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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 37.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1901.
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BOKOUGH OFFICKRS.
)nmi T. F. Hltehey.
rt.usmitnea.-J. I. Il. W. K. Dluill
diss. Clark, T. K. Armstrong, I)r. J, U
Dunn. II. I. Uestnti, J. It. Muse.
jHtice ul (A react C. A. Kandall, S,
j. Money.
Constable II. K. Moody.
Collector S. J. Seller.
dcAoof Directors H. W. Ilnleniaii, J,
K. Wenk, J. C. Sonwden, Patrlok Joyce,
W. w, Grove, K. Ij, Haslet.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress J. K. P. Hall.
Member of Senate A. M. Neeley.
Assembly. M. Doutt.
President Judge W, M. Llndsev.
Associate Judge It. B. Crawford, W,
II. II. liotierer
fYoiAonorury, Register t Recorder, it.
John li. ItnlwrtMou.
Hherilf.J. W. .1 xiiiioxnn.
treasurer H. M. Honrv.
Commissioners H. M. Merman, John
T. Carson. J. T. Dale.
IHstriet Attorney M. D. Irwin.
jury Commissioners Levi U. Hey-
nolils, fetor loiiuuk.
Cbroaer Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditors J. K. Clark, R. J
I'lvtin. Geo. 1,. KImk.
County Superintendent K. E. Htltitln-
ger.
Hranlar Terns sf Cesrt.
Fourth Momlav of February.
Third Monday nf May.
Fourth Moiulay of September.
Third Monday of November.
f harrk and Hakkath Hrkasl.
Presbvterian Sabbath School al 9:15 a.
111. t M. K. Hahhatli ScIiihiI at 10:00 a. 111.
Preaching n M. K. Church every Sal
bath evening hr Kev. O. II. Nickle
Preaching in the K. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev.
McUarvv. Pastor.
Seroces In the Presbyterian Church
every Sahlm'.li morning anil evening,
Kev. j. v. mcAiiini'ii oinciHiing.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarter on the
seuomt anil Imirtli Tuesdaya or eacn
ii' nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
IM
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N KiSTA UUHIK. No. Sl9. 1. 0. 0. K.
Me In every Tuesday evening. In Udd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
I(KKST LODGK, No. 184, A. O. U. W.,
I Meets every Friday evening Ill.A.O.U.
W. Hall, Ttimitcl.
CA PT. G HOW 1 K STOW POST, No. 27
U. A. K. Moots Inland Bd Monday
evening In each m.mlti, In A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
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Iff, W. It. ('., meets first and third
Wednesday evening nf each month, in A,
O. U. W. liall, Tionesta, Pa.
'PIONKSTA TK T, No. UU, K. O. T.
X M., ineeiN 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening In each month In A. O. U. M.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
F. UITCHFY,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
TloneMia, Pa.
siiavvkky . munn,
at torn k ys-at-la w,
Warren, Pa.
Practice In Forest Co.
C. M. StlAWKKV, Oho. II. MUNN.
J W. MORROW. M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon A Dentist.
Office, and ltosidenoe three doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
R. F. J. P.OVARI),
Phyaician A Siirnenn,
TlONKSTA, PA.
DR. J. C. IiUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SIT R(l ICON.
Offlna over Heath t Killiner'a store,
Tionesta, Pa. FrofoHshinal rails proinpl
y responded to at all hours ol day or
night. Residence May St.
UR. J. I). UKKAVKH,
P lyHician and Surgeon
Office and resideiiCH alsive Fort's C
National Hsuk. Couiiiy 'Phone No. I.
17 H. LANSON,
I . RKAL F.STATK.
Tionesta, Pa
HOTEL WKAVKR,
E. A. WKAVKR. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone acompletocliaiige,
and is now furnished with si; the mod
ern improvement. Heated and lighted
tlir.iiigiiout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol
guest never neglected.
pKNTRAL HOUSF.,
V. UKKOW ,t GKKOW Proprietor.
Tionsela, Pa. This Is the most centrally
liKHteil 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 Livery in connection.
pUIU EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOKMAKF.R.
Shop In Walters building. Cor. Elm
and alnut street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of cuhUiiii work from the Hiiest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. UJAAll&A
At TOT lARfrn EUTIKSl UHIWS1TT.
rrcn, pa.
Th seit pncltoai.up-to-dat Bat-
Innlnc Mueatlou.
b (lm to atii run par
ticulars to anr aier.a, upon rMaini
of application for tarn.
Our gr.dutea ara holding poal
tlooa or honor and trual la all paris
r tna Vnitai) Biata.
Wot full particular!, adirata,
TKI fAJUtU BUSIMBtiS UXi VISSITT-
San i i im. S
KtPJRT ON SCHLEY.
Majority of Members of Board
Against Him.
Bu Itluenaloa On Ona Point, and That
Was That Schley Was Ilra and Conr-
arveus and Intulrsd Ills Huliurdinats
lljr Ills Conduct llswejr y Schley
Was ths Kfial llrro al Santiago.
WASIIIXliTOX, Dec. 4. 'llie most
prolonged, iiitcivsliiig niid liuportuiit na
tal trilii nut ever held in this country
iuiiic to a cIonc yesterday, in open mid
H i-ct BCKxiun, liiHlril unv week short of
three niontlis, win ii Si-cretury Long was
hiuiiled the fiiuliiiKs uf the court of in-
y which iniuircil into the conduct
if Rear Admiral Si hley during the San'
liniio cauipiiign. Fur seven weeks the
unit heard testimony und fur fully a
month it deliberated upon the Inuxs of
evidence, tinully reaching the couclu-
lious aiinoiini'eil yesterday.
The result was n complete surprise
mid It is prolmlile t hut nu prophecy bus
upprcai lied the truth. Iiisteuil of one
repurt there arc two. Both ure signed
by licorge le'ey, pivsideiit, ami by
Sam C Leuily as juiIkc iidvut-ate. Thia
is a furui suid tu Iw recognlii'il iu nil
courts uf inquiry, the signatures of the
other members imt being ncccwary. But
it is expiuiued that Admiral Dewey sign
ed the second report, a minority repurt.
to express his quajliiatioii of or dissent
from the views cxprtMicd by the court,
comprising beside liiiuxclf Admirals llcn
ham and Ituinscy in the tirst n'port
It is saiil ut the luity depart incut that
there will Is1 no further proceedings in
I Ins cclrln atcd i nw mi the department a
initiative. Secretary Long mid Judge
Advmnte I.einly piitively decliue tu
discuss the hmliiiKs in any phase. The
swietiity n-ceived the reports tit 5 u'clock
last even I nit mid lias not yet ucted Uion
them. It is prolmlile that he will simply
uppfinl his signature with the word "up
proved" to the whole iceord. The court
itself recommends no further nrocecdingf
ow ing to the lapse of time.
A rcrtcr conveyed the first informa
tion uf the fimlinpt of the court to Ad
miral Schley. He was seated In the
public reception room of a hotel chatting
with friends mill several newspaper lncu
and cvirced no signs of nervousness over
the outcome.
When the coiiilusiiiiis of Admiral
Dewey were read to him Admiral Schley
showed his pleasure ami it was evident
from his manner that lie regunled the
statement from Admiral Dewey us u vin
dication of his cause, lie declined to
make nay slatenieuts concerning the
court's hading ami excused himself from
I he little company which hail gathered
about him, went to his apartments where
.Mis. Schley had been nnviutisly nwtiitiug
to hear the court's decision. Later tho
olllcial copy was brought to the hotel
by a messenger from the luivy depart
ment.
DEWEY'S MINORITY REPORT
Clr It A Hi. .in'tn That .'ih.ejr Did
All That f oul l it Doue and Is
KillltliMl lo the Credit.
In the opinion of the undersigned the
passage from Key West to Cienfnegos
was luaile liy the Hying squadron with
nil possib c dispatch, Conu'iudure Sihley
Having m view the itiinortuc.ee of nrriv-
ir.g off Cienfnegos with ns much coul as
possih.e hi the ships' bunker.
I lie lili'cNuilc of Cieiifiiegus was ef
fective.
Commodore Schley in permitting the
steamer Adiilit to cuter the port of Cien-
rucgos e.s'ctc(l to olitaiu information
rout c ruing the Spanish squailmn from
ier when she came out.
The passage from Cii nfuegos tu a point
about 2"J utiles smith of Santiago wns
ninde .villi ns ni'iih dispatch as was pos
sible while keeping the squadron a unit.
I he blockade of Santiago was effective.
Commodore S. h'ey was the senior of
ficer of our sipiiulron off Santiago when
the Spanish sniunlron attempted to es
cape on the illuming of July 3. 181IS.
lie wns m absolute command and is en
titled to the credit due to such com
manding otliccr tor the glorious victory
which resulted la the total destruction
uf the Spanish ships.
tiKOKCK DKWEY,
Admiral T". S. X.
SAM C. LEMI.Y.
Jndge Advocate (icnernl, U. S. X.,
Judge Advocate.
nrcOOMMKNDATIOX:
Iu view of the length of time which
has elapsed since the occurrence of the
vents of the Santiago campaign, the
niut recommends no further proceedings
be held In the premises.
CIlOIttIK DEWEY,
Admiral I'. S. X., President.
SAM C. LEMI.Y,
Judge Advocate 1'. S. X.,
Judge Advocate.
WILL TRY JHE COURTS.
Admiral Rrhley's Attorney Favors Thai
Coarse Instesd or Appealing
to Congress.
RAI.TWOKi:. D.t. lli.-Ilenr Ad
miral W. 8. Schley hns notified Attorney
tleneral Isidor liayiier lhat he is ready
to take any action with reference to his
case that Mr. Ilnyner may advise. Mr.
Itayncr expects to meet the ndinirnl in
Washington today or Tuesday. When
nsked whether he favored a congressional
investigation Mr. Ilnyner said:
"I doubt whether a proceeding of this
sort is the proper one. It generally ns
auniea a political aspect. At this time
I am of the opinion thnt the matter
should be prosecuted j 1P eourts. There
are plenty of ways in which this can be
done mid this week we will begin to con
sult and determine our course of action.
'sinter Frnien to Death.
LYONS. Dec. 17.-William II. Walker,
whoso residence Is unknown, but who
wns employed ns a painter on the I'nii
American buildings nt Buffalo, wns
found fro.cii to dentil yesterday five
miles north uf Lyons. He was on his
way to Sodus Point, where he Is said
to have had a son.
Jmlge Darling Succeed. Hackelt.
WASIIIXtnoX, Dec. 17.-The change
111 the office of assistant secretary of the
navy wns made this morning when
Judge Darling, of Vermont, succeded Mr.
Ilacket, of New Hampshire.
MRS. BONINE ACQUITTED.!
Jury Out Lass Than Five Hours Whea
Verdict Was Uivan.
WASlIINflTOX. Dec. 14.-The jury
in the case of Mrs. Iila Ida Henry
Iloidne, charged with the murder of
James Seymour Ayres, Jr., In the Ken
more hitel in this city on the night of
Mny lo, last, Inst evening returned a
verdict of not guilty and the defendant
was set at liberty.
The jury wns out less than five hours.
The Isidy of James Seymour Ay res,
pierced by three leaden bullets, wat
IIIIS. LOt.A IDA BONIXS.
found on the floor if lies room in the Ken
lanre hotel, Washington, on the morning
of May 111. The revolver was lying on
the Hour. The wounds were ill such
position as precluded the possibility of
their having been self-inflicted. A IiIihmI
was loiiuil on the window sill. That
was the only clue. After the crime was
discovered a fellow iH.nrder ill the hotel
told uf having scon a figure rolved in
white descend the fire escape from Ayres
room. Roomers on ench side of Ayres'
room failed to be aroused by the shots
but nt the trial reniemlH'n-d being awak
ened.
Several ilnys nfter the discovery of 'ie
crime, and while the police were still iu
the dark as far ns a clue was concerned
-Mrs. lloiiiue surrendered herself nnd told
a story in substance us follows: She had
gone tu Ayres' riHJiu, at his request, as
he complained of being sick and wished
her to prepare medicine for him. She
xnid he hail been drii king. When alone
he ginppled with In-r anil threatened
her with ii revolver. She struggled with
him and in the struggle the gun explod
ed. Ayres fell to the floor ami she. too
frightened to go through the hotel cor
ridors to her owu room, descended the
fire escape nnd crawled along a cornice
to n hull window, opened it and crept
to her room unseen. The same story
was adhered to by the defense during th
trial nnd the prosecution failed to bring
evidence strong enough to shake the
jury's belief in it. A feature of the de
fense that undoubtedly had strong weight
wth the jury was the fact Ihnt the day
after the crime was discovered Mrs.
Ilonine told her entire story to uu attor
ney of the pension department and nsked
his advice and was told to wnit until the
coroner's jury had ppcd on the case.
" hen the suicide theory was exploded
Mrs. Ilonine went to the police nnd gave
herself up.
TRAGEDY ON A STEAMER.
Hoinr.llo Tronhle Canned a Young and
lleaiitlrnl Woman to Smrlde.
NEW YOUK, Dec. 17.-Mrs. T'na
I'erry, a young nnd beautiful woman of
this city, committed suicide last erenlnir
In n stateroom uf the Kail lliver line
steamer I'riscilln just Is-forc the steamer
left for her Sound trip.
.Mrs. Terry purchased a ticket and was
assigned to n stateroom about an hour
before the rriscillu was scheduled to
leave. Within half nu hunr a steward
ess found her body hanging by a cord
attached to a berth. The purser's reg
ister slmwisl that Mrs. I'erry lived on
West Xincty-ninth sticet, ami word was
sent to the house.
After the body had been removed to
the pier waiting room the mother came.
She was so completely prostrated by the
sight of her dead daughter that little
could be learned from her of the motive
Of the tragedy.
It was gathered, however, that some
domestic trouble was at least one of the
moving causes.
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
Wreck Took Fire and lludlei of I n-
fortunate Men Were Incinerated.
WIIi:i:i.I.(!, W. Vn,.Dec. 17.-A
passenger train on the Hnltimore &
Ohio railroad crashed Into the rear end
of a freight train at Kcyser yesterday,
killing both the conductor and brakc
ninn, who were asleep iu the caboose.
1 heir names were J. 1 Maxwell and
Charles Sharpe, both of Rraftnn, W. Va.
The wreck ttsik lire from the passenger
engine and the bodies of hoth men were
onsiiiui'd. Tile passenger train was
running on wrong time ns a result of
he storm.
Croker Vls'llng In Indiana,
'MIF.XCH LICK. Ind.. I(-e. 17. Klch-
anl Croker has arrived here with Sen
ntor Murphy, David tlideon and Drs.
Car and Crosby, of New York, who
came from Lexington, Kv. They were
the guests there of Colonel William S.
Itnrnes, muster nf Melbourne, where two
of Mr. Croker's horses are lHing trained.
Mr. Croker's stay here is indefinite.
Man's BtMly Is Found In Ice.
LOCANSl'OltT. Ind.. Pec. 17.-While
a hoy was skating on Kel river he came
upon the nrui and hand of n mnn frozen
in tile ice. The ghastly I'nsl disclosed
the fact that John Lefferts' body was
Isuicath. frozen stiff. He was well tu
do, and it is thought was murdered.
Iteiorted Invasion or Chill.
8AXTI Alio, Chili, Dec. 17.-A re
port has Im'cii received here of another
alleged invasion of southern Chili by
Argintiuc troops. Should this ! true,
it will i n ate new dilllciiltics between
the two countries.
Ooverorn William lirefory Dead.
WICKKOItD. I!. I., Pec. 1 -.-Governor
William Gregory, of Ilhode Island,
died nt his home here at 3 o'chx-k yes
terday afternoon. lie had been ill for
several months.
e-a-5w
ITHACA FLOODED OUT.
Tremendous Property Damage
Done By Downpour of Rain.
Houses Carried Away In Flood Fowor
and Lighting Plants of street Railway
Washed Out and Two Trolley Cars kwal
lowed li In Torrent - Syracuse, Illuf.
hamtun and Olher Cities Inundated.
ITHACA. Dec. llk-The most disas
trous (loud Ithuca has experienced since
l!s."i7 resulted from the heavy downpour
of Sutiirduy afternoon and a cunservU'
live estimate uf the damage caused to
property iu this city places the loss at
Jloii.tmu, and it Is highly probable the
total loss will aggregate $2(K),X0.
The destruction was greatest along Six
Mile click ami Full creek gorges. By
midnight these streams were torrents of
water und their volume wns swollen to
ten times normul proportions. On the
north side uf Six Mile creek, just at the
foot of State street hill, one dwelling
nonse was ctirrusl away and in the morn
lug not a trnoe of it could be found. The
power and lighting plants of the Ithncn
Stni't limlwiiy company were washed
out and two trolley curs were swulluwed
np in the torrent. All street car trulHc
was suspended and the city left in total
darkness. In addition, all the gas mains
were tleoded und lust night the only
avniiiihie source uf light was fuund iu
nil lamps.
Ifiiildiiigs below the lighting and power
plants iu the vicinity of Aurora street
bridge suffered heavy losses. The entire
lumber yards of Driseoll Brothers, to
gether with large planing mills and a
lumber kiln were undermined and swept
away. Part of the Cornell livery barns,
the hums of D. K. Stewart & Co., the
lumber mills and sheds of the Georgo
Small Lumber company and numerous
other smaller structures, located on the
I links of this stream, suffered enormous
ilniiiage. hurther down the stream wreck
age and debris piled itself high and
blocked the channel for fully half a inih .
This turned the strenm from its regular
course mid resulted iu the overflow of
all of the lower part of the city inclin'
miles of Lehigh Yalliy and Lackawanna
railroad tracks. As u consequence there
were several washouts and no trains,
were nble to reach this city in the morn
ing. Two or three bridges on ench of the
streams flowing through the city were
carried aw a.
The faini'y of Clarence Klinendorf,
whose house was lifted from its founda
tion, was rescued in advance, however,
nnd owing to I he vigilance of those on
watch no lives were lost.
SYRACUSE FLOOD SWEPT
Deluge of Water From Onondaira Creek
Spreads Devastation In the kalina
City Property l.oa '.10,000.
SYltACTSK, Dec. 111. The worst flood
ever experienced iu Syracuse occurred
yesterday when Onondaga creek rose six
feet in n period of less than nine hours
and, overflowing its banks, spread devas
tation iu all directions.
Five hundred families were driven
from their homes by the deluge and ns
many more were excited almost to a de
gree of panic. 1'ropcrty was damaged
to the extent of fJ."ill,IKKI. Xo life was
lost, so far as known.
The flood wns the result of the heavy
rninfiill of Saturday. The roninrkiihly
high temperature, aided by the torrents
of warm rain that fell, melted the snow
that had accumulated on nil the hills of
central Xew York nnd this together
with the downpour found its way into
the nearest channels nnd the floods fol
lowed. As the torrents swipt along they cur
ried with them natural und nrtiticial ob
stacles in the course of Onondaga creek.
and when these broke up immense ureas
or water that had uccnuiuluteil were add
ed to the deluge and the entire muss
swept into Sync-use. carrying everything
la-fore It nnd pnnrirg over the bunks
of the creek, submerging the lowlands.
The rescuers impon ised many rafts of
sections of sidewalk that hud Is-en flout
ed by the water filling the streets. Flat-
bottom boats were iu great demand, hut
even steam launches were finally used.
Hereral Rmall Town Deluged.
STICACrSK. Dec. Ill.-The damage
resultant from the storms ami floods iu
the villages and cities ndjacent to Syra
cuse is enormous. In many of the smnll
er places, where reservoirs or dams nre
nearby, the rush of water through the
streets caused rumors to spread thnt
great floods were imminent and the vil
lagers Im-ame terror stricken.
This wns especially true nt Chitteu-
nngo, where the people were forced from
their homes nt '1 o'clock in the morning.
At ortlnnd. the traction company's
trucks are badly damaged and It is esti
mated that the loss to the company will
be in the neighborhood of fli.lMSI.
The celery fields in the lowlands at
Cniinstotii are covered with water and
the loss to the farmers will run up fur
Into the thousands.
The storm left the railroad trucks nt
Oneida in a crippled condition, and gangs
of men nre nt work endeavoring to keep
the lines 0M'n.
I he canning industries there suffered
severely, the slocks iu the cellars all be
ing rendered useless.
ICeports from the neighboring counties
indicate that scat ly nu industry located
on the bank of u stream escaped dninuge.
Million Lost In Peunyl-ania.
PIIILADF.LPHIA. Dec. l.Y-A
storm which for severity nnd destructive-
ncss has not liocn eipinlied iu this sec
tion for .-i yenrs visited eastern and
centra! Pennsylvania Saturday night,
causing almost unprecedented damage
and resulting in the loss nf nt least four
lives.
The havoc in the oal regions is enor
mous and the Iosh to railroad and mining
companies will atuoi nt to millions of
dollars. The Sehulki'l. Lehigh, Susque
hanna ami Juniata rivers have risen ns
high as 1T feet above their levels nnd all
of their tributaries have overflowed, in
undating tile surrounding country iu more
thnn a dozen counties.
Hill For Woman Nunaa-e.
WASHINGTON. Deo. 17. Seiintor
Warren has introduced uu amendment to
the constitution gi anting the right of
suffrage to women.
SCHO0LTEAC IERS STRIKE.
lupald salaries ('ansa a Ihnt Down la
Ntndimi In P.ttston, Fa.
riTTSTOX, Pa.. Dec. 1.1. -The fifteen
schoolh in liets of the public schisds of
this towusiiip struck yesterday. For the
last few years the teachers have re
eeived their salaries Irregularly and at
present hold orders on the treasury for
amounts ranging from -1NI to l.lKI,
covering H-riods ot us high as twenty
mouths s"rvice.
Three weeks ago the teachers organ-
red a union, ami this morning when the
l.MK pupils appeared at the schools
they found the doors closed. The teach
ers informed them they were on strike,
This was greeted with cheers from the
pupils. The residents are up in nruis
and an indignation meeting will be held.
The treasurer of the school board in
formed the strikers that there were other
bills on hand which were of more im
portance than the salaries, but an effort
Would Is- made to give them some
"Christmas money" next Monday. The
same comlitiou of affairs is said to exist
ill almost every township iu this region.
THREW HIM OFF BRIDGE
Thuga Attacked Samuel Faust of Fntts-
vllle. Fell 40 Feet to Hocks.
I'OTTSVILLK. Pu., Dec. 14.-Saiiiuel
It. Faust, a bartender of this place, is
lying iu a irccurioiis con. lit ion nt the
l'ottsville hospital from injuries sus
tained nt the hands of thugs Wednes
day night upon the trestle bridge of the
Pennsylvania llailroud company.
Funst had Is-en attending to business
in the Tumbling Hun val.ey, and when
half way across the bridge was attacked.
He was hurled from the structure, fall
ing forty feet to rocks below. His right
urin and leg were broken in several
places and he sustained serious head in
juries. The police ure investigating the affair.
"Very Awkwari Foe . h Cows."
CNMvI.1.SV1LL;.. .a.. Dec. 13.
The t'uinntnwii express, un the south
west branch of the Pennsylvania rail
road, plowed through a drove of sixteen
cows, when inuring this place. The en
gine killed thrw of the uiiimuls instant
ly, lamed six others so seriously that
they hud to Is- killed, and hurled three
more down a ravine so steep that a der
rick was necessary to lilt them out, hut
in spile of this terrib'e execution the
train did not leave the tiuck, and only
the liloi d spattered on the engine told
of the accident wheii the train reached
here.
Heldon Charlie or II m d ring Harvey,
COATI.SVll.Li:, Pa.. Dec. 1.1. -John
Walters, the colored boy who is sus
pected of hiiving killed Howard Harvey,
the I'onioroy florist, on the night of Xo-
venils'r 'S2, was taken from the county
juil at West Cluster to the scene of
the tragedy at Pomcroy, and given a
hearing before Justice of the Pence W.
Stern, Several witnesses told of
Walters having money to spend freely
on the night of the murder. Justice Stern
decided to commit the young man to jail
'o answer the charge of murder.
(Slight liy Foot, He Ijiy Down to Die
(illFKN'SBl'Iiti, Pa., Dec. 13 James
G. Ilc.lierls, a Pcnnsylt nniu railroad
briikcinan, with a foot fast in u switch
frog, saw death approaching him Wed
nesday, and unable to have his cries
heurd by the crew, deliberately lay down
on the track. The engine ground him to
pieces. He had run buck to turn u switch,
and when it was done he gave the sig
nal to buck. Then his foot caught in
the frog.
Acrldrnt In Anthracite Keg-Ion.
POTTSV1LI.K. Ph.. Feb. 1.1.-John
Magiiire. inspector of the L'iglilh anthra
cite district, litis completed his repurt
covering the period from December 1,
l'.HKI, to Decenils-r 1, llllll. There were
1.14 accidents. 'M of which were fatal,
making u wiilo'vs noil -III orphans. The
i i ber of accidents showed a consider
11...0 increase over the previous year.
Verdict Aaninst Coal Company.
8CILVXTOX. Pu., Dec. 1.1,-lteferee
Charles I,. Ilawley has found a judg
ment for $'J."i,ISKI damages against the
ltiishhrook Coal company nt the instance
of John S. .leiikius of West Pittsioii.
Mr. Jenkins brought suit to recover the
amount, which he claimed he ad valued
while acting as its president and general
manager.
Blown Reventy-Fve Fee' and Urea. -
SHAKON.Pa., Dec. 1.1.-A a the resnlti
of the explosion of molten metal at the
Sbnron steel works twenty men nre now
under the can' of surgeons. Ky.e wit
nesses claim that E. O. Altmaii, crane
liuin, was blown seventy-live feet np in
the air, yet he lives to tell the title.
Give Himself I p as a Highwayman.
N'oitmSTOWX. Pa., Deo. Id.-Jonn
II. Johnson, who nays that he is wanted
iu Philadelphia for highway rold. rv.
gave himself up here, und occupied .lull
at City hull. Johnson says thai tic
bed a mnn at Twcnty-tirst and Vine,
and took a pis-ketbook from a woman at
l.'ighth ami Spruce streets.
Two Fatally Hurt by Fsplodlng fl-l a
PITTSTOX, Pa., Dec. 13. A piston
which was Is-ing heated at the Vulcuii
Iron works iu West Pittston exploded
with terrific force nnd the building was
wrecked completely. James Henderson
and Matthew Smith were so bully in
jured that they will die and several oth
ers were struck by Hying pieces of iron.
ITKMS IN MKII.F.
MA II A. NO Y CITY. Miss Maud
Prosser anil Oliver Kilwards were united
in marriage by It-v. J. 11. Wood nf the
Methodist Kpiscopul church.
HLOOMSItritO.-At the home uf the
bride's parents Miss Margaret llice of
Mniuvillc, Columbia county, was mar
ried yesterday to Thomas Aten of Miff
linrille. Key. C. F. Dry, pastor of the
Mifflinville Lutheran church, otllciated.
C1IF.STKI1. An immense bed date for
he Corliss engines, to be used in the
acw piste mill of the Sharon Steel Com
pany, lias been cast ot the works of Hob
irt Methcrlll A- Co., this city. It weighs
)vcr one hundred thousand pounds.
OIL tMTY. The body of Trainman
Frank McCadden. who was thrown from
lis train in n collision, was found iu the
Allegheny river. The Isaly wns under
9iinilK?r of curs that Jiad tnpnlcd over.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.I
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts al
the World Shorn of Their Paddlnasand
Only the Facta olni la mm Tmw Words
as Poasluio For the HeueUt of tho Har
ried Reader.
Arbitration of labor disputes has been
made compulsory in Xew South Wales.
T. W. I .aw son of Kostou admits that
ho has lost $I,IMM),00U in the fall of
1 unity copper stock.
rearing pareutul opposition. H. J.
Curr, Jr., of Baltimore, and his bride
Ued from Baltimore and were married
at ilmington, Del.
M. Hutiu's complaint agajust the Unit
ed States canal commission turned I
former advocate of the Puuama route
and mude the Nicaragua recuuiuicudutiun
llllUllllllolls.
Congress is already in the midst of
hot tight over the question of tariff i
sugar from Cuba.
rv iinior l rye nus completed Ins new
ship subsidy hill, which will be intro
duced iu both house und senate.
Tharsday.
Four teams have withdrawn from the
six ilay cycle race, leaving 12 teams still
ill. r ive of these nre tied iu the lead.
rugutti 1 nil. iu ;st. .Ion ns liarlHir, wits
selected as the site uf the first wireless
telegraph stutiuu in Newfoundland.
Three rioters were shot, after attack
ing polii--mcii in Scruiiton, Pa.
Senator McLuurin of South Ciirulina,
anil Ins colleague. Senator Tillmuu, hail
a war of words in the senate, iu which
each ilchcd the other und Mr. Tillmuu
called upon Mr. McLuurin to resign
again.
Itepitblican members of the ways und
menus committee are at odds un the
question of a tariff for the Philippines.
John Hedmond and his associate Irish
Nationalists issued uu appeal for help
in their cause to Americans uf Irish
birth or ancestry.
Friday.
According to a special cable dispatch
from lioioe, the production of Siguor
cl Aniiiinr.il h "rrancesca du Itimini," ui
the Custauxi theater, waa nude the oc
casion uf a free tight between rival fac
tious in the audience. v
The French chamber of deputies has
passed the ship subsidy bill.
Lclatinns between Chili and Argeutiua
nre dec hired to be so strained that a
war is considered unavoidable.
The protocol between the United Stutea
and Nicaragua gives this country the
power to laud troops along the canal
route.
President Hoosevelt read to the cnbi-
net Mr. Carnegie's offer of $HI.ISHI,(sm
for a national university.
The main building of the University
of Wooster nt Woostcr, O., wns burned.
Loss M'JU.IHM; insurance ."ill.iKKI.
This town, the county sent of Way in
county, W. Va., wns almost wiped out
by lire. The loss was fto.om, with but
little insurance.
Saturday.
Iird Kitchener reports Instances of
natives Is-ing shot by Boers to hide
truces of their movements.
One of the balloons used by M. Mar
coni in experimenting for a wireless tele
graph station ut St. Johns, N. I'., was
blown out to sea by a high wind.
ashiugton police announced Isdief
that n woman wus the assailant of Mrs.
Ada Dennis.
The United States, under the protocol
drafted with reference to the proposed
canal, guarantees the sovereignty of the
Nlcaraguan Itepubllc.
It is lielieved in Argentina that the
minister of that government to Chili will
be recalled.
Advocates of the ship subsidy bill pre
dict that fust American mail lines will
be established within three years.
Hcipicst of the Holland lion I company
for inodihcutloii of its government eon
tract terms hus beeu refused.
Monday.
A fierce gale in the English and Irish
channels ami a severe snowstorm on land
cut off Liverpool from wire communica
tion.
Newfoundland inspector of lighthouses
outlined a system of wireless telegraph
stations along the shore of the island to
warn vessels in fog and storm.
Mr. Carnegie's gift uf yiil.IMNt.INNI was
in steid orpoiiitioii bonds, which the ud
ministration cannot wisely uccept.
Chili has accepted the gisid ottlces of
the I'll hod States to mediate iu the dis
pute with Argentina.
Kei'iiuse of scarlet fever iu the vicinity.
Mrs. Ogdcn .Mills has burred skaters
from a cove on her property at Stauts
burg, X. Y, and the villagers are indig
nant.
In a report favoring the bill to author
ixe tile United States to acquire the ca
nal right of way in Nicaragua and Costa
ICica the senate committee ou isthmian
canals severely criticises President Hiltin
of the Piinnmii Canal company.
Tuesday.
Farnk White, colored, convicted of
the murder of licorge Clnir at Scriba.
N. Y hus Insim sentenced by Justice
Wright to lie cli-ctroeuted ut Auburn
during the week beginning Jan. I'.l.
The thaw and heavy ruin have opened
the ennals and 17 Itonts were lis-ked into
the Hudson at Watervliet and towed to
Xew York. They were loaded witii dax.
D. II. M i. I pi n A- Company, of New
York City, has filed with the secretary
of state a cctritienle of reduction uf cap
ital stock from f.VMl.lnili 0 $Jihi.ikki
Through the death of Edward Hunt, uf
Brooklyn, Joseph P. Hunt, of Ceueva,
X. Y., a cousin, has fallen heir to nearly
ll.rHKI.lsKI. The estate is vulmsl al
00O.IKSI and there are five heirs.
The senate iu session has confirmed
the nomination of Attorney tienvral
Knox.
The Hay-Panncefute treaty was also
ratified by the senate by a vote of 72
t k
weekly trade review.
llra.l.treet'a Itroort oa the Conditio.
of tiu.lue.
N'F.W YOUK. Dec. lL-Bradstreet'e
review of trade says
The reactionary tone of speculation in
securities, cereals and provisions this
week only nerves tu bring into sharper
contrast the reports of active retail and
holiday trade, uf unparalleled movements
in leading industries and uf the euurmutia
business going forward indicated by
Id mlsi reel's reports, of heavy bunk
tliuriugs and iinpiccedcntcd railroad
earu.iigs. The tightness uf money is ou
the one hand a discouragement to specu
lation but is. nevertheless, a reflection
of tlie Increased demands uf legitimate
trade.
Aiming the industries iron and steel are
easily (jrst in strength of demand and
pri'-es uud the word huoyn :t ::'o :t ac
curately describes the sit i re
gards the feeling in tr-H .. :iiy. '
Southern iron delivi.i, . . . lenib-r
Were the heaviest on iv.or l an, lh,'l.c.
prices for this and for lui.i. .:'... i is toul
are predicted. Hurdwure tln.uj, ., m
live the country over. Probably never
before was so much business booked in
ud Vance as there is at present iu pig iron
rails and tiuished products.
The ste idy rise in wheat and corn
prices shown since the early part of Xo
vciiiImt resulted iu a gain of about 13
cents each iu wheat and corn from which
the full thia week Is only alsiut 3 cents.
Ibait uud shoe manufacturers are still
busily employed and shipments still henv
ily exited last year. Leather ia firm,
and, while hides are eusier, tanners are
not anxious to buy largely. Lumber is
iu better shape at a number of markets.
Weekly clearings aggregate $2.1trJ,8;tl,-Sir-,
a dis-rease of 3 per cent, from Inst
week, but a gain of 1 per cent, over lust
year. Kxcluding Xew York, the total
for the week is a bo .qual to that of
last week, but 17 per cent, larger than
this wis'k in 1!HK).
' niutiliun returns for the year are en
couraging. A. F. OF L. MASSMEETING,
Lesa Than a H nod re it l.alHirer Answered
the Call at Han Juan.
S.W JUAN, p. n., Hec. 17. Less than
a hundred laborers answered the call
from a Iim-uI committee of the Ameri
can Feileratlim of Labor to attend a muss
" ting lu re. The sllinui ss of the at
tendance was evidently due to the order
of tlie court declaring the organization
Illegal. V more respectublc assemblage
of working people wus never seeu in
this part of the world. The meeting
was peuceful und only mild addresses
were made. Santiago lglesins, president
of the federation of workmen of Porto
lino, explained the object of his visit
here, nnd it was resulved to petition
ov. Hunt, when that olllcial returns to
Sim Juan, to use his influence to bring
about the removal of the two native
judges of the district court uud appoint
Americans in their places. With the pe
tition will be filed a charge of political
bias und prejudice. It was also decided
to Ignore the ruling of the court, dis
solving the Federation Libre, or loenl
orgiinixation. Those present nt the meet
ing were mostly delegates from local
unions, cigurniukcrs. masons, curnenters.
longshoremen, etc. Tlie meeting con
firmed the resolution adopted some time
ago to nlliliate the local organization
with the American Federatiiw of Labor.
Canadian Visit Cramp 11 lilpyard.
I'HILADKLPHIA, Dec. 17.-A imrty
of prominent Canadians yesterday vis
ited Crumps shipyard and innde a thor
ough inspection of the big plant. The
visitors are touring the United Stales
fur the purpose of investigating the
methods of American shipbuilders. The
party includes George Itobertson, ex
mnyor of St. John: Louis Coste. domin
ion government englmsir: Dr. William
Christie, chairman or Hie board of works
at St. John; Alderman Hubert .Maxwell,
John II. Thompson, leading shipbuilder
of the port, and ltich ml Cusliing.
Express Company's Kmuloyea Strike.
LYNN. Mass. Dee. 17.-The Amer
ican F.x press company employes yester
day begun a strike for a few schedule
of wages and hours of labor. The strik
ers were paid off in n body during the
forenoon and men were put at work in
their places. The local strikers state
that Jan. 1 th.- llostou employes of the
company will ib'iuaiid u new wage sched
ule and the disuauil ultimately will lie
extended to all of the 311,1X10 employes
of the company.
Young Not liiillty.
JAMESTOWN. N. Y., Dec. lil.-The
Jury Saturday afternoon brought in a
verdict of not guilty in the case of lteu
ben Young, on trial for killing his fniher-in-lnw,
Alfred D. Longhoiise of Fre
(loniu. Longhoiise wus shut during a
family quarrel. A remarkable scene oc
curred after acquittal, Young being car
ried ulsjiit the streets un the shoulders
of his friends.
Had a Talk With Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 17.-Archbishop
Chnpolle, of New Orleans, had n long
talk with President liuosevelt yesterday
about conditions iu the Philippines rela
tive to Catholic church property. After
Wards he declined to say anything for
publication regarding his interview, lie
will ace Secretary limit today and then
will go to New Orleans.
Falls Heir to loioiene Fortune.
C.F.NF.VA, X. Y., I . Hi-Thriingli
the death of Edward Hunt of llrooklyn,
Joseph P. Hunt of Geneva, a cousin, has
fallen heir to nearly cue uud a half mil
lion dollars. The oiute is valued at
eight millions, to which there are five
heirs.
flry-Paiinncefole Treaty Italifted.
WASHINGTON. Dim-. 17. The Hay
Pauniffote trenty wss ratified in ihe
senate yesterday afternoon by a vote of
72 to U. The senate also continued the
nomination of Attorney General Kuox.
l ) or Low Took Oath or Ottlce.
XKW YtlKK, Dec. 17.-Seih Low look
the oath of cilice as mayor of New York
yesterday aftermsm before Justice Mor
gan .1. O'lti ifii iu the supremo court. Mr.
Ijuw will assume ollice ut noon on Jan. 1.
RwreWiilg Ship erinoiil Condemned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Al its
meeting yesterday the uavul boar. I of
const ruction recommended tl" a!c f t!"
recciviiig ship eniiont w. . 1 la l,.v,i
coudemutd as uiisuuiury.