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VOL. XXXV. NO. 45.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
R
ICAN.
Borough officers
IJurgess,T. F. Rilehoy.
Vuuncilmen. J. T. Dalo.W. F. Blum,
Dr. J. C. Dunn, O.O.Osston, J. B. Muse,
C. F. Weaver. J. W. Landers.
Justices vl the Peace C. A. Randall, S.
J. Hotley.
Constable S. R. Maxwell.
ColUetor 8. J. Setloy.
School Directors L. Fulton. J. C.
Soowden, J. K. WenK, Patrick Joyce, L.
Agnew, K. L. Haslet.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly C. W. Amsler.
President Judge-Vt. M. Lindaey.
Associate Judges K. B. Crawford. W.
H. II. Dotterer
Prothonotary, Register A Recorder, die.
-J. O. OelHt.
Sheriff: Geo. W. Noblit.
Treasurer Frd. A. Keller.
Commissioners 0. Burhenii, A. K.
Shlpe, Henry Weingsrd.
District Attorney-H. P. Irwin.
jury Commissioners Ernest Sibble,
Lewis Warner.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditor W. H: Stiles, Geo.
W. Holeman, B. A. McCloHkey.
County Superintendent K. E. Stltziu-
ger.
Hcculnr Term of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday or May.
Fourth Monday of Hoptemlier.
Third Monday of November.
Church and Hubbnlh Nrkool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
in. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:Q0 a. in.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. O. 11. Niekle
Preaching in the K. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rov.
MoUarvy, Pastor.
Serrlee In the Prosbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
The regnlar meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
m nth.
CUSINESS DIRECTORY.
rl- K EST A LODUE, No. 300, 1. 0. 0. K.
M eots every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
I.HJREST LODGE, No. 184, A. O. U. W.,
I Meets every Friday evening ln;A.O.U.
W. Hall, TioncHta.
CAPT. GEORG K STOW POST, No. 274
Q. A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
evening In each mouth, In A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tlooesta.
CAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, In A.
O. U. W. hall, Tlouesta, Pa.
TIONESTA TENT, No. 164, K. O. T.
M., meols 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening In each month In A. O. U. W.
hall Tlouesta, Pa.
al F. RITCHEY. ,
att6rney-at-law,
i Tionesia, Pa.
CURTIS M. 8 HAWKEY,
ATTORN HY-AT-LAW.
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC. BROWN, -ATTORNEY-AT
LAW.
OlHcein Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge St., Tlonesta. Pa.
J W. MORROW, M. D.,
rhvslcian, Surgeon A Dentist.
Office and Residence three doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tioneta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician t Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. Olllce over stere,
Tionesia, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Klin St., between
Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
1 J. D.GREAVKS,
J Puysician and Surgeon
Office and residence above The Davis
Pharmacy.
D
R. J. B. HIGOINS.
Physician and surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
F.
R. LANSON,
Hardware, Tinning Plumbing.
TiontwU, Pa
J. SKTLEY,
O. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks
for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
etc. Tionesia, Pa.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a coinptotecliange,
and is now 1'nriiinlied with all the mod
ern Improvements. Hosted and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold wator, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
V. UEROWAGEROW Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the inoHtcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class Livery in connection.
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop In Waltors building, Cor. Elm
and W alnut streets. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the linest to
the 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, COIURS, BRIDLES,
And all kinds of
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
U. Urn AillMAlU A M. MWIWM.f
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furnitiiro 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
ing 23 Uvea and Injuring over 50, took
place TucHtlay ought at Craceland on
the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
near Westfleld, N. J., when the Royal
Blue Line 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 phaken up, es
caped uninjured save for trifling
bruises.
Passengers on the flyer say the en
gineer applied the brake3 bard Just a
minute or so before the wreck.
The train ahead had sent a flagman
back, but It seems he was recalled
when tiie 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 the train had Just swung
onto the rear end of his train and Is
among the dead.
The engine and three worst wreckod
cars were piled Into a heap containing
at least 100 dead and injured. From
the mass came fearful screams for aid.
A minute later the wreck caught Are
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.
The 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 Davles died at the Mueh
lenburg 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 fireman 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 burled among the
twisted and tangled mass of iron and
steel.
Compromise of Al'ies' 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 there is reason for the beliel
that the 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
demnity. 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.
The 30 per- cent of the receipts ol
these two ports will then be divided
among all the c'almant nations In
ratio based on the amount of each na
tion's claim.
The plan will enable the allies to
withdraw their ships from Venezuelan
vfaters without serious loss of prestige
Mr. Bowen has been assured that the
representatives of the allies 'here will
give htm a final answer at the earli
est possible moment, and exchanges
are In progress between the representa
tives here of the 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 ol
Baron Von Sternberg's activity in tfte
matter, (hat Germany wants the Vene
zuef'an question settled with all possl
ble dispatch.
Price Situation Remains Strong.
Trade developments confirm the san
guine expectations and predictions
mnde at the outset of the month.
Wholesale jobbing trade in spring dry
goods, millinery, boots and shoes ami
hats is Improving steadily, January's
jobbing business at leading cities East
and West being the best ever recordet
In that month. Shipments on order
are larger and ear'ier than in preced
lng years.
Retail Irade reports are hardly si
favorable. Unseasonable weather dullf
retail distribution in this line, and the
usual January clearing sales are at
trading less than ordinary attention.
The general price situation remains
strong, corn, among the cereals, anf
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, while
mills are being pushed for spring de
liveries. Raw wool continues strong
and prices an? at flood tide.
Business failures for the week end
ing with Jan. 29 number 230, against
253 last week and 303 In the like week
:n 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 silver
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 go'd and silver as a basis ol
exchange and that this basis could be
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
stroyed the annex of the Colney Hatch
Insane asylum, six miles north ol
London.
There were 600 women patients
asleep In the buildings when the fire
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
Tvo nurses perished with theii
charges.
Monument to Thomas Jefferson.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial as
Bociatiou organized for erecting at the
national capital an appropriate and
national memorial to the "author of the
Declaration of Independence," througt
Its president, Admiral George Dewey,
has Issued an appeal to the America!
people for funds to carry out the ob
ject of the association.
The appeal, which is signed by Ad
mlral Dewey, pays a tribute to Thomai
Jefferson and asks the people to con
tribute to the memorial according tc
their ability. The character and cosi
of the proposed monument are nol
Btated.
Epidemic of Typhoid Fever.
The epidemic of typhoid which re
rently broke out In Ithaca has attained
serious proportions. Nurses of the City
hospital were obliged to give up theii
rooms to make room for patients, the
iiospital having been crowded for som
time. The Rev. C. W. Peiser of the
Unitarian church offers to turn the
church over for a hospital. There are
at least 200 cases in the city at presenl
and the list Is rapidly Increasing. Phy
sicians agree that the epidemic is due
to impure drinking water and all citi
zens are warned not to use city watei
before it is boiled.
Republican Mayor Resigned.
Following the decision in the su
preme court that G.R.Miller Democrtt.
had been elected mayor of Ithaca last
fall, came the resignation of Mr. Gund
erman, the Republican mayor, whoihad
held over pending litigation. While I
stay, of proceedings was granted onth
motion of Mr. Noble, the Republics,
attorney, Mr. Gunderman considered
that the matter had been settled b)
the court. City Clerk Marlon and Super
Intendent Parks, appointees of Mr
Gunderman, also resigned.
Sultan's Troops Victorious.
The sultan's troops have utterly rout
ed the forces of the Moorish pretendei
and captured Bu Hamara himse'f.
The sultan's victory was absolute
almost the entire following of the pre
tender being either slain or captured
His camp, provisions and ammunition
were taken and the artillery whicn
was lost by the sultan's army In the
iattle of December 23, was recaptured
Eulogy of President McKinley.
President Roosevelt was principal
orator at a banquet given under the
auspices of the Canton Republican
League in commemoration of the birth
day of McKinley.
SurroundeJ by friends, neighbori
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 Philadel
phian who has been on the jail limit!
at Ellzabethtown. N. Y., for about a
month, after refusing payment of I
judgment of $6,000 for striking hif
caddy with a golf stick at Lake Placic
last summer, ha3 compromised the
matter with the caddy's attorneys and
was released from custody.
Consolidation of Electric Roads.
Plans are on foot for a consolidatior
of electric roads which will make on
through line between Bufla'o and Chi
ta0.
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
Question by The Hague Tribunal.
Washington, Feb. 3 Herbert W.
Bowen, Venezuela's lepresentatlve 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 ailed
powers of Great Britain, Germany and
Italy, regarding their Insistence for
preferential 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 Berlin.
It Is in reply to the 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 the paits 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 remaining one
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 proposition
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 tihe 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
last 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 ol
helpless men, women and children, en
titles any power or alliance of powers
to preferential treatment at the hands
of a civi'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 booming the development of
Crew'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. Development work
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 Great 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 t&e 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 ihlm 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
Assemblyman 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 of $00 for each offence and
$10 a day for continuance.
Died In Actors' Fund Home.
New York, Feb. 3. Addison Weaver
a retired minstre', 70 years of age, whe
made his fiiRt appearance in Ixickport
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 ptxiple 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 Ciamplain 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 Leads' 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 the canals can be
sold or leased to the United States gov
ernment. Fourth, a proposition, not yet fully
formulated, to Issue bonds 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 the
understanding that $82,000,000 are tc
go to the canal enlargement, $25,000,
000 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 rate
for transportation.
Sixth, a proposition to lease the ca
oals 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 tc
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 Canal
association, and George Clinton and
Major Symons, from the Buffalo associ
ation. The canal advocates will contend
that this is the first measure upor,
which they are agreed as to the mln
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 aflei
the Improvement of the waterways.
Concerning the preposition to bullc
a railroad In the canal, Assemblymat
Hooker of Genesee, Its Introducer
said: "The object of my resolution li
to build a railroad In tihe bed of the
Erie. The usual objection to the build
lng of a railroad by the state Is thai
the present railroad would bid for II
and finally raise the freight rate. Un
der my resolution they won't be able
to do this because It provides that the
road shall be leased to the corpora
tion agreeing to transport freight at
the lowest rate."
Asemhlyman Gracff of Essex li
sponsor of the Georgian Bay catia
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 It
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
Richelieu river to I.nke 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 follo-winc
postmasters in New York: William H
Bain, Canajohaiie; W. Scott Siver
Chittenango; Herbert W. Davis, Fal
coner; Justus B. 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, B. C, Feb. 3. Steamei
Coquitlan from the northern coast ol
British Columbia brings news of a fire
in the colony of Fins by which 11
were burned to death. The victim
were all women and children. The
colony was recently established or
Malcolm Island and numbered "about
120. The fire was caused by an over
turned lamp.
"Dolair" Eoroiie In Your Mind.
According to a t'nlro contemporary,
persons who wish to let their friends
know ttisit they nre "doing" Europe on
a princely scale the while they ore liv
ing iu retirement for n time need only
apply to nn agency in I'lirix, which will
undertake to send jour letters to prac
tically uny place in Europe you may se
lect and there to have them posted for
you on any date you may choose. The
demand for such an liiHtitutioii arose
out of the absolute horror the Parisian
of "high life" has of being suspected of
remaining in rails or Its environs In
the bathing season. One feature of the
Joke Is that you can not only get your
letters posted from Home distant spot,
but you can get answers received for
jou and rcpostod to your temiKirary hid
ing place. There nre great possibilities
for American travelers In Ibis. Why
not stay in America and "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 60 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
Bothiltie-Russ. She Is a German vessel
and was boun J fiom Liverpool for Car
diff. All her crew were landed in
safety.
Thursday.
President Roosevelt was the chief
orator at the McKinley memorial ex
ercises at Canton.
An express crashed Into the Tear ol
a local train on the 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 have
sold 15,ti00,0(i0 bushels on the Chicagc
board of trade and cleared $000,000 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 thieatenlnt;
her life If she revel's matters taught
to her by Mormon elders while she
was a member of that church.
Friday.
John T. McDonough, ex-secretary ol
state of New York, has accepted pro
visiona'ly 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 the charge of un
lawfully killing prisoners of war, ha
been acquitted.
Great Britain, Germany and Ital.v
have sent a Joint reply to Minlstei
Bowen refusing to accept the proposal
that all the countries havlnp claims
against Venezuela should be placed or
an equality with the three co-operatinii
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 wl'l be delivered by
former President Cleveland.
Saturday.
Nineteen Chinamen who. It It
claimed, entered the United States II
legally, have been arrested at Rouses
Point and are In Jail at Port Henry.
William M. Clarke of Plalnfleld, N
J., one cf the victims of the railroad
wreck near Graceland, died Friday
making 22 dead.
The will of Abram S. Hewitt was
fl'ed In Paterson, N. J., and state
ments are made that his estate is not
so large as public estimates made It.
China and Mexico Joined In asking
the United States to co-operate in es
tablishing a stable lelationshlp be
tween the moneys of gold and silver
countries.
Three Republican members of the
senate commerce committee opposed a
favorable report on the nomination ol
W. D. Crum for collector of Charles
ton, S. C, and his confirmation it
doubtful.
Monday.
Captain R. P. Hobson has ten
dered his resignation as a naval con
structor in the navy.
The Mowiy hotel at Syracuse was
burned at 12:43 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. The guests all left the hotel In
safety.
The British cruiser Pioneer ran intc.
and sank the torpedo boat destroyei
Oiwell In the Mediterranean, drown
ing ." men.
Murray A. Verney of Pittsburg,
backed by New York capital, ihas ob
tained the concession to construct
electric railroads In St. Petersburg.
Reyno'd's Newspaper of London- as
serts that the Boers are contemplating
a great trek to New Mexico and Texas,
where their agents have bought a
million acres of land.
Tuesday.
Ro;.'i U have reached Tangier of the
defeat of the pretender by the 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 disorder caused by the car strike
And were hooted and hissed as they
marched through the streets.
Assemblyman Hooker of Genesee has
offered a resolution for a constitutional
amendment to abandon the canal and
for the state to construc t 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 Pelham road, Westchester, has
been condemned as unsafe, and wil
probably soon be tut down. It is said
that many spies and deserters were
hanged from its branches In Revolu
tionary 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,
1903, the total debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $943,942,563,
which Is a decrease for the month of
$3.222,11C.
The debt Is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt, $914,541,330;
debt on wih.Ich interest has ceased
since maturity, $1,230,910; debt bearing
o Interest, $396,516,286; total, $1,312,
188,526. This amount, however, does
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, $130,098,225; 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.
Ogdensuiirg, Feb. 3. T'he Union free
school at Rensselaer Falls was totally
destroyed by fire 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
teacliers marched all but seven of the
rupils out In order.
The seven remained behind to get
their wraps and finding themselves cut
off by the flames, Jumped from the sec
ond story windows. 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 ihouse at Fort
Wayne. The fog was so dense that
once outside cf the building detection
was Impossible. The men are Isaac
Gosling, sentenced to two years for
forgery; Edward Hoiton 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 table!
erected to the memory of Morris Robin
son by the Canadian Society of New
Ycrlc, at 56 Wall street, ias unveiled
by his granddaughter. Miss Harriett
Duer Robinson, in the presence of a
distinguished gathering. The tablet
is located on the Bpot 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 1
o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth,
88 Vie
CORN No. 2 corn, 59c f. o. b.
afloat.
OATS No. 2 oats. 43c; No. 2
white, 41c; No. 3 white, 430.
PORK Mess, $li.0018.50; family,
$18.75 19.00.
HAY Shipping, 6570c; good tc
choice, 95 $1.05.
BUTTER Creamery, extras, 26c;
factory, 18c; Imitation creamery,
western fancy, 20c.
CHEESE Fancy large white, 13c;
small white, 14c.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania,
28c.
POTATOES New York, per 183
lbs., $1.50(52.00.
Boffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo, Feb. 2.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, 86ic;
winter wl-eat. No. 2 red, 80c.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 52c f. o. b.
b. afloat; No. 3 yellow. 51V4c.
OATS No. 2 white. 42c t
o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 42c.
FLOUR Spring wheal, best patent
per bbl., $4.254.50; low grades, $2.75
ft 3.00.
BUTTER Creamery western ex
tra tubs, 26c, state and Penn
sylvania creamery, 25(S25t4e; dairy
fair to good, 18 20c.
CHEESE Fancy full cream,
15c; good to choice, 1414c; com
mon to fair, 12((il3c.
EGGS State, fresh fancy. 24c.
POTATOES Per bushel, 60 62c.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.
CATTLE Best steers on sale, $3.13
5.3H; good to choice shipping steers
$4.fi34.80; fair to good steers, $4.33
4.50; common to fair heifers, $3.33
i&3.;5; choice to extra fat heifers,
$4.25 4.50; good butcher bulls. $2.75
"3.15; choice to prime vea's. $S.50
.00; handy fat calves. $3.7a4.00.
SHEEP AND LAMIiS--lop nativ
lambs, $6.25 6.35; fair to good. $6.0f
6.13; culls and common. $3.50 4.00;
good to piime wethers, $4.75 5.00.
HOGS Mixed packers' grade.",
$7.007.D5; meuium hos, $7.057.10;
pigs, good to choice, $7.2507.30.
Buffalo Hay Market
HAY Timothy, per toh, loose,
$17.001118.01); hay, prime on track, per
Ion. $17 ." 17.50; No. 1 do, do. $14.00
15 00; No. ?. do. do, $12.00 13.00.