THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. Published ovory Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office in Smearbangh 4 Wenk Building, KI,M HTHKKT, TIONKMTA, PA. RATES OF ADVERTISING! One Square, one inch, one week... f 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month. 3 00 One Sqtiare, one Inch, 3 months 5 00 One Square, one inch, one year .... 10 00 Two Squares, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year 50 00 One Column, one year 160 00 Legal advertisements ten cents perlftio each insertion. We do flno Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Fore Republ Term., (11.00 A Trur, Nirlrlly In Advnare. No subscription received for a shorter period tbun throe mouths. Correspondence solicited, but no notice will bo takim of anonymous uommunica MIoiim. Always give your name. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 1!) TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1901. $1.00 PEK ANNUM. ICAN BOROUGh OFFICERS.. Jiuraess.F. R. Lansnu. OuuHCifwien. Dr. J. C. Dunn, O. (1? Gaston, J. B. Muse, C. K. 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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionosta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a oompletecliange, and Is now 1'urninhod with aK the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, UEROW A UEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is tiie inostconlrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping placo for the traveling public. First class Livery iu connection. )I11L. KMEUT FANCY ItOOT.V SHOEMAKER. Shop In Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coiu sest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. OKENZO Fill, TON, Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S. H. ISLET & GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture .Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN PACKING HOUSE STRIKE.1 50,000 Butcher Workmen Quit Work In Nin-j Cities. Russian Story of Heavy Jap loss De nied Excursion. Train Wrecked. Death of Paul Kruger Double Mur der and Suicide Three Negroei Sentenced For 49 Years. Fifty thousand employes of the sev en largest pricking concerns In the country were marshaled In a struggle which lms few parallels in the his tory of organized labor when a strike called by officials of the Amalgamated Mont Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America went Into ellect at noon Tuesday. In addition to the GO, 000 employes already on striko, up wards of 30,01)0 more are Involved In directly nnd most of them probably will bo made Idle. With no sign of weakening on cith er sldo 1 he only ray of hope in the situation was the possibility that or bitrntlon may Intervene to prevent a labor war fraught with suffering and rrivutlon to the strikers, heavy iinan clal loss to the packers and Incalcul able Inconvenience to the general pub lie. Nor is tho effect of the striko con fined to the employes and packers in the nine cities where the fight will be centered. Almost at tho moment tho mor walked out of the pricking houses re ports came from various cities that prices of the product hnd been raised This advance, too, was said to ho but a forerunner of others if tho conflict continued long. Of the no.OOrt workers on strike 20 000 are out in Chicago. The others "tire on strike in Kansas City, East St 1 1 juls, St. Joseph, South Omaha, ifllous City, St. Paul, New York city and Fort Worth. Reported Heavy Japanese Lots Deniec A dispatch received at St. Petersburg from a Russian correspondent al Mukden, dated .Tidy 12, says: "According to Intelligence received here the Japanese last, night attacked positions near Port Arthur and were repulsed with enormous losses, not less than liO.OOO, it is said, being killed and wounded by our mines." Private dispr.tcr.es received In Ft Petersburg from Russinn sources ir the Far Eart confirm the reports fron Mukden and f'hefoo. According to t usually reliable source the Japanesf losses were 2,800 nnd tho Russlnr losses 1.800. A dispatch arrived from Ta Tche Ivlao communicating an undated dls patch from Port Arthur received thcrt July III. It did not mention the as sanlt or tho repulse but It is quit possible that it was sent from Port Arthur earlier than July 10, so thai it cannot 1)3 fairly regarded os contra (lictory evidence. There Is a general conviction that II Viceroy AleJciefT decided to communl r;ile the report to the general staff It nuiKt he true. The rejoicing In thf Russian capital is Incrensed by n for elgn dispatch confirming tho Jap.i iipbc reverse. The news that the Vladivostok cruis trs and torpedo boats were out again 'illed the Russian c;ip of joy to over no wing. The Tokio correspondent of th Times in a dispatch filed at 9: 15 p. m. July 15, says that the St. Petersburg f.fory of a Japanese repulso wit! heavy casualties at Port Arthur, Julj 10, Is wholly discredited at Toklo where no such reports have been re i-e'ved. It Is believed that tho storj originated In Shanghai. Deaths on Excursion Train. Twenty pnvsnns were killed anr5 about 50 injured last Wednesdnj night In a collision on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad at Clenwood Hi., 2.1 miles south of Chicago. The collision occurred between a picnic train from Chicago which was returning from Mouience, Ills., and a freight train, into the rear end cl which the excursion train dashed at high speed. The picnic train was coming north, and the freight was on the southbound track. The picnic was tho annual outln; cf tho members of Doremus church. After spending the day on tho picnic proumls at Momence tho train load Mnrted on the return trip, running in as the second section of regular pas conger train which Is duo in Chicago nt 8:25 p. 111. Engineer lloxlo nnd tho crew of tht freight train s;iy that their train part Cii at Chicago lleichts and tho breal; was not noticed until the train wat fiour Clenwood, causing delay. Tin engineer know that the excursion train was coming, but believed that It ws on the northbound track ami wa switching his train from the north bound to I In southbound track. In na effort to keep out of Its way, when It nine north on the southbound track Pnd smashed Into the freight train. Death cf Ex-Presldcnt Krugcr. Tho announcement of Mr. Kruger'f t'eath at Clarena, Switzerland, was the main feature of all the afternoon papers of London on Thursday. It was necvmipnnled by lengthy sketches ot his career. All the papers devoted ed itoiials to tho for. nor president's (o nilse, refraining from anything do nunclatory itid f peaking generously o bis remarkable characteristics. The Westminster Cazetto said: 'Rnoiiph liii'e has elapsed between tin Hid of ott' lone struggle with Mr Kruger and his de ith to enable ua nil to pay a sincere tribute to his mem r-ry. His stubborn conservatism and tenacity ti the lost cause was in many leaped s heroic " The Pall Mall Gaaetti remarked "Englishmen can af. ird to give him his due. History will he unable to deny that h" wns a great man." The Pull Mali Gazette remarked "A great figure has now passed finally from the world's stage. However bane- ful an Influence he may have exercised on the affairs of South Africa, most Englishmen will certainly concede that his abilities entitled him to the fullest measure of respect." General Buslneis Situation Irregular. Diverse movements In trade, Indus try and speculation glvo an Irregular appearance to the general business kituntlon. Distributive trade and In ftistry Is still quiet nnd even dull awaiting clearer views of the crop out turn. Damage to tho winter wheat crou by heavy rains is admitted, though al leged to be exaggerated. Good progress has been made by corn, spring wheat and cotton, nnd thlf nas overshadowed disappointing re turns from the winter wheat croj). Disorganization in the meat slaugh trring Industry has followed a strike which, If not settled, as now seem? likely, contains much power for evil All meat prices have been advanced and cattle shipments checked. The general undertone Is one of con lidence, good results being looked for by tho business world from an expect ed large volume of fall trade. The out look Is for an immense cotton crop The Southern peach crop this vear has been enormous and has sold ot good prices Among hn industries the iron trade notes Increased quiet, production be ing scaled down to meet receding con sumption. Business failures for the week end iiig July 14 number 203. against 172 last week; 178 in the week in 190?, Double Murder and Suicide. One of the most shocking tragedies that ever occurred in Buffalo came t light on Friday morning- when the dead bodies of Edgar T. Washburn, member of the grain firm of Heath field & Was'.iburn on the board ol trade. Washburn's wife Jnnella and his pretty young daughter Gladyc, in years old, were found in a bedroom on the Becond "toty of their home at 81 Putnam street. Mr. Washburn had shot and killed his wife and daughter and then turned tho gun on hi? forehead and killed himself. It Is beliced the terrible crime was committed while Mr. Washburn was f-ufTering from a temporary fit of in Faulty. He had written a letter to n relative recently saying he was bavins trouble in business. As far as is known the members of the family hart not had any trouble among them selves. Thursday was the daughter's 15th birthday, and her father present ed a mandalin to her as a birthday gift. Two Guilty of Van Gorder Murder, After being out 15 minutes the jiry nt Belmont, in tho case of Oiiiseppe Versace, one of the Itulianslndicted f ir the killing of John Van Gorder and his half-sister, Miss Anna Farnhnm, re turned Saturday afternoon a verdict of rullty of murder In the first degree Antonio Giorgla. the ringleader of the cuartette, was convicted on Thursday. Both men were arraigned before Justice Kenefick for sentence. Giorgia was sentenced to die In the electric chair at Auburn during tho week be ginning Aug. 20, and Versace was sent enced to die (luring tho week begin ring Sept. 5. Pnsquale Olivia and Sebastino Tiz rati, the younger men of the indicted band of Italians, were released fron. custody, it appearing that they had no hand In the commission of the double murder and were not present at the Van Gorder house when the crime was committed. Vanderbllts Buy Trolley Llne3. The controlling Interests In the Syracuse Rapid Transit and the Ttlca and Mohawk trolley lines are reported to have been sold to the Vanderbllts and these roads will bo used as feed ers for the New York Central. Infor matlon to this effect has been received at Cleveland. The sale was made by J. J. Stanley and II. E. Andrews, rep resenting a Cleveland syndicate. Thf Vanderbllts will have 51 per cent ol tho stock of the two ronils. while the remainder of a large portion thereof will bo retained by the Cleveland men. Victims of Loop-the-Loop Accident. Miss Ethel Boyd of Cleveland died Friday as the result of injuries re ceived in an accident on (ho loop-tho loop nt Celeron. Miss Irene Broad well, also of Cleveland, (mother vic tim, is In a dying condition. The cor oner nnd the district attorney have I epnn nn Invent igntlnn. Santos Pemont Quits. Santos-IJnnionl, who has arrived nt Havre, Trance on his return from America, In very much dls couraged by the cutting of tho balloon cf his airship at St. Louis, nnd savs that ho has no intention of going hack io St. Louis to compete for prizes In tho airship competition there. Got Sentences of 49 Years. At Ml. Holly, N. J., last week Auroii Timbers, Jonas Sims and William Aus tin, the three negroes who confessed to assaulting Mrs. Elsie Diddle of Burlington, were sentenced to 4!) vear. each in th stale prison nt Trenton. after a record-breaking trial. LOSS EXCEEDED 1,000 Official Report of Russian At tack on Motien Pass. Drove Back Japanese Outposts Rus sian Attack on Passes Failed Be cause Field Guns Could Not Be Brought Into Action General Kel ler Decided Not to Continue Fight. St. Petersburg, July 19. General Kuropatkln reports that Lieutenant Seneral Count Keller Jost over 1,000 in killed or wounded in the attack on Motien pass July 17. Tho following dispatch from General Kuropntkln to the emperor, dated "July 17 on our eastern front," was given out last night: "After the occupation by General Kurokl's army of the passes In the Fenshul mountain chain, our inform ation concerning his forces and dispo sitions was In general inadequate. Ac cording to some reports, his army had been reinforced and he had even ex tended his forces toward Saimatsza Other reports stated that a displace ment of his troops had been mado In tho direction of Ta pass and Siuycn Thero were even indications that Kuroki had transferred his headquar ters from Tskhakhekan to Toulnpu "On the strength of the Information received and on the basis of recon naissances which had been made, the hypothesis was formed that the prin cipal forces of the enemy were con centrated around Llanshankwan and that their advance guards had been strengthened In the passes of Slaokao Wafankwan, Sinkia, Lakho and Papau as well as at Syhey pass, two and a half miles north of the road and half the height of Siaokao pass. To Detormine Enemy'6 Strength, "On July 17 in order to determine the strength of the enemy, it was de cided to advance against his position in the direction of Llanshankwan Lieutenant General Count Keller had been Instructed not to start with the object of capturing the pass but to act according to the strength of the force that he would find opposed to him. "The left column of this expedition ary force consisting of three buttal ions was dispatched towards Syhey pass. The center column, conmanded by Major General Kashtalinsky, con slstlng of 14 battalions with 12 guns, was destined to attack Siaokao pass, tho heights surmounted by the temple and Wafankwan pass. "Tho right column, one battalion strong, was occupying points where the roads leading to Slnkla and Lakho passes cross in order to cover the right flank of General Kashtalinsky's col umn. The general reserve was left at Akhavuen and a portion of the force occupied a position at that placo. At 10 p. m. July 10 the head of the column advanced from Ikhavnan. At 11 o'clock a battalion of the second regiment, dislodged a Japanese out post at the point of the bayonet at tho crossing of the Lakho and the Slnkal roads. The details of this engagement have not yet been verified, but Its general course, according to telegraphic re ports sent In by General Keller, was as follows: "During the night the Japanese had evacuated Siaokao Pass and tho heights surmounted by the temple, leaving only outposts thero. At dawn General Kashtalinsky's column oc cupied these passes, driving back tho Japaneso advance posts. "At about 5::!0 on the morning of July 17 the Japanese in considerable strength and with numerous guns oc cupied Wafankwan passes and tho mountainous bluffs to the south on the flank of General Kashtalinsky's col umn. From this position and from the crest of the mountains to the east of tho heights surmounted by the tem ple the enemy directed a very heavy rifle and artillery fire. Failure to Occupy Bluffs. "General Kashtalinsky advanced to occupy the bluffs, sending forward nt first one and then three battalions. but the attempt failed notwithstanding the support given by the horse moun tain 'battery, as our field guns could not be brought into action on account of the nature of the ground. "At about 8 a. m. General Keller. who was directing tho fight around Ikhnvunn, deemed it necessary to lend assistance to General Kashtalinsky s column by bringing up from the gener al reserve three battalions to the heights Niirmounled by the temple. In :..-der to maintain the position we had already occupied It. was necessary, ow ing: to the enemy's pressure, to rein force Immediately with other rea'-rves tho troops in tho fighting line, but these positions owing to their sltua- Ion were untenable. "General Keller found the slp nt'lh nf the ep Mity so errat ennipiiivd with ours thnl he decided nt to cnnMnue tho fUvht and pot to brln1; up either the special or Mi" general ret'Tvei, especially In view of th fact that In case nf his ii'timitely taking the of fensive It would he necessary to at tack without support of the field ar tillery. "In consequence of this, General Keller decided about 10: :!() to with draw his trooiis to the positions or bdnalf occupied in the Yunze pas-i. The troops retired slowly, step hy step and In perfect order, covered hy tho fire of a field battery which had been brought into action. 'Towards midday an offensive movo. trent by the ";Krt;y in 'he direction of the right flank of the, Yanr.e pass position developed and at the same time a Japanese mountain battery was brought into position in the village ol Tsoudiaputse, two and a half miles south of Ikhavnan. "After 34 shots had been fired from the third battery of tho third brigade which held the Saddle to tho south of Yanze Pass, the Japanose battery was finally reduced to silence. "The fight ceased at 3 p. m., and tha troops returned to Ikhavnan. The Jap anese advance was stopped above the valley of the lantakhe river at a pos ition occupied and maintained by us. "In consequence of a sleepless night and the heat, of tho day our troops H-ere greatly fatigued, having been over 15 hours on foot and fighting. "Our losses have not yet been ex actly ascertained, but General Keller reports that they exceed ono thous and. "The gallant 21th regiment suffered most. General Keller especially men tions the nctlvity, courage and cool ness shown hy Its commanding offi 1 cers. Colonel Koschltz was Beverly wounded In the leg but lemalned in tho ranks until the end of the action." General Kuropatkln precedes his re port with a lengthy statement of skir mishes hy patrols which brings events up to July 1(5. He does not mention Bny Important engagement, with th( possible exception of the occupation ol the heights north of Yaolinazza bj Cossacks, before a detachment ol which the Japanese fell back. INDEPENDENT TRADE. Philadelphia Butchers Preparing to Supply Atlantic Seaboard. Philadelphia, July 19. The Western houses have a short suplpy of meat on band in this city and tho Independent trade, in consequence, is increasing rapidly. One of the Western houses tried to secure a largo abattoir In the southwestern section of the city bul failed. Another large firm wanted to gel two carloads of cattle killed at the West Philadelphia abattoir, but none of the independents would take the contract. Pome of the dressed beei which has been on the rail for export has been recalled by Western houset and sent to this city to help suppl retail dealers. Pi Ices today were about the same as on Saturday, wher figures stood about 2 cents above ante strike prices. Swift & Co. have a small slaughter house in operation In this city, for the killing of sheep. The Independent butchers feel con fldent they can supply the entire cltj with meat. If the strike continue' for any length of time and on agree ment is reached with the union to sup ply men it Is possible that Phlladel phla will supply a portion of the At lnntic seaboard with dressed meat The Independents declare that the citj has facilities and that livestock it plentiful. Army's Meat Supply. Washington, July 19. The commls sary department of the army does not anticipate any trouble In procuring supplies on account of the butchers strike. A largo amount of meat, es pecinlly bacon, already had been sup plied to the army and the only dllll culiy might bo tho filling of order? foi canned meats In the Philippines. Tho department, however, hat enough of this food for tho next ship ment to the Philippines and there an large supplies at nearly every armj post. Fresh meats for tho troops Ir the Philippines aro not purchased Ir this country but are sent from Argon tina. Army pests In this country car be supplied with beeves to be slaugh tercd at tho posts. Birdie Hart Inquest. Rochester, N. Y., July 19. The in quest Into the Birdie Hart ninrdet was resumed. Archie Steele, foi whom the authorities have been look lng for several days, was on the utanr but his testimony threw no new lighi on the mystery. He proved indisput ably that ho was out of town on the night of the murder. The inquest was closed and Ervln M. Smith, the dead girl's lover, was held to await the action of tho gram jury on the charge of murder In the first degree. The arrest was made bj Sheriff Bailey, who brought the youtif man to Rochester and lodged him it Jail. Smith took the matter ver calmly. Mr. Root at Sagamore Hill. Oyster Buy, July 19. Former Secro tary of War Root was an overnighl guest of President Roosevelt at. Sag umore Hill. Mr. Root declined tc make any comment upon tin; object ol bis visit, but it is known that ho came to confer with Mr. Roosevelt regard ing the speech ho will deliver nexl week ut tliii timu of ills notification While Mr. Root is here, the president will confer vl1h him on the political situation in New Yoik mat". Mis' Alice Uoos-vcll who liaa h-en vlsiliiii on Long Island, reached home In hi automobile. This hi the llrst time sin- has ben nt home since the arrival here of the family for the summer. International Athletic Meeting. London, July 1!). The preliminaries for thu International athletic meeting July 2:1 have been settled. It was do trmlnod that the broad jumpers, shal havo fivo Jumps. Hammer thrower will use a nine-foot. ring. Managei Parks said that the American teams were In flue condition. They prac ticed today nt Brighton and will ar live, here tomorrow. On Wednesda) they will practice at the Queen's clul grounds where the gur.es will b:i held POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's Nevs of tae World. Cream cf the Newt Culled From Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Horrled Reader Who Is Too Busy to Read the Longer Reports and Desires to Keep Potted. Wednesday. Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo died at 5:07 p. m. Tuesday. Charles Weeks, Jr., 7 years old, died Df tetanns at Canajoharle, N. Y. Ho Injured one hand on July 4 while firing a toy pistol. Thousands of meat cutters in Kan sas City, Omaha and Chicago have gone on strike, and it Is said that 40 000 men will he involved. General Oku's report to Toklo of the capture of Kal Chou shows that, de spite their stubborn resistance, the Russians were unable to hold their positions In and around the town. ThursJay. A meat famine Is possible In many cities within a few days If tho wide spread strike of the butchers' union continues. W. J. Bryan has issued a statement giving four reasons why ho will sup port the Democratic ticket In tho pres. Identlal campaign. Former President Orover Cleveland will make at least one speech In favor of Judge Parker, and may be heard again in tho campaign. A cloudburst over the hills north east of Manila caused a flood which has destroyed San Juan Did Monte Two hundred lives were lost. A dispatch from a Russian corres pondent at Mukden stated that not less than 30,000 Japanese were killed cr wounded near Port Arthur hy the explosion of Russian mines during an attack. Friday. Paul Kruger, former president of the Transvaal Republic, died Thursday morning at damns, Switzerland, aged 7? years. George Davis of Toronto fell down stairs on the steamer Corona at Lew iston and broke his neck. He was par. tryman on the steamer. Plans are being discussed for a pos s'ble double notification of the Dem ocratic presidential and vice presiden tial candidates at Esopus. Antonio Gorgla, the first of the four Italians to be tried at Belmont for the murder of John Van Gorder and Anna Farnham, was found guilty of murder In the first degree. In a railroad accident at Clenwood, 111., near Chicago, 20 persons were killed and 25 Injured. The train wa? carrying the annual excursion of the Doremus Congregational Sunday school. Saturday. William J. Bryan has announced thai tho paramount issue of tho presiden tial campaign is imperialism. Telegrams of condolence from all over the world on the death of Mr Kruger are being received by relatives Among the letters of congratula tion received by Judge Alton B. Par ker was ono from former Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. Edgar T. Washburn, a member ol the grain firm of Henlhfield & Wash burn at Buffalo, shot and killed h wife and 15-year-old daughter at hb home and then committed suicide. Dispatches from St. Petersburc frtatod that 2,800 Japanese and I.SOil Russians were lost In the Port Arthur attack In which it had been rumored that .10,000 Japanese were dost roved. Monday. Packers and strike leaders are in conference and hope Is high that thej will agree on terms for arbitration. F. Kent Iiomis' body was washed ashore near Plymouth, England, and was Identified hy an American consul. Flood of letters to .ludgn Parkei nearly swamps the llttlo postofflce M Esopus. N. Y., where a boy of 10 is tlv prlncipal custodian of the mall. By collision of a Pennsylvania flyer and a freight train nenr Shlppen. Pa., two firemen were killed and thre other trainmen and two passengers In ;ured. Tho Japaneso headquarters statl officially denies the report from St Petersburg that the Japanese lost .'!0, 000 men In u baltlo near Purt Arthur on July 10 or II. Tuesday. New York lawyer is kidnaped on Broadway by three men, who hold him a prisoner and demand $5,000 for his release. All records in commerce wei-. Inok en by the United Hiates dui'iig thu jenr ending .lime and exports ex reeded imports by more than $7.",on0, HOI. Russian guard rhlp Chernomoretz is lllowed by Turkey to pass from tin Black sea, although tho vessel Is (rmed with big guns and carries tor (Mlo tubes. Two hundred people were hurled to tho ground by collapse of a grand fttaud al a ball game at Brighton park, near Cleveland. Ten people hail brok. en legs or arms. Gem-nil Kuroki reports that two di visions of tin' Russian army made a desperate assault on Mao Tien pass at dawn. July 17, but were repulsod Casualties not stated. SHORTENING ROUTK. Baltimore and Ohio to Eliminate Curvet and Reduce Grades. Philadelphia, July 18 It U ths in tention of the BaJUnioro and Ohio to uo ahead with the Improvements which will not only shorten the line between Baltimore and the West by cllmlnat. ing many curves, but also will reduco u number of the grades. The company's engineers havo Just finished a survey of a proposed new line from Maploton. Pa., to Hancock Md., with tho Idoa of cutting down tho mileage about 40 miles and open ing up valuable mineral and timber tracts. This cut-off, It Is said, will eon. nect with parts of the Old South Penn sylvania survey, the rights of way and absolute ownership of all the property having been purchased recently by the Malilmore and Ohio Railroad company Another line Is to be constructed from Hancock via Everett to Coleman on the Cambria branch which will rhorten tho distance 50 miles between Philadelphia and Chicago. The re rent inspection trip of tho officers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com pany had much to do with these plans. They havo seen the wonderful re sources in Umber and minerals that may bo opened by the road and pro poso to take advantage nf tho oppor tunities ns they present themselves to acquire property and develop it. all along the line. There was a rumor abroad In rail road circles which could not ho con firmed, that the Baltimore and Ohio would soon abandon tho Ohio river di vision from Whoeling to Kenova, W. Va., and that the Pennsylvania would get control. FIREMEN KILLED IN CAB3. Buffalo Men Killed In Wreck of Penn tylvania Flyer. Buffalo, July IS. Drawn by two on gir.os running at full speed to climb a lit II. the Pennsylvania flyer, known as train No. 107, carrying about 50 Buf falo folk, crashed Into a freight train that had Just come down the hill, neai fhlppen. Pa., about six miles north ol Emporium, at 1:20 o'clock Saturday morning. The killed and injured aro mostly Bafralmdans. Tho killed are: Frank Prozellnr of No. G05 North Division street, fireman of tho rear passenger engine; Charles A. Sulvia of No. 42!) William street, fireman of tho first passenger engine. Tho Injured are: Joseph Parker ot No. 2"fi Spring street, engineer of the first passenger engine; Charles Llpd erbolt of No. 545 North Division street engineer of tho rear passenger engine; Genrgo A. Henson of No. 502 Swan street, haggagemaster j James Slocum nlro of this city, brakeman; Dr. Georgo L. Brown of No. 203 Highland avenue, a passenger; Mrs. George . Brown, his wife, also a passpnger. Ilensen and Slocum nre the most s-i rlously hurt. None of tho injured la expected to die. Can Send Meat West. Pottsvillo. Pa.. July 18. Shlpmo'.t of beef from Pennsylvania to Chicago may be mado this woek. Grass fed cnttlo from tho mountain ranges of this part of Pennsylvania are to be rushed Into tho market to relievo the meat famine. Nearly every butcher Is making preparations to double or treble his forco of employes. At the Welsslnger nlant at Hillside, It H said, dressed meat can bo rushed out r a time sufficient to supply tho en tire New York market. Thu second nstt.llinent of dressed beef was turned over to Swift & Co. by local packer? Saturday. Tho lutter firm will ship the meat West. Charges Justice With Contempt. Youngstown, O., July 18. Formal charges of contempt of court wero mndo aaglnst Justice cf tho Peace William C. llaseltlno of Coltsvllle township by Prosecuting Attorney W. R. Graham, acting upon tho order of Judge Georgo F. Robinson of com- -non pleas court. Haseltlne Is charged with having approached Juror Heasley during the trial of the slander case of Harriet E. Ilarty against Michael Llv Ingstone, and attempted to Influence him In favor of the plaintiff. Aged Widow Victim of Robber. Sharon. Pa.. July 18. Mrs. Jane Stewart, nn aged widow living alone Madison avenue, was called to the door by a masked man two hours aftpr r.ho had drawn her pension money. The o stranger sprang toward her 91 (die e opened tho door, and the woman n to a nelrhbor's for assistance. Dining her itb:ienco the stranger so- cured $M. Father Inflicts Fatal Wounds, Irwin, Pa., July 18. Swinging a (dekax to cut n cake nf toe, Friday l.inriilng. lb nrv 1'ivnlzel, nn Ice wag tin driver, ahi'died tho external Jugular Vein of hl't S'-year-nld son, who stood l"hlnd him. Tho lad fell, blood gush rYr from hM wound. Ho Is dying. Robbed, Then Thrown In River. Greensburg, Pa., July IS. Whllo Homer Obley of West Newton was re turning homo ho was held up by two ticgroes, who, after robbing him, threw him into the Yoiiglilogheny river. Young Obley was almost drowned be fore assistance came. Freight Cars Robbed. Butler, Pu.. July 18. Nino freight ?nrs in the Italtiumro and Ohio rail road yards were, broken open nnd t aacco, elgins and other merchandise ivero curried away. t
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