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Hetley. Councumen. J. H. Mime, J. W. Lan ders, J. T. Dale. W. F Klllmer, C. A. Lauson, Ueo. Holeinan, G. T. Anderson. OmMable W. II. Uood. Collector 8. J. Hetley. frhool Directors J. O. Seowden, R. L. Haslet, K. W. Bowman, T. F. Ritobey, A. C. Brown, Dr. J. C. Dunn. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley. Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall. Assembly J. II. Roborthon. R esident Judge Vf. M. Lindsay. Associate Judges V. X. Kreltler, P. C.Hill.. ProtHonotary ', Register A Recorder, te. J. (J. Oelst. Sheriff. A. W. Stroup. Treasurer W. II. Harrison. Commissioners Leonard Agnew, An drew Wolf, I'hilip Einort. District Attorney-H. D. Irwin. jury Commissioners. B. Eden, J. P. Castner. Coroner , County Auditors W. n. StileB, CbaB. F. Kllnestiver, 8. T. Carson. CWift Purveyor 1). W. Clirk. Oountji Superintendent D. W. Morri son. . ., lteiular Turin of Court. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Church ana Nnbbnth School. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. in. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab bath eveniim by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. K. A. Zahuiser, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Rev. 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 m. nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi- N EST A LOIHJ K, No. 309, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 O. A. R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening iu each month, in A. O. U. W. Hall Tiouesta. C APT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. It. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month, in A. O. U. W. hall, Tiouesta, Pa. rpioNESTA TENT, No. 164 K. O. T. 1 M., meets 2nd anil 4th Wednesday evening in each month In A. O. U. V. ball Tiouesta, Pa. KARL E. WENK, DENTIST, TIONESTA, PA. All work guaranteed. Rooms over Forest County National Bank. RITCHKY A CARRINGER. ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW, Tiouesta, Pa c URTIS M. SIIAWKEY, ATTORN KY-AT-LAW. Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. OIHceln Arnor Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlimosta, Pa. u R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician nurgeon, TIONESTA, PA DR. J. C. DUNN, pnvuir-uk AND SURGEON and DRUGGIST. Olllce over store, Tlonesla, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly .1.1 i. ut nil liiiiirs of dav or IT i CT5yn..". . " night. Residence Kim St., between Grove's grocery ami uerow s reamurnuu D R. J. B. SIGGINS. Physiciau ami Nurgenn, J OIL CITY, PA. -r -m irTIjanU Vfc'P M Tl. 11. praciuw limited to diseasos of the Lungs and Chest. Office Lours uy ap 1 O LCrrrpT. No. 118 CENTER ST. 7 lUHTflV M. n. 111. Practice limited to diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Noio and ltiroai. c-pecmi attention given to ine uimig ui m, Olllce hours 912 a. m., 15 p. in., 7-8 p. m, OIL CITY, PA. No. HOCENTEKSr, H V. MfiKINLEY. . Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. 1 IOI1UMIH, r SJ. SETLEY, v . iitm i fnw. OF THE PEACE. Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also maim tieeus, muiw-i etc. Tiouesta, fa. v. a wkaVKR. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, uas undergone a conipieiei'imi'K" ., in iw.,iJlwl with nil the mod' em improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEROW A UEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostceiitrally located hotel lu the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. irst class Livery in connection. pHIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop In Waltors building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do al I Kinds of custom work Iroin tho llnesl to the coarsest anil guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to momling, and prices rea sonable. Wanted-An Idea Who can thin of some Rlmple tlllUK tOI'Ktl'Utf Prc'ect your Ideai; thoy may lrlnR yu wealth. WrlW JOHN WKUIJKKUUKM J.. '";r neyi, Washltmton, 1). c. fr (holr i,f pr to offer and list ui two liuuUred Uivemlona wauted. CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In time. Sold by druggists. TRADE WITH GERMANY. Our Imports In 1905 Exceeded Those of Any Previous Year. Collision of Battleships Rogers Re fused to Answer Free Express Bus iness Cut Off Three Trainmen Killed Patrick Gets New Counsel. 21 Miners Killed. Trade between the United States and Germany, whose commercial rela tions are now the subject of negotia tions between the two governments, j-.ggregated In the fiscal year 1905 over $300,000,000. The imports from Germany were 1118,000,000 in value and exceeded Im ports from that country In any earlier year. The exports to Germany were $194,000,000 In value and exceeded ex ports to that country In any earlier year except 1904, in which the total was a little over $214,000,000. Im ports from Germany Increased $37, 000,000 In the period from 1895 to 1905 and exports to that country Increased $102,000,000 In the same time. Germany stands second in the order of magnitude of our trade with for eign countries, both as to Imports and exports. Manufactures are the bulk of the $118,000,000 worth of merchandise Im ported from Germany. Raw cotton Is by far the largest single Item in our exports to Germany, amounting In 1905 to $87,000,000 In. value as compared with exports of $13,000,000 In vnlue In 1895. Breadstuff's form . a less Important factor in our trade with Germany than formerly, owing to tho great fulling off In the quantity which the United States Is now able to spare to the out side world. Of wheat, for example, our exports to Germany, which amount ed to more than 10,000,000 bushels In 1901 and prnctlcnlly 20,000.000 in 1902. fell to 14,500,000 In 1903, 7,500,000 In 1904 and 100,010 bushels In 1905. the value In 1905 being but $84,700. Flour shows also a considerable de cline, but coin Hhowod a marked In crease, Its total export to Germany be ing over $9,000,000 In value. In manufactures our exports to Ger many show a steady growth. Collision of Battleships. While the battleship squadron, un der the command of Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, was proceeding to sea on Sunday the battleship Kear aaree and Kentucky ran aground In the lower New York harbor off the west bank light. The Alabama and Il linois were following next In line and before they could alter their course the Alabama collided with the Ken tucky, sulking her a glancing blow. The Illinois just got clear of tho tangle nnd proceeded down the bay an choring outside the bar with the flag ship Maine. The accident took place shortly after 1 p. m. At 2:45 o'clock tho Kearsargo and Kentucky,both were floated and start ed for Rea, accompanied by the Ala bama. The Kentucky, however, was ordered back, and returned to Tomp klnsvllle where she anchored late In the afternoon. The Malno, Illinois. Alabama and Kearsurge remained off the bar until 6:25 o:clock, when they weighed an chor and proceeded to sea. Henry H. Rogers Declined to Answer. It developed from the questions asked In quo warranto by Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri of Henry H. Rogers, vice president and director of the Standard Oil com pany of Now Jersey, that one of Mr. Hartley's chief purposes in conducting an examination of ofllrrrs of that com pnny In New York Is to tlnd out wheth er that company owns a controlling Interest In the Standard Oil compnny of Indiana, tho Wntcrs-PIorce Oil company of Missouri nnd the Repub lic Oil company. To most of the Im portant questions asked by Mr. Had lev bearlnc directly on the question of stock ownership Mr. Rogers de clined to answer on the advice or counsel," and Mr. Hadley requested Commissioner Frederick H. Sanborn to corllfy the questions and Mr. Rog ers' refusal to the supreme court of tho state for a determination, as he knew Mr. Itogers must answer them or be adjudged In contempt. Free Express Business Cut off. Tho express companies of the country have decided to Join with the railroads in refusing to Issue passes for tho carrying of business free of charge. Announcement, to this ef fect was made at tho otlice of the AduniH Exuicss company in the fol lowing statement: "Tho action of tho railroads in cutting off freo business has made it practically necessary for Hie exuress companies to do likewise Accordingly all the leading expresses have Issued orders that on and after Jan. 15 Ihev will not carry any busi ness free of charge as a personal courtesy to merchants or other patrons or for nnv other reasons. They will continue to exchange annual passes wlih each other and with railroad liues." Killed by Folding Bed. Thomas Tinker of Chicago and his wife wero caught while asleep lu the ponderous mechanism of a combined cunboard and folding bed and Tinker was killed. His neck was broken and spine dislocated. In the night some part of the contrivance eave wnv nnd the heavv tinner portion of tho bed fell forward, shutting the Bleepers In. Mrs. Tinker, after strng gllng vloiently, succeeded la sxtrtcat. Ing herself, bruised and almost faint leg. She called for help and the col lapsed bed was lifted from the form of her husband who was found dead. Three Trainmen Killed. In a head-on collision Saturday be tween fast passenger train No. 4 of the Philadelphia and Erie railroad and a freight engine moving light, three trainmen were killed and 20 passeng ers were more or less seriously in jured. The accident happened during a severe snowstorm at the Horn a Sid ing, 10 miles east of Corry. To an emrlneman's failure to remem ber orders is attributed the disastrous wreck. Retaliation and Colonial Preference. The Morning Post of London in a long article discussing the fiscal question, points out that retaliation alone will be a practically useless weapon against the United States and other protectionist countries. To be effective, the paper says, retaliation must be combined with colonial pref erence. It adds that with the help of Canada a 50 cent duty on foreign wheat would turn every wheat grower In the Western part of the United States Into an opponent of the Dlngley tariff. Patrick Gets New Counsel. Gov. Hlgglns was asked to grant a respite to Albert T. Patrick, who is under sentence to be executed during the week of Jan. 22 for the murder of the aged millionaire, William M. Rice of New York city. The request was made by former United States Sena tor William Lindsay and A. C. Shea stone, who have been retained to rep resent Patrick, owing to the Illness of former Senator David B. Hill. The respite Is desired by the attorneys to give them sufficient time to examine the record In the case for the purpose of perfecting an appeal to the United States supreme court. Governor Hlg glns declined the reprieve. Twenty-One Miners Killed. Twenty-one miners were killed in an explosion of mine gas in the shaft of the Cooper Mine Co. at Coaldale, W. Va., Thursday. Onely one body has been recovered. Immediately follow ing the explosion, which was heard for several miles, rescue parties set to work to explore the wrecked Bbaft, The bodies of all of the 21 miners killed In the gas explosion In the Cooper coal mine at Coaldale, W. Va., Thursday, have been recovered. Yerkes' Public Bequests. In his will the late Charles T. Yerkes, traction magnnte, makes many public bequests. Provisions are made for the disposal of his New York home, after the death of his wife, to a corporation organized for the main tenance of his art gallery, the sum of $750,000 to De given this project upon Mrs. Yerkes' death. Mr. Yerkes also provided for a hospital to be erected In New York. His widow, son and other? are provided for. Lieutenant Reduced For Snobbery. For requesting an enlisted man of his company to change his seat at a theater, First Lieutenant Roy I. Taylor of the coast artillery, Is re duced In rank 12 numbers. Ho was tried by court martial last week and the verdict was announced Friday. The offense was committed at a theater In New London, Conn., where a sergeant of Taylor's own company, who was In uniform, vacated a seat at the request of Lieutenant Taylor. Conrled's Chorus Returns to Work. The strike of the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Hqjise In New York was ended on Saturday. The chorus returned to the stage, Blnglng In thematlneeperformnnceof Gounod's Faust. Direct Helnrlch Conrled agreed to pay the memhers of the chorus $20 a week Instead of the $15 wnges paid them formerly, and they relinquished their demand for the recognition of their union. President Cannot Intervene. President Roosevelt has recently re ceived a petition from the Susan B. Anthony club of Cincinnati, O., urging him to Intervene In behalf of Antoinette Tolla, the woman who was convicted at Hackensack, N. J., of murder and sentenced to be hanged on the 12th inst. President Roosevelt has no authority to Intervene in the woman's behnlf, and accordingly will take no action regarding the matter. Cornell Oarsmen Practice on Inlet. For the first time In the history of local aquatics at Ithaca, tho Cor nell oarsmen are enjoying practice on the water In January. With a tem perature of 47 nnd a warm south wind, Conch Courtney took advantage of the spring like weather and had tho can didates for the crows rowing nearly two hours on Cayuga Inlet. This prac tice will bo continued us long as the weather permits. Rojestvensky's Wild Statement. Referring to tho statement of Ad miral Rnjestvensky that the llritlsh fleet In Far Eastern waters intended to crush tho Russian fleet if the Japanese failed to do so at the battle of the Sea of Japan, the London Times points out that the British fleet at the time of tho battle was at Hong Kong nnd that there wore only one cruiser and a dis patch boat at Wei Hal-Wei. Large Donation to Conscience Fund. The largest donation to the "Con science Fund" ever received In Phil adelphia was handed to City Treasurer Schoch on Friday by a messcngt r boy. The package contained $1,295.50, and tho unknown sender In a mile stated that It was an overcharge for city work. ON TRAIL OF STANDARD Mr. Rogers Said He Did Not Know Location of Offices. Declined to Answer Whether Standard Oil Company Controlled Stock of Companies Alleged to Have Stifled. Competition In Missouri Thomas W. Lawson Volunteers Advice. New York, Jan. 9. Henry H. Rogers, the vice president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and a di rector of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, which Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley Is trying to oust from Missouri, was on the witness stand on quo warranto proceedings brought by Mr. Hadley. Mr. Hadley took up with him only two points: Whether the Standard Oil company of Indiana, has an office at 26 Broadway, this city, where the Standard Oil company of New Jersey has Its offices, and whether the Standard Oil company of New Jersey owns or controls a ma jority of the stock of tho Indiana com pany, the Waters-Pierce Oil company of Missouri and the Republic Oil com pany of New York. Mr. Rogers said that he did not know that the Indiana company has offices at 2C Broadway, that he sup posed Its affairs are In Indiana and that he imagined that James A. Mof fet, president of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, has an office at 2G Broadway but that he (Rogers) was never In It. " Mr. Rogers declined to answer the question whether the Standard Oil company of New Jersey owns the stock of the other companies which Mr. Hadley alleges had combined to stifle competition in Missouri. Mr. Hadley pressed the questions with much Insistence and demanded an swers without evasions. "Do you mean to say to the supreme court of Missouri that you do not know where the offices of the company In which you are a director are lo cated?" demanded Mr. Hadley. "It Is Immaterial to me what the su preme court of Missouri expects me to say," replied Mr. Rogers. When Mr. Rogers went on the stand a zealous photographer temporarily broke up the proceedings and drove him out of the room by burning a flashlight to get a picture of him. It filled the room with smoke and Mr. Rogers was excused until a later hour. H. D. Hardcastle, who formerly was employed In the Albany agency of the Standard Oil company, was Mr. Had ley's chief witness. He testified to instances In which he was transferred from the Standard Oil company's employ to that of the Re public Oil company at Cleveland, O and of the Atlantic Refining company at Philadelphia. These transfers, he said, were made by officers or em ployes of the Standard Oil company and one of them told him he must not be known In Cleveland as having been employed by the Standard Oil com pany. Witness had some letters, ho said, from Standard Oil men, which he was Induced to surrender to Walter Jennings of the Standard Oil company In the hope of getting a better position, but he received a ticket for Europe without a return coupon. Mr. Rogers was testifying when the bearing adjourned. After the adjournment Attorney General Hadley's attention was called to some published advice to him con cerning the proceedings from Thomas W. Lawson of Boston and he was asked: "Do you want Mr. Lawson to come down here and testify In this case?" "Certainly. If Mr. Lawson knows anything I should like to have him come down," saldMr. Hadley. Hearing on Horner Shooting. Northport, L. I., Jan. 9. At the hear ing of Dr. James W. Simpson, the den tist, accused of wilfully shooting and killing his father-in-law, Bartley Hor ner, Mrs. Horner was a witness. Horn er was wealthy. Dr. Simpson, whllo cleaning a gun a few feet away from his father-in-law, discharged both barrels and claims that the shooting was an accident. During her testi mony Mrs. Horner said: "On the night my husband was killed, Simpson said he did not care If Horner was carried Into the house a corpse." She said that her husband and Dr. Simpson had frequent quarrels, Mr. Horner charging the dentist with gambling. A year ago ho ordered Simpson to leave the houso, she said. The dentist went away but was afterwards Invited to re turn. Isolated Attacks on Troops. Moscow, Jan. 9. The relaxation of the curfew regulations has been mark ed by tho renewal of Isolated attacks on the police and the troops. A ser geant major of the Moscow Dragoons was caught alono at midnight and cut down with his own sword. A patrol killed two and captured one of the as sailants of the sergeant major. An other band raided the Presna district, the scene of the last open resistance of the revolutionaries. They were fired on by the sentinels nt the Gorba toff and Presna bridges and decamped after wounding one policemen. Con ditions In general are steadily Improv ing. Industrial Home School Burned. Toronto. Out., Jan. 9. The school building nt tho Industrial Homo for Boys at Mlnilco was destroyed by lire last evening. All the boys escaped. The loss will be $25,000. ISTHMIAN CANAL EMPLOYMENT. Civil Service Rules Will Not Apply to What Are Called Outside Men. Washington, Jan. 9. Civil service rules and regulations will not here after apply, so far as the Isthmian canal commission Is concerned, to the employment of what is termed in a general way "outside men" that Is, track layers, skilled laborers, foremen, etc. To other classes of employes, stenographers, clerks, bookkeepers and other "Inside men" the civil ser vice rules will continue to apply. This determination was reached at a conference at the White House In which, besides the president, Seora tary Taft, Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian canal commission, John F. Stevens, chief engineer of the canal, and Civil Service Comlssioner Cooley were the participants. t For a year there has be;n friction between the canal commission and the civil service commission as to the ap plication of the civil service laws and regulations to employes on the canal construction work. Both Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens maintained that they ought to have authority to employ men whom they needed without reference to the civil service rules. In, a measure they have exercised that authority notwith standing the protests of the civil ser vice commission. Last week a direct difference arose between the two commissions that ap peared to be likely to result In an em barrassing condition of affairs. The conference was by direction of the president. Secretary Taft announced the conclusions reached and added that they were quite satisfactory to Com missioner Cooley as well as to the canal officials. Head of Graduating Class Arrested. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 9. Midshipman John P. Miller of Lancaster, Ky., who has been expected to graduate at the head of his class next month, was put under arrest yesterday on charges of hazing Henry O. Cooper, Jr., of Ox ford, N. C, and Max B. Demott of Niles, Mich., members of the fourth class. Cooper Is the midshipman who was stricken with paralysis while In a class room about a month ago. Mil ler la a cadet lieutenant In command of the 12th company. Guests of Erie Chamber of Commerce. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurler has accepted an Invitation to be the guest of the Erie, Pa., Cham ber of Commerce at Its next annual banquet. The Invitation was extend ed to Sir Wilfrid by a committee of three from Erie. Vice President Fair banks and Senators Penrose and Knox will be guests at the banquet Strong's Bank to Close Up. Blnghamton, Jan. 9. The private bank of Strong & Co. of this city, which was entirely owned by Cyrus Strong, who died on Friday night, will pass into liquidation just as soon as the executors of the estate can quali fy. The heirs of the estate do not desire to continue the business. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, Jan. 8. WHEAT No. 2 red, 94 o f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Dululh 94c f. o. b. afloat. CORN No. 2 corn, old, 50c f. 0. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 50c. OATS Mlxel oats, 26 to S3 lbs, 3637c; clipped white, 36 to 40 lbs., 4041c. PORK Mess, $14.S014.75; fam ily, per bhl., $15.60. HAY Shipping, 5055c; good to choice, 8085c. BUTTER Creamery, extra, 27c; common to extra, 1827c; state dairy, common to extra, 1624c. CHEESE -- State, full cream, small choice, 13c. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, S334c. POTATOES State and Western, per 180 lbs., $1.75'2.12. Buffalo Provision Market Buffalo, Jan. 8. WHEAT No. 1 northern, new, spot, 93 c; No. 2 hard winter, 87 c. CORN No. 2 corn, 484c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 48 c. OATS No. 2 white, 3Gc f. o. b. aflont; No. 3 white, 35V4c. FLOUR Fnncy blended patent per bbl., $5.i56.00; winter family patent, $4.405.15. BUTTER Creamery western, er tra, 2G27c; state and Pennsylvania, creamery, 25c; dairy, cholco to fancy, 21c. CHEESE Fancy full cream, 13 14c; good to choice, 13(ffl3Hc. EGGS Selected fancy, 28c. POTATOES Western, fancy, pe bu., C5c; home grown, per bu., C5 70c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market CATTLE Choice export steers, $5.50 Iff 5.85; good to choice butcher steers, $l.G5ffT(.40; medium half-fat steers. $3. 25UM-25; common to fair heifers, $2.G.riff()3.G5; good to choice heifers. $4.755.00; good butcher bulls, $3.75 4.25; choice to extra veals, $9.25 9.75; fair to good, $8. 50 St 9.25. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice native lambs, $8.0()fft 8.13; yearlings, choice, $G.85Sr7.23; handy wethers. $5.85G.15; mixed Khoop, $3.(i0fi 5.9U. HOGS Best Yorkers, $5.G0ff 5.G5; medium and heavy hogs, $.").G05.U5; pigs, light, $'i.G5.Ti5.70. Buffalo Hay Market. HAY-Cliolee timothy, $12.00 1 2.50: No. 1, $11.00 11.50; No. 2, $9.00 1000; No. 1 rye straw. $9.0010.00. SUMMARY OFTHE NEWS. Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed nd Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Has Little Time to Spare. Printers' fight for the eight-hour day becomes general throughout the Unit ed States. Governor Herrick of Ohio advocated the abolition of the legislative lobby In his last annual message. Notice has been served by United States warships on the Dominican gunboat Independence that she will hot be allowed to bombard Puerto Plata. According to a dispatch from St. Pe tersburg the severest measures of re pression have been decided upon, In cluding the banging of all leaders of the revolt. Mayor McClellan's message states the city of New York is within $60, 000.000 of the debt limit, and detailed plans for relief from $33,000,000 uncol lectible taxes. Thursday. More than one million American wo men will petition the United States senate t oexpel Reed Smoot, the Mor mon senator from Utah. New Jersey's state road commis sioner In annual report recommended a heavy tax on automobiles In inter est of protection of highways. Grover Cleveland has accepted the post at $12,000 a year of arbiter and rebate referee to the three great In surance companies the Equitable, the Mutual and the New York Life. The remarkable allegation Is made by Admiral Rojestvensky that the British fleet was held In readiness at Wei-Hal-Wel to destroy tho Russian fleet if the battle of the Sea of Japan had gone In the Russians' favor. Friday. Governor Hlgglns' message to the legislature called for radical insurance legislation. Court martial at New York reduces First Lieutenant Roy I. Taylor 12 nubers for tnubblng a sergeant. General Rodriguez attacked Puerto Plata and there was fighting In the street, 25 persons being killed and many wounded on both sides. Charles A. Edwards, wellknown In Wall Btreet, New York, was myster iously slain In the home of his late mother-in-law, Mrs. Hiller, In New Haven. The publishing house of Harper & Brothers, New York, acceded to the de mands of their striking printers for the 48-hour week and the closed shop. More than 100 printers employed by the house will return to work at once. 8aturday. Emperor Nicholas has sent $50,000 to Governor General Doubassoft for the relief of the needy sufferers of the re volt at Moscow. Frank White, an Albany lawyer, charged gross irregularities In the as sessment of the franchise tax in the state controller's office, whereby the state lost thousands of dollars. Reprieve was denied to Albert T. Patrick by Governor Hlgglns, but friends who will present a petition for commutation of his sentence to Ufa Imprisonment believe their request will be granted. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt announced that the wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Representative Longwonth of Cincinnati will take place on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 12 o'clock noon, In the East room of the White House. Monday. Express companies follow the rail roads and will refuse to lssuo passes for the free transportation of goods. II. H. Rogers defies the officials of Missouri when called to tho witness stand In the New York hearing in the Missouri ouster suits. Campaign In England for the gen eral election Is the most, severe of any In the last 20 years, contests being made In almost every district. Timothy L. Woodruff, former lieu tenant governor, entered with zeal upon his new career as head of the Provident Savings Life Assurauce so ciety. Midshipman Stephen Decatur, Jr., Is acquitted by the court martial at Annapolis for the charge of hazing, but rumor says dismissal will be the pen alty for Midshipman Trensnor Cof fin, Jr. Tuesday. Westlnghouso Electric company gets contract to equip Sarnla Tunnel railway with electricity. One man was killed and several persons nnrrowly escaped death when a New York Central ear crashed Into tho wall of the Grand Central station. Negotiations for the settlement of the case of tho New York and Her mndez Asphalt company In Venezuela have failed, according to a Caracas dispatch. Count Witte declared that the re ports that Germany will resort to nn aggressive policy In the Morocco con ference are disseminated for Hie pur pose of Influencing the bourses. Elliot Dnnforlh, btato treasurer from 1889 to 1893, former elinlnnan of th) Democratic state cominlilee ami Dem ocratic nominee for lieutenant gover nor in 1898, died at his homo in Now York. PRIVATE COINAGE. At One Time It Warn Unite Conmoa In Till Connlrr. The history of the Issue of coins In this country by private Individuals and companies would make a very Interest ing book. When gold wns struck In North Carolina a man named Bechtler started a mint of his own there, which was abolished by law In 1S40. Half eagles, quarter eagles and one dollar pieces Issued by blin were largely cir culated lu the south and west. Al though of honest gold, they were about per cent under value on an average. About the same time Templeton Reld coined gold in Georgia. He moved to California iu 1S4!) nud minted eagles und twenty-five dollar pieces on a con siderable scale. Many companies and refineries in California and elsewhere made u business of striking gold coins during the name period. Naturally there was a great temptation to make these coins under weight aud of In ferior fineness. The Mormons In Utah issued eagles, half eagles and double eagles which bore ou the obverse an eye, with the legend, "Holiness to the Lord." Quantities of twenty-five cent and fifty cent gold pieces were llktwls manufactured at San Francisco, tha former containing only nbout si cents' worth of the metal nnd the latter twelve cents' worth. Years ago a lot of these were taken over to Germany and circulated there, which elicited a formal diplomatic protest from that government. The private lulutlug busi ness was dually stopped. A FISH THAT FIGHTS. The ARitrt-NKl ve nnil Iridescent Fla kat of Slnm. So aggressive Is the plakat a little fish from Slain, that the entertainment It affords has become n national pas time. The fishes are trained to go through regular battles nud are reared artificially for the purpose, while Uie license to exhibit them to the general public Is fanned out and brings a large amount of money Into the royal cofTers. They nre kept In aquariums built for the purpose and fed npou the larvae of mosquitoes and every possible care taken of them. When the fish Is In a quiet state, with the fins at rest the dull colors are not nt all remarkable. But If two nre brought together or within sight of each other, or even If one sees its own Image In a looking glass, the little creature becomes sud denly excited. ' The fins nre raised, and the whola body shines with metallic luster and colors of dazzling beauty, while the protecting gill membrane, waving like a black frill round the throat, makes grotesque the general appearance. In thla state of irritation It makes repeat ed darts at Its real or reflected antago nist. If two nre placed together In a tank they rush at each other with the utmost fiyy. The battle Is kept on un til one Is killed or put to flight, but not until they are entirely separated does the victor shut his gaudy fins, that, like flags of war, are never lowered until peace has been declared. ToleN nnl ItonalnnB. Hugo Gaiiz hi his book on Russia writes as follows of the relations exist ing between the Itussinn officials and the Toles: "They remain separate, like oil and water. The Russian, even though he Is the master. Is of uo conse quence here. It Is only necessary to ob serve for the space of nn hour from some corner of the elegant dining room of the hotel the behavior of the Polish society and the complete Isolation of the Russian otllcers or officials. It la only necessary to be able to distinguish the groups from one nuother the Bal tic nobility with their almost bourgeois families, merchants from all the prin cipal countries, Russian functionaries and Polish society nud It will at onco become clear who Is at home here, firmly rooted to the soil, so that all oth ers become strangers aud Intruders. It Is tho Poles, nnd tho Poles alone." Convenient. There was once In a North Carolina court a case that bus gone down as history In the Judicial annals of the state. It appears that n debtor named Jenkins, when solicited to close an old opeu account by note, agreed to do so provided he should be allowed to draft the Instrument. This wns granted him, whereupon he presented the creditor with the following: "I, Samuel Jenkins, agree to pay John Ilugglns $'J(K) whenever conven ient, but It Is understood that said Jen kins Is not to be pushed. Witness my hand nnd seal this day of . Samuel Jenkins." Harper's Weekly. netter Than III Own. They wero discussing the factors which make for success In the world when the knowing young man said: "There's nothing like force of char acter. Now, (hero's Jouust Sure to uake his way In the world, lls'a a will of his own, you know." "Hut Hi-own has something bettw In his favor." "What's that?" "A will of his uucle's." Down iti Hla Lack. "Oh, John," she exclaimed as she observed him getting luto his over coat, "I hope you're not going to be out again tonight!" "I hope not." he replied abscntinlnd edly, "but It's quite likely. The cards have been running very badly for me lately. "- Philadelphia Ledger. Tin- Menu Way II Works. "I( you refuse to marry me," said ihe wealthy old man, "1 shall pine away mid die." "(if course," responded the gtrl blt terl.v. "And If 1 would marry you you would hang to life like a luillil;. But that's tho way It goes." Detroit Trtb line.
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