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Also Blank deeds, mortgages, eto, Tlonesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a com plete change, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Hosted and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. - CENTRAL HOUSE, GEROW fe GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and lias all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery In connection. . pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A. SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Rim and Waluut streets, Is prepared to. do all -Kinds of custom work from the finest to the cosrsest and guarantoes his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atleilji lion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JORENZO FULTON. " a . i- 1 r..i. I m. HARNESS, COLURS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Courrh Syrup. Tastes Good. J Use In time. Sold by druggists. -a-. WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER Hundreds of the Czar's Subjects Shot Down by Cossacks. 6hots)red at Czar's Palace Inter view With General Stoessel Frank Croker Killed In Auto Collision. Fall River Strike Settled Carnegie Pay 8tudents' Losses. Sunday was a day of horror In St. Petersburg. The strikers of Sat urday, goaded to desperation by a day of violence, fury mid bloodshed,, were In a state of open Insurrection against the government. A condition almost bordering ou civil war exists In the terror stricken Russian caultal. CZAR OV BCSSIA. Minister of the Interior Svlatopolk Mlrsky presented to his majesty Sat urday night the Invitation of the work men to appear at the Winter palace Sunday afternoon and receive their petition; but lhe emperor's advisers already had taken a decision to show a firm and resolute front and the em peror's answer to 100,000 workmen trying to make their way to the palace Bqunre was a solid array of troops, who met them with rifle, bayonet and sabre. The priest Gopon, the leader and Idol of the men, in his golden vest ments, holding aloft the ctobs and marching at the head of thousands of workmen through the Narva gate, miraculously escaped a volley which laid low half a hundred persons. The figures of the total number killed or wounded here, at the Moscow gate, at various bridges and Islands and at the Winter palace vary. The best estimate Is 500, although there are exaggerated figures placing the num ber as high as 5,000. If Father Gopon, the master mind of the movement, aimed at open revo lution, he managed the affair like a genius to break the faith of the peo ple "In Little Father," who they were convinced and who Father Gopon hod taught them to believe would right their wrongs and redress their grievances. Gorky, the Russian novelist, ex presses the opinion that the day's Work will break this faith of the peo ple In the emperor, He said Sunday night: "Today Inaugurated revolution In Russia. The emperor's prestige will be Irrevocably shattered by the shedding of Innocent blood. He has alienated himself forever from his peo ple. Gopon taught the workmen to bellove that an appeal direct to the 'Little Father' would be heeded. They have been undeceived. Gopon is now convinced that peaceful means, have failed and that tie only Yemedy Is force. The first blood has been shod but more will follow. It Is now the people against theSpppressors, and the battle will be fouglit to ' the bitter end." . Every officer wearing the uniform' .of the "emperor who was found alone-waa mobbed. A general was killed on the Nlchoins bridge and a dozen officers wero Belzed, stripped of their epaulets and deprived of their swords. Intense indignation is bound to bo aroused all over Russia. The vork: men and "revolutionists expect "news from- Moscow and other big centers, where the troops are not of the same class as the guards regiments of St. Petersburg. : ."-."' A meniberof. the emperor's house-, hold Is quoted as1 saying that this son fllct will end the war with Japan: an'd tnat Russia will have a constitution or Emperor Nicholas will-; lose his head. The workmen are arming with every available weapon for. a rayyaf' of lhe struggle. They have'. iyV firearms, but are improvising,. "jjlAje Implements Into weapons. .'. v '., - Loaded Gun Used in Salute. For a Russian sovereign. ttf,.fUU;. fcy lhe hand of an assassin Is no . new things but that the emperor shoujd narrowly escape death'hy a -shot from his own artillery while ha; tfas - en gaged In a Sjlenin rellgloirst flte, Stir rourffled by priests a"hls cTityfch," Is jo difficult (q realize as to' he almost . In credible. ,Yct this is what-hippened Thursday .and the Russian public is left wondering and mystified,, , ' At the conclusion of" -"the ; solum ceremony of blessing Jhe .waters pt the Neva, tho metropolitan having dipped the cross in the water, the St Peter and St. Paul fortress boomed a salute. Then came a crash of bul lets through the windows of the Win ter palace ncross .the river, but no pan ic occurred aiid tbenietropolllau quick-1 ly proceeded -tS bless the emperor and his entourflfe():::and; consecrate, the standards ant, froin i(hfl'-' sanctified waters '.of. the 'Na-:- ' V' In sol e of the offl 'aijtoe'at that ' ..:?;;-$r1.:."- . , . ... thb cannon shot which-easily mlghl have wiped out the whole of tho Ro manoft family was the result of care lessness In leaving a shotted cartridge in-.,the breech of a gun after target practice, tho mysterious case Is still under the combined Investigation ot the military and police, and the pub lic seems as little inclined as the au thorities to accept the published ver sion. Military experts say Indications Vlnt to a charge consisting of grape having been Inserted surreptitiously in a saluting cartridge. If this was the case, probably only one man was In volved. No arrests have been made. Interview With General Stoessel. The correspondent at : Nagasaki of the London Morning Express ha had an interesting interview 'with General Stoessel, in the (four so of which the general said: "The capitu lation occurring on New Year's day was merely a coincidence. The loss of 203 Meter hill and the subsequent capture of forta, combined with the deadly marksmanship with the terrible 11-Inch shells, the depressing effect or the death of General Kondratenko, and the fearful Increase pf scurvy, really fixed the time of capitulation. It is quite untrue that I dissented from the unanimous decision of the final council of war. Our final urgent requests for relief were never an swered. ' "As regards parole, I distinctly dis couraged any concerted action. Every officer decided for himself. Generally commanding officers stuck' W'thHhelr men and chose lmprlsonment'VMosJ ul urn uuvui uiuueis uibu uiiuhu cap tivity, many probably being Influenced by the. tear of Impending court mar tial." .,,Ji,. Frank, Croker Killed. Frank rokef of New York died at Ormond, Fin.,, from the effects of the Injuries received Satury in an auto mobile accident. y Mr. Croker was driving his racer on the beach at 40 seconds -to the mile and started to turn out of the way of a motor cycle. As he did so "one of the front tires of his machine flew off and it plowed Into the sand. The ma chine turned over' three times. The first turn threw Mechanician Raoul and the machine crushed hie life out Instantly. Mr. Croker went out on the1 second turn and sustained a fracture of the right leg at the knee, fracturi' of all the bones of the left arm at the el bow and three broken ribs. One o4 his ears was also badly torn. Frtnk Croker was the second son of Richard Croker. For nearly 10 years he has been a leading spirit in the realm of spirts, "or three years he has been an entfc,sfastlc automobll Ist and has taken part In many not able races. His greatest effort to win honors in this Held was in the Vander- btlt cup race on Long Island last fall, 4 when he drove his own machine against all the professionals from this country and Europe. - ' Fall River Strike Settled. The long Btrike of the cotton mill operatives at Fall River, Mass., which affected about 25,000 persons and which has been In progress for six months to the great hardship and suffering of Fall River's people, has been settled through the mediation of Governor W. L. Douglas. Under the terms of an agreement, accepted, by both manufacturers and operatives, the strikers ' will re turn to work at once under the 12 per cent reduction, against which they struck, last July, .and with no discrim ination because of the strike. No rate of wages was established, but it Is agreed that Governor Doug las shall Investigate the matter of margins between the cost of cotton to the mill owners and the selling price of the cloth and submit his conclusions nB to an average margin upon which the manufacturers are to pay a divi dend of 5 per cent on wages earned from the present time to April 1. Carnegie, Paid Students' Losses. President King of Oberlln (O.) col lege announced at chapel that all moneys lost by students of the col lege through , -the failure of the Citi zens National hank, which closed Its doors a$ the time of the alleged Chad wick forgerips, would be paid on pre sentation of tho pass books. Resides the,deposllors Mr. Carnegie reimbursed the Y. M. C. A; to the ex teut of about $3,000, which was lost In the same failure.. . Gambling Houses All Closed. Follo-jJu: the surrender on Satur day Ijt'-b' ir. District Attorney Jerome of ther' gambling outfit belonging to Frank . Ffirrell. "Davd'v Johnson, an A .FjanH MitjDougal it. was said by cotn $j$vfptttilj jpniblers that Jerome has Honed every -gambling house in New York-cfty and they will 'remain closed. . . Death of Norman Rockefeller. Normun Rockefeller, prosperous farmer of Phelps, Is dead at the age of S2 years, He was an uncle of John D. Rockefeller of the' Standard OH Co.' He was born at Harrington, Col umbia county. John D. Rockefeller's father, William, is now the last sur vivor of his generation. ; " ' .. World's Highest Peak. " A dispatch to the London Stand ard .from1, Calcutta says thnt the T.Mbet survey' mission has established the-fact-that Mount Everest Is the fiighest peak in the world. ,i ' Australia's Wheat Yield. Government experts in Australia estimate the wheat yield fojr the sea son at 16,000,000 .bushels. It is ex pected that 5,000,000 will be exported. INVESTIGATION ASKED. Justice Hooker Sends Commu nication to Assembly. After Extended Discussion, on Motion of Mr. Rogers, the Communication Was Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee, Which Is Expected to Rec ommend a Course ef Procedure. Altm-, Jan. 4. Justice Warren B. Hooker himself last night brought up to the assembly the question of an In vestigation of the accusations against him recently discussed by the State Bar association by sending a com munication' direct to the assembly, where It was handed down by Speak er Nixon. Justice Hooker's letter summarizes without comment the action of the State Bar -association, Its grievance committee and the sub-committee thereof, on the charges made against him in connection with the Fredonia and Dunkirk postofilces,. and con cludes as follows: "At hie recent meeting of the State Bar association held In Albany one resolution was adopted approving the report of the general committee and another to the effect that the facts embodied in the report were not of a character to warrant legislative inves tigation. . "Notwithstanding such action by the State Bar assoclatlorffa number of prominent lawyers and a portion of the public press have insisted that legislative Investigation should be had. These demands must have Im pressed the public. "Therefore, I respectfully but earn estly urge as due to the public, my office and -myself that my conduct be made the subject of legislative in quiry. "Warren B. Hooker." After an extended but rather desul tory discussion of the dfsposal of the communication. It was referred, on mo tion of Mr. Rogers, to the judiciary committee, which Is expected to rec orr.iiitnd a course of procedure. The discussion on the Hooker mat ter was in no sense partisan or sen sational and contained little reference to the merits of the question, and thoje was no criticism or spirited comment from either'side. Mr. Palmer objected to the imme diate reference to the judiciary com mittee, as he said he did not want the investigation throttled. Chairman Fish of the Judiciary com mittee smilingly resented any insinua tion that the committee might not treat the matter In , good faith. Mr. Merritt of St. Lawrence sup porting the proposed reference thought It not necessarily to be taken for granted that an Investigation would be cnlled for with Its long de lay and expense. " Leader Rogers said he thought Jus tice Hooker was entitled to an Inves tigation if he asked for it; he has all along felt that, this was the way in which a legislative Investigation should come about. In any case, the members of the Judiciary committee were able lawyers, fully competent to deal with the question. Messrs. Bur nett of Ontario and La Fetra of New York also spoke on the question. ACTION OF COUNCIL. Resolutions Adopted In Response to Special Message of Mayor Johnson. Jamestown, N. Y., Jan. 24. At a meeting of the common council last night resolutions were adopted de manding that Governor Higglns re quest the legislature to Institute an Immediate investigation of the charges against Justice Hooker in connection with the Dunkirk and Fredonia post offices. The resolutions were adopted in. re sponse to a special message from May or Kmil Johnson recommending that such action be taken. Union Grange, the largest grange In Chautauqua county, yesterday after noon adopted resolutions denouncing "efforts to smother the Hooker charges" and demanding thnt the In vestigation be continued by the leg islature. Salvation Army's Land Settlements. London, Jan. 24. .Colonial Secre tary Lyttleton has appointed H. Rider Haggard a commissioner to inquire Into the conditions and ' character of the agricultural and industrial set tlements organized iiv America by the Salvation Army.' ffhe trustees of the ftstato of Cecil Rhodes are paying the Expenses of the Inquiry with tho view of applying the scheme to South Af lica. . . Bill to Amend Philippine Tariff. Washington, Jan. 24. Representa tive Payne, chairman of the house comnitttt e on ways' and means, intro- Lduced a bill to revise and amend the talrff laws of the Philippines. Repre sentative Baker of New York intro duced another resolution directed at Secretary Morton and requesting tho president to bring suit against Paul Morton and J. C. Stubbs for entering to to contract in restraint of trade. John Mitchell Re-Elected. Indianapolis, Jan. 24. The Interna tional Mine Workers' convention has re-elected John Mitchell president, to gether with tho other officers. The delegates to tho American Federation Lif Labor convention aro Mr. Mitchell, W. T. WilKon, W. I).. Ryan, aPtrlck Dolan, John Fuhey and John Dempsey. CZAR 13 A WEAK MAN. According to Estimate of Former Am bassador Andrew D. White. Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 24. Andrew. D. White, former ambassador to Russia and one of the best posted Americans on Russian affairs, said regarding the situation in St. Petersburg: "If the czar is a weak man, as the present emperor is, he can do very lit tle. A weak man cannot know any thing about the empire to speak of, because he Is surrounded by grand dukes women, etc., who tell him what they want him to believe and keep all the truth away from him which they do not wish him to hear. "Tho main difficulty in the whole case is that the emperor is supposed to do all the thfciklng for 140,000,000 of people scattered over the largest territory possessed by any govern ment in the world, with different races, religions and ideas, and this no man can do, and least of all in a time like this. "The simple fact Is that the evils of the old system have now become absolutely intolerable. And when you add to that fact the sending off of Im mense numbers of the best young men in the country to an utterly use less and wicked war, and tho pressure of . taxation which grinds the people to the dust, you have a situation which none but the strongest ruler in all hu man history can cope with. The czar has no strength of character, no prop er education and is hopelessly unfit to grapple with the situation. "No doubt the worst of the features of the situation have been kept from him." Mr. White said it was not unlikely the advUers of the emperor would try to follow out the policy of Emperor Nicholas I, who had the ringleaders of the Insurrection of 80 years ago shot, hanged or sent to Siberia. Hi did not believe, however, that Import ant charges In Russia could long be delayed. Future Provisional Government. London, Jan. 24. The Daily Tele graph's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that as the outcome of the meetings of the reform party of Gorky, AnnensKy. Arsenieff and others and their adherents Saturday night and ;ftttndaya body tilnen has been con stituted who regard themselves as the future provisional government of Russia. As yet, the correspondent says, they are political ciphers; but they hope some sudden stroke of luck will enable them to overturn thi ex isting regime, and at the same time tl.ey recognize the fact that non-success may lead them to Siberia or the tomb. Reported Revolt of Troops Untrue. Tlflls, Jan. 24. The rumors publish ed in the United States of a revolt of troops In he Caucasus and that Tlflls Is in a state of siege are untrue. PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION. Representations From State Militia Will Accompany the Governor. Albany, Jan. 24. Plans were an nounced for the part New York state will play In the inauguration of Presi dent Roosevelt March 4. Gov. Hig glns, his secretaries and Adjutant General Henry will leave hero March 2 at 5:30 P. M. At Jersey City they will meet the Governor's military staff and contlnuo directly to Washington, reaching there at 7:30 Friday morn ing. They will leave Washington March 5 at 1 P. M., and arrive In this city at 12:46 o'clock the following afternoon. Quarters for the gubernatorial party have been engaged at the New WUIard hotel. The representation from the State militia will Include only- those organizations which have volunteered to go. These are: Squadron A, which will be the presi dent's escort; the First Signal Corps, which will be Gov. Higglns' escort; the Thirteenth Heavy Artillery, the Eighth Regiment, a battnlion from the Second regiment of Engineers nnd a portion of the Naval Militia. A bill appropriating $50,000 to cover the expenses of the state military or ganizations attending the Inauguration Is now before the legislature. CrARGES AGAINST DOCTORS. Arrested For Extortion on Evidence Procured by Medical Society. New York, Jan. 23. After being in dicted on the charge of grand larceny in obtaining from John McCallum of Mount Vernon $10,000, ostensibly as fees for medlcnl treatment involving prescriptions purporting to contain la-ge quantities of radium, Dr. Henry II. Kane, with an office in West 34th street, his assistant, Dr. W. H. Hale, nd William .F. Horton, manager of the office, were arrested and locked up In the Tombs. The evidence on which the indict ments were found was collected by counsel for the County ' Medical so ciety. McCallum testified that after being treated by Kane and Halo for a triflling ailment thoy Informed him that he was at the point of death and that hia only hope of life lay in treat ment with radium. McCallum said that after ho had paid nearly $10,000, tho savings of a llfo time, the doctors' demanded $:y)00 more, ulleglng that they had used $13 000 of tho precious drug. He then told his story to an officer of the County Medical society and tho investigation, Indictments nnd arrests followed. Court of Appeals Calendar. Albany Jan. JV Court of Appeals calendar for today: Nos, 154, 155, 15C, 1J9. 157, 158, 151), 102. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Paiti of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In at Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Three miners are known to be dead and a score of others are entombed In a 000-foot shaft of the Decatur (111.) Coal company. In election for United States sena tor at Albany Chaur.cey M. Depew re ceived 30 votes Iu the senate and 100 lu the assembly; Smith M. Weed re ceived 12 In the former and 44 in the latter. Fifty-nine persons perished as the result of an avalanche of rocks at toosdal, Norway, on Sunday. A mass o; rock was suddenly precipitated Into Loenvand lake from the neigh boring hills, causing a wave 20 feet high. Thursday. General Stoessel left Nagasaki for Russia, returning by way of France. Governor Stokes of New Jersey, in his inaugural message, urges legisla tion that will further attract corpora tions to that state. The strike of the cotton mill oper atives at Fall River was settled' at a conference In Boston, brought about by Governor W. L. Douglas. The trustees of Illinois college at Jacksonville have elected William J. Bryan chairman. He was tendered the presidency of the college, but de clined owing to a press of business af fairs. Dispatches from Tien Tsin state that Russia has threatened to ldvade North China and Chinese Turkestan It; China continues to discriminate against Russian contraband In favor of Japan. Friday. Mrs. Susan Doyle was run into by two boys at play In Blnghamton, knocked down and sustained injuries which proved fatal. Arrested on a bench warrant for contempt of court, John Tawalt, an el derly justice of the peace, committed suicide by shooting at his home in Newark, N. J. An artillery gun loaded with grape was fired across the Neva directly at a chapel In front of the Winter palace, where the czar and family were wor shiping. A policeman was killed and an officer and three marines wounded. Wichita hotels refused admittance to Booker T. Washington. When Mr. Washington's manager sought to en gage quarters for him at the leading hotel he was Informed that colored people were not entertained there. a Saturday. Members of the Jamestown Bar as sociation said the charges against Judge Hooker would be carried up to the legislature. ' " ' President Roosevelt sent a message to the senate favoring a plan to send special agents abroad to aid In open ing European markets to American commerce. Seven men were burled alive under a great mass of dirt and rock as the result of a cavc-ln in a deep cut on the Gurdon and Fort Smith railroad in Arkansas. The official account of the firing of a loaded cannon instead of a blank shot In front of the czar's Winter pal ace says It was an accidont, but this is doubted by the Russian public. Japnnese are rushing up their heavy artillery from Port Arthur to employ It against Kuropatkln's army, and a considerable Increase in the range of fire has been noticed there lately. , Mcnday. . Representative Hepburn's ' bill , to amend tho Interstate commerce com mission act is introduced into the house. . United Mine Workers, in their na tional convention in Indianapolis, vote to exclude saloon keepers- aud bartenders from tho organization..... William J. Bryan calls on President Roosevelt at tho White House, and tells the president he warrflly ap proves his policy as to rallritd-' rate, legislation. In an effort Sundajr to obtain an In-j tervlewwith the czar by the striking workmen ovSt. Petersburg the troops fired on the populace nnd 600 people were killed or wounded. '. V The auto of Frank Croker, son of Richard Croker, collided with a motor cyclo at Daytona, His chauffeur Was Instantly killed and -.Mr. Croker died later from effects of injuries. Tuesday. Richard Croker will sail for New York Wednesday on tho Kaiser Wll helm tier Grosse. Opposition to tho pure food bill Is made by the -whisky trust aud money is being raised to fight the measure In congress. Tho St. Petersburg Official Messen ger announces that up to 8 o'clock Sunday night tho total killed by the soldiers waa 7G, wounded 233. John Yaekel, one of tho best known jewelers nnd watchmakers of Utlca, died at a hospital as a result of a fall on an icy sidewalk which fractured his skull. During tho night tho police in St Petersburg mado house-to-house visits warning householders that tho rioters are threatening to divide into groups and sack the town. VANDERGR1FT IS GONE Brownsville People Have Alleges Worthless Checks as Mementoes Brownsville, Pa., Jan. 24. After a stay of several months In Brownsville, during which he was the center ol marked social attentions and the ob ject of special esteem in religious cir cles, G. D. Vandergrlft Is a fugitive, and leading residents here are crest fallen over the discovery that checks received are said to be worthless. An expert glass cutter Vandorgrift com manded a salary of $100 a week. Ha won entree to the best homes In Brownsville. The checks bear the name of Mon ro Lemon, manager of the Van Cleva Window Glass works, where Vander grlft was employed. They range in size from $20 to $100. Harry Homell. a clothier, has filed informatlonagalnst Vandergrlft before Justice of tho Peace C. W. Bowman, charging him with forgery. The total of Vander grift's alleged transactions during his two months' residence In Brownsville Is snid ,to reach nearly $800. County Detective Alex MacBeth, with a war rant for Vnndergrift'8 arrest, Btarted for New Castle, where tho man is said formerly to have lived. New Castel, Pa., Jan. 24. G. D. Van dergrlft was arrested here charged with forging tho name of Monro Lem on of Brownsville to a check on 8 Brownsville hank. Vandergrlft's for mer homo was in New Castle. He will probably be taken to Brownsville foi a hearing, although It is said an ef fort will be made to effect a settle ment. AGED PEOPLE ARE BURNED. Sister Heroically Tries to Save Vic . . tim and Also Dies. Zanesville, O., Jan. 24. As the re sult of horrible burns received early Saturday morning Misses Cella and Cassle Olive, sisters aged 80 and 75 years respectively, died Sunday after noon at their Fultonham home. Miss Cella's aporn was drawn Into an open grate and soon she was wrapped in (lames. Her sister, In trying to res cue her, received burns that cost her llfo also. York, Pa., Jan. 24. Her clothing igniting from some unknown causo, Mrs. Rachel Peters, 80 years old, wa? burned to death In the county alms house early Sunday morning. Owing to paralysis of her vocal organs she was unable to make any outcry. Mrs. Amanda Merman, who occupied an ad joining room, saw through a transom the light from the fire, but was toe late to save her. - Revolution In the Caucasus. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 24. Captain Or lan Cullen, representative of the Im perial Marine association of Toklo, re ceived a cablegram from Constantin ople today to the effect that 1,500 Cir cassians had revolted and killed tho Russian guard, numbering 200, at Slavlni, in tho Caucasus, and that Rus sians and Turks In largo numbers were crossing the frontier Into the Caucasus to spread revolution In Tlflis province. Robbers Drugged Young Girl. Washington, Pa., Jan. 21. At her home In West Spruce Btrcet, Miss Liz zie M listed, 1G yenrs old daughter of J. II. Milsterl,- was drugged and brutally treated nnd tho houso ransacked by two unknown robbers Saturday after noon. Her 'father hns offered a re ward of $50 for an arrest and convic tion and says he will pny more if nec cessary. Mllsted had placed a large sum of money In-a -local bank Satur day morning. Charged With Selling Impure Brandy, Beaver Falls, Pa., Jan. 24. H. L. Buzhoff, a special agent for tho de partment of agriculture jf Pennsyl vania, made Information against tho .following hotel ki.epers nnd liquor "dealers on. charges of selling adulter ated brandy: R. A. Strayer and Rich ard Doticaster, J. M. Ehret and A. F. Dltz, of Rochester; W, M. Boylo and Frank McDonald, of Beaver Falls; John Stubler, of New Brighton. Raid on CrrtrTSse Houses. Philadelphia, Jan. 21. A raid by pc llco olllcl.-rls was made In tho Chinese quarter at midnight Saturday In an at tempt to Ifjeate tho headquarters of op iium smugglers. About 100 policemen .Mjslted. ten Chlneso gambling houses and' took. Into custody more than 100 Chinamen. In most enses It was nec cessary to use considerable force to effect an entrance, as the doors were heavily barred. Locomotive Blows Up. Cumberland, Md., Jan. 21. Whllo running 35 miles an hour near Moun tain I.ako Pnrk Sunday morning, eng ine 2000, drawing a fast freight on thu Baltimore & Ohio railroad, blew up. Frank Johnson, aged 23, front brake man, of Baltimore, and John L. Simp son, aged 32, fireman, of Cumberland, were killed. Tho Injured aro A. Wes ley Statihagen, engineer, and Joseph Howell, conductor. Died of Fractured Skull. Sharon, Pa., Jan. 21. Loroy Brock way, aged 29, Is dead from Injuries received Saturday night nt the South Sharon plant of the Carnegie com pany. A piece of scrap lion fell on his head, fracturing the skull. Fell Under Wheels of Train. Now Castle, Pa. Jan. 24. W. J Daniels, aged 43, a glassworker, whllo gelling oil' u train at New Cas tle Junction fell under the wheels and both legs wero cut off below lhe lilieys.
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