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J US I'lCE OK THE PEACE, Keeps a complete lino of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, K. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. Lawrence ileto change, ; the mod and lighted This hotel, formerly the House, has undergone a eonip and is now furnished with al em improvements. Healed throughout Willi natural gas, Dam rooms, comforts ol not anu com w hut, guests never neglocted. The CENTRAL HOUSE, V.V GEKOW .V . GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is tho niostcontrally located hotel in the place, itml 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. piIIL. EMERT FANCY ROOT .t SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to tho coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J OREN.O FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer iu HARNESS, ' COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA.-PA. S. H. HASLET k SDNS GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN JAPS' RAPID ADVANCE. Occupied Town of Seng Cheng Without Opposition. Japanese Steamer Sunk Rldeau Hal Partly Burned Editor Ha Anothsi Arrested Three People Swep' Over Falls Six Deaths In Explos ion Religious Ordera Enjoined. Tho London Dally Telegraph's cor respondent at Shanghai gives an ur; confirmed report that a Japanest army of 105,000 men has landed oppo site Taku Shan, in Southern Man churla, and la marching north ant iiorthwept; that another army of 40, 000 has landed In Northwestern Corel and Is marching toward the Yalu river and that a third force has disembark ed in Northeastern Corca and li marching westward. The advance guard of the Jap an use army In Northwestern Coret occupied the town of Seng Cheng Saturday afternoon without any on position. Seng Cheng is on the Pekit road, 18 miles west of Cheng Ju anc about 40 miles south of Wljti. The Japanese advance from Chenj J ii was made very rapidly. It was an tlclpat6d the Russians would reslsl this advance, but they failed to do si and now it is not probable that ther will be any further opposition soutt of the Yalu river. Engagement North of Ping Yang. The Russian emperor has received a dispatch from General KuropatkU at New Chwang giving a lsugthj report from General MIshtchenko dated ut 10 p. m., March 28, whlc; says that an Important engagement took place near the town of Chong Ju. in which the Russians were defeated retiring in perfect order. The Japanese Buffered heavily but the Russian losses are not stated. Cavalry and Infantry on both sides were engaged. The Russians occupied a commanding position. The Japanese fought gallantly, but owing to their heavy losses were un able to occupy the position abandoned by the Russians. A correspondent at Russian head quarters In Mukden telegraphs that ac cording to reports received there about 10,000 Japanese have crossed the river at Chin Changau and 5,000 have advanced north from Chotig Ju. The Chronicle's Shanghai corres pondent asserts that practically the whole Japanese army In Corea, con sisting of. 100,000 men. Is concentrated at Pak Chen and Anju only small de taehinents being left In Southern Corea to maintain communications. Japanese Steamer Sunk. The action of Russian warships In sinking the Japanese steamer Hanyei Mam Is deeply resented by the Jopanese. In ofllcial circles the at tack upon and the sinking of this ves sel near Tachin island is pronounced to be a clear violation of the neutrality of China, besides being an act of wan tonness against a defenceless craft. After transferring 10 Japanese and seven Chinese from the Hanyei Maru the fire of two vessels was directed upon the steamer and one of the Rus sian torpedo destroyers sent several shells through her hull. When she ap peared to be sinking the Russian ships started at. full speed In the direction of Port. Arthur. Three of tho crew of the Hanyei Maru concealed themselves on board when the Russians came over to re move mem anu laier escaireu " orl Junk from the sinking vessel. TUUn .Tnnnnpse irenerallv nroiiounce this af- fair to be a barbarous breach of the law of nations and of humanity. Japs Say' Harbor Is Blocked. Information has been received at Washington from Tokio under date ol March 30 to this effect: "Tho Japanese, fleet has been suc cessful in attempt partially to close the channel of Port Arthur. Four Jap anese merchant, vessels, "escorted by 12 destroyers and six first-class tor pedo boats, arrived at 3 a. m. on March 27. "The Japanese merchant vessels successfully entered the channel In side the lighthouse. Two were de stroyed, sunk by Russian destroyers; two of them by their own explosives. Loss In killed, two officers, two men; loss in wounded, one officer, eight men. No casualties on Japanese toj pedo vessels. Very small gap in chan nel." Should the cablegram from Tokio prove to be accurate it Is believed that it will be difficult for the Russian ships to pass the channel. Survivors of Korietz and Varlag. The Russian steamer Malaya from the Far East with the survivors of the crews of the Korietz and Varlag oil board were accorded an enthusiastic reception at Odessa by the enormous crowds which lined the streets and iolned In the procession. The forelg.i vessels In port dressed ship and their crews cheered as the Malaya entered the harbor, escorted by a flotilla of steamers and other craft with hands of music on hoard, and crowded with people who had gone out to meet her. So soon ns the Malaya was signaled the commandant of the port boarded the steamer and pinned crosses of St. George on the breasts of the rescued men. Severe Fighting In Thibet. News has been received from Tuna. British India, of some severe fight ing, tho Thibetans having attack . od tho British mission tinder Colonel Yotinghusband. There were two eu Basements and the Thibetans were re pulsed with heavy loss. The BrltidS captured the Thibetan camp at Cum. Wants to Rcnftme Port Ar'.hur. Tho Moscow Oaftts urg-!3 the' re christening of Port Arthur as Por Nicholua. a3 the English nme sound badly to Russian ear3. Editor Sues Another For Libel. On a warrant sworn out by Demc cratlc National Committeeman Not man E. Mack, proprietor of tho Buffrdi Times, William J. Connors, proprleto of the Buffalo Courier and Enquirei was arrested Monday night charge! with criminal llbal. Mr. Mack resents the chargo madi by Mr. Connors In the Enquirer tha ho appropriated 40,000 of campaigi funds. The arrest was the culmination o a bitter psrsonal fight between th two editors In the rival Democrath papers over the control of party ot ganb.atlon. Mr. Mack consulted witl , few of his intimate friends and hi. legal advisor before causing Mr. Con nors' arrest. Mr. Connors was not locked up, bu agreed to nppnar in court next morn lng. In police court on Tuesday Judgi Murphy adjourned tho case till Friday Jiprll 1. On that dale the care wi again adjourned til April 29, on ac count of the illness of Mr. Connors lawyer. Crop Outlook Favors Large Yield. Bradstreet's summary of the siati of tride says: Low temperatures, heavy ra"ins, bat roads and floods, the latter In tin Ohio and tributary vallsys, havi checked spring trade, delayed colleo tlons, discouraged eastern demand, am closed a three months period of hack ward business iu the north, east anc west. There are some redeeming features however Agricultural implement mei have done probably the best season'! trade on record and the railways arc gradually finning out of their trans portatlon mfficulties. While nearly all slgrm point to i smaller turnover in the country's tradi than in 1!0S, feeling Is still genera that the crop outlook, stimulated b; high prices, favors large yields, anc warm, dry weather Is eagerly awaite" as furnishing a true tost of the rea trade situation. Swept Over Falls to Death. Miss Marie Willis, Samuel Grahan and an unidentified man plunged tc death over the brink of the tower lng Shoshone falls, near Boise, Idaho The falls, which are 210 feet high - higher than Niagara are unusual) swift, owing to the swollen condittor of Snake river. Miss Willis and Graham were row ing above the cataract, when the;' found themselves tn the grip of the current, their boat filling and sweep ing toward the edge of the falls. The unidentified man, who is be lieved to have been a resident of Itoch River, went bravely to the rescue The two boats were swept over the edge in a ptorm of blinding spray. Tht bodies of the victims have not been re covered. Part of Rldeau Hall Burned. The new wing of Kidman Hall, thti official residence of the governor geii' eral of Canada, was destroyed by flr which broke out at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning. The loss will read about $50,000. Some anxiety was nl first felt for the safety of Lady Min to. who was lying in one of the apa. t ments with a fractured leg, but her rr moval was accomplished without dinl culty. Rid.'an Hall was purchased w the vice regal residen.ee 3fi years ue '. and has cost about $200,000. The originated from a defective fire plai which logs wre blazing. Will Be Instructed For Parker. From a source at Albany so close to former Senator D. B. Hill that It Is Intended that, the New York stain delegation to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis shall be posi tively instructed In favor of Juder Alton B. Parker us New York state's choice for the presidential nomination. Senator Hill and his friends now be lieve that they will control at leaM three fourths of the state convent!i:v. which will he held In Harmanu Bleecker hall on Monday, Apvil 18. Six Lives Lost In Explosion. Five women and one man were killed and five women fatally injured by an explosion in the factory of th Dickson Squib company at Pricobur? Pa. Twenty girls were employed in the factory. It 13 said that one of th girls threw a squib Into a stove and that the force of the explosion was sc great that it wrecked the building and set it. on fire. The squibs are used is coal mining. Agricultural Appropriation Bill. Tho conference on the agricultur al appropriation bill at Washington has reached an agreement. The bit: now carries a total appropriation ol $5,902,010. The senate amendmenl providing for experiments in anima breeding und feeding In co-operation with state agricultural relations Is no cepted, hut the amount appropriate-; is reduced from $50,000 to $25,000. Religious Orders Forbidden to Teicb Uy the decisive majority of :'.1G tc 290 tho chamber of deputies II France has passed the government bil! for the suppression of all forni3 oi teaching by the religious orders. This completes the work begun by fornu'i Premier M. Waldeck-Uousseau In Will Decrease In Public D.cbt. The monthly stuteiti'-nt of puhl: : debt shows at closo of business Marct 31, 1904, tho debt, less cash in tl.f treasury, amounted to 22.101 , a decrease for tha month of 2,012,03 CHARGES OF CRUELTY. Repl of Brussels Authorities as to Conditions In Congo. One Case of Extreme Cruelty, When Investigated, by the Congo Authorf ties, Was Fopnd to Have Been Based Upon Lies of Interested Nativea Humanitarian Work. Washington, April 5 By authority of tha Congo Free State James G. Whiteley has given a resumo of the Brussels note issued in reply to charges made in a recent report of tha British consul in the Congo region. The consul's report, says Mr. White ley, contains a number of statement1 of cruel treatment of natives, but gives no corroborative testimony, and the3fl stories are valueless because they weie not investigated. The report, he says, also fails to give times and rlaces. The resume continues: "One case, however, which the con sul investigated end which he gives as a roost flagrant example was brought to the knowledge of the Congo au thorities and was investigated by them. This is the case of the boy Epondo, who claimed his left hand had tieon cut off by a native sentry in the service of La Lulonga Rubber com pany. Tha consul, accompanied by two missionaries, went to the village tit Bossunguma and proceeded to hold an impromptu court of inquiry. The in jured boy accused the sentry Kelengo to his face. "The consul then questioned tha chief and a number of hoadmen. They rtpliod by accusing the sentry. Most nf them declared that they had been eye witness of tho deed. The con sul asked whether tiere were any more witnesses and 'nearly all those present, about 40 persons, shouted out with one voice that it was Kelengo who did it.' The accused sentry de nied the charge. "Other natives came forward with various charges of robbery and wrong doing against the sentry and finally the consul, considering the evidence conclusive, announced to the assem bled multitude that 'Kelengo deserved severe punishment, for his illegal and cruel nets' and taking with him the maimed boy. laid the ease before the state authorities, saying dramatically that he denounced 'not an Individual but a system.' "It would be unwarrantable to draw such a sweeping conclusion from a single case even if the case were well founded, but as a matter of fact the accusations of Epondo against the sena ry were shown to be without any foundation whatever. Whi-:n the prop er state authorises came to investi gate the case the boy's evidence broke down. Tie admitted that he had lid and explained that he had lost hi? hand In a boar hunt. When asked why he had falsely accused the sentry1 he said that ho had done It at the in stigatlon of the natives of the district who hoped thus to secure the Inter vention of the British consul and n release from the necessity of gather Ing rubber." Most of the other natives who ac cused the sentry, says Mr. Whiteley, fled, but when captured admitted th-'v had given false evidence. Mr, Whit ley continues: "The British consul's chief case, investigated by himself ar 1 supported by a cloud of witnesses, having thus fallen through, there little reason to place confidence in the simple declarations of natives unsup ported by corroborative evidence an 1 uninvestigated." He says Epondo was twice photo graphed by the E'iglish and told to put his "stump" well In tho fore ground, and adds that adversaries of the Free State. have recently circulat ed photographs of mutilated natives who have been held up as victims .of tho administration. Anywhere in Africa, says Mr. White ley, Fuch natives may be found, the victims of Inter-tribal war3. As to tho accusations concerning taxe3, Mr. Whiteley says the tax Is necessary. It compels the native to contribute some thing toward state pxp'.miros and teaches him habits of Industry. Tho labor roipilred of natives Is only 4f hours a month. There is sometimes trouble over the. collection of taxes, but this 1.3 n-it confined to the Congo, as reports froi.i British Rhodesia r.how that natives refused to pay the'hut tax. ' Mr. .Whiteley says the British con sul's deductions aru illogical and con cludes: 'The-Brussels note refutes all 11m? points of the British conniii's report anil Is a most convincing tes'Imony to th. hiiinatiitiirian work which KIpt Leopold has accomplished in Africa.' ' Flood Situation Improved. L'leveland, April 5- As o result of the lower temperature wld-h h n pre vailed over Ohio for the past 18 hours tnere was a very petieral impvovoiiKmr. in flood conditions a nil points. Th'J water in the St. Mary's re-ervoir hai fallen rapidly with the rc-iiill Ih.-.t nl' CtlrtT'T nf a li'v-il; ifi-'tv l p'rit. Trif tic has eii iosuiiie.1 prai': .'.!' v: &ii railroads. President tr.i Cssliitr Arreted. Ft. Wayne, fnd.. April 5. Alhrt. .'titbbius, pi'i Mdent, und Iv'r.vaid L. lioliiiin., his lion, eaf-hier of tiu l;r '.iei'tiiiel F;mtiii r.s' Lank :u A'llmiv, wito mrrcslcd in lli.it tily o;i wiiiiuiiii rli.-tiging them w i li cmbwtl.'mt.-ut. Complaint was tiled by nu'ii who hud deposited in the bank a fev days pi -viouc io tho tlo.-.iiij of tlio histUjli'Jii. CHANCES FAVOR JAPAN. Siberian Railv;ay a Failure and Rus sian Administration Honeycombed With Corruption. Victoria, B. C, April 5. R. L. Mc Gowan, an American business man who has spent many years amongit the Russians both in Europe and Asia, has arrived by the steamship Agamem non from Yokohama. He says taht nothing but a miiacle can save Russia from humiliating and disastrous de feat at the hands of the Japanese Russia's army, navy and civil services are honeycombed with corruption and mutiny to an extent utterly beyond be lief. The Trans-Siberian railway is a complete failure. The Japanese know to a nicety Russia's strength In East Asia and count upon a six-years' war. They know the Russians have no sup plies and cannot get any except by dribbles from Europe. The Japanese scheme Is to drive the Russians out of Manchuria, seize Sa galien Island, wrested from them many years ago and forming the Alsace-Lorraine of the Far East; take Kamchatka peninsula and so settle tho vexed sealing question, with which Russia ha3 grievously Interfered, dom inate in Corea and have free entry to Pekln as demanded after the war with China and blocked by Russia. The Japanese count Port Arthur and Vladivostok as mere incidents in tho campaign and look upon them as al ready theirs. The Japanase have made vast preparations and every move has been calculated. In his opinion the contest Is a most unequal one with every advantage on the side of the Japanese. Mr. Mc Gowan when In the Orient had excop tlonal opportunities of acquiring ex clusive information. He says the Jap. anesa would gladly send home every war correspondent now there, but hes itate to adopt so radical a step. They are doing all they can officlaly to pre vent the correspondents doing mis chief with premature reports and the end of the correspondents' troubles 13 not yet, he says, by a long odds. Scenes at Harbin. St. Petersburg, April 4. A press correspondent en route to the front, writing from Harbin, March 13, de scribes the scene there as he observer; it. From all sides soldiers were pour ing into Harbin. The uncompleted railroad station there had been trans formed Into a barracks, and almost every house in the town was occupied by soldiers. Pristan, a short distance away, which until recently had been a small village on the bank of tho Sungnrl river, had become a city with tem porary buildings which were being used by the troops and with stores, n hotel and restaurants. The snow-filled streets of the two cities, at the time the correspondent wrote, were thronged with picturesque Cossacks, bearded Siberians, sharp shooters and galloping orderlies, all Imbued with the fever to get to the front. Merchants and restaurant keepers, the correspondent adds, we:e accused of extortion but money was chef! p. Spring was coming on. though vio lent snowsiorms continued to rage. EASTER ECG ROLLING. White House Ground? Tlxonged Witii Children cf All F.aces. Washington. April 5. Umiki vds of children of all col . 6 .id conuiiorcs participated in the Easier Monday eg rolling fcs.ival on the White Hou: grounds. Except that the wcathe; was too cool for pifcct comfort, tlu day was Ideal. The grounds were thronged with children and a regula tion was enforced that no growu-iin-s should be admitted to the grounds un less they were in charge of chold.t-n. The youngsters practically had th-i grounds to themselves and they eu joyed the day immensely. To add to the pleasure of the cvi rolling party President Roosevelt & reeled that the Marine band niioi,!.' give a concert, in the grounds be tween 3 and 5 o'clock. The presido:;''i young children and so.ne of th:dr p'r.y mates also participated iu the egg row ing fun. To witness the sport Mrs. Roosevelt Invited the women of the cabinet cir cle and a party of iter young friend s to the White House during the aflnrnoon. After luncheon the president joined the party, remaining for a time to watch the children. Prohibs Will Endorse Genera! Miles. Indianapolis, April 5. The sign. Uoint to the endorsement of General Nelson A. Milo3 for president by the Indiana Prohibitionist convention Milch begins today. President's Bays Return to Crolon. Washington, April 5. Tlieodo-e Roosevelt, Jr., and 1 U br-.;ther Ki-rmit left for Groton, Mam., to l-e.-iumo th-.'ir studies after tli:: fta-dor vaiMtlor. They will remain at school until ihe closo of the term In Jtiti. when I: ii probable they will go to their siimiiiar home at Oyslcr Tin y l-'iiuu Ihv lihime. "The troiiblr' ain't with the furf;" suid the old man. "If the farm ilidi. t have to do miylhii!;; but support Itself, It could be made to .;i,v, lut It don't seem to he able to carry Hie burden ot! us livin' on 't. mi I reikoii we're to blame."- Clii. a-o Post. Losing a t ('iijint'l ii ii li y. ' The i-urlnili goes up at S : 1 .1, so we'll be Just In time." 'i'.ut If we have a box It really seeiiei ii shame to be so pum tiial." - Brooklyn Life. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Paiti pf the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Ftw Words as Possible For the Benefit of tits Hurried Reader. Document3 forwarded by King Leo pold refute the statements of mission aries as to ciuelties in the Congo Free State. A report reached Seoul that 50 Jap anese and 100 Cossacks were killed oi wounded in a skirmish between Anju and Tingju. Warren B. Wilson of Chicago asked the supremo court of the District ol Columbia to enjoin Secretary Shaw from paying out any money for the Panama canal or to the republic ol Panama. Senator Joseph R. Burton of Kan sas was convicted in St. Loul3 of hav ing violated the law of the United States by accepting compensation from the Rialto Oraln and Securities company. Thursday. Members of the Panama canal com mission sailed for Panama, accom panied by many "bugologlsts" and rep resentatives of contractors. At tho Democratic primaries throughout the state 228 delegates have been Instructed to vote for Judge Parker in tho state convention. The captain of the Japanese steam er Hanyei arrived at Chee Foo and reported that his vessel had been fired on and sunk by the Russian fleet near the Miao Tao islands. The vessels of the British naval squadron at Victoria, B. C, have re ceived orders to hold themselves In readiness for instant orders to sail for a distant quarter, presumably Chinese waters. Friday. The Federal Trust company of Cleveland and the Union Trust com pany of Boston have made assign ments. The first civil tribunal of the Seine at Paris decided the case of the repub lic of Colombia against the Panama Canal company in favor of the defend ants. For sinking Japanese merchantmen in Sungari straits at the opening of the war $75,000 has been distributed In prize money to tho crews of the four cruisers of the Vladivostok squad, ron. ' Mr. Bryan's appeal from decision of the probate court denying admission of the sealed letter of the late Phlla S. Bennett bequeathing $50,000 In trust to Mr. Bryan, was rejected in supreme court. New Haven. Life imprisonment for Herman Heimberger and 20 years nt Auburn prison for William E. Trueman was ihe sentence imposed by Judge Rich fit Buffalo on two of the four boys charged with the murder of Bernardo Balsano . Saturday. David B. Hill was elected a delegate from the Third district of Albany to the state convention and instructed for Judge Parker. Three masked men held up the Ore gon express near Keswick. Cal., killed W. J. O'Neil, the express messenger, and carried off the contents of tho ex press bos. A man believed to be Otis White of Ransomville went over the American falls, having been seen to Jump into the river from the ice mountain at Prospect Park. While performing a capital opera tion Dr. Stephen Paul Truex was stricken by heart disease in the Bush wick Central hospital, Brooklyn, and died after surrendering the knife to a brother surgeon. Monday. Senor Jorge Holguiu says Colombia will carry the Panama canal suit to the court of cassation Is necessary. Dutch troops operating In Achin en gaged a body of wurriors and slew 511, the Dutch losing three' killed and 23 wounded. James Johnson, a nephew of James B. Marenm. was assassinated in tho llargis-Corkrlll feud In Kentucky, as was his uncle. New syndicate has signed contracts with Argentine cattle raisers to sui ply meat for the American markets to compel c with the beef trust. Tho slaughter of 700 Thibetans at Ciuru was deeply deolored In England, where It was culled "one of the worst blots on the history of England." Tuesday. Peprivf I of Kiioceh by a blow on his liej.l. V,i:-iin Thorne of Newark, K. .T.. Ib being taught as a baby again o t.'itk. The supreme court has decided that tin coal roads must produce certain .tiiiifiai ls iu the caso instituted by W. R. Ileiiinl before the Interstate com mere ominls.-iloii. Mcagri- details have reached London of heavy fhhtiiig in Nigeria (Lrltlsn West friea), and of a rt-vprse sus tained li the punitive expedition sen', .igninst th" Okpoto tribe. St. lVtcr-dmrg newspapers conlln ited to crl'lcir.e the British Thibetan affair, saying England look a leaf froir: Japan's book In ataeklng the Thibe tans without declaration of wnr. In (lie I'niled States circuit court It' SU. Paul I.. 11. Harriinan filed a petl tion for Intervention In the distribu tion of th'.' Northern Securities stock. Tlv move is in opposition to tho p!an oi J. J. Hid. BOOM FOR WATSON. Pennsylvania Democrats May Present His Name to National Convention. Pittsburg, April 4. The Democracy of Pennsylvania may have a candidate of Its own to present to the national convention for the presidential nomi nation In the person of D. T. Watson of Pittsburg. While the party leaders in this county believe now that an un Instructed delegation will be sent to ihe convention the launching of a boom for Mr. Watson Is likely to prove dangerous to any such plan. No definite steps have been taken to have Mr. Watson's name presented to the state convention of April IS, but this Is largely due to the uncer tainty surrounding his desires in re gard to the matter. It was pointed out by Domocrat3 who were interviewed on the subject that the eminent Pi tsburg attorney, who was so largely responsible for the success of tho government's effort to enforce the Sherman anti-trust law on the Northern Securl'les company, should be one of the strongest candi dates that could be prespnted. Local Democrats of all factions who were approached on the subject de clared that Mr. Watson was the logical candidate. While the followers of Na tional Committeeman Guffey were chary about being quoted, largely be cause of his attitude for an unlnstruct. ed delegation, the private opinions were decidedly complimentary to "Pittsburg's candidate." WOMAN FALLS TO DEATH. Steps on New Castle Sidewalk Under, mined by Rising Water. New Castle, Pa., April 4. A wo man, whose Identity has not yet been learned, was swept to her death in tho Neshannock creek here. She was walking along Water street, within a few feet of Mill street bridge, when tho bank gave way, having been under mined by rising water. The woman'a screams attracted the attention of sev eral persons, but they were unable to render assistance. The woman was carried over the Raney dam and out of sight. She was about SO years old. The tragedy was witnessed by W. J. Bren nen, who noticed the woman approach ing the undormlned walk and called to her, hut she did not hear. Joseph, the 11-year-old son of Frank Thornton, also fell Into the Neshan nock a short time before, but was res cued after great difficulty by hl father. Two Killed In Collision. Reading, Pa., April 4. Two persons were killed and a dozen others Injured In a collision between an express trala and a freight train on the Pennsyl vania railroad near Pottstown Satur day night. Tho dead are: Andrew Fegley of Philadelphia and a man sup posed to be Slgnor Hlrsch of Balti more. The coal train was lying on a siding ond tho engineer's orders, It H said, were to wait for an accommoda tion and tho express. The accommo dation passed when the coal truln pulled out on the ninin truck and the express crashed Into it. Woman One of the Burglars. VVilkes-Barre, Pa., April ,4. The number of burglaries committed In this region of la'c has apparently made them popular. Saturday night two men and a woman robbed tho resi dence of Mrs. John Mellale of Pitts ton. She was awakened about 3 o'clock and found them In her room. Despite her screams they ransacked the room and then departed aftet every room In tho house had been searched. Some Jewelry, a little money and some clothing were taken. Carry Thief Three Miles. Irwin, April 4. A foreigner entered the house of Mike Patrack at Madi son and stole $100, a watch and othet articles. He was seen going out ol tho houso and a dozen men gave chase. Ho ran and was captured Pi Edna. His hands and feet were tied and his captors carried him three miles to tho trolley line. Ho was turned over to Burgess Rogers. Braddock After Pure Water. Pittsburg, April I The water com mlttee of the Braddock council held 8 special meeting and awarded the con tract for the sinking of a test well near the river in Braddock to deter mine whether a purer water suppl can be secured. R. H. Black of Brad dock was given the contract mid work on Ihe well will bo started lmmedl ately. Mail Clerk Arrested. Pittsburg, April 4. Charles S. Tlmb lin, a mail clerk on the IVunsylvanit road, whose route was between Pitts burg and New York, waa arre.ited her (or tampering with the malls. IS lever letters, all containing money, were found on him. One of the lotters wat a decoy, and Tlmblin confessed to hU guilt. Explosion at Meadville. Meadville, Pa., April 1. An air tank rxploded In Ihe machine shop of thf Erie railroad shops here Saturday practically wrecking the building aiu killing John C. Fredericks, foreman and Injuring several others. The ex plosion Jarred the entire city. Ream Declared Elected. Corry. Pa., April 4. Charlo3 Portei was Saturday ousted from tho selecl council by JudRO Walling, who do dared (I. W. Ream elected. The lat ter contested when four votes wcr thrown out
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