m m. A iiii.iph.iiii iilwm iJ It.' , I ' .. ''V,.'' t 1b FOREST nil J . Published every Wednr ' ....... J. E. VVENK. Office in Emoarbaugk & YTunk Euil.il KLM I-1 I', Tlo.NBMTA, I'A. Term 1. U NO B" 'Hod i ("orr i rwived for a shorter .1 ii-i inLlm. o solicited, but.no notice i anonymous oouiinunloa- i give your nanle.. : -r - i ftvTn ."T ;. " ' r . hi f -i ' ' ' .' V r' ' ! '.'.'III .' V " : .v V- 1 ' ' 1 ' -rt, I I . . - . I '3 - a.tti rw a J n t tTfMTMTT r (T A -WT ' "T A TTT a Tllf - V.' .-'; rvvh4t vOUOH OFFICERS, V. It. La n son. Dr. -J. 0. Dunn, J. li, iver, J. W. Landers, J. K II liner, C. A. Luon. ieaoe-O.A.ltandall,B. , W. I-' 0 I .1. ,. R. Mai well. i iUn-ior-S. J. Hotloy. 'T V.;Aol Jnrcctor.iU Fulton. J. O. S,.w(Iim. U. L. Halet, E. W Bowman, T, F. lUtcbuy, A. 0. Hrown. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congreu-Joseph 0. Sibley. Member of Senate 3. K. P, Halt. jlMCTnfcJj J. H. KnberWon. iVWU Jmtge W. M. Llndsey. juoevrtfe Juy W. H. U. Uotterer, F. X. Kreitlor. , ' i'rotAonotary, Register Recorder, . J. C. UeiHt. . MeriT- U- w- Nobllt. 'iVwuurer W. U. Harriu. CfemmiMiOBer 0. llurheuil, eiilpe, Henry WolnRard. . District A Uorney S. D. IrWln Jury OommUsionertl-rDOtl. A. K. , Slbble, O, 0ner-Ur. J. W. Morrow. Cn(j ifor-W. U. btllea, Geo, W. Holeinau, . A. McCloakey. 0uny Superintendent B. B. StlUln- Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. , Fourth Mondny of Hoptember. Third Monday of November. 1 Churea Babbnlll BeheA ProMyterUn Sabbath l946;5 ! . . r Jw u..u,.ih Mflinnl at 10:00 . U I i'rcachnig In M. K. Churob every Sab bath evenliiB by nev". " . V,-,v"" , ' ir..,.i,in in tlia F. M. Cunrch every Put.Uuii vonin(rattheusualhour. Key. t. A. Z,hnlser, fawlor. ,sorka In the Prenbyterlan qhuroh every ciabbath inorning and evenlnK, i'i. ..niir mnAtlnini of the W. 0. T. U. are held at the headquarter on tbj -.r.n. ml fburtn Tueaaava 01 eaou nu nth. - . ' ' BUSINESS DIRECTORY. . ri' .NEST A. LODGE, No. 889, 1. 0. 0. V. 1 Meta every Tuesday evening, In Odd Followa Hall, Partridge Duuainn. 1 X)RIT LODOB. No. 184, A. O. U. W., T Meet every Friday eveulnglnA.O.U. W. Hall, Tlouoata. CAPT. (3EORQB STOW P03T. No.p4 G. A. K. Meeta 1st and 8d Momly evening In each month, In A. O. V. v. Hall, Tioueata. n . uT mrnnow. RTOW CJORPS. No, ( i i 'w u n.. niAta flrst and third . Wednn'uday evenlnof eaob mouth, In A. O. U.. W. uall, 'iwnwu, . miONESTA TENT, No. 184, K. O. T. 1 M., meela 2nd and 4th Wednesday evmilnirln each month in A. O. U. v. ball Tloneiita, Pi T. x'rf6RNBY-AT-LAW, Tlonesta, Pa. 1URTIS M. S1TAWKKY, I iTTflRl KY-AT-LA W. Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. A n-BK0WrTOUNEY.AT.LAW. wllln Amur BuildlliflT. Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa. J. W. MORROW. M. D., T)i,-i..i.. HnrirMin A Dentist n.u... i Ijoui.luin-u thrna doors norll r Uninl Atfiiew. Tlonesta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours, I R. F.J. BOVARD, II. Plivad'lan A Hurifxon. , TIONESTA, PA t It. J. 0. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON .n,r nitUGGIoT. OMI e over stere, . rt.,i l lrorHMloiial calls prompt- IV responded to .at sllliours of day or .:i.,i.i M.iilniii;o Elm 1st., between and Oerow'a restaurant, B. SIGGINS. iiiulliii and Surseon. - 3 OIL CITY, PA TT ' E. MoKINLEY, ri. Hardware, Tinulng A Plumblugv Tloneata, Pa S. J" Sh"julTicK OF TUB PEACE. Keeps a complete line of Justice's blaaks v.rsale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, , ,iy Tionesta, Pa. ' . . HOTEL WEAVER, , . E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, hasunderironeaeoinpletechange, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, l.ot and cold water, etc ' The eomrorta of i Ttnunr tinirlflc.td.- np.NTHAI. HOUSE. U G EROW A GEROVV Pronr' Tionseta, Pa. . This Is the m looated hotel In the p::ie modern improvement be spared to mane h .nlaoe for the trave FALL OF PORT ART Garrison Surrendero, Wi n Out by Ten Months' Ciegje. General Stoessel on 8upday .Ak For Meeting to Arrange Termi o' Capitulation and Late 'Monday Aft ernoon the Japanese Termi Wire Aoreed to by U) Commlsiloher , Port Arthur, whose- bills hfcifc fpt months run red with the blool lf bravest of two' warlike natliik p9 nt lat succumbed to the fi( acltv of the Japanese attack, i General Stoessel. most gtuhMrn jln cerring out the will of his sdVielgn, has seen the advance of th"d sicg Inir armv ealn In momentumTall en. eigy until to hold out longot Vould have been crime against humanijy The conditions of the aurreler are not yet 'known but In all Quaxbrs it Is anticipated that they are sutlifis an. honorable soldier max Mccepti flora al bravo and victorious enemy. The authorities at SU, Pele shurg In the absence of direct ftlcu! ' nev-i ficm General Stoessel that thur ' has surrendered, have not por- n.ltted the news to becomtl public, Emperor Nicholas Is ltvthe south ol Russia and bis ministers are ar; ine time bplng In the dark as to whit' dis patches have boon sent to him! from the front. : ! Toklo was the scene of rcjolclus people of all ranks finding in the out come compensation for all the Jacrl flee of llfe'and money that was en tailed In the 10 months' siege. Will Surrender Make For ,PeeT i To wljat extent the fall of Po. Ar thur will make for a restoratlii peace Is fn open question. . 'Fhtje Jb an encouraging note In tho egres sion by Baron HayashL Jmwnete mte if.ter at London, of the 'kope that In 8(me way It will facilitate llnal peace," though the pacific note 1 not perhaps lost in the latter words of UeJ minister wnicn can anenwn w ff.ct that the beskglng arm;' wljl no bo free to go north, where they wljl be an offset to the reinlorcenionl General Kuropatkln hits- been ece.V Ing from. Russia since -the battle pi Shakhe. j i The spirit of the Russlacs may to Judged by the statement ajf the retary of the embassy t Lpndon.tlxit the campaign will be renewed Ih esh vigor In the spring, ail that tiie nation will not be content 8 perrilt Tort Arthur to remain In th i hwnisol the Japanese ' . ( ' ! , Both in Paris and In Ldon i he opinion Is vhat 'he squadron unler Vice Admiral Rojestvenpty w:ch started from Libau for thejFar Ins( three months ago will havefo ret-nc Itn wv hnmp as adherencorto tht or iginal plans would Invite disaster out probability o effecting with the warships at prest harbor" at Vladivostok. phat Japan may not bjpo; to retain imssesslon f 'Port without a dispute Is shown fnct that Parlfp-uewiinapers are"f leady revising tfie claim made in I8f that the h'oldingjof that position -mti D.andlng the Eastern seas by the Jar tinese -would be a menace to Euripea' 'power . 1 . ,- ' ; I 1 Has Cost Russia Her Entire Fleet. The defence ail the position Whl-d fell to her as a; heritage after; the Chlnese-Japanescy war, has co&LJtus sla practically hur enflre fKrt fn those waters Her shlpi He from Port Arthur's Inner basin toj Chtmulpj u Corea, and along the JBHantung piil:j. sula, battered hulks 'of ance "ntnuii !. fesseis, or ignomJiiousiyv Hsinnfie j f are Interned In antral Chjieai for bors. , (. ; j - 's ave tn thrpft r four crulsothrid Bome Jeiwer.craft 'hat lie in th (lot bound vVnuge of ladivqstik, warehJji'iilftW-fliua'liTo J me paters, or , tne. And ,tap,io,i, too, hA. pd ; In the Jong iifrawn oat o. Mines havrt-i ii(4c from Adm go's fleet ' list (riany fle ship smaller vessels 'since ttte mornti Feb. 8 when he hurledHs fleet a RuBsiah ships, In Port Arthur's n stoad. ' ' - , Tht. siege of Tt Arthur prop, Llcs. from May J7hen after enj lne the flr.jt army landed by the '4 anese at Pitsewo, Stoessel. was fon back frofi the neA of tha Kwantu mlnsi-VThe Japiqiese landln? "n An Mav E and flic Rnsrfah J ted to giveybattl at 1 line of dfTences.-. '' ment - was. a. severe Russians ,t)acii fio u ' -rences oi latni nn ed'Dalny" ? 1 1 ... Port . led V' " V'., oa New HUB; VJ pith JVltlf-l tot 'I HI , LAST DAY'S FiGHTINQ. ' Russian Occupied Torts Following an I Explosion Ships Blown up. Toklo. Jan. 8. A dispatch, from the .fapanes$ army before Port Arthur naied noon .yesterday says: . 'The etiuniy'B forces occupying Keekwan mountain and 'Q' fort follow- tnp an eplsIoa at 12:30 this morn fiig, opewd ht suddo and fierce riflei prv which b'drtcnly stopped. Our neoufi firedlspatched to the scene and lromedlnliily afterwards found tho enemy evactLtlng these place. 1 Our (forc.B initpjA Jlely occupied thesa two (ortB'vAiiiS also the heights known as 'M' anlj 'M south of the forts. "This moytoi almost all the enemy's Bhlps lanl ftiid small were blown up In the eitritiite and Inside the har lor. Ourloffonslve movements have been susilndid pending the negotla lions." ( t I It Is bijleved there that the Port Arthur gatTlsoji has received liberal terms.Thete Is pneral disposition to bo magnalmo-Jr, In view of the gar rison's marvelous -dofonco. The pub lic had no;' been Informed of the re bult of theineetlng of the capitulation teommlBsloirs p't noon yesterday but It wa believed',' it the terms had ol- cady beontagTk'l if' upon. In millUtt- clrci 'fi the opinion is ex- '.yfTa-lM. thij- discussion covered fly a few iUCBtlons Including allow- ig the gar13011 10 roarcn oul carrj iVg their ' a n"' porraiiung me garri 'on to refun to llussla with or with- ut their fUcora fend requiring their parole not t1 ttny further part in the war ' ' possible that Japan will permit ptrt garrison to re- turn to Rn la 1iit tirmn nnnn fi-lvtn tholr paroit' 1 .HOSPITALS UNTENABLE. Not a 8lng Spot.ln the Town Safe llrom Shrapnel. Chefoo, Jm. -jThe Russian offl trs who arvetf here from Port Ar ithur on tee torpldi Doat destroyers which escaped frohi that place have a single word 'or w4ne fortress has iron for tht nat Iflte days dur'ng Ihlch'the Jininesfi have bombarded 'tail assaulted'lt ceaielessly night and day. They u thai word unprorane ly and convlanlngM declaring that .the horrors witnessed were heond any descriptkn. . I j .Xliere was ot a single spot In the ,town which -vas safe from shrrpnel. tMany ot the '(ospltoli were hit, and ;the woundod nfusad io stay In them, 'Home lay In tie aUrets on heaps of debris, exposet to tin bitterly cold weather, and sme atsggered back to the front, hurlng stones and defying the Japanese Hi taken prisoners or drdth came nerclfullj, to end their sufferings. 1 I there were ,ve days and nights of this state of atlilrs. Tne stock of am rJimitlon whlci had bben carefully husbanded for months was almost pbne and It is all,' toci evident that iJaptn was about to gntpthe prize whlh had cor. hes an army of, men in army of, men b. ,1 3 K'ter hll by ir a countless treasure 7?ie capture, c? 203 the Japanese, njj, the- yiiw.-M lif,,t of RlhlungJ SunpshJi mountain. Conprai pounced that t A J,t lsst t t J "His plight fat . "Kartzow, comitlfj. ,118 d Cat 1 e .tor; wkod d Captain e .torpedo bont dpstror i like ine Jsi., 'tsfheU was fid1 '")iitx the Jnp nese wio died1 In droves fishtlng with tbeilasf instlnrivo twitch of the nerves,! with jy s fixed on 'Llsotle mountain. Bb-cl hd killed a Jap anese army f exhausted his ammu nition-but," addcdV Cpptaln Kartzow "they bfwme more furious, "ferocious and 'fateful thnn ever. 'tBo tha white flag went up ' ? Ternis of Capitulation, TnVIn Jan' 8. The text of General I I rogUa fcloirram announcing the caplt t, jjjf'iiuiou ot-A Russian forora at Port Arthur la as fo'ws: , I "The plenlpottiiitJtrIeA.QVl)oth par ties .concluded their negotiations to-day (Monday) at 4:30 o'clock. The 1 ItuSilan commissioners accepted on (the whole the conditions stipulated J oy us and consented to capitulate. The document has been prepared and signatures are now belnj affixed Simultaneously with the conclusion of negotiations both armies suspended hostilities. It Is expected ! that the Japanese army will ester the city of Port Arthur tomorrow." Vessel Blew Up' at Ska, Hamilton, Bermuda, , Jan I 3. The Danish steamer Gallia, from llamburg, Dec. 8 for Savannah, has arlved here with the survivors of s crfcw of the 'Norwelgan bark Marpisla if Captain jensen, irom New YorH, lc. 9, for Cette. The Marpeela wes Idown up at sea by the 'explosion il her carro Ai i-i unyKiua, ami n 01 na erew were "laijnuniu. uc.cu Ul IUB crpi WHO Wrc Marpesla carried -out of oe"'port' of ' wi'tchNew York 475,1)00 gallons f naphtha, 9 Uaward valued at $44,C5i. Her ag((ts in pew MW'J umiuia wro tsuniiiini et Uoyygon. is ianious . 1 f,- -It and from!,iRelari?t'of EnglneefJUisoil j Albany, Jan. a-'i'he T$gn; n:itlil ot --)itirf(iu-lt'J Plerson Judson ,oi We. of- 01 qopuiy si8.,e eur.lteft rH'l ncunced to .tils fly, D:i Pub.Jl. Mf, Judson (as t4e depiiyuilftE , three term of Jcx-Stnie EiiKimw , Bond) has for th,last sixttears had tho general charge of thsystem of hl;hway construction by Vat all and hai had general' suppslon of the work, mal.lng the fina nspection and tho acceptance os iJi the seven mil lion dollars' worthJ of roads thus built Io New York Btaie.' he being recog (nl?ed as an authority on the subjoct. 11 HIGGINS' INAUGURATION. Took Place on Monday ' W Great Military Display. Pioducts of the Farms Slum Cotton Prices Gallant Rescue Life Savers Experiment In T Cent Fares Depew to Rfturn the Senate. to The Inauguration of Governor Hig gins took place on Monday and there v as a great military display. An ar tillery salute of 19 guns was fired by 5 guardsmen in the park of the Cap itol at noon. The procession to the Capitol was started at 11 o'clock. In the first cut rlage was Governor Odell, Governor elect Higgtns and their private seo ictarles, James Q. Graham and Fi'ank E. Perley, and after them roda the members of their respective military at a Its. The escort to the governors was composed of the Tenth battalion and Troop B of Albany, the Second regi ment, composed of separate companies of TRiy, Cohoes, Gloversvllle, Sara toga and other near-by places; the Forty-third Separate company of Olean- and a detachment front the Second bat tery of New York and the civic or ganizations consisting of the Uncondi tional Republican club and the Young Men's Republican club of Albany and 230 business men of Olean, who came In a body to honor their distin guished townsman. General James H, Lloyd of Troy was grand marshal ol the parade. Oil reaching the Capitol, Governor Odell and staff went direct to the assembly chamber, while Governor Higgins and staff proceeded to the executive chamber wnere me inaugur al -procession was formed. Immediately afterthe ceremony of Inauguration, as Is usual, Governor Higgins held a publio receptjpn In the executive chamber. Later in the afternoon a publio reception was held lh the executive mansion and Governor and Mrs. Higgins were as sisted In receiving by the -wives of the state officers. ' Products of the Farms. The agricultural department ha made nubile the following bulletin showing Hie acreage and production of the minclnal farm crops of tha United States in 1904: Crops. - Acres. Corn 92.231.5Sl Winter wh't.. 26,8C6.jo Spring 17,209,020 Oa's ... v- 27,842,6(39 Production 2,4G7,408,93I 332,935.346 219.4C4.171 8i4,695,SR? Barley .. Rye . . . Buckwhei Flaxseed Rice ... I.145.57" lvi.'ie;;? 27,234,KG5 15.008, J3i , 2? Po'a " Ha) It has been' . make a I definite esu.j.' amount of wheat fit for mllhui,, - to the difficulty of drawing a hard fast line between the mlllnble and the non-rrlllable. Reports, however, have been made on the average weight oi vheat per bushel in the three prin cipal spring wheat states, and such average, has been found to be 5 pounds ' In Minnesota, 51 pounds in North' Dakota and 50 pounds in South Dakor ' Slump In Cotton Prices. Distributive trade generally Is mark ln tlmff. iwhile oast results and fu ture prospects are subjects of consid eration. Industry is of notably large volume for this season of tne year. especially In Iron and steel and kind red lines of manufacture. The cotton goods manufacturing trade has, however, been again unset tled by the slump in cotton to below the cost of production, and Southern trade has been depressed in tone there- by. : Other developments have been largely favorable. The iron and steel trade shows much mure than seasonable activity in cur rent demand and production and al most unprecedented confidence as re gards the outlook for business and prices next year. . ' The breaking of the drought, allow ing of an Increased manufacture of coke and the shipment thereof to fur naces, has enlarged the production of iron this week. The break In the raw material bas had the effect of driving buyers away from the cotton goods branch of the trade. Gallant Rescue by Life Savers. With signals of distress and hall masted ensign flying, the steamer Piumelzlor was abandoned Thursday as a total wreck by her captain and a dozen officers and men of the crew, who were taken off tho craft and landed on Oak Island by the crew ol the Fire Island and Oak Island life saving station. Tho rescue of the men on the Drumelzler was hazardous In the ex treme and was attended by many thrilling Incidents. After being imprisoned in the wrecked oil Bteamer Northeastern, V nine miles oil Cape Hatteras, for 36 lours. Captain Wilder and nis crew 01 t men were taken ashore by the cVws of Klnnakeet, Creeds, Hill and HuVras life saving stations. six hours were consumed be fme first of the boats reached fhore flVin. The almost exhausted crew waXcared fcr by the Hatternt Hfu eaveis,-. '. Killed In Elmer Hunt, ti death In ( Christmas Hnd shortly after It ing to continue cus8ion of tht led to boastlif! Itia loaf romiltl Long Nearly 2-t hoi in Western ffi the droupht wb) famine and ha the country dls heavy rain wh early autumn. had been very 1 been put to mucl for tholr stock a purposes. The rainvuter also 9gaiiist fire in which store wat cisterns. These c were entirely dr Experiment In The Cleveland -Co. will experirn- " two miles from t on the lines of tb cars will run onlj tance. The expei its kind in the ct cial interest in st transfer will be g' fare. The trial is cent local agltatl ment of the street city and is for th strating the prac fare. Ambassador C While seml-offic . been published Choate is about ti made life, It can Choate has not s or any communlca to President Roose part ment, nor has dulry either. froT Secretary Hay iu. plans. It can be safely that it Is Mr. Cheat der his reslenatlov. auguration of Pres Profit Sharing 1 The profit sharing ed States Steel co: year, under whic the corporation are sen. in to the nrefer renewed in the I Ierms which have n 'P. When the 1 subscription '.ate In red 1 qttai corners 'a. month, tho Sa, - . ... poor In New York bnrlstmaa During the mornln 5,000 fann. were looked after aM In the evening the homeless men nd women and the newsboys were jn a warm and V anhttAMWl curtstmns dinner at me Depew Returns to the Senate. C. M. Depew will continue for a term of six years as United States senator for tho state of New York, continuing as the colleague of the sen ior senator, Thomas C. Piatt, whe still has four years to serve. The formal announcement of this conclusion was made late Thursday afternoon at the Fifth Avenue hotul by Governor Odell, as chairman of the Republican state committee. Death of Mrs. Nellie Dent Sharp. Mrs. Nellie Dent Sharp, widow of Major Alexander Sharp, U. S. A., and fister of the late Mrs. U. S. Grant, died In Washington. She was the mother of Commander Alexander 6harp, U. S. N.; Mrs J. S. Pettlt, wife of Colonel J. S. Pettit; Mrs. J. B. Bennett, wife of Captain J. B. Bennett, and Mrs. D. E. Nolan, wife of Captain D. B. Nolan, all of the regular army. Tom Wilson' Magazine, Thomas E. Watson of Thomson, Oa, the candidate of the People's Party for president at the last election, hat Incorporated with the secretary ol state at Albany a stock company call ed Tom Watson's Magazine, for the purpose of publishing and circulating a monthly literary periodical of that name. The principal office is In New York city. Pioneer Died, Aged 104. Israel Burt, a pioneer of Chemung county, New York, died at his home at Riiigebury, aged 104. Ho was born near the place where he died and uji to his 100th year bad never ridden on a railroad. He was taken to New York at the expense of a New Yorli newspaper and shown the sights foi a week. Howard-Leit-sr Wadding. At hi-r home In Washington Miss Marguerite Hyde (Daisy) Letter, the youngest danshter of the late Levi Z. Loiter of Chicago, was married at aoon Monday to Henry, Molynoiu Pu 1 Henry, e 19th I t cet Howard, the 19th l:arl of Sultoll) and Bt-rkshire. . ine . nursday, ...day. " " fiit cotton to check von prices was condemned ..uern planters, virl Roberts gives warning to Great ,j.'i Italn that ber army is deficient and urges reforms to meet the demands of modern warfare. I Of nine con v If ts who made a break Ifor liberty from the orison at Folsom, 7 Cel., seven were riddled with bullets. Three of these ' are now dead and three are In a critical condition. Rlhlung fort, one of the main de fences of Port Arthur, Is captured by the Japanese. Dynamite mines are used to breach the main walls, and the Infantry successfully charges through the opening. One thousand Japanese fall. 1 . ' Msnday. Opposition to President Roosevelt's suggestion of the whipping post for wife beaters developed In Washing ton, , Dr. Leroy 8. Chadwlck arrived on the steamship Pretoria, with - his daughter, and voluntarily returned to Cleveland with Sheriff Barry. Four Russian torpedo boat destroy ers and a launch escape from Port Ar thur, elude the Japanese fleet and reach Chefoo, where they deliver dis patches. General Stoessel opens negotiations with General Nogi for the surrender of Port Arthur. The Japanese cap ture two new forts and win a height south of Housanventao. Tuesday, Dr. Leroy S. Chadwlck arrived In Cleveland, was released on ball and had an affecting meeting In prison with his wife. Frank Wayland Higgins was formal ly inducted into office on Monday at noon at Albany as the 38th governor of the state of New York. British schoolmaster starts a na tional crusade against the wearing of waistcoats, and physicians loin In the war, declaring vests to be "death traps." ' The Washington state department Is In receipt of advle from Mr. Gilscom, American. " .aJuu.ir to Japan, that the formal surrender of P rt Ar thur occmrred at 9 o'clock Sunday night. Fear ot blood shed In connection with the governorship contest in meases in Colorado. Troops guard the state buildings 4n Denver and re inforcements are sent to the mining , Hlll.'j.l. . .! pen .ud ' his opinion W. M. Blgelow of the do ...ert of public works, who dls-.o.isB-'d the Chadwlck case with him last weel'. "Mr. Carnegie believes the woman Is in . tight box and that she will have to undergo Imprisonment In the penlten'inry," said Director Blgelow. "We discussed the case at length. There Is nothing In any of those stor ies connecting Mr. Carnegie's name with the woman. He Is in no way concerned and Is Interested solely be cause bis name was used by the per sons in the great financial scheme." Charged With Padding Payroll. , NorrlFtown, Dec. 30. Frank Dar rah of Lansdale was committed to 1all by Justice of the Peace O. F. Len hardt. on the charge of embezzling $540 from -the Philadelphia and Read ing Railway company. Ho was em ployed as a clerk to the supervisor of the Bethlehem branch. It Is alleged that Darrnh added fictitious names to the payroll, and would draw the pay chec!;s for tho extra name and keep the amount. It Is alleged that ho baa been securing one check each slnco July, 1903. He has a wife and flvo children and was unable to furnish $1,000 ball. Girls Neglected Leap Year. Norrlstown, Pa., Dec. 30. Although 1904 was the first leap year since 1S!G, there has been a decrease cf moro than 10 per cent In the number of maiTlafo licenses Issued In Montgom ery county In comparison with 1903. Thonumber of licenses Issued for tho year until yesterday wns 8S4. The to tal is -not likely to exceed 890. Last yar the totnl was 1,013, the difference, In favor of Jhe last year bolni 123. Tbo number of divorces issued In tho past year shows an Increase over 1903. Man arid. Woman to Hang. ' Hnri'isburg, Deo. 30. Governor Pennypnclcer hns fixed Feb. 1J for tho hanging of Mrs. Kate Edwards, the Berks county murderess, nnd her ne gro accomplice, Samuel Greason. Tho couple were convicted of killing tho woman's husband several years ago. ; No Chaplain For Indian School. Carlisle, Dec. 30. The office of chap lain at the Indian school will no longer bo maintained by tho government. It Is 'likely that the Carlisle Ministerial association will bo asked to furnish ministers for the Sunday service gra tuitously. Mast Pay Tax For Selling Soap. Hash-toil,- Dec. CO. W. S. Loll), tho newly-appointed mercantile appraiser, announced that every agent who Nells soup or oii::inb.i,i soup clubs would be ci'iupelleil to dy a im-rcanttle tu v n i
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