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Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc, Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, 14. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a eomplotechnnge, and is now tarnished with nil the mod ern improvements. Heated and lightod throughout Willi natural gas, bathrooms, hot and eold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglocted. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEKOW A G 14 ROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This Is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to mako it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pUIL. EMERT . i FANCY BOOT A KlIOEMAlfER. Shop in Walters building,'1 Cor. ; Elm and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the linest to the coarsest ami guarantees bis work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion tfiven to mending, and prices rea sonable. . . , J" ORENZO FULTON. , Manufacturer of ami Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, ' ' And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. P3 - py.V 'iy.N rrv.yr. y,.y.r rrx?g XT-P. CBSES WHEBE ALL ELSE FAILS Bsst CoiK'h Synip. T.i.-te Coed. . Use In tuna. S .;& ty dnifgista. ai 'U- A TRAIN BLOWN OVER. Two Killed and 33 Injured by a Locomotive Explosion. Ten Women Killed at Crossing Bat tie of Hun River Gorky to Be Tried on Political Charges Mrs Rogera Reprieved Rebate on Ex ported Flour, Two trainmen were killed and 33 passengers were injured In a wreck ou tho Now York Central at Whites' horo Saturday morning. The trainmen were engineer and fireman of tho locomotive of a west bound train, on which an explosion 00 currtd. The passengers were In on onstbomid train, all the cars of which wero blown from the track by the cxploeton. Of tho passengers Injured all but 13 wcro ablo to resiimo their Journey by nignt. Tho most seriously Injured p.re Mrs. F. W. Everest of Buffalo, wife of tho superintendent of the western division of the New York Cen tral, and Sidney J. West of 127 West 100th street New York. The recov ery of both, howaver, Is assured. One of the injured la Supreme Court Jnstico Warren n. Hooker of Fre donia. The car in which he was trav eling was hurled sonio 40 feet from the track and one side of It was torn nway. Justice Hooker was wedged between the broken seats and It was some time before he could be released. His Jiurts are not serious. Ten Women Killed at Crossing. A passenger train on the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern railroad, near Hornellsvillc, N. Y., Wodnosday night, crashed Into n sleigh containing a party of thirteen women, killing seven of them outright and seriously injur ing the remaining six, of whom three have since died. The other three are In a precarious condition. The victims were members of tho Ladles' Aid society of the Unlversalist church of Horncllsville. The place where the accident oc curred Is at the crossing of what is known as the Arkport road and Is on the premises of the Babcock farm. The road is level at this point and an uninterrupted view of the tracks can be obtained for so:ne distance cast and west. At. tho ofllclal investigation into tho accident at Stephen's crossing which resulted In the death of 10 of Hornellsvllle's most prominent wo men and the injury of three others, tho engineer end the fireman of the train testified that the whistle had blown twice as the train neared the cropping and that the bell was ringing at tho lime tho accident oc curred. The examination was then post poned until such time ns tho women have Biilliciently recovered from their Injuries to appear. No additional deaths among the In jured have occurred. It Is expected that all of them will recover. The whole city has been deeply af fected by the terrible accident. Sev eral of the funerals were held on Saturday and business generally was suspended. Battle of Hun River. The five days' combat ending Jan. 28 wh.ch will be known as the battle of the Hun river was fought on a plajn broken only by southern amethyst mountnlns around Yentai, the solitary eminence of which Is the Llao Yang Tower of bloody memory. For five days Russian soldiers un nvailtngly hurled themselves against the defences and field artillery pound ed them until the frosty air reverber-; nted with the thunder of cannon, the' din of bursting shells and the rattlo of musketry. The gunners nctually wept with de spair at their impotence. Mortar bat teries enmn up at a gallop In the hope, of demolishing the fortifications. Night and day the stream of shells was poured against t10 earthworks but without effect. The men seemed In different to hunger or cold which lat ter was of Arctic Intensity. Their fingers, hands and feet were benumbed, while stinging snow and dust blinded them. Tho slightest wound caused excru ciating pain. Warm blood no sooner exuded from lacerated flesh than It be gan to freeze. Wounded could not be left exposed and If they did not re ceive attention within an hour they died. The surgeons, their assistants and nurses were almost powerless In ".ho bandaging of wounds, for they were obliged to wenr leather gloves tr mittens In order to resist the cold. Tho men seemed to be living again he horrors of the winter campaign of 1812 against tho Turks. , Every thing that could bo donwna done, but man was powerless 'fir'thf face of nature, which heaped, tortnrejr itpoji the troops and defeated the well tbonpht out. plan of the commander. The battle yielded no palpable re suit.. . Russian Operations Suspended. According to Gen. Kuropatklri's a-. test reports, which indicate the wound ing of a third Russian general, Dem Lowskl, the operations at Sandlapu and the fighting at Sliakhe have boon momentarily suspended. The Rus Flans successfully, repulsed the latest attack of the: Jupflivefie eastward with heavy low. " ' ' .Wo further facts In repard to reports that General kuropatkin Is about to give" up his command ciiil tiff frtSinfned. The rumor is general!? "discredited. To Be Tried cn Pclitical Charges, There Is uo improvement discera Ible ui Ui labor situation In Poland. At Bof-aovics, a ceuter tf the Iron nnd cotton Industries, 40,000 men are on' strike with the accompaniment of street pia.idcu and Intimidation ol Ujoso woiKiiitn who have not struck The disturbance at Lodz, where a vcllcy from the Eoldiers killed six and wounJcd 48, lis not been renewed A railway station near Sosnovlce was destroyi d and traffic interrupted by strikers. In Warsaw the workmen in 42 sugar manufactories have etruck. Maxim Gorky will bo put on trial on political charges, but whether be fore a civil or a military court has not been determined. The assembly of the noblity of the province of Jloscow has .voted to memorialize tho throne for an elective legislative body. Governor General Trepoff regards too situation In St Petersburg as satisfactory. Rate-Making Legislation. The Republicans of the houne In eoiifercnco on Friday evening adopt ed as a party measure the bill ex tending rate-making powers to the Interstate commerce commission as agreed upon by the committee on in terstate and foreign commerce and known as the Esch Townsend bill. ; Tho tonference Instructed the house committee on rules to bring in a rule providing for consideration of the measure beginning at 11 o'clock Tues day morning next and continued until 4 o'clock Wednesday, when a 'vote shall be takeni No amendments will be allowed to the bill although the first vote is to be taken on the Davey bill, as the Democratic Bub for legls' lation on tho railway rate subject. An Amateur "Cracksman. Christopher Smyth, or "Sandroek -4 who Is locked up at ' police head quarters In New York city, charged with being the perpetrator of many sturtllng robberies in private resi dences within the past few weeks, declared to the police he had not worked for plunder but merely for the enjoyment he got out of the ex citement Incident to the robberies. He confessed that he had been In terested in the exploits of Western bandits and that ho had tried to emulate their example. Tho character of "Raffles," hV de clared, had aJso given him ideas and he had attempted to follow out tjils example. Mrs. Rogers Reprieved Till June 2. Afier receiving tho last rites of the Catholic church and hearing her father confessor read the prayers for the dying, Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers, who was sentenced to die upon the gallows Friday at Windsor, Vt., listened to the announcement of High Sheriff Henry R. Peck that Governor Charles J. Bell had granted her a reprieve of four months. Mrs. Rogers then thanked the sheriff nnd his companions for the informa tion they had brought her. She seem ed unaffected by the tidings and after the party moved away from the door of the death cell she returned to the table and resumed writing. Schedule of Grand Circuit. The Bteward3 of the Grand Circuit adopted a schedulo for the trotting season. The new schedule Includes Cleveland,, which has of late been out of the circuit. Tho schedule: De troit, July 24-29; Cleveland, July 31 Ang. 6; Buffalo, Aug. 7-12; Empire Cily, Aug. 14-19; Rradville, Aug. 21-20; Providence, Aug. '28-Sept. 2; Hartford, Sept. 4-9; Syracuse, Sept. IMC; Col umbus, Sept. 18-33; Cincinnati, Sept. 25-30, and Memphis, Oct. 10-28 (two weeks). Last, year's rules were ndopted. - President Beckwlth Dead. .- C. T. Bcckwlth. president of the de funct CItizons' National bank of Ober lln, O., Is dead of a broken heart. Mr. lieckwllh was about C5 years od. On December 14 th last the federal grand jury In Cleveland returned five Indictments against Bockwith upon the charge of violating the national banking laws in connec tion with the loans made to Mrs. Cns sle L. Chadwick by tho Citizens' Na tional bank ijf Oberlin, of which de ceased was (he president. Voted to Bond Town' For Water Works. ' A special election was held at Medi na tiud It was voted to bond the town for 00,000 to build a .municipal wa ter works plant. A proposition to bond the town for $50,000 to purchase part cf the plant of the local water works company was voted down. The village officials and the water works company have been at odds for some V.ma. ;" ' Drawback cn Exported Flour. The attorney general of the United States has rendered an opinion in which he holds thut drawbacks may be allowed on exported flour made in part from Imported wheat. He also holds that evidence of books of ac count may be used to establish the right of n manufacturer to a draw back. . - - - Two Deaths From institute Fire. Fire Friday night destroyed a part of the Ingleslde Home for Women, In Buffalo.- In a panic among the 50 In mates one woman was killed and four weyo serioitrly hurt, one of them dy big the .next day. Gift to Rensselaer Institute. Andrew Carnegie lias given tho Rensselaer Polytechnic institute of Troy, N. Y., $125,000 to help rebuild Its main building, which was burned last June. " J ' '. WORK OF TERRORISTS. Assassination of Finnish Law Officer of High Rank. The Assassin and Official's Son Wert Both Wounded In a Pistol Due Following the Killing Regarded In St. Petersburg as Precusor ef ar Era of Terrorism. Hclsingfors, Finland, Feb. 7. Sena tor Johnssou, procurator of the Fin nish senate and procurato general of Finland, was assassinated In his res idence at 11 o'clock yesterday morn Ing. The murderer, who was disguised at an officer of the' army, sent in a card bearing the name Alexander Gadd, and at once ws admitted. After en tering the room he faced the procura tor general, drew a revolver and fired four shots' in quick succession. Each shot took effect and Johnsson fell, dying almost immediately. Johns son's son, hearing the firing, came to his father's assistance, and the mur derer fired at him, wounding him slightly. The assassin at once was arrested. Johnsson was born in 185G and prac ticed at the Finnish bar. He was high ly esteemed and had held various government appointments, Including that of provincial judge. He was ap pointed procurator of the senate in 1901 and in the same year was made procurator general of the Duchy of Finland. Johnsson was regarded as a wise and patriotic official. It is un dcrstcod that It was at his Initiative hat the Finns exiled . by Governor General Bobrakoff were allowed to re turn to Finland. When he became ennobled Senator Johnsson took the name of ScJsiUon sommcn. The assassin and Soinincn's son were both wounded in a revolver duel following the killing. The motive of the crime apparently was purely po- lltical, the slain ofllclal being a promi nent member of the government party. The murderer appeared a't the pro curator's residence at 11 o'clock and sent in a card bearing in French the name of Alexandre Gadd, who Is ln the Russian service. The young man( who was smartly dressed In an offi cer's uniform, was promptly admitted, to the official's private study, and on his entrance fired four shots from a revolver, one of tho bullets piercing the brenst of the procurator, who ex- p&red almost Immediately. His 17-year-old son hearing the shots, rushed in from an adjoining room nnd fired three or four shots at his father's assailant, whose right leg Lwas broken below the knee by a bul let. He also was slightly wounded in the shoulder nnd a finger of his left hand was struck. The assassin fired the one bullet re maining in his revolver at Soinincn's son, wounding him slightly in the calf of his right leg. He then endeavored to escape, but fell unconscious to the floor in the ante-room. There he was seized. Dr. Wasastjcrna was called Immedi ately but found tho procurator beyond need of his services. The assassin was removed to the surgical hospital where he lies guarded by police, an swering no questions and evidently unconscious. His recovery, however, is thought to be certain. Up to the present the authorities have been un able to identify him. He is of dark complexion nnd apparently between 25 and CO years of ago. OF A POLITICAL CHARACTER. Procurator-General Was Looked Upon as an Exponent of Russiflcation of Finland. St. Petersburg, Feb. 7. The news of the assassination of Soisalon Soinl nen, procurator general of Finland, though occurring before noon on Mon day, was not known generally in St. Petersburg last night, but may be ex pected to produce an Immense sensa tion when It becomes public, as It will be regarded as tho precursor of an era of terrorism for which the events of January in St. Petersburg and throughout Russia gave the signal. Until the identity of the assassin Is known It will bo impossible to estab lish positively the motive for the at tempt, but the present circumstances In Finland render it almost certain that the crime Is of a purely political character and of tho same nature as the. assassination of Count Bobrlkoff, tho governor ' geiuiral of Finland, In Juno of last year..'. The Russiflcation of Finland has been meeting with great opposition and creating much bitterness, es pecially since, tho formation of the party of active resistance, recruited from the bolder spirits of thu original party of passive resistance and to which the perpetrator of this latest crime probably belongs. At the conference of revolutionary parties of Russia, comprising repre senbitives of tho Finnish Active Re sistance parly, tho Polish National League, the Ri'sslan emancipationists nnd other revolutionary organiza tions, in Berlin last November a pro gram for general concerted action was drawn up, and the assassin of Soinlnen undoubtedly was In touch with the dissatisfied element throughout Rum- Coadjutor Bishcp of Rochester. Rome, Feb. 7. Tho popo has rati fied the appointment of Very Rev. ''Thomas F. Illekey, now vicar general of Rocbi ster, N. V., as coadjutor bishop of that diocese. ARGENTINE REBELLION. Government Troops Dispersed the Rebels at Mendoza. Buenos Ayres, Feb. 7. Government troops attacked tho rebels, who had fortified themselves at Mendoza, at dawn yesterday. Soon afterwards the rebel leaders and officers fled to tho mountains, whereupon the men surrendered unconditionally. The rebels, had sacked the local branch of the national bank of Buenos Ayrej end seized $300,000. Numerous ar rests have been made and the city Is now quiet. Late information shows that the in surrectionary movement is now re stricted to Cordoba. Generals Wlnt- ter, Benavldes, Garcia and Roca, with largely superior forces, are sur rounding tho city. The rebels are holding Senator Yofre. The Buenos Ayres police have seized a quantity of guns and revol vers and also many copies of mani festos and revolutionary documents. Night trains on the line between Buenos Ayres and Rosario will be re sumed again tomorrow. All the bankers here condemn the at tempted revolution and express the hetye that the energetic policy of President Quintana will have the ef fect of preventing any such attempt in the future. The only group of rebels In the province of Buenos Ayres, 170 men strong, has been defeated near Plro vano station. Two officers and seven men were killed and 121 surrendered. The rest with Commandant Villamayor are retreating and government troops are In pursuit. Tho Insurrection is admitted to have been a failure and the govern ment now has matters well in hand. Yesterday the military rebels at Cor doba endeavored to make terms with the government by offering to sur render If they were absolved and per mitted to cetnin their ranks, threat ening that if these conditions were re fused they would hold as hostages Dr. Alcorta, the vice president of the republic, and other notable persons surprised and captured In that city an Saturday. Prssident Quintana declined to lis ten to any compromise, adding that rebeda had no rights as combatants and would be amenable to military law. The prompt suppression of the out brciflv makes It evident that there fs an nbsence of nil the usual elo r.ients of a revolution. Popular sym pathy Is entirely with the government, which exhibited unexpected strength. The rising was purely military and happily was limited la its propor tions. . Condition of Justice Hooker. Albany, Feb. 7. That the serious In lury of Supreme Court Justice War ren B. Hooker In the railroad acci dent near Utlca last Saturday morn ing may lead to the Indefinite post ponement of the assembly Judiciary committee's Investigation of the charges against the Justice was ad mitted last night by Assemblyman Fish of Madison, who Is chairman of the committee: "I have heard today from Justice Hooker's secretary," said Mr. Fish, "that Justlce.Hooker is seri ously Injured and that no ono Is al lowed as yet to see him." Private Wireless System. Schenectady, Feb. 7. The first pri vate wireless telegraph system In this country was put into operation at the local plant of the General Eloc trlc Co., and when tho station at the Lynn plant Is completed the company will discontinue all private wires. Several messages Intended for tho Cape Cod wireless station were re ceived by the local operator nnd In less than a week private messages of the company will be flashed from this city to tho River works on tho out skirts of Lynn, Mass. Bat M.iaterson Appointed Marshal. New York, Feb. 7 United States Marshal Henkcl nnnounced that Will iam B. Mastorson, known as "Bat" Masterson, will bo appointed a depu ty United States marshal for this ilistrict. Masterson was town marshal of Dodge City, Kan., and sheriff of Ford county In that state In tho old "bad man" days and made a reputa tion for dealing with lawless charac ters with a stern hand. British Cruiser Squadron. London, Feb. 7. The second cruiser iquadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battonberg, will be in spected by tho king off Portsmouth at the end of tho month nnd It will then slnrt on a crulso of several months with the object of showing thu British flag in distant waters. Tho Bquadron will viwit American ports among others. How Ilie Simikrr I'nllnhra 11 In IMpe. "One of the fads of (lie dyed "in the wool pipe smoker is to have a dazzling polish on his pipe, mill It's curious how he puts the gloss on," said a tobacco dealer. "Watch a veteran pipe smoker close ly nnd you se-e him occasionally rub the bowl of his pipe against Ills face, usually on cneh side of bis nose. That's how be puts the polish 011. The bent of the brier and the oil of the skin against which it Is rubbed work up a rich gloss. A smoker's favorite pipe, you will find, 1ms the sheen of rose wood. It Likes mouths of rulibiii'.; to woik up a looking glass polish, nnd the longer the practice Is Indulged In the more shiny the pipe becomes. I don't know who originated the Idea, but nil old smokers are on' to It, and the pride they take In their polished pipes Is nninziiig."- Philadelphia Record. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the Worhi. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In 8ms II 6pace and Ar ranged With Special Regard For th Convenience of the Reader Who hai Little Time to Spare. Wednesday. . Charles M. Schwab Is ready to close regotlations with Russia for $100,000, 000 worth of armor plate and other naval accessories. The United States supreme court granted a writ of certloral In the caso of E. H. Harrlman vs. the Northern Securities company. A bill Introduced In the New Jer sey legislature forbids licensing au tomobiles capable of running more than 20 miles an hour. A bomb was discovered in front of the residence of Prince Troubetskoy of Russian embassy In Paris, and an other exploded In the Palace de la Republique, wounding 10 persons. A burglar, Identified as Edward J. Bannon, a former convict, was shot dead In Boston by a policeman after he had broken into a saloon in com pany with another man. The second burglar escaped. Thursday. The police enumeration of tho in habitants of Schenectady shows that its population is 55.382. In 1900 it was 31.C82. It is reported from Berlin that the Russian advance has not been wholly checked, Kuropatkln still holding the captured villages . In Washington it was said that the outlook for an .open break between the president and the senate in the matter of railroad rate legislation was serious Four more supposed wives of Johann Hoch have been discovered. The to tal is now 29,' not counting two In Brooklyn regarding whom the police have heard only rumors. Richard Croker. arrived on the Kaisor Wilhelm dor Grosse from Eng land to attend tho funeral of his son, Frank Croker, who was killed while speeding an automobile, in Florida. Friday. Last count of wives of Johann Hoch, a prisoner In New. York awaiting ex tradition to Chicago, Is 33. Maxim Gorky, the author who was arrested shortly ajfter the disturbances at St. Petersburg- Jan. 22, has been released from custody. Governor Bell has granted a re prieve till June 2 for Mrs. Rogers, con demned to be hanged at Windsor, Vt., today for murder of her husband. The Cleveland Electric Railway company will discontinue its- two weeks' trial of a 3-cent fare within a two-mile zone at tho end of this week. Japanese field surgeon? and hospit als have achieved a trfiHnph. There have been In the entire arjny of Gen- erat Oku since tne tanning on May u only 40 deaths from disease. Saturday. ' ' Venezuelan affairs are approaching a crisis, owing lo President Castro'S refusal to ndnilt American claims. Mr. Schwab, according to reports from St. Petersburg, has been called to aid tho Russian government in cre ating a new navy. Johann Hoch, tho so-called Chicago "Bluebeard," was arraigned In Jeffer son Market court and remanded to await requisition papers. Jules Roy, owner of a French res taurant at Olean, was suffocated whilo asleep In his room, having Inhaled tho fumes of gas from an open stovo. Inquiry by the Prussian government as to Issuing a loan based on the coal mines Is said to indicate tho possibil ity of tho government purchasing tho mines. Monday. Both tho Russians and tho Japa nese report successes In the continu ous fighting along tho Sliakhe river. "Pittsburg Phil" was burled In Alle gheny, Pa., Sunday. Tho remains were placed In the $30,000 mausoleum he built six years ago.: General Kuropatkln, according to St. Petersburg reports, has asked to be relieved, whilo General Grlpenberg's action Is sharply criticised. Pension Is urged for Colonel George O. Pride, last survivor of General Grant's brilliant staff, jiow living as a recluse lu un Indiana town. Display of force, it is feared In Washington, may be tho only means uf bringing the Venezuelan govern ment to listen to claims of American citizens. Tuesday. C. T. Bcckwlth, president of tlio defunct Citizens' National bank of OI erlln, O., died from heart trouble. Mr. Bcckwlth was about 05 years old. Christopher Smith made a full con fession in New York concerning (he bold up cases, and says he did tho work for plcasifre and not for money. The government of Argentina ex pects to re-establish order In a few days. The revolutionary bands hive been victorious In Mendoza, but strong forces will bo sent there to restoro pence. General Kuropatkln reports that boih armies in Manchuria arc strength tning their position, while Tokio ad vice's give reports of serious skirmish s in which the Japanese say they ore ictoriotis. BETRAYED "MAFIA" SECRETS. Love For a Girl Causes a Man to Tell What He Knows of the Black Hand. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 6. Through the lovo of a girl the authorities of Lackawanna county have obtained tho secrets of the "Mafia" society which reigned In Carbondale and which they are now endeavoring to crush. . One of the loaders of tho society, Joseph Colandre, who Is a prisoner in tho Lackawanna jail, has made a detailed confession In the hope of being re leased or getting only a short term. Tho confession was obtained by his sweetheart, Rosa Romaine, whom he was to have married In June, and who for, several days has been plead ing with him to tell the authorities all he knows. Not until Santo Carisaro had been found guilty and sentenced to five years and nlno months In jail, and Frank Muncula had pleaded guilty and had been sentenced to four years and nine months did Colandre weak en and tell the secrets of tho society. Colandro said the organization was known to the members merely as "the society" and not as the Mafia. He told District Attorney Lewis that he had been forced to join tho gang under threat o' 'U-nth, and that he was com pelled, In order to protect himself, to go with them when they cornered a man and niado him disgorge after threatening him with Injury or tell ing him his throat would bo cut. Ho named John Costa of New York city as the head of the society, who Issued all tho orders and to whom tho money collected was turned over. Frank Moucula, who pleaded guilty, ho says, was the leader of tho Carbon dalo society and tho personal repre sentative of Costa. Ho named other members of tho society. Colandro gave the district attorney a list of the victims, the money they paid, tho threats made against them, and every little detail of tho ramifications of tho society which he knew. These facts will now aid greatly in tho prosecution of the several prisoners awaiting trial. . This confession may effect Colan dre's release after a short term, but makes him subject to tho vengeance of the Mafia, and threats have already been niado. Frank Muncula said flvo years in prison was not long enough to make him forget, and that when he came out he would "fix" the man who has betrayed the society. MRS. CHADWICK'S CREDITOR8. Referee Remington Notifies Those Who Are Known of a Meeting; Cleveland, Feb. C Tho threo days allowed Mrs. Chadwick to file with tho bankruptcy court a list of her credi tors, with tho amount of their claims, expired Saturdny wltjiout action on tho part of Mrs. Chadwick. As a result, Receiver Loeser will now prepare a Hat of creditors, so far as can bo learned, und tho sums duo to them. Refereu Remington early this week will notify all tho known creditors of Mrs. Chadwick to meet each other, probably on Feb. 16, to elect a trustee to take permanent charge of the Chadwick estate. Jt Is understood that a majority of the creditors are In favor of continu ing Mr. Loeser, tho. present receiver, InAchargo of the property. " AS"Afrs. Chadwick's roquest, Re cefvtXoeser called upon her at tho countervail, In company with her coun sel, P. D. Quigley. . Mrs. Chadwick said all her credi tors would bo paid dollar for dollar. Sho remonstrated with tho customs authorities for seizing the ivories, laces and other nrtlcles In her homo on tho ground that they had been brought Into tho United States with out the payment ef duty. Mrs. Chad wick said that sho would provo that duty had been paid on tho goods. Mrs. Chadwick was told of the seri ous Illness of Banker C. T. Bcckwlth, president of thu Citizens' National bank of Oberlin. Sho was much dis tressed. Pleas For Mrs. Edwards. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 4. Tho re prieve by Governor Bell of Vermont of Mrs. Mary Rogers, who was to bo hanged yesterday, has brought to Governor Pennypacker telegrams from all over the country usklng him to re prieve Miff. Kato Edwards, under sentence of death In Reading on Feb. 1C. These telegrams nro of a most ploadlng chnracter and say that now that Mrs. Rogers has been reprieved tho governor should do the same for Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. Edwards' caso rests with tho board of pardons, and that body will not meet until the duy before that set for Mrs. Edwards' hanging. Tho governor has no au thority to grant a pat don or commute a sentence, except rpon tho written rocouimendution of tho board. Cleveland to Try 4-Cent Fares. Cloveland, Feb. (i. Beginning Mon day the Cloveland Electric Railway company is carrying passingers th! full distance of tlia several lines of Its tracks in tills city for 4 ceints. Should a transfer he required tho fare will be five cctils. The new (are sup plauls tin! cxpoi iment with a 3 cent faro within a two-mile zone, a system which, according to President Andrews of the company, has proved neither profitable) to the company nor popu lar with Hie people. No formal state' nient as lo the ileliulte results of the two weeks' experiment with u-ccuc faro has been prepared. Wasliiulou, Pa. Robert V. Cham bers of Washington died of injuries leeched in the Crlllin's tin mill. Uo whs cinifjii by a belt mul thrown against a boiler.