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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 24.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
fluivMia A. II. Dale.
Justices of the react-S. S. Caufield, S.
J. NhUhv.
Conncumen. J. B. Mime, J. W. Lan
ders, J. T. Dalo, W. V Kiumer, v. a.
Laiiwin, Oeo. Holemsn, G. T. Auderson.
Constable W. it. uoou.
f WMifor 8. J. Hetlev.
Sv.hool Director J. 0. Hcowden, R,
L. Haslet, E. W. Bowman, T. F. Kltohey,
A. C. Hrown, Dr. J. u, uuiin.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly J. II. Robertson.
;v. 7,;,fW. M. Lindsev.
Associate Judges W. U. H. Do'tterer,
r. X. Kreltlor.
Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, ete
J. C. (lelHt.
Sheriff. Geo. W. Noblit.
Treasurer W . II. Harrison.
Commissioners C. Burhenn, A. K
Shine, Henry Weingard.
IL. -.. Jllr M n. lrwlll.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Slbble,
Lewis Wanner.
Coroner Dr. J. W. Morrow.
County Auditors Vf. H. Stiles, Geo.
W. Holmimn, B. A. MoOloskey.
CVnnfV Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent U. W. Morri
son. ltesular Term ( Vmutt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptember.
Third Monday of November.
Ckurrh una Hnbbnlh 8rkl.
Presbyterian Sabbath Scliool nl 9:45 a.
in. ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath eveniuit by Rev.AV.O. Calhoun.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev.
It. A. Zshnlser, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Kev. Dr. Paul J. Slonaker, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourtu Tuesdays of each
jnonth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'PI' .N ESTA LODU E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
I .)REST LODGE, No. 181, A. O. U. W.,
I Meets every Friday evening lnA.O.U.
W. llall, Tlonesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274
O. A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
evoning In each month, in A. O. U. W.
Hall Tionesta.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month, In A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
rpiONESTA TENT, No. 164, K. O. T.
1 M., meels 2nd and 4th Wednesday
evening In each month iu A. O. U. V.
hall Tionesta, Pa.
KARL E. WENK,
DENTIST,
TIONESTA, PA.
All work guaranteed. Rooms over
Forest County National Bank.
RITCHEY A CARRINGER.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW.
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN, ,
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW.
Olliceln Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
J W. MORROW, M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon A Dentist.
Ollice and Residence three doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Profossioual
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
u
R. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIvr. Ottie.e over stsre,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Elm St., betwoen
Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
D
K. J. B. BIGGINS,
Physician and Surgeon,
J OIL CITY, PA.
H,
e. Mckinley,
Hardware, Tinning Jf Plumbing.
Tionesta, 'Pa
SJ. SKTLEY,
JUSTICE dF THE PEACE,
Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks
for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
etc. Tionesta, Pa.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
pENTRAL HOUSE,
KJ GEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tlonsela, Pa. This is the most contrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for tlio traveling public. first
class Livery in connection.
pilIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Simp in Walters building, Cor. Klin
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work Irom the finest to
tbe coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JORENZO FULTON,
Manufacturer ofand Dealer In
HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES,
And all kinds of
HORSE FURNISHING GOODS.
TIONESTA. PA.
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good.
Uso In time. Sold by druceist
LITTLE HOPE FOR PEACE
Feeling That Conference Has
Ended In Failure.
Russian Parliament Convoked Chance
For Norway Republic Webb Jay
Fatally Injured Train Went Over
a Bridge Eighteen Quarrymen
Bulged Panama Cunal Work.
Clack pessimism reigns at pres
ent at Portsmouth. The prevailing
view is that the fate of the peace
conference Is already sealed, that it
hus ended lu failure and that all that
now remains is for the plenlpoten-
liarles to meet on Tuesday, to which
day they adjourned upon completing
the seriatim consideration of the Jap
anese terms, sign the final protocol,
go through the conventions and bid
each other farewell. In other words
that the meeting Tuesday will be
what dlplomucy culls the "seanco
d'adicu."
The Japanese have been implacable
throughout the conference. They have
listened und explained but have yield
ed not an lota of the Biibstance of
their original demands. Mr. Witte ac
copied outright seven of the 12 Japa
nese conditions, one In principle, and
four, including the main issues, lndem-
nlty and Sakhalin, he rejected. The
other two, limitation or naval power
and the surrender of interned war
ships, might have been arranged had
there been any prospect of agreement
on the two points upon which the di
vergence seemed irreconcilable.
By Invitation Baron Rosen visited
Oyster Bay Saturday and had a two
hours' conference with the president.
Something is hoped from President
Roosevelt's Intervention.
Only Hope For Peace.
No news of developments in the
negotiations for peace has reached
President Roosevelt. The president's
great effort to bring about a success-
ful issue of the pence conference at
Portsmouth practically was concluded
with his conference Saturday with
Baron de Rosen.
The proposition then submitted will
have to lie passed upon not only by
the Russian envoys but probably by
Emperor Nicholas himself. On the
determination reached as to that pro
position likely will depend peace or an
indefinite continuation of hostilities
between the belligerents.
Whether an actual basis of compro
mlse was proposed by the president
cannot bo stated definitely. The only
thing thnt can be affirmed positively
Is that if Russia refuses to act upon
the suggestion of the proposition of
President Roosevelt the peace confep
ence will end In failure.
A Russian Parliament.
Emperor Nicholas announced the
grant to the people of Russia of a na
tional consultative assembly to be
formed by elected representatives from
the whole of Russia.
The paragraph of the first section
sets out the purpose of the new legis
lative body as follows:
"The douina Is established for the
preliminary study and discussion of
legislative propositions, which, ac
cording to the fundamental laws, go
up through the council of the empire
to the supreme autocratic authority."
Paragraphs 2 and 8 explain the com
position and organization of the douina
which is to bo formed of members
"elected by the population of the Rus
sian empire in accordance with the
election regulations."
Accidents In Church and Theater.
More than 500 men, women and
children were precipitated 15 feet
into a cellar by the Collapse of a plat
form Sunday at Pittsburg during the
exercises incident to the laying of the
corner stone of the Beth David Rus
sian Hebrew Orthodox synagogue in
Miller street near Washington. Nearly
all were cut and bruised, but It Is be
lleved none was fatally hurt.
Fifteen men were carried down by
the fnlling of a wall Sunday night in
the ruins of the Avenue theater, in
Pittsburg, which recently was de
stroyed by a fire. The men carried
down were all Italian laborers and 13
of them were taken from the wreckage
in a badly battered condition. At the
hospital physicians say none of the
victims will die but five of the num
ber are seriously hurt.
Webb Jay Fatally Injured.
Webb Jay of Cleveland was prob
ably fatally injured at Kenilworth
park, Buffalo, in the 10-mile automobile
race Friday.
At tlio throe-quarter of the fourth
mile Jay's car (lashed through tho
fence, down an embankment of 15
feet and Into a pool of water. It Is
believed that Jay was blinded by dust
and steered Into the fence. He was
driving about a mile a minute when
Oio accident happened.
lie was taken to ttin Gorman hos
pital, where it was found that nine
ribs are broken, one of his lungs is
punctured and his right femur Is frac
tured. Pneumonia and pleurisy will
sot In within 24 hours, and if he sur
vives them ho may live, the surgeons
say.
A Train Load of Lunatics.
The most strangely laden train,
perhaps, that ever traveled on a rail
road In any country steamed out of
New York Monday over tho New York
Central. With the exception of keep
ers, nurses and physicians, its passen
gers were all lunatics. The train
wits a special one. chartered by tho
state lunacy commission to transfer
600 patients from the Long Island
State hospital In Brooklyn to the hos
pitals at Rochester and Wlllard. Th?
transfer is necessitated by the over
crowded condition of the Brooklyn In
stitution. The majority of these pa
tients will go to Rochester, where tho
state has just completed building:
capable of accommodating 750 pa
tients.
Train Went Through a Bridge.
Between 20 and 30 negroes, occu
pying the first car on an Atlantic Coast
Idne excursion train from Klnston
N. C, to Norfolk, Va., were killed or
injured six miles from Norfolk short
ly after noon Thursday.
The train consisting of the engine
and six coaches plunged through an
open draw of the bridge at Bruce sta
tion, the engine and one coach being
completely submerged In about 12
feet of water.
Two More Bodies Recovered.
The bodies of two more victims of
thcKinston&Greenvllle railway wreck
of Thursday were found Sunday in
the Elizabeth river near the scene of
the accident, making 15 bodies recov
ered. The wrecked engine was raised
and placed on board the wrecking ap
paratus. It is believed that still
more bodies are in the river.
Chance For Norway Republic.
There is a possibility that the de
sire of a great majority of the people
of Norway for a republic will win in
tho end, according to Bjornstjerne
BJornson.
M. BJornson criticised the action of
the storthing whereby Norway was put
in the position of remaining a mon
archy In order to appease the Euro
pean monarchies, instead of being free
to establish a republic. The govern
ment has asked Prince Bernadotte'to
accept the throne. If he does not ac
cept it will make a similar offer to a
Danish prince, and if Sweden prevents
this plan from being carried out, said
M. BJornson, Norway will become a re
public,
Work on Panama Canal,
Replying to some recent state
ments that the suspension of digging
operations on the Panama canal has
been caused by the exhaustion of the
congressional appropriation for con
structing the isthmian waterway,
Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the
Panama commission, said:
"It is not true thnt there has bsen
any shortage, or that our plans for for
warding the work on the canal were
curtailed for lack of money recently
when an order was issued that the
building of terminals, of houses for the
employes, and of a better commissary,
should precede any further work la
the actual excavating of the canal."
Eighteen Quarrymen Burled.
A mass of limestone weighing thous
ands of tons slid from a side of the
quarry of Mill A of the Lehigh Port
land Cement company at Ormrod,
Pa., at noon Wednesday, Just five min
utes before time to quit work.
Twenty-seven men were at work in
the quarry, which Is a thousand feet
long, 150 feet across and 100 feet deep.
Only nine of the men got away
safely, four escaping by running up on
a mass of rock at the opposite side of
tho quarry. The remaining 18 were
huddled in a space 10 feet square, 12
being killed and six injured. Two of
the latter may die. All of the mea
are Slavonians.
Castro Wants to Fight.
The New York Tribune says: "Ven
ezuela hns placed orderse in Europe
for torpedo boats, guns and am
munition at the cost of about $2,
500,000, a larger amount than that lit
tle South American republic has ever
expended at one time for war ma
terial. 'An American who has just returned
from Venezuela is authority Tor the
statement that President Castro re
cently declared he was going to 'fight
the Yankee,' which explains the un
usually largo orders for ships, arms
and ammunition."
Reciprocal Tariff League.
The reciprocity conference at Chi
cago called to devise means of
bettering the trade relations between
the United States and foreign coun
tries finished Its work, arranged for
a committee of 15 to prosecute the
plans of the convention and formed a
permanent organization to be styled
the American Reciprocal Tariff lengue.
The resolutions adopted advocate a
maximum and minimum tariff and
suggest that reciprocal concessions
be arranged by a permanent tariff
commission to be created by congress
and to bo appointed by tho president.
Fatal Auto Accident at Newport
Wiuson Walsh, son of T. F. Walsh of
Washington, was killed and four oth
er prominent young members of tho
Newport summer colony were Injured
n an automobile accident at Newport,
R. I., Saturday afternoon.
The automobile which was driven
by young Walsh struck the railing of
a bridge spanning a creek near East-
rn Point and plunged into the water.
The machine turned over and the oc
cupants were buried under it.
Minor Opened the Switch.
Coroner Slgelstein at Cleveland
has rendered a verdict in connection
with the wreck of the 20th century
limited on the Lake Shore railroad at
Mentor, O., on the night of June 23
In which 19 lives were lost. He
reaches the conclusion that Minor, the
night operator, opened the switch, but:
Whether he did so of his own voli
tion or by telegraphic orders of a su
perior officer, I am uot prepared to
lay.
BENNINGTON DISASTER.
Findings of the Court of Inquiry
a Surprise.
Court Finds Explosion Was Caused b
Shutting Off Valve Connecting
Boiler With Steam Gauge Instead ot
Valve on the Air Cock as Intended
Boilers Not Defective.
Washington, Aug. 22. Socretarj
Bonaparte has received and made pub
lic the proceedings and findings of the
court of inquiry which Investigated
the explosion on the gunboat Benning
ton at San Diego, Cal., on, July 21
The findings were a complete surprise,
for they at once set at rest stories tc
the effect that the Bennington's boil
ers and perhaps those of other naval
vessels of the same age were defec
tive.
The court found the explosion re
sulted from the closing of a valve
which connected the exploded boilei
with Its steam gauge so that the pres
sure on that boiler may have been
several hundred pounds to the square
Inch when the accident occurred.
While praise was accorded to the
officers and ship's company for the
conduct during the harrowing scenes
following the accident, the officer and
men who were responsible in the opin
ion 'of the court are pointed out and
court martial proceedings suggested
In the case of only one of them sur
viving, Ensign Charles T. Wade.
The court consisted of Commodore
Stevenson, retired, and Captain E. J.
Moore and Captain Thomas S. Phelps.
The finding recites the arrival of the
Bennington at San Diego and says:
"The ship was in an excellent state
of discipline and in a good and effi
cient condition with the exception ot
her boilers, which were In fair condi
tion and efficient, considering their
age (about. 14 years and the use to
which they had been subjected."
Valve Closed Instead of Air Cock.
Continuing the court says:
"About 9:20 on July 21, after both
boilers had been filled and the furn
aces started, it was observed that the
steam gauge on boiler B showed
about five pounds of steam pressure,
and at this time Oiler Frank De Cour
tanl, acting as water tender, directed
D. N. Holland, fireman, second class,
to close the air cock on boiler 'B';
that the said Holland climbed up and
closed the valve and almost immedi
ately the steam gauge on holler 'B'
failed to register any pressure; that
this was apparently not noticed by
either the water tender or the fireman
and no attention appears to have been
paid to the fact that the steam gague
failed to register, but they kept, on
working the fires and firing heavily;
that when the steam gague on boiler
'A' showed 135 pounds there was no
pressure showing on the steam gauge
of boiler 'B.' "
The finding then goes on to state
that at about 10:30 o'clock a small
leak was found In boiler "B." A re
quest had been sent to the boiler
maker to come nnd attend to the leak
when the explosion occurred. All
that happened after the explosion is
described at considerable length. The
opinion of the court follows:
"The court if of the opinion that the
explosion was caused by excessive
pressure In boiler 'B' which came
about first by shutting the valve con
necting the boiler with the steam
gauge instead of the valve on the air
cock alone as was Intended, so that
the steam gnuge did not indicate the
pressure in the boiler; second, by un
usual nnd heavy firing in the holier
to get up a pressure which the gauge
failed to show; third, by the failure of
the sentinel and safety valves to lift
at the pressure for which they were
set and the pressure Increased without
relief until it was beyond the strength
of the boiler, which gave way in its
weakest part, ofterwards found to be
the corrugated flue of No. 2, tho low
est or middle furnace which collapsed.
Men Who Were Responsible.
"The court Is also of the opinion that
D. N. Holland, fireman, second class,
who was the fireman on duty firing
boiler 'B' at and before the time of
the explosion, did by mistake shut off
the steam valve connecting boiler'B'
with Its steam gauge instead of the
nir cock as directed, thus preventing
the gauge from recording the steam
pressure on its boiler; thnt Frank De
Courtani, oiler, acting water tender,
on watch In charge of this boiler from
about 9:15 a. m. until the time of tho
explosion, did fall to observe thnt this
steam gauge was not recording and
did continue pushing the fires on this
boiler, and further, when leaks de
veloped from excessive pressure, did
fail to relieve this pressure, which
should have been done at once; that
E. B. Ferguson, chief machinist's
mate, on watch In charge of the en
gine nnd fireroonis, did fall to Inspect
boiler 'IV under Ills chargo whilo
stenm was being raised nnd did fail to
cause this steam gauge to be connect
ed with the boiler.
"The said D. N. Holland, fireman.
second class; Frank Do Courtani, oiler.
and E. B. Ferguson, chief machinist's
mate, nre all now dead and therefore
no further proceedings can bo taken
against them.
"The court Is of the further opinion
that further proceedings should bo
had in tho case of Ensign Charles T.
Wade, IT. S. N., who was in charge of
tho engineering department of tho
Bennington at the time of the explos
ion and since Oct. 22, 1904, in this that
he, the said Ensign Charles T. Wade,
United States navy, did fail in his own
person to see that the safety valve on
boiler 'B' was overhauled at the proper
time and kept in good working order,
but did accept the verbal statement of
his subordinate or subordinates that
It had been overhauled in March,
1905; and further that he did fall to
keep tho sentinel valves on the boilers
in good working order; and further
that he did fall to cause the safety
and sentinel valves on all the boilers
to be tested in accordance with ar
ticle 1C09, paragraph 12, U. S. N. reg
ulations, 1905; In all of which he, the
said Ensign Charles T. Wade, In
charge of the engineering department
of the Bennington, was negligent in
the performance of his duty, and the
court recommends that, he, the said
Ensign Charles T. Wade, be brought
to trial before general court martial."
SOUTHERN FEUDS FIGHTS.
Three Men Killed and Another Wound
ed by Shots From Ambush.
Harriman, Tenn., Aug. 22. Accord
ing to Information received here, a
feud battle occurred Sunday near
Alice Station, on the Queen and Cres
cent railroad, a few miles south of
Harriman Junction, In which Frederick
Miller and his son, John Miller, aged
23, and Fred Johnson were killed, and
Henry Miller, another son of Frederick
Miller, aged 18, was dangerously
wounded. They were fired upon by
men from ambush.
For more than 20 years a feud war
has raged between the Miller and
Rawlings families. It Is not known
what members of the latter family
were engaged in the fight.
A Kentucky Feud Fight.
Clay City, Ky., Aug. 22. In a feud
fight on Black Creek in Powell county
Sunday Campbell Anderson was killed
and Tom and Gale Morton, brothers,
were seriously wounded. Will Peasley
and Troy Flunkett were slightly hurt.
All of the men are prominent In Lee
county and have long been known as
members of fighting families of early
feud days.
Standard Gets Gas Companies.
San Francisco, Aug. 22. The Post
says: "It is stated upon the highest
authority that the actual transfer of
the San Francisco Gas and Electric
company, to the Rockefeller interests
has taken place and thnt at the same
time a clean sweep of the heads of
departments has commenced. It is un
derstood that C. O. G. Miller Is to be
the head of the company from this
time on. As soon as the San Francis
co Gas and Electric company has been
completely taken over the work of ab
sorbing the San Francisco Coke and
Gas company will be undertaken, it Is
said, .by the Rockefeller Interests.
Whc'n both of these companies have
been taken over the gas companies of
San. Francisco will then be In control
of the Standard Oil company."
National Irrigation Congress.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 22. The 13th
annual meeting of the national irriga
tion congress assembled at the Lewis
and Clark auditorium. President
Roosevelt sent a message to the con
gress reviewing the Importance of re
clamation work In the development
of the country, and counselling
patience until the operation of the
reclamation act should become more
extensive. The importance and wide
scope of the act was dwelt on, the
president pointing out that the act
unites East nnd' West and that it "en
forces the principle of the greatest
good to the greatest number, but gives
each man land enough to support his
family In comfort."
Theaters Closed by Health Department
New York, Aug. 22. Corse E. Pay
ton's Lee Avenue theater and the
Unique theater, both in Brooklyn, were
closed by City Health Commissioner
Darlington because there were no sky
lights over the flies of the stage as re
quired by the regulation of the health
department. Audiences of severnl
hundred persons were assembled In
both theaters when tho managers re
ceived notice thnt no performance
could he given unfll the skylights were
provided. The audiences were dis
missed. Two Die Trying to Save Girl.
Jefferson, Wis., Aug. 22. Frank
Hall, a farmer, und his daughter and
son were drowned In Crawfish river
yesterday afternoon. Hall and his
wife were fishing from the shore and
two children, girls, were in bathing.
One of the girls got out of her depth
and shrieked for help. Hall plunged
In and swam to her assistance. He
seized the child and was returning
when he suddenly cried to his wife,
'I can do no more," and sank. Ills
son swam out to assist his father, and
ho too was drowned.
J. W. Hartnett'3 Body Found In River.
Chicago, Aug. 22. The body of a
man who from papers found in his
clothing1 is supposed to ho J. W. llart
neft, formerly n train dispatcher for
the Wabash railroad at Decatur, Ills.,
and whoso home was at lloniellsvllle,
N. Y., was found floating In the Chi
cago river. There were no marks of
violence on the body nnd it Is supposed
the man either committed suicide or
fell Into the river. Hartnett Is said
to have at one time lived at 297 West
Dolavan avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Receiver For Croatian Society.
Chicago, Aug. 22. The I'nited States
courts have been appealed to for thu
appointment of a receiver for the Na
tional Croatian society of the l'nli"d
States, a fraternity insurance society.
The receivership proceedings are thu
result of internal disagreements, which
:lireaton the existence of thu ussocia-
Jon.
SHORTER NEWS ITEMS
Pointed Paragraphs Chronicling
the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parti
of the World Shorn of Their Paddinj
and Only Facts Given In as Fev
Words as Possible For the Beneft
of the Hurried Reader.
Foreigners In China fear tho antl
American boycott may result In
movement similar to that of the Boxei
rising.
Rumor in New York that Miss Flor
ence Croker, daughter of Richarc
Croker, has eloped with an Italiat
from Alx-Ies Baines.
Claims against Venezuela for ruort
than $8,500,000 have been cut down bj
Frank E. Plumley, a referee, whose de
cision is final, only $059,287 being al
lowed.
Dr. Nionolas Murray Butler ant
Dean Burgess breakfasted with Em
peror William, discussing the project
of an interchange of German ano
American lectures.
Norway still favors a monarchy
says the president of the storthiii;
but if no king can be found the ques
tlon of forming a republic will be sub
mltted to the people.
Thursday.
Two cases suspected to be yellow
fever are reported in Indiana, at Craw
fordsville and near Michigan City
W. Lester Bodine, at the Detroit
convention of factory inspectors, say
feminine competition is driving men tt
the farm and mine.
S. D. Devlin, a locomotive engineer
was arrested at Sumpter, Ore., h)
Sheriff Steele of Cattaraugus county
New York, charged with the murder ol
a stranger with whom he quarreled al
Olean, in that county.
Owing to the disabling of the boat'
rudder the steamer Idlewild of the
Crystal Beach line becume unmanage
able In the heavy seas of Lake Erie
and for nearly four hours was buffet
ed about on the rough water.
Friday.
At the reciprocity conference in Chi
cago, a movement for a mnximuin and
minimum tariff was started.
The American yacht Iroquois won
the fourth race on Lake Ontario in the
series with the Temeraire for the
Canada cup, each boat having won
twice.
Annual report of interstate com
merce commission says 10.04G persons
were killed and 84,155 injured in rail
way disasters in the United States dur
ing 1904.
Russia's attitude in the peace confer
ence Is attributed to pressure brought
on the czar by the kaiser, who seeks
to block Japan and England in theii
plan for controlling the Far East.
Saturday.
The American boat Iroquois won the
final contest for the Canada cup, mak
Ing three out of five races from the
Temeraire.
Honduras, ravaged by yellow fever.
will ask the United States marine hos
pital service to take complete charge
of the sanitation of tho country.
Mr. Conger, former minister to Chi
na, has been appointed a special envoy
to go to Pekin und Investigate the boy
cott and the Hankow railway ques
tion.
President Roosevelt's Chautauqua
speech, according to a dispatch from
Buenos Ayres, is denounced by the
Presna as Indicating a policy of vio
lence toward South America.
A train from the north on the Rome
Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad
at Philadelphia, Jefferson county
struck and killed Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles
H. Cross of that village nnd theii
daughter, Mrs. Chnuncry Welch of Chi
cago, nnd her 2-yenr-old child.
Monday.
Decrease of about 21,000 in tho popu
latlon of Iowa during tho last, five
years is Indicated by state census.
James M. Beck, former attorney gen
eral, gave many reasons for believing
federal control of Insurance companies
was bound to come.
Health authorities at New Orleans
declare that, while tlio yellow fever la
not under control, it Is being controlled
in excellent manner.
Eight summer residents of South
Norwalk, Conn., were rescued from a
sailboat after spending a night on the
Sound chid only in bathing suits.
In tho czar's manifesto on thu Rus
sian assembly the principle of -autocracy
Is upheld, and n second decree
appoints u special commission to deal
with tho representation of Poland.
Tuesday.
Twenty thousand Moros paraded fol
Secretary Taft upon the arrival of the
hitter's party In Zanihonngo, I. I.
Adolplie William llougiiereaii, fa
mous French artist, dies in La H
chelle from a flight, duo to tho recent
visit of a burglar to his home in Paris
Lord Curzon resigns as vlc-U'y if
India after a brilliant political career,
following a disagreement with Lord
Kitchener over the administration ot
tho army.
A general strike has been proclaimed
throughout Poland as a protest against
the disregard of the rights of the Poles
In the scheme for representation lu tht)
national assembly.
President Roosevelt's plan to break
tho deadlock of tho peace envoys II
said to be based In principle on arbi
tration, probably regarding the ques
tions of an indemnity and Sakhuliu Island.
CURE FOR HAY FEVER.
Philadelphia Physician's Experiments
With Antl-Toxlns.
Philadelphia, Aug. 21. With the
early hay fever season at hand, the
use of anti-toxins for the immuniza
tion, cure and amelioration of the vic
tims will be more general than ever
before. Hay fever Is now known to
be an acute toxemia, and the medical
profession is convinced that by the
use of the proper anti-toxin It can be
rendered harmless.
A physician of this city has for
three years been experimenting with
hay fever anti-toxins, nnd the results
of his experiments are described In a
paper printed in the July number ot
American Medicine.
Dr. MacCoy states that when he be
gan these experiments in September,
1903, the cases were well advanced.
But by the use of anti-toxin serum he
was able to afford magical relief to
his patients. In 1904, with the de
velopment of the early cases, he be
gan the use of the serum, and the cases
were so perfectly controlled that tho
subjects were rendered immune. But
thelate autumnal cases refused to re
spond to the serum Injections, and tho
entire series of applications seemed
to fail.
This was later discovered to be due
to the fact that the German manufac
turers of the anti-toxin, being misin
formed as to tho requirements of
American patients, had changed the
composition of the serurn sent out for
use in 1904. Dr. MacCoy was able to
procure some of the 1903 serum last
year, and the effect was satisfactory.
This year the manufacturers have
reverted to the serum formula used in
1903, and Dr. MacCoy is hopeful that
the disease may be fully demonstrated
as subject to cure and control, saying
that "with serums of fixed units of
strength adapted to the varying condi
tions of the Inhabitants of the Ameri
can continent the Immunization and
cure of all sufferers from hay fever
should be accomplished."
PREACHER AND GIRL DROWNED.
Were Testing a Pair of Patent Floats.
Neither Could Swim.
Leechhurg. Pa., Aug. 21. While
bathing in the Allegheny river at God
frey two campers, Rev. William A.
Bilhelmor of Youngwood and Miss
Verna Morrlsson, daughter of State
Representative W. F. Morrison of ML
Pleasant, were drowned. They were
members of a party of five, consisting
of Mr. Foster and his mother of Jean
nette and Miss Sullngor of Young
wood, Pa.
Miss Morrison and Rev. Bilhelmor
went bathing iu the river to test a
pair of patent floats. Miss Morrison
supported herself by the floats and
Rev. Bllheimer, walking on the bed of
tho river, supported her head and was
teaching her to swim. Neither could
swim.
The bed of the river near this point
la full of holes, and venturing too far
out Bllheimer suddenly stepped Into a
hole. In his struggles to regain his
balance ho knocked tho floats from un
der Miss Morrison, who nlso fell Into
the hole. Young Foster, who was out
In the river rowing, saw tho accident,
but was too far away to render any
aid.
Rowing as speedily as posslblo to
the spot, ho was only In time to see
the pair sink. Assistance was called
from a nearby farm and within 20 min
utes the body of the girl was recovered.
About half an hour later divers
brought up the body of the young min
ister. Wellknown Promoter Arrested.
Warren, Aug. 21. James A. Viole,
a wellknown oil man, organizer and
former olllcer In the Jefferson County
Gas company, was arreBted on the
charge of fraud. Tho complaint was
made by Attorney Perry D. Clark, vice
president of the First National bank.
VIelo waived a hearing and was held
by Justice of tho Peace Perry for the
September court in $2,500 ball. It is
alleged that Viele sold spurious stock
In his company to several local cap
italists.
Body Found in Reservoir.
Altoonn. Aug. 21. Thomas Reese.
aged 55. foreman of the Pennsylvania
railroad blacksmith shop here, was
ounil drowned In the dam at Klttnn
llnc Point, five miles west of this
place, where this city obtains Its wa-
icr supply. The body was floating In
hreo feet of water. It had probably
loen In tho reservoir CO hours. Reese
lad been sick for months and recently
secured leave of absence to recover
his health.
Child Burned to Death.
McDonald, Pa., Aug. 21. Martha
Fnges, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Albert Pages, was burned to death.
Tho child was Bcated on the porch at
lier parents' residence watching a num
ber of boys who were playing about a
bonllro. One of the boys found an old
lamp and threw It. on the (lames.
An explosion followed nnd the blitzing
oil flow nil over tho child. None of
the boys- who were near at the time
fcns Injured.
Italian Refugees From New Orleans.
Pittsburg, Aug. 21. Quite a scare
Las been caused In this vicinity by
tho report that 12 Italians, alleged to
have evaded the yellow fever blockade
at New Orleans, had arrived hero.
An Investigation disclosed tho fet that
tho Italians spent Wednesday in Pitts
burg and Thursday nt Homestead, and
later went to New York.
Iu a prize tight on board tl.e United
States cruiser Yunkco on July C, It
was learnud a coal passer recti ved in
juries from which he died.