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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 13.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 8. 1904.
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THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Iiurgea.F. R. Lanson.
Couneilvten. Dr. J. C. Dunn, G. O.
GHHton, J. H. Muse, C. F. Weaver. J. W.
Landers, J. T. Dalo.W. F Killmer.
Jualtce of the Peace C. A. Randall, S.
J. Hetley.
Conatable H. R. Maxwell.
Collectors. J. Setley.
Moot Director L. Fulton. J. O.
8cow(lon,. L. Haslet, E. W Bowman,
T. F. Hitchey, A. O. IJrown.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Afcmber of Congreaa Joseph C. Sibley.
Member of Senate 3. K. P. Hall.
Aaaembly (.'. W. Amsler.
Preaident Judge W. M. Llndsey.
Aaaoemte Judge K. U. Crawford, W.
II. II. Dottorer.
Prolhonotary , Regiater t Recorder, etc.
J. (). deist.
Sheriff. Ueo. W. Nobllt.
Preaaurer FrHl, A. Kellor.
Commxaaionert C. Burhenn, A. K.
Hhlpe, Uenry Weingard.
IUatrict Attorneys. D. Irwin.
jury CommUaionen Ernest Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditor W. H. Utiles, Geo.
W. Holoman, U. A. McCloskey.
County Hurveyor-V. W. CKrk.
County Superintendent K. E. Btitzln-
ger. .
tegular Terms mt Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday or May.
Fourth Monday or September.
Third Monday or November.
Church aa' Mabbnlh Hchnl.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
in M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Proaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. O. H. Nickle
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev.
It. A. Zahniser, Pastor.
Services In the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Kov.' It. W. Illiugworth, Pastor.
The regular meetings or the W. C. T.
U. are hold at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays or each
ini nil).
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PI' N EST A LODG E, No. SH9, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
I .WEST LODUE, No. IHLA.O.U.W
I Meets every Friday evening lnA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tionesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274
O. A. R. MeeU 1st and 3d Monday
evening in each month, in A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
CAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, moots first and third
Wednesday evening of each mouth, in A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
riMONESTA TENT, No. 164, K. O. T.
1 M., meels 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening in each month In A. O. U. W.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
q F. RITCHKY,
J . att6rney-at-law.
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. 8IIAWKKY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Warren, Pa.
Practice In Forest Co.
AC .BROWN,
ATTORNEY-ATLAW.
Office in Aruor Building, Cor. Elm
aiuLtridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
J
W. MORROW, M. D.,
Olllce and Kesidonce three doors north
or Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
D
R. F.J. BO YARD,
Physician Nurgoon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and nilUGGIiT. Olllce over stere,
Tionesla, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Elm KU, between
Urove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
DR. J. B. SIGOINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
, ' OIL CITY, PA,
He. Mckinley.
. Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing.
Tionesta, Pa
Q J. SETLEY,
O. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Kfcep9 a oomplete line or Justice's blanks
for sale. Also Blauk deeds, mortgages,
eto. Tionesta, Pa.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER,
tmh lmtnl. formerly the
Proprietor.
Lawrence
House, has undergone a comp
and Is now furnished with ai;
em Improvements. Heated
throughout with natural gas,
hot and cold water, etc. The
, guests never neglected.
lete change,
; the moil
and lighted
bathrooms,
comforts ol
CENTRAL HOUSE,
GEROW A (Hi ROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modem improvements. No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place lor the traveling public. First
class Livery in connection.
pilIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop In Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work Irom the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. J ORENO FULTON.
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
HARNESS, COLURS, BRIDLES,
And all kinds of
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
s h basiit St
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA. PENN
A GUNBOAT TORPEDOED
Russians Repulsed With Heavy
Loss at Wafangticn.
New Japanese Commander Rumors
of Mediation American Squadron at
Tangier Deaths From Trolley Col.
lislon and by Exploalon Riot at
World's Fair.
The Russian gunboat- Gillak was
torpedoed and destroyed at Port Ar
thur Saturday.
The London Daily Telegraph's
correspondent wires from Tien Tsin:
"Four thousand Russians belonging
to General Stakclberg's brigade on
May 31 attacked 1,500 Japanese
occupying a position five miles south
of Wafangtien. The Russians were re
pulsed, losing 200 killed and 400
wounded. Tho Japuncse lost more
than 100 killed."
That the curtain is drawn again over
the progress of tho war Indicates that
important events are impending.
The explosions heard at Port Arthur
suggest that tho Russians have re
newed their attempts to remove ob
structions In the mouth of the harbor.
All kinds of rumors are current, few
of which appear to havo any reliable
basts.
Tho Japanese naval authorities en
gaged In clearing out the mines In the
vicinity of Tali&nwan bay are employ
ing Japanese shell divers from Kushlu
province for the purpose.
These divers volunteered for this
work and are wonderfully expert. It
is said that with their diving parapher
nalia they can stay under water for
half a day at a time. Hundreds of
Japanese fishermen are volunteering to
assist In clearing away Russian mines
and It Is probable' (hat some of them
will be used for this work. These
voluntary offers are taken to Illus
trate the unity of the Japanese people
In the war.
Desperate Situation at Port Arthur.
The Daily Mail's correspondent at
New Chwang says:
"Some Chinese fugitives from Port
Arthur, arriving here, describe the sit
uation of the Inhabitants there as des
perate. Famine prices exist. The
cost of provisions iucreases weekly.
Many persons are reduced to eating
Chinese food and even that Is dear.
Millet flour costs $G a bag. Whole
streets and several public buildings
have been wrecked by Japanese sh?ll
lire. The hospitals are packed with
sick and wounded."
The Tokio correspondent of the
Chronicle telegraphs: "Russian strato
gy has undergone another change. Yin
Kow Is to be asain fortified. Four
gunc have been brought from New
Chwnng, the garrison Increased and
the harbor mined".
Rumors of Mediation.
. Rumors Of mediation In the Russo
Japanese war caused a rise of Vj per
cent in consols and a general upward
tendency on the London market, but
the rumors have found no confirmation
In diplomatic centers.
The foreign office characterizes the
report that mediation is pending in the
immediate future as "rubbish."
New Jap Commander-in-Chief. -
A dispatch from Toklo to the Lon
don Dally Express says that Field
Marshal Yamagata has been ap
pointed commander-in-chief of all the
forces In the field. He is expected to
proceed to the Llao Tung district
shortly.
American Squadron at Tangier
This cablegram has boon received
at the navy department from Roar Ad
miral Chadwlck, commanding the
South Atlantic squadron at Tangier,
Jn relation to the seizure by bandits
of Ion Perdlcarls:
"The seizure of the American citizen
was by Insurgent chief so as to bring
pressure on the Sultan of Morocco to
secure the demands of the tribe. Our
sense of the gravity of the case Is
shown by the presence of the Ameri
can squadron and will undoubtedly
cause the earlier yielding by the Sul
tan -of Morocco to the demands of the
chief, which is the only safe means of
releasing captives.
There Is the highest authority for
the statement that an attack on Tan
gier or nn expedition againBt the
brigands will be followed by the im
mediate murder of the captives.
General Trade and Industry Quiet.
Pending a clearer view of future
crop out tuin, general trade and Indus
try ts quiet to the verge of dullness.
The volume of May business both at
wholesale and retail was disappoint
ing, confirmation of this being found
In decreases in bank clearings and in
railway earnings from a year ago,
while failures were more numerous,
though less costly, than In recently
preceding months, whllo showing In
creases on a year ago.
Money is easy, but stock speculation
hgs, awaiting a clearer outlook in crop
Hid political nffairs.
Among the industries iron and steel
rnd bituminous coal note specially
marked depression. Cotton has dis
jlnyeil noticeable weakness, liqulda
t'on of the .Inly option being acnr-ler-nted
by bear pressure.
The President at Gettysburg.
On historic Cemetery Hill, at Get
tysburg, Pa., overlooking ground hal
lowed by the blood of half a hun
dred thousand brave man and In
the presence of a concourse of thous
ands who had assembled to pay trib
ute to the memory of the nations
dead. President Roosevelt delivered o
notable addresit.
On nearly tho same spot, on Nov.
19, 1833, P:esidcnt Lincoln delivered
the immortal address enunciating
principles which have rung around the
world for more than a third of a century.
Offerings on McKlnley'a Tomb.
Many floral tributes were re
ceived by Mrs. McKinley for tho
tomb of her husband, at Canton, O.
Among those who sent memorials were
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the
president sending a large wreath of
various white flowers and Mrs. Roobc
velt a beautiful bouquet of American
bauty roses. Mrs. McKinley drove
to West Lawn cemetery and placed on
the casket three largo bunches of
flowers, one of white carnations, the
second of pink carnations and smllax
and the third of white Easter lilies.
Six Deaths From Trolley Collision.
In an accident on the Lake Shore
electric railway near Norwalk, O., six
persons were killed and a dozen others
badly hurt, late Thursday, as the re
sult of a collision between an east
bound fast electric passenger car and
a westbound "package freight" car at
Wells Corners, a few miles east of
Norwalk.
When the Injured had been attended
to, they were placed on a car and
brought to Norwalk, where they were
taken to the St. Charles hotcd, the
third floor of which had been turned
Into a hospital.
All those who were killed were In
the smoking compartment of the pas
senger car and death came Instantly,
the bodies showing no signs of life
when the rescuers went to work after
they had recovered from the first
shock of the accident.
Charged With Young's Murder.
It was ascertained that Mrs. Nan
Patterson, who has been arrested by
the police of New York city in connec
tion with the shooting of "Caesar"
Young, while they were together in a
cab in New York city, is a Wash
ington girl. Her father, John B.
Patterson, Is well known in real es
tate circles of that city. It was stated
that Mr. Patterson was in New York
looking after his daughter's Interests.
Members of the family remaining In
the city positively refused to discuss
the subject of the Young shooting. It
is said that in late years Mrs. Nan Pat
terson has not kept In close touch
with her relatives, and outside of her
Immediate family they know little con
cerning her movements. She claims
that Young shot himself, while the po
lice think he was murdered.
Riot at World's Fair.
Incensed over their failure to see a
"genuine Spanish bull fight" which tho
authorities had ordered stopped, a riot
was started in an arena near the
world's fair grounds last Saturday
evening by a crowd of 2,500 men
and boys who were unable to
get their money back, and the build
ing was burned to the ground. The
price of admission charged was $1.
A call was made for the Are depart
ment, but the single engine that re
sponded stuck In the mud and there
was nothing to stop the progress ol
the flames. The Are department ol
the World's Fair was called out to
protect the exposition buildings should
It become necessary, but as the wind
blew In the opposite direction there
was no danger.
Ten Men Killed by Explosion.
An explosion which occurred In
11-story warehouse of the Corning
distillery at Peoria, 111., the sec
ond largest In the world, com
pletely wrecked the building. The
ruins took fire and the flames were
communicated to three adjoining build
lngs, burning them to the ground.
Ten men wero burled beneath tho
ruins and burned to death and six
others were seriously Injured. The
loss on buildings and whisky and
spirits stored will approximate $1,000,
000. Arrest For Pan-American Robbery.
Charles L. Thlmmo was arrest
ed at St Louis Friday on a
charge of stealing about $2,000 worth
of rare and valuable stamps from the
postofflce exhibit at the Pan-American
exposition held In Buffalo In 1901.
The arrest was made by Postofflce In
spectors J. D. Sulivan and M. O. Price.
Many of the missing stamps were Iden
tified by Mr. Brownlow, who was In
charge of the postofflce exhibit at Buf.
falo.
Only Five Airships Entered.
Only Ave airships have been en
tered to date at the world's fair for
the aerial contests In the early part ol
July, although 80 contestants have ap
plied for admission. The five to pay
the $250 necessary to enter are Edward
Hutchinson, Chicago; Charles Stivln,
New York; S. M. Williams, San Fran
cisco; Enjery Curtis and George Davis,
Gillespie, N. Y., and M. Santos-Dumont
of France.
Illinois Deadlock Broken.
By making a combination at Spring
field. 111., with Charles S. Deneen
L. Y. Sherman, Rowland J. Hamlin and
John H. Pierce, Governor Yates broke
the deadlock In the Republican state
convention ami brought about the nom
ination of Deneen for governor. The
nomination was made on the 79th bal
lot, which stood: Yates 1, Lowden.
B22V2( Deneen 957V2, Warner 21.
American Golf Champion of England
The American golf champion, Wal
ter J. Travis, has acquired tho
titlo of amateur champion of Great
Britain on the links at Sand
wich, where he defeated E. D. Black
well, a representative of the Royal
and Ancient club.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
Exploded Under Station at In
dependence, Col.
Twelve Men Blown to Pieces Dyna
mite Exploded by Pulling a Wire At.
tnched to a Loaded Revolver City
Marshal and Sheriff Removed Riot
Fellows Mase Meeting.
Cripple Creek, Col., June 7. Twelvo
men wcrekllled and seven others se
verely wounded by the explosion of an
infernal machino at the railroad sta
tion at Independence. Eleven men
were killed outright, being blown to
:leces, and one died later. Alt- the
tilled and wounded with the exception
of two men from the Deadwood mine,
were miners employed on the night
shift of the Findley mine.
The infernal machine with which
tho crime was committed consisted ol
a quantity of dynamite, probably 300
pounds and a loaded revolver with a
long steel wire attached lo the trigger.
The revolver was fastened so that the
pulling of the trigger would not draw
It away.
The wire ran from under the station
platform to the cribbing of the Del
monlco property, about 400 feet away,
where its end was fastened to a rung
of a chair. The dynamite was placed
close to the muzzle of the revolver,
which was discharged by pulling the
wire. The ball from tho revolver and
the resultant concussion exploded the
dynamite.
Bloodhounds to Track Assassin.
A man was seen running down the
hill from the Delmonico property after
tho explosion. The Victor troops,
who were ordered out by Mayor
French, were bi stationed as to keep
people from passing over the path
taken by this man, and bloodhounds
were sent from Canyon City and Trin
idad to trail the assassin.
The Infernal machine used was sim
ilar to the one exploded in the Vindica
tor mine on Nov. 21, 1903, killing two
men.
The men quit work at 2 a. ni. and
were waiting to board a suburban
train on the Florence and Cripple
Creek railroad to return to their homes
In Cripple Creek and Victor.
Just before the engineer of the ap
proaching train blew the whistle as a
signal to the miners, according to
custom, a terrific explosion occurred
underneath the station platform or
and near which 2C men were gathered
The platform was blown into splinters,
the station was wrecked and a hole
20 feet in circumference and 20 feet
in depth was torn in the ground.
Fragments of bodies were hurled
several hundred feet. Several bodies
dropped Into the pit made by the ex
plosion, but heads, arms, legs and
trunks were strewn about on all sides
Pieces of flesh were found on buildings
50 feet away, whllo splashes of blood
were found on everything within a
radius of 50 feet.
The force of the explosion was felt
throughout the camp and the crash
awakened everybody. The approach
ing train was stopped and the train
men rushed ahead to the scene of the
disaster. They were joined in a few
minutes by hundreds of persons, and
relief work wa3 begun at once.
A special train was sent from Crip
pie Creek carrying physicians, nurses,
officers and mony others, but when It
reached Independence the Injured al
ready had been placed on board a su
burban train and removed to a hos
pital In Victor. The mangled bodies
of the dead, pieced together as well as
possible, were removed to the coro
ner's office. The dead :
Gns Augustin. aged 15; Arthur Muh
lelse, relatives In Germany; Henry
Haag, Alexander MeLane, Charges Bar
ber, Herbert McCoy. J. H. Hartsell,
William Shanklin. E. Kelso, W. W.
Polaney, Edward Ross. E. H. Johnson.
Several of Wounded Will Die.
Amputations have been performed on
some of the wounded. It is almost
certain that several of them will die.
Most of the dead and wounded were
unmarried.
Charles Rector of Shurtloff mine
was chatting with several men when
tho explosion occurred. He saw a
number of men rushing toward the
station and at that moment he was
lifted from his feet. He was deafened
by a terrible crash. He regained his
feet to find himself uninjured.
H. W. Vanatta, a Findley miner,
who narrowly escaped death, said:
"The earth seemed to heave under
the platform and station. The noise
was deafening. Wo had been at the
station about two minutes when the
explosion occurred. I was thrown 75
feet. A score of miners from the
Shurtloff shaft were hurrying down
the hill to the station. Had these
men reached the platform tho casual
ty list would have been doubled."
George Remlc.k was hurled many
feet from the platform but escaped
Kith only a few bruises, although
heavy timbers ai.d rocks fell all about
him.
The bodies were removed from
the coroner's establishment to an un
dertaker's room on request of J. S
Murphy, superintendent of the Findley
mine, because It was alleged that Cor
oner James Doran had remarked be
fore the discovery of tho infernal ma
chine that the death of the men wa?
duo to an nccl'icnt. Later Coroner
Doran explained that, although he had
r.poken of the dlsasters an "awful
rccuient ne was convinced mat a ter
rible crime had been committed.
City Marshal O'Connell of Vietoi
tvas suspended by Mayor Fre-" ;;1
Major H. A. Naylor was appointed
provisional marshal. O'Connell yield
pd. although ho was strongly urged by
union miners to resist.
FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT.
Deadly Rioting Broke Out at a Mass
Meeting Innocent Spectator Killed.
Victor, Col., June 7. Deadly rioting
broke out in Victor during a mass
meeting to discuss the murder at In
dependence. Forty shots were fired
into the crowd Ir. tho street.
R. McGee of Victor was shot dead
and at least six persons were Injured.
Among the wounded were: William
Hosklns, Goldflcld, shot through body,
may die; Alfred Miller, Goldfield, shot
In body, may die; J. D. Davis, skull
fractured by blow from revolver.
Secretary Clarence N. Hamlin ol
the Mine Owners' association made an
address and in conclusion said:
"I want to bear what the boys In
tho mines have got to say about this
trouble," referring to the Independence
disaster.
William Hosklns, a union miner
from Goldfleld, threw up his hand and
shouted: "Let me talk." At this the
crowd began to hiss Hosklns, and
cried: "Put him out." A free for all
fight followed and shooting began.
Most of the shrts were directed sky
ward. Hosklns fell with a bullet In the
body, and the crowd scattered. Sec
retary Hamlin who was standing on a
wagon kept on talking, unmindful ol
the storm of bullets that whizzed
about his head.
After tho first excitement, the
wounded were gathered up.
R. McGee of Victor, who was killed
instantly, had been standing on an
embankment 30 feet above the men
who had been fighting and was an in
nocent spectator.
A pitched battle is looked fof at
any moment. There are 5,000 men on
the streets and union men are arming
themselves. They are thronging the
streets making threats.
Previously to the rioting Sheriff Rob
ertson had ben summoned to a meet
ing of the Mine Owners' association In
Armory hall, at which Robertson's
resignation was demanded. He yield
ed. Then Edwuid Bell was appointed
by the county commissioners to fill
Robertson's term. Robertson was a
union miner before he was elected
sheriff. Bell is a member of the Citi
zens' Alliance.
Nearly all mines In the region had
been closed by order of the Mine Own
era' association and hundreds of min
ers flocked into town from the sur
rounding hills. Fully 1,200 supporter
of the association gathered about the
armory at a mass meeting. At the
same time 1,000 men, armed with all
sorts of weapons; were assembling on
the vacant ground at Victor avenue
and Fourth street in response to a
call for a union mass meeting. Most
of these were union men, who declared
their intention to resist to the death
any attempt to run them out of the
region.
City Marshal O'Connell, who had
been refused admittance to the Mine
Owners' headquarters, hurriedly swore
In several hundred citizens, most ol
them union men, as deputy policemen.
After a conference with Sheriff Bell
and a number of mine owners, Mayor
French removed Marshal O'Connell
and dismissed his deputies.
Then followed the rioting in which
McGee was killed and at least six per
sons were Injured.
After the rioting began, Sherifl
Bell ordered out all the soldiers In the
region. He also appointed 100 depu
ties. Wholesale arrests of union men wll!
be made, it is said.
Soldiers already have arrested three
editors and printers of the Record and
City Marshal O'Connell put them li
the "bull pen."
All mine owners are carryln?
weapons.
Wyoming County Nominations.
Warsaw, N. Y.. Juno 7 The Repub
llcan county convention renominated
E. E. Charles for member of the as
sembly; elected delegates to the con
grcsslonal convention pledged to J. W
Wadsworth; a delegate to the senator
ial convention pledged to F. C. Stev
ens and adopted a resolution endors
ing the national and state adminlstra
tlon. James E. Norton was renom
inated for county judge and E. T.
Montgomery for county treasurer.
Died at the Age of 103.
Blnghamton N. Y June 7. Mrs
Henrietta Moore, colored, aged 1 OS
yoirs, died at the home of her grand
son In this city yesterday. Mrs. Moore
was born in slavery In Maryland, but
escaped and served as a nurse for the
Northern troops during the civil war.
To Succeed President Callaway.
New York, June 7. Albert J. Pit
kin, vice president and director of the
American Locomotive company, was
elected president of the company tc
succeed the lato Samuol R. Callaway
who died last week.
The V ron it Mnrki-I.
Mrs. Newlywed Have you. any nice
Flumps this morning? Butcher Slumps?
What lire they? Mrs. Newly wed -Indeed,
I don't know, but my husband Is
ill ways talking iilmut u Klunip in i'iu
market, and I thought I Hliould like to
try some. Philadelphia Record.
Why lli llliln't ray.
"I have bet a silk hat with Ibat man
five times in 1 lit last year, and be lias
never paid me one of them."
"That ho? I didn't know he was In
the lui lilt of breaking his word."
"Oh, he Isn't: he won the bets."
Cincinnati Times-Star.
lIlM'tlllllllK.
"That dress Is becoming, my dear,"
said the man who thinks he is u diplo
matist. She looked nt him coldly for a mo
ment and then replied:
"Yes. It Is becoming threadbare."
BRIEF riEWS ITEMS,
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Pai'i
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facts Given In at Fe
Words as Possible For the Benefl
of ti.e Hurried Reader.
Secretary of War Taft was the prin
cipal orator at the opening of the Kan
sas semi-centennial celebration at To
peka.
President Roosevelt In an address
et Gettysburg says the effect of the
battle and Lincoln's speech will live
through ages, and praises both armies.
Through Ambassador Porter, Secre
tary Hay has requested the French
government to exercise Its good office
toward securing the release of Per
dicarls, the kidnaped American in Mo
rocco. Kuropatkin Is believed to have ybld
ed to Alcxleff and dispatched ai army
to the relief of Port Arthur, accord
ing to the London Dally Mall. It 1?
held that this move Is a play Into tiie
hands of the Japanese.
Thursday.
Captain Lahey, postmaster at Falls
Creek, Pa., was shot by a burglar, and
later the burglar was shot by Rev. Dr.
Chisholm as he was entering the lat
ttr's house.
The Worcester (Mass.) Spy, one ol
the oldest npaper3 In the country,
has suspended publication on account
of financial troubles. The Spy was
founded in 1770.
Toklo reports that General Kurokl
has completely defeated General Kur
opatkin's forces near Sumentse. All
the Russians' positions east of Hal
Cheng have been abandoned.
Reports received at Washington
stated that Dalny had been occupied
by General Oku's army, the Russian;
before evacuating the place burning
everything likely to bo of value to the
Japanese.
rrlday.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's hos
tile attitude toward reciprocity with
Canada has developed antagonism tt
him in New England.
Vatican authorities require a guar
antee for persons recommended to au
diences with the pope that they will
kneel and kiss his hand.
Three more American cruisers havt
arrived at Tangier, and natives fear a
bombardment unless Mr. Perdlcarls Is
released by the brigands within eight
days.
Lieutenant Governor Higglns will be
away from tho state from Saturday
until Thursday, during which time the
functions of the executive will bo per
formed by Senator John Raines, pros
Ident pro tern, of the senate.
Saturday.
Under a new law the state Is de
stroying all permanent camps erected
on state land In the Adirondacks.
The total of the Japanese casualties
at the battle of Nanshan Hill, on May
26, Is reported from Tokio as 4,30 i.
A tent colony for consumptives, tc
serve as an experiment, is being estab
lished on the banks of the Illinois
river, at Ottawa, III.
In a wreck on the Lake Shore Elec
trie road six persons wero killed and
many hurt. A fast passenger car and
a freight car collided at Wells Cor
ners, O.
Three children wero killed, one mar
fatally injured and a woman and a
child seriously hurt by an electric
shock which partially destroyed the
homo of John Gentry near Tennyson
Ind.
Monday.
Reports from St. Petersburg, whlcl
are without conllriiflition, state that
General Kurokl has been captured by
the Russians.
Extraordinary increase In murders
is reported In Indiana since the adop
tion of the law making sheriffs respon
siblo In case prisoners are lynched.
"Caesar" Young, a well known turf
man, is shot and killed in a cab in New
York. Nan Randolph, a former "Flor
odora" girl, his companion, is hole
without ball.
France would view favorably the
withdrawal of American ships froit
Tangier and offers to do all she car
to obtain the release of the Moroccan
captives, but will give no guarantee o:
success.
A Cossack force, believed to have
been sent south to attack the Japanese
rear at Port Arthur, Is routed in a se
ries of three lights north of Tort Ad
Bins, Llaotung Peninsula. Another en
gagement is expected.
Tuesday.
Python, 50 feet long, escapes froir
his cage at New York, and scares o
crowd by crawling out of a third-story
window.
Uniform legislation in the varioui
states for the destruction of niosqui
toes was demanded by tho state ami
provincial board of benlth.
Four thousand Uussiana attack 1.501
Japanese at Wafangtien but are re
pulsed with 201) killed and UH) wound
rd. Tho Japanese loss Is UK) killed.
From Lisbon a dispatch states tha'
Jhree ot the auxiliary cruisers now at
Tangier would leniain there until the
Perdlcarls. kidnaping case has been set
tied.
Twelvo miners were killed and eight
or ten badly Injured by an explosion ol
dynamite at the Independence station
Of tho Florence and Cllpplo Creek rail
road lu Colorado.
DISARMING THE RIOTERS.
Settlement of the Hanging Rock Strike
Probable.
Ironton, O., June G. A fusillade o:
revolver shots at midnight within the
guard lines at Hanging Rock cancec
Instant action by two guard patrols, one
under command of Captain Battcrson
and the other commanded by Colone
Thompson.
Both patrols failed to find the man
who did the shooting, and when the)
met In the darkness, but for Oenera.
Thorn p3on's obeying a command tc
halt and making himself known, the
two parties would have fired Into each
other.
A conference between Sccretar)
Bishop of the state board of arbitra
Hon, Colonel Thompson, Major Corn
Sheriff Payne, Mayor Farmer, Marsha'.
Woodbern and tho Iron company wltfc
the local union was fruitless, excopl
that the strike leaders consented tc
8slst In disarming all tho strikers and
placing tho arms In the custody of the
sheriff.
Secretary Bishop feels that with the
surrender of arms and the agreement
to abstain from violence the way is
clear for a peaceful settlement of the
trouble.
NEW TRIAL REFUSED.
Robinson-Wanamake- Litigation Ir
Beaver at an End.
Beaver, Pa., June C. A new trial
wfes refused ex-State Printer Thomas
Robinson of Butler in his slander suit
against John Wanamaker of Philadel
phia. Robinson's Beaver attorney, W.
S. Moore, said he thought tho case
would be appealed.
In his opinion refusing a new trial
Judge Wilson Is brief. He says 27
reasons were filed setting forth why a
new trial should be granted, but after
a careful consideration ho finds a new
trial should be refused.
The case was first heard in 1900,
when it was non-suited. A new trial
was granted, but was postponed sev
eral times. It finally came to trial at
the September term last year. Much
testimony regarding tho famous "bird
book" was brought out In the testi
mony. The Jury found Wanamaker
Innocent, and a new trial was asked.
This was argued two months ago.
Fight For a Woman.
Cumberland, Md., June 6. Ollie
Cattlett and William Burch fought a
fist duel on the river bank at Barrya,
W. Va., for the affections of a young
woman. Seconds were selected and
the men stripped to the waist. For
over half an hour tho battle waged.
Their bodies were covered with cuts
and blood. They were so weak from
loss of blood they could hardly stand,
yet they continued to rain savage
blows upon each other until Burch was
knocked senseless. The men were tak
en home In carriages after Cattlett
had been declared the winner.
Quay Did Not Name Cameron.
Pittsburg, June 6. Richard R.
Quay says that his father did not givo
to J. Donald Cameron his political will
as has been reported. He does not
think his father made any provision aa
to his successor. There has been
much talk here of giving Dick Quay the
short term in the senate as an honor
to his father. Major A. G. C. Quay
says his brother would accept the
place If offered to him for the short
term, but he would not mako a fight for
It. He could not say whether his
brother would make a fight for the
long term if appointed to succeed his
father.
Warrant Out For Bank Clerk.
Clevclund, June C Thomas H. Wil
son, vice president of the First Na
tional bank, announced that a short
age of $7,500 had been found In tho ac
counts of an employe, now absent, and
that the fact had been covered up by
fraudulent entries. A warrant has
been Issued for the arrest of William
E. Trees, a missing clerk, who has
been one of the Individual bookkeepers
of the bank for several years.
Small Exposition Business.
Philadelphia, June 6. The low rate
10-day coach excursions to the St.
Louis fair Thursday over several of
the trunk lines were not a prodigious
success bo far as tho patronage from
this city and vicinity was concerned.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio, with 28 pas
sengers from this city, made the best
showing, while the Lehigh Valley
could muster but four.
Damage Suits Settled.
Sharou, Pa., Juno G. Tho suits en
tered by Alice Radford, Anna Sheasley
and Grace Turner against tho Sharon
and Youngstown Street railway for In
juries In a wreck were settled by Mrs
Turner receiving $1,000 and tho others
$2,000 each.
Wealthy Man's Neck Broken.
Doylestown, Pa., Juno G. Roberl
Steel, a wealthy wholesale liquoi
dealer of Philadelphia, was found dead
here with his neck broken'. He was
owner of a largo stock farm near here
Bank Clerk a Suicide.
Easton. Pa., June 0 Thomas H
Rlegel, for many years note clerk at
tho First National bank of East on.
committed suicide by shooting himsell
In the head.
Nominated on 150th Ballot.
Coshocton, (V. Juno G Tho Demo
cratic convention of the 17th Ohio con
gressional district nominated for con
gresn on the 150th ballot James Ed
ward Hurst of New Philadelphia.