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VOL. XLI. NO. 42.
TIONETSA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1909.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. T. Carson.
Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Cfmneujisen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. T. Anderson, Wm. Buiearbaugh, E.
VV. Bowman, J. W. Jamleeon, W. J.
Campbell.
Constable Archie Clark,
OoUeetor W. U. Hood.
School Directors J. 0. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jaininnon, J. J. Landers, J.
R, Clark, W. O. Wymsu.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress H . P. Wheeler. '
Member of Senate J. K. P, Hall,
Assembly K. R. Mecbiing.
President Judge Win. E. Rice.
Associate Judges IT. X. Kreitler, P.
C. Hill.
Prolhonotay ,Regiettr & Recorder, da.
-J. C. Uelst.
HherilT 8. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Geo. W. Unlnman.
Commissioners -W m H. Harrison, J.
M. Zunmlel, II. II. McClellan.
District KUornrntA. C. Brown.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Kibble,
Lewis Wanner.
Coroner Dr. C Y. Detar.
County Auditors (Jnorge H. Warden,
A. C. UretiK and J. P. Kelly.
Count; Purveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent I), W. Morri
son. '
Itvcular Terau mt Raurl.
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 Tuesdays of month.
Church and Mabbath Hohaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. ; M. E. Sabbath Sohool at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.O. Calhoun.
Preachiug in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
E. L. Monroe, Pastor. .
Preaching in the Presbyterian cburcb
everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. H. A. Hailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W, 0. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
m nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi N EST A LOIMJE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 M ets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
O. A. R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday
evening in each month.
rAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
v 137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
RITCHEY CARRIVGKR.
ATTORN KY S-AT-LAW,
Tionenta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offloeln Arner Building, Cor. Elm
V-v. and Bridge 8t., Ti"iiesta, Pa.
L?RANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8
JL Rooms over Citizen Nat. Bank,
D
R. F. J. BOVARD,
. Physician surgeon,
TIONEHTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN"
PHYSICIAH AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGItT. Office In Dunn A
Fulton drug store. Honesta, Pa. Profess
ional calls promptly responded to at all
hours of day or oigbu Residence Elm
St., three 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 ai: the mod
ern improvements. Heated Biid lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The oomlorts ol
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
,V GEROW A GEROW Proprietor,
.tlonseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
be spared lb 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 Elm street. Is prepared to do all
. 1. . ,l.a rinaot tt
Klnus oi cuHiom worn uuu n
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
.Ins uni-luill yu tiuiuntinn. Promnt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grettenberger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
i ,mi u,n tm1m (lux or Water Fit-
tings and General Blacksmithiug prompt
ly uoue at IjOW uauwo. .
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop In rear of and Just west of the
Shaw House, Tiuiouie, ra.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENNv-
dUGUSr MQ8CR
) OFTIOIAK
Office i 4 7W National Bank Building,
OIL CITY, PA.
examined fi-ee.
f ExoluBlvely optical.
Wm RELIEF
Different Regions on Coast As-
signed to Various Warships.
King In Charge at Messina Wired
Premier to Send Ships and Men and
- Plenty of Quicklime Slight Shocks
Complete Ruin of Crumbling Build
ings Llpari Islands, Which Were
Reported to Have Disappeared, Suf
fered Little.
Considerable advance In relief work
has been1 made at Messina, where, ac
cording to official reports received at
Rome, the supply service is beginning
to work satisfactorily. The different
regions on tue coast have been alloted
to various warships and .other ships
as centers from which torpedo boats
and launches convey and distribute ra
tions and water to the different yll
lages. The minister of Justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Giollitti that
large bodies of troops have arrived
and are now occupying all parts of the
town. The appalling extent of the dis
aster renders anything like a system
atic search of the ruins Impossible,
but persons are being dragged out all
day long and are quickly transported
to the relief fillips as soon as their
wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt In the
earthquake zone Friday, completing
the ruin of the crumbling buildings.
Those shocks are contributing to the
keeping up of the alarm of the popula
tion. One quite severe shock was felt
at 3 o'clock In the morning and an
other at 9. Fires are still burning,
although much rain has fallen.
The latest Investigations on both
sides of the strait make it certain that
many more than half the population of
the coast towns and villages have been
killed. Professor Rlcco, director of
the observatory at Mount Etna, esti
mates that the victims of the earth
quake exceed 200,000.
Hundreds of dangerous criminals
have been arrested by the troops and
are under close guard.
Great relief was felt at Rome when
announcement was made that the Llp
ari Islands, ( which were reported to
havo disappeared with their popula
tion of 28,000, suffered little or no
damage from the earthquake.
As an Instance of his quick grasp of
the situation, King Victor Emmanuel
soon after his arrival at Messina, wired
to Premier Giolitti: "Send ships and
men: above all, send ships loaded with
quicklime."
So far ns has been possible quick
lime has been used on the dead; many
bodies have been burned and others
buried. In the relief work the officers
and men of the foreign warships have
been untiring, and their course is be
yond words. The crew of the British
cruiser Drake gave up everything pos
sible for the benefit of the refugees,
and practically forgot rest and sleep
for more than thirty-six hours In their
devotion to duty.
REFUGEES FROM MESSINA
One of Them Tells How He Escaped
From Falling House.
One of the refugees at Naples, a
man employed with a German cotton
Arm In the lost city, said:
"Messina is utterly destroyed. Noth
ing remained when I left but a pact
of the citadel. A few soldiers alone
aro survivors of the garrison. I was
asleep when the first shock awoke me.
I lit my lamp, but all was quiet and I
turned to sleep again. Suddenly fresh
shocks occurred, violent and teirify
lng. I arose quickly, but the house
was swaying ind my door was
Jammed. I toie the sheets from the
bed and made a rope and lowered my
self from the window to the street.
An Italian family of five persons es
caped from the house by the aid of
niy rope. ;
"No sooner were we In the street
than the house collapsed. I tried to
assist in the work of rescue, but It
was useless. The horror and confus
ion were Indescribable. All day I
wandered in the wrecked streets. No
food could be secured; I had only a
few nuts to eat. The head of my firm
was lost and his brother . ad to go
through the streets begging for bread
for his wife and children. There was
no organization in the work of rescue.
"The prison was destroyed and the
warders killed, but most of the con
victs escaped. They prowled about
the ruins robbing and murdering.
They cut oft the Angers of the dead
B(i d wounded to get the rings.
- "A Russian vessel lying in the har
bor was thrown Into the Btreet by the
tidal wave. Other vessels foundered.
Railway linos were swallowed up.
The square known as the Campo San
to collapsed and sank. Only the sum
mits of a few ruined buildings still
emerge from the wreck. What re
mained of the population when I left
was camping near the harbor."
Burton to Be Senator.
Theodore Burton, representative in
congress from one of the Cleveland
districts for fifteen years, was nomin
ated to succeed Joseph B. Foraker of
Cincinnati in the United States sen
ate. The nomination was conferred on
him by the Republican Joint legisla
tive caucus, and the election will fol
low on Ian. 12.
There ha;! been no opposition to Mr.
Button's nomination Bince last Thurs
day, when Charles P. Taft, Senator
Foraker and other rivals for the honor,
withdrew from the contest.
CENTER OF CATACLYSM
From MesBina Disaster Spread 100
Miles North, South, East and West.
Naples, vibrant with the memory ol
Vesuvius, is prostrated by the misery
and woe from Messina confided to her
care. The hospitals, hotels and homes
are crowded with refugees, and the
people are vlelng with one another in
aiding the stricken.
Those who have expert knowledge
on the subjoc' agree that the center
of the cataclysm wa: the strait of Mes
sina, which also Is the center of the
volcanic zone, the highest peak ol
which, Mount Etna, Is now silent.
From this base the telluric disturbance
extended, abating little by little, north
erly as far as Cape Vatlcano and
southerly as far as the bay of Catania,
ravaging the western region of Cal
abria and the eastern coast of Sicily
for a distance of nearly 100 miles.
It Is Impossible accurately to ascer
tain the extent of the movement east
and west In the Inland regions, but It
Is certain that the benuty of one of
the most charming sections of South
ern Italy has been Irrevocably spoiled.
Vliieyards are no more; waving rows
of lemon, orange and olive trees have
been torn up and the enchanting coast
line with its soft and fragrant foliage
has been converted into a desert.
TRINITY CORPORATION
Its Realty Reported at $13,646,300; Ex
penses Last Year Exceeded Income.
The corporation of Trinity church
In New York city for the first time in
its history, made public a statement of
Its assets and liabilities. The recent
criticism of the decision to close his
toric St. John's chapel and consolidate
It with St. Luke's probably. Is regarded
as prompting the statement at this
time.
In the public mind the property of
the corporation had been valued at be
tween $40,000,000 and $50,000,000, but
In the statement the value of the real
ty Is set down at $13,646,300, and the
bonds and mortgages on churches on
which no interest ti collected is In
round numbers $370,000.
Trinity's total Income for the last
fiscal year was approximately $780,000,
while the expenditures amounted to
over $791,000, leavlnk a deficit for the
year of $11,000.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
British Postmasters Begin Payments
to Persons Over 70 Years of Age.
Postmasters throughout the United
Kingdom commenced with the- first of
the year the payment of old age
pensions under the act of the last ses
sion of parliament to persons over 70
years of age. Seven hundred thous
and applications have been . received,
of which '200,000 were disallowed,
chiefly because the applicants have
been in receipt of poor relief.
It is estimated that the old age pen
slons will cost the country $35,000,000
annually. The highest pension is
five shillings weekly, which will be
paid to applicants having an Income
below $105 a year. If their Income
exceeds $105 but is less than $155
smaller amounts will be paid.
AERIAL NAVIGATION COMPANY
Lewis Nixon and Thurlow W. Barnes
Interested In Project
Announcement has been made in
New York of the proposed organization
of the Aerial Navigation company of
America, with principal office in New
York city and a capital of $50,000,000.
Thurlow Weed Barnes, known In
connection with large Chinese railway
operations, is to be president of the
new company, and Lewis Nixon, the
wellknown.ship builder. Is to serve as
chief engineer and superintendent of
construction. Other men of promi
nence, it Is stated, are interested In
the company.
The company jroposes to build air
ships 700 feet or more in length with
a diameter of about 80 feet with ac
commodations for at least 100 people.
Death of William L. Mathuea.
William L. Mathues, former state
treasurer of Pennsylvania, died sud
denly at his home at Media, Pa., on
Thursday, aged 46 years. Tha cause
of death was given by his physician as
pneumonia, but It is generally believed
that this Illness was superinduced by
the Harrlsburg dapltol graft cases and
his recent sentence of two years in the
penitentiary for his part in the alleged
conspiracy against the state.
Dorando Unable to Stand Strain.
Tom Umghoat, the Canadian Indian,
Saturday night at Buffalo for the
second time took the measure of
Dorando Pietri, the Italian, who al
most won the great Marathon at the
London Olympiad. Dorando, as In his
race with Longboat In New York, fail
ed to go the distance. Time and again
he sprinted in an effort to get away
from the Indian, but without success,
and left the track after the 18th mile.
Stonemason Owns $600 Violin.
James McDaniel, a stonemason of
Akron, Pa., finds that he Is the own
er of a Cremona violin and has re
fused $600 for it. He got It from his
father, a country fiddler, who bought
it for a load of fodder. McDaniel had.
the violin in his attic when a friend
discovered ltn worth.
Two-Cent Postage to Germany.
A long ctep toward bringing the
United States and Germany Into closer
relations was taken on New Year's
when the two-cent postage rate be
tween the United States and Germany
became opeiatlvs.
RUINS 0FJMM
Being Overhauled by Force of
Sixty American Soldiers.
Search For Remain of Consul Chena
and Wife American Flag Made Its
First Appearance In Harbor of Me
ina Still Living People Under the
Ruins Crewa of the Russian Squad
ron Labor Without Rett Several
of Them Have Been Killed.
Messina, Jan. 5. Major J. F. Reyn
olds Landis, the American military at
tache at Rome, who was sent here
with Vice Consul Cutting and the in
terpreter of the enibub;, Wlnthrop
Chandler, has already a force of sixty
soldiers at work on the ruins of the
American consulate, under which are
the bodieB of Cousul Arthur S. Cheney
and his wife. v ,
; Messrs. Cuttlng'and Chandler and
Vice Consul Lupton are aiding Major
Landis, and although the work is dan
gerous and heavy, good progress has
been made. A new consulate has been
established In the house of an English
man, which suffered little damage.
The American flag made Its first ap
pearance In the harbor with the arrival
of the converted yacht Scorpion, un
der commmand of Lieutenant Com
mander George V. Logan. The serv
ices of the Scorpion were at once
placed at the disposal of General Maz
za, who is In command here, but the
latter not having any pressing need,
the Scorpion proceeded to Naples,
where she will coal and return here
tomorrow.
There are still living people, under
the ruins of Messina. A few were tak
en out today, but they cannot survive.
The Duke of Genoa has arrived and Is
now taking a prominent part in the
relief work. The crews of the Rua
Bion squadron are arousing Increased
admiration- They have labored with
out rest and not a few of the sailors
have been killed or injured in the per
formance of heroic services.
DIGGING IN THE RUINS
Russian Sailors Hesitate at No Danger;
Stories of Survivors.
Messina, Jan. 5. Praises of the Rus
sians are on every Hp. They hesitat
ed before no danger, digging under
tottering walls or entering the un
safest shells when asked to do so by
some frandc woman who had not lost
all hope that husband or child was
still alive.
The correspondent made two tours
about the wrecked city through streets
piled twenty or thirty feet high with
debris. It was a wilderness of ruin,
a mile wide and two miles long. Beau
tiful churches, splendid villas In the
foothills, hospitals, barracks and the
university, all shared the common lot.
Two-thirds of the magnificent Norman
cathedral, the pride of Messina, Is In
ruins, and little or nothing remains of
the relics of Phoenician, Greek, Roman
and Saracen architecture which mark
ed the stuges of Messina's twenty-six
centuries of tragic and tumultuous
history.
Hore and there the correspondent
encountered salvage parties digging
at the instance of some distracted
wife or mother who Imagined she
heard a voice but usually there was no
echo to the pathetic calling. One
party was trying to dig out a girl
whose crying could be heard plainly,
but as the correspondent watched
there was a sudden cave-In and there
after silence.
In many places bloated and decom
posing arms and legs protruded from
heaps of masonry and plaster.
Although the air in Messina is
heavy with the stench of putrifylng
bodies, several groups of Sicilians sit
camped out in tho cleared Bpaces of
the city and obstinately refuse the in
vitation of the authorities to move
away The survivors of the disaster
are so tired and worn out that, they
are quite Incapable of describing their
experiences lucidly, but the accounts
of all agr.se that the devastation was
accomplished lu less than one minute.
The strata below the strait slipped
along the line of a fort; then a tidal
wave rushed In and out and all was
over.
All those capable of analyzing their
sensations say that when the shock
came they felt an upward thrust of
the earth. This was followed by an
oscillatory motion, and the crust of
the earth vibrated. Few of the sur
vivors are able to explain how they
escaped. They know only that amid
falling plaster and masonry they man
aged to Jump safely from windows or
stumble down crumbling stairways.
The correspondent visited the site
of the American consulate. The build
ing had collapsed utterly. There Is
hope, however, that the bodies and the
archives may be recovered. Joseph
H. Pelrce. the former American vice
consul here, and several members of
his family, are also among the dead.
The only other Americans known to
have been killed are a man named
Jusart, or Robert, and his wife, who
were naturalized citizens, and one Jo
seph Giuseppa, a veteran of the civil
war.
Vigilantes Battle With Cattle Thieves.
San Diego, C'al., Jan. 5. Advices
Just received from Mesa Grande, forty
miles from here, tell of a pitched bat
tle thirty miles from there between a
gang of cattle rustlers and members
of a vigilance committee. Two Mexi
cans, an Indian and a white man, all
members of the band, were shot and
killed and one-vigilante was seriously
wour.d'd.
HARRIMAN CASE REOPENED
Government Continues Dissolution Suit
Against Union Pacific Today.
New York, Jan. 5. Hearings of the
goversment's dissolution suit against
the Union Pacific railroad were re
opened In this city today before Ex
aminer Sylvester G. Williams.
One of the points which the govern
ment is using in the suit against the
railroad Is the arrangement whereby
the Southern Pacific became a half
owner of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Santa Fe and a traffic agreement
was made whereby each side agreed
not to change its rates without the
consent of the other for ninety-nine
years.
The Issuance of stock and bonds In
1901 to finance the purchases of North
ern Pacific stock, the subsequent nego
tiations and the Chicago and Alton
deal also figure In the suit.
PRESIDENT ANSWERS
HOUSE RESOLUTION
Sends Special Message on Use
of Secret Service Men.
Washington, Jan. 5. Replying to the
resolution of the house of representa
tives asking the president to explain
the references to the secret service in
his recent annual message, Mr. Roose
velt sent a special communication to
the house. .
He declares that the representatives
are wholly unjustified In assuming that
the language of the message, which
commented on the prohibition placed
by congress on the use of secret serv
ice men In cases other than those of
counterfeiting ("and one or two other
matters which can be disregarded"), Is
Intended to cast a slur upon them.
The language which the representa
tives wanted explained is as follows:
"The amendment In question oper
ates only to the advantage of the crim
inal, of the wrongdoer. The chief argu
ment In favor of the provision was that
the congressmen did not themselves
wish to be Investigated by secret serv
ice men. A special exception could
be made In the law prohibiting the
use of the secret service force In In
vestigating members of the congress.
It would br far better to do this than
to do what actually was done and
strive to prevent or at least to hamper
effective action against criminals by
the executive branch of the govern
ment."
The special message declares that,
notwithstanding the umbrage taken by
congress at this wording, "a careful
reading of this message will show that
I said nothing to warrant the state
ment that 'the majority of the con
gressmen were in fear of being investi
gated by the secret service men' or
'that congress as a whole was actuated
by that motive.' I did not make any
such statement in this message. More
over, I have never made any such
statement about congress as a whole
nor, with a few inevitable exceptions
about the members of congress in any
message or article or speech. On the
contrary, I have always not only dep
recated, but vigorously reBented, the
practice of indiscriminate attack upon
congress and Indiscriminate condem
nation of all congressmen, wise and un
wise, fit and unfit, good and bad alike."
Mr. Roosevelt declares the evidence
that members of congress did not wish
themselves Investigated by secret serv
Ice men Is found In the debates record
ed In the Congressional Record. He
denounces as wholly unfounded a
newspaper story to the effect that he
wishes to make Chief Wilkle of the
secrnt service a second Fouche, model
ed after the notorious chief of police
of Napoleon.
The real Issue, Bays Mr. Roosevelt,
Is, "Does congress desire that the gov
ernment shall have at Its disposal the
most efficient Instrument for the detec
tion of criminals and the prevention
and punishment of crime, or does it
not?"
He cites cases In which the secret
service has Becured evidence enough to
convict offenders against the federal
laws.
A letter from the president to Speak
er Cannon protesting against the cut
ting down of the appropriation for the
secret service, two letters from Secre
tary Cortelyou on the Bame subject
and the newspaper article already
mentioned are appended to the mes
sage. Penrose Senator For Third Term.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 5. Boise Pen
rose was nominated by an overwhelm
ing majority for a third term In the
United States senate at a Joint caucus
of the Republican members of the leg
islature last night. The Republicans
are In a majority In both branches,
which assures his election on Jan. 19.
Penrose polled 177 oft he 212 Republi
can votes in both houses. State Treas
urer John O. Sheatz, the choice of the
antl-organlzation Republicans, polled
23 votes.
The Diving Bell.
The celebrated philosopher Aristotle
speaks of a diving bell which was pul
ovtr the head of the diver, but there
Is no proof of the use of the bell lu
ancient times. John Jaesnler, whe
lived In the early part of the sixteenth
century, makes the earliest tnentlor
of the practical use of the diving bell
In Kurnpc. In nil probability tlio first
real practical use of the diving bell
wns In the attempt ut resculug the
treasures of ,tho Spanish urinaria oil
the English coact. 1500 and. on.
SHORTER NEWS ITEMS
iniic
Pithy ParagraphsThatChronicle
the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts
of the World Shorn of Their Paddinq
and Only Facts Given In as Few
Words a Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
Four world's champions and a na
tional title holder were suspended In
definitely by the Amateur Athletic
Union,
President Roosevelt's board of ex
perts Issued an order permitting the
use of bonzoate of soda for a preserva
tive, ignoring Dr. Wiley.
The alleged foot and mouth disease
among children in the town of Clark-
son, Monroe county, Is Increasing,
there now being twenty cases.
Professor George Hem pi, In discuss
ing his reputed discovery of a key
to Etruscan inscriptions, says read
ings he has already made throw much
light on the early history of Italy.
Thursday.
Paris street traffic is parnlyzed by
the worst blizzard since 1870, says a
dispatch from the French capital.
Later dispatches Indicate that the
earthquake catastrophe In Sicily and
Southern Italy may have caused a loss
In the neighborhood of 20O.0H0 lives.
In an Interview in Berlin Senor Cas
tro, deposed , president, declares
that if Indicte.1 iie will voluntarily re
turn to Venezuela to defend his hon
or. M. Bunau-Varilla In a letter declares
that experimental scientific melhcd,
not authority or preconceived opinion,
should be the guiding principle in
building the Panama canal.
Twenty men were ulain and fifty
wounded in a battlb between I he ad
herents of General Castro and Presi
dent Gomez, the former's forces re
llqulshlng their resistance after tem
porary victory.
Friday. . .
Pennsylvania won first prize In the
Intercollegiate ches tournament.
Financial methods lu the city of Al
bany were scored by State Controller
Glynn In a report in which he charged
evasion of law and laxness.
By a decision of the court In Paris,
the children til' Count Bonl de Castel
lane will remain in care of their moth
er, now Princess Helle de Sagan.
Preparations are being made for the
Khedive to welcome the men and offi
cers of the American fleet when the
battleships reach Port Said on Jan. 3.
A. J. Drexel Biddle, a Philadelphia
society man, It was announced, began
training for a boxing match with a
Boston amateur for the Intercity cham
pionship. Reports made by proprietors and
managers indicate that more than
$500,000 was spent Thursday night In
New Year's eve celebrations in New
York city.
Saturday.
Representative Theodore E. Burton
was left alone in the Ohio senatorial
fight, all of his opponents withdrawing.
Washington dispatches denied that
Mr. Tang Shao Vi had made any effort
to negotiate a Chinese-American alli
ance. Alarmed by the Increasing Invasion
of Chinese in the northern and west
ern parts of Australia, the parliament
had passed a stringent stowaway law.
Presldeiit Gomez gave a cordial re
cept'on to the ollicials of the American
gunboat Dolphin and praised the gov
ernment, says a dispatch from Car
acas. Belgium, says a I'ekin dispatch, has
surrendered the l'ekln-liankow ral1
way into tho hands of China, tho re
demption price, $30,000,000 having
been paid.
Monday.
In Alabama, Mississippi and North
Carolina the dry laws go Into effect
and the li'iuor men prepare to appeal
to the courts.
Superintendent Emerson of Buffalo
Is going to try the experiment of es
tablishing special schools or centers
for the instruction of defective chil
dren. The noted Russian priest, Father
John of Cronstadt, Is dead. Ilo had
for some time been suffering from
chronic dropsy and Intestinal com
plaints. The defendant In the trial at Media,
Pa., where Mrs. Hrb and her sister aro
charged with tho murder of Captain
Krb, told a pitiful story of long abuse
on the stand.
A shock at Messinu caused a panic
In an improvised hospital. Queen Hel
ena was caught in the crush of the
excited patients and received slight
contusions on tho chest.
Tuesday.
The American sunnlv shin Culsoa
and the scout cruiser Yankton arrived
at Port Said alter a smooth trip
through the canal from Suez.
Advices from Washington indicate
that the mission to the United States,
beaded by Tang Shao Yl. may fail be
cause of the downfall of Yuan Shi Kal.
The petition of the government for
a review of tho $:ii.0i0,000 line of tho
Standard Oil company was denied by
Iho U. S. supremo court. The effect
Vllbd to leave standing the decision
of the court of appeals, which was ad
verse, to the government and favora
ble to the company.
BOUNTEOUS PROVISION
By Unanimous Vote Congress Gives
$800,000 For Italian Relief.
Washington, Jan. 5. Bountiful pro
vision for the earthquake sufferers of
Italy was made by the congress by
unanimous vote. In the house there
was vigorous handclapplng as the bill
carrying the appropriation was sent on
its way. The munificent sum of $800,000
was granted almost immediately after
the reception in both houses of a mes
sage from the president calling atten
tion to the calamity and the pressing
need for aid for the stricken people of
a sister nation.
President Roosevelt signed the bill
today making it effective.
No aid so generous was ever ex
tended to a stricken people by this
government before. The legislators,
anticipating the president's message
and filled with a sympathetic desire
to lend their votes to any proposition
which wolud bring relief, were early In
their seat? and prepared to take Im
mediate action. The American Na
tional Red Cross has collected over
$330,000.
BEGAN AS A WOOD CUTTER
William C. Brown Succeeds William
H. Newman as N. Y. C. President.
New York, Jan. 5. At the meeting to
day of the directors of the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad the
senior vice president of the road, Will
iam C. Brown, was elected president
to succeed William H. Newman, who
resigned Dec. 22. President Brown
was born In Herkimer county, N. Y.,
June 29, 1853, and has been engaged
in railroading since 1869. He began
as a woodcutter on an Iowa railroad
and has worked his way up on several
systems. In 1901 he left the position
of general manager of the Chicago,
Burlington and Qulncy to become first
vice president and general manager
of the Lake Shore, one of the Central
lines.
Last Daughter of the Revolution.
Ithaca, Jan. 5. Mrs. Harriet Estes,
who is snld to havo been the only sur
viving daughter of the Revolution,
died here yesterday, aged 87 years.
Mrs. Ksten was born in Elbrldge, On
ondaga county, the daughter of James
Dunham of the Fifth Connecticut reg
iment, which was commanded by Col
onel Isaac Sherman. Her husband In
the civil war was a member of the
Third New York artillery.
Habeas Corpus For Thaw.
White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 5. Coun
sel for Mrs. William Thaw, Harry
Thaw's mother, obtained from Su
preme Court Justice Tompkins a writ
of habeas corpus compelling the Mat
teawnn asylum authorities to produce
Harry Thaw before that Justice at
Nyack next Saturday. Mrs. Thaw's
contention Is that Thaw Is not a crim
inal, l iving been acquitted by a Jury,
and that ho is now sane.
Increase of $80,000,000 In Indebtedness
Philadelphia, Jan. 5. The board of
directors of the Pennsylvania took the
necessary action for an increase of
$80,000,000 in Its indebtedness In or
der to provide for Its $110,000,000 of
short notes which mature next year
and for other corporate needs. The
authority to make the Increase will
be asked of the stockholders at the
annual meeting in March.
MARKET REPORT
New York Provision Market. ,
New York, Jan. 4.
WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.10 f. o. b.
afloat; No. I northern Duluth. $1.19.
CornNo. 2 corn, new, 6ti'c f. O.
b. alloat; 6riie elevator.
OATS Mixed oats, 2 to 32 lbs.,
B4'ir54V4c; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs.,
6tiy.fi K-'c.
PORK Mess, $16.50(8)17.00; family,
$18.00(ii 1S.50.
HAY (iood to choice, 8085c.
HUTTEIt Creamery specials,
33'!(C; extra 32V4r' 3ac; process, 18
25c; state dairy, 2Uq : 30c.
CHEESE State, full cream, fancy,
14 ,(.''! l.Hjc.
KfiGS State and Pennsylvania, 39
40e.
POTATOES Maine, per ISO lbs.,
$2.B0c1i2.i2; state, $2.25 2.37.
Buffalo Provision Market
Buffalo, Jan. 4.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads,
$1.1374: No. 2 red, $1.08V4.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 63c f. o. b.
alloat; No. 3 yellow, 62c.
OATS No. 2 white, 52 )453ic f. o.
b. afloat; No. 3 white, 52452c.
KL.OCH Fancy blended patent,
per bb'... Jfi.25ig7.O0; winter family,
patent, $5.250.00.
BUTTER Creamery, prints, fancy,
34c; state and Pennsylvania cream
ery, 32c: dairy, choice to fancy, 28c.
CHEESE Choice to fancy, full
crani. 14c; fair to good. 12Vil3o.
EGOS Selected white, 38c.
POTATOES White fancy, per bu.,
78c; fair to good. 75W76c.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.
CATTLE Prime export steers. $8.75
W7.15; good to choice butcher steers,
Jj'ifi ti.'il; choice cows, $4.755.00;
choice heifers, $5.25 (it 5.75; common
to fair hellers, li.OO'ii 4.75; common to
fair hulls, $:'.7." (' 3. :'.': choice veals,
$!i.50ii !).:;; fair to good. $!t.00fi 9.25.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice
spring iambs. $7.55ij 7.60; choice
yearlings, $6.006.35; mixed sheep,
$4.40 fi I.T-V
HOGS --Light Yorkers, $5.901J6.10; t
medium and heavy hogs, $l!.206.25;
pigs, $5. "'tii 5.90.
Buffalo Hay Ma-ket.
Timothy. No. 1 on track, $13.00;
No 2 timothy. $12.00 12 50; whes
and oat straws, $S.ortgS.SU.