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Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:44 a. III. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching In M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Itev. W. P. Mur.ay. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. C. II. M.llor, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church every Sahhntu morning and evening, Bev. J. V. McAnlnch officiating. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and TourtU Tuesdays of each mi n th. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. i pp. NEST A LODGE, No. Soft.I.O.O.l-. 1 Ment" every Tuesday evening, lu Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. I) It EST LODGE, No. 184, A.O. U. W.. I Meets every Friday evening iuA.O.U. W. Hall, Tionusta. ft APT. O KO lt( 1 E STOW POST, No. 274 - O. A, K. Moeia isi aim su wrany evening In each month, In A. O. U. w. Hall, Tionesta, .UT ,1I.-MII3V. S1TOYV COUPS. No, U 137, W. It. C, meeU first and third Weilnemlay evening oi enou nioiiiu, O. U. W. hall, Tionosta, Pa. rpiON ESTA TENT, No. HM, K. O. T. 1 M.. meeis 2nd and 4th Wednesday , ' t .1. I. I.. A IV IT VI evening in css-u iiiumu m v. hall Tiommta, Pa. p F. BITCHEY, 1 . ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW. Tionesta, Pa. S HAWKEY . MUNN, ATTOBN EYS-AT-LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. C. M. SllAWKKV, UKO. B. MlTNN, J W. MOBBOW. M. D., lit NI.h a.tvnnt A HlIM tint . Office ami UcwUlmice tliroo .oom north n Innaitt TlittlAMta P roftlMHit Mini calls promptly nut ponded to at all hour. U R. F.J. BOVABD. Physician A Surgeon, TION EMTA. PA TAB. J. C. DUNN, II I1IIVLMCI1H IHIIHIIKIIGON. Olloe over Heath A Killtner'a store, t. !.... rnualomal i-uIIm iiromnl- liunmio, . 1 ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Kesiuence may aw ivn I n r.HEAVEH. If'' Pnysiclan and Surgeon iiai.1. .ml fahIiImiica alinve Fores C National Bank. County 'Phone No. L U. LANSON. KKAl. ESTATE. Tionesta, Pa OTEL WEAVEIl, i.' a lITL'lVt'D IrfinrlMt)r. . . . . i ,.. I . T .nruiM TtllS lioiei, lornierijr hiio . House, has undergone a complete change, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of gliesui (lever uikmwii st PVTII 1 T TTfiTTSIiV I j m,'iinur .1 iiKRDW Pmnrletor Tlonseta, Pa. This Is the most central ly located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public First Class iiiverr coniieciiou. PHIL. EMEBT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER, oi i ir.i.A. Lull. I;n. lir V.lm niMiu m i,.ihjib uii.iiiii.K v " and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to ilie dmiwmi ami (u.ri,iiwii urn " " ' Kive perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten- .i . ..,..lin ...,1 nrl.wa r- I.I1MI 11VV)11 f onable. usu.w, At THI IAME1I BtrtlMESI UIIVCMirf, rrn, P. Tr ttoat practical, up-lo-t lain Tralnlnf ichool in Pannaylvanl., f iv our ttudaMi mbrt& tlnnlnc" dueatlon. Our to Mil m'iih 10 Mil run par tloulara to any addrasa, upon rooalptl Of application Tor ma. Our graduate! ara boldlnf poai J f tiona of honor and trual in ail part r I af tba Unitad Stataa. J Por run particjitra, aadraaa, 1 THI lAflftUI USlMKt.UNlVll(llTY 1 CLEVELAND FLOODED. Property In East End of Town Greatly Damaged. Um btimaled at l.OOO.OOO-Clouilburat lDuiiiIat.il Kutlre Ilr.lilfiura Hertlna, I n il.rmlneil Streets llou.es HrlilgM, Cul verts Wa.li.il lltxtie. from ;rave and Tora Thing. I'p Generally. C1.KVEI.AXH. O., Sept. 2.-With the miking of diiwn ycstcnlny morning the iticns nf Clcvclnnd nwiikc to look upon scene of uniianillclfd ilcviistiition and cutrucli unsi'd by a raging flissl. While the cnliiv city wns more or Icm. nlTivtcd, the K"'"' vhIiiiiic of racing wn- r vented lt- anger over the miles of the nslcru iHirtion and caused tin amount of ibiniiiL'i' iipiroiinutcl at J1,KIII,0IU. The aiipnllliig overflow wus caused by a nine ruin thnt cmiiincnccil to fall sliort- ly nfter ' o'clm k, turned Into a perfect cloudburst between the hours of 3 anil 5, mill then ciihtlnu.il with greut fori-e un til marly 5 o'clock. The utorm, ai-cord-tug to the weather olllciiils, was the henvlcst Hint ever swept over l.leeiuim . i it i i. ... tit.. fiivorll. since tne estHiuisiiiiieiu . - ment bureau In Ibis city over 4(1 years ago. TI..1 m. lies were lost Is nothing short of a miracle, ns the stories of thrilling escaiss from the water on several of the iiincipiil resilient streets oi m- . old. The surging walcra spreud over . . . I. ..!..!. tiitl.. an area In 111 1st enu iieiinj .-.p. ng and a mile anil a Hair wine. i!r...i volumes of water poured over from I"iin and tiidings Brooks down Qiilucy strwt, swamped Vienna street, rushed like a mlllrniv down Lincoln Ave nue to Euclid Avenue and then on to tilen Park Place, where nouses were iiu.lcrniined as though built of straw and nlinest Incredible damage done to streets rml property. Over a large share of the exclusive resilience territory the water variiil in depth from one to six feet. Culverts, trestles and bridges were torn down anil for hours nothing sccincu capnnie oi stemming the tide. Hundreds of residents who were Im prisoned In their homes like stranded Is landers were almost panic stricken. Han ger signals were Hashed about the city n. miecdilv as the disabled telephone system would allow and the work of res cue commenced. Uowlsiats pud ones and forth, assisllng whole families from perilous positions, but these proved piti fully iiindciiiatf ami It was soon louiui necessary to go to the extreme of calling nn the life saving i rew gfroni the river, a distnnee of seven miles. The llfclionts were quickly loaded on wagons ami tinr ried to the scene of destruction. The torrent surged with awful force for hours in peering street from ! air- mount to the Boulevard and over a iloien families were penned in like rnts in a trap with water five and six feet deen surrounding their homes. At this point the lifesaving rrew worked vali antly and sssistcil hy siiinus or nrcmen ami nolieemen. finally succeeded iu Innil Ins the terror stricken people In places of safety. The fear was greatly en ha need b.v the momentary expectation that the great Shaker Heiirlits ilnm would break looscc and work terrible de struction. Shortly before noon the torrent under mined a score of graves in St. Joseph's Cemetery at the corner nf East Madison and Woodland and the liodlos were soon being tosseil shout in the water. Fully a ilogcn corpses were washed into the gutters anil have not lieeu recovered up to now. (onion and Brooksidc parks nn the east side and llrookside park on the south side were daniiiired to an amount tieured at $10" I.I SMI. Through (ilensvilla the oveiHow was terribly destructive. The loss ill the village is estimated at IKKi.fMlO. ' r'5i The street raiways will suffer an Im sense loss. The train service on all ronds was blocked from two to six hours. The mail service from the east was completely tied up from HI o'clock iu the morning until H o cliN-k last night, when a tram But throUL-ll on the Lake Shore. The vast amount of dnninge falls upon the householders within the flooded dis trict. The water reached a depth of one foot ne the first floors of scores of east end homes, boiling up from the sewers and pouring from the streets, carrying everything that came in its path nlong with it. A remarkable feature of the storm which emstfd such terrible destruction is that up to li o'clock yesterday morn ing hardly a drop of rain fell west of Willsoi. Avenue while during the morn ing hours the east end was being fairly swsnipcd in a perfect deluge of rain. Th? dnmaite to houses and contents cannot lie estimated for. days but will aggregate probably half a million. The ity will lose henvily on damage to streets, culverts, bridges and pavements over the district covered by the water. FATAL FIRE AT PITTSBURG Oauillns Hlove Kiploded, Causing Death of One and Injury to Savers! Others. PITTSHntli, Sept. 3. The destruc tion yesterday of the Hotel Mclvee, a frame structure In the east end, resulted in the loss of one life, injuries to four others ami the narrow escape of many more. Harry M-Kee. aged 11 years, son of the proprclor, who slept ill a room over the kilchcr,, was burned to death. The ii-jiired arc: Delia Campbell, do mestic, aged 2o years; John M. Gray, aired 2. years; Harry Mardis, aged 21 years; Harry McConver, bartender; Alary Wolgsiu, nged 211 years, domestic. Til - ul-ovc were seriously burned, but oil will recover except Miss Campbell. The fire was caused by the explosion of a ga'oliuc stove which Miss Cuiupbell attempted to light. Oeneral tlaseles at Montreal. 1 MO XT It E A I., yuc., Sept. 3 (lenerul Sir Alfred Oaselee, K. C. It., until lately conimaiidcr-in-chicf of the liritish forces in China, arrived here yesterday on his way to England on twelve mouths leave of absence, and at the end of that time he expects to return to his command lu India, (ienertil Oaselee said his infor mation wns that the emperor and em press dowager would return to the paluce in I'ekin early this month. WU TING FANG TO LEAVE US Dl.psteh From Pektn Hays He lis. H.s Transferred to Lonitfiu Kmlasjr. I.OMiON. Sept. 2. "1.1 t hing Fang. the adopted son of Li Hung Chang, hav ing declined the St. Petersburg legation. WD TIKO rixa. says a dispatch to the Times from IV kin. "China has appointed Sir Chili Chen I.n Feng Lull (Chinese minister in Lon don) to St. Petersburg, transferring Wu Ting Fang from Washington to Lon don." SAYS STRIKE IS WRONG. Shaffer Arointed of Misrepresenting Trust's Altitude. .Mir.WAlKEE, Sept. 2.-t'harges that the national ollicers of the Amal gamated assiK'intioi, hud misrepresented the attitude of the Vnited States Steel corMirittloii toward organized labor in or der to get the members of the association to strike were made by former Vice-Pres ident J. P. Hickey nt a meeting of the Hay View lodge yesterday. In a cisil. liuiinpjssioiied manner Mr. Ilk key gave the members of the lodge the result of his recent trip to Pittsburg, wlire he went to Investigate the situa tion In regard to tin sti-cl strike. The sitiiutiou as summed up by Mr. llickcy is that it may take .veins to repair the damage to the association which has nl- rcudy been done. The strike is practi cally lost, he said, 72 per cent, of the lulls nn' working. Mr. llickcy made no recoiumeiidiitiuii to the lodge ns to its future action, but it is believed that his spivch may cause a change iu sentiment, not only in Buy View, but in other places in the fourth district. That his remarks will Is- reported in That his remarks -will be reported 111 full to the general ollicers of the oignni- ni t lem und that it may result In bringing Assistant Secretary M. !'. Tiglie or some other representative of the grand lodge here again was the belief of many. Tresi den licilfern stated so far it appeared to Is- the opinion of the majority that the men should not return to work until they should be ordered back hy the na tional ollicers. DOUBLE MURDER MYSTERY Two Negroes Found flacked to 1'leees at Ynnkers Fellnw-Kiitpleye Suspected, NEW YOItK. Sept. 2. The bodies of David Scott and John Stevens, the one steward mid the other head waiter of the Siwnnoy (iolf club, were found yes terday in a room which the men occupied lu the attic of the clubhouse, which is lo cated on the outskirts of Yoiikers. 'I'll had been murdered with a butcher knife. which was found on the Hour of the room, ami this hail been repeatedly plunged into them, ns inuuy ns a dozen cuts being located by the physicians who were sriniiiouctl. The men were iugroes. Warner Sinims, a colored waiter, is held on sus picion n( knowing something of the mur der, while Frank Piinniugton, nnother negro who called nt the club Saturday, looking for work, is under detention. SHOT THE PEACEMAKER. Jeslous Lover Threatened t.lrl, shot Man Who Interfered and Himself. WAI.POLE, Mass., Sept. 3. Two men were shot and 'seriously wounded here yesterday afternoon ns the outcome of a quarrel between Fred L. Jenks, a mill machinist, and Myra Belle Spear, a young woman with whom lie had been keeping company, Jenks thought that Miss Spear did not enre for him us much as formerly and by way of emphasizing a protest he threat ened to shoot her. Charles Maicre of Norwood saw the infuriated man point a revolver at the girl and when he grap pled with .lenks the latter shot him in the body, the bullet entering four inches below the heart, .lenks then shot him self near the heart. He is not expected to live, but there is a slight chance that his victim may recover, .leaks is .'to years of age and a veteran of the Spanish war. To Inspect Canadian Coal I.ands. OTTAWA, Out., Sept. 3-Coloncl Tay lor, chief engineer of the Piltsburg Coal company, and oi f the best con I min ing experts in the I'nited States, has been appointed by the minister of the in terior to inspect and report upon the coal 1 lauds provisionally selected by the gov ernment iu the tTows Xi-st 1 ass, ltritish Columbia. Denmark Will Sell West Indies to Us. LONDON. Sept. . A dispatch to a news agency from Copenhagen says the new Danish ministry has decided to ac cept the 1'nited Slates offer of sixteen million kmncr for the Danish West In dies. Cavalry Will Iteinaln at Tlenr7lD T1EX TSIN, Sept. 3. The departure from here of the Third Hotnbny cavalry has been countermanded at the request of General C'rcngh, as the other garri sons here are larger than the ltritish. Hlk-liwaymsu on a llloycle, SYDNEY, X. S. W.. Sept. 3.-A masked cyclist last night held up tho White Clifls-Kilcuuiu mail couch, wound' fd a pns-scugcr, sicurcd the mails and opals valued at $1,4111 ami escaped. Emperor William at Sham llattle. ISEKLIX, Sept. .'!. Emperor William and the foreign military attaches yester day witnessed a sliiini tighter the garde dit corps regiments near here in lieu of the customary autumn parade. LABOR DAY CELEBRATED Toilers All O rer the States Were Out on Parade. tlnnilredi of Thnuiands of Trade. I'nlon- I.U In the Different Cltle. Kojoyed Tliomselve. on the llsy Met Aside For the Workliiieinsn llusineM Oenernlljr Biupendsd audl'lcntcs W.r. I'lentlful, NEW YORK. Sept. 3.-Labnr Pny was celebrated till over the country yes terday on a great scale, parados, picnics and oilier forms of diversions anil iiniuse- ment milking the Inlioring mail's holiday what it wus intended to be, the one day lu the year for the toiler. In this city there was no parade of labor organizations, the day Isdng given over to picnics mid outdoor sports. Kusi- iicss was practically suspended. Reports of celebrations ill other cities are summarized us follows: SL Umis Two big purudes and pic nics. 4u,KKi men iu line. Omaha Pay celebrated jointly by Oinuha, South (uniilui and Council RlulTs lalsir organ izations. Pcnvei Largest parade lu his tory of the city. KI.IHKI men in line. St. Paul tircatcst turnout for years, KM"1) in line. San Francisco Parade was the chief feat nre, 'JO.OIMI men iu line. Mil waukee Fifteen thousand workmen marched. Columbus Parade and spoech inakiiig: lO.IIIKI men puraded. Wllkesbarre Pay more generally observed than for years past: thousands of mini-workers and trades unionists in line. Indianapolis Four thousand people paraded, includ ing several hundred women. Chicago Ni incroiis picnics were held after till ing pi rude, which niiinlsTcd 25.ISSI men. EverythiiiK in the parade was union, even to the sIiih-s on the horses' feet. South Chicago steel workers were not ullowid to inarch. Cincinnati Tea thou sand nn. arched. Cleveland Ten thousand men iu parade. Kansas City Workmer were addressed hy William .1. Bryan at F.hitric park on the labor question. 10. UNI men were in the parade. Numerous reports were received from fit In r cities of the celebration of the day, but the chief ones ure given nlsive. Ac cidents huppem-d in several cities. Two Accident, at Oswego. OSWEtiO. X. V., Sept. 3.-The cele bration of Labor Pay here was marred by two accidents, in one of which u po liceman was probably fatally injured, and in the other a number of persons were badly cut and bruised. During the parade Policeman Frank Jlilos' horse ran away, throwing the olliccr to the ground witii such force as to cause concussion of the brain. He nlso sustained a broken shoulder and was badly cut and bruised. A doreti people were knocked down and trampled upon b.v the horse before it was st erred. None were seriously hurt, however. The collapse of n truck in the parade, on which wns n hum- boiler. Injured sev eral men. Frank Kourdwuy had his leg broken and it is thought he received in ternal injuries. John liynn mid August Kata received severe cuts and bruises, mid four others were seriously hurt. FATAL PLEASURE TRIP. Mother slid llatisliter llurned to Death In Kxploslon. AI.H.tXY, Sept.. 2 A frightful fate befell the family of Wilbur Alexander, a large contractor of this city last niulit. A naphtha launch exploded on the Hud son Itiver at "The Abbey," a mile ami a half Mow this city, killing Mrs. Alex ander mid her little ilaugliti-r nnd burn ing Wilbur Alexander ami his son, Wil bur Alexander, Jr., in a horrible manner. Mrs. Alexander and her daughter were near the tank and their bodies were com pletely covered with burning oil. The son jumped into the water when the explo sion tisik place. Mr. Alexander rushed to the assistance of his wife and daugh ter but they were burned to death Im-- fore his eyes. He wns at length com pelled to jump Into iho river to snve him self. The bodies of the wife and daugh ter were burned to crisp and the launch was entirely consumed. Mr. Alexander and his son were brought to this city on a tug and n mnved to the Homeopathic hospital. Both were burned alsiiit the head nnd body. Mr. Alexander's Injuries nre so bad that It Is believed he will die. It is thought that he inhaled the flames. The boy, though badly burned, will recover. WHERE IS GUSTAF CLAES0N? lie Was Wheelman on the Tel.. and In Wanted as Witness by Hehlejr Court. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The judee advocate of the Schley court of inquiry has been trying for some time past to discover the wherenboiits of Giistaf E. Claeson, who may be wanted as a wit ness in the case. Claeson, it is said, was the man at the wlu-i-l mi hoard the Texas during the battle of Santiago. The records show that he named Ger- Irmle Swansoti, No. 3, Torggaten, Torll- hatten, Sweden, ns his next of kin. A cable sent to Sweden has failed to elicit any response. Claeson enlisted nt Iloston and was discharged from the re ceiving ship Vermont . while at New York, July 8, 1S!1. Cudger Nays It's Quiet on tho Istltinns WASHINGTON. Sept. 3.-Iu a mail report to the state department from Panama, dated August 31, I'nited States Consul General Cudger snys there had been no change ill political conditions on the isthmus since August 12. Hoth of the contending parties appeared to Is? in tent on recruiting and reinforcing, nnd were awaiting developments. The revo lutionists on the railroad lines were still making depredations on Chinamen. UrltUh Hark Keported Lost. OONCEI'CIOX. Chili, Sept. 3. The ltritish bark Colli-ssio, Captain Auld. from New Castle. X. S. W.. July 1), for Valparaiso, has been lost off Coicoi point, l'nrt of her crew wire lost. Enlftlsli Aristocrat Die. In Poorliousa CHATTANOOGA, Tenii., Sept. 3.- Charlcs E. Ward died yesterday at the Hamilton pool house. He was born in Baltimore and wns the descendant of an aristocratic family. . CARETAKER ARRESTED. yinnlrnrl.t Accused of Looting- Moans) Whsrs Sns Ils-I lleen lft In Clisrgo. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 31. Mrs. Isahclle II. Montnitue. a pn-tty and stylishly dri-ssed manicurist, was s de fendant In a police court on charges of looting a house in Walnut street. West Philadelphia, which had been, placed in her can- for the summer and also of fraudulently obtaining iroods nt a la department store. Mrs. Montague, who belongs to a riHpectnble family in West Philadelphia, tied to New Haven, Conn., after her alleged wrongdoing and was arrested there on Tuesday. She was held in $1.Simi bail for a further hearing next week, her father, who is connected with the West Philadelphia stock yards. Is-cominc her bondsman. Miss Sue M. Pntihen. of No. 3.71S Walnut street, preferred the larceny rhnrge against Mrs. Montague, declnr 'ng that she had placed the prisoner, with whom she had become acquainted through visits to her establishment. In charge of her resilience during her ale nonce, thinking that she had obtained a "gem." "In a letter to my sister," continued Miss Putclicn. "I asked her to call at the house and see how Mrs. Montague was getting along. Shortly after my sister telegraphed me that the housekeep er had gone und much of my household goods, including piano, table linen nnd silverware worth more than ,"iOO had been removed from the house." A detective employed In a large depart ment store accused Mrs. Montague of representing herself as Miss Puteheii, ami obi Minis nn the credit of the latter goods valued at fl.fS. The prisoner of fered no defense. HAS COMPILED LETTER. Perry Doiids Receives Unique Document From Detective Woods. NEW CASTLE. Aug. 31. - Perry Domls. ' acqiiitti-d Inst June of writing anonymous letters for the purpose of frustrating the efforts of the authorities to discover the murder of City Treas urer Klevins, is exhibiting a letter which he says was n-ceived from Dti'tective Woisls nf Erie, the handwriting of which Wotsls says, is identical with the famous "Portersvillc" anonymous letter which figunsl so prominently in the trial. The letter coin m Ins nil the words of the orig inal Portersvillc letter, und Woods says he compiled them from words clipped from writings of Detective Perkins and pasted them together ill the regular word sequence of the anonymous communica tion. It will be n-liicniben-d that Woods male the charge during the recent trial that Perkins himself wrote the letters. Per kins is at present confined to his home in Pittsburg suffering fro:n a serious ill ness. MADE BIG GAIN. Increase. In Coke' Oiitpnt During Psnt Week Was 10,000 Tons. COXXELLS VILLI. Aug. 31.-The wi-ek's coke product shows a gain of 10, 010 tons over the preceding week. He lmets show :l total of 21.717 ovens in the region, of which 1IMUS were active and 1.S2II were idle. The total estimated pro duction nf tin- n-gion for the week wns 211I.S24 tons. The only change was at Dunbar, when- otl ovens are reported in at Hill farm, instead of KTi, making a los of 3.1 for the week. Shipmcntr for the week aggregated 10.-) IS curs, distributed us follows: To I'ittsl urg nnd river tipples, 3,4isi cuts: west nf Pittsburg, 4,Sii,"i curs: oust of Ccmicilsvillc, 2.0NS curs. This was a dc-ctciiiM- ol SI cars. Filial Devotion tint llhu In Trouble. I'ltAXKLIX, Aim. 31). Tu serve his country three years in the iiriny nnd re turn home to see his nurd mother, only to Is- arrested on a charge that had slip piil his mind, was the fate of C. C. Singleton, a young man livinu at I'tica, this county. Six years ugo Singleton is nllcgcd to have forged mi endorsement mi a Hole, ami n warrant was Issued for his arrest, lie left the county, however, enlisting in the regular army when the Spanish War broke out. He recently returned nnd ns soon as a constable heard of it he placed the accused under arrest. He will hare a hearing later. Killed While Kunnlns; Per Lire. NEW CASTLE. Aug. 3ll.-l'rnuk Ocher, ngiil 35, married. living ut Chewton, wns instantly killed at Wam pum Junction, Tuesday night by the Pennsylvania Pittsburg liver, lie was walking ucross n long trestle when the flyer came in stglit. There was no place for escnile and he began a mad race for life across the tries. The engineer ot tcniptcd to stop his train, but Ochcr wns caught a short distance from safety, burled 20 feet through the air and was dead when the train was slopped and nicmlH-rs of the crew hurried back to his assistance. Cavalry Iteturn. From Manila. WASHINGTON. Aug. 3l).-The transport Hancock arrived at San Eran cisco fnmi .Manila Wednesday with the Fourth Cavab. v. One squadron of the regiment will be sent to Port Kiley. an other to Jefferson barracks, ami another to Port Leavenworth. A field battery recently ordered to Jefferson barracks will be sent to another post. 1TKMS IN IIKIKK. PAUKEItSBI UG. Vn.-Elmer Krown of Griiysville. O was buried alive by a eavein while workiiir iu a new sewer. 20 feet deep. .SUTTON. W. Va. It icM well Xo. 7 in the Iiosedalc field came in li gusher. So far the flow is beyond the co-itrol of the drillers. STLli'I'.LXVlLLE. O. Kive thousand people rttciided the first annual isiinion of the soldiers of this county at Alliums park. A prisoner of war reunion was hind here. OIL CITY While directing work in the gns fields for the Oil City Fuel Sup ply Company Pert Itcyoulds, foreman, was struck' on the head by an iron bolt dropped by a workman, fra'-tiiriug his skull. GKEEXSItlKG John Bcckdell, a wellknown horseman of Pleasant I'nity was pel haps fatally Injured ill a runa way near his home. GHEEXSItl llG-Johu Hush, a livery man nt Pleasant I'nity, was kicked by a horse and fatally injured. He attempted tu enter the stall of u vicious horse when the iiiiimal trampled him. NEW CASTLE Helen, U-year old daughter of Leonard E DcWolf, was fa tally bilil.cd nt her home while attempt ing tu revive a smoldering tire with oil. SUMMARY OF THE HEWS Short Items From Variou Parts of'the World. ' Record of Many II ippenlnr Condennod and Put In HmnM -pwee nd Arranged With Kpselsl lteard For tho ConT.nl. fist of th. Header Who Has LlttU Tlnio to Boars. Monday. Government officials expect to make, additional arrests iu coiincctiun with t lie Chinese smuggling conspiracy at Nog. les, Arizona. Strikers defy injunction of Judge Kohl suat and assault non-union employes nt Gules' Iron works, Chicago. Will con tinue picket daty to test vulidity of court's order. General Mai-Arthur says Americans can solve all problems iu the Philippines. Wulter Wclluiuti says the Kreuch Pnu aiua company will nsk $1."iII.ikki,(S si for the uncompleted Panama canal, but the States enu buy it for one-third that sum. Washington authorities believe Presi dent Cnstru of Venezuela fears to pio voke war with Colombia, thereby risking an encounter with the I'nited States. Ten policemen struggle for two hours In mud and water to prevent a suicide in a Harlem swamp. Tuesday. Pnparations for the ciar's visit to Kriince have already begun. M. Coustans. French ambassador, bus left Constantinople as a murk of dissatis faction with the Sublime Porte. President Goinpers conferied with ltalph Easley, of the Civic Federation, and Henry White, of he Garment Work ers, without deciding upon a plan to end tlie steel strike. Authority for the Civic Kcderaton's conciliation committt-e to act wus still withheld by the Amalgama ted executive board. Mrs. Walter W. Apgard of Wnter bury, Coon., whose husband is more than twiee her age. began suit for divorce. When the electric current ill a Xcw England church failed, leaving the coll gation in darkness, the inuin feed win was connected with the buttery of an aroinobilc, and the edifice thus illumi nated. Acting Secretary of the Xnvy Hack ett asked Captain James M. Korsyth tu explain whether or not he gave nn al leged interview commenting ou the Schley-Sampson controversy. Wednesday. President Shaffer annoiincea new terms on which he will settle strike. Asks that scale be signed same ns last year, that union men be not discrimina ted against ami that union rates be p.ibt iu mills where men want to organ ir.e. Acceptance by combine not xp.-ch-il. Dr. Nellie Poor and her two una, ot Chicago, who disappeared last Thurs day night at Corning. X. Y., were found in the woods near then-. She fears some one intends to kill her. Colombia has received assiiraii-vs from Nicaragua and Ecuador tnnt they wiil remain neutral in the event of a war with Venezuela, danger of wVch is growing less. France, in withdrawing its ambassador t,i Turkey, explains that the sultan has broken bis word, and it now i mail-. for hin to reopen negotiations. The sit-UJt-on is considered serious. Thursday. Thniugh the medium of President Si mon ltnrns of the Glass Workers' asso ciation, who has the authority of Presi dent Shaffer to act for him. the steel strikers are now asking for arbitration. Mrs. Carrie Xalion . culls on Poliii- Commissioner Murphy of New York, who rejects her offer to purify the city. Explosion, fire and panic on steamer City of Trenton near Philadelphia cause death of seven persons aud injury to score of others. Admiral Schley's counsel files list of witnesses he wants summoned for court of imiuiry. Navy department list of Officers summoned includes Hear Ad miral Sampson. Kather than yield to whnt he regards as uiiieusoiiable demands, the sultan, Vii linn luors, is preparing for a war W'tli l-rnrce Policeman .McDermott of Itooknwny Peach saved the lives of six persons. ei-dnngcri'il by the overturning of a yacht. He failed to report the Incident, aud charges wen- preferred against him for his miHlcstv Friday. An automobile race, according to a special cable dispatch from London, has been arranged la-twcen Paris ami Lon don,. M. Constans says war between France and Turkey Is out of the question. President C. M. Schwab, of the I'nited States Steel corporation, through his secretary, telephoned to Simon Bums of the window glass workers, bis refusul to consider the arbitration of the steel strike. Eleven dead, eleven missing, several of these said to I dead, and thirty-two in jured was the revised report of the cas- naltie from the Plowing up oi tne steam er City of Trenton iu the Delaware Itiver. Passenger train No. 110 of the North ern Central railroad was wrecked near Newark, N. Y., and the engine driver killed. About thirty passengers wers in jured, some seriously. In n-M-nge for killing a ranchman for poaching a Colorado nioh has practically wipisl out tin- extensive establishment nf William Itiidcliffe. an Englishman, who will lay the case In-fore his government. Satmrday. The bodies of four more victims of lh Dclaviire stcumlsiat explosion were found Sui day, making a total of twenty Bve bodies so far recovered. Ill accordance with the constitution of Ecuador. President Eloy Alfurn gme over the presidential office to his suc cessor. General Lcouidna Piuza. Order ami gisa. feeling pn-vuil throughout tin country. Abba Pasha, khcdlve of Egypt, has ar rive 1 in Paris from Divnnne. George Px-lclier of Brooklyn, well know I us mi expert and fancy swimm -r, was droMissI while giving an exhibition lit Broad Channel at ltockuway l.cnc b. Th- Inhnl.ilants of Setcnil. near Cadiz, b ive risen against the lax colhs-tois. It is . reported that a serious coiillict has taken plsii several persons being kilbsj or burred. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Brad.troet'a Report on tho Condllloa of Business. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Bradstreefi review nf trade says: A fuither Improvement in corn crop advices, confidence in the early ending f the steel strike, a further advance in cotton, the advent of cisiler weather an unitedly responsible for a still further south, too dry in Texas and too wet in the eastern halt of the belt, but helped now by better reports from the dry goods trade and higher prices paid for cotton gissls. With the except lou that the cheaiier grades ot shoes are iu active request, this trade is in good shape st the east. Hides, however, have advauced 1-Sc fun her, and the tanners complain that there is no money in upper leather. Sole leather is very strong. Chicago reports leather active and firm, and tai 'i rs have all the orders they can take i-n- of. The air of patient sere-. :c ivi:!i which the iron mid steel trad. vi. v ! trade and the strike situutiou is si rui..i nut of the confidence growing thut the end ot the strike is in sight. Finished products, such as hoops, tuls-s, sheets and tin plates, nre still bringing high premiums. Structural ma terial, plate and bar mills have ordsri for months ahead. Wire is scarce ut Chicago, owing lo the Jolict shutdown. At Pittsburg merchiint furuuees are at the end of their orders and must pile stocks next mouth if the strike lasts. Knumlry iron is in good demand at Louis, and hurdwure is iu active distri bution at all western markets. The pressure of supplies here nud the weakness in Europe caused a drop of 1-lti to 3-111 cents this week ill raw sugar. Itcfined, on the other hand, wus active. Business failures for the week uumbi-r 1S-S, uguiust IHl last week, 1H5 iu this week a year ago, 131 in 1SM9, PM in l!t8 and V.IS in 1HH7. Wheat. Including flour, exports for the week aggregate C,iK)7,t!ll bushels, as ugtiust li.iUHi.'.ISII bushels last week and 3.218,313 bushels in this week of last year. Wheat exports July 1 to date (nine weeks) aggregate ,'i7.2Hi;,!)32 bush els, ns against 25.NiS,477 bushels Inst season. Corn exports aggregate 441.U18 bushels, as against 523. Ks,'t bushels last week ami 3.71 7. lis) bushels last year. July 1 to date exports are. 10.llU.IMiU bushels against 3n,M7.214 bushels last Seusull. PRINCE CHUN INDIGNANT. Will Not Go Tlirongh Formula of Apol. oity Prescribed Uy F.mperor William. BEItl.IN. Sept. 2. It is now very doubtful, according to a dispatch to the Lnknlnmicgcr from Bass, Switzerland, whether Prince Chun will come to Berlin to make formal apology for the murder of Baron voti Kctteler. Mctultt-rs of the expiatory mission say: "Under present conditions we can never go to Berlin. We would rather die than accept them." It appears that they object particularly to Prince Chun's attendants prostrating themselves Is-fure Emperor William, in asmuch ns this is a special honor reserv ed fot the Emperor of China and would Involve a recognition of the Kaiser's equality. The following information is given rw regaiiliiig Prince Chun's speech to the Kaiser: Prince Chun intended to say: "The Chinese government regrets thai Baron Von Kctteler wns killed." But the Berlin government dictated the following form: "Tin- Chlnse govern ment begs pardon for the murder of the German minister, Baron Von Ketteler." The Chinese in Basel are trying to give the case interniitinnnl Importance by emphasizing the fact that one of tbs dignitaries selected for prostration was made a baronet by Queen Victoria while another has the cross of the Legion of Honor. KITCHENER SHIFTS BLAME Say. Homo Government Worries Him Too Much lloera Keeelvs Support. LONDON'. Aug. 31. The Cologne Ga zette's correspondent in Cape Town de clines thai the entire Cape Colony is a "saclhing mass of disorder and alarm." He nsserts also that the Boers are re ceiving support from all sides. In the early part of August a corre goveriiment continually worried him about trivial details, "merely to reply to parliamentary heckling," and this compelled him to enforce a strict censor ship over telegrams although personally he objected to the present system. He said he thought correspondents should be given greater liberty and be made respon sible for their statements. EARLY REPORTS DENIED. Commander of Gunboat Maehlas KoporU on Conditions la Isthums. WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. A cable gram was n-ceived at the navy depart ment yesterday from Commander Sar gent of the Machias at Colon as follows: "I have visited Panama and Colon. The most authoritative n-sults on investi gation give me the following Information: There is no apH-nriince of an organized Insurgent force in the vicinity of the railway. Free ami uninterrupted tran sit obtains with every prospect of con tinuance. Humor is unfounded that T'nited Slates property Is in need of as sistance. All quiet here. More reas suring than when we started." Bryan to lie Asked to Assist In Ohio COI.l'MBI'S. O.. Sep. 3. It was an nounced by Chairman Dniiglicrty of the DciiuK-rntic state committee yesterday that YA illiiim Jennings Bryan would be invited to participate in the Ohio cam paign this full, despite the action of the recent state col vention. Chairman Dougherty stated that the Democratic campaign probably would be opened at P-ucyrns September 2ik Navy Ofllrer For Cs-itsln of Manila. WASHINGTON, (sept. 3. Admiral Hcmey bns cabled the mivy department that the Philippine coiuiuissiou has ur gently recommended the retention of a naval olliccr ss captain of the port of Manila, expressing a desire that Lieu tenant Commander Marix shall n-nisin in that post. The nuvy department has i-euseuted to the request, and Lieutenant Commander Murix, who had beeu or dered home will stay nt Manila. Fatally Wounded In Street Duel. , SIIEI.BYVII.I.F.. Ind., Sept. 3.-In a street duel here yesterday betweei Milton Evans ami John Cunningham till latter n-ceived a fatal wound. Kvnu was arrested. The duel grew out uf a Quarrel soujc time ago.
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