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J US i ICE OF Til K l'KACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks . lor sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. . HOTEL WEAVER, K. A. WEAVER. This hotel, formerly the House, has unilorgono a conip and is now furnished with al ern Improvements. Heated Proprietor. Lawrence lete change, the mod and lighted bathrooms, throughout with natural gas, .... "l I I .... ... Tl. not auu com wnim, guests never neglected. The comforts of OENTRAL HOUSE, IIKKOW A OEROW Proprietor. ricinseta. Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the. traveling public. First class Livery in lection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop In Walters building, Cor. Elm I and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the rlnost to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J ORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS, DOLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONKSTA. PA. l: an" CURES WHERE ALL JE FAILS fZA Best Coueh Synip. Tastes Good. Pel Uso In lims. Sold by druggists. s i PLURAUTYOF 2,000,000 Roosevelt Carried Every North ern State and Missouri. Maryland's Electors Divided Secre : tary Hay to Remain In Cabinet Government Crop Report Presldenl r Will Visit the Fair Heavy Verdlci j Against Railroad. ! With the election returns et ill In complete, the plurality of President Roosevelt in the nation, according tc fill Indications, will be nciirly 2,000,000. the greatest plurality ever given at) lAmerican candidate, i The nearest approach to this vot was in 1890 when McKlnley receivec a plurality approximating 8f0,000 and In 1872 when Grant received 762,991 plurality. ' In Maryland the presidential volt will probably be divided on tho basit of seven Democratic and one Repub lican elector. The "Bolid south" was broken b the probablo defection of Missouri this section of the country usually having 13 states In the Democratic column. The figures show but 15 states with 133 votes for Judgo Par ker. President Roosevelt carried al: the Northern states swept them In fact and today he has 343 electoral votes. j James W. Folk, the Democratic can didate for governor In Missouri, was elected. The banner state is Pennsylvania Twenty-four hours after tho polls closed the returns from this state In dicated that. Roosevelt's plurality would reach 490.000. Next came Illinois where tho president polled 205,000 more votes fflffn did Judge Parker. Ohio gave Roosevelt 250,000 and New York 176,627 plurality. Judge Parkei carried Greater New York by only 41, 000 votes. Lieutenant Governor Higgins waa t-lected governor over Herrick, Dera., by a plurality of 80,490. In general the situation Is chiefly In teresting because of the way tlckeU In many of the states were cut. Roose velt ran ahead of his ticket In many localities, notably in Massachusetts where he secured a plurality of 8fi,OO0 votes while the Republican candidate for governor was defeated by 35,000. In that state the legislature is Repub lican and the entire Republican ticket with the exception of governor was elected. In Missouri circumstances ore similar. In Nebraska the definite announce ment that tho legislature Is Renub- FlUfln .llaiinaoa t9 IKa etnrla tl.at Will. lam .1. Bryan had aspirations for a United States senatorshlp. In this btate, too, me governorship Is in doubt and It wllw require official returns to determine who Is elected. Both Bides claim a victory. Thpra Is a curious situation In Min nesota, where Roosevelt secured 125,- 000 plurality, but where a Democratic governor and a Republican lieutenant governor were elected. The election of a Democratic governor Is the sec ond In the history of the state. 1 Chairman Babcock of the Republi can congressional committee has been returned to congress from Wisconsin, but Chairman Cowherd of the Demo cratic congressional committee was defeated In Missouri. The situation In Colorado presented an Interesting phase. Roosevelt has carried the state by probably 15,000, but Governor Peabody was defeated for re-electii.n by Alva Adams by 10, 000. Statements were Issued by Judge Parkej, yr. J. Bryan and Thomas E. Watson, all of whom discuss the elec tion characteristically. Seven Democrats, One Republican. The oloction supervisors of Balti more and 22 counties of Maryland have reported the othc'al count of the bal lots cast Inst Tuesday. The result indicates that seven Democratic and one Republican elector were elected. St. Mary's county in the "Black belt" of the state Is the only missing report. From the returns at hand from Balti more city and the counties of the state It is reasonably certain that the final count of tho votes will show little change. The vote for electors waa close. Debs Had Increased Vote. Leaders of the Social Democratic party make the statement that E. V. Debs, the party's candidate for presi dent, polled over 600,000 votes In the recent election or more than 4 per cent of the total vote, according to a story published In the World of Sun day. Four years ago Debs received 07,730 votes for the samo office. Secretary Hay to Remain. ; President Roosevelt announces that John Hay will continue as secretary of state during tho four years beginning March 4 next. The president was asked regarding other possible cabinet changes, but In dicated that there was nothing to be snid at present. Mr. Hay's succession to the state department portfolio fixes the most Important place in the new cabinet and Is the first and only step bo far taken In that direction. Better Than Average Yield. I Preliminary returns to the bureau of statistics of the department of agri culture on the production of corn In 1904 Indicate a total yield of about 2,- 453,000.000 bushels, or an average of 2C.7 bushels per acre, as compared with an average yield of 25.5 bushels per acre as finally estimated in 190U, 126.7 In 1902 and a 10-year average of 24.2 bushels. i The general average as to quality Is S6.Z pe& cent as compared with 83.1 lust year. 80.7 In 1902 and 73.7 in 1901. It is estimated that about 3.6 per cent of the corn crop of 190,1 was still In the Jjands of farmers on Nov. 1, 1904, ac compared with 5.2 per cent of tho crop of 1902 In farmers' hands on Nov. 1, 1903, 1.9 per cent of the crop of 1901 In farmers' hands on Nov. 1, 1902, and 4.6 per cent of the crop of 1900 in farmers' hands on Nov. 1, 1901. The preliminary estimate of Ihe average yield per ncre of buckwheat Is 18.9 bushels against an average yield of 17.7 bushels In 1903, 18.1 bush els In 1902 and a 10-year average of 17.9 bushels. The average for quality Is 91.5 ner cent against 91.4 last year, S8.1 In 1902 and 93.3 In 1901. Tho preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of flaxseed Is JC.2 bushels as compared with a final fstlmnte of 8.4 bushels per acre in 1903 and 7.8 bushels In 1902. The average as to quality is 92.0 per cent, ns compared with 84.9 one year ago. The preliminary estimate of the avera.se yield per acre of potatoes Is 110.4 bushels, against an average yield of 84.7 In 1903, 96.0 bushels In 1902, and a 10-year average of 81.0 bushels. The average as to quality Is 93.4 per cent, as compared with 86.4 per cent one year ago, 90.4 In 1902, and 78.4 In 1901. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of hay Is 1.52 tons, against nn average yield of 1.54 tons In 1903, 1.50 tons In 1902, and a ?0-year average of 1.35 tons. The average as to quality Is 92.7 per cent against 91.5 one ytar ago, S5.7 In 1902 and 91.3 in 1901.' The preliminary estlmnte of average yield per acre of tobacco Is 819 pounds, as compared with Ihe final estimate of 786.3 pounds In 1903; 797.3 pounds In 1902 and a six-year average of 730.7. The average as to quality Is 80.5 per rent as compared with 85.9 per cent one year ago. Cereals Are Stronger, Interest In the elections and unsea sonably warm weather In some sec tions have retarded trade, but the more optimistic outlook as to the future found reflection later in an en largement of wholesale and Jobbing business, a firmer tone of prices and more nssured activity in many lead ing industries. Official reports of past crop yields and advices of largely Increased acre ages In fall sown crops were contribu tors to the confident feeling. In ad dition, reports as to the outlook for holiday and next spring's trade have proved favorable. The cereals are all stronger on the week. Good export inquiry found lit tle available supply, the visible stocks now being down to a parity with the shortage shown the year after the 1901 crop failure. Flour Is stronger, but the reports from that Industry are of shortened buying for domestic use, little export Inquiry and short time In many mills. President Will Visit Fair. President Roosevelt has promised to attend the Iinls!ana Purchase expo sition on Saturday, Nov. 26. i-le made this promise to a committee from St. Louis, headed by Mayor Wells, who came to Washington especially for the purpose of inviting him to visit the fair. The probability Is the president may remain in St. Louis until the night of Sunday, Nov. 27. It Is expected that the president and those vho accompany htm will leave home on Thanksgiving night ano" will reach St. Louis early Saturday morn ing. The Invitation to Mr. Roosevelt, It Is understood. Is comprehensive enough to Include any other persons whom he may wish to have with him, and some of the members of the cab inet are likely to accompany him. New Oil Boom at Olean. Excitement like that of the early days In the oil fields has followed the announcement that a 40-barrel well has been struck on the Captain Steph en Welch farm, on the outskirts of Allegany. The well opened with 50 barrels a day and now has settled down to a 40 btirrel flow of good oil. In the new well oil was struck at 1,003 feet. The National Transit com pany has run a pipe line to the well. The well Is about three miles from Olesn and local capitalists are busily leasing plots In the new territory. A boom like the Chipmunk affair of u few years ago Is expected. Liberty Bell to Start Home. The committee of the select and common councils of Philadelphia ar rived at St. Louis over the Van dalia road to escort back to its rest ing place In Philadelphia the old Lib erty bell which has been on exhibition In. the Pennsylvania building rotunda t tho exposition. On Wednesday ex ercises will be conducted In tho na ture of a farewell to the old bell and It will start on Us homeward journey. Indian Charged With Murder. A warrant has been Issued charging dairies Jlmerson, a Seneca Indian, with the murder of Alfred Sllverheels, another Indian, near Castile, N. Y. The alleged crime is ald to have boon committed on Oct. 3. Silver heels' body was burled and his per sonal effects were burned. Jlmerson, It Is alleged, threatened to shoot mem bers of his family If they told of the crime, after which he disappeared. Verdict Against Railroad. What Is said to be tho largest vcr flict ever awarded under similar con ditions was returned in the supreme court in New York on last Friday when a Jury awarded to Mrs. Mary C. Ga Nun $35,000 for the loss of her husband, who died as a result of In juries sustained in the Grand Central luniit-l on Jn. 8, 1902. SNOW BROKE THE WIRES Telegraph Service Throughout the Last Disrupted. News Report From New York to Wash ington Sent by Way of Baltimore and Chicago Central New York Completely Shut Off Wall Street Operations Curtailed. New York, Nov. 15. That the ef fects of the recent storm were more far reaching than in any similar dis turbance since the great blizzard ol 1S88 became eident when the disar rangement of wire communication con tinued almost as complete as at any time during the height of the storm. Up to 10 o'clock many points were completely Isolated while whole sec tions were reached only by most cir cuitous routes. To the west, the only points having direct communication with Now York were Philadelphia and Baltimore. The Associated Press, however, had succeeded in reaching the west and Incidentally many eastern points, by means of a telephone wire between Baltimore and Chicago. The news re port carried over the regular wires between New York and Baltimore, when It reached the latter city, was transferred a distance of 10 blocks to the telephone office by cabs, waa then forwarded by telegraph to Chi c;igo over a long distance telephone wire, and from Chicago was tele graphed back to Washington and other cities which could not be reach ed over the regular routes. The same plan was followed in many other cities. For Instance tho Asso ciated Press regular New York state circuit, a net work of wires connect ing all tho principal towns of the state, was practically out of service for' a time. Newburg to the north marked the end of the circuit, points beyond being completely cut off. Finally, however, a temporary cir cuit was set up by. forming a connect ing link between Cleveland and Buf falo. From Buffalo the report was relayed down through the state as far as Vtlca. At that point, however, wire paralysis aualn was- encounterec", leaving Amsterdam, Schenectady, Al bany and Troy completely cut off from the outside world. The only reports received from that section of the tate came by train from Albany. Four Inches of wet snow had broken down telephone, telegraph, electric light and fire alarm wires In Albany and vicinity, and badly hampered street car and train service. While th'! effect of the storm wns not so severe In New England pome points In that section felt the full force of the gale. Wires were down In all parts of Maine. Some points on Cape Cod could not be reached by wire early In the day, and Pittsfield, in the Borkshires, was cut off entire ly from both New York and Boston. Wire service to many polnto In Eastern Canada, which was swept by the Blorm. also was disabled. Operations1 in Wall street were cur tailed by reason of the siorm. At tho opening of the stock market the Stock Exchange branch of the Western Union Telegraph company had only a few direct wires working These were to Philadelphia on the south and Hart ford and BoMon on the east. West ern and southwestern wires were still down as were all wires south of Balti more. All messages were accepted subject to delay. Al no timo since 188S has the Wall street business of the telegraph com panies been so badly crippled. A small army of linemen were sent out directly after daybreak and it Is expected that all the damage will be repaired by tonight. The local telo thone service was not seriously Inter rupted by the storm, but there was no communication over the telephones to such points as Philadelphia, Boston and Albany. Two "trusties" and a keeper em ployed on Rlker's Island during the storm started In a small boat from the Island to 138th street to get tho night keepers. After considerable work they managed to get out into the river, where the wind seemed to In crease, and the three men wore un able to reach the main land, the boat being swept down tho river to South Brother island, where It. wns beached. The whereabouts of ihe men was un known and It was feared that they had bei'n drowned as they had been compelled to icmaln on the Island all night. Two keepers who Med to go from Hurl's is!id to City Island In a launch Bt about tho samo time, were com pelled to put on life preservers and ubandon their boat, which was swept io Whitescone, a distance of about 10 miles. Girl's Hair Wound Around Shaft. Utlca, N. Y., Nov. 15. Kate McCabe, a yonng woman employed in a laun dry In this city, was partially scalped by her hair catching In a belt and winding around a shaft yesterday afternoon. The larger part of her Brnlj) was torn from her head and it U feared she cannot survive the shock. The accident caused great excitement and several other girls fainted. Dropped Dead In Pulpit. Ionia, Mich., Nov. 15. Ite v. N. Heald, a retired minister who was 60 years of age, dropped dead Sunday In tho pulpit of the Wesleyan Methodist church at t!ie little town of Sobew.i while conducting the services. RATE8 ON LIVESTOCK. Interstate Commerce Commission Tak ing Testimony at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 15. The interstate commerce commission began taking testimony in three cases involving jates on live stock from Western and Southwestern points to Chicago and terminal points on the Mississippi river. About $1,000,000 a year In freight rates are said to bo at stake. J. W. Grueber of Omaha, general su perintendent of the Union Pacific rail way, was a witness. "The heaviest cattle shipments are made about the same time of the year as the dead freight shipment," sail Mr. Grueber, "and In the same direc tion. This makes the empty mileage on our cars, which must be returned, very great We can but rarely attain the schedule of speed fixed for stock trains and there Is the added expense of caring for stock which Is on the road longer than it should be." Mr. Grueber was closely questioned regarding this inability to run the stock trains through on time, on ac count of density of traffic, when by his own admission passenger trains main tained a schedule of 28 to 42 miles per hour. "Which is the more expensive to run these trains fast or slow?" askel Mr. Prouty. "Of course, fast running Is more ex pensive, on account of fuel and wear of machinery," replied the witness. "Then you nre really saving money by this Inability to keep up to the schedule with these trains, are you not?" he wns asked. "No; the trains run as fast as re quired between stations but are com pelled to wait at sidings and sta tions for other trains to pass." SENATOR FAIRBANKS. Could Not Accept President's Invita tion to Accompany Him to St. Louis. Indianapolis, Nov. 15. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, vice president elect, and Mrs. Fairbanks will go to Connecticut the Inst of this week to see the football game Saturday be tween Harvard and Yale at Now Ha ven, where their two sons, Richard pud Robert, ore students. Senator Fairbanks will go from New Haven to New York cl y where he has matters that will engage his tlujo for a few days. He has an engagement to address the Home Market club at Boston, Dec. 5. President Roosevelt has invited Sen ator and Mrs. Fairbanks to accompany him and Mrs. Roosevelt to the St.. Louis exposition. Engagements In the East at that time prevented the sen ator from accepting. The senator ex pects to visit St. Louis some time this month. Christian Scientist Braved Smallpox. Chicago, Nov. 15. Stricken with smallpox, Mrs. W. C. Waterbury, a Michigan Christian Scientist, and her son are confined in the lsolatIn hos pital here, while her mother, another son nnd a cousin are quarantined In their home. Mrs. Waterbury had vis ited the home of a person here afilct cd with tho smallpox. She contract ed the disease and snon after her son was similarly afflicted. Health de partment officials learned of her visit to her friend and her home was imme diately quarantined. Mrs. Waterbtiry's condition is critical. Cabinet Majority Strengthened. Rome, Nov. 15. Definite returns from the second balloting strengthen the majority of the cabinet while tho extreme Left loses about 20 seals al together. Slgnor Ferri, tho Socialist leader, has been elected at Porto Mag gloro. The defeated Socialists made demonstrations at Milan, Florence nnd Genoa, hut the attempted disorders vere quelled by troops. Tho latter were stoned In Florence, while at Genoa revolvers were fired and there were several casualties. Pathetic Letter From Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Nov. 15. M. Folloff. the millionaire merchant of Moscow, has received a pathetic letter from Madame Stoessel, wife of General Sloessel, dated Port Arthur, Oct. 21, appealing to the rich Muscovites for money to assist tho helpless wound ed defenders of the fortress, sone of whom have lost both arms, others either nn arm or a leg, some of them being blind nnd others suffering from wounds In the spine, and who will bo cripples for life. There are, she adds, very many such unfortunates. Suicide on Board Steamer. Plymouth, Eng., Nov. 15. Tho com mander of Ihe North German Lloyd (steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, on her nr tlval here reported that Adam Weiss of Chicago, a passenger on the steam er which left New York Nov. 8, com mitted suicide two hours nfier leaving New York. He shot himself In tho second steward's cabin and died a few minutes later. No cause for the deed was assigned. Farmer Killed on Track. Blnghamton, N. Y., Nov. 15. Adel bcrt Crandall, a farmer living nt Sand lilll, near this city, was found dead on tho tracks of the Delaware and Hudson railway near his home yesterday. Ho had been killed while walking on tho tracks. Ho Is survived by a widow and six children. Commissioner Ware Resigns. Washington, Nov. 15. Commission Pf of Pensions Ware has tendered his resignation to the president and It was aeeepipd to take effect .Inn. 1. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed - and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For thi Convenience of the Reader Whv hai Little Time to Spare. Italian elections result in victory for the government, every member of tho cabinet being re-elected, while extrem ists lost 20 seats. Two lionesses, t-o monkeys, two ostriches and a zebra presented by King Menelik of Abyssinia to Presi dent Roosevelt arrive in New York. Japanese havo forced a wedge Into the center of the Port Arthur line of defenses, according to reports from Dalny. They lost 1,100 dead in last assault. Cost of the national campaign to both parties Is estimated at $22,500, 000, which, while not up to the record of 18!ifi, compares with th9 $200,000 spent by the two national committees In 1864. Thursday. Abram Hyatt of Ossining, Demo cratic presidential elector, died Just before the polls opened. Without Missouri, which the Repub licans also claim, Roosevelt's vote in the electoral college will be 325, to 131 for Parker. President Roosevelt received a plur ality in New York state of 174.579, while Lieutenant Governor Higgins' plurality for governor is 77.S04. Mary Flgntr, the nihilist who waved the signal on the approach of Czar Alexander II before his assassination, has been released after 20 years' con finement in a fortress. Throughout the country the Repub licans have elected 233 representa tives in congress and the Democrats 141, making the Republican majority tn the lower house 97. Friday. Missouri is won by Roosevelt by 15,000, J. W. Folk, candidate for gov ernor, Is the only Democrat elected. It Is believed that President Roose velt's vote In the electoral college will bo 343, a majority of 210 with a plur ality of 2,000,000 on the popular vote. Japan unofficially has made repre sentations to Russia looking to peace. This action has resulted in failure and f-uch representations, even privately, nre not likely to bo repeated by Japan. Late returns have reduced Roose velt's plurality in Maryland to 126 nnd It will take the official count to deter mine whether Maryland will be placed In the Republican or tho Democratic column. Saturday. Judge Parker Is considering plans for a holiday Journey before ho re sumes tho practice of law. The Hoswell P. Flower Memorial library was presented to the city of Watertown, N. Y by the late gover nor's daughter. The triumph of Mr. Roosevelt has led to the Issue in Italy of "The Stren uous Life," the Italians eagerly read ing the translation. Toklo Issues unconfirmed reports that Lieutenant General Stoessel has usked for an armistice at Port Arthur. Unofficial proposals for peace on tho part of Japan, London dispatches slate, have failed. The gains for Parker announced since tho official counting began are about enough lo transfer the plurality of votes in Maryland from Roosevelt to Parker, with seven Democratic and one Republican elector. Monday. Mayor of Huddeisfleld, England, of fers $5 rnch for babies bcrn this year in his native town. Unveiling ol the statue of Frederick the Great, t lie gift of the German em peror, In Washington, Nov. 19, will be accompanied by much ceremony. eneral Nelson A. Miles becomes a promoter for the plan of the San'n Fe railroad nnd the American Rice Cereal company to make rice an army food. Queen Alexandra has been In con slant communication with the Pow a;;er Empress of Russia in the Interest it Is believed of a truce between Rus sia nnd J ipan. Japanese build tunnels to within 100 yards of the main forts at Port Arthur and are in a position to storm the works. Heiuy siege and naval guns have been mounted in the captured positions. Tuesday, Thomas E. Watson announces his purpose of devoting the next four years to building up the Populist party. William L. Norman, for many years a prominent manufacturer of Lock port, was found dead In bed Monday morning. William Cleary, sou of Thomas Cleary of Medina, was killed as the re sult of a fall during a lire in Chicago Saturday night, lie was a fireman. Hurricane, accompanied by heavy Fnow, has swept the Atlantic coast, prostrating all telegraph and tele phone wires and isolating the coast cities from the remainder of tho coun try. The rows has been received at Ma nila that nine scouts of the llSlh company and one American attached to the hospital corps have been killed In an ambush on the east cnast of Bumar. SNATCHED MAIL BAGS. Three Strangers Take Pouches it B and O. Stations and Escape. Washington, Pa., Nov. 14. A bolt robbery of United Slates mall occurred on the Baltimore nnd Ohio railroac at Anderson and Hackett stations Fri day night. Mail pouches had beet placed on the cranes at these station, for the night express into Pittsburg. While freight train No. 85, with Con ductor Simon W. Hamilton in charge was passing Anderson and Hackett three men boarded the train, snatchec the mall pouches and escaped. Thej were seen, and Immediately Train Dis patcher J. W. Duer of Pittsburg wai notified. He notified Chief of Polict Alex. Rankin, and Officers James Ham raond and Stephen White, who met th( train. One suspect, Leslie Moore o: Warren, Pa., who said he had beer, working in Pittsburg, and was on his vay to SI. Louis, was placed in tht county Jail. He denied all knowledge of the robbery but will be held. The value of the mail bags Is not known. WORK STARTS AGAIN. President Cassatt Rescinds His Recent Retrenchment Orders. Philadelphia, Nov. 14. President Cassatt has ordered work on the Pennsylvania to proceed wherever II has been stepped by an order of re frenchmen. During the last few months men have been put to work in the shops, but work on the road has been stopped. Orders have been issued which will set thousand-) of men at work on every division of the system. The orders: Fay the work is to be hurried. Many new sidings and other additional fa cilities are to be prepared for the con stantly increasing tonnage. The Penn sylvania does not purpose to be con gested this winter if facilities can prevent It. Differential Enquiry. Philadelphia, Nov. 14. The inter ttate commerce commission will re some the hearings in the freight differ ential rate case In this city on Nov. 21. The railroads entering this clt) are in a peculiar position. The Penn sylvania caters to all three cities and It naturally dr-es not desire to antago nize any of tnem. The Reading anl Baltimore and Ohio are in the same position. The fight is not being made by the railroads, but by the merchants. Left Nearly a Million. Franklin, Pa., Nov. 14 Tho collat eral inheritance appraisement of thi (state of the late Arnold A. Plumor of f ranklin shows a total of $935.817 76. The state tax nmounts to $45,542.38. Included In the personal estate are 2'.fl ihares of Standard Oil stock, np pralsed at $157,000. Mr. Plumor, who died In September, left neither wife nor children, and his estate is be queathed to relatives In Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Unlontown. Deer Killed by Train. Altoona, Pa., Nov. 14. A fine buck deer weighing 300 pounds wns struck on the mountains nt Warriors Ridge, 32 miles east of here, by the New York special, on the Pennsylvania railroad. It Is believed to have been driven from Its hnunts by hunters. When on tho track It evidently became bewildered by the engine's headlight and was killed. A freight crew discovered tho animal, took It to Harrlsburg and are now having a venison feast. Accused of Train Wrecking. Scranton, Nov. 14. Martin O'Hara and Earl Carpenter were arrested nnd committed to Jail, charged with at tempting to wreck a Lackawanna pas senger train near the Cayuga breaker last April. Olrect evidence '";ainst them was offered by "Healy" Mmphy, who declared that they askeil him to help them pile ties on the track. The purpose was robbery, but their at tempt failed. Dynamite Victim Dies, Unlontown, Pa., Nov. II. M P. Gleason, who was Injured In a dynamite explosion at her Elllottsvllle. Is dead and her In-law, Charles Gleason, aged rs. John Friday home In has tho leg. undergone an amputation of Tho 8-nionths-old child of Mr s. Glea- son Is badly injured, but will recover. Telegrapher Dies at Key. Bellefontaine, O., Nov. 1 1. John Hess, agent and operator of the Big Four at Gretna, died with his hand on tho telegraph key Friday. The train dispatcher failed to raise him with re peated calls from this city and Inves tigation showed that hu had been stricken with apoplexy. Leg Broken at Football. Franklin, Pa., Nov. 11. John Harri son of Sandy Lake had his right lej broken below the knee during a foot ball game between Sandy Lake ami Colk at the hitter place Saturday an ernoon. Harrison Is nged 23 years Pin Prick Was Fatal. Corry, Pa., Nov. 11. Two weeks ago. Mrs. John Sullivan scratched her hand with a pin. Blood poisoning set In and sh" died Saturday, leaving a husband and four small children Johnstown, Pa. George Settlemey er was burned to death at Lilly. H wns sleeplag in the loft of a stablo which caught lire from Ms lantern. Lai robe. Pa. - Joseph Cohen was robbed of a saiehel containing more tlia.i f'Mht worlh of jewelry while re turning from Pillsburg While a: leep soineoiie look the grip from the seat beside him.
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