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C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each mouth, in A. O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Ph. rpioNKSTA TENT, No. Hi4, K. O. T. 1 M., nieeis 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each month in A. O. U. V. hall TioneMa, Pa. fy F. RITCHEY, 1 . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Tionesta, Pa llJltns M. SIIAWKKY, W AT POKN EY-AT-LA W. Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC .IllmWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W. Oilien in Arncr Kuildiin;, Cor. Elm and llridgoSt., Tionesta, Pa. J. W. MO It HOW. M. D., Plivsician. Hurgoon A Dentist. Olllc-e and Residence throe doors nortli of Hotel Aguew, Tionesta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. I) K. F. J. RoVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN. PHYSICIAN AN D SURGEON, and DKUii'lIVr. Ollice over stare, ' Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. ltesldenco Elm St., between Grove's grocery and (lerow's restaurant. D1 j. b. niggins. l'liYMcian and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA, It. LANSON. Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa SJ. SETt.EY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, MO. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, .formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a com pleto change, ami is now furnished with all the mod ern' improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot aiid cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. I TENTH AL HOUSE, V. ( i KKOW AUEItOW Proprietor, Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping iIsk-u for the traveling public, i'lrsl class'Livorv In connection. piIIL. EMKKT FANCY HOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop ill Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the linest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give ported satisfaction. Prompt atten tion riven to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS. 101URS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. SJ. ISLET & GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, . AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN LOSS OF TEN MILLIONS. A Large Section of Toronto's Business District Burned. Another Russian Naval Disaster Ver. estchagln Had a Premonition of Death Triple Execution at Chicago. Desperate Fight With a Maniac. Sunday Baseball. A wind-fanned Are swept through a section of Toronto's wholesale bus iness district on Tuesday night, caus ing a loss which will run up Into tho millions. The Are started in a fac tory in Wellington street nbout 3 o'clock. In less than an hour tho n.-mes had spread from building to building on both sides of the street until the whole block was a mass of (lames and the fire was utterly beyond control of the local department. Appeals were sent to every sur rounding city where lire fighting ap paratus could bo obtained asking for assistance . Montreal, London, Ham ilton and Buffalo at once responded, but It took hours before they could he of assistance. Chief Thompson of tho flro depart ment and George Oowkes of Montreal were cut off by the flames while di recting the work of firemen from a roof. Thompson jumped six stories l.o the ground and miraculously es caped with a brc.en leg. A mass of tangied wires broke his fall near the ground. Dowkes has not been seen since and It i3 believed that ho per ished. From the Currie warehouse on Well ington street, where it originated, the fire spread with astounding rapidity to tho west, destroying the buildings occupied by the Eckhart Casket com pany and Warwick Bros. & R utter and W. J. Cage & Co.. and then made a clean sweep up Wellington street to the Queen's hotel. The thick fire walls of the hotel anj the concentrated efforts of the fire fighters stopped the flames there, but in the meantime the fire had swept across the s;reet and tho block of buildings from Hay street west to tho National club was wiped out. At that time the firemen believed thnt the fire was under control but a ehitt in tha wind sent the (lames roar, ing down Bay street, destroying eve;? building on both sides of the street from the National club down to Front street. Nothing could resist the force of the flames as they Bwept down Bay street towards tho lake and the firemen fought hack the fire from si ie streets, confining the fire 7.one to tho one thoroughfare wherever possible.' The total loss by fire In the whole sale district of Toronto Tuesday night will, according to the most conserva tive estimates, total $12,000,000. while th total Insurance is known to be $8 CfiO.000. The area swept by the fire em braced 11 acres. The total number of buildings des troyed is 122, firms affected 222 and fully 10,000 people are thrown out of employment The clly council has passed a resolution of thnnks to the Buffalo and other outside fire brigades which re sponded with such alacrity to the call for aid. Tho new business district whtch the merchants of Toronto will erect in tho places where their' former stores and warehouses stood will be a model of perfection so far as human Ingen uity can devise fireproof buildings and provide facilities for fire fighting. The city architect will recommend, it 13 said, that no building higher than four stories shall be constructed un less it be absolutely fireproof, and that no building of any kind shall be erect ed to a greater height than seven stories. Particular attention will be paid to the insulation of electric wires "placed in the new buildings, im perfect insulatlpn being the generally accepted theory as the cause of the great fire. Slowness In Distributive Trade. Unseasonably cold weather all over the country interferes with plant prep arations and growth and interrupts outdoor activity in many lines, notably building. Distributive trade, both wholesalo and retail, has practically "marked timo" during tho week, The effects of this and of past unfavorable weath er aro reflected in reports of slow busi ness in shoe manufacturing and build ing, while in cotton manufacturing high prices of raw and manufactured goods continue a bar to activity. Back of weather and price condi tions, too, there looms up the political outlook, which In most presidential years has induced a tendency towar.l conservatism. Among the Industries, iron and steel note an accentuation of the quiet ob servable last week. Aside from a slight Increase In the export demand for cot tons, llttlo has occurred in wholesalo dry goods this week, although reduc tions, notably in print cloths and a few other lines, have induced some new buying. Panama Canal Contract Signed. A Paris dispatch says the contract by which the ownership of the Pan oma canal passes to the United States is signed, sealed, delivered and com plete. The title to tho canal route U now vested in the government of the United S'ptus. Desperate Fight With a Maniac. Captain Clark of the New York fire department and two firemen had a des perate fight with a maniac Sunday on a 12-inch ledge which forms the base of the Mansa."-: roof of tho Man hattan Eye and Ear hospital. The ledge U 80 fee', above the ground and the man tray rlaliPl their lives to subdue and lesc.io from his perilous position was j.oweitul uni fought vlchvsly; but he was finally forced through u window into the hos pital, where seve-.Tl policemen took up the struggle fad b'luud him. Carbarn Murdererc Hanged. Atheist to the last, but seemingly unnerved, Peter Neidermeler, tho leader of the carbarn bandits was hanged In Chicago on Friday last lit a chair, presenting a most striking (il STAVE MAKX. II. VAX 1UNK. I. XIKIlKHMIAEI!. contrast with his companions In crime, Gustave Marx and Harvey Van Dine, who, standing erect, kissed an image of Christ and died without a tremor. The three executions were separate, 20 minutes apart, the same scaffold being used for all. The crime for which the three ban dits paid the penalty was one of eight murders which tho three men are known to have committed that of Francis W. Stewart, a clerk in tho carbarns of the Chicago City railway. Another Disaster to Russian Navy. Viceroy Alexieff's report of the de struction of a launch and the loss of 21 men by the explosion of a Russian torpedo at Port Arthur has added to the gloom which has prevailed at St. Petersburg since the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. The war commission suppressed part of the viceroy's dispatch which showed where the mines were bein,3 a(l. It is believed that as launches wero employed they were mining the entrance to the harbor in order to pre vent the Japanese from forcing an en trance and attempting to destroy the remaining ships. It Is evident from tho closing of the entrance that Viceroy Alexieft has no Intention of letting his ships go to sea again, even agains. an Inferior force, though this may not be the policy of Vice Admiral Skrydloff, who will determine-on a plan of opera tions when he assumes command. Japanese Will Stay Near the Sea. Apparently reliable information leads t'j belief that the objective of theJapa tifse campaign doe not Involve tha ambitions Invasion of the Interior ot Manchuria, with the purpose of reach Ins and overwhelming the main Rus sian army. If the Japanese ever en tertained the hope of accomplishing a t.isk similar to that which Napoleon set himself, present advices indicate that they have abandoned It and have adopted a much more cautious and hazardous program. If this information is cwe-H there wilt be no advance upon I he army concentrated at Llao Yang and Muk den with its attendant constant length ening and weakening of the Japanese; line of communications. Instead there seems to be a determination to stick as close as possible to the sea, whorl lies Japan's natural base of communi cations, she having established her self in Corea. Verestchagln Had a Premonition. The will of Vassili Verestchagin, the Russian painter, who was killed with Makaroff on the Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur, leaves the entire estate fi the widow. The will was made just before the painter started for the Far East and In it he expre.ssed the eon vlrtion that he would not rrturn. General Kuropatkin has telegraphed to Madame Verestchagln an expres sion of the sympathy he feels with her In her affliction and his regret at the loss of an old comrade. Legality cf Sunday Ball Games. At the outset of the game between the Brooklyn and Philadelphia National league teams at Washington park, Brooklyn, Sunday, the police arrested Pitcher Poole and Catcher Jacklitsch oi the home team and Frank Roth cl the Philadelphia nino after the fli-Jt named had pitched the second ball. Whether the playing of baseball in Greater New York on Sunday is ilio g-il is to bo decided on a test case, tin first step in which was the action taken under instructions from Poilc-3 Commissioner McAdoo. Beside iho p'nycrs, three sellers of ucnro cardn oi; the grounds wre taken Into cuj tody. Memory of Stnator Hanna. The house of representatives was in session for over five hours Sun d-ij for the purpose of paying tribute to the memory of tho li'te Sor.ator Mucus A. Hanna. the late Rcpiesenta tive C. W. Thompson of Alabama and the late Representative W. V. Sidles of Ohio. Eulogies to Senator Hanna wore delivered by R-prcscniatlvea GroBvenor, Longworth, (Joebel, South aid. Kyle. Morgan. Van Verbis, 1 1 lid ; brand, Snook, Tawney, Brick, Lover- Ing. Smith of Massachusetts and Tip rell. DISORDER AT SMYRNA. Conflict Between Turkish Gen darmes and Greeks. Endeavored to Open a Shop Which Had Been Closed by Authorities. Struggle With Gendarmes In Which Shots Were Fired Secretary and Consulate Guards Imprisoned. Athens, April 20. An affray between Turkish gendarmes and Greeks Is re ported from Smyrna, in which M. Delyannls, secretary of the Greek con lulate, was Slightly wounded. Seri ous complications may ensue. A Greek squadron has sailed for Smyrna. It appears that M. Delyannis endeav jved to open the shop of some Greek merchants which had bi;en closed for non-payment of taxes. This was op posed by the gendarmes. A struggle ensued In which M. Delyannls was wounded and he fired on the gend aimes. The Turkish authorities im prisoned M. Delyannls and two con sulate guards, who were only released after the Intervention of French con sul. The Ottoman minister here after a long conference with the foreign min ister promised full satisfaction for the Smyrna affair. An official communique says that M. Delyannis, acting in self-defense, fired several shots. The Greek consul gen eral proceeded to the office of Ute Ottoman governor after the arrest of M, Delyannls and the consulate guards and found M. Delyannis there, bound and bleeding from his wounds. M. Del yannls was authorized to uccompanj tho consul general, but the soldier3 prevented the- departure of the two guards and unharnessed tho horses from the consul's carriage. The guards were finally released through the in tervention of the French consul. Tho communique adds: "A fleet is leaving this evening to engage in maneuvers." . A BAD INVESTMENT? Senator Hale Counseled Delay In Building More Battleships. Washington, April 20 Whether the president shall order the construction of the ba'tleship provided for in the naval appropriation bill or wait until the war in the Far East demonstrates the comparative utility of the big sea lighter and the torpedo boat or subma rine craft, was a question raised in the senate by Mr. Hale on the adon tion of the conference report. It developed that the language of the bill was permissive and that the president and secretary of the navy could defer action if they deem it ad visable. Mr. Hale declared that if he. were secretary of the navy he should r.ot dar go on now and commit the government to the building of an im mense battleship, for it would not sur prise him if events of the Rusian Japanese war demonstrated that the $150,000,000 paid for big battleships were a bad Investment for this govern ment. Several other senators coun seled delay. Mr. Bacon discussed trusts, replying to the recent speech of Mr. Dolliver. He devoted the greater portion to con ditions which make it possible for American products to be sold abroad for a less price than American con sumers are required to pay. Mr. Bacon read a letter from Charles M. Schwab to H. C. Frick giving the cost of manufacturing steel rails, which Mr. Bacon said showed that the "trust" needed no protection against English steel manufacturers. The let ter said rails could be sold at a profit at $1(5 per ton. "That Is Information given by Mr. Schwab in a private letter," said Mr. Bacon. "I don't care how private it is," ex claimed Mr. Aldrich, "he can be nils taken ns well as any one else whal he states there is absolutely untrue and absurd " ' Mr. Aldrich declared Mr. Schwab's letter to be merely a part of a stock jobbing affair, to which Mr. Bailey re plied that "Mr. Schwab is as reputable and truthful as any man who evei filched money from the pockets of tho people through a protective tariff." Mr. Bacon contended that Schwab Etood at the head and front of the stfcl industry and therefore spoke by authority. The subject was then dropped. The military academy bill, tho last cf the general appropriation measures, was under consideration when mem orial services for the late Representa tive Thompson of Alabama were be gun. The house passed a large number ol bill 3, Including the Alaska delegate bill. An objection to a request by Mr. Grosvenor for leave to print brought a mild protest from him which aroused Mr. Gaines, who charg v that Mr. Grosvenor had printed everything In the Record about Pres ident Roosevelt which the president tl id not do. Mr. Williams added that Mr. Grosvo r.or had pla'ered the president with union labels In every position ho lma held for 20 years. Grand Council Royal Arcanum. Saratoga, April 20. Several hundred delegates have arrived for the L'tilh an nual sessivn of the grand council of the Royal Arcanum, Htate of New York, which begins thht morning and continues two days. Albany and Buf falo are competitors for tho next an nual session. ALEXIEFF'S REIGN ENDED. Kuropatkln to Become Commander-in-Chief of Military and Naval Forces. St Petersburg, April 2G. General Kuropatkln, it is believed in the higV est military circles here, is destined to become commander-in-chief of all the emperor's forces, both military and naval, in the Far East. Admiral Alexieft may remain there for some little time as viceroy, but his reign Is considered practically ended. He will not be humiliated but In or der to effect harmonious relations a way will be found to secure his elimin ation. While A'.cxioft and Kuropatkln are on fairly good terms, harmonious re lations between Vice Admiral Skryd loff and tho viceroy are considered im possible, and with the three enjoying independent commands it Is realized that friction would be bound ultimately to arise, which might endanger suc cessful operations. Skrydloff and Kur opatkin, on the contrary, are warm personal friends. With Alexleff removed from the theater of war and In view of the pa tent necessity to have a supreme com mander of both the army and navy or. the ground, as well as to insure per fect harmony. Vice Admiral Skrydloff, In view of the minor role which the fleet will play, has already expressed his willingness to accept tho post of commander of the naval forces under General Kuropaikin as commander-in-chief. Kuropatkin's Strategy. SL Peteisburg, April 2G. General Kuropatkln has played a strong card In the game of stategy. A largo por tion of General Rennenliampff's Cos sack cavalry division has been thrown across the upper reaches of tho Yalu and a considerable force of cavalry which crossed the Tuinen some time ago is moving down to the southwest to effect a juncture with It. Together with this force, which it Is believed totals 2,000 men, he will threaten Lieutenant General Inouye's flank when the Japanese are ready !o cross lower down on tha Yalu. Being composed of cavalry, with a few mourj. tain guns, Rennenkampff's force It very mobile. Unless It should be dislodged it will compel the Japanese to leave a very strong army to guard the communica tions, whereas If a Japanese force had been sent to drive it out It would have to move directly away from the main army, while the Russian army if com pelled to fall back can recross In the direction of the Russian troops con centrated in Manchuria. Third Japanese Army. Berlin, April 2C The Tokio corres pondent of the Tagcblatt announces the mobilization of a third Japanese army. He says it is now disclosed that a reserve brigade corresponding to each division of the active army has been mobilized therewith, and that consequently each army embraces nearly 100,000 men instead of being the strength previously assumed. DEATHS BY TORNADO. Seven Persons Killed and Half a Dozen Business Blocks Destroyed. Fairland, I. T., April 20. Half a dozen business blocks were dcstroyel by a tornado that swept through here Sunday, killing seven persons out right and injuring a number of others. Three injured will die. The dead: Mrs. Mary Lamar, Mrs. John Lemas ter, Arthur Brought, a child of N. J. Houck, Elijah Russell, his wife and child. It Is estimated that the tornado caused property damage to the ex tent of $10,000. Four miles south of here tho tornado was even more se vere. Farm houses and barns were completely demolished and faun stock was killed. Canal Breaks to Be Repaired by May 1. Amsterdam, N. Y., April 20. John II. Parker, superintendent of the eastern division of the Erie canal, un der whose direction the repairs are b Ing made In the canal breaks between this city and Fort Hunter, said that the work would be completed by May 1. He says the canal will be ready for navigation on May 5, the ti.nu officially fixed by Superintendent of Public Works Charles S. Boyd. The men op erating tho steam shovel at the breaks quit work because double time for Sunday work was refused them. Tho shovel is Idle and its place is taken by Italian workmen. Priest Said to Have Killed a Boy. Wllliamsport, Pa., April 20. Tho tl'?v. Victor Garak, recto; of the Polish Catholic church at Snowhoe, i.-i ar rested and taken to jail at Hellefonte, charged with having caused He; death nf Andrew Socko, a IG-year-c.ld l-'.y. ly beating h!m with a ciiib on Wednes day last. Ii Is filliped Mie 1 ,y refused to auend church. A few lie', .-t helnre his death the boy" made an ante in. li tem statement to Dr. U. J. Voiing, de claring that Futhei Garak hail beaieii am' kicked him. Vandals Destroyed Statuary. St. I-rfiuis, April 1 1 was discov ered that vandals had entered iho French pavilion at the World s f.'.r and destroe:l two tf the most b'.ij'i tiful of the Parisian maihl i statin s hi tho sculpture exhibit. The s'lune:! wore L'Etoile do Merger (The ":in i herd's Star") by Roii-s:1, and ".St. Jean," by Du Hois. They had but.r. thrown to the boor and broken lnt) bits. BRIEF HEWS ITEMS, Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling: the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Paits of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given in as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. In the Pcnnsjlvania Democratic convention a resolution instructing the delegates for Judge Parker was defeated. Advices from Seoul say that the Japaneso are In complete control ol Corea and that the Russians have re tired across the Yalu. Governor Peabo.ly of Colorado, fearing a miners' plot has decided not to produce Charles H. Moyer In court, as comanded by a writ of habeas cor pus. The striking coal miners at Garret, Pa., are reported to have taken pos session of the tow ii and an armed mob has surrounded the works of the Gar ret Coal company. United Stales Minister Powell has notified the Dominican republic that the Lulled States government will seize the Dominican customs houses In event of a danger of a preferential set. tlement of claims. Thursday. About 100 miners have been burled by an avalanche near the village of Pragelato in the Italian Tyrol. The United States circuit court re fused to grant to Messrs. Harrlman and Pierce permission to intervent in tho Northern Securities case. The house of commons, alter con siderable discussion, adopted the in creased tea and tobacco duties by ma jorities of 72 and 91 respectively. It was reported from St. Petersburg that Viceroy Alexleff had requested the emperor to relieve him of his position a3 viceroy of the Far East and that the request would be granted. Mrs. John Palmer died at her homo in Deposit, N. Y., as a result of burns received while she was burning rub bish in her yard, when her dress caught fire. Friday. lion. John K. Pound, one of Lock port's leading lawyers, was stricken with apoplexy while seated at his desk and died the next morning. Brigham H. Roberts, testifying In the Smoot case la Washington, de clared he was living in polygamy, and refused to reveal the endowment house oath or ceremony. An additional force of 2,500 work men, making an nil-night working shift of nearly 2,000 men, will force the work on the World's fair to com pletion for the opening. Great bitterness has been aroused among the Russians because It is be lieved American and British vessels took part with the Japanese In the bombardment of Port Arthur. It was reported that the Japanese had landed near New Chwang and that along the northeast coast of Corea Russian troops were advancing and taking possession of small towns north of Won son. Saturday. Tho Baroness Burdeit-Coutts cele brated her !0th birthday In London and was visi ed by the youngest Bar oness. Lady Clifton. Documents left by Baron Toll, an arctic explorer, have been discovered, showing that he spent part of the sum mer of 1002 on Bennett island, and ile scribing the locality. James N, Abeel. who, posing as "J Ogden Goelet, Jr.," won the affections of Miss Kh'unor Anderson, a telegraph operator, was found guilty of forgery in the third degree. By a two line amendment put Into the sundry civil appropriation bill by the senate, without debate, provision is made for resuming the purchase ol silver bullion by the government. Monday. A report is current In St. Petersburg that the Japanese have landed 20,000 troops at Kin Chan, north of Port Ar thur. An American dealer paid $."i,t75 for a quarto Shakespeare play in London and the original warrant for John Bun yan's arrest went for $1,525. The Russian capital is ngog witii reports of possible mediation between Russia and Japan through King Ed ward as a result of his majesty's re cent visit to Copenhagen. Mt. Holly, N. J., is deeply perturbed becauso some one has been reading Its letters and betraying Its secrets, and a woman clerk in the local post office has been dismissed. Tuesday. It in reported that IS conspirators have been hanged at Warsaw after their trial in connection with a Polish revolutionary plot. Tho Russian Vladivostok squadron is said t:i have appeared off the east coast of Corea and to have sunk a Jap anesie merchant steamer. Indications are that a woman sui cided at Niagara Falls, going over the American fall after leaving her hat and a i.oto in (he summer bouso at Protipeet Point. President Loiibet. M. D.'lcass.j, tho French foreign minister, mid their en tourage reached Koine, where thoy will repay the visit to Franco of Klna Victor Einniuuel. BABY FARM HORRORS. Detectives Say Little Ones Were Killed by Charcoal Fumes Bodies De stroyed by Lime. Philadelphia, April 25. More start ling evidence as o the work of the so called malpractice syndicate has been unearthed by Coroner Dugan, and ad a result an additional charge will prob ably be brought against Mrs. Eliza beth Ashmead, her son and their as sociates. Clews have also been discovered that lndlcato that babies were smoth ered by charcoal fumes in a baby farm uptown. Afterward, it is said, the bodies were destroyed in quicklime. During the day the body of a young woman was exhumed and an autopsy shows death was caused by an opera tion. Coroner Dugan directed that ball pieces be taken out for the Ashmeads. In making a search of another estab lishment the coroner's detectives found a charcoal brazier. It is the theory that this was used to generate fumes that choked life out of undesir able little ones. In the yard of thU house was found a half used barrel of quicklime, which, it is the thory, wan the material used to destroy the bodies. WORK GOES ON. No Evidences That Improvements Will Be Cut This Year. Philadelphia, April 25. The work on the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts burg will be pushed vigorously during the spring and summer months, ana It Is to be expected that the low grade between Thorndale and Columbli, which Is the most important piece of construction, will be completed la about a year. The cost of the work under way and the new work begun this year will be $21,000,000, for which the money has been provided. The contracts for tunnel work un der the North and East rivers aro progressing, and the necessary money Is provided for at least a year's oper ations. The work east of Pittsburg Is being rapidly pushed and will be completed, perhaps, somewhat earlier than was expected a few months ago. The work on subsidiary lines Is also going forward and several of them have recently provided the means of payment. The Northern Central and some other companies are yet to make provisions for small expenditures. Huge Cement Plant. New Castle, Pa., April 25. A com pany with a capitalization of $1,000,000 la being organized to erect a huge ce ment plant in Hickory township. The New Castlo Portland Cement com pany, as it is called, is hacked by George Greer, district manager of the American Tin Flate company, Edwin F. Norris of the Marquis Clay and Limestone company, Elmer I. Phillips, recently secretary of the American Window Glass company of Pittsburg. The plant will employ 200 men anl will cost about $000,000. Pittsburger Buys Mill Site. Monesscn, Pa., April 25. A deed was executed last week from David Owens to the American Seamless Tube company for one acre in the West End for $12,000, paid by Superintendent George Nash of tho Pittsburg Steel company's plant. This Is the highest price paid for suburban property in Monessen and assures the erection o? the American Seamless Tube com pany's plant on a 12-acre plot, bought by the Pittsburg capitalists who aro back of tho project. Pennsylvanlans Are Pensioned. Washington, April 25. The house has passed threo bills pensioning Pennsylvaninns. The first was that Introduced by Representative Cooper, giving B. F. Hawthorne of Jefferson, Greene county, $17 a month. The other two were introduced by Repre sentative Huff, giving Rev. John Mc Connell of Greensburg, a veteran of the Mexican war, an increase from $13 to $20 a month and Mrs. Mary Leffler of Westmoreland county $12 a month and $2 a month for a minor child. Gives Athletic Field. Meadville, Pa., April 25. Colonel S. B. Dick has given Allegheny college land valued at $1,500, to be used as an athletic field. President W. H. Craw ford hopes to raise the $5,000 required to fit it up. Two dormitories will bo erected, one for male students and ono for unmarried professors, when tho money is at hand. Howard's Sentence Affirmed. Frankfort, Ky., April 25. Tho court of appeals has affirmed tho Judgment of the Franklin circuit court sentenc ing James R. Howard to life imprison ment for the murder of Governor Will iam Goebcl. Five Judges signed the alfirmanco and two dissented. Mrs. Soffel's Appeal Postponed. Unlontown, Pa., April 25. The arg anient In the case of Mrs. Kate Soffel, who Is applying for a new trial on th' charge of attempting to corrupt pub lic morals, was continued until next Vi'ednesday. Endows Hospital. Youngstown, O., April 25. The City hospital has received an endowment Of $50,000 from Mrs. Henrietta Brown. Recently she gave to the public li brary a like amount. Judge Cleavehiiid at New Haven de nied the mot Ion to remove William J. Hrjan as the executor of Phllo S. Ben. nttt.
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