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Presbyterian Sabbath School at !: 15 a. 111. : M. K. Sabbath Sclio(d at 10:00 a. in. Preaching tn M. K. Church every Sab t.nth eveniuir liv Key. W. I'. Miiriay. Preaching In'lli F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at Ihn usual hour. Itov. C. II. Miller, Pastor. Service in tho Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Itev. J. V. McAninch officiating. Tim rnirillar liHH'ti mrs of the V. C. T. IT, are held at the Ilea Iquarlers on the Kouid and fourtli Tuo.iav oi racn 111' Mill. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. mil NI-'.STA I.OIH1E. No.SiiO. I.O.O. K. 1 Moot every Tuesday evening, in Odd Kellows- Hall, rartridge tiiitlding. I MIIKST LODGE, No. ISI, A. O. V. W., I Meet' every Friday evening lnA.O.U. W. Hall. Tion'cat. CA PT. i KOlti 1 K STOW POST, No. 274 U. A. K. Meet 1st and 3.1 Monday evening ill cacli iiionin, in a. v. v. . Hall, Tionesta. nVT ISF.OKOK STOW ("OKI'S. No. vV 1:17, W. It. C, lin-eta first and tliird Wednesday evening of each inonlli, In A. O. U. W. liall, Tionesta, I 'a. rilKINKSTA THNT. No. Kit. K. O. T, 1 M., iihx.h 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each month in A. O. U V. hall Tionosta, l a. T. K itrrriiKY, ATTOIINF.Y-AT-LAW, Tionesta, l'a. I) M. Cl.AltK, 1 ArtOllSKY-AT-LAW, Tionesta, I'enna. Olllce, for the present, over llaslot'a store. S.VMt'Kl. C CALHOl'N, ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW, oflliw at Carson's iewelrv store, Tio nesta, la. All legal linsinesa and mi lec tions promptly and faithfully attended to. J W. MOltllOW, M. D., Plivnieian. Surgeon it Dentist. Ollb-o and ltesidenee three doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional rails promptly responded to at all hours. L) It. F.J. HOVAKD, 1' ivHieian .V Miirgeon. TIONKSTA, PA. Dlt. J. C. UUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SUHllKON Olllee over Heath it Killmer'a store, Ti,,.,aia l' I'rofnssional rails nrompl- ly reMMndel to at all hours of day or night. Residence May SU J. D.liKKAVKS. J 1 Physician and Surgeon Olllce and residence almve Fore C. National Hank. T IOTKI. WK.WF.lt. il K. A. WKAVKR. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Ijiwrence House, lias undergone a roiiipletechaiige, ..,.1 i mxw f'nrtlittlied With all tllO lliod- ern improve ills.. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, liathrooma, hot and isdd water, etc. The romlorta of KUests never neglei-led. 7ii-vtuTFh7iCSF V7 UF.llOW ittiKKOW Proprietor, Tionseta. Pa. This la the most centrally i..ii i,.,i..l ! ilia nluee. and has all the iiKhlern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor tno traveling piiuiio. - class l.tvery III roiniecuuu. pilIL. KMKItT FANCY BOOT A SIIOF.M AKER. Shun iii Walters building, ('or. Kim and Walnut streots. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work irom the finest to the coarsest and guarautora his work to give nerfm-t satisfaction. Prompt atten tion civen to meniling, ami prices rca- aonablo. J ORUN.0 FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. 1 1. HASLET GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN. NONE LEFT: . Rheumatic Aches, Head Ache or Lumtiftgn, After Using WANO ELECTRIC 0IL.-25C. It Ke.moves Pimples nud Makes the Hkin soil and Gne. All drug stircs. or sent pre-nald. TORNADO DEALS DEA1H Fearful Gale Strikes Alabama Towns, Killing Many People. Twenty-Five B1fn Killed In lllrmliig ham anil Many Injured, Whl't In Other And Mueller rule the Death l.lnt Una Fquelly Large rruierly llening-ii Near Half a Million. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 211.- I'hortly licfnre 10 o'clock yeatenlay morn ing a feiirfnl tciininlo swept over tin1 Hiiilliern ecctiun nf tlii city, traveling in Mi easterly direction. The nuiiilior of killed is estimiited at ... only live or tiieni nre unite, mi ill ! nu t ion of property is placed nt a ii iter of a nullum dollars. Kilitccii biHliiifi hid iHcn recovered from the de bris up to dark, ami scores of injitrcJ have been remove I to the hospitals. Among the dead lire: Ir. (1. C. Chapman, of the firm of Tally & Chapman, wlm conduct a pri vate infirmary In this city, and the wife and Infant child nf Jinn. Unbelt J. Lowe, chairman of the exivtiliv state com mittee. Following is the list of identified dead: 1 r. !. C. Chapman. Mrs. Hubert J. Lowe, infant child of Mrs. Lowe. J. Al exander, little ilauglitcr oi l. It. jiuiison. F. Myro, colonil, collector I'nion Mutual association of Mobile: t arrie lliulson, colored; Maggie Itlovins. rehired; Carrie lleurr, colored; Liriie tlleiiii, coloreil. cook for 11. It. Hudson, colored; uiikuown carpenter, struck by Hying lumber. T.ie storm struck the city in the ex treme southwestern corner and plowed Its way eastward, leaving a path l.KI feet w ide tlnoiith the entire southern section, extending from lireen Springs oil the west to Avoniliilo on the east, nud con tinued ita course until its fury was spent in the mountains heyoiul Iroinlale, a small tow six mile east of the city. The morning dawned cloudy and sultry nud grew more threatening as the iluy ad 1 a need. Two Killed el Irnnilslr, P.IUMINCIIAV, Ala., March 21.-A reporter who went to Iroinlale to investi gate the storm damage telephoned that three persons had been kill il nt that place nud ten injured. The dead are: O. . (.anliier, a carpenter, two chil dren of Cu hi retire Hunter, colored. Half a dozen stores wen- blown down iuhI there were ninny narrow escupes. POWERS INCREASE FORCES I'nltril Ktslee the Only fmintry to lte dure l-eklu Mllllnry tu l.egellon Uuaril. WASIIINCTOX, March 'Ji. Mr. It'H'khill, our special coiumissioiicr nt IV k i it. lias lus'ii h. nrd from further respect ing the conditions there ami it is said that his report is confirmatory of the lat est press advices. Touching the ipiesllon of sie of legation gourds, which appenrs to he giving concern, it is pointed out that the I'nitcd States was t lie lust of the powers to reduce her military force ill China to the status of a legation guar I and that now our guard is of the proper proportion, namely, two companies. The Kuropcan powers in some In- tnucca have in contemplation several times this number for their own guards. and it is that fact that leads to the con- victim! that the Chinese court will nut return to l'el.in unless all powers reduce their contingents to the proportions of our legation guard. The advices from 1'ekin nud other (liiarters ate beginning to clear up some misannreheiisioii of the iiuleiiinitles claimed by the different powers. A re cent I iihlished report was that Ger many's claim amounted to $Ml.tHKi.(HKl. This proves to be erroneous. The actual amount of the (ieinian indemnity, it can 1 1, mated po-itively, is filil.iliKUKm. The Imsis for this is the large military cstah lishmciit which Herman)- sent to China and hits maintained up to the present, amounting to 17,SX) men. Iluaditn Agreement signed by LL LONDON, March 2d. (Questioned in the house of commons yesterday in re- mird to the Iliissian concession at Ilea Tsin. Lord Criinborne said Li Hung ( hang signed an agreement granting 1 itsja a rousidi ruble tract of land, I tv)iu'b the Kussinii military niithorities I ni previously claimed by right of con finest. The Untisli foreign olllce was not aware by what authority Li Iliuiji Chang igued the concession, hut the Ui - nisi- govermuclit had derlareil ita valiU- ity nud therefore it must be reserved fur future examination. ( mint Lumsdorlf mude a oituiluf declaration March 20. CAST LOTS TO KILL CZAR Sla.tr ul Seleeleil Told IIU Father Who Wnrncil the Kuiperor. LONDON, March 2."i.-TUe I tally Mail publishes the following, dated March H from its St. rctorsliurgi-orrcspoiiiicni: Ycstcnlav (Saturday) uOO workin.-n from the Olmshowcr Metal works pa- ?ded on the Nevskoi prospekt. Ou tint wav thither they demolished the state l.raudv I ths. F.ight hundred Cossacks, with drawn swords, met the workmen and a sanguinary encounter ensued. Tho number of killed nnd wounded is kept se cret. The police have discovered a plot against tue uie oi uie c.nr. u nn'rum that a group of students drew lots and that the fatal choice fell to the son of a prominent general. The student told his father and the latter informed the czor, imploring him to leave St. Petersburg. Karpovtch Sentenced For Life. ST. PKTF.ltSHl'i:(l, March 2-"i.-Kar- povicli, the assassin of M. ltogolicpoff. Itussiaii minister of piinnc lustrum has been sentenced to hard lalsir for life. lie will be imprisoned in the Schluessel burg furtresa, on an island iu the Neva. Veteran Itallriiail Wan Head. II AZELTOX. Pa., March 2d. David Clark, aged SO years, for 111 years in the employ of the Udiigh Valley Hailioau coninanv as master mechanic on the H.i- ae ton i vision, inventor oi uie Htin brake and other appliances; pres dent of the lliizcltmi Oas company and vice president of the I-nut .National nan, died here yesterday from pneumonia. LAW30N WILL NOT RACE. Bo.innell Agrees to Tmnii, but IUintea Man Nnyi II I Ton l4ite. NEW YOIiK, March 22-Fire Com- liirsioner Johu J. Scanncll iiniioiinccd yesterday that he hud decided to ugree to the condition stipulated by Thomas V. Lawsoii of llostun, that the proposed luce between the trotters. The Abbott and llorulma, should be four heats lu si veil. Mr. Kcaunell made the following statement: A misunderstanding having arisen be tween Mr, Lawsoii and myself as to the terms and conditions of the proposed match for $2o,(KK) a aide, with the priv ilege of increasing the sum to $.")U,(HKI, between The Abhott ami llorulma. unil being nuxiotis to gratify the desire ol toe public for a contest, I am willing to aive my objections to the proposition of Mr Law-son that the race should be for four heats in seven. I do not be lieve to subjecting a good horse to inch stn.in, but as I have ulready conredi-d everything else roiitcinled for by Mr. I.uwson, 1 have decided to make this last concession and have deposited a certified cheek for $10,ll0 to hind the mutch. I rm sorry that any misiiiiderstundiiig r-ll on lil ever have arisen, and I am sure that the owner of Horn I ma will appreci ate my sincerity when he realizes that I hove conceded everything he bus asked tor." Lawnon Will Hitt llenpen Hie Mailer. BOSTON, March 22. Thoinns W. I.tiwron said lust night, when asked if 'here was any possibility that a race Might be arranged between llorulma and The Abbott: , "I will not reopeii the matter. As I said In my statement of Wednesday even ing, the incident is closed. W hen Mr. iiiintll said he would race any horse in the world for any numls'r of heats from h-vcii to twenty, I took him at his word. It was immaterial tu me how many heats there were ill the race. I would have been willing to race three ill five heats If be bad so stated hut when he said he would race The Abbott four in seven, I neii I till that offer. When he talked with me over the telephone this was per feitly understood. Then when my re presentative was ready to sign the agreement, objection wus mude to four heals in seven and he was told that The Abbott would not be raced four heats in sevin. Now I do not do business ill tnat way. When I give my word I keep It ami when Mr. Scanncll announced that he would not race The Abbott as he had ngrctd to, then as far ns I was concerned the rare was off. I'nder no circiitn- t imies will I take up the mutter again, no mutter in what form it comes to uie. llarallns Matoliet With Crescnut ami llerr IiOKTOX. March 23. -A nice for a fJ!ii,il purse, made up of $10,000 a cor ner and $20,ooo added by Thomas . I.nwson, let ween Charley llerr, Cresceus and ltoruluut is announced by Mr. Law- son. A statement issued by the hitter says the rnc-e w ill be nt lteadville iu the Week beginning Sept. Hi, all the pate re ceipts to go to charity. The race will be handled by the New Lngland 1 rotting Horse Hrecdcrs' assoc iution. Mr. I.uwson said that as soon as the proposed race with lhe Abbott was called off he proceeded to arrange n tri angular nice, doing it before' he knew that The Abbott's owner hud chnnged his mind. The arrangements were Im mediately completed between Cresceus, Charley llerr nnd ltoialma. The rare is to be best three In five heats, first horse to take $:!0,000, the second $20.1 UK; each owner to deposit $2,,"iOO and the balance the night before the race; nil gi.te receipts to be divided rnuallr between the West I-.nd Nursery and Infants' hospital and the Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Chil dren. WANT PROTECTIVE DUTIES Commons Committee r Serloin Injury In firing Done to Engllnh Torts. LONDON. March 2d. The house of commons committee in charge of sugar Interests visited Lord Lnnsdowiie, the foreign secretary, yesterday and repre sented that serious injury was being done to the colonies nnd the home ports by for eign sugar bounties. The committee pointed out what the United States had done for the .lama ciau sugar trade by the imposition of countervailing duties, and trusted he would take such action us tho situation demanded. The visit was due to the endeavors to comtiel Sir Michael llicks-Hcach, chan cellor of the exchequer, to introduce coun tervailing .duties. KRUGER HERE NEXT MONTH It Ills Health Permit, lie Will VI, It the Vnlted Mates, LONDON, March 2."i. The (leiieva corrctipondeiit of The Daily Mail says it is reported that Mr. Krugcr, if his heallh permits, will visit the I'nitcd States next month. tunning Down "Hub" Vent MHppers. ALII A NY, March 2d The state d partment of agriculture has a large corps of special agents ut worK in .m-w hh cltv running down violators oi tne uiiti ob veal law. Lust week they seized nunrlv 100 t-nmlsses which hud sciled shipped to New York city from various points, some outside or tne siare. uses arc being formulated against the guilty narties. and ls soon as nil necessary evidence is obtained proceedings will be instituted nnd sevrrul arrests made. At present information as to who the vio lators nre will not be disclosed by the state otllciuls. The agricultural depart ment will do all in its power to stop the tralllc. Ilrltlth shipbuilders llrnelll. LONDON, March 2d.-Sir Theodore Duxford, speaking yesterday at the an mini meeting of William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland, suid thut us long as the heavy import duties on steel continued in the United States. Uritisli shipbuild ing would be able to get Ann-iieaii ste'-l at from 20 to 40 shillings less per ton than the price the same steel sold for in America, ll-nce the steel combination, selling its surplus production in (iron Britain, would keep up the cost of Aiuei-ican-built ships and keep down the cost of ships built in Ciicut l'.ritain. dart of Appeal. (aKml-ir. ALBANY, March 2il.--Court of peals calendar fur today: No. !-', 35, 110, 170, ITS and 17l. ap-ati. CRUSHING BOER DEFEAT General Babington Scores Sig nal Victory Over Delarey. Ituttle Was loniht nrtiwest of Venters- dorp ami Vany finn Were Captured JJby HrllUli, Who Also Took 140 I'rUou- ere Many lloere Wero Killed anil Wounded. LONDON, March 20.-The war olllec has received till following dispatch from Lord Kitchener: Pretoria, March 25. P.abington't force, including Sliekeltou'a column, at tacked Delarey, l.oOO strong, southwest of Ventcrsdoip. and, having dcfeutci! him, followed him up rapidly, with tie result thut the Boer reur guard war driven in nud their convoy, including tin guns, captured at Yuulbunk. Our troops displayed great gallantry und dash. They raptured two 12-poiiiul-er guns, one pompom, six Maxims, "2l. rounds of big nuiinuiiituin. l.i.ooo roiimlt of small ammunition, 1 1 ' ' lilies, Ti.'t wug ons nnd 21 curls, besides taking H( prisoners. I ur losses were slight. Many l.oert Were killed or w ounded." Will Not 1'rniest Auslinl Annexation. LONDON, March 2li.-Sir Hubert Held yesterday laid upon the table of the house of commons a petition from Messrs. Mcrrimnn nnd Saner, respective ly the former treasurer of public works and former commissioner of public works of Cape t'olotiy, nsking for permission to udilrcss the house with respect to the peace settlement in South Africa and esoeciully ugninst the establishment ol a crown colony form of government. The petitioners have dropped the idea ol protesting against annexation. RECIPR0CITYTHE LINK. Cubans Will Accept I'lalt Amendment Hut A.k lor a TriHle Treaty. HAVANA. .March 23. The action of the Hopuliflcnn party iu Santiago iu en dorsing the Piatt amendment and lu st meting Si-nors tSomei und I-'errer ol the Santiago delegation to the constitu tional convention, to vote for the amend ment, together with the letters of i"ii eral Suiigitily and the mayor of Cietifue gos. utilising acceptance, were iticideuts of the week just past that have tended lo clear up the political atmosphere, until now there nre few w ho do not expect the convention to approve the aniendiiiont. The visit of American senators and congressmen has hud an excellent effect as in no instance have the liailioais r reived any encouragement in the notion that it action is delayed until the next congress there might Is' a change iu the demands of the United States. The Hadicals, however, insist that they cannot recede from their former position without loss of dignity, and they still hope that some concession, no matter how insignificant, limy provide a sulll- ciellt excui'.e. Alnady .ha liudicala are tnking their cue from the Conservative nnd pointing out that commercial interests ileiiiiinl recognition. There is a possibility of uniting the convention along this line. The platform of the Conservatives calls for a reduction of American import du ties on tobacco nnd sugar and approves any scheme of relations which the Unit ed States government sees lit to impose In fuct the situation is lending tn a point where commercial interests will be chief question tinder discussion at the next ses sion of the convention, nud it is not un likely that a resolution will be adopted asking for a reciprocity treaty. IRONMASTER'S BOUNTY. Offer of 1, 000,000 l or Libraries Said to Have Keen Maile to I'lilliidelpMn. NEW YOHK, March 21.-Thc World snvs: Another magnificent gift from Andrew Carnegie will be announced within a few days. It became known yesterday that Mr. Carnegie has offered $."i.(HKI,ik10 to another American city, also it is said, for the purpose of building libraries. Philadelphia, it is understood, will be the next recipient of the ironmaster's bounty. It is believed that Mr. Carnegie lias offered to build libraries nggrcgat ing $.-),ouo,o00 in value on conditions sim ilar tn those which ncconipniiicd his offer to New York. It is nlso understood that the official announcement of the proposi tion he made within a week. COLLIDED IN FOG. Headnn Snmihup In Which Many Were Injnrril, Two or Whom May Die. WASHINGTON, March 2li A head on collision between two passenger trains on the Washington, Alexandria am Mount Vernon railroad occurred yester day about four miles south of this city- No one wus killed, but many passengers Here injured, two possibly fatally. The accident occurred ill a dense fog which prevented each niotoriiiun from seeing the other train. The uudorinen saved themselves by jumping. ISotli mo tor cars were demolished. The seriously Injured are: William Jones, Philadel phia, internally: may die; William J Simpson, Alexandria, internally; may die. Left to Diplomacy. PEKIN, March 22 Count Von Wald ersee, (icneral Harrow nnd General Wo- gack have been ill consultation nud Gen eral Wuguck has agreed to withdraw tlii- Kussiau troops from the disputed ground at Tien Tsin provided the British also withdraw. He insisted also upon guarantee that work on the railway sii ing should not proceed until the matte had been diplomatically adjusted. This proposal und stipulation were satisfuc lory to General Barrow and were ae cepted by bun. Jn.tlre Will Take Its Conree. itAI.TIMOItE March 20. Wiley Kirk, a negro, 10 years of age, wus yes terday founV guilty of felonious nssault upon Mra. Barbara . lireen ami sen t.,.,n.,l to bo hanged. The crime was committed at Sparrow's Point, near tins ..; ., tin, seventh of this month. Kill. escaped, but was arrested several days later and bos since been kept iu the Bal timore city jail to avoid lynching. He confessed on the wituina stand to having committed the crime. W0LC0TT IN THE CABINET eld Preelileut Will Appoint H oi retary of Interior, surceelmg If itolicock. PI'KISI.O, Colo., March 21. 1 hi Duily Chieftain says: It is di finitely known here that ex-hen- tor Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado, will in a few days be appointed by the EX-SENATOR WOLCOTT. president to be secretary of the interior, i succeed Mr. Hitchcock. The news was received by friends of Mr. Wolcott iu this city, the statement Jelng made unequivocally and it is In dicated that lhe announcement will be mude in Washington today. M'ARTHUR UPHELD tcted Wholly Wllhln Hie Authority la ill-porting Editor Kiee. WASHINGTON, March 2:t General Mill-Arthur's report giving the details of the deportation of George L. Hire, the editor who was ordered out of the Phil ippines in consequence of articles pub lished concerning Lieutenant Commander Brnuncrsreutlier, has been received at the war department. Mr. Hice has made no application for a review and reversal of the action of General MacArthur, al though it hud been asserted that he would do so. Secretary Hoot says that General MiicArthur was acting clearly within the scope of his authority us mili tary governor of the Philippines. Not only this, but General MucArthitr has had special authority, under direction of the war department, to remove from tht Philippine islands such persons us men ace the peace anil good onler oi tue islands. General MacArthur's report gives in detuil what he has heretofore cabled con cerning- the publication by Hire and the order deporting him. The report of General MacArthur was submitted to .lodge Advocate General I.leber, who rendered an opinion tint General MacArthur acted wholly within his authority in the deportation of Hice. So far as the war department is con cerned it is now regarded ns a closed In cident. To Relieve Military. WASHINGTON, March 22. -The transfer from the military to the civil government in the Plulipp s is ex- perten to occur about June Hit, according to calculations made at the war deparr- niint upon information received from the Taft commission and General MacAr thur. It if known that even while civil go- trnmciits are being established hy tne Philippine commission t lie military will be necessary for some time to support the civil authorities. It u the intention to withdraw the mil iturr as far as possible, however, from any participation in the governments es tablished and the soldiers will be more of a police than a military force. Whcre- ever possible native police will be or ganised. EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS F. F. Ilnll of Jamestown le Klected I'rrsiilt-nt. ALBANY, March 21 The Republican Editorial association elected the follow ing olliccrs for the ensuing year: President, Frederick 1. Hall of lie Journal, Jamestown; vice presidents, . A. Sinythe, Times, Owego; Louis Mc- Kinstrv, Censor, l redoiiia; - S. M lin ger," Citizen, Herkimer; J. F. Herrick, Breeze, Bolivar; secretary and treasurer. A. O. Bunnell, Advertiser, Dansville. Alilrlitge (lets Hainlsnme Job. KOCHESTEH, March 20. George W Aldridge has accepted the position o general manager and overseer of the lighting interests of the Citizens' Light and. Power company iu Horhester i other cities. The Young-Brady syndi cate owns the company ami operates ex tensive lighting interests iu Brooklyn, Connecticut and throughout New York state. Iu addition to his salary Mr. Aid ridge is said to have acquired u consider able financial interest in the way of stock in the Rochester conipuiiy. Mr. Aldrid will pay little attention to the olllce or mechanical work, his position being that of nersoual representative uf Messrs. Young and Brady jii their deals through out this und adjoining states. Triumph For liiivernor OJell. NEW YOHK, March 2."..-Lend ing Re publican politicians of this city and stale met in Senator Piatt's room of the l-'il'.li Avenue hotel yesterday ami were in con ference several hours. As a result the conference it wus decided to attempt no political legislation this session. The conference adjourned subject to the cull of Senator Piatt, whenever, in his Jiul Iiient, police legislation seems necessary All who were tulked with suy the confer ence wus harmonious. Change lu Compulsory F.ilncati Act. ALBANY, March 20. Assemblyman Davis of New York last night iutrodur a bill amending the compulsory education act to provide that it shall be unlawful to employ children tinder n years age instead of from S to 12. as the lav now provides. The bill also limits con tiucuicut in a truant school to two yearn $l8tV VjMw BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling the. Week's Doings. Long DUpatrhee From Various Parts of lltr World Shorn ol Their t'aihllns and Only the r'nrte tilven la as Few Word as INiMtble For the Benelit of lhe Har ried Header. Mrs. Lola Heed of Greene, X. Y., died. She hud lived 100 years. 1 mouth and 7 days. The French troopship Viuh-Long is ashore near the entrance to Singapore. She is Dot believed to be in a dangerous position. Kussian and English forces still face each other in Tien Tsin, according to a special ruble disputch. According to a cable disputch from Loudon, the Shamrock II is declared by a member of the Herreshulf family who bus si-en her to be soincwhut similar to the Columbia. Prisideiit Dia, of Mexico, said his ill ness had aieen slight and he had entirely recovcnd. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, said that if the operators failed to answer the union by April 1 u strike would be declared. Thursday. According to a spicial cable dispatch ord Cudogan will remain viceroy of Ire land until after King Edwiu-d's visit. Friction grows ut Tien Tsin, uccording to a special cable, und the troops of ull iiutioiis are uiuler urms. iteorginuu. Lady Dudley, is contesting a claim of over o0.iiK) tor repairs lo her .oudoii house. Owing to a vote of no confidence in the handier of dcputiis, the new Chiliuu ministry resigned. In the light for the Giliiiun millions slight victory wus won by a minority of full blood heirs. Frederick M. Baker, a murine, who de serted to the Filipinos and then surren dered iu a vain effort to save a friend's life, wan sentenced to life-iinpi-isonineiit Secretary of War lloot assumed full responsibility for General Wood's course iu Cuba and cumiiieiulcd it. Friday, General Wagack. the Russian com luniider nf l ien I sin. iu a statement says the British must withdraw from their position. 'mint Von Waldersce personally attempted u compromise, hut failed. According to a special cable dispatch from Loudon, General Bi.tha's rejection of the terms offered to the Boers is due to the fact that Sir Alfred Miluer wus connected with them. A special cable from Paris tells of a disi-ovcry by Drs. Robin and ltiiiet which enables them to delect a predisposition to tuberculosis. Convict mint is iu the state peniteii tinry in Lansing, Kan., seized their guards in a coul mine and threaten to wreck the mine unless they uie given bet ter food and less work. They linully sur rendered. Satnrday. A speciul disputch from Tien Tsin snys that General Wogm-k has demanded an apology from the Biitisli. A dispatch to London pnper says General Harrow refuses either to withdraw or to apolo gize. According to a special cable dispatch from London the trial races of the Amer- ' cup challenger may take place on the Solent, instead of on the I lyile. Three Cape Colonists have been shot at De Aar for wrecking a train. A clash between the strikers ami troops makes the situation at Marseilles seri ous. Organization of several new provinces in the Philippines with much native en thusiasm was reported hy Judge Taft to Washington. John Robert Hazard of New York was set free at Hvutlsv ille, Md., after a short hearing on the charge that he killed William E. Howard. Monday. Russia and England have agreed to withdraw from the disputed territory at Tien Tsin pending settlement of the question. Further collisions are report ed between French and British soldiers at Tien Tsin. Mr. Carnegie, interviewed ou arriving in f.nglanil, says lie is giau in n .cw York has so many library sites, and d lares he is not a candidate for mayor. A special cable dispatch from Nice nn pounces the ileum oi v mines i . uirs former president of the New York, New Haven nnd Hartford railroad. Ti e opera totnposer. llerr Giinkel, hat been shot dead in Ilresdeii by a liuly named .laliucl. The battleship Massachusetts ran ii-'roiind at Pensucnla. Fla. She is not damaged. Filipino rebels who burned an iingarri soncd village were overtaken and pun ished. Germany is declared by a dilwinut in Washington to have inspired hugluiiil rejection of the canal treaty. Tuesday. A 111 ussels paper announces that the celebrated Jesuit scholar. Abbe Hcnar i nrofessor of the University of Ghent, has broken off relations with the church in order to marry. l.afavctte Bronson, a weliknown res; dent of Baldwinsville. X. Y., disuppean four month" ago. Saturday his son, wh was fishing near the locks at liiut plai pulled up un object which proved to be ihn Inn v of Ins lutlicr. now ne un dent h is unknown. Great excitement prevails at Rio de Janeiro Hril7.il. OUT tile aiTiSt of Ad mini I Custodio Jose Mello un. I oijers ...,.,,1,1.1 of the revelations of a monarch il idol tn assassinate l'rcsi ieul Salle Naval vessels ut Rio .1: iro are closely witched, ns it is feared that the i.tllccvs are concerned in the monaichisl Hot. Glen Gardner. N. J., wus aim .st de stroyed by tire. iauod by the esplosioti of oil cars in a freight train wreck. Many officers of volunteers have ac cepted olllces under the civil goierumvi.i ami w ill rciuuiii iu the Philippines. DlSMANTL "U A SILK MILL iirl Htrlkere In rrantoa Atarmel at the Keuanvat nf Rome Machinery. SCHAXTON, March 22.-A new fea ture developed in the silk mill strike here when a force of men was put at work removing the machinery from the Bliss mill. This caused the girl strikers to fear that perhaps the mill owners were not liutling when they alleged that they were thinking of taking their mills elsewhere. lhe strike of 4.000 mill workers her appears more hopeless than ever. The operators have absolutely refused to 'idor every compromise the girls have (lered nud have printed statements that in otlu-r towns they can get labor for even less th in they were paying here. SEARCHING FOR HIS WIFE New York Man Traeed an Flo- t . ; I nple to Franltllr. FRANKLIN. March 2-. Kdwn-1 Sehiel, suid to be a wcabVy . - i f New York, arrived here Wrdtn siiay . '.! searching for his wife, whom he suid had In pd from her home with a man much younger tliuu herself. Schiel had tracked lhe eloper to Jamestown, N. Y, and from there to this city, but here all tract of them wus lost. Schiel sui l ids wife had $"J0 when aha left home,, and be thinks her companion merely eloped with her to get her money. He is willing to forgive his wife, and has the county detective! Searching this vi cinity for tile wuuiun. rhlladi-lphta lee Palaee Burned. PHILADELPHIA. March 25. The West Park ice palace at Fifty-second and Jefferson streets wus entirely destroyed by tire early yesterday morning, entail ing a loss of about $100,0(10; iusuruuee ubout $75,000. The building was. used a rink for ice skating, for the manu facture uf ice for commercial use, and wus owned by the York, Pa., Ice Manu facturing company. The season of win ter sports closed at the ice palace Sat urday at midnight. Fined lor Attempting to Shoot. rXIONTOWX. Murch 22. - Mr. Bliinche Rosciiiund of Grcciishurg was lined $25 here for attempting to shoot husband. John W. Rom-mand, mull clerk ou the Pittsburg. Virginia and Charleston railroad. The couple were married about a year ago, but have not been living together. The alleged at tempt to shoot occurred in a restaurant here. Railway Hnlldlng Slopp.il. BEAVER. Murch 22.-Stepb.cn Mohr and n force of tune men were arrested while stringing the trolley wire across the Ohio river bridge, for the Beaver Valley Tnniii.li company. It is said that the tinetioii company has not secured the right of way over the bridge. The men guve bull uuu were released Dy law sheriff. rneartlird Olanc skeletons. rXIONTOWX. Murch 22.-Workmeu excavating for a railroad near Mason- town uncovered the skeletons of some giants n short distance under the surface. From the many beautiful shells surround ing the skeletons it is supposed they were Indians. Tradition is thut this place wilt a famous Indian burying grouud a git ago. Drowned Man Identified, LOCK HAVEN, March 23,-The bodj of a raftsman found in the river neai Wethntn last week was identified yester day. Manly Ardary of Clearfield had the body exhumed, and said the dead man was his brother, John, w ho has been missing since last September. Fhllndelphlau Killed In a Wreck. BIRDSBOHO, March 2.T. A freight wreck occurred on the Heading rallwaj in the Birdsboro yard early Thursday morning, when Waller Scotlleld of Ken sington. Philadelphia, was killed. An en gine und eight curs were wrecked. 1trafceman' Skull Crushed. PITTSTON, March 2.1. A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western train was de railed iu West Pittston Thursday by the spreading of the ruils. William Bliss, a brakemun, of this place, had two ribi fractured and his skull crushed. MA'hed Toe firings on Death. POTTS YILI.E, March 23. Theodore Welcr, aged 11 years, dii-d Thursday of lockjaw. A week ago he mushed Ills great toe by letting a heavy object drop upon it. Fell From a Railroad Bridge. POTTSVILLE. March 23.-John Tu rrch fell from a railroad bridge iu a rainstorm Thursday night and wai crushed to death on the ground, 30 feet below. Otrl ("ouster lilee From Injuries. WILKES RARRE. March 23.-Annle Shcllhiiiiimer, nil Is year-old girl, died Thursday from injuries received while roasting ou Feb. 11. ITEM! IK IlKIF.r. SCOTTDALE-Bryaa Bros', store was burglarized and $250 worth of hardware carried away. J EA X X ETTE--A big freight wreck oc curred west of town ill which 15 coke cars were wrecked and all four trucks blocked for five hours. A broken truck caused the wreck. OIL CITY Relatives here have been notified thut the body of Albert Wasson, who wus drowned iu the Allegheny river near Foxburg on Nov. 28, was recovered near Steubcnvillc, O. PEA VER-l'nitcd States Senator M. S. (juay has iibuudoned hia purpose of erecting a new residence here, but is having uu addition made to his old resi dence, so as to enlarge his library. MOUNT PLEASANT Mrs. Mary Drit .inec. aged 52, dropped dead from trail disease while in the act of sending a message to ber husband, who was In Pittsburg. NEW CASTLE-Eugene K. ister, age.1 an employe of u stuck farm near the t ity. was killed hy a train here. Prepar ation are being made to reorganize the Voiuig Men's Republican club for active nork in the interest of tile Sl.il-.iart niii jf the party iu the full cuu.iaiu. THE WANO CO., Warren, Pa.
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