vv THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. Published every Wednesday by . J. E. WENK. Office in 8inearbaugn At Weak Building, Kl.H BTHKKT TIONBHTA, FA. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Squire, one inch, one week...., 100 One Square, on incb, one month. S 00 Una twiaars, one incb, 3 months.... ft 00 One Square, one inch, one year.... 10 00 Two Squares, one year. 15 00 Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year . 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisement ten cent per line each insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, hut it's cash on delivery. Forest Republican. Ten, ! V,r ,rtrtl ! No subscription received for a shorter pcrlinl (hail throe month. CorniHindnnce solicited, but no notice .ill bo taken of anonymous oomuuiiiic- VOL. XXXIV. NO. 22. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTPLMIJEll 4. 1901. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ,n. Alwaya give your name. I BOKOUGH OFFICERS. .. , i ! iih ii. W. K. Ilium. Cha. (.Mark, T. K. Armstrong, Dr. J. t. Dunn, U. U. UMsmn, . .". Jwiuctt vftht I'eaetC. A. lUndall.S. J. Motley. .... , ObMidOfe ii. b- iowiy. Oifrcror 8. J. Setioy. haol lireetor-U. V. Holeman, J. K. Wenk, J. C. Hcowden, Patrick Joyce, V. W. Urovo, K. Li. Haslet. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Cogret-l . K. P. Hall. Member of .Senate A. M. Neeloy. Atttmbly A. M. Doutt. VM(lr( W. M.Linilsoy. Aoeatt Juiiget It. 1. Crawford, . II. II. Dottorer. lYotnnnotitry, Register it Recorder, re. John H. Kofiorlson. Sheriff". J. W. Jniniosoii. TreiuurerS. M. Henry. CniiMioerj-ll. M. Herman, Jolin T. Camnn. J. T. Dale. DiHriet Attorney H. D. Irwin. Jury fin(Mionra lovl O. Hey nobis, Peter Youngk. (kroner Pr. J. V. Morrow. County Auditor J. K. Clark, It. J. Flvim, Oo. I King. (JbuHy i;eri(en(lent E. E. BtlUiti- ger. Krsalar Trrwa ef t'esrt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Hoptemlwr. Third Monday of November. t'karrb Habbaih MrkMl. Presbyterian Sabbath Hchool at 9:45 a. in. M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching; In M. K. Church every Sab bath even in ir bv Rev. W. P. Mur.ay. Preaching In the V. M. Cluirch every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. C. II. Miller, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Kev. J. V. MoAnlneh officiating. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the beMiluarters on the aecond and fiiurtu Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PI'.NF-STA LODOK. Nn.SH0,I.O.O. V. 1 MiU everv Tuesday evening, ill Odd Fellow' Hall, Partridge building. I.XHIKST LOIN IE, No. 184, A. O. U. W., I Meets every Friday evening lnA.O.U. W. Hall, Tionwita. APT. OKORUK STOW POST, No. 271 O. A. K. Moeta 1st and Sd Monday evening lu each month. In A. O. U. W . Hall, Tionesta, CAVT. (IKOltdE STOW CORPS, No. U7, W. It. C, meets Mrst and third Wednesday evening oi earn inoiiwi, iu n, O. U. W. hall, Tiouosta, Pa. rpfoNK.STATK.NT, No. KM, K. O. T. 1 M., tneei and and 4th Wednesday ' ... I I. 1.. A t IT U. evening in iwu intuitu . v. hall TiouiMta, Pa. p F. KITCHKY, 1 . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. CMIAWKF.Y A MUNN, n . 'ivi', u v v vs. AT. I. A W. Warren, Pa. Practice in r orest Co. C. M. Shawkky, Uko. B. MUNN J W. MORROW, M. D., I IiTwn.ii, . - Office and llosidence tliroo doors north ti..ii . m.Aur 'l1i,iM.iu I'rufnHHional III IlllKTI H ' , ...t.". - - calls promptly resoiHlod to at all houra. R. F , J. HOVAKI), ll.vHl..iMti .fr Surireon. TION RSTA, PA. TH. J. V. DUNN, I I uuvuicliu AND SITKUKON ..... . 1 . Iflllmnr'a HtlirA. OJII1W ovtir imhh ........... - Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Hesiuence amy ou lvn t n i:iira VK.S. J ) Puysician and Surgeon nm.M.nil miiliWipH above Fores C. iui.li Couutv 'Phone No. 1. It. LANSON, KEAli ESTATE, Tiouosta, Pa W .IITI.'I WIIVVII Huinii " i-. v a Wk-i VKR. Pronrietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and is now furnished with all the mod ern Improvement. Heated and lighted .i i . iti. ..ui..ral ItttthrcMinis. Iliroilgliuiit mm . hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never negiecteo. rlENTRAL HOUSE, i iM.-unw . i;KHnV Pronrietor rri v- ti,i ! Uia most centrall v locatml hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will lu ana ru tii lit Ilk A it a nleasant stopping nlu.-a for Dm travallnir lillblio. First class Livery in connection. piIIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building. Cor. Elm and Walnut streets. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees bin work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and pricee rea sonable. At TMB lAMin VUSIITC8I UI1VSMITT, arren, Pa. Th oit prcltcl,up-o-tlW IMH Trtlnlng School in Pnnvlfnt.( ff lv our ttudnti ira innlnt' Mueatiot. ff Ull Mrll to Mil rull par ti mil art to any ddrai, upon rooaiptt of application for aaea. Our graduatea ara holding poale' tlona or donor and trust lo all part r tba Unit ad itataa. ror full parttc-Jlara, alflraia. THI ttABItUI BUIUUI.UNlVEfltlTY ls.aaii.nn, CLEVELAND FLOODED. Property In East End of Town Greatly Damaged. Lea Katlmatrd at l,OOO,OO0-Clnulblimt iDUiula'ail Kntlra Itnlilrura Section, I n ilrrmllirj airmla, lluuira, llrlilKM. arts Wanhail llmllei Krom (iravea and Tor Tiling. I (ienrrally. CLKVKLANO. O.. Sept. 2. With tile bri'iikiiic of ilinvn yesterday ninriiliig the ritiieiis of Clevclnnd uwcike to look upon a scene of impai'iillclcd deviisliitiim and 'IcKtriicli iiiised by a raging Hoai. While the entire city wn mere or lean ilirivted, the greiit vnlinne uf rnging wit ter vented lt- anger over the uiilea of the ensteru imrtiiiii and caused mi ainount of ihiuiiige approximated at $1,(HNI,UXKJ. The iippnlling overtlnw wus caused iy a lenlHe ruin Hint coiiiineiieeil to full short ly lifter 2 o'clock, turned Into a perfect cliiuilbiirst between the hours of .1 and and then continued with sreut force un til nearly !i o'clock. The utorm. accord ing to the weather i.lllciuls, was tne h.nrl.Kt Unit ever swept ever t levelilll.l since th tubllsliiucilt of the govern ment bureau in Ibis city over W Tear 1:0. That no lives were lost Is nothing short . . I.. ... lw. aliiriea of thrilling OI n Hliime-t " . enemies from the witter on several of the principal resl.lcnt streets or tne enj n.e told. The surging waters spread over an area in the cast ciui nearly eight mile lung mid a mile and a half wide. (ireat volume of water poured over from Poan and Hiding Hrnok down Quincy street, swanipeil Vienna street. ..i in,.. mlllriici. ilnwn Lincoln Ave nue to Euclid Av if and then on to (ilen Park Plai-e, when- honne were r,,,in...l ns iliniiL'li built of straw and alincst Incrcdilile ilninage done to streets end property. Over a large slum- of tne exeiusne residence territory the water varied in depth from one to six feet. Culverts, trestle and brlilires wen- torn down and for hour nothing seemed capalile or stemming the tide. Hundred of resident who were im prisoned In their home like stranded Is landers were almost panic stricken. Pa ti ger slgrals were ILisli.il about the city ns speedily as the disabled telephone svstcm would allow nnd the work of res cue commenced. Howhont plied back and forth, assisting whole fnniilie from peril. ins pwdi ion, but these proved pit! full liinil.Hiuate mid it was oon found neccM.r.v to go to the extreme of calling on the life saving rew gfroin the river, a ,l;i...... .,r seven mile. The lifeboat were quickly loadisl on wagon and hur ried to the scene of destruction. Thn ti.rn.lit Sliririnl Willi awful force for hours ill pivring street from Fair- mount to the Boulevard and over n doien families were penned in like rnt in a trap with water nve aim six leei deep surrounding their home. At tliia point the lifesaving crew worked vali antly and assisted by sipiml of firemen .it,. I m,li,.inieii. fiiinllv succeeded ill bind ing the terror stricken people In place of safety. The fear wa greatly en hanced by the momentary expectation that the great Shaker Height dam would break liswi-e ami work terrible de struction. Kl tlr licforc noon the torrent under mined a score of grave in St. Joseph's Cemetery t the corner or r.nst .Miiuimui nn,l Woodland nnd the bodies were soon licing tossed nlNiiit in the water. Fully a down corpse were washed into the gutters and have not licen recovered tip to now. (onion and Brookslde park on the enst side and Hrooksiilc park on the south side were daiunired to nn amount figured nt $1'HUX. Through Clcusvilla the nrciltow wn terribly destructive. The loss in the village is est i nin till at tKKMkin. 3 The street rniways will suffer an im sense loss. The train service on all ronda was blocked from two to six hour. The mail service from the cut win completely tied up from 10 o'clock iu the morning until ! o'clock Inst night, when a train got through on the Lake Shore. The vast ainount of damage falls upon the householder within the flooded dis trict. The water reached a depth of one foot of the Hist HiHirs of scon- of east end homes, boiling tip from the sewers nml pouring frmu the streets, carrying everrthlng that came in its path along with it. A remarkable fenture of the storm which censwd such terrible destruction Iu ilmi .in to I. n'.-liwlf restorilnv morn ing hardly a drop of rnin fell west of illsoi. Avenue while during the morn ing hours the cast end was being fairly v.ni,i.l to a nerfiH'l ileliti?!. of mill. Th" diiiiiage to houses and content cannot lie estimated for days but will ncirreirate probnbly half a million. The ity ill lose heavily nn damage to street, culvert, bridge and pavements over the district covered ny tne water, FATAL FIRE AT PITTSBURG Osxillne Slave Kiplodeil, Taualng Death of One anil Injury to Baveral Oilier. IMTTSH1 Ii, Seit. 3. The deatruc tion yesterday of the Hotel MeKce, a frame structure in the enst end, resulted In the lo?s of one life, injuries to four others mid the narrow escape of many more. Harry M'-Kec. aged 11 years, on of the proprctor, who slept ill a room over the kiteher., was burned to death. The injured nn-: Delia Campbell, do mestic, ngwl 2S years; John M. (iray, aged 2.H years; Harry Manlis, aged 21 years; Harry McCouver, bartemler; Mary Wolgsin, aged 2l year, domestic. Tli alsive were wtTiously burned, but all will recover except Mis Campbell. The lire w:l caused by the explosion of a ga'ulinc stove which Mis Campbell attempted to light. General (laaelee at Montreal. 1 MON'TliKAL, Que., Sept. 3.-(icnerul Sir Alfred Cnsclcc, K. C. P.. until lately comniandcr-iii-chief of the llritish forces ill China, arrived here yesterday on hi way to Knglaud on twelve mouth leave of absence, and nt the end of that time lie expect to return to hi command iu India, (icncrul Casclec said hi infor mation was that the emperor mid em press dowager would return to the palace in Prkin early tin's month. WU TING FANG TO LEAVE US lllapatrh From Pokln Hay. Ho Has B Trali.ffirrfHl lo Lomlfiu Kuihai.y. LONDON, Sept. 2. "1.1 Oiiug Fang, the adopted sun of Li Hung Clinng, hav ing ilwli 1 the St. Petersburg legation," WO TIXO FAWB. f says n dispatch to the Times from IV klii. "China ha appointed Sir Chih Chen I.o Feng Lull (Chinese minister in Lon don to St. Petersburg, transferring Wu Ting Fang from Washington to Lon don." SAYS STRIKE IS WRONG. BlmlTer Accused or Misrepresenting Trust ' Altllmle. MIi.W.VrivKK, Sept. 2. Charges that the national ullioers of the Aiual gmmited nssmiatioi. Iiud misreprcseiited the attitude of the I'nited State Steel corHirnlinii toward orgaiiized labor In or der to get the member of the association to strike were made by former Vice-Pres ident J. I. Hiekey at a meeting of the ltny View lodge yesterday. In a cihiI. uniuipdssioiied manner Mr. llickey gave the member of the hslge the result of his recent trip to Pittsburg, wlire he went to Invostig-ite the situa tion in regard to tin' stifl strike. The situation as summed up by .Mr. llirkey is that it may take years to repair the damage to the association which has nl- rendy been done. The strike is practi cally lost, he said. 72 per cent, of the mills are working. Mr. llickey made no recommendation to the lodge a to its future action, but it i belli veil that his speech may cause a change iu sentiment, nut only in Hay A lew, but in other places iu the fourth district. That his remark will be reported in That his remarks -will lie reported lu full to the general ottleer of the organi sation and that it may result in bringing Assistant Secretary M. r . lighe or some other representative of the grand lodge here again was the belief of many. Presi dell Kedfcrii stilted so fur it appeared to lie the opinion of the majority that the men should not return to work until they should be urdcrcd back by the na tional otllcers. DOUBLE MURDER MYSTERY Two Negroe Found Harked lo IMece ai Vnnkrr Fetliiw-Kiuiitiiye Huspeoted. NK'.V YOltK. Sept. 2. The doilies of Pavnl Scott anil John Stevens, the one steward and the othe head waiter of the Siwnnoy (iolf club, were found yes terday in a room which the men occupied ill the attic of the clubhouse, wllkll is lo cated on the outskirts of Tonkers. They had tiecn murdered with a butcher knife, which was found on the floor of the room, and this had been repeatedly plunged into them, ns mauy ns a dozen cut being loentisl by the ph sicians who were semmoned. The men were negroes. Warner Simms, a colored waiter, is held on sus picion of knowing something of the mur der, while Frank Piiniiiiigton, another negro who called at the club Saturday, looking for work, I under detention. SHOT THE PEACEMAKER. Jealous Lover Threatened tilrl, Mint Man Who Interfered nd lllmelf. WALPOLK, Mass., Sept. 3. Two men were shot and 'seriously wounded here yesterday afternoon as the outcome of a ipiarrel Is-tweeu Fred I.. Jcnks, n mill machinist, and Myra llelle Spear, a young woman with whom lu- had been keeping company. .links thought that Miss Spear did not enre for him us much its formerly and by way of emphasizing a protest he threat ened to shoot her. Charles Mniere of Norwood saw the infurbltcd man point a revolver nt the girl and when he grnp pled with Jcnks the latter shot him ill the body, the bullet entering four inches below the heart. Jcnks then shot him self near the heart. He is not expected to live, hut there is n slight c ham-e that his victim may recover. Jcnks i 30 year of age and a veteran of the Spanish w-nr. To Inspect Canadian Coal Ind. OTTAWA. Out., Sept. 3. Colonel Tay lor, chief engineer of the Pittsburg Coal company, and one of the best coal min ing expert in the I'nited State, ha been appointed by the minister of the in terior to inspect and report upon the coal land provisionally selected by the gov ernment in Ihe Crows Ni"Ht Pass, llritish Columbia. Denmark Will Hell West Indies to IT. LONDON. Sept. 3. A dispatch to a news ngcney from Copenhagen say the new Danish ministry has decided to ac cept the I'nited State offer of sixteen million kroner for the Danish West In die. Cavalry Will Iteniain at TtenTIIn! TIKN TSIN, Sept. 3. The departure from here of the Third ltombny cavalry ha been countermanded at the request of Cencrnl Crcngh, ua the other garri sons here arc larger than the llritish. HiKliwaynmu on a Ilicycle, SVPN1CV, X. S. W.. Sept. 3.-A uuiskcd cyclist last night held up the White Clifls-Kilcuuiu mail couch, wound ed a passenger, sis-uriil the uiails and opal valued at $1,400 and escaped. Emperor WIIIInui at Hham llaltle. 1SKKLIN, Sept. 3. Kmperor William and Ihe foreigu military nltm-hcs jester day witnessed a sham tighter the garde ilu corps regiments near here in lieu of the customary autumn parade. LAEOR DAY CELEBRATED Toilers All 0rr the States Were Out on Parade. flnndredi of Tlioininnilii nt Trade I'nlon- Ista In I lie IKAYrrnt C'ltlr Enjoyed Tliaimelvr. on the y Net Aside For the Worklngiiian rtiislnen ienerlly Biuurndad alicljl'lnilo War Plentiful, NEW VOIIK. Sept. 3. Lnlir Pay was celebrated ull over the country yes terday on n great scale, parades, pic nics and other forms of diversions anil amuse ment making the Inlioriug man's holiday what it was intended to lie, the one day in the year for the toiler. In this city there was no parade of labor organizations, the day tsMiig given over to picnics anil outdoor sports, ltusi- ncs wns practically suspended. Itcport of cclehtatiou ill other cities are summarized as follows: St. Louis Two big parades and pic nic. -10,11(10 men in line. Omaha Pay cclebratisl jointly by Omaha, South (biialin nnd Council HlulTs lalsir organ izations. Deliver Largest parade in his tory of the city. 10.1 WO men in line. Si. Paul rent est turnout for years, ki.isaj ill line. San rraiu isco Parade was the chief feature, 20,000 men in line. Mil waukee Fifteen thousand wurkincn marched. Cobimbus Parade and speech making: 10.IMHI men paraded. Wllkcsbarre Pay more generally observed than for years past: thousands of niinewoiKer ami trmles unionists in line. Indianapolis l'nur thousand people paraded, includ ing several hundred women, t lueago Xi memos picnic were held after the big p; rude, w hich numbered 20,000 men. Kverytliinif in the parade was union, even to the shoes uu the horses' feet. South Chicago steel workers were not nllowid to march. Cincinnati Ten thou sand men marched. Cleveland Ten thousand men lu parade. Kansas City W'orliinei were addressed by William .1.' Itryan at Klcctric park on the labor Cios:!nn. 10.MHI men were in the parade. Numerous report were received from nth' r cities of the celebration of the day, but the chief ones are given alsive. Ac cident happened iu several cities. Two ArcldriiU at Oswego. OSWKIJO. X. V., Sept. 3. The cele bration of Labor Pay here was marreil by two ncciili nts, in one of which a po liceman was probably fatally injured, and in the other a number of persons were badly cut and bruised. During the parade Policeman Prank .Mi Ins' horse ran away, throwing the olliccr to the ground with such force as to cause concussiou of the brain. He also sustained a broken shoulder and was badly cut and bruised. A dozen people were knocked down and tmrplcd upon by the horse before it was a erred. None were seriously hurt, however. The collapse of a truck in the parade, on wt. Ich was a huue boiler, injured sev eral men. Prank lloiirilway had his leg broken and it is thought he received hi teriiul it. juries, .lohn ltynn and August Kuta received severe cut and bruises, and four others were seriously hurt. FATAL PLEASURE TRIP. Blollier and llanghter Ititrned to Ieath In Kxnloslon. ALBANY, Sept.. 2 A frightful fnto befell the family of Wilbur Alexander, a hirgc contractor of this city Inst night. A naphtha launch exploded on the Hud son Hirer at "The Abbey," n mile and a half below this city, killing Mrs. Alex ander nnd her little daughter nnd burn ing Wilbur Alexander nml his son. Wil bur Alexander, Jr., in n horrible manner. Mrs. Alexander and her daughter were near the tank and their bodies were com pletely covens! with burning nil. The son jumped into the water when the explo sion took place. Mr. Alexander rushed to the assistance of hi wife and daugh ter but they were burned to death be fore his eye. He wn at length com pelled to Jump into the river to snve him self. The Isnlie of the wife nml dnngli ter were burned to crisp nml the launch wn entirely consumed. Mr. Alexander and bis son were brought to this city on n tug and re moved to the Homeopathic hospital. Hoth were burned nliout the head nnd body. Mr. Alexander's Injuries nre so bail thnt it is believed he will die. It Is t'lomrht that he inhaled the flame. The boy, though badly burned, will recover. WHERE IS GUSTAF CLAES0N? tie Was Wheelman on Ihe Tews and Is Wanted as WItn by Nchley Court. WASIIINCTON, Aug. 30.-The judge advocate of the Schley court of inquiry ha been trying for some time past to discover the whereabout of (!iitaf E. Clueson, who may be wanted a a wit nes in the case. ClucHon, it is said, was the nntn at the wheel on board the Texn during the battle of Santiago. Ihe records show that he limned !er- truile Swnnsini, No. 3, Torggaten, Torll- hntten. Sweden. n hi next of kin. A cnble sent to Sweden ha failed to eliiHt any response. Clacsnu enlisted at Huston and was discharged from the re ceiving ship Vermont , while at New York, July S, IS'.m. Cudger Hay ll'a Quiet on Ihe Islhinna WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. In a mail report to the state department from Panama, dated August 31. I'nited Stnle Consul icncrul Cudgcr says there had been no change In political conditions mi the Isthmus since August 12. Hoth of the contending parties appeared to lw in tent on recruiting nnd reinforcing, nml were nwaitlug developments. The revo lutionist on the railroad lino were still making depredations on Chinamen. UrltUh Hark Itepurtrd Lost. CONCF.PCION. Chili, Sept. 3. The llritish bark Cnllessio, Captain Auld, from Xcw Castle. X. S. W.. July U, for Valparaiso, has been lost off Coicoi point. Part of her crew wi re lost. Ensjliah Aristocrat ll-a In Foorhous CIIATTANOOOA, Teun., Sept. 3. Charles E. Ward died yesterday at the Hamilton iiihuIiousc. He wn born in llaltimore anil was the descendant of aristocratic family. CARETAKER ARR '.STED. VlnnlrurtNt Accused of Looting Hon Where Nn Had lleen l-eft In t lisrg. nilLADKLPIIIA. Pa.. Aug. 31.- Mrs. Isabelle II. Montague, a pretty and stylishly dressed manicurist, was n de fendant in a police court on charges of lisiling n house in Walnut street. West hiladelphia. which had been placed in her care for the summer and also of fraudulently obtaining soods nt a lc. department store. Mr. Montague, wdio Is'lnngs to a respectable family in West Philadelphia, lied to New Hal en. Conn.. after her alleged wrongdoing and was arrested there on Tuesday. She was held in $1.sm hail for a further hearing next week, her father, who is connected with the West Philadelphia stock yards. lKeoiuing her bondsman. Miss Sue M. Pateheii. of No. 3.71 Walnut street, preferred the larceny rluirge ngnitist Mrs. Moutngue, deelnr 'ng that she had placed the prisoner, with whom she had become acipiiiioted through visit to her establishment. In charge of her residence during her al sencc, thinking that she had obtained a -gem." "In n letter to my sister," continued Miss Piiteheii. "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 and much of my household goods, including piano, table linen nnd silverware worth more than J.'itlO had been removed from the house." A detective cmplnyisl In a large depart ment store accused Mrs. Montague of representing herself a Miss Pntehcn, nml obtnimsl nn the credit of the hitter goods valiiisl nt IfKlS. The prisoner of fered no defense. HAS COMPILED LETTER. Ferry Dolid Kecelve tTlllqll Iloeilinent From Petecllv Wood. XKW CASTLK. Aug. 31. Perry Dottiis. ' acquitted Inst June of writing anonymous letters for the purpose of frustrating the efforts of the authorities to discover the murder of City Treas urer Hlevins, is exhibiting a letter which lie say was received from Dcctective Woods of Krie. the handwriting of which Woods says, is identical with the famous "Portersillc" anonymous letter which figured so prominently in the trial. The letter coittnins all the words of the orig inal l'ortersville letter, and Woods say he compiled them from words clipped from writings of Detective Perkins and pasted them together in the regular word Rcqneuce of the nnonyinous communica tion. It w ill be reinoiuhcrcil that Woods male the charge during the recent trial that Perkins himself wrote the letters. Per kins is ut present confined to his home in Pittsburg suffering fro:ii a serious ill ness. MADE BIG GAIN. Increase In Coke Oiitpiit During Past Week Waa 10,000 Ton. COXXF.I.LSVILL1". Aug. 31.-The week' inke product show n gain of 10, 000 ton over the preceding week. lie ports show a total of 21.717 oven In the region, of which lll.'.HS were active and l.KJ'.l were Idle. The total estiiunted pro duction of the region for the week wn 2P.I.S24 tons. The only change wn at Dunbar, when- .HI ovens are reported In at Hill farm, Instead of K,", making a lnr of 3."i for the week. Shipmentr for the week aggregated 10. -I IS curs, distributed as follows: To I'ittsl-iirg iiud river tipples, 3.4i.' cats; west of Pittsburg. 4,8) kl cars: east of Conueilsviile, 2.0S.H cam. This was a de cicnse ol 1 car. Filial lie vol Ion Got lllm In Trouble. FItANKI.IN, Aug. 30. To serve hi country three year in the army mid re turn home to si-e his aged mother, only to Is arrested on a charge that had slip ped his mind, was the fate of C. C. Singleton, a young man living nt Vtiea, this county. Six years ago Singleton is alleged to have forged an endorsement mi ii note, nnd a warrant was issued for his arrest. He left the county, however, enlisting in the regular army when the Spanish War broke out. lie recently returned and ns sisui as a countable heard of it he placed the accused under arrest. He will have a hearing later. Kilted While Kunnlng For Lire. NEW CASTLE. Aug. 30.-Frank Ochcr, nged 3."i. married. living ut Chcwton, was instantly killed nt Warn pum Junction, Tuesday night by the Pennsylvania Pittsburg flyer. He wa walking across a long trestle when the flyer came ill sight. There was no place for escape and he began a mad race for life across the tries. The engineer at tempted to stop his train, but Oi lier wn caught n short distance from safety, hurled 20 feet through the nir and wa dead when the train wa stopped and meiulM-rs of the crew hurried back to hi assistance. Cavalry Keturna From Manlla. WASHIMiTON. Aug. 30.-The transport Hnnroek arrived at Sun Frnn cisco from .Manila Wednesday with the Fourth Cavalry. One squadron of ihe regiment will In' sent to Fort Itiley. an other to Jefferson barracks, and another to Fort Leavenworth. A field battery recently ordered to Jefferson barrack will be Kent to another post. 1TF.M IN II It IKK. PAKKEItSM'HI!. .'. Vn. Elmer Ilrown of Urajsville, O, w as buried alive by a ciivein while work'.nr in a new sewer. 20 feet deep. .S'JTTON, W. Va. Hcnuelt well No. T in the Itosedale field came m n gusher. So far the flow is beyond the eo-itml of the drillers. STEL'l'.LNVILI.E. O Five thousand people rtteiided the first" annual leuniou of th" soldiers of this county nt Altoona park. A prisoner of war reunion was held here. OIL CITY While din-cling wotk in the gas fields for the Oil City Fuel Sup ply Company Hert llevoiibls. foreman, wa si rin k' on the head by nn irou bolt dropped by u workman, frn'-turing Ins skull. i;uKENsitri:o-johii itcckdcii, wellknown horseman of Pleasant I'nity, wn icrhap fatally Injured in a runa way near his home. OIlKENSItrUO-Jnlin Hush, a livery man at Pleasant duty, was Licked by a horse ami fatally injured. He attempled to enter the stall of a vicious luusc, when the animal trampled him. NEW CASTLK Helen. U -year-old daughter of Leonard K DeWolf, was fa tally binned at her home while attempt ing to n iivc a smoldering tire with oil. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Variou Parts of'the World. ' Record of Mny II ippenlnc CondeMad anil Fut In Niiinlt -pare nd Arranged With Special llerd For th Convenl rnoe of tha Header Who Uaa LIUIs TIbi to spare. Monday. fiovernment otticials expect to make additional arrests iu connection with the Chinese smuggling conspiracy at Nog'. -les, Arizona. Strikers defy injunction of Judge Kohl saat and assault non-union employe at (iitus Iron works, Chicago. Will con tinue picket duty to test validity of court's order. tieiieral MacArthur says American can solve all problems in the Philippine. Walter Welluiun say the Prem-li Pan ama company will ask $l.o.Oto,ooo for the uncompleted Panama cuiial. but the States ciui h'ly it for one-third that sum. Washington authorities believe Presi dent Castro of Venezuela fear to pio voke war willi Colombia, thereby risking an encounter with the United State. Ten policemen struggle fur two hour in mud and water to prevent a suicide in a Harlem swamp. Tneiday. Preparations for the czar's visit to France have already begun. M. Constmis. French ambassador, bun left Constantinople as a mark uf dissatis faction with the Sublime Porte. President (.oiiiper conferred with Kalph Kasley, of the Civic Federation, and Henry White, of he liarmeut Work ers, without deciding upon a plan to end the steel strike. Authority for the Civic Federalon' conciliation coinniitlee to act was still within Id by the Amalgama ted executive board. Mrs. Walter W. Apgard of Wnter bur.v. Conn., whose hnsbuiid is more than twiee her age, began suit for divnn-c. When the electric current In a New I'lmlaml church failed, leaving the coti giitiun In darkness, the main feed wire was connected with the battery of an at'iiinnhilc, and the edifice thus illumi nated. Acting Secretary of the Navy Hack ett asked Captain .lames M. Forsyth to explain whether or not he gave an al leged interview commenting ou the Schley-Sampson controversy. Wednesday. President Shnffer announce new term on which he will settle strike. Asks tltnt scale be signed same a last year, that union men be not discrimina ted ngaiust and that union rates be p. lid ill mills where men want to organize. Acceptance by combine not exp.vted. Dr. Nellie Poor and her two ons, ot Chicago, who disappeared hist Thurs day night at Corning. X. Y., were found ill the wihiiIs near then. She fears some one Intel. ls to kill her. Colombia has received iissiireicvs from Nicaragua and Ecuador tnnt they will remain neutral in the event of a war with Venezuela, danger of wi!ch is growing les. France, ill withdrawing It ambassador t i lurkiy. explains that the s illa.l has broken Ins word, and it now i tnaii'r for him to reopen negotiations. The sit- tl.ipoii i considered serious. Thursday. Through the medium of Presjilent Si mon lturns of the (ilnss Workers' asso ciation, who has the authority of Presi dent Shall Vr to act for him. the stitd strikers arc now asking for arbitration. Mrs. Carrie Nation . calls on Police Commissioner Murphy of Xcw York, who rejects her offer to purify the city. Explosion, lire and panic on steamer City of 1 reiitmi near riiiliulclplmi cnusc death of seven persons and injury to score of others. Admiral Schley's counsel files list of witnesses he wants summoned for court of inquiry. Navy deportment list of otllcers summoned includes Hear Ad mirnl Sampson. Hatlier than yield to whnt he regards as iiuieiisonablc demands, the suitiin, Vii una hiar, is preparing for a war W'lh I'rncce Poliecmi'ii .McDennott of Hiskaway Pencil snvisl the live of six persons, ei'dangcrcd be the overturning of a yacht. He failed to repurt the Incident, and charges wen' preferred against him for his miMlcsty Friday. An automobile nice, according to a special (able dispatch from London, has been arranged between Paris and Lon don. M. Constans says war betwis-n France ami Turkey is out of the question. President C. M. Schwab, ot Ihe I'nited State Steel corporation, through his secretary, vlepho I to Simon Hums of the window glass workers, bis refusal to roiisidcr the arbitration of the steel strike. Eleven dead, eleven missing, several of these said to lie dead, and thirty-two in jured wns the revised report of the on linlli.-s from the blowing up of the team- er City of Trenton in the Delaware. Hiver. Pninenuer train Xo. 110 of the Xorth ern Central railroad was wrei keil near Newark. X. Y.. nnd the engine driver killed. About thirty passengers were in jured, some seriously. In rewnge for killing a ranchman for poaching a Colorado mob has practically wipisl out the extensive establishment of William ItinlelilTe. an Englishman, who will lay the case licfore hi government Savtardaty. Die Isslies of four more victims of tli Dclnvnre stcumlHint explosion were found Sui day. making a total of twenty file Itoilie so far riinvcred. In accordance with the constitution of Ecuador, President Eloy Alfuro g.Ke o'er the presidential otlice to his aim censor. Ceueral lsinidas Puizii. Ord and goo finding prcvuil throughout the country. Abba Pcsha. kin-dive of Egypt, has ar rive! in Paris from Divonne. Ccorgc ltelehcr of Krisiklyu. well know i as mi expert nnd fancy swiium r, was droniusl while giving an exhibition at I'oead Channel at Itockuway beach. Tic ii'in: Lit it nt of Seteuil, near Ca.tiz, b ive risen against the tx cnllcctot. It is . reported that s seriou cuillict ha 111 kef plan several person being killed or burred. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Bradatreet's Rrpnit on tha Condttloa of lliislnes. NEW YORK, Aug. 3L-Bradstreet'i review of trade say: A fiuther improvement in corn crop advices, i-ounih-ncc in the early ending f the steel strike, further advance in cotton, the advent of cooler weather arc unitedly responsible for a still further south, too dry in Texas and too wet in the eastern half of the belt, but helped now by lietter report from the dry goods trade and higher prices paid for cotton gisxls. With the exception that the cheair grades of shoe are iu active request, till trade is in good shape at the east. Hides, however, have advuueed 1-Hr further, and the tanners cojilaln that there is no money in upper leather. Sole leather Is very strong. Chicago report leather act lye and firm, and tarn rs have all the orders they can tnke of. The uir of patient ser-i: :r vi:!i which the iron and steel trad,s vi, : trade and the strike situation is si"Ut..iant of the confidence growing that the i ml of the strike I iu sight. Finished products, such a hoops, tubes, shifts and tin plates, nre still bringing high premium. Structural ma terial, plate and bar mills have orders fur mouth ahead. Wire i scarce ut Chicago, owing to the Juliet shutdown. At Pittshnrir merchant furnaces are at the end of thei, order and must pile stock next month if the strike lasts. Foundry iron is in good demand ut Louis, and hunlware is lu active distri bution at all western markets. The pressure of supplies here ami the weakness in Europe caused a drop of 1-lli to 3-111 cents this week iu raw Hiigar. ltefined, on the other hand, wu active. Husincss failures for the week number INS, nguiust 1M last week, lii.1 in this week a year ago, 131 in 1NS9, 104 in W. ami IU in 1HH7. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week aggregate 0,007,1111 bushels, a ngtinst li.tilHJ.liSil bushels last week and 3.21S.31H bushels in this week of last year. Wheat export July 1 to date (nine weeks) aggregate ,ii,2Sti,lU2 bush el, a against 2."i.NSS,477 bushel last season. Corn exports aggregate 441, IM 8 bushels, ns nirainst f23.,HM bushels Inst week and 3.717,4110 bushels last year. July 1 to date exports nre. 10.1II2.IMI11 bushel against 3o,s.H7,214 bushel last aenson. PRINCE CHUN INDIGNANT. Will Not Go Thrnngh Formula of Apol ogy Prescribed Uy Kmperor William. HE If LIN. Sept. 2. It Is now very doubtful, according to a disputed to the Lnkalnmicgcr from Bass, Switzerland, whether Prince Chun will come to Berlin to moke formal upology for the murder of Baron von Ketteler. Member of the expiatory mission suy: "Under present condition we can never go to Berlin. We would rather die than accept them." It appear that they object particularly to Prince Chun' attendants prostrating themselves before Empeinr William, in asmuch ns this is a special honor reserv ed fut the Emperor uf China nnd would involve a recognition of the Kaiser's equality. The following Information is given ru regaiiliug Prince Chun's speech to the Kniser: Prince Chun intended to say: "The Chinese government regret that Baron Von Ketteler was killed." Hut the Berlin government dictated the following form: "The Ch!nc govern ment beg pardon for the murder of the (ierinau minister, Baron Von Ketteler. The Chinese in Basel nre trying to give the case international importance by emphasizing the fact that one of th dignitaries selected for prostration wns made a baronet by Queen Victoria while another hu the cross of the Legion of Honor. KITCHENER SHIFTS BLAME Buy H fim Government Worries Him Tk Much lloera ltecetve Htipport UNION Auk. 31. The G.loftiie On cimiVh corn, spout lent in Cnpt Town tit claim thai tln entire Cape Colony in a "w t'tlui-K inns uf disonler ami alarm." lie iisxt-rtH ntso that the Honrs are re t'fiviiiK Htipport from all si. Irs. In the t'orljr part of August a corre KoviTinnciit contimiiilly worried him about tri viul details, "merely to reply to parliamentary heckling," ami thia eomiM-lled him to enforce a strict consor nhip over telegrams although personally he olijected to the present system. lie said he thought correspondents should be given greater liberty mid he made respon sible for their statements. EARLY REPORTS DENIED. Coaiiuauiler of Ounboat Mschlaa Hport on ConiMtlona Id Isthama, WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. A cable grain wa received at the navy depart ment ycatcrday from Commander Sar gent of the Macliias nt Colon as follows: "I have visited Panama and Colon, The most authoritative results on investi gation give me the following information: There i no apiciirunce of an orsatniicd insurgent font' in the vicinity of the railway. Free and uninterrupted tran sit obtains with every prospect of con tinuance. Itiiinur is unfounded that T 'nit iil State property is in need of as sistance. All quiet here. More reas suring than when we started." Bryan lo lie Asked lo Assist In Ohio COI.l'MltrS, O.. Sept. 3 It wn an nounced by Chairman llniiglierty of the DeniiNintic state committee yesterday that W illinni Jennings Hryan would be invited to participate in tiie Ohiu cam paign this fall, despite the action of the recent state cm volition. Chairman Daiighcrty stated that the Democratic campaign probably would be opened at ltucyrus September 2d. Navy Officer For Ca-italn of Manila. WASHINGTON, .-pi. :. Admiral Hemey lias cabled the navy department that the rhilippine commission ha ur gently n mmeiiileil the retention of n naval olliccr as captain of the port of Manila, expressing a desire that Lieu tenant Ciiiniiiander Marix shall remain in that post. The navy department has consented to the rciiuisit, and Lieutenant Coinmninler Murix, who had beeu or dered home, will slay nt Manila. Fatally Wounded In Street PnaL , SIIF.l.KYVILI.K. In.l.. Sept. .'. In a street iluel here yisterduy bctweei Milton Kvan and John Cunningham tin latter received a fatal wound. Kvuu., was amittcd. The duel grew out uf a Quarrel solue time ago.
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