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VOL. XLI. NO. 46.
TIONETSA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909.
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BOROUGH OFFICER!.
hi
Burgexs. J. T. Carson.
Justice of the Pence O. A. Randall, D,
W.Clark.
Onunaimen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
i. it nooinBon, wm. Binnarbaugh, K.
W. Bowman. J. W. Jamitwnn. W. J.
Campbell.
OonMtable Archie Clark,
Collector W. U. Hood.
Svhoot Directors J. CSoowden. R. M.
Herman, Q Jaininann, J. J, Landers, J'.
R, Clark, W. O. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Conors N. P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
A tsemblyK. K. Mecbllng.
President Judge Wm. E Rice
Aiunetate Jwtges F. X. Kreitler, P.
C. Hill.
rrothonotay .Register A Recorder, .
,-J. C. Geint.
ilheriir-ti R Mawnll.
Treaxwer Geo. W. Hnleman.
Cnmvnioyerii -Wn H. Harrison, J.
M. ZuHndel, II. H. McClnllan.
Ihnlrxcl KUurnryA. C. Brown.
jury Covimusinners Ernest Sibble,
Lewia WHtiuer
Coroner-Ur. 0 Y. Detar.
Pgnntv Auditor - (leorne H. Warden,
A. C. Oreitii and J. P. Kelly.
Obunty Surveyor D. VV . Clark.
County Super mtendeM . W. Morri
son. Keaulnr Term of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptemlwr.
Third Monday.of November.
Regular Meeting ff County Commis
lonerslnt and 3d Tuesdays of month.
Church and Mabbnlh Hchool.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching -n M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Hahhatb eveMig at the usual hour. Rev.
E. L. Munroer pastor.
PrHUchlnu in the Presbyterian church
every Sublimit at 11:IM) a. in and 7:30 p.
Ill RevT H. A. Hh ley. Pastor.
Tlie regular meetings or the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and 'fourth Tuesdays of each
m' nth. ,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
rl N KMT A LODUE, No.8K9, 1.O.O. F.
tu ets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge huildiug.
CA PT. ii EORU K STOW POST. No. 274
Q. A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday
evening in each month.
.p.fi'T. hkorok stow corps, n.
V- 137, W. R. C, nieetH first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
RITCHEY A CARRIOER
A TTt'KN K Y 8- AT- LA W
Tionexta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN KY-AT- LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
OllSeolii Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge St TI"neHta Pa
FRANK S. HUVTKK, D. D. S
RoouiHOver Citizen Nat Bank.
UONESTA, PA.
DR. J. O. HUNN,
PHYSICIAN ANOSUROEON.
and DRUU'41-T. Office in Dunn A
Fultf'n drug store. 1'ionesia, Pa. Profess
ional calls promptly responded to at all
hours of day or nlghl. Residence Elm
St., three dor above the store.
D
R. F.J. BOVARD,
Physician Nurgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
D
R J. B. SIUGINS.
Physician and burgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a completechange,
and is now furnished with ai: the mod
ern Improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etu. The comfort ol
guests never neglected,
CENTRAL HOUSE,
U UEROW A OEROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
located hotel In the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
i -.. .1. a truvulltit nulilln. First
piltt;0 I'M HI1 muiiun
class Llverv in connection.
pHIL. BMKRT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R L Haslet's grocery ntore
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Hindi, of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion giveu to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grettenborger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General Ulacksmithing prompt
ly done at I.kw Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and Just west of the
Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
'FRED. URETTENBERGER
JAMES. HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
Pa. d uGusr M qqcr
OFTIOIAU.
Oftict ) A 7K National Rauk Building,
OIL CITY, PA.
Eyesjexamiaed free.
Exclusively optical,
SHQJfH HER BEDROOM
Cullet Crossed an Area and Went
Through Two Windows.
Mr. Tuckerman of Milton, N. Y., Accl
dentally Killed In Chicago Mayor
Busse's Brother Was Demonstrating
Use of a Revolver to a Housemaid
When It Was Discharged Mayor
Busse Present When She Died.
Georgq Busse, brother of Mayor
Fred A. Bussa of Chicago accidentally
shot and killed Mrs. L. C. Tuckerman,
12 years old, wife of a fruit dealer at
Wilton, N. Y. The bullet struck Mrs.
Tuckerman In the heart and she died
almost instantly.
The shooting occurred in the Walton
apartment building, 305 North Clark
street, where she was visiting her te
ther, Brigadier General A. C. Glrard,
retired, who occupies an apartment in
the building.
Shortly before 7 o'clock George
Busse, In his apartment across an
areaway from General Glrard's apart
ment was demonstrating the use of a
revolver to Miss Bertha Lambke, his
housemaid, so that she could employ
the weaixin in case burglars came.
The revolver was accidentally dis
charged, and the bullet went through
two windows, crossed the areaway in
to the Glrard apartment and pierced
Mrs. TucKermnn's heart.
Mrs. Tuckerman was In a bedroom
dressing. When struck by the bullet,
which crashed through an area win
dow at her Bide, she staggered into a
hallway. General Glrard nnd Mrs.
Tuckerman's five-year-old son Alfred
rushed from an adjoining sitting room
as the woman cried, "Oh, father, I've
been shot and I'm dying."
A minute afterward Mayor Busse
and his brother George entered the
Glrard apartments to see whether the
bullet had done any damape. They
were horrified to find that Mrs. Tuck
erman was dying of a bullet wound.
Mayor nuse's wife and mother tried
to assist the wounded woman, while
the mayor summoned a phy-iiclun. But
the woman died before the physician
arrived. No arrests were mtde.
According to the statements made
to the police, Georgo Busse was about
to leave for Cincinnati on a business
trip. He did not care to leave his
mother and the maid at homo alone
without some means of protection. He
therefore purchased a revolver and
was instructing the maid how to use
It, when the trigger was pulled ac
cidentally. CUBA AGAIN FREED
President Gomez and Vice President
Zayas Inaugurated.
With the administration of the oath
of office at noon on Wednesday to
Jose Miguel Gomez, the new presi
dent of the republic of Cuba, Amer
ican occupation of the island ceased
and the history of that country en
tered on a new era. In the afternoon
Charles E. Magoon, until then pro
visional governor of Cuba, embarked
for the United States, leaving the gov
ernment entirely in the hands of Presi
dent Gomez and his advisers. Most of
the 5,000 American soldiers who have
occupied the island since l'JOG have
been sent home, and the remainder
will leae by April 1.
The oath of ollice was administered
to President Gomez and Vice President
Zayas by Piesident Barreiro of the su
preme court of Cuba in the presence of
o great throng of Cubans, Americans
and other foreigners. The day was a
general holiday throughout Cuba, and
from all the six states men prominent
in the political, commercial and social
life of the island were gathered to at
tend the inauguration.
At the close of the ceremonies Presi
dent Gomez was congratulated by
the foreign envoys, who extended to
him the good wishes of their respective
governments for the welfare of his
country. A conspicuous figure was
Mgr. Aversa, representing the Vatican.
Many messages of congratulation were
received, notably from President Roos
evelt and William H. Taft. president
elect of the United Stales. He has
many friends among prominent Cu
bans. EDITOR HURT BY TRAIN
W. L. Woodson, of the American Press
Association, Injured at Yonkers.
Trying to board a train at the Glen-
wood station of the New York Cen
tral, near Yonkers, X. Y., Wlliam L.
Woodson, editor ' of The American
Press, fell and was injured by the mov-"
lng wheels. His right foot was ampu
tated at the station, and at St. John's
Riverside hospital, to which he was
taken, it was foind that an amputa
tion of the leg below the knee was
necessary. He waa badly hurt about
the head r,nd sustained other Injuries.
He displayed wonderful fortitude,
which the physicians say will mater
ially assist him in recovering from the
effects of his Injuries.
Mr. Woodson's paper, The American
Press, is issued from tho "main office
Of the American Press Association in
New York. He has been connected
with the association many years, com
ing to the main ollice from the At
lanta branch, of which he was man
ager. Mr. Woodson was formerly one
of the best known newspaper men of
the South. He is a native of Virginia,
Dut lived also in Georgia and other
Southern states.
LAWYER'S CONTINGENT FEE
Subjett of Debate by New York Bar
Association.
The 32nd annual meeting of th
State Bar association was held In Buf
falo last week. Adelbert Moot ol
Buffalo was elected president to suc
ceed Francis Lynde Stetson of New
York.
The acceptance by a lawyer of a
contingent fee, which has been the
subject of debate for years, was the
cause of a lengthy discussion. The
position finally taken by the associ
ation is defined in the code of ethics
of the American Bar association,
which was adopted in Its entirety by
the state organization.
The canon on contingent fees says
that where sanctioned by law they
shall be under the supervision of the
court "In order that c ients may be
protected from unjust charges."
Papers by Dr. R. B. Lamb, superin
tendent of Matteawan State hospital,
and State Commissioner of Lunacy
Sheldon T.Vlele created a profound im
pression and were referred to a com
mittee for further consideration. Stat
istics collected by Dr. Lamb show that
27 out of 34 patients released from
Matteawan on court orders had com
mitted criminal acts, 12 of that num
ber being charged with murder.
"It seems to me." said J)r. Lamb,
'that such a record as this should gain
some modification of the present law
whereby lunatics, and especially those
dmimittlng murder, should be dealt
with by a tribunal having individual
responsibility."
BOTH COMPANIES FILE SUITS
Court of Admiralty to Decide Blame
For Nantucket Collision.
Just what ship was responsible for
the Nantucket collision, in which the
White Star liner llepubllc was sunk
and the Italian liner Florida damaged,
and which company will pay the dam
ages, will be decided by the court of
admiralty.
Both companies have filed suits.
That of the owners of the Republic
claimed damages of $2,000,000 and re
cited, in concise legal form, tho story
of the marvellous sea disaster. The
blame for the collision was placed on
the Florida and the claim made that
the last named ship was going ahead
at an "immoderate rate of speed" when
the crash came.
The owners of tho Florida also filed
a libel suit and a petition for a limita
tion of liability against the Florida.
The petitioners asked that their liabil
ity, in case the suits are decided
against them, be placed at $224,000,
the damage value of the Florida.
The Florida owners allege that the
collision was due to the neglect of
the Republic's officers.
ALL HIS RELATIVES DEAD
Heartrending Story of an American
Visitor to Rsgglo.
Telling a heartrending story of his
experiences in the Calabrlan earth
quake, in which over twoscore of his
relatives perished, Antonio Strlto of
White Plains, N. Y., arrived at New
York on the stoamer Venezia from
Marseilles.
Strito was on a visit to his relatives
in Reggln nnd awoke from unconscious
ness after the shock to find himself
In a heap of ruins. After a search of
three days he found his 17-year-old
sister dead.
Not one of his relatives was left
alive, he said, and he had more than
40 of them in Reggio. Strlto himself
was practically uninjured. He is 24
years old nnd had come to this country
when a small boy.
Man's Leg Found In Whale's Stomach.
Excavation among the ruins at Mes
sina continues with the dally dis
covery of many bodies but all are un
recognizable. Slight earth shocks con
tinue. An enormous whale has been cap
tured at Catania and In its stomach
was found the leg of a man with a
shoe on the foot. The shoe indicated
that it had been worn by an Italian
sailor, who probably was a victim of
the great tidal wave following the
earthquake of Dec. 28.
War Correspondent Died of Old Age.
William Fayal, once a widely known
reporter and war correspondent, died
of old ace at the Memorial Home
In St. Louis. He was R5 years
old., Fayal was a chum of Henry M.
Stanley, who became famous by find
ing Livingstone In Africa. Fayal was
born In Otsego county, N. Y. His wife
waa Alicia Jackson of Lockport, N. Y.
New Jersey's Last Hanging.
The court of appeals having affirmed
the conviction of Frederick Lang of
Middlesex county, New Jersey will
witness its last hanging. Lng was
convicted a short time before the new
electrocution law went Into effect of
murdering his niece. Since his con
viction Lang has been confined In the
Middlesex county jail.
Bill to Punish Insane Murderers.
Making a person who, while In
sane, kills another guilty of murder
in the second degree Is provided In a
bill Introduced at Albany by Assem
blyman Cuvllller. The punishment Is
Imprisonment for life In a state hos
pital for the criminal Insane.
Switchman Awarded $30,000 Damages.
Haynes Ilackett of Chicago, a
switchman of the Chicago, Indlanap
olsi and Louisvile railroad, who lost
both legs by the sudden starting up of
train which he was switching, was
awarded $30,000 damages against the
road.
BRANDENBURG
Could Not Be Found When Trial
Was Called In Supreme Court.
Ball of $1,500 Furnished by a Bonding
Company Was Ordered Forfeited by
Justice Dowling Brandenburg's At
torney Said That He Had Received
No Word From His Client Since
Sunday Night and Was Ignorant of
His Whereabouts.
New York, Feu. 2. A warrant for
the arrest of Broughton Brandenburg,
the magazine writer whose sale to the
New York Tlme3 of an article alleged
to have been written by Grover Cleve
land resulted In ills Indictment on a
charge of grand larceny a few weeks
ago, was issued by Justice Dowling.
The case against Brandenburg on
the grand larceny charge was to have
come up before Justice Dowling in the
supreme court yesterday, but when the
time came for the calling of the de
fendant to the bar Brandenburg, who
had been nut on $1,500 ball furnished by
a bonding company, could not be
found. After ordering the calling of
his name by the clerk of the court,
Justice Dowling forfeited Branden
burg's bail and Issued a bench warrant
for his arrest.
Samuel B. Thomas, Brandenburg's
attorney, stated that he had received
no word from his client slnco Sunday
night, when he had a telephonic con
versation with him, and was In Ignor
ance of the writer's present where
abouts. The present case grew out of the
selling by him of an article purported
to have been written by the late Gro
ver Cleveland, In which the former
president advocated the election of
William H. Taft. After Its publication
the article was widely circulated as
campaign literature. The article was
brought to the attention of Mrs. Cleve
land, who Is alleged to have declared
It entirely apocryphal, and an Investi
gation endued which resulted In the
Indictment of Brandenburg on a charge
of grand larceny In the second degree
preferred by the Times.
Among those who had been expected
to testify In the case were Mrs. Cleve
land, Richard Watson Gilder, editor
of the Century; John H. Flnley, presi
dent of the College of the City of New
York; David N. Carvalho, handwriting
expert; Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, Mr.
Cleveland's family physician; George
F. Parker. John G. Carlisle, secretary
of the treasury during tho second
Cleveland administration; George R.
Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican
national committeo, and Richard V.
Oulahan, who had charge of the coin
mittee's publicity work during the
past campaign.
CHILDREN THROWN
INTO SNOWBANK
Third Child Burned to Death and
Mother Fatally Injured.
Gaylord, Mich., Feb. 2. Mrs. Albert
Waunza saved the lives of two of her
children when their home near here
burned last night by throwing them
from second story windows Into snow
banks. The mother, however, was probably
fatally burned while rescuing the chil
dren and a third child was burned to
death, the flames preventing tho moth
er from reaching her room.
Waunza, the father, Jumped unin
jured from a window. Then the fam
ily, barefooted and with the mother
almost roasted from waist to should
ers, had to walk half a mile through
the snow to secure shelter.
IMMIGRATION DECISION
Secretary Straus Overrules Special
Board In Respect to Canadian Nurse.
Washington, Feb. 2. An important
immigration case was decided by Sec
retary Straus of the department of
commcrco and labor. Ethel Wright,
a Canadian woman of 25 years, applied
for admission to the United States in
order thut she might enter the "nurses'
home" nt Chicago to study nursing.
In common with other student
nurses at the Institution she was to
be allowed a small compensation. A
special board of Inquiry rejected her
application and denied her edmlsslon.
Miss Wright appealed her case to
Secretary Straus and he has directed
that she be adndtted. He holds that
the case In no way comes under the
prohibitions of the alien contract labor
law.
PREPARING FOR INAUGURAL
Work of Erecting Reviewing Stands
Begun In Vicinity of White House.
Washington, Feb. 2. To defray ex
penditures for fitting the Capitol for
the inauguration of William H. Toft, a
joint resolution was agreed to unani
mously In the sonata appropriating
$16,000.
The resolution provides thut the in
augural piatform to be crecterHn front
of the Capitol shall Heat C,000 people,
which Is one third more than four
years ago. It also authorizes extra
policemen at ths Canjtol for three
days. The work cf erecting reviewing
stands in the vicinity of the White
Houso was bfgun today.
TAX LAW CHANGES ADVISED
Auditor Would Relieve Real Estate
of Part of Its Burden.
Harrlsburg, Feb. 2. The creation of
a commission to thoroughly study the
problem of equitable taxation in Penn
sylvania, which should seek out the
classes of property now exempt rather
than Increase the burden on those
now paying, is the Idea of Auditor
General Robert Kennedy Young in his
annual report on the finances, which
has Just been laid on the desk of Gov
ernor Stuart.
Among the classes now exempt from
taxation, but which he mentions as
available, are trust funds in the hands
of banks, trust companies and savings
institutions, personal property which
Is not returned because of laws which
do not strictly hold the local assessor
to his duty, the stock of manufacturing
corporations and lastly bank deposits.
He proposes readjustment of tho
methods of taxation whereby relief
will be extended to the real estate
owners.
The report, which deals with taxa
tion questions in an unreserved man
ner, Is presented about half a year In
Advance of the best time ever made on
a similar report. The fiscal year closed
on the last day of November, and In
years gone by It took anywhere from
six months to a year to get the report
in shape for submislon to the gov
ernor. General Young hands In the usual
statistical table, but he prefaces It
with a general discussion of the affairs
of Ms office, in which he calls attention
to the fact that It is conducted on old
time and unsulted legislation and that
to make It more satisfactory and effi
cient the enactment of new statutes is
necessary.
ROBBERS SHOOT
AND KILL FARMER
Visiting Neighbor Escapes With
Money In a Kettle,
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 2. At 8 o'clock
Sunday night, while Alfred Haullman,
an aged larmer of Pequea township,
this county, was sitting at the bedside
of his sick wife, in company with Mr.
Kreider and Mrs. Cramer, two neigh
ors, two masked men entered the room
and demanded -money.
The sick woman called to Mrs. Cra
mer to give (hem what was in a kettle
In the room. Mrs. Cramer picked up
tho kettle containing the money and
fled.
The men shot at her, then turned
and shot Mr. Haullman in the neck
and killed him. They then shot Mr.
Kreider twice and dangerously Injured
him. The robbers fled and have not
been captured.
The Haullmans some years ago lost
money In a bank failure and have
since kept their cash In their house in
a kettle. It Is suppose.1 that the rob
bers knew this and wero after it.
MONUMENT FOR COL. DRAKE
Marking Site of First Oil Well on
Fiftieth Anniversary.
Tltusvllle, Feb. 2. Colonel John J.
Carter has been appointed chairman
and Hon. John E. Emerson, Mayor R.
E. Dickinson and Rev. J. M. Critchlow
members of a committee of arrange
ments for the grand jubilee celebration
to be held here the latter part of Au
gust for the purpose of celebrating
the fiftieth anniversary of the striking
of oil by Colonel Kdwln L. Drake.
The Daughters of the Revolution
are taking subscriptions for tho pur
pose of erecting a $100,000 monument
where the well was drilled, nnd It Is
to be unveiled during jubll.io week.
Recover Lost Jewelry.
Harrlsburg, Feb. 2. One of the
packages of jewelry thrown into the
Susquehanna river on Thursday morn
ing, when an express car caught fire
while crossing the UockvIIle bridge of
the Pennsylvania railroad, was dis
covered at Mlddletown yesterday. It
was found floating on tho river by a
boatman and contained Jewelry worth
$77. Four more packages nre missing,
but It Is declared that none of them Is
of great value.
Too Much Dynamite.
West Newton, Pa., Feb. 2. Dyna
miters excavating a cut In the branch
railroad being built by the Youghlo
gheny and Ohio Coal company are ter
rorizing the residents of Bells Mills.
A rock was hurled 1,200 feet, tearing a
corner off the residence of W. P. Bell.
Another weighing several tons was
thrown nearly a quarter of a mile Into
one of Bell's fields.
Doverites Are Honest.
Canal Dover, O., Feb. 2. A "Golden
Rule" postage stamp box has been in
operation at a drug store here since
Dec. 10. customers helping themselves
and making their own change Tho
receipts have been but one cent short
and more than 1.S00 stamps bave pass
ed through the box.
Scared to Death by Dog.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2. Albei t G. Win
ner, n three-year-old child, died here
yesterday from fright caused by see
ing a dog which had bitten him seven
weeks ago. When he saw the animal
In tho street near bis bouie tho child
fell, unconscious.
the mmm
Short Items From Various Parts
of the World.
Record of Many Happenings Condensed
and Put In Small Space and Ar
ranged With Special Regard For the
Convenience of the Reader Who Has
Little Tims to Spare.
Wednesday.
The battleship Maine entered Hav
ana harbor eleven years to an hour
after the first Maine arrived.
President Roosevelt declared lie
would live most of his time In the West
after his return from Africa.
The French Riviera football team de
feated a team from the American war
ships, says a dispatch from Nice.
University of Pennsylvania chess
plaers have signed on agreement
with the universities of Paris and
Amsterdam for an international mutch.
Leaders of the Republican state or
ganization opened war on Governor
Hughes' direct primary plan, and Sen
ator Ralnen and Speaker Wadswortb.
outlined their opposition.
Thursday.
Wild scenes of merrymaking marked
the use of the guillotine at Carpentraa,
a town In Southern France.
Governor Hughes withdrew the nom
ination of Frederick A. Wallis to bo
state superintendent of Insurance.
Earnings of tha 1'nltcd States Steel
corporation for tlvs last quarter showed
a fulling off from the same quarter of
1007.
Captain Seulby and crew of the ill
fated Republic aro given an enthusi
astic reception when they arrive la
New York.
Henry T. Rai'iey of Illinois, In a
speech in the house, charged that
Americans were responsible for land
frauds in Panama.
District Attorney Jerome, in a letter
to Mr. Sti instill, announced that he was
ready to begin prosecution of World
for criminal libel if Mr. Douglas Rob
inson approves.
Friday.
F. H. H.iriimnu was elected a direc
tor of the New York Centrnl railroad.
Governor Patterson of Tennessee 'n
his Inaugural address denied com
plicity In the killing of E. W. f'armnck.
Stephen II. Abbey, editor of the Ul
ster Squitredenler of Kingston, has
been committed to tho state tnsano
asylum at Middletown.
Michigan demands a detinito fixing
of rights to the How of the St. Mary's
river as a part of the Canadian water
ways treaty now befoie the senate.
It became known that persons own
lng estates near Highland Falls havo
decided to oppose tho construction
near Highland Falls of a new stato
prison.
Saturday.
George V. Perkins tells senate com
mittee steel merger of 1007 stopped
panic in stocks.
Secretary Straus In a letter to Sen
ator Flint declared Japanese imml
gration to the United States is de
creasing.
Reuben Miller, vice president of the
Crucible Steel company, declared a
tariff reduction means the sacrifice- of
the American worklngman.
Two jurors necepted for the trial of
the alleged slayers of E. W. Carmack
were dismissed for drunkenness at
Nashville, Tenn.
The browntall moth is said to havo
been found in tho cocoon state in every
parcel of shrubbery and nursery stock
Imported from France this winter.
Monday.
Storm which rages from tho Rockies
to the East, bringing death and dam
age, hits Chicago a staggering blow
Temporary V.i junction is secured
against Trinity cjiurch In New York
by the congregation of St. John's
chapel to prevent the closing of that
institution.
An airship race from New York to
Albany, a pioneer event of Its kind In
the United States, has been arranged
as one of tho features of tho Hudson
Fulton memorial next autumn.
The funeral of Consul Arthur S.
Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, who died
In the Messina disaster, took place
Saturday afternoon from Trinity Epis
copal church at. New Haven, Conn.
All communication with Southern
Spain and with Barcelona is uninter
rupted and normal, nnd tho reports
emanating from England relative to
a disastrous earthquake and a tidal
wave aro untrue.
Tuesday.
France and Germany prepare for tar
iff reprisals If existing agreements
with the United States aro abrogated
In the new tariff bill.
Washington dispatches stated that
President Taft after March 4 would
appoint only Taft men and ignore the
Roosevelt appointees.
The British steamer Clan Ranald is
a total wreck near .Melbourne and tho
captain and -l5 of the crew, most of
whom were Asiatics, were drowned.
Tho Westlnghouse company at Pitts
burg bas restored to its 3,000 employes
a yearly salary of $r00,000 which was
taUen fioin their annual payroll last
March.
Despite tho threatening aspect of
the relations between Turkey und Bul
garia, diplomatic circles In the Euro
pean capitals aro still convinced that
thevo IH bo no war.
ACTION AGAINST CASTRO
Charged With Instigating Assassina
tion of the Vice President.
Caracas, Jan. 29, via Port of Spain,
Feb. 2. in accordance with Instruc
tions from Senor Alcantara, minister
of the interior, the attorney general
will bring suit in tho high federal
court against Ciprluno Castro, th for
mer president of Venezuela, on the
Charge of having Instigated the assas
sination of President Jose Vicente
Gomez.
Minister Alcantara's communication
with the attorney general was accom
panied by a large quantity of docu
mentary proof which, it was stated,
"was collected at the investigation Into
an abortive plot against the life of
Vice President Gomez, the constitu
tional charge of the presidency."
Continuing the minister says in his
communication: "The documents show
that the black, black conspiracy, which
happily was frustrated by tho presence
of mind of the supreme magistrate,
was the result of suggestions, advice
and orders of General Castro.
"According to article 95 of the con
stitution, which gives the federal court
Jurisdiction in this accusation, the min
istry requests the Institution of nec
essary proceedings."
The court already has decided that!
Adequate proof has been furnished
for the beginning of the action against
General Castro.
STEAMER'S RUDDER BROKEN
St. Louis Reached Port 24 Hours LaU
Under Own Steam.
New York, Feb. 2. The American
line, steamship St. Ixuila, which lost
the two lower sections of her rudder
In the heavy seas Thursday 1,200 miles
from Sandy Hook, reached her dook
about twenty-four hours behind her
schedule. She steamed her way In
by her twin screws, at reduced speed,
and two tugs acted as rudders for her
coming up the bay.
There was no excitement among
the passengers following the acci
dent. They were kept in Ignorance of
the mishap until Friday, when a bullet
in was posted in the cabin expalnlng
the cnuse of the ship's slow progress.
It will be necessary to drydock the
liner to repair her rudder. Permis
sion was obtained from the govern
ment authorities to use the Brooklyn
navyyard drydock. It. is likely she will
be taken there after her cargo has
been unloaded.
MISS KELLER'S FARM HOME
Leaves City So Her Work For the
Blind May Not Be Interrupted.
Boston, Feb. 2. A large farmhouss
In Brunswick, Maine, is to be the fu
ture home of .Miss Helen Keller, the
famous deaf, dumb nnd blind young
woman. Miss Keller, who for some
time past has lived at Wrenthal, Mass.,
with Mr. nnd Mrs. Macy, has, Jointly
with Mr. and Mrs. Macy, purchased
the estate at Brunswick and the three
will move there in May next.
Miss Keller wishes to be farther
away from tho city In order that her
work for the blind may not bo inter
rupted by so many social engagements.
Silver Service For Cruiser Birmingham
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 2. A handsoms
silver service and loving cup were pre
sented to the cruiser Birmingham by
Mayor George 11. Ward of Birmingham
on behalf of his city.
MARKET REPORT
New York Provision Market.
New York, Feb. 1.
WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.11 f. o. b.
afloat; o. 1 northern Duluth. $1.21.
CORN No. 2 corn, now, ti'Jc f. o.
b. alloat; 71c elevator.
OATS Mixed oats, 2 to 32 lbs.,
Bliii .'ilc; clipped white, 34 to 43 lbs.,
5G !,!.( tic.
I'tiitK Mess, $l(.7Sr!j 17.25; family,
$tS.G(K 19.50.
HAY Good to choice, 8085c.
BUTTER Creamery specials, 30
JfWi'io; extra, 29ffr29V4c; process, IS
!"lM.-e; western factory, 2114'ff22c.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 40c.
CIIKFSK State, full cream, fancy,
UV,!i 16 ''4 c.
POTATOES Maine, per 180 lbs,
$2.."i0'n2.75; stato, $2.251? 2.50.
Buffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo, Fob. 1.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads,
$l.KiV(,; No. 2 red, $t.11V4.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 6ic f. o. b.
alloat: No. :! yellow, 65 Vic.
OATS No. 2 white, 54V455c f. O.
b. afloat; No. I! white. 546tV4o.
FLOUR Fancy blended patJtit,
per bbl.. $ti.0iK(j 6.75; winter family.
patent. $.i.:l.if( b.10.
BUTTER Creamery, prints, fancy,
30'.. ii Sic; stato and Penn. cream
ery, 29c; dairy, choice to fancy, 26
Qt 27c.
C11EKSK Choice to fancy, full
cream, 1 1 VsV ", ''r o gooa, i.(fl
14 c.
FGGS Selected white, 3Srd39c.
POT ATOKS White fancy, per bu..
7hWSUc; fair to good, ToW'tic.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.
CATTLH -Prime export Bteers, $6.50
(fffi.7."i; good to choice butcher steers,
$I.7.VH O.l'i; choice cows, $5.00(i?l5.25;
choice heifers. $5.75 fn 6.00; common
to fair heifers, $ l.25(ii 5.50; common to
nir bulls. $::.2."i('t 4.00; choice veals,
9.7.V ln.00; lair to good; $9.23((j 9.60.
SlIEFP AND LAMBS Choice
spring lambs. $7.90S 8.00; choice
ear n S3. S6.35'-J 7.00; mixed sheep,
$4.755.25.
HOGS Light Yorkers, .utm (.io;
medium nnd heavy hogs. I7.15W7.Z6;
pigs, $6.50'ii 6.75.
Buffalo Hay Market.
Timothy, No. I on track, $13.00
13.60; No. 2 Umotliv, $11
1 2.00 c 12.50;
'.5038.00.
whel(t and cat straws. $7.5