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Landers, J. T. Dnlo.W. F Klllmer. Justice of the reaeeO. A. Kandall, S. J. Motley. OuHHlabte. K. Maxwell. Culleclor-t tt. J. Sutley. Si-hoot Director L. Fulton. J. O. Noowdon, K. L. Haslet, E. W Bowman, T. V, Kitobuy, A. C. Brown. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of CV great Joseph C. Sibley. Member of Senate J. K. 1'. Hall. Assembly V. W. Amslor. n-esident Judge W. M. Llndsey. Associate Judges K. 11. Crawford, w. II. II. Dotturer. Prothonotary , Register A Recorder, ale. J. C. OeiHt. Sheriff. Oeo. W. Nobllt. . '1'reasurei Frtl. A. Keller. Commissioners O. Hurhonn, A. K. Shlpe, Hmirv Woingsrd. District Attorney . D. Irwin. Jury Commissioners Krnost Nibble, IjOwIm Wagner. (kroner Dr. J. W. Morrow. County Auditors W. 11. Stiles, Oeo. W. Holommi, B. A. Met'loskey. County Surveyor D. W..Clrk. County Superintendent E. E. Stltiln- ger. Krf ulnr Trraia of Caurl. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. t'harrh i4 Mabbnlh Mcbl. Presbyterian Sabbath School al 9:45 a. in. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab bath evenlnir by Kev. O. II. Nickle Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. It. A. .shniser, Pastor. Services in the PreHbyterlan Church very Sabbath morning and evening, ltev.' It. W. Illiugwnrth, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. V. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each IV nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PI' . N EST A LOIXJ E, No. 309, T. O. O. F. 1 M eeta every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. :H)ltEST LODGE. No. 184, A.O. U. V7., I Meets every Friday evening inA.O.U. W. Hall, Tlonesta. CA PT. G KOHO E STOW POST. No. 274 U. A. K. Meets 1st and 8d Monday evening in each month, in A. O. U. W. Hall, Tlonesta. C APT. GEORGE STOW COKPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each mouth, In A. O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa. fTMONESTATENT, No. 14, K. O. T. 1 M., meels 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each month in A. O. U. W. hall Tlonesta, Pa. F. RITCHEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Tlonesta, Pa. c URTIS M. SIIAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Warren, Pa. Practice In Forest Co. AC .BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Olllce in Artier Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa. J W. MORROW, M. D., Dl...ul.tlan flnf-irnntl A rinntlttt. Oillce and Residence three doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tlonesta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician A surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. O. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIVr. Olllce over slere, Tlonesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to st all hours of day or night. Residence Kim St., betweon Grove's grocery and Gerow's rosUurant. R J. B. BIGGINS. Physician and Niirgeon, 3 OIL CITY, PA. HE. McKINLEY, . Hardware, Tiing A Plumbing. 1'ionesta, Pa O J.SICTI.EY, O. J US l'lCE OK THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sate. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, eto. Tlonesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. Tills hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a completechange, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, eto. The comforts ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, G E ROW A U E ROW Proprietor. Tlonsela, Pa. This is the inostcentrally located hotel in the place, anil has all the luodorn improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pilIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom win k Iroiu the linost to the coarsest and guarantors his work to give perl'isa satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to meiidiiig, and prices rea sonable. JORKNZO FULTON. Manufacturer of mid Dealer in HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. V I HASLET & GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN CONSPIRATOR'S BOMB fCIllsd M. Von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior. decisive Battlo In Progress Pay master Robbed and His Driver Mur. rlered Serious Trolley Accidents. Strike Extends East Paul Kruger'e Big Fortune Missouri Republicans. M. Von Plehve, Russian mlnlstor of !ho Interior, was assassinated Thurs day morning by a bomb thrown at Ids carriage while he was driving to Ihe Baltic stntlon to take a train for Lhw palnco at Petcrhof, where he was to muko his weekly report to the em peror. M. VOX PLEHVE. The assassination Is believed to be the outcome of a widespread plot, tho existence of which has been suspected for several days. Numerous arrests lave already been made, including that of the assassin, a young man who la believed to he a Finn named Legio, and who is now in a hospital severely and perhaps fatally injured by the ex plosion of his own bomb. An accomplice of Leglo, also ap parently a Finn but whose name is un known, has been arrested. He had in his possession a bomb which he tried to throw but he was overpowered hy the police just In time to prevent great loss of life. The assassin stood on the sidewalk Just as Minister Von Plehvr's carriage was about to cross the canal bridge near the station. The minister was escorted by a number of detectives on bicycles and one of them Jostled the assassin, who then rushed Into the road and threw the bomb after the carrlnge. The missile struck the hind wheel nnd exploded with fearful force killing or wounding over a scoro of perpons. Minister Von Plehve and his coachman wore killed outright and an officer of the guard was fatally In jured. Minister of Justice Mnrnvleft went to the Peterhoff palace to report the assassination of Minister Von Plehve to Emperor Nicholas. His majesty did net leave the palace during the entire Any. although he hud arranged to go to Ornnlenbaum (19 miles from St. Petersburg) to attend the consecra tion of the new harbor. The minister's death wns Instan taneous. When the body was un dressed nt his resilience not a single wound was found on the trunk hut the lower part of the face was literally blown away. The empress has not been Informed of the tragedy In view of the hourly expectation of the birth of an heir to the throne. Successor of Murdered Minister. M. Von Plehve, latf minister of the Interior, was burled Sunday and in every city nnd hamlet of the vast em pire church bells tolled and masses and prayers said for the repose of the soul of the murdered minister. The. murderer of M. Von Plehve has leen removed from the hospital to the Wyborgsky prison. Tho police de cline to reveal his allns on the ground that It might defeat the ends of Jus tice. The far-reaching character of tho machinery of the ministry of the inter ior and the urgent necessity for deal ing with many pending matters, ren der it Imperative that the ?inprror select a successor to M. Von riehve Immediately nnd It Is considered cer tain that he will do so this week. In fluences hostile to M. Wltte seem to render his appointment Increasingly Improbable. Prominent candidates mentioned are Prince Svlntopolk-Mlr-sky, M. MnrnvlefT, minister of justice; I.leuteni" -"irnl Kliegel and Prince John Obolensky. Decisive Battle In Progress. The correspondent of the London Sally Mail at New Chwang In a dispatch dated July 31 says that, there has been heavy fighting for two days In the marshes south of llaicheng dur ing the gradual retreat fr'ini Tntche l:i;in of 5.01)0 Russians forming the rear piarl nnd the prill of Ihhi force Inrrenses dully. The indlcitlnns nrc t Mat the Baltic Riuadrnn Is on the eve of an Import ant movement. Nothing r girding this run be ascertained officially, but ninny nf the officers already have bade fi.rowell to friends and families and are holding themselves ready for im mediate service. Tin? emperor had nrranged to inspect thi squadron, but his plan was given up owing to tho assassination of Minister Von Plehve. Jap Administrator at New Chwang. Tnknynma, Japanese administrator cf New Chwang, has arrived aad lo- suod notification to the population that Now Cawnng and Ylnkow are now under Japanese control, and that lives nnd property will be protected Mr. Gilchrist, an American, who wns deputy commissioner of customs mi been appointed commissioner of cua Leen appointed commmlssloncr of cus. toms. Crcp Reports Indefinite. More activity Is noted at a fe-ni Western centers, but fall trade Is slow to assume form pending assurances as to crop results and settlement ot ex isting Industrial disturbances. Crop conditions are, on the wholo fuvorablo, though Irregularity In sec lions jire vents generalization. The movement of winter wheat tc market, somewhat delayed this year, has at last begun In earnest. Coinci dental, Improvement In collections is shown at some centers, and tho do mand for money from tho country has Increased. The movement of currencj to move tho crops has assumed gool proportions this week. Speculation in stocks and cerealt has quieted down somewhat, and clear lugs show reductions both from lasl week and last year. Early reports of damage to winter wheat find confirmation In lower estl mates of the Southwestern yield, and In poor or indefinite threshing return. from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and parts of Missouri. Spring wheat appears to have don well, except that reports of rust, du to previous excessive moisture, come from South Dakota. Southern peach crops have beet) large and profits enormous. Genrgls has assumed first rank as a peach pro dncer, and a large area Is going lntt new orchards. Paymaster Robbed; Driver Killed, Charles Hayes, a driver for the Pur Itan Coal company, Is dead and Patrick Campbell, the company's paymaster lies perhaps fatally wounded at th Altoona hospltil, as the result of a btutal hold up and murder on thf township road leading from Portage Blair county. Pa., to the town of Pur Itan, at about 10:15 a. m. Saturday The two men were in a buggy, taklnf a satchel containing about $3,000 witr which to pay the coal company's em ployes nt Puritan, from the Adams Ex press office at Portage to the coal town, when they were suddenly firet upon hy three men armed with shut guns. Hayes fell to the bottom of the bug gy pierced by 37 buckshot wounds lr his neck and breast and died abou' half an hour later. Campbell was hl In the shoulder nnd fell from the bug gy. The highwaymen came out fron their place of hiding In the woods tc the right of the road, secured the sat chel of money and escaped. News of tne tragedy spread througl Portage and hundreds of persons visit ed the scene armet with guns nnd re volvers. The men started off into the woods In search of the murderers. A policeman arrested on suspicion a mar Mho was seen attempting to bonrd t freight train ecrtbeund. The suspeci carried n gun Serious Trolley Accident. A bad accident occurred Saturdaj r.lght on the Rochester and Manltot railroad, a trolley road running frorr Ontario Beach along the shore o: Lake Ontario to Manltou Beach, a dls tance of about 10 miles. Thirteen persons wero serlouslj hurt, three or four It Is feared fatally and a number of others sustained minor bruises. The accident occurred at 7:50 o'clock. The road at the point where the col lislon occurred skirts a high bluff and runs close to the edge of tho lake, th waters of which nre some distance be low. Tho trains when they struc) fortunately toppled over against th bluff Instead of falling the other wa3 Into the lake. The motormen jumped and were not Injured. One of the motor cars wai lifted from Its trucks and went almost through the other car. and the remark able thing about the accident wai that more peoplo were not hurt. Rear-End Trolley Collision. Twenty-three persons were hurt ai the result of a rear-end collision Sun flay between two large trolley cars or the shore line of the Cleveland. East em and Palnesvllle railroad near Not tlngham. Strike Extends East. Unable to arrange a conference wltl representatives of the New York pack ers, President Donnelly nf the Amal gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of America has ordered t strike of all tho members of his or ganlr.atlon In New York employed bj Schwarzchlld & Sulzberger and th( United Dressed Beef company. Tho order went Into effect Sunday Kruger's Big Fortune. A dispatch to the London Mail) Mail from Geneva says that it Is learned from a trustworthy source that the fortune left by the late Paul Krunor, the late president of thf Trnnsvnal, Is between .C7r0,n(l(l nnd .C 1,01)0,000. H consists chiefly of Eu ropean securities. The bulk of It goes to the EloiT family. Ogdensburg Chosen For Next Year. Tho grand lodge of the state of New York, Knig'.its of Pythias, which has been holding its annual session In Jamestown, chose Ogdenslmrg as the place for next year's convention. Missouri Republicans. The Republicans of Missouri in state convention last week nominated a complete stnte ticket. Cyrus P. Wai bridge of St. Louis was nominated foi governor on the first ballot. RUSSIANS GOING NORTH. Kuropatkin's Reinforceratnts Stop at Harbin. 6koleton Force to Be Left to Contest Japanese Advance on Vital Posi tions ' Japanese Occupy Simon cheng, Cutting Off General 8takel berg From Joining Gen. Kuropatkln. London, Aug. 2. A dispatch to a news agency from Toklo says there Is reason to believe that after two days fighting the Japanese occupied Sim oucheng, thus cutting off General Stakelberg frow General Kuropatkln St, Petersburg, Aug. 2. A report from an apparently reliable source was to the effect that General Kuropat kin's main force had been rapidly moving north for several days. According to this report no troops proceeding to the front from Russia bad gone past Harbin in the past three days. They will be detrained there and every available piece of rolling stock will be rushed south empty for the re moving of troops at Liao Yang and other points to the northward, leaving a skeleton force to contest the Japa nese advance on vital positions. Movement of Black Sea Fleet. London, Aug. 2. The Sebastopol correspondent of the Times asserts positively that the entire Russian vol unteer fleet now in the Black sea, with other large steamers which have been taken over by the government, are under orders for government ser vice outside the Black sea at an early date. Count Tolstoi's Son a Volunteer. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. Count Tol stoi's son Is leaving for the front as a volunteer in the Two Hundred and Seventeenth (Uromy) regiment of In fantry. GOODYEAR FOR GOVERNOR. Mr. Murphy Quoted as Speaking Fa vorably of His Candidacy. New York, Aug. 2. Charles F. Mur phy, leader of Tammany hall, was quoted as speaking favorably of Charles W. Goodyear of Buffalo for fhe Democratic nomination for gover nor and thpre was some comment umong Democrats who are about the botels. For the most part they endorse the view of Mr. Murphy as to Mr. Good year's availability, but there is a be lief that the up-state leaders will have to be consulted before any winners can be picked. David B. Hill came down from Al bany and soon after his arrival bad a conference with Cord Meyer and Pat rick H. McCarren. Mr. Hill would ay nothing about the political situa tion, nor tomM he make any comment upon the availability of Mr. Good year as the Democratic candidate for governor. Mr. Hill spoke of tho death of Gov ernor PatMson of Pennsylvania, men tioning the all night session of the committee on resolutions at thr Dem ocratic national convention In which Governor Pottlson participated. He recalled the fact that In 1.8 he participated in a similar session In which William A. Russell of Massa chusetts took a prominent part. Mr. Russell also died soon afterwards. Think Root Can Still Be Considered. New York. Aug. 2. Governor Odell will return to New York today nn:l will have a conference with, members of the Republican state committee from districts below the Bronx. The gover norship will he the most interesting feature of tho meeting, although the chairman expects (o learn from the members of the committee the polit ical situation in their districts. The nnme of Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the port of New York, has been added to the list of nval'.aliles in case Ellhu Root, absolutely refuses to accept, but friends of Mr. Strana han spy that he will not allow the use of his name. Some of the politicians urinind stato headquarters think Mr Root can still ho considered available. RECORD PRICE FOR POULTRY. A New York Breeder Received $3,400 For 19 Chickens. New York, Aug. 2. A new pries? record for fancy poultry has been es tablished In America, if not In tho world, hy George H. Northrup of Uace fille N Y. He sold a flock of 1!) birds, throo coe-ks and It) hens, for export to Ber lin, Germany, for $3,400. They wero all of the rose combed Blnck Miner breed, one that Mr. Northrup orh:lnnt rd himself. The leader of the llork is tho rock Victor, n tlrst orenilnni winner In Chi cago, Philadelphia nnd Boston, which Mdd for Jl, ODD. His brother. Hend- llf'ht III. winner of secondn In Chicago. Philadelphia and Boston, brought fV)0. President Nord Causes a Sensation. Port au-Prlnce. Havtl Anir. 2. At a nntillr ri'r.i'nl inn PriKt(!iiil Niinl iir- cusi'd the foreign population of rais ing the rate of exchange fci order to op pose the government. IU added some threatening words which have alarmed the foreign cohmy. Tlur rule of ex change is ('H) per (cent. AMERICANS IN DI3GUISET Johnstown Officers at Portage Have a New Theory. Portage, Pa., Aug. 2. A startling new theory has been advanced by Chief of Police Harris of Johnstown and several Portage officials. They re half of the belief that the men who committed the outrage on tho Puritan road were not Italians, but Americans disguised as farmers. They base their theory on several points, Iiinclpnl of which Is the fact that they knew of the existence of a gang of worthless, desperate men who infest this district. They point to a dynamite outrage fierc about a year ago In which an Italian and woman were blown to atoms in a horse. This Is attributed to the same gang. Aneithor view they take Is that the men, attired to mis lead any who might see thm, threw off their garments In the bushes ono set of clothing having already been found and Immediately joined In the man hunt which began In a few hours. The Johnstown officers say the roads In this section were so completely surrounded that It. would be practic ally Impossible for the foreigners to escape, as the pickets on duty all around the suspected places ever since the commission of the crime would force them In course of time to sur render or shortly starve to death. Descriptions of the murderers, as they were seen by the children and two men near the watering trough In the Spring Hill road shortly after tho holdup, have been sent broadcast through the country, but the officials who sent them have little faith In ob taining any results thereby. That Theodore Adams of Phillips burg, paymaster for the New Yeirk Transportation company, did not meet the same fate as that which overtook Hayes and Campbell is attributed to fate. Mr. Adams had with him in a buggy several thousand dollars, the ray for three mines, and was follow ing Hayes and Campbell at a distance of about half a mile. It Is thought 'that the three Italians hoped to find Adams and their two victims together and Intended to kill all. This belief if- strengthened by the fact that the men were ambushed at three separate places, about 20 or 25 feet apart. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT. At Close of Business on July 31 Amounted to $980,781,413. Washington, Aug. 2. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business July 31. 1904, the debt, less cash In the treas ury, amounted to $980,781,413, an in crease for the memth of $13,549 C39. This Increase is accounted for hy the decrease of $14,945,G0G In the amount of the cash balance in the treasury, as compared with last month. The debt Is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $893,157,310; debt on which Interest has ceased elnce maturity, $1,881,130; debt bear ing no interest, $387.824,S21 ; total, $1, 284.82n.992. This amount, however, does not In clude $1,003,782,909 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding which nre offset by an equal amount of cash on hand held for their redemption. The cash In the treasury is classi fied as follows: Reserve fund. $150, 000,000; trust funds. $l,ft03.7?S,9r,9 general fund. $125,1 10,402: In national bank depositories. $ll2.C12.7iifi: lr. treasury of Philippine Islands, $7.'!1C S37; total, $l,r98.829.073, against which there oro demand liabilities out. sdnndlng amounting to $1,091717.195 which leaves cash balance on hand of $304,081,57!). "Chins" 24 Times; Found Dead. Terre Haute, Ind., A113. 2. Coroner Tabor finds that Robert Pair, a Junior at tho Indiana normal school, who was found dead, suffered from heart exhaustion, caused by "chinning" 21 times in succession while exercising in the gymnasium. Fair was not. in robust health, nnd the sustained effort In raising himself with his armr. to rest his chin on a rung of a ladder brought on cardiac trouble. He had recently been elected principal of the Clay Oity schools. Mistaken For Bear and Shot. Sherman Mills, Me., Aug. 2. Rd ward McLaughlin, J'2 years of age and married, was instantly killed yester day by being shot through the head. lie was mistaken for a bear by a com panion, Granville Frank of this town The men, In company with two others were on their way to M-ieWahoe lake through the woods when they became separnted. Frank saw some bushes nine and fired ut what ho thought was a bear. Vcnlilullon ThroiiKh tin- nll. The fart Is that coiiHlderuble ventila tion Is capnblo of taking place mid quite a largo exchange of fresh for bad nlr .Is effected through the walls of buildings. Many n room that Is no toriously stuffy e-oulil doubtless be made pleasant to live In by removing tho solid paper or Impervious coat of paint from the wall anil substituting porous paper, or, better still, giving up pnper altogether nnd using n distemper wash of pleasing tone. London Lan cet. Mlint Mi.- I.arknl. A superintendent of 11 Sunday school relates the following true incident: The title of the lesson was 'The rich young man" and the golden text "One thing thou larkrst." A lady teacher In the primary class nuked 11 little tot to repent the two, and. looking (Mirnestly In the fenclier's fare, the child un bluslilngly (old her. "One thing thou lackest u rich young limn." SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the WorM. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In 8mall 8pace and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who has Little Time to Spare. The national Democratic committee unanimously elected Thomas Taggart of Indiana as chairman of the commit tee. Reports from New Chwang said that the Russians had been defeated In a hattlo east of Tatcheklao and will be nbllged to return to Liao Yang. Fred Mason, the farm hand who shot t id killed his father-in-law neir Amber, N. Y., surrendered to the p.her. Iff and Is now In Jail at Syracuse. A strike 0 gold and silver in largo quantities has been made In an old abandoned lead mine In the Shawm gunk mountains, near Otlsvllle, N. Y. Thursday, At Oneida, Pa., three miners and a boy were Instantly killed by a bolt Jf lightning while sitting at a table. Rioting was renewed at the Chi cago stockyards and efforts at medi ation made by the state board of ar bitration filled. From St. Petersburg It was an nounced that the Russian army had re treated to Hal Cheng, having decided to withdraw from Tatcheklao on Sun day. The state department at Washing ton has received a pretest of owners against the action of Russia In seiz ing a cargo of American gnod3 on board the Hamburg-American steamer Arabia. The British governnu-nt has sent in structions to Ambassador Hardingo to demand of Russia an apology and rep aration for the sinking of the steamer Knight Commander by the Vladivos tok squadron. Friday. With 800 casualties, tho Japanese army of General Oku, combined with the Takushan forces, captured Tatche klao on Monday. Benjamin Lowe, a farmer living at Hunters' Creek, near East Aurora, N. Y,. was killed hy lightning while do ing chores In hip barn. William Coleman, arrested In Har lem, was taken to Cnoperstown, N. Y., If, face the charge of stealing the Jew els of Mrs. Clark, daughter-in-law of Bishop Potter. The CBtate of the late William C. Whitney wns appraised at $21,243,101, and Mr. Harry Payne Whitney paid by check to the Stnte $2?2.222.84 In heritance tax. Ships of the Vladlvostoek squadron, a dispatch from St. Petersburg says, are enabled to take long cruises by means of a cleverly arranged system for coaling at sea. Saturday. President George F. Golden of the Chicago Teamsters' union was arrest ed for Interfering with a non-union teamster. Russian accounts of the murder of Von Plehve say the assassin. Ie-go, at. tempted suicide by shooting. He will recover from wounds inflicted by the bomb explosion. Pacific Mail Steamship company's steamer Korea arrives safely at To klo with more than $1,000,000 on hoard, although it was reported she had been captured by the Vladivostok squadron. Acting on a formal protest from Ihe American owners of a portion of the cargo of tho steamer Arabia, seized by the Russians, the state department at Washington orders Amlmssndor Me Cormlck to obtain n full statement of the nffair from St. Petersburg. Monday. Vanderbilt lines, prompted by the moral sentiment of the public, move to abolish Sunday excursions. Further reports from refugees who had lied from Port Arthur on Thurs day Indicate terrific fighting for three days. Toklo denies the city has fal len. Chicago packers say that represent rtlves of four of the allied trados unions have mado overtures for rein statement, but the leaders of the butchers disclaim any knowledge of such a move. A trolley train bound for Manltou P.eoch on tho Rochester and Manltou railroad Saturday night crashed Into a t.r til 11 of three cars hound for Roches ter, and the motor cars were tele troped. Thirteen persons vrro nerl mibly hurt. Tuesday. Sixteen Cicrnian-AnicrlrniiH on a picnic excursion were injured in a trol ley crash near Cleveland, Ohio. Umpire of Ilallnn commission signs Ihe Dual award on Venezuelan claims ni-'g regaling JO.Oimi.ihmi, uhoul $i;ou,nno being allowed with Interer.t. Robert K. I'aUNon, twice Dnui ciatic Governor of Pennsylvania nnd twice controller cf Philadelphia, died at his home In Overbrook, a suburb of Philadelphia. Llout.-Gpirrnl Cmuii Keller, Rus sian corps commander, wns killed by a fragment of a Japanese shell while rpposlng the Japanese advance along tho railway near llaicheng The derisive battle of the campaign mviiis to ho In progress. Having com pleted his enveloping movement, Gen eral Kurokl is directing an advance from nil points aguinst Hatclung and Llao-Yang. WOMAN SHOT; 60N HELD. Assyrian Peddler Killed Under Mys terious Circumstances In Her Bedroom. Browevlllo, Pa., July 30. Mary Da is, aged 53, an Assyrian peddler, was killed early Thursday morning under mysterious circumstances. With her son, Mlchai 1 Davis, aged 25, she board ed at tho houso of Nicholas Monsour In North Bend, Brownsville Hill, and they with a man and two women were sleeping In one room. The sleepers were amused by a re volver shot and saw the Davis woman fall, after which tho son lifted her to a cot. Three men held tho man until officers and Dr. A. C. Smith arrived. An empty revolver was found on the floor, also four discharged shells. The son said the revolver was acci dentally discharged. A theory was ad vancod that ho had shot his mothei in his sleep. Still another was that the revolver hung on che wall and was accidentally knocked down by the woman. The coroner's Jury rendered a ver dict that she came to her death from a gunshot wound, and recommended that Mlchnel Davis be held for court trial. County Detective Alexandei McBeth took the prisoner to Union town jail. OIL 8TRIKE IN BUTLER. Best Well In Years Brought In on Ole Territory on Hucelton Farm. Butler, Pa., July 30. The best oil well struck In Butler for several vears was brought In Thursday nlyht by Young Broth?rs of this place on the Muselton heirs' farm, four miles south west of Butler. The oil Is coming from the third sand, which Is a.isur nnce that the well will ho a great stayer. As soon as the bit struck tho third sand tho well began spraying oil. anil when five fee't in the sand, the well was flowing at live barrels an hour. It is said to be 3tlll spouting at a rate close to 200 barrels a day. The strike Is in old territory, several wells havlnq been drilled on other parts of tho Hns rlton farm 20 years ago during the Renfrew development. Yenmg Brothers hnvo mnde twe more locations on the Huselton prop erty, while the Boyer Oil company has located one well on an adjoining furit and the Southern Oil company Is pre paring to drill two wells on a nearbj lease. Oil men are eagerly blddiuj for looso territory. Explosion Ends In Suit. Greenshurg. Pa., July 30. Jamei Nelbert cf West Newton has breuglv an action for damages against the Fed rral Supply compnny, asking $10,000 James F. Nelbert, 13 years old, a sor of the plaintiff, lost his life In a pow der explosion on July 23, 1903. It li alleged that several boys, none o: whom were more Ihnn 14 years old were asked by nn agent of the com pany to remove powder from a car ot a siding to the company's powilei house. A can hurst, It Is averred, ant was ignited by one of the company'i men, who was smoking. Miners Talk Strike. Scranton, Pa., July 30. Thero li grave fear that tho executive boarc of district No. 1, United Mino Workers will order a strike Involving appro linately 75,01)0 men, when It meet: here next Monday to consider the epics tlon of the refusal of tho coal com panics to deduct check welghnien'l wagrs. If the RtrlUo lr ordered, prob nbly It will affect the wholo anthractt region, ns tho companies seem to be combined In resisting the demand claiming It is tantamount to a recog nltion of tho union Slocum Medals For Policemen. New York, July "0. Borough luspec tor Brooks, Inspector Schmlttberge: and Captain McDormott of tho Kil'tt street station were presented with 1 gold medal each last night at. a recep tlon which tho East Side Citizens' as 8ociatlon. composed of relatives ane1 friends of the victims of the Slocun: disaster, gave In their honor at Lip pig's hall, 101 Avenue A. The medals which are set with diamonds, are In scribed: "For humane conduct, sym pathetic zeal and kindness In rellevlnj tho distress." Dies In Mother's Arms on Train. New Castle, Pa., July 30. Mrs. KHz abeth Sturgeon arrived homo bearing In her arms tho body of her son, Mur ray, aged 11, who had died on the train. Mrs. Sturgeon and her son had been visiting relatives near Grove City. The boy was taken 111 after rat lug green apples, but tho symptoms Old not Hi-em serious. Shortly uftei Iho train started bo became violent 1 111 uud soon died. Beating Brings About Death. Warren, ()., July 30. Andrew Cra ver, a bartender nt Leavlttsbnrg. O. has been arretted nnd brought here upon the charge of causing the d-ath of William Grushung, whoso homo b supposed to have been in Milwaukee Wis. Groshung bocamo Involved In i quarrel with Craver Inst Sunday morn ing and was so badly beaten that h later died in a hospital at Youngstown Two Deaths From Collision. Sharon, Pa., July 30. A passengoi train ami' a freight train on tho Penn sylvania wero in collision near hero early yesterday and both trains were wrecked. Kngineer James Robinson was instantly killed. Fireman Mo Williams fatally hurt and two other trainmen badly Injured. The cause ol tho accident is not iuowi.
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