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Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. 1. 1 mm h mi GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIOXKSTA, PENN. Wanted An Idea s- """"''""URN .. Pifc-nt I? wl ut two iiunurod lunaiuuus wuuL BOERS' DISARMAMENT. Proceeding Rapidly and Good Spirit Displayed. King Congratulates Army Senate Philippine Bill Crop Prospects Brilliant Went to the Crater'a Top. Value cf New York Farms Minera Strike Cost of War In Life. The war office has received the fol lowing from Lord Kitchener: "The (ll.-nrniamcnt of the Boers i proceeding satisfactorily, and good spirit Is displayed everywhere. Sat urday 4,312 illlej hud been surrendered up to date." Dispatches received from Pretoria rmiflrut the statement made In Lord Kitchener's communication to the war tir.ie and say thut the whole staff of the la;e Transvaal government with a bodyguard of 50 men, surrendered ln?t Satunliiy. Among the men who surrendered to tho Ililllsh authorities at Balmoral, Cape C'ulony, were four Americans who will be granted free passage to DeliiRna Pay. A striking sign of the altered condi tions In South Africa Is that Lord Mll nor. the British hlr,h commissioner, rode from Pretoria to Johannesburg last Saturday accumpanled only by two staff dicers. A few of the Boer women still In velgh a?ai:ist surrender but the gen eral feellni; anicng them Is In favor of n:l.liig the best of the situation. ThroulKiit the dominions of the British empire, and especially In all the principal towns of South Africa thr.nkstivin ; services for the return of ppace were held Sunday. Oen.Kltch ercr nt'c'.d.'d a thanksgiving service nt Pretoria at which C.0OO British trccps were present. Berate Philippine Bill. The senate passed the Lodge Philip pine government bill 48 to 30. Three Republicans, Messrs. Hoar, Ma son and Wellington, voted against the nua-ure. and cue Democrat, Mr. Mc J.nurlu of Si. nth Carolina, voted for it. All anii'iiiliiients offered by the min ority were i ejected. The debate rn the measure has been In prn-rcss. reven weeks and two days. Mr. I ikIbc, chairman of the Philip pine cormittee, who has been unre mitting In 1 is advocacy of the meas ure, wns the recipient of many cor dial congratulations on his successful conduct of the bill. The senate Philippine government bill approves the action of the President In creating the Philippine con.mlsslon and the offices of the civil governor and vice governor of the islands, mid authorizes the governor and vice governor to exercise the powers of government as directed hy executive older. Future appointments of the governor or vico governor shall be made by the president with the advice and consent of the senate. All the Inhabitants of the Philip pine Island!', are deemed to be citi zens of the Philippine Islands and en titled to the protection of the United States. All land In the Philippines is placed under Cie -rntrol of tho Philippine eomnilssxit for the benefit of the in habitants of the islands except sucb as mny be needed for the use of the United States. King Ser.d3 Congratulations. King Edward of England has ca bled his congratulations on the con clusion of pence to Lord Kitchener and Lord Miluer, the British bii;h commis sioner In South Africa. The text of the royal dispatch to Lord Milner is ns follows: "I am overjoyed at the news of tho surrender of the Boers, and I warmly congratulate you on tho able manner In which you have conducted tho nego tiations." To this message Lord Milner re plied: "1 offer my deepest thanks for your majesty's gracious message. I am profoundly thankful that your ma jesty's coronation will he celebrated with peace throughout your South Af rlcun ih iiilnions." The following is the text of King Kihva:d's dispatch to Ixrd Kitchener: "I send yon my most hearty congrat ulations on the termination nf hostili ties. I also heartily congratulate my brave troops under your command for having brought long and difficult cam paign to so glorious and successful a conclusion." To this message Lord Kitchener re plied: "The army In South Afrlcahighlyap precir.te yi nr majesty's most gracious messaRC, which I am now communicat ing to It. I humbly beg to thank your majesty." Crop Prospect Brilliant. Crop prospects as a whole are really brllliunt, railroad earnings are enor mous despite t lie small grain tonnage, bank clearings are unite heavy not withstanding the speculative dullness and failures &i-e fewer In number than in lerently preceding years. Corn and cotton crop reports are positively excellent and In striklns contrast with a year ago. Winter wheat Is turning out better than ex pected in such states as Kansas, though recent rains have Interfered ith harvesting In Oklahoma. Fruit crops promise to be very large, and a favorable reflection of this is already noted In sugar prices, which nre firmer. Vegetables and other t-iHir.try produce, shortened a year ago, promise a heavy yield. The pinch In anthracite coal Is be coming tighter. New York reports the greatest scarcity, and asking pi Ices at wholesale for stove sizes aro r.O per tou higher than a year ago-, with resold retailers' stocks being drawn for 20 to 40 miles around New York. Light and heavy hardware and kindred lines report unusual ac tivity. Business failures for the week num ber 153, as against 103 last week, 1R3 In this week last year, 1S4 in 1900, 178 In 1899 and 221 in 1898. Went to Top of Crater. The National Geographical society has scored a great triumph through its representative here, Professor Angelo Hellprln, who on Saturday, with three guides, ascended to the top of the crater on the summit of Mont Pelee. Professor Hellprln is also president of the Philadelphia Geographical so ciety. The volcano was active but amid a thousand dangers Professor Hell prln reached the summit and looked down Into the huge crater. Here he spent some time In taking careful otservatlons. He saw a huge cinder cone In the center of the crater. The opening of the crater Itself is a vast crevice D00 feet long and'150 wide. While Professor Hellprln was on the summit of the volcano several violent explosions of steam and cin der laden vapor took place and again and again his life was In danger. Ashes fell about him in such quan tities at times as to completely ob scure his vision. One particularly violent explosion of mud covered him from head to foot with the hideous, viscid and semi-solid matter thrown out. Professor Hellprln still persis ted In his study and observations, however, and twice more was bo showered with mud. Excursion Train Wrecked. An excursion train on the Detroit and Mackinaw railroad, which left Alpena, Mich., at 7:15 o'clock for Saginaw, consisting of an engine and 12 coaches, and carrying over 600 peo ple, was wrecked at Black River while running 40 miles an hour. One man was instantly killed, three were probably fatally injured and nearly B0 others received Injuries of varlotiB degrees of severity, rang ing from bruises and ruts to broken limbs. The excursion was under the au spices of tho German Aid society of Alpena. When the train reached Black River the tender Jumped the track. Knglneer Hopper Instantly set the air brakes and reversed his en gine. The sudden stop threw the first three coaches off the track and Into the ditch. The first car was thrown half around and the next two coaches plowed through It and cut It In two. Value of New York Farms. The census report on agriculture In New York shows that the 220,720 farms In that state enumerated on June 1. 1IM10, were valued at $888,134, 180. Of this valuation 38 per cent is In buildings and U2 per cent in land and other improvements than build ings. The value of farm Implements and machinery was $56,006,000 and livestock $125,583,715. making the to tal value of farm property $1,069,723, 895. The total value of farm products In 1SII9 was $243,270,600, of which CI per cent comprised crops, Including forest products, cut or produced on farms, and 39 per cent animal products. The total value of farm products for 1899 exceeds that of 1S89 by 52 per cent. The pross farm Income In 189D was $1 SI .841,420 and the gross Income upon Investment 17 per cent. Police Giving Up Jobs. Thursday night's shooting had a so bering effect upon the Idle men and boys In the valley and as a result the Wyoming region was a place of almost absolute peace. The Stanton colliery, where the shooting occurred, was visited by hundreds of persons who expected to see more trouble, but no crowds were permitted to congregate In the neigh borhood. The colliery is closed down ns tight as a drum as a result of the disturbance there. Even the coal and Iron polite, with the exception of four or live, gave up their jobs and left town as quickly as they could got out. The condition of the boy Is still se rious but It is believed he will re cover. Cost of War In Life. A recent official statement shows that the total reduction of the British forces in South Africa, up to May 30 of the present year was 97,477. This Includes killed, wounded, prisoners, deaths from disease and men invalided home. Of these, many have recov ered and rejoined their regiments, leaving 28.434 dead or permanently Incapacited. The total number of troops killed In action or who died of wounds is 7,792, while the total num ber of deaths from disease Is 13,250. Strike In Soft Coal Field. Thurmond, in West Virginia, Is the center of the New River coal Held. Saturday 85 per cent of the miners In both the New and the Kanawha river districts were out and It Is thought that today not 5 per cent of the miners In tho field will be at work. The dally shipments of coal from these two fields amounted to 500 cars but Sat rday less than 100 were sent out and part of these were loaded. Increase to Railroad Men. Two thousand signalmen, dispatch ers, telegraphers and towermen who are employed by the New York Cen tral Railroad company, will receive an Increase In their May envelopes, due on June 10. Tho additional pay ag gregates $125,000 a year. Bridgewo-kers Strike. Four hundred bridgeworkers In the two plants of the Empire "Bridge com pany at F.lmlia are on strike. The strike was due to the attitude of the company concerning an attempt to establish a union In the company's shops. DEATH IN THE FLAMES Fatalities In a Sanitarium Fire at Chicago. Most of the Patients Were Those Seeking Cure of the Drink or Drug Habit Horrible Death of Alderman Kent Two Doctors Amorg the Killed Thrilling Escape. Chicago, June 10. Nine men and one woman were killed and about 30 Voi sons were injured In a fire which destroyed the sanitarium conducted by the St. Luke's society, at the cor ner of Wabash avenue and 21st street. Tho society occupied the building which was long known as the Hotel Woodruff and for a brief period as the Hotel Lancaster. By far the greater portion of the patients re ceived In the institution were those seeking cure from the drink habit and those who were addicted to the use of drugs. When the fire broke out, there was on the fifth floor a number of patients suffering from delirium tremens, - and some wbo were deranged by drugs. Several of these were strapped to their beds and it was found Inpossi ble to save them so rapidly did the Are spread through the building. Tho list as far as known, although It la possible that the list of dead will be increased later. Is as follows: The dead. S. J. Newell. Carl A. Carlson. Joseph Harrington. Samuel Dalzell. Dr. J. T. Stanton. George A. Rlbbeck, Hillsdale, Mich., William Kent, alderman of the 4th ward, Chicago. John B. Knapman. Mrs. M. Baumann. B. II. Boyd. 78 years of age and member of medical staff of the insti tution. The fire originated in the basement of the building and spread rapidly to the upper stories through the ele vator shaft. The blaze was discovered by James Newell, a grocer who was driving through the alley in the rear of the building. He noticed smoke coming from one of the basement windows and ran Into the engine room to discover its cause. Behind the boilers in the center of the cellar and within a few feet of the elevator shaft he saw a small flame. The next Instant the flames were caught by the draught in the elevator shaft and carried up with a roar. Newell shouted to several men In the alley to give the alarm and to alarm the Inmates of the building. Several hurried to do this, but by the time they reached the first floor of the building the flames had been rarrle I to the roof, had eaten through It and were leaping high In the air. As the cry of fire rang through the building, patients sprang from their beds and before they could be prevent ed, several had jumped from the win dows to the pavement. The fire de partment was on the scene within a few minutes and as the windows were filled with people shireklng for help, the firemen devoted their flr.-t efforts to save lives and allowed the fire to burn. While this was the means of saving a large number of people who were carried down ladders by the firemen, it gave the fire such headway that there was almost no chance for those on the upper floors of the building to make their escape and such of them as were not suffo cated, were killed or badly Injured by leaping from the windows. Alderman Kent was in a room on the fifth floor with his attendant, A. W. Wattles. The alderman, who hns been totally blind for many years, was In a straightjacket, and his hands were manacled to a belt that passed around his waUt. When the alarm of fire was sounded Wnltles ran to In vesigate. lie found the elevator shaft a mass of llanies and ran back to help tho alderman, who, blind and unable to do anything with his hands, was al most mad with fear and was shouting like an Inano person. He had groped his way to the door and by the time his attendant had reached him had fallen to the floor overcome with smoke. Wattles seized him and tried to drag him down the hall to a place of safety but Kent had become so crazed that it was almost Impossible to do anything with him. Wattles ifas flnaaly compelled to run for his life as the flames were already scorch ing his clothing. He ran to a win dow on the south Bide of the building across which were iron bars. Wat tles managed to tear two of these from their fastenings and two other men who had followed him climbed out on the sill. They were seen by the firemen who called to them to remain where they were and they would save them. A ladder was run up as high as possible and the two men with Wattles we.e taken down. He became crazed with excitement and not waiting for the return of tho firemen sprang for a net which some men were holding on the sidewalk beneath. He fell partly in it and partly on the sidewalk and sustained Injuries which probably will cause his death in a short time. Kent was left lying on the floor of his room, and evidently died of Fuffo cntinn. His body was badly binned after death. Three hours after the outbreak of the fire it was found on tho floor of his room, one leg burned to a ciisp. and the head burned off. He was Identified by nuans of his cloth ins. TROOPS MAV BE CALLED. Coal and Iron Police Totally Unable to Guard the iV.ir.cs. Wilke.s-Ilarre, Pa., June 7. It is expected here that the troops will be called cut before the end of the week, as by that time the sheriff will find he is unable to cope with the mobs which have been gathered about tht mines during the last few days. When Sheriff Jacobs came to town he found some difficulty in getting deputies, Men he had selected to serve he could not find. He is not now proceeding very rapidly, and hardly expects to have a large enough force on hand to furnish all the protection required. The Coal and Iron police employed are entirely Inadequate to protect the mines and the operators are deter mined that unless the sheriff can at once furnish them protection, they will Insist upon the troops being called out. The burning of the fences at tho Hollenbeck colliery, which lasted for three hours, proved the local police and the guards at the colliery could do nothing and the mob had free sway. This place Is within three blocks of President Mitchell's head quarters, and the shouting and shoot Ing could be plainly heard while tho flames were visible from the roof. With such lawlessness, the operators say, It Is time the county and state authorities furnish them with protec tion and they will demand it. PRESIDENT CANNOT ACT. Law Upon Which New Yorkers De pended Repealed Four Years Ago. New York, June 7. The board of trade and transportation received a telegram from President Roosevelt apprising them that he would be glad to receive the committee appointed by the board to ask the president to ap point a committee to take steps look ing towards the settling of the anthra cite coal miners' strike. The telegram, which was signed by George B. Cortelyou, secretary to the president, pointed out that the law empowering the president to act in instances similar to the anthracite miners' strike was repealed In 189S, but added that the president would be glad to see the committee If it de cided to visit him. After considering the fact that tho law had been repealed, the committee decided not to visit the president. Burglars Damaged Safe. Harrisburg, Pa., June 7. The dial plate of the Bate of the Duncannon National bank of Duncannon. 14 miles west of here, was blown off by burg larg9 early Friday. The other dam age to the safe was slight, and the vault was net entered. The burglars got about $5 in small change, which was In a drawer and a revolver. Tho noise aroused the people of the town and those In the vicinity of the bank saw five men nt the bank. A posse of citizens quickly formed and chased the robbers. Several shots were fired, but apparently did not take ef fect. Not Ready For Morgue. Beaver Falls, Pa., June 7. Thurs day afternoon Henry Toy, 16 years old while sunning himself on the top of a high rtono wall along the rivet front, fell asleep, rolled off the wall and fell headlong to the rocks below a distance of 2"- feet. He was to nil appearance dead and the blood run ning from his ears and mouth. Un dertaker Algeo was telephoned for tc haul him to the morgue, but before the wagon arrived the supposed dead boy came to life. Jumped up and want ed to fight the entire crowd, think ing a joke was being played on him. He Is badly but not seriously hurt. Foils Jail Delivery. Franklin, Pa., June 7. The watch fulness of Sheriff McCtillum and Di p uty Sheriff McDougal prevented at least one escape from the county jai' here. The sheriff and his deputy heard a suspicious tapping against the wall and investigation revealed the fact that the bars of the cell occupied by Jesse Manson, who is serving an extreme jail sentence, were almost en tirely cut away. In the cell were found knives, soap and ropes made from blankets. Effects of Coal Strike. Albany, June 7. Canal statistics given out here show the effect of the coal strike In the tonnage. Last year during the last week In May the coal tonnage was 50,978, whilo this year for the same period the anthra cite shipments dropped to 10,131, a de crease of more thnn 49,000 tons. The total tonnage in tho canal during the past week was 160.941, as against 175,145 for the corresponding week of last year. Notice to Vacate Houses. Northrork, W. Va., June 9. The coal operators here have given notice that all strikers must vacate company houses. Several hundred non-union men were at work here Saturday. The strikers met Saturday and It is be lieved violence will be resi-rted to if the nonunion miners shall attempt to enter the mines again. The operators say they will protect all the non-union men who desire to work. Guards Armed With Winchesters. Davy, W. Va., June 9. There has been no serious trouble here yet, but the operators announced yesterday they will operate their mines with non union labor. The strikers say no non union men shall enter the mines. The operators are putting guards, armed with Winchesters, about their proper ty and torloiis resultH aie expected. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding nd Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible Fcr the Benefit Of the Hurried Reader. Charles Cundeiinun. a Horr.cllsvllle lawyer, was run o.own by an unknown bicycler u:;d hilled. President Mitchell says 80 p,r cent of the engineers, pumpmen ai.d fire men in all districts have obeyed the strike order. One man was instantly killed and four persons seriously Injured by an automobile whirh ran Into a crowd at Grasmcre, S. I. Lord Kitchener cabled that terms of surrender were signed by all the Boer representatives and Lord Milner and himself on Saturday. Four persons were severely Injured, two of them fatally, in a crash at Rockaway Leach between an automo bile and a trolley car. A carrlaee was struck by an Erie train near Greenville, Pa., and Mrs. McClure and her two children were killed and three other persons injured. Thursday. Charles M. Schwab and other steel magnates will erect a 2i)story hotel at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, New York city. Four beef trust managers fled from New Orleans and arc on their way to Mexico, taking with them all their books and records. A conference of Republican mem bers of both houses at the White House decided that any tariff revision at present is inadvisable. Edward Dunham was found dead In bed at Batavia. He had killed him self by pressing an undershirt saturat ed with chloroform to his fare. Mount Blackburn, in southeastern Alaska, fuddenly became active and covered the earth for miles around with volcanic dust and boulders. Friday. Governor Oilell has returned to Al bany from his extended Western trip. Eight miners were burned to death In a gas explosion in a colliery in Glamorganshire, Wales. Herr Krupp has perfected a gun the projectile from which will penetrate the best and thickest armor plate. John F. Newell of Galena. Ills., has been appointed consul at Martinique, to succeed the late Consul Prentiss. A pitched battle occurred between police and strikers and toughs at Chi cago, and the police fired on the mob M. Santos Dumont has abandoned his aeronautical experiments In Eng land and will sail for New York in three weeks. Saturday. Packing house teamsters' strike In Chicago came to an end as result of concessions by the packing houses Lord Kitchener has been made a viscount and was voted $250,000 by parliament In recognition of Ui ; ser vices in South Africa. Judge Chester of the supreme court granted an Injunction against the beet trust, shutting them off from illegal profits in this Mate. Trial of Edward W. Kappele of Buf falo, indicted for stealing a bond of $3,000, blgnmy and filing a false pa per, began at Lockport. William Dowd, said to be leader of t gang of burglars who have operated through Cat.ada, arrested In Philadel phia and held for extradition. Monday. Boer officers In the prison camp at Hamilton, Bermuda, have been al lowed their liberty on parole. Fmnituri manufacturers in con vention at Jamestown, N. Y votid to raise prices from 10 to 20 per cent. Boy of IS was shot and seriously wounded by Coal and Iron police guarding a colliery at Wilkes-Barre. General Maximo Gomez has re fused the annual pension of $6.0o0 re cently voted him by tho Cuban house of representatives. A boat containing eight Spanish ar tillery officers was run down by a steamer at Gljnn. Spain, and five of the officers were drowned. The Birmingham Post says that, on account of his age and Infirmities, the British government has waived Its claim foi acknowledgment by Mr. Kruger of British sovereignty In the Transvaal. Tuesday. Steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm made the passage from New York to Plym outh, Eng., In 5 days, 11 hours and 32 minutes. In a bull fight at Neuva, Mexico, Romulus, a famous wrestler, succeed ed in throwing a wild bull at the first attempt. A little boy named John Whito was electrocuted at Niagara Falls by taking hold of a wire used in raising an arc light. President Roosevelt may Interfere In the coal strike by proceedings against the railroads owning the mines under the Sherman antl trust law. The bill granting amnesty to all Americans now In Jail or awaiting trial 1.1 Cuba has been passed unani mously by tho Cuban senate. Aa excursion train on the Detroit and Mackinaw railroad jumped the track near Alpenn, Mich., ami or man ua. killed uud three fulully lu lu: id. FIERCE FIRE AT SARATOGA. Early Morning Fire Caused the Los of Five Lives. Saratoga, June 10. Fire early yes terday destroyed the Arcade and th Citizens National Bank block ami the Shackelford building and caused the loss of five lives. The dead are: Mrs. Elizabeth M. Mabee, suffo cated and body rescued by firemen. Mrs. Sarah Owens, burned to death, body recovered. David Howland, burned to death, body recovered. Miss Farrington, burned to aeath, body still In the ruins. Chief Engineer Ellas J. Shadwlek was seriously Injured whilo rescuing people from the building and Mi condition Is critical. The property loss is estimated at $300,000 with In surance of $225,000 The Arcade property was to havii been sold at partition sale June 12. It Is owned by the Shoemaker estate of Cincinnati, and Benjamin J. Gold smith of this place. The exact origin of the fire has not yet been discov ered. David Howland was 75 years old. Ho was a civil war veteran, member of Post Luther M. Wheeler, No. 92, G. A. R. and janitor of Grand Army hall in the Arcade building. INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT. Several Fatalities Attended a Small Fire In London. London, June 10. The inadequacy of the fire equipment of London has again been demonstrated by the fa talities which attended a comparative ly small blaze In the center of the city at a Into hour Monday afternoon. The fire occurred in the upper por tion of a 5-story building adjoining the Munsion House station in the busiest section of London. The first extension ladders to arrive at the scene could not be elevated to the height ol the 4th story and inmates of the upper floors were compelled to jump down into a tarpaulin which bad been hastily commandeered by the firemen from a passing fruit van. Several of those who jumped were badly Injured and others who refused to take this risk disappeared within the smoking windows. Several hours elapsed before th casualties were ascertained. It wa then fouud that three persons were dead and 15 injured, one probably far tally. . FILIPINO'S TREACHERY. Murdered Member of a Family Which Had Just Given Him Food. Washington, June 10. An instance of Filipino ingratitude Is afforded by the records of a court martial held In Mindanao, P. I., which have been received at the war department. Martin Gulllipus and three othei Filipinos called at the house of a native family living in the Barrio of Langaran, asked for and were sorved with food. The same even ing Gulllipus set upon an inmate ot the house and with a bolo nearly severed his head from his body. The murderer entertained a suspicion that the dead man had come from Manila and "might be a policeman". General Chaffee confirmed the sen tence of death by hanging Imposed by the military commission but commu ted It to Imprisonment at hard labor for life. Statistics of Postal Receipts. Washington, June 10. The May statistics of gross postal receipts at the 50 largest postoffices In the United States show a net Increase of 11 per cent over the receipts for May, 1901. The laigest increase was Columbus, O., 44 per cent. Buffalo showed n de crease of almost 11 percent as com pared with May of last year and there were decreases at Troy, N. Y.; Nashville, Tenn.,; Hartford, Conn., and Grand Rapids, Mich., New York'r receipts show an Increase of 15 per cent and Chicago 8 per rent. Snow In Rensselaer. Hoosick Falls, June 10. Word was brought from White Creek, 6 miles from here that there was a fall of snow there Sunday night and that tho mountains aro also covered. Block frost was seen In exposed places, causing some loss to fruit and vege table growth. The Green mountains and Mount Greylock In tho Hoosick Valley were visited by a heavy snow fall Sunday night. Retail Butchers. Troy. Juno 10. The retail butchers' association of New York state opened Its annual convention here. Statu President George Shaffer presided. Mayor Conway welcomed the dele gates and spoke in condemnation of the Beef Trust. Committees were ap pointed. The convention will continue through Wednesday. Given Land Under Water. Alhnny, June 10. The state laud board made a grant of 1 1 acres of land under New York bay to Townsend Downey, tho Shooter's Island Ship building company, who desire to ex fend their docks and piers and en large their plant. President of Princeton. Princeton, N. J., June 10. Wood row Wilson, head of the department of Jurisprudence and politics. vas elrrt- ed president of Princeton Inlverslty yesterday in place of Francis Landcy Patton, resigned. Consul ft Martinique. Washington, Juno 10. The scnatt conliri I the apiolntinent of J. I. Jewell. Illinois, as consul at Mn'W iiiuc, W. I.