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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 45.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. FEBKUAKY 12. 1902.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
UOKOUGH OFFICER!.
miom.-T. F. Rilchoy.
0iiKoJirw. J. T. Dale. W. K Mum,
Clms. Chirk, T. K. Armstrong, I'r. J. O.
Dunn, O. Osston, J. It. Muse.
JuHt'icet ol the I'eaeeC A. Kandull, H.
J. Hellcv.
Coaiaofe II. H. Moody.
N. J. Helley.
.VCAimi Director U. W. Holemaii, J.
K. Wenk.J. l Ncnwden, Patrick Joyce,
W. W. linivo, It. I.. Haslet.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Mr fro! (;i-m J. K. I. Hall.
Member of .Sentte. M. Nooley.
.-tmcmfcy-A. M. )ciutt.
V.iidif Jle', M. Lindsey.
tMnriafe Judge R. 1. Crawford, W.
II. II. Doitorer.
frothonntnrt, l!egiter& Recorder, Te.
John II. Robertson.
Sheriff'. 1. W. .lainicnn.
yVrn.iiiir Fr'il, A. Keller.
Cbnumnxifiiier It. M. Herman, Joint
T. Carson. J. T. Dale.
I i it net Attorney S. D. Irwin.
jury (wMH.iionertMl U. Rey
nolds, Peter Yoiintik.
tXironer Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditor J. H. Clark, H. J.
llyiill, Goo. I.. Kinu.
tliunty Xnirriutrdeut K. K. Slilr.in-
gor.
Itrgulnr Trriun of Court.
Koiirlh Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Kourtli Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
( burrh anal Mubbalk Mrkaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School al 9:15 a.
in. : M. K. Siililmth .Scliool at 10:00 a. ill.
Preaching ill M. K. Cliurcli every Hal),
bath evening lv Rev, . II. Nirklo
Preaching in the F. M. Cliurcli every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
MeUsrvv. Pastor.
Scmces in tlio Presbyterian Church
every Haldialli morning and evening,
ltev.'j. V. McAuinch olncintliig.
Tlio regular meetings f the W. C. T.
U. am held at the headquarter on the
neind and fourth. Tuesdays of each
III ulli.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PI NKSTA LOIK1K, No. 300, I.O.O. K.
1 Maita every Tuesday evening, ill Odd
Fellows' Hll,'l,Hrtri"go building.
i7IUCST LOlMiK, No. IS4, A.O.U. W.,
I Meet every Friday evening lnA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tlim'isU.
AIT i FORI i K STOW POST, No. 'J74
U. A, It. M-ets lit and 3d Monday
evening In each month, in A. O. U. .
Hail, Tlouesta.
ri AIT. Ul'.nHUK STOW CORPS, No.
VV 1:17. W. It. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of eai'h month, In A.
t). U. W. liall, Tinnosta, l'a.
rPI N KSTA TENT, No. Ml, K. O. T.
1 M., mceis -nd and 4th Wednesday
even i n if In each iiionlh iu A. O. U. .
hall Tioiuwta, l'a.
1 K. HITCH KY,
J . ATTOllN E Y-AT-LAW,
Tionexia, l'a.
SHAWKKY .V MUNS,
AT 1'Olt.N K YS-A T- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
C. M. SlIAWKKY, (iKO. H. MUNN.
J W. MORUOW. M. D.,
riivalclan, Hiirtteon A Deutiat.
OtHce and ltimidenco tlireo doors north
of Hotel Aitnew, Tionenta. Professional
calls ironiitly rt -i lo1 to at all hours.
I)
H. F.J. ltoVAKI),
Physician A Surgeon,
TIOMCSTA, PA.
DR. J.-C. lilJNN,
PHYSICIAN A N l SUKOKON.
Olllen over llcalli it Killiner's store,
Tlonesia, l'a. Pmfeslonal calls prompt
ly resiondel to at all hours of day or
liiht. Residence May St.
nil. J. IMMIKAVKS,
I'liysician and Surgeon
Olllce and residence aliove Fores C.
National ltank. Coiiuiy 'Phona No. 1.
U. UANSON,
It K Al.
ESTATK,
'I'loiiesta,
Pa
HOTKI, WKAVKH,
K. A. WKAVKB. Proprietor.
This hotel, fonnerly Ilia Lawrence
House, has undergone a complctei'liange,
and is now furnished Willi ali the mod
em improvements. Heated and limited
Ihraunliiiiit with natural rs, ImtliriMims,
hot anil cohl w liter, etc. The comforts ol
quests never neglected.
ikntha r, iiorsr,,
K' UKItOW A t IK ROW Proprietor.
Tionsela, Pa. This Is the most centrally
localeil 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 I.ivery in connection.
pUIL. EMEUT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Simp in Wallers building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the ooarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable 'UA4AILU
kX THE fABPEII BimmiSS UU1VZRSITY,
Inrrsn, ?.
Tho mot practical, up-lo-flto Bu
lnai Training School In Paiintylvanl.
f five our Sudanis a "brail
Inning alucalioii.
our
la alll t fim to can fuji wr
tlouiara to aiy eiirasa, upon raoalnf
of Drcllcatlcn mr taca.
Our -raauat-B ar boldlni poat
Itor.t or lienor s.na tiui. lo all parts
sf ID? Unite l Stutai.
tcr fun rrticuiara, eirsst,
tHS fARhKM BJ3IKKS UHIVLHSITY.
COMMISSION REPORTS.
Final Roport of the Industrial
Commission.
Report Treats of Labor, Immigration,
Taxation and Irrigation Recom
mends General Revision of Immigra
tion Laws Would Exclude Anar
chists Favors Chinese Exclusion.
Washington, Feb. 11. Tho third
part of the Industrial commission's
Html report has been niado public.
It treats of labor, Immigration, taxa
tion and irrigation. Regarding labor
tho following reconmieiidutiona are
nuidu:
Congress having no power to legis
late directly Uon the subject It Is rec
ommended that the several states es
tablish uutlorm hours of labor and
also specially regulate the hours of
employment of persona between the
age of II and 21. The working day
of all public employment, the report
i-ays, tilit lihl bo eight hours. The per
iod of work in underground minus
should be eight hours a day. It is
recuniuiendcd that congress prevent
any person under 18 years being em
ployed as a telegraph operator on rail
road!!; that all engineers and switch
men . lioulil submit to an examination
for color tilin-ivss; that it should be
a misdemeanor for an engineer ni
switchman to bo Intoxicated while on
duly. The report says the states
should adopt a law providing that la
bor should be paid In cash or rash or
ders without discount and not It
goods or due bills, and that compan)
stores should not be allowed. Pro.
visions should be made for fuir weigh
Ing at mines.
Regarding Injunctions the rommls
810M says:
"The injunction Is a high preroga
live writ, and should be awarded only
after tho most careful examination b
a tribunal thoroughly competent."
Statutes preventing Intimidation at
federal elections, preventing the Im
portation and sale of convict made
goods from one state Into another
without mutual agreement, and a con
sistent rode of law regulating all mat
ters concerning employment In rail
way labor.
Commissioners Smyth nnd Harris
do not concur In the recommendations
of tho majority.
The recommendations of the com
mission on the subject of Immigra
tion :
Getifial revision and codification
of the Immigration laws.
Increasing the head tax from $1 to
$3.
Effective Inspection along the Cana
dian nnd Mexican borders.
Exclusion and deportation of an
archists. Renewal and continuance of the
Chinese exclusion laws.
As to taxation the commission rec
ommends: That the states abandon the general
property tax and raise their revenues
by Inxes upon corporations. Inherit
ances nnd incomes, supplemented
when necessary by Indirect taxation.
MRS. SOFFEL'3 CONDITION.
Graves of the Biddle Brothers Protect
ed by Armed Guards.
Pittaiuig, Keli. 7. Word comes
from Utitlcr to the effect that Mrs.
Soflel, the accomplice of the Riddle
brothers, la considerably worse and
the developments In her case are be
ing watched with keen Interest. Her
wound seems to be healing nicely, but
she takes little nourishment and ber
mental condition Is described as ap
proaching collapse.
Harry Riddle, the brother of tho
men whose bodies were buried Wed
nesday, says the grave will be pro
tected Indefinitely from vandals by
armed guards. He has made formal
application tn be appointed executor
of the estate of Ed and Jack. He
claims that the former when first ar
rested had in his possession about
$1,000 and tho latter $2U lu cash.
General Gomez In Santiago
Santiago He Cuba, Feb. 11. Gen
eral Maximo Gomez arrived here last
night on fcis way to Santo Domingo.
Ho was given a grent demonstration
when he landed from the steamer. A
large crowd had assembled with bands
of music. The municipal police and
th: firemen turned out to welcome
him.
General Gomez was averse to dis
cussing the political situation. He said,
however, that he believed the United
States would fulfil Its pledges to
establish a stablo government In
Cuba
Killed by Engine.
Syracuse, Feb. -11. Frank Nclllgan,
70 years old, employed by the N"
York Central for 4.ri years, fell from
au engine from which ho was shovel
ing coal for his daily supply at his
flag shanty near the tunnel. No one
saw him fall and the train had pro
ceeded five blocks berore his mutilated
body was discovered dragging under
the wheels. The snow the entire dis
tance v.-ns crimson from blood and his
legs and hands were picked up here
and there on the track.
Kitchener Reports Activity.
London, Feb. 10. A report re
ceived from General Kitchener at
Pretoria shows last week to have
been the livliest week, with the hoav
lest losses on botli sides, for several
months past. lord Kitchener gives
the lloer casualties a total ot m killed.
17 wounded, 17 surrendered and 571
taken prisoners. The ISiitisb captured
ISO rilles. one pompom and the usual
grist of munitions and live stock.
THE PRESIDENT'S SON.
Condition Not Favorable New York
Doctor In Consultation.
Gruton, Mass., Feb. 11. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., the oldest son of Pres
ident Roosevelt, has double pneu
monia. Otherwise his condition was
unchanged last night The lad la se
riously sick, but It is too early to say
what the chances are for recovery.
This was the statement issued by
George V. Cortelyou, secretary to the
president, at 9 o'clock last night and
was made after a careful examination
of the boy by Dr. Alexander I-ambert,
'he family physician of President
Roosevelt, who arrived hore from New
York at C o'clock.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt spent
a long, anxious day In the Infirmary
awaiting the crisis of the disease which
appeared to have taken such a strong
Iiold of their son. The change for
the worse in the lad's condition oc
curred (luring the night and showed
itself when the regular morning exam
ination wan made by Dr. Shattuck and
Dr. Warren. Seeretnry Cortelyou, who
Is the only means of communication
with the sick room, made the an
nouncement of the patient's serious
condition although he said then it was
not alarming: ,
"His temperature is higher," said
Mr. Cortelyou, "and his respiration Is
wenker than yesterday, but his pulse
Is better."
He also said that there was no Im
mediate change, but only the natural
progress of tho disease. In conclu
sion he announced that the disease
had spread and involved both lungs.
The sudden and unfavorable turn
warned the president that the most
skilful medical treatment was neces
sary, and so he called to the aid ol
Drs. Shattuck and Warren his family
physician. Dr. Alexander Lambert ol
New York, an eminent practitioner and
a man well acquainted with the boy'a
physique. The decision to call Dr.
Lambert was made after consultation
of the physicians and the president
and the dortor left New York at
noon, arriving here shortly after 6
D'clock.
BIG FIRE AT PATERSON.
Twenty-Five City Blocks Burned
Cowr, Loss $10,000,000.
I'atcrscn, N. J., Feb. 10. A great
file swept through Patersun yesterday
and in its desolate wake are the em
bers and nhes of property valued In
preliminary estimates at $10,000,000 It
burned its .ay through the business
section of the city and claimed as its
own a majority of the finer structures
devoted to commercial, civic, educa
tional mid religious use as well as
scores of other houses. There was
but small tribute of life and injury to
the conllkgratlon, but hundreds were
left homeless and thousands without
employment.
Tho great manufacturing plants ol
the place are safe and the community
temporarily dazed by the calamity, nan
already commenced the work of reor
gani.ation and restoration.
A partial list of the properties de
stroyed follows:
Public buildings City hall, public II
library, old city ball, police station,
No. 1 engine house, patrol stables,
high school and school No. 15.
Churches First Iiaptlst, Second
Presbyterian, Park Avenue Baptist, St.
Mark's Episcopal and St. Joseph's
Roman aCtholic.
Hanks First National, Second Na
tional (partially), Put ei son National,
Silk City Trust Hamilton Trust and
Peterson Trust.
Omco buildings Uomalne building,
Katz building, Marshall and Ball's,
Cohn building, Old Town Clock, Old
Klnne building and Stevenson build
ing. Telegraph companies Western
Union and Postal telegraph.
Theater The Garden.
Newspapers-The Evening News and
Sunday Chronicle.
Numerous stores and business
pint es.
The area of destruction foots up
roughly 25 city blocks.
Longest Communication.
New York, Feb. 10. The steamship
Philadelphia of the American line
which arrived yesterday broke the rec
ord for having the longest communica
tion with the land by means of the
Marconi wireless telegraph system.
At noon Saturday, the 1st of Feb
ruary, the steamship was a few miles
off the Lizard. Messages were then
exchanged and the telegraphing wai
kept up until midnight of the follow
ing day. The last message was sent
hen the Philadelphia was 150 mlle
distant from the land. This is the
longest distance in which wirelest
communication has ever been had be
tween a steamship and the land.
Negotiations With Russia.
Washington, Feb. 11. Negotiation
between the United States govern
ment and the government of Russia,
relative to Manchuria, are progressing
with the exhibition of a great deal ol
energy on our ' part though the ex
changes aie in the kindliest spirit
The attitude of the Russian govern
ment In this matter has shifted mater
lally since the beginning of the neg
tiatlotis.
Challenge to Fight
Madrid. Feb. II. Senor Ibauey, a
Republican deputy, has challenged
Senor Silvela. the former premier, tc
fight a duel In consequence of the lat
ter's sharp criticism in the chamber
of deputies, Feb. 8. of Ibauey 's con
nection with the agitation in Valen
cia. Death of Maria Halpin.
New York, Feb. S. Mrs. Wallace
Hunt died yesterday at her home In
New Rishellc. Today's Herald sayl
lhat Mrs. Hunt fonnerly was known
as Maria R. Halpin of Uuflalo.
SENTENCE SET ASIDE.
Important Decision By United
States Circuit Court.
Captain of Volunteers Sent to Prison
by Regular Army Officers to Be Set
Free Freedom of 200 Other Men
Involved In the Question Just
Decided.
St. Louis, Feb. 11. Established
precedents of the United States army
were overthrown and the freedom of
nearly 200 men now confined in fed
eral penitentiaries was assured by a
derision rendered by the United States
circuit court of appeals in the case
of Peter C. Doming, a former captain
nf United States volunteers, against
Robert W. McClaughry, warden of the
federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven
worth. Denung was imprisoned on the
sentence of a court martial composed
of nine regular army officers, con
vened by General W. R. Shafter on
March 21). 1900. The opinion of the
circuit court, written by Judge Walter
S. Sanborn, Is that the court martlil
which sentenced Detning acted in vio
lation of article 77 of the articles of
war which provides that officers of the
regular army shall not be competent
to sit oil court martinis for the trial
of ofTirers and soldiers of other forces.
The essential question as stated in
Judge Sanborn's opinion Is whether
the volunteer army Is the same as the
regular army, or whether It Is one of
the "other forces" mentioned In ar
ticle 77.
The opinion establishes the fact that
the volunteer army is at all times dis
tinct lrom the regular army.
Pendng will be released from the
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary within
GO days ami all other former members
of the volunteer army who are con
fined In federal prisons on sentences
Inflicted by courts martial of regular
officers will also be liberated as the
result of tho decision, it is stated.
Detning was a captain In the sub
sistence department of the volunteer
army. He was commissioned under
the act of 189!), providing for the en
listment of soldiers for the Philippine
war. The charge against him related
to his accounts.
The court martial, composed of nine
officers of the regular army, dismissed
Demlng from the service and sent
enced him to three years In the peni
tentiary. This sentence was affirmed
by the secretary of war and approved
by tho president.
In June. 1S98, Judge Advocate Gen
eral I.ieber decided that regular army
officers might try volunteers under the
act of 1S98. providing for the en
listment of soldiers for the Spanish
war. Under this ruling many cases
were tried and sentences Imposed
The Demlng case was the first In
which an appeal has been taken.
Judge Sanborn says In his opinion
that General Shafter was prohibited
by the laws of the United States from
constituting the Demlng court mar
tial of regular army offircrc and that
the f.ction of such a tribunal Is Told.
Prisoner Informed.
Leaveu worth, Kan.. Feb. 11. Peter
C. Demiug was notified by his attor
neys of the decision of the United
States circuit court of appeals at St.
Louis. Except expressing his gratifi
cation over the decision he declined
to talk on the subject.
A number of private soldiers con
fined In the penitentiary were sentenced
by similar courts and It Is expected
they will make application for their
release under the decision. Warden
McClaughry has not yet received offi
cial notice of tho court's action.
For a New Racing Circuit
Port Henry, N. Y.. Feb. 11. Promi
nent horsemen of Northern New York
and Vermont are urging for a new
racing circuit the coming season which
will include Rutland, Fair Haven, St
Albnns, Plattsburg and Port Henry.
HOTEL BURNED.
Eleven Persons Lose Their Lives at
St Louis.
St. Louis, Feb. 10. An early morn
ing fire. which destroyed Empirehotel
and a large three-story lodging house
at 2700 and 27c2 Olive street, occupied
by men exclusively, caused the deaths
of 11 persons, 10 men and one woman,
and dangerously injured eight others.
Ten or more who had narrow escapes
from death In the fire were more or
les slnjured by being frost bitten. It
Is estimated that there were between
35 and in persons in the building and
it is believed all have been accounted
for.
Sympathy of the Emperor.
Berlin, Feb. 11. A dispatch an
nouncing the gravity of the condition
of the son of President Roosevelt
was communicated to Prince Henry hy
the corresMinclent here of the Asso
ciated Press and was communicated
by Prime Henry to the emperor.
Deep sympathy was manifested at the
Sell loss for President Roosevelt. The
foreign office expects to receive a re
port from Dr. Von Hollehen. the Ger
man ambassador at Washington, of
the condition of the president's son.
The last dispiitchesfromfJroti.n were
received too late for publication In the
evening papers, but these Journals
comment regretfully on the news re
ceived earlier in the day of young
Ktaisctcir illness.
To Catch Dcwet
Ixindon. Fell. u.- From Wolveliis-k,
Uird Kitchener has telegraphed a
long description of a combine move
ment of numerous llritish columns
with the object of securing U'-neral
Dewet.
8LEIGHING PARTY HURT.
One Sled 0' crti rns and Another
Drives Into Occupants.
New Cactle. Pa., Ftb. 8. A sleigh
ing party of 30 in two sleds from Ma
honlntown met with an accident at
the Moravia crossing In which three
were Injured. The first sled over
turned, throwing the occupants out
and In the confusion the driver of the
second vehicle drove into the ones
floundering in the snow.
Miss Nettie Thoman had her should
r an I nec'.; injured and Miss Jean
Wallaco suffered many srious contus
Ions a'.ir.ut the body. While trying to
escape the horses' feet Paul Ranr
had his ankle sprained and seven,
others were badly bruised and
scratched.
HAD ODD ACCIDENT.
Nearly Suffocated In Large Box Con
taining Shelled Corn.
Altorna, Pa., Feb. 8. Joseph P. Im
ler of Ostcrburg, Bedford county, a
prominent politician, bad a narrow es
cape from death Wednesday. He
climbed Into a large box In his barn
to gather shelled corn, when the lid
dropped and the clamp sprang over the
hook. For several hours he tugged,
yelled and worked heroically, finally
becoming unconscious from suffoca
tion. Members of his fnmlly missed him,
went on a hunt and by mere chance
looked In the box, where be was
found almost dead. Imler Is a candi
date for the Republican nomination for
sheriff of Bedford rounty.
Train Lay In Snowdrift
Corry, Pa., Feb. 10. All travel was
abandoned between Oil City and Broe
ton on the Chautauqua division of the
Pennsylvania yesterday. The blizzard
is the worst In this section's history.
One train lay nil night In a huge
drift at Summit and some food was
carried to the imprisoned passengers.
The officials abandoned hope of mov
ing trains and have decided to run
through trains from Brocton to Ash
tabula, via the Lake Shore. The Dun
kirk division of the Erie also the Dun
kirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg
division of the Lake Shore are blocked
and no trains moving. On the main
line of the Erie travel is delayed.
Horse Delayed All Trains.
New Castle, Pa., Feb. 8. All trains
on the main line of the Pittsburg and
Western railroad were held up here
for several hours through one of the
most remarkable causes on record for
railroads delays. A runaway horse
driven by Robert Miller, ran for sev
eral yards over the railroad bridge
before Its feet slipped between tho
ties. All four feet went through.
Flagmen were sent out both ways to
warn approaching trains and the wreck
train was ordered out at daylight. It
was found necessary to lift the horse
out by means of a derrick. The ani
mal was little injured.
Received Legacy In Prison.
Wllkes-Barre. Pa., Feb. 7. The mys
terious prisoner, Frank Day, after be
ing found guilty of breaking and en
tering and acquitted of a charge of
burglary on a technicality, asked the
court to postpone sentence until Sat
urday, so that he could present some
facts regarding his character. Day
is called the "The Gentleman Burg
lar," because he dresses very well.
He wns left a legacy of $2,800 while
in jail, and has spent a lot on clothes.
He is well educated and says he cornea
of good family but will not reveal his
Identity.
To Develop Coal Lands.
Cleveland, Feb. 8. The United
States Coal company. Incorporated
Wednesday at Columbus with a capi
tal of $2,000,000 will, it is said, de
velop a tract of 18.000 acres of roal
land In Jefferson rounty. It is the In
tention to ship this coal to the North
west by water. Further than this the
company will probably extend the
Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling rail
road to Willoughhy, O.. and there con
struct a big dock to handle coal.
Uncle Tom Tabooed In Historic Place.
Parkersburg, W. V., Feb. 8. The
city council of Charlestown, within 10
miles of Harpers Ferry, where John
Brown fought and was arrested, has,
by city ordinance, prohibited the per
formance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" In
any opera house In that city for all
time. This action was taken upon the
petition of tho Lawson Botts chapter
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, Killing Dogs and Cats.
Wilkes-Bnrre, Pa.. Feb. 8. At 9
o'clock yesterday morning the killing
of every dog and rat found loose on
the streets of Plymouth township
commenced. They are being killed
because it Is believed they are respon
sible for the spread of smallpox of
which (hero are several cases '.u the
township
Women Driven to the Pump.
Conncllbville, Pa., Feb. 7. Nearly
1,000 people have signed a remon
strance against granting a lirense for
the Marlun hotel at Cheat Haven, be
cause the proprietor, J. Johnson, is a.-
leged to have refused to sell lemon
ade to women in a camping party. It
is charged that he said be sold only
beer and whisky and that there Is no
money in soft drinks. The party was
driven to the pump.
Keyser There Is a movement on
fixit to extend the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania railroad from Piedmont
to Keys-r. The road is already op
erated from Cumberland throughout
the Georges creek roul region to Pied
mont, and would bo a great conven
ience should it be extended five lllHea,
the distance between the two towns.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS,
Pointed Paragraphs Chron:c
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
ar.d Only Facts Given In as Few
Words as Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
The business section of Waterbury,
Conn., was wiped out by a fire, entail
ing a loss of $2,000,000.
The good reads convention In ses
sion at Albiby asked the state to Is
sue bcuds for $20,000,000 for a sys
tem of read improcinent.
Edward and Johu Biddle, who es
caped from the Pittsburg jail Thursday
morning, were recaptured Friday ev
ening after a fight in which they were
mortally wounded. Both died Satur
day night.
Acccniing to arrangements of com-
mlttea. Prince Henry will stay in Buf-
alo 15 mhuttes and In Rochester 20
minutes.
Thursday.
The city council of Chicago has de
cided to remove all icstrlctlons in the
height of fireproof buildings.
Four persons were killed and one
was probably fatally Injured as the
result of an explosion of gasoline In
the br.'.iery of George Carver at Boy
crtown, Pa.
Heater Tuner shot his brother
James dead at Alexander, Ky.. but
not before James had struck Heater
on the head with a hatchet, inflicting
fatal wounds.
Great Britain, in reply to the Dutch
premier, declines to treat with anyone
except Hip B ers In the Held.
Thomas Lidzey, station agent for the
West Shore at Waynesboro, N. Y.,
while loading milk on a westbound ac
commodation train was struck and in
stantly killed by a train.
Friday.
By the explosion of the boilers on
the towhoat John W. Alles, at PltU-
burg, one man was killed, four fatally
injured and several are missing, prob
ably drowned.
Four masked men entered the office
of George Hill, a contractor of Eli.a
bethport, N. J., and after gagging a
watchman carried off $2,500 in money
Robbers blew the safe of the Bank of
Clarksville, Ark., with dynamite, se
cured $(1,000, killed John Powers, sher
iff of Johnson county, who attempted
to capture them, and escaped.
Six firemen were killed, six badly
Injured and a number of others sus
tained minor Injuries in a fire which
destroyed the 5-story building at 31!
and 314 Chestnut street. St. I-ouls.
The senate committe on foreign re
lations ordered a favorable report on
the treaty to acquire the Danish West
Indies.
Saturday.
Philip Gerst. tx-eity treasurer of
Buffalo, recently removed by the
mayor, has been arrested for grand
larceny and held in $3,000 ball.
The Aberdeen-Angus bull, Prince
Ito, sold at Union 8tock Yards, Chi
cago, for $9,100. The highest price
for an Angus bull ever realized in the
ring before was $3,030.
Hiram Crunk whose home is at Ava,
Oneida, county, Is said to be the only
surviving pensioner of the war of 181?.
Recently congress Increased Mr.
Cronk's monthly pension from $8 to
$25.
Former Senator William E. Chand
ler of New Hampshire has written a
public letter In which he attacks the
diplomatic course of General Stewart
L. Woodford. United States minister
to Spain, and asserts that a competent
diplomat could have averted the war.
Monday.
By gas explosion in a 2-story build
ing at 376 Twenty-second street, Chi
cago, 11 persons were killed. Including
six members of the family of Otto
Trostle.
Thomas Farrcl, steward of the Ni
agara club, Niagara Falls, is missing
and it is ftared has committed suicide.
The entire family of Grant Shirley,
Lake Shore railroad hrakeman, includ
ing his wife and five children, were
overcome by escaping fuel gas at their
home in Erie.
The Ixiiidon Sun hag brought suit
against A. J. Balfour for slander In
stating that The Sun interview with
him concerning the Dutch overtures
is a fabrication.
The police have closed all the gamb
ling houses in San Juan, P. R.
Emperor William has intervened to
stem the spread of the faith-healing
cult in Germany.
Tuesday.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was re
ported as suftering from a treacherous
form of pneumonia, but was In no im
mediate danger.
Staff surgeons of the Bushwirk Cen
tral hospital of Brooklyn profess to
be willing to accept Dr. James Edwin
Russell's lender of his live body for
vivisection experiments.
General Samuel Pearson, Boer rep
resentative in the United States,
asked the president to permit him to
attack the British agents who, he said,
were buying mules near New Orleans.
Governor Taft advocated the pur
chase of lands held hy the friars In
the Philippines.
Railroad commissioners have plac ed
blame for New York Central tunnel
disaster on the railway company.
The business center of Paterson, H.
J., as burned, with a loss amountlrj
to $1.1.100, )00.
EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
Eleven Pcrso -c Lo e Their Lives In
Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 'j.--By ail explosion
of gas in the basement ot a two.
story frame building at U76 Twenty
Second street a number of people,
the total said to be eleven, lost
their lives and the building wat
blown into kindling wood.
Two e plosion3 if gas followed
so quickly that It was hard to distin
guish them. First to explode was a
main at 22d street and Archer avenue.
Then the manhole half a block south
on Archer aveuue was thrown Into
the air by a loud explosion. Flames
leaped and roared from the hole. The
fire spread below the street and
smaller manholes were blown Into the
air.
The flames from the first gas main
reached the Trostle butcher shop. The
building was a 3-story frome structure
and it had been weakened and nearly
wrecked by the shock. It Is sup
posed that the occupants of the build
ing were knocked unconscious or were
too panic stricken to rush from the
place. The dry and rotten wood was
food for the fire and In an instant the
flames had enveloped the structure.
With a roar the building collapsed and
the occupants with one exception were
carried with it to the basement
The direct cause of the explosion li
not known, but all indications show
that it was due to escaping gas in the
basement of the Trostle house.
Death of Two Persons.
Horton, Kan., Feb. 8. Fire In the
big car works of the Rock Island rail
road yesterday afternoon caused the
death of two persons i.nd the destruc
tion of a quarter milii n dollars worth
of property.
The dead:
P. II. AIcKeon, president of the
board of education.
W. II. Dads, the oldest employe ol
the car works.
McKeon lost his life in trying to
save Davis.
Steamer Aground.
Hallfux, N. S., Feb. lo. The Allan
line steamer Grecian, Captain Harri
son, from Liverpool via St. Johns, N.
F., ran upon rocks on the western
shore, five miles from this city, at i
o'clock yesterday morning and now
has water in fore and after holds, with
the engine room free. Her position
however, is a very bad one. She hat)
on board one passenger, John Blair ol
St. Johns, who has been landed .and
300 tons of cargo, part of which lias
been taken out.
Successful Aeronaut
Monaco, Feb. 1 1. Snntos-Dumonl
made his third trip over the bay.
Splendid weather prevailed. The areo
naut made evolutions with complete
success for 30 minutes and returned
to his starling place amid the plaudlU
of the great crowd assembled.
Will Attend Dinner.
Albany, Feb. 11. Rear Admiral W.
B. Schley will attend the annual din
ner of the Legislative Reporters asso
ciation which will be held In this city
on Tuesday evening, Feb. 18.
MARKET REPORT.
New York Provision Market
New York. Feb. 10.
WHEAT No. 2 red, 87c f.o.b
afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, 85e
f.o.b. afloat.
CORN No. 2 corn, 67Hc f.o.t
afloat.
OATS No. 2. 48c; No. 2 white,
49c; track mixed western, 48(3
49c; track white, fioli 33c.
PORK Mess, $16.00 17.00; family,
in.lMfi 17.30.
HAY Shipping, G065e; good tc
choice, S714l?'9nc.
BUTTER Creamery extras, 28c;
factory, lj'.e; imitation creamery
western fancy, 2oc.
CHEESE Fancy large white, 10c;
smnll white, 11(S ll'.ic.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania
28i29c.
POTATOES New York, sack, $2.0(1
6 2.25.
Buffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo, Feb. 10.
WHEAT No. 1 northern. 82Vc;
winter wheat. No. 2 red. 9o4c
CORN No. 2 com, :i'4c; No. 1
corn. ;!.
OATS No. 2 white. 47 Vac; No. 1
mixed. 43c .
FLOUR Spring wheat, best patent
per bhl.. $4.25U 4.50; low grades,
$2.250 3.00.
BUTTER Creamery, western, ex
tra tubs, 28c; state and Penns
vanla creamery, 27c; dairy, fair to
good, 21 22c.
CHEESE Fancy full cieam. Uc;
good to choice, lmffllc; common tc
fair. fiifiOc.
EGGS Slate fresh fancy, 28ii29e.
POTATOES Funey, per bushel.
75c.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market
CATTLE Best steers on sale, $il.7J
fe7.0; gisxi to choice shippi;u sleei J.
$5.65Ut'-3; coarse, n.u.Ji hut fat
steers. $r.15'uii.W'; choice to smooth
fat steers, $3.5n(fi 5 8u; common to
good heifers. $3.3'"7M.4u; good btitehei
bulls. $;i.7.V.i l.-
SliEKP AN1 LAMBS -Handy
lambs, choice lo fancy. il.2iKifi.3r,;
common to g)d. $5.5iif 5.75; choiet
(o handy wethers. $5.00fi 5.50.
HOGS Mixed packers urnde.
$i;.:;oii ti.40; heavy hogs. $fl 40fi fi.45;
choice, hcay and upwards, $ti.50ql
6.55.
Buffalo Hay Market
HAY Timothy, lis so. No. 1 per ton
$1 l.nntfj l5.oii; tiiuolliy prh ' 1 (,-
baled. trl.."i'l I .; tin" ' V T iro-,
tight baled. lo ""'I' ' ' j
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