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VOL. XL. NO. 35.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1907.
$1.00. PER ANNUM.
ICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. S. T. Carson.
Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oouncttmcn. J.W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. T. Anderson, Win. Hmesrbaugh, E.
W. Bowman, J. W. Jarnieson, W. J.
Campbell.'
Constable W . II. Hood.
Collector W. H. llood.
School Directors J. O. 8cowden, Dr.
J. C. Dunn, Q Jatnlnson, J. J. Landers,
J. R. Clark, W. O. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
' Member of Congress If. "P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Ball.
Assembly W. D. Shields.
President Judge W. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges F. X. Kreitler, P.
C. Hill.
Prothonotary, Register t Recorder, etc.
J. C. deist.
Sheriff'. A. W. Stroiip.
Treasurer W. 11. Harrison.
Commissioners Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, I'hillp Kinert.
District Attorney A.. O. Brown.
Jury OomtnissionersJ . B. Eden, H.
II. McClellmi.
Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar.
Countv Auditors Vf. H. Stiles, K. L.
Uatigh, S. T. Carson.
Oountv Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent 1. W. Morri
son. ltrgulnr Terns of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Mooting of County Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of montn.
Church sod (tabbnth School.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. : M. E. 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 held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of eaoh
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PI .N ESTA LODU E, No. 309, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meets every Tunsdav evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. OF.ORUE STOW POST. No. 274
Q. A, R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday
evening in each mouth.
CAPT. GEO ROE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
R1TCHEY A CARRINGER.
ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW,
Tlonesia, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LA W.
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co,
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Olllcein Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sis., Tiouesta, Pa.
D
R. F.J. BOVARD,
Physician S Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. OlBce over store.
Tlonesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence Elm St., between
Grove's grocery and Gerow'g restaurant.
GEORGE SIGGINS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Olllce in rooms over Forest County
National Bank.
Professional calls promptly responded
to at all hours of day or night.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS,
Physician aud Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a completo change,
aud Is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Hoated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold wator, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
W GKKOW A HE ROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for 11m traveling public. First
claws Livery in cnniectiou.
pUIL. 1SMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest aud guarantees his work to
give porfoct satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, aud prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS, '
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
A.C.UREY,
LIVERY
Feed & Sale
STABLE.
Pine Turnouts at All Times
at Reasonable Rates.
Hear of Hotel Weaver
TIONESTA, PA.
Telephone Bfo. 20.
a. t Colic, Cholera and
LnamDerlain S Diarrhoea Kj-nely.
Kcicr fails, lluy ituow. It may save life.
PUBLIC SERVICE RULE
Merger Cannot Increase Debl
Nor Raise Price.
Increased Iron Output Duke's Al
leged Dual Personality Want Pious
Motto on Coins Lusitania Makes
New Record Last Tuesday' Elec
tionsApple Crop Shows Shortage.
The public service commission has
made public a decision which sets
forth its attitude, on the one hand to
ward competition in public service fa
cilities within a city, and on the other
toward what It regards as attempts to
evade the prohibition by the new pub
lic service commission's law of Infla
tion or "watering" of securities in the
merger of public service corporations.
The decision is in- the matter of the
proposed purchase by a new corpora
tion, the Lock port Light, Heat and
Fower company, of the Lockport Gag
and Electric company and the Econo
my Light, Fuel and Power company of
Lockport.
The decision, even while admitting
that the proposed purchase does not
technically constitute a merger with
in the meaning of the law, forbids the
new company to Issue Its securities
for a capitalization above $700,000,
equivalent to the total Issues of the
two old companies. The new com
pany desired to Issue stock and bonds
to a total of $1,200,000.
The voluminous decision also makes
It plnln that the raising of the price
of gas and electricity by the stifling
of competition through the combining
of competitive companies will not be
permitted. The Economy Light, Fuel
nnd Power company has been engaged
in a bitter war In the city of Lockport,
as a result of which the price for elec
tric power In that city Is lower, it Is
said, than In any other place In the
country, nnd the price for electrto
light lowr than In 99 per cent, of the
cities of the United States. Recently
tho lockport Oas and Electric Light
company was formed for the purpose
of purchasing the rival companies and
consolidating the warring interests.
The commission accordingly pro
hibits the raising of prices over those
that obtain at present.
Statistics of Iron Industry.
The Iron Industry In the United
States broke all records in 1906 in the
output of ore, pig iron and steel, and
the Increase In production was accom
panied by an Increase in prices. The
quantity of ore produced was 47,749,
728 long tons, valued at $100,597,100.
These figures show an increase of
12.28 per cent. In tonnage and of
33.8S per cent, in value over those for
1905.
Minnesota produces more than one
half the Iron ore mined in the United
States, and Michigan produces nearly
pne-fourth; and the Iron ore product
of these two states together repre
sents 82.45 per cent, of the value of
the entire product of the country.
The following table shows tho pro
duction and value by states:
Quantity in
State. Long Tons. Value.
Alabama 3,995,098 $5,128,539
Conn. A Mass. 31,343 94.129
Colorado 14,078 ' 22,525
Georgia 411,230 734,780
Ken., Md., and
West Vir.... 40,910 58.175
Michigan 11.822,874 31.145,087
Minnesota ....25.304.077 61,799.256
Missouri 80,910 158,109
Mont., Nev., N.
M., Utah and
Wyoming .. 792.190 946,551
New .Jersey .. 54L.51S 1,370,578
New York .... 1,041,992 2,635,639
North Caio.... 50,057 75,638
Ohio 17.384 29,706
Pennsylvania . 919,429 1.246,267
Tennessee .... 870,734 1,307,433
Texas 36,600 36,660
Virginia .... 828,081 1,579.817
Wisconsin ... 848.133 2,033,217
Total 47.749,728 $100,597,106
Duke's Alleged Dual Personality.
A remarkable trial now in progress
in London centers about the old
question whether Thomas Charles
Druce. at one time owner of the fa
ous Raker street bazaar, who wa3
said to have died 43 years ago, was or
was not the same person as the eccen
tric fifth Duke of Portland, who died
in 1879.
In June, 1900, workmen who were
tearing down Harcount house on Cav
endish Square, London, previously one
of the residences of the Duke of Port
land, discovered an underground pas
sage lending from the house to the
Baker Htreet structure in which tho
fatuous bazaar had previously been
nd which was conducted by Thomas
Charles Druce.
George Druce, claimant for the es
tates held by the present duke, de
clares the fifth duke used the under
giotind passage referred to for the
purpose of getting from Harcourt
house to the place of business of
"Druce."
The suit of the clalmunt Is being
pressed by a limited liability company,
the directors of which are the claim
ant himself and George and John
CrMkmer. A Mrs. Margaret Hamilton
has testified that she knew the fifth
duke both as Mr. Druce and as the
Duke of Portland and that she was
aware of the fact that he had mar
ried Elizabeth CrlcUmer, the grand
mother of the present claimant.
Want Plou Motto on Coins.
There are Indications In Washing
Icn of a great number of protests
from religious bodies aH over the
country agilnst the elimination of
the "In God We Trust" from the new
United grates coins designed by the
late Augustus St. Gaudcns and ap
proved by President Roosevelt. Al
ready very many organizations have
taken cognizance of the Innovation,
and a move is afoot to influence con
gress to pass a law restoring the time
honored inscription to the coin of the
land.
"In this age of tainted money and
the lust for gold," said one of the ar
dent Christian workers, "it Is Hl-ad-vised
to remove from the faces of our
coin the reference to the Doer of All
Good and the open announcement that
we trust Him."
Resolutions have been passed by the
local Christian Endeavor society, and
other similar associations are to fol
low stilt.
Lusitania Makes New Record.
With 12 millions of gold in her
strong box and a new trans-Atlantic
record written in her log, the giant
Cunard turbiner Lusitania steamed
past Sandy Hook lightship at 1:40
o'clock on Friday morning.
The westbound trip was made ap
proximately In four days 19 hours and
10 minutes. Her hourly average was
a little better than 24 knots an hour.
The former western record of the
turbiner, completed Oct. 11 last, was
four days, 19 hours, 52 minutes. The
average Fpeed on that trip was 24
knots an hour for the distance of 2,781
miles.
The best day's run was 618 knots.
Though improving on every run, the
Lusitania has probably not yet met
the government requirements which
will entitle her to financial favor. To
earn the government subsidy, the
greatest ever appropriated for a
steamship, the Lusitania is required to
make a round trip at an hourly aver
age of 2J:;4 knots. The steamer has
one year within which to develop
this speed, and her performances since
she wan launched indicate that she
will fulfill all premises in this line at
an early date.
The swifi Cunarder wrested the title
of "Queen -jf the Seas" from the Ger
mans on her last record breaking trip
and is now bending her energies to
cam the subsidy With a big pas
senger list and unprecedented gold
imports, she sailed from Queenstown
at 11:30 a. m. Nov. 3.
Last Tuesday's Elections.
Elections were held in 12 states last
Tuesday. In five a governor and other
state officers were chosen and In New
Jersey a governor only. In New Jer
sey John Franklin Fort was elected
governor over Frank S. Kaitzenbach
by 7,000 plurality. In Massachusetts
Governor Guild won his re-election by
a plurality of 104,351, the largest plur
ality given a candidate for governor
s'nee 1898. In Pennsylvania John O.
Sheats of Philadelphia was elected
state treasurer over John L. Harmon
by the o!d-tlnie majority of 175,000.
Governor Higgins of Rhode Island,
Democrat, wos re-elected by a plural
ity of 1,500. In Cleveland Mayor Tom
L. Johnson was re-elected over Con
gressman Theodore E. Burton by a
substantial majority. In Cincinnati
Leopold Markbreit, Republican, was
elected mayor. In Buffalo the entire
Republican city and county ticket was
elected except, police justice and one
councilman. The Hearst-Republican
fusion in New York city was beaten.
Order For 150 Engines Cancelled.
On Monday 2,100 men at the Brooks
Locomotive works at Dunkirk were re
duced from a 10-hour to a 9-hour day.
The works will also close on Saturday
afternoons. A notice to this efTect
was posted by the officials. It is
stated that the shortening of hours
was caused by a lack of orders. The
New York Central lines have cancelled
an order for 150 engines that were to
he built at tlw local plnnt. Other rail
roads are curtailing expenses.
Apple Crop Shows Shortage.
The apple crop of the United States
for 1907 says the American Agricultur
ist, Is a scant 24,000,000 bbls., material
ly short of last year. What Is of
great importance is the shortage In
such- commercial orchard sections as
Western New York, nearly all of
Michigan and the entire Southwest.
There is what, may bo set. down as an
absolute failure in Kansas, Missouri
and Nebraska.
Cards by Millions Go Wrong.
Postmaster General Meyer has or
dered that souvenir post cards re
ceived at the dead letter olllce of the
department, that are not returnable
to senders because of defective ad
dresses or other reasons, be sent to
the orphan asylums and children's
homes in Washington. Between 40,
000 and 60.000 of these cards are re
ceived at the dead letter office dally.
Attorney's Mind Gave Way In Court.
At Columbus. O., George Hamil
ton Phelps, an attorney of FIndlay,
O , who prepared much of the evidence
Jn the cases against the Standard Oil
company, created a scene in the su
preme court when his mind suddenly
gave way. He was arguing the cane
of the Amity Oil company against E.
V. Wyssrod and others. He was later
taken to Findlay. It is said that Mr.
Phelps has been affected by overwork.
Suddenly Stricken With Blindness.
Miss Grace Day of Ridgeway, Pa.,
a student at the Ithaca conservatory
of music, was on Friday stricken
blind while practicing at the Uano
A physician and an eye specialist who
were summoned attributed the loss of
sight to the effects of a previous at
tack of tetanus. Miss Day was later
taken to he,r home.
U-S.EXPRESS HEARING
On Complaint cf Shareholders
Who Ask New Legislation.
Mr. Kramer For Petitioners Said No
Meeting of Stockholders Has Been
Held Since 1862 and Directors Per
petuate Themselves Seven Direc
tors Receive $3,500 a Year.
Albany, Nov. 12. Albert B. Board
man, representing the United States
Express company before the public
service commission In the Second dis
trict, questioned the right of the leg
islature to regulate the powers of the
seven directors of the United States
Express company, a joint stock cor
poration. He contended that the du
ties of the hoard were prescribed in
the articles of association. Briefs on
this and other questions Involved are
to be submitted to the commission
within 30 days.
The question was raised by Mr.
Boardman at the beginning of the
hearing requested by certain share
holders In the United States Express
company, who claimed to represent
more than one-half of the stock and
asked that the commission determine
the advisability of recommending to
hhe legislature certain amendments
to the law relating to joint stock cor
porations conducting the business of
common carriers, so as to faring about
the election of directors when desired
by a majority of shareholders.
Mr. Boardman suggested that before
the commission took up the complaint
It should first secure the views of
Governor Hughes and Attorney Gen
eral Jackson as to the constitutionality
of the legislation requested, but the
suggestion was not favorably received
by the commission.
Directors Self-Perpetuating.
Eugene Kramer of New York, as
sisted by S. S. Hatt of Albany, repre
sented the petitioners. Mr. Kramer
said that the board of directors of the
United States Express company was a
self-perpetuating body; that no meet
in? of stockholders had been held
since 1S02; that although the board of
directors had been requested by a ma
jority of the shareholders to call a
meeting of the shareholders for the
election of directors, It refused to do
so: that the United States Express
company is controlled by the Adams
and American Express companies, al
though they are all supposed to be
business rivals, and that neither one
of the last two companies has had a
meeting of stockholders In years for
the purpose of electing officers. ,
Mr. Kramer also brought out that
the following seven directors of the
United States Express company are
being paid $3,600 a year for serving ns
directors: United States Senator T.
C. Piatt, who Is also president, receiv
ing an annual salary of $25,000; H.
Crosby, vice president and secretary,
at an annual salary of $20,000; E. T.
Piatt, treasurer, for which he re
ceives annually $15,000; F. H. Piatt,
who Is also counsel to the company;
Francis Lynde Stetson, L. C. Weir and
J. C. Fargo.
Chairman Stevens referred to one
section of the articles of association
which provides that no director of the
United States Express company shall
be interested In a rival company. It
was admitted by Mr. Boardman that
Messrs. Fargo nnd Weir nre officials
of the American and Adams Express
companies, respectively, and hold
Jointly 20,000 shares of stock of the
United States Express company.
Community of Interest.
Mr. Boardman said that all three
companies had a community of Inter
ests and insisted that unless theso
conditions existed the stock of tho
United States Express company Hnd
the other express companies would be
almost worthless, contending that it
would be almost Impossible to con
duct the business of the companies at
a reasonable profit.
"The profits of the express compan
ies," sold Mr. Boardman, "are yearly
decreasing and with the threatened
government parcel post the outlook
for them Is not a happy oue."
It also developed that according to
tho articles of association no trans
fers of stock could be made without
the consent of the directors and that
the board had the right to dissolve
tho association If It saw fit.
Mr. Kramer said that since his
cllenti filed their complaint with the
commission the United States Express
company had increased its dividends
from 4 to 6 ir cent.
The commission ordered counsel on
both Pldeti to submit briefs within :;0
days on the legal interpretation of the
articles of association. Mr. Kramer
was also directed to file specifications
as to facts, if an investigation Is de
sired on particular subjects, give
proof or submit, evidence, either oral or
written, so as to guide the commis
sion If It deems It advisable to go
further Into the subject.
The complaint against the United
States Express company of alleged
discrimination against shippers be
twen Elmlra and Delhi was adjourned
until a luter data when Vice President
and General Manager Crosby Is ex
pected to be examined.
Second Death From Collision.
Rochester, Nov. 12. Hoseman Pear
tree, one of the firemen Injured when
a street car struck a hose cart last
week, killing one fireman und injuring
our olhers, died yesterday from the
effects of his Iniurles.
CHARGES OF CONTEMPT.
Court Reserved Decision In Case of
National Officers of Pressmen's
Union.
Cincinnati, Nov. 12. Patrick. Mc
Mullen and George L. Berry, national
afflcers of the International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants' union, -were
in the United States court before
Judge Thompson to answer charges
of contempt preferred against them by
attorneys representing the Typothetae,
an organization of employing printers.
II is asserted that Berry and Mc
Mullen disregarded the Injunction or
dering them to desist from In any
manner provoking or -declaring a
strike of union printers or pressmen
against members of the Typothetae
by recently sending out thousands of
circulars orderjng members of the
union to strike on Nov. 18, unless the
Typothetae grants them the eight
hour day on Nov. 18.
Attorneys for the union said that
the circulars were intended merely to
get an expression from members of
the union as to whether the union
shnll have an eight-hour day as one
Df its principles. According to the or
iginal bill, the Typothetae entered
into an agreement with the union
whereby the eight-hour day was to be
Instituted in 1909.
Judge Thompson, after hearing argu
ments on the motion to hold the de
fendants In contempt, reserved de
cision, but warned the members of the
union to keep their acts within the let
ter and spirit of the Injunction or
iginally granted.
JOHN DOE INQUIRY.
Grand Jury to Learn Why Brady Re
ceived $965,607 From Metropolitan.
New York, Nov. 12 The sale of the
Wall and Cortland Street Ferries
company for $96;,607, and the division
of part of the proceeds of the sale
among William C. Whitney, Thomas
F. Ryan, P. A. B. Widener, Thomas
Dolan and William L. Elkins and the
firm of Moore & Schley In checks of
$111,025 each Is to be investigated by
the grand jury.
The proceedings will be undertaken
by what Is known as a "John Doe in
quiry" to ascertain whether or not a
crime has been committed, and If so,
by whom. It was learned that several
witnesses have already been sum
moned to appear before the jury next
Wednesday.
The case first came .before public at
tention during the public service com
mission's Investigation of New York
traction mergers. Anthony N. Brady
testified that he owned the franchises
for a street railroad connecting Wall
and Cortland street ferries and that
he agreed to sell them to William C.
Whitney, the then president of the
Metropolitan Street Railway compaay,
for $250,000. He received in payment
a check for $965,607. In accordance
with a memorandum accompanying
the check Mr. Brady said he kept
$250,000 and divided the remainder as
described.
Messrs. Widener and Dolan and
representatives of the estate of the
late William L. Elkins subsequently
issued a statement declaring that they
received the checks from Mr. Brady
in payment of loans which they had
made to William C. Whitney.
Hopes to Find Pirate's Gold.
New York, Nov. 12. "I know where
that money is, and I'm going to get it,
too." Bill Small means it. He is
master, mate and owner of the likely
yawl. Catherine, moored at the foot
of 23rd street, South Brooklyn. It
won't be the fault of his seamanship,
skill, persistence or pluck If he doesn't
finally come upon the $6,000,000 In
Spanish gold burled a century ago by
"Blackboard" Latrobe on a tiny, un
inhabited Island off the coast of Hon
duras. It has taken him eight years
to get the ship and the money to make
the try, and now he's ready. If he
succeeds It will be where others have
failed.
Mrs. Hayes Knows Nothing of Letters.
Colorado Springs, Nov. 12. Mrs. J.
A. Hayes, daughter of the late JuflY.r
son Davis, said: "I don't know any
thing about the contents of those loi
ters nor do I know whether Generals
(Ira lit and Thomas or Admiral Furra
gut ever applied to my faiher for com
missions; 1 never heard my parents
make any mention of their having
done so. Since neither my faiher nor
my mother ever made these letters
plihile, it Is but natural that I should
feel some difhdeuce about opening
them or departing from the course my
parents thought fit to pursue."
Shoe Factories on Half Time.
Marlborough, Mass., Nov. 12 The
? ;no employes of the three shoe fac
o"rif s of Rice fi- Hutching (incorporat
edi in this town were notified last
nizht that a hlf tlme schedule will be
entered upon today to last indefinite
ly. The schedule calls for five hours
work a day. Charles W. Curtis, resi
dent manager for the company, said
that the reduction Is made necessary
by the stringency In market condi
tions and uncertainty regarding the
future.
Accused Stenographer Released.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Miss Efta Mc
IX'iid, the stenographer In the office
of United States District Attorney
Sims, who was recently arrestad on
the charge of stealing ;aipers from tho
office of the district attorney relating
to the prosecution of John E. Walsh,
the former president of the Chicago
National hank, was released from cus
'iorty on her own recognizance. Tlw
jI cl M- Walsh begins today.
THE NEWSJUMMARY
Short Item:! 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.
A despatch from London tells of ex
ceptionally high prices paid there for
nooks relating to early America.
Strombo'i after being quiet for
months is In eruption again, according
to a despatch from the island town
hearing the same name.
Dr. Jiiint i- R. Da, chancellor of Sy
racuse university, said President
Roosevelt has done nothing to Improve
the conditions he has so severely ar
raigned. False labels found pasted over the
originals on packages led to the ar
rest of six mm in an alleged plof to
rob the Adams Express company in
New York.
Mr. Will tela w Roid, American Am
bassador to the Court of St. James, In
a despatch from I,ondon denies a re
port that the New York Tribune has
changed ownership or is for sale.
Sixty business concerns in Pittsburg,
Pa., paid $190 er.ch to an alleged labor
organization to prevent strikes, and
the president of the association was
fined and ordered to leave the city.
Thursday.
Prince Picro Strozzl, who died on
Sunday, w-.is buried with great pomp
In Florence. He left to the state his
famous palace.'
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor wtjo
disappeared several days ago, yester
day reported at the Criminal Courts
building, New York.
Federal authorities discovered that
tho government is being. defrauded of
$1,000,000 a year through the dishon
esty of Southern distillers.
Prices were regarded as very satis
factory at the second day's sale in
Loudon of the collection of Americana
belonging to Lord Sheffield.
Friday.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt gave $100,000
to the V. M. C. A. of Newport, R. I.,
to erect a new building as a memorial
to his father, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
C. S. Mellen, president of the New
Hlaven road, personally urged Presi
dent Roosevelt to expedite the pro
posed fedor il Investigation of the Bos
ton & Albany merger.
Judge John Franklin Fort was elect
ed governor of New Jersey, belated re
turns having changed the first fig
gures which showed that Frank S.
Katzenbach had won.
Secretary Taft has decided to return
to the United States by way of Europe.
Secretary MoJcalf announced the offi
cial itlneerary of the Pacific fleet,
which, he said, would reach San Fran
cisco about April, 20.
Saturday.
E. P. Wesiou, In his walk from Port
land to Chicago, passed through Fonda,
N. Y., 31 miles ahead of his schedule.
President Roosevelt decided to re
view the Atlantic fleet at Hampton
Roads the day it starts on the Pa
cific cruise.
Complaints by foreign buyers In
duced President Roosevelt to an
nounce himself in favor of a bill for
grain Inspection.
'Through fount Havnslil, the Japan
ese government made an official an
nouncement discrediting jingoistic
newspapers in the United States and
declaring tho hope of Japan is for
peace.
President Roosevelt replying to tho
American Publishers' Awekitlnn com
mittee, said-he would recommend the
abolition of the tariff on raw materials
.for paper manufacture In his coining
message.
Monday.
Protest was made by the state dp-
Corner of Secoud and Liborty
Streets, Warren,
l'enn'a.
Special Rooms (or
Ladies.
Ladies
are cordially Invited to avail them
selves of the convenience and com
forts at their disposal iu the War
ren National Bank, where they will
find restful retiriug rooms.
iilfr
afc !iJHj itftatiJjM
paitment ngiif.st an effort by Spain
to prewiu Ivr i..iivej f.rai emigrat
ing to Panr'-'vi.
Mhis Hilt.i Kaymor.d, 50 years old,
a we: !''-.; -.cideni of N'owburyport,
Mass.. vert to a Greek pedier, 20
years hrr junior.
Washington dispatclis said Presi
dent Rnosevcif and Governor Hughes
were -rrr.-lcd ;i tN- via'n factors in
the slnif g'.o for tho Republican pres
k'.cnt'rl :i; '.-.I'nr'.Ti.
,l::h.i Gu'li'her, once in the employ
of A. T. Stew.iu. to'.ii a circumstantial
si r.v which Indicator that the body
of the merc'iant was returned to tho
fnuily by tie phouls who stole it.
I' vva.s said in Washington that most
r' "? " . 'Ti; lives were opposed
to , '.i'.tii: p:1. f.:i the free lit, as
advocated by President Roosevelt al
the reqr.fi,: of the Publishers' association.
Tuesday.
The number of victims of the earth
quake of Oct. 21 in Russian Turkistan
has been placed at 11,000.
Paul (i. T'nr'iatid, Jr., while In bed
lin his f iilier's home, at White Plains,
nvas shot by n butler, who then com
mitted suicide.
Dr. Julian P. Thomas declared that
.brigands, by the use of balloons aud
dynamite, could lay waste New York
city If It rofnsed to pay ransom.
Pittsburg despatches announced that
tthe United States Steel coi poration,
by purchasing, the Tennessej Coal &.
.Iron company, now controls the steel
situation.
DUNSM0RE 2-CEPiT FARE LAW
Question of It3 Constitutionality Ar
gued In Pennsylvania Supreme
Court.
Pittsburg, Nov. 12. Philadelphia
county's ap;ieRl from an Injunction re
cently granted the Pennsylvania, rail
road by tho common picas court of
Pennsylvania, declaring the Duns
more 2 -rent fare law unconstitutional
and confiscatory, was argued before
the supremo ccint of Pennsylvania sit
ting In this city.
The outcome of the argument, which
was concluded late yesterday, is of
vital Importance to the state and at
tracted many prominent members of
th bur.
M. Hampton Todd, attorney general
of Pennsylvania; J. Howard Gondell,
city solicitor, and Andrew W. Craw
ford and Ernest Lowengrund, assist
ant city solictors of Philadelphia, ap
peared for the commonwealth. John
G. Johnson end Francis L. Gowen
represented the Pennsylvania railroad.
City Solicitor Gcttdcll made the
principal argument for the state. Con
cerning the question of confiscation
which the railroad company raised he
asserted if the company's receipts
from all sources should become so
low, because of n legislative net, that
(there was no return to an investor,
Ihe act would be confiscatory. In
rather a dramatic manner ho said:
"Since tlio railroad has put Into op
eration the 1,000-niIle mileage book,
good for the bearer, Its mileage lias In
creased 50.000,000 miles over the cor
responding period of the previous
year."
The civse of the railroad na summed
up by Mr. Johnson In the paper book
which was given to the court is that
the railroad has a vested right to fix
rates, that it has done nothing to make
this right revokable by .the legislat
ure: thai the 2-cent rale bill is not a
valid exercise of any rights which the
legislature may possess; that its en
forcement will amount to tho confis
cation or property, nnd that the art
Is an aitenipt to Interfere with Inter
state commerce.
Escaped Prisoners Recaptured.
r.lnshamton, N. Y., Nov. 12. Hor
ace Cole, a former minlrter nnd author
of several books, escaped from the
Cortland jail Sunday night and wa
ensured about noon yesterday near
Whitney Point In Broome county.
Cole Is und.T indictment In Cortland
county on the charge of horse steal
ing and in Broome, county on the
charge of burglary. ,
Women's
accounts are welcomed and courteous
treatment assured. Hero you may
opon sn account, obtnin now clean
money, order steaniHliip accomniodn
tioriH, purcliaso Foreign limits or
Money Ordora nnd transact other
financial buHineN,
Married Women
or minors may open accounts subject
only to their order. DepoHitH may be
innde iu tlio name ol two or more per
soini, subject to withdrawal by either
one, or in ruse ot death, by ilie sur
vivor. Four Per C ent.
compound Interest is paid ou Inactive
accounts in our .Savings Department.
Certificates of Deposit or interest
bearing passbooks are issued. 1 win k -ing-by-Mall
a specialty with this bunk.
Per
Cent.
P. E. llortzel,
Jerry Crary, -V.
I). Hinckley,
E. II. La nine,
President
Vice President
Vice President
Cashier
John 11. Sonne,
Paying Teller
Nathaniel C. Sill, Receiving Teller