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Anderson, Wm. Smearbaugb, K. W. Bowman, J. W. Jamieson, W. J. Campbell. Vmuitabte W. It. Hood. Collector W. H. Hood. Svhool Director J. O. 8oowden, Dr. J. C. Dunn, Q Jamieson, J. J. Landers, J. K. Clark, V. U. Wyman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress N. P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. K. P, llall. Assembly Vi. D. Shields. President Judge W. M. Lindsey. Associate Judges P, X. Kreltler, P. C. Uill. Prothonotar y, Register Jt Recorder, Ac. J. C. UelHt. Sheriff. A. W. Btroup. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeiuau. Commissioners Leonard Aguew, An drew Wolf, Philip Emert. District Attorney A. O. Brown. Jury Commissioner 3 . B. Eden, H. II. MoClellan. Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar. Cotwtfv Auditor-George H. Warden, K. L. HaURh, 8. T. Carson. Oountu Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent D. W. Morri son, Heaular Terns f Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Toesdays of month. Church and Bubbuth Nckoal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Churoh every Sab bath evening by Kev. W.O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Churoh every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. E. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaching In the Presbyterian church everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:;W p. ,n. Rev. U. A. Bailey. Pa;lor ine regular uieeuiiKa " " U. are hold at the headquarters on the .l un.l f7ltH TllMMflAVI Of GACD m;vj 1 1 i . v. ium. .u j month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 'TM'.NESTA LODGE, No. 369, I.O.O.F. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fllnwa' Hall. Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 G. A, R. Meet 1st and 3d Monday evening in eacn mourn. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. K. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. RITCHEY A CARRINGEB. ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW, Tlouesta, Pa, CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa Practice in Forest Co. A BKW ATTORN EY-AT.LAW. Oflloein Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, .ra. I7RANK 8. I1UNTEK, D. D. S. J. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank. IIONESTA, PA D R. F. J. BOVARD, PhvHinlan Mlirtreon. TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, DiivuTiUlM AVT.HTIRGKON and DRUGGIST. OIHce over store. nnai. T'u PnifnuHlniiHl calls nromnt- iiuiiva.n. . . - - - . y responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grooery and Uerow a restaurant fi EORG E SIGGINS, M. D., TIONESTA, PA. Office In rooms ovor Forest County National Bank. Professional calls promptly responded to at all hours oi uay or uikuv. D R. J. B. SIGGINS. Plivi in and Mureeon. OIL CITY, PA. rxvrifr. to RAW. II. H to a wka VKR. Pronrletor. mi. ia wiai-lv tlm Lawrence House, hasundergoneacoinpletechange, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted .1 (.... .m, Batumi mm. bathrooms. hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never negieciea. "1ENTRAL HOUSE, I j iii.'uiiui b i4l'UftV Pronrletor " J IfcVy .1 . . . . . .. - Tionsela, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the l 1 Mi. itui II M Will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. DHIL. EMERT hkot boot . SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Kim streei. is prupnim. m ..1,1 f m.utmn nrnrUMtrmtl tllO tillCSt tO the coarsest and BUaraiTWfs his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. ftVor Trap or Field a STEVENS SINGLE cr DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN is Ideal. Low in Price High in Quality pood gun value right through! Made in standard gauges, lengths, weights, etc. Hammer cr Hammerlcss Styles. STEVENS SHOTGUNS SHOOT STRAIGHT AND STRONG For ! Vy U pro?m live Hard who and BnorUns Good Her Bend forlCO-paffilUai trated Cata.orf deacrlb in enure output. Hu attractive rover IcbanU. If yon cannot (obtain, we imp aut, fxpreu prapald, upon receipt of Catalog in colon. Mailed for IV cent in atanipi to pa; poitogt. rnca. J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL CO. r. 0. Box 4098. Chicopee Falls Mass. STEVBR COURTTO JUDGETHAvV Plea For His Liberty to Be De cided Next Monday. Last Week of Congress Conference ol Governors Pittsburg Bank Closed Minnesota Instructs For Johnson Woman Leper Deported Crultei Maryland Trophy Winner. Harry K. Thaw's plea for hla lib erty from Matteawan insane asylum where lie was been confined sinc bis acquittal for the murder of Stan ford White, will probably be derided by Judge Morschnusor at Poughkccp sie, N. V., on Monday, May 25. The hearing in the habeas corpus proceed lugs brought by counsel for Thaw end ed late Saturday night after District Attorney V. T. Jerome of New York had niado the sensational request that Thaw, whom he had called to the stand, permit his alienists to examine Thaw nnd judge of his mental condi tion, as heretofore they had had no op portunity to converse with the defend ant. -- r- Thaw was not permitted to respond, the court itself telling him not to do so. The Judge, however, suggested that Thaw confer with his counsel and that perhaps they might decide that it would be wise to grant the request. Thaw, his lawyers, Messrs. Graham and Teabody, and Drs. Pilgrim, Evans and JellilTe, who had testified that Thaw was sane, went Into the judge's private room and after a conference lasting a little over nn hour came back Into the courtroom and said that Thnw would submit to a personal examination, but not by the alienists who had appeared for Mr. Jerome. The alienists who should make this examination, it was stated, should be selected from some who had never appeared in the case. Another condi tion was that the examination, should be restricted to a personal Btudy of the relator and should not be founded on testimony of previous trials. District Attorney Jerome Instantly rejected these terms, saying he would deserve to be committed to an asylum himself If he should accept them. There the question ended. Thaw was on the stand but a short time before Jerome sprung his sur prise, and answered the few questions put to him generally without much hesitation. Both sides have agreed to offer no arguments in the case, but each will present briefs on the constitutional ouestlon raised by Thaw's counsel that Thaw's commitment to Matteawan was unconstitutional. These briefs will be handed In early this week. Thaw will remain in the Dutchess county courthouse until the decision Is rendered. Last Week of Congress. Both houses of congress began business Monday with the idea that this will be the last week of the pres ent session, but opinions as to the ex act date of adjournment vary all the way from Wednesday to Saturday. It does not seem probable that the con clusion will be reached before the lat ter day, but much will depend on the progress of the conference on the cur rency bill. There is some apprehension of a probable veto of the omnibus public buildings bill and there will be no resolution of adjournment so long as there is any uncertainty as to what the president may do with that meas ure in case of adjournment before it Is signed. Tt may therefore be set down that congress will adjourn as soon as it is known that the building bill will receive the presidential sanc tion. Senator Bulkeley will make an ef fort to revive consideration of the Brownsville question in the senate. Senate Substitutes Aldrich Bill. The Vrcoland currency bill, which was passed by the house Thursday, was delivered to the senate and sent to committee on finance. Senator Aid rich promptly made a report from the committee substituting the Aldrich bill in an amended form for the house measure and in that form it was passed by the senate. This action threw the bill Into conference and an effort Vill bo made to reach an agreement at an early day. The amendments were confined to the elimination of matter Incorporated In the original Aldrich bill after it was reported from the committee. Conference of Governors. The first conference of the gover nors of the states of the Union Is end ed. Like many of the important events of history, time Is needed ,to reveal tho epoch which the president and the governors believe has been made. The accomplishment of the conference which has been in progress at the White House for three days cannot be set forth with mathematical precision. That Its Immediate re sults are more than ample Is the ex pression of President Roosevelt, who brought it about, and of the governors who participated. The printed record of the confer ence, which will later be available to ovary American homo, will be a com pilation of facts startling in their maunlng, convincing in their universal can'-loaion that the states must act, at:J 'li.it tho states and the nation must cn operato to the end that to the o'ri people of the nation may accrue tb lasting benefits ot Its natural re sources. Besides tho compilation of facts by lis Mxperts and the freely-expressed pinion of the governors, the confer ence leaves as its permanent record a thousand words of a "declaration." Not a "declaration of Independence" but a declaration of co-operation. Perhaps greater In Importance than all else was the determination of the governors of the states to perfect a permanent organization, whereby a heretofore unknown intimacy may ),e developed among the executives of the forty-six sovereign states, made strong by a common purpose, and made po tent by pronouncements which may not lightly be disregarded. Allegheny National Bank Closed. The Allegheny National bank of Pittsburg, whose former cashier, Will iam Montgomery, is in jail, specif ically charged with the misappropria tion or $."94,000. while officers of the bank and of the treasury department jre trying to fathom still larger ap parent discrepancies In the bank's funds, did not reopen for business Monday and the comptroller of the currency has taken charge and will close up the affairs of the bank. The suspension of the bank, it Is be lieved, will havo practically no effect upon commercial or financial Institu tions of the city. It has beeu largely discounted by the events of the past week and besides the private and com mercial deposits of the bank are very small, amounting to not over $300,000. The bank as city depository carries about $1,500,000 of the city's funds and as an active state depository over $500,000 or state funds. It is possible that the city may experience some in convenience in having the funds tied up for a time, but. It Is understood that both the state nnd city are protec'.L'd against aclur.l lo.is by bonds of surety companies. Minnesota Instructs For Johnson. Tho Minnesota state Democratic convention formally endorsed John A. Johnson as a piesldentlal candidate and at the same time by a vote of 772 to 10G refused to declare In Tavor of William Jennings Bryan as a second choice. The Tollowers of Mr. Bryan did not carry out the threat they have so often made that they would bolt and hold a "rump" convention If their contests were defeated before the committee on credentials, or If they were not able to secure a partial endorsement of their leader. They made a sturdy fight for their man, and when they had been overwhelmingly defeated re mained quietly in their seats and made no motion to leave. Woman Leper Deported. Bertha Ossls, the woman afflicted with leprosy, who was brought to New York last week from Massachu setts, was deported on the steamer Hellig Olav. She was in charge of Miss Inga Henning, a trained nurse, and both of them will be isolated dur lng the voyage. On arrival in Den mark Miss Ossls will be sent to a leper colony on an Island In the Baltic sea and Mb3 Henning will be kept un der treatment and in seclusion until It is determined that she has not con' tracted the disease. Killed While Blowing Out Stumps. Oliver Kemp, a farmer of Eleven Mile, Pa., was killed on Thursday of last week while blowing out stumps with dynamite. A large quantity car ried in a basket exploded prematurely and besides blowing off both hands and destroying both eyes, drove a large Jackknlfe which was in the bas ket completely through his body, en tering his left side and coming out on the light. Kemp lived several hours, United Danish Empire. The committee having the matter In hand presented to King Frederick VIII. of Denmark, a report contain lne Its recommendations for the regulation of the future relations be tween Denmark and Iceland. The committee is comnosed of members of the Danish and Icelandic parlia ments and It was appointed at the time of his majesty s visit to Iceland last year. First Blood For Ohio Railroads. Judge Evans at Columbus, O., has granted a temporary restraining or der prohibiting the state railroad commissioners from enforcing their car service rules against the several railroads In Ohio as to interstate com merce. Wednesday the railroads filed a petition asking that the commission be restrained from enforcing its rules as to demurrage. Cruiser Maryland is Trophy Winner. The armored cruiser Maryland was the trouhy winner in the target prac lice at Mngdalena bay. Announce ment of this was made at the navy de partment Friday. The trophy is now ia possession of the Illinois and direc tions have been sent to the commard er in-chlef of the Atlantic flcot direct ing him to transfer it to the Maryland Presidential Candidates. Secretary Taft returning from Pan ama will stop Thursday at Nashville and address the Tennessee Bar asso ciation. Willinm Jennings Bryan will speak In Baltimore on Tuesday and in Hagerstown, Md., Wednesday, and on Thursday Governor Johnson of Mln nesota will deliver an address at Kichniond, Va. Miners Prohibited From Drinking. The H- -'. Flick Coke company of Pittsburg, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, has ordered into effect a new code of lules governing its mines and mlneis, the most remarkable provision of which Is the prohibition of the company's mln eis from drinking, whether on duty or off. MAE C WOOD'S SUIT. Asserts She Was Secretly Mar ried to Senator Piatt In 1901. Her Counsel Introduced a Certificate Which She Said Had Been Handed Her by the Minister Who Performed the Ceremony Says Papers Were Taken From Her Under Duress. New York, May 19. Mae Catharine Wood was on the witness stand all day testifying In her suit for absolute di vorce from I'nited States Senator Thomas C. Piatt before Justice O'Gorman in the supreme court. In support of her assertion that she had been secretly married to Senator Piatt at the Fifth Avenue hotel on Nov. 9, 1&01, her counsel Introduced in vldence a marriage certificate, which she said had been handed her by the minister who performed the ceremony, and copies of a number of letters, al leged to have been written to her by the Renator, addressed in terms of en dearment. Left Papers In Hummel's Office. On cross-examination Miss Wood told how Bhe came to give up the pa pers and letters she possessed relat ing to Senator Piatt, alleging that she did so under duress and was com pelled to sign a receipt for $10,000 in settlement of all her claims against the senator. This, she said, was the result of representations made to her In the office of A. II. Hummel, In this city, in the fail of 1903. Miss Wood in her suit named as co respondent Lillian Janeway, whom Sen ator Piatt married in 1903. Senator Piatt was not in court. Miss Wood was under cross-examination when court adjourned for the day. On cross-evamination Miss Wood said she is 42 years old, was born In Michigan, has been married and di vorced, and has been a newspaper re porter, a school teacher and a lawyer. She did newspaper work in Omaha and also was admitted to the bar in Nebraska, she said. Going over her relations with Senator Piatt, she said that she and the senator had trouble at one time, but that It was "patched up" in April, 1903, and she wrote to him. She last saw the senator to speak to him on Aug. 18, 1903. Senator's Alleged Letters. In the course of the cross-examina tion counsel for Senator Piatt pro duced a number of letters alleged to have been written to Miss Wood by the senator. In one of these letters the senator asked Miss Wood why she does not marry "Mr. Middleton," and says he would like to see her mar ried before he "cashes In." In another letter the senator took Miss Wood to task for writing about "old Janeway," told her that he knew all about Mrs. Janeway, that Miss Wood was en tirely wrong and concluded "I have no Intention of marrying Mrs. Janeway or any other woman." Miss Wood denied that she ever re tained O'Flaherty & Fulton of Rich mond, Va., to prepare a case against Senator Piatt, but said she had met them In this city and talked about the case. Thereupon Senator Piatt's counsel read a letter from the lawyers to the senator in which they declared that they had been employed by Miss Wood relative to a claim against the senator. "The matter grows out of a promise of marriage made by you to her and broken, as shown by your sub sequent marriage to another person," says the letter. The defense also submitted a copy of the legal petition In the district court of Douglas county, Nebraska, entitled "Mae C. Wood vs. Robert J. Wynne, William Loeb, Jr., and J. Mar tin Miller, defendants." On that oc casion Miss Wood in her cause of ac tion alleged "that between Jan. 1 and Oct. 12, 1903, defendants conspired among themselves and with other persons unknown to this plaintiff to do all the things alleged to have been done by any one of the defendants." Miss Wood sought to recover $35,000 from the defendants on the ground that through a conspiracy they ob tained from her a largo number of let ters which she had received from Sen ator Piatt and which she proposed to Incorporate in a book which she had planned to Issue under the title "The Ix)ve Letters of a Boss." Three Bullets Taken From Girl's Arm. Jamestown, N. Y., May 19. Miss Grace Marcy of Greenville, Pa., was taken from an Erie train here and re moved to the hospital for treatment. Surgeons removed three bullets from br left arm. She said Louis Thomas, a young man ot Gardenvllle, shot her while she was walking to the station to take the train for Buffalo. Despite her wounds the girl got on board the train, intending to continue her Journey to Buffalo, but the wounds be came so painful sho could go no far ther than Jamestown. Miss Marcy said the shooting was the result of Jealousy. Pennsylvania Railroad Commission Ilarrlsburg, May 19. The state railroad commission has arranged to go to Boston and Albany to inquire into the methods and organization of the railroad commissions ot Massa' chusetts and New York. The mein bers left here today for Boston, where they will Bpend Wednesday at the state Capitol. The following day they will be In Albany as visitors to the office of the public service commlS' slon of the Second district, comprising the board in charge of all lines out sido of New York city. FOR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. Governor Hughes Signed the Bill of Assemblyman Walnwright of Westchester. Albany, May 19. Governor Hughes signed the bill of Assemblyman Waln wright of Westchester, permitting any city or union free school district to establish general Industrial schools, open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course or who have attained the age of 14 years, and trade schools open to pupils who have attained the age of 16 years and have completed either the elementary school course or a course in a general industrial school. The new law provides that the board of education or superintendent of ed ucation shall appoint an advisory board of five members, representing the local trades and Industries, two of which shall be appointed for one year and three for two years. The board of education or superin tendent of education Is empowered by the act "to employ competent teachers or Instructors to provide a proper course of study, to purchase or ac quire sites and grounds and to pur chase, acquire, lease or construct and to repair suitable shops or buildings, and to properly equip the same, and to purchase necessary machinery, tools, apparatus and supplies." All such schools maintained for 40 weeks during the school year, em ploying at least one teacher and hav' Ing at least 25 pupils, will receive $500 a year from the state, and $200 for each additional teacher employed ex' clusively In such school for 40 weeks during the school years. Fair Associations Bill Signed. Governor Hughes signed the bill of Senator Allds providing for the annual appropriation of a sum of not less than $250,000 for county, town or other agricultural or fair associations, The appropriation is made for "the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts, for the promotion of education along agricultural lines, and for the promotion of the improvement of the breeding of cattle, sheep, horses and other domestic animals." The pres ent law under which the agricultural societies receive a certain percentage. of the gross receipts of racetracks, makes the appropriation "for the breeding of cattle, sheep and horses." Aerodrome Made a Short Flight. Hammondsport, N. Y., May 19. The aerodrome "White Wing" made a short flight here, carrying its design er, F. W. Baldwin, to a helgnt ot about ten feet. The pressure ot the air on the elastic edge of the lower aero plane caused it to foul the propeller and the aerodrome was therefore brought down to the ground after hav ing traversed a distance of 93 yards. The damage, it was said, would be easily repaired. The new steering gear attached to the front wheel work ed satisfactorily so that there is now no difficulty in keeping the machine on the racetrack while running on the ground. The racetrack has been wid ened by ploughing up a portion of ad joining field and smoothing it with a roller. Retired Banker Shot Himself. Canandnigua, N. Y., May 19. Made despondent by losses on the stock market. Andrew McKechnle, a retired bookseller and banker of this place and Palmyra, Wayne county, shot him self In the head at his home, and died at 8 o'clock last night. He lived about three hours. His only brother, Stuart C. McKechnle, had an Intimation of his state of mind and a few days ago had taken a revolver from him. It ap pears that McKechnle had stood be fore a mirror In taking aim. The buI clde had been thirty years In business here, nnd before coming to this place had banking Interests both here and in Palmyra. He was a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal church. Last of the Great Appropriation Bills. Washington, May 19. The passage by the house of the general deficiency appropriation bill, carrying an appro priation of $17,308,072, marked the completion by that body of the last of the great supply measures of the government. The bill was put through unedr suspension of the rules with no time allowance for general debate. Several measures were passed by unanimous consent, Including a joint resolution providing for the payment of annuity for life of $125 a month each to the widows of Surgeons James Carroll and Jesse Lazear, U. S. A., In recognition of their discoveries in the transmission of yellow fever by mos quitoes. Whltlock to Run With Bryan. Toledo, May 19. According to a statement made by Clarence Darrow of Chicago, Mayor Whltlock of To ledo will be the running mate of Will Jam Jennings Bryan, should he win the Democratic nomination for the presidency. While talking with Bryan Saturday, Darrow said, Whltlock was mentioned by Bryan as the most like ly running mate that could be found. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland nnd Governor Johnson of Minnesota, who have been picked as possible assist ants, nre entirely out of tho question, according to Darrow. Hungarians Rush to America. Budapest, May 1!. The recent warning to intending emigrants, Is sued by the minister of tho Interior, that the economic situation In America had not shown sulficlent Improvement to give prospect of obtaining work, has failed to check the outflow from this country. The minister now announces that emigrants who have gone to the United States since Jan. 1 last will not be given tho privilege of return ing to Hungary gratis. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS Pithy ParagraphsThatChronicle the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. A hippopotamus in a runaway circus wagon dashed through the streets of Cleveland, causing a panic. Representative Townscnd announc ed that the proposed antl-lnjunctlon bill will be dropped tor the present. The legislature met In special ses sion, but the governor's message made only incidental reference to the anti racetrack bills. Japan's opposition party, according o advices from Toklo, Intends to make the financial situation the main question of the coming elections. President Roosevelt lays corner stone of new building for the Interna tional bureau of American republics and makes speech of good will to sis ter nations. President Roosevelt, responding to a delegation of the National Prosper! ty assoclat'on of St. Louis, declared his willingness to aid the movement In every possible way. Thursday. Senator Rayner In the senate at tacked PresU-nt Roose course in the Stewart case. More liberal attitude of England toward her self-governing colonies ,"was seen in the terms of the new Canadian arbitration treaty. Governor Hughes announced that he would not accept election as vice president of the I'nited States, much less a nomination for that office. The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg- Schwertn is now under the rule of a constitution, Grand Duke Frederick having surrendered his feudal prlv ileges. Governors of nearly all tho states were the guests of President Roose velt at the White House on the eve of the conference on national conserva tlon. Friday. Senator Raines announced that he could find no change in the line-up ot senators on the nnti-rnclng bills Bince the vote In regular session. The Wright brothers made a three mile flight In their aeroplane at Man teo, N. C. the machine working under the absolute central of the inventors, A St. Petersburg dispatch says a re port is cm rent there that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been assassinated his brother, Nasrullah Khan, succeed ing him. Detectives in the employ ot the Chi cago board of education are searching for an incendiary who attempted to bum the Clark school containing 1,600 Children at Ashland avenue aud West 13th Btreet. Saturday. The house of representatives pass ed the Vreeland currency bill by a vote of 184 to 1 15. Dr. Amos T. Baker, acting super intendent of the state hospital for tho criminal Insane at Matteawan, test! fled In the Thaw case that In his opin Ion Thaw Is Insane. The special house committee inves tigatlug the pulp nnd paper Industry asked for an explanation ot the appar ent apathy of the newspaper publish era toward the inquiry. Professor Dunstan. director of the Imperial Institute, has presented .o parliament a report on British cotton cultivation showing that the American upland variety may be grown In Brit ish possessions In Africa. Monday. William Montgomery, the Pittsburg banker, accused of defalcation, was surrendered by his bondsmen. President Roosevelt told tho Mcth odlst conference that the greatest re sped is due mothers as a factor In na tlonnl growth. Harry K. Thaw took the witness stand in the proceedings to test his sanity, but was asked only a few ques tions by Mr. Jerome, both sides then deciding to rest. The X. Y. Herald's estimate of the Btrength of the aspirants for the Hi publican nomination showed Mr. Taft practically assured of nomination on the first ballot. President Roosevelt in speech at governors' conference urges that there bo no borderland between state and nation where predatory corporations can escape punishment. Tuesday, Little disorder occurred in the Cleveland Street Hallway striko nnd several lines maintained their usual schedules of runs. The X. Y. Herald's Washington dis patches estimated that W. J. Bryan's strength In the Denver convention would probably reach H00 delegates. Following meetings all Sunday, at which a thorough discussion of Cash ier William Montgomery's peculations was held, the Allegheny National bank of Pittsburg suspended Monday. Temporal fly insane, according to his own statement, Rev. 9. A. Coffman, aged 50 years, a prominent Methodist Episcopalian clergyman of Kairmount, W. V.. killed his wife by cutting her throat. JUDGE PARKER ADMITTED To Practice Before the Supreme Courl of the United States. Washington, May 19. Judge Alton B. Parker of Xew York was admitted to practice before the supreme couri of the I'nited States. The motion foi his admission was made by former So licitor General Whitney, who content ed himself with a simple presentation of his "distinguished friend." Chief Justice Fuller smiled as he recognized the applicant and merely directed him to the desk of the clerk to take the oath. Judge Parker then stood with twelve others, two of whom were negroes, and promised under oath to properly demean himself as a member of the bar of the highest court In the I'nited States. Judge Parker immediately entered his appearance In the New York 80 cent gas cases. He moved tho advances of the cases to be heard at the beginning ol the next term of the court, and the motion was granted, the hearing being fixed for the first Tuesday after the re-convening of the court and after other cases which have been set down for that date. New Forest Reservation Bill. Washington, May 10. As a substb tute for all of the Appalachian-White Mountain forest reservation bills that have been introduced at this session the house committee on agriculture agreed to report favorably a bill creat ing a commission of investigation. The commission Is to consist, of five mem bers of the house nnd five members of the senate, and Is authorized to in quire during the summer recess intc the project of federal acquisition ol some millions of acres of timbered and cut over lands in the Appalachian and White Mountains chains for the pres ervation and improvement of the navi gability of streams having their sources therein. For the expenses oi this inquiry the bill appropriates $20, 000. Littlefield Says He Was Misrepresent Washington, May 19. Rising to 8 question of privilege In the house yes terday, Mr. Littlefield (Me.) denied that In the course of a speech in Brooklyn Saturday last before th Men's Republican club, he had mad an assault on the reputation ot mem bers of congress. Ho declared that he had been grossly misrepresented by the newspapers. Next Meeting to Be Held at Buffalo. Pittsburg, May 19. At today's ses sion of the 25th annual convention ol tho United Presbyterian Women'! General llssionary society it wai voted to hold the next meeting at Buf falo. D. B. Hill to Take Trip Abroad. Alhnny, May 1!). Former Governoi David B. Hill has engaged passage on the steamship Baltic, sallng for Eu rope on Juno 11. It will be his first trip abroad. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market Xew York, May 18. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.07 f. o. b. float; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.13 CORN Xo. 2 corn, 72 'jc f. o. b. aflofii.; Xo. 2 white, 75c. OATS Mixed oata, 26 to 32 lbs., Btic; clipped white, 32 to 40 lbs., 67Mfit4e. HAY Good to cholco, 95c(Jj$1.00. PORK- . Mess. $1 LbU'tf 15.&0; family $l7.00fi 17.50. BUTTER Creamery, special, 22c; extra, 21 Vic; western factory, 17c; state dairy, Pifi 21c. CHEESE State full rream. fancy, 16c. EGGS State nnd Pennsylvania, 20Vjf' 21c. POTATOES Stu;e and Weittorn, $2.50Ct 2.75 per ISO lbs., Southern, new, per bbl., $ 1.75ft 4.00. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, May 18. WHEAT Xo. i northern, carloads, $1.0(1; Xo. 2 red, $.02. CORN Xo. 2 yellow, 79c f. o. b afloat; No. 3 yellow, 78c. OATS No. 2 white, 57c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 5tic. FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per bbl . $i.00f( 1.75; win'er family, patent $." 4tl'd 0.15. BUTTER Creamaiy, pilnis, fancy, 23fi24c; state and Penn. cream ery, 23e; dairy, choice to fancy, 20o. KOGS--rteloc ted white, 18c. CHEESE Fiu-toy fiil! crunni. old, lS'd'luc; hoii:e to faiioj, new. 10V4 iie. POTATOES Homo grown, fancy, per bu., 'J5c; fair to good, SSftSOo. East Buffalo Live Stock Marktt. CATTLECholce export steers, $6.75 (J7.00; Kod to choice butcher steers, $6.25'?! fi.50; choice to extra fat cows, $5.25f 5.50; fair to good heifers, $1.60 5.25; choice helfeis, $5.76; bulls, fair to good. $I.S66.25; choice veals, $ti.50(Jt).75; fair to good, $li.00fn 6.25. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice clipped lambs, $0. 40 6.50; choice yearlings. $5.73'S'6.00; mixed sheep, $5.2.ri5.&0. HOGS Light Yorkers, $5.407f 5.80; medium and heavy hogs, $5.6501 5.76; pigs. $5.00'ii 5.15. Buffalo Hay Market. Timothy, No. t on tiack $15.00; No. 2 timothy, 1 1 2 SOfi 18.50; whefct and oat straws, $S.00'n S.60. Utica Dairy Market. Utica, May IS. On the local dairy board of trade today sales of cheese were reported as follows: Large white, two lots of HiO boxes; large colored, 11.7ti' boxes; small white, 4 lots of 271 boxes; .small colored, 18 lots of 1,600 boxes; total 35 lots of 23.797 boxes; all sold at 10 cents. No salxs of butter were reported.
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