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Presbyterian Sabbath Nchnol at :45 a. ui M. E. Hablmth School at 10:00 a. 111. V'reacbnig .n M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Kev. O. II. Nlckle PreschliiK In the K. M. Church every .Hahhatb evening at the usual hour. Kev. Metisrvv, Pastor. Serlces in the Presbyterian ( hnrcu every Habbatli ruing and evening, The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each ui' nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ' PI N EST A LOIlH E, No. 3M9, 1. 0. 0. V. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellow' Hall,"Partrldgo building. I MKEST LODGE, No. IH4, A. (). U. W.. V Meets every Friday evening lnA.O.U. W. Hull, Tionesta. CAPT.UKOKGK STOW POST, No. 274 O. A, K. Meets 1st ami Hd Monday evening In each month, in A. O. U. W . Hall, Tionesta. c APT. GEORGE 8TOW Will's, No. 1 17 w. II. t'.. meets llrst and third Wednesday evening oi eacn uiumu, i . O. U. W. ball, Tionesta, Pa. rpiONESTA TENT, No. I4, K. O. T. 1 M., meeis iud and 4th Wednesday evening in each month lu A. O. U. W. hall Tionesta. Pa. 11 F. KITCIIKY, ..., 1. ATTORN KY-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. S HAWKEY .V MUSS, AT rult.N KYS-AT- LA W, Warren, Pa. Prantlne In Forest Co. C. M.Shawkky, Uro. B. MlINN. AC. BKOWN, . A TTO II SKY-AT-LAW. Ollicein Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sis., Tionesta, Pa. J W. MOKKOW. M. D., Phvsiclan, Surgeon A Dentist. Olllce and Kesldeuce three dsirs north of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional calls promptly responded to at ail hours. I) It. F.J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DIIJ.O. HUNS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Olllce over Heath d Killmer's stars, Tionesta, Pa. Professions! calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Kim St., between Urine's grocery and Uerow's restaurant. I K. J. D.GKEAVKS, I I Pnvsictan and Surgeon Olllce and residence above The Davis Pharmacy. D J. It. SltililNS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. J7 R. LANSON, I m Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. Tlonesla, Pa C J. SKTIiEY, O. JUSTICE OK THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line ol Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etn. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, K. A. WKAVF.R, This hotel, formerly the House, has undergone a comp and Is now furnished with si em Improvements. Heated throughout with natural gas, hot and cold water, etc. The guests never neglected. Proprietor. Lawrence I eta change, ; the mod em! lighted bathrooms, comforts ol pENTHAL HOUSE, V UKKOW it UK ROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally localod hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will lie spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling puhliu. First class Livery in connection. pHIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Klin and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prom pt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J OKBNZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. I H. HASLBT & GENERAL MERCHANTS. Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, FENN BLOCKADE IS IN FORCE Disposition of Vessels Alorij Venezuelan Coast. Schooner Captured and Abandoned Mr. Bowen Intermediary Holida; Trading Stories of Boycotting Boers Settling In the West Penn sylvania Franchise Granted. News from the Port of Spain, Trln Ida.laya: The blockade of Venezuela) porta was begun with an effective lore at midnight Saturday. The British bavo the cruisers Iude fatlgable, Aicrt and Tribune, the spec lul service steamer Columbine aud tin torpedo boat destroyer Rocket aloul the coast. The cruiser Ariadne, the flagship o Vice Admiral Douglas, Is here and wtl remain here. All the British opera tlons will be directed from Trinidad. Too cruiser Vlueta, the German flag ship, left Sunday morning for Li Guayra to reinforce the German cruls crs Gazcl e, Panther and Falke aud tht training ship Stoch. The Charlotte another training fh'p left Trinidad foi St. Lucia, her presence on the blockadi apparently being unnecessary. It is argued at Caracas that German) has no claim against Venezuela fur cor poral offences committed against Ger man subjects but that the Imperia c alms are financial only. This li thought to show the action of tht Germans in an even worse light. Madame Von Pilgrlm-Baltazzi, wifi of the German envoy, who has beel very 111 at Caracas, has regained hel health and sailed for Curacao Saturday Schooner Captured and 'Abandoned. Tile German cruiser Falk captured the Venezuelan schooner Victoria After cutting down her main mast, thui disabling her, the Germans abandonee the vessel. This action has caused great Indlg nation among the Venezuelans and ex citement runs high at Maracaibo when! the people have been parading the streets uttering cries against Great Britain and Germany. When the German cruiser Falke cap tured the Venezuelan schooner Vic toria Thursday in the gulf of Maracalhc the captain of the vessel was given 1C minutes to leave his s!;lp. A very heavy sea was running ul the time and the small boat In which the Venezuelans disembarked was nearly cap-'.z. J. As It was one of the schoon er's crew was drowned. It has been learned that the captain of the Victoria was not aware of Vene zuela's dilfli ullies with Germany and Great Britain. The Victoria wai found Friday morn ing stranded on the shore Mr. Bowen Appointed Intermediary. Lopez Baralt, Venezuelan foreign minister, has transmitted to Min ister Bowen a document tignei by President Castro as constitutiona. president of the republic anl counter slgne l by himself as minister of for eign affairs, In which .Mr. Bow,;n is recognized as the only representative of Venezuela In the matter of effectius a settlement of the present difficulty. According to the terms of this docu ment Mr. Bowen may act without ;e- strictlon, and he is to use all means possible to protect the Interests of Venezuela. More Expensive Grade of Goods. Wholesale trade is quieting down a the stock taking period approaches and what activity Is noted by Jobbers la in forwarding supplies of goods needed to reinforce stocks of retailers, de pleted by what Is concede! to be the most active holiday trade on record. Cold weather north and west has helped sales of furs, heavy clothing and sleighs, and further stimulated general retail buying. Holiday buying, it is noted, is for a rather more expensive grade of goods than ordinarily experienced. There are, of course, some draw backs, such as unsettled weather or bad roads at the south, tbe coal short age at the east, and the continuance of the railway conge.-tion at the west, affecting the movement of coke, bitum inous coal and general freight, but, taken as a whole, the mercantile com munity contemplates the approach of the end of the year with complacency and satisfaction. Raw wool Is very firm, and there are no bargain sales in this line, dealers believing that present stocks are good property. Woolen machinery is well amp'oyed, and next year's heavywelg-.it goods are being ordered quite liber ally. Business failures for the week end ing Thursday, Dec. 18, number 225, as against 236 last week, and 202 In this week last year. Stories of Intimidation. Non-union men, some of their rel atives and others to the number of 30 appeared before the anthracite coal strike commission at Scranton and told their stories of alleged boycotts. Intimidations, dynamiting and violence In various forms, during the late Btrike. Each witness called was a sufferer In one form or another at the hands, they alleged, of union men Four witnesses said attempts were mane to blow up their houses, one house was badly damaged; many of the witnesses were threatened with bodily harm; several were beaten, one was shot In the leg and every one stoned, boycotts or hung In effigy One school teacher testified to having lost his position because hU father did not strike. One man was asked to resign from a Catholic temperance society and another witness was ex pelled from a local lodge of the An- clent Order of Hibernians after t membership of 25 or 28 years, becaust they were classed as unfair workmen VVireleas Success. The following dispatch from Mr Marconi dated Glace Bay, N. S., Dee 21, has been received In New York city: "I beg to inform you for circulation that I have established wlielesi tele graph communication between Cap Breton, Canada, and Cornwall, Eng land, with complete success. Inaugu ratory messages, including one from the governor general of Canada tc King Edward VII, have already been transmitted and forwarded to the king of England, also the king of Italy.' A message to the London Times has also been transmitted In the presence of Ite special correspondent. Dr. Parkin, M. P." Killed by Fellow Workman. Matthew Do Id shot and killed Lee Palmer of Brooklyn at Bluefleld, W. Va. The killing occurred In the Norfolk aud Western shops, where both men were employed, and followed a scuffle, said to have been provoked by Dold criticising Palmer for allow ing his aselBtant to do a certain kind of work During the scuffle Dodd struck Palmer over the bead with the butt of his revolver and then fired the fatal shot, which passed through Pal mer's heart. Dodd was arrested Pal mer would have left here Monday for New York where he waa to be mar rled Christmas day. Funeral of Mrs. Grant In the mausoleum on Riverside drive brief and simple services were con ducted Sunday over the remains of Mrs. V. S. Grant. Gen. Fred Grant and the other mem bers of the family occupied seats over looking the crypt. The services, con ducted by Bi.-hop E. G. Andrews of tbe Methodist Episcopal church and Rey. Alexander Mackay Smith, Protestant Episcopal coadjutor bishop of Pennsyl vania, opened with the hymn "Lead Kindly Light," after which the burial services of the Methodist Episcopal and the Protestant Episcopal churches were read. Boers Will Settle In the West. Nearly 9.000 Boers are preparing to "trek" I ci America and settle in Colora do, New Mexico and Texas. The repre sentative of this movement Is General Samuel Pearson, late quartermaster general of tbe South African republic, whose headquarters are in New York. Colorado friends of the Boers have been In communication with General Pearson In regard to suitable lands for the settlers and General DeVilllers, who Is now looking over the lands, has expressed himself as very favor ably impressed with this state. Humbert Swindlers Arrested. Mme. Humbert, other members of the Humbert family and M. and Mme. D'Aurlgnac, the broth.er and sister-in- law to Mme. Humbert, who became notorious in connection with the great safe frauds In Paris, have been ar rested at a hotel In Madrid. They have been In Madrid since May 9. Later it became known that the po lice made a clean haul of the whole family Mme. Humbert, her husband, Eva Humbert and the three D'Aurig nacs, Romain, Emlle and Marie. Grant Pennsylvania Franchise. After repeated postponements and a protracted debate the New York board of aldermen by a vote of 41 to 36 granted the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel franchise. Immediately after the granting of the Pennsylvania franchise the New York and New Jersey tunnel franchise, granting the privilege of entering Man hattan in West street, was taken up and passed by a vote of 45 to 15. Famine In Finland. Four hundred thousand persons are reported to be starving as a result nt th mm failure In Finland. Tbe Anglo-American church has under taken to feed and clothe the school children of four Finnish parishes, and Pastor Francis says the conditions to day are worse than those of 18fi7, when 100,000 persons died. 8tel Companies Combine. Judire Ebert H. Gary of Chi cago, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, has announced the nnrrhaae of the Union and Sharon plants of tbe Union Steel company. near Pittsburg, the transaction involv ing a bond Issue of $45,000,000. Must Pay Caddy $8,000. A Jury at Elizabeth, Essex county, U Y has rendered a verdict cf $8,000 damages against David Flem- mlng, who while playing on tne ,ake Placjd links last summer.threw is golf stick at his "caddy," causing he loss of one eye. The "caddy" brought suit for $10,000. Sanitary Patrol. In order to prevent the entrance into ho male of New York of cattle afflicted with foot and mouth disease the authorities have estaullshed a patrol of the line between Vermont and New York. The patrol Is under the direction of Dr C. H. Allen of the state health department. Minister Killed by Farmer. Rev. 8. A. Archer, a Baptist minis ter, was killed Tuesday night at Decatur. Ala., by Casey Holland, a young farmer living near there. Hol land struck Archer on the head with a stick of wood fracturing his skull. Will of Longfellow's Sister. The will of Mary Ixmgfellow Green leaf, sister of the late Henry Wads worth Longfellow, disposed of $225,000. The public bequests aggregate $83,000, most of which goes to Episcopalian in atltutions In Massachusetts. RELUCTANT TO SERVE. PresHent Has Not Accepted Position of Arbitrator. Can't Understand Why the Powers Would Be Unwilling to Refer Di puts to The Hague Tribunal Presi dent Will Accept if the Power In sist Precedents Noted. Washington. Dec. 23. President Roosevelt has not accepted the position of arbitrator of the Venezuelan contra yersy. In fact, when the official day closed he had nut received, formally nor officially a request from the Eu ropean powers that he act as arbitra tor of the dispute. These statement! are made on the highest authority. The president aud Secretary Hay had a long conforence after the former's return from his Virginia trip. They carefully went over the situation as II had developed since Saturday, but it Is understood that nothing has arisen during the past 48 hours to warrant the president In changing bla opinion as to the undesirablllty of his acceptance of the position of arbitrator. So far as can be learned, no specific reasons have been advanced by the European powers for objecting to a reference of the Venezuelan questions to the arbitration of The Hague tri bunal. It Is held by the administration that the tribunal at Tbe Hague was consti tuted to arbitrate Just such controver sies as that which has arisen between Venezuela and tho powers and that it would be desirable from wvery view point that tbe present dispute should go to that tribunal for adjudication. How strong these objections which Great Britain, Germany and Italy have to a reference of the Venezuelan diffi culty to The Hague tribunal la not known to the administration at this time. Even the nature of the objections, If any there be, is not known. The ne gotiations looking to tho selection of an arhltraior have not progressed suffi ciently to develop such objections as the powers may have. The acceptance by the powers of the principle of arbitration as applied to the Venezuelan question Is a matter of srat gratification to the president and his cabinet. That all the powers have Intimated, too, that they would prefer he president should arbitrate the pres ent dispute Is taken as a notable com pliment to the president personally and to his administration. It Is the hope of both the president and his advisers, however, that while there Is precedent for his acceptance of the post of arbitrator, the powers will consent to a reference of the con troverted matters In the Venezuelan question to the tribunal at The Hague. While It. Is recognized hy the pre? I dent's closest advisers and hy the pres ident himself, that some unpleasant posibllltles might attend his perform ance of the duties of arbitrator of the pending Venezuelan difficulty, bis friends assert that he will shirk no re sponsibility that, he may deem it his duty to undertake but will accept If the powers should Insist on It, though he Is very reluctant to do so. Wild Engine Caused Two Deaths. Liberty. Ind.. Dec. 23. Two train men were killed and two were Injured by a wild engine on tbe Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road, "he loco motive had helned a freight train to College Grove. The engine there be- ?ame unmanageable and dashed toward Liberty. A freight, train was met on the way and the helper wrecked the engine. It reversed itself after the col lision and dashed back through Liberty at a terrific speed. A double-header freight was on the road near Conncrs vilie and the three engines came to gether. All were demolished. The fireman who had remained on the helper was killed, together with a brakeman. Admiral Dewey's Squadron. Washington. Deo 23. Cabled advice to the navy department shows that the holiday Itinerary for the ships of Ad miral Dewey's sqiladron In the Carrlo hvan is being ranldly executed. Christ mas eve will find all of the forty ves sels !n port. Tho Iowa, Rear Admiral Aumner'a flagship, and the Massachu setts have arrived at Santa Lucia; Ulympla. Nashville and Macblas at St. Kltts! Vixen at St. Thomas: Detroit at Antigua; San Francisco and Culogoa at Mayague., and the Chicago, Prairie, Atlanta. Eagle, Dolphin, Leyden, Fort une and the torpedo flotilla at San Juan. Rioter Fined $250. Glnna Falls Dec. 23 -Henry Ramsey, who was convicted In Warren county court last week f riot Id connection with the Glenj Falls riot cases, was fined $250 by Ju fge Jenkins yesterday. (t is understood the local labor unions will contribute lowsrd the payment of tbe fine. Four Collieries Flooded. Philadelphia. Dec. 23. At the office of the Reading company It was an nounced that four of the company's collieries in the Schuylkill region are flooded from recent rains. Work In several other operations !s seriously landicappcd Fast Run of Twentieth Century. Toledo. O.. Dec. 2;:. The 2oth cen tury limited on the Lake Shore made the run of 134 miles between Toledo and Elkhart, Ind., In 127 minutes. A yart of this run was made In a dense OK- ARREST OF THE HUMBERTS, All Classes In France Excited Over Developments In the Case. Paris, Dec. 23. Tho formalities In the matter of the extradition of tho members of the Humbert family, who were arrested in Madrid last Saturday, and of escorting them back to the scene of their former triumphs, are proceeding rapidly. The public awaits with intense in terest tbe return to Paris of the fa tuous fugitives. Net since France was shaken by the Dreyfus affair has the country been so profoundly moved as it Is by tbe developments in this case. For the moment the Venezuelan trouble had become entirely obscured, and French newspapers are devoting all their energies to elaborate presenta tions of tbe celebrated case. Some papers assert that the arrest of the Humberts Is only a prelude to even more sensational developments which Involve personages In the fore most rank of the political. Judicial and social world. The indications are that the Dreyfus affair also will he again dragged before the public and that there will be a renewal of the animosities of the anti Semitic discussion. Deputy Gauthler has taken the Initia tive in asserting that the relatives of Dreyfus are among the heaviest credi tors of the Humberts and that this alleged fact exercised an Important in fluence In highest governmental quar ters during tbe Dreyfus trial. Veiled allusions have been made to some of the men most prominent in public life, some newspapers even go ing so far as to name those alleged to figure directly or indirectly In the af fair, and public opinion is intensely wrought up over the expected develop ments. M. Hennlon, sub-chief of the detec tive department, has formulated plans for the return of the Humbert party to Paris A number of the best men lu the department have been detailed to conduct the fugitives across the fron tier. Elaborate precautions have been taken to prevent their escape and guard against the possibility of any member of the family committing sui cide. The legal battle promises to be con ducted by a number of leading advo cates A preliminary motion was made on behalf of Mmo. Humbert's daughter asking for her provisional release and commltal to the custody of her grand mother. Feuding the determination of extradition this motion was refused by the court SAILORS RESCUED. Crew of the Norwegian Bark Bayard Brought to New York. New York, Dee. 23. The steamer Napulltan Prince, which arrived from Naples and other Italian ports, brought. 17 shipwrocke.l mariners from the Nor wegian bark Bayard. On the night of the 17th of Decem ber distress signals were sighted by the liner and she was run up along side the Bayard. The latter was foun dering, having been badly battered up in a storm. A boat from the steamer took off the crew and the wreck was set on Are The Bayard sailed from Brunswick. Ga., Nov. 24, with a cargo for London. From the first day she encountered terrific gales which Anally battered her up so she was a helpless wreck when help was sighted. 8allora Washed Overboard. Hants Barbara. Cat. Dec. 23. The schooner R. A. Plummer, 24 days from Gray's Harbor, lumber laden, for South America, has Just arrived In pirt During a storm several of the men were washed overboard and one, D. Baker, was drowned. Tbe captain and three men are the only active members left on board. President Loubet Honorary Member. New York, Dec. 23. Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner, secretary general of the Society of the Order of the Cincinnati, has received from President Iiubet of France an acceptance of honorary membership in the order. The presi dent said it was doubly agreeable to accept as a souvenir of the glorious alliance of arms which united two na tions In the war of the American rev olution and as a new and particular tastimony of the bonds cf friendship which have never ceased to exist be tween France and the United Slates. American Capital In Mexico. Washington. Dec. 23. Five hundred million dollars In gold is the amount of Ameriran capital invested In Mexico by 1.117 American companies. Arms and Individuals, according to estimates carefully prepared by Consul General A. D. Barlow at Mexico City. Practi cally all of this amount has been in vested within the past Ave years. Seventy per ceut of the total is In vested In railroads, all of tbe Hues In the country but three being owned by American capital. Severe Sentence of 8choolgirl. Berlin, Dec. 23. A Polish schoolgirl Darned Kopec has been sentenced to 14 lays Imprisonment at Inowa.lau. prov ince of Posun, for lese majesty In hav ing thrown a brooch with Emperor William's picture in It to the floor and stamped upon It. Such brooches were presented to the pupils of the schools when bis majesty visited Posen Attempt to Dynamite House. Pittsburg. Dec. 23. Unknown per sons attempted to dynamite a Slavittli boarding house at SprlngAeld. Pa.. Sun day night. The building was partially wrecked, but the 14 occupants escaped unhurt. The foreigners who occupied the house are said to have taken the places of Americans at the local glue aorks. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Has Little Time to Spare. William Gibbons, a laborer, was killed at the Internal I. nal paper mill at Niagara Falls by being caught in a belt. Italy has joined the alliance against Venezuela, that country having made a defiant reply to demand for payment of claims. An eastbound Erie train was ditched near Cleveland, and John Ross, the engineer, was killed and Fireman Landon was injured. Peter Fury. 80 years old, was burned to death in his room at the Are which destroyed the Owens block at Amsterdam, N. Y. The hoard of education at Schenec tady adopted a new schedule of tsachers' salaries, based on length of service, and giving an average in crease of $.i0 per year. Thursday. By a vote of 41 to 35 the New York board of aldermen approved the Penn sylvania rai'road tunnel franchise. Glens Falls high school building was destroyed by a Are supposed to have originated from one of the furnaces. The Italian minister has left Cara cas and has requested Minister Bowen to take charge of Italian interests in Venezuela. Secretary Hay has cabled .Minister Tower to ask the German government to deAne fcr this country what It means by a 'peaceful blockade." Governor Odell left Albany with the board authorizfd by the last leglslat lire to acquire a new site In Monroe county for the stale industrial school, now located lit Rochester. Friday. The navy department has assigned two naval officers to assist Minister Bowen in his work a Caracas. Wage tables submitted by the oper ators have been found misleading by the anthracite coal strike commis sion. Officials of the Healing Railroad company hold out no In.pe of relief this winter from the present coal stringency. President Ca-ilro 'has clothed Min ister Bowen with full power to effect a settlement with Great Britain Germany and Italy. Half a million dollars was appro priated hy the house of representa tives to be expendei by the attorney general In prosecuting trusts which violate the Sherman law. Saturday. The British parliament was pro rogued until Feb. 17. Nearly !,0UO Boers, It Is said, are preparing to come to America and will settle In Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Professor Angelo Hellprin told the story of the Martinique volcanic disas ter to the pupils of the Buffalo Central high schot.l. A lumber train collided with a freight train near Wetmoro, Pa., on the Philadelphia and Erie, and both engineers were killed. Antonio Tail. la!, an Italian, who on July 4 last shot and killed three young men who had assaulted him, was ac quitted at Reading, Pa. R. C. Whayne, a business man of Ivoiilsvllle, Ky., was found dead from a gunshot wound. He had policies of Insurance en his life for $340,nuo. Monday. Interstate commerce commission probed alleged discrimination be tween import and domestic freight tariffs. The British cruiser Indefatigable has made the first piize under the block ade, rapturing the Venezuelan schoon er Julia. The Trinidad schooners Mercedes and Inimactilada, belonging to a French subject but flying the Venezuelan flag, were seized by the British cruiser Tri bune. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant were held Sim day morning and she now rests beside her husband in the Grant mausoleum at Riverside Park, N. V. The suggestion by President Roose velt to the allied powers that their dis pute with Venezuela be referred to The Hague tribunal, has been met by a reque-t that himself act as arbitra tor. Tuesday. Great distress has been caused in Finland by failure of the crops, and a famine Is threatened. M. Marconi announces that he has Sent wireless messages across the At lantic from Cape Breton to Cornwall, to the Kings of Great Britain and Italy. It Is believed In London that Presi dent Roosevelt has accepted the offer of Great Britain and Germany that he act as arbitrator of the Venezuelan affair. By the bursting of a cylinder on Hie Deutschland much alarm was cau-cil . i. .. i on hosM. mil me steamer h-ui-im- Plymouth safely and continued its voyage. The Iliimboi'ta when arrested In Madrid handed a package remaining $48,000 to persons who 'Ivel In the same house with them, but It waa -eized and s-nt to the French consul. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Secretary Wilson Has Removed tha Quarantine Against Connecticut. Washington, Dec 23. The quaran tine against Connecticut on account of the epidemic of font and mouth dis ease In New England was formally removed by order issued by Secretary Wilson. The or.ler takes immediate effect and permits cattle, sheep and other live stock to be shipped out of the stato without restriction. A most rigid investigation by a corps of experts working under the personal direction of Dr. Salmon, chief of tho bureau of animal industry, has failed to reveal the existence cf a single case cf the disease In Connecticut. The quarantine remains In full force as to the other states prescribed In th.' order Issued "November 27 last. Tho advices received by the depart ment of agricultural show that up to date 551 cattle have been killed un account of the epidemic and greater progress toward the eradication of the disease will be made now that good weather prevails In the Inhibited state'. Electrical Companies Combine. Berlin. Dec. 23. The Allgemeine Elektrieltaets Gesellschaf with $22, 125.0UO capital in bonds, and the Unicn Elektrieltaets desellschaft, having $85,000,000 capital, have reached an agreement amounting to a practical conso'ldatlon, the directors of each company being elected members of the board of the other, so that the manage ment Is Identical, although the compan ies nominally remain separate. The step is the result of the crisis In the German electrical Industry, when It was found that the manufacturing capacity had far outrun the market's demands The technical manager of the combine Is an American, Mr. Magee. Life Insurance on Murderer Invalid. Washington, Dec. 23. The question of the effect of murder upon a life In surance policy when Issued upon the life of the murderer was passed upon hy the United States supreme court. The court affirmed the decision of the ccurt of appeals, holding the policy Invalid on the ground that to sanction payment under the circumstances would be contrary to public policy. Th holder of the policy was executed for murdering his wife and the suit for payment was brought hy his heirs. King Congratulates Marconi. Glace Bay, N. S., Dec. 23. To his wireless message transmitted from Canada to King Edward VII. Marconi has received the following reply signed by Lord Knollys, the king s private sec retary : "I have had the honor of sub mitting your telegram to the king and I am commanded to congratulate you sincerely on the successful Issue of your endeavors to develvp your most important Invention. The king has been much interested In your experi ments, as hi remembered that the ini tial ones were commenced by you on the royal yacht Osborne in 1808." M AhKcVT REPORT. New York Provision Market. Now York, Dec. 22. WHEAT No. 2 red, 79c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Dulutb, 87c. CORN No. 2 corn, 59c f. o. b. afloat OATS No. 2 oats. 38c; No. 2 white. 39 39 Vic; No. 3 white, 38 38c. POUK-Mess, $18.0018.50; family, $18,110. HAY Shipping, 5G70c; good to choice, 95(5 $1.00. BUTTER Creamery, extras. i29c; factory, 1818',4c; Imitation creamery, western fancy, 21V48 22c. CHEESE Fancy large white, 13c; small white, 13V4&13c. EOOS-State and Pennsylvania, 32(8 33c. POTATOES -New York, per 1S9 lbs., $1.50(8 2.25. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, Dec. 22. WHEAT No. 1 northern. 82V4c; winter wheat. No. 2 red, 78'i&79c. CORN No. 3 yellow, 5o f. o. b. afloat; No. 4 yellow, 63V4c OATS No. 3 white, 3lic f. o. b. afloat; No. 4 white. 35'4c. FLOUR--Spring wheal, best patent per bbl. $4.254 4.50; low grades, $2.75 ttJOO. BUTTER -Creamery wt-slern ex tra tubs, 30c; state and Penn sylvania creamery, 282'Jc; dairy, fair to RO.;d, 23 24c. CHEESE! Fac-y full cream, 13'biff 14c; gis.'d to choice, 12913c; common to fair, loig 11c. KGUS-State, fresh fancy, 27 28c. POTATOES Per bushel, 3C5c. East Buffalo Live Stock Ma'ket CATTLE Best steers on sale, $li.2i 11.40; gc.od to choice shipping steers, 75415.00; fair to good fleers, j-i.i'i 4.50; choice to extra fat heifers, .25(1 1.40; common to fair heifers, .25 3.40; good butcher bulls, $2.75 SHEEP AND LAMBS -Top natlva lanihs. 15.50 5.S5; fair to good. $5.25 (5.4m; culls and common, $3.on3.50; good to choice nanuy weiuuis, ftwu, 1 IOCS Mixed packers' grades. $ii.!5 (fi .35; me Hum hogs, fh.35sre.4a: ch ilce 225 His and upwards, fh.45 0.50. Buffalo Hay Ma.Vet. HAY -- Timothy, per ton. loose, $15 Wa 17.00; hay. prime on track, pT tori $15.50 ti ,5ii; No. I Jo, do. $13 30 sll.'.n; No. 2, do, do. $11.001812.00.
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