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Jnnlic.es of the Peace C. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. OouHcumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, G. B Robinson, Win, Smearbaugh, E. W. Bowman, J. W. Jamieson, W. J. Campbell. Gonntatite Arolile Clark, Colleclor-t-W . H. Hood. ScAoo Directors J. C. dcowden. R. M. Herman, Q JatnieHon, J. J. Landers, J. R, Clark, W. G. Wyman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of GongremtTS . P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall. Assembly A. K. Meubling. Preside nt Judge-Wia. E Rice. Associate Judge F. X. K re I tier, P. C.Hill. ' Prothonotaiy,Begittr& Recorder, e. -J. C. Geist. Sheriff-H R. Maxwell. Treasurer Gen. W. Holeman. Commissioners -Win H. Harrison, J. MNCupdel. II. H. McClellnn. . Jmntct Attorney A.. O. Brown. - jury Commissioners Ernest Sibble, Lew in Wuirner. (loroner - Or. O Y. Dotar. (inmtv Auditor Henrue H. Warden, A. C. Oregu and J P. Kelly. County Surveyor D. W . Clirk 'V7ity Superintendent . W. Morri son. 1 Kesulnr Term mt Court. ' Fourth Mouduy of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Com in Is .sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. Church and Mnbbnth Hchsol. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a. m. i M. K. Sabbath School at 10:1)0 a. m. ' Preaching .n M. E. Church everyjtjb bath even in ir by Rev. W. O. Cainoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. E. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church ' everv Sabbath at 11:00 . m and 7:30 p. m. Rev. 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 m nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. rl N KSTA LODi ) E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F. Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. WEORGK STOW POST, No. 274 O. A, R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday evening in each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, Nc 137, W. R. C, meets Urst and third Wednesday evening of each month. RITCHEY A CARRIMGER ATTORN KVS-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. : 1innTlvj M. SHAWKEY. KJ ATToRN KY-AT-LA W, Warren. Pa Practice in Forest Co. AC KROWN, ATTORNEY-AT LAW Ollice in Arner Building, Cor Kim and HridneHi.. Tt"nenta Pa FRANK S. HUVTKK, I). D. 8 RnouiH over Cltizeut Nat Bank. . UONESTA, PA DR1. J. C. IjDNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIST. OiuVe in Dunn & Fult'in drug store, i'lonosta, Pa. Profess ional calls promptly responded to at all hours of day or night. Resldeuce Elm St., three doors above the store. K, F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D R J. B. SIGGINS. Physicisu and burgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WICAVK.R. This hotel, formerly the House, has undergone a comp and is now furnished with al em improvements. Heated Proprietor. Lawrence ilete change, I the mud ami lighted bathrooms. throughout with natural gas, hot aud cold water, etc. The guests never neglected. comforts oi ( CENTRAL HOUSE, i in-iiaw .tDHHOW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modem improvements. No pains will be spared to make It a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. Urst class Liverv in connection. 3 MIL. K.MKRT pAJt I IV M , i in .TIUMJ.'I Shop over R L Haslet's grooery Ktore on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices ra- -tunable. Fred. Grottonborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and wenoral Hlacksmithiiig prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mil Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. 8hop in rear of and just west of the riuaw uouse, uuiouie, i n. i Your patronage solicited. I FRED. URETTENBERGER JAMES IIASL GENERAl MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA. PENN Dk. August Moac& v OFTIOIAK Ollict ) .fc 714 National Rank Building, OIL CITY, PA. Eyes.oxamiaed free. Exclusively optical. ICE BLCCKS NIAGARA Only a Tiny .Rivulet Flowing Over American Cataract. Flow Over the Horseshoe Fall Greatly Diminished Gorge Below Is Choked, Rapids' Fury Is Gone and the Whirl pool Is Barely In Motion Third Time In History Such a Combina tion of Ice and Wind Has Affected the Falls. Only a tiny rivulet, not swift or deep enough to carry a log over tho brink, is flowing over the American side of Niagara Falls. A strong northeast wind which has blown since Friday has held back the water and allowed the Ice to gain a foothold. Two employes of the American reservation walked from Prospect Point nearly to Bath Island Sunday morning. They desist ed from completing the trip merely because they did not care to get their feet wet, a stream at one point being a few Inches above the tops of their boots. A great wall of Ice runs from the head of Goat Island to the American mainland,, through which only tiny streams are able to trickle. This wall has even . encroached on the Canadian channel, extending out some 200 feet beyond the Third Sister Island end greatly diminishing the flow over the Horseshoe. Only the very apex of the Canadian falls Is left and that Is robbed of half its flow. The gorge below is choked and the rapids have lost their fury, while the whirlpool is barely in motion. This Is only the third time that this combination of ice and wind has thus affected the falls since the white man came here. The other occasion) were on March 29, 1840, and March 22, 1903. LINCOLN CENTENARY South Joins With North In Honoring War President's Memory. The 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth was fittingly celebrated Friday throughout the United States. For the first time the cities of the South iolned with those of the North in honoring the memory of the war president. In the capitals of Europe the day was also fittingly remembered with appropriate ceremonies in Paris, Lon don and Berlin. In New York citv the principal speakers In honor of Lincoln were Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, Representative Uurke of Pennsylvania, Booker T. Washington ai d Howard Duffield, D. D. In Chicago the day began with a great meeting at the Auditorium, at which Dr. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton university, was the chief speaker. Hundreds of men and wo men were turned away from the Audi torium because of lack of accommo dation, and It would have been pos sible to fill the building twine over. Vice President Fairbanks was the nrlncinal sneaker In Ilarrisburg, Pa., and James S. Sherman, the vice president-elect, the orator of the day in Pittsburg. At Springfield, 111., where a stricken nation gave back to mother earth the liodv of the Titan who had saved it from the fate of permanent disrup tion, William Jennings Bryan, Dem ocracy's chosen leader and the politic al rival or Roosevelt, laid his garland on the tomb, while James Bryce, Eng land's famous historian and ambassa dor, and M. Jnsberand. the ambassador from France, were there to symbolize In their persons the homage or two of the greatest Old World powers. But perhaps tho most Interesting event occurred at the farm near Hod genvllle, Ky., on which Abriham Lin coln was born and where he lived for eight years. President Roosevelt made the centenary speech and par ticipated in laying the cornerstone of a memorial hall which Is to rise on the spot where stood the log cabin In which the Emancipator was born. The cornerstone laying took place after appropriate ceremonies which were participated In by the president of the United States. Governor Augus tus R Wlllson of Kentucky, former Governor Joseph W. Folk ot Missouri, president or the Lincoln Farm asso ciation; Luke E. Wright, secretary of war, who spoke as an ex-confederate soldier; General James Grant Wilson or New York, who represented the Union soldiers, and I. T. Montgomery of Mississippi, a negro and an ex-slave, to whom had been assigned the task of depositing In the box a copy of Lin coln's emancipation proclamation. Winter Refuge For Elk. Protection for elk in the form of a winter refuge is the proposal in a memorial to congress asking that a tract of land south or Yc'lowstone park be set aside. The suggestion comes from the Wyoming legislature and Is the outcome of reports that 20, 000 elks are starving In the mountains of Western Wyoming. Communica tions have been received from lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Or der or Elks ail over the country asking that the government take steps to pro tect the great elk herd. Law Against Miscegenation. In the legislature at Bismarck, N. D., the house passed the sen ate bill prohibiting under heavy pen alty the Intermarriage or whites and Macks or sexual relations between the races. The governor will slg.i the bill. ANQT.ER S EEL CITY To Be Built Around Proposed Plant on the St. Louis River. A new city, like Gary, lnd., Is to be built by the United States Steel corporation around a $14,500,000 plant to be erected this spring at a point on the St. Louis river within three miles or the city of Superior, Wis. The blast furnaces are to be located on the Minnesota side of the river, but auxiliary plants are to be located on the Wisconsin side. The Steel corporation has purchased and cleared 1,600 acres of land on the Wisconsin side. The sum of $14,600, 000 has bfin set nslde, plans have been drawn and the Bame construction ertw which put in the steel plant at Gary has 1 -en ordered to Superior to begin work when spring opens. SCHOOL BILL DEFEATED Refused Passage by California Assem bly by Vote of 41 to 37. The assembly by a vote of 43 to 34, decided to reconsider the Johnson anti-Japanese school bill, which was passed a week ago at Sacramento. Another vote was taken and the school bill was refused passage by a vote or 41 to 37. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was refused passage wa lost, 1 lie vote standing 38 to 38. In the senate a long resolution by Marc Antl -ny or San Francisco, In dorsing Ut.ited States Senator George C. Perk'ns' attitude in the Japanese controversy was quickly disposed of by reference to the committee on Ju diciary. FEWER JAPANESE Number Leaving In Decenber Ex ceeded Arrivals by 703. The number or Japanese of all classes wLj left the United States for Japan In December, 1908, exceeded by nearly TOO the number who entered this country during the same month, nccordlng to figures given out by Ko kichi Midzuno, Japanese consul gen eral In New Yoik city. The Japan ese who returned from thlj country to their native land during the month In question, numbered 1,007. Of these 905 were males and 102 females. The number of Japanese who came into this country during the same period was 113 males and 187 remales, of whom over one-fourth were of the stu dent and merchant classes. PROPOSED INCOME TAX President Thinks Question Should Be Threshed out at Extra Session. President Roosevelt says he has no Intention to send congress a message recommending an Income tax. He has, however, Veen consulted on this subject by Representative Stevens of Minne sota, who Is preparing a bill on the subject. The president's views as to such a tax have been repeatedly set forth in speeches and messages, but ho believes that this question will have to be threshed out in the com ing extra session, which will deal not only with the revision or the tariff but with the question of sufficient revenues to run the government in the next fiscal year.' DANGEROUS ORCHARD PESTS Governor Hughes Confers With West ern New York Fruit Growers. Fruit growers in Western New York, and it niuy be throughout the state, have been summoned to Albany by Governor Hughes, to take measures against the introduction of the gypsy moth or the browntail moth. It Is understood that the officers of. fruit growers' associations have been asked by the governor to take prompt meas ures for the protection of orchards. Infornxition received is to the effect thai consignments or fruit af fected with the pests are being brought Into the t-tate from Ohio. FIREMAN CRUSHED BY WALL Lockport's Block Factory Destroyed; Another Fireman Injured. Fire Saturday destroyed the plant or the Boston and Lockport Block com pany and caused the death of Fireman Frank J. Reld. George Hill, another fireman, was slightly Injured. The lire originated In the boiler room, and spreading to the elevator shaft soon enveloped the entire six stories. The firemen were handlipped by poor water pressure from the new wa ter system and could do little more than save adjoining properly. Fire man Reld was crushed In the collapse of the stone walls of the factory at 8 o'clock and Ills death followed half an hour later. The loss Is $150,000. Stephenson's Canvass Cost $107,793. United Slates Senator Isaac Stephen pou of Wisconsin, through his agents, expended $107,7!3 as a candidate Tor the nomination for the ofllce of United States senator from Wisconsin, inci dent to the primary election held on Sept. 1, V.m. This Is shown in his fllcifil statement filed with the secre tary of state. Smith Barred From Cornell 'Varsity. Maximilian Smith, who rowed bow In 1908 on the Cornell 'varsity, has been debarred for failure to pass mid winter examinations. Coach Courtney probably will also lose Wiechers, a promilsng candidate who stroked the freshmen last spring, oil account of Illness with pneumonia. E House Passes Senate Bill Re moving Constitutional Bar. Bill Did Not Secure Necessary Two Thirds Majority Under General Or der Immediately the Committee on Rules Brought In a Rule Making It In Order to Act on Bill Under Con ditions Which Would Require Only a Majority to Pass It. Washington, Feb. 16. By a vote of 173 to 1 17 the house passed the bill removing the bur to Senator Knox's eligibility for the office or tecretary of state. This was the second vote of the day on this measure and the two were separated only by about two hours time. The first vote was taken on the bill under general order for the suspension of the rules, and under that order, according to the standing rules of the house, a bill must receive a two-thirds majority to Insure Its pas sage. The first vote stood 179 to 123, the majority thus falling considerably be low the two-thirds re-filrement. Im mediately after this result was an nounced the house coi.imittee on rules held a meeting which resulted In Mr. Dalzell's bringing In a rule making It In order for tho house to again take up the bill and act upon it under con ditions which would require only a majority vote to pass it. The opponents of the measure did not cease their antagonism, which on the previous consideration had brought eut a number of sharp criticisms, but immediately demanded a rollcall on the previous question on the adoption or the rule. This call consumed 25 minutes and after the rule had been adopted the debate was resumed. Mr. Olmsted, Pa., contended that the bill does not accomplish an evasion of the constitution, and cited among others the case of Senator .Morrill of Vermont, who was appointed secre tary of the treasury. In the opinion of Mr. Williams, Miss., who opposed the bill, that was the only reputable authority alluded to. Sena tor Morrill, he said, had been con firmed through senatorial courtesy, which, he said, "overrides till bars, constitutional and otherwise." The bill, be declared, was "a clear, plain, palpable, obvious and manifest case of direct and expressed constitutional Inhibition." Mr. Clark, Mo., for the second time during the day took the floor In op position to the LIU and said that con gress was making Itself "the laughing stock or every intelligent turn on the face of Cod's free earth." lie referred to a famous expression by the late Tim Campbell of New York, who had said "Wiiat's the constitution be tween friends?" The debate was brought to a close by Mr. Ue Armond, Mo., who argued for the passage of the bill. On a yea and nay vote the bill was papsed, 173 to 117. There was no demonstration of any kind when the announcement was made. The blli passed by the house Is the one which had been previously passed by the senate. It was not amended and It will not therefore be necessary for It to po to conference. The meas ure requires only the signature of the president, lo make It, a law. COAL ROADS MAKE DEFENSE Their Side of Government Case Begun In New York Today. New York. Feb. K. The railroads of the anthracite region began In court today their defense against the charge of the government that they form a conspiracy In restraint of the trade In hard coal. The action of the government was begun In .lime, 1907. and the prosecu tion was concluded In Philadelphia last month Among the evidence of fered by the government Is a table of statistics showing that or the 70,000, 000 tons or coal produced only 1C.000, 000, or about 21 per cent, are produced by independent, operators. Or these 16.000,000 tons It Is alleged that all except fi,6i)7.")l 1 tons are in the control of the roads by contract or otherwise nt tho time the coal leaves the mines. EIGHT CHINAMAN CAPTURED Were Piloted Across the St. Lawrence by an Indian. Ogdensburg, X. Y., Feb. 16 Eight Chinamen were captured here, having walked across the St. Lawrence river on the Ice from Canada. They arrived at the border from Montreal on the midnight train and were piloted here by an Indian. All the Chinamen had their queues cut off and wore Ameri can clothes. They will he charped wllh unlawfully entering the United States. Mr. Roosevelt to Be In Italy 11 Days. Rome, Feb. It',. The announcement that Theodore Koosevelt, and his wifo will arrive at Naples the end of March on his way to East Africa and will re main in Italy eleven days has been re ceived here with great satisfaction. Although it Is reported that Mr. Roose velt will travel as quietly as possible, it Is expected that he will visit Rome, both the king and the pope having ex pressed a desire to meet him. Arrange ments also are being made for .Mr. Roosevelt to vhlt the eurthquuke tone. 0 MADE HENRY VIGNAUD RESIGNS Has Been Secretary of American Em basty at Paris For 34 Years. Paris, Feb. 16. Henry Yignaud, secretary of the American embassy at Paris, has resigned, the resignation to take effect March 31. In a letter Which he has forwarded to President Roosevelt Mr. Yignaud assigns as the reason for his decision his advanced age and his desire not to block the path of promotion "to younger men." Mr. Yignaud. who Is 79 years of ae and the oldest member of the Ameri can diplomatic corps abroad, leaves the service greatly esteemed by all who knew him. As he Is without pri vate fortti'ie of any kind, a group or prominent meik'ans, who appre ciate his long and faithful service, have come foi ward and raised a fund of $20,000 to provide for his main tenance. Among these are Levi P. Morton, J. Gordon Bennett. Ferdinand Blumenthal. Andrew Carnegie. John Harjes, T. J. Coolldge, Henry White, J. P. Morgan and a number or others equally well known. Henry Yignaud came abroad as sec retary to the Mason and Slidell com mission to Europe and was secretary of the Confederate diplomatic commis sion in Paris In 1S63. In 187." he be came the regularly commissioned sec retary of the American legation at Paris, after which he was continuous ly secretary or the legation and em bassy for 31 years, during which time he took not a single leave or absence, lie participated In many important negotiations and acquired a high repu tation as ft diplomat. MACKAY COMPANIES' REPORT Havo No Debt Properties Maintained Out of Annual Receipts. Xew York, Feb. 16. The annual re port or the Mackay companies, which own the slock of numerous telegraph and cable companies, Including tho Commercial Cable company and the various companies constituting the land line system known as the Postal Telegraph, sets forth that tho Mackay companies have no debts; that the physical properties or the subordinate companies are maintained In excellent condition and that all reconstruction Is charged to operating expenses, and that extensions, Improvements and vestlgatlons are being paid Uir from annual receipts and not by the Issue of shares or bonds. It Is stated that the Mackay com panies will not oppose the recommen dation of President Roosevelt that telegraph and telephone companies en gaged In Interstate business Bhoul'1 be put under the lurlsdlctlt.n of tl i Interstate commerce commission. An additional tranR-rnntinental route will be put Into operntlon In 1901. VETERANS MUST BE RETAINED Those Heretofore Employed by State Engineer to Be Given Other Positions. Albany, Feb. 16. In an opinion to Acting State Superintendent of In surance Henry D. Appleton, Attorney General O'.Malley holds that the Xew York Physicians' Mutual Aid associa tion has violated section 36 of the In surance law in making a personal loan to Us treasurer. In an opinion io State Eng!neer and Surveyor Williams, the attorney gen eral advises that veterans employed In the work of the highway bureau In his depai liiient must be retained under the new slate highway law either by the new stnte highway commission, which Is to take over (he highway bureau of the state engineer's depart ment, or by the state engineer, in some other position in which they can perform similar -lutles. HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Coburn Is Real Daughter of American Revolution. Morgantown, W. Ya., Feb. 16. Mrs. Susannah Cusemnn Coburn celebrated her one hundredth birthday nero and scores of relatives and friends called to congratulate her. Mrs. Coburn Is a daughter or Abrani Gttsetmm, a, soldier of the Revolutionary war, nnd Is an enthusiastic member of tho Daughters of the American Revolution. The Morgantown chapter -f that or ganization has two centenarians, the other being Mrs. Luclnda Flnnell, who celebrated her hundredth birthday a year ago. Both Mrs. Coburn and Mrs. Flnnell have full possession of their faculties. COLLISION AT SEA Sailing Vessel Rammed Steamer; Thirty Lives Were Lost. Algiers, Feb. 16. Thirty lives veto lost when an unknown sailing vessel rammed the Belgian steamer Aus tralia during a storm on Feb. 12, near Alhoran island. In the Medlteitanean, 100 miles from Gibraltar, and both vessels foundered. Of this number 14 men hailed from the salllntr vessel and 16 from the Australia. Ten mem bers of the crew of the Aust.ulia who had put off from that steamer In a small boat were picked up by tho German steamer Liberia und brought in here. Wooster Orator la a Chinaman. WoostT. O, Feb. 6. Woosler uni versity in the oratorical contest with Dickinson and Allegheny colleges will be represented by P. W. Kuo, a China man. The honor was won by Kuo in the preliminary coolest over ten com peting orators. Kuo's subject was "China's "emonstrauces." The con teat is to held here next month. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS 'ERR Piihy ParagraphsThatChronicle the Week's Doings. Lcng Dispatches From Various Part of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words a Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. District Attorney Jerome of Xew York is nearly overcome by the gas used by a servant girl to end her life. It was reported that Judge Wilis Van Devanler of Wyoming had been chosen secretary or the treasury in the Taft cabinet. President Roosevelt sent a special message to congress urging a law to compel the use or wireless telegraphy on all passenger vest-els. Governor Hughes made public a let ter from J. X. Dolley, speaker or the Kansas house, which denounced the old convention svstem and praised result of direct primaries in Kansas. Thursday. Mrs. Howard Gould appeared as de fendant in the supreme court In a suit to collect a milliner's bill Tor $3, 010. Riotous demonstration of the unem ployed mars King F.dwiud's visit to Berlin; police charge crowd and sev eral men sustain saber wounds. King Kdwaid and Kmpcror William emphasized their desire to cement tho cordial relations between Kngland and Germany at a banquet in Berlin. In a cabled Interview from Paris Perry Belmont spoke for an Increase In the American navy to guarantee the neutrality of the I'atiumn canal. Peter B. Olney, referee, reported to the court his opinion that the Fidelity Funding company could not be de clared bankrupt. n it Is not nmenublo to the bankruptcy laws. Friday. William H. Tin t and Junius S. Sher man were ollkiilly chosen as presi dent and viio president by congress canv assing I lie electoral vole. President Gome, expresses the be lief that reciprocity with Cuba will be easy If the United States grants con cessions on Cuban sugar and tobacco. State Senator Itrough introduced a bill permitting every Kpiscopalimi In Manhattan to take part in tho election of vestrymen and wardens or 'the, Trinity corporation. William 10. Curtis, writing from Washington, slates I bat the latest cen sus shows two-thirds of the population of Spain can m-ltli'-r read nor write, but that education reforms are under way. Saturday. Two charges of champciry were made against Joseph A. Shay, tho law yer who Is accused of plotting the es cape of a prisoner from tho Tombs. Washington advices stated that, the Third squadron, under Reir Admiral Arnold, will meet the returning bat tleship fleet In inliloccan on Fi b. 17. Tho Xew York chamber of commerce udopted a resolution opposing the amendment to the state constitution which contemplates Increasing the debt limit of cities. Puul Kelly and Charles McCarthy, who escaped from the Sing ding con vict camp at Hear mountain, were found starving and exhausted in a de serted boathouse at West Xew York. The car repair shops of tho Xew York Cenlral railroad at Lyons were burned. One hundred and fifty em ployes are temporarily out ot work. All of the rolling stock In the shops wns saved. Monday. Mrs. Carrie Xatlon, says a dispatch from London, purposes to invade the house or lords. Deep sea divers worked to recover the cargo In tho hold of tin Florida, which sank tho Republic. "Jack" Johnson, the champion pugi list, says he Is willing to tight any man In any part or the world. Dispatches received at Washington stated that United Slates Commls-f-loner Buchanan had signed I lie treaty with Venezuela. It was announced that the Waters Pierce Oil company would pay tho $50,000 line and meet other conditions Imposed for the continuance of busi ness In Missouri. Tuesday. After hiding two leper sons lor many years Galveston parents, by stress or poverty, were compelled to notify health olllcers. That Mexico would flood the United States with oil If the countervailing tnrllY duty Is removed was predicted by a Pittsburg expert. P'esl tent . sevelt sent to congress a message recommending legislation feipiestcd by the recent niitieual con ference on the care of dependent chil dren. It is slated la Washington dispute-lies that friendb of Rear Admiral Schley, retired, may oppose creating the grade or vice admiral for the bom-tit of Hoar Admiral Lvans. In deciding a case In West Side court In New York Magistrate Ker nochan said that men would avo'd much trouble If they would retrain from loving women who do not love them. - jiij DIVERS' NARROW ESCAPE Both Struck Their Heads Hard on the Bottom While Gathering Sponge. Xew York, Feb. 16. Dr. C. W. Wy- lie of Syracuse, who arrived her from Bermuda on the steamer- Prinoe George, told of a narrow escape from death which he and Professor S. H. Smalhvood of Syracuse university ex perienced while diving for rare sponges 011 the south shore of Paget. The clearness of the water deceived, them and they struck their heads hard upon the bottom. Professor Small- wood was rendered unconscious, but Dr. Wylie, who had not hit quite to hard, managed to get his companion out of the water. The divers had left their clothes nearby. "Soon we set about, with remedies I had at hand, vigorously aiding each the other with hypodermic Injections." said Dr. Wylle. "Negro tishermen found us In this somewhat ridiculous plight and were Inclined to attack us with their spears. We had a hard time convincing Iheni of what had happened nnd getting them to take us In a boat to our hotel." 300 PERISH IN THEATER FIRE Film of Moving Picture Took Fire and Caught Bunting, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 16. Be tween 2")(l and .100 people were burned to death and ini.ny were Injured In a fire which destroyed the Flores the aler In the city of Acapulco Monday night. The news ol tho disaster reached this capital today, telegraphic communication with Acapulco having been destroyed owing to the fact that the telegraph ollice adjoining the the ater was burned and all wires put out of commission. The Kl'ires theater was a wooden structure and Monday night over 1,000 people crowded Into It to witness a special performance given In honor of Governor Damlun Flores, of the state of Guerro, who was visiting the host at the time. One of the numbers on tho program consisted of a series of moving pic tures. While the operator was exhib iting these, a lllm caught fire and a blaze was quickly communicated to some hunting which had been used for decorative purposes. In an In credibly short time the flumes sprend to all parts of the structure. There were but three narrow exits and the panic stricken audience rushed to them, many falling, to bo crushed to dealh, their bodies choking the way of escape to others. The screams of those imprisoned were tei rll'ylng. Owing to the rapid ity with which tho lire spread nnd it Intense heat it was Impossible to at tempt rescue work and those Impris oned were literally roasted alive aa the lire burned with little smoke and few were suffocated. The ( (forts of the fire department were conllned to attempting to save the adjoining buildings and they succeeded so tuat the property loss was small. The telegraph oflice, posiolflce and enstum house was damaged, but all of the government's records and regis tered mall was saved. Pitiable scenes of grler are being en acted on the streets or the little west coast port. Men, wome naud children nre waniK-Ing from place to place hunting for relatives or friends. Many of Ihe dead are from the Urst families or the state, the affair at the theater being a social event of consid erable Importance and calling out the wealthiest and oldest families for miles around. In some Instances en tire families were wiped out of exist ence. The municipal authorities caused large trenches to he dug and Into these the remains of tho dead vere laid. According to telegrams received from there, recognition of the dead has been an Impossibility, owing to the fact that the bodies are burned, In most cases to a crisp. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market. New York, Feb. 13. V.'IIKAT Xo. 2 red, $l.l!Hi f. o. b. afloat; No. I northern Dtiluth, $1.2:tVi. CO It X No. 2 corn, new, 70 'c f. o. b. afloat. 7L''-ic elevator. OXTS Mixed oats, 2fi to 32 lbs., n.-.iUi nt'ic; clipped white, 31 to 42 lbs., 07drii2,Jc. PORK Mess, $17..r.0fl 18.00; family, $IS.ror.i .-P.I.R0. HAY -Good to choice, 80ffT85c. Bl'TTKlt Cieameiy specials, 32 32ac; extra, 31 ti Hl'c; process, IS'ip 27c; western factory, 21i22e. KGGS State and Pennsylvania, 36c. CIIKKSK State, full cream, fancy, 15i l(;v4c. POTATOES Maine, per 180 lbs.. $2.50'if2.75; state, $2,251(2.50. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, Feb. IS. WHEAT Xo. 1 northern, carloads, f 1 . 1 S i : No. 2 red. $1.1S. COIIX No. 2 yellow, ti8',4c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 07 c. OATS No. 2 white, fifi'itfi ."7c f. o. b. afloat; No. It white, 554 ( otic. FLOUR Fancy blended pateut, per bbl.. $ti.25ffr7.00; wintur family patent, $5 .lijf.i O.-IO. HUTTKIl Creamery, prints, fancy, 30(i.'.31c; Elate and P01111. cream erv, 2'Jc; naiiy, choice to fancy, 2il Ji'27c. I'HKKSK -- Chohi! to fancy, full rrenm, l l''n 15c; fair togo xl, Klfi lie. KGGS Selecl'-il white, 32c. POTATOES White fancy, per bu., 7Sc; fair to uood. 32c.
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