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CmiHCUmen. J. R. Muse, J. W. Lan dors, J. T. Dale, W. K Killmer, C. A Lannon, Goo. Ilulninan, O. T. Anderson Comtable W. II. Hood. Collector H. J. Sutlov. V L I F.V. D QiinunlAII 17 L. Haslet, K. V. llowniBn.T. K. Ritchey, A. C. brown, I)r. J. u, iniud. FOKKST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley Member of .Venule J. K. P. Hall. Assembly J. 11. Robertson. President Judoe W. M. Lindsey. Associate Judge W. U. II. Dotterer, r. X. Kreltlur. Prothonotary , Register Recorder, de, J. O. Gelst. tiheriff. Ueo. W. Nobllt. TWuittvtr W. II. Harrison. Commissioners C. Burlienn. A. K. Sliipe, Henry Welngard. District Attorney H. D. Irwin. Jury Oomynissioners Krnwt Slbblo, Lewis WHgtwr. ntrnner Dr. J. W. Morrow. County Auditors Vf. U. Stiles, Geo. W. HoloniKii, 1. A. MoCloskey. Comitu Surveyor I). W. Clark. County Superintendent 1. W. Morrl son, Itraular Turn mf Court. Fourth Monday or February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Septemlier. Third Monday of November. Church mJ Hnbbnlh Hrhosl. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a ... . M v. HulMmth Suliool at 10:00 a. m Preaching In M. K. Church every Sab- batu evening Dy rtev. . w. iniuuuu. Preaching in the F. M. Church every nHOoaiu evening tu. mo unuai num. iwii 1? A V.lintBa. PdMlill. Services in the Presbyterian Church every naouaiu nionmiK Rev. Dr. Paul J. Slonaker, Pastor. rri.. muutl.i.ru n f tliA V f!. T HID hj(1ui.i va w..v ... v. U. are held at the headquarters on the socoiul ami fourth Tuesdays of each mi niu. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pp. NEST A LODGE, No. 809, 1. 0. 0. F. X Meets every Tuesday evening, lu Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. IOREST LODGE, No. 184, A.O. U. W., I W 1.1.1 ..,., I.... I.. li HIT W. Hall, Tionesta. rl APT. GEORG K STOW POST, No. 274 .1 A u Vf unl. luf anil ftd Kfnnilnv evening iu each month r In A. O. U. W. Hall Tionesta. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. U. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each mouth, in A. O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa. rpioNKSTATKNT, No. 1H4, K. O. T. 1 M., muels 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening in each mouth iu A. O. U. W. hall Tiouusta, Pa. KARL K. WENK, DENTIST. TIONESTA, PA All work iruaranteed. Rooms over Forest County National Bunk. KITCHEY A CARRINOER. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 8 II AW KEY, ATTO RN BY-AT- LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC BROWN, ATTORN EY- AT-LAW. Olllcein Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sis., Tlonosta, Pa. J W. MORROW, M. D., Physician, Surgeon A Dentist. Olllce and Residence three doors north of Hotel Agnew, Tionentn. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours. D R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician it surgeon, . TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGUIVr. Olllce over stere, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calis prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant. D R. J. B. BIGGINS, Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA, H. E. McKINLEY. Hardware, Tinning Jt Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa SJ. SKTLEY, . JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. . HOTEL WEAVER, K. 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 witli natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel iu the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a ploasunt stopping place lor the traveling public. First cluss Livery in connection. pllIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Kim and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the tinest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect sal isliiotion. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JORKNZO FULTON, Manufacturer orand Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds or HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS A Beat Coueh Syrup. Tastes Good. VU LJ use m tima. Sold by drucgisis. tfl use in tima. Sold by druceists. DOWN IN THE PLUNGER President Aboard Submarine In Several Submersions. Failure of Peace Conference Congresi of Nations Family Saved by Tele phone Adflrt For 40 Hours Chi cago't Municipal Railway Sir Thorn 8s Llpton Gives It Up. President Roosevelt Friday afternoon went out on the submarine torpedc boat Plunger, remaining on the craft while she made several submersions one of which lusted 60 minutes. The Plunger's maneuvers were at the entrance to Oyster Bay, on Long Island sound, In about 40 feet of wa ter. When he returned to land President Roosevelt expressed himself as being very much impressed with the Plun ger's qualities. Soon after tho vessel reached the necessary depth of water she was ill reeled downward until she rested on the bottom of tho sound. Then the mechanism of the craft was explained minutely to the president by Lieuten ant Nelson. -. . While the president thus was rest ing on the bottom of the sound In a submarine boat, a storm 40 feet above him was raging unnoticed. The rain descended in torrents and the north easter whipped the surface of the wa- ter Into big rollers. Explanations of the working of the vessel having been rompleted, Lieu tenant NelRon began to put her through her paces. From the bottom porpoise diving was tried that' Is the boat would ascend to the surface of the sound for several seconds, long enough to enable her commander to sight anv warship that might be within view, and then divo again immediately.. After this maneuver had been re peated a few times, the Plunger was sent down 20 feet btlow tho surface and her engine stopped. Then the en glnes were reversed and the boat as cended to the surface backwards. Lieutenant Nelson mnde his boat perform the remarkable feat of diving to a depth of 20 feet and while going at full speed at that depth reversing her course. The complete turn occu pied only one minute. Bimsequentiy tne engines were stopped and the vessel was submerged to a depth of 20 feet. There she was kept motionless, a demonstration of her ability to remain in that position for hours while awaiting an opportuni ty to launch one of her torpedoes at vessel of a blockading squadron which might be passing or repassing a given point. . Failure of Peace Conference. The life of tho peace conference seems to hang by a thread and the situation In considered almost hope less. The Russians generally seem not dis pleased with the situation. They be lieve Japan has been diplomatically maneuvered into a corner from which, if she now persists in her attempt to exact tribute with the alternative of a continuation of the war, she cannot extricate herself before the public opinion of the world. The pence conference seems headed straight for the rocks. Despite the fact that every question of principle involved In tho quarrel between the two countries has been settled In fa vor of the victor and in reality only "words and money" still separate them, the negotiations seem on the verge of a final rupture. The air is filled with gloomy fore bodings. In the most positive fashion it Is declared that no new Instructions had reached Mr. WItte which would permit him to entertain the considera tion of the compromise proposition sub mitted by Baron Komura on Wednes day, and therefore, unless Japan has a new proposal to make, all that seems to remain is for the plenipotentiaries to meet, sign a declaration that the conference has completed Its labors, shake hands and part as enemies. But there are still unknown factors In the situation which In a twinkling might change the situation. The re sult of President Roosevelt's second appeal directly to Emperor Nicholas has not transpired and the result of the pressure on Japan to alter the form of her proposal by the elimination of the purchase price of the northern half of Sakhalin Is not known. But the indications on both scores are not reassuring. The press dis patches from Tokio and St. Petersburg indicate an Intransigent attitude on the p&rt of both governments. Yet both are anxious for peaco nnd only "words and money" bar the path. Probably it is not a matter of mure than $200, 000,000. Yet the Japaueso cling dog gedly to their demands. Their people ut home insist upon it. The most com petent Japanese authority, who did not conceal his pessimism, when asked whether for tho sake of peace, Japan would yield further, replied: "Read the dispatches from Tokio and draw your own conclusions." Miss Drake Killed by Elevator. Miss Daisy M. Drake, member of freshman class of the Clifton Sphings Sanitarium Training School for Nurses, Has killed by falling down an elevator haft. The elevators are closed at 9:30 and It is believed that she reach ed out and pulled the elevator up by the cable and as she was talking to Bonie other nurse it went up past her. In attempting to pull it back she lost her balance and fell down the shaft from the iiftli floor. Miss Drake was the daughter of .Rev. nnd Mrs. Drake of Savannah, N. Y., where Mr. Drake Is the iistor of the First Methodist church in that village. Miss Drak had been In the sanitarium for the pas six months. She was about 25 yean old. Family Saved by Telephone. By the use of a phone the family Frank G. Sanders, near Winona Minn., consisting of seven persons was saved from Instant death in cyclone, which did great damage tc buildings and crops In the county. The family was eating dinner whei A. McConochie, a neighbor, telephoned that a funnel-shaped cloud was Bweep ing toward the house. The memberi of tho family ran to a clump of willows where they lay face downward. They scarcely reached the place be foraj the storm lifted the house front Us foundation and dashed it to thi ground some distance away, wltl hardly a board unbroken. Interparliamentary Congress. A large and1 representative delega tlon from the United States congresi is In Brussels attending the lnterpar liamentary congress. The parliament! of Europe are numerously represent ed, the Italian chamber of deputlei sending 100 delegates, the Brltlsl house of commons 30 and the FrencI chamber of deputies 40, while the Ger man, Austrian and Hungarian housei and the parliaments of Denmark, Nor way, Sweden, Belgium and Hollan are represented by a number of con splcuous members. Adrift For 40 Hours. Miss Zelda Stewart and her fiance John Chartres, of Chicago, were found In an open boat about forty mllei out In Lake Michigan, almost fam ished. They had been without foot for 40 hours. The couple left Chi cago in a rowboat for a ride on th lake. They were found by the crew of a steam launch whlcB had beei cruising all day In search of them When Miss Stewart and her fiance were taken aboard the launch both were unconscious. Hero of Hotel Fire Dead. Robert Boutwell, the hero of tht hotel fire at Lake Maranacook Satur day morning, In which three Boston persons were burned to death and sev eral injured, died Sunday. The young man was clerk at the Maranacook and after the fire had been discovered by a crew of a passing train he awakened the 60 or more guests in the hotel In doing this he was severely burned about the head nnd hands and Inhaled both smoke and fire. Printers Strike In Chicago. Before the middle of this weel every union printer in the 37 shops controlled by the Chicago TypotheUw will be on strike and before anothei week has passed the fight may be ex tended to 12 of the principal cities ot the Middle West, the employers ol which are organized with the Chicago Typothetae into a Middle West asso ciation. To Rid Rockefeller Estate of Foxes J. O. Brainard of Haddam, Conn, the wellknown hunter and trap per, has made an engagement to trap and hunt foxes and other animals likely to prey upon game birds on the estate of William Rockefeller In the Adirondack. Brainard practically ex terminated foxes in his own neighbor hood. He is to receive-$100 a month from Mr. Rockefeller. Firemen's Semicentennial. The semi-centennial parade of the Blnghamton fire department was held Thursday. Fourteen companies from surrounding towns and cities were in line with the eight local companies Twenty bands and drum corps furn ished the music. About 15,000 people from out of town were here. Rojestvensky Recovering. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, a pris oner in Japan, in a letter to his family, says he expects to have fully recovered from the wounds received In the battle of the Sea of Japan by tho middle of September, when he will start for Russia with the permission of the Japanese government. Chicago's Municipal Railway. About eleven hundred cars cost ing nearly $6,000 apiece and Involv ing a total expenditure of approxi mately $6,500,000, are said to comprise the equipment of the proposed Chi cago Municipal Street railway, as sug gested by the report of Expert Dupont of Detroit. Sir Thomas Says Its Useless to Try. Sir Thomas Llpton, Interviewed on his yacht, Erin, last week at Lon don, said: "I am quite as desirous as ever to go on with d fresh challenge for the America's cup, hut it would be a futile effort under the measurement rules of the New York Yacht club." Objection to Raising Vessels. A proposal to the Canadian govern ment that somo Americans might raise and remove to Detroit three Brit ish warships which were sunk in the river Thames, near Chatham, brings the statement that the government will not allow such a project. Prisoners Dug Out of Cell. Two prisoners awaiting trial on charges, one for murder and the other for burglary, escaped Sunday afternoon from the Albany penltentlury by dig ging through the celling of the cell, and are still at large. Japanese Soldiers Drowned. The Japanese transport Kinjo was sunk In u collision with the British steamer Baralong on Aug. 22 in the In land sea. One hundred and twenty- seven invalided Japanese soldiers wwe drowned. DESERTED LITTLE ONES Nothing Learned of Wherea bouts of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. Nothing to Indicate That the Rogersei Are Fleeing From Justice Theory That the Couple Have Committed Suicide or Are Detained In Some Place In Albany. Albany, Aug. 29. Evidence regard ing the identity of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rogers who went out of the Hotel Ten Eyck here Friday night leaving their two little boys, one a baby of 6 months and the other 6 years old, in the care of a chambermaid, is steadily accumulating, but their whereabouts is as much a mystery as ever. The belief that the Rogerses went to New York Saturday and Balled on the Campania for Europe was disposed of when Edwin H. Low, a steamship agent with whom they had had some correspondence about booking pas sage, telegraphed that nobody answer ing to their description had sailed on the Campania or any of the other liners that departed on Saturday. The police are now working on theory that Rogers and his wife are still in Albany or near at hand. There is nothing to show why they should wish to abandon their children de liberately; on the contrary, letters found In their rooms at the hotel and the behavior of the older boy. Rex demonstrate that up to this time the youngsters were tenderly cared- for. One of these letters, evidently cherished by Mrs. Rogers, was writ ten for the child to his mother by some grown person. In It Rex sends "loads of kisses." When one of the sympathetic housekeepers at the hotel wanted to kiss Rex he declined the honor. "I never kiss anybody laut my mama," he explained. Both children are exceptionally at tractive. Strategy had to be used to get Rex to leave his baby brother. Rex was taken to the Albany Orphan asylum, while the baby went to St, Margaret's home for very young chil dren. The older boy shed his first tears when he found his brother was to be taken from him. Advices from Washington confirm the belief drawn from the papers Rog ers left In his room that he was vice president of the Congressional Cor respondence club. He remained In that position for two months, when, It Is said, he had a disagreement with his partner and left the city. Charles H. Coleman of the New York law firm of Qulgg, Bostwlck & Coleman while here said that about a month ago his firm employed Rogers as an expert stenographer. He left their employment about a week ago The certified check for $25 which the Ten Eyck people cashed for Mr, Rogers on the afternoon before his dis appearance has been paid by the Con solldated bank of New York. Thus far nothing has developed to Indicate that the Rogerses are fleeing from Justice. One theory upon which the police are working Is that, finding themselves at the end of their re sources, they have committed suicide. Another Is that they may be not far away but unable for some reason to communicate with the hotel people here. Republic Iron and Steel Dividends. Chicago, Aug. 29. Directors of the Republic Iron and Steel company de cided to resume the payment of the regular quarterly dividends on the preferred stock. A dividend of 1 per cent was declared payable Oct 2 to stockholders of record Sept. 21. It was stated by a representative of the company that the corporation Is financed for a period of 30 years and the resumption of the dividends on the preferred stock by the directors was on the assurance that It would be per manent. There will be no declaration of back dividends to cover the period since the last payment. Dividends on the preferred at the rate of 7 per cent a year were paid-regularly from Oct. 1899, to Oct. 1, 1903. Encounter In German East Africa. Berlin, Aug. 29. A detachment of marines and sailors from the German cruiser Bussard surprised about 1,000 Insurgent natives, half of whom were armed with rifles, near Kowoml, Ger man East Africa, Aug. 25. The Ger mans killed 73 of the Insurgents and drove many others Into the River Rifljl, where they were drowned. No German casualties have been reported. Will of John Hay Filed. Washington, Aug. 29.-The will of John Hay, late secretary of state, was admitted to probate. Letters testa mentary were granted to Payne Whit ney and James Walcott Wadsworth, Jr., upon their filing a special bond of $250,000 conditioned upon tin? payment of all rial n in, rights and legacies chargeable against (lie estate. Choked by Peanut Shell. Utica, Aug. 29. Mrs. Joseph Stof- ler of Illon -was eating peanuts when she accidentally drew Into her wind pipe a portion of the shell of one which she was cracking. Before medical as sistance could be procured or the wo man could be aided she suffocuted to death. (00 Yard Swimming Record Broken. Leeds, Eng., Aug. 29. B. B. Kierau, the Australian swimmer, broke the world's record for 600 yards here, cov- ing the distance In C minutes 7 1-6 teconds. STUMBLING BLOCK REMOVED. Japan's Offer to Waive Indemnity Not at First Understood by Russia. St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. A press dispatch from Portsmouth declaring that President Roosevelt was author ized several days ago on behalf Japan to waive all claim for indemnity or reimbursement for the cost of the war, and to cede back to Russia the northern half of the Island of Sakhalin, leaving the "redemption" price of It to the arbitration of a mixed commis sion, was received too late here reach the general public, but its sig nificance was instantly recognized In the few quarters where It became known. There Is every reason to believe Judging from the official expression perslstenly given out by the foreign ofllce since the beginning of the nego tiations at Portsmouth, that the pro posal by Japan to waive the question of indemnity goes far toward remov ing the last and, according to official explanations, the only stumbling block in the way of peace. The foreign office has said that every disputed point between Russia and Japan with the exception of the payment of Indemnity had been prac tically arranged on a basis satisfac tory to both sides, but that Russia would never pay an Indemnity. If the latest proposals of Japan mean that she waives all claims to in demnlty of any kind or description giving up all idea of reimbursement for the expenses of the war in any guise whatsoever, and In place thereof is prepared to accept for the restora tlon to Russia of the northern half of Sakhalin a redemption price to be fixed hy an unbiased commission, this price to be determined upon the actual value of the Island, and not to take into account Japan's war expenses or to carry a concealed indemnity to Japan, there Is reason for the asser tion that. In all probability, Japan proposal was never understood here In this way, and for the deduction, ac cording to the Russian official state ment, that the stumbling block peace can he removed, and that there ought to be a new and promising basis for the continuance of the negotia tions. RELIGIOUS RESTAURANT FAILS. Eating House Run "as Christ Would Run It" Is a Failure. Richmond, Ind., Aug. 29. The mem bers and delegates of the- Wesleyan annual conference which has been In session at - Fairmount, Ind., for four days, are decidedly of the opinion that a restaurant run as "Christ would run It," according to the ideas of A. F, Norton of Marlon, Ind., Is a failure. Norton has received much newspa per notoriety in the past few years on account of his peculiar Ideas of con ducting business. The ministers rebelled against the fare furnished by Norton and deserted. his establishment. Norton furnished food without charge, accepting what the patrons saw fit to give him, the amount to be determined by what they thought It was worth. Norton finally gave up and abandoned the venture CHICAGO MUST PAY FOR RIOT. Panhandle Road Gets Verdict of $100, 000 For Cars Burned In Debs Strike. Chicago, Aug. 29. Chicago has reaped the harvest of the Debs strike of 1894. A Jury In Wheaton yester day brought In a verdict of $100,000 against the city In favor of the Pan handle railroad for the burning of Its freight cars in the strike riots. The railroad sued for $140,000. The Jurors decided that $40,000 was repre sented by merchandise In transit and that the city should not be held re sponsible for this, but they held that the city could not escape financial lia bility for the failure of the authorities to curb the mob and prevent tho burn ing of the cars. King Barred From His Palace. San Sebastian, Aug. 29. King Al fonso has Juiit had a curious adventure at Madrid. He left Granja one morn ing accompanied by Marquis Viana. His Incognito was strictly preserved and no one suspected his presence When he presented himself at the royal palace the sentry refused him ad mittance. The king Inspected the apartments being prepared for Presi dent Loiibet and then sent a summons to the astonished ministers to come to hold a council. Lawson to Raid Copper Stock. Boston, Aug. 29. Thomas W. Law- ion is planning a great blow at Wail street und the "System" by meuns of bear raid on the leading copper stocks, which have now reached a high level. He has inserted an ail vertiseiuent in U"-' leading papers throughout the country asking the pub lic 'o suo-xribe $4,000,000 to a $10, 000,f00 -oo! through which ho will conduct the operations. Yellow Fever Case In Virginia. Richmond, Va., Aug. 29. A News- Leader special from (ireenbay, Prince ICdward county, says: Information re ceived here says that Wade Hardy, formerly of Lunenburg county, hut for several years a resident of the South ern states, returned home last week with yellow fever and died. A rigid quarantine will at once be enforced. Died From Ptomaine Poisoning. Schenectady, Aug. 29. Elma Wooden, aged 14, of Mcehanlesvlllo, who was visiting relatives at Grooms, Saratoga county, died there yesterday as the re sult of ptomaine poisoning. Shu was taken ill after eating ice cream Sun day, and died early Monday. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items . From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Has Little Time to Spare. John Hyde, former chief statistician of the department of agriculture, an nounced In London that he would re turn home Oct. 1. American blue Jackets, with their fund of $10,000, plan royal entertain ment for British tars who will visit New York In October. According to a dispatch from Ha vana, Cuba's debt is increasing very rapidly, and the papers are warning the country of Santo Domingo's plight Scrglus Wltte, In an Interview, de clares In the most positive terms that Russia will not yield either an Indent nity or the cession of Sakhalin island to Japan. Physicians reset the fractured thigh of Miss Evelyn Walsh while the funer al of her brother, Vinson Walsh, who was killed in the same automobile ac cident was being held in Newport, R. I Thursday, Edwin H. Conger has resigned as United States ambassador to Mexico and his resignation has been accepted For an hour an operator In a signal tower on the New Haven road at Ro- wayton, Conn., fought with a maniac Russians decline to open their purses to the czar, tho subscriptions to the latest internal loan amounting to only $100,000 In Moscow. Edward C. Shafer, former comptrol ler of the city of Buffalo, manager of the Buffalo School Furniture company Is hopelessly and violently Insane and has been committed to the Buffalo State hospital. George Peters of Bush's Bridge, nar Tonawanda, sent a charge of buckshot Into his brothers-in-law, An thony and John Kopp, who reside across the road from his home, think ing they were chicken thieves. Friday. Frederick A. Peckham was arrested In Saratoga, having been Indicted in Washington for conspiracy to defraud the government In connection with the cotton crop report scandal. Count Lamsdorff, Russian foreign minister, authorizes the btutement that Russia will pay Japan no contri bution, direct or Indirect, nor will It make any cession of territory what ever. On an order from Judge Magruder of Chicago a writ of supersedeas was i " sued In the case of Johann Hoch, con victed of murdering his wife, Marie Welcker Hoch, and sentenced to be hanged at Chicago today. C. Roy Knabenshue sailed over Manhattan in his airship for the sec ond time, reaching an altitude of near ly a mile over First avenue nnd 23rd street, and returning to the ball field In Central Park after a voyage lasting 35 minutes. Saturday. Wong Kal Kah, Chinese trade com missioner, admits that the boycott on American goods has rendered his mis sion inopportune. Tho little schooner N. S. Gallup run Into the battleship Kearsarge oft Point Judith and the war vessel saved the crew and carried the schooner into port. Mr. Taft and the congress party has arrived at Tacloban and will soon sep arate, Miss Roosevelt going to Pekin with some of the party as guests of the Dowager Empress of China. It was announced application would be made for frnnchise for a trolley line from the Manhattan terminus of the Blackwell's Island bridge to Little Neck In Queens, thenco to Oyster Bay. Monday, Big printing strike which Is expect ed to Involve the whole United States and Canada, starts In Chicago. Oleomargarine, it Is alleged, has been smuggled In great quantities from Jersey City to seaside resorts on Long Island. Seven wealthy men In New York structure, lu will combine Will build a $300,000 which their families home and club life. Kaiser's foreign office Issues a for mal statement declaring that the Ger man emperor has dono all in his power to aid President Roosevelt's ef forts to bring ubout peace. Tho czar's final word is that Rus sia will pay not a penny of Indemnity; sho will agreo to a division of the Is land of Saghalin and will pay for the maintenance of Russian prisoners In Japan, but to nothing more. Tuesday. George Ade's Income this year Is es timated at. $150,000 and he will ham 10 companies paying him royalties. The United States barracks at West lawn cemetery, where the late Presi dent McKlnley's tomb la located, have been destroyed by fire. Releasing his grasp on a trapezo at tached to a purachutn, as the latter opened to the wind, 1,200 feet above the ground, John Williams, 3S years old, fell to his death ut Redhouse Park near Cahokla, III. Governor A. B. Cummins of Iowa and Secretary of tho Treasury Leslie M. Shaw engage In a feud, the latest feature being a challenge In- Mr. Shaw on a veiled attack by the governor at the Chicago reciprocity mooting. cURED PWEST ON SICK CALL. Two Men and Woman Held Him Prisoner and Robbed Him. Cleveland, Aug. 28. I'pop the state ment made to the police by Father Benedict Roslnskl, a Catholic priest of St. Stanislaus church, that he had been held a prisoner for 24 hours with out food and forced to sign two noten for $500 each and two checks tor like amounts which had since been cashed, besides being robbed of $30 and some Jewelry, two men und a woman were irrested. The woman is said to have lured the priest to her room In Cedar ave nue on a sick call and the men are said to have rushed In upon them and held the priest prisoner until he had satis fied their demands. Father Roslnskl says he received two telephone messages on Thursday urging him to call upon Jennie Olen ski of No. 389 Cedar avenue. He had been there but a few moments when Jullen Tuszynskl rushed In and de claring himBelf to bo the woman's fiance, demanded that the priest give up $1,000 for alienating her affections, With TuszynBkl was Yeo Czechow ski, both of whom, according to the priest's story, started at once to beat him and tear his clothes from his back when he refused to give them any money. His Jewelry was taken from him as well as $30 and he was detained as a prisoner for 24 hours without food or drink, until he consented to sign the checks and notes. These checks were cashed by Tuszynskl and the woman, It Is said. Upon their return to the room with the money the priest says he was re leased. The priest notified tho police and the trio was arrested. The two notes and $819 were found under a car pet In the woman's room, BURNED TO DEATH. Captain MacMahon Killed and 18 Peo ple Nearly Suffocated. Erie, Pa., Aug. 28. Captain Patrick MacMahon of the yacht Mystic was burned to death and 18 pefsons were almost suffocated Jn a fire which start ed on the third floor of the Charles Bock block early Saturday. . The flames were seon bursting from the front windows and when the firemen arrived they found tho 18 occupants of the building asloep and almost dead from suffocation. It was with much difficulty that they were rescued. When the room of Captain Mac Mahon was entered fce was found on the floor dead and his body partially burned. The fire started In MacMahon's room and was probably caused by him leav ing a lighted cigar stub on the floor when he retired. Captain MacMahon was prominent In the marine interests and recently received a medal from congress for rescuing a drowning man. LOST IN BERRY SWAMP. Party of Six Women and Children Campers Rescued Half Starved. Escanaba, Mich., Aug. 28. Huddled together in an open and dry spot but a few feet square In the immense blue berry swamps north of this city, threo women und three children, all half starved, were found by a .searching party which had been seeking them for two days. Those In the party were: Mrs. J. A. Fisher, wifo of Bernhnrd Fisher, chief engineer of the Northwestern rond; Mrs. B. J. Snow, wife of B. J. Snow, a Northwestern rallwuy engineer; Ar thur Snow, aged 12; Bessie Snow, aged Miss Evelyn Doylo and a child of Mrs. Fisher, aged 7. The party was camping near Swnnzy and wanted somo bluo berries, for lunch. Deserting camp, they struck into tho forest and lost their way. Two hundred searchers who went to the camp on a special train found the lost ones four miles from camp. Weak-Minded Boy Shoots Stepfather. Brottkvlllo, Pa., Aug. 28. George Gelst, proprietor of the Beishazzar grist mill at Cool Spring, 10 miles south of here, was shot and probably fatally Injured by Daniel Enterllne, his stepson. Young Enterllne Is feeble-minded nnd while laboring under a delusion mat Gelst intended to harm Im, fired a double-barreled shotgun. The Injured mun was taken to Adrian ospltal. An arm was torn off and a figged hole blown lu his side. Nobody Held For Mentor Wreck. Puinesvllle, O., Aug. 28. Coroner York of Lake county has rondered his erdict in connection with the Twen tieth Century wreck on tho Lako Shore railway at Mentor near hero on he night of June 21, which resulted i the death of several passenger;, he coroner said tho testimony vis Insufficient to hold anyone guilty of criminal negligence. Four Persons Injured In Runaway. GreeiiHburg, Pa., Aug. 28. While Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Kelton and chll tlron nnd Mrs. Laura Kennell wore re turning to their homes In New Alex andria from a picnic their horso he came unmanageable on a steep hill. The buggy was overturned, all of the occupants being badly Injured, Mrs Fennell probably fatal. Log Train Runs Away. Dubois, Pa., Aug. 28. A log train on the Medlx Run branch of tho Hufalo und Susquehuuna railroud ran away and Jumped the track at a curve. En gineer Nell McDonald was killed and Kireinun Carl Mnore injured. Engi neer McDonald was 45 years of age aj.d leaves a wife and four children at Straight, Pa.
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