THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. RATES OF ADVERTISINGS One Square, one inch, one week.. .$ 1 00 One Square, one incb, one month. S 00 One SiiHare, one inch, 3 months...- 5 00 One Square, one inch, on year .... 10 00 Two Squares, one year .. 15 00 Quarter Column, one year SO 00 Half Column, one year. 50 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per linn each insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office in Smearbaugh & Weak Building, KLM KTHKIET, TIOKKNTA, FA. Forest Republican. Trrma. fl.OO A Vnr, Mrtetljr liAJtui No subscription received for a shorter period than throe month. ('iirr-Kn(lriice wilirilwl, but no notice will Iw tuki'ii of anonymous communica tion. Always K've your name. VOL. XXXV. NO. 38. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Id. 1902. $1.00 PER ANNUM. BOHOUGH OFFICERS. Rnrgr. T. F. ltilchey. OiHNriimeH. J. T. lalo, XV. K. Ttlutii, Dr. J. - Dunn, (. 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Ckarrk M.kkmb Hrheel. reHlittnrian Hubballi School at 9:45 a. ... . M K. Sal.lmth School at 10:110 a. in. Prew-liiiil! M. K. Church every Sali Uth eveinnn by Kcv. O. II. Nickle N. hi iK in the F. M. Church every Nshbalh eveninu at Iheumial hour. Kev. M.ilnrvv. Pastor. Ser.wes in the Presbyterian t hurch every Sabbath morning and evening, The regular inmitiiigs of the XV. C. T. 11. are held at the headquarter on the second and fourtli Tuesdays of each iii' nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ri ksta i.onui:. No.an, i.o.o. f. Niextt every TuesdaT evening, In Odd Knllows' HallPartridge building. I1MKKST LOKHE, No. INI, A. O. U. XV., I Much every Friday evening IniA.O.U. XX". Hall, T loni sta. CAPT. tiKOK'l K STOXV POST, No. 271 U. A. K. Meet Island Hd Monday eveuiiig In each in. mill, In A. O. U. XX. Hail, Tionesta. nAPT.tiK.OKtlE STOW COUPS, N. 1:17, XV. K. C, meets tirsl and third Wednesday evening of each month, In A. t). U. XV. liall, Tionwta, Pa. rpKlNK.STATKNT, No. Itil, K. O. T. 1 M., ineeis nl l" WtHliieaday evening in each mouth III A. O. U. XX. hall Tionesla. Pa. 'i F. KITCIIKY, 1 . ATTORN KY-AT-LAXX', Tioneeia, Pa. OHAXVKKY Ml'NS, O A r rilt H YS-AT-LA XV, XVarren, Pa. Praclloe ill Forest Co. C. M. SlIAWKKY, UKO. II. MUKN. AC. II HO XV N. . ATTOHNKY-AT LA XV. tulle in Aruer Itiiilding, Cor. Klin and llri.lgeSts., Tionesla. Pa. J XV. MOItKOXV, M. D., Phvsician, Surgeon A Oentisl. Olllce and U""iilBiice tliree doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tionesla. Professional rails promptly responded to at all hours. 1) II. F. J. Ili)VAKI, Physician Surgeon, ITHN r-STA, PA. DK.J. C. lil'NN. PHYSICIAN ANnst'RUKON. Ollb-e over Heath it Killmer'a stere, Tionesla, Pa. Professional rails prompt ly rnqsnided lo al all hours of day or night. Hesnlence Kim St., Iwtween (trove's grocery and Oerow's renlauranl. nit. J. D.tiltKAVFS, P iysician ami Surgeon otllce anil residence alsive The Davis Pharmacy. D It J. B SIHUINS. Physician and io'geon, ' OIL CITY, PA. ? It. LANSON. Hardware. Tinning Plumliing. Tloiiwita, Pa e; J.SKTI.KY. O. J lis I ICKOF THE PF.ACE. Keeps a complete line ol Justice- blank for sale. Also lllank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesla, V. ir IOTKL XVKAVKU, K. A. W KAVF.lt. Proprietor. Tiiia hotel, formerly the Ijtwrem-e House, ha undergone a coinplctofl.ange, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, lialliriMHiia, hot and cold water, etc. The comfort ol guests never neglected. MENTHA L HOUSE, V UEItOXV . (iEIIOXV Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This Is Hie most centrally lisaleil hotel in the pi see, and has all the iniHlcrn improvemeiit. No pains will lie spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. jIHIU KMKHT FANCY HOOT ,t SHOKMAKEK. Shop in Walters biilldiiig. Cor. Elm and XX alnut street, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the Hi. est to the coarsest and guarantees hi work to give erfeci satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and pricea rea sonable. JyillENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS. liOUIRS, BRIDLES, And all klnda of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. 1 ION KSTA. PA. ! h mm & U. U. UUUillll W. wwiew.t GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN THOMAS B. REED DEAD Ex. Speaker Died at Washing, ton Sunday Morning. 6tamping Out Cattle Diaeaae Weekly Trade Review Deaths In Hotel Fir. Pressing Venezuela Claims New Cup Defender Oil Steamer Blew Up Exchange of Regiments. Thomas Brackett Heed, former speaker of the house of representa tives, and (or many years prominent In public lile, dio J in Washington at 12:10 o'clock Sunday morning In his vpurt mints In the Arlington hotel. The immediate cause of death was uraemia. The remains left Sunday afternoon (or Portland, M'., his former home, the Interment taking place Tuesday alteriiuoii. Th 'y were placed aboard a tpecial train leaving Washington at 4: DO o'clock and running as the sec ond section of the Federal express. The bo.iy was enclosed in a casket . ith heavy oxydized extension handles and cn the top as a soil J ul.vor plate on which ba.l been engraved the fol lowing slmpi? Inscription: "Thomas Urackolt Heed, "Oct. 18 1839 Dec. 7, 1902." Thomas llrackett Heal was horn In Portlaud. Me., Oct. 18, 1833. He was graduated from Howdoln college In 1M.II and studied law but was anooint- ed acting assistant postmaster In the navy April 19, 18K4, and served until his honorable discharge. Nov. 4. IStia. He was Boon afterwards almltted to the bar and began to practice at Port land. In l.sr.8 G9 he was a member of the loner branch o( the Maine legis lature and In 1S70 he sat in the state senate From the latter year uutil 1872 he was attorney general and In 1874-77 hp svrveJ as solicitor (or the city of Portland. He was elected a, member of comgrwa In 1876 and was re-elected continuously for many term and eventually became rpeaker of the housi In which position he became famous. Ho retired frvm congross threw vears aico since which time h had practice I law In New York city. To Stamp Out Catt e Disease. New York State Commissioner of Agriculture Wietlng had a consulta tion with his assistants relative to tho best means that could be taken under the statuiej of this state to guard against the possibility of the hoof and mouth disease which la affecting th; cattle In the Eastern states getting a foothold In tha state of New York. The commissioner's views are that every po-slble avenue through which the anlma's or their products might he brought into the state should be so plcketf-i as to make it Imposslbla tor them to be brought here. The commissioner says that though this disease la not fatal, yet It may and probably will ruin the animals so (ar as va'tie is concerned. The disease may be contracted by animals going over the same route of territory where the diseased animals have passed. The animal when coming down with the disease flrst has a chill, then (ever, coat is rough, has a harsh rough, tenderness over the back, has an Increased flow o( ropy saliva, ul cers form rapidly In the mouth, then burst and this adds blood and mucus to the saliva. When the feet are attacked ulcers appear around the top hoof and be tween the toes and the animal shows lameness. Person noticing svmutoms of this kind anions their cattle are asked to report Immediately to the commission er of agriculture at Albany, N. Y. Large Spring Trade In Prospect. Seasonable winter weather, hitherto conspicuously lacking, baa come ery much into evl.ience this week, wun tu result of expanding retail trade In win ter goods, rubbers and wearing apparel genera ly. Dairy products and produce generally are higher; laka navigation Is about over, iron ore shipments have ended, after the greatest movement on recoru and thi wheat crop has gone Into win ter Quarters with a (air (all of snow In northern latitudes. Threshing is about completed In the Northwcit and farmers display more willingness to part with their products. Cold weather from now out is needed to insure the large movement of corn expected, as the result of active ex ort and home demand. The year'a approaching end finds prices well up to the highest point In 18 months, though meats, an Important element In food supplies, are steadily declining on good receipts. Next lo the expectations, already partly realised, that an enormous holi day business will be done, the most notable feature Is the practical unanim ity of opinion that a large spring trade s In prospect, ground for this being furnished by the unprecedented volume rif such business already booked. Deaths In Hotel Fire. Fourteen men met death by suffo cation In a . lire which occurred In the Lincoln hoUl, No. 176 Madison street. Chicago. Thirteen of those who lost their lives in the place were stifled while lying In their beds. One. was taken from the building before life was extinct but died In the am bulance on tho way to a hospital. Coroner Traeger, after Inspecting the building, united -with Fire Chief Musham in declaring that the building was a veritable trap and never should have been used (or hotel purposes. Chie( Musham declared that there were such wide cracks In the floors that the smoke poured through the buildinc In clouds rendering escape ex tremely difficult for those on the upper floors. The building was some time ago con demned by the city building Inspectors as unsafe for hotel purposes, and the owners were ordered three weeks ago to place a stairway In the real and also to build a Are escape on the front of the building. Beyond the prelimin ary work for the fli-e escape nothing had been done, however. Pressing Venezuela Claims. Great Britain and -Germany, ac cording to official statements made in London, have commenced punitive measures again t Venezuela. German war vessels, it Is stated, are already on thn scene of the contem plated action, and Great Britain by Thursday should have a squadron there. The press correspon dent Is in a po sition to state that Venezuela offers the payment on a unified loan of over $3,oon,oiiO, Interest yearly, guaranteed by the customs, with the establish ment of a European bank at Caracas to superintend the collection. If such a method Is now followed, the Venezuelan de'egatlon maintains that all claims can eventually be met, whereas It alleges that the tempor ary seizure of the customs would so disturb the commerce of the country as to practically render It impossible to satisfy the European bondholders and might precipitate another revolu tion. . . Thomas Nast Died at Guayaquil. Ccnsul General Nart died Sunday at noon at Guayaquil, Ecuador, after thrco days illness of ye'low fever. He was interred at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Thomas Nast was nominated consul general at Guayaquil May 1. 1902, and left New York (or his post July 1. He arrived at Guayaquil the latter end of the same month. Consul Nast was born In Landau, Bavaria, Sept, 27, 1840, and came with his parents to the United States six years later. He early developed the artistic ability which made him fa mous as a caricaturist and cartoonist. For years he was a traveling artist for British and American newspapers and In 18G0-1 was with Garibaldi In Italy. Afterwards he was with Har- ptr's Weekly as political cartoonist. New Cup Defender. Now that the construction of the new cup defender has (airly begun at Bristol, R. I., the lead keel hav Ing been successfully laid, It Is possible to give in a general way a (ew of the principal features of this new aspirant for America's cup honors, To all outward appearances the new boat will not differ In a very great degree from any of the 90-footers turned out by the Herrcshoffs during the past 10 years. She will have the same spoon bow, the same long over hanging aft and the tame modified fin kel. The mehods o( construction pursued In the rase of the Columbia and Consti tution will be followed In the new boat Oil Steamer Blew Up. The steamer Progresso, which had been lying at tho wharf of the Ful ton Iron Works at Harbor View, San Francisco, blew up, causing great loss of property, the death of probably 11 men and the serious Injury of a score of others. The first explosion, the authorities at the Iron works say, resulted from gen eratlon of gas In one of the oil cham bers. The vessel was loaded with oil. The force of the explosion tore her asunder amidships and the fuel poured out on tho water and beneath the pier of the works, which immediately took fire and was consumed. The vessel did not sink, but little Is left of her. Roster of the Legislature. ' The clerks of the senate and as- t-.'mbly at Albany have Just completed their roster: for the session of 1903. The number of Republicans in the ten- ate Is 28 and the Democrats numDer J2. There are 22 lawyers in the sen ate this year, besides a physician, many real estate men, bankers, coniraqiora, insurance adjusters and many mer chants. In the assembly out of 150 members there are 89 Republicans and 61 Democrats. There are 48 lawyers In this boiy. Actor Barry Johnstone Dead. After lingering (or nearly a week, Barry Johnstone, ths actor who shot himself after killing Kate Hassett, a member o( Keith's BIJou theater stock company, died Sunday at the Hahne mann hospital in Philadelphia. Death resulted (rom peritonitis. At Johnstone's bedside when he died were his two sisters and two brothers, his mother having returned to her home In Syracuse, N. Y., Saturday. The actor's body was sent to Syracuse for burial. Exchange of 15 Regiments. The war department at Washing ton has Issued an order providing for the exchange of 15 Philippine regiments with the same number of troops In the United States. The home troops will relieve the troops in the Philippines, thj first ones leaving San Francisco the first of next February. Among the troops now serving In tho United Statos ordered to the Philip pines is the 23d Infantry, now at Platts burg, N. Y., Double Life Man Sentenced. George Dickinson, alias Wescott, the notorious Philadelphia burglar who was arrested about 10 days ago after a desperate fight with a policeman and who was discovered by detectives to be a robber by night and a business man by day, was tried and convicted and sentenced to 15 years In the pen itenitiary. Witnessed Lincoln's Shooting. B. W. Loring, a retired naval officer, died last week at his home In Owego, N. Y. He witnessed the assas sination of President Lincoln and was one o( the first to reach the stricken man and help carry him to the house where he died. HAVE LEFT CARACAS, British and German Ministers Have Boarded Warships. Ultimatum Lsft at Private Residence of Venezuelan Foreign Minister Six Separate Demands Made For Pay ment on Loans and Settlement ot Claims. Caracas, Dec. 9. The British Min ister, XV. H. D. Haggard, ami the Ger man charge d'affairs, Von Pilgrim Baltazzi, left Caracas at 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon for La Gualra, where Minister Haggard went on board the British crui'.sr Retribution and Herr Von Pllgrim-Ballazzi boarded the Ger man cruiser Vineta. Both the British and the German legations have been closed. Sunday afternoon the British and the German charge d'affairs deposited at the private residence of the foreign minister, Lcpez Barralt, separate de mands; the British demand being fur the settlement of claims and other matters arising out of the last revolu tion, and the Grrman demand being for the payment of the Interest on the German loan and other claims The demands are without any spec ification as to the time given for an answer, but they are In the form of an ultimatum. At 3 o'clock yt3terday. Minister Has- gard, his secretary, Grand Duff, and the chancellor of the legation, Godfrey, left Caracas in company with the Ger man charge d'affairs, Von Pilgrim Baltazzi, for La Gualra. On the arrival of the train at the latter port al 5 o'clock, 30 officers met the diplomats at the station. Minister Haggard and the other members o( the British legation went on board the British cruiser Retribu tion, while the German charge d'affairs boarded the German cruller Vineta. The ministers led Caracas without previously notifying the Venezuelan government, probably In order to avoid any hostile demonstration. The last two days being festivals In Caracas, all the public offices are closed and it Is impossible to see one In authority regarding the departure of the mlnUters. Nevertheless the handing in of a demand of such a na ture at the private residence of a min ister, forgetting diplomatic rules, is believed in some quarters to be with out precedent. ULTIMATUM PRESENTED. Seizure of Customs Will Follow If Set tlement Is Not Made. London, Dec. 9. Gnat Britain and Germany have presented ultimatums to Venezuela, wolch will be followed up by the seizure of the customs un less a satisfactory settlement is forth coming within a brief period. The ultimatums have a time limit but exact date can not be ascertained here. The foreign office states with regard to the time limit: "It is a reasonable time in which Venezuela can satisfy the injured gov ernments. Both notes are practically identical, although the amounts of the claims differ. The notes merely reit erate the continued disregard by the Venezuelan government of all our re presentations, specify our claims and demand immediate action on the part of President Castro's government in connection therewith." The British government's case is practically identical with the state ments made In previous dispatches (rom London In which It was at flrst announced the present action was con templated. Should the British ulti matum meet with a hostile reception the British Minister Haggard has al ready been instructed to go aboard a British warship, or if that is Imprac ticable to go into the neighboring British colony. The (orelgn office, however, does not appear to anticipate such a contin gency for the moment, nor Indeed does it -look forward to any startling de velopments within the next few days. Premier Balfour's announcement in the house of commons Is regarded as merely obvious culmination to the situ ation which has been becoming daily more critical for the past three months. A complicating circumstance has arisen in the Inability of the foreign office to communicate with Minister Haggard. The officials here believe that he is ftill In Caracas, but owing to the reported break of the cable they are quite Ignorant as to what steps ho Is taking or what the Venezuelan gov ernment intends to do. The foreign office is hourly awaiting Important dis patches from Caracas. While the government Is rather wor ried at their Inability to get an answer from Minister Haggard they are'in no way seriously alarmed, especially as In quiries have revealed the (act that tho Venezuelan representatives are In a similar situation. The (oreign office says: "There Is not the slightest -desire to coerce Venezuela and if any answer had been made to our repeated pro tests and demands no such action as now taken would have been proceeded with. It was the persistent and In sulting dl.-regard to all representations which compelled us to move. "It Is now too late in the day for mythlng but purely diplomatic arrange, ments to be accepted In satisfaction for our injuries. When the fleets have have assembled there Is scarcely time to deal with bankers, and a financial settlement should have been suggested long ago and would have been wel comed by both Germany and ourselves. However, any bona tide proposition will receive careful attention. Recon struction In commercial affairs Is al ways better than liquidation and If tho reconstruction of the Venezue'an fin ances can be accomplished to the satis faction our diplomatic claims and in dividual losses, both Germany and Great Britain will have achieved their ends." INCREASE OF INSANE. Witnesses Before Senate Committee Attribute It to Unrestricted Im migration. Washington, Dec. 9. Tho senate lommittee on immigration gave a hear ing to parties Interested in the bill to regulate Immigration of aliens Int) the United States. Among those pres ent were representatives of the South ern Pacific company, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters association and th Honolulu chamber o( commerce; Good win Brown and Dr. A. B. Richardson of the New York state lunacy com mission; Rev. S. J. Barrows, New York; Commissioner of Immigration Sargent and Commissioner Williams at New York. Mr. Brown said there are 24,000 in mates in the state insane hospitals of New York and they are increasing at the rate of about 700 a year. One half of the numb r, -he declared, are foreign born and shoul d nor have been permitted to land. He offered a pro posed amendment to the bill extending the time to two years for deporting an alien who has become a public charge and with the additional pin- vision that "any alien who becomes n public charge by reason of lunacy kliocy or epilepsy within two years after arrival will be presumed to have become such from causes existing prior tt landing, unless the contrary be affirmatively shown." Mr. Brown said that in the course of 10 years the (oreign born Insane In this country will cost the United States $50,000,000. He dec'ared that the state of New York would be will ing to pay the entire expense of de porting all who came to this state and who became Insane within the two years provided in his amendment should it be adopted. The foreign insane Mr. Brown said were largely from the pauper class. Commissioner General Sargent urg ed the retention of the provision for a $3 head tax Many undesirable Imml grants, he declared would not come here If the tax was raised. "These are the people" he said, "who cause the most trouble In this country." To effectually carry out the law, Mr, Sargent said will require Increased ex pense and this he argued could be mot by Increasing the tax to (3. Commissioner o( Immigration Wil liams o( New York suggested certain "-"nees in the bill which had been deeme l necessary after a conference of immigration commissioners to draw more tightly the line of Immigrants, There was much perjury at Ellis Is land, Mr. Williams stated, particularly with respect to diseased Immigrants, arid a term of Imprisonment should be fixed in cases of that kind He was emphatic in favoring the sale of liquors at immigrant stations and In sisted that the secretary of the treas ury should have authority to say what should be sold at these stations. Dr. A. B. Rlcharlson, commissioner of lunacy cf New York state, corobor ated the statements of Mr. Brown re garding the proportion of (oreign born Insane in hospitals and urge I the clos est restrictions on aliens. In cases of suspect, Dr. Richardson urged that the burden .of proof be put on thr- indivi dual and not on the government. Non-Partisan Delegation. Albuquerque, N. M., Dec. 9. The chairman o( the Republican and Dem ocratic parties o( this territory will ap point a large and Influential non-partisan delegation to visit Washington and work for the passage of the omnibus statehood bill. Mass meetings will be held during the week In all the leading towns of the territory to advocate the cause of statehood. 8hot While Playing Indian. Amsterdam, Dec. 9. Ford L. Messin ger. the 14-year-old son of C. G. Mes senger, a prominent contractor of this city, was shot by Arthur Morris, with whom he was playing Indians. The boy received the. charge of a shotgun which was supposed to be unloaded, destroying his right eye and inflicting wounds which may prove fatal. In Favor of Franchise. New York, Dec. 9. The railroad committee of the board of a'dermcn yesterday decided to report in favor of the granting of the Pennsylvania rail road tunnel franchise by a vote of 5 to 4. The question of granting the fran chise will come up before .the board tonight. Former Mayor of Auburn Dead. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. . John S. Fowler died here aged 81. He was for merly mayor of Auburn, was chairman of the old board of state assessors for 10 years and for 12 years was deputy postmaster. He had been prominently Identified with Republican politics rlnce the birth of the party. Order Against Merger. New York, Dec. 9. An order to r-j-strain the merger of the Prudential Life Insurance company ard the Fidel ity Trust company of Newark was signed by Vice Chancellor 8tevcnson of New Jersey. Stole From Vassar Students. Poughkeepsle, Dec. 9. Sylvanus Gil dersleeve pleaded guilty to one o( five Indictments for stealing Jewelry (rom Vassar college students and was sent enced to three years at Sing Sing. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's News of the World. Cream of the News Culled From Lon; Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Hurried Reader Who is Too Busy to Read the Longer Reports and Desires to Keep Posted. Wednesday. The W. C. T. U. will begin the wlu fer's campaign with a crusade against polygamy. Judge Robert Earl, late of the New York court of appeals, died at Herki mer, N. Y. The steamer Charles liebaid of But fale wrecked on Lake Superior; crew of 14 men lost. One of her tow ol three schooner also missing. The jury in the Marion, Mass., tai and feather case returned a verdict ol not guilty against the seven deivnd ants. Claude L. Sllllman, who was secre tary to Governor Murphy of New Jer sey, and pleaded guilty to forgery and embezzlement, was sentenced by Judg. Skinner to 10 years' Imprisonment In state's prison. Thursday. Representative Perkins (Rep., N Y.) has Introduced bills repealing the tariff duties on coal, m.at, lumber and hides. The crew of the steamer Charles Hebard, wrecked at Point Malnse, Sun day, reached Sault Sltf. Marie Tues.lay on the tug General. The hearing of the miners' side ol the controversy was resumed by the strike commission at Scrantun Wednes day. Wllber P. Hall of Pembroke, N. X'., was probably fatally shot by his son,. Frank Hall. The son, who Is about 21 years elf., has disappeared and the officers are unable to locate him. The senate c-oinmittee on territories has agreed lo r. poit a bill for the ad mission of Oklahoma aud Indian Ter ritory as one state under the name ot Oklahoma. Friday. The canals of Now Yoik state wore officially closed at midnight Thursday Fourteen guests lost their lives by the burning cf the Lincoln hotel at Chlcagc. Elmer Kerschner, a boss carp-inter, and GttPtave Strack were killed by be Ing knocked from a mine car while descending th Cranberry mine at Ha zleton, Pa. Barry Johnstone, the actor, who shot and killed Mls3 Kate Hassett, leading woman at Keith's theater In P!:lla Id piiia, and then attempted suicide, is rnpidl growing weaker. Harry Rult, an employe of a 'locomo tive works In Pater-on, N. J., (lied as a result of a practical Joke played on him by live of his fellow employes. It Is alleged they "blew up" Rult with a pneumatic air pump, having a pres sure of 110 pounds to the Inch. Saturday. Syracuse is stirred up over the pres ence of two Mormon eliK-rs who are proselyting in that city. Prohibition measure submittal in Ontario on a referendum vote was de feate-d In decisive manner. William Potter of Schenectady has obtained an Iniunction ftl m, the su premo court requiring the painters' union to reinstate him. The state department has been In formed of the d.-ath of Alfred E. Buck, Unite.! States minister to Japan, who waa stricken with Illness while duck hunting near Tokln. Coitner Trager declares that the Lincoln hotel fire at Chicago by which 14 guests lost their lives, was cause I by explosion of an oil stove on the third floor, and that tho building was unfit for a hotel. Monday. Ex-Speaker Thomus B. Reed died Sunday morning in Washington after four days of illness. Edward R. Wise, a lawyer and man aging clerk, shot himself In the head in the office where he was employed at Syracuse. Final figures received by Secretary of State McDonough (rom county boards of canvassers make Governor Udell's plurality at tho last election 8,803. Canadian Pacific express rolled down an embankment at Belmont, 70 miles from Halifax, killing six pcnpln and injuring a score of others and demol ishing (he locomotive and six cars. As a result of reckless running of a racing automobile on Michigan avenue, Chicago, Policeman Wall was fatally Injured, two horses were killed and the lives of Calvin M. Favorite and .1. D Simpson of the Armour company en dangered. Tuesdav. An average of two feet of snow has fallen In Chautauqua county during the last 21 hours. The German'Iirftish ultimatum ta Venezuela was presi-nted at Caracas Sunday afternoon. Great Britain and Germany have presented ultimatums to Venezuela, and their ministers have lift Caracas. The British ship Tartar Prince was totally burned at sea on a voyage from New York to Port Natal, but all on hoard were savel. Maud Hughes, Gertrude llamer and Harry Brady, whilo on their way to church, were struck by a train at Grimsby Station, Out., and killed. Thomas Nast, famous caricaturist, ccnsul general to Ecuador, died of yul low (ever and wa burled five hourj later with Impressive cert monies. CIVIC FEDERATION. Work of the Year as Outlined by Several Speakers. New York, Dec. 9. At the afternoon session of the Civic Federation Arch bishop Ireland made an address In which he said the year that has gone by bad conllrmed the originators of the Civic Federation In their convic tion that they were engaged In a great and salutary work, that of striving io bring together, to put face to fa.e, capital and labor, so that the one would be willing to perform Its own duty to ward the other, and that in this man ner Industrial peace should be made to reign over the country. The archbishop referred to the coal strike and the lessons learned1 from It. He also sp-ke of the work of the league, which he said had already accom plished much. Mr. Carpenter of Dayton, O., spoke on "labor bureaus in large Industrial centers." U. C. Sykes of Chicago, former sec retary cf the street railway commission of that city, spoke un the subject of ar bittatiou as relating to public service corporations and said: "I am opposed to the Idea of compulsory arbitration as related to industry generally, but I differentiate between the public ler vlce corporation and tho ordinary In dustrial corporation. The public has a right to demand uninterrupted street railway service. To that end it 'has a right to insist that everything reason ably po&sib'i be done to prevent strikes and lockouts. Companies in ac cepting grants should be required to submit all labor disputes to arbitra tion. "ThP fame argument applies as well to lighting, telephone and water com panies In the municipal Holds, and to railroad and telegraph companies In the national fle'd." Charles Francis Adams was then In troduced and made a speech. John Mc.Maklu of the state labor commission of New York said: "It Is because nieti "do not comprehend their relations, their Interpt ndence in this world, that troubles follow. We sbill have to settle them in advance of any other nalion because of cur advance and our progress and it Is only by tho method wisely taken by t ie leaders of capital and the leaders of the large 'alior organizations that we ifhall he able to arrive at any satisfactory set tlements of this Industrial problem." O. N. Barnes of the Socb-ty of Engi neers of England was i f the opinion thnt mti-ch good Is being done In bring ing together men of all clas'es that these questions might be discussed on the broad basis of humanity. Notice of Consul Nast's Death. Washington, Dec. 9. A brief cable gram (rom Robert B. Jones, vice con sul general at Guayaquil, dated Sun day, announced to the state 'depart ment the death of Consul General Thomas Nast. The dispatch gave no details of the end. Owing to the con tagious nuture of the disease! which caused Mr. Nast's death it probably will be impossible for the department to follow the usual custom of bringing the remains to the United States. MAfiKET REPORT. New York Provision Market New York, Dec. 8. "WHEAT No. 2 red, 78c f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 northern, Duluth, 84c. CORN No. 2 corn, 63c f. o. b. afloat. OATS No. 2 oats, 30c; No. 2 whit. 37!437!c; No. 3 white, 37 37V4C. PORK .Mess, $18.00018.50; family, $18.50 19.00. HAY Shipping, 55iff70c; good to cholco, 95S$1.00. BUTTER Creamery, extra, 30c; factory, lfil!ic; Imitation creamery, western fancy, 17W22c. CHEESE Fancy large white, 13 Vic; small white, 13Vic. EOOS State and Poansylvaula, 33fi34e. POTATOES New York, per 180 lbs., 1.50 2.00. Buffalo Provision MarMt. Buffalo. Dee. 8. WHEAT No. 1 northern, 80c; winter wheat, No. 2 red, 78c. CORN No. 3 yellow, 58o f. o. b. afloat; No. 4 yellow, 55c. OATS No. 2 white, 3c f. o. b. afloat: No. 3 white, 35 fi 3e. FI.OUR Spring wheat, best patent per bbl., $4 251( 4 50; low grades, $2.75 3.00. 'Mfi BUTTER Crfamery wpstern ex tra tubs. 2!c; stuto and Penn sylvania creamery. 27fi28c; dairy, fair to good, 23i24c. CHEESE Fancy full cream, 13itl3'c; good to cliliice, 1212'c; common to fair, 10 11c. EGGS State, fref-h fancy, 2Sft 2c. POTATOES Per bushel, 5758c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market CATTLE Best steers on sale, $6.23 (iti.Du; good to choice shippiug steers, $l.75&5.ou; fair to god steers. $4.50 44.i;0; choice to extra fat heifers, $4.2.1fr 4 75; common to fair, heifers, $XOOfr3.5o; good butcher bulls. $3.00 3.50. SHEEP AND LAM US Top native lambs, $.1. 5uft 5 (i.'i; fair to good. $5.25 iivr. to: culls and common, $3.0OJi4.00; good to ch ilce handy wethers, $3.75 V 4.00. imos Mixed Backers' grades, $6.30 6 6.35; medium hogs, $i!.40fi 6.45; choke 2--1 lbs and upwarJs, $6,451? 6.50. Buffalo Hay Market. IIAY New, per ton. loose. $15.nnfJ 17 00; prime on track, per ton, $15.50if 16.50; No. 1 do. do. $13,508 14.50; N. t. do, do. $11.00-12.00. ,
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