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TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER U. 1903.
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BOWOUGH OFFICER!.
Burgess. F. R. Lanson.
CuuHCtlmen. Dr. J. C. Dunn, O. O.
Gaston, J. B. Muse, C. F. Weaver, J. W.
Landers, J. T. Dulo, W. F Killmer
Justice of the reace-r-C. A. Randall, S.
' J. SeCley.
Constable S. R. Maxwell.
Collector 8. J. Setley.
School Directors U. Fulton. J. C.
Scowden, J. K. WonK, R. L. Haslet. E.
W Bowman, Ueo.'Holemau.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley.
Member of Senate J. Kt P. Rail.
Assembly V. W. Amslor.
President Judge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges R. B. Crawford, W.
,11. 11. Dotterer.
Prothoiwtary, Register & Recorder, se.
J. C. deist. ..
Sheriff. Ueo. W. Noblit.
Treasurer Vri. A. Keller.
Commissioners O. Burhenn, A. K.
Shipe, Henry Weingard.
District Attorney H. D. Irwin.
Jury, Commissioners Ernest Sibble,
Lowls Wagner.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditors Vf. II. Stiles, Geo.
W. Holeman, B. A. MoCloskey.
County Survcyor-V. W.
County Superintendent E. E. Stltzin-
"el"" Hejrriin of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Church and MnbbiUh School.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m t M. 'K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. O. H. Nickle
, Preaching in the F. M. Church every
kabhath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
... . ,1 Aiianinif
every jSalibain morning anu oo.....8f
Rev.'R.W.IIIingworth, Pastor.
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lilt) ICiimi iiiu...ft- -
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and louriu luesunjn ui
m nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi- NKSTA LODGE, No. 300, T. O. O. F.
1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Halt, I'ariruigo uuiiuum.
1
4V)REST LODGE, No. 184, A. O.' U. W
Mhuis every Friday evening inA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tlonwua.
CAPT. G KOKI i IS l V w ruoii""'
G. A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
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Hall, Tionesla.
. m-nimi,' nTftW rniips. No
137. W. R. C, meets first and third
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Tionesla, Pa,
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
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Warren, Pa
Praotice in Forest Co.
O .BROWN,
A. ATTORNEY-ATLAW.
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., 1 lonesta, ra..
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W. MORROW, M. D.,
DlAul.n Mnrirnnn . DfllltiHt,
rtm,. inri n7!wim'ii'n three doors north
Professional
calls promptly responded to at all houra.
R. F. J. BO YARD,
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Tionesta, Pa. ProfeHsional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
nighl. Residence Elm St., between
Grove s grocery anu norow a imiui"
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R. J. B. SIGOINS.
lMiuaif nn nnil Miirunnn.
J OIL CITY, PA
P.
U. LANSON,
Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing.
Tionesla, Pi
Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks
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This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a completechange,
and is now furnished with all the mod
.... i.nnmi.i,iAiitii. Heated and liirhted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
I i ' im.'kmvv ,tr uKROW Proprietor.
Tiftiisela, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
located hotel In llie place, aim n
modern ImprovtMiienlH. No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. irst
class Livery in connection.
pilIL. KMERT
FANCY BOOT A HIIOICM AKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut street., Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees bis work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion v:iveu to mend ing, and prices rea
sonable. J OR15NZO FULTON,
Manufacturer of aud Dealer in
HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES,
And all kir Is of
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
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GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
I TROLLEY CAR WRECK.
A Head-On . Collision Sunday
Noon Near Pelham, N. H.
Cruisers Arrive at Beirut Statement
by Turkish Minister America's
Cup Is Safe Lehigh Will Enter
Syracuse Decrease In Public Debt.
Deer Plentiful.
Through a head-on collision on
Sunday, near Pelham, N. H., between
two electric cars, each running, It is
said, at a rate of more than 25 miles
an hour, four persons were killed and
1S bo seriously Injured that they ara
under physicians' care and several oi
tnese are expected to die. There were
70 passengers on the two cars and
many others received cuts and niinoi
wound
The accident occurred lust before
noon on the line which runs through
the town between Lowell and Nashua.
The collision iwas due, according to
the ofllcials of the road, to a mlsunder
standing of the starter s orders by tne
niotorman of the car bound foi
Nashua. The car starter endeavored
to rectify this mistake by sending a
mnn to shut off the Dower and trying
to retail the Nashua bound car but
failed. The accident occurred on a
curve.
The cars met on the curve, neithei
mctorman seeing the approaching cat
until too late- to avoid a collision.
Neither was there any time for the
nassnneers to escape by Jumping
when the cars came togetner wun a
fnrre that threw the westbound car
dlmctlv unon the forward part of the
other, crushing the top of the cai
down unon the passengers and pinion
ing those occupying the first three
eeats In the wreckage.
America's Cup Is Safe.
The Reliance, the American cup de
fender, won the third and final race
and the series for the America's cup
Thursday In a dense fog which pre
vented vision beyond 200 yards.
Shamrock III after running for more
than an hour in the fog missed the
finish lino, passed by it and then re
turned to it from the opposite direc
tion. As the Reliance was then be
lug towel through the fleet, the Sham
rock III did not cross the finish line.
As often said of the historic race when
the America won the cup, there was
no seconl.
The boats were timed at the turn
as follows: Reliance, 3:40:35; Shauv
rock III, 3:51:45. The Reliance had
gaine! U minutes and 3 seconds
in the thresh to windward. .
The Reliance crossel the finish line
at 5:30:02 and It was after 6 o'clock
when the fog i.fted a bit and disclosed
the challenger hove to north of the
line.
Captain Wringe had , missed it in
the fog and passed by to the east of
it. The Shamrock did not attempt to
cross the line, but after a feeble
salute from the fleet was taken in tow
to tho Hook, the fleet started for home
and the spries of races In defense of
the America's cup for 1903 were ended
and American genius, brains and sea
manshlp were once more triumphant
Want Canada to Try.
The final defeat of Sir Thomas Lip
ton's Shamrock was received In London
with absolute listlessness. The con
sensus of opinion Is that Sir Thomas
Llpton has done everything that time
and money could accomplish and wide
spread sympathy for him is shown.
The chief hope expressed in tho
streets la that Canada will enter the
lists next year and possibly succeed
where the mother country has failed
It seems improbable that, In view of
the failure of Shamrock III, another
challenger will soon be dispatched
from England.
War Thought to Be Certain.
Both In offlcical and revolution
ary circles in Bulgaria the opinion is
freely held that war between Turkey
and Bulgaria i3 imminent and can be
averted by nothing short of a miracle.
It is not expected that either govern
ment will formally declare hostilities
but that the prevailing conditions will
forc on a war.
The Turks there, howerer, take an
optimistic view, asserting that there is
nn dancer of war. as Turkey does not
desire one and Prince Ferdinand and
the present Bulgarian government are
not in a position to force hostilities.
The Bulgarian agent at Uskub re
ports that the detachments of Turkish
troops sent to garrison the small towns
in that viiayet have spread destruction
along their route; the villagers have
been robbed and beaten, the women
violated and the Christian population
subjected to every conceivable outrage.
while the local authorities appear to
be helpless to stop tho atrocities.
Statement by Turkish Minister.
Chekib Bey, the Turkish minis
ter at Washington, has received from
the minister of foreign affairs at
Constantinople a dispatch giving tho
TurkUh version of the reported at
tempt on the life of United States
VIph Consul Magelssen, at Beirut.
it says that the pistol was fired by
a man returning from a marriage fete.
that the shot waa fired in the air and
that it happened Just as Mr. Magels
sen was passing In his carriage. This,
the dispatch says, led the vice consul
to believe that an attempt had been
made against his life.
The man who did the shooting al
ready has been delivered to the ju
dicial authorities. Chekib Bey's dis
patch also asserts that order and
tranquility prevail at Beirut.
The information contained in the
cablegram has been furnished to Unl-
ted States Minister Lelshman at Con
stantinople by the Turkish minister of
foreign affairs and to Secretary Hay
fey the Turkish minister here.
U. S. Cruisers at Beirut.
The United Status cruisers Brooklyn
and San Francisco have arrived at
Beirut, Syria.
The disposition of 1110 cruisers
Brooklyn and San Francisco of Ad
miral Cotton's squadron has not yet
been signally determined at Washing
ton. Much will depend on the character
of the report the admiral mako3 con
cerning conditions in and about Bel-
rut and on the representations which
may come from the minister.
Three Lives Lost In Freight Wreck.
One of the worst freight wrecks
on the middle division of the Pcnn-
ylvanla railroad in years occurred
late on Saturday night at Ryde, 54
miles east of Altoona, Pa., and caused
the loss of three lives and $100,000
worth of property.
One eastbouud freight ran into
another and 40 cars and their contents
were scattered over the tracks.
The tracks were torn up for a con
siderable distance and It was not until
Sunday night that the wreckage was
sufficiently cleared to permit running
trains.
Lehigh Valley Will Enter Syracuse.
E. I. Burt of New York city has
purchased $1,200,000 first mortgage
gold bond fives of the Syracuse,
Skaneateles and Moravia railroad,
which runs from Syracuse to Moravia
anJ connects with all points. The
road permits the Lehigh Valley to en
ter Syracuse, which they have hereto
fore been unable to get. Wing T.
Parker of Moravia Is the president of
the railroad company and Henry J.
Hubbard of this city is the vice pres
ident and Edward Stetson Grlfflng of
39 Nassau street the general manager,
Constable Charged With Murder.
John I. Fisher, constable of the First
ward, was arrested in Lebanon, Pa.,
charged with the murder of City
Solicitor J. Marshall Funck on July
Fisher is at present under
ball to answer to the charge of rob
blng the city solicitor of $280 on the
morning of the latter's death. J Mar
shall Funck was one of the leading
members of the Lebanon bar and wa3
found hanging in his office. There
was no npparent reason for his self
destruction and the motive of his Bup-
posed suicide had been a mystery.
85 Miles an Hour.
A new world's record for long dls
tance running wa3 made by a passen
ger train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Sunday morning of this
week. The 128 miles between
Chicago Junction, Ohio, and Garrett,
Indiana, was coverei in 125 minutes,
During the run a speed of 85 miles an
hour was reached. The train was
made up of five car3 with an engine
of the new Atlantic type, weighing
177,000 pounds.
Parks' Release Ordered.
Justice Sewell of the supreme court
in New York city has signed an
order granting a certificate of reason
able doubt In the case of Samuel
Parks, the walking delegate who Is
now In Sing Sing, having been con
victed of a charge of extortion, pend
ing appeal proceedings and ordered his
release in $10,000 ball. Assemblyman
Butler, who was in court, stated that
former Chief of Police William S. Dev
ery would furnish bail for Parks.
San Juan's Lecer Colony.
Jose Matrero. a non-leprous pa
tient who was liberated from the leper
colong at San Juan, P. R., as a result
of the recent Investigation, died on
Mondav of heart disease superin
duced by Joy at hi3 release. The prob
Ing into the !e;irosy scandal continued
to produce unpleasant developments.
The public report of the committee of
the executive council investigating the
matter will be made next week.
Star Hal Captured $10,000 Stake.
A record breaking crowd of 15,000
persons attractevl by the-supreme con
test of the grand circuit at Provi
dence, R. I., the $10,000 stake for
2:11 class pacers, gathered at Nar
ragansett park and saw Star Hal, a
brown horse owned by W. L. Snow
of Hornellsville, N. Y., capture the
lace and the purse in three straight
heats.
ner.masa In Public Debt.
Statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business August
31, 1903, th total aeDt less casn in
tho trpssiirv amounted to $923,924,357.
tvhich is a decrease for the month of
16,008,951. Thi3 decrease is accounted
for principally by the corresponding
Increase in tne casn on nana, wnicn
amounts to $383,450,710.
Deer Very Plentiful.
The deer shooting sea-on In New
York state opened Monday and
northern trains are carrying many
hunters to the Adirondacks. Campers
from tho mountains say deer are very
plentiful this year, especially in the
vicinity of Whittaker lake in Hamilton
county.
Army of Philippines
The sesMon of the conv
Army of the Philippines
niinn., was devoted to
Society.
ention of the
at St. Paul,
hearing re-
ports on ritual and o
ilher routine
business. St. Louis was
selected as
the place for- holding the
tion.
next conven
Professor of Physics at Hobart
Arthur Bacon, Dartmouth collego
1897, has accepted a call to the pro-
fessorshlp of physics In Hobart col
I'ge.
HAD GREAT RECEPTION.
mmense Throng Greeted the
President at Syracuse.
Delivered an Address at State Fair
Grounds on Good Citizenship and
the Relations Both Labor and Capital
Bear to the State Hi'morous
Speech by Senator Depew.
Syracuse, Sept. 8. President Roose
velt was accorde.1 a magnificent recep
tion yesterday by the citizens of his
own state. Frcm the moment of his
arrival In this beautiful city at 9:30
o'clock until he stepped aboard his
special train at 10:30 at night to be
gin his return trip to- Oyster Bay he
as given a continuous ovation. Syra
cuse never before hell such a throng
as assembled here to greet the presi
dent.
Quito 100,000 people from all Bec-
tlons of New York state tested the
carrying capacity of the various lines
of railroal and many additional thous
ands came from the country immeJi
ately contiguous to this city.
Everywhere in the city and at the
grounds of the New York State Fair
a:soclatlon the president was received
with notable enthusiasm. As he
drove through the streets the tens of
thousands of people banked along the
sidewalks greeted him with cheers.
Business houses and residences were
ablaze with bunting and the American
flag floated In the gentle breeze from
almost every window.
Syracuse rose to the occasion. Not
a hitch occurred to mar the perfection
cf the arrangements. The great
throng was handled admirably by the
local police and militia and no serious
accidents were recorded. President
Roosevelt expressed himself as de
lighted with his reception.
Busy Day For President.
For the president It was a busy day
as well as a day full of interesting in
cidents. In the morning soon after
his arrival he reviewed from a beauti
fully decorated stand in Hanover
square a great parado of the labor or
ganizations of the city; he then went
to the State Fair grounds, where he-
delivered within the hearing of quite
10,000 people an address on good cltl
zenship and the relations which both
labor and capital sustain to the state;
he was the principal guest at a lunch
eon at the club house on the grounds
a luncheon which was attended by
every important state official except
Governor Odell, who could not be
present on account of a previous en
g,agement, and by many men proml
nent in the life of the Empire com
monwealth; reviewed a fine parade of
the National Letter Carriers' associa
tion and fraternal bodies of the city,
and was the guest at night of former
United States Senator Frank Hiscock
at a complimentary dinner which was
attended by about 30 gentlemen invit
ed to meet the chief executive.
The speech delivered by tho presi
dent Is regarded by many as one of the
most powerful and effective he ever
made. He was in excellent voice, the
great throng of his friends appealed
Lo him and he was never happier in
his fide remarks. Quite 50,000 peo
ple were on the grounds but it was im
possible that his voice could reach
all of them.
After the applause which greeted the
president's address had subsided the
crowd called for Senator Chauncey M,
Depew. He delivered a brief but de
liehtful speech In course of which he
pronounced the president s address the
best he ever had heard him deliver;
made some witty remarks at the ex
pense of Lieutenant Governor Frank
W. Hipgins an:! former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Timothy I . Woodruff; was a hit
sarcastic at the expense of former
Senator David B. Hill, who, he ?ald
had recently exploited a new system
af theology, and conclude! with an
eloquent euloey of American manhood
and womanhood as the foundation of
the American republic.
Discussion Over Cauee of Pope's Death
Rome. Sent. 8. Senator Antonio
Carjarelll. whose name was among
those mentioned when it was proposed
to call In additional physicians lor
onsultatlon with Drs. Lapponl ana
Mazzonl during the illness of the late
Pope Leo, is on the point of publishing
ii namnhlet with the Intention of prov
Ing that the pope did not die of
pleurisy. The appearance of the
pamnhelt Is awaited with great curio
Itv. as It is foreseen that It will give
rise to a heated discussion.
Crank Shaft Broke In the Rapids
OgJen.-burg. Sept. 8.--While running
the Geloupe rapids the crank shaft of
the passenger steamer Mary broke
leaving her helpless In very swift
Hater with many pas-engers on board.
The steamer floated down past Lotus
iiland when she ran high and dry on
to a small Island, all escaping safoly
shore. Wreckers have gone to re
lease her.
Trains Stopped by Snow.
Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. H. A
heavy snow fell on the range between
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek
It was impossible to run trains to the
summit of Tike's I'eak on account of
the snow drifts, although traffic will
be resumed a.i soon as snow plows can
clear the cog road.
No Truth In Rumor.
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 8.- Mr. W. J
Rrvan said that there was no truth In
Ibe rnm.-ir th. t Captain R. P. Hobson
and Mi s Until P.ryan were enwod
to be married.
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.
State Convention Held Last Week at
Harrisburg.
Harnsourg, Pa., Sept. 3. The Demo
cratic state convention was called to
order by State Chairman Hall. Will
iam J. Brennan of Pittsburg, who had
been selected temporary chairman by
the executive committee, accepted thd
position in a brief speech.
After the contests la Luzerne and
Westmoreland counties had been re
ferred to the credentials committee,
the standing committees were an
nounced. The convention then took a recess
to allow the committees on permanent
organization, credentials and plat
form to dispose of the business re
ferred to them.
When the convention re-assembled,
Thomas B. Alcorn of Pittsburg, from
the committee on permanent organiza
tion, reported that Senator Webster
L. Grim of Bucks county had been se
lected for permanent chairman.
The following platform was then
adopted.
The organized Democracy of Penn
sylvania, addressing Pennsylvanlans
of all poltit.ieal parties, again calls upon
them to unite with it in a supreme ef
fort to rid our commonwealth of that
Eelflsh, corrupt, extravagant and be
basing rule which still controls its af
fairs. We repeat the charges elaborated
in the platform of our last state con
vention and reaffirm that to the
pledges and to the candidates of the
Democratic party alone can the peo
ple of our state turn for deliveTance
from the evils under which they suffer.
Not one pleige made by the Re
publican machine as a condition of its
continuance In power has been kept.
Today we witness the astonishing
spectacle of almost the entire Repub
lican press1 of the state and country
denouncing the governor for his ap
proval of the Grady-Salus libel law,
the product, as they declare, of the
worst motives and purposes of the
Republican machine. This law they
charge was deliberately intended by
its authors and promoters as an as
sault upon the freedom of the press
To the repeal of this measure the
ftate can safely count upon the vote
and effort of every Democratic mem
ber of the next legislature. To the
defeat of the candidate who stands for
the purposes behind It and the meth
ods of Its adoption, we pledge the
best efforts of our party and invite
the aid of Republican voters.
We demand the enactment of a bal
lot law which shall provide for per
sonal registration of voters in the cit
ies of the state, insure a free, equal.
secret ballot, and the opening of bal
lot boxe3 obligatory when demanded
by citizens charging contemplated or
accomplished frauds.
We deplore the continued existence
of labor troubles and express the hope
that through concession, moderation
nnd fair dealing, early adjustments
may be reachel. While we concede to
capital and to employers the utmost
protection guaranteed by the const!
tutlon and the laws, we also declare
It to bo our conviction that labor has
the right to that protection which
comes through organization and union
The platform opposes the present
system of taxation and favors tho re
peal of all mercantile license taxes
and a return into the local city, county
and borough treasuries of all other
license taxes collected therein.
A minority report on national Issues
was ruled out of order. The following
nominations were made:
Senator Arthur O. Dewalt of Lehigh
county, auditor-general; Senator Joel
G. Hill of Wayne, state treasurer;
John A. Ward, Philadelphia, and ex
Judge Calvin Reyburn of Armstrong
county, judges of the superior court,
WANT GOOD ROADS.
Supervisors Beginning to Apply For
Portion of State Appropriation.
Harrisburg. Sept. 7 "It will need
a campaign of education before we can
ect the good roads law Into operation,
said State Highway Commissioner Jo
seph W. Hunter on his return from a
meeting of road supervisors or lnai-
nna county.
"We are receiving a number or ap
plications for a portion of the Jfi.&iiu,
nnn aonrouriation made by tho last
legislature for tho Improvement of tho
reals of Pennsylvania, and as tne m
nervlsors over the state are getting a
knowledge of tho law they are taking
advantage of it.
"I think in time the people of the
state, especially those charged with
the making of roads, will tnorougniy
.Tirterstand the law and ask to have
it practical application In the making
nf good roa ls for their tunslilp3.
Wife Burned His Savings.
Parkersburg W. Va.. Sept. 7. Rob
trt Cassady of Ritchie county doe3 not
tielipvrt in banks and nut $"i0 in cash
in a straw mattresi. His wife does
not believe in 'dirt and burned, tho
ttraw, filling the mattress with fresh
straw. Nothing is left of the savings
of several years but ashes.
Train Struck Handcsr.
llnller. I':i.. Sept. 7.- A conl train on
the l'ittsluiig. Itessei kt an I l ake
Erie railroad htrm-k a handcar loaded
with sect Ion hands. In the scramble
to get off the car Antmie Stamia was
thrown in tiv.nt of it and the uhcel
passtrl over his bo(l
Around the World In 40 Days.
Cleveland Sept. 7. I'. M. Spencer,
rre-ident of the Cleveland National
bank, Is prep:;nn"; to bleak tho world
record for poin arcviil the world
He expects to act uiuplish the trip in
40 days. Mr. Spe-uer has no fear of
boriuus delays, except in Russia.
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 Facte Given in as Few
Words as Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
W. J. Bryan has left Lincoln for
Ohio to begin his campaign In behalf
of the Democratic state ticket.
An attempt to sail the third race of
the America's cup series was frustrat
ed again Tuesday by lack of wind and
a thick fog.
Contractor R. J. Hickey, Superin
tendent of Water Schunke and a col
ored employe were asphyxiated by
sewer gas in the North avenue sewer
at Milwaukee.
Eleven trolley officials, most of them
millionaires, were placed on trial In
Newark for manslaughter as a result
of the Clifton avenue collision on Feb.
19, in which nine school children
were killed.
Thursday.
Five arrest3 have been made at
Beirut In connection with tho allege!
shooting at the American vice consul.
Andrew Carnegie, before the Iron
ind Steel Institute at Barrow-in-Fur
ness, declared that tho price of steel
would be higher.
Brutal crimes, resembling the Molly
Maguire murders of 30 years ago, are
puzzling the authorities of the anthra
cite fields In Northern Pennsylvania.
Delegates to the congress of actuar
ies discussed the probabilities and ex
pectations of life and proposed a table
to fix damages In cases of persons
killed by negligence.
Eyewitnesses told of the Newark
grade accident in which nine school
children lost their lives and for which
11 officers and directors of the street
railway company are on trial for man-
tlaughtor.
Friday.
New York Yacht club retains the
America's cup, the Reliance beating
tho challenger for the third time
Thursday.
An Austrian steamer bound for Con
stantinople, which had just touched
at Burgas, Bulgaria, was blown up on
the Black sea and 29 lives were lost
In an address at Poughkeepsle Gov
ernor Odell defenUs the state tax laws
and answers 'with figures the argument
that the municipalities bear the great
est burden.
Chief Justice Gummere ordered idis
missal of indictment for manslaughter
cgalnst officials of North Jersey Street
railroad, who were accused of causing
by negligence the deaths of nine school
children at Newark.
Frestdent Roosevelt was threatened
with assassination at his Oyster Bay
homo late on Tuesday night by Honry
Weilbrenner, a young farmer, who had
become Insane, and who hai his re
volver knocked from his hand by a se
cret service agent.
Saturday.
West Seneca, near Buffalo, the great
and rapidly growing steel plant dis
trict, Is to have a new postofflce.
Minister Lelshman has Informed the
ttate department that some of the Eu
ropean powers have landed marines
at Constantinople.
In an approaching election at Hob
son City, Ala., a negro colony, there
are only 20 qualified voters and nearly
as many olllces to fill.
Governor Odell In a speech at Glov
ersvillo said that the discouragement
of enlistment in the militia constitut
ed a near approach to trea-on.
Two victories were won for America
In the Ala-ka boundary case, the first
being the imme liato organization ot
the commission, and tho second, a de
cision to close oral arguments by
Oct. 9.
Monday.
The British government has appoint
el a commission to inquire into the
physical deterioration of the lower
classe-".
Great excitement prevails In Bel
grade over the military plot to kill the
Servian regicides, and a cabinet crisis
may follow.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the council of war hai recommended
an immediate ultimatum to Bulgaria
and It is rumored that the Turkish
troops have already crossed the fron
tier.
Judge Denis O'Brien was renominat
ed by the Democratic state committee
for the court of appeals and provision
was made fur the nomination of can
didates for United States senators In
state convention hereafter.
Tuesday.
The Bulgarian council of ministers
has duelled to maintain the strictest
neutrality in the Macedonian question.
President K.iosevelt reviewed the
Labor day parade at Syracuse and al't
edwanN made a speech at the formal
opening of ih state fair.
Sir Thomas Lipton visited the fire
station at tho Battery, New York, and
when dared by a fireman olliclal
promptly slid down the brass pole.
Emlinssii-s of foreign powers at Con
stantinople are guarded by armed
bailors from the guard-ships; Turkish
soldier:; are on duty at tlie German
embassy.
l'rofivsor L. II. Bailey of the Cor
nell agricultural college says there will
bo revival of agriculture In the East
and Western farmers havo taught all
baste rn farmers much that Is useful.
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE.
dug Through a Brick Wall at Scho
harie County Jail.
Albany, Sept. 8. "Sheeny" Harris,
ine of the gang of five that murdered
Night Watchman Matthews Wilson at
Cobleskill two years ago, and two
other prisoners, Edward Cain, colored,
aged 37, and James Kelly, aged 21.
both charged with burglary and grand
larceny, dug their way out of the
Schoharie county jail at Schoharie at
some time between 10 o'clock Sunday
night and 5 a. m. Monday and es
caped.
Three other prisoners were In the
jail but were locked in cells and could
not escape. The three that escaped
are still at large. A reward of $50
rach has been offered by the sheriff
for the capture of the men.
The jail Is a comparatively new
brick building, and was supposed to
be proof against such occurrences, but
when the jail was opened In the morn
ing the three most-wanted prisoners
were missing and the hole through the
wall told the story.
News of the escape has been tele
phoned and wired in all directions, but
thus far no trace of the fugitives has
been found.
"Sheeny" Harris Is well known as
a deperate criminal and the police be
lieve he will make every effort to
leave this vicinity, where he Is well
known to the police of many places.
It was largely through his testimony
as state's evidence that conviction
was secured against "Whltey" Sulli
van, William O'Connor, alias "Goat
Hlnch," "Canada Blackle" and "Dublin
Ned" Jackson, the first two of whom
have been put to death, and the other
two are serving sentences, one of life
and the other of 10 years.
The fifth member of the gang, one
Ballard, was killed a year or more ago
In the South. In the premature explos
ion of a nitro-glycerlne charge with
which he was blowing open a safe In
an attempted burglary.
"Sheeny" Harris was to have been
put upon his own trial this fall, at the
October term of court.
REPORT OF ADMIRAL COTTON.
Turkish Officials Say Four Men Have
Been Arrested For Attack on
Vice Consul,
Washington, Sept. 8. The navy de
partment has made public the follow
ing cablegram from Admiral Cotton
regarding the Turkish situation, dated
Beirut, Sept. 4:
"Vice consul shot at but uninjured.
The Turkish officials have Informed
consul that four men have been placed
under arrest because It Is susp -.1
that they had attacked the vice coiijiil.
I cabled Friday afternoon to the Amer
ican minister at Constantinople the ar
rival of the United States squadron.
The American minister has nothing to
communlcato.
"I have strengthened tho American
representatives' position by pro
nounced recognition of them. The
American consul and the vice consul
accompanied me in my call on tho
Turkish governor and the Turkish
general and were present at their call
on board tho Brooklyn.
"The Turkish officials very cordial.
The Turkish admiral Is here. Tho
following Turkish ships are here: One
small gunboat, one armored cruiser.
LTsual courtesies exchanged. Havo
conferred with the consul freely; will
confer with other prominent Amorlcan
citizens Sunday and next day. I shall
require a full statement in writing of
the situation at Beirut. The presence
of tho American squadron Inspires
with confidence and feeling of security
all foreigners and Christians.
"COTTON."
This cablegram has been communi
cated to the president and to tho
state department but no Instructions
have yet been sent to Admiral Cotton.
Parks Cheered and Hissed.
New York, Sept 8. Parks' progress
In tho parade from 59th street to
Washington arch was attended with
cheering and hl.-sing, applause and
Jeers, Insulting remarks and plaudits.
At eight or ten different points, wo
men standing at the curb hissed while
Parks was passing and then turned
to cheering tho rest of the parade.
On several occasions there was cheer
ing on one side of the avenue and
hissing on the other. The parade wa
reviewed by no city official and the
only approach to a formal review took
place near the end of the route, where
Parks and those in the carriages halt
ed while the paraders defiled before
them. The parade then broke up and
the organizations scattered.
Three Men Killed at a Camp Meeting.
Somerset, Ky., Sept. 8 Three men
were killed and several wounded In
a battle at a camp meeting 12 miles
cast of Somerset Sunday night. Ser
vices were In progress when William
Bolton, a constable, attempted to ar
iost two men named Richmond. A
fight followed In which Bolton, though
wounded, killed both the Richmond
and was himself killed by Columbus
Garrison. Several persons were In
jured by stray shots. Officers are
spanning for Garrison.
Runaway Horse Injured Children.
lk)6ton, Sept. 8. While thousands of
persons were awaiting tho appearance
of tho Labor day parade near Park
square, a runaway horse dashed
through crowds at several points,
severely injuring live children.
Injured by Overturned Auto.
Saratoga. Sept. 8. J. T. Lamb of
Binghamtoii. Mrs. Atkins and Mrs.
Martin have been seriously injured by
the overturning of their auto near
Saratoga lake.