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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 43.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.!
TI0NESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. JAN U A 11 Y 29. 1902.
Terrible Disaster at Nf w York
Rapid Transit Tunnel.
Efforts to Interest- Andrew Car
negie In the Plan.
Six Persona Killed and 103 More or
Lett Injured All Property In the
Neighborhood Injured One Mai
Killed In Hi Room at a Hotel Ar
rests Made,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
F.
Odd
PI NEST A LODGE, No. 3ii!t, I. O. O,
1 Me ii every Tuesday evening, III C
fellows Hall, 1'artrhlge building.
LNMIKST LOHUK, No. IN4.A.O. II. W
I Meets every Friday evening ln;..().U.
W. Hall, Tioncsta.
C1APT. GKORHKNTOW POST, No. 271
J (I. A, 11. Moetn list and 3d Monday
evening in each month, in A. O. U.
Hall, TioueHia.
p.M'T. UKO HUE STOW COUPS, No,
VV 1:17, W. K. C, meelH Ural and third
Wednesday evening of each month, In A
O. U. W. hall, Tloueata, Pa.
'PIONKSTA TENT. No. Iiil. K. O. T
1 M,, niocls 2nd and 4tli Wednesday
evening in each month in A. O. U. W
ball Tioiicsta, Pa.
F. HITCHKY,
A TTO KN E Y-AT-LA W.
Tioneata, Pa.
S HAWKEY . MUNV,
AT l'i RN KYS-AT- (.A W,
Warren, Pa.
rraelioe ill rorest Co.
P. M, Shawhky, Uko. It. Mtnv,
J W. MORROW. M. D.,
PliVHli'ian, Surgeon A Dentist,
Oltlfo and Residence three, doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tiouestii. Professional
calls promptly respoudeil to at all hours,
I)
It. F.J. Hi )V A KD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIoN KMT A, PA.
DR. J. C. IUINN,
PHYSICIAN AND Nl'RHKON.
Olllce over Heath ( Killiner'a store,
Tioiieata, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly resHimlfd to at all hours of day or
night. Residence May SU
UU. J. I). U II HA V KM,
Physician anil Surgeon
Olllce and residence above Korea C
National Hank. County 'Phone No. 1.
It. IjANHOX,
KliAL F.STATK,
Tlonrata, Pa
HOT HI j WKAVKH,
K. A. W KA V Kit, Proprietor.
This hotol, formerly the Lawrence
House, lias underi.'one a eioiipletechatiKe,
and la now furnished with all the mod
ern liiiprovemeiitN. Ilea.ed and lighted
Ihr.iiiKlioul witli natural ivms, batliroouis,
hot and tsihl water, etc. The couiforta oi
Kuesta never neglected.
pKNTHAL IIOUSK,
V UF.KOW ,V (IKKOW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This ia tbo most centrally
loratisl hotel in tlie place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pallia will
be spared to make it a pleasant atopping
place for the traveling public. First
claas l.iverv In connection.
piIIL. KMKRT
FANCY HOOT A SIIOKMAKF.lt.
Shop In Walters huildinu, Cor. Kim
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do al l
Kinds of custom work Irom Ihelinest to
Mie coarsest and guarantors his work to
Hive perhK-t satisfaction. Prompt at ten
lion (riven to mend inn, and prices re
aonahle.
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New York, Jan. 28. An explosion In
the Park avenue Rhaft of the rapid
transit tunnel In thin city shortly aft
er noon yesterday ra.ised the death of
six persons, at least 1U0 were 1
juied and serious rianiuKC was done
to property, Including the Murray
Hill hotel, Manhattan Eye uul Ear
hospital, Crand I'nion hotel and Grand
Central station on Kast Forty-second
strett.
The killed were:
Adams, Cyrus, cigar man at the
Murray Hill hotel.
Carr, James. 32 years, a, waiter era'
ployed at the Murray Hill hotel.
Heln, Lawrence, 28 years, of An-
sonia. Conn.
Hoboitson. J. Roderick, of Nelson, B,
C, a guest at the Murray Hill hotel
l nonipson, Kalph, assistant ensl
neer.
jiii out sine reports seem to aree
as to his death, hut his body is not
reported by the police or by the hos
pitals.
TuMm. Thomas. nmter mochanle
for Contrarb r Irn A. Shnlcr.
The list oi Injured is an exceedinv'ly
liniR one. hut most of those in It have
Imply nits rr.used by flylnir glass.
J. Horlrk Robert son of Nelson. R
C, was killed by debris hurled Into
his room in the Murray Hill hotel. He
was peiiernl mannrcr In Canada for
the fl'-ltbh Columbia Cold Fields com
pany. Dmitri. He was a S-otrhman
and leaves a widow and four children.
, The approach to the street railway
tunnel by the Madison avenue line
ruts throtii.h Park avenue and the
Rhaft for the rapid transit subway
was run down beside It at the Inter
section of Fnt Forty first street. The
street railway approach was housed
over with a su:i-"stni(ture nsed for
the operating plant of the rapid trans
it contractors. Temporary building
lor strrnco purposes, and In which
It Is said quantities of explosives
were stored, were thrown up aealnst
the superstructure at the mcith of
the shaft and there the explosion
on urn u. it tore a great gorse
In the street, demolished the tem
porary buildings and part of the super
structure and sent a mass of earth
ppnntereti tinnier and twisted Iron
tilrh In the nlr. Much of It went bat
tering a tnltist the front of the Murray
Hill h-itrl and although the walls and
main structure or that building stood
the shock nearly every room tn the
front house was wrecked.
The Mnnhsttan Kye and Ear hospit
al nn the east side of the avenue had
to lie nbsmlnned. The windows, glass
partitions In Orand Union hotel and
Grand Central station were shattered
The great rh cks on the front towers
of the station were blown from their
rases. Th(.unnds of windows, some
of them seven blocks from the tunnel
shaft were broken mid the shower of
broken glass and falling debris In
jured a great number of people.
Kv ry available ambulance and sur
geon In the district were nulekly on
the scene and numbers of the Injured
were treated on the spot.
The cause of the explosion Is not
definitely known. Several have been
advanced but it will probably tako
an t fflwnl Inquiry to clear the mat
ter up.
The most plausible was that a flro
started near the powder room, In
which a quantity of dynamite was
stored.
It Is believed that Master Mechanic
William Tttbbs was killed after mak
ing a desp-:nte attempt to quench the
fire before It reached the explosive.
District Attorney Jerome visited the
scene nt once and commenced an In
vestleiition. He examined witnesses
who told conflicting stories and as a
result Ira A. Shaler. engineer In
ehargo of the work at Parlt avenue!
John Ibacken, a foreman, and Martin,
Jlrf.rnth. an t distant foreman, were
placed under arrest, charged with
homicide.
The da-uaee may exceed tl.A00.A0n.
The first climate on the Murray Hill
hotel plnced the loss at iinnnnn h,,
later the hotel was abandoned as un
safe. If the building Is condemned the
Toss on it alone will approach A
nnn.nnn.
The damage to the Grand Fnlon was
est I mated at tw.rtnn and that to Man
hattan hrspltal at 2'.noo.
The loss at the Grand Central sta
tion was entirely In flass as was that
of the ion (,r more other buildings
flTcr-tod bv tj.p explosion.
No cMliuitc was mndo of the losses
sustained by the rapid transit con
tractors. Fortunately the explosion occurred
at an hour when not more than a hun
dred people uoie In the mnin waiting
r.a m of the Grand Central station
Some r.f these were slightly Injured
Bhlk l, l,.,,l ll..t,nJ - l. .
lying on the floor of the shanty and I IRRARIFS IN MFY f!fl
.nm. ni,u,, wM.., - .1 -
on fire. Close to this burning paper
were 13 boxes of dynamite cartridges,
each box containing from GO to 75
cartridges. Epps threw a pall of wa
ter over the fire and ran to get an
other. On coming back with It he saTT
that the flames were close to the dy
namite and dropping hli pall he tried
to get away. Then came the explos
ion and the next he knew he was a pa
tient In the hospital
Last evening Epps was practically a
prisoner, a policeman having been as
signed to guard him.
Andrew Murray was locked tin at a
police ttatlon, though no charge was
placed against him on the blotter,
Murray had charge of passing out the
sticks of dynamite to the men In the
tunnel who were engaged In making
blasts. He said there were about 20
sticks of dynamite In the shanty when
the explosion occurred.
Clash In Court.
There was a clash in court yester
day afteruoou between District Attor
ney Jerome and Coroner Goldden
maim, i ne coroner nan impanelled a
Jury, listened to an affidavit by a pa
trolman which said he had arrested
three men and that there had been an
explosion. Mr. Jerome insisted that
there was no Information in the affl
davit on which to hold anybody and
there was a wordy wrangle between
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me mu uiuciais. in spue or protests
the coroner ?nve the case to the Jury
men, who retired and came back with
a verdict recommending the discharge
of the pri.sonrs. The coroner then
opened court as a sitting magistrate,
had the men rearrested and held them
without ball.
Mr. Jerome protested and the coro
ner changed his decision, holding th
men In J10.0U0 ball each.
All this had worked up the feeling
of everybody so much that there was a
free flgbt In which Mr. Jerome was
struck in the race by John Murray, a
roroner s clerk, who in turn was beat
en by two of the district attorney's
rlnt relives. Then the detectives and
Murray had each other arrested, but
netter counsel prevailed and all
charges withdrawn for the present.
One-Fourth of the Amount to Be Ex
pended In Mor.terey and the Bal
ance In the Other Mexican Cities.
VU.OOO.OM) Steel Plant to Be Es
tablished at Monterey.
Monterey, Mex., Jan. 27. If the ef-
Puts now making by United States
Consul General Philip C. Hanna are
successful four million dollars of An
drew Carnegie's wealth will be used
In the establishment of libraries In
Mexico. Of this amount one-fourth
is planned to be used in the estab
lishment of a magnificent library in
Monterey. The plan contemplates the
expenditure of the remaining three
millions In the establishment of 11-
braries at Chihuahua, Ourango, Tam-
plco, Torreon and San Luis Potosl.
General Hatina has taken up the
matter with Mr. Carnegie direct and
reels confident of success. He says
he expects Mr. Carnegie to be par
tlcularly Interested In the founding of
a library in this city because of estab
lishment hre of a $10,000,000 steel
plant and the consequent Importing of
skilled workmen fror.i the states.
Mint
ADMIRAL SCHLEY IN CHICAGO.
Guest of Honor at a Dinner Leave
Today For Louisville.
Chicago, Jan. 2S. At 6 o'clock the
admiral was the guest of honor at a
dinner at the Auditorium given by the
officers of the Chicago naval battalion.
The dinner was attended by about 75
officers and guests.
From the dinner the admiral was
driven to the armory of the First In
fantry on Michigan avenue, where the
Chicago naval battalion was paraded
for his inspection.
The Admiral and Mrs. Schley will
leave ror Louisville early this morning.
MEETING OF CHICAGO POLES.
Protest Against Alleged Cruelties of
Prussian Officials.
Chicago, Jan. 2". Representatives
of the 200,0(10 Poles living in Chi
cago met In five massnieetings In dif
ferent parts of this city last night to
protest against the alleged cruelties jf
Prussia in her Polish provinces.
nearly all of the speakers main
tained that the final effort of the Prus
sian officials was to crush out even
the language of Poland and that this
culminating effort of the German offi
cials in Poland was imbued solely
wnn natred and contempt for the peo
ple they rule. It was told how chil
dren, flogging by their German teach
ers for saying their prayers In their
native language, had been arrested atid
thrown Into prison, together with
their parents who voiced a protest.
Resolutions of protest were adopted
at each meeting and will be forwarded
to the Prussian government.
EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
Terrible Mine Disaster at Oska-
loosa, ia.
Oskaloosa, la., Jan. 25. As the re
sult of a terrible mine disaster at
Lost Creek 21 dead are in an Impro
vised morgue and eight Injured are In
a temiMirary hosnltal.
An explosion occurred at the noon
hour and was what is known as a
dust explosion.
The miners had Just fired their noon
shots, one of which nroved to be a
fizzle. The burning powder ignited
the gns and the expleslon followed.
Smoke and debris were blown out of
the shaft 200 feet high. Part of the
top works was torn away and the
fans and cages were partially wrecked.
This made the work of rescue very
slow and It was S o'clock before vol
unteer parties dared to venture In to
the east entry where the explosion oc
curred. The dead and Injured were
found terribly burned and mutilated.
Fire, which at first was feared
tire mine, had broken out but tho
flames were Anally controlled and aft
er several of the rescue party had sue-
won in prove destructive to the en-
eumhed to the rumes all the dead wero
carried to the top of the shart.
At the time of the explosion more
than 100 r.en were In the mine, but
nil of them except those in the east
entry escaped with only slight injury.
Nearly all uf the men were mar
rled and leave families in poor circum
stances.
The mine is owned by the Lost
Creek Fuel company or this city and
has been in operation about one year.
MET DEATH IN MINE.
Five Engineers In a Pittston
Caught In an Explosion.
Wlllies-liarre, Pa., Jan. 25. Five en
glneers of the Lehigh Valley Coal com
pany wero caught In an explosion ol
gas at the Sonec-a colliery in Pittston,
a few minutes after noon yesterday.
One is dead, one dying and the other
three are burned severely. Renjamln
. . w una euy was tne one
killed: J. V. r.urke. also of IMs city. If
dying, and Thciras A. Jones of this
city: John Lewis of Plains and Edward
Lansan of Pittston are suffering from
burns.
Accompanied by Mooney, the fire
boss, the five were making a period!
cal Inspection of the mine when they
encountered gas. Mc.oney went for
ward and ascertained that eas wa?
present In large quantities. He re
turned and a danger sign was put
across the gangway. Then he went
forward again to find whero the gas
was coming from.
While he was gone the engineer!
went Into a chamber at the side of the
working and almost Immediately there
was an explosion, the gas In the cham
ber being Ignited by their lamps. Da
vis and Purke were In the lead and
received the full force of It. All were
blown cut of the chamber. The shock
was felt throughout the mine. All
were alive when taken out. but Davis
died soon after and Dtirke Is burned
so severely he cannot live. The other
three probably will recover.
TAX ON MANUFACTURERS.
Want Manufacturing Coroorations
Taxed Samcas Others.
Harrisburg. Jan. 24. In the hone
of raising the state's revenues $1,000.-
uuu hy compelling manufacturing cor
porations to pay a tax and at the same
time cut in hair the amount of tax now
paid on real estate, the legislative
committee of the Pennsylvania stato
grange Is preparing to bring Injunc
tion proceedings in this city to com
pel the stntn authorities to assess the
capital stock or manufacturing cor
porations the same as other comora-
Hons.
Under the present system ranltal
stock of manufacturing companies is
exempt from taxation for state pur
poses. Other corporations are re.
quired to pay a tax of 5 mills on the
appraised value or selling price.
me whole question of dlscrlmlna
!on in rates under which the state
and local revenues are collected win
be opened up by these proceedings.
TO ENGINEER TUNNEL.
rennsyivania Company Names Men
to Do New York Work.
i-niladelphia, Jan. 24. President
Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company has selected the following
engineers as a commission of experts
to supervise and approve all the plans
me ureater New York tunnel
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Painted Paragraphs Chronic
ling: the Week's Doings.
tang ninpatrhs from Various Parts ol
Iho World Hluirn ofTlisIr I'sclcllru'. and
0ly tho lieu Olvon la u row Words
as I'owiklo For tho lloueHt or tho Har
ried Itratler.
Governor Odell has removed Sheriff
Caldwell of Erie County and appoint
ed Mr. F. T. Coppins to fill the unex
pired term.
Renewed earthquake shocks are re
ported from various parts of Mexico,
and a slight tremble of the earth was
felt in the capital.
The senate committee on pensions
ordered a favorable report upon Sen
ator Hanna's bill to grant a pension of
la.oon a year to Mrs. Ida S. McKinley,
widow of the late President McKinley.
The Retail Butchers of New York
in convention opposed any amendment
of the law forbidding opening shops
on Sunday.
Bela E. Brown, a prominent dealer
In diamonds and manufacturer of Jew
elry, was found brutally murdered in
his store over No. 24 State street,
Rochester, Sunday night.
Tiursday.
Governor Taft arrived at San Fran
cisco on the transport Grant from
Manila.
The town of Shlnnston, 60 miles
from Wheeling, W. Va., is burning,
ann irom last accounts, seems
doomed.
Senator Raines declared that there
will he no liquor tax amendments
adopted this session.
Lord Kitchener reports that since
January 13, 31 Boers were killed, IS
wounded, 170 made prisoners and 41
surrendered.
Efforts are being made to Induce
James J. Jeffries, Robert Fit.simmons
and other American pugilists to com
pete in a fistic carnival to be held by
the London sporting club during the
coronation celebrations.
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VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY.
Central Officials Held Responsible
and Engineer Exonerated.
New York, Jan. 23. The coroner's
Jury In the Investigation of the New
York Central tunnel disaster has re
turned a verdict practically exonerat
ing Engineer Wisher and censuring
the ollicials of the road.
After reciting the details of the
accident, the verdict continues:
"We find that Engineer John M.
Wisker. owing to the heavy atmos
phere, due to weather conditions, to
gether with the presence of large
bodiej of steam and smoke escaping
from trains passing the various tracks
In said tunnel, obscuring said signal,
was unable to locate said danger sig
nal. "We further find faulty manage
ment on the part of the officials of the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad, and we hold said officiaTs
responsible, ror the reason that dur
ing the past M years said officials
have been repeatedly warned by thetr
locomotive engineers and other em
ployes of the dangerous conditions
existing In said tunnel. Imperilling
the lives of thousands of passengers,
ami they have failed to remedy said
conditions; and also for the reason
that certain improvements In the way
of both visible and audible signals
could haie been Installed, and the
disaster thereby have been avoided:
and for the further reason that no reg
ulation of speed at which trains
should inn In said tunnel has been
enforced, thereby allowing engineers
to exercise their own discretion."
Homestead Law For Philippine.
Washington, aJn. 24. Secretary
Root appeared before the house In
Btilar allairs committee to urge the en
actment of a homestead law for the
Philippine Islands. He said there
should be legislation to enable tho
Filipino to acquire title to property
and that denial of that right was in his
openion the cause of much of the pres
ent disturbed conditions. He also
urged the repeal of the Spooner
amendment prohibiting the cutting of
timber and the granting of franchises.
He said that Industry In the Islands
should be promoted, not prevented.
for
actual work of
State Fair Bill.
Albany, Jan. 27. Senator Horace
White will Introluce the annual state
fair bill In tho senate tonight. Tho
bill will call for a $74,000 appropria
tion to run the big state show. Of
tnis amount izu.uuo represents a sum
needed to make up an existing defi
ciency and the remainder will be used
to meet the general fair expenses. A
bill has already passed the assembly
which permits county fairs to be held
at the same time the state fair Is on.
Heretofore county agricultural asso
ciations had to forfeit all state money
they were entitled to, if they held
forth on the same date as the stato
fair. This bill may cause consider
able debate In connection with the
White bill.
Naval Station at Pearl Harbor.
San Francisco, Jan. 28. The Pa
cific Mail steamship China, which ar
rived from Hong Kong, brings the fol
lowing Hawaiian advices under date
of Jan. 20:
Honolulu Captain Merrv. U. S. N.
is about to take formal possession of
the fif.l acres of land condemned at
Pearl harbor in the name of. the fed
eral government. Work will begin at
once on preparations for the naval
station.
Forty Porto Ricans, Imported as
plantation workers, are In Oahu jail,
serving time for vagrancy. Petty
thievery Is epidemic In Honolulu and
there have been many burglaries and
holdups.
bv fallini' ulass.
Four Helot sellers were cut wllh
flying sllveis.
The offices of the New York Central
did not suffer as much as the New
Haven offices. President Newman
was nt Vs de;-k at the time of the ex
plosion. He was unhurt.
Moses Ki.ps. ,o .a8 a pow.lpr
man In iharae of the shanty where the
explosion occurred, is at Flower hot.
pital. suffering from contusion and
shock. Tie wild that on going to the
shnnlv about m-on he found a candle
Patrick Trial.
New York, Jan. 28. The second day
nf the taking of testimony in the trial
of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, accused
of the murder of William Marsh Rice,
brought the trial up to the point
where the cause of denth of the mil
lionaire is sought to be determined.
The first witness along this line of In
quiry, Introduced by the prosecution,
was Dr. Hamilton Williams, one of
the physicians attached to the coro
ner's staff who attended the autopsy.
The trial will be resumed today with
Dr. Williams on the stand.
Parade of German Societies.
New York. Jan. 27. Representa
tives of the various German societies
of New York and vicinity met to con
sider plans for the reception of Prince
Henry here. It was decided that then?
should be a torchlight procession on
the evening of Feb. 2. the same even
ing on which the newspaper men of
the country will meet the prince nt
dinner. It was announced that Dr.
Von Holbbcn bad given his sanc
tion to the nrncesslon. It Is estimated
that more than 30.000 marchers will
be In line ami Prince Henry will re
view the parade from the building rf
the Arion scrlety. Fifty-ninth street
and Pari; avenue.
Sudden Death In Jamestown.
Jamestown. N. Y., Jan. 2S. Hon.
Jerome Preston, for 30 years one of
the leading manufacturers of this city,
and a member of the state assembly In
1871. died while talking with friends
in bis office yesterday.
Death of a Clergyman.
Worcester. Mass., Jan. 28. Rev. Dr.
John J. Power, vicar general of the
Springfield Roman Catholic diocese
and dean of the Worcester clergy, died
here of paralysis. Dr. Power was
bom In isrs.
Ransom to Be Paid Today.
Djuniula, European Turkey, Jan. 27.
Miss Stone, the captive American
missionary, and her companion, Mme.
Tsiika, have been located near Yap
yak, In the vicinity of the frontier.
The American deleirntes conducting
(he negotiations for the release of the
captives, have arrived at Ranlsko
(abount 3d miles southeast c.f DJuni
ala). and will probably pay over the
ransom money Monday.
Krugcr Will Visit America.
London, Jan. 27. Tho correspond
ent of The Paily Telegraph at Brussels
says in a dispatch that Mr. Kruger has
received Iresh invitations from Chi
igo. New York and Philadelphia to
visit those cities, and that he will
probably start upon rn American tour
next April.
Weather Indications.
Fair Tuesday, except probably snow
flurries near the lakes; colder In east
portion: Wednesday generally fair,
bilsk westerly winds.
Appellate Division,
Rochester. Jan. 28. Appellate divis
ion calendar for Tuesday: Nos. 28 and
117.
scheme before the
construction begins:
Colonel Charles W. Raymond, chair.
man; Charles SI. Jacobs. Alfred Oi..
tav Llndenthal and W. H. Brown.
L. M. Jacobs has been annotated
ed chief engineer In charge ol the con
struction of the North river section
of the tunnel, and Alfred Noble chief
engineer of the East river section.
Snowdrift's Tragic Clew.
Unlontown, Pa., Jan. 25. Moun
taineers digging a road through a
heavy snowdrift near the Somerset
county line found a horse and sleigh
(hot k.,.1 1 1...-I-J . . . . "
'o u-i-u nuriea pronawy for a
month. The horse was frozen md
mere were Dloocl stains on the rob.
and cushion. Search is being made
for the body of the driver h,, it
may not be found until the snow
melts In the spring.
Thieves After Skunks.
Bloomsbtirg, Pa.. Jan. 25. FnM.
Woll, who recently established a skunk
iarm on Montour Ridge has secured
two large bloodhounds to protect th.
animals. Thieves recently Invaded his
premises and slaughtered a nnmii
of the skunks for their pelts. The
nonnds will be turned loose In an
Inclosure completely snrronnrttno.
thnt occupied by the skunks.
Palmist Fleece a Farmer.
Wllliamspoit, Pa., Jan. 25. An
Eldred township farmer notified th.
local police that he had been fleeced
out of $400 by a female palmist. In
consideration of the amount the wo
man informed the farmer where he
could find a thick vein of copper un
derlying his farm. The farmer spent
several days digging before he real
ized thnt he had been fleeced.
Engineering Feat
KarthatiB, Pa., Jan. 24. The head
ings driven In the new tunnel on the
line of the West Branch railway m"t
at noon Monday, completing an engl
neerlng feat that hag been watched
with keen Interest by railway men all
over the courtry. The tunnel I h
Ing built on a curve, presenting th
outlines or the letter U. The most
remarkable feature or the work Is thit
the lines met within half an Inch when
the headings were connected.
Killed In a Duel.
Huntington, W. Va., Jan. 24.
Colonel Gllhort Bentley. a wealthy
tlmhcruinn of Dig Sandy valley, and
Ililey Ran.iy. f..iilit a duel with pts
tola Wednesday night and Bent ley was
killed. Kamey surrendered. The duel
was the culmination of a quarrel of
long standing.
Oldest Woman In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. Jan 25. Mrs. Ruth
Carney, aged Iua years, is dead at th
Union home for Old Ladies here. She
was reputed to be the oldest woman in
Pennsylvania. She was born In Wale
but passed the greater part of her life
In this country.
Friday.
Capt. Benjamin M. Hartshorne, Jr.,
of the 7th infantry was shot from am
bush and killed in Samar Island Janu
ary 2.
An explosion in the basement of St.
Mary a Roman Catholic church In
New Britain, Conn., caused a Are
which destroyed the Interior.
nun a 10 and surrounding country
covered with a depth of 17 inches of
snow, and street car and railroad
traffic somewhat delayed.
Commandant Scheepers of the Boer
army was executed on January 18.
The house committee on elections
has made a report in favor of election
of United States senators by direct
vote.
btipt. Skinner has requested that
special programs he prepared in the
schools for the 2ftth Inst., the late
President McKlnley's birthday.
Saturday.
ir 1 . . 1 .
mug victor r.mniannei nas con
ferred the Order of St. Maurice and St.
Lazarus upon Marconi.
Governor Odell's bill to prevent im
mediate remarriage of divorced per
sons was defeated In the state senate
There is expectation that Colon will 1
soon be attacked by the Colombian In- I
surged Is.
Marquis of Uniform and Ava, for
mer viceroy of India, and former goy- I
ernor general of Canada, is seriously
111.
August Belmont will form a strong j
corporation to operate the under
ground system of rapid transit In
New York.
James Gallagher was sentenced tu
15 years at Auburn for killing of
George Seihert.
Does Not Object to Pension.
Indianapolis, Jan. 24. Friends of
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow of ex
President Harrison, have had their
attention called to statement pub
lished in several papers to the effect
that she had asked those In charge of
the movement to secure for her a pen
sion, not to present the bill to con
gress. Mrs. Harrison has at no time
made any objection to the presenta
tion of such a bill and still believes
the matter can with propriety be pre
sented to congress Inasmuch as the
surviving widows or other ex presi
dents have been recipients of the same
official recognition by congress. Wld-
dows of Presidents Tyler, Polk, Oar
field and Grant were given pensions;
Mrs. Willlnm Henry Harrison was
voted J25.000 by congress, which was
nt that time the amount of the presi
dent's salary, and Mrs. McKinley will
receive a pension, the bill having
been recently reported favorably.
MARKET REPORT.
Monday.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt In St. Louis and adjoining
towns.
Daniel .Mc Hale of Canal street,
Rome, was struc k by a New York
Central train in that city and instantly
killed, while walking on the track
The wa:- department has ordered the
ilrst ba tallon of the Twenty-third in
fantry to be transferred from Fort
Ethan Allen, Vt., to Plattsburg bar
racks.
Martin, the four-year-old son of
Charles Clark of Fowlervllle. ate part
of a box of poisonous tablets he found
In the house and died shortly after In
convulsions.
Colonel Gilbert Bently, a Wealthy
tlmberman or Big Sandy Valley, W.
Va., and Riley Ramey fought a duel
with pistols and Bentley was killed
Tuesday.
By an explosion of dynamite in the
New York rapid transit tunnel eight
were killed and 75 injured.
Ird Kitchener announces from Jo
hannesburg the capture ol General B.
Viljoen and several small detachments
of Boers.
The board or trustees ot the Wit
laid stute hospital at Geneva, N. Y.,
has passed resolution against tbo
promised stale change in hospital
management. '
ARer drugging the Susquehanna
river at Owrgn for nearly 24 hours,
the body of l.amonle Coiiklln, son of
Sheriff Conklin, was brought to the
surface?. H was drowned while skat
ing.
Contracts have been placed for 11
10,000 horse power generators for tho
Niagara Falls Power company to be
used on the Canadian side.
Chinese officials have discovered I
large stun In gold and sliver which
was buried in the women's quarters of
the palace when the court fled from
Pekln.
New York Provision Market
New York, Jan. 27.
WHEAT No. 2 red. 8ti-c f.o.b.
afloat; No. 1 northntr,M)uluth, 85Vc
f.o.b. alloat.
CORN No. 2 corn, C7c f.o.b afloat.
OATS No. 2. 48c; No. 2 white.
4f)c; track mixed western, 48Hc;
track white, 48-11 55e.
PORK Mess, $10.00017.00: family.
$17,000.
HAY-Shipping, 60G5c; good to
choice, 82A Si Utic.
BUTTER Creamery extras, 25c:
factory, lSc; Imitation creamery
western fancy, ISHe.
CHEESE Fancy large white, 10c;
mall white, US 1114c.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania,
32 35c.
POTATOES New York, sack. $2.03
62.20.
Buffalo Provision Market
Buffalo, Jan. 27.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, 8014c;
winter wheat. No. 2 red, !)2c.
CORN No. 2 corn, tilc; No. 3
corn, t.lvsc
OATS No. 2 white, 48Vjc; No. 3
mixed. 4litic
FLOL'R Spring wheat, best putent.
per bid., $4.2.it 4.a0; low grades,
$2.2.'. f 3.(10.
BUTTER Creamery, western, ex
tra tubs, 2r,'ii 2.'i'ic; state and Penn
sylvania creamery, 23c; dairy,
fair to good, 18(8 200.
CHEESE Fancy full cream, lift
1114c: good to choice, lflfi lO'.fcc;
Common to fair, Uifi
EGGS State fresh fancy, 27c.
POTATOES Fancy, per bushel,
7MS 80c.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market
CATTLE Best steers on sale, $i).0
is 6.75; gisid to choice shipping steers,
$...fi.'i'ci .j.l'ci; coarse, rough but fat
steers, $4. ifi'i .1.2.1; choice to smooth
fat Btecrs, $ 1.901 5.4n; common to
gone! heifers. $.1.1 jiH llo; gisid butcher
bulls, $.L5(ii3.fto.
SHEEP AND LAMRS Handy
lambs, choice to fancy. $f.K5ifi S !K;
totnmon to good. $ I. Mil !i on; chitlre
to handy wethers. $ l.."iiicji 4.75.
IKKiS- Mixed packers' g rales.
$0.4 cii 'i.'iii; heavy hogs, $i;.4'K; fi 45;
choice heavy and upwards, $i.5(.
6.65.
Buffalo Hay Market
II A V Timothy, ba se. No. 1 per ton.
$13.51111 ! 4.oo; tmothy prime do, haled.
$14. Soft I .-(.mi; timothy, prime, tight,
baled. $1.1.5li'i tt.Hil; mixed loo" tn
$1 l.mift ll.on; tiniothv. i:i 1 'I
baled $13 lid" i 13 5"