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VOL. XXXV. NO. :i2.
TIONESTA. PA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1902.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
BOHOUGH OFFICERS.
IturgetK.T. K. ltitchoy.
Conneitmen. J. T. Iai, W. F. Mum,
Dr. J. C Iunn, U. U. (tasimi, J. U. Muse,
C. K. Weaver, J. W, lenders.
Justice ol tht iVoce C. A. Kandall, S.
J. Hutlev.
OmMablt S. K. Maxwell.
(rru- 8. J. Netley.
M'Aool Ihrector Itev.J.V.McAnlnch,
1,. KuKon. J. C. Neowden, J. K. Wong,
I'alrick Joyce. L. Agnew.
FOUKST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congrent J. K. P. Hal
Member of .Venule A. M. Neeley.
AtnemtilvK. M. Doutt.
iVMiilmi J mine W. M. Limlsnv.
A zonule Judge K. I. Crawford, W.
II. II. Dcitturer.
Vo(nHry, RegirterJk Recorder, .
John II. KoiicrUton.
Sheriff. i. VY. Jaiiiieon.
Yeumrr KrKl. A. Keller.
Omiaumoneni It. H. Herman, Johit
T. ("arson. J. T. Ile.
District Attorney S. I). Irwin.
Jury (ii.niortr I.evl O. Rey
nolds Pelor Yotingk.
tVroner lr. J. W. Morrow.
timtity Auditor J. H. Clark, K. J.
Flynn, ieo. U King.
(Vimfy Superintendent E. 8lltlii-
ger.
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Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptemlier.
Third Monday or November.
t'karrb Mahhmll HohMl.
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in i M. K. Nabl.ath ScIiikiI at 10:00 a. in.
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bain evening tv Kev. O. II. Nickle
Preaching in Hie F. M. Church every
rinlhalh evening al the usual hour. Kuv.
Mi-iliirvv. Pastor.
Serioes in the Presbyterian Church
every riahlmlh morning and evening,
llev. J. V. McAiiiiich ollleiating.
The regular meetings of theW. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarter on the
second and fourth Tuesday of each
in- nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Meets everv Tuesday evening, ill Odd
Fellows' HallPartridge building.
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V. Hall, TioiK-sta.
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U. A. K, Meet Island Sd Monday
evening iu each month, in A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
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Wednesday evening of each month, In A.
O. U. W. hall, Tioneata, Pa.
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evening ill each month III A. O. V. W.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
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1. ATTOKN E Y-AT-LA W,
Tionesia, Pa.
SIIAWKKY . MUNM.
ATToKN KYS-AT-LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
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AC. BHOWN.
. ATTOHSRY-AT LAW.
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and Hridge Sis., Tionesta, Pa.
J W. MORROW, M. D.,
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Otllee and Residence lliree disirs north
of Holel Agnew, Tionesia. Professional
calls promplly respond! to at all hours.
K. F.J. 1IOVAKD,
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UK. J. C. Kl'NN,
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OIH over Heath .C Killiner's atere,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours or day or
night. Ilw.idonco-F.lm St., between
li rove's grocery andlerow'a reslaiiraut.
DK.J. D.GBKAVKM,
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otllceand residence above The Davis
Pharmacy.
D'
J. B. NHHilNS.
Physician and Surgeon.
3 OIL CITY, PA,
It. LANSON,
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TimtHMta, Pa
O J. SKTLKY,
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(or sale. Also lllank deeds, mortgsges,
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and ia now furnished with all the mod
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throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comfort ol
guests never neglected.
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misiern Improvement. No pain will
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sonable. J ORKNXO FULTON.
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gists of whom you buy their remedy to re
fund all your purchase money it the
Barosma fails to cure you.
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Thompson's Barosma is performing
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A MEN DM I NT TO Til B CONSTITU
TION PKOI'OdEK TO THE ( III
ZKN8 OK I HIS COMMONWEALTH
FOR THKIK AITUoVAL OK R E ' Kl '
HON BY Til E OINKKVL a8KM
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PENNSYLVANIA, PUIII.1SIIKI) BY
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COMMONWEALTH, IN PTJKHUANCK
OK ARI D LE XVIII OF THE lONai l
1UTIO.N. A JOINT KESOLUflON.
Proposing an amendment to section tn of
article one or the l:onsillulioii, so that a
ui-cuarg of a Jury for railnre to agree or
oilier necessary cause shall not work an
acquittal.
fWlltin I. Be It resolved bv the Senate
and Hun of Representatives of the Coru-
niouweallh or I'ennsvlvanla in (teneral A
enililr met, That the followiug he proposed
as an amendment to the constitution; that
la to say, that Section ten of Article one,
which reads as follows :
"No person shall, for sny Indictable of-
Tense, be proceeded against criminally by
information, except in cases arising
In laud or uaval force or iu the militia.
when in actual service, in time of war or
nubile ilaiurer. or by leave of the court for
oppression or misdemeanor in cfHce. No
person shall tor I lis same onense, ue twice
put in Jeopardy of Ufa or litntl; uor ahall
private pruiwriy be taken or applied to pub
lic use, without autliurily of law and with
out Just conieuaatton Iwlng first made or
secured, 1st amended so aa to read at
follows ;
No person shall, for any Indictable offense,
be proceeded agsiual crimiually by infor
mation etoept in cases arising In ihe land
or naval forces, or In the militia, when In
actual service in time of war or public
danger, or by leave of the court for oppress
ion or mlsdameaiior In office. No nerson
shall, fur the same offense, tie twice put in
Jeopardy of lite or limb ; but a riiachartje
u the jury forfmlnre to ngrre or oilier
ntet'Mitry cntte ithtut nnt trorK (in c
quttliit. Nor shall private property be
taken or applied to public nse, without
authority ol law and without just compen
sation being first made or secured.
A true copy of the Joint Hesoluilon.
W. H GUI EST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO Til! CONSTITU
TION PKOPOSED TO THE 01 II
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FOKTHKIIt APPROVAL Oil KE.IKC
TION BY THE (.KNKKAL AS8KVIHLY
OK THE COMMONWEVLTII OK PKN
NSYLVANI A, PUBLISH EI) BY ORDER
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MONWEALTH. IN PUK8UAN'E OK
ARTICLE XVIII OK THE CONSTITU
TION. A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment o the Constitu
tion of Ihe Commonwealth.
Bectiou 1 Be it resolve.1 by the Senate
and House of Representatives or Ihe Com
monwealth of I'euiisylvania iu General
Assembly met, That the following is pro
poaed as an amendment to the Constitution
or the l.omtuonweailli ol Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions or the eight
eenth article thereof :
Amendment.
Add at lb end or .ection seven, article
three, the following words : Unleas before
it shall be Introduced In the General As
sembly, snch proposed special or local law
shall have been first submitted to a popular
vote, at a general or Sscial election in the
locality or localities to be stl'ected by its op
eration, under an order of the court of oo tu
ition p.eas of the respective eounty after
bearing and application granted, and ahall
have been approved by a majority of the
voters at sncti election : Provided, That no
such election shall be held until the decree
of court authorizing the same shall Lave
been advertised for at least thirty (10)
days in the locality or localities affected, iu
such manner as the court may direct.
A tiue copy of the Joiut Resolution.
W. V. GUI EST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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T DAVC TO ADVERTISE in
THIS PAPEK.
SENATOR (UATS
He Challenges Proof of the Charges
Made By Democrats.
DEFENDS PARTY'S POLICIES
And Points to Its Act levementt In the
State For Forty Year.
NATIONAL ISSUES IN CAMPAIGN
There Will Be No Tariff Changes, Ha
Declares, As Long At Pennsylvania
Holda Her Position In the Republi
can Ranks A Great Pittsburg Meet
ing. The Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburg,
whs packed to Its capacity last Friday
night to hoar United States Senator
Quay, chairman of the Republican
State Committee, discuss the Issues of
the campaign.
Senator Quay's speech was one of the
most striking ever delivered by a po
litical leader. He unreservedly defied
the Democratic assailants of the Re
publican party to prove their asser
tions, and declared that the polby of
protection was safe as long as Penn
sylvania stood firmly In line.
Attempts have been made by Demo
cratic newspapers to distort the speech
and for that reason It Is here given In
full. Senator Quay said:
The conditions In the Republican
stronghold In Allegheny county are not
happy. I remember the fable of the
man who lnterfored In the battle be
tween husband and wife, and if I were
to pronounce upon the merit of your
present controversy I would not bo
here. Always I have stood for pa'rty
regularity. Always since the Republi
can party was organized I have voted
a straight Republican ticket.
Many of my best friends at times
have disagreed with this policy, but
generality I have found them dissatis
fied In the end with the result of their
experiment. In alliances with the Dem
scratic party the Democrats always got
the oyster, the Republicans get the
(hell. Some gentlemen In Allegheny
county In 1890 assisted to place Mr.
Pattlson in the gubernatorial chair
and will remember the bitter repulses
and disappointments they experienced
at his hands.
Within more recent years some of
your people In the legislature became
Involved with the Democracy In a
lock-up of the United States senator
ship at Harrisbtirg. Since then they
have endured much buffeting whilst
the Democracy thrived and laughed. I
hope my friends In what Is known as
the Citizens' party may do better than
this, but I fear they will do worse.
STRIFE MUST CEASE.
This Is certain: The time has come
when the Republicans In Pennsylva
nia for their own sakea must cease
Intestine strife and form line of bat
tle for resistance to the common en
emy. We have recently seen the sheet
lightning and heard the voice of a com
ing storm In the northwestern states.
We have listened to the utterances of
our brethren in Iowa, Wisconsin and
elsewhere, and have witnessed the dra
matic and pathetic exit from public
life of the distinguished speaker of
the national house of representatives.
The tariff is the life of Pennsylvania.
This great city is its creature of which
It la the vital and sustaining force. It
is making this region near the forks
of the Ohio a metropolis of Industry,
commerce and wealth which will
shortly house a population of mil
lions. The present tariff fill fills all national
requirements and oppresses no person
or Interest It needs no revision. Re
vision of the tariff means reduction of
the tariff. Reduction of the tariff
means reduction of the profits of the
manufacturer. Reduction of the profits
of the manufacturer means reduction
of the wages of the laborer. Reduction
of the wages of the laborer means loss
nf business to those who supply the
laborer with the necessities and com
forts of life.
NO TARIFF REVISION.
We In Pennsylvania are sntlsfled
with existing conditions, and as to re
vision, will have none. Agitators may
cry "Revision!" "Revision!" but there
will be no revision while Pennsylvania
maintains her commanding position In
the Republican party and nation a
position she can only maintain by ab
solute harmony In council and unity
In action among her Republican voters.
The present campaign of the Democ
racy In Pennsylvania presents a spec
tacle unique in Its effort to obliterate
the evidence of the existence of that
party and the memory of its mis
deeds. They merely scold and defame pub
lic officials, befoul the reputation of
the state which shelters them, bark
at Quay and vouch for their own In
tegrity. You have all heard their
cries of agony evoked by the con
sciousness that their fellow men were
so much worse than they. I need not
recapitulate and I reply. It is false
that any member of the !st legisla
ture was paid to vote for Mr. .Marshall
for the spor';ership of the house. If It
is true, w' ) was the member who
paid him tnd what was the amount
paid?
It Is false that any member of the
senate or house of representatives was
paid to vote for me for United States
senator. If it is true, who was the
person purchased, who paid the money
and what was the amount paid?
A LIE NAILED.
It is false that I was elected by any
coalition with Democrats. My major
ity of 12 Included Just one Democrat,
who voted against my eipress wish.
It is false that the vote of a single
delegate was purchased In the late
Republican state convention.
If It Is true, who was the delegate?
What was the amount paid and who
paid It? It will be remembered that
the same charge was made by a dis
tinguished and defeated candidate foi
governor before the Democratic state
convention, which met at Altoona in
1808 and nominated Mr. Jenks.
It is false that Samuel W. Penny
packer was my "self-selected" candi
date. There were two men In Penn
sylvania who were absolutely hostile
to the sugsestion of Judge Penny
packer's name; one was Judge Penny
packer, the other was M. S. Quay. It
was very certain that the broad minded
leaders of the opposition would make
a personal campaign upon the ground
that the great grandfather of Judge
Pennypacker was the half-brother of
my grandfather, and the prospect was
not pleasant. Judge Pennypacker him
self preferred the bench to the execu
tive chair.
As to legislative corruption, there
may be evil spirits In the legislature,
as in all civic and military bodies, but
to denounce a legislature as corrupt
upon the newspaper assertion of the
corruption of one or two of Its mem
bers, is as equitable as to charge that
the people of Pittsburg were thieves
because a thief had been arrested on
your streets.
HENSEL MUST GIVE NAMES.
I see that my friend Hensol has ex
perienced a sudden attack of Quay
phobia and that he is In travail be
cause of corruption which will only
be brought to light upon the chal
lenge of Senator Penrose or Senator
Quay. Whatever the case and who
ever the criminal, I challenge Mr. Hen
gel to produce his charge, his specifi
cations and his proof. If he does not,
he falls In his duty to the public.
The peripatetics of the opposition
produce but three cases of alleged cor
ruption at Harrisburg which they
claim were fully established. First,
there was the scandal en the Clarion
Normal School. It was asserted that
$2,500 had been paid to tho legislature
for an appropriation to that institu
tion. I have seen no statement anywhere
to establish that it had been actually
paid, nor by whom, nor to whom it was
paid. The only member of the legls'
latttre named in its connection were
two Democrats, one of whom has been
renominated.
It was alleged also by the same co
terie of scandal mongers that a hid
eous case was made out against Mr.
Harris, the present state treasurer.
Investigation disclosed that Mr. Har
ris when a member of the legislature
went to Harrisburg after the legisla
ture had adjourned at the request of
the officers of a Clearfield county Insti
tution to represent them before the
governor, and had rendered a bill for
$100 or $200 for that service and other
extra legislative services In their be
half which the institution had refused
to pay. That was the extent of the
horrible case of corruption in Clear
field county.
Again It Is said that my friend,
David B. Oliver, is cognizant of a case
In point Indeed, I have read his
speech, which was direct and perti
nent, but Mr. Oliver docs not disclose
the Identity of the heavy villain In the
case nor the attendant circumstances.
Mr. Oliver should give them to the
public. He should hew to the line, let
the chips fall where they may.
These are the only Instances, so fer
as I have found, produced by the scan
dal mongers to sustain their charges
that the state which gives them shel
ter and has given them prominence
and wealth Is debauched, robbed and
misgoverned.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
And now I desire to present to you
some statistics bearing upon the al
leged misgovern men t of the state of
Pennsylvania, a state whose only
cause to blush Is that her own chil
dren are traducers. I assert that
Pennsylvania Is the best governed
state in this Union look at her educa
tional system.
Under the Democratic administra
tion In 180 the amount appropriated
for common schools was $280,000. In
18C8 the Republicans had removed the
state tax from real estate and in
creased the common school appropria
tion to 78 per cent, over 1 800.
In 1874 they had Increased it 374
per cent, over 18fi0. and at Ihe last
session of the legislature it was In
creased more than 500 per rent, over!
1871. I
From 1831 to IS'iO. Inclusive, the last
ten years of Democratic control, the
i mount was $2,411,500.
The amounts appropriated from 1X93
lo 1902, inclusive, were $15,550,000.
From 1KK3 to 1892. Inclusive, were $21.
200,000, showing an increase In the pas, j
ten years over the preceding ton years
of ever 250 per cent.
The appropriations for salaries of
county superintendents of common
schools from 1883 to 1902, Inclusive,
were $1,002,000. From 1883 in 1892. in
clusive, were $SG0,OO0.
The amount paid by that state to Its
counties for school purposes at tho
rate of $1.45 for each enumerated
youth, was $1,769,939.23, of which the
real estate of the counties contributed
all but $490,735.53, while the tax upon
horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc., paid
a large part of the last named amount.
This tax on real estate was in addi
tion to the local school taxes.
Pennsylvania pays about $4 each for
her total number of pupils, and its
real estate contributes nothing.
During and since the Civil War to
May 31, 1902 Pennsylvania has ex
pended for the support and education
of soldiers' and sailors' orphans $11,
673,833.93. Over 17,000 of Btich pupils have been
admitted to her soldiers' orphans'
schools and we are now maintaining
and educating nearly eleven hundred.
Another comparison of great Import
ance may be cited.
The state of debt of Pennsylvania In
1861 was $40,448,213.82, or over $13.91
for every man, woman and child with
in Its borders. Today the state deht
of Pennsylvania is not five cents per
capita.
The annual Interest on our state debt
In 1860 was $1,960,000. Today it is
practically nothing.
AS TO BALLOT REFORM.
The Republican state committee at
Its recent session appointed sub-committees
to formulate new ballot and
primary election laws. Their report
was anticipated at an early date, but
the chairman of one of the committees
has been in the field with the National
Guard, and the other committee, after
giving full hearings to all Interested,
Is awaiting the report of two distin
guished attorneys, Hon. Alexander
Simpson and Hon. Richard C. Date,
who are engaged in the preparation of
a ballot reform bill.
When these committees are ready to
report the Republican organization
will take position. Speaking for my
self, the Van Dyke primary law, winch
passed the house of representatives at
the last session of the legislature, was
as fair and effective an instrument as
could be framed.
My own preference would be for a
return to the old law, which permitted
every voter to write or print his own
ballot; with a proviso that each voter
Bhall enter a private booth alone and In
which he shall seal his ballot In an of
ficial envelope, winch he shall hand to
the election officers. This would pre
vent espionage upon the voter, secure
an absolutely free vote and rid us of
the present litigious and cumbrous bal
lot and mushroom parties. I regret to
say that my views do not seem to Im
press the distinguished jurists now op
erating upon the Issue.
HENSEL TAKES WATER
The Democratic Ex-Attorney General
Refuses to Accept Quay's
Challenge.
The defiance of Senator Quay to
Democratic ex-Attorney General W. U.
Hensel, and Democratic camp follow
ers generally, demanding that he re
veal the names of members of the
legislature whom he (Hensol) said
were bribed, was met with a back
down. Hensel failed absolutely to
name any one.
It was in Philadelphia, at the Acad
emy of Music on Saturday night last,
and a more complete political back
down was never seen in state politics.
Hensel was the star speaker at the
Democratic mass meeting. When he
came to Senator Quay's deflmice, ut
tered in Pittsburg the night before, he
endeavored to turn it aside.
Instead of answering Quay's demand
that he give the names of tho bribed
and bribers, he Invited Senator Quay
to make his queries on that subject of
some one else.
The Philadelphia Press had this to
say of the Hensel fiasco:
"Disappointment was the central
feature of the Democratic meeting at
the Academy of Music last night. Thy
big auditorium was only half filled M
8.30 o'clock, when the managers, who
had been hopefully awaiting the rr
rlval of more persons, reluctantly
forced their star attractions onto the
stage and called less than 1,500 people
to order.
"The chief disappointment, however,
was for the comparatively small num
ber of persons present most of them
had been attracted by the Pittsburg
challenge of Senator Quay to foYmcr
Attorney General Hensel to be spe
cific in his charges of corruption and
name the members of the legislature
who were bribed, the amounts they re
ceived and the men who paid them.
Following the many charges of bribery
and this bold note of defiance to the
Democrats from Senator Quay the ex
pectation was general among those who
went to the Academy of Music last
night that Mr. Hensel would say some
thing sensational. He did not, how
ever. The Press then gives some quota
tions from Hensel's back down speech,
refusing to give names or specific
facts.
What Mr. Hensel failed to say was
that all rumors of bribery concerned
Democrats, members of his cwn party.
and for that reason he did not dure to
mention names.
This ended the Demi ratic sensa
tion begun by Pattlson, Hensel & Co.
and ir(mptly squelched by State Chair
man Quay.
TO INSPECT THEMES
Commiss on Will Commence at
Scranton on Thursday.
To Analyze and Verify Statements ai
to Wages and Hours Made by Opera,
tors and Minera Commission Re
fused Mr. Baer's Offer of a Special
Train Homes to Ee Visited.
Washington, Oct. 28 The anthra-
clto coal strike commission, in tht
hearing ium of the interstate com
marce commission, held Its first con
ferenee with the parties to the contn
versy in tho anthracite regions.
There was a full representation of
bath operators and miners, and mom
bets of the p:esj and other Interested
parties were present.
The commission occupied the ele
vated scats generally filled by mem
bers of the Interstate commerce com
mission, Judge Gray as president
occupying the center seat, and Messrs
Wright, Wa;klus and Clark, the seats
to the right of him in the order named,
while General Wilson, Bishop Spald
ing and Mr. Parker sat on the left iu
the order of their names.
Tha proceedings covered about
two hours time, and were given up en
tirely to a discussion cf thu time and
method of proceeding with the pro
posed Investigation. The commission
decided to bogin its woik next Thurs
day moiulng at 9 o'clock.
The first days of the investigation
are to be devcted to an examination
of the mines and homes of the miner.'
stanUr.ig in tho vicinity of Scranton
The entire anthracite field will be
covered.
There was considerable discussion
over a ptopoaitiuu made by the com
mission to have expert accountants
appointed to atidit statements of wages
an.!, classifying of miners to be mailt
to the pe:ato:3 f:r the use of tho
commission, but no result was reached
on this pcint beyond the announce
ment by the chairman of the commis
sion's Intention to appoint such an
accountant In case his sarvlce should
be found necessary.
President Gray announced that the
commission for the present would pro
ceed without appointing an expert
hut it would require that statements
be presented and then ad.led an ac
countant cctild be secured in case it
was found his services were needed
The question of the examination by
the commission into the conditions In
which the mining of anthra'-lte coal
13 conducted was then entered on, and
Mr. Watkins of the commission sug
gc3tel that a week or HI days' time
would be necessary In order to make
an adequate examination of the physic
al conditions about the mines. He
appealed to Mr. Thomas for his opinion
as to the time necessary and that gen
tleman replied: "You will certainly
need that much time; I should think
that 30 days won!,! be none too much.
We've grown gray In our study of that
question.'
Mr. Baer also fell In with the sug
gestlon. Faying that It would be Im
possible to io Justice to the Investi
gation without a complete Inspection
of the mines and the methods of oper
ating them.
Mr. Mitchell thought that not only
should there be an Inspection of the
mines but also of the homes of tho
miners.
After consulting Ihe members of the
commission President Giay announced
thatt it would begin Its inspection
next Thursday, commencing Its work
in District No. 1, in which the city of
Scranton Is located.
While the subject was up Mr. Baer
said that the mine operators would
furnish all facilities at their command
to enable the commission to make lis
investigation thorough, adding that
they wuuld place a special train at the
disposal of the commission, provldin
also for the accommodation of a repre
sentative of tho mino.a.
The public meeting of the commis
sion then came to a close and the com
missioners retired for the purpose of
private consultation. They first tool
tip the question which hail been raised
by the piuffer of a special train by
Mr. Baer and unanimously decided
not to accept the train.
The exchange of views brought out
the fnct that tho commis-donevs expect
personally to pay all of their expenses,
accepting no favors and relying on the
government to reimburse them if so
disposed.
An agreement was readied to leave
the Hotel Jermyn In Scranton at 9
o'clock next Thiirsilny morning for the
first tour of Inspection. There was,
howevor, no agreement as to what
mine ehonld be visited first, that
point being left for future determina
tion.
Lynch Court Martial.
Washlnton, Oct. 24 The record of
tho proceil'lings of the court martial
In the case of Captain James A. Lynch,
28th infantry, who was tried at Platts
burg barracks, New York, on cha ges
of "conduct unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman," was received at the war
departmeu. It was alleged that lit
19ni' he Incurred Indnlitedness which
ho failed to pay. Captain Lynch
pleade I not guilty to the charge, but
guilty to so much of tho specifica
tions as referred to the indebtedness.
The cou;t found him "not guilty" of
"conduct unbecoming an Ulcer an I
a gentleman." but guilty of "conduct
to the prejudice of gc;d order
and military di.-cipline" an I senten
ced hitn to he re iuci d 10 tiles. The
findings and sentence were approved
by General MacArthiir. commanding
Ihp rletwrf nicnt of the Kst
Killed In William Tell Act
The coroner on Sunday at Cold
Spring Harbor, N. Y., held an Inquest
on the body of John Volkman, a barber,
who was accidentally shot and killed
Saturday night on the stage of Thes
pian hall by Charles Melnel of a com
rauy which ha3 been giving a twi
weeks' show In connection with the
sale of a medicine.
One of the star features of the show
was Meiiiel's feat of shooting an appU
fiom the head of any person whe
Would volunteer.
Volkman had offered to allow the
apple to be placed on his head. When
the apple was placed on his head
Melnel began shooting at a distance
of about 20 feet. The first two shots
missed, but the third struck Volkman
In the forehead. He died within an
hour.
Melnel was arrested and held for t
hearing on the charge of manslaugter.
Death of Mrs. Stanton.
Elizabeth Caiy Stanton, the well
known woman suffragist, died Sunday
at her home In West Ninety-fourth
street, New York. Old age was given
as the cause of death. She was con
scious almost to the last.
Mrs. Stanton was born in Johnstown
N. Y., Nov. 12, 1815. She was the
daughter of Justice Daniel Cady of the
supieme court of New York and Mar
tlm Livingston, a daughter of Jamei
Livingston, a member of General
Washington's staff.
Before she was 16 years old she en
teral her father's office and began the
study of law. In 1854 she delivered
an address before the New York legis
lature on "Married Woman's Prop
erty." The bill defining the rights ol
married women passed a few day!
later. It was her first big victory.
Grave Robbers Indicted.
The graml Jury at Indianapolis has
returned a partial report, includ
ing 25 indictments in the grave rob
bery casea which have been under con
sideration for the last three weeks
Of the Indictments returned, 10 only
wcro made known. It developed latei
that five indictments had been re
turned against physicians who are
charged with complicity In the "body
snatching" business for failure to keef
records of bodies received, anion.:
whom Is Joseph C. Alexander, demon
strator at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Elected Missionary Bishop.
On Friday of last week the Rev. Dr.
Sheldon Munson Griswold, rector ol
Christ church at Hudson, N. Y., In the
diocese of Albany, was elected mission
ary bishop of Sallna, the Western dis
trict of Kansas, by the house of bish
ops which met in Philadelphia at
the Church of the Holy Trinity. There
wore several nominations. Dr. Gris
wold is 41 years of age and Is a gradu
ate of Union college at Schenectady, N.
Y., and of tho General Theological
seminary. He has been rector ol
Christ church at Hudson for a number
of years.
Non-Union Men Leaving.
Tho non-union man was a scarce
article around the collieries near
Scranton Thursday morning. True
to their declarations the companies
did not dismiss the men that had
worked during the strike, but with the
stockade living quarters gone and the
almost Impossible task of securing
boarding houses confronting them, the
Imported non-unionists packed up and
left for other and more congenial
places. Thirty-five non-union men left
tho Raymond washery In a body be
cause of the closing up of the stockade
living quarters.
Garnet Letters Excluded.
A point was scared by the defense
In tho Mollneux trial when Justice
Lambdit ruled out the Barnet letters.
Justice Lambert decided that as evi
dence the letters must be excluded
as Improper, but that he was willing to
admit them simply as a standard of
comparison In handwriting. The coun
sel for the defense were highly pleased
with this decision, which Is In line
with that of the court of appeals
which held that the testimony rela
tive to the letters given at the first
trial was Irrelevant.
Two Returned Miners Crushed.
Thomas Doran and Henry Rupp,
two returned strikers, who were
working with a gang of rock men on
the night shift at the William A. col
liery at Lackawanna, Thursday, were
burled beneath a fall of rock and badly
crushed. Doran died from his injuries
and Rupp is In a critical condition
from Internal hurts and a broken leg.
King Edward Gave Thanks.
Tho last ceremonies connected wILh
tho inauguration of tho reign of King
Edward VII occurred Sunday In Ion
don when his majesty, accompanied
by Queen Alexandra, tho Prince
of Wales and almost all the members
of the royal family, drove to St. Paul's
cathedral and offered up thanks for
tho recovery of his health.
Young People's Christian Endeavor.
The New York state convention of
tho Young People's Society of Chris
tian Endeavor began in Troy Monday
evening and continued through Wed
nesday evening. Ilev. Francis E.
Clark, D.D., president of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor dellv-
ere I an address.
Indicted For Bribery.
The millionaire politician, Edward
Butler, was Indicted by the grand jury
at St. I-ouis on the charge of
paying to Delegate Charles F. Kelly,
a $17,500 bribe for members of the
house of delegates combine who passed
tho 10-year city lighting bill Nov. 2S.
1899.
Passengers on Trolley Car Injured.
Twenty-two passengers on a trolley
car were Injured, but nono It Is be
lieved fatally, in a collision with an
autuiuobiln) in front of Greystone, the
home of the late Samuel J, Tildon, at
Yeukcra.