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VOL. XLI. NO. 48.
TIONETSA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1909.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
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BOROUGH OFFICER!.
Burger;. J . T. Carson.
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.