V THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, on inch, one week... 1 Ot One Square, on inch, one month. S 00 One Sqsaro, one inch, 3 months.... 5 00 One Square, one inch, one year 10 00 Two Squares, one year. ....... ......... IS 00 Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year M 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We de fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office in Smearbangb. 4 Wenk Building, ELM STREET, TIONESTA, PA. HORE EPUBLICAN. Terns, fl.OO A Year, Strictly la Advaace. No subscription received for a shorter period than three months. Correspondence solicited, but no notice will bo taken of anonymous communica tions. Always give your name. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 21. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1903. $1.00 PER ANNUM. .R. ST BOROUGH OFFICERS. Burgess. V. R. Lanson. Councilman. Dr. J. C. Dunn, O. O. Gaston, J. It. Muse, C. F. Weaver. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dalo.W. F Klllmer. Justice of the reaceC. A. Kandall, 8. J. Setley. Constable S. U. Maxwell. Collector S. J. Setley. School Directors Li. Fullon. J. O. Boowdeu, J. K. WenK, It. L. Haslet, E. W Bowman, Goo. Holeman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress Joseph C. 8ibley. Member of Semite J. K. P. Hall. Assembly C..W. Amsler. President Judge Vf. M. Lindsey. Associate Judges K. 11. Crawford, W. H. II. Dottorer. Prothonotary , Register dt Recorder, . J. O. (Joint. Sheriff. Ueo. W. Noblit. 'Preasurer Fred. A. Keller. Commissioners C. Burhenn, A. K. Shlpe, Henry Weingard. District Attorney H. D. Irwin. Jury Commissioners Ernest Sibble, Low is Wagner. Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow. County Auditors W. H. Stiles, Geo. W. Holeman, B. A. McCloskey. County Surveyor V. W. Clark. County Superintendent E. E. Stitzin- ger. IlrguUr Trrni of Ceurt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Heptember. Third Monday of November. Charca mui Mabbnth Hcaaal. Presbyterian Sabbath 8clioo! at 9:45 a. ui. s M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. O. II. Nlckle Preaching in tlie F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. MoGarvy, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Rev.' R. W. Illingworth, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters oil the second and fourtu Tuesdays of each mi'tith. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi' . N ESTA LODU E, No. 360, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. I.XJREST LODGE, No. 184, A. O. U. W., I Meets every Friday evening InA.O.U. W. Hall, Tionesta. C APT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 G. A. R. Meetit and 3d Monday evening in each mOmth, in A. O. U. W. Hall, Tionesta, CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each mouth, In A. O. U. W. hail, Tionesta, Pa. TIONESTA TENT, No. 164, K. O. T. M., moels 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each month In A. O. U. W. hall Tionesta, Pa. rp F. RITCHEY, .,-., 1 . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. S1IAWKEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Warren, Pa. Practice In Forest Co. AC .BROWN. . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Oltice in Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., TlouesU, Pa. J W. MORROW, M. D., Physician, Surgeon A Dentist. Office and Residence three doors north of Hotel Agnew, TioneaU. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. u R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIiT. Ollice over stere, Tionesta, 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. 8IGGINS. Physician and Miirgeon, J OIL CITY, PA. F. R. LANSON, Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa S J. SETLEY. ,.. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Keeps a complete line or Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deods, mortgages, eto. Tionesta, Pa. H OTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. Tiiia Imtnl. formerly the Lawrence II ouse, has undergone a com plote change, and is now furnished with all the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, eto. The comforts of guests never noglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, V OKROW A UEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the moHtcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant sUtping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. piIIL. EMERT fANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop In Walters building, Cor. Elm and VValnut 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. JORENZO 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 V 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 Df the Catholic church 1j now as sembled In the Sistine chapel at Rome for the purpose of electing 1 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. But 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 la 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 nutclll 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 there Is no indication of how long this condition of afTalrs will continue. The prolongation of the contest has arous ed tremendous Interest. Every traca of that apathy at Rome" which follo wed 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 strained eyes, they waited in hope of seeing a tiny little stream of smoke. Several attempts to establish com munication with the conclave have boon 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 camerlengo by the mar shal and extra precautions were pro vided to prevent a repetition of the occurrence. Conventional Blens for comrrrtinlcatlons, codes, etc, have all failed up to the present time. Powder Magazines Exploded. Two small powder magazines In the midst of the houses of 50 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 mt gazlnes were blown to pieces, four boys 200 yards away were killed by the force of the explosion ard 14 frame houses within a radius of 400 yards collapsed as though built of card?. 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 injuries. 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 60 miles away. A long line of hearses moving through the streets of Ixwell was a pathetic reminder of Wednesday's terrible catastrophe at Wlgglnsville, when an explosion scuffed out nearly a score of lives. At present the num ber of dead stands at 19. Two of the Injured are in a critical condition. The 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 tight In the captain's office, during which Turnkey Coch rane was fatally stabbed. Guard Cot ter was killed and'Offlcer 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 Bald mountain. State troops ordered out by Governor Par deo have gone to the scene. When the armory was reached offi cers there attempted to luterfere but were quickly overpowered and the convicts took a Bupply of weapons and ammunition and made a dash for the country. Sir Thomas Lipton at Niagara Falls. Accompanied by bis party Sir Thomas Lipton vlsitod Niagara Falls on Sunday. Later he inspected the mammoth electric pawer plant and then went for a trolley ride past the Falls and up to Le Alston, where he boarded one of the Niagara Naviga tion company's steamers for Niagara-on-the-Lake, to which place the Can adian yachtsmen had brought their de fender of the Canada's cup, the (it rQthnnnn Upon his arrival at the Queen's hotel at Niagara-on-the-Lake. SIi Thomas was greeted by Commando! 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 wondei also. I am glad to have this opportu nity on Pritlsh soil 'of testifying to vhe 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 you! good friends across your frontier. II an error was ever made It would be In favor of the foreigners. For good sportsmen give me the American peo ple. I hope to come to Toronto and bring the cup after the races" Reimports of American Cotton. Weather, crop and trade condition are seasonably favorable, though Ir regularity and weakness In some sta ple prices reflect readjustments of con sumption to enlarged production Copious rains In the corn belt and in the western portion of the cotton re gion have removed some of the uneas iness existing as to the outturn ot these two great crops, and despite this backwardness the outlook for general trade has been measurably helped. Cotton crop reports this week ar fully as favorable as at any previous time, and an unquestionable gain In condition w'U probably be shown In every state by the agricultural report this week. Rains have benefited crop In the Gulf states. The first six months of 1903 wit r.cssed a record breaking productior. of pig iron, and the same Is true of the fiscal year ending June 30. The situation In the cotton goodf trade Is apparently ro clearer. Jul delivery was this week pushed up tc new records. Reimports of American cotton 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. was held for the grand jury foi the murder of his wife, Augusta whose body was found In a sewer ot Sunday. He confessed freely and ap parently without fear. Ebelt gazed upon the corpse wltt an Indifferent air and admitted that li 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 officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be held at Cleveland O., within a few days to elect a new grand chief and assistant grand chief to succeed P. M. Arthui and A. B. Youngson, deceased. Tht fact that Mr. Youngson just beforf his death nominated H. M. Shay o Youngstown as first assistant granc chief will have no effect, according tt authorities, as the board of grand offl eers had no chance to confirm his nomination before the death of th grand chief. Railroad Accidents For Three Months The report of the Interstate com merce commission on accidents in Unl ted States for the thre months end ing March 31 last shows that dur ing that quarter 200 persons wer kuied 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 aggregats casualties 827 killed and 11,481 in jured. There were 1,650 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 a Dnm No. 1 in the Allegheny river a Pittsburg Tuesday night, Josepl Brown, aged 19; Henry Brown, agec 14; Frederick Bulger, Jr., and Edni Shipley, aged 13, were drowned. Thi three boys were rowing below tht dam in a skiff and Invited three gir friends to join them. Within short 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. Hawailans Want Home Rule. At the session of the Home Ruh convention at Honolulu ex-DelegaU Wilcox urged that congress b memorialized to grant Hawaiian Inde pendmce and the establishment of l government similar to that of Cuba His remarks were received enthuui astically. It is probable that a pe tition embodying Wilcox's v'ews 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 a college to be known as the Will iam Smith college for women. The In stitutlon will be on a plot of 3(1 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, Constitution and Columbia lr. which the former again showei her superiority over the other two the challenge committee of the New Yacht. ciib selected the Reliance a: the defender of the America's cud. ARMY GLOE 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)tary Root ha3 made public all the papers re lating to the Investigation into the government contract for gloves with E. R. Lyon. This contractor secured the gloves from Littauer Bros., the 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 Garlineton made an Inves tigation and submitted a report as to the facts in the case. Judge Advocate General Davis made an extensive re view and suhmlttod an opinion to Sec retary Root. In the course of his 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 11.54 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 tc-ok 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 per pair, Lyon was to receive one half of the profits. There was a profit of $3, 537.05, one half of which wa3 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 t'.ie repayment of whatever sum Is 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 tho 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 oi 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 contn!has been com pletely executed; that the entlro con sideration has passed, 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 the 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 ol an attempted violation of the statute; and should also have caused him to be on his guard for evidence of financial weakness on the part of the principal in the perfornianre of the agreement. Tho fact that It was perfectly lawful for the bidder to mako purchases ol any firms engaged in tho making ol gloves, whatever their composition made It difficult for the contracting officer to ascertain whether a corrupt Intent exhted. so leng as tho tcrm of the contract were carried out in ap parent good faith; and It made It sim llarly difficult to obtain Information o a positive character In rt-spnrt to the 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 o1 the United States to see that the ar ticlos procured were of standard qual lty and that the prices paid were rei sonalile. The te-tiniony elic!to dur Ing the course of the Invoitigatloi Vowing the nrices nald. the craftM realized and the numerous rejections of goods which fell short of the stand ards established by the department, chows that this duty wa3 thoroughly 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 vietv of getting their testimony. When taken he says It can be referred to Ihe department of ju;tice with tho ether 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 homo In Washington. For some time, it is said, Mr. Knox has designed to buy a country home because the 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 price paid for the farm was In the neighborhcod 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 tweek Mr. Knox will start to Install his furniture. Mr. Knox transfers his affections from Flttsburg, the scene of his Hfe'3 labors, to the pretty suburb of Phil adelphia partly because he wishes to beeorre a breeder of blue-blooded horses, but. the chief reason for his choice of the estate he has bought lies In the 'act that unsn 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 Forge. It Is less than a 'mile Oorcl Vhe house In which the nt.rint commander-in-chief I'ved an h'd his cou-clls of war during the long winter of his armv's suffering. And on this side of the 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 has settled down on the farm It 13 likely that Mr. Knox 11 add other tracts to It as he already ho'ds op tions on these. Charge of Publishing Sedition. Pekln, 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 arreat have been Issued by the Tao Ta of Shanghai on the charge cf publishing seditious mat ter. The Russian, French and Ameri can ministers are In favor of surrend ering the reformers, while It. is un derstood that the British 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 home. Ills father called for volnn teern and 200 men and boys Joined In the chase. No trace of the negroes was found. Sheriff Morlgel followed the mob to prevent a lynching If pos sible. Splendid Racer In Light Wind. Atlantic Highlands. N. J., Aug. 4. With all the luck against her. Sham rock III again proved herself a splen did racer In lleht wind? by beating her pacemaker, Shamrock I, 9 minutes and 52 seconds, In a 30-mlle windward and leeward race off Sandy Hook. - The new boat pointed higher and sailed faster than Shamrock I throughout the race and In" the opinion of her friends gave a wonderful exhibition. Sham rock I was a mile astern 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 Towers for the third time on a charge of complicity In the Goebol assassination. The ttate will cull about 50 witnesses. A KIiik'k Trirk. King (iustavus III. of Sweden hud been frequently Invited to the little court of Schwcriu. In 17s:t he paid a visit to (ienimii.v, mui us soon as the Duchess of Mecklenburg heard of his lipproiicll she prepared fetes In hi.-) honor. But (Justavus, who disdained the petty courts of the small rulers, sent two of his attendants u aue mimed IVjTou Hiul Iiesvoilgrs, a valet who bad formerly been an actor-to be entel'taliied by the duchess. The two personated the king and his min ister, Baron Spnnv, mid sustained the characters throughout. They accepted ns their due all the homage meant fur their master, danced with the Mecklen burg ladies who were presented to them, and lVynni went m far as to ask one of the ladies fur her portrait. Meantime (iuslavus was enjoying him self 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 Gibbon3 attended a meeting nf 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. Weiss In the Mor ton House. Weis3 and Mrs. Quitt ner's husband were friends and neigh bors in Schenectady. Thursday. An explosion of natural gas In the rear of a saloon at Columbus, O., killed two women and Injured halt a dozen men. District Attorney Jerome said the 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 Cartridge company at Lowell, Mass. W. Bonrke 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 workingmen 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 the cardinals that the work of tho conclave will begin Saturday morn ing. Bishop Burgess of Long Island and the Rev. W. A. Wasson of Mattituck were nearly drowned in Peconic bay when their sailboat capsized. Pr. Joseph Kelvin of Carbondale, Pa., attempted to rescue Miss Merle Shannon of William.-port, Pa., In the surf at Atlantic City and both were drowned. Jxmdon banker expre?ses belief that United States Is "within measurable distance of adopting free trade," and quotes President McKinley to sustain hi3 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, Pa., Nation al bank. By order of President Roo?evelt, extra pay will be 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 C2 cardinals retired to their cells In the 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 aro af fected. Monday. King Edward and Queen Alexandra ended tholr 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 vote". Lawrence Murphy sentenced in Now York to five years and six monthi' imprisonment for "mhezzling $12,000 of funds of the stonecutters' union while treasurer of tho organization. Reginald C. Vandorbilt's horses were attached just before they entered con tests at the Iong Branch horso show to satisfy a five thousand dollar judg ment resulting from an automobile ac cident. Tuesday. The sixth ballot was taken by M conclave at Rome anil proved fruit less. Chinese reformers are terrorized by execution of Slien Chien, and country returning to conditions following coui) of 1S98. Forty-five Italians, unn-iiiiinu em ployes of the Union Furnace coinpany. were arrested at Buffalo for sliooii;::; into a crowd. A gambling house In Saratoga, N. Y.. iwas raided, ami Jerry Minehun, a village trustee, win arraigned as common gambler. Dora Clay "rock, former child wifo of General Casshis M. Clay, produces a will, drawn one year later than the one probated Monday, In which White hall Is given to tho 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 cases where to the Inmates oleomar garine is served In place of butter. The ill-informed general public had supposed all along that the commis sioner had unmistakable authority to prosecute the 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 vocates that he 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 rnd 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 ef 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. Watson 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 brldee. She tried to turn and Mr. Gregg, seeing the car rlaee, shouted a warning The two vehicles cr ned. the ear rlaso being wrecked and overtuTned, falling upon the two women. The front, axle of the automobile- was smashed. Mrs. Nelson escaped with bruises and cuts, but Mrs. Watson roo lnlDm l!v In lured. New Railroad to Anthracite Field. Reading. Pa., Aug. 3. A mortgage of $2,300,000 was placed on record in the court houe 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 the secretary. The new road will be 50 miles shorter to the coal regions than any other route now completed. Those Interested say the new lino will have important connec tions, both at Baltimore and In Read ing. There Is a rumor that the Gould Interest?, after they reach Balti more, will tap the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania by this new road. Strike Troubles Continue at Tin Mills. Plttiburg, Aug. 3. Joseph Maunda, one of the strikers shot by a non-union workman at the Port Vue Tinplate works near McKeesport. Is In a serious condition, bur will probably recover. If. B. King and Elmer Dolloff, who are charged with the shooting, are In tho lockup without ball, pending the re sult cf Maunds' wounds. During the day, strike sympathizers and friends oT the non-union men clashed several time'. 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 loaded with iumber. The car left Wllliamsport. Ta., on July 23, 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 tho dining room windows. She quietly procured a revolver and fehot at the Intruder, wounding him In the shoulder. He got away. Injunction Against Odd Fellows. New Castle, Ta., Aug. 3. The olty caused an Injunction to be Issued against tho New Castle Odd Fellows proceeding with the erection of their temple, the foundation of which, it Is claimed. Is built out In the channel of the Neshannork river and alleged to bo an encroachment on the stream. One Victim Dead. Now Catle. Aug. 3. Mrs. Mary Pan cnwlez, who was burned in the Polish hoarding bouse explosion here Friday ne;M. died at tho hospital. The other vietim.i are all doing well except Joe Knlvock. who now lias interna! com plications in addition to his severe body burns. Fierce Fight Among Laborers. Sharon. Pa.. Aug. 3. Sixty Erie Italian section bands who struck on Monday returned to work Friday. Others who refused to o to work at tacked them wlih clubs and stones. A fierce tight followed, and several shots were tired, John Marzetta was shot In the face, but not seriously wounded. y
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