate the wreck of the
steamer ( it y of Rio de Janeiro in the
Golden Gate have proved fruitless.
Lieutenant General Trios, of the Fili
pino army, hos surrendered with officers
and men.
Miss V. R. Adams wns srrested in Bos
ton on charges of fraudulently obtaining
money through charitable Institutions.
Taesday.
Mr. Lola Reed of Greene. N. Y., died.
the ha 1 lived 100 years, 1 month and 7
day.
The French troopship Vinh-Long Is
ashore near the entrance to Singapore,
She is not believed to he in a dangerous
position.
Russian and English forces still face
each other in Tien Tsin, according to a
special cable dispatch.
According to a cable dispatch from
London, the Shamrock II is declared by
a member of the Herreshoff family who
has seen her to be somewhat similar to
Ihe Columbia.
President Disx, of Mexico, said his ill
ness hud been slight and he bad entirely
recovered.
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers, said that if the operators
failed to auswar the uuion by April 1 a
strike would be declared.
BANK ROBBERS MURDER
ra.hlar Who ftonKht I rati Them Killed
In (Attempt. "'cfli
HARRIRBURO, Pa., March 15.
Charles W. Ryan, cashier of the Hali
fax National bank, was shot to death
by Henry Rowe aud Weston Kuiper ol
I ) kens, at noon yesterday in an at
tempt at a daring bank robebry.
The robbers were captured by a part)
of citizi ns soon after the crime and
were brought to the Harrisburg jail, to
gether with E. B. Straley of Lykena
who is suspected of being an accomplice
Rowe aud Keiper drove to Halifax front
Eliznbethville yesterday morning and
hitching their team on the outskirts ol
the town, boldly entered the bank witk
revolvers presented.
Each had a revolver and they demand
ed the attaches of the bank to throw ui
their bunds and turn over t1 money.
One of them held in check A le a burn
Fostenbnugh, the presii' pt: '-n ic I.y
ter, the teller, and cvJte.i . .-cntat
Snarti of Duncaunuu, who was i i tin
book on private business i!'." othei
covered Cushier Ryan aud under tin
menace of the revolver the cashier col
lected the cash in the drawers, to th
amount of $2,000, and placed it in a
sstchel the robbers bad brought with
them.
Rowe, with the cash-stuffed satchel Is
Ms hand, backed out toward the dooi
and Keiper also moved toward the en
trance to the bauk. Just when It seemed
that the robbers would eucceed in get
ting away, Cashier Ryan leaped forwar
in an attempt to knock up the revolvel
of the man with the money.
Iu the scuffle several shots were firee1
and Ryan fell to the floor, shot througr
the groin by a bullet from the pistol ol
Rowe.
Mr. Fostenbaugh grabb-d Rowe nnc.
after a short scuffle threw him to thi
fisr. Keiper run out of the door. Thi
noise of the shots attracted J. F. Lyter
who has a store near the bank building
lie ran out with his shotgun aud pur
sued Keiper for one block and shot bin;
in the back of the heud, when tin rob
bir surrendered.
The wounded cashier was taken to hli
home after the capture of the despera
dees where he died early In the even
lug
Rowe and Keiper are jnmained anc
formerly worked in the coal mine at
Lykena. Rowe is 19 years old aud uai
been considered a dangerous man
Keiper is 20 years old and was alwayi
lookid upon os honest and harmless.
1 hev were brought to Harrislnirg yes
terday nfternoon. At the jail Kelpei
said tbut he did not shot with the la
ter-lion of killing anybody.
FIREMAN ELECTROCUTED.
Blielrlo Wire Struck Metal Nossle Ha
Wee Holdlna l Bis P.n.lmr Fire.
PITTSBURG, March IS. During thi
nl'OL'leSS or a nre ycsierouy m 111c nr.
of Diuiuesne Way and Fort atreet. Will
lam Miller, au engine driver, lost nis liri
nnd three others were badly hurt. Thi
property loss will be fully $250,000, wel
Insured. The injured men are: Georgi
J. Snyder, hnsenian; Harry Griffith, lad
derma n; H. E. Scheckler, hoseman. Al
will recover.
The lire broke out In the boiler room ol
the Hiram G. French Company' bail
felt factory just opposite the expusitior
main building. It wua fully 20 minutM
after the fire was discovered before tht
engines reached the scene. From the felt
factory the flumes jumped across tai
street and in a very short time the ex
position building was burning fiercely. Al
the 1 remeii cou.il do wns to prevent tin
Annies snreading. After hard work thh
was accomplished and muchinery hall
with its valuable contents, was saved
The main building wns a complete wreck
Two lumber yards adjoining the fell
factory soon succumbed. Gallagher am
Banker lost one million feet of luinls-i
and Heury Honk 250.000 feet of valuabU
hardwood. Three small dwellings neai
the lumber yards were destroyed but ai
far as known all the inmate escaped
The intense heat melted the network ol
wires running In every direction and out
of them ill falling struck a trolley wire
the other end crossing the brass nozzle ir
the hose held by Miller and Snyder. Botl
men fell as though they had been shot
Scheckler and Griffith, In going to tin
rescue were also caught and both wen
badly burned. When the prostrate mei
were reached Miller waa dead and twi
of the others unconscious.
Beaver fnnnlT Va-i Sentenced.
BEAVER, March 15. R, L. Harrlsm
of Darlington, convicted of marryini
Miss Lillian Cook when he already bai
a wife, was sentenced in court here b
pay a fine of $500 and costs and undergi
imprisonment for one year in the count;
jail nt hard work. His wife aecured I
divorce a few weeks ago.
ITEM IN IlKIEF.
OREEN'SBURG The mystery ur
rounding the disappearance of Willlan
Annel, 8 years old, of Bridgeport, ha;
been solved. His body was found a
the bottom of the dam near the village.
, KW CASTLE Judge Wallace on
teliced William Davis, convicted of en
teiing the Bell hnmeatead in Neahannocl
township, and robbing the occupants a
the point of the revolver, to four year
to the Western penitentiary.
LATROBE John Ksrns was robbe.
of a large sura of money in Showalter'
drug store. A Pittsburg traveling mat
was suspected of being guilty and wa
arrested, but later released.
CONN'ELLSVILLE-Clnrence Thump
son, a son of Justice William Thump
son of Star Junction, was killed in thi
mines at that place.
DUBOIS Charles Carr, a flagman oi
the C. and M. division of the Buffalo
Roihcster and Pittsburg railroad, fd
from his train in Rnckton and wa
ground to pieces. His home was at .lei
si Shore, where he leaves a wife am
two cbildreu.
CLAYSVILLE -The Waynesburg Co
company, composed of Eastern capital
ists, has aciiiired a tract of 15.ISSI ncns
of coal land in Greene und WHsbingtoi
counties, paying au average price of $21
au acre.- W. V. Villinger of East Brady
who has been drilling for nil near till:
place, will start next Saturday for Yo
kohama, Japan, to work in I'.c o! 1 li.ldl
there.
ekio soft and one.
AH drug stores, or sent pre-paid.
THE WANO CO., Warren, Pa.