The Forest Republican. (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, October 09, 1901, Image 1

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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 27.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. 0CT0J5ER J, 1901.
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THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
Republican.
BOKOUGH OFFICERS.
Hurge.T. F. Kitohoy.
CbHH(me. J. T. Halo. W. F. Ilium,
('has. Clark, T. K. Armstrong;, Dr. J. C.
Dunn, O. U. GaMon, J. II. Muse.
Juntleei vf the Peace C. A. Randall, 8.
J. Motley.
Oanntitble II. K. Moody.
CoJleeior S. J. Setloy.
ttVAool Director G. W. Iloleinaii, J.
K. Wnnk, i. C. Heowden, Patrick Joyce,
W. W. Grove, K. L. Haslet.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Oongrett 3. K. P. Hall.
Member of cYencife A. M. Neeley.
Aeaembly A M. Boutt.
Pruident Judge W. M. Llndsev.
.4 moct ate Judge K. 11. Crawford, W.
II. II. Dotlorer.
fYothonotary, Register Jt Recorder, de.
John H. Robertson.
ATAerjf. J. W. JHiniemn.
Pretuiurer 8. M. 1 1 our v.
UiminM.iioner It. M. llerman, John
T. Carson. J. T. Dale.
IKntnet Attorney H. D. Irwin.
Jury (hmmtimionert Levi G. Roy
Holds, Peter Yoiinuk.
CVroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
Comity Auditor J. K. Cltyk, It. J.
Flynn, Ueo, L. King.
Oounty Superintendent E. E. Btltasln-
ger.
Kraslar Teras t t'eert.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Hepteinlier.
Third Monday of November.
Ckarrk urn Habbnlh Mrheel.
Presbyterian Halibatb School at 9:45 a.
m.: M. K. Sabbath School at 10:(N) a. in.
Preaching in M. K. Church every Hab
batli evening by Kev. W. P. Mur.ay.
Preaching In the F. M. Church 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. McAiiinch olfioiuting.
The regular meeting of the V. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesday of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
' HI' N EST A LODGE, No. Stiff, I. O. O. F.
A Meots every Tuesday evening, lit Odd
Fellows' Uall, Partridge building.
,KKST LODGE, No. 184, A. O. U. W.,
1 Meets every Friday evening inA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tlonesta.
CAPT. (JKOROK STOW POST. No. 274
G. A. K. Meeta 1st and 3d Monday
evening in each mouth, In A. O. U. V .
Uall, Tionesta.
CAPT. GEOKGE STOW CORPS, No.
1.(7, W. It. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, In A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa,
TIONESTA TENT, No. 1)14, K. 0. T.
M., meets Unci and 4th Wednesday
evening in each month in A. O. V. V.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
F. HITCH KY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
S HAWKEY . MUNN,
ATTORN EVS-AT-LAW,
Warron, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co. ,
C. M. SllAWKKY, GKO. 11. MUNN.
J W. MORROW. M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon A Dentist.
O 111 co and Hcsldence throe doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
U. F.J. BOVARD,
I'hysician tx Mtirgeon,
TION KSTA, PA.
DR. J. 0. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ofllce over Heath A Killinor's store,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence May SL
1 R. J. D.GREAVKS,
I " Physician and Surge nn
Ofllce and residence above Fores C.
National Hank. County "Phone No. 1,
I? R. LANSON,
L . REAL ESTATE,
Tionesta, Pa
HOTEL WEAVKIl,
K. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
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
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
GEKOW A GEKOW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This la the moHtceiitrally
located hotel iu the place, and has all the
niodorn improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class Llvory In connection.
pilIL. EMERT
FANCY HOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and W alnut streets. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. At TKt ffAMtEN lUSinsi UMVKRS1TT,
lirrn, Pa.
Tfcft soft practical, up-to-at Sua
lntat Training Scr.ool in Psnnsy ivania.
give our itulanta brad-
Inning education.
ft sill b g!ii to sail run par
tloulara to anjr acre a, upon raoaleC
Of application for um,
Our graduataa ar holding poal
tlona or honor ar.4 truat la an part
or tha United Btatas.
for full pflrtioulara, ijiraaa,
I THE fARREJI BUfilkigSS UN1VJUSITY.
BOLDEST OF KIDNAPERS
Philadelphia Woman Seized
and Held Captive Six Days.
All ths Cutilratun r"lit Clean and
Clever 1'lans Were Followed bjr Khl
napera. Hut ClutnnlneM In llllndfoliling
the Victim Led In Their loaning.
Nwntermen Chief I'lotlers.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. T.-Cliarged
with kidnaping a wiuiinu ninl holding
her a prisoner tor four days, rubbing her
of jewels worth more limn $'J,IMM) and
compelling her to sign bunk checks for
huge sums of money is the story which
he police unfolded here yesterday when
they announced the arrest of two news
paper men, a stenographer lu another
newspaper oltice and a barber, all of
whom arc charged with complicity in tlw
crime.
The men now locked up at the Central
police station are Howard K. Sloan, an
unemployed reporter; Henry Wiillae".
society editor of one of the morning
newspapers; J. Knight Fiiulhiy of
Wayne, near here, stenographer in the
business olllee of another morning pa
per, and (Iscur S. I'uulup, a burlier em
ployed hi one of the most proniiineut
shops iu the city. The victim is Mrs.
Muhcl Goodrich, proprietress of un es
tablishment nil North Tenth street. The
four men were arrested Saturday night.
Last Monday .Mrs. Goodrich went to
Mlice hciuhuartcrs and told a story of
kidnaping and ruhltcry so daring that
the police at first doubted its truth. She
said t lint for some time past n young
hum who represented himself ns a resi
dent of i icrmaiitown had liccn n fre
quent visitor nt her establishment. He
was well dressed and spent money free
ly. Last Wednesday week, she said, lie
proposed a drive through l'alnuount
park. He asked her to dress in her best
clothes and for her to wear all her dia
monds and other jewtdry hecausc on the
return from the drive he intended to
lake her to the finest dining room in the
city, nr he wnntcd her to 'shine" with
the other women in the place. She ac
cepted and the next day she went out
with him iu a carriage with a pair of
ri hly-caparlsotied horses and with It
conehnihn un the box wearing stylish
livery.
At n lonely place in Fninuocnt park
the carriage was stopped by a man who,
she said, represented himself as I. Clar
ence Gihl.nny. the secretary and attorney
of I lie law and Order society of ilus
city. '11 's man, she went on to say, told
her that he had u warrant for her ar
rest, but that the matter could be
lixel up. He was invited Into the car
riage iiiii! the next moment she wa
K'igged ai d Idindfnhlcd.
She was driven somewhere, she did not
know when', lull she noticed from one
corner o( llic handkerchief over her eyes
that the men paid toll at two tollgates
ami that they took her into a huiiding
where H fire engine ami a hook ami lad
der t nic k were standing. She was kent
n ptisoncr from Tuesday night until
Friday night without anything to est
or ill ink mid was then taken on another
loi g drive, blindfolded, to a house w her?
she was kept from Friday until Monday.
In the latter place the men, who were
innskii:, stripped her of the jewelry mid
at th point of a revolver compelled her
to sign In) nk checks for various sums of
tnoi.ey she had deposited In the Third
National dank. They made her sign for
more- than she possessed, but compelled
her to piomise she would make up tha
cVlicicm y when they released her. The
men. li" si; Id. then took her on suotner
long ilrh id put her out of the earring-
nr Tenth and Poplar streets, about
a ndle from her house.
With other information the woman
pav thrni. t lie detectives hegnn to work
on what they lielievcd to lie a fairy tnle.
Thev got several clues which led them to
s firclioiise iu North Wayne, 15 miles
from this city. The lire company is a
volunteer organization and the key to
the place was kept in the nearest dwell
ing. The nearest house was occupied by
a fi'inily named Findluy and there the
police learned that one of the sons, .1.
height Kindlay, hail been home but lit
tle during the past two weeks, (letting
a inscription of him the police returned
to the city and found the young man,
who is only '21 years old. In the office
where he is employed.
He was charged wiih the crime and
broke down and implicated the others.
I'indhiy said he had impersonated the
coachman, that Sloan, the unemployed
reporter, acted tile part of Attorney Gib
bons: that the barber played the part of
the rich Geriu.mtowti resident and that
Wallace, the society editor, had rented
a house in Germantown, where Mrs.
Goodrich was to have lieen held a cap
tive. He told substantially the same story as
that narrated by the woman. He said
they kept her contined in the fire house
and then took her to the house where
Sloan was arrested, at 2.Vti North
Twelfth street. The plan to keep her
III the Wallace house in Germantown
was abandoned In fnvor of the Sloan
house. Sloan, the police said, conceived
the whole plot, and it was he that got
the barls-r into it. He hail asked Dun
l:ip to play the part of the rich man and
get Mrs. Goodrich outdoors, so that he
.Tuild serve the warrant on her for keep
ing a disorderly house. He did not re
veal the real purpose of the scheme to
the barber.
All the jewelry was recovered, most of
it having liern found in the possession of
Findluy mid Sloan, who were wearing
several of the rings. Only one check
for $l.Vi was cashed mid most of this
money was also recovered. Sioan was to
have lieguii work on the same newspaper
on which l'iiullay was employed today.
The penalty of kidnaping in this state,
nnder act of assembly, ns amended at
the last session of the legislature, is life
imprisonment for the principals in the
discretion of the court.
Kidnaper Held on Full Charge.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. R.-Thc re
sult of the hearing given the alleged
kidnapers of Mrs. GcMslrich yesterday
was that Sloan and Findluy were held
in $2.f"0 bail each on the charge of as
sault and battery and conspiracy and
committed to prison without bail on the
charge of kidnaping and highway rob
bery. Wallace, who t.iniod state's evi
dence, and Dunlap were committed with
out bail on the charge of conspiracy for
kidnaping. The penalty fur Kldnup
iug is life imprisonment.
CHARG! D ;VITH 14 MURDERS
Fleud I i Wiiiiisa'cc Form Arretted In
Dayton, . List uf Victims.
I'AYTO.V. O.. Oct. a-Mrs. A. J.
Witwer. a widow, residing iu this city,
has len arrested by the police at the
instigation of the coroner, and is held
a prisoner at Central station pending an
Investigation into very serious charges.
Mrs. Witwer, the police say, is sus
pected of 1 1 murders, the list including
four husbands, live children, one sister
and four inciulici's of different families
in which she was employed us house
keeper. The lost supposed victim was her sis
ter, Mrs. Anna I'ugh, who died a week
ago under mysterious circumstances. An
ciulopNy performed a' the recpiest of Mrs.
Witwer's mother, who came here from
IMroit, is said to have disclosed the
presoniT of arsoci- ami copperas in tlie
Htoiiinch.
Following closely upon the death of her
first husband, Fred Schweger. according
is the police department data, came the
death of two children.
The second husband died suddenly sev
eral years lifter the wedding, and the
children of this marriage died in rapid
succession.
The third husband of Mrs. Witwer
was William Stowe, who died at Middle
ton with alleged symptoms of arsenical
poisoning. Mr. Slowe's death was inves
tigated by the coroner but without re
sult. Shortly after Mr. Slowe's death Mrs.
Witwer came to Unvtcin nml became
housekeeper for Charles K. Keller, a
widower. Keller died sudde nly and the
Information since gained by the coroner
concerning Keller's dentil is that his
ailment was similar to that of a person
affected by poison.
Mrs. Wilwer next acted ns housekeep
er for .lohii A. Weni, a druggist. In
July last Weill" 4-ve.ir-olcl son suddenly
ciiccl and two mouths. Inter Weni died.
The doctors attributed Wenz' death to
blood poisoning but now tell the coroner
they were dissatisfied with their diagno
sis at the time.
Mrs. Stowe then went to live with a
Mr. and .Mis. (inblcr on East street,
Itiverclale. These two persons died sud
denly unci the coroner now says their
sickness was of the nature of arsenical
poisoning.
Her last husband, A. J. Witwer, died
last April. In each instance death was
somewhat sudden and all were strangely
alike.
Th prisoner is -17 years of age. She
has two sons in the Philippines and a
sister, it is stated, iu a New York asy
lum. No conceivable motive for the suspect
ed crimes has Im'cii disclosed. Drugs
found In the house occupied by Mis.
Witwer nre in the possession of the po
lice and will be examined.
AFGHANISTAN AMEER DEAD
Son Announces That Father Died Last
Thursday After llrlc-l" Illnpu.
LOXIIOX, Oct. H.-A news agency
publishes the following dispatch from
Mi hi . dated last evening:
"Ilnbili Oiillah Kahu, eldest son of
the Ameer of Afghanistan, has reported
to the Uritish agent at Cabiil that the
ameer died last Thursday lifter a brief
illness."
A dispatch from Simla says the ameer
was taken seriously ill Sept. i!N. Haliih
Oulhih Khan. Oct. 2, asked in a durbar
that public prayers be offerecl for the
ameer. In the morning of Oct. II, llal.il
Oulhih Khun nunouiiced that his father
had expired at :i o'clcsk Hint morning.
This is the only news so far received.
Nothing is known of the stute of affairs
at Cabul.
CREMATED IN DEBRIS.
Four Trainmen Killed In Wreck Near
Onward, lncl.
I.OGANSPOUT, Ind., Oct. 7.-Four
Pan Handle railroad trainmen met death
near Onward, 14 miles southeast of here,
yesterday iu a rear-eiul collision of
freight trains. The bodies of three of
the dead were taken out badly mutilated,
but the fourth was almost entirely con
sumed by the Humes, which broke out
soon after the wreck, before the wreck
ing crew could subdue the fire siilBcient
ly to pet mi t work in tlint portion of the
debris.
The dead nre: Klbert Grcoly, conduc
tor; Thonins II. llicisius, flagman; S. A.
Gnlbreath, brukemnu; John Hutchinson,
fireman.
FIENDISH MURDER.
Insane II unhand Ilrst Wife Into Inienil
hlllljr and Marked Her With
llnlclier Knife.
SCUANTOX, Pa Oct. 7.-Patrick
Gibbous, aged .", early yesterday killed
his wife iu a fiendish manner.
While f lic was in bed he beat her u.c
lcscnsioilily, then slabbed and gashed
her breast with a butcher knife. A rela
tive discovered the woman's mutilated
body.
Gibbons made no attempt to escape
and is in jail. His mind has been dis
ordered for several years.
Minority fttork holders Object.
MILW.U KKK. Oct. 8.-Thr reor
ganization committee of the' bondholders
of the United States Milling company
were charged yesterday by the minority
bondholders in the I'liitccl States circuit
cotrt with having engaged in a plan
3 force them out. It is asserted that
the Central Trust company of New York,
the trustee under the mortgage, the
plaintiff in the foreclosure proceedings,
and the three receivers, are working in
unison with the reorganization com
mittee and the Standard Milling com
pany has he, 'll formed by them to be
come hc successor of the United States
Milling company for the purpose of bid
ding in the properties when they nhnll
be offered for sale.
1'nfii pu sr Mine Ilnm Moved.
SHAMOKIX. Pa.. Oct. 8.-The 1.1.000
employes of the Natalie colliery, operat
ed by the Shnuiokiii Coal company, held
s iiiassiuceting yesterday and decided to
return to work, .lames ltiiteinaii. ex-inside
superintendent having agreed to re
move from Natalie. Hnteiiuiu incurred
the enmity of a number of miners ami
a strike for his disc hare wns successful,
Hateman being dismissed. He, however,
continued to live in one of the com
pany's bouses and the strike was inau
gurated to enforce his removal from the
house. The strike is thus ended by rea
son of Il.cteinaii's decisiuu to move.
SETS SAMPSON RIGHT.
He Did Not Approve Proofs ol
Maclay's History.
Refused to Have Anything to Do With
the Work When He Came to Section
That Villllted Hero of hantUgo Secre
tary Finished the Wurk Friend luucs
Ktateinent.
NF.W YOltK, Oct. 8.-Colonel It. N.
Thompson of this city, president of ties
United States Naval Academy Alumni
association, makes u statement to the
press in connection with the Schley in
quiry iu which he says:
"There is one story which 1 nm very
anxious should be truthfully presented
to tile public. After Mutiny's buok win
published Mr. Maclay stated that Ilia
proofs hud been submitted to the com
manding officers, including Admiral
Saiupsun, and that they approved hit
statements. A reporter culling upon
Admiral Sampson when he wiyLill in hit
bed obtained from the adniTral what
uppeareel to be a continuation of thi
statement. The admiral was asked if
he hud seen nn J read the proofs uf Mat-lay's
book unci lie said yes. Hut unfor
tunately he was too ill to go into the
matter ut liny length and explain every
thing and so the public wi re informed,
and today believe that Admiral Samp
Son entirely approved the statement that
Schley was a cowurd and u c-ailiff, which
was the gist of .Muciuy's charge against
Schley.
"1 nm in u position to state the true
facts, unci you may absolutely rely upon
them us the truth. The proofs were scut
by Mac-lay to Admiral Sampson, wiih
recpiest I hat the) should be read unci cor
rected. The admiral at the time was
uot in good health unci did not wish to
undertake the labor but his secretary
pointed out that the Mnclny history was
a standard one unci used at the Naval
academy us n text book. This volume
brought the history clown through the
period tif the Spanish war unci it wns de
sirable (hut there should be no inac
curacies in it.
The admiral, therefore, consented to
read them and ho did correct a certain
purt of them, but ns soon ns he arrived
at the part which contained the state
ment that Schley was a coward unci a
caitiff, lie was very much angered and
said the statement was one tile author
had no right to make, that it wns unjust
and unfair to speak of any naval otllcer
iu such terms and dec-lined to have any
thing further to do with the proofs.
Secretary Finiicheil the Work.
"His secretary, impressed with the
great desirability of having the state
ments uf facts accurate, unci not believ
ing that he wns in any wny responsible
for the statements of opinions did. on his
own account, compare the book with the
records unci make on the margins a
number of corrections. As these were iu
the same handwriting ns those made
when Admiral Sampson was giving his
personal attention to the corrections,
Mr, Muclny wns perfectly justified in his
statement. The order of the secretary
of the nnvy forbidiug naval olllc-ers to
make any statement for publication re
garding this controversy, Issued imme
diately after tiiis interview, pi-evented
the above correction being officially
made.
"There Is one other matter tlint has
been brought up iu which accusations of
carelessness, to any the least, have been
niucle against the gallant Wainwriglit, iu
collection with the chart of the battle
of Santiago, prepared ami printed in the
socalled appendix, yet anyone reading
the report accompanying the chart sees
that there was no misrepresentation as
to what it was. It did not claim to be
and ill tile nature of things could not lie
absolutely correct. At the best there
could only be us there was, a general
discussion between the navigators, each
one putting clown his ship where he
thought it ought to be, unci where there
were dilTerciiccs of opinion, the majority
had to decide as to what position was to
be accepted and so the bourd reported.
"The chart iu question, which shows,
ill a general way, the positions of the
ships is as accurate us iu the nature of
thiugs we can make it, and in any event
is an approximation of the truth. This
description stands true today and all the
criticism of Wainwriglit and the others
is entirely unjust."
ANOTHER HAZING OUTRAGE
Student at Ileloit College Stripped, Heat
en With Swilchei and Made to
March Naked.
UEI.OIT, Wis., Oct. 7. George V.
Stockwcll, a student iu the preparatory
depurtniclit of Iteloit college, was en
ticed from his room at the house of Pres
ident Luton at an early hour yesterday
by members of the middle prepnralory
class. He was overpowered, divested of
every article of clothing mid compelled
te walk ahead of a score of howling
students, aided by the application of
swilcmr. in the hands of his tormentors
His clolliing was fastened to the top of
a t'ugpolc nml after he had been sulll
cielitl) "disciplined" he was allowed to
go home to plan revenge.
The outrage is the climax of a number
uf class tights this year in which the
worst punishment inflicted heretofore
was compelling students to walk into
town after having been driven far into
the country.
The faculty probably will take no ac
tion on the occurrence owing to the fuel,
that the perpetrators of the deed aie un
known ni! the incmlKTS of Stoekwcil's
class have taken matters in their own
hand. Stockwcll lives in Cherry Val
ley. Ills.
Spark In Powder Will Knd Three Lives
CUMIIF.IILANI), Mil., Oct. 8.-Whi!e
Kiluurd Caddy, .luck Down nnd Uichnrd
Sands sere handling a keg of powder to
be used for blasting purposes nt Stone
Cliff, W. Vs., a spnrk of fire fcdl in tin
keg, which was open, when a terrific ex
plosion occurred. All three men were so
badly burned tlint they are not expected
lo live.
Oermsn Kxports to I'nlted Ntittecc.
BFKLIX, Oct. 8. The final figures
as to the exports from all Germany to
the United States during the third quar
ter of the year show a total of $'J4,72'A
707 or an increase of $SuS,0iK!.
CRIKERS STONED THE CARS
Much Disorder Attends ftrrsnton Ktreel
Car Strike.
SCKANTOX, Pu., Oct. 7. The trol
hymen's strike yesterduy wus uttencled
by more disorder tliuu has occurred siuce
the strike began. An imported conduc
tor wus struck by u stuiie through a cat
window unci so badly injured thut lie
hud to be taken to a hospital. The
tracks on West Linden street Hill were
greased and a inrge crowd assaulted the
gang of eight men sent to c le an the rails.
When the workmen drew revolvers the
crowd scattered.
All cif the Ki cars that were kept run
ning experienced rough treatment, stoueit
Icing thrown through the windows from
ambush and crowds along their route
jeered and threatened the non-union
crews. Fifteen additional men were
I rough! from Philadelphia during the
afternoon. The company claims it has a
hundred men to put to work this week
and that nil of the city lines will be io
full operation. Very few passenger!
were carried on the cars yesterday. Tin
strikers claim tlint most of the women
who are seen riding on the cars are fe
male detectives brought here from otliei
places and put to work as decoy passen
gers. MORMONISM A MENACE.
Pittsburg Woman Tskes Strong Position
AgHllist Church.
BKAVKU, Oct. 5. A mnssmeeting ot
the missioiuiry societies of the Presley,
terian churches of the Beiiver Vulley
was held Thursday ill the Presbyterian
church, .Mrs. J. It. Hurrah presiding.
Ilclegatcs were present from Beaver
Falls, Brighton, Uochester, Freedom,
Van Port, Industry nuc! other points.
Mrs. S. S. Gilson of Pittsburg spoke
in the at'teriiocm on "The Menace ot
Mornionisin." She spoke of the activity
of the Mormons in missionary work, and
declared that the Mormon hierarchy haa
absolute power to order its people to go
to any part of the world on short notice
and in any number necessary. Mrs. Gil-
son urged the importance of tin amend
ment to tin1 constitution of the United
States prohibiting polygamy.
The lending address before the conven
tion at night was made by Kev. Ir. .1.
Milton Greene of Porto Hlco. in charge
of the ediiciitionnl work of the Presbyte
riuii church in thai island. He spoke
of the unsurpnssecl fertility of the soil,
of the delightful climate nnd of the do
cile people, of whom he had high hopes.
TRACTION COMPANY DEFIANT
Announce Determination to Ignore !
iiiaiicIb of Sersnlon Strikers.
SCKANTOX, Oct. "i. The Sernntnn
railway strike is now a fight to a finish.
After n long conference with the execu
tive committee of the strikers, Genera)
Manager Silliinan and Vice President
Clurk of Philadelphia announced that
the discharged men would not be rein
stated under any circumstances, nor
would any of the old men be re-cmployed
who did not report for duty iiuniedintcly.
The otllci.ils suy they will arrange at
once for other men to take the strikers'
places.
One Killed In Wreck nt H-ncivo, Pa.
WILLIAMSPOHT, Pa.. Oct. 7.-A
hcnd-oii collision occurred on the middle
division of the Pennsylvania railroad ut
Sterling Bun. ,'ill miles west of Itenovo,
yesterday between a passenger and s
freight train, resulting in the death of
Horry Snodgras of Benovo, engineer of
the passenger train, and I he serious in
jury of four of the freight crew. The
Injured are: William ,1. Buck of Benovo,
both legs and shoulder broken; It. A.
Fleming of Itenovo, leg bro':en nnd buok
sprained: Harry Johnson of Itenovo,
chad bndly hurt. .lames Collins of Be
novo, severely scalded.
llcfn People Iu,ui-ecl In Church.
It KA DING, Ph.. Oct. 7.-A dozen
people were injured yesterday iu St. Pe
ter's Catholic church by the full of t
temporary partition erected on the In
side of the outer wall as it protection
against the elements during nltcrntioiif
of the building. A great quantity of
timber and bricks fcdl inward upon a
portion of the congregation. The most
seriously injured were: Miss l.illle Koch,
Mrs. Thomas M. Ganter, Miss Ksthei
Snyder. Mrs. George- Ityan. Marie Al
len. The main altar unci many of the
pews were broken.
Disastrous Fire In A MeifliHUr.
PITTSBUltG. Oct. 7.-Fire yesterday
in the Pittsburg Cluy Pol works in Alle
ghany damaged the plant to the extent
of S'-'NIl.tHKi, injuring six men and en
forced nn idleness of severnl month
upon n force of lii." workmen. The in
jured men were tireineii w ho were on the
roof of the boiler house when the wall
fell, nnd they were curried with It. None
of thciii will die.
llsiiroucl Hays a Town.
T'NIOXTOWX. Oct. o. -The Pittsburg
and Lake Krie railroad has bought the
town of Man hand, along the Moiiougu..
heki liver, above Fayette City. This
was done to get right of way through th
town for the Brovvusvi:;,- .-., .s; t . . .ic
town was- laid out by the Minerva I am!
company unci is expected lo be givei
quite n boom Icy the construction of tlu
railroad through it.
Despondent. Man Kliooti lliitieeelf.
ALT! ION' A, Oc t. .1. Paul Votter,
aged &! years, u music dealer and pianc
tuner, attempted suicide at his store
room by shooting himself in the side ol
the head uhout the right eye, with n bul
let from n .'IS-enlibcr revolver. Finan
cial troubles are attributed us (lie cmist
fo, tile tragedy. His condition is hope
less. ITEMS IN BltlKK. '
LAUGH LIXTOW.N- Hipllicriu is ep
ideuiic ut Boucher, u village four mile
mirth ccf Laughliutown. where :io of the
1IMI people have the disease. The se-hool
has been closed.
WA Y X LSI! I ' KG Frank Sluuv wa
instantly killed in the liar mill of t lit
Waynesburg Tiuphite company plant bj
being drawn between the rolls, lie .o
":t years old and resided here.
UXIO.NTOWX - .1. V. T'i .uipsoii.
.lames II. Barnes, Jos -ph K. Ba-u-s ol
Uuidiitowu and A. J. Iiochraii of I law
son have purchased a tract-of 11.1100
acres of valuable Pittsburg vein con I at
Wolfs Summit. W. Va.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary of the Week's News
of the World.
Cteain of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Ite-ider Who Is Too
Busy to Kead the Longer Reports and
Desires to Keep Posted on Cveuts.
At the request of Ir. Milium Von
Scliwnrtiiistein, the German minister,
seven Chinese have been tried and sen
tenced to be beheaded for complicity in
the murder of a German trader in a vil
lage near Pekin lust month.
Julia Tiuknny nnd .Minnie Tinkuny, 11
unci 13 years old, respectively, swain
across the Narrows nt Xew York.
Sir Thomas Lipton took a spin aboard
the old Americ a, which brought the cup
across the sea hnlf n century ago.
In a buttle between striking teamsters
and police in San Fruncisco seven per
sons were wounded.
Points so far brought out by both par
tics to the Sohley-Sutnpsem controversy
before the board of inquiry hut been
sunininrizi'd.
Tradesman in Trenton, X. J., was
threatened with two boycotts us u result
of a church wurfnre.
For the first time since their nccessiou
the King and (Jucen of Italy visited Ve
nice, the city being gay with color.
Thursday.
A special cable dispatch from Bonie
announces the death of Countess Char
lotte Primoli, duugiiicr of Prince Charles
Liicicn Bonaparte.
Boers attacked Fort Italia, on the Zulu
border, but were repulsed, both sides
losing heavily.
Scenes of religious sympathy and grief
on the death of Presi lout McKinley are
being used in Fnglancl ns nn argument
for clist stiiblishiueut, Allowing thut a na
tion need uot have an established church
to lie religicus.
Arnlii Pacha, pardoned by the khcelive
of Lgypt, has returned to Cairo from his
exile iu Ceylon.
The bn.tlcship Indiana, orde red to sail
for the West Indies. Is expected to be
ready to uet if trouble occurs on thee
Isthmus of Panama.
Charles W. Morse has bought control
of the Telephone, Telegraph and Cubic
ruupuny of America.
Friday.
James M. Seymour, Mayor of Xewnrk,
was nominated for governor of New Jer
sey by the Denioc ratic state convention.
Five m-groes have been lynched unci a
white man killed in a Texas race wur.
Captain ( hallos I). Sigsbee was the
chief witness before the Schley court of
inquiry.
The war department received a cable
gram from Major General Chaffee that
the attack on Company C of 'the Ninth
infantry, on the island of Samar, was
due to treuedicry.
The condition of the French vineyards
is causing an agitation in favor of ask
ing Uussiu to reduce her tariff on French
wines.
A special cable dispatch says that the
marriage contract between Miss Helen
Morton nnd th" ('"unite Iloxou do Talley
rand wns signed in Paris.
Suit for Slo.iHKI has been begun against
the estate of Marcus Paly, being the bal
at:oe of a contingent subscription of ifoO,
(MMI to tlie Confeelernte .Memorial associa
tion made by Mr. Utily.
Sntnr4oT.
The first of five submarine boats now
building for the Biilish navy wus
launched at Barrow-in-Furness.
Colonel Ki'kewich is reporte'd 0 hnve
repulsed n Boer attack on his camp with
heavy loss.
Marquis Ito arrived nt Victoria. B. (".,
on a tour through America, and spoke on
Russo-.Iapnnese relations.
Important testimony regarding the
Brooklyn's "loop"' unci clianges ninde iu
her log was given before the Schley
court of Inquiry.
A funeral was stopped in Chicago tlint
the dead man might be identified us lead
er ill n conspiracy nnd an innocent man
set free.
President Cnstro of Veneguehi is pre
pnring to entrap Colombian troeeps in
the eastern Cordillera of the Andes.
Four persons were hilten in Fast Xew
York by n supposed mad dog, on account
of which police- reserves were culled out.
Monday.
The United States legation nt Conslnii
tinoplc nsserts there is proof of com
plicity of the Macedonian committee In
tch kidnaping of Miss Stone.
.Tosinh Quiney wns i cunituited for gov
ernor by .Massachusetts Democrats, who
ignored Bryan and the Chicago platform.
Before the Sc hley court of inquiry Mr.
Ri'yner gave intimations of the admiral's
retrograde movement from Santiago.
Minister Bowen. in Caracas, has been
authorised by the representatives of the
rival American nspiuilt compnnies to
ask that the dispute' be- settled outside of
the Vc-neTuehin courts.
By a decision of the court of appeals.
Patrick .1. McXulty. a delegate of the
Street Sweepers' m ion. iu Xew York,
was awarded fcSKl.IHl. on assigned
claims for overtime pay for street clean
ers in tlie years 1S!'2 to 1S!U.
Faith cure is held responsible for the
death of an aged woman nt White
Plains.
Tuesday.
Sir Thomas Lipton intimated for the
first time flint he would ngain challenge
for th" America's cup.
Three Chimimen Iu Chinatown at
San Francisco murdered by order of
Suey Don Tong. a hL-hbindcr society.
Temporary partition iu a lteiidiug. Pa.,
church falls during services and over
a dozen people were injured.
Genei.ii Chaffee and supreme court
justice!) at Manila nt odds over jurisdi -tien
iu cases of military prisoners.
Violent gale sweeps over Groat Britain,
the British channel and Northwest Ku
rope. Austrian anorchist nuiiicd Glovonj-
vich nrresicd for loitoriiii; about the Vat
ican. Kc-ioi-lecl be was aiming to mur
der I lie pope and Cardinal Ituiupoilu.
Captain Andrews nnd .his bride of a
few weeks start on a trip across lie.'
ocean in a 14-foot boat, the "Dark Secret."
WEEKLY TRADE REV EW.
Draltrtt Report on the CiMi.:;!i.-a
of ltimtneMtt.
NF.W YORK, Oct. u.-Brudst:ecis
review of trade says:
While speculative markets, exce pt for
ootton, show reactionary tendencies, gen
eral distributive trade and industries ure
active, and a heavy volume of business is
going forward.
The cereals ure very generally weak
and lower in all markets.
The feature of the week in cotton was
the publication of the government ri
purt, showing the lowest condition, with
one exce ption, iu IS years. Coming at a
time when all the unfavorable features
had leeen discounted, the market quickly
responded ui a quarter cent advance in
futures oiid one-eighth cent in spots.
Print cloths have been firm, with little
doing nt the recent advance. Staple
cottons have been rather qui ! 1 n gards
new demand, but jobber-- - ; r good
business in prints, v. hi .. a raiiier
scarce, and leading ! rers if
ginghams nre heavily s-.i I -id. X-'W
business iu woolen goods hr- qteii t. I. t the
mills nre busy on winte r wear orders,
nnd n large volume of their spring out
put has been booked. Weeol is steary,
former prices are insisted upon and con
sumption is hesvy.
heat, ine biding flour, exports for thn
week aggregate fl,l!i.",7 lit bushels ns
against nVI7.:i"j bushels last week ami
4.."'.i.H'e7 bushels in this week last year.
Wheat exports, July 1 to date (14 weeksl
aggregate M.Sls.UNO bushe ls, as against
-1 i. 1 c l.t bushels last season.
Corn exports aggregate !K7.!G4 bush
els, as ngaiust 5S."i,7lM' busluds last week
and 2.ot'4,2l! bushels Inst year. July 1
to date corn exports nre 13,(l.,ie,So4 bush
els, against 4,'!,l(MI.S',Mi bushels Inst sea
son. Failures for the week number 17. as
against I'd" last wi'ck. 177 in this week
a year ago, 14(1 in 1MHI unci B3 iu lS'.M.
For the week there hnve been 2ii fuil
ures in onunila nguinst 34 last week ond
18 a year ago.
CONNrZLL WAS WARNED.
Had Tukeu Precautions to Prevent the
Filipino Attack.
MANILA, Oct. 7. Major Morris 0.
Foote of the Ninth United Sluti'S in
fantry, who bus returned here from the
Island of Nuinnr, was iu Bahiuglgu the
day before the disaster to Company C.
He says thut Cuptuiu Connell had been
fully warned and had taken what he
(Major Foot") considered every neces
sary precaution. Information thut a plot
wns brewing among the Filipinos cii'
to Major Foote from a priest who said
tlint it was the plans of the populace ut
both Bnlangiga and Basey to attack the
gnrrisons and thut the Busey garrison
wns to be attacked from a cock pit in
the rear of the barracks. Orders were
immediately given to demolish the cock
pit and extra guards were stationed.
There is intense' feeding throughout
the army because of the massai i -.
would not be the ease to uny sui-h ex
tent hail it been the work of ordinary
insurgents. The latter might have boon
expected to commit such an outrage.
Feeling is particularly intense in mili
tary circles because the authors of the
massacre were pacifiers, incest of whom
hail taken the oath of allegiance and
many of whom, including the presidente
of Bahingiga, were actually holding
ofilee.
Some of the after effects are already
shown at many points, particularly et
Haitian and Calooc.in, in the provinces
of Bntnngas and Manila, where disaffec
tion is manifesting itself, although it is
not likely to be allowed to go far.
On the other hand the officers and
troops at nil the gnrrisons throughout
the archipelago feed that the disaster
conveys a lesson to Ihemsidves of the
necessity for increased vigilance.
VIOLENT STORMS IN EUROPE
French Harbors Filled With Vessels In
Kefuge Hail, ten Fall of Temperature.
PARIS, Oct. S. Violent storms are
raging along the French coast, particu
larly Brittany. Many wrecks nre re
porteel in the channel. The hnrbor of
Dunkirk and many northern harbors nre
crowded with vessels that have sought
refuge. The storm extends even to the
Mediterranean.
Much damage has been clone by wind
and rain at Kelfort ami nt other places
Inland. Telegraphic ami te lephonic com
miinicntion has been interrupted.
There hns also been a sudden fall In
temperature and the first snows of the
season are reported from Reinlreniont,
Pontarlier and the Vosgos mountains.
Indicted For Manslaughter.
BlXCIIAMTON, N. Y Oct. S.-The
grand jury of this county has indicted
George it. Mattiie of F.linira for man
slaughter in the seecond degree. He wns
an engineer on the Dcluwure, Lacka
wanna nnd Western. Lnst June there
wus a wreck and explosion on that road
near this city that resulted in the death
of five men unci the destruction of prop
erty for miics nrouiiel. Mnttice was en
gineer of the freight train that run into
tlie train on a siding uud exploded 15
Ions of dynamite.
Preachers' Wives' Association.
SYRACUSE, Oct. 8.-At a meeting
of the Preachers' Wives' association,
Methodist, the following ollleers were
elected: President, iMrs. George Fosbincl
tr; vice president, Mrs. Kli A. Hunting
ton; secretary, Mrs. T. F. Harris; dis
trict secretaries, Auburn. Mrs. C. T.
Moss; Cayuga, Mrs. E. E. Smith: F.l
mini, Mrs. S.iiiiuel Slukcr; tieiieva, Mrs.
J. W. Webb; Syracuse, Mrs. J. B. Ken
yon. Killed by an Ailtomohlle.
BUFFALO, Oct. 8.-S. Lcipnian, an
old man, was run down and killed by un
automobile on tied by the New York
Flectric Vehicle company and driven by
u man mimed Mason, who, it is alleged,
was intoxicated. The accident occurred
at Wooellnwn avenue and JeiTersou
street. Allison was arrested and locked
up on a churge of in I oxic at ion, but whin
it was learned that l.cipmuu wus dead
the charge wus changed to muiisktughl-
llesvy HriiUh I.cwa at Mneetulll,
LOXIIOX, Oct. 4. -The latest South
African casually list show that the
lighting in tin- attack on Colonel Kcke
wich's camp at Moeduill, Sept. l?il, put
l!ii ifriush ollk-ers out of uctiou.
Four were killed outright or died of
wounds und 2'.' were wounded. Colone l
Kckewich was wounded severely, leu
doing well.