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B. Muse, J. W, Lan ders, C. A. Lanaon, Geo. Ilulemaii, U. T. Auderson, Win. Smearbaugb, E, W. Bowman. Constable W. II. Hood. Collector Vf. IL.Hood. Sx.hoot Director J. O. Bcowden, R. L. Haslet, K. W. Bowman, T. F. Ritchey, A. O. Brown, Dr. J. C. Dunn. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley, Member of Senate 3. K. P. Hall. Assembly J. II. Robertson. Ieiilent Judge W. M. Lindsay. Associate Judge F. X. Kreitler, P. C. Hill. Jrotlionotary, Register & Recorder, t. J. C. Geint. Sheriff. A. W. Rtroup. JVeasurer W. II. Harrison. Cbmmiiwionera Leonard Agnew, An drew Wolf, I'hlllp Emort. District Attorney 8. D. Irwin. Jury Commissioner! J . B. Eden, J. P, Castner. Coroner . Counts Audtor-V. H. SUles, Cbas. F. Kllnestiver, a, T. Carson. Countw Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent ). W. Morri son. Hraular Terns mt Ccart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays ol month. Ckarch aa4 Sabbath Hobaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. in. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W.O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. R. A. abniser, 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 fourth Tuesdaya of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi'.N EST A LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. 1- M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellow' Hall, Partridge building. CA PT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 U. A, R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday evening In each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Weduesday evening of each month. KARL K. WENK, DENTIST. TMtfESTA, PA. All work guaranteed. Rooms over Forost County National Bank. RITCHEY A CARRINGER. ATTORNEYS - AT-LA W. Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 8IIAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT- LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice m Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Oilloeln Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. D R. F. J. BOVARD, 1'uysloian purgmiii, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIVr. Olttce over store, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow'a restaurant. D R. J. B. SIGGINS. Physician ana mirgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HE. KIRSCIINER. M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Lungs and Chest. Offlce hours by ap pointment only. OIL CITY, PA. No. 116 CENTER ST. E W. BOLTON, M. D. T Ilmlta.l tn fl IRA AMAH Of LOO Nnya and Throat. Special attention given to the fitting of glasses. Oillce hours 0-12 a. m., 1-5 p. in., 7-8 p. m. OIL CITY, PA. No. 110 CENTEK ST. H. E. McKINLEY. Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa ST IKTT FY . JUSTicE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a oomplete line of Justice's blanks for Bale. Also Blauk deods, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, baa undergone complete change, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern Improvement. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never noglected. CENTRAL nOUSE, GEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel In the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a ploasant stopping place for the traveling public. first class Livery in connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Suopiu Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest 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 CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In time. Sold by druggists. WrJjilMaiiiiif LYNCH THREE NEGROES. Mob Wrecks Jail and 14 Pris oners Escape. Condition of Winter Wheat Vesuvlua Quieting Down Death of James A. Bailey Greene and Gaynor Sent encedSeven Killed by Explosion on the Battleship Keartarge. Will Allen, a negro charged with the murder of O. M. Rouark, an old Confederate soldier, last January but protesting Innocence, was taken from Jail early Sunday morning by the mob that lynched Horace Duncan and Jim I'opeland, two other negroes, charged With assault, before midnight. Allen was hanged in the public square to the same tower that had served as a scaffold for the two ne groes killed earlier In the'nlght. The jail Is a wreck, the mob after they had secured the three negroej continuing their work of destruction until ncurly all -the prison bars were down. About $3,000 damage was done tn the prison alone, while In the sher iff's residence, ' which was attacked first, the damage is fully as much. Of tbe 14 prisoners, whites and ne groes, who escaped from the prison during the mob excitement, four were captured during Sunday. The authorities assert that Copeland and Duncan, two of the victims, were Innocent. Average Condition of Winter Wheat The following table shows for the principal winter wheat states the aver ages of condition on April 1, the cor responding averages one year ago and the mean of the corresponding aver ages of the last 10 years: Ten years' States. 190C. 1905. ave. Kansas 85 92 88 Missouri .... 85 91 84 Nebraska ... 91 95 88 California 91 100 92 Indiana 92 92 78 Illinois 91 90 81 Ohio 93 89 70 Pennsylvania . 91 92 83 Oklahoma 90 88 87 Texas 91 92 84 Michigan 82 94 81 United States.. 89 1 91.6 84.1 The average condition of winter rye on April 1 was 90.9 against 92.1 on April 1, 1905, and 88.4, the mean of the April averages of the last 10 years. Will Not Seek Another Term. The New York Herald says: Seated at his desk In his office In the United States Express company' building Friday, Senator Thomas C. Piatt declared he would make no ef fort to be re-elected to the United States senate at the expiration of his term In 1909. "It Is true," he said, with a touch of sadness In his tones, "that I do not ex pect to return to the senate when my present term ends. I will have grati fied my desire for public office by that time." Further than this the senior sena tor from New York would make no comment on his Intended action. Ask ed whether developments in the Insur ance Investigation had Influenced him In forming his decision, he withheld an answer. To friends he had said recently, however, that he had made up his mind long ago not to seek an other term. Vesuvius Quieting Down. The threatening condition of Mt. Ve suvius Saturday having subsided with the ejection of enormous clouds of sand and ashes, these elements have begun to settle slowly, again envelop ing the mountain In a thick haze and cutting on a view of It from Naples, only the outline of the base being vis ible. The sudden renewal of alarm Sat urday night gave way Sunday to the celebration of Easter with unusual fervor. The festival Is always pic turesque In Naples but this year It was doubly so. Cardinal Prlsco, arch bishop of Naples, celebrated an elabor ate thanksgiving mass In the cathe dral, while along the' streets crowds prostrated themselves before sacred Images. Death of James A. Bailey. James A. Bailey, 59 years of age, died at Mt. Vernon, N. Y., after an illness of some days with erysipelas. Mr. Bailey's name Is familiar as a show man and In the later years of his life he was managing director of the Bar num & Bailey circus. He joined P. T. Barnum in 1881 and since 'that time most of the big circuses of the country laave been consolidated with him as I. rector. Mr. Bailey was thought to lo recovering and his death was some what sudden. He had dressed with the Intention of visiting New York, but the effort was too great and his physicians were summoned. With him at the time of his death were his wife, her sister, Mrs. Hutchinson, and Mrs. Bailey's brother, Joseph T. McCaddon. Two Nation Honor Franklin. In Paris a notable celebration will beheld Friday on theunveiling a statue of Franklin near the site of the home be occupied when American minister there. The statue 1b the gift of John H. Harjes, the American banker of PurriB, to the city, and Is a replica of the one now In front of the postofflce In Philadelphia. Ambassador McCor mick will Introduce the speaker of the occasion, Albert Henry Smith, special representatives of the United State (or the Franklin bicentennial. In Philadelphia the American Phil osophical society, which was founded by Franklin, will hold an International celebration of the bicentennial of hi birth on April 17-20. Senate Paste Recording Tax Bill. The New York senate at 8:20 Wed nesday night passed, by a vote of aye 36, noes 13, the bill of Assembly man Dowllng of Kings, which would practically repeal the mortgage tax act of last year and substitute for the annual tax of one-half of 1 per cent a simple recording tax of the same per centage, payable once for all at the time the mortage Is recorded, and in lieu of all other taxes thereon. Among the amendments defeated were those of Senator Lewis, chairman If the committee on taxation, one ex tmptlng from taxation mortgages glv t.i by charitable, religious and educa tional Institutions; another making usurious any agreement by which the borrower Is mnde to pay the tax; also one by Senator Tullv, exempting mort gage of building and loan associa tion. Seven Death on the Kearsarge. The navy department has received a telegram from Admiral Brownson that Lieut. J. W. Graeme, gun um pire, who was Injured In the explosion aboard the battleship Kearsarge In Cuban water Friday, Is dead; that the condition of William King, ordin ary seaman, and Frederick T. Fisher, chief gunner' mate, I grave, and that all others Injured In that disaster are doing well. The death of Lieutenant Graeme, which the despatch says occurred Sun day, increases the death list from the disaster to seven persons In all, two at whom were commissioned officers. Greene and Gaynor Sentenced. Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were found guilty in the fed eral court at Savannah, Ga., of con spiracy against the government. The defendant were each sentenced by Judge Speer to a term of four years In the penitentiary and to pay a fine of 575,749.90, the amount each Is charged with having obtained by fraud from the United States government. The fine need not be paid if on com pleting the sentence tbe prisoners make affidavit that they are not pos sessed of more than $20. In lieu of paying the fine they then may serve 30 days longer. Little Hope For Anthracite Agreement. There Is but little hope for peace In the anthracite region. It Is regarded as settled that the mine operators have gone as far as they will go. Fol lowing was the word which came over the telephone to Scranton from .New York from an Important official In one of the largest coal companies to the local offices there: "There will be no more concessions. There will be not one Jot conceded by the operators. That Is Bettled. There will be no more counter propositions Just a simple refusal to consider the miners' latest proposition." President Will Hunt No More. Because people do not consider it dig nified and make more or less adverse comment on account of It, President Roosevelt will not again go hunting during his term tn office. This la the substance of a letter received last week by Colonel Cecil Lyon, Texas Republican national committeeman. The letter was in answer to one from the colonel asking the president to fix a date for a big wolf hunt the Texan was arranging. The president says the people make fun out of the hunt to such an extent as to make them an noying to him. Heresy Trial at Batavia. The trial of the Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, Rochester, on a charge of heresy, will begin in Batavia, April 17. Most serious of the charges against Dr. Crapsey Is his denial of the mirac ulous birth of Christ, made in a ser mon delivered in Rochester a year ago and afterwards published In book form under the title "Religion and Poli tics." Another Earthquake In Formosa. One hundred and nine persons are known to have been killed and twenty nine injured In the earthquake that was experienced in the southern part of the Island of Formosa last Sat urday, but further detail It Is expect ed will swell the death roll, as the shock was more severe than that of March 17. Four Killed In Church Panic. During a panic following a prank ish cry of fire by a boy on Saturday night In Chicago, while 400 persons were participating In Easter eve ser vices at St. Ludmila's Roman Catholic church, three children and one woman ere killed and a score of other per tons Injured, several seriously. There was no fire. Dowle't Legal Fight. John Alexander Dowle, "Elijah III," will not give up his leadership of the Christian Catholic church and will not return to Mexico. He will wage a vigorous legal war to retain control of Zlon City and later will go to Zion City and proclaim himself the only "first apostle." This statement was authorized by Dowle himself. Continued Debate on Rate Bill. Speeches on the railroad rate bill will be the feature lu the United States senate the present week and will con sume the entire week. Notwithstand ing the assurances to the contrary last week there is no Immediate prospect for securing an agreement upou a time for voting upon the bill. HIGH OFFICIALS IN NET. loctmaster and .Collector Indicted In Cemetery Graft Case. Buffalo, April 17. Postmaster Fred Creluer has been Indicted for bribery In connection with the sale to the county for an armory site of the Buf falo cemetery on North street. Fred O. Murray, collector of the port of Buffalo, has been indicted for grand larceny In connection with the same deal Mr. Grelner is charged with having bribed Supervisors John H. Stock, By ron D. Gibson and William B. Jackson l.i connection with the old North street cemetery case. The accused was arraigned before Justice Keneflck in part 1 of the su preme court yesterday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty and was admitted to ball In the sum of $10,000. Three Indictments against Postmas ter Grelner charged bribery. The ba sis of the charge was furnished by the testimony of Stock, who swore that on April 18, 1901, he received from Mr. Grelner, attorney for the Buffalo Cemetery association, $5,000 to be dis tributed among the supervisors. It la claimed that the supervisors held up Attorney Grelner for that amount In consideration of voting for the land awards of the commission of apprais al, which gave $80,000 to the Buffalo Cemetery association. Alderman Bernard J. PItass was In dicted for asking and receiving a bribe. Ex-Supervisor John H. Stock wag Indicted for receiving a bribe. Fred O. Murray, collector of cus toms and former county treasurer, was arraigned before Justice Daniel J. Keneflck In part 1 of the supreme court on seven Indictments charging grand larceny. Mr. Murray pleaded not guilty and demanded an Immediate trial. He was required to furnish ball In the sum of $10,000. Mr. Murray appeared In court as soon as the grand jury made Its report. Assistant District Attorney W. S. Jack son read the Indictments. In each of the seven, Mr. Murray was indicted Jointly with one other. The indictments in question were as follows: Grand larceny In the first degree In stealing from the county, June 5, litoi, $7,500; grand larceny in the first degree In stealing $5,000 June 25, 1901; grand larceny In the first de gree In stealing $5,000 July 9, 1901; grand larceny In the first degree In stealing $2,570 Aug. 6, 1901; grand lar ceny In the first degree In stealing $7,800 Aug. 6, 1901; grand larceny in the first degree In stealing $7,500 Oc tober, 1901; grand larceny in the first degree In stealing $3,500 Dec. 7, 1901. Mr. Murray pleaded "not guilty" In a firm voice that could be heard through out the court room. Seven of the indictments are against Fred O. Murray and Robert S. Wood burn jointly, and one of the 18 Indict ments is against five men, namely Fred O. Murray, Robert S. Woodburn, Byron D. Gibson, John W. Neff and William B. Jackson. 400,000 MINERS IDLE. Executive Board Take Up Question of a Strike Assessment. Indianapolis, April 17. President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and Secretary-Treasurer W. B. Wilson have arrived at national headquarters and seemed satisfied with the outlook. The international executive board will meet today and one of the mat ters to come before the board will be the proposition to levy a strike as sessment on the miners whose opera tors have Rlgned the 1903 scale and have put the men to work. At this time about 400,000 men are Idle and 011 strike. None of the men has yet drawn on the national treasur er for support. "One would scarcely know that a great strike is on," said Mr. Mitchell. "The operators and the public have all the coal they want, the miners would not have had any work anyway since April 1, and If the public Is pay ing more than formerly for coal, some one Is taking advantage of the situa tion." Increase For D. and H. Trainmen. Binghamton, April 17. It has been announced os a result of a conference for several days between employes and officials of the D. and H. company that an Increase In wages of conductors and trainmen on that road will go Into ef fect. To men paid by the hundred miles an Increase of 10 cents per 100 miles is made to both conductors and trainmen. Passenger conductors will receive 'an Increase of $5 a month, baggagemen and passenger trainmen $2.50 a month. Where 11 hours have heretofore been counted as a day's work 10 hours will be the rule here after, extra pay to be given for all time over 10 hours. Conductors on the side lines will receive a two weeks' vacation, as well as those on the main line. Chicago to Have a Labor Union Bank. Chicago, April 17. The Trade Union bank of Chicago, where 671 unions and their members will be asked to deposit their funds, is to be opened May 15 with a capital of $500,000. This bank has been chartered under the laws of Arizona, so that the shares could be put upon the market at $5.50 each. Under tho Illinois law shares must be $100 each. The bank will be equipped with savings, checking and loaning departments. Three large banks have agreed to take care of all checks drawn on the bank, and it has been decided that as soon as the bank gets on a business basis a state charter will be secured and a trust business established. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS. Pithy Paragraphs Chronicling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Part of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In a Few Words a Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. John D. Rockefeller, released from his hiding place at Lakewood by the withdrawal of process servers, visits New York. Two hundred people were burled in the ruins of the market Monte Ollveto at Naples when the roof collapsed un der the weight of cinder from the volcano. The present eruption of Vesuvius is as great as that which burled Pompeii, except that loss of life is not so great, 96 dead bodies having been recovered In the villages which have been en gulfed. Thursday. Maxim Gorky arrives In New York, tells of the struggle of the Russian people against oppression and asks a helping hand from America. Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, said most of the 700 colleges and universi ties In the United States were not worthy of the name. The Interstate commerce commis sion began an Inquiry in Philadelphia to learn traffic secrets of six coal car rying roads which divide the bitumin ous output at tidewater. Plans are made by the American Federation of Labor to establish a leg islative committee at Washington to see that members of congress pass law favorable to the union. Friday. H. H. Rogers dedicated the high school he has given to his birthplace, Fair Haven, Moss. Before the Interstate commerce com mission representatives of coal carry ing roads admitted that traffic is pooled. All the distance within a radius of several miles of Vesuvius has been turned Into a greot desert, many towns have been abandoned and the loss Is estimated at $80,000,000. The jury In the case of Greene and Gaynor, tried for conspiring to de fraud the government on harbor con tract work, has returned a verdict of guilty on nil three Indictments. All records In tunnel work will be broken by the O'Rourke Construction company, It was announced, for the Pennsylvania's North river tubes will be completed a year ahead of time. Saturday. The Venezuelan legation in Wash ington confirms the report of the tem porary retirement of President Castro. New Jersey's senate adopted a reso lution providing for an investigation of all Insurance companies doing busi ness In the state. Horace S. Burnside's dog showed such rage at Stephen Craft that the latter was arrested for shooting Burn side In Margaretvllle, N. Y., and con fessed his guilt. Four of the Armstrong Insurance bills passed both houses and are now before the governor, while the general bill amending the Insurance law was advanced by the assembly. Resolution providing for the election of senators by a direct vote of the peo ple and making the term of representa tives four years Is favorably acted up on by the house committee on election of president, vice president and repre sentatives. Monday. The grand jury at Buffalo voted to find Indictments against many promi nent officials connected with the grave yard scandal. Thomas Scott Baldwin, the noted California aeronaut, offers to accom pany Walter Wellman In the airship search for the north pole. President Roosevelt defended the senate against the attacks of magazine writers and recommended a tax on large fortunes in a speech at Washing ton. Mayors of 150 cities, in five equal suffrage states, send message of Chicago club women Indorsing the movement for municipal suffrage for women. An explosion of powder In a turret on the United States battleship Kear sarge, at Manzanillo buy, resulted In the death of one officer and five sea men and the critical Injury of on offi cer and a seaman. Tuesday. Three hundred deaf mutes,- some from other cities, attended an Easter service in the Church of St. Ann, In USth Btreot, New York. Porty-seven thousand Immigrants will arrive at New York this week, of whom Ellis Maud will be able to pass 30,000. Ei?ht thousand came Sunday. Governor Gooding of Idaho declared officials of Federation of Miners, ac cused of conspiracy to murder former Governor Steuneiiberg, would havo a fair trial. Euster In Russia passed without antl-semltic outbreaks, which had been feared and the reports of which had thrown Hebrews into a panic for weeks past. President Roosevelt's plan to put a curb on wealth by imposing heavy taxes on Incomes aud inheritances causes a stir in congress and Is thought likely to become an active Issue. LEAVES PEN WITH $44. Man Who Promoted Big Realty Swin dles Liberated. Pittsburg, April 17. "I have Just $41 with which to begin life anew; that will take ipe to New York. From there where will I go? I cannot tell. I Just want to start in some good honest bus iness I want to forget. These were the parting words of J. C. Boyd, the famous forger and confi dence man, to Assistant Police Super intendent T. C. Johnson of Allegheny after he had given the latter a little keepsake at the Western penitentiary Saturday afternoon. Boyd was released from Riverside yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. Dur ing hi incarceration he earned $44 by gelling trinkets which he made in his cell. With his savings and a few belongings he started for New York. Boyd has Influential friends in the tietropolis and It Is said that his wife, ho formerly lived with him In lux urious style In Oakland eight years ago, is in that city. Boyd has attend 2d to the clerical work In the broom Bhop at the prison for the past Beven year. He is an expert accountant, but a poor penman, notwithstanding the fact that he wag Indicted on 11 charges of forgery. Boyd was sentenced to the peniten tiary to serve a sentence of 10 year. His sentence was commuted to seven years and seven month by good de portment. OCCUPANTS JUMP FROM WINDOW Historic Old Hotel at Youngwood, Pa., Damaged by Fire. Latrobe, April 17. Fire damaged the Hotel Washington at Youngwood, three miles distant, Sunday evening, causing a loss of about $2,000. The blaze started In the cellar at the fur nace, and the rooms and halls quickly filled with smoke, forcing the occu pants to jump from upstair window. Mary, the 4-year-old daughter of Thomas Barrett, the proprietor, was dropped out of a second-story window and was cut about the head and face In the fall. James McCarty, a board er, sustained a broken arm in leaping to the ground. Citizens quickly formed a bucket brigade and In a quarter of an hour, by carrying 'water from nearby wells and pumps, quenched the flames. The hotel was an old landmark, being over 100 years old. Two Good Jobs to Fill. Harrlsburg, April 17. Two Import ant appointments are to be made by Insurance Commissioner Martin when he comes to Harrlsburg next Tuesday. The legislature at Its recent extra ses sion created the positions of examiner and assistant examiner in the Insur ance department. Under the old sys tem special examinations were made by whomever the department might select, and this was one of the objec tionable feature of the department management pointed out by the legis lative insurance investigating com mittee. The salary of the examiner Is $3,000 a year, and the assistant ex aminer $1,800. Will Start an Elephant Ranch. Los Angeles, April 17. Edwin Clawston's success in raising ostrichs at South Pasadena has inspired cap italists who have formed a syndicate to establish on elephant ranch on which to breed elephants to snpply the constant demand from menageries and parks. The men who are planning the elephant ranch have figured it all out, and are satisfied that it can be made to pay. The climate of South Pasadena has been found to be suited to ostriches and It Is said elephants will thrive In the same climate. Franklin' Portrait Restored. New York, April 17. Tho Bteamer St. Paul, which arrived Sunday from Southampton and Cherbourg, brought the portrait of Benjamin Franklin which was restored to America by Earl Grey, governor general of Can ada. Among the passengers on board was Professor M. D. Berlitz. On the Celtic from Liverpool and Queens town were Mrs. Cbauncey M. Depew and Professor William Knight of fie Edinburgh university, who conies here to lecture. Mines Filling With Water. Columbus, O., April 17 According to reports received here from Illinois and Indiana, some of the mines in those states are filling with water be cause pumpmen and engineers have quit work. It Is said that tho opera tors are preparing to appeal to Presi dent Mitchell of the miners' union. The mines affected are nil union mines and the union agreed to keep the pump men at woik. Dies While at Bat. Wooster, O., April 17. The first baseball fatality of tho year in this section took place at Locll, Medina county, when Charles Kimberllng fell deud from heart disease while stand lug at the plate ready to bat. Kimber ling's parents live at Wheeling, W. Va. Two Brothers Asphyxiated. Philadelphia, April 17. Thomas C. Loud, aged 60 years, was found dead beside the unconscious form of his brother Edward, aged CI years, lu a hotel where they had lived for a long time. Their room was filled with gas which flowed from an open jet. Monongahela April 26 has be.cn fixed as the date for the demonstration and banquet in celebration of the free ing of tho bridge acroiss the Monouga hela river hore. PANIC ON SINKING STEAMER. Cabin Doors Are Locked While Doom ed Vessel Is Run to Shallow Water. Evansville, Ind., April 17. The big side wheel excursion Bteamer Louis iana, carrying 400 passengers from here on her first trip of tho season, struck a snag in the Ohio river at Newburg Sunday night at 8 o'clock and was run ashore by the pilot beforo she sank in shallow water. Two hundred of the passengers were women, most of whom were In the dancing cabin at the time the boat struck. The big steamer tilted to such an angle that the women became panic stricken. Men held the cabin doors and kept them from Jumping iverboard. Captain Morgan realized the grave danger and had the engine reversed. The steamer was then backed off the sjiag and full steam ahead was made for the shore, 50 yards away. The boat was sent Into the bank at full speed and buried herself in a mass of willows. The frightened people were kept from jumping out into the shallow wa ter by the boat crew until a gang-plank could be let down. All got off Bafely. The excursionists returned to the city by traction line. All complimented the officers of the boat for their pres ence of mind. The action of the cap tain in backing off the snag and head ing full speed for shore was all that prevented a catastrophe. The steamer cannot be saved and will prove a total loss. It was valued at $75,000 and was owned by Captain Morgan. This steamer was in ex cursion business at the St. Louis world's fair. JAP LABOR UNDERBIDS CHINESE. San Francisco Overrun With Mikado's Subjects Hunting Work. San Francisco, April 17. The sal mon packing ships Oriental and Stand ard of the Alaska Packers' associa tion sailed yesterday for Bristol bay with Japanese cannery hands Instead of the Chinese formerly employed. This change was duo to rivalry among the Chinese contracting firms, who carried the warfare to Btich extent that the packing company grew weary and accepted the offer of the Japanese to do the work at lower wages than the Chinese would accept. The ship Santa Clara sailed also with a Japanese crew. San Francisco Is overrun with Japanese coolies from Hawaii who are eager to get any kind of work at low wages. Thousands of these Japanese have entered the coun try within the last six mouths, a no exclusion law bars them. Constabulary Headquarter Attacked. Manila, April 17. The headqaarters of the Philippine constabulary at Maolos, island of Luzon, was attacked several days ago by a band of ladrones. Three native members of the constab ulary and one ladronc were killed. The affair creates no alarm here, where It Is regarded as merely an Inci dent of the effort to establish order In the Islands through the employment of a native constabulary. Similar con flicts between local outlaw bands are of more or less frequent occurrence. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, April 16. WHEAT No. 2 red, 90c f. o. b. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, 89 c. CORN No, 2 corn, 64 c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 55V4c. OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 lbs., 37 37'c; clipped white, 38 to 40 lbs., 3941'4c PORK Mess, $17.25 17.75; fam ily, per bl., $18.50018.75. HAY Shipping, 5055c; good to choice, 80 90c. BUTTER Creamery, extra, 210 21V4c; Imitation crcamorj-, 17c; state dairy, common to extra, 14 20V4c. CHEESE State, full cream, small choice, 14Vc. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 20o. POTATOES State and western, per 180 lbs., $2.202.35. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, April 16. WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads, In store, 80c; No. 2 red, 85c. CORN No. 2 mixed, 5333c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 54c. OATS No. 2 white, 37c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 364 c. BUTTER Creamery western, ex tra, tubs, 23c; state aud Pennsyl vania creamery 22(5 23c; dairy, choice to fancy, 20c. CREESE Fancy full cream, 134 14c; good to choice, 13 13',aC EGOS Selected white, 18c. POTATOES Western, fancy, per V'l.. 78c: home grown, per bu., 80c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Choice export steers, $5.50 (R5.75; good to choice butcher stoers. $I.G5if( 5.00; medium half fat steers, $1.15(4.40; fair to good heifers, $1. 25(114.50; good to choice heifers, $4.75(&5.0li; good butcher bulls, $3.75 Si; 4.10; choice to prime veals, $6.50 6.75; fair to good, $i;.00?( 6.25. SHEEP AND LA .MBS Choice native lambs, $7.00ifr7.10; handy weth ers, $C.U0ft ti.25; mixed sheep, $5.50(0) 6.75. HOGS Best Yorkers, $G.90(?J'C.95; medium and heavy hogs, $0.95; pigs, light. $0.90(8 6.93. Buffalo Hay Market. Choien timotliv on track. $13.00: No. 1, $12.5(1; No. 2, $U.O0l?.03; No. 1 rye straw. $7.50.
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