RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, on inch, one week... 1 0 One Square, on inch, one month. S to One Sqaaro, ene inch, 3 months.... 5 00 One Square, one inch, one year 10 00 Two Squares, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year. .... 60 00 One Column, one year - 190 00 Legal advertisement ten cents per line each insertion. We da fine Job Piinting of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office in Smearbangh & Wenk Building, ELM STREET, TIONESTA, PA. Fore Rep Terras, 9 1.00 A Year, Hlrlcily la Advaace. No subscription received for a shorter period than three mouths. Correspondence solicited, but no notice will bo tuken of anonymous couimunlca lions. Always give your name. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 21. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST o, 1903. $1.00 PER ANNUM. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. ublican. BOKOUGH OFFICERS. Burgess. Y. R. Lanson. Councilmen. Dr. J. C. Dunn, Q. O. Osston, J. U. Muse, C. F. Weaver. J. 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Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. ui. ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Kev. O. II. Niekle Preaching in tlie F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. MoUarvy, Pastor. Services In the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Kev.'R. W. Illingworth, Pastor. The regular meetings or the W. C. T. U. are hold at the headquarters on the second and fourtu Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi'. NEST A LODdE, No. 3fi!, T. O. O. F. 1 M eets overy Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. IX) REST LODGE, No. 184, A. O. U. W I Meets every Friday evening inA.O.U. W. Hall, Tlonesta. CAPT. (JEORO E STOW POST. No. 274 O. A. R. Meetfrrt and 3d Monday evening In each inoftth, In A. O. U. W. Hall, Tlonesta, CAPT. OEO ROE STOW CORPS, No. 1H7, W. R. C, meets first and third Wedneuday evening of each month, In A. O. U. W. hall, Tlonesta, Pa. rp ION EST A TENT, No. 164 K. O. T. 1 M.. nioels 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenhiK ling ia each month in A. U. U. v. hall Tionesta, Pa. 1 F-RITCA?T6RNEy-AT-LAW. Tlonesta, Pa. CURTI.S M. SUAWKEY, ATTORN E -AT-LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice In Forest Co. AC! .BROWN, . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. OlHce in Aruer Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sis., Tionesta, Pa. J W. MORROW. M. D., Phvslcian, Surgeon A Dentist. Olllce and Residence three doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tionesla. Professional calls promptly respouded to at all hours. R. F. J. BOVARD, Physician it Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. 1UNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DltlKiOIvr. Olllce over stere, Tionesla, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant D R. J. B. SIGQINS. Physician and Niirgeon, J OIL CITY, PA. F. R LANSON, Hardware'Tinning A Plumbing. Tlonesta, Pa S J. SETLEY. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line or Justice's blanks for sale. Also Hlank deeds, mortgages, etc Tionesla, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and is now famished with all the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted . ( . i. .... t ...... I ..uu ImtlirfUiitlM. hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never ncgiecuni. PENTRAL HOUSE. I i iik'iinw A (JI.'.UOW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is the inostcentrally 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. pilIU EMERT 'ANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop In Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest 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.. COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S. H. HASLET & GENERAL MERCHANTS,. Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN PRISONERS IN VATICAN. Cardinals Gathered In Largest Conclave In History. Veekly Trade Review Escaped Con victs Statistics of Railroad Acci dents Magazines Exploded Con fessed Wife Murder Four Young People Drowned. The largest conclave In the history tf the Catholic church id now as sembled In the Sistine chapel at Rome for the purpose of electing a successor to Leo XIII. Sixty-two car dinals, with over 200 clerical and lay attendants, are, to all Intents and pur poses, prisoners within the Vatican. The general impression exists that within two or three days, a new pope will have been chosen. Dut no matter how long a time may be re quired, the absolute seclusion of the princes of the church from the outer world must, according to the church law, continue until a choice Is made. Four cardinals whose names have been most frequently before the pub lic recently In connection with the discussion of the successor to the papal throne are Gotti, Oreglla, Van nutelll and Rampolla. No successor to Leo XIII has yet been chosen. The conclusion Is drawn that the strength of the leading candidate re mains unbroken and that no compro mise candidate has yet appeared. And the-e Is no indication of how long this condition of affairs will continue. The prolongation of the contest has arous ed tremendous interest. Every trace of that apathy at Rome which followed the death of the late pope has van ished and Instead there now exists a burning interest in everything per taining to the election of his succes sor. Princes, princesses, archbishops, bishops, monslgnors, priests, In short people from every walk In life from that of nobleman to street beggar, talk of nothing but la sfumata (the smoke from the burning ballots.) This was the lodestone which drew tens of thou sands to the square of St. Peter's. There for hours, with Ftrained eyes, they waited In hope of seeing a tiny little stream of smoke. Several attempts to establish com munication with the conclave have been discovered In time and there have been some suspicious lights wav ing In the cells of several of the car dinals which were Interpreted as sig nals. Thee were immediately re ported to the eamerlengo by the mar shnl and extra precautions wore pro vided to prevent a repetition of the occurrence. Conventional signs for eomrrrtinloatlons, codes, etc, have all failed up to the present time. Powder Magazines Exploded. Two small powder magazines in the midst of the houses of 60 mill opera tives at Lowell, Mass., exploded Wed nesday with frightful concussion and the lives' of more .han a score of persons were cut off and 50 others were injured. Half a dozen men who were load ing kegs of powder from one of the magazines were blown to pieces, four boys 200 yards away were killed by the force of the explosion and 14 frame houses within a radius of 400 yards collapsed as though built of cardt. Seven of these houses immediately caught fire and were completely con sumed. At least three persons were caught In the ruins and burned to death, while seven or eight others, who were rescued, died subsequently of their injuria?. It is estimated that 70 separate pieces of property. Including those al ready mentioned, were destroyed, while the force of the explosion broke windows within a radius of five or six miles, and Its thunder was heard dis tinctly for more than 50 miles away. A long line of hearses moving through the streets of Ixiwell was a pathetic reminder of Wednesday's terrible catastrophe at Wigginsville, when an explosion snuffed out nearly a score of lives. At present the num ber of dead stands at 19. Two of th3 Injured are in a critical condition. Tho ruins were thoroughly searched but no additional bodies were found. Thirteen Convicts Escaped. Thirteen desperate prisoners con fined 1n the Folsom, Cal., penitentiary made a successful break for liberty at the breakfast hour. After a fierce fight In the captain's office, during which Turnkey Coch rane was fatally stabbed. Guard Cot ter was killed and Officer Palmers was cut In the head, the convicts seized arms and ammunition and, using the warden and other officers as shields, escaped. It Is believed they are mak ing for the Tlald mountain. State troop ordered out by Governor Par den have gone to tho scene. When tho armory was reached offi cers there attempted to Interfere but were quickly overpowered and the convicts took a supply of weapons and ammunition and made a dash for tho country. Sir Thomas Lipton at Niagara Falls. Accompanied by his party Sir Thomas Lipton visifod Niagara Falls on Sunday. Later he itii-ppcted the? mammoth electric power plant and then went for a trolley ride past the Falls and up to l.e Alston, where he boarded one of the Niagara Naviga tion company's steamers for Niagara-on-the-Lakc, to which place the Can adian yachtsmen had brought their de fender of the Canada's cup, the Upon his arrival at the Queen'i hotel at Nlagara-on-thc-Lake, Sli Thomas was greeted by Commandei Jarvls and the Canadian yachtsmen After luncheon the yachtsmen drank a toast to Sir Thomas. In responding he said: "Our good friends, the Americans, have a wonderful boat In the Reli ance, but we have a bit of a wondet also. I am glad to have this opportu nity on Brltl.-h soil of testifying to ihe very many courtesies and kindnesses I have received from your good neigh bors, the American people, and of stat ing that there are no better nor truei sportsmen the world over than youi good friends across your frontier. II an error was ever made tt would be In favor of the foreigners. For good sportsmen give me the American peo ple. I hope to come to Toronto and bring tho cup after the races" Reimports of American Cotton. Weather, crop and trade conditions are seasonably favorable, though Ir regularity and weakness In some sta pie prices reflect readjustments of con sumption to enlarged production Copious rains In the corn belt and in the western portion of the cotton re glon have removed some of tho uneas iness existing as to the outturn oi these two great crops, and despite this backwardness the outlook for general trade has been measurably helped. Cotton crop reports this week an fully as favorable as at any previous time, and an unquestionable gain In condition w'll probably be shown In every state by the agricultural report this week. Rains have benefited crops in the Gulf states. The first six months of 1903 wit nessed a record breaking production of pig Iron, and the same Is true of the fiscal year ending June 30. The situation In the cotton goodf trade Is apparently no clearer. Jul) delivery was this week pushed up tc new records. Reimports of Amerlcat; i otton from Europe are reported heav and large numbers of spindles are Idle the number In one branch of this In dustry alone being given ac fully 1, 000,000. Cooley Confessed Wife Murder. Martin Ebelt of Mount Vernon, N. Y. waa held for the grand Jury foi the murder of his wife, Augusta whose body was found in a sewer or. Sunday. He confessed freely and ap parently without fear. Ebelt gazed upon the corpse wltt an indifferent air and admitted that il was that of his wife. In response tc further questions, he suddenly ex claimed: "Oh, I did it." After this admission he went on tc say that he had been tired to death bj her demands for money and had de elded to get rid of her. Death of A. B. Youngson. A meeting of the grand officer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be held at Cleveland O., within a few days to eleel a new grand chief and assistant grand chief to succeed P. M. Arthui and A. B. Youngson, deceased. Tht fact that Mr. Youngson just before his death nominated H. M. Shay oi Yonngstown as first assistant gran: chief will have no effect, according .( authorities, as the board of grand off! cers had no chance to confirm hit nomination before the death of tht grand chief. Railroad Accidents For Three Months The report of the interstate com merce commission on accidents in Unl ted States for the throe months end Ing March 31 last shows that dur ing that quarter 300 persons were killed and 2,834 injured in train accl dents. Other kinds of accidents, In eluding those sustained by employes at work and by passengers In getting on and off cars, make the aggregat; casualties S27 killed and 11,481 In jtired. There were 1.C50 collision! and 1,181 derailments, causing $2, 491.016 damage to cars, engines anc roadways. Three Boys and a Girl Drowned. Following the formal opening o: Dam No. 1 In the Allegheny river a Fittsburg Tuesday night, Josepl Brown, aged 19; Henry Brown, agec 14; Fredorlck Bulger, Jr., and Edm Shipley, aged 13, were drowned. Tht three boys were rowing below tht dam In a skiff and Invited three gir friends to join them. Within shori distance of the dam the suction fron the "Bear trap" drew the boat undei water. Two of the girls were rescuec in an unconscious condition. Hawalians Want Home Rule. At tho session of the Home Rult convention at Honolulu ex-Delegat Wilcox urged that congress b memorialized to grant Hawaiian Indo pendence and the establishment of t government similar to that of Cuba His remarks were received enthimi astically. It Is probable that a pe tition embodying Wilcox's views wil be prepared. New College For Women. It was announced that Willian Smith, a millionaire nurseryman o Geneva, N. Y., will found and en dow college to be known as the Will lam Smith college for women. The in stitution will be on a plot of 30 acrei In the outskirts of the city. The plani call for one building to cost $150,000. Reliance to Be Cup Defender. After Monday's race between th Reliance, ('(institution and Columbia In which the former again showec her superiority over the other two the challenge committee of the New Yacht club selected the Ueliunco a Hie defender uf the America's cud. ARMY GLOJE CONTRACT Papers Rekting to Investiga tion Made Public. Judge Advocate General Davis Says a Casa Falling Within Prohibition of the Statute Has Been Shown In Connection With Lyon's Contract. Demand For Repayment. Washington. Aug. bcre)lary Root ha3 made public all the papers re lating to the Investigation into the government ccntract for gloves with E. R. Lyon. This contractor secured the gloves from Littauer Bros., tho senior member of the firm being Con gressman Littauer. Secretary Root has referred the case to the department cf justice to ascertain If the law has been violated, so that appropriate measures may be taken if it has. There is a statute which prohibits contracts for govern ment supplies being made directly or Indirectly with a member of con gress. Colonel Garllnston made an Inves tigation and submitted a report as to the facts in the case. Judgo Advocate General Davis made an extensive re view and submitted an opinion to Sec retary Root. In the course of hU report General Davis says: "It appears from the testimony that on Oct. 15, 1898, a contract was awarded to Lyon for 3,000 pairs of muskrat gloves, at $1.54 per pair; on Dec. 7, 1898, a second contract for 20,000 pairs was awarded to Lyon at $1.70 per pair, a stipulation being 'n serted to tho effect that delivery un der it could be increased 50 'per cent at the discretion of the officer making the contract. Division of Profits. "The government took advantage of the stipulation and 30,061 pairs were actually called for and delivered un der the contract of Dec. 7, 1898. Some discussion having arisen as to the price Lyon was to pay for gauntlets delivered under the contract of Dec. 7, an agreement was entered into be tween Littauer Bros, and Lyon to the effect that an accurate account of the cost of manufacture was to be kept, and if, after the contract was com pleted, it should prove that the cost of manufacture did not equal $1.65 pv pair, Lyon was to receive one half of the profits. There was a profit of $3, 537.05, one half of which was credited to Lyon on the books of Littauer Bros. "A case falling 'ailthin the prohibi tion of the statute is clearly shown In the testimony, which, In the opinion of this office, charges the department with the performance of the duty set forth in section 3,739 of the Revised Statutes; and It Is therefore recom mended that a demand be made by the quartermaster general upon the firm of Littauer Bros, for f.ie repayment of whatever sum I? found to have been paid in consideration cf the con tract of Dec. 7, 1898, with E. R. Lyon, as extended, In accordance with Its terms, by the quartermaster's depart ment. "It will be observed that section 3,- 739 of the Revised Statutes requires that demands shall be made for the repayment of any sums of money which may have been advanced on the part of the United States in consid eration of any such contract or agree ment, and in the case of a refusal ot delay to repay the same the statute goes on to require that a suit shall be Instituted for the recovery of any such sum of money so advanced, thus mak ing an Important distinction between those portions of the consideration which are advanced and those which retain their executory character. "Having regard to the highly penal character of tho statute above cited which requires it to receive a strict construction at the hands of the de partment, It' Is recommended that the opinion cf the attorney general be ob tained as to whether, In view of the fact that the contract has been com pletely executed; that the entlro con sideration has pa?sed, and that the articles stipulated for have been de livered to and have become the prop erty of the United States, the whole or a portion shall be made tho subject of tho demand. Duty of Inspecting Officer. "The fact that a member of congress was an active manager of a firm which made large sales of gloves and gaunt lets to the contractors with tho quar termaster's department should have caused the officer charged with the making of such contracts to scrutinize their execution with a degree of dili gence measured by the likelihood ot an attempted violation of the statute; and should also have caused him to he on his guard for evidence of financial weakness cm the part of the principal In the performance of the agreement. Tho fact that it was perfectly lawful for the bidder to niako purchases ol any firms encased in tho making ol gloves, whatever their composition made It difficult for the contracting officer to ascertain whether a corrupt intent existed, po long as the term-' ol tho contract were carried cut in np parent good faith; and it ma. in it sim llarly difficult to obtain information oi a positive character In rt'ipnct to t-if execution of a particular contract that would justify a formal Inquiry. It was the fir.-t duty of an officer charged with making purchases In behalf o' the United States to see that the ar tides prorvred were of standard qual ity and that the prices paid worn rea sonable. The te-timony e!ir!te dur Ing the course of the Invettiicitioi-Sir.w.-in the nrices nald. tlio rr.iflt' realized and tho numerous rejections of goods which foil short of the stand ards established by tho department, chows that this duty wa3 thoioughly and conscientiously performed." General Davis recommends that the testimony of two witnesses who cou'd not be found by Inspector Garl fngton Is rather important and that the Investigation be continued with a vUiv of getting their testimony. When taken he says it can be referred to the department of jutice with the other papers In tho case. KNOX TO LEAVE PITTSBURG. Will Divide Time Between Washing ton and Valley Forge Farm. Philadelphia, Aug. 4. Philander C. Knox, attorney general of the United States, wl o re.e..tly bough' an ex tensive farm in the heart of the Ches ter valley, near Valley Forge, will give up his residence In Pittsburg Im mediately and in the future will di vide his time between the farm and his home in Washington. For some time, it is said, Mr. Knox has designed to buy a country home because tha section of Pittsburg in which he has lived was being rapidly built up. Finally he decided that he wanted the Chester valley estate and to get It has taken at least two months. The priear paid for the farm was in the neighborhood of $100,000, and the transaction was brought to an end on Saturday. The former own ers, the heirs of E. J. Matthews, have begun to move already and this week Mr. Knox will start to install his furniture. Mr. Knox transfers his affections from Fittsburg, the scene of his Hfe'3 labors, to the pretty suburb of Phil adelphia partly because he wishes to hecorre a breeder of blue-blooded horses, but the chief reason for his choice of the estate he has bought lies In the 'act that unr.n It is locat ed an old house which played a large part In the life of his most noted an cestor, General Henry Knox of Revo lutionary fame. Mr. Knox's newly acquired estate was part of the camp ground used by Washington at Valley Fcrge. It Is less than 8. imile (rarrt Vhe house In which the nnt.rlnt commnnder-In-chlef l'ved an h"'d his rou-clls of war during the long winter of his armv's sufferlne. And on this side of tho farm, nearest Washington's headquar ters, stands the house where General Knox and his brave wife lived dur ing the months when the American caue was in its worst stra'ts. When he hns settled down on the farm It la likely that Mr. Knox1 lw','11 add other tracts to it as he already ho'ds op tions on these. Charge of Publishing Sedition. Pekin, Aug. 4. The question has arisen among the foreign ministers as to whether they have jurisdiction at Shanghai in the case of tho editor and staff of the Chinese reform newspaper Supao published In that city, against whom warrants of arrest have been issued by the Tao Ta of Shanghai on the charge of publishing seditions mat ter. The Russian, French and Ameri can ministers are In favor of surrend ering the reformers, while It. is un derstood that the Rrltish minister Is opposed to taking this step and Is awaiting instructions frcm London. Devilish Deed of Two Negroes. Hartford City, Ind., Aug. 4. George Hearshy, an invalid, aged 19, while hunting squirrels on his father's farm near here was approached by two ne groes. They grabbed and searched him. Failing to find money they tore hi? clothing and mutilated him with a knife. The boy succeeded in reaching homo. His father called for voltin teem arid 200 men and boys Joined In the chase. No trace of the negroes was found. Sheriff Morlpel followed the mob to prevent a lynching If pos sible. Splendid Racer !n Light Wind. Atlantic Highlands, N. J., Aug. 4. With all the luck against her, Sham reck III again proved herself a splen did racer In light winds by beating her pacemaker, Shamrock I, 9 minutes and 52 seconds. In a 30-milo windward and leoard race off Sandy Hook. The new boat pointed higher and sailed faster than Shamrock I throughout the race and In' the opinion cf her friends gave a wonderful exhibition. Sham rock I was a mile aitern at the finish. Powers' Third Trial. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 4. The com monwealth announced itself ready when the special term of the Scott circuit court was convened to try ex Secretary of State Powers for the third time on a charge of rompliclty in tho Goebel assassination. The state will call about 50 witnesses. A IviiiK'n Trick. King (iustavus 111. of Sweden lind been frequently Invited to the little court of Kchweiiu. Iu 17s;t be paid a visit to (Jerumny, and us soon as the Inichesn of Mecklenburg heard of bis npproiich she prepared fetes In hi.-! honor. But Gustnvui, who disdained the petty court of the small rulers, sent lvo of his iiltciidiints-a ae named lVyrnu mid I i svmmcs, a valet who had formerly been an actor--to be entertained by the duchess. The two personated the kiu and his min ister. Baron Sparre, and sustained the characters throughout. They accepted ns their due all the homage meant for their muster, danced with the Mecklen burg ladies who were presented to 1 lii-iii, iiinl Peyroii went ko far as to nsk one of the ladies lor her portrait. Meantime (!usla us was enjoying hliu ticll' elsewhere in secret. BRIEF NEWS 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. Cardinal Gibbons attended a meeting rf the Sacred college, preparatory to the conclave. Russia is reported to have prevent ed the exportation of China's wheat from Nieu Chwang to Japan. Lawrence Murphy was found guilty of having stolen $12,000 from the New York stonecutters' union while treas urer of the organization. Using captured officials as shields from guards' bullets, 13 convicts es caped from the state penitentiary in Folsom, Cal., after a desperate fight. Mrs. Hugo Quittner was the woman found dead with C. Wels9 In the Mor ton House. Wels3 and Mrs. Quitt ner's husband were friends and neigh bors in Schenectady. Thursday. An expla-lon of natural gas In the rear of a saloon at Columbus, O., killed two women and Injured half a dozen men. District Attorney Jerome said tho collection of fines and strike wages from employers by labor unions was legal. Twenty-five killed and 55 Injured as the result of an explosion in a maga zine of the United States Cartridgo company at Lowell, Mas3. W. Boitirke Cockran returned from Europe and announced his opinion that Mr. Cleveland would be elected If nominated for the presidency. The price of overalls, jumpers and ether cotton garments for worklngmen will be advanced sharply all over tho United States, according to a state ment made by T. A. White of Scran ton, Pa. Friday. Cardinal Oreglla has given notice to tho cardinals that the work of tho conclave will begin Saturday morn ing. Bishop Burgess of Ixing Island and the Rev. W. A. Was3on of Mattituck were nearly drowned In Peconlc bay when their sailboat capsized. Dr. Joseph Kelvin of Carbondalo, Pa., attempted to rescue Miss Merle Shannon of William-port, Pa., In the surf at Atlantic City and both were drowned. Ixindon banker expresses belief that United States is "within measurable distance of adopting free trade," and quotes President McKinley to sustain h3 view. During an electric storm at Pitts burg a number of Italians took refuge In a building, which was struck by lightning and two men were killed In stantly. Three others were injured. Saturday. Overspeculation in stocks caused the failure of the Doylestown, Ta., Nation al bank. By order of President Roosevelt, extra pay will he awarded to skilled marksmen In the navy. Rabies, which caused the death of many cattle in Montgomery, has now appeared among the cattle at Hamp tonburg, Orange county. At 5 o'clock Friday afternoon 62 cardinals retired to their cells In tho Vatican for the election of pope, and will be shut from the outside world till an election Is made. An agreement on the wage scale for window glass workers has been reached at Columbus, O., the men get ting an advance of about 10 per cent. About 10,000 glass workers are af fected. Monday. King Edward and Queen Alexandra ended their Irish tour with a visit to Cork. Three persons are drowned and 25 injured by a collapsing bridge at Port land, Oregon. Four ballots were taken In the con clave at Rome but no decisive result was reached, though Cardinal Ram polla was reported to have obtained the most votes. Lawrence Murphy sentenced in New York to five years and six month-)' Imprisonment for embezzling $I2.noo of fund3 of the stonecutters' union while treasurer of tho organization. Reginald C. Vander'oilt's horses were attached Just before they entered con tests at the Iong Branch horse show to satisfy a live thousand dollar judg ment resulting from an automobile ac cident. Tuesday. The sixth ballot was taken by th conclave at Rome and proved fruit less. Chlneso reformers are terrorized by execution of Shen Cbicn, and ntintrf reluming to conditions following co:ii or 18H. Forty-five Italians, lion imio i em ployes r tho Union Furnace- i ! :'"'. were arrested at Buffalo for slmon;!:; into a crowd. A gambling house in Saratoga, N. Y.. nvas raided, and Jerry Minehun, ft v'llage truste", a- arraigned as 4 common gambler. Dora Clay nrnck. former child w ho of General Cnssius M. Clay, produces a will, drawn one year later than the one probated Mouday, in which White, ball i-i given to the government. OLEOMARGARINE PROHIBITED. Dairy Commissioner May Prosecute Those Who Serve It In State Institutions. Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 3. Dairy com missioner Warren learned officially that he really has a right to prosecuta the managers of state Institutions In (ases where to the inmates oleomar garine is served In place of butter. The ill-informed general public had supposed all along that the conrmla sioner had unmistakable authority to prosecute tho offenders. Attorney General Carson has now given Warren an opinion to the effect that he can press this class of cases In the courts, and as a result. It Is an nounced, such suits will hereafter be brought against all such violators of the oleo laws. Warren recently brought suit against the managers of the almshouses at Wllliamsport and Punxsutawney for feeding the Inmates oleo, after which the contention was raised by oleo ad ocates that ho had exceeded his au thority. He submitted the question to the at torney general, who furnished to him a written opinion that the commission er has ample grounds for prosecuting managers of almshouses and penal rml charitable Institutions receiving state aid If they furnish oleo to their wards, provided the charges can be proved. INJURED IN COLLISION. Woman In Critical Condition as Result of Crash of Auto and Carriage. Monongahela. Aug.- 3. Mrs. Alfred Watson, wife of a prominent Jeweler. Is In a critical condition as a result of Injuries received in a collision between an automobile and a carriage In which Mrs. Wat-on was driving with her guest, Mrs. Margaret Nelson. The au tomobile was in charge of W. T. Gregg. Accompanying him were Mrs. Gregg and a niece. Miss Kirk of Sewickley. Mrs. Watson was driving at a brisk trot when, nt the Pigeon creek bridge, she saw the auto approaching In the shadow of the brldire. She tried to turn and Mr. Gregg, seeing the car riage, shouted a warning The two vehicles cr ned. the car riage being wrecked and overturned, falling upnn the two women. Tho front axle of the automobile was smashed. Mrs. Nelson escaped with bruises and cuts, but Mrs. Watson moo tntorMlv Inllircd. New Railroad to Anthracite Field. Reading. Pa., Aug. 3. A mortgage of $2,300,000 was placed on record in the court, house here for the Reading, Lancaster and Southern railroad to build a line from Reading to Baltimore. Isaac C. Spatz of this county Is the president and Sydney C. Long of Bal timore Is tho secretary. The new road will be 50 miles shorter to the coal regions than any other route now completed. Those Interested say the now lino will have Important connec tions, both at Baltimore and In Read ing. There Is a rumor that tho Gould Interests, after they reach Balti more, will tap the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania by this new road. Strike Troubles Continue at Tin Mills. Pittsburg, Aug. 3. Joseph Mannds, one of the strikers shot by a non-union workman nt the Port Vuo Tlnplate works near McKeesport, Is In a serious condition, but will probably recover. If. B. King and Elmer Dolloff, who are charged with tho shooting, are In tho lockup without bail, pending the re sult of Maunds' wounds. During the day, strike sympathizers and friends o? the non-union men clashed several tlnro. At. noon a riot was averted by the police. Three Men Killed on Lumber Car. Philadelphia. Aug. 3. Three un known men were found dead In a Pennsylvania railroad gondola car leaded with iumber. The car left Willlamsport. Pa , on July 25, and ar rived here Saturday. The lumber was loaded in two piles and It Is be lieved the men were crushed to death between the piles. Woman Shoots Burglar. Monongahela. Pa., Aug. 3. Early Saturday morning Mrs. C. S. Johnson, alone In the house with her maid, was roused from sleep by a noise of burg lars forcing the dining room windows. She quietly procured a revolver and i,hot at the intruder, wounding him In tho shoulder. He got away. Injunction Against Odd Fellows. New Castle. Pa., Aug. 3 The city caused an injunction to be Issued against the New Castle Odd Fellows proceeding with the erection of their temple, tho foundation of which, it Is claimed. Is built out In the channel of the Neshannoek river and alleged to bo an encroachment on tho stream. One Victim Dead. Ne-v Ca-sile. Aug. 3 Mrs. Mary Pan cowl who was burned in the Polish ho u I n-.: I'omso explosion here Friday n;-;' l .lit-J at tin- hospital. The other i. f i ui .i are all doing well ov opt J"''' Kiiivock. v I'ii iin-.v has interna! com p'leatlon in a.ldiiioii to his sever body buriix. Fierce Fight Among Laborers. Sharon. Pa.. Aug. 3. Sixty Eria Italian section hand wln struck on Monday returned t' work Friday. Other who refused to u to work at tacked ihem Willi clubs and stones. A fierce tight followed, and several shots were tired. John Mar.etta was shot la the face, but not seriously wounded. i
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