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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 25.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1905.
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BOHOUGH OFFICERS).
Ruraess. A. II. Palo.
Justices vfthe Peace 8. 8. Canfield, 8,
J. Notley.
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.
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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.
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mi niu.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
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W. Hall, Tionesta.
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evening iu each month r In A. O. U. W.
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137, W. U. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each mouth, in A.
O. U. W. hall, Tionesta, Pa.
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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.