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Anderson, Win. Smearbaugb, R. W. Howmau, J. W. Jainleson, W. J. Campbell. Countable W. H. Hood. . Collector W. H. Hood.. Sehool Director J. C. Huowden, Dr. J. C, Dunn, Q Jainlnson, J, J, Landers, J. R. Clark, W. O. Wyman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Meniber of Oongre N. P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. K. P, Hall. Assembly W. D. Shields. President Judge V. M. Llndsey. Associate Judge T. X. Kreltler, P. C. Ulll. Prothonotary, Register A Recorder, te. -J. C. Heist. Meritr. A. W. Stroup. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioner Leonard Agnew, An drew Woir, I'hllip Ktnert. District AttorneyA. O. Brown. Jury Commissioner J. 13. Eden, II. II. MuClellan. Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar. County Auditors George H. Warden, K. L. Haugb, S. T. Carson. Countv Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent U. W. Morri son, Keaular Terns of Ccarl. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meeting of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. Charrk m.n4 Mahout Mc-hool. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. t M. B. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching In the l' M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. K. L. Monroe. Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church everv Nabtiath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:110 p. in. Rev. H. A. Hailey. Pa-tor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ' pi' N ESTA LODG E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. P. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 O. A, K. Meeta 1st and 3d Monday evening in each month. CAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. RITCHEY A CARRINGER. ATTORN K VS-AT-LAW. Tlonesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 8UAWKEY, ATTO RN E Y-AT- LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sta., Tlonesta, Pa. I7RANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S. JL Roouib over Citizens Nat. Bank, HON ESTA, PA. D K. F. J. BOVARD, Physician ft Burgeon, TIONKSTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DUUGGIVl'. Omce over store. Tlonesta, Pa. Professional calis prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant. GEORGE SIGGINS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Olllee 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 and Mirgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotol, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, i. nniu fnriitulinil with all the mod- nuu " . . em Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The oomforts ol guests never neglected. ClENTRAL HOUSE, J GEROW A t IE ROW Proprietor. Tlonsela, Pa. This is the inostceiitrally located hotel in the place, and lias 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 Klin street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA. PENN A. C. DREY, LIVERY Feed & Sale STABLE. Pine Turnouts at All Times at Reasonable Rates. Hear of Hotel Weaver TIOITESTJL. -P.A.. Telephone No. 20. NEWYDRK 11 Convention Instructs Delegates to Support Him at Chicago. Massachusetts Delegate to Chicago Uninstructed Against Political Ac tivity $10,000,000 Fire In Boston. Anti-Gambling Bill Beaten by Tie Vote Faddist Died of Starvation. Now York, April 13. The Republi can Btate convention, which assembled In Carnegie hall Saturday, elected the following delegates at large and their alternates to the national convention, which Is to meet In Chicago June 16: Delegates at Large Stewart L. Woodford of New York city, Seth Low of New York city, Frederick R. Hazard of Onondaga county, Edward H. But ler of Erie county. Alternates at Large John Raines of Ontario county, Thomas P. Peters of Kings county, Norman J. Gould of Sonera county, Charles W. Anderson of New York. Mr. Anderson Is President Roose velt's colored Internal revenue collec tor for the Second district. He Is the first colored man in the history of the Republican party of the state to be elected an alternate at large to a na tional convention. There has never been a colored delegate at large. These delegates at large and their alternates were directed by the con vention to use all hono'able means to bring about Governor Hughes' nomina tion fur president. dilutes II. Duell of New York and John (,. Wlckser of Buffjlo were chos en as presidential electors at large and the others by congiess distilcts. Edgar T. Hrackett tried vainly to have adopted a substitute resolution, favored by a minority of seven me -hers of the 37 members of the com mittee on resolutions, couched In these words: "The Republicans of the state very earnestly favor the nomination of Governor Hughes for the presidency at the coming convention; they will not be satisfied with a support by the dele gates that Is perfunctory or spiritless. Jn view of this sentiment and of re cent events, the delegates at large selected by this convention are In structed and delegates from the sev eral districts are requested to persist ently labor for his nomination, until a nomination Is made." Bracket's Amendment Beaten. Mr. Braekett's proposed amendment precipitated a Bharp debate on the convention floor, and the 1,009 dele gates and the hundreds of spectators In the galleries were aroused to a high point of excitement. When the debate reached a point of high ten sion, Speaker Wadsworth moved that the question of adopting te minority report of the committee on resolutions, containing the Hughes indorsement, along the lines of the convention In dorsement of Levi P. Morton In 189B and of President Roosevelt in 1900, be put to the convention, and, with ap plause nnd much cheering, the major ity report was adopted by a viva voce vote, with only a few scattering noes heard above the shouts of the ma jority. Believing that the platform fore shadowed the platform that will be adopted by the Chicago national Re publican convention, more than usual Interest attached Itself to the reading of Its recommendations, which were confined practically to national issues. The platform Indorsed in strong terms the administration of President Roosevelt and Governor Hughes and commended the policies of the federal administration. A revision of the tar iff was favored and the action of con gress In declining to revise the tar iff by piecemeal was warmly commend ed. Changes were advocated In the currency law to provide a more elastic and satisfactory monetary system. Chairman Woodruff announced for mer governor Odell and Herbert Par sons, chairman of the Republican county committee, as a committee to escort M. Linn Bruce to the platform as temporary chairman. Senator Raines announced that his committee on permanent organisation had officially selected Representative Sherman to bo the permanent chair man of the convention and Repre sentative S. E. Payne and former Rep resentative Lucius N. LIttauer escort ed Mr. Sherman to the platform. Tom Piatt Absent. For the first time In a score or more of years Thomas C. Piatt, one of the Big Four and onetime leader of the party In state councils, was not in his accustomed seat with the Tioga county delegation. It was said that Senator Piatt was ill. Senator De pew was on the platform. Massachusetts Delegates Uninstructed The four men who will lead the Massachusetts delegation to the Re publican national convention will go to Chicago unhampered by any pledges. The four delegates who were selected at the state convention are United Slates Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and W. Murray Crane, former Secretary of tho Navy John 1). Long and Sidney O. Blgney, business man. The convention adopted resolutions Indorsing Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., as a candidate for the vice presiden tial nomination and advocating a "wise revision" of the tariff. On the question of the presidential candidacy of Secretary of War William H. Taft, the platform stated that the conven tion "recognized that a majority of the delegates to the convention de sired nts nomination," Dut that it was "uncertain whether a resolution ol preference would be carried and Its presentation would certainly lead to a contest which would be Injurious ta the welfare of the party." Against Political Activity. The army orders contain a prohibi tion against political activity on pari of the classified civil service employee and also against the contribution or tbe solicitation of campaign funds. The order is based on a decision by the president to Secretary Taft In closing a communication from the civil service commission setting forth the regulations on the subject The penalty for political activity as set forth In the regulations is: "Any man violating the provisions of t'ne rule In question renders him self liable to punishment by removal." The rule to which this attaches Is: "No person In the executive civil ser vice shall use his official authority or Influence for the purpose of interfer ing with any election or affecting the result thereof. Persons who by the provisions of these rules are in the competitive classified service, whll retaining the right to vote as they please and to express privately their pinions on all political subjects, shall take no active part In political man agement or In political campaigns." As to campaign contributions, at tention is called to the recent decision of the supreme court of the United States which embraces in the term "solicitation" the mailing of letters or circulars to federal employes at their places of employment, as well as so licitations made In person. $10,000,000 Fire In Boston. An apparently Insignificant fire which started among rags on a dump In the city of Chelsea, a suburb of Bos ton, was fanned by a northwest gale Into a conflagration which obliterated nearly one-third of the city. Five hundred dwelling houses and public buildings were destroyed, 1,500 fami lies were driven from their habita tions, and 10,000 people made home less. Two lives are known to have been lost and It was reported that two other persons had perished, one a woman, having shot herself in a fren zy over her inability to save her prop erty. From uO to 75 persons were In jured. In the confusion attending the situa tion, accurate eHtimrtes of the loss were impossible. The city police es timated it at nearly $10,000,000. The fire was the worst Greater Bos ton has known In many years, raged before a 45-mile anhour gale for more than six hours, defying the combined fire departments of Chelsea and sev eral nearby cities and a large detach ment of Boston firemen and apparatus. Within an area of half a mile square were several churches and school houses. One by one they fell before the flames. Flaming embers failing on steeple and roof would almost In stantly envelop the whole structure In flames and in the intense hent the buildings survived but a few minutes. When the tip of the steeple of the Polish Catholic church caught fire some pieces of apparatus were rushed there in an effoit to save the building. Services had just ended and many people were In and about the edifice. In fifteeu minutes the entire top of the church was In flames. All the movable effects and furniture were re moved. A hundred yarrrs away the First Unlversalist church caught fire In ex actly the same manner as the Polish church and It soon was enveloped In flames. The pastor declared that the loss will be fully $80,000. Agnew-Hart Bills Beaten by Tie Vote. The vote of Senator Cassidy of Schuyler, creating a tie vote of 25 to 25, defeated, for the time at least, the two Agnew-Hart bills embodying the recommendation of Governor Hughes that the legal protection be abolished which since 1895 has protected public gambling at race tracks while it is a felony elsewhere In the state. Lieutenant Governor Chanler, In the chair, by his casting vote to break the tie upon a parliamentary motion which but for him would have resulted in Ir revocably killing the bills for the bal ance of the session, saved them for another vote at the discretion of their Introducer, Senator Agnew, at any time when the order of business per mits him to call up the matter. Senator Wilcox's Action Denounced. Several hundred persons attended a mass meeting on Sunday In the First Methodist Episcopal church at Au burn, N. Y., and applauded enthusias tically while six speakers vigorously denounced Senator Wilcox's action in voting against the anti-race track gambling bills. The senator is a member of the First church. Resolu tions were unanimously adopted de claring that the senator had not rep resented the community by his vote tnd that those ut the meeting protest ed against his action and demanded that he reconsider his vote If given the opportunity in the future. The resolution ex'enried an offer of hearty co-operation to Governor Hughes and the supporters of the bill. Faddist Died From Starvation. Knute Ohnstead died at St. Paul, Minn., from starvation, after an at tempt to last for forty days In or der to demonstrate his theory that the mind is mightier than matter. OhnstPad's fast lasted thirty-one days, according to those In the house. American Civic association is arous ing public interest in the convention to be held at the White House May 13-15 to consider the preservation of the nation's natural resources.. TODENVERUNPLEDGED Program of New York State Democratic Convention. Report of Majority of Committee on Resolutions Will Criticise Republi can Administration and Invite a Democratic Victory In November, but No Mention of Candidates. New York, April 14. The Demo cratic state convention summoned for the purpose of selecting four delegates at large to the national convention at Denver on the 7th of July met In Car negie hall, where last week the Re publicans of the state chose their del egates to the Chicago convention, which will nominate the official foe of the Denver candidate. The assem blage was called to order by State Chairman William J. Conners of Buf talo, whose amiable but rugged coun tenance indicated his satisfaction in the complete flattening out of last winter's attempted move to depose him from the Democratic leadership. Nearly all the old wheelhorses of the Democracy were on hand when Chair man Conners' gavel announced that he was ready for business, but con spicuously absent were David Bennett Hill, who considers that he has earn ed the right to retire from politics, and Congressman Bourke Cockran, whose retirement was accelerated by Charles F. Murphy. Mr. Murphy was there, spliinxlike, as usual, and so were the indomitable and Inevitable Brady and "Long Pat" McCarren, cool er than the proverbial cucumber and apparently little alarmed by the antl McCarren uprising in Brooklyn. Contest of McCarren and Coler. Many state committeemen at the meeting held yesterday said that they considered the most important busi ness to be settled by the convention overshadowing even the selection of the delegates at large was the con test of the sixteen of the twenty-three assembly district delegations form Kings county. Seven of the twenty three districts are not contested be cause the leaders of these districts re pudiated Senator McCarren Just prior to the primaries held on March 31. If these contestants are seated it will mean at least the temporary eclipse of McCarren. Among the contesting delegates are many of the leading lights of Brook lyn Democracy, including former gu bernatorial candidate and Borough President Bird S. Coler, ex-Congressmen Robert Baker and Mitchell May, ex-judges and many county officials. Borough President Coler Is the head and front of the fight to politically exterminate McCarren, and if the sen ator Is defeated It will no doubt force the leadership of Kings county upon Coler, though he declares he does not desire to be leader, that his only am bition is to dethrone McCarren and to leave the question of leadership open. The basis of this fight is the alleged frauds committed In almost every elec tion district In which there was a con test at the primaries to elect delegates to the convention. Coler and his Brooklyn delegation have prepared hundreds of affidavits charging all kinds of violations of the law. Tee contestants laid the mass of evidence before the state committee yeste'-dry and the whole matter will be thre.!ie1 out before the committee on creden tials. State Chairman Conners and Tammany leader Murphy are said to be in favor of seating the Coler dele gates. If so. they will be able to have It done, as they are credited with hav ing control of the state committee and therefore the naming of the com mittee on credentials. Among the men mentioned as possi ble delegates at large are Alton B. Parker, the Democratic candidate for president in the last national cam paign; Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, who has a presi dential boom of his own this year; D. Cady Herrlck, who came very close to being elected governor of New York four years ago; State Chairman Con ners and Charles F. Murphy of Tam many Hall. Bird S. Coler may be one of the big four if he succeeds In his light against McCarren. Delegates at Large Unknown. Chairman Conners said that the con vention will be in session two days In order to give all contesting delegations a chance to be heard. The names of only two of the dele gates at large, he said, have been settled upon Charles F. Murphy and himself. The declination of Mayor McClellan to attend the national con vention, ho added, had upset the plans of the leaders and it was possible that the names of the other two dele gates would not be determined until this afternoon. The Bryan Progressive League open ed headquarters in the Victoria ho tel yesterday and sent a delegation headed by William It. Black, to Bee Charles F. Murphy. Mr. Murphy told them that one of the delegates at largo to be chosen In the state convention would be friendly to William J. Bryan. In this connection the name of Lew Is Nlxon Is said to be under consider ation. Mr. Murphy Informed the dele gation that no Tammany delegate would be permitted to give his proxy to the state convention to Augustus Thomns, the president of the Bryan Progressive League, who Is scheduled to address the convention in advocacy of Ml. Bryan's candidacy. Mr. Thomas has a proxy from a del egate from up-state but efforts have been made to secure a Manhattan proxy for him. ASKED TO RETRACT. Delegation Had No More Influence on Senator Ackroyd Than His Wife and Daughter. Albany, April 14. Senator Joseph Ackroyd of Oneida was visited last night In the senate lobby by a group of men from Utlca urging him to re verse his vote cast last week against the Agnew-Hart anti-gambling bills. These men were sub-committee of a committee appointed at the mass meeting held In Utlca Sunday, which was addressed by Governor Hughes, and included ex-Mayor Henry Martin, a Democrat; John L. Maher, former president of the Utica Chamber of Commerce, who said he was a Republi can, who had voted for Senator Ack royd; George Greenan. T. S. Griffith, G. W. Adams, F. S. Kellogg, Hugh R. Jones, William V. Jones and H. D. Farley. The embassy caused a sensation In the senate and the Interchange was at times rather spicy. "We are here as representative busi ness men, both Republican and Demo cratic, and urge you to support the governor in his effort to have the man date of the Constitution carried out," laid one of the members of the dele gation to Senator Ackroyd. "This is a state proposition," replied Senator Ackroyd, "and when I voted against these bills I considered myself as representing the constituency of the entire Btate, not alone the local con stituency of Oneida county." "But we. as residents of Oneida county, Bent you here to represent us," replied one of the visitors, "and we believe we are entitled to some rights." Senator Ackroyd informed the com mittee that he had received letters from Oneida county both for and against the racetrack bills and when he voted against them he did what he thought was right. He informed the delegation, however, that he would take their request under consideration. Senator Ackroyd said last evening that he was not a candidate for re election. He added: "My wife and daughter have been urging me to re verse my vote and I declined to do so. Tf I would not do It for them do you suppose I would for any one else?" Against Individual Contracts. Cleveland, April 14. At a meeting of the Marine Engineers' association held here a resolution was adopted de claring that the executive committee of the association regards such Indi vidual contracts as have been signed by members of our association as a menace to our membership and other members are warned against signing contracts of any kind until further no tice. It is declared that this means the union marine engineers will not tamely submit to th eopen ship de clared last week by the Lake Carriers' association, which controls 91 per cent of the tonnage on the Great Lakes. Economical. "I believe I have found the prize woman economist," said an cast side baker the other day. "She has just moved Into my neighbor! 1, and I understand the family Is by no means poor. Tho wife came into my place Monday nnd bought a dozen small cakes. I supposed they were for tea that evening. Imagine my astonish ment when she came back 1'rlday evening carrying a small paper sack, from tho depths of which she carefully drew forth three of the Identical cakes I had sold her four days before. Nod ding her head toward them, as she set them down on the counter before ine, she said sweetly, "Won't you please ex change these for some fresh ones';' at the same time indicating a batch that I had brought from the oven not half an hour before." "Well, what did you do?" asked the baker's sympathetic friend. '"Do? I gave her -three of the fresh ones. I think I must have been mes merized. Next tiling I know she will be bringing back the bread crusts to have new loaves put Inside them." Columbus Dispatch. Odd Baby Customs. Among the Parsecs when a child Is born a priest takes the place of the medicine mail, carefully noting down Ull details of blrtli and "calculating its nativity" to a nicety. Having gracious ly consulted the parents, he announce! the child's inline. Baptism by watei and by fire follows, the Infant being first dipped In a tub and afterward taken to church to be held over a flame. In Persia the baby Is laid on the floor while five names on live different slips of paper art! either tucked nndei the edge of the cari't or hidden In the Koran. The first chapter of this holy book Is then read nnd a slip drawn at random. The chosen name Is confided to the baby's ear, but lest he should forget his wee memory is tagged by fastening the paper to his clothing. Los Angeles Times. California tinllantrj. "They told me the story of n well known gentleman of San Francisco, who. charging through all the smoke and Haines and litter on the first dnj of terror, cunie upon a fashionable lad.v of bis ii - 1 1 i.-i i i t :i i - trudging along the middle of the street 111 her bedroom slippers with n window curtain thrown over her shoulders. He stopped his autoinolillc to otTer her his assistance, explaining at the same time t tint the nuto was all he hud saved out of the wreck and even that hud been com mandeered by the soldiery. "I, too, have lost nil," she sighed. "All but your beauty," said he, with a courtly bow. "And you nil but your gallantry," she retorted, smiling. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Summary of the Week's News of the World. Cream of 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. House passes the employers' liabil ity bill with but one vote, that of Lit tlefleld of Maine, in opposition. Samuel Gardner, prominent In Pitts burg suburban politics, Bhot and killed a young girl and committed suicide. The United States supreme court decided that the ownership of stock passes the moment a sale Is made on margin. Trustees of Columbia university an nounced, among other gifts, one of $100,000 from the children of the late Rev. Orlando Harrlman. It was decided by the New York Conference to suggest to the highest body of the Methodist Epicopal church that the section forbidding dancing and other amusements be re pealed. Thursday. Charles M. Schwab announced that a new and Important iron ore deposit In Cuba hud been acquired by the Bethlehem Steel company. Inspection officers of the United States battleship fleet reported that every ship had bettered her record In the Magdalena bay practice. The United States senate, alarmed by the prospects of a treasury defi ciency, will call a halt on legislation calling for big expenditures. The special grand jury In a present ment condemned the representatives of the attorney general for their at tempt to take tho ice case out of the hands of the inquisitorial body. A dispatch from Caracas says that Venezuelan relations with the United States are strained in consequence of the incident of the opening of the mails of the Taconia in the postofllce In La Guayra. Friday. The house adopted the Cannon res olution calling for Information on the prosecution of the paper trust. Estimates of the winter wheat crop, based on the government report, Indi cated a yield of 494,000.000 bushels. The nnvy appropriation bill, provid ing for only two battleships and carry ing $I03,9C7,51S for the naval service, was reported to the house. The vacancy In the office of prime minister of Great Britain was filled by the appointment of Mr. Herbert Asquith to succeed Sir Henry Camp-bcll-Bannernian. John B. Olmstead'of lluffalo was nonmlated to the senate by Governor 'Hughes as a member of the public service commission in the Second dis trict, In place of Charles Ilallam Keep. Saturday. Associates of K. II. Harrlman stated that sentimental reasons Induced hi in to save the F.rie railroad. Alfred G. Page of New York is as serted to be one of eight heirs to the Page estate in Kngland, now In chan cery, and worth many million pounds. General Stewart L. Woodford, Seth I,ow, Edward II. Hutler and Frederick R. Hazard have been decided on as New York's delegates at large to tho Republican national convention. Governor Hughes has called a spe cial election in the 47th (Niagara-Or-loans) senatorial district, to bo held on Tuesday, May J2, to fill the vacan cy caused by the death of Stanislaus P. Franchot of Niagara FallH. Monday. The crew of a British steamship told of an exciting two days battle with four hundred monkeys, who became liberated at sea. William Barnes, Jr., of Albany de clared for Taft against Governor Hughes, and said the latter would he defeated' If renominated. Mr. Asquith, British prime minister, has announced the personnel of the new ministry. Mr. Lloyd-George be coming chancellor of the exchequer. Bavaria, according to a dispatch from Munich, is formulating a plan to connect itself into a maritime state by means of a system of canalization. President N'ord Alexis declared he has received no ultimatum from the powers nor has he ever menaced for eigners in lliiytl, says a dispatch from Port an Prince. Tuesday. Diplomats In Washington fear the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods may involve nations friendly to Japan. Governor Hughes Issued a call for a special senatorial election In the Forty-seventh district, which was attack ed by legislative leaders. Developments In the house of repre sentatives indicate that there will bo a vigorous struggle to uphold tho ad ministration's plan for four battle ships. With the holing through of the south tunnel of the Pennsylvania railroad It becomes possible to walk in a tun nel from Bergen Hill, Hoboken, to East avenue. Long Island City. The Republican stale convention of Massachusetts elected delegates to the national convention unpledged and liulnstrurted, but dec lared a majority of the state convention desired Mr. Taft a nomination. INVESTIGATION IN PR0GRES9 But Attorney General Says Nothing Has Been Yet Found to Justify Legal Proceedings. Washington, April 14. The attor ney general sent to Speaker Cannon a letter in reply to the house resolution asking what steps have been taken by the government to Investigate the al leged combination of wood pulp or print paper manufacturers. The at torney general says an Investigation is In progress but no evidence has yet been obtained to Justify legal pro ceedings. He say that when the Investiga tion and the report thereon Is com pleted he will submit them without de lay If he can do so without affecting the Interests of justice, but that If the Investigation should lead to civil or criminal proceedings It may continue expedient to temporarily withhold from the public the evidence and In formation. "It Is proper for me to say in thli connection," says the attorney gen eral In his letter, "that certain al leged facts were submitted to this de partment when the above-mentioned investigation was commenced which apparently authorized the belief that serious and readily-proven offenses against the laws of the United Statei had been committed in the premises, and Immediate action by the appro priate officer was thereupon promptly ordered; but these orders dlsolosed that no lesal proof could be secured of the alleged offenses, the evidence re lied upon to establish them turning out to le merely hearsay, and the complainant himself, who had furnish ed this Information, refusing to give the name of a witness Btipposel to have personal knowledge of the said facts. "Before taking action under the so called "anti-trust law' It has been the unvarying practice of this department to very thoroughly sift the allegations of such complaints, nnd the consider able proportion of successful prosecu tions under the said statute seems to justify this practice. "In this Instance, Information so as aforesaid furnished, when sifted, showed an undoubted, general and considerable increase In the prices of certain kinds of paper, but that such Increase was due to any contract, combination or conspiracy In restraint of trade was a matter of conjecture and suspicion only, although it seem ed probable that proof to establish this might be found through a search ing and judicious Inquiry. "I regret that the public Interest prevents me from fully and promptly complying with the request contained In the above mentioned resolution. When this investigation has been completed and the report of the Unit ed States attorney entrusted there with Is received I may be In a posi tion to furnish the house of repre sentatives with the papers and In formation called for, without Injur iously affecting the Interests of Jus tice, and I shall, In such case, submit them without delay. If, however, the said Investigation should lead to civil or criminal proceedings. It may con tinue expedient to temporarily with hold from the public evidence and In formation now or hereafter secured, bearing on the situation, until such proceedings shall have been finally de termined." Centennial of New York Diocese. Dublin, April 14. Cardinal Michael Logue, Itoinan Catholic primate of all Ireland. Is to leave here Easter Sun day for New York, where ho will at tend the centeniinial celebration of tho New York diocese. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, April 13. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.0tV4 f. o. b. afloat; No. I northern Duluth, $1.08. COI'.N No. 2 corn, 71 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 white, 71 'jc. OATS Mixed oats, 20 to 32 lbs., 55c; clipped white, 32 to 40 lbs., 67?G2c. PORK Mess, 13.2.1(ij 1.1.73; family, jlfi.riott l7.oo. HAY Good to choice, 90ft 95c. CHEESE State full cream, fancy, i6-r4c. EGOS State and Pennsylvania, 18fci ISUe. BUTT Kit -Creamery special, 81c; extras. 29c; western factory, 21c; state dairy, 21 17 2l!c. POTATOHS Stale and Western. $2.37T it'1 per 180 lbs.; Long Island, $2.5001 2.75 per bbl. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, April 111. WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads, $1.0:!'V, No. 2 red. Sc. CORN No. 2 yellow, "ia I o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 7oc. OATS No. 2 white, fT '4 J5tc f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white. 5:i'ct54c. FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per blil., $5 7.Ti ti.50; winter family, patent, $.').l Vi 5.90. BUTTER Creamery, prints fancy, 31c; stale and Pennsylvania cream ery, 3iic ; dairy, choice to fancy, 2Sc. CHEESE Fancy full cream, old, 11c; choice to fancy, new, 12c. F.GGS Selected white, 17c. POTATOES Homo grown, fancy, per bu., S.lc; fair to good, XtKy S2c. EaBt Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTl.D '-'holce export steers, $15.(10 i7.i'; gem; c hoice butcher steers, $5.001(1.3.1; choice to extra fat cows, $:i.2;Vi 0.4'i; lair to gooa neiiers, $1.50113.50; c'aoire helitrs, a.765P 6oO; hulls, common to good, $4.00 4.75; choice veals, $S.00(fj8.25; fair to good. $7.50'ii 7.7.1. SHKKP ANH i.a.mhh .;noic lambs. $S.30'ii S.40; choice yearlings, $7.2.147 7.U5:. mixed sheep, $.1.50(ff 6.25. HOGS I .lull t Yorkers, $t.25n ti.4rt: medium and heavy hogs, $6.4og6.46; pigs, . aim a !.
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