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TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1901.
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BOROUGh OFFICERS..
Jiuraess.F. R. Lansnu.
OuuHCifwien. Dr. J. C. Dunn, O. (1?
Gaston, J. B. Muse, C. K. Weaver, J. W,
Landers, J. T. Dalo, W. F Klllmer.
Justice of the J'eaceC. A. Randall, 8.
J, Motley.
Countable S. H. Maxwell.
Collector 8. J. 8utloy.
Svhool Director!,, Fulton. J. C,
Hoowden, It. L. Haslet, K. W Bowman,
T, F. Kitchcy, A. C. Brown.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Josoph C. Sibley
Memticr of Ncnatei. K. i'. Hall,
Assembly C W. Amslor.
Ih-esident Judue W. M. Llndsev.
Associate Judyei K. It. Crawford, W.
11. II. nniiorer.
Ji-othonotary, Register & Recorder, t.
J. C. deist.
Hheritr. Uoo. W. Nol.llt.
'Ireasurer Frd. A. Keller.
Commissioners 0. Ilurhouil, A. K.
Hhlpe, Henry W'elngard.
District A ttorney H. D. Irwin.
Jury Commissioners KrneHt Sibblo,
Lewis Wanner.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditors W. II. Stiles, Geo.
W. llolocnan, It. A. Mct'loakey.
County (Surveyor I). W. CWrk.
County Superintendent K. K. StlUln-
ger.
Itrgiilnr Trrma of ('urt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of (September.
Third Monday of November.
4'ktirrb and Hnbbnlh Hrhool.
Presbyterian Habbath School at 9:45 a.
in. j M. 10. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching In M. E. Church ovory Sab
bath evening by Rev. . H. Nlckle
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at theiiHUal hour. Kev.
H. A. ZahnlNpr, l'aslor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Uev.' K. W. Illiiigworth, l'aslor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
in nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
rnf'.N EST A LOW 1 E, No. 39, t. O. O. F.
1 Meet every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
IXIREST LODGE, No. IH4, A. O. U. W.,
I Meets every Friday evening inA.O.U.
W. Hall, Tionosta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. U7 4
O. A. K. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
evening iu each mouth, in A. O. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
CAPTf GKOKGK STOW COUPS, No.
l;(7,V. K. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, In A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
rpiONF.STA TENT, No. lt4, K. O. T.
1 M., meets iind and 4th Wednesday
evening in each month iu A. O. U. V.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
rp F. HITCH KY,
J . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Tionesta, 1'a.
c
CUTIS M. KIIAWKEY,
A TT ) R N E Y - A T- L A vv .
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
A C .BROWN.
I ATTORN EY-ATLAW.
Olllce in Arner Ituilditig, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
J,
W. MOUHOW. M. D.,
IMivslcian. Surireon A Dentist.
Olllce and Residence three doors north
of llotol Agnow, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
I)
U. F.J. ltoVAHD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TION KSTA, PA.
DU. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN ANDSUUGHON.
and DRUU'JWf. Olllce over stere,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Elm St., between
U rove's grocery and (lerow's restaurant.
D
U. J. It. SIGGINS.
Physician ami Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA,
11
E. McKlNLEY.
Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing.
Tionesta, Pa
C J. SET LEY,
O. 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.
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