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Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Qmncumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O. It Kobinson, Wrn. Smearbaugh, E. W. Bowman, J. W. Jamieson, W. J. Campbell. Constable Archie Clark. Collector W. H. Hood. fivtiool Directors J. O. Hnowden, R. M. Herman, Q JainieNon, J. J. Landers, J. R. Clark, W. O. Wyman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress H . P. Wheeler. Member of 8eitatJ. K. P. Hall. Assembly K. K. Mecbling. President Judge Win. E Rice. Associate Judges V. X. Kreitler, P. C. Hill. Prothonolai y, Register dt Recorder, dtc. -J. C. UeiHt. NherilTS R. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioners -Wrn II. Harrison, J. ' M. Kunndel, II. II. McClellnn. Distriet UornyA . U. Brown. Jury Commissioners Ernest Sibble, Lewis Wanner. Coroner- Dr. C Y. Petar. Ormnv Auditors -Hnorge H. Warden, A. C. Gregii and J. P. Kelly. Count; turveyorD. W. Clark County Superxntendent '. W. Morrl wn, Kriulnr Term of f:url. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday or May. fourth Monday or Hepteinner. Third Monday nl Novemner. Regular Meetings of County Cnmmls aioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. Church and Mabbnlh Hohool. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. ni. ; 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 F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. L. Monroe. Pastor. , Preaching in the Presbyterian church evcrv Ssblmih at 11:00 a. in and 7:1)0 p. in. Rhv. H. 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 . mi nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. rl N EST A LODU E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F. to Rts every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hull, Partridge building. CAPT.UKORCKSTOW POST. No. 274 O. A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening in each month. CAPT. UKORUE STOW CORPS, No. 1:17, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. R ITCHEY CARRINGER. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Tlonesia, Pa. 4 "1URTIN M. SHAWKEY, y ATTORN KY-AT-LAW. , ' Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Olllcein Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sl.. Tionext. Pa. FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank. UONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. liUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGI-T. Otne In Dunn & V Full"n drugstore, tlonesia, Pa. Profess ional calis promptly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., three doors above the store. D R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician S surgeon, TIONESTA, PA, D R J. B. BIGGINS. Physician and surgeon, OIL CITY, PA HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Thin lintnl. former I v the Proprietor. Lawrence House, has undergone a comp lete change, and is now lurinwieii wmi hi ern Improvements. Heated throughout with natural gas, hot and cold water, eto. The guests uever neglected. the mod- am! lighted bathrooms, comforts ol CENTRAL HOUSE, J GEROW A WKKOW Proprietor. ti...,uUiu I'u Tliln is the iiiostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modem improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant Btopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. DHIL. KMERT ANUI BIKIl a BniiMinniaii. Shop over R L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all alnds of custom work from the finest to i the coarsest and guarantees his work to ..rrlo..! MUtiut'untloil. PrOlll Ut attcU- . - . 1 1.- iv tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grettenberger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and Uenoral Blacksmithing prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special auemiou, uu satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and Just west of the Shaw House, Tldloute, fa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. (1RETTENBERGF.R JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN OFTIOIA1T. Offict ) 7 National Bank Building, OIL CITY, PA. Eyesjexamiaed free. Exclusively optical. E Laying of Cornerstone of Mem orial Hall on His Birthplace. President Will Make Address At Springfield, III., William J. Bryan and Ambassadors Bryce and Jus serand Will Speak Mr. Taft Will Speak at New Orleans and Mr. Sherman Will Make an Address at Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce The progress at Washington of the measure to make Feb. 12 a "national holiday" lias stimulated Interest in the anniversary of Lincoln's birthday, the centennial of which will be observed on nextFiiday throughout the country. Strictly speaking there can be no na tional holiday, for in this matter the stateB make their own legislation, and this measure, if It becomes a law, will apply in a legal sense only to the Dis trict of Columbia, the territories and federal Institutions. Eight states have made Feb. 12 a holiday, but the ob servance this year will not be limited to these states. The most notable gathering on that day will be at Hodgeville, Ky., where President Roosevelt will lay the cor nerstone of a memorial hall on the old "Lincoln farm." At Springfield, Ill there will be addresses by William J. Bryan and Ambassador Bryce and Am bassador .lusserand. President-elect Taft will apeak at a banquet at New Orleans, and Vice President-elect Sherman will make an address at the Chamber of Commerce dinner at Pittsburg. At noon United States Senator Lodge will address the Massachusetts legislature at Boston. In New York city there will be sev eral Lincoln dinners of a notable char acter. Poem by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. New England, once the hotbed of abolition, will pay notabletrlbuteto the great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of his birth. The author of "The Bat tle Hymn of the Republic," the vener able Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, will be the central figure In the celebration in Boston, for she will read a poem writ ten for the occasion at elaborate ex ercises to be held In Symphony hall Friday evening. There will be ad dresses by former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, Major Henry L. Hlgglnson and Mayor Hlbbard. In Maine the legislature has created Feb. 12 of thi year a legal holiday and the principal observance will be at Portland. A new park to be known as Lincoln park will be dedicated. CORPORATION IS INSOLVENT Referee Finds That Fidelity Funding Co. Has Assets of $22,923, Lia bilities $737,245. Edwin A. Watson, appointed by the supreme court as referee to take testl- money and report as to the application of the Fidelity Funding company for a voluntary dissolution of that cor poration, finds that the corporation is insolvent and recommends that it be dissolved. The property of the company has been In the hands of Thomas F. Gll roy, Jr., as receiver, since Oct. 27 last when a clamor raised by Catholic In stitutions which hud financial dealings with the company Inspired the belief that, the Fidelity Funding company might not be solvent. Patrick J. Kelran, secretary and active manager of the corporation, caused comment recently by vanishing for a time, but he now has reappeared and testified regarding the company's affairs before the receiver's hearing. Referee Watson In his report says that when Receiver Gllroy took hold of the company's affairs he found there furniture valued at less than $2,000, and notes, stocks and bonds all of nominal value only. Since then the receiver has only been able to col lect about $3,900. The result of the investigations is summarized as follows: assets $22,923, liabilities $737,245. FIRST OF DREADNAUGHTS Delaware of 20,000 Tons Launched at Newport News, Va. Bearing the name of the next to the smallest state of the Union, the Delaware, the largest battleship of the United States, was successfully launched at Newport News cn Satur day. She shares with her sister ship, the North Dakota, recently launcnea at Fore River. Mass., the honor of being the first American Dreadnaught. When completed the Delaware will be a first class armored battleship of 20.000 tors displacement. Her gen eral dimensions are as follows: Length over all. CIS feet 9 inches; beam, 8u feet 2 inches: depth, 44 feet 8 inches. Her main battery will consist of ten twelve-Inch guns mounted in pairs in turrets. She will be propelled hy twin screws driven by two four-cylinder triple expansion engines capable of sending her through the water at a 21-knot gait. She will cost almost $4,000,000. Haskell to Appear In Court Feb. 13 .Iiiilne f'amiihell. ill the United Blates district court at Muskogee, Oklu.. set Feb. 13 as the day for Gov einor Cherles X. Haskell and the six othrr liioniinent men, under indict ment for alleged fraud in connection with Muskogee town lot cases, to ap pear in court and plead to the charges LCNCOLN SCENT NARY EDITOR WOODSON DIES 8uecumbs to Blood Poisoning After Amputation of Leg Following Accident at Station. William L. Woodson, editor of The Amerlcau Press, died of blood poison ing Thursday morning at St. John's hospital in Yonkers, N. Y. While trying to board a train a week ago at the Gle.nwood avenue sta tion Mr. Woodson was injured by the moving wheels. Ills right foot was am putated at the station, and at St. John's Riverside hospital, to which he was taken, it was found that an amputa tion of the leg below the knee was necessary. He was badly hurt about the head and sustained other 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 lo the main olflce from the At- 'anta branch, of which he was man ager. Mr. Woodson was formerly one of the best known newspaper men of the South. He was a native of Virginia, but lived also in Georgia and other Southern states. The remains were taken to Lynch ourg, Va., for interment. ELIOT'S LONG JOURNEY Aged Harvard President Starts on Tour of East And South. President Cnaties W. Eliot of Har vard university, who will retire from his office In May, has begun a tour oi the eastern and southern sections of the United States. Considering the length of the tour and the frequency of the stons. It will be one of the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken by a man of Dr. Eliot's age. The ven erable president of Harvard will be 75 years old In 51 arch. President Eliot's trip will extend as far as Texas. He will ma'ne many stops on the way to that state, visiting universities and colleges and acting as guest of honor at. gatherings of Har vard men. Ills return Journey will be marked by similar breaks. He is due back In Cambridge on April 3. TRIESGREEN PAINT; HENSLAY Farmer Finds That Summer Color Scheme Lures Eggs. William II. Brown, down Newfield way, near Ithaca, X. Y., has dis covered that light green houses make the best kind of environment for hens, because they lay more eggs when the hen houses are painted that color. Brown, who has experimented with the effects of colors on hens for some time, says he finds that his flock of hens lay from one to three eggs more a day since he put the green paint on the hen house. Ho noticed no per ceptible change when other colors were tried. The color theory is that the heti3 should have the same color scheme in their winter environment as nature offers in Bprlng and summer. LONGBOAT WON MARATHON Shrubb Collapsed In 25th Mile When Victory Seemed In His Grasp. Maintaining an even swinging stride that rarely varied throughout the race, Tom Longboat, the Onondaga Indian from Canada, wrested the laur els of an Indoor Marathon race at Madison Square Garden when victory seemed almost within the grasp of the plucky Englishman, Alfred Shrubb, who collapsed in the 25th mile, leaving tho Indian to finish the long race of 25 miles and 3S5 yards alone. Longboat's time for the race was 2 hours 53 minutes 40 2-5 seconds, which Is nearly eight minutes behind the record made by Dorando, the Italian, in his race with Johnny Hayes, the Olympic Marathon winner, last fall. The Indian finished In fine fettle and was in nowise distressed. CLAIM $20,000 ESTATE Evidence Based on Documents Found In Lining of Old Trunk. Documents found in the lining of an old trunk at Butler, Pa., are the evidence upon which the heirs of James Iltllman will base claims to an estate at St. touts said to be valued now at $20,000,000. Hannah Hlllman, a daughter of James, went from Butler to St. Louis about 1&0S and bought 1,000 acres of land near the location of the present St. Louis bridge, paying $17 an acre for it. She willed the land to her fa ther, and the documents were placed in an old trunk that was .not examined until Saturday. It is said the land was never sold nor transferred, and the heirs are preparing to reclaim it. Counting of Electoral Vote. At 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the senate and house will hold their regular quadrennial joint session for tho purpose of verifying the count of the electoral vote for president and vice president of the United States. The ceremony will take place in the hall of the house of representatives and will be witnessed by members of the diplomatic corps, by distinguished officials of the government and by such other visitors as may be able to find a footing in the galleries or on the floor of the house. Vice President Fairbanks will preside and Speaker Cannon will occupy a seat by his Bide. Clergymen's Half-Fare Abolished. Canadian railways operating In Western Canada announced that they had abolished for all time half-fare rate permits to clergymen. These per mits have been In force for tho last 25 years. ANTI-JAPANESE BILLS President Defines Policy of the Administration. Says Government Would Have to Test Its Conetitutionality If School Bill Passed Last Week by California As sembly Becomes a Law Federal Government Can Accomplish Object Aimed At Japan Co-Operating Ir Good Faith. Washington, Feb. 9. "The policy ol tho administration is to- combine the maximum of efficiency in achieving the real object which the people ol the Pacific slope have at heart with fhe minimum of friction and trouble, while the misguided men who advo cate such action as this which I pro test against are following a policy which combines the very minimum ol efficiency with the maximum of insult, and which, while totally falling to achieve any real result for good, yet might accomplish an infinity of harm." In this langunge President Roose velt in a long telegram to Speaker P. A. Stanton of the California assembly set forth the government's view of the anti-Japanese school legislation now before that body. Violation of Treaty Obligations. The president stated that the bill gives Just and grave cause for irrita tion and that the government would be obliged Immediately to take action in the federal courts to test such leg islation, because it is held to be clear ly a violation of the treaty obligations of the United States. The telegram to Speaker Stanton was sent only after a conference with Senator Flint and Representative Kahn of California and F. K. Lane of the Interstate commerce commission. In his telegram to Speaker Stanton the president said: "I trust there will be no misunder standing of the federal government's attitude. We are Jealously endeav oring to guard the interest of Cali fornia and of the entire West In ac cordance with the desires of our Western people. By friendly agree ment with Japan we are now carrying out a policy which, while meeting the interests and desires of the Pacific slope, Is yet compatible not merely with mutual self-respect but with mu tual esteem and admiration between the Americnns and Japanese. "The Japanese government is loyal ly and In good faith doing Its part to carry out this policy, which alms at mutuality of obligation and behavior. In accordance with It the purpose is that the Japanese shall come here ex nctly as Americans go to Japan, which is in effect that travelers, students persons engaged in international bus! ness, men who sojourn for pleasure or study, and the like, shall have the freest access from one country to the other and shall be sure of the best treatment, but that there shall be no settlement In mass by the people of either country in the other. More Japanese Leave Than Come. "In the last six months more Jap anese have left the country than have come In and the total number in the United States has diminished by over two thousand. These figures are ab solutely accurate. If the present pol icy is consistently followed and works as well in the future as It is now work ing all difficulties and causes of fric tion will disappear, while at the same time each nation will retain its self respect and the good will of the other. "But such a bill as thla school bill accomplishes nothing In the line ol the object aimed at and gives just and grave cause for irritation; while in addition the United States govern ment would be obliged immediately to take action in the federal courts to test such legislation, as we hold it to be clearly a violation of the treaty. The legislation would accomplish nothing beneficial and would certainly cause some mischief and might cause very grave mischief. "If in the next year or two the ac tion of the federal government fails to achieve what It Is now achieving then through the further action of the president and congress It can be made entirely efficient." CALLED BRIDE TO PHONE To Hear Report of Shot He Intended to End His Life. New York, Feb. 9. Calling over the telephone to his bride of six months, to listen to the report of the revolver shot, Alberto llellguadll, a young Spaniard, manager of the Universal Medical Institute, attempted suicide toy firing a bullet Into his left side. BellguardH'3 home life is said to have been a troubled one and less than four months after their wedding he and his bride agreed to live apart. Bellguadll, according to Ills brother Humberto. gave his wife a weekly al lowance of $25, which she thought In adequate. At the Xew York hospital it was said that he had a chance of recovery. Canadian Pacific Dividends. Montreal, Feb. a. The board of di rectors of the Canadian Pacific railway declared tho regular semi-annual divi dend of 2 per cent on preferred and 3 per cent on common stock and an ex tra dividend of one-half of 1 per cent on the common to be paid out of the proceeds of land sales. The surplus after payment of dividends declared, payment of fixed charges and working expenses for tho half year U $1,818,232. SAMPSON MURDER TRIAL Widow Was Arraigned and Pleaded Not Guilty to Indictment. Lyons, N. Y., Feb. 9. Mrs. Georgia A. Sampson was indicted by the Wayne county grand jury for murder in t.ha first degree, the Indictment cnaiglng her with shooting and kill ing her husband, Harry Sampson, a MRS. GEORGIA ALLYN SA.MPSOX. nephew of the late Admiral Sampson, at Macedon on Xov. 1 last. Mrs. Sampson was later arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the indict ment. A motion to fix the date of the trial, which will probably be held some time next month, will be made in special term here on Saturday. Governor Hughes will designate the trial Justice. MAURETANIA'S NEW RECORD Covers Long Route East In 4 Days 20 Hours and 27 Minutes. Queenstown, Feb. 9. The Cunard line steamer Mauretanla passed Daunt's Rock 'lghtship at 5:10 p. m thus establls.iig a record for the long route. The liner covered the distance of 2,934 miles at an average speed of 25.20 knots. The day's runs were 491, 605, 594, 507, 582 and 93 miles to Daunt's Rock. The passage was made in four days 20 hours and 27 minutes. The Mauretanla has beaten every record going east; average spaed, tho highest day's run and the records for the long and short routes from New York to Queenstown. This improve ment is due undoubtedly to the new propellers with which the vessel was equipped previous to starting out from England last month. The best previous record from New York to Queenstown over the- long course was 5 days 0 hours and 5 min utes, made by the Mauretanla on March 12, 190S. Over the short course the record was 4 days 22 hours and 29 minutes made Dec. 5, 1907. KLINGENBURG ARRAIGNED Head of George Junior Republic De posed While Away. Ithaca, Feb. 9.--Frank Klingenburg, inaugurated president of the George Junior Republic on Jan. 8, was ar rlgned here today on charges of obtain ing goods under false pretences and was held to await the action of the grand Jury. Klingeiiburg, it is alleged, left for New York some time ago, after buying a large quantity of good3 of a local store on the credit of the Republic. A deputy sheriff went, to Xew York on his trail, but he was not arrested until he returned to Freevllle this week. He was dethroned as head of the in stitution while away and Andrew Markham was Inaugurated president last Saturday. GOVERNOR SAWS FIREWOOD Hadley of Missouri Finds Exercise In Cellar of Executive Mansion. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 9. Gov ernor Hadley of Missouri saws his own fluewood In the cellar of tho executive mansion. "It is one of the best forms of ex ercise that I know of," declares tho goveinor, "and I have been doing it at the executive mansion theso dis agreeable mornings when the weather prevents my dally horseback ride or long walk." Sawing wood has been the gov ernor's exercise for years. Before oc cupying the executive mansion ho cut the wood used In his residence. Christian Herald Contributions. Washington, Feb. 9. When Queen Helena of Italy three weeks ago con sented to superintend the distribu tion of the Christian Herald fund for the relief of the mother and baby fiuf ferers of the e.irthnuake disaster, tho Christian lleram agred to supply $1, 000 a day toward this object. During the three weeks it has sent $25,000 and yesterday It. contributed another $2.", 000 toward the Bume object. Captain Potts to Command Georgia. Washington, Feb. 9. Captain P. T. Potts, on duty at the Washington navyyard, ha? been selected to com mand the battleship Georgia, taking the command formerly held hy Cap tain Edward F. Qualtrough, who was suspended from duly following trial by court martial at Gibraltar. .Cap tain Potts' last sea duty was In oru niaurl .of the cruiser Dos Molues. 1 re PARAGRAPHS Summary of the Week's News of the World. Happenings From All Parts of the Globe Put Into Shape For Easy Reading What All the World Is Talking About Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches. Wednesday. The battleship fleet reassembled at Gibraltar, the last port of call before its arrival home. The senate passes house bill appro priating $."i0,H00 for survey of highway from Washington to Gettysburg to be known as "The Lincoln Way." The supreme court decided by a ma jority of one that a combination in re straint of trade cannot recover from a customer the value of goods the latter bought. A joint resolution of congress ap priates $lii.000 for the inauguration ot President. Taft. The platform to be erected in front of the Capitol will seat 6,000 people, one-third more than four years ago. Thursday. Helen Maloney was remarried to Arthur II. Osborne, to whom she was married at Manmroneck on Dec. 2S, 1!)05. Washington dispatches stated that the ways and means committee, fear ing a deficit, may put "war taxes" in effect again. Eight hundred thousand consumers in Xew York are now waiting for the payment of the gas rebates, which will begin In len days. Washington dispatches sUtcd Presi dent Roosevelt is greatly concerned at the spread of anti-Japanese bentiment on the Pacific coast. A bill has been introduced in the New Jersey legislature Increasing the speed or automobiles In the country from 20 to 30 miles an hour. Friday. The Drew "anti-Japanese" bill was defeated In the California assembly. Mr. Cortelyou, secretary of the treas ury, called for $30,000,000 from deposi taries to help meet increasing govern mental expenditures. By a vote of 31 to 17 tho senate re fused to confirm Herbert E. Cook nam' ed by Governor Hughes as Democratic member of the highway commission. Mayor McClellan received a report in which a committee ot prominent bankers opposed the plan to increase the city's debt limit to 14 per cent of the assessed valuation of real estate It was announced that Max Smith, musical critic of the Xew York Press, had sued Oscar llaiumersteiii for $25,' 000 damages for statements alleged to have been made by the operatic man' ager In a letter. Saturday. R. V. Sherman, brother of the vice president elect, was urged for appoint ment as Democratic member of tho highways commission. The Haskell Memorial homo, an ortihanage near Battle Creek, Mich., was destroyed by fire. Three of the little inmates lost their lives. Bv an almost unanimous vote the state grange convention, In session at Little Falls, X. Y., adopted a resolu tion favoring the enactment of a pri mary nomination law. Governor Hughes sent to the senate the name of William Horace Hotch kiss of Buffalo as state superintendent of insurance. Mr. Hotchklss is a lawyer mid federal referee in bank ruptcy. California assembly by a vote of 4G to 28 passes the bill to segregate Jap anese children In the public schools. Roosevelt urges governor to veto It, as the most objectionable of all the anti-Japanese measures. Monday. President Roosevelt vetoed the cen sus bill In a message denouncing its lack of civil service tests for census employes. Michael C. Murphy, trainer of the American Olympic team of 1908, ad vises young athletes how to become successful splinters or hurdlers. Strong appeals from Governor Gll lett and Speaker Stanton cause lower house of California legislature to do lay action on anti-Japanese measures. The battleship fleet lrft Gibraltar for home, Captain Qualtrough, con victed by court martial of drunken ness, being a passenger on his own vessel. Tuesday. Jeffries declares ho Is still heavy weight boxing champion and hints ho will return to ring. Independent oil producers are be coming rctless over vigorous compe tition from Mexico and want duty im posed on crude petroleum. Italy decided to confer tho honor of Roman (itl.eiishlp on President Roose velt in recognition of America's relief work among tho earthquake sufferers. British government faces a grava problem In providing revenues for vastly increased expenditures and is now framing a program to lay before parliament. Turkey has startled Russia by pro posing that the latter power shall re linquish all claim to tho war Indem nity dui from tho former, In return for which the deiimlty which 'Bulgaria offers to the purto shall go" to the ciar'a treasury. TWO FAMOUS MEN GONE Poet Mendes Killed by Train and Ac tor Coquelin'i Death Followed That of His Brother. Parts, Feb. 9. Death claimed yes terday two of the best known men in France, Catulle-Abraham Mendes, the poet and novelist, and Ernest Alexan dre Honore Coquelln, known familiar ly as Coquelln Cadet, one of the last of France's celebrated actors. M. Mendes' body was found mapgled in the railroad tunnel near St. Ger main, he having fallen accidentally from a moving train. M. Coquelln, stricken down by the ners of the death of his brother, Benolt Constant Coquelln, known as Coquelln Alne, on Jan. 27, expired In the morning in the arms of a faithful valet. Baron Von Oppenhelm with whom M. Mendes dined Sunday night, ex plained that the poet was melancholy and complained of extreme fatigue. There has been no suggestion of sui cide or foul play In the death of M. Mendes, and the finding of his cane and hat beside the body convinces the authorities that he inadverteutly Dpened fhe door of the compartment of tho carriage in which he was riding before the train was clear of the tunnel and fell out to be ground be neath the wheels. It Is related In connection with these two tragic deaths that after working Sunday on a play on Napoleon, M. Mendes spent an hour completing a poem on the death of tho elder Co quelln. LETTER FROM PRESIDENT Mrs. Rhodes Receives Thanks For De nial of Rock Creek Story. T)s Angeles, Cal., Feb. 9. Mrs. A. W. Rhodes of this city, who recently wrote to President Roosevelt to deny that her daughter'3 horse had been Btruck by the president while riding past her In a road near Washington, today received the following letter from the President: "Mv Dear Mrs. Rhodes: I thank you for your letter of the 20th ultimo, and am glnd to hear from you that your daughter denied the story tnai I struck her horse. Of course I never rtruck her horse or any other lady's hors-e. The whole story was so absurd as not to be worth denial. Numerous stories or this kind are started from time to lime by foolish or malicious people. Occasionally I am obliged to deny them but as a rule I find It bf it simply to Ignore them because denying them calls atentlon to them and gives mischief makers a chance to mislead well-meaning people by further repe titions of the stories. "Sincerely Yours, "Theodore Roosevelt." Wright Brothers Invited to London. London, Feb. 9. The Wright broth ers, the American aeroplanlsts, of Dayton, O., have accepted the invita tion to come to London at the end of March when they will be given the gold medal of the Aeronautical society of Great Britain. 8hot by Discharged Employe. Watertown, X. Y., Feb. 9. Charles Burchard, foreman In a local machine shop, was shot and probably fatally wounded by John Gettlngs. whom he discharged a few weeks ago. Two loaded revolvers wero found on Get tings' person. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. Xew York, Feb. 8. WIIKAT No. 2 red, $1.15 f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.22. CORN No. 2 corn, new, 60o f. o. b. afloat; 72M.C elevator. OATS Mixed oats, 20 to 32 lbB., BlW54V4c; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs., 66 '4Ti 2c. PORK Mess, $17.50t 18.00; family, $lS.50fii 19.50. HAY Good to choice, 8085e. RUTTKR Creamery specials, 32c; extra, 3l(ii31Vjc; process, 1826o; western factory, 211ff22c. F.CGS State and Pennsylvania, 38 (ffS'.tc. CHKESE State, full cream, fanoy, lBfrlii", c POTATOES Maine, per ISO lbs., $2.501 2.75; state, $2.25Q'2.50. Buffalo Provision Market Buffalo, Feb. 8. WHKAT No. 1 northern, carloads, $1.I0,4 ; No. 2 red, $1.13V4- CORN No. 2 yellow, liB'ic f. o, b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 6li',4c. OATS-No. 2 white, 54ft55c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 5454c. FLOUR Fancy blended patint. per bhl. $.25fft7.00; winter family patent. $5.tl0ffi li.35. I! UT'l'KR Creamery, prluta, fancy, 30Vj(!i'3lc; state and Penn. cream ery, 2l)c; dairy, choice to fancy, 26 ((i 27c. C11I2F.SE Choice to fancy, full rreain. 1 i'c; fair to good, 13!R14c. KCl'.S Selected white, 33(i34c. POTATOES White fancy, per bu,, VS'tfSOc; fair to good, 75(tf 7tic. East Buffalo Live Stock Market CATTLE Prime export steers, $6.25 fiifijA); good to choke butcher steers, $l.7iVu 0.00; choice cows, $4.75fi 5.00; choice hi il'ers, 5.5041 5.75; common to fair Ik Iters, $5.50 fi 5.75: common to Liir bulls, 3.25il.OO; choice veals, $'j.OO'n!.25; fair to good, $8.508.75. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice spring lambs, $7.65'4 7.73; choice yearlings. $6.25 ;i 6.75; mixed sheep, I4.75S5.00. HOGS-l.lght Yorkers, $6.5036.60; medium and heavy hogs, $i.75 tT 6.80 ; pigs, $0.2511 6.35. Buffalo Hay Market. Timothy, No 1 on track. $13.00 13 50: No. 2 timothy. $12.00& 12.60 wheat and oat btr&w, f7.60S8.00 LI
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