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Third Monday of November. t'kurrk an4 Mnbbnlh Hrhool. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:15 a. in. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath eveulnif by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Chnrch every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. R. A. Zabnlser, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Rev." Dr. Paul J. SloiiHker. Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourtu Tuesdays of each incnth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi'-NESTA LODGE, No. 361), I. O.O. F. 1 Meet every Tuesday evening, lu Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. I .) REST LODGE, No. 184, A. O. U. W., I Meets every Friday evening lnA.O.U. W. Hall, Tionesta. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 O. A. R. Moots 1st and 3d Monday evening in each month, in A. O. U. W. Hall, Tlouesta. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets tirst and third Wodnesday evening of each mouth, In A. O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa. rpiONESTATENT, No. Iti4, K. O. T. 1 M., meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each mouth in A. O. U. W . hall Tionesta, Pa. F. RITCHEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTO KN E Y-AT- L A W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. An .BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Olllne in Artier Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. J W. MORROW, M. D., Physician, Surgeon A Dentist. Office and Residence three doors north of Hotel Aguew, Tionesta. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. D It. F.J. UOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TION EST A, PA. DR. J.C.I UNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIST. Office over nitre, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Oerow's restaurant. D R. J. 15. SIGQINS, Phys u an and surgeon, - ' OIL CITY, PA. H. E. McKINLEY. Hardware, Tinning Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa SJ. SKTLEY. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a complote line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, eto. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complote change, and is now furnished with all the mod ern Improvements. . Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, eto. The.oomrorts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, UEROW A (IE ROW Proprietor. Tiouseta, Pa. This is the niostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modem Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveliug publio. First class Livery in connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, is prepared to do alj Kinds of custom work Iroin the linest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, ami prices rea sonable. JORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. CUHES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS $ Best fJcueh Synip. Tastes Good. J Use In lime. Sold by druggiets. m, JAPS HAD ADVANTAGE. Kuropatkin Failed In Advance Flank Movement. Delusion Among Russian Peasants. Dr. Osier's Early Retirement Theory. Bacteria In Money Disastrous Fires Double Tragedy at Corning. Senate Called In Special Session. An action of no mean proportions la In progress on the Russian left flank. The advantage thus far Is on the side of the Japanese, though at heavy coHt. From advices from the front It Is dllllcult to say how severe the losses have been or how decisive the re verso, and whether the Japanese are likely to attempt to drive la the Rus sian left much further. General Kuropatkin evidently has been trying to establish his left flank far In advance, to command the cross ings of the Taltse river, the opera tion being a counterpart of General Grlppenberg's movement on 'the right flank to secure the fords' of the Hun river preparatory to the breaking up of the Ice in the spring. The sceue of the operations is 50 miles southeast of Mukden, beyond Da pass, an important defile command ing the road to Fusan. Both armies occupying apparently Impregnable po sitions on the centers. General Kuro patkin eviuently planned to inaugu rate widely sweeping operations on both Hanks, but the Japanese coun tered hard. According to a Vladivostok dispatch the entrance to that harbor is open, and the squadron, which is seaworthy, is apparently taking no risks but is saving its strength for co-operation with Vice Admiral RoJestvensUy's squadron. Delusion Among Russian Peasants. A dangerous movement has been observed among the Russian peas antry of some of the southern prov inces, where revolutionary agitators are circulating reports that the em peror will on March 4 issue a mani festo providing for a general division of lands. Funeral of Grand Duke Sergius. Great precautions were observed in the obsequies of Grand Duke Sergius at Moscow Thursday morning and in connection with the service in the chapel of the Alexander palace at Tsnrskoc-Selo at the same 'hour. The attendance at Moscow was limited and the body of the grand duke was interred in one of the several chapels of the monastery where It now lies. Foreign sovereigns intending to send personal representa tives received an Intimation that the presence of such representatives in the existing painful circumstances would be embarrassing. Dr. Osier's Sensational Dictum. Dr. W'illlam Osier of the Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore, whose "age limit" address at the commemorative exercises of Ihe uni versity last Wednesday has "been tho subject of widespread comment gave out the following statement: ': "I have been so misquoted in the papers that I should like to make, the following statement: "First I did not say that men at CO should be chloroformed. That was the point In the novel to which I re ferred, and on which the plot hinged. "Second Nothing In the criticisms have shaken my conviction that, the telling work of the world has been done and Is done by men under 40 years of age. The exceptions, 'which have been glvea only Illustrate the rule. "Thirdly It would bo for the "gen eral good If men at CO were -"'relieved from active work.. We should miss tho energies of some young-old men,, but on the whole, It would be of the greatest service to the sexagenaries themselves." Bacteria In .Dirty Money. Paper money will carry disease germs for one month; metal money will carry them 24 hours, according to the conclusion of Dr. T. Darlington, president of the New York city board of health, who has been experiment ing with bacteria on money and who presented the result to the house com mittee on banking and currency. Tho germs of only two diseases have been experimented with consumption and diphtheria and both of theso may be communicated from ono per son to another on money. Dr. Darlington presented the con clusion of the advisory committee of the New York city board of health "that It is desirable In the interest of public health that soiled bills be with drawn from circulation as soon as practicable." The hearing was before a sub-committee which has under considera tion several "clean money" bills. No action was taken. Defendant Claims Legation Exemption. Rudolfe Roth, a student at Cornell, contests payment of a hotel bill for lunches, on the ground that he is an attache of the Argentine legation at Washington. The hotel proprietor sued Roth for the amount of the al leged, debt and Roth entered a de fense that he Is an Infant under the direct control of the Argentine minis ted, Senor Don Martin G. Merou, and further that beennse of treaties be tween the United States and the Ar gentine Republic he Is not subjected to the jurisdiction of a local t;our(. The plaintiff's attorney was granted a motion for the appointment of a commission to take testimony from Minister Merou, at Washington, to substantiate the defendant's claim. Hot Springs Conflagration. The first estimates of damage done by tho great conflagration Saturday at Hot Springs, Ark., were not ex aggerated. More than 40 city blocks were destroyed by the flames, and the most conservative estimates place the loss at a million and a half dollars, while several insurance men say the figures will reach two million. Three unknown bodies rucove.-pd are the only known fatalities. $3,0OC,OCO Fire at New Orleans. The Stuyvesant docks, the exten sion terminal of the Illinois Central op. the river front at New Orleans, were swept by fire Sunday night. The two large grain elevators,',holding about a million bushels, were des troyed early, and tho other yards were attacked. It is Bald the loss will reach fully $3",000,000. Operation on Dr. Harper. Dr. William R. Harper, president of Uie University of Chicago, underwent a serious surgical operation In the Presbyterian hospital In that city. He Is afflicted with cancer. The condition of - President W. R. Harper of the University of Chicago, who was operated on last week for cancer, is said to be improv ing. In a bulletin Issued by attend ing physicians It was stated that Dr. Harper was making satisfactory pro gress toward recovery, all nausea hay ing disappeared. The patient took fluid nourishment and slept restfully. Man Who Was With Custer Convicted. William McGee, said to be the last white survivor of the Custer massacre on the Little Big Horn river, was found guilty in New York city of manslaughter In the first degree Friday night In the criminal branch of the supreme court. He was ac cused of fatally stabbing Frank... Mit chell, his roommate, on Dec. 10, after a quarrel. After recovering from his wounds In the Custer massacre, Mc Gee served with General Miles In the Nez Perces campaign. McGee al leged that the stabbing was In jel defense. Ha was remanded for-"Sentence. Piatt Suit Dismissed. The suit of John R. Piatt, the oc togenarian millionaire of New York city, to compel Hannah Elias, negress, to return to him $085,000 which he alleges he gave to her dur ing a period extending over 25 years, was dismissed by Justice 0"Corman In the supreme court. Justice O'Gorman said the case was absolutely without evidence to sustain Piatt's allegation that the money was obtained from hlra by means of threats of bodily harm and exposure of their relations. Double Tragedy at Corning. Edward Keating, a wellknown mln Btrel man who has traveled with vari ous companies, shot and killed James Fulford on the streets of Corning, N. Y., Thursday night and. then commit ted suicide by taking carbolic acid. Fulford recently married Mabel Preston, and Keating accused him of stealing his girl. They had had trouble previously over the affair and had engaged in personal encounters. Both- were young men, well known In Corning and in Elmlra. Investigation Will Be Thorough. President Roosevelt assure! Mr. Campbell of Kansas that all of the power of his administration necessary would be used In the Investigation he is undertaking through the bureau, of corporations Into the affairs of the Standard Oil company, to the end that tho small producer, dealer and con sumer alike shall have fair treatment, and that at the same time no Injustice shall be done the Standard Oil com pany or any other concern. Electrocuted at Telephone. Charles Holton, aged 28, night fore man at "Woodward avenue car house bf the ..Detroit United railway, was electrocuted ' while using the railway company's private telephone line. It was evident that the 'phone current had become "crossed with the current used for operating the cars. The telephone burned for three minutes after Holton had staggered away from it to fall dead. Preparing For Inauguration. Washington is assuming holiday at tire in honor of tho approaching inau guration ceremonies. Flags and bunt ing are being flung from tho fronts of buildings especially .along historic Pennsylvania avenue, over which the parade is to pass. Reviewing stands rapidly are rising along tho avenue, covering tho entire line of march from Seventeenth street to the Capitol. Senate Called In Special Session. President Roosevelt has Issued a proclamation convening the United States senate in special session at 12 o'clock noon on March 4 next to "re ceive such communications as may be made by the executive." . 1 ' House Passed Naval Bill. The house, after a seven-hour ses sion, passed the naval appropriation bill, carrying a total of $99,914,359. The provision for two battleships, as reported by the committeo on naval affairs, was retained. Richard Croker Sails For England.- Richard Croker, accompanied by his youngest son, Herbert, sailed for Eng land Saturday morning on the Cunard liner C'ampuuiu COLLAPSE OF FLOORING. Thirteen People Killed and 50 Injured at Funeral Service. Half of the Auditorium Collapsed, Car rying Down 100 Persons Who Were Crushed In the Wreckage of Floor ing and Pews Structure Was Con demned Several Years Ago. New York, Feb. 28. Thirteen per sons wore killed and upwards of 60 others Injured, some probably fatally, by the collapse of the flooring of the Fleet Street African M. E. Zion church in Bro&klyn last night. Of those killed 10 were women, two men and one child. The building was an ancient ram shackle frame structure erected CO years ago In the heart of the colored section of Brooklyn, in Fleet street sear Myrtle avenue. Arrangements had been made to hold the funeral services of Sydney Tainter, one of the older members of the church, and the auditorium, which is on the second floor of the building, the ground floor being used by the Sunday school, was crowded with an audience of upwards of 300 persons, of whom the majority were women. The congregation was waiting in si lence for the arrival of the body and Pastor Jacobs was standing at the al tar, awaiting the summons to meet the funeral procession at the door, iCRen a sharp cracking of timbers was heard and in in Instant the half of the auditorium nearest the door col lapsed, carrying down more than 100 persons, who were crushed in the wreckage of tho flooring and pews. A great -volume of dust for a few mo ments hid from view the victims. The remainder of (he audience find ing themselves cut off from the door and expecting every instant that the rest of the flooring would collapse un der them, fought madly to reach the windows and in some Instances per sons leaped from them and sustained serious injuries. On the arrival of the police and fire men the work of resrue began. Those remaining uninjured on the portion of the floor remaining Intact were taken from the windows by means of lad ders. Those lying in the mass of wreckage on the lower floor could only be got at after the firemen had hewed their way to them with axes. Out of the wreck 10 bodies were re covered and taken to a station house and about 30 persons were removed to the Brooklyn hospital, where three women died soon after being admit ted. All the ambulances in Brooklyn were called out and about a score of tbose hurt were able to go home after their Injuries had been attended to. Heartrending scenes were witnessed in the station house, which was thronged with relatives and friends who came to identify the dead. Those killed were: Bertha Green, Teresa Ellis, Samuel Chisholm, Anna Bean, Anna Sullivan, Louisa Smith, Mary Scott, four unidentified women, one unidentified child, one unidentified man. The cause of the collapse was the decayed condition of the beams and supports of the flooring. Policeman Killed School Teacher. Chicago, Feb. 28. Daniel Herman, a policeman, shot and Instantly killed a school teacher, Miss Minnie Mul veil, on the street yesterday. Miss Mulveil was a teacher lu St. James' parochial school. While walking home from school she was approached by Herman. The two spoke together for some time. Finally angry voices were heard. Herman was seen to draw a revolver, point it directly at tho teacher and fire. Miss Mulveil fell dead on the sidewalk. Herman escaped. It is said Miss Mulveil had refused to marry Jlerman. Walker Defended Commission. Washington, Feb. 28. Admiral Walker, chairman of the Panama ca nal commission, In an Interview jus tified every act of the commission In the mntter of purchases and sup plies. The railroad company had many outstanding contracts when It was absorbed by the government and by getting the supplies through the medium of its purchasing agent the commission, he said, saved money, expedited the delivery of the goods, and obeyed the spirit of the instruc tions of tho president. Breach of Neutrality Auaided. Washington, Feb. 28.-T1J Inoimce mcnt that the Russian VrfArnment has directed tho three naval officers who broke their parole and escaped from the Lena at San Francisco to re turn to that ship was received with gratification at tho navy department, principally because Admiral McCalla will be relieved of the necessity of abridging tho shore leaves of the Lena's officers and crews in tho fu ture. The state department is Re lieved from apologizing to Japan for permitting a breach of neutrality. Extradition of Louie Lauer. Salem, Ore., Feb. 28. Governor Chamberlain Issued a warrant for the extradition of Louie Utucr, arrested in Pendleton, Ore., and wanted in Delaware comity, Ohio, where he Is charged with sending a letted by means of which it is alleged $ii,0U0 was obtnincd by fraud from W. II. Will lams of Buffalo, N. Y. Lauer, It Is charged, fraudulently represented that b had eight carloads of cattle for sale. M. GORKY'S KEARRE8T. Freed Yesterday but Immediately Again Taken Into Custody. St. Petersburg, Feb. 28. Maxim Gorky, had but a short glimpse of lib erty yesterday. Released on $5,000 ball, ho was immediately rearrested and conveyed to a place of confinement pending deportation to some distant city or province, where his continued residence, it is thought, will be less dangerous to the welfare of the gov ernment than it would be here. The release of M. Gorky was ef fected by order of Governor General Tropoff who, after the friends of the writer had overcome obstacle after ob stacle and won the grudging assent of the hiearchy and officials, signed the mandate admitting him to bail. The arrest was the act of the all powerful governor general, who is un willing to allow such a firebrand to be at large In the capital of which prac tically he Is the supreme ruler. M. Gorky knew nothing of the gov ernor general's decision when the doors of the cell which had been his heme for the past five weeks swung open. His disappointment, therefore, was pitiable when, just as he was passing out of the great gate of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, he again was -arrested. His appearance indicated that his health had suffered from the effects of his confinement, even though the rig ors of prison diet had been relaxed In his favor. In the custody of two officers of the department of secret police, which is charged with the protection of mem bers of the imperial family, M. Gorky was placed in a closed carriage and conveyed to the headquarters of the secret police, In a house formerly be longing to the poet Pushkin, where he will remain at present, pending the re ceipt of orders assigning his place of future residence. Disappointed as was M. Gorky at the outcome of the day's business, he was no more so than were his wife atid children, who having been In formed of the decision to release him on bail, awaited his return home for hours. When the correspondent Inst night visited the apartments occupied by the author's family the windows were brilliantly lighted In honor of the anticipated appearance of the hus band and father. Madame Pleshkoff was at the door the Instant the bell sounded, not wait ing for her servant to answer the summons, and an 8-year-old son of the author darted out from an adjoining room. She concealed her disappointment bravely when informed of the re arrest of her husband, and forced her self to smile as she discussed the probable place of his exile, saying she hopes it will be where the climate is 8i'ch that her husband's health will not suffer, as it did In his former ex ile, when he was forced to appeal for permission to change his residence to the milder climate of the Crimea. Japanese Crossed the Shakhe. St. Petersburg, Feb. 28. According to the Mukden dispatches the Japa nese Sunday evening crossed the Shakhe river, but the place of cross ing was eliminated by the censor. The advance was checked by Rus sian reinforcements. This Is the most important news from the scene of the war today. . Fighting is continuing on the Russian left flank, with indica tions that.. tho Japanese are planning a demonstration against the center, but Russians believe their positions are impregnable. Filipino Progressive Association. New York, Feb. 28. Announcement is made of the formation of the Fili pino Progress association, the pur poses of which are declared to be: "To procure and disseminate Informa tion concerning the Industrial, com mercial and political conditions In the Philippine islands; to promote legis lation favorable to the Filipinos and to promote the fulfilment of tho hope expressed by President Roosevelt In his message that the Philippine Is lands 'shall stand In some such rela tion to the United States as Cuba now stands.'" Jacob G. Schurman Is president of the association; Horace White, treasurer, and a long list of vlco presidents Includes Andrew Car negie, President C. W. Eliot, Cardinal Gibbons, President David Starr Jor dan and Professor Henry Van Dyke. Charged With Forging Money Order. Watertown, N. Y-., Feb. 28. Anna Sanford was arrested here on a bench warrant Issued upon an Indictment for forgery found by the United States grand jury last week at Albany, charg ing her with the forging of the name of Mrs. Roy Fitzgerald to a $5 postal money order issued at Carthage Dec. 20 last and paid hero tho following day. The defendant gave bonds to ap pear before the United States district court .at Syracuse.'Aprll 4. School Commissioner Removed. Albany, Feb. 28. State Commis sioner Draper has removed George Turner Miller from tho office of state school commissioner of Chemung county, on tho ground of neglect of duty. Dr. Draper announces that Mil ler received $24 from tho statu to pay a bill for coal consumed at a teachers' Institute held at Horseheads and failed during 13 months to pay the person entitled to receive the money. McKelway Lectured on Journalism. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 28. St. Clair McKelway, editor of tho Brook lyn Eagle, delivered the lecture on journalism in the Bromley course at Yale last nii;ht. There was a largo HUdlenco. Mr. McKelway was intro duced by President llailley. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In 8mll 8pace and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who hat Little Time to Spar. Wednesday. Two Cleveland councilman are ac cused by Mayor JohnBon of having accepted bribes. Both Nationalists and Ulster mem bers In the house of commons attack ed Mr. Balfour's, ministry for its Irish administration. Stock of the Standard Oil company shrinks $21,000,000 in value following attacks made upon the corporation by tre legislatures of various states. Only one body has so far been taken from the Virginia mines, near Birmingham, Ala. It is now said that the exact number of men entombed by the explosion Is 110. Professors and students of the University of St. Petersburg decided to stop studies until autumn and passed resolutions demanding a na tional assembly and universal suff rage. Thursday. The headquarters of the Japanese armies in Manchuria reports a contin uance of the Russian bombardment of various parts of the Japanese line. Kerrison M. Davles, a large can ner of fruits and vegetables at Will iamson, Wayne county, is bankrupt. His debts are scheduled at $114,400 and his assets at $51,052. President Roosevelt and Emperor William yesterday received the degree of doctor of laws from the University of Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt delivered a patriotic address. According to a St. Petersburg dis patch Russia would make peace on the basis of Port Arthur going to Ja pan, Manchuria, as far as Harbin, to be restored to China, and Vladivostok to be an open port, but would not pay an indemnity. Friday. France's gift to the nation of a bust of George Washington was unveiled in the Capitol in Washington. Eighty-three bodies of victims of Monday's explosion have been taken from the Virginia mine,- near Birming ham, Ala. The Emperor of Russia has elected to continue the war. His position is absolutely firm and the German court has been advised In that sense. Many members of congress are re ported Interested In Indian oil land leases and 'worried over possible dis closures in the investigation of the Standard Oil company. Jonathan Ross, former U. S. senator from Vermont, died In hospital from Injuries received on Tuesday when his wife was killed by a train striking their sleigh at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Saturday. Piercing of the Simplon tunnel through the Alps was completed. The work was commenced in 1898. Dr. Thomas Darlington of Now York told a house committee that diphtheria and consumption germs thrive in dirty paper money. Johnnn Hoch was held without ball by a coroner's Jury In Chicago en a charge of murdering Mario Welker Hoch, his next to last wife. Warsaw and Lodz are cut off from Europe, all train service being sus pended; terrible murders are reported from Baku and the Black sea .fleet has bombarded some rebellious towns. Henry J. Pierce of Buffalo and Nel son Robinson, a New York capitalist, and their friends have bought con trol of the International Traction compnny, which Is the holding com pany of the Buffalo International Rail way company. Monday. Anarchy prevails in the Caucasus. Assassination Is rife and a movement for a republic has been started. Vast irrigation system, with the Snnke river as its bnsls, opens Wed nesday, and will reclaim 271,000 add acres In the state of Idaho. Richard Croker la sailing from New York announces that he never will live in England again, but will make his home in Ireland, with occasional visits to the United States. Noth sea commission in Paris de cides that Admiral Rojestvensky's Baltic fleet was not Justified In firing on the Hull trawlers, and that there were no hostile torpedo boats about at the time. Tuesday. General Kuropatkin reports that hla forces have suffered defeat at Tsln hetchen and that the Japanese are menacing tho passes held by his troops. Governor Illgglns began an Investi gation of charges that pulp mill men had denuded hundreds of acres of Ad irondack forests of th timber in vio lation of tho law. Engineering committee of tho isth mian commission reports In favor of a sea level canal, declaring that cost and time can bo greatly reduced by use of American machinery. Tho senate, sitting as a court of Im peachment for trial of Judge Charles Swayne of Florida, acquitted him on all of the 12 articles of Impeachment brought by the house of repicueatu-Jves. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Held on Tuesday Throughout the StaW of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Municipal elections were held yesterday through out the state of Pennsylvania, Fine weather prevailed In nearly all sec tions and a fairly heavy vote was cast in places where there were contests. The electors In Philadelphia voted' for a city solicitor, 15 police magis trates, councllmen and school direc tors. John L. KInsey, the present city solicitor, was elected by tho Republi cans for his fourth term of three years, by a largo majority. In the selection of 15 magistrates the minority, under the law, Is entitled to five. The Republicans nominated 10 candidates, the Democrats five and the city party, a reform organization recently started, also named candi dates. . All tho Republicans and five Dem ocrats were elected. The Interest in the election was the contest made by the city party. It was asserted and not denied that the Republican or ganization leaders requested their followers to assist the Democrats in the election of the latter'a candidates for magistrates in ordor to "defeat the city party's nominee. In many of the Interior cities thera were exciting contests. In most ln stanees party lines were overlooked, the rontests centering on local issuot. Harrlsburg elects E. Z. Gross, Rep , for mayor over Dr. John A. Frltchey, Dem. The present Democratic mayor, Vance McCormlck, and his frienla supported the Republican candidate. Chester elects William H. Berry, a F"ilcn candidate for mayor, over the Republican candidate, although the city gave Roosevelt 6,000 majority. Easton changes to a Republican city by electing Professor Francis A. March of Lafayette college for mayor. Lancaster regular Republicans re tail, control of all offices against fusion of Democrats and Independent Republicans. Allentown elected Dr. Alfred Yost, Dem., mayor. Reading elected Edwin R. Gerbrr, Dem., mayor In a threo-cornered con test. At Wllkesbarre, Fred C. Klrkendall, an editor, the Democratic candidate for mayor, is elected, although the Republican candidates for the other offices are elected. Altoona remains Republican, Simon H. Walker for mayor, and the other party candidates being successful. Johnstown changed from Repub lican to Democratic, Charles H. Young, the candidate of the latter party, bet ing elected mayor. At Scranton the Republicans elect ed Edward Elsie city controller, tho only office at present occupied by a Democrat. At Lebnnon, E. A. Wlmer, Ind. Rep., candidate for mayor, was elected over William T. Atkins, tho regular Re publican candidate, by less than B0 votes. Dr. A. O. Hersh, the Demo cratic candidate, upset all calculations by his large vote. Strenuous Election In Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Feb. 22. Seldom has Pittsburg passed through a more strenuous election than that of yes terday when the Citizens (the party In power) and the regular Republi cans fought for supremacy by work ing every known political scheme in tho election of a controller. John B. Larkln, Citizen, has de feated Andrew McLean, Rep. Repub licans concede Larkln's eloctlon by 5,000 majority and tho Citizens claim it by 9.000. Disorders at tho polls In many of tho - arris reached the riot stage in some of tho precincts. One death from excitement Is reported. Only ono polling place In tho Seventh ward was kept open all day. In the first district the election Judge ordered the polls clrsed and the board was taken to court on a bench warrant The court ruled against tho election Judge and ordered tho polls reopened, but In the afternoon tho Judge of elec tions ngnln closed them. In the 14th district of tho 13th ward a row began about the tlmo for open ing tho polls and a chargo of ballot box stuffing followed. It Is said that a false bottom was found In the box and over 100 ballots Inside. The members of the board wero arrested and while being taken to the patrol box ranlel Dwyor, ono of the over seers, dropped dead from heart dls easo, aggravated by tho excitement The voters of tho district were au thorized to elect a new board and at 10 o'clock balloting was begun and carried through . without further trouble. Phlpps Adds to Gift. Baltimore, Md Feb. 27. Dr. Will iam Osier, professor of medicine in tho Johns Hopkins university, an nounced that Henry Phlpps of Pitts burg, donor of tho Phlpps' Tubercu losis dispensary of tho John Hopkins university, which was opened liiEt Tuesday, has contributed an additional $5,000 for further promoting the work of tho dispensary In combating the disease. Carnegie Offers $500,000. Washington, Feb. 27 It Is report ed that Andrew Carnegie has offered to glvo $500,000 to tho University of Virginia on the condition that tho au thorities of the Institution would raise a similar amount from other sources. Mr. Carnegie's offer. It la stated, will bo accepted. Drops From Third Story to Death. Erie, Pa., Feb. 27. George Schuee, a boy aged 1;! years, bung to an ele vator until the car reached tho third story, when lie dropped, crushing hla skull on u wugou and dying Instantly.
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