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TIONESTA TENT, No. 14, K. O. T. M., meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each mouth In A. O. U. W. hall Tlouesta, Pa. M F. RITCHEY, I . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Tionesia, Pa. c URTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTORN KY-AT-LiAW, Warren, Pa. Praotlce In Forest Co. AC. .BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Olllceln Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sis., Tlouesta, Pa. J W. MORROW. M. D., Olllce and Residence three doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tlouesta. Professional calls promptly respoiidod to at all hours. D R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIVT. Olllce over stare, Tlouesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., betweon Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant. D R. J. B. SIGQINS. Phya clan ana Mirgoon, 3 OIL CITY, PA. W T.ATCSION ! . Hardware, Tinning Jt Plumbing. Tlouesta, Pa SJ SFT1 FY . " " JUSI'icE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a ooinplete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, eto. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, tIiIh lintel, t'orinorlv the Proprietor. Lawrence House, has undergone a comp ilete change, and is now ruriilHtieu wmi hi em iinprovements. Heated throughout with natural gas, hot and cold water, eto. The guests never neglected. ; the mod and lighted bathrooms, comforts ol CENTRAL HOUSE, V. G EROW A G EROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel In the place, and has all the modern improvements. No. pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. piIIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work liom the linest to ihe coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON, Manufacturer ofaud Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. 5 II MOT St U. U. UUUilUl Ufc MUiiu.j ' GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN FIRE LOSS $3,000,000. Three Big Department Stores Burned In Rochester. Attempt to Bottle Up Port Arthur. Corea Will Help Japan Bishop Hen drlck on the Korea Merchant Kills Lawyer Machen and Others Con victed Panama Canal. The retail drygoods district of Ro chester was practically destroyed by lire Friday, for three out of the five de partment stores were consumed, one of which, the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr company, was by far the largest es tablishment of this kind in the city and the oldest. Insurance men place the loss at $3,- J00.000. Of this amount $750,000 rep resents the loss on buildings and the balance the loss on stocks of goods and to occupants of offices. In addi tion, it is estimated that 2,500 people are thrown out of work, temporarily at least, because of the fire. The burned district lies on the north side of Main street, between St. Paul street and Clinton avenue, north, running from St. Paul street almost the entire length of the block. The Ore started on the eastern end of the block, in the store of the Ro chester Drygoods company and worked west, taking but one store east of this establishment, that of the Walkover Shoe company, before Its progress was checked in that direction. Next west was the store of the Beadle & Sher burne company, which was destroyed; then the Marble block, occupied by the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr company, also destroyed, and finally the 13 story Granite building, the lower part of which was occupied by the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr company, and the up per part by offices. On St. Paul street, In the rear of the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr company, stood a six-story building occupied by the wholesale department of the Sib ley, Lindsay & Curr company, which was destroyed with all Us valuable contents, the loss on this building and contents alone being placed at $1,450, 000. The stables of the Sibley, Lind say & Curr company were also burned. There were no casualties and no one was Injured with the exception that As sistant Chief Frank A. Jaynes was struck by a flying nozzle and received some bruises. The fire was discovered by the night watchman In the employ of the Ro chester Drygoods company. It was first seen at 4:50 o'clock and the watchman says it started from a fuse which blew out In the electric elevator connection. It started In the base ment. The fire department did excellent work, but tho apparatus was Inade quate and requests for assistance were sent to Buffalo and Syracuse. Each city responded, sending two engines and men to man them. The Syracuse apparatus arrived at 9:45 a. m. and the Buffalo companies an hour later. The necessity for uniform couplings In fire service was pointedly demon strated in this fire. The Syracuse coup lings would not fit the Rochester hoso and the Buffalo couplings were differ ent from both. Skirmishes In Corea. The official announcement at St. Petersburg by Major General Pflug, chief of staff to Viceroy Alexieff, that Russian cavalry had crossed the Yalu river is expected to be followed shortly by news of rather heavy land fighting, as according to seemingly trustworthy reports General Linevltch has sent a whole army corps of Infant ry to support the Cossacks who have penetrated to a point below Anju and who are reported to have beaten the Japanese In several sklimlshes. : ' ', If this Movement In force Is pro gressing It must not be assumed that the Russians have taken the offensive, but rather that they are taking up a commanding position In Northern Corea in order to check the advance of the formidable Japanese army landing on both shores of Corea, while the concentration of Russian troops behind the Yalu Is be ing completed. This concentration la making better progress' than Is gea erally believed abroad. Major General Pflug's report that General Ma's army Is west of the Ltao river agrees with the statement of the special correspondent of the Russ at Tien Tsin that the Chinese war min ister is hurrying large bodies of troops to the northeastern frontier of Pe Chi LI. This report says the troops are not going by rail but are marching by night. The military situation will be great ly complicated if General Ma's army, la really moving to the rear of the Rus sian position with the intention of making common cause with the Japa nese, as it will expose both Russian flanks to attack. An interesting Incident occurred on tho day the news was received of the sinking of the four steamers with which tho Japanese sought to block the harbor at Port Arthur. The original report was to the ef fect that four battleships and two transports had been sunk, and this created so much enthusiasm that a session of the council of the empire Immediately ordered a "Te Deum." A member of the council Just from the Winter palace burst Into the session and said: "Gentlemen, countermand the order. Only four old steamers were sunk. The emperor does not wish a thanksgiving service to be held." Bishop Hendrlck Was on the Korea. The news that the Japanese had elzed several tons of mess beef on board th3 Fte-itm;- V. y:z va3 received with cons! rablo interest at Roches ter, N. Y., us Bishop Thomas A. Hen drlck, the new bishop of Cebu, P. I., formerly of that city, was a passenger on the vessel en route to his new sta tion. Corea Will Help Japan. The Corean government has decided to order the Corean troops to join the Japanese in the field. The Statesman's Year Book for 1903 gives the following details of tho Cor ean array. The standing army now consists of about 17,000 men with European methods. In 1898 Is was taken in hand by a Russian colonel with three com missioned and ten non-commissioned officers, who retired, however, in 1S98. A royal body guard of 1.000 men was formed and has been well drilled, and periodically a draft of well trained men Is transferred from it to the other regiments of the landing army. A police force of about 2,000 men has also ben formed and Is under the police department. Merchant Killed Lawyer and Himself. Hugh "A. Knowles, formerly of the firm of Knowles & Gardner, drygoods merchants, shot and killed Attorney Henry L. Schwartz In the latter's pri vate olllce In the Marine bank build ing, Buffalo. Mr. Schwartz was shot three times. About 20 minutes after Rhootlng Mr. Schwartz, Knowles, in the presence of a number of persons, turned his re volver on himself and sent a bullet through the temple. He died In stantly. All accounts state that Knowles wag exceedingly deliberate In all that ho did, the Indications being that ho had premeditated tho commission of a double murder, his intended victims bring the members of the law firm who were the attorneys for the receiver, Loo Frank, of the defunct firm of Knowles & Gardner. Machen and Others Convicted. "Guilty as indicted," was the ver dict announced by the foreman of the Jury in the now famous postoffice con spiracy trial at Washington, stating at tho same time that this was the ver dict as to all four defendants, August W. Machen, late general superintend ent of the rural free delivery division; George E. Lorenz of Toledo, O., and Samuel A. and Diller B. Groff of this city. The jury had been out nine hour, although the verdict was reached In eight hours and 25 minutes.- Bail was furnished for each of the four convicted men. the sureties be ing the same as on the bonds for the amounts fixed prior to conviction, and the defendants were released from "ustody. Machen, Lorenz and Diller G. Groff, defendants In the postal scandals, wer each sentenced to two years' Impris onment and to pay a fine of $10,000. Paul Kruger Dying In Exile. General Benjamin Vlljoen, formerly of the Boer army, now in St. Louis, an nounces that former President Paul Kruger of the Boer republic Is slowly dying as an exile at Mentone, France, and that Pr. Reltz. state secretary un der Kruger, la an exile In Holland, a constant sufferer from nervous pros tration. General Viljoen seys Kruger's mind 1r failing, and that he lives in seclu sion, rarely conversing with any one. His compatriots applied unsuccessfully to the British government for permis sion for his return to South Africa to spend the Jast. days of his life In his native country. I The loss of the Boer cause seems to have shattered his ambition. j Liberty Bill at St. Louis. ! Against the earnest protest of Gov ernor Penny packer the Pennsylvania commission to the St. Louis exposition, by a vote of 1G to 3, decided to request the municipal authorities of Philadel phia to adopt such measures as may be necessary to insure the exhibition of the Liberty bell In the Pennsylvania state building during the exposition. Governor Pennypacker took the posi tion that the bell was too sacred a relic to be taken from Independence Hall, whore It Is under constant police guard. Panama Canal Will Now Be Pushed. .The United States senate has rati fied without amendment tho ' treaty with Panama for a canal across the Isthmus by a vote of CG to 14. Fourteen Democrats voted for ratifi cation and 14 against. Two Demo crats, Clark of Montana and Stone of Missouri were r-aired in favor of the treaty, and three Democrats, Overman, McLaurin and Martin, were paired against It, so in tho total vote 1G Dem ocrats were for the treaty and 17 against It. Scaffold In Federal Building Fell. In Chicago one man was killed, another man was probably fatally fijured, and over a score of workmen had narrow escapes from being crushed beneath a monster scaffold which collapsed In tho center of the new postoffice building. General Dick Will Succeed Ha-nna. General Charles Dick was nomln ated by acclamation last week at Col umbus for both the unexpired and reg ular terms for United States seni.oi to succeed the late Senator Hanna at the caucus of the Republican members of the legislature. Loss of Life on Pacific Steamer. After suffering the niost harrowing experiences from fire and storms and the loss of 14 lives the steamer Queen reached Port Townsend. Wash, Sunday. WOOD REPORTS BATTLE Hassan's Eand In Jolo Entirely Destroyed. Lieutenant West and Six Privates Wounded Original Rebel Force of 3,000 Has Been Reduced to 15. Members of Revolted Constabulary at Vlgan In Custody. Washington, March 1. General Wood reports, under date of Feb. 15. an engag?ment with tho Datto Moros under Hassan on the island of Jolo. Lieutenant West and six privates were wounded: One has since died. The Moro loss was heavy. Hassan succeeded In making his es cape. His original forco of 3,000 has now been reduced to 13. The Island is now under control of the American authorities and influential Moros are aiding in the pursuit of the outlaws. The members of the constabulary who revolted at Vlgan are ail in cus tody. The arms and ammunition tak en by them have been recovered and the troops have returned to their sta tion. It Is said at the war department that this destruction of Hassan's band Is a case of retributive Justice. The chlel once enticed Major Scott oft Into the Jungle, pretending to be friendly, and In ambush shot him. Since that time Major Scott has been on his trail and now has de stroyed his band. Hassan, who was a priest, is one ol the Irreconcilables. When the navy was making some surveys a year ago cf the coast of Jolo, Hassan construed the setting un of survey marks as an act of hostility and attacked the troops. He came into General Sum r.er's headqi: vters under summons, but made his escape and ever since has been at war. His band U believed to have num bered about GOO and if entirely de stroyed, as the cablegram reports, the battle must have been of some pro portions. ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR. Reported Blockade of Vladivostok Believed to Be Part of the Plan. St. Petersburg, March 1. Direct confirmation of the report from Hako date that Vladivostock Is blockadeo by Japanese vessels cannot be obtain ed here, but Is considered not impro bable. During the Japanese landing oper ations in Corea the Russian warships to the north were a constant menace, and blockading them would be the most effectlvo means of securing non interference. Furthermore, It Is worthy of not? that for more than one week no word has been allowed to come from Vlad ivostock, and this in itself seems strong presumptive evidence t"hat Im portant events are transpiring. The report from Llao Yang, Man churla, that the Japanese fleet has re celved orders to attack and capture Port Arthur on March 1 at all costs, coupled with the comparison of Port Arthur and Sebastopol made by the NovoeVremya. has created a profound Impression, and has added to the be lief that the Japanese possibly Intend to commence land and sea operations against Port Arthur sooner than was anticipated. Provisions For Eight Months. ; St. Petersburg, March 1. The fam ily of a foreigner employed at Port Dalny arrived here yesterday having made the trip in 18 days. One of the members said to a correspondent: "The day after the outbreak of hos tilities the authorities ordered all non combatants to leave Port Dalny In or der to have as we mouths as possible to feed In the event of a siego. :"If the Japanese -- ' Port Arthur there were enon ,"le 80 "-.'nns there when I left to las 19 '-iths. We passed a continu.'ue P,allin' of troop trains going east." 'opairs. J j tteuier) Proposed New ,rer0 Taxes. St. Petersburg, ; 1. The Bourse Gazette says: " -There Is no need for alarm over the blockade of Port Arthur. The war will not end until not a single Japanese id loft alive In Corea. The successes ot the Russian arms will re-assert thf; In ternational laws defined by London and Washington, which have recog nized Japan's subjugation of neutral Corea." The Bourse Gazette urges the gov ernment to Issue patriotic stamps, the proceeds of which shall go to strength en the navy, all parcels to carry an extra kopek stamp, which will bring in $3,500,000. Tradesmen are al.so in vited to affix a kopek stamp on every purchase. Other independent contri butions for tho navy are expected to ylold $15,000,000. Tho Corean minister here refuses to believe the reported Japaneso-Corean treaty, wldch he describes as "an Eng lish Invention," and declares the whole document is absurd. The minister has become a popular figure tlnce he cama out as a ttrong partisan of Russia and gave $25 towards Jhe fund being raised to strengthen the Russian fleet Servant Sentenced Fcr Theft. Washington, March 1. A pines French. Iho white nmld, who recently stole ft cjiiantity of Jewelry from the apartnirnta of Postmaster Genera? Payne lt d who later was captured in Brooklyn, wa3 sentenced to sir yearn In the i-efiitentiary. WHITE HOU8E CHANGES. Generally Criticised by Senators as Falling Short of WhatWas Expected. Washington, March 1. The archi tectural changes made In the White House were the subject of a large share of discussion In the senate and they were generally criticised as fall ing short 'of the Improvements which should have, been secured with the $500,000. appropriated for the purpose. The discussion arose In connection with the consideration of the bill pro viding for the erection of a building for the Joint use of the departments of state, justice and commerce and labor. Consideration of the bill was not con cluded. During consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill In the house Mr. Scott of Kansas made the declaration that a negro had dined at the White House with President Cleve land during the latter's first adminis tration. The statement was prompted by a reference by Mr. Gilbert to the dining of Booker T. Washington at the White House. When the name was demanded Mr. Scott said It was C. H. J. Taylor, who was appointed by Pres ident Cleveland as recorder of deed3 for the District of Columbia. Mr. Gilbert observed that he and others never had heard of the Inci dent, but the Democrats were not "particularly claiming" Mr. Cleveland, and Mr. Cochran said It was but cum ulative evidence that "there is no bet ter Republican In the country than Grover Cleveland." Mr. Scott In contrasting Booker Washington with Taylor said the for mer was a man of recognized ability, while he declared there was nothing to commend the latter. Mr. Gilbert. In the course of his speech, said that in the Spanish war there were General Miles, Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Schley and Gen erals Lee, Wheeler and Bell, Demo crats, while on the other side was a member of the Republican cabinet, accused of sending embalmed beef to the soldiers. "Then," he said, "there was a Republican horse doctor sent to Cuba who was accused of befriending the gamblers and lawbreakers." He referred to the conviction of Rathbonc and Neely and alluded to General Fun ston, who he charged, had violated the rules of civilized warfare In wearing the uniform of an enemy In the cap ture of Aguinaldo. He next referred to General Davis, "who," he said, "sold rice and other provisions to starving natives at enormous profits." In the house a discussion of reci- In the house a discusion of reci procity by Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Will lams, the minority leader, consumed the greater portion of the day. An other feature was the declaration by Mr. Lovering that while the Republi can party was talking about "standing pat" thousands of dollars were being lost to manufacturers and "that our boasted prosperity Is fast coming to an end," because of the failure of the party to enlarge the drawback sys tem and provide the new markets which he declared were now demand ed. Mr. Lovering was loudly applaud ed on the minority side when he took Issue with his party. Twelve Lives Lost In a Fire. Roberaval Que., March 1. Twelve lives were lost in a fire which, de stroyed the home of Thomas Gu'ay at St Felicien early Monday. W-Hen the fire was first noticed by neighbors who live some distance away the house had been burned to the ground. In it at the time were eight small chil dren of Thomas Guay, Mrs. Phillip Gagnon and her three small children. Not one of the women or children es caped. Both Gagnon and Guay, the fathers, were absent working in the woods. Cement For Irrigation Dam. Washington, March 1. Bids were opened at the Interior department for 150,000 barrels of cement for the Tou to Basin dam in the Salt River valley irrigation project. The contract in volves between $500,000 and $750,003. The lowest bidders were the Portland Cement company of Colorado and tho Atlas Portland . Cement company of New York. The Atlas company's bid was not accompanied by the required check. The Colorado company's bid was $4.81 per barrel delivered at the dam site. Killed In the Fighting Top. St. Petersburg, March 1. According to a story printed here, Count Niroda, the midshipman killed In the battle off Chemulpo, was standing In the light ing top of the Varlag, calling off dis tances, when the mast was struck and the count tumbled from his station Into the sea. Ill Mnxter Stroke. "George Ferguson," said his wife, looking with crushing ncorn ut ' the gaudy rug he had bought nt a special sale, "I wonder if over In your life you knew a good bnrgnln when you saw It?" The case was critical. Mr. Ferguson saw that something bold and decisive must be done, nml his mind worked quickly. "Why. yes, Laura," he said. "When I wnnted n wife I picked out the nicest, sweetest little woman In the whole world, and I got the best bar gain any man ever got. There, there, pet!" Chicago Tribune. I'll m lly HUtory. "Both of my grandparents on my mother's side were nonageiiarliAi'.s," said Mrs. Clldcaslle. ' Is that so?" replied her hostess. "M.v folks was all Baptists, but Joslah comes from n Methodist family." Cld riigo Record Herald. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who hat Little Time to Spare. Wednesday. Four Russian torpedo boat destroy ers are captured at Port Arthur and their crews transferred, the Russians being trapped by their own signals. Promoters of the Northern Securi ties company are p-epared to preserve the merger In cass the Suited Elates supreme court's decision Is adverse. Representative Burton of Ohio as tonished his Republican colleagues by opposing further Increase of the American navy. From St. Petersburg corroboration vas received of the negotiations wltn Turkey for the passage of the Dar danelles by tha Black sea fleet. It was reported in St. Thomas. D. W. I., that there was revere fighting in Sanchez, Santo Domingo, and that Puerto Plata was asain in the hands o'. General Jiminez. Thursday. Fire in the factory of the Phelps Piano company at Brockport, N. Y., reulted in a loss of $150,000. Will of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna is filed at Cleveland, disposing of an estate valued at $3,000,000, ad of which is left to the family. Secretary Hay has receivrl informa tion that Japan has negotiated a treaty with Corea whereby she guar antees the independence and Integrity of Corea. A mortgage has been executed by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company to the United States govern ment to cover the loan of $4,000,000 authorized by congress to be made to the company. Friday. The Chicago Federation of Labor was enjoined by Judge Holdom from aiding strikers in acts of intimida tion and violence. Viceroy A lexieff's proclamation to the Chinese in Manchuria says he will hold the inhabitants responsible for de struction of railroad and telegraph lines. Several senators and representa tives suggested to President Roose velt that Senator Hanna's portrait be placed on the new Panama canal bonds. Britain's naval budget shows an in crease of $12,000,000 over last year, more than half of which will be de voted to paying for the battleships purchased from Chill. Corea and Japan entered into an alliance whereby the latter receives the right to operate her military forces at will In the Hermit kingdom and In turn guarantees Corea's Independence and Integrity. Saturday. When the Pacific liner Corea put In at Nagasaki, Japan detained more than 12,000 barrels of beef consigned tc Port Arthur. A London dispatch says the Jap anese have landed at Posslet bay, nea: Vladivostock, and are striking toward Kirin and Harbin. All propositions to cut down the naval increase provisions in the navy appropriation bill were defeated by votes of two to one In the house of representatives. The Japanese official report of the last naval engagement at Port Arthur says the object of sinking the stone laden vessels in the harbor was accom plished and tho officers and crews re turned safely. Monday. President Roosevelt formally pro mulgated the Panama canal treaty and M. Bunau-Vavilla resigned as minister from Panama. t Republican New York state commit tee pledged support to President Roosevelt and adopted Governor Odell's suggestion to hold the state convention on April 12. John Alexander Dowle's meeting al Melbourne Sunday was broken up by crowds shouting and ringing comic songs. Democrats In the house of represent atives were defeated In every attempt to decrease the number of new war ships provided for In the naval appro priation bill, which was passed. Tuesday. Foreigners at Yin Kow, China, say tho Japanese fleet has received orders to attack and capture Port Arthui March 1 at all costs. In a dispatch from Seoul it Is related that a band of Russian soldiers, near Wlju, attacked several Coreans, kill ing some and driving off the others in a panic. The battleship Wisconsin at Manila has beaten tho world's record with 13 Inch guns, Ita expert gunners having made nine bull's-eyes out of V) shots within 10 minutes. The union station commission oi Buffalo, appointed in 1901, have re signed, saying their efforts to agre-; with the railroads as to a union station have been unsuccessful. That he might become a hero Harry Hayner, 17 years old. has recently set eight fires in the Binghamton Sav ing bank building. In which he va elevator bny. He was arreated an Confessed. HOUSES HANGING OVER CAVE. Families Flee, Fearing Home Will Be Engulfed In Undermined Opening. Plymouth, Pa., Feb. 29. Walnut street Is blocked by the worst cave-in this town has ever known. The break started a week ago Sunday morning, when a wide crack opened across tho street and spread rapidly until It Is now 50 fet wide and 45 feet deep. The two houses so far affected are held by props from falling into the hole. Families of Mrs. Edward Con dron and Michael Farrell have aban doned these houses. As the fall Is ex tending there are grave fears that both houses may be engulfed before they can be removed. The cavity Is over the old workings of tho Plymouth Coal company's col liery. All the coal was takea from these workings and the comifiny could not fill the chambers with culm because of a flood. The cave-In cut off the large water main, running down the street, and for some time the residents In that portion of the town were without wa ter. A special meeting of the council and street commissioners has been called to devise means of preventing tha spread of the cave-in. DIED AT BABY FARM3. Bodies of Eight Young Women Shipped Secretly Out of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 29. In connec tion with his Investigation into the baby farms, with their attendant in fant killing industry. Coroner Dugan has discovered eight cases In which young women have died In the lylng-in establishments. In each case the body was Immediately shipped out of town for burial. These eight cases form only a small percentage of the actual number of deaths, it Is averred by the police. Every oneof the cases Is now under Inquiry. The clue to this phase ol the situation was given by a young husband whose mother-in-law took the wife to one of the establishments. She died there, and the husband was not ahlo to see her body. Warrants will be issued shortly In the case charging murder. Widow Loses 01,000 In Street a Car. Reading, Pa., Feb. 29. Mrs. Jennie Kantner, a young widow, left home Saturday morning to deposit $1,000 In bank that she had received as Insur ance. She had the cash In large notes In a chatelaine bag and In leaving a crowded street car the bag waa swept from her side and lost. The car had already Btarted when she missed her bag. She hailed the car and ran aftet It. The conductor helped In the search, but the bag could not be found. Two Men Killed In Similar Manner. Wllllamsport, Pa., Feb. 29. Death came to two men at different point! in this section In the same manner Saturday. Augustus Schambacher ol East Point was cutting a tree when a dead limb fell and crushed his skull He walked to his home where he died. At Rome. Walter M. Heath was cut ting a tree, when the dead lap broke off and crushed his skull. He died while being carried home. Women Dig Up a Street. Reading, Pa., Feb. 29. Owing to the great scarcity of plumbers and the large number of frozen water pipes a half dozen married women, living in Burch Btreet, secured picks and shov els Saturday and went to work In a body, dug up the street, made a bon fire and thawed out a frozen pipe, thus securing their usual supply of watei for household purposes. Pennsylvania Builds Hospital Car. Altoona, Pa.. Feb. 29. The Pennsyl vania railroad has let the contract for tho erection in the local shop ol four hospital cars, which will contain operating room, apartments for in jured, physicians and nurses and de partment of supplies. The cars will be stationed in Philadelphia. Pitts burg, Harrisburg and Altoona. Highwaymen Operate In Chester. Chester. Pa., Feb. 29. Two high waymen assailf.d Charles Humphrls on the street here, disabling him by a blow with a sandbag. Th;y took his watch and money and left him bleed ing on the sidewalk. There he waa found, nenrly frozen, some time latei by Charles Kennedy. Cane Led to Finding Dead Mother. Watsontown, Pa., Feb. 29. Mrs Stewart Henry, 03 years old, slipped on tho Ice In the public roadway and plunged down a 12-foot embankment where she was found dead. Her son seeing the cane lying 'in the road, peered over the edge of the embank ment and saw his mother's body. Ate Strychnine For Candy; Dead. Norristown. Pa., Feb. 29. Eating 25 strychnine pills in mistake for candy tho 3-year-old daughter of Clayton H. Detweiler, living near Telford, died In a few minutes. Falling From Bridge, Boy Drowns. I.ewistown, Pa., Feb. 29. Elmer Broom, the 10-year-old son of John Broom, was drowned by falling from the Pennsylvania railroad bridgo into the Klshacoquillas creek. Fired Last Shot In War; Dead. Serauton. Pa.. Feb. 29. George J. Burkel, who fired tho last gun of thd civil war at Morrlsvllle, Tenn.. died (Saturday at his home here. He waa t5 years old. . .
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