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' JUS. ifE OF THE PEACE. Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Hlank deeds, mortgages, .etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A.WKAVKB, Proprietor. This hotel, rmerly the Lhwi has timlfrgoiio a completeclii twrence liange, ail tow inriiiNiieii wmi ti . i"" er f rovemenls. Heated and liglited lhr.Jioul with naturiil gas, bathro s, ' hot and uwld'water, etc. Tlie comforts ol guests never neglected. i ...i.i. ..I- .1.. ....! CENTRAL HOUSE, V ' (1 EROW .V U EROW Proprietor. ti 1.. i.. Tiiii Im i.Iir imiHtceiitrallv 1 mil iTin, n. ti I located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvement.' N pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping plaf for the traveling pulilic. , First ' class Liverv in connection. pHIL. KMERT FANCY ROOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is preparbd to do all Kinds of custom work from the lii.est to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten , tion vtiveu to mending, and prices rea sonable. J OREN.O FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS. tOlUS. BRIDLES. And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. : n haslut h U. 11. UllUUiJ uw - GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN TILLMAN USES PISTOL. Lieutenant Governor Kills the Editor of the Columbia State. Steamer St Louis Arrived Weekly " Trade Review Spanish War Veter ans Death of Abram S. Hewitt. Louis Oisbrow Acquitted Judge Compelled to Resign. N. Q. Gonzales, editor of The State and widely known throughout the South, was shot at Columbia last Tcursday by James H. Tillman, lieu tenant governor of Suulh Carolina, i.lr. Gonzales died Monday afternoon at the Columbia hospital. The fchooling took place on Main stteet, at the intersection of GervaU street, and in full view of the State capitol, the location being tae most frequented street and corner In Colum bia. The office of The State in on the B.une block as the scene of the shoot ing and it'tooK only a few minutes for a throng to assemble in front ol the building. Policeman lioland immediately aftei the shooting arrested Lieutenant Gov ernor Tillman and took him to police headquarters, where he was relieved of two pistols, the one iwitli which he shot Editor Gonzales and a second large revolver. No fight or words occurred between the mo n preceding the assault and the only attributed cause for the shooting Is ttat dcring the recent primary election Editor Gonzales opposed Lieu tenant Governor Tillman in the race for governor and vigorously assailed him editorially. During the progress of that cam paign Editor Gonzales in his newspapei called Tillman a debauchee and black guard and referred to him as a "crim inal candidate," and a proven "liar.'' It was this and other such editorial expressions, It Is suppose!, that led tc the assault. The campaign occurred last August end since the first primary, August 2d, 1902, Editor Gonzales has had noth ing to say about Mr. Tillman, except to comment on the result of the primary. Weekly Trade Review. With the nine j needed expansion 1c export trade now actively in evidence one of the few Important missing ele taunts of national prosperity Iras beer: supplied. Export trade in Decembei provedto be better than anticipated, and so far in January only encouraging elements have developed. The domestic situation also gains rather than loses strength. While reg ular spring trade ran hardly be said tc have opened, activity is steaiily In 'creaslug. The volume of shipments ol spring goods Is evidence of the desire of consumers and distributors to ob tain possebslon of goods early. Eastern dry goods centers note con tinued confluence in a good spring busi ness. Clothing manufacturers are well supplied with orders, hut the out put for fall is not expectej to be as large as that now under way. Cotton has s'lown little or no dimln utlon of Btrength. Export business continues very heavy and the price ol the manufactured material shows an upward tendency. -Wool is ttrong and available sup piles are closely held. Prices tend up ward here, In London and in Australia. Fall weight woolens are opening 5 tc 10 per cent higher than a year ago. Machiner Is well employed on spring and summer goods for men's wear. Lumber note3 considerable activit for an ordinarily dull period. Open ing prices for this season will easilj equal the best of last year. The great mass of staple price's gen erally maintain undiminished strength, notable in this respect being hides which are quoted a trifle higher, and leather, which is firm at prevailing quotations. Eastern shoe shipments show slight gains from a year ago, al though complaints of small profits are universal. Failures for the week number 234 against 33G last week and 291 In 1902 Spanish War Veterans. James L. Whitley,. Judge advocate, of tho Spanish War Veterans ol New York state, has prepared amend uients to existing laws, affecting the rights of Spanish war veterans, which will he introduced in the assembly bj Assemblyman Dwycr. To military cole providing that an) organization of Spanish war veterans shall bo furnished with a meeting place in state armories, where sufll cieht accommodations exist. To civil service law, giving any hon orably discharged soldier or sailor o! the Spanish war the rigH to,a hearing before dismissal from public office The present law applips only to volun teers. To the act authorizing iho adjutant general of the state to issue certain arms, accoutrements and ammunition to Grand Army posts, so that the same Issue may be made to Spanish war camps for use of firing squads. To the highway law. that any vetcrai, of the Spanish war who is unfit foi manual labor by reason of injury re ceived la service shall not be re tjnrred trj'vierform work on public high ways or bo taxed therefor. To ch. pter 371 of laws of 1896. glv lng Spas iKh war veterans free licens to hawk p?(lclle, vend and sell at pub lie auc! by present ins discharge to coun clerk. R Gold Strike In Alaska. A sj al to the Seattle Time from Dawson says: A 'tremendously rich strike of gold has been made IS miles north of a point on the Tanana river, 300 miles from its source, in American territory, and a stampede to the scene is in progress. The holes that have proved the wealth of the country were sunk late last winter, and the first man to reach Dawson from the new country has just arrived. He is a Japanese named J. Wada, well known In Dawson, where hie Veracity and honesty are recognized. So far the report has not been spread to any extent fn Dawson, but the lit tle that has been told has created an excitement that surely means a stam pede. The gist of Wada's report Is that the district resembles the Klondike in its physical formation, but has a heavier growth of timber. Gold In widely different kinds had been found In eight different creeks when Wada left for Dawson, Dec. 22. Liner St. Louis Arrived. The steamship St. Louis arrived at her pier Saturday after an extremely slow trip, due to leaky boilers. Her time from Cherbourg to the lightship was 13 days, 5 hours and 20 minutes, or 6 days, 5 hours and 25 minutes be hind the ship's best record. There was no accident of any kind and, al though heavy weather 'was encoun tered, practically all the delay was caused by Inability to get up good stenm In the defective boilers. The passengers became very indig nant when they learned of the poor progress the vessel was making and an Indignation meeting was held al which the line was severely censured for permitting passengers to embark on a steamer in the condition the St. I.ouls showed. Resolutions were drawn up and given to the press on the ship's arrival at New York. State's Assessed Valuation. Comptroller Miller has completed the compilation of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property In the several counties of New York state as reported to him by the local authorities for the purpose of taxation. The aggregate valuation of real and personal property subject to locai taxation for all purposes In this state is $3,841,(187,999, of which $5,283,284, G50 is real estate and $558,403,349 is personal property. Last year the ag gregate valuation was $5,754,429,511,, making an increase this year of $87,- 258. 4S8. The Increase In real estate is $lll.G38,fGl, hut there is a decreasi In personal property of $27,380,172 which makes the net Increase but $87, 25S.4S9. Louis Disbrow Acquitted. Louis A. Disbrow was acquitted on the charge of killing Clarence Fostet at Good Ground, L. I., on the night ol June 9. The verdict was generally antici pated and wa3 reached by the Jur after very brief deliberation. The case for the prosecution was throughout weak, the strongest polnl made against the accuse! being that he was the last person 3een with Fos ter and Miss Lawrence on the night of the tragedy. The contention ol the defense was that Foster and the girl committed Bitlclde. Judge Compelled to Resign. Judge Rasch, who was recently elected to the circuit bench of Van derburg county, Indiana, 'has accept ed the suggestion of the local bar association and has forwarded hip resignation to Governor Durbln. The judge was charged with selling ap pointments In his court and admit ted he had received certain sums from prospective appointees. He said he only intended that his subordinates should help bear his campaign expen ses. Uasch has been prominent in politics for piany years. Bondsmen Preparing to Pay. The bondsmen of B. D. Greene and John F. Gnor, fugitives from Jus tice for alleged frauds in connection with work at Savannah harbor,H are preparing to pay Into the registry of the United States court $80,000, the amount of the bond. The bonds were estreated in the United States court Monday. W. B. Kirk of Syracuse, N. Y., Is Gaynor's bondsman and tho late John D. Leary of New York was on the bond of Greene. The executor of Lcary will pay Greene's bond. Abram S. Hewitt Dead. Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor ol Nw York and (or many years repre sentative in congress, died on Suday morning in his 81st year, having been critically ill for 10 days. With him ml the moment of his death 'were his wife, his three sons and three dattgh ters. The funeral services, which will be conducted by Bishop .Putter, will be held In Calvary church, of which Mr. Hewitt was a member, Wednesday morning. ... Mrs. Sternaman Gets a Verdict. Mrs. Olive A. Sternaman of But falo, who was once sentenced to death for the alleged murder of her husband and was afterward re-tried and acquit ted, was given a verdict for $1,380 against the Metropolitan Life Insur ance company. The company opposed the payment of fl.uuu on her husband' life. The verdict given in Mrs. Stern aman's favor is for the full amount ol the policy with interest from August 1890". Venezuelan Fort Returned Fire. Tho German cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos at entrance to Lake Maracaib') Saturday afternoon for oue hour The fort returned fire with font guns. The Panther withdrew in the direction of Curacao. NOT A LEGAL DOMICILE Six Mpnths Stay In Dakota Not Sufficient. Justice White of the Supreme Court Declared a Dakota Divorce From a Massachusetts Woman Invalid Jus tice Holmes Had Given Same De cision in the State Coi'rt. Washington, Jan. 20. The supreme court has a?ain passed upon the val idity of divorces granted in South Dakota to nen residents. The case in volved a question of property rights of a woman resident of Massachusetts whose husband had secured a divorce In South Dakota after remaining there six months. The Massachusetts courts held that the decree had been fraud ulently secured. The opinion affirmed that holding on the ground that the husband s residence did not constitute a legal domicile. In passing on the case Justice White discussed at some length the question whether the federal constitu tion is involved in any way In the case. He held that this couM not be for the reason that the general govern ment never had any power ever mar riages to delegate, control over mar riage always having been vested in the states and never parted with by them. Hence there was no power that con gress could exercise to regulate or prohibit divorces, and it must follow that unless the several states were permitted to control the subject of divorce among their own citizens the subject would be entirely uncontrolled, In which case the absolute destruction of society must be the result. As the complainant in the proceed ings had been a citizen of Massachu setts the courts of that state hal Jur isdiction and not the courts of another stale. It was evident, he went on, that the husband's six months residence in South Dakota had been taken up for the sole purpose of securing a divorce. The temporary change of residence did not amount to domicile or to a change of citizenship. For this reason he held that the South Dakota court was without jurisdiction in the divorce proceeding and Its decree wholly voin. Justice Holmes took no part in the decision for the reason that as chief Justice of the state of Massachusetts he had delivered the decision declaring the Dakota decree Invalid. COAL STRIKE COMMISSION. Chairman Gray Thinks Boys Should Be Kept From the Union. Philadelphia, Jan. 20. The examin ation of Colonel R. A. Phillips of Scran ton, general superintendent of the min ing department of the Delaware, Lack awanna an! Western Railroad com pany, took up the greater part of the session of the coal strike commission. Superintendent Phillips told of condi tions in and about the collieries owned by the Lackawanna company. Colonel Phillips went on to say that the plan of the miners' organization will have to be materially changed or the union will not last long in the an thracite fields. It will have to elimin ate the boys, who have a voice in the organization. Each boy has half a vote, but he often casts a full vote. Chairman Gray Interrupted to re mark that an organization like the mine workers' union should be com posed of mature minds. The witness said there were more cases of Insubordination among the men now than there were prior to the strike of 1900. The minimum wages of Inside laborers, ho require no skill, he continued, is $1.77 a day, and $1.38 for outside laborers. In reply to Commissioner Clark, the witness sail he personally thought the men could bring In a third party to ar bitrate in case the employes and the company failed to agree on some dis puted points. If the company brought In an outside person to plead its case, he thought the men had an undoubted right to do the same. Just as Colonel Phillips was about to leave the stand W. W. Ross of New York, counsel for the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Weslern company, asked him if his testimony regarding the right of calling in an arbitrator was not only his perscnal view an l that if he were asked to give it officially he woulJ have to first consult with tho president of the company. Mr. Phil lips replied that the opinion he gave was -a personal one and was not the official view of the company. "Do you want to dissent from Mr. Phillips' view of the matter!" asked Chairman Gray. "I do to a certain extent," was Mr. Ross' reply. Dr. J. M. Walnwright of Scrantoti, a physician, testified that the occupa tion of mining, so far as heath Is con cerned. compared favorably iwith any other occupation. Efforts In Mrs. Maybrick's Behalf. London, Jan. 20. There have been no new developments in the case of Mrs. Florence E. Maybrlck and the United Siate3 embassy has made no request to the home office for her re lease from Aylesbury prison (whefj she is serving a life sentence for pois oning her husband), to enable her to testify In a suit now pen ling in Vir ginia. Influential English friends of the prisoner are unceasing, however, In their efforts to obtain her release. Rufus Hatch Declared Competent. White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 2'. Rufus Hatch, son of Hip late banker of that name, was yesterday declared com petent by a sheriff's jury. SENATOR PLATT NOMINATED. Almost Unanimous Vote at Republican Caucus Democrats Nominate Mr. Stanchfield. Albany, Jan. 20. United States Sen ator Thomas C. Piatt was nominated by the joint Republican caucus of sen ators aud assemblymen to succeed himself lor a third term. The only incident of the caucus was the announcen-nt by Assemblman Wil liam A. Denison of Jefferson, that "in accordance with instructions of my constituents" he would cast his vote for the Hon. Elihu Root of New York. The announcement was received with out visible sensation beyond a hum of conversation. Senators Brackett of Saratoga, E. R. Brown of Jefferson and Lewis, and Elsberg of New York, together with Assemblyman George B. Clark of the 29th New York district, were absent. It Is suppose! by agreement. The others absent were Messrs Blanck of St. Lawrence, who missed bis train; Morgan of Kings, who has just suffered an operation unon his Jaw; Wainwright of Westchester, who is still disabled from his recent acci dent, and Mr. Outterson of Jefferson, who it was sa!d had been called to Wat ertown by news of an accident to his mill, but when his name was called in the caucus without response no ex planation was made. Senator Raines called the caucus to order in the assembly chamber and Senator Armstrong of Rochester was made chairman. Senator Allds and Assemblyman Conkling acting as sec retaries. Imnieiiately after roll-call, the cau cus proceed'ed to vote and every man present, with the exception of Mr. Den ison, replied with the name of Mr. Piatt, without comment. The vote showed 108 for Piatt, one for Elihu Root. ImmedIatelyupon the announcement of the vote for United States senator, Chairman Armstrong called for nomin ations for a Republican candidate foi regent of the university of the state ol New York in the place of the late Chancellor Anson JiMld Upson. Speak er S. Fred Nixon nominated Charles A. Gardiner of New York. Senator Malhy described Mr. Gard iner's services to his party, state an l country and upon his motion one vote was cast by the secretary for Mr Gardiner. The Democratic senators and as. semblymen held their caucus in the senate chamber and unanimously nom inated Hon. John B. Stanchflold of Elmira as their candidate for United States senator and Dr. James L. Milne of Cortland, who practices law In New York, for regent of the university. Save for a brief declaration of As semblyman Butler of the Ninth as sembly district, New York, of which ex-Chief Devery Is leader, there was no friction, and Butler, after declaring he wished Mr. Stanchflell to under stand that the people of the Ninth were not "thugs and ruffians," as Mr, Stanchfield stated at the Democratic convention In Saratoga, voted for Mr. Stanchfield. Both nominations were unanimous. COAL MOVING FREELY, President Baer Says There Is No Scarcity of Cars. New York. Jan. 20. George K. Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Rex I lng railroad. Issued a statement con cerning reports that large quantities of coal were being held on the com pany's lines. He says: "It is not true that there are large quantities of coal some reports make it as high as 150,1100 tons on the line of the Philadelphia and Reading -rail way. "The traffic is now moving freely and fully to destination. There is no scar city of coal cars. We now have more than 'e can us?. The coal movement has been very heavy. Saturday and Sunday 3,018 cars of anthracite coal passed over the Rea 'ing division, and during the same time l.tifio cars wer unloaded at their various destina tions." Major Glenn's Trial. Manila, Jan. 20. The defense in the trial by court martial of Major Edwin F. Glenn of the Fifth infantry, charged with unlawfully killing prisoners of war. attempted to introduce testimony tending to show that money was col lected in tho Island of Samar to prose, cute Major Glenn and other officers. Evidence showing the existence of a fun! was admitted but the rest was excluded. Many captured Insurgent documents were introduced, confirm ing preious testimony regarding the Insurgent system of spies, poisoners, assassins and other violations of tho laws of war. General Miles In Russia. St. Petersburg, Jan. 20. Lieutenant General Miles, U. S. A., accompanied by Mrs. Miles and his party, arrived here trom Moscow after having spent two days in that city. The party trav Mled on a special train. The general sai l he had been impressed with the magnitude and the future possibilities of the country which had been opened up by the Trans-Siberian railroad. He will remain here several days, then proceeding to Berlin, Paris and Lon don. Surrenders All Her Titles. Berlin, Jan. 2o. The Dresden cones. pondent of the Taeblatt telegraphs that besides surrendering all her titles, etc., in consideration of the payment of the si-m of $7,500 yearly, the Crown Princess of Saxony has full freedom of movement, bo long as the Saxon and Austrian courts are informed before hand of her Intended changes of abode and she is guaranteed freedom from arrest. BRIEF liEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit Of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. Congress will probably pass a hill abolishing the tarift on coal for six months by a rebate system. About 200 citizens of Tuscola, 111., confiscated 10 car loads of coal at the Illinois Central yards in that town. Antecedents of King Alfonso's as sailant show that his mind was af fected after a fall from a street car, on which he was a conductor. The house committee on invalid pen sions has favorab'y reported a bill granting a pension of J100 monthly to the widow of General Franz Siegcl. She is 67 years of age. A freight train hit a s'eigh contain ing five people al a grade crossing at Stafford, N. Y., and one was kille l, two fatally injured and two badly hurt. The sleigh was part of a funeral pro cession. Thursday. A bill to give full rebate for all du ties on coal for a year was reported to the house of representatives and was passed. Attacking the Republican leaders for ignoring the reciprocity treaties. Sena tor Dollivcr of Iowa caused a sensa tion in the senate. By an agreement between Mr. Cham berlain and the Johannesburg mining community, the war conti ibution of the Transvaal has been fixed at $150,ooiV 0U0. Governor Franklin Murphy of New Jersey made a remarkable defense oi trusts and his state's relation to them in his first annual address to tho leg islature. John W. Swinger, president of the National Live Stock association, urges .ockmen to build plants and re futv to sell their benf to the packers If the proposed merger is formed. Friday. President Roosevelt signed the bill rebating duties on foreign coal for one year. Four new ships of the fighting line and three training ship3 will be pro vided for the navy in tho -house naval appropriation bill. President Roosevelt, believing Col ombia's insincerity will prevent nego tiation of a treaty for the Pant-macanal, Is about to turn to Nicaragua and Costa Rica to arrange to build the canal by the Nicaragua route. Dr. Hendricks and former Justice ol the Peace Stanton, convicted of con splracy to secure the entire estate oi Henry M. Bennett, were sentenced at Freehold, N, J., to two years anl si: months' imprisonment each. While driving a load of coal through North Tonawanda William McCarthy's team was struck by a train and both horses were killed. The sleigh was smashed and Htrewn along with tie coal. McCarthy narrowly escaped. Saturday. The overdue Amerlcnn liner St Louis, 10 days from Chernourg, has ar rived at New York. Louis Disbrow, on trial at Riverhead, L. I., for the murder by drowning ol Clarence Foster, has been acquitted. Five boys were killol at South Bethlehem, Pa., by being struck by a train while coasting on a hob sleigh. Rev. George Culhbertson, a retired Presbyterian minister, dropped dead in a church at Toronto, Ont., a few min utes after finishing an address. Lieutenant Governor James H. Till man of South Carolina shot and mor tally wounded N. (!. Gonzales, an edi tor, In the street at Columbia. S. C. Monday. Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor cl New York and representative in con gress from 1871 to 1S87, died Sunday morning. Passengers on the delayed St. Louis are indignant against the nianageni'T.t and some suits for losses are threat eii(l. Reports as to recovery of Editor Gon zales are encouraging. Lieutenant Governor Tillman declares the shoot ing was Justified. Laura Foster, mother of former Gov ernor Charles Foster, ami wile of tho founder of Fostoria. O.. Is dead. She was 100 years old. Five men were killed and lour in-jure-t by the premature explosion of a powder charge on the battleship Mas sachusetts at target practice off Cule bra island. Tuesday. Editor N. G. Gonzales, who was shot thursday by Lieutenant Governor Till man, died Monday afternoon. Thomas C. Piatt was chosen for re election to the United States senate by Republican caucus in Albany. The daths from the explosion on the battleship Massachusetts r.'. Ci'!ehra now number seven, and another death Is expected. A true l,i 1 1 was returned in Chicago against 45 cml operators and retailers, charging conspiracy to do an illegal act Injurious to public trade. Former Mayor Abram S. Hewitt of New York died at C o'clock Sunday morning afie a battle for life lasting 10 days and which was the marvel of the physicians who attended him. CRIMINAL PRACTICE. Man and Woman and Two Phytl cians Arrested. New Castle, Pa., Jan. 19. The great est excitement has been created here by the arrest Friday afternoon of Dr Edwin S. Cooper anf Mrs. Delia Tal bitzer of this city, and Dr. J. R. Hahr of Edinburg, this county, for criminal practice upon Miss Mabel Williams ol Conemaugh, who died here Sept. 19. Albert Itell of Johnstown was Sat urday arrested at his home on th( same charge. All four defendants have given bond in $l,0iio each for a hearing next Fri day atternoon before Alderman Joseph Gillilan! of this city, who issued the warrants for their arrest. The charges were preferred by Coun ty Detective J. Lee McFate, who ar rested Itell, and Constable James Ver ner made the arrests here. HIT BY FAST TRAIN. Horses Killed, Wagon Smashed and Driver Has Miraculous Escape. New Castle, Pa., Jan. 19. Dairy man Harvey Robinson had a miracu lous escape from Instant death Friday in a collision, In which his dairy wagon was broken to kindling wood anl both his horses killed by a southbound Pennsylvania passenger train on th? McCleary avenue crossing. The train was running late and was going at high speed. Robinson did not see the train until it was too late to escape. George Thomas, an East Ixmg ave nue boy, had his leg crushed in a coast ing accident by colliding with a tele graph polo and seriously injured his head, and a young son of Mrs. A. R. Kingsbury collided with a sewer pipe on Fast street while coasting and was similarly injured. SAVES BABY, BUT DIES. Chambersburg Woman, With Clothing Afire, Rushes From Hoese With Little One. Chambersburg, Pa., Jan. 19. Mrs. Lizzie Nicholas was burned to death at her homi. here Friday afternoon. She was a cripple and while working about tho stove her clothing caught fire. In the house with her was her baby, 18 months old. Probably realizing that the house was in danger of being burnol and her child cremated she made her way to an outside porch, where she was burned to a crisp. The littio one was unharmed. The woman's husband was working in the mountain, two miles away, and did not learn of the tragedy until evening. Whole Family Poisoned. Oil City, Pa., Jan. 19. The family of George Poemer of Plumer, consist ing of himself, his wife, two sons, their wives and four grandchildren, were poisoned In a peculiar manner. Tho contents of an open can of "Rough on Rat ts" that stood on a shelf fell into th family buckwheat bin beneath It. The Ingredients for the morning meal of buckwheat cakes was taken from tho bin aud in short time the entire fam ily were poisoned. Application with a stomach pump biought them all out of danger, with the exception of the aged head of the family, whose condition is precarious. Rush Into Creek. Irwin, Pa., Jan. 19. A peculiar and costly wreck occurred on the West moreland Coal company's siding at lirimer Friday morning. Seven load ed steel coal cars got away and came running down the heavy gra.Ie to tho freight warehouse. Hero they ran Into a car loaded with spikes and it was carried along the siding until tho end of the bumper gave way and tho eight cars went into Brush creek a mass of wreckage and coal. The loss is several thousand dollars. Police to Guard Coal Trains. Slianiokln, Pa., Jan. 19. Owing to loaded coal trains being robbed of fuel and to guar 1 aaginst such trains being held up by people rendered desperate because of the coal famine existing in nearby places in the agriculture belt, policemen received orders from tho Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad companies that they must guard load ed trains while in transit to market, through districts whero the famine is the worst. Two Killed by PecuJ'ar Explosion. Mc-Keesport, Jan. 19. A peculiar dynamite explosion at McKeesport Saturday killed two men, fatally wounded another and seriously wound ed another. The men were working with other laborers on the banks of tho Monongahcla river when one of them struck Iris pick into the ground and the explosion followed. How tho dynamite came to be In the ground at tho spot is uot known. Young Man a Suicide. I-oek Haven, Pa., Jan. 19. Hiram E. Purseley, aged 23 years, was found dying in the cellar of his furniture store here. HU father went to tho store anl found a note on his son's desk, which said: "You will find me In the cellar." The young man was found unconscious with a bullet wound in his head. He died In an hour. The young man had been In ill health for some time. Phoenixville PostoffTce Robbed. Phoenixville. Pa.. Jan. 19. Early Saturday morning five strangers blew open tho safe in tiie pctitofllce. secured $.'ni) in cash and stamps and a $500 gold bearing bond and made their es cape. I'o.-lal Clerk A. C. Bishop gave the alarm and Lo and his family were shot at. The pobtolllce was badly wrecked. L
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