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Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of montn. Church Hnbt)nth Hrhocl. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. ui. x M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evenluir by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the P.' M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. H. D.Call, PaHtor. The regular meetings of tlfe W. C. T. U. are hold at the headquarters on the second and fourtu Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PI'.NESTA LODGE, No. 3t9, 1. 0. 0. V. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge bulldiug. C APT. OEOROK STOW POST. No.274 O. A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening in each mouth. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each mouth. 'AUL E. WENK. DENTIST. TIONESTA, l-A. "AH work guaranteed. Rooms over Forest County. National Bank. RITCHEY A CARRINOER. ATTORN KYS-AT-LATV, Tionesut, Pa. CURTIS M. 8IIAWKEY, ATTORN EY-T-LAW, M Warren, Pa. Practice Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Olllceln Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa. D R. F. J. BOVARDr Physician surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D R. J. C. JtUNN, PHYHIU1A ABU sunucun. and DRUGGIST. OIHce over store. Tionesta, Pa. ProfRwional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow'a restaurant. ""iEORGE BIGGINS, M. D., VJ Physician aud Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Olllce and residence lu rooms formerly occupied by the late Dr. Morrow, Elm street. Professional calls promptly re sponded to at all hours of day or night. D R. J. B. SIGOINS. Physician and surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEY. WEAVER, K. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence . House, has undergone a complete change, and is now luriiisueu wuu an me wuu eru Improvements. Heated and lighted I. . ...i.l. nntnm.1 rvaa l,a tli i-nnmN. lurmiguuilb wim linn.... i hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, J ' GEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This Is the most central ly located hotel in the place, and has all the modern -improvements. No pains will be Bpared to make it a pleasant stopping 'place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pHIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKKK. Shop over It. L. Haslets grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all ' vlti. la nf niibtmn wni-lf tVlim tllft llliest tO tire coarsest and guarantees his work to .give perfect satisfaction." Prompt atten tion given to mending,, and prices roa i aouable. JAMES HASLET, : ' GENERAL MERCHANTS, furniture Dealers, AND' UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN A.C.UREY, LIVERY 7 Feed & Sale STABLE. Pino Turnouts at All Times at Reasonable Rates. Rear of Hotel Weaver TIOUESTA, FA. Tcleplioue No. 20. T To Be Dedicated In Connection With Buffalo's Old Home Week. Mayor Schmitz Guilty Suit Against Coal Roads Cars Fell Into Whirl pool Rapids Second Russian Dou ma Dissolved Haywood Murder Trlal-r-11 Men of Navy Lost. The obelisk erected at Buffalo by the stute of New York and the city of Buffalo in memory of the Into President "McKtnley, who met his death while a visitor to BuTalo, will be dedicated in the first week of Sep tember. The exact date has not been decid ed upon, ns the monument commis sion Is governed to s'Miie extent by the -wishes of President Koonevolt. Governor Hughes and other promi nent men who will be Invited to at tend the dedicatory ceremonies. It is planned to hold a weok'a festival be ginning Sept. 1. A fund of $50,000 Is being raised by popular subscription to defray the ex penses of tho festival and to provide for the entertainment of former resi dents of this city who are invited to visit their old homes during that week. The obelisk Is a pure white marble shaft, 80 feet In height. With a base of six feet It tapers very gradually to the top where It Is 4Vi feet Bquare. The obelisk rests upon a pedestal 14 feet high, the base of which is 12 feet above the street level. On two sides of the pedestal are Inscribed the rec ord of William McKinley as a soldier and a statesman. On tho north side Is the following: "William McKinley, died in Buffalo, Sept. 14, 1901, tho victim of a treach erous assassin who shot the President ns he was extending to him the hand of friendship." Facing east, west, north and south from the angles of the pedestal are four sleeping Hons in marble and of heroic size. They are the work of Phlnlster Proctor, the New York sculptor. Flanking the sides of the four bases which support the marble Hons are a series of fountains which will he fed with water from gargoyles located close to the four corners of the pedes tal of the obelisk. Mayor Schmitz Guilty. Mayor Eugene Schmlt. has been found guilty of extorting money from keepers of French restaurants In San Francisco. This is the first formal conviction In the anti-graft campaign inaugurated several months ago. The jury was out an hour and 35 minutes. ttunmat. sunn? EU'JENE F, SCHMITZ. Abe Ruef, who was Indicted for sim ilar offenses, pleaded guilty to the charges and appeared as a witness against Schmitz. When the verdict was announced Schmitz. sat unmoved with his left hand to his chin. He apparently did not . understand und asked Barrett: "What is it?" "Guilty," said Barrett. Schmitz' hand dropped to the table but he showed no other signs of emo tion. Cars Plunged Into Niagara Rapids. Three freight cars plunged from the railroad deck of the Grand Trunk's steel arch bridge at Niagara Falls Saturday morning. It was shortly before 5 o'clock that a number of empty freight cars were taken from the yards on the Ameri can 6lde and made up Into a train for Canada. As the train passed the 'American end of . the bridge a brake rod on one of the cars broke and the car jumped the track. The train crew did net notice any. thing wrong, and the derailed car bumped .over the ties to the center of the bridge. There a coupling pin gave way and the car started for the side of the bridge. The" momentum was sufficient to smash the derailed car through the guard rail. Two fol lowing cars were carried ever, too. In their descent the three freight cars broke through the guard rail of the passenger deck of the bridge and all the wreckage was carried into the river. By this time the engineer, far ahead, realized something was -vrong and stopped. When the wrecking gang arrived they found one of the trucks of a freight car tightly wedged be tween a girder and the ties. They tad a hard job getting the truck out. MKNL Y MQNUMEN Wm The railroad deck of the bridge le 239 feet above the river. The cars were carried Into the Whirlpool and broken to pieces. The Haywood Murder Trial. The prosecution In the Steunen berg murder trial at Boise, Idaho, entering in earnest on corroboration ol Harry Orchard's testimony, presented a continuous thread of evidence con necting George Pettlbone's store In Denver with Orchard at San Fran cisco, while the latter was occupied on the Bradley murder plot; partly developed another direct Hue by which It is hoped to show that Hay wood engaged and paid Steve Adams for the same desperate work, and added special evidence in confirmation of Orchard's general story. Ofllcers of the postofllces at San Francisco and Denver produced or iginal records showing that In August, 1904, a registered letter was sent un der the name of "J. Wolff" from the address of Pettlbone's store in Den ver to "J. DempHey" at the Golden West hotel in San Francisco. Orch ard swere he used the name of J. Dempsey. The state also produced several witnesses whd confirmed features ol Orchard's story as to the Bradley af fair, the first descent Into the Vin dicator mine with the object of doing violence, the final success of the Vin dicator mine plot, and the circum stances under which Detective Lyte Gregory was killed. Suit Against Coal Roads. The suit of the United States gov ernment against the anthracite coal carrying railroads, which are charged with carrying on a monopoly in' the production, transportation and sale of hard coal, was filed at Philadelphia last week In the United States circuit court. The defendants are the Reading com pany, Philadelphia & Reading Rail road company, Lehigh Valley Railroad company, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad company, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Erie Railroad company, New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad company, Philadel phia & Reading Coal & Iron company, Lehigh Coal company, Lehigh & WIlkos-Barre Coal company. Hillside Coal & Iron company. New York, Sus quehanna & Western Coal company, and the Temple Iron company. They have until the first Monday in August to make an appearance in the suit and until tho first Monday in Sep tember to file an answer or demurrer to the proceedings. Papers Served Upon Baer. Subpoenaes in connection with the Bull of the United States against the anthracite coal-carrying railroads were served by a United States mar shal on George F. Baer, as president of the Reading company, Philadelphia & Reading Railway company, Phil adelphia & Reading Coal & Iron com pany, Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal company and the Temple Iron company. Czar Dissolves Second Douma. Emperor Nicholas affixed his signa ture Saturday to an Imperial ukase abolishing the present douma aud or dering that the elections of members to Its successor, which is to meet on Nov. 14, be held under the new elec tion law which provides against the "submergence of the educated classes by the uneducated masses." This act constitutes a virtual coup d'etat and overldes the specific pro visions of the fundamental laws of the realm, solemnly proclaimed by his majesty on the eve of the convo cation of the first douma, which de clared that the electoral law could never be changed without the consent of parliament itself. This breach of tho constitution is justified by the great law of necessity, the emperor's advisers holding It im possible under present conditions to secure a parliament capable o' co operating harmoniously with the crown to rescue Russia from anarchy and revolution. Eleven Men of Navy Lost. Eleven men of the navy, six mid shipmen and five seamen, who left Discovery Landing at the Jamestown exposition grounds shortly after mid night on Tuesday morning in a steam Witch of the battleship Minnesota, were drowned in Hampton roads. The six midshipmen, accompanied by Lieutenant D. M. Randall, came ashore Monday night in the launch of the Minnesota, which has been lying In Hampton Roads, to attend a ball on the exposition grounds. It was after midnight when the party got away on tho return trip. Officers of the fleet early expressed the opinion that the launch collided with an unknown 6teamer and sank. West Indian Campaign Medal. Next Saturday will be observed as the 16th anniversary of the formation of the naval militia in New York state. The principal event of the day will be the presentation of tho "West Indian campaign medal" awarded by con gress to the ofllcers and men of the cruiser Yankee during the Spanish American war. Among the guests will he Rear Admiral Wlllard H. Bronson. U. S. N., who commanded tho Yankee. Special Deposits Called In. To pay off 1A07 4-per-cents the secre tary of tho treasury has issued a call for the return to the treasury by July 10 next of $:!0,000,000 of government funds now on deposit in certain de positary banks throughout the country THE ENEMIES OF AQK Have Probably SucceededinSe curing His Recall.. Charged With Misrepresenting Condi tions In California to His Govern mentProgressive Party Active In Stirring Up Agitation In Japan Hit Probable Successor Baron Kaneko. Washington, June 18. The recall pf Ambassador Aokl, It Is believed Here, will be in the nature of a con cession to the Marquis Ito and other Japanese statesmen, who have strong ly criticised the administration of diplomatic affairs in this country by Viscount Aoki. Viscount Aokl has also been strong ly opposed by the Japanese of the Pa cific coast. Ototaka Yomaoka, the personal representative of Count Oku ma, who visited Seattle several weeks ago and returned to Toklo with the re port of Messrs. Takahashl and Noda, the special envoys, who were sent to Washington to negotiate with the Japanese embassy, has had several Interviews with Foreign Minister Hayashl and the elder statesmen re garding conditions In this country. , According to cable advices received here, Yomaoka has charged Ambassa dor Aokl with misrepresenting condi tions to his home government and has submitted to . the Japanese govern ment what purport to be statements made by Assistant Secretary of State Bacon and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus to Messrs. Taka hashl and Noda, In which they as serted that Viscount Aokl agreed to the exclusion clause in the immigra tion hill. At the Japanese embassy Secretary Hanahira said: "Ambassador Aokl does not care to dignify the stories emanating from his political enemies even with a denial. The Progressive party in Japan have taken the San Francisco disturbances as the pretext to stir up agitation in Japan which is directed at the present ministry, and they no doubt would be glad to see Viscount Aokl recalled. "Baron Kaneko has long had a de sire to enter the diplomatic service and It Is very natural that he should desire the Washington mission. Am bassador Aoki has received no inti mation from Tokio that the govern ment contemplates his recall." In discussing the proposed recall of Ambassador Aokl, Dr. Masuju MIyak awan, the Japanese lawyer and au thor, who, next to the officials of the Japanese embassy, Is perhaps the best posted man In Washington on the domestic politics of Japan and with tho public men of the empire, said: "Speaking about the careers of the two men, Aokl was educated in Ber lin, Kaneko in Harvard; Aoki was for a long time minister for foreign af fairs, Kaneko for a short time was minister of justice and commerce and agriculture; Aokl Is identified as a long standing diplomatist, while Kaneko has not had so much experi ence in diplomatic service; Aoki does not speak much, Kaneko Is a great talker and writer. Aokl is known as a conservatice and Kaneko as an ag gressive." DRUNKEN BEES MAKE STIR. Sip Fermented Orange Juice and Raise "High. Jinks" Generally. Los Angeles, Cal., June 18. Bees, hilarious and made proud with wine, have aroused the fashionable resi dents of Pasadena by their mirthful and stinging pranks, and the majesty of the law has been appealed to In the hope of suppressing their gayety. District Attorney Fredericks was visited by several residents of Pasa dena, Including a few owners of small apiaries, who complained to him that the bees and flies of the Crown City are making nuisances of themselves by becoming Intoxicated upon fer mented orange Juice. The residents allege that the pro prietors of the Disltrow nursery have a large force of Japanese employed extracting seeds from partially rot ted oranges, and In the process of squeezing the seeds from the oranges a small stream of orange juice flows from the place, which attracts mil foils of flies and bees, which become Intemperate. The nursery uses the seeds for planting. Angry Crowd Attacked the Umpire. New Haven, Conn., June 18. When Umpire Crocker declared the New Haven-Springfield Connecticut league game forfeited to the latter team yes terday an angry crowd of spectators attacked him, punching his face, It is said, and bruising him. Both teams managed finally to protect him until the polite anived. Crorker gave Springfield the game 9 to 0 after that team had refused to use a ball which, it insisted, had been soaked in oil and which New Haven was deter mined shcMl? be uzsi. Tte score was 4 to 2 In favor of Spriai'flold. Says It Was a Suicide Agreement. New York, June IS. Laura, tho 12-year-old wife of James Woardoll, was shot through the head and killed at their homo in West 25th street last night. The husband, who Is six years the senior of his wife, notified the po lice explaining that his wife had tak en her life In accordance with ail agreement to kill themselves, into which the t.wohad cutjrtd. He v:at pla:ed under arrest. TREES TO STOP FLOODS. Mammoth Scheme Launched to Re foreit Watersheds. Pittsburg, June 18. Under the di rection of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce an agitation is being made in an effort to have the city, state and national governments take up the gi gantic task of relieving Westeru Pennsylvania, especially this city, from the annual inundations from the rivers in this vicinity. The great flood of March, this year, has aroused lively interest In the pro ject. The plan of the Chamber of Commerce Is to plant trees on the wa tersheds at the headwaters, and by rearing immense forests, which will appropriate large quantities of nioint ure, prevent suddeu thaws of vast extents of snow. Millions of dollars will be required to carry out . the work, and a campaign will be inaug urated to arouse interest and secure the necessary funds. Unofficially it Is announced by spec ialists on rivers that at least 2,000, 000,000 trees will have to be planted. The scheme entails an appalling amount of labor, and even then will not accomplish any material good, ac cording to the experts for at least 15 years. The combined basins of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers comprehend a territory of nearly 20, 000 square miles in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York and Mary land. Shortly after the first of each year Pittsburg Is visited by a flood that menaces lives and does great mone tary damage. Several smaller floods are also experienced. The flood of last March came with alarming suddenness. Over a score of persons lost their lives, either directly or in directly, to the raging waters, and a property loss of between $13,000,000 and $20,000,000 was sustained. Nearly 100,000 working people were temporarily thrown out of employ ment by the high water flooding the mills, factories und manufacturing es tablishments of Pittsburg. Streetcar lines about the city were cripplod, train schedules were annulled, i lec trie light plants were ruined and tho city streets and buildings were in darkness for several days. It was with great difficulty that newspapers could be published. All these facts are now being taken Into consideration by the Chamber of Commerce and the residents of West ern Pennsylvania. They have been assured that, could the hills and moun tain sides be once again rehabilitat ed with their natural sheltering gar ment of trees and bushes, the floods would be completely checked. If, in deed, they did not wholly disappear. During the last session of congress $25,000 was appropriated to make the Initial experiment under the auspices of the forestry bureau. Secretary James Wilson of the department of agriculture has commissioned William L. Hall, In charge of the Appalachian mountain forest reserves, to come here for the purpose of investigating the matter and report on the feasi bility of the experiment. Ant Nearly Chokes Fisherman, WUHamsport, Pa., June 18. An ant, one of those big black ants, nearly caused the death of Edgar Smith, a bass fisherman, residing In Tioga county, on the very first day of the season. At noon, Just as he was about to take a bite of a sandwich, an ant dropped on the bread. It lodged halfway down his throat, clinging to the membrane by its mandibles. Frightened nearly out of his wits, the fisherman ran to the vil lage. Two doctors were unable to re lease the ant's grip, and Smith was being slowly tickled to death, when a brilliant Idea occurred to a shoe maker, who was present. A waxed thread, coated with honey, was work ed down Smith's throat, and the ant, seizing it, was pulled out. Bug Hunter After Chestnut Pest. Lancaster, Pa., June 18. P. H. Hertzog, an expert of the zoology di vision of the state agriculture depart ment, has been at work in the big chestnut groves In Martic township, this county, studying the operation;! of the chestnut weevil. He Is en deavoring to discover some way of ex terminating the pest, which cniises about 30 per cent of tho chestnuts to become wormy. The Insect Is at present In tho grub or larvae stt.ge, from four to six Inches in the Pro:nri, and by the application of vaiious chemicals Mr. Hertzog hopes to r.ls cover some compound that will de stroy it. Another Petition In Eddy Case. Concord. Conn., June IS Another petition In the already complicated litigation surrounding the suit. In equity brought by the "next friends" of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy to se cure an accounting of the property of the Christian Science leader, was filed In the Merrimack superior com! hero by conns'! f"v the "next friends," asking that the question of their good faith be determined Im mediately and In advance of all other proceed!nT-. Governor hughes at Lafayette College Albany, June IS. Govv.rr.or liu;;hcs expects to leave at noon today for a trip to Eastern Pennsylvania, whore he Is to attend on Wednesday the commencement exercises of Lafayette college. It Is understood here that the college expects to follow the uc tlon taken last week by Columbia uni versity In conferring upon the gover nor the degree of Doctor of Laws. Tho governor expects to return Thurs HE NEWSSUMMARY Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Has Little Time to Spare. Stuyvesant Fish, addressing Colum ola graduates, said new federal laws would stop the construction of rail roads. President Roosevelt at Jamestown idvocated Income and Inheritance taxes and payment to all workmen hurt iu accidents. The council of the Progressive party In Tokio called on the government to compel the United States government to protect Japanese In America. In an automobile accident near Ban bury, Eng., O. T. Johnson of California was killed and his wife and Mr. and Mr.s Blake of Philadelphia were fatal ly injured. Thursday. The French cabinet has decided to uppress the wine frauds which have iroused the growers in the South. According to a Dublin dispatch, the corporation will be asked to confer the freedom of the city on Richard Croker. Ambassador Bryce receives the de greo of LL.D. at, the University of Chicago convocation, at which 343 re ceive diplomas. A Vienna dispatch states that Japan will ask The Hague peace conference for a ruling on the rights of a nation to territory It has conquered. Mayor Schmitz denied on the wit ness stand that he had ever received protection money from the French restaurants in San Francisco. The general manager of the Sov ereign bank at Toronto reported a shrinkage of $2,240,000 in the value of the Institution's assets, attributed to bad investments by a former mana ger. Friday. Governor Hughes was a recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at Columbia university. Ambassador Aoki abandoned his proposed visit of Inspection to the Pa cific coast on account of jingo agita tion. Harry Orchard told of swindling Colorado farmers in a hall insurance scheme while waiting for a chance to kill Governor Peabody. The United States government filed suit in Philadelphia against the coal trust, alleging that the coal carrying ronds acted In restraint of trade. That women teachers of New York raised a legislative fund, enlisted chil dren in the fight and threatened trades people in their campaign for higher salaries are charges which the board of education decided to Investi gate. Saturday. Plans were adopted for the Episco pal cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, In Washington, Intended to be the most beautiful church structure In the world. James J. Hill said the nation ulti mately would come to the financial rer.cue of the railroads, which he re garded as a step toward government ownership. Arthur E. Appleyard, who made a sensational raid on United Gas Im provement company stock in Philadel phia, was declared Insolvent by the Stock Exchange there. Harry Orchard weeps as hn tells how he confessed to make his peace with God, but admissions are wrung from him tending to show that per haps hope of Immunity from death had something to do with it. Monday, President Roosevelt's name is cheered at the opening of the second peace conference at The Hague. Thd Proof of Good Service IS Constant Growth. 1 51 5 Judge Dunne at San Francisco re fuses motion for ball for Schmitz and will pronounce sentence June 27. Court at Boise admits as evidence a telegram sent by Steve Adams to William D. Haywood for money. Thelowerhou.se of the Russian dou ma was dissolved by imperial ukase fate on Saturday. Its successor Is to meet Nov. 14. Olympic theater, Chicago, is de stroyed by fire with loss of $250,001) and guests of Union hotel flee to street In panic. Firemen have nar row escapes. Tuesday. Mexican letters stated that prepar ation In that country for a possible war with Guatemala was going on. Three men in an automobile bound, gagged and drugged the lone occu pant of a farmhouse near Westbury, L. I., and then robbed a safe of $1,000 and Jewelry. The Pittsburg Chamber of Com merce has started an agitation to have trees planted at the headwaters of Pennsylvania rivers to stop further Inundations. The High street school building at Lockport, that cost $10,000, was de stroyed by fire that started from over flow of llames from a roof repairer's solder stove. Chancellor Day of Syracuse univers ity. In a bitter tirade against Presi dent Roosevelt, likens him to a wild engine, and says only men like heads of the big' corporations can save the nation. FRANCO-JAPANESE PACT. Agree to Mutually Support Each Other In the Far East. . Paris. June 18. The text of the Franco-Japanese agreement regarding the Far East waa issued this after noon and confirms all the essential points in the forecast cabled. The main clause reads: "The government of the French re public and the government of his ma jesty, the Emperor of Japan, moved by a desire to strengthen the friend ly relations existing and to avoid in future every cause for a misunder Itanding, have decided on an agree ment as follows: "The governments of France and Japan being In agreement to respect the independence and Integrity of China as well as the principle of equality In tho treatment of that country for the commerce and sub jects of all nations, and. having spec la! Interest In seeing order and peace guaranteed, particularly In the re gions of the Chinese empire In the vicinity of the territories over which they have sovereign rights, of pro tection or occupation, engage mutual ly to support each other to assure the peace and security of these regions with the view of the maintenance of the situation held by each nnd the territorial rights of the two contract ing parties on the Asiatic continent." Mayor Schmitz Removed. San Francisco, June 18. Mayor Schmitz was formally removed from office by the supervisors at their meeting yesterday afternoon. Super visor James Gallagher was named as acting mayor In his place. The ground on which Mayor Schmitz was removed la that, owing to his incarceration In the county jail following his conviction on a charge of felony, he Is no longer able to perform his official duties. Gallagher will not hold the posi tion of acting mayor for more than a few days. The resignation of a cer tain number of the hoard of super visors will make room for the ap pointment of a responsible citizen, who will take Gallagher's place aa acting mayor. To Fill Senator Morgan's Place. Birmingham, Ala., June 18. Gover nor Comer has appointed former Con gressman John II. Bankhead to the VRcancy In tho United States Bonato from Alabama, caused by tho death of Senator John T. Morgan, the appoint ment to hold until the legislature meets July 19. ! f 4 Per Cent. ON Savings. ASSETS May 1, 1S!'3 1225,040.06 May 1, 15117 $793,383 '20 Mav 1. 1901 $1,425.33899 May 1, U'llo $1.7:t 7HI.2 May 1. 1H07 $2,497,348.84
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