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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 46.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1907.
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CAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Jiurgtiss. J. T. Carson.
Justices of the Peace C. A.Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oouneumen. J. B. Muse, J. W, Lan
dors, C. A. Lsuson, Geo. Uoleman, Q. T.
Anderson, Win. Stmtarbaugb, E. W,
Bowman.
Countable W. II. Hood.
Collector V . H. Hood.
School Directors J. O. Scowden, T.
F. Rltchey, 8. M. Henry, Dr.J.C. Dunn,
Q. Jainieson, J. J. Landers.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly W. D. Shields.
President Judge W. M. Llndsey.
Associate Judges 1 X. Kreltler, P.
C. Hill.
Prolhonotary, Register t Recorder, t.
J. C. Gelst.
Sherlir.A. W. Stronp.
Treasurer W. H. Harrison.
Commissioners l-eonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Hhlllp Kmert.
District Attorney A. C. Brown.
Jury Commissioner a J. B. Eden, H.
II. M.-Clellan.
Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar.
County Auditors Vf. H. Stiles, K. L.
Uaugh, H. T. Carsou.
Countv Surveyor D. W. Clark.
Cbunt'y Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. Iteaular Term mt Caurt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioner!! 1st aud 3d Tuesdays of month.
Chnreh an Mabbntk Ncaaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at9: a.
m. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
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.
H. D. Call, Pastor.
The regular meetings or the W. C. T.
U. are hold at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'TP N ESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
'1 Ments every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. UEOROE STOW POST. No. 274
O. A. K. Meet 1st and 3d Monday
evening in each mouth.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
187, W. R. C, meeta first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
KARL E. WENK,
DENTIST,
TIONESTA, PA.
All work giflffanteed.' Rooms over
Forest County Natioual Bank.
RITCHEY CARRINGER.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN E Y-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN. '
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Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Stn Tionesta, Pa.
D
R. F.J. BOVARD,
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TMNEHTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIVT. Offlce over store,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Elm between
Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
VDR
B. SIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER;
E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
aud is now furuisned with all the mod
ern improvements. . Heated and lighted
tlirmiirliniit with natnral tin, bathrooms,
hot aud cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
GKKOW A GEROW Proprietor,
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the niostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class uvorv m imiunbuuwu.
DHIL. EMERT . (
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streots, Is prepared to do all
initM nf niiHtoiu work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
?ive perfect satiaMcmm." rroinpi.aiieu
ion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. . '
JAMES HASLET,
. GENERAL MERCHANTS.
Furniture Dealers,
AND " .
UNDERTAKERS.
!" TIONESTA. PENN ,
T
WHITE PINE
Flooring, Siding,
and material for
Window Casings
ami Inside Work.
A good supply to select
from always in 9tock.
Cull on or address.
J AS. J LANDERS,
TIONESTA, PA.
or F,
. AMSLER.
Electrio Oil. Guaranteed for
Rheumatism,. Sprains, Sore
Feet, Pains, Ac. At all dealers
CENSURED BY REFUGEES
Authorities at Kingston Are De
clared to Be Inefficient.
Trial of Harry K. Thaw Contract For
Panama Canal Corporations Cannot
Contribute Condition of Governor
Hlflglns Death of Senator Alger.
Chairman Shonta Resigns.
American refugees from Kingston
arriving on board the Prlnz Eltel
Frledrlch, which Balled from the
stricken city on Thursday afternoon
last, the third day after the earth
quake, were unanimous in condemning
what they termed the "inactivity and
utter Inefficiency" of the English au
thorities on the Island during the first
days following the disaster. For three
days, or up to the day the Prinz Eltel
sailed, there was no semblance of
order and nothing definite done in the
matter of relieving the sufferings of
many of the wounded.
A press correspondent sought Gover
nor Swettenliam and spoke to him of
the Davis iucldent. The governor said
that he had not invited Rear Admiral
Davis to land sailors. Asked if he in
dorsed the action taken by Rear Ad
miral. Davis, the govqpnor replied:
"Thut is a matter between myself and
Rear Admiral Davis, to whom I must
refer you." The governor said that
hla reference In his letter to Rear Ad
miral Davis to a tramp pillaging the
house of a New York millionaire was
merely a Jocular parallel.
Swettenham's Career Ended.
The Colonial office has received sev
eral telegrams from Sir Alexander
Swettenhum, the governor of Jamaica,
explaining the lncidenTith Rear Ad
miral Davis, but notJr is of such a
character that the authorities are pre
pared to make it public.
The press agencies gained the gen
eral Impression at the government of
fices that Governor Swettenham's
career is at an end.
Securing Jury In Thaw Trial.
The four days of the Thaw trial
have resulted In the acceptance of
nine Jurymen. They were secured
from ICS talesmen, half the panel
drawn. The talesmen are becoming
more wary as the trial goes on. The
excuses put forward tor not serving
are becoming more ingoVuous.
The chief reason for the general 1e
slre not to serve Is probabljsie order
of Justice Fitzgerald thaj: the" Jurors
be locked .tip until the trial is over!
Most of the talesmen are active buiii:
ness men and such Incarceration would
involve great financial loss.
Excuses by aiesmen to avoid jury
duty in the case are growing more
varied each day. Man after man de
clared that his opinion as to the guilt
or ipnocencef the-accused was so
firmly fixed a to admit of no change
by any poJnble testimony. District
Attorney Jerome tried to convince
these talesmen that newspaper stories
were nut the same as sworn testimony
before a court, but his efforts were
generally unsuccessful and challenges
for cause were sustained by tlfe court.
Tried For Murder of Father-ln-Law.
.Another murder trial of interest,
thut of Dr. James W. Simpson, a Fifth
avenue, New, York,' dentist, was be
gun at Rlvevhead, L. I., on Monday.
Dr. Simpson Is' charged with the
murder of his father-in-law, Bartley T.
Horner, a wealthy resident of North
port, L. I", In December, 905. Dr.
'Simpson had been living with hta wife
at her father's home and according
to the prosecution there had been fre
quent quarrels.
On the day Mr. Horner was killed
Dr. Simpson had been hunting. After
supper he sat in the kitchen cleaning
the gun. and while 'he was thus en
gaged Mr. Horner came Into the room.
Just then the dentist "broke" the gun
and it exploded, the contents of the
two cartridges entering Horner's body
and wounding him fatally. At first it
was believed the shunting was acci
dental but later Simpson was ar
rested. '
The accused man has maintained
throughout that he did not discharge
the gun but that the charge was ex
ploded accidentally. A strange feat
ure of (lie case Is that the only eye
witness to the shooting, a Polish boy
employed by Horner, has become In
sane and is now confined in an asylum."
Contract For Panama Canal. .
A White House conference over the
bids for .the construction of 'the Pana
ma canal resulted in the elimina
tion of Anson M. Bangs of New York
city as a bidder, and a conditional de
cision to award the ' contract to
William J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tenn.
Oliver and Bangs had bid together and
their bid was the lowest.
Messrs. Oliver and Bangs proposed
to complete the construction of the
Panama canal for 6.75 per cent, of the
total estimated cost. While no official
statement, was made aj. the White
House, It can be authoritatively stated
that if Mr. Oliver can enter into a
satisfactory arrangement with . some
other contractor, who Is financially re
sponsible, he will be awarded the con
tract. Contributions by Corporations Barred
Discussion of the senate bill to pro
hibit corporations from making money
contributions during political cam
paigns took the form of stump de-
hate in the hoime, but this did not
prevent the passage of the measure
The bill makes it unlawful for any
national bank or any corporation or
ganized by authority of any laws of
congress to make a money contribu
tion in connection with any election
for any political office; for any cor
poration whatever to make a money
contribution in connection with any
election at - which presidential and
vice presidential electors or a repre
sentative in congress are to be voted
for, or any election by any state leg
islature of a United States senator.
Condition of Governor Hlggins.
"It is only by the means of strong
heart stimulants that Governor Hlg
gins is being kept up," said Dr. Hlb
bard. "He has a remarkable consti
tution and good vitality. He has tak
en good care of himself for 10 years
and that Is the reason why, without
nourishment, he hangs on to life so
strongly. His heart, however, Is
weak and he is liable to drop out any
time. I do not like his symptoms, in
ability to take nourishment and a
clouded mind. His rational times are
very short."
Government Gains 20 Seat.
The German government has won a
victory in the general elections for a
new relchstag1. The Liberal, Radical
and Conservative parties, supporting
Prince von Buelaw's colonial policy,
have won at least 20 seats. But more
important for the government than
the success of Its colonial plans, is the
crushing defeat of the Socialists, who
will lose a total of 17 or 18 seats.
This Is the first election since 1887
that the Socialist's have not increased
their representation in the relchstag
by from 5 to 20 seats.
Mine Victim Petrified.
The petrified body of Gustave An
derson, who was caught in the cave-in
of Edison Electric company's shaft at
Bakersfield, Cal., which entombed
Lindsay B. Hicks, was taken out
Tuesday by workers In the tunnel.
It was found in a sitting position
only a few feet from the spot where
Hicks lay for so long before being
rescued.. It had not been crushed, and
it Is supposed that Anderson was the
man whom Hicks could hear crying
for aid for several days after the ac
cident. Four other bodies are still
in the tunnel.
Terrible Suffering In China.
The Red Cross regards the famine
in China as the gravest problem with
which it has to deal. Cable reports
say that the refugees are being forcibly
driven back into the famine district,
where smallpox Is adding its terrors.
No relief Is in sight until the harvest
of next year's crops in ' June, and
there Is no seed wheat available for
planting. The Red Cross is endeavor
ing to supply through voluntary con
tributions, but response to the appeal
for help has not been encouraging.
Chairman Shonts Resigns.
The resignation of T. P. Shonts as
chairman of isthmian canal commis
sion was announced at the White
House Wednesday. It was tendered to
the president and accepted by him,
according to the correspondence made
public. It will take effect not later
than March 4. Mr. Shonts has been
elected president of the Interborough
Metropolitan company, which controls
the rapid transit and many surfaca
lines. in New York.
Senator Alger Dies Suddenly.
United States Senator Russell A.
Alger of Michigan died suddenly at
Washington Thursday of heart dis
ease. There was practically no pre
moditory Bymptoms that the end was
near.
The funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at the family resi
dence. The body was taken to Detroit,
Mich., for burial. .
To Abolish Pension Agencies.
The house of representatives
has voted to abolish all the pension
agencies throughout the country, 18
in number, and centralize the payment
of pensions liNllie city of Washington.
This action was taken on the pension
appropriation bill ' after spirited op
position by those having pension
agencies in their states.
Old Masters' Paintings indecent.
The Omaha courts have decided that
paluuil&s uj ul iiiaaicia Dutu na van.
Dyke. Rubens and Vanderwerff are in
decent and that reproductions of them
cannot be sold in Omaha. For per
sisting' in the sale of reproductions
John Greenberg was fined and warned
thafanother offense would cause hira
to be sent to Jail.
Senate Order an Investigation.
The United States senate has passed
the compromise Foraker resolution
which authorizes the ..committee
on military affairs to Investigate the
facts of the affray at Brownsville,
Texas, "without questioning Jlie legal
ity or Justice of any act of the Pres
ident in relation to or connected with
that affray."
Free Seed Distribution Ended.
The house committee on agriculture
has decided to recommend the discon
tinuance of free seed distribution by
congress. Instead of appropriating the
customary $250,000 for this purpose
the committee will advise that this
sum be used to purchase rare seeds
to be distributed by the department
of agriculture.
Religious Educators to Meet Feb. 5.
The fourth general convention of the
Religious Education association will
h held in Rochester Feb. 5th to 7th.
Among the speakers will be President
Schurman of Cornell, Dean Hodges of
Cambridge, Elmef E. Brown, United
States commissioner of education, and
Father Dcyle of Washington.
JURY IS NEARLY FILLED.
Testimony In Thaw Trial May
Begin Wednesday.
Mr. Jerome Questioned Last Man Ac
cepted Searchlngly as to His Ideal
of Difference Between a Reasonable
Doubt and a Possible Doubt De
fense Readily Accepted Him.
New York, Jan. 29. The Jury which
Is to try Harry IC. Thaw for killing
Stanford White Is rapidly nearlns
completion. When court adjourned
last evening there were nine men In
the Jury box, one having been added
during the morning session and a sec
ond Just before the hour of adjourn
ment, 5 o'clock. It is thought that
the taking of testimony may be begun
Wednesday afternoon. .
Fifty talesmen were examined yes
terday. So rapidly were the remain
ing members of the special panel dis
posed of at the morning session that
at the noon recess orders were hur
ried from the court that an additional
100 men be summoned to report before
Justice Fitzgerald in the morning.
This will make a total of 300 men thus
far summoned. Of the original panel
there remain but 35. It was not con
sidered this number would be suffi
cient for the selection of the three
jurymen necessary to make up the
trial complement of 12.
Of the 50 men examined 43 were ex
cused upon doctor's certificates; upon
the ground that they had formed opin
ions too. strong to be, shaken by the
forthcoming testimony; because they
knew Stanford White, or some im
portant witness in the case, and for
various other reasons. Five talesmen
were challenged peremptorily, the
state leading in the exercise of this
privilege with three challenges. The
defense exerciBd the right in two in
stancs. The two men of the 50 who proved
acceptable to the state and to Thaw
and his counsel were Charles D. New
ton, a retired railroad official, who Is
perhaps 65 years of age, aud Louis
Haas, the New York representative of
a Philadelphia wholesale candy con
cern, who is not more than 30 years
of age. Both Mr. Jerome and Mr.
Hartridge, the leading lawyer for the
defendant, were congratulated upon
securing two such, capable Jurors as
Messrs. Newton and Haas appeared to
be.
In accepting the latter Mr. Jerome
dwelt for some time upon the question
of reasonable doubt. He questioned
the talesman searchlngly as to his
ideas of the difference between a rea
sonable doubt and a possible doubt.
Mr. Haas seemed to Incline to the idea
that conviction for murder In the first
degree should be voted only when
such doubt as a man might feel In re
gard to some vital issue in his own
life had been removed by the evidence.
This seemed to satisfy the district at
torney. The defense readily accepted
the juror, and facing Harry Thaw he
was sworn. Mr. Newton became
juror No. 8 and Mr. Haas No. 9.
District Attorney Jerome continued
to base his examinations of the tales
men on the belief that Thaw's attor
neys may offer two defenses, one of
emotional Insanity at the time of the
shooting and the other the "unwritten
law." He asked . the accepted tales
men If in the event two defenses were
offered and they were not consistent
with each other, which they would ac
cept. Both of the new jurors declared
they would be guided by the court's
Instructions when It came to qiestlons
of law.
All of the defendant's family were In
court. , Mrs. Harry K. Thaw and her
companion, Miss May McKenzie, were
the first to arrive for the morning ses
sion. Then came Mrs. William Thaw,
mother of the prisoner, accompanied
by her two daughters, the Countess of
Yarmouth and Mrs. George L. Carne
gie. -Edward and Josiah Thaw and
Mr. Caroiegie were also present. The
family sat closely groupedvln two rows
of chairs just back of the prisoner. As
usual, they seldom spoke to each
other.
Mrs. William Thaw had a gracious
bow and smile for the prisoner's wife
when they first met and the latter
was quick to return the greeting.
Thaw seemed delighted when he saw
Jill of his family in court and appeared
to be in high spirits throughout the
day.
The morning session of the court
was cut short an houy because of a
break in the heating apparatus in the
Criminal Courts building. The court
room was very cold and the women of
the' Thaw party kept on their heavy
wraps and furs. Several of the attor
neys wore their overcoats and Justice
Fitzgerald paced up and down In the
(cffort to keep warm. Finally at. 12
o clocKne oraerea a recess unm p.
m., "in , the Interest of public health."
The engineer promised to have the
break repaired and the room comfort
able at the hour set for the afternoon
session and kept Ills word.
Boys Leaving the Farms.
. York, Pa., Jan. 29. That York coun
ty's young farmers are migrating to
the cities Is evident from the last reg
istry assessor's bopks, which show the
number of vfctes in the county has de
creased In six months nearly 400.
Burnham at Work In Print Shop.
Osslnlng, Jan. 29. George Burnham,
Jr., former general counsel for the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com
pany, n-ss put to work In the printing
shop in Sing Sing prison.
THREE MEN IN RUINS.
Tons of Debris Crashed Down on Fire
men en a Lower Roof.
Buffalo, Jan. 29. Burled under tons
of tee-coated debris of the eight-story
Seneca building at 101-109 Seneca
street, destroyed by fire yesterday,
three firemen are today probably
dead or so badly injured that they
will die before aid can reach them.
About 20 firemen, including the
three missing men, were on the roof
of the Heywood building, the first
structure to east of the Seneca, fight
ing against a spread of the flames,
when ' two thick brick walls of the
Seneca building collapsed.
Tons of debris from the crumbling
walls crashed down upon the roof of
the lower Heywood building, going
through the roof and carrying floor
after floor Into the basement.
Not one of the 20 men escaped with
out some injury, but 1 alf of them
were able to fight their way out and
to give aid to their less fortunate com
rades. Gangs of men were at once put to
work clearing away the wreckage and
rescuing the imprisoned firemen. By
noon all but three of their number had
been released and hurried to hospitals.
All of the them were painfully Injured
and were covered with a thick coating
of Ice which formed rapidly on every
thing from the spray of the numerous
streams playing upon the ruins.
It was said that none of the injured
will die. The rescuers worked in re
lays all the afternoon under the su
pervision of Chief McConnell and Com
missioners Potter and Selbert, but no
trace of the missing men could be
found. As night fell electric light
wires were strung Into the ruins and
by the light of arc lamps and reflec
tors the work of rescue was kept up
without a moment's pause.
The loss, approximating half a mil
lion dollars, Is covered by insurance
to the extent of about 90 per cent. The
heaviest losers are:
The Jewett estate, owners of the
Seneca building (also known as the
Columbia), $125,000; Burt & Sindele,
candy manufacturers. $70,000; Walsh
Bros., liquor dealers, $35,000; Heywood
Bros. & Wakefield, furniture, $75,000;
Strootman Shoe company, $10,000;
the Phelps company, candy manufac
turers, $30,000; Blackball Manufac
turing company, printers, $20,000;
Carlisle Manufacturing company, shirt
waists, $15,000; C. B. Russell company,
printers, $50,000; C. A. Felne company,
bookbinders; the Standard Mirror
company, $10,000.
The remainder of the loss fell upon
small firms In the Seneca and adjoin
ing buildings, bringing the total up to
$500,000.
PLAN PORT ON HUDSON BAY.
Canadians to Build Railway and Try to
Divert Shipping.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 29. Saving of
millions of dollars annually on ship
ments to European ports Is assured
to Manitoba and the central states of
Canada by building a direct line from
Winnipeg to a port on Hudson bay.
During the next week or two the
Conservatives of Manitoba will an
nounce their intention of backing a
company to build such a line. Al
though it is barely GOO miles from Win
nipeg to the bay, the route presents
many difficulties because the country
is covered with muskegs and rivers.
Surveys, however, show sufficient high
ground can be selected to overcome
many of these difficulties. .
According to reports of the geologi
cal department the bay has open wa
ter' for six months of the year, and,
with specially constructed Icebreakers,
this period could be lengthened.
Arrears of Special Franchise Tax.
New York, Jan. 29. Controller
Metz yesterday received checks for
$3,170,141 as payment from the Inter
borough Rapid Transit company and
the Manhattan Railway company for
arrears of the special franchise tax.
This is part of the $19,000,000 the
railroads owe New York city and con
stitutes the arrearages for the years
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. The
controller ordered the collector of as
sessments and arrearages to hold a
sale of the property of Brooklyn,
Queens and Richmond railroads In ar
rears to secure $1,732,693, owed the
city by those railroads. The sale will
take place In March and is for arrear
ages up to the year 1904.
Three Lives Lost In French Mine.
Lens, France, Jan. 29. An official
Investigation has been made and it Is
declared certain that all the miners
who were down at the time of the ex
plosion have returned to the surface.
Arthur Iynnientlin, n member of the
chamber of deputies, who descended
Into the mine, confirms previous re
ports that only threo men lost their
lives, and a declaration to this effect
has been posted. The crowd, how
ever, continues to show excitement,
and when this poster was read iere
were riles of: "They said the same-
thing at Comrit'ics."
Lin-it -tun of Armaments.
Berlin. . Lit. William T. Stead,
who liii .. i : iu Merlin on an unoffi
cial ton.- . .: onlint'iital capitals. Is
couvln::, : ; the limitation of arm
aments 'ii: i.i- discussed at The Hague
peace ccj!i'. .cuvre, basing his convic
tion on the met that his Inquiries have
resulted in kanilng that Great Britain,
the United States, Japan, Italy and
Hungary favor an enlarged program.
France Is more reserved but would
welcome a general agreement to dis
cuss the questions of arbitration and
armaments Mr. Stead will v!;U lh'
Vnlted States In April.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary of the Week's News
of the World.
Cream tf the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
' and Desires to Keep Posted. '
Wednesday.
' Two more earthquake snooks added
to the terror of Kingston.
Senator Bravo, Moderate Leader,
declared that the hope of Cuba lies In
an American protectorate.
'Two German companies, according
to a cable dispatch from Berlin, have
received a contract for the electric
lighting of towns along the Bosphorus.
Attempting to seize the barracks in
Caracas, Vice President Gomez was
foiled by the commandant, a Castro
follower, and civil war Is imminent.
The press of the United States and
Canada is unanimous In Its condemna
tion of Governor Swettenham's act of
requesting the .withdrawal of Ameri
can sailors from Jamaica, and the be
lief is. expressed that he will be re
called. , ' ' ' '
Thursday.
The National Farmers' Union at At
lanta, Ga., Indorsed President Roobo
velt's action in discharging the negro
troops who "shot up" Brownsville.
John Guaragenb of Pittsburg, aged
20 years, was fatally shot by his aunt,
Dominica Taneredi, aged 35. She
says her nephew attempted an assault.
Fifteen hundred persons perished In
the great tidal wave which devastated
the Island of Simalu, Dutch East
Indies, according to a cable dispatch
from Utrecht. .
Russia will need no foreign loan
this year, says a special cable dispatch
from 8t. Petersburg, as the small
amount needed will be obtained by an
Internal issue.
Excited by reports of suppressed
elections, the Persian national assem
bly, according to a cable dispatch,
voted to ask the shah whether he was
against them.
Friday.
Senator Beverldge of Indiana, urged
the passage of his bill to stop child
labor by prohibiting interstate com
merce in Its products
Virgil Delgenovez, ten minutes be
fore he died In New York, received
announcement that Venezuela would
pay him $70,000 for railroad work
Intense excitement over the elec
tion pervades Germany, says a cable
from Berlin, the Issue having become
one between socialism and patriotism.
The senate voted for an Increase of
salaries fof the vice president,
speaker, members of the cabinet and
senators and representatives, thus In
suring Its enactment.
After forcing his ministers to apolo
gize for not being present In the na
tional assembly, the shah, according
to a cable dispatch from Teheran, ap
pointed fourteen persons to attend the
sessions for him
Saturday.
Cable advices from London declared
that Governor Swettenham's career at
Kingston was probably ended.
Two more shocks were felt at King
ston, Jamaica, which . levelled build
ings. Aid arrived here from Ameri
cans at Panama. .
Denouncing the new French apos
tolic Catholic church organized In
Paris, the Vatican authorities declared
Archbishop Vilalette an apostate.
Mr. Shonts predicts success for the
Panama canal and says he only resign
ed after the work was well started and
with the onsent of President Roose
velt.
A cable dispatch says that the net
profits of the Hamburg-American
Steamship company for the year were
$8,000,000, of which $5,250,000 is held
for depreciation, and a dividend of ten
per cent. Is proposed.
Monday.
The argument In the proceedings
against Attorney General Jackson for
contempt of court was heard at Al
bany.
Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field, brother of
David Dudley. Cyrus W. und Stephen
J. Field, died at Stockbridge, Mass.,
Saturday. .
Minority members of the house com
mittee on merchant marine are at
odds over the report to be submitted
on the ship subsidy bill.
American sailors gave great service
In driving off thieves In wrecked
Kingston, declared residents, replying
to Governor Swcttcnham.
Returns from the German elections
indicate that the government parties
have made a net gain of six seats,
while Centrists and Socialists together
have lost 15.
Tuesday.
Former President I'alma declared
in favor of American protection of Cu
ha in an interview.
Couusel for Harry Thaw denied his
defense would be emotional Insanity
or the "unwritten law."
A fire damp explosion occurred In
the Blldstock shaft of the Reden mine
at St. Johann-on-Saar, Rhenish Prus
sia. The number of dead is estimated
at 200.
Conferences of the American and
German tariff commissions In Berlin
have resulted in the establishment of
a basts for t he conclusion of a com
merclal trea'-,
A Qofer Core.
"Riding on an elephant In Ceylon, be
hind a native prince on ti hunting ex
pedition," said n clergyman, "the con
versation chanced to turn on Indiges
tion, to which 1 said I was subject.
The prince at once pulled out a. black
leather button kind of thing, which he
was wearing on a string round his neck
under his clothes.
"'What's this?' said I.
" 'A hyena's snout,' was the startling
reply.
" 'What for?'
"'To cure Indigestion.'
'"How can It do this?'
" 'It Is very simple. A hyena gets Its
living by digging up and crunching old
bones. Now, it possesses In Its snout
this peculiar virtue that when Its no
uppnmcbes anything hnrtl, such as
bones, these tough substances instantly
grow soft nnil enable the animal to eat
them with comfort and benefit. So yon
will find that If you keep this charm
hanging round your neck the proximity '
of the hyena's nose, though dried up
and lifeless, will soften your food, i
however Indigestible, to such an extent
that you will never again suffer from
Indigestion.' " , -
ropolooa Cheeae.
A professor of the Swiss Dnlry school
at Sonntal bus compiled statistics of
the number of micro organisms found
In cheese. Ills experiments lead to the
conclusion that every. gram (one-thirtieth
part of mi ounce) of fresh Era
menthaler (Swiss) cheese contains be
tween SHt.OOO nnd 100,000 living germs.
After two months the number has in
creased to 800,000. Cream cheese con
tains a still larger number of animal
culae, a gram harboring after three
weeks 750,000, rising to 2,000,000 after
a month nnd u half. These figures ap
ply only to the center of the cheese,
while close to the rind families num
bering r,500.000 bacteria may be found
In every nmin of cheese. In about
one and a half pounds of cream cheese,
the professor estimates, there are as
many germs ns there are human being
on the face of the globe. It Is sup
posed that nil or most of these mi
crobes are "friendly' ones and assist
In the digestive process. We hope so.
Grocery.
Klnrc'l nntjr and Kins' EngiUh.
Exhibited In the window of a watch
mnker's shop in Manchester Is a faded
letter of Nelson's. It tells an old, old
story, reminding us of the time when,
to defend the shores of their native
land, Englishmen had to beg and im
plore for the bare material means to
do It. It was so In the days of the
armada and In Nelson's day. It has
been so In our own. The letter reads:
My Dear Sir If you will order the Aga
memnon to be supplied with 200 fathoms
of three Inch rope und 100 fathoms of two
Inch rope purchases will be rove to drag
the Rims. We have not a fathom ot rope
In the ship. If you could spare us two
threefold blocks nnd two twofold blocks
I am to be much obliged. Your most
faithfully, HORATIO NELSON.
Evidently in his care of the king's
ship the national hero was at the time
somewhat careless of the king's Eng
lish. London Chronicle.
Why Thundrr Boars Milk.
To ninny persous the curdling of
milk In n tlmiidi rstonn Is a mysterious
aud unintelligible phenomenon. Yet
the whole process really Is simple and
natural. Milk, like most other sub
stances, contains millions of bacteria.
The milk bacteria that lu a day or
two uuder uaturnl conditions would
cause the fluid to sour are peculiarly
susceptible to electricity. Electricity
Inspirits and invigorates them, affect
ing them as alcohol, cocaine or strong
tea affects men. Under the current's
Influence they fall to work with amaz
Ins energy, nnd lnstend of taking a
couple of days to sour the milk they
accomplish tho task completely ' In a
half hour. With an electric battery it
is easy on the same principle to sour
the freshest milk.
Obrdlent, hut Indignant.
"Norah," said the literary woman, "I
wish you would go down to the library
aud bring nie 'Flavlus Josephus.'"
The new girl left the room to exe
cute the commission.
Presently n terrific noise was beard
on tho stairway, and Norah pushed
the door open with her foot a moment
later, dragging la by the collar a large
and reluctant Newfoundland dog.
"Here he Is, Mrs. Dlunls," she aald,
"but ye oughtn't to have slnt me for
'lin. It's a man's Job. The baste
thrled to bite me, nu' I had to fight
'tut Iv'ry Tut o' the way." Chicago
Tribune. The- Little Onra.
Many wrinkles are smoothed away by
the soft fingers of little children. . The
music of their flutelike voices calms
the most turbulent mood and baulahei
tln darkest frown. The power of the
little ones consists In their Innocence.
They bear In their hands that lily the
magic might of which gates of brass
cannot resist. '
The Silk Hat.
The ridiculous custom of wearing
that shining funnel. the? silk hat, will ap
pear as stupefying to our great-grandchildren
its the custom of putting a
bone through tho lip or n ring through
tho nostrils appears monstrous to us.
Paris (Jaulols.
All RlKht.
Tom -Here! You've started your
noto to Burroughs 'Dr. Sir." Don't you
know that sort of abbreviation is very
Movenly? Dick-No. sir. "Dr." is all
right In this case. lie owes me
money.
A Wonderful Woman.
"What sort of a woman la your
friend mndame the countess?"
"She is n woman of sixty, who looks
fifty, tbink's hhe's forty, dresses
thirty, and acts like twenty."