THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one inch, one week... 100 One Square, one incb, one mouth.. S 00 One Square, one inch, 3 months.... 6 00 One Square, one Inch, one year .... 10 00 Two Squares, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year 30 00 Half Column, one year 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Office in Smoarbaugh & Wenk Building, ELM BTBEKT, TIONKHTA, PA. Fore EPUBLICAN. Trwi SI. 00 A Year, Htrlctly In Advuc. No subscription received for a shorter poriod thau three months. Correspondnnce solicited, but no notice will bo taken of anonymous communica tions. Always give your name. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 40. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1906. $1.00. PER ANNUM. R BOROUGH OFFICERS. .. Buroess.J. T. Carson. ''jisUcea of the Peace O. A. Randall, D, 'lark. Kicumen. J. B. Muse. J. W, Lan A. Laimon, Geo. Uoleman, O. T, "n. Wm. smearbaugu. Hi. W j(W. H. Hood. jtort-W. H. Hood. ool VSreeloreS, O. Scowdnn, T, .Itohey, U. M. Henry, Dr. J. C. Dunn ,. Jamlesoit, J.J. Lanuors. FOREST.COUNTY OFFICERS. Mvniher ef Congretx Joseph C. Blbley Member of senate J. k. r. uau. Assembly 1. II. Robertson. President JuiloeW. M. Llndsev. Aaxociate Judaea F. X. Kreitler, P. C. Hill. Prothnnotary, Register A Recorder, die, J. U. Uelst. Hherif.A. W. Stronp. Treasurer W. II. Harrison. Commissioners Leonard Agnew, An drew Wolf, I'hlliu Emert. District AttorueuH. D. Irwin. Jurv Commissioners J . B. Kden, J P. Centner. flnrttncr Oountv Auditors W, H. Stiles, K. L, Uaugh, S. T. Carxou. County Purveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent 1. W. Morrl son. - ltrgulnr Term of Cauri. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Mondav of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners IHl HUU 0(1 i UmUHyB Ul IIIWIILU. Church and Nubbins Hohaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m, Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evenlne by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour, rtev. H. D. Call, Pastor. The regular meetinirs of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays ol eacn mynth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. nt'.NESTA LODGE. No. 369. 1. 0. 0. F. Jl Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge Duuuiug. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274 G. A, K. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening in each month. nAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS. No, J 137, W. H. C, meets ttrst and third Weuuesday evening oi eacn moniu. KARL E. WENK, DENTIST, . TIONESTA, PA All work guaranteed. Rooms over Forest County National Bank. DR. ROSS PORTER, DENTIST. Formerly of Marienvllle. 34 Seneca Street. OIL CITY, PA. PITCHEY CARRINGER. . run. t M (. V .1 A fl Y A TT A A 1 X Uf.i. A 1 O A A I Tlonesia, Pa. CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORN E Y-AT- LAW. Warren, Pa. Practice in Forost Co, AO BROWN, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Office In' Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa. . D R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician 4 Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D R. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. and DRUGGIST. Oince over store, Tionesia, Pa. ProfoMsional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Resldoni'e Kim St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant. D R. J. B. BIGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HE. KIRSCflNER, M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Lungs and ('best. Ollloe hours by ap pointment only. OIL CITY, PA. No. 116 CENTER ST. EW. BOLTON. M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose aud Throat. Special attention given to the flttiug of glasses. Olllce hours 9-12 a. m 1ft p. in., 7-8 p. m. OIL CITY, PA. No. 116 CENTEtt 8T. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and is now furnished with all the mod- em improvements. Heated and lighted ' throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ot guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEUOW A GEKOW Proprietor. Tionseia, Pa. . This is the most centrally located hotel 1li the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to inuke it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public First class Llvei v in connection. pHIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm .and W alnut streets, Is prepared to do all (Kinds of custom work Irom the finest to 'the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfent satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea onablo. . IMILWAY. nnvnEi TABLE To Take Effect July 1st, 1905. ItH I Eastern Time i SOUTH 1 I. . Stations 2 4 .m Leave Arrive! p.m. p. m 00 20 XT. .'lli Nebraska o 811 0 05 6 00 5 55 Ross Run Lamentation Newtown Mills Kellettville Buck Mills Mayburg Poikey Minister Wellers Hastings Blue Jav Henry's Mill Barnes Sheflield Arrive Leave 12 00 5 45 11 50 5 35 U 40 5 25 hi -JO 10 lf !0 10 .0 '5 :o 'vn 11 20 5 15 11 15 5 10 11 05 5 05 10 6514 55 10 454 45 10 304 35 10 10;4 20 10 00 4 15 a. m.lp.in T. D. COLLINS, President. WFIDOTESTA STUDENTS LOST IN FIRE Chi PsI Fraternity Lodge at Cornell Destoyed. Auto Course on Long Island Appro priation For Waterways Testimony In Shea Trial Religious Crisis France John Raines Lieutenant Governor Gillette Sentenced. Trapped on the upper floors of the Chi Psl fraternity house at Ithaca, two Cornell students died Friday morning In the worst Ore the university has ever experienced. Two fellow stu dents were fatally burned in trying to rescue the Imprisoned men, and died later, and three of the city's volunteer fin-mo ii were killed by the fulling of a wnll while fighting the flames. Seven students are badly Injured, one, It is believed, fatally. Among the students who escaped death in the flames, seven were in Jured and of these C. J. Pope of East Orange, N. J., it is feared, will not long survive. He was removed to the city hospital after having been badly burned, and his condition had not per ceptibly improved. The dead: Attorney Alfred S. Robinson, Hook and Ladder company No. 3.' John C. Rumsey.hardware merchant, Hose Company No. 1. E. J. Landon, salesman, Hose Cora pany No. 4. V. W. Grelle, East Orange. N. J., '10 O. L. Schmuck, Hanover, Pa., '07. W. H. Nichols, Chicugo, '07. James McCutcheon, Jr., Pittsburg, '09. Injured: H. S. Decamp, New York '09; Henry M. Curry, Pittsburg, '09; R. R. Powers, Atlanta. '10: W. W, Goetz, Milwaukee, '09; H. A. Uthleln Milwaukee, '07; G. R. Sailor, Pittsburg, '07; C. J. Pope, East Orange, N. J., 10. The heroism of the volunteer fire men who died attacking the fire was matched by the heroism of Schmuck who re-entered the flames in a futile ef fort to save Nichols, his room mate, and who died later from his Injuries; and by the courage of McCutcheon who remained in the flames until fa tally burned to assist his comrades to escape. Pope, who Is a freshman, re eclved his injuries while seeking to rescue other members of the fratern ity. The cause of the Are probably will never be known. The building is an unsightly wreck, with no particle of its Inner furniture remaining. Cornell -is deprived ot one of its landmarks. The lodge was built In 1881 by Jennie McGraw Fiske at a cost of $130,000. The daughter of the lumber king, John McGraw, who was one of Cornell's early benefactors however, never enjoyed her palace, and entered It only after death. Around the house have clustered the memories of the great fight for the Fiske millions waged between Profes sor Wlllard Fiske, the husband, and Judge Boardmun, as the representative of Cornell, to which Mrs. Fiske bad left the bulk of her estate. Course With No Speed Limit. The Automobile Club of America held its annual banquet Saturday night in New York. Toasts were re sponded to by General Horace Porter, William K. Vanderbilt. Jr.; Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles and others. Colgate Hoyt, president of the club, was toastmuster. Mr. Vanderbllt's theme was "The Long Island Motor Parkway." He said it had been tho dream of automo bilists to own a perfect car and to op erate It over a course where there was no speed limit. Such a course he felt was about to be realized. He said it would be constructed of macadam and would be free of wagons and other vehicles. No grade cross ings were to be on the road, and the entire distance was to be fenced In, with occasional gates to permit per sons crossing it The road was to be oiled and kept free from dust. Then he said automobillsts could speed and be free from arrest for speeding. It would permit racing men to test their cars and also permit those living on the island to come to the city without having to check, their speed. The right of way principally had been donated. The cost, he said, would be. about $1,500,000 for the construction of 60 miles of roadway and $700,000 already, had been subscribed. In the end it was hoped there would be roads of a similar kind connecting Boston, Phil adelphia, Albany and other cities In conclusion, Mr. Vanderbilt said he thought the proposed road would have the support of all automobillsts. Appropriations For Waterways. President Roosevelt told the dele gates to the national rivers and har bors convention who called on him after the convention i that he would consult with the leaders In congress and expressed the hope that some thing definite and effective could be done in the way of Increased appro priations for the improvement of the nation's waterways. Replying to the address of Albert Hettinger of Cincinnati, who told the president that the convention sug gested regular annual appropriations of not less thau $50,000,000 for the improvement of waterways, Mr. Roose velt, after expressing his approval of the general features of the conven tion's plans, suld: , "I have had It brought strikingly to my attention but recently how much we suffer because of the Inadequate transportation facilities of the rail ways for moving the great grain crops and cattle crop of this country. We need and must have further facilities for transportation, and as has been well pointed out, one of the effective methods of affecting railway rates, to provide for a proper system water transportation." Worklngman Mayor Elected. Springfield, Mass., elected a work ingman mayor, William E. Sanderson at last week s election. He was cut by the silk stocking element of the Re publicans, but the "dinner pall brig ade" of the Democracy voted the Re publican ticket Tuesday for the first line on record and elected Mr. Sand erson by a large plurality. The Dem- ocrats pitted Edward H. Lathrop, one of the foremost members of the bar, against Sanderson. The overwhelming Republican pre. ponderance in the fashionable rest- ttential districts dwindled down to bare majority, but Sanderson carried two of the three Democratic wards and halved the normal Democratic plurality in the third. Mayor-elect Sanderson Is a "boss" In the yards of the Wason company, ca manufacturers. He has worked for day wages all his life. Testimony In the Shea Trial. Exposure of the methods employed In Chicago by teamsters to try to win a strike in 1905 was given in the trial of President Cornelius Shea of the Teamsters union, and hi fellow labor leaders, by Joseph Schultz, a slugger, who with Albert Young turned state's evidence. Schultz declared that Shea had told him to break the legs and arms of the strikebreakers and especially to at tack the negroes. When this means of bringing about the desired results did not work satisfactorily, Schultz asserted that Shea ordered the hired picket to throw egg shells filled with acids at horses driven by non-union men. The acid throwers, according to Schultz, were responsible for many runaways and were regarded as a great aid in the fight against the em ployers. Religious Crisis In France. France seems to face a great relig ious crisis. Reports of the pope's rejec- tion at the 11th hour of government' final jiroffer, under which Catholic worship was to be continued under the common law, turned out to be true. The deadlock now is apparently com plete. According to the pope's orders declarations under the law of 1881 are prohibited, but the parish priests must remain In their churches until driven out by violence. ' The government regards the action of the pontiff as little less than a sum mons of the French Catholics to open rebellion, as rendering the situation exceedingly grave, and possibly as en tailing the most deplorable conse quences. Author of Bialystok Massacre Killed Shortly after the Bhootlng at St Petersburg of Inspector Shereme- tieff, his wife received a parcel con taining a dagger inscribed as follows "In memory of the organizer of the Bialystok anti-Jewish attack, and of Admiral Kuzmich, murdered last May." Admiral Kuzmlch was mur dered May 14 by one of the workmen whose May day demonstration he had attempted to stop. The murderer drove a long dagger into the back of the admiral, killing him Instantly, Previous to his death, the admiral had given utterance to enthusiastic ap proval of the Bialystok massacre, and had publicly eulogized Inspector Sher- emetleff. John Raines Is Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor M. Linn BrueW last week resigned his office and was immediately sworn in by Secretary of State John F. O'Brien as a Justice of the supreme court in the First judi cial district. New York countv. to which position he was appointed hv Governor Higgins, to fill the vacancy in that bench caused by the recent resignation of Justice Morgan J, O'Brien. By the fact of his resigns tion, Senator John Raines of Canan daigua, as pro tern, leader of the state senate, becomes lieutenant governor and in case of a vacancy in the gover norship between now and Jan. 1 would succeed to that office. For Woman's Annex to Hobart. William Smith of Geneva has offer ed the trustees of Hobart college a sum of money .announced as somewhat more than half a million, on con- Hon that the money be used to es tablish a woman's institution that shall bear toward Hobart a relation ship similar to that existing between Radcllff college and Harvard univer sity. The offer will be considered by the trustees next Tuesday. Four years ago Miv. Smith arranged to found an independent college for wo men and had made contracts for the buildings when he decided to aban don the plan. Buried Under Load of Hay. Michael Dooley, about 115 year of age, who lived at Avon, met death dur ing the henvf windstorm which pre vailed over Western New York Thurs day afternoon by being buried under a huge load of hay and suITocuted. He was on top of the load, driving the team when the loud was struck by a violent gust of wind and over turned. Gillette to Die Week of Jan. 28. Chester E. Gillette was sentenced at Herkimer to die in the electric chair t Auburn prison during the week be ginning Jan. 28. He will be taken to Auburn next Monday. THEN08EL PEACEPRIZE. Proposed Disposition of the Money Award. Will Be Conveyed by the President to Trustees to Be Used In Brlngln Together In Conference Repreten tatlves of Labor and Capital Com mittee of Six Appointed. Washington, Dec. 11. C. Haughe, the minister from Norway, called at (he White House and informed Presi- dent Roosevelt that the Norwegian storthing had conferred on him th Nobel peace prize. A message to th same effect came from Mr. Leevlad the chairman of the Nobel committee, who conveyed to the president hearty good wishes. United States Minister Peirce at Christiana had been told of the action on Dec. 1 and in advising the presi aent offered bis congratulations. He asked that In compliance with a re quest by the Norwegian minister of foreign affairs, If agreeable to the pres ident, he be delegated to receive the diploma, medal and prize. The amount of money represented in the prize is 138,536 crowns, or $37,127. A statement governing the proposed disposition of the prize money, which Is said to be tentative and subject to change as regards details, was made at the White House. It says: ine amount ot tne Nobel peace prize will be conveyed by the presl dent to the trustees, to be by them used as the foundation of a fund, the income of which shall be expended for bringing together in conference at Washington, especially during the ses sions of congress, representatives of labor and capital for the purpose of discussing Industrial problems with the view to arriving at a better under standing between employers and en ployes, and thus promoting Industrial peace. "The president, with their consent, will appoint as trustees of the fund the chief justice of the United States the secretary of agriculture, the sec retary of commerce ad labor, a repre- seutatlvxe of labor and a represent tlve of capital. The fund will be con veyed to the trustees to be held in trust for the following purposes: "To Invest and reinvest the princi pal of the fund; to receive any addi tions which may come to it by contri butions and invest and reinvest them; to pay over the Income from the fund and the additions to a committee of six to be selected by the trustees, two to serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years, three of Its members to be representatives of labor and three of capital, chosen for distinguished service in the indus trial world for promoting righteous industrial peace; and to fill any va cancies which may occur in this com mittee by selection and appointment in the same manner in which the com mittee Is originally selected and ap pointed. "The committee of six, to be called 'the industrial peace committee,' shall have charge of the annual and other conferences provided for by the terms of foundation; shall receive sugges tions for the subjects to be discussed; shall lead the discussion at, and pub lish the results of, the conferences. There shall be one annual conference, and the committee of six shall be giv en authority to call special confer ences in case of great industrial crises.. "The Income paid over to the com mittee by the trustees shall be used for the expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. It shall be provided In the terms of the trust that the president of the United States shall fill the vacancies which may occur in the number of the trus tees." Wanted Castor Oil; Got Carbolic Acid. Washington, Pa., Dec. 11. Wanting some castor oil, John SImpco of West Washington yesterday afternoon got another foreigner, who has been study ing English, to write the name of the article on a slip of paper. Simpco handed the paper to a young woman in a drug store. She scrutinized the bit of paper long and carefully, finally de ciding carbolic acid was wanted. Whec she repeated the words to Simpco he nodded affirmatively. At his home Simpco drank several ounces of the drug. Dr. D. H. Lewis says the man cannot live. Sisters Fight Telephone Company. Pittsburg, Dec. 11 Elizabeth and Margaret Grover, McKeesport society girls, are taking turns at standing in hole in front of their home to pre vent workmen from erecting a tele phone pole there. The workmen at tempted to erect the pole Sunday and again yesterday, but were thwarted by the sisters, the one on guard refus ing to get out of the hole and threaten ing criminal proceedings against any body who uttempted to drag her out. he girls say they will stay on guard 11 winter If necessary. Metcalf Refuses Information. Washington, Dec. 11. Secretary Metcalf of the department of com merce has declined to report to the senate the result of his Investigation of the Japanese controversy at San Francisco as requested by resolution Introduced by Senator Flint, explain ing that his investigation was made under the authority and as the repre sentative of the president and not In Is capacity as secretary of commerce nd labor. PRISONER'S M07K23 IN COURT. Had Arrived From Denver In Time to Hear Gillette's Sentence. Herkimer, Dec. 11. Chester Gil lette, 23 years of age, the convicted slayer of Grace Brown, his sweetheart, W83 sentenced to death yes'erday by Judge Devendorf. Unless the expect ed appeal to a higher court acts as a stay of execution, Gillette will die In the electric chair at Auburn prison during the week of Jan. 28. Such was the Judge's order. The courtroom was crowded to its capacity when Gillette was arraigned for sentence. The prisoner, however, was not the only object of curious eyes. His mother was In court near him. She had arrived from Denver during the night and startled the au thorities and public alike by declaring that she had come to report the trial for two newspapers. At first the authorities questioned her identity and she offered a speci men of her handwriting which cor responded with that of the letters Oil- lette had received from his mother. In court Mrs. Gillette surprised every one by calmly sitting through the pro ceedings as her son was sentenced to death, and later writing a business-like bulletin of the news for the papers she represented. She refused to submit to a lengthy interview because, she said, her views had been sold to papers that would pay her for them. She pleaded with other newspaper correspondents to use her gently In their stories, offering as an excuse for her willingness to serve her papers the statement that she would not have been able to have gotten to Herkimer in another way. Gillette's iron nerve remained with him and he stood calm throughout and argued with the Judge why sentence should not be passed. When his ob jection was set aside and sentence pronounced he coolly took his seat. Fifteen minutes afterwards he was playing cards in his cell with his guard. Charles D. Thomas, Gillette's Junior counsel, moved that the verdict be set aside on the grounds that the court was without Jurisdiction, the term be ing an extraordinary one called by the governor; that the verdict was con trary to the weight of the evidence; and that the district attorney had mis represented facts In his opening ad dress and also in his summing tip, thus prejudicing the Jury. The motion was denied. Gillette will not be taken to Auburn until Monday. Illegal Traffic In Canadian Game. Niagara Falls, Ont., Dec. 11. Can adian game wardens claim to have discovered a large Illegal traffic in Canadian game birds and deer. Launches regularly employed for the purpose, it is alleged, carry the game across Niagara river and Lake Erie from Canada to the United States. Four boxes containing several hundred wild ducks have been seized at Chip pewa, Ont. The boxes were consigned to a Niagara Falls, N. Y., dealer with out permits of exportation. The cases had first been shipped to Toronto and from there re-shlpped to Chippewa. Lords Reject Plural Voting Bill. London, Dec. 11 The house of lords last night rejected the plural voting bill which was passed by the house ot commons at the instance of the gov ernment. The principle of the bill was "one man, one vote." MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, Dec. 10. WHEAT No, 2 red, 82c f. o. b afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, 85V4.C c. 1. f. Buffalo. CORN No. 2 corn, 51i4c f. o. b. afloat: No. 2 yellow, 54c. . OATS Mixed oats, 1TJ to 32 lbs., 3939c; clipped white, 38 to 40 lbs., 39'A44c. PORK Mess, $17.50 18.25; family, $18.5019.00. HAY snipping, 7U(8ioc; good to choice, $1.00 1.15. BUTTER Creamery, extra, 31 H 32c; common to extra, 2030c; stats dairy, common to fancy, 2ia;30c. CHEESE State full cream, fancy, 14 '4 c. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 43 S4.")C. POTATO a state ano western, $1.35 1.10. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, Dec. 10. WHEAT No. 1 northern carloads, 88c; No. 2 red, 79MC CORN No. 3 com, 47V4Qi47C I. 0 b. afloat: No. 2 yellow, 4!tc. OATS No. 2 white, 39ftc r. o. b afloat: No. 3 white, 38c. FLOUR Fancy Olenuea patent per bbl., $4.755.50; winter family. uatent. $1.154.90. CHEESE Fancy full cream, 14c; good to choice, lu13vsc. EGGS Selected white 3738c. POTATOES Home grown, funcy per bu., 45046c; fair to good, 40 12c East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Choice export steers, $fi.0C (TiG.35" good to choice butcher steers $4.25((i5-30; medium half-fat steers $3,054(4-00; fair to good hellers, $3.50 4.25; good to choice heifers, $1.50 4.9o" good butcher bulls, $3.50 4.00; choice veals, $8.75 9.00; fair to good $8.00 rd 8.50. SIlEliP AND LAMBS Choice lunibs, $7.75417.85; choice year lings, $6.00U.75; cull sheep, $3.50 41ToGS Best Yorkers, $i.45G.50; medium and heavy hogs, $ti.45.50; pigs, Unlit, $0.05 G.75. Buffalo Hay Market. Choice timothy, $18.50 19.00; No. 1 timothy, $l7.50fi 18.00; No. 2 tim othy, $15.50 10.00; best clover mixed, $15.60 10.00. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS. Pithy Paragraphs Chronicling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. Legislators and legal experts con tinued to comment on the Japanese question raised in San Francisco. Three men were killed and many hurt by an explosion in the Pennsyl vania railroad tunnel tinder East river. At a great meeting of protest in Ed inburgh Lord Rosebery warned Eng land against the consequences of the order removing the Scots Grays from Scotland. District Attorney Jerome surprised the counsel for Harry Thaw by sug gesting that he may ask for a commis sion to take a witness' deposition in the Congo state, and therefore delay the trial for many months. , Conservative ulumui of Columbia university were deeply concerned over the spread of socialism in the institu tion when they learned that four pro fessors were "sympathetically inter ested" in the cult and that a students' league was forming. Thursday. Governor-elect Hughes declared he would not Interfere In the organization of the legislature. J. G. RawllngB, a Baptist minister, and Alf Moore, a negro, were hanged together at Valdosta, Ga., for the mur der of two children In July, 1905. Higher dividend rates declared by Lake Shore & Michigan Central direc tors are construed as foreshadowing an Increased New York Central divi dend. President Roosevelt urges upon con gress the taxation of inheritances and Incomes with a view to the curbing of swollen fortunes and the placing upon their possessors of a Just share of public burden. Friday. Lieutenant Governor M. Linn Bruce resigned and was sworn In as supreme couht Judge to succeed M. J. O'Brien lu New York. Andrew Cnrnegie, in presenting Car negie lake to Princeton university, de plored brutality in football and urged cleaner sports. Former Admiral NebogatofT is on trial at St. Petersburg for surrender ing to the Japanese and the death pen alty may be Inflicted. By making KI9 hits out of 133 shots with her 9.2 and 6 inch guns the ar mored cruiser Drake achieves a new record for the British navv. Joseph Schultz, one of the witnesses at the trial of Cornelius P. Shea, in Chicago, for conspiracy, said that striking teamsters had used egg shells filled with acid 'as missiles for non union drivers. Saturday. The senate passed two resolutions of inquiry Into the dismissal of negro troops for the Brownsville raid. Hundred dairymen at Louisville plead guilty of feeding swill to cows and are given suspended sentences. First inheritance tax measure in line with the recommendations of President Roosevelt is presented In the house. Dean of Cornell college of law advo cates abolition of grand Jury system and tho vesting of greater powers in trial judges ss remedies for abuses. When Comte Bonl de Castellune rose in the French chamber of deputies to discuss Morocco half tho members left, but the chamber subsequently ratified the Algeciras convention. Monday. Several Harrinian and Gould com panies have been indicted for land frauds In Utah. Federal license for corporations was advocated by Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf in his annual re port. Louis F. Payn's name was found on a check for $10,000, a photograph of which was produced us evidence in the Burnham trial. Emperor William, concerned at the apparent frivolity of the crown prince, determines to set him to work to mas ter the routine of civil service. Attorney General Moody, In his an nual report, advises new laws to strengthen the hands of the govern ment In the prosecution of trusts. pointing particularly to the lesson giv en in Chicago. Tuesday. The Norwegian parliament hai con ferred the Nobel peace prize upon President Roosevelt. A senate seat and not a reiioiuinu- tion in litos was declared to be the m bi t Itiii of President Roosevelt. Reports received lu Fort de France loin Venezuela say that General ("as- ;io has been removed to Macuto and Ilia L he is dying. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is forced by Harvard "Dlcklo" society members to appear in public attired In midsum mer garb and do other laughable feats. European public opinion is that war between America and Japan Is Inevit able, and the Culled Slates Is urged to build mure ships ami complete the Panama canal, to be ready for the emergency. ROBBERS TORTURE GIRL. Charred Body Found In Ashes by Mother and Brother Alone In the House. Zanesvllle, O., Dec. 8. Miss Sarah Wiley, a helpless young woman, was cremated In her home two miles from New Concord Wednesday night, and there are evidences that she was the victim of an atrocious crime. The girl's widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Wi ley, and a son, John Wiley, managed a large farm, the mother and her two children living there alone. Late in the afternoon Mrs. Wiley and her son drove several miles on a business x tand, leaving Sarah alone. The latter was left sitting In an invalid's chair. Returning home late at night Mr. Wiley and her son found their home in ashes. Among the ruins they found the charred remains of Sarah Wlliy. The supposition Is that robbers en tered the home and looted tho .Moms In search cf valuables. It Is bslievei they sought by cruelty to compel the Invalid girl to disclose the hiding place ot supposed valuables and monoy and- that upon her refusing they set fire to the house. Her body was found In the ashes several feet from where her chair had been left stand ing. It is not known whether the burg lars secured any valuables. Mr. Wiley is uncommunicative on the mb iect, and the house having been burn ed she is in doubt ns to what may have become of its contents. None of the neighbors, the nearest of whom lives a mile away, learned of the burning un til John Wiley aroused them from Bleep upon his return. New Scale For Trainmen. Pittsburg, Dec. 10. Announcement was made by Assistant Grand Master Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, that the yardmen and rail road managers of the Pittsburg dis trict had signed agreements for a new scale of wages and hours. The in creases are 5 cents an hour for con ductors or foremen, and 7 cents an hour for hrakemen or helpers. The men are given a day of 10 hours or less, exclusive of meal hours, with overtime paid at regular rates. The new scale becomes effective Jan. 1. Thete railroads signed the scale, which Is the "middle scale" or 1 cent below that being paid at Chicago: The Pittsburg & Lake Erie,-Baltimore & Ohio, Pennsylvania lines west, Wa bash. Pittsburg Terminal and the Mo nongaliela Connecting railroad. Test Suit on Eight-Hour Law. Cincinnati, Dec. 10. The supreme court of the United States will be nsked to pass on the constitutionality of the eight-hour labor law, the first action to that end being taken in the United States district court here Sat urday. The case was that of the Sher idan Kirk company, recently convict ed of employing laborers for more thrn eight hours a day on a contract on a government dam below this city. Tho motion for a new trial was over ruled, and the attorneys gave notice that on a writ of error the case would be taken to the United States supreme court on the ground that congress had no power under the constitution to pass such a law. Major Miller's New Airship. Franklin, Dec. 7. An aeroplane tliRt will not capsize In the air Is what Major C. ,T. S. Miller claims 'a have Invented. He has made application for patents and expects to have every thing in readiness for a series of trials here In the spring. A number of the lending aeronauts of the country will be invited to be present. Major Miller's aeroplane is similar to that of the Wright brothers, though the diffi culty which they hnd In their machine capsizing Major Miller claims to have overcome. His device in this respect serves also as a parachute, thus pre venting sudden descents. Half Million For Churches. Pittsburg, Dec. 8. St. James' Epis copal church, Kelly and Collier streets, East End, is the beneficiary to the extent of $51,225 by the will of the late Mrs. Mary L. Casslly, probated yesterday. The big bequest Is in the shape of railroad stocks. She also left other bequests to church purposes, amounting to a total of $000,000. Among these Is- a large sura for widows and orphans of deceased Epis copal clergymen. Rochester Banker Sandbagged. Rochester, Pa., Dec. 7. N. F. Hurst, t .-etircd banker, was assaulted by a footpad Wednesday evening Just as he stepped from his porch starting for prayer meeting. Mr. Hurst wore a valuable diamond stud which the fobher grappled for. and In the scufflo It was lust. .Mr. Hurst is lu a serious condition from the bruises and from shock. The diamond was later found on tho porch. The thug escaped. Body of Mayor Snyder Recovered. Port Arthur, Out., itec. 10. The body of Mayor Snyder of Dayton, O., drowned several weeks ago In White Fish lake while hunting, bus been re covered. The search was carried on by a brother of the dead man, assist ed by guides. Alter the cold weather set In tho work became extremely diffi-c-ilt. the lake being dragged through holes cut In the Ice. Hotel Guests Have Fire Scare. Meadvllle, Dec. 7. Sixty guests es caped uninjured from the Hotel River ride at Cambridge, Springs at 3 o'i'!io! Wednesday morning, when a file illil $3,000 damage to the big soajth wlnj.
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