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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 311.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1903.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Itwgeaa.Y. K. Laisou.
CutiHCilmtn. Dr. J. O. Dunn, G. O.
Gastnq, J. U. Miibo, C. F. Woaver, J. W.
Landers, J. T. Dale, W. F Klllmer.
Juaticea of the Peace C. A. lUndall, S.
J. Setley.
Countable 8. It. Maxwell.
Collector N. J. Motley.
School JMrectorah. Fulton. J. O.
Hnowdon, J. E. WenK, It. L. Haslet, E.
W Bowman, Geo. Holeman,
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congreaa Joseph C. Sibley.
Member of ticnnle J. K. P. Hall.
Aaaembly V. W.Amslor.
Pieaident Judge Vf. M. Llndsey.
Aaaoeiale JndgeaH. 11. Crawford, W.
U. II. Dotterer.
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lreottHrer Frd. A. Keller.
Commiaaionera O. Uurhonn, A. K.
Shlpe, Henry Weingard.
JHatriet Attorney . D. Trwln.
Jury Commiaaionera Ernest Sibb'.e,
Lewis Warner.
Coroner Dr. J. V. Morrow.
County JuditoraW. H. Stiles, Geo.
W. Holomnn, H. A. McCloskey.
County Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent E. E. SUtzln-
ger.
Itcsulnr Terms ( Curt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Church and Hnbbntu Nrhool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. j M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Kev. O. II. Nickle
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev.
McGarvy, Pastor.
Services in the Prosbyterian Church
evory Sabbath morning and evening,
ltov.' It. W. Illingworth, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
seooml and fourth Tuesdays of each
nn'iith.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi' . N KSTA LODU E, No. 3i9, T. O. O. F.
1 Meets ovory Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellowa' Hall, Partridge building.
IXMtEST LODGE, No. 184, A. O. U. W..
I Meets evory Friday evening inA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tlouesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
Q. A. It. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
evening in each mouth, in A. O. U. V .
Hall, Tionesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
VXJ, W. It. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each mouth, lu A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
rpiONESTATKNT, No. 104. K. O. T.
Monraia j r..i i, t"ii -
M., meets and and 4th Wednesday
cning in each month In A. O. U. W.
ev
hall Tionesta, Pa.
11 F. HITCH EY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SIIAWKEY,
ATTORN li Y-AT-LA W.
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC .BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Olllce in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
J,
W. MORROW. M. D.,
Tl...cl.tfai Hnrnrnrm ,fr FlAHtlst.
Office and Residence three doors north
of Hotel Agnow, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly respouded to at all hours.
DK. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. Olllce over stere,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Reslilonce Elm St., between
' Grove's grocery and Oorow's restaurant.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Physician anil surgeon,
1 OIL CITY, PA.
F.
R. LANSON,
Hardware, Tinning Plumbing.
Tionesta, Pa
SJ. SETLEY.
JUS I'ICE OF THE PEACE,
Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks
for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
eto. Tionesta, Pa.
HOTEL WEAVHR,
E. A. WEAVF.lt. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete 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 comlorts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE.
V. GKUOW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
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.
)HIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the iinest 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, COLURS, BRIDLES,
And all kinds or
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
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GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
EXPIATED THEIR CRIME
Van Wormers Electrocuted For
Murder of Their Uncle.
Weekly Trade Review The Tillman
Trial More Postoffice Indictments.
Decision In Miller Case McClellan
Nominated Lake Steamer Founder
ed Dlgnln Died of Assault.
Willis, Frederick and Burton Van
Wormer were put to death in
minutes at Clinton prison Thursday tor
the murder of their uncle, Peter A.
Hallenbeck, at Greendale, Columbia
county, on Christmas eve, 1901.
The men went to their death calm
ly, accompanied by priests. Willis,
who suffered more from his long con
finement than the others, was tho first
to dio. He crossed the threshold of
the death chamber at 11:34:30 a. m.
AS tho guards strapped him down he
kept his eyes fixed on a crucifix held
in his right hand, which rested on tli3
chair arm.
Four contacts of the electric current
were given, the last being a precau
tionary measure because of a slight
flutter ot the heart. It took four min
utes in all to kill the man.
Frederick M., the youngest brother,
was brought next from the cell room.
He walked fearlessly into the room,
accompanied by the priest. He carried
a crucifix and looked upon it reverently.
It was 11:41:30 a. m. when he entered
the death chamber and but a scant 30
seconds later when the current was
applied and his body stiffened. Only
two shocks were necessary and two
minutes from tho time ho crossed the
threshold the doctors pronounced him
dead.
Burton crossed the threshold at
11:47, as firm of step as his brothers,
his crucifix clutched In his right hand.
He looked straight in front of him.
The moment he was seated in the
chair he fastened his eyes upon the
face of Father Charbonneau and kept
them there until the guards began to
bind the straps over his face. Either
he was taller than his brothers or sat
up straighter in the chair, for the strap
which is Intended to cover the eyes
did not reach high enough to blindfold
him, and as the current was switched
on ho was still looking over the upper
edge of the strap toward the priest.
Ho was killed even more quickly than
the other two, The current was turn
ed on at 11:47:30. Only one shock
was required.
The bodies of the three Van Wor
mers were taken to Klnderhook,
the expense of the transportation of
the bodies being borne partially by
Warden Deyo and Rev. Father Belan
ger. The simultaneous execution of three
brothers In not unprecedented in New
York state, though to find the parallel
one must go back 7S years. On June
7, 1825, three brothers, Nathan, Israel,
Jr., and Isaac Thayer, were hanged
simultaneously on a triple gallows
erected on Niagara square, BufTalo, for
robbing and murdering a peddler nam
ed John Love.
The funeral of the Van Wormer
brothers wa3 held from their step
mother's home in Klnderhook Satur
day.1 It was finally decided to open
the coffins, which was done in the
presence of Mrs. Van Wormer and her
niece. One thousand. persons visited
the house, hundreds coming from near
by towns. The interment was in the
Klnderhook cemetery, several thou
sands of people following the funeral
procession.
The feeling is strong against the
cemetery commission for selling Mrs.
Van Wormer a lot for the inter
ment there, as the old residents of the
town say the boys lived there but a
few months and they should have been
buried in Greenport, where they spent
the greater part of their lives.
Lower Prices For Cereals.
Mixed trade and crop conditions still
present themselves, though some im
provement in tone is noted where crop
estimates, as in the case of corn, show
expansion.
Lower prices for cereals point the
way to future large business and in
duce a larger foreign Interest in our
farm products.
Trade reports vary with sections
considered, the best reports coming
from the Southwest, the Northwest and
the Pacific coast.
A really favorable feature this week
Is the improvement of collections West
and Northwest, the reflection of the
beginning of the movement of delayed
crops to market.
Corn passed out of the shadow of
frost damage this week, and reports
to Bradstreet's from Nebraska, Iowa,
Indiana and the Northwest are of bet
ter than some time ago expected yields
and better quality than a year ago.
Cotton has generally deteriorated
and is late and of short staple. Rains
In Texas Injure grade, but help further
growth here and in Arkansas. Fair
cotton yields are indicated in the Mem
phis district and good advices come
from New Orleans, but Georgia's crop
promises to be smaller than last year.
,- More Postoffice Indictments.
' The grand jury of tho supreme
jourt of the District of Columbia
has brought In three more indict
ments in connection with the post
office department Investigation. One
is a joint indictment against George
W. Beavers, formerly chief of salary
and allowance division of the postoffice
department, and State Senator George
E. Green of Binghamton, N. Y.
In the joint indictment against Beav
ers and Green the specific accusation
Is that Green, as agent of the Interna
tional Time Recording company, made
fin agreement with Beavers to the ef
fect that if Beavers would allow
Green to have the contract for furnish
ing the postofilco department with the
time machines, Beavers would receive
as compensation for hl3 services 10
per cent of the salc3.
President Will Not Remove Miller.
Samuel Gompers, of tho American
Federation of Labor; John Mitchell,
head of the United Miners' organiza
tion, and four or five other members
of the executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, were in con
ference with the president Tuesday
with reference to the case of Foreman
Miller of the book bindery of the gov
ernment printing office, whose dis
charge is sought by the labor leaders.
The president declined to remove
him, stating that his being a non-union
man had nothing to do with tho law,
and that his personal unfitness, as
claimed, was a matter of the routine
of office administration.
Pittsburg Team Ahead.
Pittsburg won the third game of the
world's championship series at Bos
ton and two out of three by defeat
Irg the Boston Americans Saturday
4 to 2. About 15,000 people saw
tho game. Philllppi pitched anoth
er superb game for Pittsburg,
holding the Bostons to four hits.
Hughes started in to pitch for Boston
but was knocked out of the box in the
third inning. Four of Pittsburg's
seven tits were made off his deliv
ery and he gavo two men passes in
addition. Young, who succeeded him,
was effective but his own error help
ed Pittsburg score a run in the eighth.
McClellan Nominated.
George B. McClellan was enthusias
tically nominated for mayor of Greater
New York at the Democratic city con
vention held Thursday evening. Mr.
McClellan received tte nomination by
434 votes, Justice Gaynor of Brooklyn
having 219.
Edward M. Grout, fusion candidate
for comptroller, was endorsed by the
Democrats by a vote of 428, over 225
for Ju.ian D. FalrcMld. i
Charles V. Fornes, also on the fusion
ticket, and Herman A. Metz were plac
ed in nomination for president of the
board of aldsrmen, Fornes receiving
the nomination.
Aaron Spencer's Body Found.
F. W. Hinkle of Cincinnati, while
fishing in Chautauqua lake near James
town, felt a tug on his line and
upon pulling the hook to the sur
face was horrified to find the body of
a man. The body was later identified
as Aaron Spencer, 50 years old, a resi
dent of Boomertown. The discovery
of the body points to another probable
tragedy, as Spencer left Lakewood
Sunday in company with Fred Metcalf
of Boomertown. Metcalf has not since
been seen.
Balloon Landed at Constableville.
George T. Tomllnson and W. H.
Shackford of Syracuse, who started
from Binghamton for New York Sat
urday in a balloon, landed at Con
stableville, in Lewis county. The wind
was blowing from the southwest when
the men started, and instead of going
toward New York they drifted toward
Utlca. The wind was stiff and the
balloon covered the 100 miles in sev
en hours.
Sir Thomas Llpton In New York.
Sir Thomas Llpton arrived in New
York city from Chicago Sunday and
will remain until Friday, when he
sails for homo. While he has no pres
ent Intention of building another chal
lenger, he said that Shamrock III
would remain hero to starve perhaps
as a trial horso should the fortunate
day ever come when ho shoull feel
Justified ir. bringing over another boat.
Dlgnln Died of Assault.
Henry J. Dlgnln, the Insurance brok
er of Rochester, who had his skull
fractured Thursday night, died Fri
day night. Detectives have found
four men who were with Dlgnln Thurs
day and with whom it Is said he had
a fight, being knocked senseless by one
of them. Dignin was 47 years old and
leaves a widow. All the men In the
affair are respectable citizens.
Frank Buchanan Re-Elected.
Frank Buchanan of Chicago won
a final victory over Samuel Parks
and his following Saturday after
noon at Kansas City when he was re
elected president of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers over Hugh F. Donnelly
of Albany, N. Y., by a vote of 43 to 40.
Eleven Drowned on Lake Michigan.
Durfng a squall Saturday night on
Lake Michigan the steamer J. II. Hack
ley capsized and 11 persons were
drowned. The Goodrich Line steam
er Sheboygan rescued the other seven
persons on board the Hackley after
they had drifted all night in Green
Bay, clinging to bits of wreckage, and
brought them to Fish Creek Sunday.
Death of Sir Michael Herbert.
Sir Michael Herbert, British am
bassador to the United States, died at
Davos-Platz, Switzerland, after a long
and plucky fight against consumption.
The first announcement was made at
Wednesday's session of the Alaskan
boundary commission.
Fast Automobile Trip.
Bert Holcomb and Henry Senilall
finished a record breaking automobile
trip from Chicago to New York, tho
machine making the trip in 75 hours.
The car covered 1,177 miles, an aver
age of 15 miles an hour. It was
driven by relays of chauffeurs.
DEVONSHIRE GETS OUT.
Leader of the Conservatives In
House of Lords Resigns.
Mr. Balfour's Letter to His Late Col
league In Which He Says He Sees
No Difficulty In Carrying Out Policy
Which For a Fortnight the Latter
"Accepted.
London, Oct. 6. The Duke of Dev
onshire, who was leader of the Con
oervative party in the house of lords,
has resigned the office of lord presi
dent of the council and the king has
hecepted his resignation.
The Duke of Devonshire wrote to
Mr. Balfour giving his reasons for his
resignation which he attributed among
other things to the premier's speech
at Sheffield and his pamphlet on in
sular free trade. The Duke of Devon
shire has not yet made his letter pub
lic, but a letter of acknowledgment
from Mr. Balfour, dated October 3 and
published last night, says:
"It was on September 16 that you
Informed me of your resolve to remain
'.n the government. This decision was
preceded by much confidential corres
pondence, much intimate conversation.
There was no phase of policy which I
was not prepared to discuss and
which I did not, In fact, discuss with
perfect frankness. The decision ar
rived at I had a right to consider final.
Accordingly I consulted you on the
best mode of filling the vacancies in
the government of which you are the
most distinguished member.
"You were good enough to express
some weighty judgments on the deli
cate matters submitted to you. You
even Initiated proposals of your own,
which I gladly accepted. Our last
communication on these subjects was
In the letter I dictated during my
journey to Sheffield on Thursday aft
ernoon. "Less than 48 hours thereafter I re
ceived in Edinburgh the telegrams
which first announced you intention
to resign and your desire to see the
process of resignation consummated
without delay and without discussion.
The principal occasion for this singu
lar tranformation was, you tell me,
my Sheffield speech. This is strange
indeed. In intention, at least, there
was no doctrine contained in that
ppeeeh which was not contained in
my note on insular free trade and in
my published letter to Mr. Chamber
lain. "With both you were Intimately ac
quainted during the wholj fortnight in
which you lent your countenance to the
government after the recent resigna
tions. I must suppose, therefore, that
it is some unintentional discrepancy
between the written and spoken words
which now drives you to desert the ad
ministration you so long adorned.
"But till one o'clock this afternoon
I had, I confess, counted you not as
an opponent but as a colleague. To
such a one it would have seemed nat
ural, so I should have thought, to take
In cases of apparent discrepancy the
written rather than the spoken words,
or if this is asking too much at least
to made an inquiry before arriving
at a final hostile conclusion. But
what and where is this decrepancy?
I do not believe that it exists.
"Am I not right in complaining of
your procedure in reference to my
Sheffield speech? You fear that it
will aggravate the party division. If
there is anything certain it is that the
declaration of policy then made pro
duced and is destined to produce
greater harmony in the party than has
prevailed since the fiscal question
first came to the front six months
ago.
"Had you resigned on the 15th or
had you not resigned at all this heal
ing effect would have suffered no in
terruption. To resign now and to re
sign on the speech is to take the
course most calculated to make harder
the hard task of the peacemaker.
"Again, do you not feel some spec
ial regret at having, at this particular
juncture, to sever connection with a
Unionist administration? At the mo
ment of its most buoyant prosperity
your absence from its councils would
havo been sensibly felt, hut you have,
in fact, left it when in the opinion of
our opponents its fortunes are at the
lowest and its perplexities at the great
est. I see no difficulty In carrying
out the policy, which for a fortnight
you were wllilng to accept, by the aid
of an administration which for a fort
night you helped to construct."
Appeal From Sofia, Bulgaria.
New York, Oct. 6. The appeal from
tho Young Men's Christian association
of Sofia, Bulgaria, to the association's
branches in Europe, America and else
wbere, asking assistance in behalf of
the Macedonian revolution and refu
gees, was received here today. It
asks the association members to arouse
public opinion by agitation through
the press and public addresses to ln
Juco the European powers to take
measures as soon as possible for the
freedom of the Macedonian people,
that bloodshed may be stopped.
Speed Marvel From Arkansas.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. C. It Is re
ported that the horse "The Fiddler"
which was the medium of the sensa
tional coup on Saturday at Morris
park is a "speed marvel" from Arkan
sas. The local pool rooms lost $10,000
on Saturday's race. Local plungeM
were on the lookout for the horse and
besides playing him heavily hero
placed large amounts In Hot Springs
and Covington, Ky.
POSTOFFICE INDICTMENTS.
Among Those Reported Are Cases of
Tyner and Hie Assistant,
Barrett
Washington, Oct. C. The federal
grand Jury which has been investigat
ing the postoffice department reported
a large number of indictments late in
the afternoon. Among those indicted
are General James N. Tyner, formerly
assistant attorney general for the post
office department, and Harrison K.
Barrett, who was his assistant. They
are charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the government.
There aro two indictments against
Tyner and three against Barrett.
An indictment also was returned
against Harry C. Hallenbeck, of the
firm of Wynkoop, Hallenbeck and
Crawford of New York, who formerly
had the contract for supplying the
department with money order forms.
In that connection John T. Metcalf,
formerly chief of the money order di
vision, and his son, Norman R. Metcalf,
also are indicted. The charge against
those three is conspiracy to defraud.
Machen and Beavers also are indict
ed again and indictments against a
number of others were not made pub
lic. General Tyner Is paralyzed at his
home in this city and efforts are be
ing made to secure ball for him.
Concerning the Indictments against
Tyner and Barrett the following state
ment was made by the postoffice de
partment: "Three indictments charge Tyner and
Barrett with conspiracy and two ad
ditional indictments charge Barrett
with agreeing, while still in office, to
receive fees for services rendered or
to be rendered in cases pending be
fore him as an officer. All the indict
ments are founded upon the treatment
by Tyner and Barrett of the business
of the so-called Bond Investment com
panies. "It is charged that it was the duty
of Tyner and Barrett to investigate
the methods of the concerns charged
with improper use of the mails and In
case of guilt to report to the postmas
ter general and recommend the issue
of a fraud order; that in this con
nection they investigated the busi
ness of the bond investment com
panies and learned that they were
all carrying on a business that invol
ved fraud or lottery or both; but that
instead of recommending to the post
master general the issue of an order
that would prevent the delivery of
mail or the payment of money orders
to those concerns and would thus
break up their business, Tyner and
Barrett conspired to give them unob
structed use of the mails in order that
Barrett might profit thereby.
"It is charged that Barrett had en
tered into an agreement with J. H.
Nelms of the Baltimore bar for a part
nership in law to become effective
January 1, 1901, the object being to
share in the profits which might arise
from representing bond Investment
concerns before the postoffice depart
ment; that in pursuance of conspiracy
with Tyner, Barrett investigated the
scheme of the concerns and wrote and
signed the report thereon."
There were additional Indictments
against August W. Machen, former
superintendent of the free delivery;
George W. Beavers, former chief of
the salary and alolwance division; W.
Scott Towers, who was in charge of
a sub-station of the Washington city
opstoffice, and State Senator George A.
Green of New York. In some cases
there were several Indictments against
one person.
Parks Ready to Retire.
New York, Oct. 6 Samuel Parks,
walking delegate of the Housesmiths
and Bridgemen's union, returned from
the convention and announced that he
was for peace with the employers un
der an arbitration agreement and that
he had had enough fighting and wm
ready to retire as a leader in favor
of a younger and more vigorous man.
He declared also that It was not true
that he intended to call a strike on
the East River bridge. Members of
ehe employers' association organized
to promote peace agreements with the
unions said they would not recognize
Parks nor the Housesmiths' union,
that all the trades unions were In favor
of tho arbitration plan and work would
now be generally resumed.
Bold Daylight Robbery.
New York, Oct. C Miss Lizzie Hun
ter, cashier of a Brooklyn grocery,
was tho victim of a bold daylight rolt
biry in Brooklyn. She was on tho
way to a bank to deposit $241 which
she was carrying in an envelope when
a young man passed, Btopped behind
her, wrenched her hand behind her
back, snatched the envelope, threw her
to the sidewalk and escaped.
Tho I.nnio of a Man's Life.
Pr. Holmes said the lump of a man's
life has three wicks brain, blood uml
bresilli mid to turn down any one of
tin-in makes the other two go out The
wounds n man will survive anil even
disregard so long as his head, heart
uml lungs nre unhurt have long been
one of the wonders of war history.
llonrlMlrliiir. Pnr( liMiliirly.
Whatever music there may bo In the
Instrument failed man cannot be
brought out fully ami entirely until n
woman takes it in charge ami plays
upon the strings of It. New Orleans
Times- Democrat.
t'lifortomiti'ly lic Only AVny.
"Of course ymi wouldn't marry a
title'.'"
"Not If there was any other way of
getting one," answered the severely
practical girl. Chicago Pus.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary of the Week's News
of the World.
Cream of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.
Mr. D. T. Wilson, counsel for the
United States, finished his opening
speech before the Alaska boundary
tribunal.
The rush to sell stocks continued in
Wall street without cessation, and
several new low price records were
ma, le.
Governor Odell declined to hear
Mrs. Van Wormer's plea for her three
stepsons, who are to die on Thurs
day for the murder of their uncle.
James H. Tillman, former lieuten
ant governor of South Carolina, was
placed on trial in Lexington, S. C,
upon the charge of having murdered
N. S. Gonzales, an editor.
Calvin B. Dean, the Republican
nominee for county superintendent of
the poor of Tioga county and a close
friend to Senator Piatt, has been sent
to the Binghamton state hospital for
the insane.
Thursday.
Sir Michael Herbert, British ambas
sador to the United States, died in
Davos Platz, Switzerland, of rapid con
sumption. Several Servian officers who con
spired against the assassins of King
Alexander have been sentenced to im
prisonment. Sam Parks, by resolution, asked for
a fund, which may reach $500,000, with
which to carry on the industrial war
In New York.
Nelson Bogglano was found guilty
of murder in-the first degree at Buffalo
for cutting the throat of Harry J. Ben
der in June last.
Several w 'nesses give damaging
testimony against J. H. Tillman, on
trial at Lexington, S. C, for murder
of Editor N. G. Gonzales.
Eastern Macedonia has been pro
claimed bv General Zontcheff as a new
district for revolt, and the leaders
there are said to be all Bulgarians.
Friday.
E. H. Harriman has been elected a
director of the Erie railroad.
It is rumored in London Catholic
circles that the pope is preparing an
encyclical on the Macedonian horrors.
Willis, Frederick M. and Burton Van
Wormer of Kinderhook were electro
cuted at Clinton prison, going to the
death chair in order named.
The Rev. Dr. David H. Greer was
chosen coadjutor to Bishop Potter by
a two-thirds vote of the diocesan con
vention of the Protestant Episcopal
church in New York.
Chancellor Day of Syracuse univers
ity announces the gift to the Institu
tion of an annuity of $0,000 for the
university library from the estate of
Mrs. John Morrison Reld of New York.
Saturday.
Tho Ontario government has made
arrangements with the banks for the
payment of the "Soo" employes.
The proposed division of tho Protes
tant Episcopal diocese of New York
has been postponed for a year at least.
Mr. Balfour defended his retaliatory
tariff policy In a speech at Sheffield,
declaring that free trade was an empty
name.
Postal inspectors in Philadelphia are
trying to find two forgers who have
realized thousands of dollars by alter
ing checks.
George B. McClellan was nominated
by the Democrats for mayor of nw
York. Two fusion candidates, Grout
for comptroller, and Fornes for presi
dent 'bt the aldermen, were also nom
inated. '
Monday.
Saturday evening Miss Ruth Bryan
became the wife at Lincoln, Neb., of
William Homer Leavitt of Newport,
R. I.
A tornado struck St. Charles, Minn.,
Saturday and ruined the town. Six
persons were killed and a large number
injured.
The funeral of tho three Van Worm
ers, who were executed Thursday, was
held from their stepmother's home at
klnderhook Saturday.
The backbone of tho revolt in Mace
donia is said to bo broken, and It is al
leged that Turks have massacred all
the Christian inhabitants of Razalog.
Frank Buchanan of Chicago was re
elected president of tho International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers over Hugh F. Donnelly
of Albany by a vote of 43 to 40.
Tuesday.
Sir Thomas Llpton arrived from Chi
rago and will rest in New York till ho
tails for homo on Friday.
Davl 1 Nation, divorced husband of
firs. Carrie Nation, died Saturday at
Medlcii.e Lodge, Kansas.
The body of Fred Metcalf of Lako
wood, who was drowned in Chautau
qua lake, Sept. 7, was found floating
in the lake neur Jamestown.
A ma lman with a revolver attempt
ed to firce his way Into tho White
House. On his way to tho pnlico sta
tion ho hail a fiht with two officers
in tho firisou van.
Eleven persons were drowned by t'ue
capsizing of tho steamer Hackley iu
Green Buy. Seven survivors are picked
tit) by a passing bout after tossing all
night on a bit of wreckage.
ROBBER CAPTURED.
Man Accused of Stealing $500,000, and
Suspected of Jobs in Buffalo,
Caught In Denver.
New York, Oct. 5. -Word was re
vived in this city that F. H. Crosby,
ilias A. E. Bell, alias Hammond, alias
Crawford, has been arrested in Denver,
iccused of stealing a mail pouch con
fining $500, ''OO worth of negotiable
Dank paper at Philadelphia on the
light of September 8th, and with sev
eral other crimes, including swindling
ind forgery.
Crosby is suspected of committing
iumerou3 robberies of postoffices in
Mew York, Buffalo and other cities.
He Is said to have made a big haul
n Buffalo some time ago, when he
iisguised himself as a railway porter
ind got off with a pouch.
Crosby is said to have been arrest
id in this city In the company of "Kid"
Foster, a pickpocket, while they were
trying to cash a draft for $425. It was
ifterwards learned that the draft of
fered by Crosby had been stolen from
i mall pouch at Buffalo. For that
;rime he was sentenced to five years
n Auburn prison. Foster got off with
three years.
FARMERS OBJECTED.
Italian Flag Raised Their Ire and They
Threatened to March on Camp.
Tamaqua, Oct 5. About two weeks
igo a gang of foreign workmen who
nave a camp near West Penn, a farm
ng village, raised an Italian flag over
;heir quarters. The farmers became
ndlgnant and demanded that the flag
ne lowered. The Italians refusing to
:omply a committee representing the
farmers came here and laid the matter
Defore the police officials, stating that
mless Immediate action was taken
:hey would arm themselves and march
hi the camp.
Chief of Police Hahn went to the
:amp and ordered the flag lowered,
which was done under protest. The
Italian consul at Philadelphia last
week wrote to Chief Hahn asking him
tor full information regarding the
matter. Hahn has replied stating that
ne ordered the flag taken down be
:ause he feared the farmers would
;arry out their threat and that serl
lus trouble would result.
To Recover Old Road.
Beaver, Pa., Oct. 5. A preliminary
bearing was held in the Injunction
;ase of the borough of Rochester
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
;ompany. The borough asks that the
:ompany be enjoined from dumping
Jirt on a portion of Delaware ave
nue, which has not been used since an
undergrade crossing was made in the
ivenue several years ago. Since it
became possible that the government
might slackwater the Beaver river the
borough has been anxious to reopen
i long disused street called Island
lane, which 50 years ago ran along
:he river front, thus giving access to
tho river.
Gas Boom Promised.
Greensburg, Oct. 5. -Another gas
boom in the old Grapoville district is
promised in a well that was brought la
in the Byers Park plan lots, which
overlooks the new plant of the Penn
sylvania Rubber company. A test was
begun several weeks ago, and the
flow of gas was struck at a depth of
uver 2,700 feet. The pressure is said
to be exceedingly strong. When the
Grapevlllo field was abandoned 15
years ago a vein which was 1,800 feet
Jeep was exhausted. Farms adjacent
to tho Byers plan had been optioned
prior to gas being struck, and great
excitement prevails about Grape
vine. Express Robbers Make Confession.
Harrlsburg, Oct. 5. Two more ar
rests, making a total of live, were made
In the Adams Express company rob
bery case, when Harry Fisher and
William Strohm, employed on the
shifting crew of tho Pennsylvania
railroad at Union station, were taken
Into custody. A large quantity of stol
en property has been recovered by
Detectives While and Walters at the
home of some of the alleged thieves.
Three of the accused made a voluntary
confession Implicating others and
more arrests are expected within the
oext 48 hours.
Marriage of a Centenarian.
Clarksburgh, W. Va Oct. 5. The
Rev. Samuel Jacker of Gum Point, O.,
has filed a marriage certificate ' in
which it Is stated that the bridegroom
Is 101 years and one month old and
Iho bride 99 years old. It was the
Blxth matrimonial venture for the
bridegroom and the fourth for the
bride. Jery Blsarth of Kenners
Brooks ana Julia Ann Jenkins were
tho couple. The ceremony was per
formed at Parkershurg. Blsarth Is a
lad-carrier and was born In Brazil.
General Steel Strike Possible.
Pittsburg, Oct. 5. Unless tho dlf
lerences at the new Philadelphia plant
of tho American Sheet Steel company
are adjusted by this morning a general
Btrlko at all the union works of that
company Is threatened by tho Amal
gamate 1 Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers.
Meeting to Discuss Curfew.
Wilkinsburg. Oct. 5. The commit
tee appointed about two weeks ago to
arrange for a mass meeting In Wilkins
burg for the pui pose of forwarding tho
curfew project has called a meeting for
nixt Tuesday evening In tho First
Presbyterian church.