RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one inch, one week... f 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month.. 3 00 One Square, one inch, 3 months.... 6 00 One Square, one inch, one year 10 00 Two Squares, one year 15 0C Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We do lino Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published ovory Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office in Smoarbgh. & Wenk Building, KI,M STKKKT, TIONUHTA, PA. OREST REPUBL Trrma, 91.00 A Yeiur, Nirlrllj In Adranoe. No subscription received for a shorter period than throe inontliH. Prrrre-spondonce solicited, but no notice will bo ttikim of anonymous couimuuiea lions. Always give your name. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 21. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21. 1901. $1.00 PER ANNUM. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. ICAN BOKOUGH OFFICERS. Uurgens. F. K. Lansoii. OuttHCimwi. Dr. J. C. Dunn, G. O. Gaston, J. H. Mime, C. V. 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M., meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening In each month iu A. O. U. W. hall Tionosta, Pa. ry F. KITCHEY. J . att6rney-at-law. Tlonesia, Pa. CURTIS M. SHAWKKY, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W. Warren, Pa. Practice In Forest Co. AC .BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW. Olllce in Amer Building, Cor. Elm and llridge Sis., Tionesta, Pa. J, W. MORROW. Mr D., riivHician. Surireon A Pontist. Olllce and Uesidence throe doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tiouosta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. D R. F.J. ROVARO, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. O. DUNN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and IHlUU'HVr. Olllco over slere, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calis prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gorow's restaurant. D U. J. B. SIGG1NS. Physician anil Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. II K. MeKINLEY. Hardware, Tinning Jt Plumbing. Tlonesia, ra . SliTLEY, nisi riPK OP TITR PEACE. Van.. a a ..itilota HllA III' j MM) il'd'S blailkS foraale. Also lllank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. - HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complote change, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, J GEKOW A ME ROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place; and has all the modem Improvements. No pains will be Bparnd to make it a pleasitfit stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Waltnrs building, Cor. Elm and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest anil guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, ami prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON. Manuliteturorol'iind Dculor in HARNESS. 101URS, BRIDLES, And all kinds or HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S. I. HASLET & GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. , TIONESTA, PENN JAPS SINK A CRUISER. Capture Forts In Inner Lines at Port Arthur. Great Naval Battle Imminent Rus slam Ordered From Shanghai 12 Deaths From Tornado G. A. R. to Meet In Denver Next Year Na tional Candidates Notified. After a severe engagement with pro tected cruisers Chltoso and Tsushima, of the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novik has been vanquished. The fight occurred Sunday. After It tho Novlk, In a sinking condition, was run ashore in Korsnkovsli harbor on ihe Island of Sakhalllun. The details of tho fight are not known, but It Is evident that the Japanese vessels caught up with the Novlk Saturday and that a running tight ensued. The contest was re sumed and terminated early In the morning. A Chefoo dispatch says the Japa nese swept the Russians from Pigeon liny and captured the northernmost fort of tho western line of Inner de fences at Port Arthur. The Rusnlnn artillery prevents the Japanese from occupying the furt on Pigeon Hay. It Is reported that the Japanese be fore Port Arthur have captured Fort No. 25, ono mile north of Golden II 1 11. The Japanese are not attempting to storm Liao Tl promontory. Tlieit right wing terminates at Pigeon Bay. Tho Russian garrison of Port Ar tliur is estimated at 23,000 men, cover ing an area of 12 miles. Fierce Battle at Port Arthur. A battle of huge proportions raged around tho forts of Port Arthut Aug. 14 and 15 and was resumed Aug. 17. Tho Japaneso, it is reported, sac rificed 20,OoO mora men but gained important advantage s In the matter ol position. The news was brought to Chefoo on Junks, one of which, having on board three Russians concealed in the bag gage of Chinese to escape from the Japs, left Port Arthur Thursday night and was blown rapidly to Chefoo by a gale. On the night of the 15th the battle lulled somewhat when the Japanese pent th terms of surrender to Lieu tenont General Stoessel. The terms provided that the garri son should inarch out with the honors of war and join General Kuropatkln; that all civilians be brought to a place designated by (lie Japanese- admiral; that the Russian warships In the har bor, numbering men, namely, the battleship Retvizan, Sevastopol, Po bleda, Pcrosviot, Poltava, the ar mored cruiser P.avnn and the protected cruiser Pallada, nnd 12 or more tor pedo boil destroyers and four gun boats, be surrendered to the Japanese. Lieutenant General Stoessel U al leged to have received the terms with n burst of wonderful profanity, his habitual taciturnity desTtlng him. ile strode the floor until he been me calm er and then remained that if the Jap anese proposl'lon was a Joke It was In bad taste. Great Naval Battle Expected. Acute anxiety prevails at St. Pe tersburg regarding the situation at Port Arthur, though the war office does not seem to believe that the dan ger of the fall of the fortress Is Immi nent. According ;o advice-, there la still an ample fuipply of ammunition and provisions (hero. While it 'a rerlized that the Japa nese probably outnumber the defend ers six or seven fold, the strength ol the fortlflcaiions. It Is believed, will make up for the disparity In num bers. It. Is dec'ared certain that If the fortress fulls the fleet will not be tsk en by the Japanese. On this point the admiralty's instructions are of the most Imperative character. Vice Ad miral Prince Oukremsky has been or dered, shouM thj worst come, to sally forth for a death struggle, and there Is no question here that these Instruc tions will be carried out both In letter and in spirit; but If for any reason a final sortie is Impossible tho admiral Is to destroy hlfi ships and to make certain that their wreckage nhall be absolutely Irrepaiable. In the meantime Vice Admiral Ro Jestvensky's Baltic squadron, includ ing the new battleship Orel, Is stand ing off Cronstadt with steam up. Must Leave Shanghai or Disarm. Consul General Goodnow has ca bled to tho state department at Wash ington from Shanghai that the Chi nese taotl there has reported against the claim of tho Russian consul gen eral and decided that the torpedo boat destroyer now at that port must go out or disarm by the 20th Inst., and thnt the cruiser must do likewise by the 21st Inst. Races at Firemen's Convention. In the races and drill between fire companies attending luv mini convention lit Dunkirk, N Y.. the Marl in Hose company of James town, N. Y., won tho 200 ards hose race In 2(1 3-5 seconds. The Huh r.nd Huh event was won by tho Marker Hoso company of Fredonla in 31 4-5 seconds. Hoso and steamer company No. 1 of Niagara Falls, Ont., won the hook and ladder race in 29?4. The prize drill was won by Union Fire com pany No. 1 of Ballston Spa over Fort Dayton and tho Juniors of Chambers burg, Pa. Indecision In Trade Movement. Mrad;; reefs summary of the state of trade Bays: Conservatism rules the buying movement, which, while gaining In force at somo lending markets, still lacks the snap shown In former years at this time. The' lateness of the crop season, re ports of wheat spd cotton crop deter ioration, fortified by continued wheat price advancs and revisions of quo tations, notably In Iron and steel and cotton goods, bru-d a feeling of Inde cision. Production of cotton goods Is at a )w point bt-cnist of the Fall River strike, and also because of curtail ment forced upon manufacturers by the change from old high-priced to new low-priced raw material. In Industrial !ln?s the feature has been th" extension of the building trades d"-up at New York, so that fully 45,000 men are Involved direct ly or indirectly This Is the leading Industrial disturbance at present, but the meat strike, the print cloth tie-up the Alabama coal dispute and smaller troubles In other lines, coupled with curtailment of production In Iron and steel an-1 coal mining, render a very large number of industrial workers Idle at present. Business failures for the week end ing Aug. 18 number 202, against ?GG in the like week n 1A03. Twelve Deaths From Tornado. A tornndo struck St. Paul Saturday night and cut a pathway about a half mile in width and eight miles In length through the business and resi dence district, leaving ruin and devas tation In its track. Twelve persons were killed, nnd tho list of those Injured Is a long one, and several people are reported fatally hurt. The property damage was Im mense, conservative estimates plac ing It at $1,000,000. The downtown business district was hit hard, ninny offices and business blocks, Including two theaters, being completely riddled and the stocks of wholesale housps seriously damaged by the floods of rain that accompanied the wind. After causing havoc in St. Paul, the tornado swept onward to Minneapolis nnd Its suburbs. Here, however, the destruction of property was not so great, although telephone and tele graph wlrs were torn down in great numbers. For four hours the Twin cities were cut. off from communica tion with the outside world. To Meet In Denver Next Year. Gen. W. W. Mlackmar was elected rommander-in-chle? of the Grand Army of the Rep'-bllc at the closing Resslon of the national encampment convention and Pt nver, Col., was se lected for the sncinpment of 1905. Mrs. Mary T. Hnger of Chicago was elected national president of the J.a dies of the O. A. n. Mrs. NanMe Cochran of Troy, N. Y., was electei'. Junior vice president and Mrs. Lydlr F. Johnson of Lydon villo. N. Y., clmp'ain of tho National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War. Mrs. Sarah E. Phillips of Syracuse, N. Y., was elected treasurer of the Woman's Relief Co-ps. Mrs Ella Craft nf Rochester, N. Y., was re-elected president of the Wo men's Veterans' Relief Union. Mr. Davis Notified. The formal notification of Henry G. Davis of his nomination for the vice presidency by the Democratic na tional convention took plate at White tional convention took place at White Sulphur Springs, W Va , Wednesday afternoon. The notification ceremonies were held on tho holol lawn under the huge treep and were of u simple nature. The Stonewall Brigade band of Staunton, Va., an organization perfect ed by General Jackson, participated. Congressman Williams made the no tification speech, to which Senator Davis briefly responded. Mob Burnrd Two Murderers. With clothing saturated with kero sene, writhing und twisting In agony, screaming to beaver for mercy tha: the mob would not show, Paul Reed and Will Cato, negroes, two of the principals In the murder and burning of Henry Hodges and wife and three of their children six miles from States boro, Ga., three weeks ago, were burned at the stake by a determined mob who chargpd on the court house, overpowered the military guard, secured Cato and Reed, who had been found guilty after a legal trial and sentenced to be hanged, took them two. miles frem Statesboro and there burned them alive. Judge Parker's Visit to St. Louis. On account of tho meeting of the American Par association at St. Louis on September 20 Judge Par ker will probably go to the expo sition at that timi; and not return to attend the New York day coreinonlos, Milch will bo held on Oct. 4. Watson and Tibbies Notified. Thomas E. Weil son of Georgia, the People's Party candidate for presi dent, and ThnnuH II. Tibbies of Ne braslia, candidate fur vice president, were formally in tilled of their nomin ation Thursday iiit'ht nt Cooper Union, New York. Soon to Dig In Earnest. Work on the Panama canal is about to begin in earnest. At the headquarters of the commission In Washington large requisitions from the isthmus for dynamite and powder for blasting are being filled. Crop experts In tho West say tho present outlook Is lor a yield of BC4, 750,000 bushels of wheat, but the ef fect of rust Is still so uncertain that accurate estimates cannot bo made. BERMUDEZ ASPHALT CO Statement In Reply to Presi dent Castro's Charges. Company Placed In Hands of a Re ceiver Through Aid of Venezuelan Gunboats and Soldiers Alleged Of fer of Government to Settle the Suit For 50,000,000 Bolivars. Washington, Aur. 23. The New York and Mermude!! Asphalt com pany has given out a communication hlch practically Is a reply to Presi dent Castro's charges. It speaks of the "Innumerable hindrances, extor tions, conspiracies and wanton wrongs experienced in spite of Its (the com pany's) efforts to pursue Us legitimate business," resulting In placing the com pany's property In the hands of a re ceiver through the aid of Venezuelan gunboats and soldiers. Tffe company's employes were ar rested, Its property despoiled and ne gro laborers from Trinidad, British subjects, compelled to work at the point of tho bayonet. The original Hamilton concession expires in 19118. In 1888 the company says it secured a mining title for 19 years to Bermudez lake, a large de posit of asphalt in the state of Ber mudez, and a title in fee simple to over 12 squure miles of land under and surrounding tho lake. The company declares that it has fully compiled with the terms of the concession and has spent large sums of money In exploration, construction of a railroad, wharves and plant, the Improvement of rivers and the devel opment of Its business. Nevertheless, "after many futile at tempts to confiscate the company's property and to bestow it upon others, a suit was instituted by the Venezue lan government on July 20, 1904, to cancel the Hamilton concession on the ground of the alleged non-fulfilment of certain of Its optional clauses and to appoint a receiver for all of the company's property." It declares that the company's titles were Ignored and that no notice of the suit was given, but that by an ex parte order a former employe of tho com pany, A. Howard Carner, was named receiver. The part played by tho Warner-Qnln-lan company of Syracuse In asphalt transactions in Venezuela Is gone in to with much detail, the charge being made that In May, 1900, that company bought tho "Fellcb'ad" claim for $10, 000, although the vendors declared in the deed of sale that they made It "at the risk of the purchasers and without any responsibility." Other Americans became Interested In "La Venezuela," "South Side" and other locations superimposed, as was "La Felicldnd." on Bermudez Lake. But, It Is stated, In response to urgent representations. President Castro on July 23. 1000, issued three decrees es tablishing firmly the right cf the i.om pany to exercise all the rights granted under the Hamilton concession. It la stated that on December 10, 1900, President Castro Issued a decree confirming to the Warncr-Qiilnlan. Co. that part of Bermudez lake covered by the "La Felicldad" claims and other persons that part covered by the claim called "La Venezuela," although a commission which had investigated tho matter had reported In favor of the New Yoik and Bermudez com pany. Then followed a long period of cost ly litigation and vexatious experi ences. The company was charged with aiding the Matos revolution but declared that It preserved strict neu trality. The statement alleged, how ever, that Venezuela threatened to bring suit as a result of this charge nnd Its alleged failure to perform its obligations under the Hamilton con cession, "hut that the government would adjust tho matter if It would pay 50.000.000 bolivars, or else pay 10,. 000,000 bolivars and surrender Its property." The company rfftisod to consider Venezuela's proponitlon Attention is called to the lact that the high federal court and the court of cassation were consolidated into one court and that one of the judges was the counsel for the Warner Qnlnlnn company, while another was closely allied with Mr. Warner. Roosevelt Family Picnic. Oyster May. Aug. 23. President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt extended their horse back ride to Jaynes, about nine mile from Sagamore Hill, the highest roint on Long Island whero a Roossvelt family picnic was hold. The partici pants In add'lion to tho president and Ills Immediate family included mem bers of tbe families of V. Emmet Roosevelt, J West Roosevelt. Mrs. James A. Roosevelt and E. Reeve Merritt. The party enloyed n picnic dinner and n genuine family re-union. Soon after his return to Sagamore Hill the president was Joined by Sec retary !.ocb and they transacted con siderable liMftness which had accum ulated since their arrival hern. Broke Two World's Records. Cleveland, O., Aug. 2S In the first day's races of the American Automo bile association nt Glenvllle track Earl Keser, driving a gasoiine ma chine, broke two world's records, one in the five mile nice, when he made the Inst mile In 51 seconds fiat, and the second, vhen he broke that record In a three-el'ht cylinder machine race, be making the last mile In 52 4-5. MR. STANCH FIELD'S LETTER. Would Appreciate Honor of a Nomina tion This Fall. ""Rochester, Aug. 23. Hon. J. B Stanchflcld of Elmira has written tc Charles J. Bissell of this city regard ing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. The lottei follows: "Dear Mr. Blsacll I have your let ter of recent date In reference to the existing political situation. While 1 have not been what might bo termed an aggrsslve candidate for the gover norship, nevertheless I should keenly appreciate the honor flowing from a nomination this fall. "In the campaign of 1900 I accepted Ihe nomination and became the party standard bearer at the urgent and In slstcnt demand of Democrats of re pute and standing all over the state. In entering upon that campaign, I did not count the cost or give serious con sideratlori to the question of success Had I consulted my own Judgment I should have declined to make the run. "I have always sinco I became a voter, and cast my first balrnt for Mr. Tilden in 70 supported the D'mo cratlc ticket, in season and out. II did not occur to me In 1900 that In ac ceptlng the nomination, which wat practically forced upon me, I was tak Ing myself out of the catalogue of so called 'available!,' or pursuing a course destructive of any honorable political ambition. "I have never been spoken of as a 'falrweather Democrat,' and I din everything In my power from the. day of my nomination until the polls were closed to encompass the success of th Democratic party. Whether I did 111 or well. In the race, Is for others tc Jndge certainly no one can question my sincerity of purpose. In that cam palgn I polled very nearly 700.00C votes enough In any ordinary elec Hon to hnv elven me a victory by a plurality of 50 000. "Such a rRult. as you suggest, ought not to militate against me. I shall r.ct endeavor by any coercive mens nres to secure the nomination '.hi? fall, but If thi party as a whole look upon my political career with favor and entertBln tho belief that at all times and under all circumstances 1 have been a Democrat, and for thosf reasons see fit to tender me the nom (nation. I would accept it. Just af heartily nnd 'J'lth all the vigor that is In m;. I shall sunport the national candidates of the party, nnd the state ticket hereafter to be selected, lrre ppectlve of what may be its compost Hon. "Thanking you for your tender ol support in Ihe mattsr, and entertain ing a wnrm and kind annreclatlon ol the motives that prompted It, believe me, with regard. "Very sincerely yours. . "John M. Stanehfleld." PACKERS ASK INJUNCTION. To Restrain City From Interfering With Lodging Arrangements. Chicago, Aug. 23. Chicago meat packers yesterday asked for an injunc tion preventing the city of Chicago from interfering with the housing ol employes in stockyards plants during the continuance of the butchers' strike. The Injunction was asked in the name of the Hammond Packing com pany and It insisted that the com panics were violating no law and were acting entirely within their rights. Attorneys for the city charged In their reply that the building of the Hammond company did not contain (he requisite number of fire escapes stairs or windows called for by the ordinance; that the second flour with only one flight of stairs leading from It contained 130 cots and that the danger of fire was constant and Im mediate. Argument? were heard by Judgr Brentano for three hours and they will be continued. Long Bedfast by Suggestion. Fort Wayne. Ind., Aug. 23. Held bedfast for 25 years, apparently by the power of suggestion, Miss Ella Conklln of this city, 30 years old. Is learning to walk. At thn age of 5 her back was injured by a fall, and tho physician in attendance said she never could walk again. She went to bed, nnd has stayed there since, eat ing no solid food nnd hardly moving. Recently, having been taken to a hos pital because her stepmother became 111 nnd could not enre for her any lon ger, she was examined by a physician, rnd be could find no reason why the patient should not walk. She now moves about, takes solid food and Is gaining strength. Riches In New Steel Method. Pittsburg, Aug. 23. Homer Will iams, superintendent of the Diiquesne Steel works and an old Carnegie -teol man, has perfected n process which experts declare will mean a revolution In the tn.-i niil"ii-l ii n of uteel ami will put millions of dollars into (lie cof fers of the company, lie reduces the phosphorus In the mollen Iron while ll Is still In the Indie, thus making It ready for thn Bessemer converter to mako It Into steel. The method Is heap. Soldier Shot by Sentry. Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 23. Private Costello of Company I. Ninth Infantry, yesterday forenoon threw a quantity of pepper In the sentry's eyes nt the post and attempted to escape. Tho tiontry fired a bullet, taking effect In the back. Costello will die SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the WorM. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who has Little Time to Spare. Twenty-six thousand of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans par uded In Boston. St. Petersburg papers are prepar ing the people for the news of the fall of Port Arthur International HCt'.on upon the neu trality protest arising from the seizure of a Russian destroyer in Chinese wa ters waits on Washington Initiative. Guarded by armed troops, 13 ne groes were placed on trial in States boro, Ga., for the murder of Henry Hodges and his wife and three chil dren. After severe fighting. In which both sides lost hcavfly, the Japanese cap tured three Russian batteries and se cured positions near the inner de fences at Port Arthur. Thursday. General Stoessel commanding at Port Arthur, rofus'ed the Japanese summons to surrender or to send out non-combatants. The New York police think the boy kidnaped by the "Black Hand" So ciety Is held In an Italian village near Poughkeepsle and will have every house searched. It Is reported from St. Petersburg that Japan refuses to restore the Rye shltelnl to Chefoo, and contends that Russia first, violated Chinese neutral ity in sending tl e destroyer to Clu-foo on an important military mission. Three prisoners escaped from tho jail at Iockport by overpowering Dep uty Sheriffs Gardner and Hamlin. They took Gardner's gun and keys, scaled the cointv.rd wall nnd took a rig from Ames Kaltler, who was driving by. Friday. Turkey has sent a note giving a for mal pledge of equal privileges with those of other powers for American schools and institutions. Acting Secretary Darling has de nied the petition made by temperance unions that th-j battleship Connecti cut be christened with water. Japan Is declared to have determined to retain the Rietshltelni, the Russian destroyer seized In the harbor of Chefoo, and to Ignore the Russian note of protest General W. W. Blackmar of Massa chusetts was elected commander in chief of the G. A. R.; John R. King of Washington, D. C, senior vice com mander, and Georso W. Patten of Chattanooga, Tenn., junior vice-commander. Saturday. The three prisoners who escaped from the Lockporr Jail Wednesday lire believed to have been seen near St. Catharines, Ont. Germans at Tslngtau have disman tled the Russian vessels there, and the crews must lemnln in that port until the end of the war. A Russian gunl-ont struck a mine and sank off the extreme southern point of tho Kwang Tung peninsula, and the crew of 1 12 men are believed to have been lost. A dispatch fror.i Chefoo describes the presenlarion of Japan's summons to surrender, to which General Stoes sel replied he would fight to the last man In the last fort. Pauline Puetz, n waitress on North Brother island, received a gold me.lnl from the Children's society for saving the lives of six little children in the Slocum disaster. Monday. Great power cnnnl In Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., draws energy from Lake Superior for 40,000 horse power elec tric plant. A St. Petersburg dispatch says General Stoessel telegraphs that the Russians have retaken several posi tions, Including Ounlavaya Hill. China, under pressure from Japan. Issues positive orders that tho Rus sian ships In Shanghai must disarm or leavo tho port by noon Monday. General Kuropatkln abandons An shanshnn, continuing his retreat to the north, giving the Japanese nnotlier Important, position In Manchuria. Mystery surrounding tho return of the lost Brooklyn boy to his homo raises the suspicions of the police, who arrest tho relative who found hi in in tho charge of abduction. Tuesday. Former Senator John M. Thurston nf Nebraska will speak nt the Fre ionia fair Sept. 7. The Russian cruiser Novlk was pur sued and sunk by two Japaneso cruis ers ofT the Island of Sakhalin. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that the Russian cruiser Askold nnd torpedo boat destroyer Grosovol, now at Shanghai, will be disarmed. It is rumored that the assassin of M. Von Plehve, minister of the interior, died a few days ago at St. Petersburg and that he was Identified as a son of n merchant of Vfu, M. Sasane. Detailed news received at Chefoo of a general assault on Port Arthur indi cate that a tremendous conflict la rag ing and that victory is hanging In tho balance. Japanese compelled to re tire from the Mats. OIL PRODUCERS PROSPEROUS. District Little Affected by Depression In Other Lines. Oil City, Aug. 22. Pennsylvania pe troleum Is selling now at $1.50. Tho highest point It reached this year was U-85, In January. The highest point It reached In 1903 was $1.90. and this time last year It was selling at $1.60. Four years ago It was selling at $1.35. At no time in the last decade, except ing last year, has oil sold as high as it Is selling now, and now It Is selling lower than at any time this year. Industry In and around Oil City, Franklin and Titusvllle is In a very satisfactory condition. In a small ay only tins this territory been af fected by the recent depression. Rail road business fell oft. But with oil It was different. Men aro seldom or never laid oft. When there Is little demand oil Is pumped from the wells and Into the pipe lines Just tho same. It is stored in the East. When there Is little In store, tho price Is high; when thero Is plenty the price goes down. No freight congestion can hurt this Industry that, through Its wonderful system of pipe lines, is Independent of railroads. By tho samo token, a coal shortage, or mill, factory or mine strikes are not felt, but they aro re flected In the sales of oil, and late re ports at Oil City give tha best Indica tion It lspossible to obtain atiywhero of a revival In the Industrial world. COAL PRICE TO BE RAISED. Philadelphia Dealers Considering Pos sibility of Charging $7 Sept. 1. Philadelphia, Aug. 22. Retail coal dealers are considering the possibility of raising the price of anthracite on Sept. 1 to $7 a ton for the prepared sizes $7.25 when "carried In." They are now considering two questions: First, will consumers stand the extra tax? and second, can all the dealers be relied upon to stand out for the In creased price If their customers balk? There are nearly 500 coal dealers in Philadelphia, Ever since the coal strike they have beeu complaining that their margin of profit Is too small. When the strike was settled President Baer, to prevent undue prices boing charged tho public wlhle tho supply of coal wa:j short, virtually fixed $(5.75 as the maximum price consumers should pay. Retailers say they can now make at most 15c aton and that this profit la Inadequate. They buy coal at J3.75 mine price, plus freight rate, $1.70, so that the coal actually costs them $5.45. That leaves on a selling price of $0.75 a margin of $1.30 per ton for expenses and profit. GRIEVANCES OF MINERS. Dispute Over Check Weighmen Left to Judge Gray For Decision. New York, Aug. 22. The board of conciliation of the anthracite strike commission In this city voted that tho employes of the Mnrnum colliery of tho Pennsylvania Coal company near Plttston, Pa., as they went on strike without submitting their grievance to the board ."shall return to work, and upon failure to adjust the differ ence existing to tho satisfaction of both parties the said difference shall be submitted to tho board of concil iation for decision." The board then took up the check wolghman situation and agreed to sub mit tho entire question to Judge Gray of Wilmington for a decision. Judge Gray was chairman of the anthracite coal strike commission. Ho will bo asked, to settlo this question finally. Two Men Shocked to Death. Pittsburg, Aug. 22. Tho myster ious condition in tho electric lighting system along the Penn avenue district caused the death of two men and thn severo shocking of 10 or 15 persons. The dead: Georgo Ryan, aged 2s. of Pittsburg; John Hock, aged 25, of Al legheny. Both men were killed while trying to turn on tho eliclrlc light. Many persons In the district were shocked at about Ihe samo time Ryan and Hock were killed, but all will re cover. Defective insulation, made worso by the rain, was tho probaMo cause. Stogies Made From Beet Leaf. Chicago, Aug. 22 A Pennsylvania syndicate purposes going extensively Into the manufacture of Pittsburg stogies from tho Colorado sugar beet leaf. The leaves are so successfully processed by manipulation and im mersion In tobacco Juice that tho con sumer of this particular brand of nar cotic cannot distinguish It from either the I'lttsburir or Manila cheroot. Tho syndicate- Is looking for u factory loca tion; its processes are fully patented. Express Train Ditched. Horrisburg, Pa., Aug. 22. The third section of westbound Cleveland and Cincinnati express on thn Pennsyl vania railroad ran into a landslide at Coni'wngo, below this city, early Sat urday Tim i ntlro train was ditched. The train carried no passengers ami was mad"! up of five express cars Four of the crew were seriously Injured. Instant Death For Three. Richmond. Ind.. Aug L'J -- A car riage in which were four persons re turning fioni a dure.- at a s ner ho tel was struck liv the Pennsylvania passenger train Saturday nUlil. Three of the occupants were instantly Killed -ami one seiimisly Injured The der I urn Charles Slierer, aged "2; John Moore, 32, and .Miss Mamie Hull, 2S.
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