X3: v. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one inch, one week . 1 Ct One Square, one Inch, one mouth- 3 0 One Square, one inch, 3 months.... 6 Ot One Square, one inch, one year 10 UO Two Squares, one year 15 UO Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year .. to utt One Column, one year 10 00 Left! advertisement ten cents per line each insertion. We de fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published erory Wednesday by J. K. WENK. Office in Smeaibaugh & Weak Building, KLM TKKT, TIOSKHTA, FA. Terats. Year, mrtrlljt la Aiimmr. No subscription received for a shorter iktIihI thau throe months. lwroainiliica aollvitevl, but uo uotlce ill be taken of anonymous oomuiuulca , ions. Alwaya give your name. Forest Republican. VOL. XXXIV. NO. 13. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1901. $1.00 PER ANNUM. BOKOUGH OFFICERS. .Vi.-T. K. Hltohey. t.iV.t..-J. T. lalo.W. F. Hlum, Chaa. Clark, T. E. Armstrong, lr. J.C. Hunn,ti.O.iHU)ii,J. l.M"e. jusieai vf IA react V. A. Randall, 8. J. Hutley. . , OiMMonr-It. K. Moody. (fctfrefor F. V. Amsler. tk hool hrertors-G. W. Holomim, J. K. Wtmk, J. V. Hoowdon, Patrick Joyce, W. W. Grove, H. L. Haslet. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. UembtroOmgrtM-l. K.V. Hall. Member of A'i A. M. Neeluy. Auembly A. M. Routt. r, esiilrttt Judge W. M. Lindsay. A i'onale Judge K. U. Crawford, W. II. II. Doltorer. frothotwtary, Register t Recorder, de. John II. Robertson. Sheriff'. J. W. Jamioson. IVeiuurer S. M. Henry. Oimmtsiiionrrt R. M. Herman, John T. Canton. J. T. Hale. Putrid A Homey S. D. Irwin. Jury OommUoutrt Levi O. Key? nobis, I'otor Youngk. forourr Ir. J. W. Morrow. CoMafy Auditore J. K. Clark, R. J. Flvnn, (I co. U King. Jbaaly M;)ertHeilml E. K. Ktltaln- Kr' . llraalnr Tcruis f t'aert. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of Mav. Fourth Monday of MeptMitlier. Third Monday of November. Ckarrh as Hnkkalh Hrkeel. Presbyterian Sabbath School al:5 a. in. i M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching In M. K. Church every Hab lath evening by Rev. W. 1'. Munay. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. C. II. Miller, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church ovary Sabbath morning anil evening, Rev. J. V. McAniiich oincluting. The regular meeting of the V. C. T. U. are held at the headquarter on the sooond and foiirth Tueadays of each ini'iilh. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi NESTA 1,01)0 K, No.Sf.ft, I. O. O. K. 1 Menl every Tueaday evening, in Odd Fullowa' Hnll,"Parlrldge biiildiug. 1 .MKEST LODGE, No. 1SI.A.O.U. W., Meets every Friday evening lnA.O.U. W. Hull, Tionesta, CA PT. O EORi ) K STOW POST, No. 274 O. A, K. Meet 1st and 3d Monday evening in oacu moiuu, in a. v.u. " Hall, Tionesta. Cl A IT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. J ;I7, W. It. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month, In A. O. U. W. hall, Tionmtu, Pa. VpiONKSTA TENT, No. ltH, K. O. T f.t I A I (,S I , III). HH, iv. ml. Oll ml Jlli WmlliPMilaV a M., I ' 1.. 1 1. I.. A II II Vl evi'llllia III ii uimuii iu ... v. s.. - hall Tionesta, Pa. 'P F. HITCH KY, 1 ATTOIINE Y-AT-LAW, Tloneata, Pa. SIIAWKKY A MUNN, AT rt ) It N KY S- AT-1. A W , Warren, Ta Practice in Forest Co. C.M.SHAV.KKY. Oko. H. MUNN. W. MORKOW. M. D., V.l...-t..u.. Uiirirn..., .4 IImIiH.! 1 II .11 IHII ..... ,htv.. Olllce and Kinidence three iloora north of Hotel Agnew, Tioneeta. ProfeMHional oalln promptly roHjioiidod to at all hours. L) H. F.J. ItOVAKD. Physician it surgeon, TIONKSTA, PA. DII.J. C. 1UNN. I'HYMICIAcf AND SUKOEON. Olllce over Hiialh t Killmor'a atore, iiiiiiui. I'a. Pnifesaional calla prompt ly niH)iidel to at all hour of day or lilgiil. Koamonee may nw M I It CUKAVKS. 1 I PhyaiclHii and Surgeon Olllce and residence above Korea C. National Itank. County 'Phone No. 1. HOTEL WEAVER, v. a w K A V RK. Prmirletor. This hotel, formerly the Ijiwrenee i !.... t.a iHuiuririinii u iHimnlnte chamre. and la 'now furniNhed with all the mod ern Improvements. Jteaton aim ngnieu l........lw... will. ..aliirul iruH Imt ll riMlllia. iii it.iiiuuir .... ..... --- . hot and cold water, eU The coiiiforta of gueata never ncgieciwi. CIKNTRAIj HOUSE, J liKKOW A tlEROW Proprietor, Tlonseta. Pa. This is the mostcentrally locateil hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping ulace for the traveling public First claas Livery in connection. pilIUEMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop In Walters building. Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the llneet to the coarsen! and guarantees his work to give perfect satislaclion. rrompi atten tion given to mending, and prices re onable. JORENZO FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES. And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S. 1 MM & SONS., GENERAL MERCHANTS. Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, TEKN. Fred. Grcttcnbcrgcr GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work tiertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, lias or Water Fit tings and General Hlacksiiiliinugproiiipi. Ivdone at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and Sfttisfiiction iruaranLeed. Shop in rear of and Just west of the "aw IIoiimo, Tnlioiilo, l a. Your patronage solicited. FRED. ORETTENBERGER CHANGE IN PHILIPPINES Cifll Government to Be Inau gurated July 4. Juilae Tan, ea lleail f Civil Ailuilnlmra lion WIU Amiiiii Cunt ml, Willie Cliaf. fee Will Ulte Ills Atlriitliin la hliui Ing Out Whatevar In I-r ft r Hie Relielllnn. MANILA, Jiuy '.'.-Tliiirwlay ncU, July 4, v ill be liiiiiiKiirutiiui lny fur ih" rivil giircriuni'iit and moviug iluy fur tli. military licuiliiunrti'is, whiili will ' triiiiKfcrred to I lie former Spunit-h hcad- iiiari'rs, nutsiile the nulled city. 'I'll pulai-c will be iM-cupicd i scliiHlrely by the tivd snrcrninciit. (icncral Chaffn', wlm hiuiui' iiiiuiniiiiil Thursday, will ovcupy Ji.HB' 1 nft s rcNiiit-iicc uiiii .i-i'iv Tuft will trinirvc to the Miilnciiliiill pal ace (. icral Clialfee is pn-puri'ig to push Mulvar. the Insurgent chief in Suillh'Tl I.111011. lie has onlcreil the trniisf.-r et the Fifth Infantry fnna No, thcrn I. mon to lliilniiciis pniviuiv. The general has Ihi ii inforiued that Mul- var's principal quarters are In a moun tain town lit Northern Taynbiis. whose iiilii.hlliints lire eiintributiiiK to MulvnrV support. (mural 1 haffce lias not roriiiiii.il' J llans fcr the iK'ciipiiliiin of the islnicl of Mtuilnru. tieeeri.l Hughes, ut his request, will be permitted to continue in cuniuiiiuil 01 the Yisavas nlanils until the ulllllr cu::i- piiiuu is eoinpleteiL Cnusiipteiitly lien eral llavis ttill cnutliiue temporarily as pinrie-i iiiiiiIiiiI at Manila. (Ji ueral Clmlfw s stall iippiniiiees air ns I 'e w: Adjutant Ci in nil, Colonel illiaiu r. Hull, iiunrtvrniaster general, Ilrigailler (idler 11 1 Charles F. Humphrey; Inspector general. I. It nfcitaut Colonel .loscili P. Ruhm. ml militnry wiretiiry. tapiiui (;rotf lliitihinsnii. Sixth cavalry. Four . merit an prisoners who ttH'apfd from Caliinaii. Minilorii, June J."V in a Halilsjiil. hare ts-en recnptitrcd. Six oth ers ne n'porteil to lie it Soul hern Mill- dero. lli'.ls have Imvii passed establishing a board of health for the Philippines and priivlillng for liilHiriitmies il. com tiou therewith. The salary of the health com missioner w'" I f''.""''. The I'liited Slate" cruiser Albany sailed yesterday for the Mediterranean. Set eral Insurgent olllirs and IlTitl Iml onien have voluntarily taken the oath of allegiance at Ciilno, province of ltiitnall. Captain Adanis. with 1(1 men. scouting lit Albay province, has killed lit insur gents and captured a Filipino captain ami 1" men. A ilctaclinieiit of the Fourth infantry, sciiiitini: on a volcano island In Lake Tnal. has raptured (iouiule, nil insur gent lender, his adjutant and several others. Awither detachment of the same regi ment has hud a running engagement at Itiiueiis etui destroyed a Filipino strong hold. Sugciiiit llmwii and Privates Itigsby and (iiiltield of the Const artil lery were wounded. The English elnh gave a reception til V, rat MacArthur last nig'.t. BUYING CANADA UP. Mm, tier nf I'srlUmrnt Kays Amerlran ( nn I nil Is irrilin( In Innnliiloii. l.OMHlS, July 1. .1. Henri Itoiir assa. who Is n'tni'iiilMT 'f the l'ominion piirliatiiciit. and was for sonic years di rector of 1 41 Uevne Cauadiel.ne, has ar rived in London for 11 holiday. Inter viewed by a representative of the llally News he referred among other matters to the way in which A rican capital is InrmliuK Cu inula. 'Aineric: 1 eapitul." he said, "is spreading niound the lakes, up the riv ers and along the railway system. It is breaking down the barrier between Can ada and the United Stales. The Amer icans are not comptcring us, but they are buying ns up. When this is accom plished it will only nifd a slight political difference with the home government uud the annexation movement, now dead, will revive. "Then you will have to look not to the half Anierieniiixcd business men of Toronto, but to us French Canadians, wlm have saved the Koiiiinion to you often and may do it "lain unless you hopelessly alienate us." MARTIAL LAW IN PANAMA righting Htltl Ornithine. In Culnmlilsn Interior anil Rrliels Are Active. KINCSTON, Jamaica, July L The steamer Orinoco, which arrived yester day from Colon, Columbia, reports that martial law has h proclaimed in Pan ama owing to a report that the rebel forces are licing reorganised. It also appears that considerable light ing is ill progress in the interior and that the government is dispatching reinforce iiu.iitM Ht-tn ninl iiiiiiiiiinition to the gar risons in the interior and also to certain coust towns. Il i further reliorted that stringent i.riwiiiiil.HK nre taken In Panama in con sequence of the fear that the rebels will attack the city. Similar communis oic i..;...,.l ..1 I'nl.ni when the Orinoco left The government's alleged cruelty to pclitical prisoners is said to lie the cause of the refusal of the lilierals to accept tve peace terms. PRAISE F0R0UR ARMY. Lord Wnlwlry y II Is Hie Klnert In the World. Because of UimkI Wm. LOXIMlN, June 21'. During the de bute on the army nsirganijiliou bill In the house of lonls yesterday Lord Wol scy, the former coiiiiiiander-iii-chief of the forces, declared the United States nnnv was the finest of its size in the world. lie said its superiority was due to good wages. Great lirititin must face the al ternative of conscription or pounds, shil lings and pence to secure recruits. Itorka anil Merrhaudlsa llurnrd. ltOSTON. July 2. A fire broke out on Pier ."1 of the lloosnc Tunnel disks in Charleston yesterday. Although the pier, which is the llo-ion treininus of the Wiirrenn Line Steamship company, was tlmtroycd with a large ipiantity of mer chandise, the steamer Sachem, just ar rived from Liverpool, was towed nut of danger Is fore she hud suffered seriously. Six freight cars oil tin- d-s-k were cou limed. The loss is J.tsl.isSJ. LACKAWANNA STRIKE. Itrtktirs to Make an Kffnrt to Call Onl Everybody, From the StriU-hinv-ti to the Miners. SCRAN'TON", July 2.-A innssineet- Ing of all the striking employes of the Lackawanna shops in this city was held Sunday afternoon in ('ariiciitcrs' half. Captain .MeAiulrews of the Car Itiuld- srs union presided. The meeting was called for the purpose of taking action upon the refusal of President 1 rtiesdule to confer with a committee of his own Workmen from this city. After the nus't- ing the following statement wus given ut - President Tritesdiile consented to a conference to be held Monday, June 21, al his otliiv, 2i Exchange place. New Yolk. That day he was met by Fresi- letit O'Conncll of the jnnchinists, uud J. M. Fonl, a member of the executive board of the same organization. Mr. Trnesdnle postponed the interview until Saturday. June 211. The above niimeil met nt the ottice of Mr. Ford at 21 Lib erty street, preparatory to meeting Mr. Truesilale. At 11 o'ebs k Mr. 'J'rnt'sdale sent word that he would not meet them under any cnn-i'lrration. Action was iinmeilialely taken to call out the Kingslaiid shop, the only machine shop working 011 the Liickiityiiiiiia sys tem and advice given the Seriiiiton dele gate present to iniike every effort to call nut everything on the Lnckiiwannn, from the switchmen to the miners. Mr. Mitchell has already gitaraut 1 every support to the strkkcers. Two weeks ago a movement was started to have the mer chants iu every town pnratlclisl by any other road to withdraw their patronage from the Lackawanna. When word was reeelted that a conference was about to be held this movement was called off. It will be taken up agnin nt once ami vigor ously pushed, together with liny other means that will bring success. Mr. Trnesdnle might have liocii able to have rnmproiiiiHcd matters with his men. Now only the original proposition will be ac cepted Financial support is guaran teed. Tfcihbt Is xprossod here as to the abil ity of the strikers to make effective liny tsiycott of the Lackawanna. Already a large nunils-r of the strikers have re turned to work ut the IUcksou shops. CURIOUS DISCREPANCY. F011111I That China Agnsvil to 1'ay Mure Than Towers Wanted. WASHINGTON, June 2!. A curious discrepancy concerning the amount of the Chinese indemnities lias developed, by which it appears that China has agreed to pay .'i.'i.issi.lHHi taels, or $24. t n hi.imm 1 more than tl.. united demands of all the powers. Just how this occurred is not clear to otllcialK. but it appears to have been an error of calculation ut IV kill iu I he lirst place by those making up the indemnities, and later by the Chinese In their hasty acceptance of the total. As finally made up this total was -lot),-(KMI.ISKI tad-, but the present calcula tion, after taking in all of the deuiunds that ure known, makes the total only 11 ."1,1 Ms 1,1 11 mi tacls. In the meantime China has agreed to pay the larger amount, so that the iiiei.iiou now arises what will become uf the execs of Ji,- CM W 1,1 M M I tllels. Another ipn stiou which has arisen n this connection h as to the amount of boiuls which shall be issued to Japan, us that country has drawn ultciitinu to the fact that its share of indemnity cannot lie negotiated on us favorable terms ns some of Ibe powers can make. It is iindcrsliHiil that the matter has been con sidered of siilllcient importance to bring to the uttculioii of the president, with view to learning the general altitude of this government on the mutter. MRS? POTTER DEAD. Wife of l'riitestaut Kjilscnpal 1I1nIiu of New York llles Miiihtcnly. NEW YORK, July l.-.Mrs. Eliia Rogers Potter, wife of the lit. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York, died suddenly early yesterday morning at the family resi dence ill this city. Mrs. Potter's death was due to heart failure superinduced by the intense heat of the lust few days. For a week sho had Is'cn suffering from a heart affection, but no serious result of her ailment was looked for by the family. She returned from Newport a week ago. ltishop Pot ter was at his wife's Isslside when the end came, but none of her six children was present. Mrs. Potter was 7" years of age. She was married to the bishop shortly after his ordination as a priest uud during his ministry iu West Pennsylvania. Her maiden name was Elinu Rogers Jacobs, and u brother is at present 11 Philadel phia merchant. The funeral will lie on Tuesday. Services will be held iu Grace church, after which the Issly will be taken to Pouglikeepsic for burial. Knroiiesn Drought llrukeu. LON'liON, July 1. The long contin ued drought iu Great Britain has broken up. Violent thunderstorms occurred Sat urday night and yesterday, iiccnuipanieil by torrential ruins and lightning which wrought much havoc. .Many parts of tin continent linve been suffering from heat waves. In Portugal much damage has been done by floods and hailstorms. Ac cording to a dispatch to the Daily Ex press from Oporto 2M persons were drowned by floods iu the Carrar.edu dis trict and live killed by lightning. .1lslilM.il to Ileal 11 by Itlval l over. HAZLETON, I'n., July 2.-ltaphchi Kalvndoro ami Joseph it. two miners from the Tyrol, loved Heat rut' Mini relti. a pretty waitress ut Frank Rossi's saloon. They fought 11 duel Saturday night with stilettos, and Salvadorc died yesterday from his wounds. Vil was ruptured at Laitrytown. 12 miles away. Frank I in mil is under arrest as an ac cessory. Check For Millions r'.VHilrtl Tan. CLEVELAND. July . A check for !Ti;.0K,(MKI. ihit.'d July 1. to save tin 2-icnt revenue "tump that would huvr Ik'i'U retpiired, arrived in Toledo jester day morning. The check, signed by lien- rv A. Everett of Ihis city, is iu payment sr I he "franchise und all property of the Toledo Traction company. Statement of the I'lilillr llelit. WASHINGTON. July 2.-The state ment of the public debt issued yesterday shows that at the close of the li-cul year, June .'Ul. PMH. the .1, In. less cash in the treasury, amounted to Jl.nll.T.'ilt- VJ11, a decrease during. June of rli,ioV many killed by heat. Deaths and Prostrations Re ported From Many Places. Fifty-Sevan Klllad In New York Alone, the Illstreus Among the I'enple In lbs Crowded Tenement lllslrlrt llelng l'ltl fill llnttett July 1 Kver Experienced In KHKteru Section NEW YORK, July 2 Yesterday was flic hottesf July 1 on record. At .1:10 p. 111. the thermometer at the weather olllce reached PS degrii-s. This was one degree hotter than Sunday. The records show that iu the 30 years preceding on only two days In all that periisl has a higher temperature been reached. Those were July II, 1S7G, uud July :l. 1S!S. On these ilayi the thermometer reached degrees. The suffering would have Usui much intensified had the humidity Ihvu great. The peiceiituge of humidity was only -IS. The hottest July 1 which ap proximated today in the history of the lis-ul weuther btircnu was in 1S72, when the tliPi'tnoiucter reached At .1 a. 111. the mercury wus ut SO uud continued so until Ii. when it rose to so, and from that roitr there was a gradual rise until 3:10 p. 111.. when the maximum of PS wus recorded, n special thermome ter registered P2. In tin rly morning hunts there wus what might be termed 11 light breeze blowing, but during the early part of the afternoon the breeze ilied aivny and the city was baking in torrid heat. The suffering iu the city, particularly iu the crowded tenement house district.'.. was shocking. As the day grew the deaths nuil prostrations increased ami. although provision wus made in all the hospitals for this emergency, the author ities were scarcely able to cope with the great tux made on their resources. An instance may be given of how the situa tion sIihhI. St. Vincent's hospital has its own ice plant. When constructed tills was though siilllcient to meet unv emergency, bm th.u hospital was forced to buy l.tiisi extra pounds of ice iu addi tion tu what its ice phmt turned out. I i lo midnight last night there were reported fi deaths uud HI prostra tions I roui the heat anil the num ber Ik hourly being swelled. This cov ers 11 periisl from 2 o'clock 11. 01. Monday, nnd only for the boroughs of Manhattan and the Itronx. There were so many ambulance calls tluif the ii.i,ic(. were eii'iil on to supply patrol wagons uud every nuihulaiice iliil double duty Iu re sponding to culls. Many patients were carried to the hospitals in cabs uml in moling vans. The prevalence iff. the grip among the horses or the eit.i also tends to mitigate against effective work. In many cases horses had to be obtained from coin ructors in ihaw putrid wagons and iinibiilaiices. Although the weather bureau shows that I he maximum was !IS, this dues not indicate the heat on the streets. M.mr thermometers registered lux ut .'t:lo and nil of them over list 011 the street levi I. It is estimated that l."iO policemen are on the sick list, their illness arising fnuii the heat. 101 Degrees nt Klinlni, lint 'o Ileal In ELM I If A. N. Y.. Julv 2.-Th.. 1 r. ntitre here resierdny was higher than on liny lls nf .Inly in l' years, leachhnf lol. Several people were prostrated by the heat, but 110 deaths as 11 result. Several mannfiictiii'iii, cased operations Mr the ilsy. ,lnoiptowii Citizen Hilled by Heat. JAMESTOWN, N. Y July 2,-The temperature her" yesicrny was PS in the shade during part of yesterday. J. W. rplniin. a proiuiucnt citizen, roll dead on the stns't ns a result of the heat. due Killed at Helienerli,y. SCHENECTADY. N. Y., July 2.- Ra chel Lansing nf ii.- Chapel street was overcome by the heat yesterday uud died. Several other prostrations occurred in this vicinity. HAD NOT GAMBLED. Duke nf Miuieliester Nays He l.nst Ills Money In Theatrical Speculation. LONDON, June 2!.-The Duke of Manchester made yesterday what he hopes will lie his last appearance in the bankruptcy court, as his creditors for ninlly ncti pted the composition nf 1J shilling and Ii pence in the pound, which offer was approved at 11 meeting of t'le unsecured creditors. Although the nc couiits showed that the uusi'curcil debts mm. 01. tod to .'o,T10, the trustees suli uiitte 1 that this sum could be scaled dui'. 'i to i 1 ! 1,714, with assets amounting to t",(KI. Dm. LI, the course of his final examina tion the Duke of Manchester reiterated that his failure was due to the loss uf ieveral thousands uf pounds in theatrical peculation anil said he had not gam bled. Mini Portia Knight, (lie American act ress wiin has brought suit ngiiiust the Duke of Mi ni lu ster for drench of prom ise, htn luuyers present ut the duke's cxiiiniiijtion, but they were not permit ted to uucstinn the debtor, mid cniisc lilt'iitly they were unable to obtain In furuia'.iu:. of much value to their client. lien. Illltlerllrld Will l ie at West Point. WASHINGTON, July 2. The secre tary nf war has gmutcd the reipiest of the family of General Daniel llittter field, a veteran of the civil war. that in case of his death he Is buried iu the mil itary reservation at West Point. Gen eral Ititlterlicbl wus a gallant soldier during the war of the rebellion, but was not 11 graduate of Hie military atcademy. The ceinitery at West Point is usually reserved for ihe remains of the gradu ates of the military ai-ail'Miiy, but other persons may Is- interred there with the approval uf the secretary of war. tleiievil 1'dllor llellre. GENEVA, N. Y., Jane 2!l.-Stephen II. Parker, owner nnd editor of The Ga zette for many years, has leased the plant nnd retired. .Mr. Parker is one of the bestknowu editors iu the stale and for two years was president of the State Editorial association. Indian Land Opening Not to He lelnyed. WASHINGTON. July 2 -Secretary IlitchiiH'k has decided that there is no uuthority of law permitting a delay un til Oct. 1 iu the opening of the Wichita Indian reservation iu Oklahoma, as de nied 17 certain cattle interests. COAL BREAKER BURNED. 800 Miners Heseiied Jimt lu Time Flames May Spread to the Mine. WILKES ItAltltE. June 28. -The No. 2 breaker of Ihe Deluwiire and Hudson Coal company was burned down Wed nesday and with the engine house, wash cry, Isiiler house, fan house, and head house, was destroyed. The tire was start ed by n hot journal, nhich ignited some nil waste. The entire breaker was ou fire half an hour after the fire was first discovered, nnd it spread along the trest ling to the head house over the shaft olKI feet away. The head house was on fire us the miners were being brought up out of the mine. There were (iOO at work and the last 20U had a narrow es cape, the head house falling a few min utes ufter the last carriage load had li'i'n brought up. The shaft caught fire and it is feared it will spread to the mine beneath. The fun shaft is also on fire. Twenty-six mules nre down the mine and it is lic lieved that they have been Hiiff'M'utisl. The loss is between !HI,0flll ami 10O,00. WANT UNION RECOGNIZED Heading Htrll era Itejeet Direr or Km- ployers to I'ay Increase In Wuges. READING, Pa., June 2S. The propo sition of Frank C. Suiiiik, vice presi dent of the lieadiug Iron company, offer ing an increase of wages to 2,1100 strik ing workers, puddlers to receive $4 a ton, will lie rejected. The wage schiKliiles for other classes of labor have not yet been prepared. When the pinMlors iptlt they were re ceiving $.'(.2.-1 but the company bus since announced 11 2,ri cent raise. The leaders say they will not in pt the offer of Mr. Suiiiik unless it involves the recognition of the union mid the strike will likely go on. The men have been locked out for about six weeks. Two Cnngresslonsl Aspirants, REAVER. June 2I. Juini-s II. Cun liini'honi of Rearer und ex-Judge M. I". Mis'kleni of RiH'hestei announced them selves as candidates for the nomination to congress. They nre Imth members of flic Heaver enmity bar. Cunningham wus Reaver county's nominee two years ago, but faibsl to secure the district nomination. The question is up here ns to which of the candidates Senator Quay will support or whether he will keep hands off. Wants llszlett Case Dropped. WASHINGTON. Ph., June 2!t Dis trict Attortcy A. C. Ttmiplctou of this county went before the court Thursday and made the formal motion md prossiug the MM indictments against Major Samuel Ilalett, the banker who made uu assign ment over two years ago. All agree- nient was made some lime ago between Major Ilazlett and the prosecution whereby the cases were to lie dropped on the payment of the costs by the defend ant. New Klertrle Line For York. YORK. June 2N. York is to have an other electric railway. The backers of the proposiil new line are the presi-Ient and sccrctarv of the Baltimore West- inimler ami Gettysburg ebs'tric ruil wii). The new line will Ih- a continua tion of the road to be built from Gettys burg to Hanover, and when completed will form a link iu a through line to Bal timore. Iliiriied Tslce lu a Month. IRWIN, June 2S. During 11 severe cleeiiicnl storm which passed over Ihe vicinity of Madison the large new burn of tic Annul Gas Coal company was struck by lightning and hurtled. This Is the second lime this company has suf fered the loss of its barn in the past month, each time being destroyed by lire. The loss is placed at $.,,1100. Crazed Woman's llloody Deed. 1'ITTSTOX, June 2S. Crazed over the tragic death of her husband, who was killed iu the mines a short time ago. Mis. Matthew Edwards of West I'ittslou made three successive attempts to end her life, nnd tried to murder her mother within the space of one hour. She was removed to the Danville insane asylum. IT K VIS IN UKIF.F. I'L'ANKI IN Itoscbugs are destroy ing the peach, pear, upple und grape crops. RL'TLER Operators believe they have struck Speechlcy suuil oil fluid Hear Hooker. IN'ONTOWN-The Menalleii Gas Company has struck another big gasser on the llurris farm. SHARON Michael McCarthy. 11 years old, wus drowned ill the river while bathing. KITTA NNING--A frame house owned by 11. 11. Wovlniuu, occupied by sevuu families, wus destroyed by lire. MORGAXTOW.N-A. L. Liver und Tory & Semple, manufacturers, huve been convicted of polluting the Mouongii helu river. HEAVER Ilurglurs entered the resi dences of Robert Dillon und W. P. Jndd. but were frightened uud dropped their plunder on being shot nt by Mis. Judd NEW CASTLE Mrs. Luura Down ing of Oil City nttempled suicide hen by til inking laudanum. She recovered. SHARON-ltaymoiid Hossell. aged Hi years, son of Christopher Hossell, was killed by a switch engine at South Sharon. NEW CASTLE-Theodore J. Tyler and Miss Corn M. Oslsirue of this city were married at the bedside of the bride's dying mother. CONNKLLSVILI.E- The Title and Trust company of Western Pennsylva nia opened its new liKi.tNSI building here by a public reception. OIL CITY -Francis Lyman, a dim flerk, aged 22, was drowned in the Alio ghciiy river here while bathing. Th bisly has not Isi-n recovered. WASHINGTON, Pa -Eva Neivland. the 2-yeur-ohl daughter of Colin New lunil of near Claysville, was killed by a Raltiiiiore und Ohio train iienr home. TITL'SVII.LE The Federal Gas com pany organized here with J. A. Connelly, president and manager, und John Mul len, secretary and treasurer. It Is pro- pwil to extend their lines from Towns ville. I'N IONTOWN Forty tramps were arrested at R's'kwiMsl and 2.i at West Newton by Raltimore and Ohio officers. The llaltiinore and Ohio Railroad com pany has started work 011 a two-mile sid iug to connect with the 1,'SiO-ucic sit, of the Oriental Powder company. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Yartnns Paris ! Ihe World Shorn of Their Paddings and Oaly the Facta Given In as Few Wordl as Possible For Ilia Benetlt of the Mar ried Keader. Mrs. McKinley und her sister, Mrs. I'.arher, gave an option on silver mining lu ml iu Nevada to a Western syndicate, which is to pay a quarter of a million cash for the property. Attorney General Knox uud officials of the department of justice are investigat ing trusts to determine whether the Sher man law is being violated. Warned, he Indicvcd, by (Soil, the Rev. Claude M. Severance of New Y'ork re fused to perform a wedding ceremony iu which the bride was u divorced woman. One of the jurors in the Rarker case said the jurr put little faith in Mrs. Bar ker's story und that they sympathized with the prisoner, but were ohrffccil un der the law to convict. M. de Witle, Russian liiiunce minister, leclari's, uccordiiig to a special cable from St. Petersburg, that Secretary Gage is misinformed as to Russiu's sugar policy. Thursday. Secretary Long formally adopted de signs for the medals to be awarded nuvy officers nuil men who fought in the West Indies, Rear Admiral Sampson's profile is 011 the medals. Rosa Freedmiiu was killed by her brother, Richard, in Rostou, just before the arrival of u telegraphic warning from her sister, Anna, in New 101k, who had received a letter from their brother, lie committed suicide. Russian statesman occupying the high est position suggests that Secretary Hitchcock's opinion should be taken as to the tariff differences between Russia and the I'nited States. When Gustav Retiring sought money from Frank O. Louden, Ginrgc M. Pull man's soii-iii-htw, alleging he was a son of the late millionaire. Judge Davis of Chicago drew a pistol and awed him till arrested. Through an open switch at Monaca. Pn 11 Pittsburg and Lake Erie train plunged, killing two pel-sous and injuring thrty. Friday. The Iiiterunlioiiul Vegetarian congress, meeting iu Loudon, proposes to cure drunkenness by enjoining uhstciition from flesh foods. The report that Secretnry lluy was to resign is denied. The president expis'ts him to return to Washington in the full. Two thousand Christian Scientists made u pilgi'image to Concord, N. IL, to see Mrs. Mary Raker Eddy. Tiny stood in the hot sun two hours before she made n brief address. Ohio Republicans renominated Gover Inir George K. Nash and imlorsisl Sen ator F'Uiiker for re-chi'lion. The funeral of Adelbert S. Hay. son of the secretary of state, was held iu Cleveland, O. Machinists' strike seriously iiffects building of I'liited Slates warships iu the various shipyards. Gill strikers at l'aterson, N. .1., sen tenced to 20 days in jail for annoying girls who tisik their places. Saturday. Frame must import Hii.ooo, ikki bushels of wheat this year a special cable says. After 1111 interview with King I'M ward VII, former Speaker Henderson declared that America hud no more cordial friend. Sixteen persons were killed in a train wreck 011 the Wabash system near Peru. Ind. In the wreck of the steamship Litsi tanin, on the Newfoundland const, the crew overpowered frenzied passengers, who were aruieil with knives, und suvnl all on board. For three buildings for the Harvard medical w ho,, I J. Pierpunt Morgan has given more than $1.1 KHUN HI. Another cloudburst, this time from Po cahontas, in Virginia, was reported, und the first news from the country between Williamson and Vivian indicated a large dentil list from the recent Hood. Monday. Shortage iu the wheat and rye crops is reported from Prussiu. Count and Countess Von Wahlersoe will visit America next year. The director ol the Liepziger bank was urresteil, tlic bank having uiuilc large dials to 1111 Insolvent concern. A speciul cable di.-pati'h from Henley says that the ch utci s of Pennsylvania's crew for the Gcnm! Challenge cup are collhiilereil favoiable. Jessie Morrison was found guilty by a Kansas jury of killing her succi-ssf 11I rival, Mrs. Olin Castle. The Seventh National bank of New York citi was closed by order of the controller of the currency. Yale's 'varsity mid freshmen crews de- leulisl the crews of Hurviird ut New Loudim. Harvard's 'varsity four scored a victory over its opponents. Thris' deaths and iiiany proslrntious r.'.'iilted from the intense heat aud the high pi n Ullage uf humidity in New Yora city. Tuesday. A dispatch from Shanghai says that the empress dowager is unwilling to re turn to I'ekiii and has selected another capital. Disturbances occurris! ut Lyons bc twis'ii socialists and cojiscrvalives, owing to the holding of rival meetings at tie snme time. Mrs. Corn I'ripiharl Potter, the act ress. says 11 spe, ial cable dispatch from Loudon gave a recitation at a parish church, attracting 11 large congregation The strike against the Aiucrii an Sheet Steel company involves :ii.immi men, and may extend to the cutin steel trust. Improperly secured loans to manufac turing concerns and Ioskcs on real cstnte caused closing of the City Nation il l.auk of Buffalo. Aiigtistiu MoiiriH., his wife und a friend iu naphtha launch. iiarrivly escaped lic ing wrecked upon Rodman's Roil, ih .vr wlure the sic iiner Mohawk was sunk Snlurd ir- WILL REACH HERE AUG. 15 Shamrock II Took a Ppln Yesterday Unt Did Not Attempt Speed. GLASGOW, June 2-The Shamrock II is expected to arrive at New York alsnit Aug. lo. The cup challenger took a sail stretch ing spin yesterday, while the former chal lenger, the ShamnHjk I, aud the Kariad Were suiting a match race of 4.3 miles. It wus an ideul day for the purpose. The sun was shining und a light wind was blowing. The challenger attracted a lot of attention. She enrried only her lower ciiiivus aud towisl u small boat. Captain Sycamore seemed to avoid anytuiug b. the nature of a trial uf speed, but dur ing a couple uf tucks the challenger found herself going in the smue direction as tin Kariad and overhauled the latter iu a remiirkuble manner. The new muiusail of the Shamrock II set to perfection. Her Immense pole mast, wb' ' lothed, has a most imposing uppciran - GENERAL SHAFTIR R. TIRED Oeneral Young Takes t'oioiti'itnl i f De partment of California. SAX FRANCISCO, July l.-Two Im portant military ureuts occurn'd ut the Prisidio yesterday, the retirement ul Major (icncral W. It. Shatter uud the mustering out uf four volunteer rugl incnts. General Shafter went ou the retired list at noon, when he formally trans ferred the roniiiniiMl uf the depurtmeut of California to Major General S. M. R. Young. In the afternoon the Forty-fourth, Forty-ninth, Forty-eighth and Thirty eighth volunteer regiments were mus tered out. The mustering out uf the four regiments required the services uf eight paymasters. Barker (iiven Five-Year Neutenee. NEW YORK, June 2M. Thomaa B Barker, who was recently convicted ol assault with intent to kill Rev. Juhn Keller ut Arlington, N. J., was yesterday scntcn I to live yeurs in state prison. Neither Mrs. Barker nor Rev. Kellet were present when sentence was passed. Wouldn't Work With Noii-l'nlou Forsinav ELM I It A. X. Y.. July 'i.-One hundred and forty employes of the Kert.scher & Co. hurdtviHiil hushing works struck yes terdny bs-ause the company refused tc discharge u mui-uuioii foreman. MAKKET REPORT. Mew York Homey Market. NEW YOIIK, July 1. Money ou cull, 17112 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4fj.'i, pti re: ., Sterling exchange: Actual business Ii bankers' at iSI.,s7!i for demand and 4..C'.,f7 1.STi'H, for sixty days. Pustud rate. tfl.SiiMt I .SO. Commercial lulls, U.MWa-Uft'4. Rar silver, ,'P'hC. Mclicuii dollars, 470. Now York Provision Market. FLOl'R-Winter patents, $.!.! K3.1.90, winter straights, PXoU; winter ex tras, f2..'ioff(2.N'i: winter low grades r2.:;i"Vi2.IO: Minnesota patents, $;i.7uU 'i.'Xf, Minio'sota bakers', J.'JK((;l.lj. CORN.MEA I. -Yellow western. Wlo city, 02c; hrandywine, 2.4.V(2.."if. RYE No. 1 western, fioc t'.o.b. utlout state rye, ."'J'iiriltc. VT1IEA I -No. 2 red. 7-l'c f.o.b. ulloat Xo. I northern, 7:tc f.o.b. atiout. ClilN-Nu. 2 com, 40V f.o.b. uUuut. OATS No. 2. 32 lac; No. 2 white. 3.1c; truck mixi-d wisjteiu, o2l,j?ui truck white, 2.'l'ii;!7. HAY--Shipping, 7iK(7T5c; good to choice, S7'(!Kic. HITTER - Creamery extras. lSVi I!',-.'; factory, 12! j(y 15c; Itnltutlou creamery, l.l'i(17c. CHEESE-Fancy large white, IkJJ U'ic; small white, U1 jfo'.ic. EGGS State und l'tuusylvunia, llj 14 .'. POTATOES Jerseys, oOc(2$1.2u New Yvirk, 2.2.X'2.7."; Jersey sweets, l.o(Kt(2.00. Buffalo Provision Market. Hl'l'FALO, July 1. WHEAT No. 1 northern, obt io'jC winter wheat. No. 2 red, 74e. CORN No. 2 cum, 47V.-C' Xo. 3 corn 47c. OATS Xo. 2 white, 33c; Xo. 3 mixed 30V. FLOl'R Spring wheat, best patent per bid., el'2V'l.o(l; low grades, $2.25 3.1 si. HITTER Creamery, western, extras Hl!it20c. slate and Pennsylvania cream ery, I'.KVi l'.M.s-; fair to goisl, l,V,j;ltlc. CH EESE Fancy full cream, DVliC good to choice, Xl-iiPc; comuion to fair. V!7e. EGGS Western and state fay L'iriilll'jc. POTATOES Fancy, white, stale tksj!70c; state, fair to good, ri.Vn;i)0c. East Buffalo Llvs Stock Market. CATTLE Extra export steers, $iS.SC (f,i.H,V good to choice shipping stuora, j.-.4."!i.-.i'5; course, rough, but fut steera, $(.lif((."i isl; choice to ainiMith, fat heifers. $.".liK,)..2."i, common tu good cows, (3.73 fii.YOO; g,Kiil butcher bulls. 4.0orl.lii. SHEEP .VXD LAM IIS Spring iamb, choice to fancy, f.'i.7Vfiti.t0; fair ti good, $ 1.41 Kit. Tl.lkV, wether sheep, fi.lOVj 4 oil; common to fuir, IfiUAHfji.UO. IK II iS - M i xih! puckers' grudes, WiTi. heavy hogs l'i.2.'Vit.27; chuivo heavy and upwards, $ti.27(o;i:.30. Buffalo Hay Market. HAY No. 1 timothy, looso, I13..VKU 17.IH; No. I timothy, baled, (l.'i.OOlii 14.0O; No. 1 timothy, hah d, 13.110. Vtlca Cheese Market. 1TICA. X. Y.. July 1. At the I'ticii Ihiii rd of trade today fin offerings of clii'csc wore 1,I3 lots uf 10, filti Ihxcs. Large cheese sold nt Hiijt ami small ut Vmss Creamery hum r In lutst al P.Mif2c, prints. 22c. Little Falls Cheese Market. LITTLE FALLS. N. Y.. July I. Cheese sales Large colored, II lots of 77o boxes at N'c; large white. 2 lots ol K box,- at small white, 22 lots ot 1.07N boxes, ul S'v; Slliull white, O lot nf Hill boxes, ut IP s". Slliull colored. H lots of 2.xio Isixes, at S"'4i-; small colored. iu lots o L'.ll.'ll boxes. al s .1 I 7 lots of 3K"i boxes, at S'jc; twills, col ored, 7 lois of Tills boxes, at sV: twins, while. II lots of '.111 Isixes. nt Ssj4c; twiiis, white. 4 lots of 2'ifi Imixiss, at 5 ! total. Mi lots of 7.470 dole. Butter - Sal. s of IS pncla:;c ut ISf," 15 1 -2r for 10 ally sll, for ls,iu duuy uud Ctcamery. ft y'wm 11 --jm at at
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