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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 49.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1906.
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BOROUGH OFFICER).
Burgess. k. IT. Dale.
Justices vfthe Peace S. S. Canfleld, S.
J. Betley. r T
Councitmen.J. B. Muse, J. W. Lan
ders, J. T. Dalo. W. F Killiner, C. A.
Lanson.Ueo. Huleman, Q, T. Audorson.
Constable W. H. Uood.
Collector 8. J. Betley.
School Directors 1. C. Seowden. R.
L. Haslet, E. W. BowmBn, T. F. Kltohey,
A. C. Urown, Dr. J. C. Dunn.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress-J nseph C. Sibley.
Member of Senate J. K. P. flail.
Assembly i. H. Robertson.
President Judge Yt. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges V. X. Kreitlor, P.
C. Hill. , .
Prothonotary, Register d Recorder, de.
J. C. Gelst.
Sheriff. A. W. Slroup.
Treasurer W. II. HarrlHou.
Commissioners I,eonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Willlp Emert.
District A ttorney-. D. Irwin.
Jury Commissioners J. U. fcuen, J.
P. Castner.
to? Auditors V. H. Stiles, Chas.
F. Klinestlver, H. T. Carson.
County Surveyor-D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent ). W. Morri
son. '
Raaalar Term f Caurt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Taosdays ol month.
Church aaa Habbata Hehaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath eveulng at the usual hour. Rev.
R. A. Zahnlser, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Churoh
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Rev.' Dr. Paul J. Slouaker, PaHtor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.(
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
mi nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Weduesday evening of each month.
KARL K. WENK,
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All work guaranteed. Rooms over
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RITCHEY A CARRINGER
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW.
Tionosta, Pa
CURTIS M. 8IIAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Oliloeln Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
D
R. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A SurgHon,
TIONESTA, PA,
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. OiHue over store,
Tlonesta, Pa. Profenrdonal calls 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. SIOGINS.
Physician aud Nurgoon,
J OIL CITY, PA,
Tl V. V TRSPHNKR. M. D.
il. Practice limited to diseasos of the
Limns and Chest. Oillce hours uy ap
ffiLlCITY?pX: No. 116 CENTER ST.
ITT I1T T11V Kt ty
Practice limited to diseases of the
Eyes, Ears, Nooe Bnit Tliroai. npeciiu
attention given to the fitting of glasses.
Omce hours 9-12 a. in., I S p. m., 7-8 p. in.
OIL CITY, PA. No. 116 CENTEk ST.
H
R. MnKINLEY.
. Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing.
t inncsia, ru
SJ. SETLEY, -uTMTtrrrenF
THE PEACE.
Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks
(or sale. Also maim aeeus, uiunBnB,
etc. Tlonesta, Pa.
HOTEL WEAVER,
v. a. WRAVICR. Proprietor
This (.nisi fnrmarlv the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
anu is now turnisneu whu an mo m-
mn.AD.mantu HAAtAll fl'lld IlirllteU
.u- .....,,., mill. ..ntiirol irUH. VlHtliroOIIlS.
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never negiocieu.
L GKROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This Is the mostceutrally
located hotel in the place, and lias all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling publio. First
class Livery in connection.
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds or custom work iroin the tlnest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA. PENN
.'A
3 CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Kl
M Best Coueh Symp. Tastes Good.
(pi Um In time. Sold by druggists, taj
TOCHEAPENSTEELWORK
New Process of Electric Smelt
ing to Cut Pig Iron Cost.
M. Fallleres' Inauguration House
Passed Hepburn Rate Bill Critical
Situation at Algeclras The White
House Wedding 28 Men Killed In
a Mine Threatened Coal Strike.
By a new method that promises to
revolutionize Iron and steel industry,
pig iron can be made for $10 a ton,
which is $5 less than the cost under
the system now generally In UBe, ac
cording to an announcement made
el Sault Ste. Marie, Canada.
Electric smelting Is part of the pro
cess, which " has been developed by
secret experiments at the expense and
under the general direction of the
Canadian government
The plants where the work was done
are owned by the Lake Superior Cor
poration. Dr. Herault, a French ex
pert, had charge of the tests. Cana
dians think It means the development
In the near future of large ore fields
in the vicinity of Lake Superior on the
Ontario side.
House Passed Hepburn Rate Bill. .
Just enough business was allowed
In the house on Thursday last
preceding the vote on. the Hepburn
railroad rate bill to permit delayed
members to reach their seats before
the roll call, ordered the night before,
began. Three hundred and forty-Blx
members voted for the bill. Seven, all
Republicans, voted against it. Ap
plause greeted the announcement of
the result by the speaker, and the
house, which had given Its undivided
attention to the question of govern
ment rate making for seven days,
turned Us attention to other matters.
The penBlon appropriation bill, car
rying $139,000,000 for pensions and
$1,245,000 for pension administration,
was taken up, debated and passed
without amendment. . The foature of
the bill, aside from the appropriation
made, Is a provision making statute
law of the famous order of the presi
dent declaring age conclusive evidence
of disability.
Critical Situation at Algeclras.
Opinion at Paris concerning the
progress and final outcome - of the
Algeclras conference has become rath
er more pessimistic in consequence
of the semi-oiliclal declarations that
neither France nor Germany will
recede regarding the question of the
Moroccan police. Diplomats at Paris
strongly support the French view re
garding the maintenance of the posi
tion of France in Morocco, arguing
that France must reject in the most
energetic manner any proposal for In
ternational control, as otherwise she
will lose everything for which she has
been contending. It Is considered that
a point has been reached where further
concessions on the French side are
lmnnsslblo. The other powers have
secured every point claimed thus far,
including the integrity of Morocco and
commercial equality, and now France's
turn has come to claim her rights
which were recognized in principle
before the conference opened.
Dunbar, Negro Poet, Dead.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the poet
of the negro race, died at his home in
Dayton, O., last week of consumption.
For' three years he has been seriously
and for a year critically 111, but he kept
at his work intermittently and wrote
his last poem for his Christmas book,
"Howdy, Honey, Howdy," Just before
Christmas. Mr. Dunbar was born In
Dayton, June 27, 1872, and was first a
newsboy and then an elevator boy and
during his struggle for a livelihood
practiced writing. Mr. Dunbar's first
work to attract attention to him was a
class poem written for the Steel High
school in 1891. His first of a total of
21 books was "Oak and Ivy." His
poem best known wns "When Malindy
Sings," which was written to his
mother, whose name Is Malindy.
Wedding of the President's Daughter.
The wedding of Miss- Alice Lee
Roosevelt, daughter of the president,
to Representative Nicholas Longworth,
will take place at 12 o'clock noon on
Saturday, Feb. 17. The ceremony,
which will be performed in the his
toric east room, will be solemnized
by the Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee,
Protestant Episcopal bishop of Wash
ington. Lnto in the afternoon Mr. Longworth
and his bride will leave Washington cm
a trip to Florida, traveling In a special
car. After the adjournment of con
gress they expect to make a trip to
Europe.
Gobelin Tapestry For Miss Roosevelt.
Miss Alice 'Roosevelt has received
the wedding gift which the French gov
ernment had Intended for her. The gift
is a beautiful Gobelin representing
"Justice" and wns offered to Miss
Roosevelt by M. Jusserand, the French
ambassador In this country. It was
understood that President " Roosevelt
had Informed several European pow
ers that It would not be agreeable If
they sent especially expensive gifts
and accordingly most European gov
ernments are expected to send small
gifts merely to express their good will
and wishes to the daughter of Ameri
ca's first citizen. .Tl)3 French govern
ment, however, already had given or
ders for the manufacture of this rare
piece of tapestry. The piece, though
not large. Is Invaluable as that par
ticular kind of Gobelin is solely made
for the French government on special
occasions.
Received Your Invitation?
President Roosevelt authorized thli
statement: "The President and Mrs
Roosevelt ask the kind consideration
of many friends who would under or
dlnary circumstances receive lnvlta
tlons to Miss Roosevelt's wedding
The capacity of the White House re
quired that under existing circum
stances Invitations be limited to th
closest kinsfolk, the personal friends
of Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth
and certain classes of officials In
Washington. No friends of the Pres
ident or Mrs. Roosevelt are being ask
ed unless they also come within one
of these classes, and even with these
limitations the number of guestf
threatens to overtax the capacity ol
he White House."
Twenty-Eight Men Killed In Mine.
Twenty-eight men met death In a
terrible mine explosion In the Parallel
mine of the Stewart Colliers company
near Oakhlll, W. Va.
The explosion was terrific and it It
thought many miners were killed out
right by the explosion. The system ol
fans was completely wrecked by the
explosion and all air was shut off from
the mine, leaving the men who had
not been killed by the explosion to
smother to death. . .
The mine Is a shaft mine about 700
feet deep and the unfortunate miners
had little chance of escape.
Most of the miners caught In the
mine are Hungarians or negroes, who
had little experience In mining.
Slelghrlde For Chinese Commissioners.
Viceroy Tuan Fang and Tal Hung
Chi, the Imperial Chinese commission
ers, enjoyed the first slelghrlde of
their lives at Ithaca, N. Y., aftei
spending Beveral hours visiting Cor
nell university. When the members ot
the party awoke In their special train
side tracked at the railway station, six
Inches of snow covered the ground.
While en route for the campus on a
trolley car the visitors took much in
terest In passing sleighs and expressed
a desire to ride in one. When the
program at the university was con
cluded, late In the afternoon, the party
took a long drive into the country.
Castellane Divorce Suit
Strong efforts continue to be made
at Paris In behalf of the Cas
tellane family to bring about the aban
donment of the divorce suit begun by
the Countess Bonl De Castellane, but
up to the present the desired result
has not been achieved. An attempt
made to obtain the countess' assent
to a Judicial separation without an ab
solute divorce has also been unsuccess
ful. It is expected that the case will
be heard three weeks hence. An un
confirmed report says that Count
Boni has entered a counter plea, claim
ing heavy damages.
Clearfield Mines Tied Up.
At a mass meeting at Punxsutawney,
Pa., of the miners employed by
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg Coal and Iron company, the Jef
ferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron
company, and allied concerns with
headquarters there, It was decided
unanimously not to go to work again
until all grievances between the men
and the companies have been adjusted.
A meeting also was held at Rey
noldsville; where the miners of that
district voted unanimously to endorse
the action taken by the Punxsutawney
meeting.
Dedication of Battle Monument.
The dedication of the battle mon
ument at El Caney, Cuba, will take
place on February 14th. A large
party of distinguished officers of the
United States army and navy lefrNew
York on Feb. 8 to participate in the
exercises attending the dedication.
The Cuoan government will play an
active part In the ceremonies.
Threatened Coal Strike.
A meeting of the operators to dis
cuss threatened coal strike will be held
In New York on Feb. 14 and on Feb.
16 there will be a Joint conference of
miners and operators. Great interest
ataches to these meetings, as both the
operators and miners are reported as
firmly adhering to their respective po
sitions. Inauguration of French President.
Clement Armand Fallleres, eighth
president of the third republic, will
take over the reins of government,
becoming the ruling executive in
France on Feb. 18. On that day the
Elysee palace will be the scene of
great pomp and festivity.
Farmer Killed by Rolling Log.
Henry .Shader, a farmer, 45 years old,
t Mlddleville, N. Y., was Instantly
killed by a log which ho was attempt
ing to loud on his sleigh on a side hill.
Ho lost control ot the stick and It
knocked him down and rolled over him
crushing out his life.
LaFollette's Anti-Pass Bill.
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin
has introduced a bill prohibiting
federal officials from asking or ac
cepting railroad or other passes and
prohibiting railroads from granting
them. It Imposes penalties for viola
tions of the law.
Further. Reprieve For Mrs. Tolla.
Governor Stokes of New Jersey
has granted to Mrs. Antoinette
Tolla, the Hackensack murderess, a
further reprieve of 00 days in order
to allow her counsel to present further
evidence for a new trial.
Trial of Electric Motor.
Trial of the new gasoline electric
railway car on the Delaware and Hud
son road nt. Schenectady resulted In
success and railroad men say it will
displace the steam locomotive on all
short runs.
TRIED TO SAVE SUICIDE.
Divinity Student's Brave Effort
at Rescue.
Tried In Vain to Save the Life of a
Disheartened Tailor Rescuer Was
Overcome by the Cold and Wat
Dragged From the Lake by a Police
man With a Rope.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Leaping Into the
Icy waters of Lake Michigan in an
effort to save the life of James Hagel
(uist, a tailor, who committed suicide
6y throwing himself Into the lake
at the foot of Oak street, Roy FIta
slmmons, a divinity student at the
Moody Bible Institute, was nearly
drowned yesterday morning.
The would-be rescuer was overcome
by the cold and was dragged from the
lake by a park policeman. He was
taken to the Moody Institute, where
he was placed under the care of a
physician.
Fltzsimmons arrived from Marshall
town, Iowa, and, with three other stu
dents, was taking his first view of
the lake. They were strolling along
the beach when they noticed a man
walk out on the ice that had formed
near the shore. Without looking
about, the man, who proved to be
Hagelquist, 470 Fifty-first street, 50
years . old, plunged Into the water.
Quickly Fitzslmmons removed his
shoes and jumped in after him. But
the student was numbed by the cold
and would have been' drowned had
not the policeman thrown a rope to
him.
Police of the Chicago avenue station
secured a boat and recovered the body
of Hagelquist, which was taken to uur
dertaklng-rooms at 226 North Clark
street. Papers found on the man's
body indicated that he resided at
470 Fifty-first street, at the home of
A. Hall.
Mr. Hall said Hagelquist had owned
a tailorlng-Bhop on the West Side until
four months ago, when he lost all of
his property through speculation.
Since then, Hall said, Hagelquist had
been despondent and Bad often
threatened to commit suicide.
Great Britain Demands Compensation.
London, Feb. 13. Great Britain has
demanded that China compensate the
missionaries for the destruction of
their property at Chang Pu, near
Amoy, and also asked for the punish
ment of those responsible for the dis
orders. The government here has no
Information regarding the general
unrest in China beyond the reports of
the consuls, which are conflicting,
some of them considering that the dis
orders are local while others believe
that they foreshadow a general antl
foreign uprising. While Great Britain
with the other powers agreed to Em
peror William's suggestion to with
draw her troops from Chill province
it has now been decided to leave the
question In the hands of the ministers
at Pekin.
For Repeal of Gas Commission.
Albany, Feb. 13. The repeal of the
act of last year which created the
state commission of -gas and electricity
Is proposed In a bill introduced last
night by Senator Stevens. The Intro
duction of this bill produced th more
of a sensation because Senator Stev
ens was chairman of the joint special
committee which presented the Mil
creating the commission, after its in
vestigation last year of the lighting
conditions of New York city. The in
troduction of the bill In the senate
Immediately followed the handing
down of the first annual report of the
commlssslon.
Menelik Get a Mountain Battery.
Vienna, Feb. 13. It is stated on good
authority that the Austrian-Hungarian
government has sent a fully equipped
battery of mountain guns as a gift to
Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia. The
if otrian cruiser Panther took the bat
tery to Jibuti!, French Somallland,
from which port the guns were sent
to Addis Beba, the capital of Abyssin
ia. It is assumed that Austria sent
the gift to Menelik in retaliation for
the action of Italy in sending a moun
tain battery to Prince Nicholas of
Montenegro.
Bangle In Duck'a Gizzard.
Baltimore, Feb. 13. In a blackhead
duck killed by Captain William Crock
ett, at Harness creek, South River,
yd., be found a small gold heart, prob
ably the bangle of a lady's bracelet,
In Its gizzard. The heart was engraved
with the letter "15." Captain Crockett
is caretaker of a ducking shore be
longing to a group of naval officers
stationed at Annapolis.
Denied More Pay, Woman Dies.
Baltimore, Feb. 13. Disheartened
because the school board refused to
ratify her promotion, at higher pay,
by her principal, Miss Ella Mollen
bagen, for 11 years a teacher of Ger
man In the public schools, committed
suicide by Inhaling gas. She was de
nied promotion because her hearing
was defective.
French Consulates In Venezuela.
Washington, Feb. 13. M. Jusserand,
the French ambassador, called upon
Secretary Root, when they had a talk
with reference to the French consul
ates In Venezuela. Mr. Root stated to
him that it was only contemplated that
this government would act as custod
ian for the archives of the consulates
and not conduct the offices.
PITT8BURG CONVENTION.
Repart of Tellars Electing Prte4Jnt
Dolan and Hit Allies For An.
other Year.
Pittsburg, Feb. M. Son of wila
dltarder rlfn4 In tit -Pltisburg. con
vention of United Mice Wortye& Sat
urday afternaen when president Pat
rick Dolan played his trump card and
force the tellers of a late election to
render their report whloh elocttd him
president of the Pittsburg district fot
another year beginning with April 1,
1900, also re-electing his allies, Vice
President Uriah Bellingham and Sec
retary William Dodds.
For a week the enemies ot Dolan
had fought against the report of these
tellers, but Dolan limply foroed the
natter through, thus gaining another
strong point over his enemies, and the
angered delegates burst oa the floor
wild with rage and for a moment It
looked as though riot was assured.
Vice President Tom Lewlt was
quick to see that the delegates were
getting beyond themselvea and like a
flash he was on the floor asking for
recognition. President Dolan, who
was smilingly Ignoring the frenzied
delegates clamoring for recognition,
nodded to Lewis, who made a short
but very pointed appeal to the dele
gates. "I hope that none of our people
will let themselves within pale of the
laws," said Lewis. "You are beside
yourselves. Be careful and don't
make yourselves amenable to the
laws."
This Intimation that arrests might
be made if the trouble grew seemed to
appeal to the delegates who subsided,
though sullenly.
Dolan ruled out a motion to set
aside his own election and In the
midst of a fearful row the convention
adjourned to reconvene next Wednes
day. At the morning session President
Dolan openly defied the orders of
President Mitchell who had Instructed
the miners to use the district money
in hiring an attorney to fight Dolan's
injunction. Dolan said not a cent of
the district's money should go for this.
Ha had hired his own attorney and
delegates who wanted attorneys should
hire them privately.
Clearfield Strike May Be Stttled.
Dubois, Feb. 12. An agreement
which it is expected will be satisfac
tory to both sides was reached between
the representatives of the miners and
General Manager Robinson of tht Buf
falo. Rochester and Pittsburg coal In
terests after a conference extending
over two days. There will be mass
meetings of the miners at Punxsutaw
ney and Reynoldavllle today and the
terms of settlement will be either ac
cepted or rejected. The opinion Is ad
vanced by both sides that the men will
decide to return to work. National
Secretary and Treasurer W. B. Wilson,
who has been looking after the mine
workers' Interests In the conferences
with the officials of the coal company,
left for Wllkes-Barre.
Nail In Hit Neck For 26 Yea's.
Wllkes-Barre, Feb. 12. John Spires
of Sayre, near here, has without his
knowledge carried a one-Inch nail,
weighing half an ounce, In his neck
for 26 years. On the 4th of July, 1880,
ha and some others were Injured by
the explosion of powder In a black
smith shop. A deep wound was cut In
his neck, but It was sewed up and
healed nicely. He never had any fur
ther trouble until last week, when his
neck pained him so much near the old
wound that he went to Chief Surgeon
Ott of the Sayre hospital, who cut out
the nail which had been there for 26
years.
Will Accept the Two-Cent Rate.
Cleland, Feb. 12. According to
statements given out here by officials
of the Lako Shore and Mlchigun South
ern railway, there will be no opposi
tion made by that company against
the adoption of the new state law
which requires that passengers must
be carried at the rato of 2 cents a
mile instead of 3 cents, as has hereto
fore been charged. Officials of the
Erie and Nickel Plate roads are also
quoted as saying that their lines will
adopt the reduced schedule.
Wltnestet Disappear; Case Postponed.
Corry, Feb. 12. A rather peculiar
case is attracting the attention of the
residents of this county at present.
Several days ago H. W. Parker of
Wattstrarg was placed under arrest
charged with allowing gambling In his
hotel. The hearing was to have tak
en place, before Alderman Swap In
Erie. Several postponements have
been found necessary because Max
Davis and M. J. Fritz, the two most
important witnesses, have disappeared.
Until tbey are found no hearing will
be held.
8peker Cannon to Be Dined.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12. Joseph G.
Cannon, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, has accepted nn Invita
tion to address the Union League club
of this city on Saturday evening next.
The speaker will be entertained at
dinner by the league, which event Is
expected to be the most notable since
the banquot to President Roosevelt
last year.
Anthracite Wages.
Mahanoy City, Fob. 12. Commis
sioner Nelll of the anthractto strike
commlsKion notified the operators and
minors that the rate of wages In the
anthracite fluid for February Is 5 per
cent above the basis, or 1 per cent less
than wages for January. The compu
tation was made on a basis of $4.77,
the telling price of coal at tidewater.
SHORTER NEWS ITEMS,
Pithy Paragraphs Chronicling
the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Varlout Part
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facts Given In at Few
Words at Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
Wednesday.
Governor Higglns has expressed the
conviction that there will be a legis
lative bank Inquiry even If Superin
tendent Kllburn should resign.
Radical changes nave been made In
the regulations governing Chinese
exclusion, which are expected to amel
iorate anti-American prejudice in
China.
Father Joseph Murgas of Wllkes
Barre, Pa., invents a method of send
ing wireless messages to Europe
through the earth Instead of through
the air.
Former Chief Engineer John F. Wal
lace described William Nelson Crom
well's activity In Panama canal af
fairs and declared his belief Mr. Crom
well was a "dangerous man."
Antwerp harbor 1b crowded with ves
sels loaded with grain from the United
States for Germany. The cargoes are
being hastily unloaded and dispatched
before the imposition of higher duties.
Thursday!
President Roosevelt advocated leg
islation providing a milder punishment
than dismissal for hazing In the naval
academy.
Viceroy Tuanfang and other Chinese
commissioners visited West Point and
declared the military academy the
finest they had ever seen.
According to a dispatch from St.
Petersburg, Admiral Blrileff, minister
of marine, who approved Admiral-Ro-Jestvensky's
attack on England, has
been forced to retire.
The Venezuelan government has re
quested the United States government
to take charge of Its consulate in
France. Secretary Root has decided
to comply with the request
Friday.
Patrick Dolan, president of district
No. 5 of the United Mine Workers of
America, has taken a determined
stand against a general coal strike.
It is stated In Paris that the efforts
to get Comtesse Bonl De Castellane to
abandon her action for divorce or con
sent to a separation have been unsuc
cessful. Professor Walter M. Wolfe, former
Mormon apostle, told the senate com
mittee on elections there was more
polygamy in Utah now than when it
became a state.
All amendments to the railroad rate
regulation bill were defeated in the
house of representatives and the meas
ure was sent to the senate by a prac
tically unanimous vote.
Saturday.
John E. Madden paid $47,000 for
Prince Wiibourne at the Splan sale iu
Chicago. The price is among the
highest ever paid for a 'horse in the
West.
Senator LaFollette introduces in the
senate a strict anti-pass bill, making it
a crime to give passes to politicians
or public officials, or for the latter to
accept privileges.
A jury has been secured at Omaha
for the trial of Pat Crowe on a charge
of robing Edward Cudahy of $25,000
in connection with the kidnaping of
Edward A. Cudahy, Jr.
In an Incisive report the Fowler
committee of the New York Life In
surance company placed many dam
aging facts at the doors of John A.
McCall and Andrew Hamilton.
Monday.
Protection by means of high duties
Is the policy of the Canadian tariff
commission which has Just concluded
Its labors.
Helen Kellar, the denf, dum) and
blind girl, breaks down from over
study and is ordered by her physicians
to rest for months.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, negro poet
and singer of the folk songs of his race,
died of consumption at his home in
Dayton, O., after a long Illness.
Money sent from America to Jews
In Russia through the medium cf the
postoffice service Is sent back on the
ground that the funds are for the use
of the revolutionists.
New York Life Insurance company's
legal department Is ready to.- begin
suits against John A. McCall and An
drew Hamilton to compel the. restora
tion of much money.
Tuesday.
Wlllemstad dispatches say that the
censorship In Venezuela Is now rigid
and that President Castro declares he
will test the Monroe Doctrine.
District Attorney Jerome engages
Mathew C. Fleming, who was associat
ed with Inquisitor Hughes, to ussIkI
in prosecuting insurance grafters.
Experts of the National Civic Fed
eration commission are to begin an in
vestigation of quasi-public utilities In
Chicago and other cities this week.
Comparison of the Anierlcun and
Prussian railroads, in favor generally
of the latter. Is made by commission
ers sent here in 1901 by the Prussian
government
Patrick Dolan, president of the
Pittsburg soft coal dlbtrlet, made u
sensational attack on John Mitchell,
head of the United Mine Workers, In
which he said the union had never won
a strike under his leadership.
Health Commissioner Dixon's Free
Distribution of Antitoxin Greatly
Reduces Death Rate Among
Poor In Pennsylvania,
The free distribution of Diphtheria
Antitoxin inaugurated by Dr. Samuel
O. Dixon, Commissioner of the new
State Department of Health, is already
showing a splendid saving of precious
lives. Out of the total number of cases
reported to the Department of Health
in January in which the free Antitoxin
was administered there were so few
deaths as to bring the death rate down
to 8.8 per cent This was a reduction
of over 5 per cent, from the December
figures. This low death rate as shown
by the January records means that in
stead of about 42 lives being lost out
of every hundred cases of Diphtheria,
as would be found where Antitoxin is
not used, the disease was able to claim
only about nine victims. It means
that Instead of 420 deaths out of every
1P00 cases of Diphtheria, the death
rate is brought down by the free dis
tribution of Antitoxin to 88.
Health Commissioner Dixon feels
confident that as the custom of free
distribution of Antitoxin becomes
more thoroughly established and the
physicians of the State use the serum
more, promptly after the onset of the
disease and in more liberal doses, the
death rate will go fnr lower.
From city, town and country village
all over the big State of Pennsylvania
the physicians are sending In their re
ports that tell the story of little chil
dren stricken down by Diphtheria, and
then of the arrest of the dread disease
by the administering of the wonderful
prophylactic Antitoxin. Dread disease
it hardly need be called any longer,
for the hand of death that was for
merly thought to have the little child
surely In its grasp, the moment that
Diphtheria was diagonsed, has now
lost Its power.
At the time that the State Depart-,
ment of Health Is supplying Antitoxin
for curative' purposes, it is also fur
nishing the serum for immunizing.
When the family physician is called
Into the humble home and reads upon
tho child's throat the signs that to hla
practiced eye "mean Diphtheria, he
knows also that the little brothers and
sisters of the sick child have by this
time probably been exposed to the
disease and may be stricken down at
any moment. No need for him to wait
and see if any of these other children
develop the symptoms of the diseate.
He may immediately secure from the
State's free distributing depots suffi
cient Antitoxin to immunize every one
of the little ones, and the older mem
bers of the household, too, who have
been exposed to the Infection.
It is now the aim of the Health Com
missioner to Impress upon the physi
cians of the State the great Import
ance of administering the Antitoxin In
curative doses as soon aa possible af
ter the onset of the disease, and the
Immunizing doses as soon as It Is
known that other children of the
househc'.d have been In any way ex
posed to the disease. The importance
of this early use Is shown very clearly
in the clinical reports that the State
Department of Health receives In
crises where the free Antitoxin has
been used. The January records show
In more than one case "hat If the Anti
toxin had been administered earlier,
and In some cases more liberally, a
life might have been saved.
Dr. Dixon greatly appreciates the co
operation he Is getting from his fellow
physicians throughout the state In se
curing to the people the full benefits
of the free distribution of Diphtheria
Antitoxin. On their part the physicians
are dally telling of the benefits experi
enced by them in their practices.
Dr. S. F. McDonnld, of Lawrence
county, writes to the commissioner:
"I am enclosing clinical report of the
household of diphtheria treated with
tho department Antitoxin. The results
were very gratifying. I feel that the
furnishing of such for the poor Is a
boon to scientific medicine, a great aid
to the physicians of the state, and a
very much needed charity to the poor."
"It was a matter of life or death with
his patients," writes Distributor
Houck, ot Shenandoah, In telling of the
rush of a physician to his depot for the
purpose of securing a package of State's
Antitoxin.
"I am sure the Antitoxin has saved
the life of the patient" writes Dr. N.
Zlegcnfuss, of South Bethlehem, on the
bottom of one of his clinical reports
received by the commissioner.
Dr. J. B. Tweedle, of Carbon county,
tells of being called Into a household
where six children were down with
diphtheria and adds on his report "the
children all recovered and are doing
well."
"Let me express my opinion that this
Ib a Godssnd for the poor. The par
ents of my pationts send thanks to you
and all connected," is the testimony of
Dr. George II. Tlhblns, of Wyoming
county, to the value of the state's free
Antitoxin.
At the 500 different points through
out the state where Health Commis
sioner Dixon has established a depot
or distribution, mere Is kept a supply
of fresh Antitoxin that can be drawn
upon immediately by the physician
whonever he has a case of diphtheria
in a family that cannot afford to bear
the expense of the serum. The system
of keeping these depots supplied so
that no valuable time may be lost in
administering the Antitoxin, has been
carefully worked out by the Depart
ment of Health, and the commissioner
pays IiIkIi tribute to the excellent man
ner In which his distributors have tak
en hold of their work and the con
tentions care they are showing In
keeping their records of the amounts
distributed.