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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 21.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3. 1901.
$1.00 PEK ANNUM.
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BOHOUGH OFFICERS.
Hurgess.V. It. Lnnson,
OouueUmen. Dr. J. C. Dunn, O. O.
Oaston, J. It. Muse, O. F. Weaver, J. W.
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.
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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.