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Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, to. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence 1 1 ouse, has u ndergone a com plete change, and Is now I'urniHlied with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglected. I EN Tit A L HOUSE, V. GEROW A GKHUW rroprieior. Tionseta, Pa. Tills is the inostcentrally 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. piIIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A KHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cnr. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds or custom work Irom the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion (riven to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. mm GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN DAMAGE TO SHAMROCK By Hard Work Boat Will Be Righted In Three Weeks. Weekly Trade Review Observance ol Jefferson Day Work of the Mafia. Republican Editor Strike In Knit ting Mills President In Yellow stone Park. Sir Thomas Lipton In describing the accident to Shamrock III, said: "When the challenger lost her mast she was almost flat; there were cer tainly six feet of water over her lee deck. My first Impression, when the mast went, was that the boat was sinking. I scrambled on deck and found everything gone and the boats out doing rescue work. I never saw the seaman, Collier, In the water." Sir Thomas was bewildered at the suddenness of the accident and said that what Immediately followed seemed like a dream. Questioned as to his future course, he said he meant to work day and night to get the yacht refitted in time for further trials before sailing for New York. His desire was to avoid a postponement of the races. He thought the challenger would be in racing trim again In three weeks. The body of Collier, who was knocked overboard when the rigging collapsed, has not been recovered. Sir Thomas has offered a reward for its recovery and has made provision for Collier's widow and child. Manufacturing Industry Active. Wet weather has retarded retail trade and accentuated the quiet in tex tiles at wholesale usual at this sea Bon. A beneficial after-effect of ihe Easter rush, however, Is an Improve ment In collections, despite bad roads and weather and activity in farming work. The movement of crops to mar ket notes some reduction from these causes. The agricultural outlook at present is one of the best, though the lateness of the season is complained of in cot ton and spring wheat planting. Over production Is noted In very few lines of business, and manufacturers generally are pushed to keep up with orders. Exceptions to this are the partial shutdown of Western flour mills and In the rather backward demand for heavy woolens. Men's wear woolen goods for fall delivery are reported rather backward and raw wool has steadied slightly as supplies of old mnterial are restricted and the spring shearing Is only just beginning. Manufacturing Industry Is active the country over. Building is very brisk, entailing a heavy movement of lum ber, hardware, paints and glass. Leath er Is strong. In sympathy with the firm ness in h'des and with the general ac tivity reported In shoe manufacturing throughout the country. Seasonable changes are responsible for a slight advance In butter. Jefferson's Birthday Observed. The New York State Democratic Edltoral association Monday night celebrated the birthday of Thomas Jefferson with a banquet at the Ten Eyck, Albany. At least 100 represent atives of the Democratic press of the state were in attendance. Hon. Daniel E. Frlsbie of Schoharie, former Democratic leader in the as sembly and president of 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 on "The Declaration of Independence." Senator Thomas F. Grady on "The Legislature." Former United States Senator D. B. Hill spoke at length on "The Empire State Democracy." Work of the Mafia. Eight Italians who the police assert are both mpnibers of the "Mafia" and of a big counterfeiting band, were ar rested by detectives of the central of fice staff In connection with the mur der of the man whose unidentified body was found crowded into a barrel in New York city. Both Inspectors MeClusky and Schmlttberger assert that they are al most certain the man was murdered by the same band that murdered Meyer Welsbard, a traveling Jeweler of the lower East side, two years ago and stuffed his body Into a trunk, and did away with the grocer Cantanle ol Brooklyn. They say they have alsolutely no doubt but that the three murders are the work of the same gang and have no hesitancy in saying they believe they are very near a complete solu tion of the most recent of three un solved mysteries. Paul Revere'i Signal. Patriots' day was not observed In Boston to any extent Sunday out side of the churches, the law providing for Its secular celebration Monday. The weather was excellent. In conformity with the custom begun some years age two lighted lanterns wer" to be seen Saturday niht in the tower of the old North chinch on Salem street, com memorating the signal given to Paul Revere 128 years ago. At the Second church In Boston Cupley square, a portrait of Rev. Johi; Lathrop who preached a sermon to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston on June 6, 1774, and was im prisoned for what the British claimed were treasonable utterances, iwas un veiled with an impressive service In which the Ancients and the Grand Army of the Republic took part. There was also a large meeting in Faneuil hall and at the celebration in Lexington, Colonel F. C. Chappelle, as sistant adjutant general of the state, presented to the Historical Society the old drum which called the Minute Men cf Lexington to arms 128 years ago. Strike In Knitting Mills. When the knitting mills of Amster dam, N. Y., closed on Tuesday night of this week the spinners quit their jacks with a determination not to re turn to work unless the demand made six months ago for an increase In wages averaging 15 per cent is grant ed. The manufacturers, who have paid no heed to the request hereto fore, met and formed an organization, after which it was unanimously voted not to make any concession whatever in the way of an Increase in wages. This is the most serious strike In Amsterdam since the memorable one of 1886, which affected practically every Industry of this city and from which Amsterdam was many years in recovering. The present difficulty af fects 15 mills, which Include all those employing spinners except the four of A. V. Morris and Sons. Amen Corner Dinner. There were 355 diners at the third annual dinner of the Amen Corner In the Fifth Avenue hotel In New York Friday night, Edward Riggs was toastmaster and among the guests were former Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, Lieutenant Governor Hlg gins, Senator T. C. Piatt, Attorney General Cunneen, J. 13. Hedges, Simon Ford, Mayor Seth Low, Charles F. Murphy, Robert G. Morris, Edward M. Grout, Colonel George W. Dunn, Bird S. Coler and many other men of prominence. It was remarked that Mayor Seth Low and Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall, were seated next each other. On the other side of Mr. Mur phy was Senator Piatt. These three men, politically different, chatted-together like old friends. Republican Editors. The Republican Editorial associa tion of the state of New York elected the following officers at the annual convention held in New York: President, W. A. Smyth, Owego Times; vice presidents, Lewis Mc Kinstry, Fredonla Censor; Elias Valr, Waterloo News; Charles S. Manger, Herkimer Citizen; J. P. Herrick, Boli var Breeze, and H. K. Williams, Dun kirk Observer; secretary and treas urer, A. O. Bunnell, Dansvllls Adver tiser; executive committee for three years: Thomas P. Peters, Brooklyn Times; Henry A. Brockway, Water town Times; William BerrI, Standard Union, Brooklyn; W. J. Pollard, Courier-Journal, Seneca Falls, and E. W. Addis, Standard, Brewster. Sunday School Lesson Papers. The Sunday school lesson committee appointed by the International Sun day school convention held in Denver last summer began Its Initial meet ing in Washington last week, with the president, Dr. John Potts of To ronto, Canada, In the chair, and 11 of the 15 members present. The com mittee Immediately took up the work of revising the Sunday school lessons for 1905 and of outlining plans for the five years from 1906 to 1911. The re port of the British section was de voted to suggestions bearing upon the lessons. The committee represents over 20,000,000 Sunday school chil dren and Sunday school workers. Flour Mills Shut Down. The flour mill and wheat situation in Minneapolis and the Northwest is more complex at present than it has been at any time since the shut down. The millers stick to their or iginal explanation, an unjust discrimin ation In tariffs between Duluth and Buffalo against flour and favoring wheat, which they assert was the real cause of a big loss to them. Most re liable advices are that every flour mill In the Northwest has ceased opera tions, pending instructions from the Minneapolis millers. Jefferson Memorial Association. William J. Bryan, Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, Governor Mon tague of Virginia and Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia were the prin cipal speakers at a dinner given at the Hotel Barton, In Washington, un der the auspices of the Thomas Jeffer son Memorial association In celebra tion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of the author of the Declaration of Independence. Runaway Electric Car. Because an electric brake refused to work a crowded street car ran awny on Federal street, Allegheny, on Sunday last, wrecked a carriage, broke through the safety gates of the Fort Wayne railroad, derailed a fast moving freight train and then went to pieces. Almost all of the 45 passengers aboard the car were hurt, though only one fatally. President at Fort Yellowstone. President Roosevelt broke camp In the Yellowstone park on Monday and Is slowly working his way tc Major Pitcher's headquarters at Fort Yellowstone. Ho is expected to reach the fort some time Thursday. He will remain there one day and then will start for Norris, where the gey ser arc. ft RAILROAD DISASTER. Collision Between Erie Passen ger and Freight Trains. Only One of the Dead Was Identified. Seven Bodies,, Apparently Three Men, Three Women and A Child, Burned Beyond Recognition Three of Injured In the Hospital. Jamestown, N. Y., April 21. Eight persons are dead and 10 Injured, three of them seriously, as the result of a collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Erie rail road at an early hour yesterday neai Red House, N. Y. Of the dead only one, Robert H. Hotehklss of Meadvllle, a brakemau, has been Identified. Seven bodies, ap parently those of three men, three women and a child, were burned be yond recognition in the fierce Are which followed the wreck. The wo men are said to have bearded the train at Youngstown and to have come from Pittsburg. R. S. McCready, mall weigher of Meadvllle, Pa., and Frank Barhite ol Jamestown, a traveling salesman, are missing and It is likely two of the un identified bodies are those of the two men. Mrs. Foote and E. C. Gabler and Fireman Bell are In the hospital at Salamanca. The ethers lnjwred were able to proceed to their destination. ' The wrecked passenger train was known as No. 1, running from Chicago to New York, and was made up of en gine No. 545 in charge of Engineer Samuel Cook and Fireman Fred Bell of Meadvllle, one combination car, twd day coaches, three sleepers and two private cars. It was derailed by strik ing a freight train which was entering a siding at Red House. The wreck at once tool: fire and the combination car. two day coaches and two sleepers together with several freight cars were consumed. Dispute as to Cause. There Is seme dispute as to the cause of the wreck. The passenger train was running east and the freight which mas west bound had orders to go into the siding at Red House and wait for the passen ger train to go by. The siding Is ahmtt a mile and a half long and there is a tower of the block system near the west erd. The freight was drawn by two engines. Some trouble was experienced In en tering the siding and the foremost en gine was sent In along the siding with a flagman to hold the express. It Is Alleged that the operator in the tower, Lawrence Vale, a boy 17 years old, saw the light engine of the freight which was bringing up the flagman, and inipposec! the freight train was on the tiding. With this mistaken Idea, it Is alleged, Vale displayed a white signal toward the passenger train In dicating to the engineer that he had a clear track. The enaineer on the passenger train failed to see the flagman sent cut from the forward engine of the freight train and only saw the signal from the tower. The train ran toward the east end of the slrilns at hieh speed. It collided with the second engine of the freight train just as It was about to clear the main line, striking at a slight angle, tearing off the cylinder and part of the cab and jumping the track. The passenger engine and coaches ploughed up the earth for a distance of three rods and crashed Into a small wooden structure used as a feed store and school house. Wreckaqe In Flames. The first half dozen cars of the freight were wrecked. They were box cars hided with coal. It filtered in amongst the wreckage creating an In tense heat. All but three of the cars of the express followed the engine and the whole mass of wreckage was soon In flames. The tracks were strewn for rods with burning wood and coal and heaps of twisted iron work. No. 4 is one of the fastest trains on the Erie. The private cars attached to It iwere occupied by W. J. Murphy, his wife and two officials of the Queen and Crescent road and J. L. Frasler, general superintendent of the Clover Leaf. All escaped uninjured. The work of clearing the tracks was begun promptly and continued all day, the trains In the meantime being diverted from the main line and sent around via Dayton. The Erie officials have received many telegrams containing Inquiries as to passengers on the train, but thus far all the names mentioned have been In either the list of Injured or that of the uninjured. No one has inquired for a person whose name has not already been learned by the officials and from pres ent indications nothing will be learned concerning the Identity of the victims until they are missed by their relatives or friends. The Identification of the bodies will be difficult. The Intense heat of '.he burning coal reduced the bodies tc ipiarter of the normal size. Clothing, watches and jewelry were destroyed Even the limbs of the victims were burned away, leaving only small with ered and shrunken sections of the trunks. Word was received here that three men from Shingle House, Pa., were en i board the train. Their names have not been learned. There Is no one from Shingle House on the lists in the hands of the omcials, so It Is likely these three men are among the dead. WIRE TAPPERS BEATEN. Bet Q6.000 and Sent In Wrong Re suits Didn't Get Any Money. Chicago, April 21. Wire-tappers mere beaten at their own game to the extent of $6,000 in an attempt to make a big winning from the poolroom near the Hawthorne racetrack, of which Daniel O'I.eary Is manager. The at tempt to beat the poolroom was made on the San Francisco races. The wire-tappers had placed their money against heavy odds, and had the re sults of the races been accepted as they announced them, their profiU would have been enormous. Tlie wire-tapping syndicate first got it telegraph Instrument placed, and they tapped the wire somewhere near tho main office downtown. Then $1,000 was hot on a single lump sum on Shell mount, at 20. to 1, In the fifth ra?e, to gother with $2,000 in smaller amounts. When the result of the? race came over tho wire the tappers announced Shell mount as winner with Warte Nlcht second. In reality, Warte Nlcht was th winner and Shellmount not in the money at all. In the fourth race bets to the artounl of $3,000 were placed on Watercrre at 6 to 1 and better, and o.i Epicure for place at 2 to 1. The poolroom ticker, manipulated by .he wire tappers, announced that Water cure had finished first, Epicure sec ond, but Watercure was not first. A manager became suspicious, and as a precautionary measure asked for direct communication with San Fran cisco before cashing any bets and asklr.g thit the results of the races be verified. The reply to his request for Information Immediately exposed the entire plot, and the poolroom Is a winner to the extent of the bets placed with It by the wire-tappers. RIVAL METAL WORKERS. Decision of Executive Committee of A. F. of L. Toronto, Ont., April 21. An Im portant decision was reached by the executive committee of the A. F. of L. at their session here by which the Independent Sheet Metal Workers' as sociation cf Chicago are ordered to send five delegates to the Milwaukee convention of the International ass elation to confer with a committee to be selected by that convention for the uniiication of the two Chicago locals under the jurisdiction of the Interna t'oii&l association, said local to be gov erned according to the constitution of the International association. In the event of the independent union of Chicago refusing to comply with this decision, the president of the A. F. cf L. shall Issue a statement that the International association is the only body entitled to the support of other bodies affiliated with the A. Y. of L. In the meantime all hostili ties between the two organizations shall cease. Has Leave to Marry Again. New York, April 21. Justice Giege rlch In the supreme court has signed an order permitting William K. Van derbilt to marry again. The order modifies the decree obtained by Mrs. Alva E. Vanderbilt in 1895, by which Mr. Vanderbilt was forbidden to mar ry within the life of his divorced wife. The application for the order was sup ported by affidavits made by United States Senator Chauneey M. Depew and E. V. W. Rossiter, and sets forth the fact that Mr. Vanderbilt now is in Paris. France .and that he Is desirous of forthwith contracting another mar riage. King Edward at Malta. Valotta, Island of Malta, April 21. King Edward yesterday reviewed 8, 000 blue jackets and marines and later, with elaborate ceremony, his majesty laid the foundation stone of the break water which Is to protect the entrance of the Grand Harbor. Many distin guished po!"BOI18 were present. Last evening there was a water carnival In the harbor, the features of which were floating models of 13 type" of vessels of various periods, from Noah's ark to the battle ship Edward VII. The roy.il yacht Victoria and Albert left here this morning. Bank Messenger Robbed. New York, April 21. Joseph Kayler. a messenger for the Bronx Borough bank, was held tip by four men on the Harlem bridge and robbed of $159 in cash and $2,000 In checks and bonds. Kayler said two of the men held him while the others searched his pockets. Ho pursued them but they escaped. Michael McCarthy, a driver, and Larry Murphy, a 'longshoreman, were arrest ed and identified by Kayler. In Mur phy's pockets were found $150 of de nominations taken from the messen ger. Bookmakers Arrested. Chicago, April 21. "Kid" Weller, who has charge of the betting at Lake side, and Herbert Myers, a sheet writ er, were arrested by Chief of Police Cox cf Hammond, Ind., just as the horses were going to the post In the fourth race. Chief Cox said he pro posed to make a test case on the Eng lish system of booking adopted by the track management. The arrests did not Interrupt betting In the Eng lish system. Verdict Against Railroad. New York, April 21. A verdict for $75.1100 damages was awarded by a Jury in the supreme court in the suit brought against the New York Central railroad by the heirs of Alfred M. Per rin of Now Rochclle. former president cf the United states Paper Bag com pany, who was killed in the Park Ave nue tunnel accident. NUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed nd Put In Small Space and Ar ranged WUh Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Hat Litt! Time to Spare. The Cleveland city council has adopted a resolution of thanks to Mr. Carnegio for his recent gift of $250,000 to the city for seven branch libraries Former Senator Hill attacked the Re publican state administration and leg islatuie at the banquet of the State Democratic Editorial association In Al bany, N. Y. Cuban Congressmen Villuendas and Garmendia fought a duel with swords on Sunday. Garmendia was wounded slightly in the right wrist. Four con gressmen acted as seconds. In the contest for the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fair, Alfred Jules Maranne said he saw Mr. Fair lying dead at the scene of the Trcuville au tomobile accident while Mrs. Fair was breathing and clenching her hands. Thursday. The 100th anniversary of tho forma tion of the county of Seneca will be observed at Waterloo by a great cole bration on March 29, 1904. Former President Cleveland, Dr. Ly man Abbott and others discussed the negro question in a large meeting held In the Interest of the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama. A conference of canal committees representing Greater New York and Buffalo was begun in New York. ltd purpose Is to devise plans for meeting the opposition to canal improvement. A dispatch from S:ireveport, La., says It has been established beyond doubt that, the negro who was killed Saturday, and whose body was burned Sunday for the murder of Mrs. Mat thews, was Innocent. Friday. Two German explorers are planning to seek the North pole by the aid of a fci'hmarlne boat and wireless teleg raphy. The Illinois senato has passed a house bill appropriating $5,000 fur the relief of Mrs. John P. Altgeid, widow of the former governor. By a vote of 26 to 23 the senate re jected the reappointment of Frank M. Baker by Governor Odell as railroad commissioner. Senators Elsberg, R R. Brown, Brackett and Ambler voted with tho 22 Democrats. Six men are reported to havo been killed and several seriously wounded by an explosion at the mines of the Peerless Coal and Coke company, near Vivian, W. Va. A powder hense near the mine caught fire and Its contents exploded. Saturday. Governor Odell is in Buffalo to re view the 65th regiment and to inspect work on new armory. Nomination of George W. Morgan to succeed John McCulIagh as superinten dent of state bureau of elections con firmed by the senate. Pittsburg is to have a great univers ity. For its endowment, it Is said, the millions of Andrew Carnegie and 20 other wealthy Pittsburgers Rre pledged. Shamrock III was dismasted In a squall at Weymouth. Several of the crew carried overboard and one man drowned. Sir Thomas Lipton was knocked down a hatch. Thtf Very Rev. Dr. Mllford I Rob bins, dean of the cathedral in Albany, was elected dean of the Episcopal gen eral theological seminary, to succeed tho late Dean Hoffman. Monday. The European squadron of the Unit ed Stales navy will visit Kiel, Ger many, during regatta week. Geiman officers watched the launch ing of the armored cruiser West Vir ginia at the Nowpon News shipbuild ing yards. A Wampum, Pa., baker shot and killed a bank robber who surprised him while on his way to work; ami ho himself was wounded by the robber. New York police discovered that the still unidentified victim of the Maria found in a barrel had been Btripid and dressed in cheaper attire after death. Western New York will provide the greater part oj the provisional regi ment accompanying Governor Odell to St. Iuis, and Colonel Welch of Buf falo will command it. Tuesday. Western railroad men say that the grain crops will be moved quickly this year because of better facilities. The victim of the barrel murj-r In New York has been identified as Bene detto Meduenia. of 47 Trenton avenue, Buffalo. Seven passengers and a brakeniaj) lost their lives In a wreck on the Erie road, at Red House, N. Y., about eight miles frcm Salamanca. Of the 43 collieries of tho Philadel phia and Reading Coal and Iron com pany, a'l but 11 are shut down a.n? to tho employes being locked out by an order of the company. A crowded street car ran away on Federal street Allegheny, Pa., broke' tArou'h tho safety gatcu of tho Fort j Wayne laiiroad. derailed a fast inovllif 1 freight train aud then went to pieces. A dozen passengers injured NEGROES HOLD UP A BOAT. One Threaten Passengers With Revol ver and Other Takes All Their Valuables. Washington, Ta., April 18. Two negro desperadoes, Wilbur Sharp and Cornelius Wilkins, held up a ferry boat in tlie middle of the Monongahela riv er, opposite Courtney, this county, Tuesday n'ght and robbed the pas sengers of their valuables. Isaac Ame3, an old man, who resist ed, iwas shot through the left breast and dangerously wounded. The no groes made good their escape and have not been captured. A large number of people from Elk Horn, on the Allegheny side of the river, attended a show at Courtney. After the play they boarded the boat which plies between the two points to return to their homes. Wllklns and Sharp also get aboard. Whea the boat had reached midstream the two blacks drew revolvers and, threatening the passengers with Instant death 11 they should resist, started to relieve them of their money and valuables. Sharp, with a drawn revolver, held the crowd at one end of the boat while Wilkins did the robbing. Isaac Ames, an old man, who had considerable money on his person, re sisted Wilkins' attempt to rob him and Wilkins instantly sent a bullet Into his left breast Just over the heart. The negro then knocked his victim down and kicked him repeatedly be fore taking his watch and considerable money. The boat, meantime, had been rapid ly ploughing toward the Allegheny county side, tho engineer not knowing what was occurring on the deck. When the boat reached shore Wilkins and Sharp backed off, flourishing their re volvers and threatening the passen gers if they followed them. They dis appeared In tho darkness, going to ward the country. Warrants for the arrest of the men, who are well known at tho coal mines at Courtney, were Issued ami clllcers started In pursuit. They havo not been locotei'. CHURCH MEMBERS IN A FIGHT. Attempt to Oust Pastor Results In Clash at Conference. Marcus Hcok, Pa., April IS. Tho church militant and muscular Christi anity were decidedly in evidence In the old Protestant Episcopal church, founded more than 200 years ago. From a staid church meeting tho an nual conference degenerated into a free-for-nll-flght, In which Lewis Wal ton was struck on the head with a kneeling stool, Richard Stanert was slugged with a broken lamp and gen eral pandemonium was raised. Sev eral women fainted; tho church wa.-i sot on fire; there were screams, shouts and curses; the members of the con gregation who did not care to fight stampeded, and some of tho weaker brothers and sisters were trampled on. Some time ago E. E. Tralnor, a wealthy member of the church, com plained that tho rector, Rev. Mr. Dougherty, was catering too much to tho rough element of the town, the fishermen and employes of the oil works, and headed a faction which sought to oust him. The fishermen and oil works employes rallied to the ipastor's support, and there was a full attendance at the meeting. Rev. Mr. Dougherty opened the ser vices, Mr. Tralnor moved that J. W. Booth take the chair, but this was ob jected to on the ground that Booth was a Presbyterian. Then the trouble started. University For Pittsburg. Pittsburg, April 18. Pittsburg Is to havo a great university that will rival tho big colleges and universities of the East and West. For its endowment, It Is said, the millions of Andrew Car negio and 20 other wealthy Pittsburg ers are pledged. At a private lunch eon In honor of a number of educators hero in connection 'With the Interna tional Kindergarten union, this an nouncement was made by Professor J. A. Brnshenr of the Western univers ity of Pennsylvania, who stated that Mr. Carnegie had pledged himself to give liberally to the object, but de sired that his name be In no way con nected with the title of the Institu tion. Knox Stops In Pittsburg. Pittsburg, April 18. Attorney Gen eral Knox came to Pittsburg and had a long talk with United States Attor ney James S. Young and they left on tho Pennsylvania limited for the West. They denied themselves to reporters and the conductor declined to give their destination. It Is conjectured that they are going to Chicago on beef trust business or to St. Paul on Northern Securities merger business or to the Yellowstone park to see the president. Queer Message Found In Bottle. Corry. Ta., April 18. "Send this to John Quick, Bradford, Pa. He will know what to do. T. M. A." Th!s message was found In a bottle on the shores of Hartfield's pond. It U thought to be a suicide's request, and the pond Is being dragged. The mes sage baa been sent to John Quick, but no word from him has been received. Mad Dog Bites Three Children. Washington. Pa.. April IS. Early Thursday morning a mad dog ran ram pant Iu Wot Washington, biting and seriously injuring three children. Mary Knutz, David Koihendarfer and Will iam Heed. Tlio dog was killed. Th thrro children were taken to the Pas teur Institute at Pittsburg for treatment.
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