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VOL. XLI. NO. 36.
TIONETSA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1908.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Buraess.S . T. Carson.
Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oouneiimen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. T. Anderson, Wm. Smearbaugh, E.
W. Bowman, J. W. Jaraieson, W. J.
Campbell.
OoHstable Archie Clark,
Collector W, H. Hood.
School Directors J, C. Scowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jainiason, J. J. Landers, J.
R. Clark, W. G. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress -N. P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly W. D. Shields.
President Judge W. M. Llndsev.
Associate Judge F. X. Kreitler, P.
C. Hill.
Prothonotary , Register t Recorder, te.
J. C. Geist.
Sheriff. A. W. Stroup.
Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Philip Euiert.
District Attorney A.. O. Brown.
Jury Commissioners J. B. Eden, II.
H. MuClellau.
Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar.
Countv Auditor George H. Warden,
K. L. Haugb, S. T. Carsnu.
Countv Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent 1. W. Morri
son. Keaular Terms f Canrt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptemlier.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month.
Church and Mabbnth Hchaol.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
ni. s M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the P. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
E. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
everv Bablmtb at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor.
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.
'TU' N ESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 M ents every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. (TEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
G. A, R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday
evening in each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Weduesday evening of each month.
RITCHEY A CARRINGER.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Praottce in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW .
OfBoein Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge St., TloneHta, Pa.
I7RANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S.
J. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
I ION ESTA, PA.
D
R. F. J. BOVARD,
fnysician a Burgeon,
TIONESTA, PA,
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGWr. Office in Dunn A
Fulton drug store. Tionesta, Pa. Profess
ional calls promptly responded to at all
hours of day or night. Residence Elm
St., toree doors above the store.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Physician and surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern Improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout witli uatural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts oi
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
OEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class Livery in connection.
pHIL. KMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Kim street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest, and guarantees his work to
give perl'ejt satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grettenbcrgor
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En-
, mi iiT-.lt rps.1u ilna nr U'ator Kit
glues, vii " on j
tin and General BlackBinituing prompt-
. . T ... Oataa Rnnairinir Mill
IV QOIlt)' ow JW" I n --
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and just west of the
enaw tiouBe, nuiuuio, .
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA. PENN
Pa dLuGUsr MoftCK
OPTICIAN".
Office ) A 7M National Bank Building,
OIL CITY, PA.
Eyes examined free.
Exclusively optical
EXPLOSION IH TRENCH
Twenty-Five Lives Lost When
Spark Ignited Leaking Gas.
8core of Workmen Buried, Of Whorr
Four Escaped by Making Their Way
Through a Sewer to the River A
Woman and Five Children Whc
Were on the Street Were Swept
Down Into the Hole Foreman Troul
Burned to Deatr..
Twenty-five persons lost their lives
In a terrific explosion of gas which
ripped up a great section of Gold
street, Brooklyn. It is definitely
known that fifteen persona were bur
ied under the hundreds of tons of
earth and timber that were thrown
Into the air by the explosion and ten
more persons are reported as missing.
The explosion occurred In a fifty
foot excavation that had been made in
Cold street between York and Front
streets, where a water main was be
ing laid. The gas main 'ecently
sprung a leak and in a manner un
known a spark came in contact with
the escaping gas. There was a terri
fic explosion that lifted the surface of
the street for a half a block In both
directions and hurled dirt, paving
stones and debris into the air.
Oold street was crowded with school
children when the explosion occurred
and that scores of children were not
killed or Injured was remarkable. A
woman and three children were almost
opposite the excavation when the
earth crumbled under their feet and
they were swept down into the hole
under tons of wreckage. Two other
children were on the opposite side of
the street when the sidewalk caved
in and they lost their lives.
Samuel Trout, foreman of the gang
of laborers who were laying the water
main, was iear the woman and chil
dren who lost their lives. He rushed
forward as he felt the street tremble
from the explosion in an endeavor to
save them, but he too was drawn Into
the death hole. His body was the
first to be recovered. Trout had been
roasted to a cinder.
Only four of the men working in thu
excavation escaped.
STORY OF STANDARD OIL.
John D. Rockefeller on Witness Stand
Ttlls of Early Struggles.
With the air of a country gentle
man of kindly mien, John D. Rocke
feller, president of the Standard Oil
company, though for nearly ten years
retired from active business cares,
for over two hours reviewed the his
tory of the early oil trade and the de
velopment of the first companies that
later grew to the present so-called
Oil Trust.
Mr. Rockefeller was a witness for
the defense in the suit to dissolve the
Standaid Oil company, which la being
prosecuted by the United States gov
ernment, and his appearance at the
hearings before former Judge Frank
lin Ferris, the referee, brought a large
crowd to the Customs building.
The head of the big oil combine was
surrounded by an imposing circle of
counsel and when he began his testi
mony he gazed complacently upon a
swarm of newsppper men, behind
whom pressed close a throng of peo
ple that filled the room.
Mr. Rockefeller appeared at com
plete ease and when John G. Milburn
of counsel for the Standard Oil com
pany propounded his first question the
witness spoke out in full tones as if
he desired the most distant spectator
in the chamber to hear.
Then In a manner that indicated a
pleasure at what he was about to tell,
Mr. Rockefeller spoke of his start in
the oil business and how under ad
verse conditions that business grew
to the proportions of the Standard Oil
company of Ohio, with its capitaliza
tion of $1,000,000.
The development of Mr. Rockefel
ler's testimony, which carried him to
the organization of the Standard Oil
company of Ohio, Indicated that one
of the lines of the defense would be
that the Standard company Is not the
result of an aggressive policy to ob
tain a mastery of the oil trade as
charged but rather the natural out
come of an economic development
which the exigencies of the oil indus
try demanded.
STANDARD OIL'S EARNINGS.
Mr. Rockefeller Forgot Some Things
Kellogg Asked About.
The enormous earning power of the
cil combination was brought out in
the suit to disRolve the Standard
Oil company when Mr. Rockefel
ler, after stating that the Standard had
paid dividends amounting to $40,000,
000 in 1007, said it had earned as
much more and that this was added to
thoconipany'sBiirplus, which wasstated
by the government's counsel to be
$:SOO,000,000. It was further stated by
Mr. Kellogg that the company within
the last eight years had earned nearly
half a billion dollars.
The course of Mr. Rockefeller's tes
timony In the hands of government
counsel ran not so smooth as Thurs
day, when he told his story undo" the
direction of friendly counsel, but the
rapid-fire interrogations of the prose
cution were always met with unshak
en imperturbability and readiness to
answer, except when, as he explained:
"it is quite Impossible for me to re
member after thirty-five years. I do
not recall."
Mr. Rockefeller was questioned
closely regarding rebates which the
Standard was charged with receiving
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Reports of Outbreak at 12 Points h
Western New York.
Prompt measures to fight a threat
ened epldomic lu New York state o
the foot and mouth disease, s
dreaded by owners of valuable cattle
are being taken by the state depart
ment of agriculture following upon th
receipt of reports that the disease hat
obtained a footing at some twelv
points in Erie and Niagara counties.
It is supposed the disease wai
brought to this state at this tlm
through the Buffalo stockyards. Thi
matter Is under consideration by th
United States department of agrlcul
ture, which proposes to put a quaran
tine upon all cattle in the state. Thli
federal measure will be followed up bj
stringent regulations of the state de
partment, Including a quarantine o:
cases of the disease, which is verj
contagious.
It is supposed that one point of at
tack which has heretofore escaped th
efforts of department regulations hat
been that poisons thrown off by tht
afflicted animals have been transmit
ted to other healthy beasts througl
barnyard birds, principally sparrows.
Cattle which are victims of the foot
and mouth disease suffer the slough
ing off of hoofs and attacks of a pols
pnous foaming at the mouth, many fa
talltles occurring.
Two States Quarantined.
Secretary Wilton of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washlngtor
has Issued orders placing In quaran
tine the entire states of New York and
Pennsylvania, and forbidding the In
terstate movement of cattle, sheep
swine and goats, as a result of the sud
den outbreak of a contagious foot and
mouth disease.
MAYOR JOHNSON A POOR MAN
Sacrificed His Fortune to Save Hii
Brother's Estate.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
who for years has been credited
with possessing a large fortune, lasl
week announced that he had lost
everything and would be compelled tc
give up his beautiful home on Euclid
avenue and move into smaller and less
expensive quarters.
His fortune was wrecked, the mayoi
declared, by his devotion to the af
fairs of the estate of his dead brothei
Albert, who was heavily interested ir,
traction properties in the East.
The Municipal Traction company
of which Mayor Johnson was presi
dent, passed into the hands of re
celvers in the federal court several
days ago. Following this came the
transfer to two local banks of the De
posltors Savings and Trust company
of which the mayor was president. II
is said this action was precipitated b
the threats of Mr. Johnson's individual
creditors to file suits to obtain pay
ment on notes endorsed by the mayor.
It Is said Mr. Johnson has recent
ly lost approximately $400,000 In con
nection with his Interests at Lorain,
Ohio.
CAUSE OF CHINA'S UNREST.
Manchus Considered Aliens and Yet
They Hold Most of the Offices.
An Englishman at present in Lon
don, who has a complete knowledge oi
China and the Chinese conditions, ex
pressed the opinion that the chances
of trouble resulting from the change ol
regime at Pekln were far more serious
than was generally thought.
"Few people outside of China ap
preciate the relative position of the
Manchus and the Chinese," he said
"While the present dynasty is Manchu
and the Manchus hold about half the
high ofllces everywhere, half the
smaller positions In the central govern
ment, as well as a vast preponderance
of the posts depending upon states
manship and scholarship, the popula
tion of the country Is Chinese.
"The desire of the Chinese for a
share In the government proportionate
to their numbers is today the strong
est motive behind the revolutnonary
movement."
Dried Eggs Powder.
H. G. Keith of New York at the
tariff revision hearing asked for a
specific duty on dried eggs powder,
which he said was prepared from fresh
and stale eggs. He showed the com
mittee samples and said custards and
other foods in which fresh eggs are
used are made of dried eggs.
"Do you mean that I can get a dish
of scrambled eggs made of this stuff?"
asked the chairman.
"Is that what Is served In hotels
and restaurants?" queried Mr. Boutell.
"Yes," replied the witness.
Van Vlissingcn Is Convict No. 603.
Peter Van Vlissingen, self-confessed
forger to the extent of $700,000,
became convict No. 603 at Joliet,
III. He will be put to work In the
broom factory. It was Just four days
ago that the Chicago real estate man
and philanthropist startled a wide cir
cle of friends and a public which knew
him only as a successful business man
and exponent of civic and personal
righteousness, by his confession and
indictment and conviction which fol
lowed within n few hours.
Big Steel Mills Resume.
Oltlclnl announcement was made
in Chicago that work will be re
sumed at once at the mills of the Illi
nois Steel company at South Chicago,
most of which have been Idle for more
than a year. It was Bald 6,000 men
would be hired immediately and that
by Dec. 1 the mills will he giving em
ploy ment to at least 12,000. Sufficient
orders for steel rails have been re
ceived, It. was Intimated, to allow the
entire plant to run indefinitely.
INVASION OF ENGLAND
Lord Roberts Points Out How
Germany Could Land Troops.
German Transports Could Easily
Evade the British Fleet After Dis
tracting Attention by Small Raids.
AnArmyof 1,000,000 Men Needed, He
Says, For Home Defense Lord Rob
erts' Resolution For Immediate De
fense Adopted by the Lords.
London Nov. 24. Field Marshal
Lord Roberts in a studied speech In
the house of lords pointed out the
comparative ease with which Germany
could land an army on the shores of
England. Under the present condi
tions England would be forced, he
said, to submit to most humiliating de
mands. He disclaimed all hostility to or fear
Of Germany, but he declared that the
defense of the Islands required Imme
diate attention. There should be an
rmy so strong In numbers and effi
ciency that the most formidable of for
eign nations would hesitate to make
a landing In England.
He had ascertained, the speaker
continued, that vessels capable of ac
commodating 200,000 men always
were available in the northern ports
of Cerniany and that as a result of
the new German law 200,000 men
could be collected In the districts of
the nearest port without any trouble.
The great German steamship lines
were in constant practice In embark
ing and disembarking, and as the rail
roads were owned by the state all pre
liminaries, up to the actual dispatch
of troops, could be carried out with
the utmost secrecy.
Could Evade British Fleet.
Germany was perfectly aware, the
field marshal went on, that It would
be essential for her transports to
evade the British fleet and Bhe could
easily distract attention by small raids
while the main disembarkation was
proceeding undisturbed.
"It would be folly," declared Lord
Roberts, "to shut our eyes to these
possibilities, however much peace in
desired. The startling events in tho
Near East have brought home to the
most careless observer that nothing
could save that country which Is not
prepared to protect Itself. If Great
Britain continues to neglect the most
ordinary precautions, she may some
day find herself in the hands of the
Invader and forced to submit to the
most humiliating conditions.
"This danger is dally becoming
more threatening. Within a decade
Germany has created the greatest sea
power that ever existed, except Great
Britain's, and at the present moment
it is formidable. Measures are being
taken to increase thot power. It in
calculated that there are 80,000 Ger
mans in employment In Great Britain.
They are trained soldiers and If a Ger
man force once landed on these shore:!
they would be ready to help."
Large Home Army Needed.
Lord Roberts contended it was not
absolutely essential for a nation to
command the sea in order to carry out
an invasion. A temporary local com
mand would suffice and this was per
fectly understand In Germany. The
main temptation to the invasion of
Great Britain was the want of a home
army which ought to consist of a mil
lion men.
Across the narrow sea were 60,000,
000 Germans who by perseverance,
industry, sound education and military
training had made themselves a great
nation. They required outlets for
their commerce and population. It
was Great Britain's business, contin
ued Lord Roberts, to find out in what
way the great increase in Germany's
sea power was likely to affect her and
to adopt measures necessary for her
own defense.
The navy under present conditions
was fettered in homo waters and with
out military force sufficient to render
an Invasion hopeless. Great Britain's
military weakness would In all prob
ability be the cause of the loss of her
naval supremacy.
Lord Roberts' speech caused a sen
sation In the house. The Earl of
Crewe remarked on the seriousness of
such statements In the present high
strung condition of Europe's nerves,
saying he feared there might be re
grettable consequences.
Lord Roberts' resolution to the ef
fect "that the Islands' defense necessi
tate? the Immediate attention of the
government to make provision for
such a strong and efficient army that
the most formidable foreign nation
will hesitate before making an at
tempt at landing," was adopted by a
vote of 74 to 32.
Hobson Blames the President:
Akron, O., Nov. 24. Congressman
Richmond P. Hnbson, who was here
today, hps sent a letter to President
Roosevelt demanding that he rescind
his orde'S recalling the United States
fleet from the Pacific. In his letter
he pcores President Roosevelt for his
interference in the Japanese troubles
in California. Conditions that have
no counterpart In the Atlantic exist,
Hobson rays, and It would be a na
tional and International calamity to
withdraw (he fleet.
Kicked From Coal Car by Mule.
Greensburg, Pa., Nov. 24. : J. H.
Harkness, "8 years old, a driver at the
Loyalhanna n-.tno, died at Latrobe
from injuries sustained last Thursday,
when he was knocked from a coaI car
by a mule.
DID N0TC0NCEIVE TRUST IDEA
Rockefeller Give the Credit to Flagler
and Todd.
New York, Nov. 24. Credit for the
creation of the Standard Oil trust,
which counsel for the federal govern
ment cluims still exists as the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey, was
given by John 1). Rockefeller, as a wit
ness under cross-examination in the
federal suit to dissolve the Standard,
to two men Henry M. Flagler and
Samuel C. T. Todd.
To these two master architects ol
the oil combine Mr. Rockefeller gave
full credit, saying that he was sure it
was not himself, as he did not possess
the ability for so progressive a move.
Mr. Rockefeller spent an arduoui
day on the stand under the Incessant
questioning of Frank B. Kellogg, the
government counsel, and when ad
Journment was taken he gave every
evidence of delight that the day was
(one. Counsel hope to conclude Mr.
Rockefeller's cross-examination today,
when It Is planned to place John D.
Archbold, vice president of the Stand
ard, on the stand.
Frank B. Kellogg, who with other
government investigators has been
endeavoring for over a year to obtain
the missing stock transfer books of the
Standard Oil trust, sought through Mr.
Rockefeller to find the missing trail
to these books, and Mr. Rockefeller
promised to do what he could to find
them.
Mr. Rockefeller's examination car
ried hlni through the period of the
Standard Oil trust and the years of its
subsequent liquidation, which lasted
from 1802 to 18SI9.
Mr. Rockefeller's memory at times
was not clear on the definite details
of this trust liquidation period and he
told counsel that he could not recall
ninny of the Incidents and develop
ments of that time. During the day
Mr. Kellogg developed from Mr. Rocke
feller that early In the Industrial ex
istence of the Standard the presidents
of two rnilroud companies with sev
eral railroad directors were stockhold
ers In the oil combination.
After adjournment Mr. Rockefeller
told an inquiring audience of report
ers that there were better things in
the world than making money, and
since 1801 he had been gradually re
tiring from business. He added:
"There is more Important work than
making money and there Is much for
me to do. I belong to the brotherhood
of man."
CANNON FOR
TARIFF REVISION,
Says He Will Do His Best to
Have Change Made Promptly,
Chicago. Nov, 21. Joseph G. Can
non, speaker of tho house of repre
sentatives, placed hlmseir on record
in favor of a revision of the tariff in
accordance with the promise of the
Republican party platform. The words
of the speaker came at tho conclusion
of a luncheon given to six rear adl
miralB of the United States navy by
Alexander H. Revell of Chicago in the
Union League club, at which the need
of more battleships and Increased effl
cleney of the fighting forces of the re
public were the principal themes of
discussion.
In a few introductory sentences
Speaker Cannon declared himself in
favor of an efficient navy and army for
the good of the republic.
On the tariff question he said:
"Any change In the revenue laws of
the country of necessity Is followed by
a depression of business. Three years
ago I followed the lead of Theodore
Roosevelt, who declared that ther
should be no revision of the revenue
laws, when means the tariff, until aft
er the next general election. His pol
icy was not to change existing condi
tions. "The Republican platform on which
the national contest has been won
says revise the revenue laws. That
revision should be with due regard to
protection and penalty against dls
criminatory nutions.
"As a member of the next house of
representatives, a co-ordinate branch
of the government equal to the execu
tive and the Judiciary, I am going, so
far as my vote Is concerned, to Bee to
it that the policy of the Republican
party on this question Is written In the
national lnws as promptly as possible.
The laws should be written promptly,
so that business can adjust Itself to
changed conditions, for the change
will of necessity bring disturbance."
First of Sewer Victims Unearthed.'
New York, Nov. 21. Workmen dig
ging In the Urooklyn trench where
fifteen persons lost their lives in a gas
explosion last Friday came upon the
first of the burled victims' bodies at
9:1') o'clock last night. It was that
of Vincent Doherty, 7 years old, one of
the five children supposed to have
been burled In the cave-In. The body
was encountered about 45 feet below
the street level.
Missouri's Vote May Be Divided.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 24. A pos
sibility that the electoral vote of Mis
sourl may be divided between Taftand
Bryan arose whpn It was discovered
that one liryan elector received more
votes thnn the lowest Taft elector.
Whether Bryan will bo given this vote
1 the electoral college depends upon
a decision which Governor Folk now
hts wider advlsi-nieut.
FORESTRY ANDFRUITGROWlNQ
Delegates From New England States
Discuss Uniform Legislation.
Boston, Nov. 24. A representative
gathering listened for several hours In
the Trcmont theater to two addresses
on forestry and fruit growing, which
opened the conference of delegates
from six New England states, called
by Governor Guild of Massachusetts
to discuss uniform legislation In thlb
Bection of the country, as well as thfl
conservation of lis resources.
All the papers read and suggestion?
niurle will he referred to the state
chiefs of (larMnents of forestry,
shell fish and highways, with Instruc
tions to consider and report to the in
coming governors, before .Ian. 1, thett
findings in regard to uniform laws for
all New England.
Governor Guild presided at the ses
sion, which was marked by the pre
sentation of papers on "The cultiva
tion of forest trees." bv National For
ester Clifford Plnchot, and on "New
England's opportunity lu orchards,"
by Professor John Craig of Cornell
university. The delegates, numbering
200, were the guests of the state at a
banquet at the Algonquin club last
night.
The only New England executive
missing was Governor lllggins ol
Rhode Island, who is absent on his
wedding trip. The Rhode Island dele
gation Is headed by Lieutenant Gover
nor Wat rous. There were four governors-elect
in the gathering Bert M
Fernald of Maine, Henry II. Quinby of
New Hampshire. George 11. 1'routy of
Vermont and Georgo L. l.illey of Con
necticut. A apirltod debate followed the read
ing of the two papers.
CARNEGIE ASKED
TO TESTIFY.
House Committee Invites Him
to Tell About Steel Schedule.
Washington, Nov. 21. As a result
of the declaration of Andrew Carnegie
in an article In the forthcoming num
ber of the Century magazine that the
tariff schedules on Iron and steel
should be reduced, the ways and
means committee of the house, through
its chairman, Serrnn E. Payne, form
ally invited Mr. Cnrnegle to appear
before It this week to tell what he
knows about the steel Industry and
the possibility of the reduction of the
tariff on iron and st.el products.
The commission desires him to ap
pear Wednesday, when I he Iron and
steel schedule will be taken up In the
hearing now being held by I he com
mlttee looking toward a revision of
the tariff. Tim hearings on the Iron
and steel rates will continue until Frl
day, nnd If Mr. Carnegie finds It im
possible to appear Wednesday the
committee is anxious to hear him on
Thursday or Friday.
The members of tho committee were
a unit In refusing to discuss Mr. Car
negie's article, although all of them ad
mitted having rend It.
Many Killed by a Tornado.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 24. A din
patch from Russellvllle, Ark., says that
between 12 and 20 persons were killed
and about 30 other persons injured In
a tornado which swept through the
settlement of I'lney. Dispatches alsn
report that the towns of Wallerville
and Jethro, In Franklin county, weri
almost demolished nnd that several
persons were killed In each place.
maIITeport.
New York Provision Market
y New York, Nov. 23.
WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.12 f. o. b.
afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, $ 1. 13.
CORN No. 2 corn, new, 72c f.
o. b. allout; 71 e elevator.
OATS Mixed oats. 20 to 32 lbs.,
63fflf4c; clipped white, 32 to 40 lbs.,
65ffGlc.
I'ORK Mess, $lt.00f 17.75; family,
18.0()(fr 19.00.
HAY Good to choice, 7.')ff('80o.
EGGS- State nnd Pennsylvania, 48
50c.
BUTTER Creamery specials, 31
31c; extra,. IWn 'ii)(.c; prucMs, Will
21V4c; slate dairy, 20fj2!c. ;
POTATOES Maine, per 180 lbs..
J2.37(fi2.2; state, S2.2.r2.r0.
Buffalo Provision Marktt
Buffalo, Nov. 23.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads,
$1.011 ; No. 2 red, $1.07.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 7-y4c f. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 67,4e.
OATS No. 2 while, f:! fr 54 c f.
o. b. afloat ; No. 3 white, &2fj53c.
I' LOUR Fancy blended patent,
per bbl., d.00ra6.1u; winter tumil).
patent. . 40W6.1B.
BUTTER Creamery, prims, fancy,
31 'ft 32c; state and Pennsylvania
creamery, !!0c; dairy, choice to fancy,
28 ft 29c.
CHEESE Choice to fancy, full
cream, 14c; fair to good, 124fl3c.
EGGS Selected white, 40'45c.
POTATOES White, fancy, per bu
80c; fair to good, 76fi78c.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.
Monday, Nov. 23.
The few odds and ends of cattle,
hogs and sheep that were consigned
here, were all disposed of at last
week's closing prices, and most of the
stock was taken by the local packers.
No livestock of any kind will be re
ceived at the East Buffalo stock yards
until reop'-iied.
About r.0' men are kept busy clean
ing and disinfec ting the stock yards,
and with tne present favorable weath
er great progress Is being mad" and It
is believed the yards will be In such
condition that they will be open again
lor business In a week.
Couldn't Stick Him Again.
A bishop, nccoslcd ill Fifth avenue,
New York, by a neat but hungry stran
ger, took the needy one to n hotel and
shared a gorgeous dinner with him,
yet, having left his episcopal wallet lu
the pocket of a different episcopal Jack
et, suddenly fneed the embarrassment
of not possessing the wherewithal to
pony up. "Never mind," exclaimed his
guest; "I have enjoyed dining with you,
nnd 1 shall lie charmed to shoulder tho
cost. Permit me." Whereupon ths
stranger paid for two. This worried
the prelate, who Insisted, "Just let me
cnll a cub nnd we'll rim up to my hotel,
where I shall have the pleasure of re
imbursing you." But the stranger met
the suggestion with, "See here, old
man, you've stuck mo for n bully good
dinner, but hanged If I'm going to let
you stick me for car fare!"
True Business Instinct.
Ed was n mighty bright uegro be
longing to u family In Columbia, Tenu.
lie hud been n faithful servant for
uiiiny years, mid by saving nnd care
fully investing Ills wages be had be
lled the usuul thrlftlessness attributed
with more or less Justice to the ma
jority of his race.
His master was an attorney, and
one morning before he had arisen the
lawyer was called upon by Ed, who
said:
"Say, boss. Ah wants yo' ter draw
lie up a uiawkgidge."
"A mortgage;" asked bis master.
"What do you want u mortgage for?"
"Well. All's done lent Unc' Llshu five
dol In lis, tin' All wants a uiawkgidge on
his cow an' on IT."
"For how long have you lout the
money?"
"IV one mon f."
"One inoiilli! Why, the Interest on
that amount for that time wouldn't
pay for the paper n mortgage Is writ
ten on."
"Boss," said Ed, scratching his head,
"Ah ain't oiirln' nutlln' fo' dnt Intrust.
Ah Jes' wants dat iilggah's cow an'
cnlT."-Jiiilge.
No Place For Him Here.
"Your honor." said a prosecuting at
torney In a bm-Uwoods court, "the
prisoner at the bar Is charged with
killing one of the most exemplary citi
zens of this county. Thomas Jones,
your honor, was In every respect a
model man. lie was a member of the
church: he was never known to bet oil
horses, play poker, drink whisky or
use tobacco, lie"
"Hold on n minute," said the Judge.
"You say he never bet on a horse?"
"That's what I said, your honor."
"Never was known to play n game?"
"Never, your honor."
"And he never drank whisky?"
"Never drank a drop in his life."
"And he didn't chew tobacco?"
"Never took a chow In bis life."
"Well, then," said the Judge, "I don't
see w-hnt be wanted to live for. There
wasn't anything in life for him, and I
don't see why be nln't nbout ns well
off dead as alive. Release the prisoner,
Mr. Sheriff, and call the next case."
Nashville American.
A Too Busy Life.
Tiie messenger from Mars surveyed
the iiiii 1 1 it in lt which had gathered to
meet hliu wllli undisguised Interest.
Nor did he bcsllate to propound such
Inquiries ns his curiosity prompted.
"Where do you all live?" he nsked,
speaking generally.
"I live lu the future," said a young
man good buinoredly.
"And 1 In the past," said an old
man.
"How odd! And does none of you
live In the present?"
There was nu awkward siletice.
"Pnrdoti me," said the Martian luistl- (
ly; "perhaps I press my questions too
closely."
At this a voice from the outskirts of
the crowd spoke up. saying, "We have
not yet learned to live In the preseut
without Interruption of business, don't
yon know." Puck.
Natural Toothbrushes.
Natives of Soiualllanil havo the whit
est and best teeth of any people In the
world, and the reason Is not far to
Foek. AVbenever they are Idle they
may be found rubbing their teeth with
sums' pieces of wood little twigs which
aiv covered with a Noft bark and which
ravels out Into bristles. This practice
prevent- the teeth decaying nnd of
course keeps lliein lu excellent condi
tion. Just as one might pick a wild
flower in the country so the Somali
native picks his toothbrush. They are
never without their Niuall twigs. Tooth
brushes ns we know them are un
known In Somaliliind. Their own
methods nre undoubtedly tho benlthl
est mid certainly the cheaK'st, nnd it
Is a mutter for wonder that we do not
take n leaf out of their hook In this respect.-
I Hindoo Advertiser.
A Man's Neckti.
F.ver slin-e a regiment of Croatian
soldiers inarched Into Paris throe cen
turies ago wllli llielr nocks swathed
In silk, and Louis XIV.. delighted at
their appearance, decided to mlopt the
fashion himself, the cravat lu Its vari
ous changing forms has played uu im
portant part lu the attire of men. And
so reliable is It supposed to 1 as uu
Index to Its wearer's personal charac
teristics that BiilToii, the French sa
vant, wils once led to remark, "The cru
vnt makes the man."
According to Hoyle.
I!ev. Joseph Gravely (giving his
views of the evils of card playing dur
ing n pastoral calli- As I whs saying,
I oil) In doll lt - Parrot (Interrupting
eagerly) When jou are lu doubt play
trumps!
And no niemlicr of that family has
Ihumi able to account for the parrot's
Utterance to I ho satisfaction of the
p.iKtor. - Loudou l'uuch.