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ELM 0TBKKT, TIOITKSTA, PA.
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VOL. XL. NO. 18.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1907.
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ST
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Durness. J. T. Carson.
Justices of the Peace U. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oouncumen. J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. T. Anderson, win. HmearUaugu, f.
W. Bowman, J. W. Jauiiesou, V. J,
Campbell.
Constable Vf. II. Hood.
. Collector W. H. Hood.
St;hoot Directors S. O. Suowden, Dr.
J. O. Dunn, Q. Jainleson, J. -J. Landers,
J. II. Clark, W. U. Wymau.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress -N '. P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate 3. K. P, Hall.
Assembly W. I). Shields.
President Judge W. M. Llndsey.
Associate Judges F. X. Kreltler, P.
C. Hill.
rrothonolary, Register Recorder, Se.
J. C. (Joint.
Sheriff: A. W. Ktroup.
'Ireasurer W. H. HarrlHon.
Commissioners Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Philip Kinert.
District Attorney A. O. Drown.
Jury Commissioners J. D. Eden, H.
II. MoClellan.
Coroner Dr C. Y. Detnr.
County Auditors Vf. H. Stiles, K. L.
llaugb, 8. T. Carson.
Oountu Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. Heaalar Terns of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st aud 3d Tuesdays of montn.
Church aaa Sabbath Mchool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Kev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
H. I). Call, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are hold at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of eaoh
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
OMf.N ESTA LODO K, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. K.
1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building,
p APT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274
u u, A, B, Meets itn auu ou juuuuny
evening in each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of eaoh month.
KARL E. WENK,
DENTIST.
TIONESTA, PA.
All work guaranteed. Rooms over
Forest County National Bank.
RITCHEY A CARRINGER.
ATTORN BYS-AT-LAW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Offlceiu Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
D
R. V. J. BOVARD,
Physician it Nurpon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN.
PHVSIfMAW AND SIT RO EON.
and DRUGGIST. Office over store.
Tlonesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Kim St., between
Grove's grocery and Gerow'a restaurant.
GEORGE BIGGINS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Olllce and residence iu rooms formerly
occupied by tho late Dr. Morrow, Elm
street. Professional calls promptly re
sponded to at all hours ql'day or uighu
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a oompletechange,
and is now furnished with a'l the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
V - GEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public First
class Livery in connection.
pHIL. EMERT
- FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kidds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
gi perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion (riven to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
' -GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
, . AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA. PENN
A.C.UREY,
LIVERY
Teed & Sale
STABLE.
Pine Turnouts at All Times
at Reasonable Rates.
Rear of Hotel Weaver
TIONESTA, 1?Jl.
Telephone Ko. 20.
NAVAL
CATASTROPHE
Two Officers and Six Seamen
Killed on Battleship Georgia.
Two Bags of Powder Ignited While In
the Loader's Hands In the Falsh
That Followed Entire Turret Crew
of Three Officers and 18 Men Were
Horribly Burned.
Boston, July 16. With six of her
officers and crew dead and 15 others
either dying 'or suffering from terrible
burns received in an explosion of
powder In tho after superimposed tur
ret, the battleship Ceorgta steamed
slowly up Boston harbor from tho
target practice grounds in Cape Cod
bay late yesterday and landed the
dead and Injured at the Charlestown
navy yard.
Upon the arrival of the Georgia
Ihere became generally known the
details of the most frightful naval ca
tastrophe that has ever taken place
along the New England coast.
The accident occurred shortly be
fore noon while the Georgia's crew
were at .target practice oft Barnstable
In Cape Cod bay. In 'some manner as
yet unexplained two nags of powder
became Ignited and in the terrific
flash that followed the entire turret
crew, consisting of three offijeers and
18 men, were enveloped In fire and
suffered horrible Injuries. One offi
cer and five men died before the ship
reached port. The dead:
Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Goldthwaite, Faulkner; midship
man, Kentucky.
Thatcher, William J., chief turret
captain, Wilmington, Del.
Burke, William Joseph, seaman,
Qulncy, Mass.
Hamilton, George G., ordinary sea
man. South Franilngham, Mass..
Miller, George E., ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas, William M., seaman, New
port, R. I.
Injured: Cruz, John T., midship
man, seriously ; Schlapp, Frank, boat
swain's mate, Becond class, North
Adams, Mass.; HanRell, Charles, gun
ner's mate, first class. New York;
Taglund, Orly, chief yeoman, Rich
ford, Minn.; Pair, William, seaman,
Brooklyn, fatally; Walsh, Edward J.,
seaman, Lynn, Mass., fatally; Bush,
John A., ordinary seaman. New York,
probably fatally; Elch, Charles L.. or
dinary seaman, Frankfort, Ind.; Fone,
John A., ordinary seaman, Trenton,
N. J.; Gilbert, Harold L., ordinary
seaman, South wick, Mass.; Maleck,
John C, ordinary seaman, Cleveland,
O.; Meex, Iywis O., ordinary Beaman,
Berea, O.; Rosenberger, Samuel L.,
ordinary seaman, Philadelphia;
Thomas, James P., ordinary Beaman,
Brooklyn, fatally.
Four other men received minor In
juries but their names were not given
and they were not taken off the Bhip.
The explosion occurred In the after
superimposed turret where the men,
under command of Lieutenant Good
rich, a son of Rear Admiral Goodrich,
commandant of the New York navy
yard, and Midshipmen Faulkner
Goldthwaite and John T. Cruz, wero
operating the 8-inch guns.
The guns In the forward turret had
finished eight rounds of practice and
the guns of the after turret had fired
one round. Two cases, as the big
100-pound bags of powder are called,
had Just been sent up through the am
munition hoist and were in the arms
of the loader, whose name was with
held by the ship's officers.
The loader stood at the breach of
one of the 8-inch guns, all ready to In
sert the charge. At that Instant the
turret was seen to be smoky and two
men who stood near the loader saw a
black spot on the bag Indicating that
the charge had Ignited and was
smouldering.
The loader discovered the spot in
the same minute and threw himself
forward on his face shouting a warn
ing to Ills mates. The other men who
had seen tho spot were Elch and Hun
sell, and they also threw themselves
on the floor of the turret.
Before the other men in the turret
could understand why the loader
shouted there was a 'blinding flash as
he burning powder exploded. Flames,
smoke and gases filled the little su
perstructure In which more than a
score of men were confined. Inas
much as the powder was not con
fined there was no deafening report
nor did the vessel suffer any injury
but every nook of the turret was fill
ed with flame.
The loader was fearfully hurt, as
was every other man In the turret ex
cept Elch and Hansell, who were
scorched.
Blinded by the smoke and flame,
choked by the fumes and maddened
with pain, the men screamed In ag
ony. Some staggered blindly up the
ladder to the hatchway in the top of
the turret, while others crept along
the turret floor begging plteously for
assistance.
Lieutenant Goodrich and Seaman
Maleck became crazed, staggered up
the ladder to the top of the turret and
threw themselves headlong Into the
sea, in a frenzied effort to drown.
The shipmates of the unfortunate
men rushed to their assistance and
'tenderly carried them out of the fire
blackened turret to the ship's hospit
al, where their burns were dressed by
the Burgeons.
In the meantime Lieutenant Good
rich and Maleck had been rescued by
a launch returning from an inspection
of tho target
Peace Conference at Sagamore Hill
Admiral Baron Yamamoto, one of
Japan's naval experts, at Oyster Bay
met for the first time President
Roosevelt, the man who, more than
any other man, was responsible for
the conclusion of peace between Ja
pan and Russia after a long war dur
ing which Admiral Yamamoto was
Japan's minister of marine.
In a private conversation the rep
resentatives of the two countries dis
cussed the results of the cloud which
has been hovering over the long
friendship of Japan nnd America and
each expressed the opinion that It
was merely a passing shadow and
that the confidence which each couh'
try has had la tho other since Com
modore Perry Induced the Tokogawa
Shogun to open the island empire to
communication with the outside
world, could not be shaken.
Shots Fired at President Fallieres.
The French national fete Sunday
was marred at Paris by an attempt on
Jlho life of President Fallleres by
Leon Mallle, a naval reservist of
PRESIDENT FALLIERES.
Jllnvre, who, It is believed, is suffer
ing from the mania of persecution.
Mnillo fired two shots at the president
hut did not hit him. He was at once
placed under arrest.
No Fear About Drydock Dewey.
A dispatch to the navy department
declares that there Is no foundation
for the report that apprehension Is felt
the report that apprehension is felt
rfor the safety of the drydock Dewey
because of rumors that an attempt
would be made to blow it up. General
Wood, commander-in-chief of the
army in the Philippines, who Is re
sponsible for the safety of the dock.
It Is stated, has no fear of Its being
destroyed. Tho dock is now at Olong
apo guarded by about 700 marines
which force, the officials at the navy
department think, is adequate to pro
tect It.
Erie Foreman Murdered.
William Rail of Hornell was mur
dered about 10 miles from the P., S.
& N. Junction near Hornell Sunday
evening by Italians. The murdered
man was a foreman of machinists for
tho Erie railroad. He was attending
a picnic of Hornell brewers at Hornell
Junction. A number of Italians visit
ed the grounds and were ordered off.
One of them shot Rail thrco times.
He died In half an hour. Timely ar
rival of tho sheriff of Allegany county
prevented a lynching. Five Italians
are In custody.
Japanese Arrested at Fort Rosecrans.
A report was In circulation that a
Japanese had been arrested at Fort
Rosecrans at San Diego, Cal., while
making a drawing of the fort.
Major Getchella acknowledged that a
Japanese was arrested, that he was
drawing plans of the fort, that he was
not a servant but a stranger, and that
there is heavy punishment for the of
fense. He declined to give the name
of the Japanese, and would say uoth
ing as to what he had done with him.
Haywood Trial Nearing End.
The end of the trial at Boise,
Idaho, of William D. Haywood, sec
retary and treasurer or the Western
Federation of Miners, charged with
the murder of and conspiracy to mur
der Frank Steunenberg, Is now within
measurable distance. The case has
entered Its tenth week of hearing be
fore Judge Fremont Wood in the dis
trict court of Ada county. Both sides
have rested and tho rebuttal has be
un. Destroys Taste For Tobacco.
Those who desire to lose the to
bacco habit have only to use a discov
ery of a Paris doctor which Is called
nlcotyl. A person desiring to lose the
tobacco habit has only to gargle his
mouth and throat with this liquid,
which is absolutely tasteless, and then
try to smoke a cigar. The taste of
tobacco Is thereby rendered so hor
rible that the smoker will drop the
cigar after the first puff.
Double Murder In a Saloon.
Peter Forrestei; a wellknown Buffalo
saloonkeeper and sporting man, was
stabbed and killed in his place about
1:30 o'clock Thursday morning by a
man named George Hodson. The
murderer then ran to a room over the
saloon and with the same butcher knife
fatally wounded a woman named
Mary Smith, about whom the two
men had quarreled.
Electric Bolt Kills 10 Steen.
Lightning struck a tree on the farm
of David Tower in Wilson Tuesday,
killing 10 steers of a herd of 20 which
had tuken shelter under the true. Tho
storm lasted about 10 minutes.
SHORTER NEWS TEMS
Pithy Paragraphs That Chronicle
the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facts Given In at Few
Words at Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
Judge Landis in Chicago announced
that he would pronounce sentence
Igalnst the Standard Oil company on
Aug. 3.
The armored cruisers Tennessee
and Washington are to proceed to the
Pacific ahead of the battleships of the
Atlantic fleet
The federal government ordered
revocation of the license of the steam
er City of Traverse, alleged to he used
as a floating gambling vessel in Lake
Michigan.
Counsel for the defense in the Hay
wood trial in Boise, Idaho, read depo
sitions contradicting Harry Orchard's
story of an attempt to kill Frederick
Bradley In San Francisco.
Thursday.
British papers generally declared
the Americans are taking the course
of prudence In sending battleships to
the Puciflc.
Mr. Rockefeller declared that a man
who could hold the championship in
golf was capable of obtaining any po
sition in life.
Negotiations for the settlement of
the telegraphers' strike were sudden
ly broken off and predictions of a gen
eral tie-up were made.
Department of Justice decides upon
a new plan of attacking the trusts, by
asking the courts to appoint receivers
fo take over the business of the com
bines. The fourth annual Glidden automo
bile tour started from Cleveland with
81 cars competing for the Charles J.
Glidden and Howes trophies. Tha
route traverses six states and finishes
in New York July 21.
Friday.
Farm crops failed to show material
improvement during June, according
to the government report of condi
tions. Reported finding of explosives on
the drydock Dewey at Olongapo, P. I.,
caused the authorities to keep a close
watch on the structure.
Senator Eugene Hale of Maine de
clared his confidence that President
(Roosevelt would do all he could not
to bring on war with Japan.
In the United States circuit court
was filed the petition of the United
States against the American Tobacco
company, commonly known as the to
bacco trust.
Saturday.
Three members of the public utili
ties board made a personal Investiga
tion of the Brooklyn bridge crush
problem.
Marquis Ito's organ in Seoul opposes
the visit of American battleships to
the Far East as likely to inflame the
Japanese.
Wisconsin senate after a hard fight,
finally passes the 2-cent fare bill as
It comes from the house, and tho
drastic measure is ready for the gov
ernor. Judge Parker declared that tha
common law was adequate to cover
all lederal prosecutions, but that offi
cials were inactive before Mr. Roose
velt's time.
Monday,
James McCrea, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, testified that
the 2-cent rate law is Impracticable
and unfair.
Harriman methods In the Union Pa
cific reorganization and the Chicago
& Alton "deal" were condemned in
the report of the interstate commerce
commission.
Governor Hughes vetoed the bill ap
propriating $15,000 as pay for those
who acted as counsel for Otto KelBey
In the removal proceedings brought
against him.
Canada is Interested deeply In the
controversy between the United
States and Japan, especially because
British Columbia is trying to excludo
Japanese on an educational test.
Experts assert that a new gliding
craft, Invented by Peter Cooper He
witt, Is the immediate forerunner of
the mile a minute vessel, and that
Liverpool In 30 hours from New York
is the next step.
Tuesday.
Independent cigar manufacturers In
Jlavana split from the trust and all
factories will be opened, the trust
yielding to the strikers' demands.
Twelve Greek establishments and
two Syrian shops in Roanoke, Va.,
were wrecked by a mob in rioting re
sulting from a dispute over a sand
wich.
Eight workmen who were making
repairs on Sunday at W. K. Vander
bilt's house in Fifth avenue, New
York, were arrested for disturbing
the peace.
"Matt" McGrath, an Irish weight
thrower, wearing the colors of tho
New York Athletic club, made a new
world's record throw with the 10
pound hammer at Celtic park.
Much interest Is shown among the
delegates to the peace conference at
The Hague in regard to the approach
ing discussion of the American pro
posal relating to tho collection of
dnhts.
PHONES "I'M SHOT."
Vlotlm of Love Feud Gets Himself
Admitted Into Hospital.
Altoona, July 16. "Hello! is that
the hospital? I'm shot. Will you ad
mlt me?"
These were the words that came to
a nurse at the Altoona hospital at 3
o'clock Sunday morning, when she
answered a telephone ring.
Half an hour later Frank Vallalo, a
musician, weak from loss of blood, ap
peared at the .Institution, suffer'ag
from a bullet wound near the heart.
He told the physicians an enemy lay
wait for him and shot him while he
Has on his way home.
Chief of Police Tlllard Investigated
and discovered, It is said, that a feud
of long standing, with a young wo
man at the bottom, caused tho shoot
ing. Vallade told the police he and
Frank Moore, a bandmaster, wero ri
vals for the hand of the young wo
man. Moore, who was arrested, told the
police Vallade had threatened his life.
Vallade, he alleged, was hiding on a
front porch Sunday morning when he
came along and stepped out saying,
"Now I've got you." Moore fired
three times one shot taking effect.
Moore Is held. Vallade's condition is
serious.
TEN FAMILIES HOMELESS.
Explosion of Coal Lamp and of Blast
ing Powders In Blaze.
Irwin, Pa., Jujy 1G. A tenement
house fire, resulting from an explod
ing lamp, rendered 10 families home
loss here. Mrs. John Marals, a min
er's wife, tripped while carrying a
lighted lamp. The burning oil started
a fire in which both the woman and
her husband were slightly burned.
They had scarcely escaped from
their rooms when several pounds of
powder. Kept by Marals for use In the
mine, exploded, spreading the flames
so rapidly that the other tenants had
to flee In tholr night clothing, leaving
all their belongings, which were de
stroyed with the structure.
Several Syrian pedlers lived In the
building, and they lost money aggre
gating $1,000. The 10 homeless fam
ilies are now quartered in a formerly
vacant house without furniture.
Arrests of Alleged Black Handers.
New Castle, Pa., July 1C Several
private detectives, aided by County
Detective Logan and District Attorney
Young, arrested 21 members of an al
leged Black Hand society at Hills
irille, a suburb. The prisoners were
brought to jail in this city In a box
car. They were Immediately ar
raigned before an alderman and sent
lo jail on a charge of conspiracy to
defraud. The officers left here secret
ly over the Lake Erie railroad In a
box car attached to a special engine.
They were taken to the JohnBton
Limestone company's siding at Hllft
rllle and run Into the quarries without
sxciting suspicion. It was payday
and the paymaster, pretending to find
mistakes In the pay of the men want
ed, Invited each Into the rear office.
When they wpre gathered there, the
officers surrounded them. Women
tried to rescue the prisoners but were
repulsed.
Counterfeiters' Den Raided.
Cincinnati, July 16. A mjldnlght
raid made here upon a secret den of
counterfeiters will result In a large
number of arrests, according to Coi-
MBi Mike Bolan, local secret service
Mncer, who discovered tho band and
made the raid with the assistance of
the local police. Arthur Ijimont, who
tho officers say was caught at work
at the molds, has peached and his
agents for the disposal of the "queer"
In New York, Washington, Philadel
phia, Baltimore, St. Louis, Pittsburg,
Chicago and other cities will be ar
rested at once. The most complete
counterfeiters' apparatus ever found
was taken from Lamont's den.
Four Hurt In Auto Wreck.
Pittsburg, July 16. Peter Walser,
5G years old, his daughter, Stella, 20
years old, Clara Lausmann, 22, and
I). A. Alden, 22, are In tho Allegheny
General hospital as a result of an au
tomobile accident Just outside the city
of Allegheny. The machine struck a
rut in the road and turned turtle,
burying the occupants beneath It.
Walser's left leg was almost' ground
off while his daughter was partially
disemboweled. Both are expected to
die. Miss Lansmann and Alden re-
reived bruises and scratches but will
recover.
Bursting of Wheel In Fast Train.
Greensburg, July 16. Railroad men
are mystified by the remarkable es
cape of a passenger train on the
Pennsylvania railroad Sunday even
ing, when a front wheel of the tender
nf the first of two engines burst and
derailed the tank. The train was
traveling at high speed. The wheel
broke near SouthwcBt Junction, but
the tender did not leave the rails un
til directly In front of the local sta
tion, half a mile away. The engi
neer of the second locomotive applied
the air Immediately and a wreck was
avoided.
Largest Drydock on Lakes.
Lorain, O., July 16. The American
Shipbuilding company recently 1ms
completed here the largest drydock
on the Great Lakes, which also Is
among t lie largest in the world. The
Lorain drydock Is 7.10 foot long aud
125 feet wide. It will accommodate
two boats at once, and with few ex
coptions could dock tho largest occa.a
boatu.
1ED A DOUCLE LIFE.
Young Man Wat Oculist by Day and
Burglar by Night.
Coatesvllle, Pa., July 16. Having
led a Dr. .lekyll and Mr. Hyde exIsV
ence for more than a year, stealing
by night nnd prnctlclns as an ocull.it
by day. Dr. Benjamin Holbrook of
West lirandywlne township has con
fessed many small burglaries and is
now In the West Chester Jail.
As the oculist Is well connected and
seems to be truly penitent, and ns he
has mai'e a clian breast of his mis
doings, the Pennsylvania railroad's
detectives who succeeded In drawing
(the mask from the man have decided
to ask for a Hiiht sentence. So the
doctor will appear before next quar
ter sessions, admit his strange double
life, and "brow himself upon the
mercy of t!ie court.
It Is Fald that Holbrook, while os
tensibly living a most respectable life
as a struggling young practitioner. Is
known to have committed at least
eight burglaries. It may be that he
has been guilty of more offenses than
this, but he says not, and h:u ccn
vlnced the officers that he tell 4 the
truth.
Holbrook kept his own horse and
'buggy. At night he drove long dis
tances from home, tied his rig in the
woods and then went forth "as a burg
lar. The particular thefts that proved
his undoing were at Wyebrook on the
Downingtown and New Holland rail
road and at Buck Run, a small sta
tion on the Pomeroy branch of the
Pennsylvania.
In each of these small places Dr.
Holbrook broke Into the railroad sta
tion In the dead of night, stealing all
the mileage and other railroad tick
ets, the change In the cash drawer
and even such heavier articles as a
typewriter and copying press.
Child Fell From Dock and DroMrned.
Watertown, July 16. Rutherford,
.the two year old son of Captain and
Mrs. George Brown, fell from the
dock at the Thousand Island park
llnto 18 Inches of water and was
drowned. This Is the first drowning
of the season.
New Concrete Building Fell.
Three men were killed, one fatal
ly hurt and 18 others were Injured In
the collapse of a new concrete build
ing at the plant of Bridgman Broth
ers company, manufacturers of steam
fitters' supplies, in the southwestern
part of Philadelphia.
The building was just being put un
der roof, when a section about 30 feet
wide and extending the entire depth
of the structure went down. About 30
men were at work on the side which
gave way.
The corpses of Marshall Hopkins
and of two unidentified negroes were
taken from the ruins.
Jacob Smith, a workman, was burled
under the debris and crushed so that
he cannot live.
The building which was being erect
ed as an annex to the Bridgman plant
collapsed, according to the admissions
of C. B. Miller, boss carpenter, be
cause the shoring were taken away
from the concrete before It hnd prop
erly set. A. S. Reavls, trading as the
Sheet Metal and Cornice company of
Washington, D. C, was the contrac
tors for the building. Tho structure
was four stories high nnd the heavy
concrete came down llko an aa
Ianche. Several persons were Btruck
by flying pieces of the concrete and
cut about the face nnd hands.
Drops 7,000 Feet Unhurt.
Gall Robinson of Buffalo fell 7,000
feet with Knabenshtio's airship at
Springfield, O., Saturday evening and
escaped injury with the exception of
a slight scar on his forehead.
Robinson says that when he start
led on his second trial to reach the
center of the city his machine went
higher than usual so as to get free of
the wind, and as he soared upwards
about 7,000 feet he was struck by
counter currents. The propellor was
thrown against the end of the balloon
and the rapidly revolving wheel cut
open the gas bag. It began to settle
rapidly. Robinson kept his head and
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climbed quickly to the top of the pro
peller which up-ended the balloon,
forming a parachute. As soon as this
was done the air entered the bag and
then the machine came down moro
gradually.
Test Suit Over Two-Cent Law.
The fight by the railroads against
the constitutionality of the two
cent railroad fare law of Penn
sylvania began In Philadelphia when
a hearing on the equity suit in
stituted by the Pennsylvania railroad
company to restrain the city and
county of Philadelphia from enforc
ing the law was begun before Judges
Wilson 'and Audenrled in common
pleas court No. 4. President James
McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad
was in court all day.
Tho general contention of tho rail
road company Is that the law Is un
constitutional, that the the 2-cent rate
13 unreasonable and that the law was
enacted without any Investigation be
ing made as to Its fairness.
Elks' Reunimi at Philadelphia.
Memr.ors of tho Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks swarm Phil
adelphia and the streets are filled
with visitors.
As a preliminary to the convention
Ithe Philadelphia Elks held a recep
tion at their home Sunday. Many of
the visitors were also taken on sight
seeing tours.
On Wednesday morning there will
he a parade 'of massed bands. Tho
parade of lodges will take place on
Thursday. It Is officially estimated
that from 20,000 to 30,000 Elks will be
In the procession.
Don Not ApproTO of "Mlsalon."
The Rev. Eugene Vetromile, nn
Italian priest, who was the pastor for
many years at L'astport. and who was
well known for his missionary labors
among the Passamaqnoddy Indians,
and also for his educational work lu
their language, having compiled a dic
tionary aud u grammar iu that tongue,
was extremely conservative In nil mat
ters relating to his eliureh, and was
violently opposed to anything thut
might change Its routine.
A young lady of his congregation
once urged him to establish a "mis
iilon" in Eastport, lu order to rouse
sr.me of the lethargic members of the
church, whose spiritual condition tho
good father had been deploring.
"No, no!" be replied, with his quaint
accent. "I do not approve of missions.
Dcy make de excitement, but their ef
fects are not lasting.''
"Oh, yes, they are!" she Insisted.
"Well, in that ease, you do not need
one, for yon had one dree years ago."
Boston Hera I1.
Only One WImIi llonurod.
The latest arrival in Shadeland wns
Very cross. "What Is the matter?"
blew from the lips of the shade UoiW
lug near. "I see," said the cross one,
"that every desire I expressed in re
gard to my funeral was Ignored."
"That's nothing," replied the old tinier
In Shadeland. "The only shades whoso
wishes nre carried out are the women
who express the desire that their hus
bands marry again." Ahlson Globe.
Little Falls Cheese Market.
Utlca, N. Y., July 13. On the Lit
tle Falls dairy market today the sales
of cheese were as follows:
Color. Iots. Boxes. Pr.
Large colored .. 3 370 1 2 V
Small colored .. 21 1,652 12
Small colored .. 4 175 12'i
Small white .... 23 1,710 12Vj
Small white .... 3 173 12V4
Twins colored .. 17 l,.1fi 12
Twins colored ..4 210 12V
Twins while ... 16 1,120 12Va
Twins while ... 2 ISO 12'
Totals 96 6,957
Utica Dairy Market.
Utlca, N. Y., July 15. On the Utlca
dairy hoard of trade today tho sales
of cheese were:
Color. Lots. Boxes. 'Pr.
Large white .... 2 159 12
Large colored .. 7 626 12
Small wMte ... 7 703 12Vj
Small colored .. 34 3.5C1 12V4
Small colored .. 6 507 12
Totals 56 5,556
BUTTER 27 tubs of creamery sold
t 25'.sC and C9 crates of prints at
26 Vic.
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Savings.
ASSETS
May 1, 18'.3
2ir),040.0G
May 1. 18!7
7i)3.3:i.20
Mav 1. liiOl
$1,425,338.99
May 1, 1!H)5
$1.7!:g.7MI.2
May 1, 11)07
$2,497,348.84
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