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Third Monday of Novembor. Church nni Nnbbnlh Hrhool. PieMbyteriau Babbath School at 9:46 a. in : M E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. i'roaehing in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Kev. O. II. Nickle Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. It. A. aliuiser, Pastor. Services in tiie Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Kev.' It. W. IlliiiKWorth, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are hold at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each m nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ' pi M KSTA LOD' 1 E, No. 309, 1. 0. 0. F. "1 MeU every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' llall.Partridge building. IX) REST LOD(JE, No. 184, A. O. U. W., I Meets every Friday evening inA.O.U. W. Hall, Tionesta. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 G. A, U. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening iu each month, In At O. U. W. Hall, TionesU. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 1S7, W. It. C, moets rlrHt and third Wednesday evening of each month, In A. O. U. W. h'all.'rionesta, Pa. rpiONICSTA TENT, No. 104, K. O. T. 1 M., moeis and and 4th Wednesday evening in ea'di month iu A. O. U. W. hall TionesU, Pa. Mi F. R1TCIIEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Tionesta, Pa CURTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W. Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC .BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Olllceln Arner liuildinu, Cor. Elm and liridge Sts., TionesU, Pa. J W. MORROW. M. D., Tl,..ul,.l,.n Niirirnnll . DnnLlst. OUlee and Residence three doors north of Hotel Agnew, TionesU. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. u R. F.J. HO V ARD, Physician it Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIVr. Oltlce over sure, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calis prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence 101m St., betwoen Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant. D R. J. It. SIGOINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. It. LANSON, Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa O J. SET LEY, O. JUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. H OTEL WEAVER, K. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. Mill is Ida hotel, formerly the Lawrence Ilijmo. has undergone a coinplotechange, and is now furnished with all the mod em improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE. V. GEROW A GEKOW Proprietor. Tlonsota, Pa. Tills is the inostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modem Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pilIL. EMEKT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streeU, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work irom the linest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion jiiven to mending, and prices rea sonable. ' J ORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA. P1CNN I. I HASLET & SONS., HEIRLOOMS RECOVERED Jewelry of an Immense Value Found In a Tramps' Den. Japa Lose Two Warships -Poolroom Wires Disconnected Tour of the Liberty Bell Brother and Two Sis ters Killed by Train Results of Republican Conventions. As the sensational results of raids last Friday by the Albany police upon a resort in South Lansing street, In tended to break up a 'growler gang," a collection of jewelry of Intrinsic value running Into the thousands of dollars, and of priceless value as heir looms, was found upon the person of Thomas King, one of the vagrants, and concealed about the house and brought to light the fact that the fam ily residence of General Frederic de Feyster, at Tlvoll, was looted Monday night In the absence of the family, as Chief Maloy conclusively Identl I'.ed practically all of the booty as bo longlng to the De Peyster family. King and the rest of the gang have been sent to the penitentiary on charges of vagrancy for 30 days, pending investigation; at tho end of that time they will doubtless be charged with burglary In the third de gree (the most serious charge for rob bery of an unoccupied house), the maximum penalty for which is Impris onment for six years. Japanese Lose Two Warships. Advices received at the Japanese legation at Washington from Toklo confirming the accounts of the sink ing of the cruiser Yoshlno and the battleship Hatsuse, state that after the Hatsuse had been struck by Russian mechanical mines a Russian flotilla of 10 torpedo boats and destroyers ap peared, but were repulsed by the Jap anese cruisers, which saved 300 of the Hatsuse'8 crew. Including Admiral Mashlba and Captain Nakao. Japs Masters In Liao Tung Peninsula. Advices Just received by the gen eral staff at St. Petersburg show that the Japanese are pracilcally masters of all the southern end of the Lia i Tung peninsula, save Port Arthur and tho territory commanded by it j guns. This result, so promptly brought about, is due to the failure of the Russians to make opposition of any consequence to tho Japanese ad vance. General Zassalltch Relieved. It Is announced that General Zas salltch has been relieved of the com mand of the Second Siberian army di vision and that Lieutenant General Keller, former governor of Ekaterino slav, has been appointed to succeed him. Russian Cruiser Ran Ashore. A trustworthy report has been re ceived at the Imperial headquarters in Toklo that tho Russian cruiser Bogatyr ran ashore outside Vladivos tok in a heavy fog and was destroyed. This is the first ship of the Vladivos tok squadron to be destroyed. Naval officers In St. Petersburg say that the channel to Port Arthur i3 free, despite the Japanese claims to the contrary, and that the Russian fleet may go out again within a fort night. Japanese Transports Everywhere. The correspondent .of the London Daily Mall at Kobe, Japan, cables tho following: "Returning from Corea through the Yellow sea this (last) week I saw Jap anese transports in every direction. They were traveling without escort. Sometimes as many as 10 at a timo were counted." 25 Men Killed on Jap Cruiser. During the reconnaissance of Port Arthur made by Admiral Togo on Frl dayof last week a shell hit the torpe do boat destroyer Akatsukl, killing one officer and 24 men. Lake Strike Retards Business. Weather conditions are still the ap parent drawback In the trade aud crop situation. Temperatures have been too cool to allow of free distribution of spring and summer goods at retail and they likewise retard germination and growth of crops, though permitting good progress in seeding' in various sections of the country. In jobbing circles the feeling Is that the spring trade is past and gone, and efforts are now concentrated on fall business, reports as to which are fair ly good, though not equal to a year ago. The Industrial situation Is rather quieter, but the most serious strike of the year, that of masters and pilots of lake vessels, continues, with no pros pect of settlement. This has practic Illy killed transportation on the lakes, rnd the coal, ore, lumber and grain Irades exhibit the effects of the al most total stoppage of the activities of over 100,000 men. Blow to Pool Room Exchanges. Simultaneous raids on 22 alleged pool rooms and pool exchanges were made In New York on Friday by tho police, acting under orders from Police Commissioner McAdoo. Seventy pria. oners were taken and telephones and telegraph instruments were confiscat ed, besides a number of books and racing charts that were found In the rooms. President 0wry of the Western Union company said that the abolition of the company's race department, an. nounced by him on Thursday, Is to be permanent. He also said that the com puny will not lease wires to pool rooms. Tl.R company's branch offices at the rare tracks will be maintained for the transmission of such messages as may be offered In the ordinary course of business. Tour of the Liberty Bell. The Itinerary of the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to St. Louis, where It will be placed on exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was completed. The bell will leave Phil adelphia, Friday, June 3, at 9 p. m. The principal cities at which stops will be made are: Saturday, June 4, arrive at Elmira, N. Y 7 a. m., leave Elmira 7:20 a. m.; arrive Canandaigua 9:30 a. m., leave Canandalgua 9:35; arrive Rochester 10:15 a. in., leave Rochester 10:45; ar rive Batavia 11:35, leave Batavia 11:40; arrive Buffalo 12:30 p. m. (east ern time), leave Buffalo 12 noon (Cen tral time); arrive Erie, Pa., 2:20 p. m., leave Erie at 2:25 p. m. Flag Law Unconstitutional. The court of appeals of New York In tho case of Jacob McPike of New York city, declared unconstitu tional that portion of tho flag law en acted by the legislature of 1903, which prohibits the use of the American flag or any representation of it, for adver tising purposes. That portion of the act which pro vides that those who "shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon or cast contempt either by words or act upon any such flag, color or standard," shall be gul;ty of a misde meanor, is by Implication upheld as constitutional. Brother and Two Sisters Killed. A terrible accident occurred at Her kimer, N. Y., at 10:30 Wednesday n!ght In which three members of the same family wre Instantly killed. Lizzie Forpav, aged 24; Lavlnla Forpaw, aged 2u, and John Forpaw aged 18, were standing on a passenger track of the New York Central ra'l road waiting for a freight to pass west. Suddenly train 32, eastbound, rushed upon them and the unfortunates were hurled in every direction. When picked up life was extinct In each case. Tho body of Miss Lizzie was severed. Marshall Didn't Lose a Game. The International Chess Masters' tournament at Cambridge Springs, Pa., was successful concluded Thursday night, Marshall winning the first prize and Lasker and Janowskl dividing the second and third prizes. Marco was placed fourth and Showalter fifth, while the sixth prize was equally di vided between Schlechter rnd Tschl gorln. Thus two Americans and five Europeans were prize winners. Mar shall's final score was 13 points won and two lost, comprising 11 victories and four drawn games. His feat of passing through tho entire tourna ment without a loss Is unprecedented. Results of Republican Conventions. Under the call of the Republican national committee last week was the last in which conventions for the se lection of delegates to the Chicago convention may be held. Returns re ceived thus far indicate that of the 988 delegates to the Chicago conven tion 708 ha ve beeninst ructed absolutely for Mr.. Roosevelt. A majority of the remainder have Indicated their In tention to support the president. Marine Disaster Off Cape Breton. The worst disaster in the history of the St. Lawrence river coal trade occurred off Cape North, the northern most point of Cape Breton, when th? British steamer Turret Bay, laden with coal and bound from Sydney to Mont real, struck on the rocks oft St. Paul's Island, and sank in deep water 20 min utes later, causing a loss of 13 lives. Only nine men from a crew of 22 were Baved. Money Made Out of Waste Piles. In another week the mammoth culm banks south of the town of Tama qua, Pa., which have been a verit able Eldorado to Smith, Meyers & Co., will have been completely re moved. The sombre mounds, which stood for years, regarded as useless waste from the mines, have been cut away, and the fine coal washed out. yielding a fortune for the company. Cortelyou For Chairman. G. B. Cortelyou, of the department of commerce and labor, may be select ed as chairman of the Republican na tional committee. Cornelius N. Bliss of New York, for many years treasurer of the national committee, probably will again fill that position. Colored Stocking Caused Death. George L. Albansius of Jersey City Heights, paymaster at the Alsens Portland Cement works, Is dead at. Catsklll, N. Y., from blood poison ing caused by the dyestuft from colored hose getting Into an abrasion, which a new loose fitting Oxford shoo had produced on his heel. Deaths From Factory Explosion. As a result of an explosion in the two drying rooms of the Lake Shore Novelty company's plant at Findlay. Ohio, on Sunday seven persons aro known to he dead, five are so serloun ly hurt that recovery is probably 1m possible and 12 or 15 are Injured badly. Cadets at St. Louis. The corps of West Point cadets will start fofr St. Louis on May 28 and on this account the board of visitors annually appointed to vlsii West Point will report there May 20. two weeks earlier than usual. POOL ROOMS RAIDED. Twenty-Seven Places Visited by New York Police. Ninety-Four Telephones and Two Tele graph Instruments Confiscated In One Place Police Climbed Frorr Roof to Third Floor on a Fire E cape Most Places Vacant, New York, May 24. Twenty-seven places, suspected of being pool rooms were visited, 14 persons were taken into custody and 94 telephones and two telegraph Instruments were con fiscated yesterday in police raids in New York. Fifteen of the raids were made In the Tenderloin precinct. Police Inspector Brooks of Manhat tan was in direct charge of the raids, while Inspector Titus, Captain Cot trell and 25 plain clothes men carried out the orders In the Tenderloin, where 10 of the telephones, severai alleged racing books and one prisonei were taken. The other raids were made In vari ous parts of the city. One of the places visited in the lower section ol Manhattan, it Is said, was a racing news exchange, and here nine tele phones and a lot of racing sheets were confiscated by the police. In anothet place 20 telephones were found anil in a third 11 were taken out. The Tenderloin police visited the place said to be kept by "Hones! John" Kelly and found Kelly on the steps. "You can't get In here unless you have a warrant," Kelly Is said to have asserted. "I've had too many visitors lately and I'm tired of showing people the house." The officers made no ef fort to enter. Two detectives visited the room said to be kept by Frank Farrel on 33rd street. They found a colored woman In charge of tho house. At the place which "Circular Joe" Vendlg Is said to maintain on Twenty seventh street, there were no occu pants. A telephone was found. The situation was similar at the alleged pool room of "Tom" O'Brien, 13(ith street. All the places, reputed to have dealt in bets on races were visited, II Is claimed, the hour selected being 4:30 when It was supposed they would be In full swing, but most of them were vacant when the police arrived. In one place on Broadway, opposite the postofflce, the police were forced to climb from the roof of a building down to the third floor on a fire es cape. They found 21 telephones but no person inside. The place had evi dently been vacated in a hurry. Among the places where arrests were made was one at 191 Mercer street. Police Captain Tighe says the room Is conducted by "Sonny" Smith. Two men who attempted to Interfere with the officers were arrested. POOL ROOM CONTROVERSY. Statement of a Prominent Western Union Director. New York, May 24. Actuated by the belief that the attitude of President dowry and other Western Union offi cials has been misrepresented and misunderstood in the pool room con troversy, Jacob H. Schlff, head of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and a Western Union director, made the following statement: "Prior to reaching home last Tues day I knew almost nothing about this matter, but was soon in possession of the facts. I had an Interview the fol lowing morning with Morris K. Jev up, whom I found very much exercised over the situation, but who gave me the assurance that George J. Gould could he relied upon to throw his en tire influence In the direction of wha. was Justly demanded by public opin ion. "Mr. Gould had told Mr. Jesup with out reserve that 'he would rather have the entire receipts of the Western Union company thrown into the street than have one dollar of them taintsd with gambling or wrong doing of any kind.' "Soon after my interview with Mr. Jesup I attended the executive com mlttee meeting of the Western Union company. I found President Clowry In waiting and he Immediately submit ted for their approval the order he had already promulgated, stopping, on his own responsibility, special race track service all over the country. "This was unanimously approved by the committee, but it is only Just to Mr. Clowry to say that the initiative was taken entirely by him. and that If It has been publicly stated that I or any one else prompted this action, such a statement is without truth. "I can only repeat that President Clowry, In the first instance, as well as Mr. Gould and Mr. Jesup, deserve the credit, In my Judgment, for having done with such promptness what was properly demanded by public opinion." Two Hurt by Dynamite. Green.sburg, Pa., May 24. Michael Uurk and Edward Heppner, miners in the Huff mine of the Keystone Coal and Coke company, near Seward, were probably fatally Injured In an explos ion of dynamite. An excessive charge was used In "blowing up a bottom." Both were taken to Memorial hospital Johnstown. Increase to Conductors and Motormen. Glens Falls, N. Y., May 24. Presi de tt A. B. Colvin of tho Hudson Valley railway has announced an Increase of salary to conductors and motormen to take effect June 1 of 1 cent an hour. TWO LIVES FOR A HAT. Double Tragedy Was the Result of a Trivial Quarrel. DuBois, Pa., May 23. At Cardiff, a village near here, a woman sacrificed hur life for her husband's hat. Shu was shot down In cold blood by an Italian, while recovering the hat, and a half hour later the murderer waa lying dead, his head full of buckshot from the gun of the husband of the murdered woman. A quarrel of c trivial nature was the prima-y cause of the double killing. Frank Paul, a prominent man ol Cardiff, went to a boarding house Sat urday night to visit friends. A quarrel arose between Paul and Saverio Pelllgreno, an inmate of the house, and Paul, apprehensive of seri ous trouble, left hurriedly for his home, leaving his hat lying on thu ground In front of the house. His wife urged him to return for the at, but Paul declined and his wife volunteered to get it. Paul watched her from his door. She walked to the boarding house, which is In plain sight of Paul's home, and as she stooped to recover the hat Pelllgreno fired point blank at hei with a shotgun, the shot entering the woman's head and killing her Instant ly. Paul, who had witnessed the deed, took a revolver and shotgun and start ed to avenge his wife. As the Italian was trying to escape Paul fired several shots from his re volver but missed. Pelllgreno sue ceeded In barricading himself in his room and Paul stood guard In the hall way of tfhe house. The people about the scene were terrorized and would not Interfere. After half an hour Pelllgreno, hear lng no stir, stuck his head through th door. Paul quick as a flash fired killing the murderer of his wife. After examining tho body to see thai no life remained Paul picked up his wife's body and carried It to his home. Surrounded by his three small chil dren, the officers found him bending weeping over the remains. OHIO TO KILL HEARST BOOM. Expected Democratic Delegates Will Swing to Kilbourne. Columbus, May 21. Two favorite sons will be used In the Ohio attempt to kill off the Hearst movement. Th-J delegates to next Tuesday's Demo cratic state convention from Hamilton county, which contains Cincinnati, will be for Judson Harmon, an.l most of the delegates from the rest of the state will be for Colonel James Kilbourne of this city, who was the Democratic can dldate for governor In 1901. The result Is expected to be an en dorsement of Kilbourne that will show the rest of the country that Ohio in not for Hearst, notwithstanding the claims that have been made for the last six months. Croatians Charged With Murder. Washington, Pa., May 21 Nick R. Rosovinck, a Croatian charged with murder and robbery, died at the hos pital. Rosovinck came from Donora and was one one of 10 charged with the murder of Policeman iRaac John son. He was to have ben tried for robbery, but was too ill to attend court. Of the 10 Croatians sent here for the killing of Johnson but three will be tried. One man went Insane and Is now In Dixmont. Mrs. Mary Vuckmlch died In the hospital here, leaving a small child, and yesterday Rosovinck died. Over 11,000 Men to Be Laid Off. Philadelphia, May 21. About 11.000 men will be laid off by the Pennsy, th? aim being to get down to the 1902 ba sis. Continued shrinkage In business and no expectation of early Improve ment are the reasons for this big re duction In the force Just decided upon as unavoidable. This reduction In the number of employes applies to all departments on the lines east of Pitts burg and Erie. On the Pennsylvania system west men will also be laid off In like proportion. To Double Track Line. Cleveland, May 21. At the annua! meeting of the stockholders of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railorad com pany It was voted to Increase the cap ital stock from $11,000,000 to $20,000, 000. The money will be used in double-tracking the line all the way from Cleveland to Pittsburg and In making other Improvements. W. G. Mather was elected a director to suc ceed the late Senator M, A. Hanna. To Make Coke West. Chicago, May 21. A large by-product plant to cost $1,000,000 Is to be erected in South Chicago. Ground was broken yesterday. It will cover llx city blocks. Tho Semet-Solvay company is behind tho t-ntcrprls?. Over 1,000 men will be employed on the construction. Fatal Fall From Derrick. Charleston, W. Va., May 21. Jaiiien Latsliaw, aged 50, fell 81 feet from a rig in tho field near Amma, Roane county, Thursday morning, and wa1: killed. He was a resident of Sisters vllle, where his wife and family live, and had been in the oil businoss over 25 years. Merchant Beaten and Robbed. Grove City, Pa., May 21. Four high waymen attacked James Ramsey of Leesburg, near here, and rubbed him if $110 and his watch. Ramsey was ocal on into Inseniiiliility. He is in a critical condition. 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. Jack Sully, king of South Dakot? cattle rustlers, is killed In a running battle with a posse. Former Governor and Vice President Levi P. Morton celebrated his 80th birthday Tuesday In Paris. The Civic Federation has offered to mediate between the Lake Carrier?' association and the Masters and Pilots' association. The body of Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., ho lost his life exploring in Labrador, arrived in St. John's, Newfoundland, on a sealing steamer. The United States supreme court up holds the constitutionality of the an archist exclusion law, under which John Turner, an alleged English an archiRt, was ordered deported from this country. Thursday. The general conference of the Me'fc odist church at Los Angeles, Cal., de cided to elect eight, new bishops. , The Western Union has decided to discontinue the collection and distri bution of horse race reports through out the country. The supporters of Edward C. Wall defeated the adherents of William R. Hearst in the Wisconsin Democratic state convention. A Tokio dispatch says two Japanese divisions have arrived near Mukden with the object of cutting Generil Kuropatkin'8 line of retreat northward. In an address to the clergy of Long Island on the subject of divorce Bish op Burgess directs the ministers never to marry divorced persons, but to stand by the prayer book and be bravo. Frldiy. Iowa Republicans declare against a change In the existing tariff schedule and favor reciprocity only in non-competitive products. The Rev. Dr. J. F. Berry, editor of the Epworth Herald, was elected bish op by tho general conference of the Methodist church at Los Angeles, Cal. It is reported that the South Deer Ing plant of the International Har vester company, at Irnndale, 111., will close, throwing nearly 2,000 men out of work. Pope Tins' protest against President Loubet's visit to Rome, a Paris dis patch intimates, may lead to the re call of the French ambassador to the Vatican and the abolition of the Con cordat. Saturday. The reports of the retreat of Gen eral Kurokl's army to Feng Wang Cheng are officially confirmed. Six hundred and fifty Japanese offi cers and men were lost by the sinking of the battleship Hatsuse and the cruiser Yoshino in Port Arthur harbor. Republicans of Wisconsin nominated two state tickets, and Senator Spooner and Senator Quarles took part In the Walters convention, which they de clared regular. Rev. J. Addison Henry, D. D., of Philadelphia, was unanimously chosen moderator of the llfith general assem bly of the Presbyterian church in the session at Buffalo. Brigands under Fralssoull, a noted Moroccan bandit, seized Mr. Perdicarls of Trenton, N. J., at his villa, near Tangier and carried him off with hl.i stepson, an English subject. An American squadron is gidng to Tan gier to demand their release. Monday. Dr. J. R. Day, chancellor of Syracuse university is elected bishop by the Methodist conference. Battleship Kentucky, under Rear Admiral Evans, makes a record-breaking run from Hong Kong to New York, going 12,090 miles in S3 days. Advices from St.. Petersburg bring the Information that the Japanese have flanked General Kuropatkin and have his army hemmed In front and rear. France has recalled M. Nlsard, her ambassador to the Vatican. It 's feared that the abolition of the con cordat and the complete separation of church and state will follow. News received In St. Petersburg states that General Stoessel has made a successful sortie from Port Arthur, resulting in the defeat of the Japanese with tho loss of over 1,000 killed or wounded. Tuesday. The Russians are reoccupying New fhwang with a fair show of artillery and mounted Infantry. Morocco Is ready to grant nil the do lunnils of Raisouli if ho releases Mr. Perdicarls and Mr. Yarley, his cap lives. Chancellor James R. Day of Syra cuse university has declined the office of bishop to which he was elected by the Methodist general conference,. The Vatican authorities continued to be much agitated over the conflict with the French government growing out of tho Lonbet protest and the re call of M. Nlsard. Henry I). llalicock, .Jr., son of a hank er, whose namesake ho was, died as the result of a blow received In tho Yale-Princeton polo gamo on Saturday, nnd which was believed to bo only a Blight injury at the time. BROOMMAKERS' DEAL. Absorption of New York Companies By Western Men Hat Not Materialized. Fonda, N. Y., May 24. The absorp tion of several Mohawk Valley broom manufactures by the recently organ ized Nptional Broom company has not materialized and will not, according tu statements received from Chicago. C. L. Howard of the American Broom and Brush company of Amster dam and Jacob Snell and Edward Ed wards of the Mohawk Valley Broom company of this village, have been in Chicago for several days with the ex pectation that on Saturday the deal would be closed. It seoms, however, that there Is a disagreement over payments for tho plants, the New York state men de clining to accept anything but cash for their holdings. The deal fell through and the visi tors to Chicago are now home. A dispatch from one of the persons in terested announces that. Charles Locke of New York, tho president of the Na tional Broom company, and his broth er Seymour, who have been most ac tive in the promotion of the syndicate, have withdrawn and that others have taken up the matter. The new syndicate promoters ex pect to be In readlnes3 with their proposition on May 31, when they plan also to make the transfers. The Na tional Broom company was Incorpor ated about two months ago in Maine. It was the intention of the concern to buy most of the Mohawk Valley fac tories and thus with the Western trade under their direction, control the broom market. JOHN J. QUEALY ARRESTED. Charged With Stealing Papers From Johnston Harvester Company. Batavia, N. Y May 24. A strangei who says his name is John Joseph Quealy was arrested In the warehouse of the Johnston Harvester company on a charge of grand larceny In stealing papers and documents from the com pany. He was committed to Jail and hi room at a boarding house was search ed. The authorities there found notes regarding shipments from the har vester works. A letter written upon the company's letter heads was returned recently from the dead letter office. It was ad dressed to "Harry T. Hodge, P. O. bo 13, Buffalo, N. Y." The letter was not signed. It con tained a minute report for the writ er's work for May 11, showing wha! he had learned about shipments and other matters relating to the harves ter works. The return of the lettc-i led to an Investigation and Quealy'8 arrest followed. Two Girls Die In Quicksand. New Orleans, May 24. Laura Wal ton of Oklona and Lena Hllllard ol Lamont, aged 15 and 1G years, respec tively, who attended the Columbus, Miss., Industrial Institute and College, were swallowed up Saturday by the quicksands of tho Tombigbee river, al Wavcrly, while at a college picnic. Thirty of the college girls were at the picnic, and several went in wading. A Mrs. Holmes of Perry county fell Into a quicksand, or deep hole, in the river, and screamed for help. The Misses Walton and Hilliard went to her as slstance, but in saving her life lost fholrs. Suits Against Shipbuilding Promoter. New York. May 24. Senator Brack ett of Saratoga, counsel for Charles Kavanaugh in his suit against the Mercantile Trust company and several Individuals who were connected with the United States shipbuilding promo tion, held a long conference wttt James B. Dill and Samuel Untermyer. who are associated with him In the case, in this city. Senator Bracket! said that any talk of a settlement of the suit was ridiculous, and that il would go on at Saratoga In the ses sion of the supreme court beginning June 20. Cut In Railroad Shops. Meadville, Pa., May 24. Beginning today a "horizontal" cut will take ef fect at the Erie railroad shops here An order has been posted announcing a reduction of the entire working force one-third In all departments nine hours for a day and five days' work a week, each Saturday the men to 1S Idle. This order affects about 1,200 men. Expects Settlement of Lake Trouble. Columbus, O., May 24. Secretary Joseph Bishop of the state board of ar bitration has returned from Cleveland and states that he expects tho Lak Carriers' association and tho officials of the Masters and Pilots' association to get together this week and effect a settlement of tho lake trouble. Russians Mine Liao River. Yin Kow, May 24. Tho Russians have completed tho mining of the har bor and the mouth of the Liao river. It is now believed that there are Immense supplies at New Chwang and that that place Is thoroughly protect cd against nny Incursion of the Japa nese. Born In Jail and Often There Since. Mlddletown, N. Y., May 24. Louis Keeler, CO yours of ago, pleaded guilty to the burglary of stores near here and was sentenced to Sing Sing pris on for nitio years. He was born In Jail In Germany and has served three terms in American ptitums.
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