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VOL. XLI. NO. 4.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1908.
$1.00. PER ANNUM.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Surges. J. T. Carson.
Jualtcea of the Peace C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oouncxtmen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. T. 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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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Pine Turnouts at All Times
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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.
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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 !.