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C. Dunn, G.G. Gaston, J. B. Muse, V. F. Weaver. J. W. Landers. J usticet vf the rcace C. A. Handall, 8. J. Setley. Constable S. It. Maxwell. Collector 3. J. Setlcy. School Director L. Fulton. J. C. " Boowden, J. E. Wenk, Patrick Joyce, L. Agnew, It. L. Haslet. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Meiilber of Congress Joseph C. Sibley. Member of Senate 3. K. P. Hall. Assembly C. W. Ampler. President Judge-W. M. Lindsey. Associate Judges-U B. Crawlord. W. U. 11. Doltorer ProtHonotary, Register A Recorder, te. J. C. Oelst. Sheriff: Geo. W. Noblit. 'Vreasnrer Frd.' A. Kellor. Commissioners C. Burhenn, A. K. Shine, Henry Weingnrd. Dish-id Attorney-, t). Irwin.- jury Coviviissioners Ernest hibbic, " Lewis Warner. Coroner"-Dr. J. W. Morrow. Comity Auditors W. II: Ntiles, Geo. W. lloleinan, H. A. MeCloskey. County Superintendent B. E. Stitzln- ger. Itesulitr Term of t'ouri. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of (September. Third Monday of November. Church and HabbnlU Nchoal. Presbyterian Sabbath School nt 9:45 a. in. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:Q0 a. in. Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab lth evening by Kev. O "-Nlekle Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. MoGarvy, Pastor. 8erices in the Presbyterian Church . every Sabbath morning and evening, The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and' fourth Tuesdays of each m nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pp N ESTA LOUGH, No. 300, 1. O.O. K 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. IXTREST LODGE, No. 181, A. O. U. W.. I Meets every Friday evening ln;A.O.U. W. Hall, TioneHta. X nAPT.GEORGK ntuw ror, no.t J O. A, K. Moets 1st and 3d Monday ' evening in each month, In A. O. U. W. a. ..,-.,,. r" Hall, TioneHta. GAPT. GEOKGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. 0., meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month, In A. O. Ui W. hall, Tlouesta, Pa. rpiON ESTA TENT, No. 164, K. O. T. 1 M., meois 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening In each month In A. O. U. W . hall Tlouesta, Pa. Hi F. RITCHEY. .,., J. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tionesia, Pa. c URT1S M. SIIAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT- LA w. Warren, Pa, Practice In Forest Co. A C. BROWN o LAW nill.u In Amnr Riiildtllil. Cor. Elm and Bridge Si., Tionesta, Pa. J W. MORROW. M. D., riivnlclnn. Surireon A Dentist. Olllce and Residence three doors north Of Hotel Agnew, Tionexta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. D Physician nrgoon, TIONESTA, PA. rR. J. C. DUNN, I 1 u.ivuii'lAM AND SURGEON and ORUGGI-T. Olllce over stie, Tionesta, l a. rroroMsionm cans rumi- i. ..,...... ,1.1 in ut ull Imiirs ol' (lav or f v i oninmiivu - ... - - - - ''night. Residence-Elm St., between Grove's grocery ami Uerow s resiauraiii II'' ' PnvMieiitn and Surgeon i Office and residence above The Davis Pharmacy. D RJ. B. MIGGINS. IMivli-inii mill Siirirenn. OIL CITY, PA. 7 R. L ANSON, . . Hardware, Tinning Plumbing. Tionesta, It O J. 8KTLEY. pp. ACE. . ji.;.iiv - - ...... il l Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks lorsale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, ,n ... I . etc. I lOIlrnlU, i n. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Thi linlnl. formerly the Proprietor Lawrence lete change, House, has undergone a com p and Is now 1'uniinhod with idi ern improvements. Heated throughout with natural gas, hot and cold water, etc. The guests never neglected. I the inod and lighted bathrooms. comforts of upMTii i r.' ltnns:. V I il.MK)W .t UEKOW Proprietor Tionsel'a, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modem improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. P" IL. EMERT nwv moot . SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to '.he coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS. IOILhRS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S.I. HAW . GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN RIGHTFUL DISASTER. Twenty-Three People Killed In a Railroad Collision. Wreck In Arizona Monument to Jef ferson Message on Silver Ex change Fifty-Four Insane Patients Burned Eulogy on President Mc Kinley Democratic Mayor In Ithaca. One of the most appalling railroad wrecks that has occurred In the vicin ity of New York for many years, cost- Vng 23 lives and injuring over 50, took place Tuesday might at Craceland ou the Central Railroad of New Jersey, near Weslfleld. N. J., when the Royal Blue Lino express plowed at top speed Into the rear of a local train. Immediately after the crash three of the shattered cars of the local train took fire, rendering Impossible the res cue of many of the wounded who were pinned fast In the wreck. Many bodies are believed to have been consumed. On board the flyer all the passen gers, although badly shaken up, es caped uninjured save for trifling bruises. Passengers on the flyer say the en gineer applied the brake3 tard just a minute or so before the wreck. The train ahead had sent a flagman hack, hut it seems he was recalled when the train got under way and, al though he left torpedoes, the Royal Blue did not heed them or else was going too fast to stop in the short dis tance remaining. The man who went back to flag tho train had just swung onto the rear end of his train and is among the dead. Tho engine and three worst wrecked cars were piled Into a heap containing at least J00 dead and injured. From the mas3 came fearful screams for aid. A minute later the wreck caught flre from the fire box of the locomotive. The screams of the Injured In the heap were Intensified as they found them selves hemmed In by the flames. Thu blame for the disaster is placed by the railroad officials on Engineer Davie3, who, according to a policeman who look him from the shattered cab of his engine, admitted that he had seen the red and green danger lights displayed but, expecting to see them suddenly change to white, rushed on until, it was too late to check speed before ho plunged into the rear of the train ahead. Engineer navies died at the Much lenhurg hospital Thursday. Twenty Killed In Arizona Wreck. Two Southern Pacific passenger trains collided head-on when running at full speed near Vails, 15 miles east of Tucson, Ariz. Eleven cars were consumed in a few minutes. Engineer Bruce and his flieman and Engineer Wiley were burned to death, and his fireman seriously injured. Twenty bodies have been taken from the mass of burned and charred wreckage, and It is believed that sev eial mere are buried among the twisted and tangled mass of iron and steel. Compromise of Al let' Claims. Propositions involving a compromise of the allies' contention for preferential treatment In the settlement of theii claims against Venezuela have been submitted to the governments of Great Britain, Germany and Italy by theii representatives in Washington, and while no answers have been received as yet tere Is reason for the belief that tho allies will see a way to accept the latest proposition. The proposition now under consider ation is understood to be a modification of the allies' contention that they be recognized as Venezuela's preferred claimants In the payment of the In demnlty. It provides that for a short period, perhaps six months or a year Great Britain, Germany and Italy shall receive exclusively 30 per cent of the customs receipts of the ports of Puerto Cahello and La Guayra, and at the end of the period that all the claimant na tlon be placed upon the same footing. TCe 30 per cent of the receipts of these two ports will then be divided among all the c'almant nations in ratio based on tie amount of each na tlon's claim. The plan will enable the allies to withdraw their ships from Venezuelan vraters without serious loss of prestige Mr. rowen has been assured that tho representatives of the allies here will give him a final answer at the earli est possible moment, and exchanges are in progress between the represent tlves here of ths al'ied governments concerned and their home offices in an effort to reach a settlement agreeable to all concerned. The Washington government and Mr. Bowen are convinced, because of Baron Von Sternberg's activity in tfie matter, that Germany wants the Vene zuc'an question settled with all possl ble dispatch. Price Situation Remains Strong. Trade developments confirm the san guine expectations and predictions made at the outset of the month Wholesale jobbing trade in spring drj goods, millinery, bcots and shoes ami hats Is improving steadily, January's jobbing business at leading citie3 Easl and West being the best ever recordec In that month. Shipments on orderf are larger and ear'ier than in preced ing years. Retail trade reports are haidly si favorable. Unseasonable weather dull! retail distribution In this line, and th usual January clearing sib's are ai trading less than ordinary attention. The general price situation rcniaini strong, corn, among tho cereals, anr cotton, among the textiles, leading. Southern yarn manufacturers and I'anadiau mills have raised their prices. This strength In cotton goods Is In re ality the main reason for the advance shown this week in the raw cotton market Woolen goods for next fall are be ing ordered In fair quantities, whila mills are being pushed for spring de liveries. Raw wool continues strong and prices an? at flood tide. Business failures for the weak end ing with Jan. 29 number 230, against 253 last week and 303 In the like week in 1002. Message on Silver Ratio. The president last week sent to congress a message in relation to the currency and the coinage of the Mexican and Chinese governments, accompanied by papers from the repre sentatives of those governments. He lecommends legislation which will enable the government of the United States to assist In carrying out the proposed arrangement. The gist of the message is that the fluctuations In the price of sllvei threaten to seriously Injure the trade of the gold standard countries with silver-using countries, and that If the stability of the metals were assured the Imports of silver-using countries would increase very largely. The message also says that free coinage Is not expected, but that defin ite relationship should be established between god and silver as a basis of exchange and that this basis could b brought about by the co-operation ol the gold standard and silver-using countries. Insane Patients Burned. Fifty-four hopelessly Insane women were suffocated or burned to death Tuesday morning in a fire that des 6troyed the annex of the Colney Hatch Insane asylum, six miles north ol London. There were GOO women patients asleep In the buildings when the flre started, and within a few minutes they were all practically unmanageable. Five wooden buildings were de stroyed, and the fire progressed sc rapidly that it was Impossible to or ganize the work of rescue. The doctors and nurses showed greal presence of mind in their efforts tc drive the Insane women out through the doors, but their efforts were soor. made useless by the Intense heat thai compelled them to flee for their lives Two nurses perished with theii charges. Monument to Thomas Jefferson. Tho Thomas Jefferson Memorial as sociatiou organized for erecting at th national capital an appropriate ani national memorial to the "author of the Declaration of Independence," througl Its president, Admiral George Dewey, has issued an appeal to the Americar people for funds to carry out the ob ject of the association. The appeal, which is signed by Ad miral Dewey, pays a tribute to Thomas Jefferson and asks tfte people to con tribute to the memorial according t( their ability. The character and cosi of the proposed monument are nol stated. Epidemic of Typhoid Fever. The epidemic of typhoid which re rently broke out In Ithaca has attained serious proportions. Nurses of the Citj hospital were obliged to give up theii rooms to make room for patients, th hospital having been crowded for som time. The Rev. C. W. Peiser of th Unitarian church offers to turn ths church over for a hospital. There ar at least 200 cases In the city at presenl and the list is rapidly increasing. Phy slcians agree that the epidemic Is dus to impure drinking water and all cltl zens are warned not to use city watei before It Is bol!ed. Republican Mayor Resigned. Following the decision in the ssi Dreme court that G.R.Miller Democrtt had been elected mayor of Ithaca lasl fall, came the resignation of Mr. Gund erman, the Republican mayor, whoihad held over nendine litigation. While I stay of proceedings was granted on tb motion of Mr. Noble, the Republics! attorney, Mr. Gunderman considered that the matter had been settled b) the court. City Clerk Marion and Super Intendent Parks, appointees of Mr Gunderman, also resigned. Sultan's Troops Victorious. The sultan's troons have utterly rout ed the forces of the Moorish pretendei and caDtured Bu Hamara himse f. The sultan's victory was absolute almost the entire following of the pre tender being either s'ain or captured His camp, provisions and ammunition were taken and the artillery which was lost by the sultan's army In the battle of December 23, was recaptured Eulogy of President McKinley. President Roosevelt was prlncipa. orator at a banquet given under the auspices of the Canton Republican League In commemoration of the birth day of McKinley. SurroundeJ by friends, neighbor! and business and political associate of the dead president, he pronounced a brilliant and eloquent eulogy upor the life and works of McKinley. Has Paid For Caddy's Lost Eye. David Fleming, a wealthy Phl!adel phian who has been on the Jail limit! at Elizabethtown, N. Y., for about 8 month, after refusing payment of I Judgment or $6,000 for striking his caddy with a golf stick at Ijike Placli last summer, has compromised the matter with the caddy's attorneys and was released from custody. Consolidation of Electric Roads. Plans are on foot for a consolidatior af electric roads which will make om through line between Buffa'o and Chi tago. REFUSES POINT BLANK. Proposition of Allies For Two Thirds of Percentage. Mr. Bowen Contends For Venezuela That as Negotiators Are Agreed on All Other Points the Blockade Should Be Raised Pending Settlement of Cuestion by The Hague Tribunal. Washington, Feb. 3. Herbert W. Cowen, Venezuela's lepresentative in the negotiations at Washington for a settlement of the claims against that country, has sent through the British ambassador here what amounts practi cally to an ultimatum to the ai led pou-ers of Great Britain, Germany and Italy, regarding their Insistence for prefei ential treatment In the settle ment of their claims against Vene zuela. This note, which the British, am bassador received last night, was cabled at once to London, copies of It being tiansmitted to the Italian and German embassies for transmission to Rome and Ber'in. It la In reply to tL? proposition sub mitted at a joint conference of the negotiators by the British ambassador that the allied powers be allowed two thirds of 30 per cent of the custom receipts of tie pa:ts of La Guayra and Porto Cabello, and that the United States and the other claimant nations, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Spain, and Norway and Sweden, con tent themselves with the remainingone- third of this percentage, that Is 10 per cent of the receipts of these two ports. In the note received by the British ambassador from Mr. Bowen the lat ter refuses point blank the p;oposition for a 20 and 10 per cent division on the ground that to recognize the principle it embodies would be absolutely offen sive to modern civilization. In view of the fact that the negot iators are agreed on all save the ques tion of preferential treatment, the am bassador Is informed that Venezuela has decided to submit that question to The Hague arbitration tribunal. Acceptance of this proposition, Vene zuela contends, carries with It a rais ing cf the blockade, the general under standing being that the blockade would end when the negotiators at Washing ton had reached an agreement. It Is understood that In refusing this 'ast proposition submitted by the Brit ish ambassador on behalf of the allies Mr. Bowen takes the ground that he cannot accept in principle the conten tion that blockades and bombardment of forts, and the consequent killing of helpless men, women and children, en titles any power or alliance of powers to prefe. ential treatment at the hands of a civl'ized nation. FREE COAL HELPS J. J. HILL. Supply For the Great Northern at a Daily Saving of $4,000. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 3. -The re moval cf the duty on coal is believed to be benefiting President Hill and the Great Northern Railway to a greater extent than any other corporation bo cause there is no good coal In Mon tana directly tributary to the Great Northern. Mr. Hill for several years has been btomlng the development oi Crow's Nest Pass ccal fields in South ern Canada. Recently he completed a branch connecting the Great Northern with Crow's Nest coal mines. At present the Great Northern is hauling 300 cars, or 6,000 tons, daily across the Montana line for use on its mountain divisions. Develupment worh Is being lushed and very soon the im ports of ccal will reach 10,000 tons daily. Previous to the removal of the duty the Greit Northern was paying the cus toms department at Gateway 67 cents duty on every ton. The daily saving now exceeds $4,000. When the cut-off can be built connecting tfte Great Northern with the Northern Pacific and the Burlington in Montana, the lat ter roads will also use Crow's Nest coal in the Rocky mountains Evidence In Rebuttal. Philadelphia, Feb. 3. The operators finished the presentation of evidence to the anthracite ccal strike commission and the afternoon session was devoted to the testimony In rebuttal on the part of the miners. R. J. Beamish, a newspaper man, was called to refuts the statements that a reign of terror existed In the coal regions during the stiike. A dozen men who had been hired in this city to serve as coal and iron po'icemen during the strike said the disturbances were few and of minor character. Daniel T. McKelvy, a justice of the peace of Hazleton, testified that the striking miners had offered to assist ihim in maintaining order. For an Extra Man on Engine. Albany, Feb. 3. To prevent the oc currence in this state of a railway horror like the recent one at West- Held, N. J., and from a simi'ar cause Is the purpose of a bill introduced by A-soniblyman Finegan. It provides for the employment of an additional man to aid the engineer or fireman In the cab of each locomotive of every steam surface railroad and provides a penalty i,t 5 hi for each offence and $10 a day for continuance. Died In Actors' Fund Home. New York. Feb. 3. Addison Weaver a retired minstre', "0 years of age. whe made his flist appearance In Iockport N. Y., in 1S53. died at the Actors' Fund Home, Staten Island. CANAL LEGISLATION. Six Propositions Under Discussion In the Legislature. Albany, Feb. 3. Six propositions af fecting the canals are now under dis cussion In the legislature. First, the Bostwick bill which will be the subject of a hearing before the Joint canals committees of the twe houses in the senate chamber this aft ernoon. This bill provides for the submission to the people at the next general election of a proposition to bond the state for not exceeding $82, 000,000 for the enlargement Into a 12-foot barge canal of the Erie, Os wego and O.iamplain canals with changes In the course of the Erie so as to avoid the Montezuma marshes, etc., and fol'ow the course of the Sene ca river, Onondaga and Oneida lakes and the Mohawk river. This bill has been reported ordered reprinted and placed on second reading. Second, Senator Levis' plan provid ing for a continuance by the United States government of surveys for a ship canal between Lake Erie and the Hudson. Third, Senator Ambler's proposition favoring the amendment of the state constitution so that Lie canals can be sold or leased to tho United States gov ernment. Fourth, a pioposition, not yet fully formulated, to Issue bond3 for $132,000, 000, the whole to be expended undet the general head of "internal Improve ment," at the discretion of the state engineer and surveyor, but with th understanding that $82,000,000 are tc go to the canal enlargement, $25,000, 300 to water storage and $25,000,000 foi half of the expense of road Improve ment (the counties paying half). Fifth, to fill in the canal and use it as the road bed for a six-track rail road to be leased by the state to the corporation bidding the lowest rat for transportation. Sixth, a proposition to lease the ca Dais to the company or corporation which Is building the Georgian Bay canal, Canada, so that they may come directly down through the Champlain canal, thence by the Hudson river tx New York. At the hearing today on the Bost wick bill the principal advocates of the measure will be Gustav H. Schwab representing the New York City Cana; association, and George Clinton and Major Symons, from the Buffalo associ ation. The canal advocates will contend that this is tho first measure upor which they are agreed as to the min utest detail and that attempts to draw the attention of the legislature to anj other plan is inimical to the canal en largement proposition and will be sc interpreted by the people of the state They will claim that propositions tc Improve the roads should come aftei the Improvement of the waterways Concerning the preposition to build a railroad in the canal, Assemblymar Hooker of Genesee, Its Introducer said: "The object of my resolution if to build a railroad In the bed of the Erie. The usual objection to the build ing of a railroad by the state is thai the present railroad would bid for il and finally raise the freight rate. Un der my resolution they won't be able to do this because It provides that th( road shall be leased to the corpora tion agreeing to transport freight ai the lowest rate." Asemblyman Gracff of Essex if sponsor of the Georgkn Bay cana scheme. This Is a proposition to en large the Champlain canal to 21 feet to provide an outlet to the sea for the proposed Canadian ship canal that li to run from Georgian Bay along the Ottawa river and Lake Nipissing tc the St. Lawrence river, to Montreal thence to St John's and by way of the Rlriielieu river to Lake Champlain down the Champlain canal to the Hud son river. New York Postmasters. Washington, Feb. 3. Among the nominations sent to the senate by the president were those of the followinc postmasters in New York: William H Bain, Canajoharie; W. Scott Siver Chlttenango; Herbert W. Davis, Fal coner; Justus II. Abbott, Gouverneur; George H. Keeler, Hammonsport; Nel son E. Ransom, Little Falls; Peter H Vosburg, Matteawan; William F. Park er, Moravia; William Witte, Jr., Ros lyn; Michael Halligan, Rouses Point; Charles C. Horton, Silver Creek. Eleven Fins Burned to Death. Vancouver, I). C, Feb. 3. Steamer Coquitlan from the northern coast ol British Columbia brings news of a flre in the colony of Fins by which II were burned to death. The victim were all women and children. The colony was recently established or Malcolm Island and numbered'aboul 120. The fire was caused by an over turned lamp. DuIok" i: ii rope In Your Mind. According to u Cairo contemporary, persons who winh to let their friends know thiit they lire "doing" Europe mi a princely scale the while they me liv ing in retirement for n time need only apply to nn agency in Paris, which will endertitke to send your letters to priie tlcally any place In Europe you may se lect and there to lmve them posted for you on nny date you may choose. The demand for stii-h nn Institution arose out of the absolute horror the Parisian of "high life" has of being suspected of remaining In Paris or its environs in the bathing season. One feature of the Joke is that you can not only get your letters posted from sonic distant spot, but you can get iinnwcrs received for ou and rcpostcd to your temporary bid ing place. There lire great possibilities for American travelers In this. Why not stay in America und "do" Europe? New York Tribune. POINTED PARAGRAPHS, Summary of the Week's News of the World. Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Hurried Reader Who is Too Busy to Read the Longer Reports and Desires to Keep Posted. About 50 Insane patients were burned to death by a fire at the Col ney Hatch asylum in London. The sentence of death passed upon Colonel Arthur Lynch, who was found guilty of high treason Friday last, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. The steamer reported ashore at Ah' erfraw Point, Is'e of Anglesey, is the Bothiliie-Russ. She Is a German vessel and was bounJ fiom Liverpool for Car diff. All her crew were landed In safety. Thursday. President Roosevelt was the chiel orator at the McKinley memorial ex ercises at Canton. An express crashed Into the rear el a local train on tho New Jersey Cen tral at Graceland and 21 persons weie killed and more than 50 injured. The Be'gian charge d'affaires at Car acas will undertake the administration of Venezuelan customs In behalf ol the allies and other foreign claimants Armour Interests credited with a cor ner In May wheat, are reported to 'nave sold 15,000,000 bushels on the Chicagc board of trade and cleared $(100,000 by the deal. Miss Elizabeth Dickinson, a witness In the case of Hooper Young, accused of the murder of Mrs. Julius Pulitzer, has received many letters thieaieniaj: her life If she revea's matters taught to her by Mormon elders while Bhe was a member of that church. Friday. John T. McDonough, ex-secretary ol state of New York, has accepted pro visionally the appointment of justice of the supreme court of the Philip pines. Major Edward F. Glenn of the Fifth infantry, who was tiled by court mar tial at Manila on tho charge of un lawfully killing prisoners of war, ha been acquitted. Great Britain, Germany and Italy have sent a Joint reply to Minlstei Bowen refusing to accept the proposal that all the countries having claims against Venezuela should be placed or an equality with the three co-operating powers. The committee on ceremonies of the Worlds Fair announces that the grounds and buildings of the exposition will be dedicated April 30, 1903, by the president of the United States, and that an address wi'l lie delivered by former President Cleveland. Saturday. Nineteen Chinamen who, It Is claimed, entered the United States 11 legally, have been arrested at Rouses Point and are In Jail at Port Henry. William M. Clarke of Plainfleld, N J., one cf the victims of the railroad wreck near Graceland, died Friday making 22 dead. The will of Abrain S. Hewitt was fl''ed In Paterson, N. J., and state ments are made that his estate is nol so large as public estimates made it. China and Mexico Joined in asking the United States to co-operate in es tablishing a stable lelationship be tween the moneys of gold and silver countries. Three Republican members of the senate commerce committee opposed a favorable report on the nomination cl W. D. Crum for collector of Charles ton, S. C, and his confirmation Is doubtful. Monday. Captain 11. P. Hobson has ten dered his resignation as a naval con structor In the navy. The Mowiy hotel at Syracuse was burned at 12:45 o'clock Sunday morn ing. The guests all left the hotel In safety. The British cruiser Pioneer ran intr. and sank tho torpedo boat destroyet Oiwell in the Mediterranean, drown ing 1.1 men. Murray A. Verney of Pittsburg, backed by New York capital, ihas ob tained tho concession to construct electric railroads In St. Petersburg. Reyno'ds Newspaper of London as serts that the Boers are contemplating a great trek to New Mexico and Texas, where their agents have bought o million acres of land. Tuesday. Reii.-i ts have reached Tangier of the. defeat of the pretender by tho forces Of tihe Sultan of Morocco. Rev. Robert Street, a retired minis ter, aged 97, was burned to death at his residence in Elizabeth, N. J., by the explosion of an oil lamp. Twelve hundred Connecticut state troops arrived at Waterbury to quell the dlsoider caused by the car strike And were hooted and hissed as they marched through the streets. Assemblyman Hooker of Genesee ha offered a resolution for a constitutions! amendment to abandon the canal and for the state to construct a four track railroad along the banks and In the bed. "Spy Oak." said to be the largest tree in New York state, standing on the Pclham road, Westchester, has been condemned as unsafe, and wil probably soon be cut down. It is said that many spies and deserters were hanged fiom Its branches In Revolu iionarv times. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. Total Debt, Less Cash In Treasury, Amounts to $943,942,563. Washington, Feb. 3 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business Jan. 31, 13, the total debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $913,942,563, which is a decrease for the month of $3,222,116. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $914,541,330; debt on which Interest has ceased Since maturity, $1,250,910; debt bearing lo interest, $396,516,286; total, $1,312, 288,526. This amount, however, doea not include $886,871,096 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand held for their redemption. The cash In the treasury Is classified as follows: Gold reserve, $150,000,000; trust funds. $886,871,069; general fund, $152,775,913; in national bank deposi taries, $150,098,225; total, $1,339,744, 207, against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $971,398,244, which leaves a cash bal ance on hand of $368,345,963. FIRE IN A SCHOOL. Seven Pupils, Cut Off by Flames, In. jured by Jumping From Windows. Ogdensburg, Feb. 3. TOe Union free school at Rensselaer Falls was totally destroyed by flre and seven of the pu pils in jumping from a second story window to a wood pile 15 feet below were more or less Injured, but none fatally. Shortly after the school session opened flames were noticed Issuing from the radiators In the floors. The teacheis marched all but seven of the pupils out in order. The seven remained behind to get their wraps and finding tihemselves cut off by the flames, jumped from the sec ond story windr.i.3. The pupils and teachers '"ost all their books and wraps. The furnace had just been Installed and had not yet been taken over by the school board. The loss Is $4,000 and the Insurance $3,000. Soldier Prisoners Escaped. Detroit, Feb. 3. Five soldiers es caped from the guard house at Fort Wayne. The fog was so dense that once cutslde cf the building detection was impossible. The men are Isaac Gosling, sentenced to two years for forgery; Edward Hmton and James Wilson, serving two years each for de sertion, and Philip B. Gleason and William S. Hopkins, serving three years for desertion. Gleason and Hop kins have escaped before and were rearrested in Grand Rapids and anoth er year added to their sentences. Founder of Modern Life Insurance. New York, Feb. 3. The tablet erected to the memory of Morris Robin son by the Canadian Society of New York, at 56 Wall street, aos unveiled by his granddaughter. Miss Harriet! Duer Robinson, In the presence of a distinguished gathering. The tablet is located on the spot where on Feb 1, 1843, Mr. Robinson established a modern life insurance business. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, Feb. 2. " WHEAT No. 2 red, 824c f. o. b. afltat; No. 1 uortlieru, Duluth, 88 '.c. CORN No. 2 corn, 59c f. o. b. afloat. OATS No. 2 oats, 43c; No. 2 white, 41c; No. 3 white, 43Mc. PORK Mess, $13.0018.50; family, $18.75(919.00. HAY Shipping, 55 70c; good tc choice, 95 $1.05. BUTTER Creamery, extras, 26c; factory, 18c; imitation creamery, western fancy, 20c. CHEESE Fancy large white, 13VjC; small white, 14c. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 28c. POTATOES New York, per 183 lbs., $1.50 2.00. Bi'ffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, Feb. 2. WHEAT No. 1 northern, 86',ic; winter wheat. No. 2 red, 80c. CORN No. 2 yellow, 62c f. o. b. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 51 He OATS No. 2 white, 42MC f o. b. alloaf. No. 3 white. 42c. FLOUR Spring wheat, best patent per hhl.. $4.254.50; low grados, $2.73 Jr3.no. BUTTER Creamery western ex tra tubs, 26c; state and Penn sylvania creamery, 2525Vc; dairy fair to good, 18si 20c. CHEESIQ Fancy full cream, 15c; good to choice, Utilise; com mon to fair, 12ftl3c. EGCS State, fresh fancy, 24c. POTATOES Per bushel, 60 62c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTI.lv Best steers on sale, $5.13 5.30; good to choice shipping steers $4.65 4. SO; fair to good steers, $4.35 4.50; common to fair heifers. $3.33 ife3.iij; choice to extra fat heifers, $4.25 4.50; good butcher bulls. $2.73 3.15; choice to prime vea's. $S50 B.00; handy fat calves, $3.75 4.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS -lop nativ. lambs, $6.25 6.35; fair to good. $t.0( if 6.15; culls and common. $3.50 4.00; good to prime wethers, $4 75 5.00. HOGS Mixed packers' grade, $7.00". 05; medium hogs. $7.057.10; pigs, good to choice. $7.257.30. Buffalo Hay Market HAY Timothy, per ton, loose, $17.nn'Ji IS. 00; hay. prime on track, per on. $!7.oo 17.50; No. 1 do, do. $14.00 15 00; No. 5, do, do, $12.00 13.00.
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