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Also Blank deeds, mortgages, eto. Tionesia, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and is now furnished with ai; the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout witli natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, K.J GEROW A (iEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostceiitrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. , pilIL. EMEKT FANCY HOflT A SHOEMAKER. . Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and W alnut streets, 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 t;iveii to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS, COLUPS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONKSTA. PA. S. I HAW k mi GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN JAPANESE AMBUSCADED Two Whole Battalions Wiped Out Near Hai Cheng. Japanese Take Siu-Yen Union Min ers Deported From Cripple Creek. Letter Frorrt Perdlcaris Condition of Crops Death of Abner McKinlcy. Steamer Sunk. A flanking movement of the Japanese around tho Russian left from Feng-Wang-Cheng Juno 9 was repulsed with a loss of two whole battalions. A largo Japanese force moved out In the morning along the Feng-Wang-Cheng and Hal Cheng road. Tho Rus sians had a forco strongly posted in a ravine 30 miles southeast of Hal Cheng. The Japanese were preceded by tvo battalions who walked Into the Rus sian ambuscade. They received a murderous riflo and artillery fire at close range and were wiped out, only one or two escaping. The main Japanese forco, which was greatly superior to tho Russian force, tried to outflank the Russians, who drew oil without losing a man, The Japanese closing in found Ihf ravine vacant, save for their own dead Russian Dead at Nan Shan Hill. The military commission assigned to bury the Russian dead in the bat tie of Nan Shnn Hill at Kin Chou May 2G, presented its report. They report that ten Russian officers and Cfil men who fell In the battlo had been carefully buried and 30 men were buried by tho outposts, making tho total number of killed left behind by the Russians, seven hundred and four. Japanese Take Siu-Yen. . A St. Petersburg dispatch says that the Japanese have taken Siu-Yen, driving out the Russians. The enemy appears to be advancing on Hai Cheng. Pitched Baltic In the Hills. A pitched battle at Dunnvllle, 12 miles north of Victor, took place Thursday afternoon between 200 depu ties and guards, under Adju.-Gen. Bell and about 150 minors from the Crip- plo Creek district. The miners were entrenched lu the surrounding hills Fifteen miners were captured and one union miner was killed. The captured miners included John James, charged with shoo'ing John Davis in tho riot at Victor. The man killori was John Carley, a union miner of Cripple Crook. The deputies secured (he arms and ammunition of rart of the miners. Union Miners Deported. Acting under orders of Adjutant General Sherman rtell, of the State National Guard, all union miners have been ordered out of Victor, Col., and 70 were marched to tho train between heavy lines of military tnd deputies. A crowd of fully 1,000 people had col lected to see the men placed on board. They were taken from the train just across the Kansas state line. Sixty men confined In the Cripple Creek "bull p?n" were taken to tho county Jail and charges of murder were placed against them. Portland Mine Ordered Closed. Adjutant-General Hell, commander of Teller county military district, or dered the Portland mine, which em ploys union men, closed down. Tho order reci'cs that a reign of law nossness and violence has existed for several months past. Inaugurated, en couraged and carried forward by cer tain evil disposed persons, resulting in wholesale assassinations of many peaceful and lawabiding citizens. Shots Fired at Mass Meeting. Deadly rioting broke out In Victor during a mass meeting to discuss the murder at Independence. Forty shots were fired into the crowd In the street. R. McGee of Victor was shot dead and at least six persons were Injured. After the rioting began. Sheriff Bell ordered out all the soldiers In the region. He also appointed 100 depu ties. Boycott of Union Men. "Death to unionism about Cripple Creek" Is the new slogan of the citi zens' alliance, which has sent a decree broadcast that every person connected with any union there either must se ver his or her connection with such organization or leave the district. Letter From Perdicaris. Tho London Mail publishes a lecter written to A. J. Dawson, tho novelist and traveler, by Ion Perdicaris, the American citizen who was captured by Raisull, tho Moroccan bandit. It is dated at Tssaradon, June 4 and says: "Nothing more startling and unex pected than tho circumstances of our capture could be Imagined. A quiet domestic dinner without guests, the windows open, the table a mass of flowers; then Suddenly, like an aval anche, tho yelling onset of Raisull's men it was a classic scene of rapine and confusion; por would it be easy to conceive a picture more wild and gloomy than our forced journey; in fuel the libretto was perfect. "It is easy now to write in this strain when we are assured that nego tiations for our release nre conclud ing, hut during the terrible 21 hours ride over rocks and boulders and in uense thickets, where our captors had at times literally to cut their way in order to avoid villages on the beaten track well, wo had no such consola tion then, none of nny sort Indeed. "We have learned that Raisuli'-j chief object Is to secure the release of members of his own Kabyle, unjustly or at least treacherously entrapped and Imprisoned by tho Hashaw of Tan gier a former friend and foste.- brother of Raisull, who had trustee; this man an 1 ha.) been betrayed. What ever 111 ho may have done the fact re mains that ho was betrayed. "Another startling surprise Is tc find in Raisull himself the most Inter esting and kln.liy hearted native gen tleuian it has been my good fortune tt have known, tl is Impossible not tc like the man, conscious as I am of tlx injury all at Tangier suffered at his bands." Condition of Crops. Returns to the chief of tho bureau o1 statistics of tho department, of agricvl tore on the acreage of spring wheal sown Indicate tin area of about 17, 110,800 acres, a decrease of 1 16, IOC acres, or 0.7 per cent, from the r vised estimated of the acreage sowti last year. The averago condition of sprlnf wheat on Juno 1 was 93.4, as com pared with 95.9 at the corresponding dote last year, 95.4 on June 1, 1902 anl a 10-year averago of 93.8. The averago condition of wintei wheat on June 1 was 77.7, as com pared with 7C 0 on May 1, 1904, 82.; on June 1903, "iC.l at the correspond ing date In 1902 and a 10-year aver age of 79.8. The total reported area In oats If about 27,fl4G,000 acres, a reduction o; 8,3O0 acres, or 0.3 per cent, from the area sown last year. The nveraw condition of oats or June. 1 was 89.2. agalnt 85.5 on Junt 1, 1903. !n.6 at Ihe corresponding dat In 2902, and a 10-year average of 89.9 The acreage reported as under bar ley exceeds that harvested last yeai by about 15:1,000 ucres, or 3.1 per cent The Rvernge condition of barley li 90.5 against 915 on June 1, 1903. 93.' at the corresponding date in 1902 anc a 10-year average of 89.0. The acreage under rye shows a re duction of G per cent from that har vested last year. The average con dlllon of rye Is 8C,3 against 90.C or June 1, 190?, 8S.1 at the correspond! data In 1902 nnd 89.0, the moan o the corresponding averages of the las 10 year3. Mrs. Elias Discharged. Mrs. Hannah Elias was discharged on motion of Assistant District Attor noy Rand, acting for District Aitornej Jerome, at the conclusion of the testl mony of John K. Piatt, tho aged mil lioiiatre who caused her arrest for ex tortion. Mr. Piatt had proved a disappoint lng witness. To questions bearing di rectly on the charges on which th' woman's arrest had been made, hi hai answered repeatedly "I don'' know." His hclnjessnesa and his weak ant apparent!! unreliable memory sur prised thoso who attended his exam inatlon. He did not remember whethe he had given Mrs. Elias large sumi of money during the past 10 years, at chaiged. and did not remember sign 'ng certain of the papers in connec tlon with his charges against her. Funrral of Abner McKinley. Funeral services for Abner McKin ley were held a I the home of Mrs. hit S. McKinley, relict of the late presl dent. In Canton, O., Monday afternoon The body arrived at 9:30 o'clock In thi morning from Somerset, Pa., when Mr. McKinley died suddenly at hi: homo on Saturday morning. Abner McKinley was the survivor o the four sons in the McKinley family each of whom met a sudden or vlolen deith. James McKinley died suddcnl; of apoplexy on a train near Newcastle Pa.; David McKinley was stricken it the same manner at San Francisco and William McKinley was assassin ated at Buffalo. St. Lawrence Steamer Sunk. 'Near Sorel al 2 30 o'clock Sunda; morning, the Richelieu and Ontarli Navigation company's steamer Can ada, bound from Quebec for Montreal came Into collision with the Dominioi Coal company's collier Cape Breton Twenty minutes later the Canada wen to the bottom. At the time of th collision there were 110 people ot board and all were rescued excep five. All the passengers speak highly o the efforts made by tho captain am the crew of the Canada to save tin lives of the passengers and to the! exertions is ascribed the slight loss o life that occurred. Porto Rinan Teachers Coming. The army transports Sumner am Kllpatrick left New York Sunday fo Porto Rico to bring to the Unltei States six hundred Porto Rican schoo teachers. Congrens at the last sessiot made an appropriation for the trip Two hundred of the teachers are tt take the summer course at Cornel and the other3 will be In Boston ant other eastern cities during the sum mer. Knox Succeeds Quay. Philander C. Knox, of Pittsburg, at torney general of tho United States wil fill the seat In the United States sen ate made vacant by the death of Mat thew Stanley Quay. He will accep and servo by appointment of Governo I'ennypneker until March 4, tho dati of the expiration of the late senator'; commission. Attempt to Rob Paymaster. A desperate attempt was made b; f.mr masked nun to rob Superliiten dent Ramsey and Secretary Howan of the Johnstown Water company o about $8,000 in cash, which they wer conveying to tho New Dalton Run dan near that city to pay off the 400 inei employed there. Tho two men made i plucky run for it, and fortunately cs caped, but not until two horses hat been killed anil about 25 shots hat beeu exchanged. CRIPPLE CREEK ARRESTS Among Them That of President of Miners' Federation. General Bell Has Sent Out 8oldleri on Horseback to Capture Severa Aimed Men Who Are Said to B Hiding In the Mountains Preparec to Resist Arrest. Cripple Creek. June 14. A numbe of arrests were mado today, the mos Important being that of Frank J Hangs, attorney for the Western Fed eration of Miners. The arrest was or dered by General Bell. Mr. Hangs was brought from Victot and placed in the "bull pen" here Oiders were given that he bo prevent ert from communicating with any body. General Bell said In connection wit! the arrest: "It was necessary for th peace, quiet and good of the county o Teller and the State of Colorado." The contemplated withdrawal o troops hat, called out a protest fron the citizens' alliance and mine own irs" association and It Is likely tha Governor Pea body will be asked t c coi tlnue the soldiers in the field fo ait Indefinite period. The citizens sa that martial law has had a salutar; effect. Saloons were permitted to re open today. Attorney Hango, it Is said, will bi held as a ml'liary prisoner just a President Carten H. Moyer of tht Western Federation of Miners ha been held at Tellurldo. General Bell ecnt out soldiers oi horseback tc capture several armet men, who, tho military authorities de ciare, are hiding in tho mountain! north of Cripple Creek and are pre pared to resist arrest. The searchlnj expedition is equipped for four days absence. Mr. Fitzjatrick, an elderly memhe of the Victor miners union, who hat been Imprisoned in the "bull pep. since June 7, has been removed to tht county hospital. He is suffering wltl kidney and stomach trouble, resulting It Is alleged, from blows received it tho riot in the streets of Victor. Tit formerly was sheriff at Platlshurg N. T. WAR NEARLY OVER. Governor Peabody Replies to C'lt cism of Eastern Correspondents. Denver, Col., June 14. "I think tht war Is nearly over," sajd Governoi Peabody, "I have news from Genera Bell that the Cripple Creek mines art open and running today, and there li comparatively little- disaffection amonf tho men. There Is no news of furfhei trouble or any likelihood of any. "I don't know how many more mei will he deported, or whether any w!l be I have heard nothing on thi point. "I learn from Captain Bulkel?; Wells of Tellurlde that the union met there concede that tho cause is lost and that those of them who are ac ceptable to tho mine owners are a work again. One hundred and fift; capable men, whether union or non union, have been invited to go t' work, and the Invitation will ho speed lly accepted. "In Sllverton and Ouray peace reigns The troops have all been ordered fron Las Animas county and only Majo Hill remains to look after the closing up of the details of the campaign." Governor Peabody sent tho following reply to a message from the Industria Council of Kansas City condemninj his action in regard to military rule "The fact that your council In dorses the assassinations, train wreck Ing and dynamiting by the lawless ele ment In the Cripple Creek dlstrlc but proves the necessity for my pres ent action In suppressing all such per sons from the soil of Colorado. Be come wise before you attempt tt teach." Governor Peabody sent the follow lng dispatch In reply to a retues from an Eastern newspaper for r statement of his reasons for permitting Colorado troops to dump 91 union mtn ers over the Kansas line, leaving then destitute on the prairie, miles fron habitation. "The reason for deporting strikers and agitators, from Crlpplo was th' dynamite outrat;o of June fl, wherebj fourteen non-union miners were In stantly killed and the subsequcti street riot and 'iilling of two non-unlo' miners by the same element. "Suitable provisions were sent or tho same train with the agitators. N case of. hunger or suffering reported "The const Ilntion of Colorado com mards the suppression of insurrection by such means as are necssary. "The statement published from head quarters of the Western Federation o' Miners to the effect that the presen' Blrlko was called by referendum vo and for the purpose of establishing nr eight-hour day ;f erroneous nnd falso The strike was urbitratlly called hj h executive committee of the Vslrr Federation of Miners and protean aeninst by Mire? fourths of the miner in Ihe Crlppl Creek district. TV, oicht-ho'ir day had been establish"' and recognized for ten years past, r.m employer and cmr'oye were sntisf-Pt and working in harmony. Rioting dynamiting' and anarchy has had it! day In Colorado." Killed by a Train. Cleveland, O., June 1 1 Georgo W Johnson, trainmaster of the TolecU division of the Lake Shore road, wa? struck by a train near Port Clinton O., nnd died soon afterwards. ADMIRAL TOGO'S FLEET. Bombardment Caused 3,000 Russian With 20 Guns to Evacuate Ylnkow. Tokio, June 14. A long report ha been received here from Admiral Tog' In which he covers the operations o tha fleet since June Cth, and repeat his former account of the bombard ment of the west coast on the Liai Tung peninsula. Continuing the admiral says tha the captain of a foreign vessel tha left Ylngkow on Wednesday, June reports that tha recent Japanese boni bard ment in tho vicinity of Kaiplnp south of New Chwang, caused the Rn sian forces to the number of 3,000 wit! twenty guns to evacuate Ylnkow. Two men who were taken prisoner by the Japanese while on tholr wa; Into port, report that two Russia regiments, numbering in all about 5 000 men, arrived recently at Mar challn, Vafangow and Vafandien. Th prisoners say also that large number of Russian troops are coming sout from Mukden every day. On Wednesday, June 8, a detachmen of the fleet bombarded and disperse two companies of Russian troops wh were on Kaipir.g Point. On Frida arc! her detachment of the fleet bore barded tho enemy for two hours nea Ving Chin Tsu and Tsan Tlao Kiac Inflicting much damage upon them Another detachment of the Japanes fleet, according to Admiral Togo's rf port, discovered four Russian torpetl boat destroyers In Talienwan ba; near Shaopingtan and drove them bad to Port Arthur. Over seventy m'ne- havt been destroyed In Talienwan bay Thirty floating mines have been foun and destroyed. Some of these wer drifting into Pel Chili gulf. In conclusion. Admiral Togo says dense fog which prevailed for severa days finally cleared away on Sundav, Dally Encounters of Outposts. General Kuroki's headquarters ii the field, June 13 (via Fit Sai: Corea). According to lnformatio hero the only hostilities now occurrln at the front are dally encounters bf tween outposts, resulting In the loss o a man or two every day. A few Rus sian prisoners are being brought inl Japanese headquarters, but no Japar ese are being captured. This is tnkei to ehow that the Japanese are gettin the best of the encounters. Chinese are giving trouble by cul ting the telegraph wires nightly; th probably are In. the pay of the Rr.f sians. The work of keeping General Km ok''s army 'n supplies of all Mvn continues to be performed with e cellent results, and Is beyond crll' clsm. The conduct of the Japanese soldiers Is Irreproachable and the! spirits are high. Russian Forces Retire. Seoul, Corea. June 13. Accordln to Corean oificlal toports receive' hee the Russian forces which wer at Nin Yong have retired to Chan Jing. SUICIDE CLUB SUSPECTED. Death of Moving Spirit of a Club c Which Many Have Died by Their Own Hands. New York. June 14. Georgo Waf iter, a wealthy and prosperous Get man, and proprietor of a hotel l Bridgeport, Conn., committed suleid in the Morton House by shooting. H was CO years old. Bridgeport. Conn., June 14. Mi Wagner was tho moving spirit of club of well known German resldentf first organized as a "13" club. Latn on one alter another of the congep.la spirits began to die by suicide. Tha gave rise to the report that there wa a Milcide club in Bridgeport. Prnct cally all of the men who were form orly Identified with that orpanizntioi have died by their own act. There i said to he one member left, who Is i jeweler here. Perdicaris' Speedy Release. Washington, June 14. If all goe well, Perdicaris will be released nex Wednesday. It Is estimated that i will require this length of time fo the mission which has gone to his rf lief with tho ransom demanded t reach the brigand's camp. The Frencl government liaa been active In coti ducting the negotiations for Perdi carls' release and this governmen will express Its appreciation of the? efforts as soon as ho Is free. It 1 also expected that the American fiee at Tangier will not tarry there loni after Raisull's prisoners return t' Tangier. Illinois Democratic Convention. Springfield, 111., June 14. It ha been definitely decided by tho Hopki-i people, who cotilrol tho state centra committee, to mnko Frank J. Quinn o Peoria temporary chairman of th Democratic convention today. Thi state committee declares that It ha: the right under the party constltutioi to control the temporary org.tnlzalon Tho Hearst poople take the positim that the coniini'lei; has onlv the rlr;ti to recommend a chairman to the con vcntlon and that he shall he aecepfm or rejected on n roll call. Tho cem mitt'.e, however, has decided to pn Mr. Quinn into the chair. Repeal of taw Against Jews. St. Petersburg, June 14. Tho coun ell of the empire has approved liiVn lor Minister Von l'lehve's bill for tin repeal of tho law under which Jew: are forbidden to reside within 32 mile: of the frontier. The emperor's sw: th li of the measure Is pxpcted nhnrt ly. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condense nd Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For th Convenience of tha Reader Who hai Little Time to Spara. In response to a request from tht British minister the battleship Prlnct of Wales Is proceeding to Tangier. Owing to the differences between the Due and Duchess of Valencaj (nee Miss Helen Morton) steps hav been taken to annul tho marriage. Testimony was presented to show that "Caesar" loung lived In fear ol the actress who was his companion In a cab when he was mysteriously shot and killed. General Kurcpatkin moves hlf headquarters south 40 miles, and this is believed to indicate the near ap proach of severe fighting in th northern part of Liaotung peninsula Unconfirmed reports are received ol disasters to Japanese ships. Thursday. Colorado Democratic State conven tltm refuses to instruct for Hearst, but commends Bryan and stands by the Kansas City platform. Trrkey will allow Russia to send her Black Sea fleet through the Dar danelles, according to an apparentlj reliable report in St. Petersburg. Vigilantes, composed of mine own era and business men. controlled th( Cripple Creek mining district and be gan the deportation of union miners. Secretary Shaw notifies the St Louis Exposition Company that unles the first payment on the government loan Is met promptly on June 15 he will take charge, of the gate receipts The submarine torpedo boat Fill ton showed her habitability by nine persons remaining in her while she was submerged twelve hours anr twenty-three minutes. The test took place at Newport. R. I. Friday. Insanity Is expected to be the de fence of Richatd B. Preusser, whe killed Myles McDonnell, of Boston Mass., In Albany, N. Y. Two boys, waving a red shirt, pre vented a train carrying about three hundred New Yorkers from running Into a washout nt Groat Barrington Mass. Within three days of Admiral Sigs bee's announcement that peace hat been concluded In San Domingo another revolution has broken out ir that country. Eight armed men entered the office of the Victor, Col., Record, orderec the men to throw tip their hands broke the machinery, and then tolc the men to get out of tho district. Saturday. Work was resumed at Cripple Creek mines employing non-union men. Tlu Portland mine remains closed by ordei of General Bell. Miss Lena Mm ton. daughter of Lev; P. Morton, of Now York, died nt Parl- from blood poisoning which follower an operation f-ir appendicitis. Chinese bring news to Llao-Yang that the Japanese on June 2 attacked Port Arthur by land and sea, but were repulsed with a loss of 3,.r00 men and four vessels which judging from the description given of them, were tor pedo boats. Japanese army is snid to have be gun Its attack on Port Arthur, call ing to the advance all its reserves or the Lino Tung peninsula. Genera' Kuropntkln Is said to have evaded Kuroki's army, nnd Is now on his wa) to the relief from Llao Yang. Monday. Silk raising industry In Canada Is declared to be n success. A promotei from Quebec province takes an ex hlblt to St. Louis. In a displtch from St. Petersburg it wad stated that, tho Japanese had taken Siu-Yen, driving out tho Russian artl apparently advancing on Hal Cheng. Returns from thirty-seven states and territories show that the unlnstructnd delegntes will bo in a position to con trol the Democratic national conven tlon at St. Loul: next month. M. Jadovski, Russian minister tc Switzerland, wa: shot In a street in Berne by a man named Ilnltzkl, v.lie complained that his estate had been conflcated. The assailant was ar rested. Tho wound Is not dangerous. Tuesday. Minors exiled from Colorado plan tc work New Mexico mining properties on the co-operative plan, the land tc bo purchased by tho Western Federa tion. Uuinors are current In St. Petersburg that a great naval battlo has b?en fought off Port Arthur, two Russian and four Japanese battleships bein1? sunk. Steerage rates have been cut hylh" CriinrJ company and hot li s:-toni!-class and first rlass passengers from the Continent receive inducements tc travel by their ships. While Reginald C. VandPrhilt wa.-" at his home, near Newport. District Attorney Jerome's detectives patient ly watched for him all day at Mrs. Froderic Nellpon's residence In New York. John D. Rockefeller is perfecting rt $2.00,0(H),ni)0 mine combine, havin? secured control of the greatest mining properties in tho country. He expects to control almost the entire output of leading minerals. FOR BETTER JUSTICES. New Regulations For Appointment by Governor Pennypacker. Harrlsburg, Pa., June 13. Gover nor Pennypacker has undertaken to raise the standard of Justices of tha peace in Pennsylvania, and hereaft er he will appoint no person to that office who is not In his opinion wholly qualified to fill it. Applicants, according to the new rule, will give In detail, on a special form prepared by the governor, their ago, business or occupation and their qualifications for the office. The applicant must also be a c'tl zen of the state, give the length of time ho has resided In the placo where tho vacancy exists, and prov3 eligibility for the office. He must rromlse to keep the office, If appoint ed, and accompany his application with letters from reputable citizens, residents of the locality In which I'ae vacancy exists, certifying to his repu tation for integrity and capacity. Justices have heretofore been ap pointed on tho recommendation of the senator from the district In which the vacancy occurred, without regard to their fitness or qualifications. The governor hereafter will mako no appointments unless the applicant makes application on the blanks which he has prepared and meets tho requirements he prescribes. ABNER M'KINLEY IS DEAD. Wife Found Him In a Chair Houra After Bright's Disease Had Killed Him. Somerset, Pa., Jung 13. Abner Mc Kinley, brother of the late president, was found dead In a chair at his home at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. His colored servant, who slept in his room, was up with him at 2 o'clock and it Is Rot known at what time Mr. McKinley got up again as he did not waken his servant. Mrs. McKinley walked into his room at 8 o'clock and found him dead. A physician was summoned who said death had probably occurred two or three hours before. Mr. McKinley's death was due to Bright's disease, which developed shortly after the death of his distin guished brother, three years ago. Since theu Mr. McKinley has devotod near ly all his time consulting eminent physicians and traveling from one climate to another. Two weeks ago he returned from Tampa, Fla., where he had been for six weeks, and placed himself under the caro of Dr. Henri I. Marsdon. He was not confined to bed and Friday afternoon took a drive into the coun try, accompanied by his wife. Hurled Stool at Burglar. Willlamsport, Pa., June 13. Mrs. Frank Hunt, of this city, was awaken ed early Friday morning to find a burglar operating In her bodroom. After securing all the valuables In sight, the bur&lar walked into the hall and was about to enter a room occuplod by Mrs. Dawson, an aunt of Mrs. Hunt, when the latter sprang from bed, grasped a stool and hurled It at the Intruder, striking him on tho head. The unexpected attack took the man so completely by surprise that ho dropped tho satchel containing the booty, jumped from a second-story window and escaped. Wife Mada His Surrender. Scranton, Pa., Juno 13. Joseph Kit talovage, who, it Is alleged, shot and killed Alex Bitculscle and badly In jured three othor men at the Rldgo In Archbald on May 30, surrendered himself to Sheriff Frank Docker. For nearly two weeks tho fugitive haJ baffled tho efforts of tho detectives and police. It was believed that ho had gone to New York to set sail for his natlvo land, but this was not the case. Rutalovage was In hiding at the home of relatives In Plttston. His wife urged him to surender, believing that he would be acquitted. Child Fondles Black Snake. Bloomsburg, June 13. The three-year-old daughter of Peter Buolah, a farmer near here, was placed In a big clothes basket In the yard to amusd herself. Her father and mother heard hor crooning and saw her potting what they believed to be a kitten In tho bottom of the basket. When tho father went out to seo her ho s.iw that the supposed kitten was a largo black snake. He snatched tho child from tho basket and killed tho snake with a clothes -pole. The child was unharmed and cried because she lost her pet. Falls Three Stories and Lives. Jeanuette. Pa., Juno 13. Florence Pi'eister, 2 Vi years old, fell from a third story window. No bones wera broken nnd the doctors think the child will live. While Mrs. Pfelster was preparing rtlnnc-r the child climbed tipon her high chair and was loaning against a window screen when it gave way. Not In General Meade's Family. Nonlstciwn, Pa., Juno 13. It Is an tlioriiatlvofy announced that Mrs. Roma M. Moudo, who was acquitted In court hero last week of the cliargfl of tnppine electric light wires in Wyn relative of any member of the family of General George O. Meade. Mrs. Meado Is tha widow of William II. Moude. On a Practice March. Solinsgrovn, June 13. Companies E and F. Twelfth Regiment National Guards, of Sunbury, are on a practice march nnd encamped last night about two miles north of this place.
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