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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 5.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. APK1L 15. 1903.
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ican.
BOROUGH OFFICERS..
Burgess. Y. K. Lanson.
UuuMeifmcn. Dr. J. U. Dunn, G. O.
Gaston, J. IS. Muse, V. F. Weaver, J. W.
Landers, J. T. Dulo, W. K Killmer.
Justices of the reaceC. A. Kaudall, S.
J. Metley.
Constable 8. It. Maxwell.
Collector S. J. (Sutler.
School Director L. Fulton. J. C.
Scowden, J. 10. Wenk, Patrick Joyce, L
Agnew, It. L. Haslet.
- FOREST COUNTY OFFICER.S.
. Member of Conyrexs Joseph C. Sibloy.
Member of Semite 1. K. P. Hall.
Assembly V. W. Ainslur.
I'resident .( V. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges It. It. Crawford, Vf.
11. II. Dotteror.
frothonotary, Register & Recorder, o.
--J. O. deist.
Sheriff. Geo. W. Noblit.
Treasurer Fred. A. Keller.
Commissioners O. ISn rhomi, A. K.
Shipe, Heurv Welngurd.
District Attorney X. P. Irwin.
Jury Commissioners V.rnctt Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditors W. II. Stiles, Geo.
W. Iloleinan, It. A. McCloskey.
County Surveyor D. W. On k.
County Superintendent 15. K. Stltzln-
ger.
Kmulitr Trrum of t'ourl.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
tiiurrh nnd MnubiUli Wrhool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 0:45 a.
in.: M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Proaehing in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening bv Iter. O. II. Nickle
Preaching in tho F. M. Church every
Sabbath eveninir at the usual hour. Hev.
MoUarvv. Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evoning,
The regular mooting of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarter on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
ill' nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PL NEST A LOIN IF,, No. WW, I. O. O. I'
A Mets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
l.-'GHKST LOIXSE, No. LSI, A. O. U. W.,
I Moots every Friday evening lnA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tionesta.
GAPT. (JKOItG K STOW POST, No. 274
G. A, It. Moots 1st and 3d Monday
eveninir in each uiiinth, in A. O. U. V.
Hall, Tionesta.
CAPT. G ICO KG 12 STOW COUPS, No.
W7, W. It. C, meets llrst and third
Wednesday eveninir of each month, in A.
O. U. W. liall, Tionesla, Pa.
rpjONESTA TENT, N. bit, K. O. T.
1 M., meeis 2nd and 4lh Wednesday
eveninir in each month in A. O. U. W.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
r F, RITCHKY,
J . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesla, Pa.
c
URTIS M. KHAWKUY,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co. .
AC. BROWN,
. ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
OMW'n In Arner Building, Cor. Klin
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
J,
W. MORROW, M. D.,
rbv'sician. Suruoon A Dentist.
Office and Residence three doors north
of Hotel Agnow, 'Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
L)
R. F.J. ROVARP,
Physician V Surgeon,
TloNKSTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SU RG HON.
and PRUGGIVT. OlHco over stnre,
Tionesla, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Kim St., between
Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
D
H. J. R. SIGGINS,
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
n It. LANSON.
L . Hardware, Tinning Plumbing.
Tionesta, Pa
CJ J.SKTLKY,
O. .1 US TICK OK Til K PKACK,
Keeps a complete lino of Justice's blanks
,lorsalH. Also lUank deeds, mortgage,
etc. 'Tionesta, Pa.
HOTKL WKAVKR,
K. A. WKAVKR, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, bus undergone a ooiiipletecliaiigo,
and is now furnished w ith all the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural pis, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol
quests never neglected.
MENTHA L 1IOUSK,
V. GKROW A GKROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in tho place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
bo spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place tor tho traveling public. First
class Livery in connection.
I3HIL. LMKRT
FANCY ROOT A SIIOKMAK Kit.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Kim
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
.bo coarsest and KiiaraiilecH his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion triven to mending, and prices rea
sonable. J ORKNZO FULTON.
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES,
And all kinds of
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
S. i. HASLET k SOIL.
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
.AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONKSTA, PKNN
JUDGE NON-COMMITTAL
Unable to Decide as to Accident
or Suicide.
Defender Afloat President In Yel
lowstone Park Mayors Harrison,
Johnson and Jones Re-elected Good
Prospect for Winter Wheat Rail
road Merger Illegal.
The Inquest at Buffalo Into the
death of Arthur R. Pcnnell nnd
Carrie Lamb Pcnnell, his wife, who
were killed in their automobile In the
Genres quarry on March 10 last, was
held by Judge Murphy In" the police
court room Friday afternoon.
J. Fred Pennull, the administrator
of the estate aad brother of the dead
man, who had been subpoenaed, was
tot In court.
Among those present to watch the
proceeilngs at the Inquest was Mau
rice 0. Spratt of Pooley & Spratt, at
torneys lor the Etna Insurance com
pany. Tis company Issued an aeci
de.it policy to Pennell for $10,000,
which has not yet been paid.
Thomas Penney, attorney forthePen
nell estate, wa3 also present not only
to guard the interests of his client but
in response to a subpoena command
ing him to be present and to bring
with aim all the papers, which ho had
feund among Pennell's effects, which
In any way bore upon his relation lo
the Burdicks, especially the reports of
the detectives who had been hired
to shadow Burdick.
The decision of tho judge was as
follows: "I certify that Arthur R.
Fcnnoll came to his death by a crushed
Bkull on March loth by going over in
tho automobile plunge, and I cannot
certify whether that death was acci
dental or otherwise; and I certify that
Mrs. Pcnnell came to her death at the
same lime by Injuries sustained In the
automobilo accident."
Pennell a Defaulter.
The Buffalo Commercial prints a
story that Arthur R. Pennell ha3 been
discovered to have been a defaulter
to the extent of $200,000.
Prices Show Exceptional Strength.
Favorable features this week are
the annual rush of Taster buying at
retail, which is reported of excellent
volume, gome Improvement In the re
assorting demand with jobbers at In
terior markets resulting therefrom,
and a slight but still perceptible im
provement In the labor situation,
growing out of mutual concessions.
Prices during the month of March
showed exceptional strength despite
seasonal changes downward In dairy
products, grains and fuel, partly coun
teracted, however, by advance In live
stock nnd meats.
Bradstreeta approximate Index num
ber of staple prices for April 1 shows
a very slight reduction, 90,217 on that
date, against 90,300 on March 1, but a
gain of six per cent over a year ngo,
of nine per cent over 1901, and a' de
crease of only one per cent from April
1, 1900. From the low-water mark In
June, 1901, a raise of eight per cent
Is shown, while the general level of
prices is only three per cent below
the high mark in February, 1900.
Eastern trade centers note a very
generally satisfactory spring trade
finishing up at wholesale, Baltimore
nnd Philadelphia especially sending
cheerful reports. Exceptional activity
it) noted In lumber, and the difficulty
here Is still to get deliveries rather
than of getting new orders. The
leather situation Is generally one of
strength.
After a further decline due to dull
ness in the refined market and pres
sure" of supplies, raw sugar has
steadied at what is said by authorities
to be the bottom, because foreign
markets are higher and the pressure
In the future is regarded as likely to
be less severe.
Cup Defender Launched.
With .an American eagle perched on
hor nose and wine running down her
bow, the sloop yacht Reliance was suc
cessfully launched at the works of the
Ilerreshoff company at Bristol, K. I.,
just before sundown Saturday.
That her skimming dish type will
prove faster thau the deep bodied
Shamrock III, and that she will suc
cessfully defend the America's cup
against Sir Thomas Upton's third chal
lenger, is tho confident belief of not
only two seoie of members of the New
York Yacht club, but of all the yacht
ing experts who critically viewed her
lines belore she entered the water.
. Three thousand people In steam
ypchts, row boats, on the piers and
bark on the street behind the shops,
gieoted the initial plunge of the Reli
ance with cheers, while a loMy bugler
on a torpedo boat played the "Star
Spangled Banner."
It Is expected that she will have hr
trl.i! Fpin in about ten days, after
which she will have a thorough trying
cut. meeting bmh the Constitution and
ihe Columbia In a series of races In
I. one Inland Round, off Sandy Hook
nnd Newport. Should she prove super
ior to her two rivals, she will meet
Shamrock V In the first of the cup
raooi Anirnst 21.
President In Yellowstone Park.
President Roosevelt is in Yellow
stone park and for tho next two weeks
expects to enjoy complete rest and
cessation from public datie.
Tho president will be in almost daily
communication with Secretary I.oeh
ut Cinnabar, but nothing exempt of the
utmost Importance will be referred
to him.
In company with John Burroughs,
the naturalist, who accompanied hlra
from Washington, he will study close
ly the nature of the various animals
that Inhabit the park.
Every trail leading Into the pre
serve will be closely guarded and nc
one will be allowed to disturb the
president's solitude. His headquar
ters will be at the home of Majoi
Pitcher, superintendent of the park
Several camps have been established
in different localities and these will
be occupied by the president from time
to time
The president will start on his trip
to St. Louis and then to the Pacific
coast April 24th. The weather is
very mild and reports from the park
are that there is little snow in the vi
cinity of the president's headquarters
Mayors Johnson and Jones Re-elected.
While the Republicans made ma
terial gains In the municipal elec
tions in Ohio on Monday they did
not secure many changes in . the ad
ministrations of the cities. The most
notable exception was at Columbus
where Mayor Hinkle, Dem., Is succeed
ed by Jeffry, Rep.
The mayors of all the leading cities
except Columbus were re-elected. The
Republicans retained control of Cin
cinnati and the Democrats of Cleve
land, and Samuel M. Jones was elect
ed for the fourth time as mayor ol
Toledo.
The Democrats elected their tickets
at Dayton, Sandusky, Chllllcothe, Ham
ilton and other cities normally Demo
cratic, and the Republicans at Steuben
ville, Youngstown, Warren. Ironton,
Portsmouth and other towns that lhe
have heretofore controlled.
Good Condition of Winter Wheat.
Tho April report of the depart
ment of agriculture shows the averagj
condition of winter wheat on April 1
to havo been 97.3, against 78.7 on
April 1, 1902; 91.7 at the corresponding
date in 1901 and 82.1 the mean of the
April averages of the last 10 years
Pennsylvania's condition is 100 pel
cent.
The average condition of wiutei
rye April 1 was 97.9, against 85.4 on
April 1, 1902, 93.1 at the corresponding
date in 1901, and 87.9 the mean of the
April averages of the last 10 years.
A tabular statement showing the
mortality among farm animals and
Ihelr present condition will bo pub
lished in the current number of the
Crop Reporter.
. Stevenson In a Blaze.
Adlai E. Sicvenson of Blooming
ton, 111., former vice president of the
United States, lost his hair and mus
tache and received painful burns on
his face, head and hands while trying
to extinguish a fire in his home.
The lire started In a bedroom. When
Mr. Stevenson rushed into the room,
the curtains were In a blaze. Without
calling aid ho attacked the flames.
In a moment the hair on his head
went up in a puff of smoke. The fire
then seized on his mustache and blis
tered his face. Then Mr. Stevenson
called for help. He retreated before
the flames caught his clothing.
Tho fire did little injury to the
house.
Third Week of Lowell Strike.
The third week of the great tex
tile strike in Lowell finds both sides
holding firmly to tho stand taken in
March. The operatives assert with
much confidence that in the end they
will win the 10 per cent, asked for,
while tho agents still reply that pres
ent conditions make impossible an in
crease of wages. As regards the open
ing of the mills It is believed the
ngor.t.s will make no move in this de
cision until the state board of arbitra
tion submits its report of the Inquiry
which Is n;w In progress. Monday's pro.
giani included as lis big feature a par
ade in which 12,000 operatives, repre
senting all of the textile unions In Low
ell, appeared.
Message on Mortgage Tax.
In a special message which he
sent to both houses of the state legis
lature Governor Odell emphasizes "lis
views of the Importance of some legis
lation at this session upon the subject
of taxation of mortgages.
"That an evil exists in the present
system of mortgage taxation," he says,
"is manifest, and that it Is a burden
upon those who cannot escape, upon
widows and orphans whose money is
tied up ia trust estates, should lead the
legislature to take into consideration
the necessity for action and attempt
in some way to correct this condition."
Railroad Merger illegal.
The position cf tho United States
government in the suit brought against
tho Northern Securities company, tho
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Railways and individual officials and
directors of those companies was sus
tained in the decision handed down
in tho United States circuit court cf ap
peals in St. Paul, which declares It
to be an illegal combine and a re
straint on interstate trade.
Separate Schools in Kansas.
The supreme court has decided that
Topeka board of education can main
tain separate schools for white and
negro children and compel the negro
children to attend the negro school. A
colored man had taken his son to the
white school and the pupil was refused
admittance. Mandamus proceedings
were then brought against the board
to compel them to admit the negro.
Elected Mayor Foi'rth Time.
Carter II. Harrison was elected
mayor of the city of Chicago on
Tuesday fur the fourth time, his ma
jority by unofficial count over Graeme
Stewart, the Republican candidate, be
ing 6,948.
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS.
Celebrated i6oth Anniversary ol
Jefferson's Birth.
Hon. Deniel E. Frisbie Presided Prin
cipal Speeches Made my Hon. An
drew McLean of Brooklyn Citizen,
Hon. Martin W. Littleton and Form
er Senator David B. Hill.
Albany, April 14. Tho State Demo
cratic Editorial association last nlghl
Ci.le'.)ra.ed tho birthday of Thomas
Jefferson with a banquet at the Ten
Eyck. At least 100 representatives ol
the Democratic press of the state wore
In attendance.
Hon. Daniel E. Frisbie of Schoharie,
fumer Democratic leader In the as
sembly and president ci the associa
tion, presided and made an address
Speeches were made as follows:
Hon. Andrew McLean, editor of the
Brooklyn Citizen, on "The Day We
Celebrate."
Professor Duncan C. Lee of Cornell
university and editor of the Ithaca
News, on "Jefferson and Education."
Hon. John N. Carlisle of Water
town, chairman of the executive com
mittee, on "The State Committee."
Hon. Eliot F. Danforth cn "The
Declaration cf Independence."
Senator Thomas F. Grady on "Tho
Legislature."
Hon. Andrew McLean of the Brook
lyn Cit'zen, FpeaUing on "The Day We
Celebrate," outlined the essentials of
the Jeftersonian principles and argued
that the Democracy would be free to
formulate new positions on the cur
lency, the Philippine question, etc,
unhampered by former utterances. He
attacked President Roosevelt as Incon
sistent In his attitude on trusts and
tariff, and said he was now as so
licitous against Injuring them "as
Mark Hanna himself."
Speech of Martin W. Littleton.
Hon. Martin W. Littleton of Brook
lyn spoke cn "Jefferson cf Today." Mr.
Littleton said in part:
"We are approaching the time
when the Democratic party must de
fine its position cn public questions
and present a candidate to bo voted
on for the presidency. The position
of the party cn sir.'h public questions
is abcut of equal importance with the
kind cf candidate to nominate.
"No piatfoim or man can hold the
support of tho people and at the same
time fail or refuse to let go of Is
sues which the pecplo regard as
fought out and settled.
"The Democratic party cannot de
soi vo the approval of the ordinary
citizen and at the same time keep
as its foremost policy a profitless
quariel between thoso pre-eminent in
its past life but in no wise indispen
sable to its future, it cannot de
serve success if it exhausts Its energy
In a barren effort to decide which of
its policlu3 in the past was best or
worst, or which of its eminent men
in the past made the most or fewest
mistakes. '
"It cannot deserve success if its
divided factions continue to divide its
leadership and therefore divide its
strength. Those Democrats who at
tempt to win the national election In
1904 by ignoring Mr. Bryan and his
supporters will experience tne same
disappointment that Mr. Bryan experi
enced when he attempted to win by
Ignoring the gold men In 1896 and In
1900.
"Thcse Democrats who attempt to
win the national election In 1904 by
measuring the Democracy of the can
didate or the piatfoim by their agree
ment with tho platform or tho candi
date of 1S9C or 1900 will get about the
same result a3 was gotten in 189G and
1900."
Former Senator David B. Hill.
Former United States Senator D. B.
Hill spoke at length on "Tho Empire
State Democracy." In his speech he
attacked the prominent policies of the
present Republican administration in
this state, especially assailing the vari
ous measures adopted to secure the
abolition of direct taxation for state
purposes. These he characterized us
measures designed to cover up a de
ficit In the stale treasury, to which he
said he had himself called nttention
last year. He declared that Indirect
taxation would inevitably lead to high
er local taxation and that its benefits
were greatly exaggerated.
The present legislature he declared
to have been unfaithful to the public
to a degree hardly ever before ex
ceeded. No partisan job has been too
rank for it. It lias created a host of
useless offices lo rule over t!io peo
ple and cM tin Ir substance, has stolen
powers from Democratic mayors anil
added them to Rf publican mayors. It
has placed the cr.ntrcl of the stite in
stitutions practically in the hands cf
tho executive or his personal repre
sentative. He assailed the Republican Hillcy of
road Improvement as undemocratic,
expensive and unsystematic.
The excise Increase law Mr. Hill
denounced as purely partisan legisla
tion, designed to punish largo Demo
cratic, cities, especially New York, for
holding to the principles of the Demo
cratic party.
He ridiculed the p dicies of Presi
dent Roosevelt as vaclirfif ing and un
duly lender of the javat inonoii.dies
and said the whole Republican ad
ministration was cl-iiucriir; for delay
In dealing with the trust q iestlon. His
final plea was for Democratic har
mony, which he declared would as
sure victory for the party.
KENT JURY DISMISSED.
New Trial Ordered on Account of a
Juror's Talking.
Rochester, April 14. On account of
the expression of opinions regarding
the trial of Lelaud D. Kent, indicted
ior aiding Ethel Blancho Dingle to
commit suicide, on the part of a juror,
Cavid W. Conkling, the court proceed
ings, under way for a week, have been
discontinued, a new panel of 75 jury
men haa beeu ordered and the trial
will recommence next Monday. "
When the court opened in the morn
ing it was announced that an ad
jciiinnient would be: taken until 2
o'ekek, and Judge Sutherland re
mained closeted with the lawyers, Dls
tiict Attorney Warren and Hon.
Gecrge Raines, until 1 o'clock, when
the juror In question was summoned.
At the opening of court in the aft
erncon Judge Sutherland said:
"Since the opening of this trial the
case has proceeded In a manner that
has been very satisfactory to the court,
and particularly was I pleased with
the character of the jurors elected to
try the case. It seemed at the outset
it was unnecessary to follow the usual
custom and keep tho jury together,
and that, by relying on the character
and good judgment of the juror3 It
would be proper for them to go home
and mingle with other people.
"Since the adjournment on last Fri
day, the court has been Informed that
a member of the jury has been ex
pressing views of the case to outsiders,
Doubtless this was done In a thought
less manner, and without any inten
tion of violating the injunction which
the court put upon the jury. I called
the matter to the attention of the
counsel for the defense and the facts
have been investigated. I must ex
cuse the juicr from further participa
tion In this case, and dismiss the other
members of the jury."
At the request of Mr. Raines, Judge
Sutherland stated that no parties to
the Issue were directly or otherwise
connected with Mr. Conkling's action.
Dr. George H. Grant cf Buffalo has
been subpoenaed by the defense. He
was a witness for tho prosecution, but
did not testify, and it Is said that his
evidence will have to do with a tele
phone conversation between himself
and Miss Dingle In which she Is
claimed to have several times threat
ened to kill herself.
NO ARRESTS IN NEW YORK.
Postmaster Van Cott Doubts the Ex
istence of Alleged Syndicate.
New York, April 14. No arrests
have as yet boon made as a result of
the Investigation said to be in pro
gress cf the charges that an alleged
promotion syndicate had been oper
ating to secure payment fivm employes
of tho New York posteffice for in
creases in salaries.
Pcstmaster Van Cott said that he
had heard nothing official from Wash
ington as yet concerning the alleged
scandals. He is still loath, he said,
to believe that any such alleged syndi
cate could operate In the New York
po.stoflice without his knowledge and
he cannot see by what argument tho
men were induced to part with their
money, If such were really the case.
According to tho Washington dis
patches, 1,770 promt ions recommended
by the New York postofflce have been
held up
Shamrock's Spars Too Light.
Weymouth, Ens, April J4. The
brief sail of the two Shamrocks shew
ed that Shamrock III Is able to stand
weil to her canvas. In the hard breeze
she appeared to pull more water than
formerly. This, however, Is not sur
prising considering her speed. T!io
significant point of this first trial in
a really hard blow suggests that Mr.
Fife has gone beyond the Fate limit
in his desire to produce light spars.
Tho challenger's main boom is palpa
bly tco light for the main sail, the
full which the beem gave spoiling tho
set cf the whole mainsail, which show
ed a double belly divided by a hard full
ridge. The main sheet streps will be
rearranged for distributing the strain,
which it Is believed will stiffen the
boom.
For Department Commander.
Rochester, April 14. The Monrce
county commanders and delegates to
tho department encampment of the
G. A. R., to be held at Niagara Falls
Juno 17, 18 and 19, at a meeting held
In this city endorsed unanimously tho
candidacy of Major John S. Kester of
Port Ley den for the department com
mandership. Oil Steamer Overdue.
New York, April 14. Louis Lucken
back, local agent of the steamer S. V.
Luckenback, said that nothing hail
been heard of the vessel since she sail
ed from Sabine Pass, March 22. for
Philadelphia with a cargo of oil. The
steamer has been out 22 days, nearly
two weeks longer than her usual time.
She carries a crew of 19 men.
Child Played With Matches.
New York, April 14. In a fire
which burned out the top floor of a
four-story tenement building in tho
east side, Edward La very, four yeais
old, was burned to death. His mother
had left him alone In the house a few
minutes. It Is supposed he had played
with matches.
Find For Fast Driving.
Newport. U. 1, April 11. Alb.-rt G.
Vanderiiilt, his chaurieur ami Regin
ald C. Vanderiiilt were each lined $10
and ( strt in special session of the
district court for running their antes
through Middletown at a greater speed
than 10 miles an hour.
GRIEF HEWS 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.
Governor Odeil on TneHa t noon
signed the $101,000,000 canal Improve
ment bill.
Tom L. Johnson and S. M. Jones
wore reelected mayors of Cleveland
and Toledo respectively.
President Roosevelt made an open
air address at Fargo, N. D., on "The
Philippine Islands and tho Army."
A general strike was proclaimed
throughout Holland In answer to the
government's proposed anti-strike
laws.
Beef packers, it Is declared, while
apparently idle, have lost no time In
maturing plans for a merger of in
terests. Thursday.
Carter H. Harrison was Tuesday
elected mayor of Chicago for the
fourth time.
President Roosevelt entered the Yel
lowstone park at Livingstone, Mont.,
and will remain secluded for 16 daya.
J. F. Bayer, formerly a sailor on
board the United States cruiser Chi
cago, was shot and killed in a quarrel
at West Salamanca by William Roda
wait. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
30 persons have been killed and that
100 were Injured during labor dls
turbanco3 at a large factory near
Nishnl-Novgorod.
Ncrslet Whitaker is in tho Roosevelt
hospital. New York, suffering from bul
let wounds In the left arm and In the
abdomen. His wife says she fired the
shots in the belief that he was a
burglar.
Friday.
Hotel employes at Rochester, N.
testified againsc Dr. Leland Kent, ac
cused of abetting Miss Ethel Dingle
In suicide.
A cyclone swept through White and
Cleburne counties. Ark., and the record
of casualties Is nine dead, three dying
and 13 injured.
British officers, Mr. Balfour states,
may be sent to accompany the Turkish
troops engaged in suppressing' disor
der in Macedonia.
By hiUing the target 30 times In 30
shots with 6-p.mnder guns, gunners on
the Iowa made a new record at Pen
sacola. The United States circuit court of
appeals at St. Paul handed down a de
cision In the suit of the United States
against the Northern Securities com
pany, enjoining the company from vot
ing the stock of the Northern Pacific
or Great Northern railway.
Saturday.
Henry Watterson In a speech in
Chicago declared that negro suffrage
is a failure.
William Waldorf A3tor has pur
chased Castle Hever, the birthplace of
Amie Boleyn, near Sevenoaks, In Kent,
for $185,000.
The Dutch parliament has passed
the anti-strike law and authorized the
formation of a military brigade to run
trains on the state railways.
Thrco men weie killed and five
hurt by the explosion of a 12-lnch
gun on the battle ship Iowa during
target practice off Pensaeola, Fla.
The inquest into the death of Mr.
and Mrs. Pennell at Buffalo was fin
ished and Judge Murphy handed down
a verdict that the Pennells met their
death on tho evening of March 10 as
the result of a fall in an automobile
over the bank of the quarry, but tho
evidence did not show whether the fall
was accidental or designed.
Monday.
Record breaking prophecies are
made for the wheat crop of the com
ing season.
Dutch strikers have fallen out, their
committee seeking to call the strike off
and ftie men repudiating their action.
Damage by the explosion of a big
gun on the Iowa is so great tho battle
ship must be placed out of commission
for repairs.
President Roosevelt sent congratula
tions from Yellowstone Park to Attor
ney General Knox upon tho federal
court's decision dissolving the North
ern securities merger.
Wall street agreed that a death blow
had been dealt the Northern securities
company If the United States supreme
court should rphold tho decision of 'he
circuit court of appealn.
Tuesday.
Mortgage tax wid educational unifica
tion will be vigorously discussed this
week in the legislature.
Mr. George J. Gould says that In
all his experience he never saw
wheat look so well as It does In the
Wost today.
Judbe Southerland dismissed the
Kent jury at Rochester. He said a
juror had been expressing his views
on tho outside.
Colonel William F. Cody mot with
an accident during a performance at
Manchester, England, His Ihors
reared and fell on him.
Dr. Wiley's borax boarders in tho
agricultural department are turning
a pink hue owing to some mysterious
chemical Uocd In the government food
tests.
l.OVER WIN6 BACK PRESENTS.
tlderman Decides That When Engage
ment Is Broken. Gifts Must Be
Returned.
WlHiamsport, Pa.. April 11. In a
suit Alderman E. W. Betzler has de
cided that after a young woman
breaks an engagement to marry she is
in duty bound to return the presents
received from the young man while
the engagement existed. The decis
ion was made In a suit brought by
Peter McCloskey against Miss Burke
of Newberry.
McCloskey resides at Seattle, Wash.,
and as a Christmas present sent hi3
fiancee a gold watch and chain and a
pin, the total value of which he placed
at $85. Several weeks ago McCloskey
came East with the expectation of
wedding Miss Burke. Soon after
reaching the home of his Intended
bride he suggested an early marriage.
Miss Burke was Is no hurry. Tho lat
ter theu resorted to law to compel
MIfs Burke to return the presents
which he had sent her.
After hearing all the evidence Alder
man Betzler rendered a decision In fa
vor of McCloskey, awarding a judg
ment of $G5 against Miss Burke.
Panama Canal Commission.
New York, Apiil 10. The special
Panama canal commission, consisting
of Rear Admiral Walker, Brigadier
General Teter C. Hains and Professor
Burr, sailed for Colon on the Panama
railroad steamship Y'ucatan. Major
William M. Black of the engineer
corps and a number of secretaries and
engineers accompanied the commis
sion. Rear Admiral Walker said that
the commission will make a careful in
spection of the entire route of the ca
nal and the canal properties. On their
return they will prepare a report re
garding the condition as they find it.
Major Black, who Is an expert in san
itary engineering, will carefully In
vestigate the sanitary conditions
along the route.
Rival Water Companies.
Harrlsburg, April 11. Judges Weiss
and Jacobs heard arguments on the pe
tition of the Colfax, tho Two-Lick
Creek, Grant, Township and Yellow
Creek and Cherry Hill Water compan
ies for an injunction against Governor
Peunypaeker, Secretary of the Com
monwealth Fuller, and II. M. Lowrey,
recorder cf deeds of Indiana county, to
restrain the latter from recording cer
tificates of Incorporation to tho High
land, Cloverdale, Commercial and
Cherry Hill Water companies, which
are seeking the right to furnish water
to citizens In certain portions of In
diana county. The court reserved its
decision.
Masonic Temple For New Castle.
New Castle, Pa., April 11. Tho
erection of a $50,000 Masonic temple
in this city Is now an assured fact,
definite action In the matter having
been taken by the members of Mahon
ing Lodge, No. 243, and Lodge of the
Craft, No. 433, of the Masonic fratern
ity. The lodges will not olllclally be
concerned in the temple project, which
will be handled by the Masonic asso
ciation of New Castle, which has Just
been formed for the purpose Its capi
tal is $!0,000 and It will bo chartered.
The lodges have already purchased a
building site for $13,200 on North
street.
Pittsburger Killed by Train.
Philadelphia, April 11. Charles
Kllrain, 37 years old, who lived In
Pittsburg, was hurled 100 feet by a
fast express train on tho Pennsylvania
railroad, near Wheat Sheaf Lane,
early Thursday morning and Instantly
killed. Kllrain and a friend, James
O'Ncll, were on thoir way to Brooklyn,
where they had obtained work. O'Neil
slid down an embankment for safety,
but his friend, going In the opposite
direction, was caught by the train.
Kilrain's body was taken to the
morgue and O'Neil was held as a wit
ness before the coroner.
Hay Fork Tine Enters Boy's Brain.
Irwin, Pa., April 11. Benjamin, the
8-year-old son of George Painter, Sr.,
is lying at his home, south of here. In
an unconscious condition from the ef
fects of a peculiur accident. Tho boy
was in the barn and, after using a hay
fork, attempted to throw it Into the
mow. The fork bounced back, one of
the tines penetrating the boy's brain
through the right ear. Doctors say
the boy cannot live.
Hanna at Erie Banquet.
Erie. April 11. Senator M. A.
Hanna and Congressman Arthur L.
Bates were the guests of honor at the
chamber of commerce banquet here
Thursday evening. Five hundred
members wore in attendance. Sena
tor Hanua responded to the toast,
"Capital Versus Labor." Cougross
man Bates spoko on the subject, "U
Financial Legislation Needed?"
Teachers' Salary Bill a Law.
HarrisOurg, April 11. Governor
Peunypaeker has signed the Snyder
bill, fixing the minimum salary of
school teachers at $35 per month.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Dubois Tho large general store of
Smith Bros., at Fall Creek, two miles
from here, was destroyed by fire. The
loss will reach $10,000, fully coveted
by Insurance.
Cumberland Beginning Sunday, tin
congregation of Emmanuel Episcopal
church, this city, will oii.-,ei ve tho cen
tennial of llio iiicoriHiruiiou of the
parish.
Sharon Tin- first dividend of 3 per
cent has been de hired by the Siiamn
Savings and Trust ci,nip.i:'.v, which
l:o-j'jn liiwinwc uvan nuinlh. wart