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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 31.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1903.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
ST
BOHOUGH OFFICER!.
liurgess. F. It. Lrtihoii,
Couneilmen. Dr. J. O. Dunn, O. O.
Gaston, J. B. Mime, V. K. Weaver, J. W.
Landers, J. T. Dalo, W. K Killmcir.
Justices of the react C. A. Randall, S.
J. Hetloy.
Constable S. R. Maxwell.
Collector H. J. Niitlny.
Nr.hool Directors lu Fulton. J. O.
Heowden, J. K. Wuiik, It. L. llaslot, E.
W liowniHii, Geo. Iloloinan.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress J osepli C. Sibley.
Member of NemtteJ. K. 1. Hall.
Assembly C. W.Amnlor.
Jresile,nt J mlieW . M. Lindsoy.
Associate Judges R. 1. Crawford, W.
II. II. Dottorer.
Jothonotary , Register it Recorder, Ce.
J. C. (JelHt.
Nhcriir.Oon. W. Noblit.
Treasure Krd. A. Kellor.
Commissioners C. Burlienn, A. K.
Shipo, llnnry Weingard.
District Attorney H. D. Trwln.
jury Commissioners Kniwt, Sibblo,
LowIh Wagnnr.
Coroner Dr. .1. W. Morrow.
Countt Auditors W. II. tstllos, Geo.
W. Holeman, It. A. MuCloskoy.
County Nurvcior-D. W. dirk.
County Superintendent E. E. Stltzln-
ger.
Kmulnr Trrmi of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of Noveinbor.
Church nail Hnbbnlh Hrhool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 0:45 a.
in. S M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath eveniuir by Hev. ). II. Nickle
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the imual hour. Kev.
MoGarvv, Pastor.
Horvlce in the Pnwbytorian I liurch
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Hv.' It. W. Illlngworth, Pastor.
The regular moetiiigs of the W. C. T.
U. are hold at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
in nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
flp N KSTA liOIXi K, No. 3ti0, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meets overy Tuesday evening, In Odd
Follows' Hall, Partridge building.
l.-vmKST LODGE, No. 181, A. O. U. W.,
I Meets every Friday evening iuA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tionesta.
CAPT. G KOKG 15 STOW POST, No. 274
(J. A. K. Moets 1st and 3d Monday
evening lu each month, la A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
1H7, W. R. C, nu-ots first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, lu A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
rpioNESTATENT, No. 'H K- -,T
1 M., meels 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening in each month lu A. O. U. W.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
ril F. RITCHEY,
T.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWK.EY,
ATTORN HY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Pn?Hce in Forost Co.
An .BROWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OMIce in Arnor Buildinir, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
J W. MORROW, M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon A Dentist.
Olttce and Residence three doors north
of Hotol Agnew, Tionosta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
D
R. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. Olllve over stero,
Tionosta, 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. SIGG1NS.
Physician ami surgeon,
J OIL CITY, PA.
F.
R. L ANSON,
Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing.
Tionosta, Pa
S. ''jUsnCE OF THE PEACE
Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks
for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
etc. Tionesta, Pa.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all the mod
em improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot, and cold water, etc. The comlorts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
.V. G15ROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tionsela, 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
1 . . i ....1.11.. L' i -u t
place lor me traveling puuiiu. ..
class Livery in connection.
nillL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and W alnut 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. JRENZO FULTON,
Manufacturer of and Dealer In
HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES,
And all kinds of
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
S; H. HASLET k SONS.,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PKNN
PATERSON INUNDATED.
Suffering From a Greater Flood
Than That of Last Year.
Funeral of Wilson Shannon Blssell.
Legal Tangle In Patrick Case Chin
ese Commercial Treaty Failure of
Flying Machine Steel Stock Divi
dendsReduction In Car Shops.
For 48 hours Patorson, N. J., was at
the mercy of the Passaic river. The
waters reached a height sufflclont to
cut the western from the eastern half
of the city.
Two bridges above the falls remain
(ml tbroo bridges below the Valley
of the Rocks still stand, but It Is lm
possible to reach them. Seven othoi
bridges In the city have been carriod
away at a loss of a million dollars.
The Inundation of the low lying dis
tricts of the city has resulted In Incon
ceivable damage to property.
The flood, however, is beginning tc
recede. A number of buildings fell Sun
day and many others have been ren
dered untenable.
The damage to mill property Is
heavy, parts of plant3 and stock hav
ing been submerged.
Thousands of nieu, women and chil
dren will bo without work for a long
time and It seems altogether prob
able that this Hood will cause to the
city of Paterson a greater direct loss
of money and property than the disas
trous Are of two years ago. The gross
loss then was $G,000,000 with $4,000,
000 insurance. The present flood loss is
estimated at more than $2,000,000 wiu
no Insurance.
Only three fatalities have been re
ported. Seven men who had been
imprisoned In Kearns' Brothers' dye
house ou the river margin since Fri
day without food were rescued by
Charles and Leopold Mutter In a small
boat. The Mutter brothers also sav
ed Captain William Clnrk and John
Breen of the fire department, who had
been upset In an earlier attempt at
rescue.
The loss In the county outside of
Paterson will equal that Inside of the
city.
Death of Wilson Shannon Bissell.
Wilson Shannon Blssell, former
postmaster generr.l, died at 10:45
o'clock Tusday n'ght at his home In
Buffalo.
Iff, ",-
WILSON 8. BISSELL.
Mr. Bissell suffered from complica
tions thought to be akin to Bright's dis
ease, but not well understood. It was
thought the physicians did not know
Just what was the matter. If they did
know, they did not tell, for none ol
the members of the family knew.
The funeral of Wilson Shannon Bls
sell occurred Friday afternoon. Rev.
J. Cameron Davis of Trinity church,
of which Mr. Bissell was vestryman,
conducted the brief services at the
house; then the cortage moved to the
church, where the funeral was held at
4 o'clock.
The body was talten to the Buffalo
crematory to be Incinerated after the
funeral services at the church. Rev.
Philip Sturges of Morrlstown, N. J.,
a brother of Mrs. Bissell, conducted
the brief service there. The ashes
were buried in Forest Lawn.
The list of honorary bearers Includ
ed the names of men most prominent
In the various departments of activity
in this country. Among them were
Hon. Grover Cleveland, former presi
dent of the United States; Hon. John
G. Carlisle, former secretary of the
treasury and Hon. Hoke Smith, form
er secretary of the Interior.
Legal Tangle In Patrick Case.
The postponement until Monday of
this week of argument in the Rice
will case, In which Albert T. Patrick,
awaiting death In Sing Sing prison for
the murder of William M. Rice, is a
party, led to the discovery of a re
markable chain of circumstances by
which Patrick may escape the elec
tric chair, not through a reversal by
the court of appeals of his conviction
and death sentence, but through an
amazing tangle of legal technicalities.
As the case stands Patrick is a con
demned prisoner In the death cell at
6mg Sing. Nearly 18 months have
passed since the week in which ho was
to have died for the murder of Mil
lionaire William M. Rice, his execu
tion being stayed ostensibly by an ap
peal to the court of appeals, but the
records of that court show no such
appeal in existence.
The legal time for the filing of such
appeal elapsed six months ago and a
legal problem which may prove ex
ceedingly troublesome lies behind the
question as to how the death sen
tence may again be imposed upon him.
Chinese Commercial Treaty Signed.
The state department at Washing
ton has been informed that the
American-Chinese commercial treat
has been signed at Shanghai. The
1
A
cablegram announcing the signing of
the treaty was sent from Shanghai
and was signed bv Minister Conger,
Consul General Guodnow and Mr. Sea
man, tho three commissioners who ne
gotiated tho Instrument.
Great satisfaction is expressed at
tho state department at the outcome,
as It makes certain that the two ports
tn Manchuria will be opened to the
United States no matter what the out
come as to the negotiations for the
evacuation of that country by Russia
r.iay be.
The assurance that Russia has prev
iously given, and to which this gov
ernment would insist upon adherence,
In that the treaty arrangements made
with China covering Manchurian ports
will bo binding upon the Russian government.
Failure of Flying Machine.
At Tidewater, Virginia, the CO-foot
steel built flying machine, the climax
of years of exhaustive study In the ef
forts of Professor S. F. Langley, soc
letary of the Smithsonian Institute, to
solve the problem of mechanical flight,
was launched laBt week and the do
perlment carefully planned and de
layed for months proved a failure.
The Immense airship sped rapidly
along its 70 foot track, was carried
by its own momentum for 100 yard3
and then fell gradually into the Poto
mac river, whence It emerged a total
wreck.
Professor Charles M. Manley, Lang
ley's chief assistant, made the ascent
and escaped with a ducking. At no
time was there any semblance of
flight, the initial momentum, the light
ness of tho machine and the sustained
surface of the wings furnishing the
conditions which account for the hun
dred yard transit.
Lower Prices For Cereals and Cotton.
Trade conditions are still irregular.
Business Is of fair volume but not so
active as a year ago. Special Inquiry
by Bradstreet's points to a yield of at
least 2,250,000,000 bushels of corn of
a grade generally far superior to that
of a year ago.
Lower prices for this and other ce
reals and for cotton seem likely to
help our backward export trade In
those products and Improve the for
eign exchange outlook.
Finished products of Iron are In a
fair way and some railroads are enter
ing the markets for rails and cars.
The best trade advices come from the
southwest notably and from portions
of the south.
Lower prices for corn this week
helped export business, but later rains
at the west and short covering found
prices up.
Business failures for the week end
ing with October 8 number 197 against
170 in the same week of 1902.
Dividend on Steel Stock Reduced.
The quarter year's dividend on
the common stock of the United
States Steel corporation for the last
quarter was reduced from one per cent
to one half of one per cent. What the
dividend would be has been a matter
of discussion In Wall street for weeks.
A high authority in the affairs of the
corporation says: "The action of the
board was unanimous, and was caus
ed by the falling oft of business."
The regular dividend of 1 per cent
on the preferred stock was declared.
Tho statement for the nine months
shows that after all deductions were
made the undivided profits or surplus
for that period is $29,318,742.
Russell Sage's Farm Sold For Taxes.
A farm owned by Russell Sage of
New York at Sickletown, Rock
land county, was sold at the county tax
sale for non-payment of taxes, amount
ing to $113. It was bought in by the
county. The county also bought in the
Andre monument property at Tap
pan, where Cyrus W. Field erected a
monument to mark the spot of Major
Andre's execution. After Mr. Field's
death his heirs refused to pay the taxes
on the property.
A. O. U. W. Rates Approved.
The special session of the grand
lodge of the A. O. U. W. at El
mira has adjourned. It adopted the
new schedule of Insurance rates
approved by tho supreme lodge, by a
vote of 385 to 95. No other plans
than those of the supreme lodge were
presented. A tax of 50 cents per
capita was ordered to be paid by the
members in the December assessment
to provide for the expense of this ex
tiiiordlmiry session.
Many Employes Laid Off.
Orders were issued Saturday where
by 15 per cent of the employes in the
car shops, repair shops and round
houses of the entire Vanderbiltrailway
system were Informed that their ser
vices were no longer needed. One thou
sand five hundred men will be thrown
out of employment with hardly a min
ute's notice and a saving of nearly $3,
t)0 a day will be effected.
Sale of August Belmont's Horses.
Tho sale of race horses, property
of August Belmont, was held at Mor
ris Park, Queens county, Thursday,
twenty-seven head sold for a total of
$58,523. The star of the sale was the
one-year-old ch. c. by Octagon-Wood-vine,
which sold to A. F. .loyner for
$12,100, the top price of the sale.
Imp Gallant brought $5,000 and Dia
mond, ch. c, $7,500.
Two Men Killed by Landslide.
While a section gang was clearing
the West Shore railroad track at Big
Hill near Newburgh on Friday last
a mass of earth slid from the moun
tain and killed two men. Floods and
landslides along the Newburgh branch
of tho Erlo have done much damage
and trafSc Is at a standstill.
CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM
Denounced as Cause of Crime
Among Southern Blacks.
8aya That T'nce the War Every South
ern State Has Maintained Schools
of Crime by Farming Out Prisoners
to the Highest Bidder 1,100 Es
caped In Two Years.
Cincinnati, Oct. 13. Dr. W. P. Thir
kleld. corresponding secretary of the
Methodist Freedmen's Aid and South
ern Educational society. In delivering
tho opening address of the Evangelical
Alliance, charged that the outrages of
negroes in the South were due to the
chain gang prison system. He said
Hie crimes for which negroes were
lynched had no extenuation, but tho
law should take Its course.
"In estimating criminality among tho
black people," he continued, "we
phould keep In mind that since Appo
mattax nearly every Southern state
has maintained schools of crime. This
I charge against the convict lease sys
tem of the South, which has been th-i
cause of much of the outbreak in
crime among the black people.
"Under this system both prison and
prisoners are farmed out under the
control of private corporations sold to
the highest bidders.
"To the lessee the bodies and souls
of convicts are assigned. The motive
of both state and lessee is not morah
but money, not reformation but ex
ploitation of criminals for gain. It Is
crime turned into a source of revenue;
the brawn and blood of criminals bar
(tred for gain.
'"Criminals are quartered In rude
stockades without proper sanitation,
food or clothing. The average life of
these convicts Is less than 10 years.
Old and young are herded together;
even men and women are In some
ramps.
"The outcome of the careful Investi
gation of tho convict lease system on
the part of the governor of Georgia
was a revelation of inhumanity, bar
barity and shameless Immorality.
"In a perlor of two years over 1,100
of these convicts escaped from South
ern prisons. Think of 1.100 thieves,
murderers, thugs, at large. Think of
a system that has no reformatory ele
ment, but that educates young crim
inals In crime and that by Its bar
barity brutalizes and dehumanizes
men and sends out those that do not
die under the horrors of the system to
debauch and degrade society. From
such criminals what wonder If there
have come forth hundreds of moral
monsters."
The speaker urged concentrated ef
fort toward reform and toward the so
lution of this, the gravest problem of
the races ever given any nation to
solve.
Mysterious Letter Missing.
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13. To se
cure a mysterious sealed letter men
tioned in the will of the late Philo
S. Bennett, which was offered by
William J. Bryan as executor In the
probate court here last Saturday,
Judge Cleveland of that court sent 1
special messenger to New York. The
messenger was Instructed to make a
formal demand on the Merchants'
Safe Deposit company for the letter.
The Bennett will contained a bequest
of $50,000 to the widow, as a trust
fund to he administered according
to Instructions In a sealed letter "with
the will." The letter Is missing.
Killed by Bursting of Steam Pipe.
New York, Oct. 133. The New York
and Mediterranean Line steamer
Piqua, Captain Filkers, came into port
with her flags at halfmast in honor
of two firemen who were the victims
of a disaster In the ship's engine room.
On the 10t.h the ms" .plpe burst
in three places filling the engine and
fircroom with steam. The engineer
reached the deck In safety but the two
firemen, both foreigners, were terribly
scalded. One died Sunday; the sec
ond Is probably fatally hurt.
Socialists and Clericals Fight.
Bilbao, Oct. 13. As a result of a
collision Sunday between Socialists
engaged in a demonstration and a
body of Clericals seven persons were
killed and 33 were wounded. Revol
vers were fired from the Catholic club
and from the windows of the Church
of St. Nicholas. The vicar of that
church was arrested on the charge of
shooting several Socialists and a num
ber of other priests were arrested,
charged with Instigating riots.
Investigating Girl's Death.
Mayville, N. Y., Oct. 13. The Chau
tauqua county grand jury will begin
an investigation into the sudden death
of a pretty young woman which oc
curred at a hotel In the village of Find
ley Lake. The girl registered last
Wednesday as Nellie Gray of Pitts
burg, which Is believed to be an as
sumed name. Her homo Is believed to
be in Marionville, Pa. Two phy
sicians performed an autopsy on tho
body and Dr. Henry Chapin of Find
ley Lake was placed under arrest.
Adirondack Enterprise Sold.
Plattshurg, N. Y., Oct. 13. Tho
Adirondack Enterprise, a weekly Re
publican newpaper published at Sara
nac Lake, N. Y., . has been sold by
Allen I. Yosburg to Frank Harris of
that illii;;e. Mr. Vosburg will con
tinue to publish the Tupper L:ike
Herald, of which he Is proprietor and
editor
TILLMAN MURDER TRIAL.
Summing Up by Three Attorneys Foi
State and Two For the Defense.
Iexington, S. C, Oct. 13. Argu
ments to tho Jury In the trial of J
H. Tillman, for the Gonzales murder
were begun yesterday. Three attor
neys for the state and two for the
defense were heard and two for each
side will make addresses today.
Solicitor Thurmond for the state,
referring to the editorials in the State
said they were before the jury tc
6how the feeling between Gonzales
and Tillman. He compared the evl
dence submitted for each side with a
view to showing that Gonzales was
unarmed and sought to avoid a diffl
culty when he met the defendant on
the day of the shooting. Mr. Rem
bert for the defense, said the defense,
did not concede that N. G. Gonzalet
was unarmed at the time he was shot
William Elliott, Jr., contended that
Gonzales was within his right crltl
clsing a man In public life. Mr. E11I
ott, referring to a dying declaration
of Gonzales, said It wa3 not offered
because it was taken by Gonzales'
own stenographer.
Colonel George Johnstone spoke fo?
two and a half hours in behalf ol
Tillman, contending that the liberty ol
the press did not give the right of
denunciation. He Insisted that the
two statements testified to as tho dy
ing declarations of Gonzales were at
variance and were so because of mor
phine administered to him. He re
ferred to the fact that the dying de
claration of Gonzales which was taken
down In short hand had not been of
fered In evidence.
Mr. Johnstone had the sheriff stand
before the jury with Gonzales' over
coat on and pointing to the bullet hole
claimed it supported the defendant's
version of the shooting.
Mr. Asbill for the state had begun
his address when adjournment was
taken.
INSURANCE CONSPIRACY.
Suspicions aroused as to Killing of
Benjamin Ellsworth and His Wife.
Chicago, Oct. 13. Earl Ellsworth,
aged 24, was arrested here as the re
sult of an alleged confession which
detectives obtained by pretending to
be his friends.
Eighteen months ago, at Wood
stock, Ills., Benjamin Ellsworth, Earl's
father, finding his wife In company
with Amos Anderson, shot and kill
ed both, and then, according to Earl,
committed suicide. An insurance
company, being liable for $5,000 In
surance, decided to Investigate further.
Tho talk which young Ellsworth
had with the detectives Is said to
have cleared Ellsworth's mother
of the charge of faithlessness and to
have left open to doubt the statement
that the senior Ellsworth killed him
self. It Is said there was a conspiracy
to obtain the insurance money, Earl
and two prominent citizens of Wood
stock being Involved and that Young
Ellsworth's alleged conversation with
his supposed friends leaves open to
grave question the statement that the
killing of Anderson and Mrs. Ells
worth was by the elder Ellsworth.
Manhattan Municipal League.
New York, Oct. 13. The Manhattan
Municipal league will hold a mass
meeting at Cooper Union on Monday
evening, Oct. 19. Buffalo, Rochester,
Syracuse, Albany and other cities
throughout the-state have furnished
lists of taxpayers to act as vice pres
dents of the meeting. The object of
the meeting Is to enlighten the tax
payers as to state taxation and to
show that the larger cities of the state
have to bear an unjust rhare of the
state taxes. The league will advocate
the election of candidates for the leg
islature that are favorable to homo
rule as to taxation and personal lib
erty. Action on Death of Justice Adams.
Rochester, Oct. 13. The Ontario
county bar met yesterday afternoon
In Canandalgua to take action on the
death of Justice William H. Adams.
There was a large attendance of mem
bers from all parts of the country, al
so many from the Monroe county
bar. Hon. Thomas R. Bennett pre
pensed resolutions touching on the
life, career and death of Justice
Adams, which were unanimously
adopted, tl is rumored that James
A. Robson Is a popular candidate to
succeed Justice Adams, and that he
has tho support of tho Hon. John
Raines of Canandalgua.
Reduction In Vanderbilt Shops.
Cleveland, Oct. 13. It was stated at
Lake Shore headquarters that probably
not more than 400 men would be dis
missed by the company as the result
of the order to reduce help in all shops
on tho Vanderbilt system. One hun
dred and fifty of tho 800 men in the
Lake Shore at Collingwood were dis
charged yesterday and an equal num
ber will probably be dismissed at Elk
hart, Ind.
Cver 500 Turks Killed.
Sofia, Oct. 13. Desperate fighting is
reported at Sdltzl. in the district of
Dibra on Oct. 5. Three bands engaged
a body of fiOO Turks and lost 23 men.
Afar several hours fighting Boris Sa
rafofT with reinforcements of 000 in
surgents arrived on the scene and
Killed all save 40 of the Turks.
Russian War Ships Pass Port Said.
Port S.ild, Egypt, Oct. 13. The Rus
sian battleship Czarevitch and t.io
Russian armored cruis i- Mayan nrrlv
ed here, bound for Chinese waters.
The Czarevitch proceeded today.
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.
It is announced that Senator Piatt of
New York is to be married Oct. 15 to
Mrs. Lillian T. Janeway of Washing
ton. Fifteen new indictments were re
turned In Washington, D. C, as the
final coup in the postofllce investiga
tion. It is admitted by the Japanese offi
cials that Russia will not evacuate
Manchuria by Oct. 8. but the crisis
does not presage war, It is said.
Dr. Thomas H. Cunningham has re
signed his position as assistant sur
geon at the state soldiers' home hos
pital at Bath owing to ill health.
Thursday.
Directors of the United States Steel
corporation cut the dividend rate on
common stock one-half.
Wilson Shannon Bissell, postmaster
general In President Cleveland's cabi
net, died at his home In BufTalo.
Frederick W. Hinrichs of Brooklyn
was selected by the fusion conference
as successor to Controller Grout on the
anti-Tammany ticket.
The fifth game in the post-season
series between Pittsburg and Boston
went to Boston, making the result 3
for Pittsburg and 2 for Boston.
The enrollment in the colleges of
Syracuse university shows 729 fresh
men, making a total in all departments
of 2,200 students, a gain of 200 over
1902.
Mr. Chamberlain opens his fiscal
campaign at Glasgow, comparing
America's commercial progress with
Britain's stationary position and urg
ing his plan.
Friday.
Northern Pacific officials received
word that a bridge on the line near
Helena, Mont., was blown up by dy
namiters. John Decker, who was arrested In
the White House Wednesday, has been
pronounced insane and removed to the
government asylum.
Burglars secured over $300 in money
from the safe in the Tonawanda Iron
and Steel company's office at Tona
wanda by using dynamite.
Threats to kill James II. Tillman,
alleged to have been made by N. G.
Gonzales, were introduced by the de
fense in the trial of the former lieu
tenant governor.
Official Information received at Paris
shows that a Russian fleet comprising
90 warships of all classes has left
Port Arthur and arrived at Ma San
Pho, south of Corea, where the Jap
anese fleet had already arrived.
Satuiday.
Linn Tichner, 18 years, was run over
by a train at Sinclairville and killed.
His father Is a prominent farmer of
South Stockton.
A dispatch from Port Arthur says
that a Japanese fleet is maneuvering
off Corea and the Russian warships are
painted for war.
Republican leaders in Washington
think Democrats are preparing to
bring forward Judge George Gray of
Delaware as a presidential candidate.
Mr. Dickinson of American counsel
concluded his argument in tho Alaska
case by an appeal to humanity, declar
ing that settlement of such questions
by arbitration was better than war.
The funeral of Wilson Shannon Bis
sell took place at Buffalo, the remains
being cremated. Among the honorary
pallbearers were ex-President Cleve
land, Hon. John G. Carlisle and Hon.
Hoke Smith.
Monday.
Dispatches from Yokohama tend tc
show great tension In Russo-Japanese
relations.
President Roosevelt greets the Hon
orable Artillery company of London at
tho White House and serves punch to
them in the state dining room.
Six lives were lost and millions of
dollars damage done in New York and
neighboring regions by a deluge that
broke all records, more than 10 inclioc
of rain falling in 30 hours.
The seventh game between tho
champion baseball clubs at Pittsburg
Saturday was won by Boston, 7 to 3,
making the series stand: Boston, 4;
Pittsburg. 3.
Charles M. Schwab is to bo sued to
cancel his $10,000,000 second mortgage
on all tho shipyards in the collapsed
trust and a receiver Is to be asked
lor his Bethlehem steel plant, which
Is earning $2,000,000 a year profits.
Tuesday.
Orders were issued reducing the
force of the car shops of the Vander
bilt system by 15 per cent.
Judge William II. Adams, presiding
justice of the fourth appellate division,
died at Canandalgua.
Mr. Balfour has completed his cabi
net by admitting the new Marquis of
Salisbury as lord privy seal.
A Yokohama dispatch says that M.
Lessar, Russian minister to China, hai
announced that the Manchurian con
vention has lapsed.
In the supreme' court at Buffalo Mrs.
Olive A. Sternnmun secured a verdict
for $1,431.00 against the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company, for a policy
on the life of her late husband. It w.ir
tho fourth trial of tho suit.
SOLD WIFE AND BABY.
Demanded $100 but Compromised
Eventually on $55.
Irwin, Pa., Oct. 12. In consideration
of $55 Michael Evanlc kissed his C-month-old
baby good-bye and bade his
young wife farewell. The woman,
holding the child in her arms, turned
and walked away with Castine Borof,
her new lord and master. There were
no tears, no quivering lips, no senti
ment. It was a cold, deliberate com
mercial transaction. The seller was
fairly well satisfied with the purchase
price; the buyer pleased with the chat
tels delivered, and the older chattel
content with her new owner. The
child did not cry.
Mrs. Evanlc-Borof is a young woman
with blonde hair, blue eyes, round
face and sturdy, muscular physique of
the Russian peasant. Her new hus
band is a steady, hardworking, pros
perous miner. The man who sold her
has not, she says, cared for her as he
should, and so she was glad to "get
rid of him." She had planned to leave
the home which he undertook to pro
vide, when Borof appeared, liked her,
and suggested the sale and purchase.
Evanic demanded $100 for both the
mother and baby, but compromised
eventually on $35.
From the office where the transfer
was made, receipt signed and bill of
sale acknowledged, In the presence of
two witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Borof
went to a general store and bought a
new outfit of clothing for mother and
child.
After the purchase had been made
they went to Borof's boarding house,
where a company of friends and neigh
bors had gathered to celebrate the
event.
Evanic returned alone to the place
which he still calls a home.
ATTACKED BY WILDCAT.
Animal Gives Desperate Battle Be
fore It Is Killed With Clubs.
Washington, Pa., Oct. 12. A party
of workmen had a terrible battle with
a wildcat at West MIddletown, this
county, Saturday afternoon. One man,
John Desco, was badly injured. Shortly
after 2 o'clock a large shepherd dog,
owned by one of the men, came across
a wildcat and gave battle.
Austrian workmen heard the nolso
and ran to the assistance of the dog,
which was killed as they arrived.
Desco, who was in the lead, was Im
mediately attacked by the Infuriated
animal, which would have made quick
work of him had not his companions
gone to his assistance with clubs.
The wildcat was finally disposed of,
but not before Desco received a num
ber of ugly wounds. The cat was al
most three feet long and weighed 50
pounds.
Dogs Tripped Man and Bit Him.
Connellsville, Pa., Oct. 12. James
Cooley, Sr., a prominent business man,
Is in a serious condition at his home
in Dunbar as tho result of a peculiar
experience. While he was walking
along the street two dogs chained to
gether ran up behind him and tripped
him. The dogs, angered by his fall
ing on them, pounced upon him and
tore his flesh In a number of places
vith their teeth and claws before they
could be dragged from him. The ca
nines were hunting dogs belonging to
V.'llliam Stroud. One of them had to
be killed before he could be made to
desist.
Four Men Buried by Landslide.
Greensburg, Oct. 12. A mass of rock
and earth Saturday morning buried
four workmen, employed by tho
Tnomas McNally Company of Pitts
burg on the Pennsylvania railroad near
here. Tony Pastor! was du,g from
under the mass of rock and earth In a
dying condition. Ho was Injured In
ternally and cannot recover. Frank
TonI dug his way out, despite fright
ful cuts about the head. The other
two, also foreigners, escaped with
bruises. A steam shovel was also
burled by the landslide, the debris
c: railing down the sido of the moun
tain. Many Houses Afloat.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 12. There are no
records which show higher water ip.
tho Delaware river than on Saturday.
Tho rise was bo rapid that many peo
ple were hemmed In and were taken
out In boats. All houses which had
been swept from their foundations
came down the Delaware. Many of
them remained Intact until they struck
the bridge connecting Easton and
Philipsburg, when they were crushed
like eggshells. All the West Easton
Industries were inundated and tho
damage will be great.
Two Persons Blown to Death.
Philadelphia, Oct. 12 Walter Roy
er, 12 years old, was standing on the
bank of the city reservoir at York Sat
urday, when the wind swept him Into
tho water and he was drowned before
his body could be recovered. John
Brown, living at Crumlynn, a Fhort
distance from th'.a city, was drowned
lu the same manner. He was standing
on the bank of Crnm creek and was
blown into the stream, which was quite
liigh. His body has not yet been re
tovered. Requisition on Governor Odell.
Harrtsburg, Oct. 12. Governor Pen
nypacker has issued a requisition for
Governor Odell for the return to Penn
sylvania of Larry Sumiuerfleld and
John M. Wilson, who are wanted In
Philadelphia to answer charges of
swindling a Pittsburg man out of a
large amount of money.