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A. Randall, D, W. Clark. Ouuncumm.J, W, Landers, J. T. Dale, O. II. Robinson, Wm. Hmearbaugh, J, W. JamloHon, W. J. Campbell, A. Ii. Kelly. Oonstahle Charles Clark. Collector W. II. Ilond. School Directors i. O. Ncowden, It. M. Herman, Q Jamietton, J. J. Landers, J, K. Clark, W. O. Wyman. FOrtEST COUNTY OFFICKR,3. Member of Congress P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall. Assembly A. R. Mechllng. President Judge Win. K. Rice. Associate Judge V. X. Kreitler, P. C. Hill. Prothonotary , Register t Recorder, tc, -J. C. OelMt. Sheriffs. It. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holoinan. Oomminnionert Win. II. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel. II. H. McClellsn. District Attorney A. V. Hrown. Jury Commissioners Ernost Uibble, Lewis Wagner. Coroner Dr. 0 Y. Delar. County .duditors-Georae H. Warden, A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. Oountv Surveyor D. W. Clark. Count) Superintendent D. W. Morri son. Krialnr Tnmt ( l!rt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Hnptember. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of montn. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a. lu. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. K. L. Monroe, FBHtor. Preaching In the Presbyterian church every Nabbath at U:m) a. m. and 7:30 p. in. Rev. U. A. llalley, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. UJvtre held at the headquarters on the secVml and fourth Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. IM'.NKSTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 271 O. A, R. Meets 1st Monday evenug In each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. R ITCHEY A CARRINGER. ATTORN JSYS-AT-IjAW. Tlonesta, Pa. CURTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT- LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Oflloelii Arner Building, Cor. Kim and Bridge 8ta., Tlonesta, Pa. FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank, TIONESTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGIST. Ollice in Dunn A Fulton drugstore. Tlonesta, Pa. Profess ional calls promptly responded to at all hours of day or night. Rosldence Elm St., throe doors above the store. D R. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D R. J. B. 8IOQINS, Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a completechange, and is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot aud cold water, etc. The oouiforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEROW A G1CROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This Is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and lias all the modem improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping pUoe for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. )H1L. KMEKT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to f ive perfect satisfaction. Prompt atton iou given to mending, and prices rea- auunuioi Fred. Grottenborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Blacksmithing prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and Just west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN OFTICIAF. Ollice ) A 7X National Bank Building, OIL CITY, PA. Eyes examined free. Exclusively optical, FIGHT WITH BURGLAR Resulted In Death of Mrs. So phia Staber at Flatbush, L I. Con Wrestled With Robber and Suc ceeded In Keeping Muzzle of Burg lar's Gun Away From Him but It Was Discharged and One of th Three Shots Killed His Mother, Who Was Standing at Her Bedroom Door. Two Men Arrested. Two shoeless men, one wounded in the arm and thigh, are held by the police charged with the murder of Mrs. Sophia Staber, wife of George Stnbcr, a New York Importer of paper, in whose residence at Flatbush, L. 1., a Etibiirb of Brooklyn, there was a bat tle with burglars early Thursday in which Mra. Staber met death. The men say they are Carlo Giro, born in Trieste, Atislrii, and "John Smith." The latter speaks with German accent. He was the one wounded. He was op erated upon and told that he might not live and urged to tell the whole truth. He admitted, the police sny, thi't it was a bullet from his pistol, discharged In a struggle with Mrs. Stabrr'B son George, that killed her. Giro was picked up first after the burglary while trying to beg or buy a pair of shoes, for the men had removed theirs while entering the house. Smith was found under a bush, bleeding, about n mile from the Staber house. Mrs. S'abor was shot dead at 2 o'clock In the morning while standing In her bedroom door. The burglar withdrew to the hall, but the mother's cries had aroused her son George, 20 years old. As he stepped from his door, a man struck at him in the darkness, missed and stumbled down stairs. At the same Instant he saw the second burglar, grappled with him, and fought him Into the bath room. In the struggle the burglar managed with his free hand to draw a seven-shot automatic pistol. Then be gan a fierce fight for the pistol. In the meantime Mrs. Staber was standing In the doorway, screaming, not heeding her husband's attempt to pull her Into the room. Young Staber succeeded In keeping the muzzle of the burglar's gun away from him, but it was nevertheless discharged. Two shots went wild; the third cut the drawstrings of his pajamas, set the cloth on fire, end, though not wound ing him, killed his mother. Just as young Staber finally got control of the pistol, the burglar wrenched loose. Staber chased htm down the stairs, firing as he ran. Two shots evidently took effect but the last two cartridges misfired. When he reached the ver andah, the street was empty. FAMOUS FLYING MACHINES International Balloon and Aeroplane Exposition Opens. Among the exhibits In the Inter national balloon and aeroplane exposi tion which opened In Frankford, Ger many, and will remain open until Octo ber are flying machines as well known as those of the Wright brothers. Count von Zeppelin. Major von Parsevul, Count de la Vaulx and others whose recent exploits in navigating the air have held the attention of the entire civilized world. During the exposition dlrlg(b'e air ships of rigid and nonrigld pat?n.s, aeroplanes and spherical balloons will be seen In flight, and facilities will be offered visitors to make trips In air ships, starting from the exhibition grounds. For sixty days during the exhibition there will be races and other competitions of a sporting and nill'tary character. TARIFF IN CONFERENCE Interest In Final Development of the Revenue Bill. If the Interest of the "ultimate con sumer" has lagged during the detailed discussion of the tariff bill In the sen ate there Bhould be a revival of con cern In the subject this week, for the measure now in the hands of the sen ate and house conferees has reached the crucial stage, where the Influence of the president in the final shaping may be watched with lively anticipa tion. It is no secret that the bill as amended by the senate falls to satisfy the expectations of the more Insistent "downward revisionists," and whether it meets or shall be made to meet the views of Mr. Taft, as set forth in his speeches, will be a matter of news en titled to first place In the chronicle of the week's events. GIFT OF $10,000,000 Mr. Rockefeller's Donations to General Education Board Reach $52,000,000. John 1). Rockefeller has Increased his donations to the general education keard by a gift of $10,000,000 and also released the board from the obligation to hold In perpetuity the funds con tributed by him. The gift announced by Frederick T. Gales, the chairman of the board, brings .Mr. Rockefeller's donations to the general board to $52,000,000. It was contributed, according to the statement made by .Mr. Gates, because the income of the present fund avail able for appropriation had been ex hausted and a larger Income to meet educational needs of great Importance' bad become necessary. PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES Erect a Tablet on Giant Boulder al Isle La Motte. The Lake ChamplaJn tercentenar celebration arranged Jointly by the states of New lork and Verrhont, aft er a week of oratory and pageantry beginning at Old Crown Point, N. Y.. closed on Friday with ceremonies on historic Isle La Motte, where years ago In the shelter of Fort Ann, th earliest Christian service in the his tory of Vermont was held. On Its wooded slopes thousands gathered to listen to addresses by Gov- ernor Proiity of Vermont, Governoi Hughes of New York, Lieutenant d Valssau Benolst d'Azy, naval attache of the French embassy at Washington, who was commissioned by Amba. sa dor Jusserand to represent France; the Very Piev. F. Preval, and Wendel P. Stafford, justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. Stale Senator Henry W. Hill of Buf falo, secretary of the New York com mission, joined Governor Prouty In welcoming the visitors to the Island Although long a resident of the Em pire State he is a native Vermontei nd spent his boyhood days on Isle La Motte. One of the Impressive ceremonies ol the day was the unveiling of a tablet erected on a giant boulder along the roadside not far from the shrine on a knoll overlooking the lake. It Is a gift to the state by the women of the Patri otic Societies of Vermont, and bears the following Inscription: "In honor of the first white men who fortified this island in 1686. "In memory of the sacrifice and va lor of Colonel Seth Warner and Cap tain Remember Bnker, eminent Green Mountain Coys and Patriots. "And to commemorate the campaign of General Montgomery, who encamp ed near this spot with 1.200 men In 1777, this tablet Is erected by the Patri otic Societies of Vermont Women. "t!09." NOTABLE FLEET 0FWARSHIPS Gathered In Cape Cod Bay For a Month of Maneuvers. Skirting the Inner tip of Cape Cod there lies In the harbor of Province town and nearby waters the largest and most notable fleet of warships ever assembled for active duty under the Stars and Stripes, every vessel of the half hundred In readiness for prac tice maneuvers which will tax the in genuity and skill of the foremost naval minds of the country for the next month. The vessels, Including fourteen bat tleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, sub marines, refrigerator ships, tenders and supply ships numbering 54 ves sels all told, and representing a valua tion of nearly $200,000,000, are drawn up In two parallel lines extending around Race Point along the cape to Truro, four miles below, standing at the head of the line being Rear Ad miral Schroeder's flagship the Con necticut. On board the vessels are 15,000 men. Early on Monday two divisions of the fleet went outside for practice and maneuvers, two other divisions re maining Inside, which will be the pro gram throughout the maneuvers, the divisions alternating In the work. Perhaps the greatest Interest will be the demonstration of the worth of the new masts or "fire control" tops which have so markedly changed the appear ance of the warships. t The big event of the maneuvers Is expected to be a grand final review by President Taft and Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer. CATERPILLARS ABOARD SHIP Broke Loose From Box In Which Gov ernment Was Bringing Them. Passengers on the American liner New York, which arrived Monday from Southampton, were astonished when three days out to find caterpil lars at the table, in bed, over head and under foot. It was learned that a consignment of them, carrying para sites supposed to be fatal for the de vastating browntailed riloth, crawled forth from a broken box at sea. They are being brought over by the govern ment so that the parasites may get their work in on the browntall moth. ST. JOHNS-NEW YORK CABLE Steamer Colonla Will Begin Work of Laying It This Week. The work of laying a cable connect ing New York and St. Johns direct will be begun this week by the steini er Colonta of the Commercial Cable company, which arrived at St. Johns, N. F on Sunday. The new cable will be connected with one of the transatlantic cables which now land at Flemish cape, just east of St. Johns, and will form the first direct cable be tween Europe and New York by way of Newfoundland. The Colonial has on board 2 000 miles of new cable. SHOWER OF FROGS Tracks of Railway Covered and Rails Made Slippery. A message received at I'tlca from Gouvernour, N. Y., states that In a heavy wind and rain storm there thousands of small but perfectly form ed frogs fell, covering the sidewalks In Grove street to such an extent that walking was difficult. The rails of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg division of the New York Central railroad for half a mile were covered and rendered so slippery that the speed of the trains was materially leg eencd. 1 Commission of Three Alienists to Pass on His Sanity. Justice Mills Favored Appointment ol a Commission but Thought the State Should Name Two of the Three Ex perts All of the Testimony So Fai Is In Favor of Thaw's Sanity Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw to Appear For Hee Husband. White Plains, July 13. If counsel can agree, n commission of three alien Ists, mutually selected, will pas3 or. the question of Harry K. Thaw's san lty. This was practically decided al a continuation of the hearing before Justice Mills. In which counsel foi Stanford White's slayer is trying toes tablish his right, to release from the asylum for the criminal Insane at Mat teawan. With all of the testimony In favor ol Thaw and with the Indication that hit 'lfe, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, will take the sland In his behalf; with District Attorney Wil'lam Travers Jerome eliminated, Thaw's chances for release appear brighter than at any time since his commitment. After a string of witnesses testify Ing to Thaw's soundness of mind had told their story, Roger Clarke, deputy attorney general, who Is conducting the people's case, Informed the court that he had been so much Impressed by Thaw's intelligent Interest In the case at stake, that he conceded Thaw'f right to a full and Impartial examina tion. He suggested that counsel foi Thaw and counsel for the people agree to a commission of three expert alien ists whose decision should be accept ed by both parties to the suit without reservations or equivocation. Charles Morschauser, for Thaw, was agreeable and asked that Dr. Baker, superintend ent of the state asylum, and Dr. Aus tin Flint be named as two of the three. Justice Mills favored the suggestion for a commission but was of the opln Ion that the state ought to name twe of the three experts. With that ex ception, he left the personnel of the commission to be determined by the counsel for both sides. Mr. Morschnuser pressed for anoth er advantage for his client by asking the court, In event of selection of a commission, that any one who had test! fled In previous proceedings be barred from the examination now In progress. Justice Mills left this point also to be decided by counsel. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who has been living quietly In retirement of late, may take the stand. She has abandon ed vacation plans, It !s announced. In order to appear for her husband. The testimony heard from Jailers, real es tate dealers, clergymen, a dentist and a reporter all called by Thaw was uniformly in his favor. Witnesses related conversations with him on music, dogs, cigars, liter ature, electricity, geology, prison life, sport, religion and the personality of the late pope. Leo XIII. A watchman had learned from Thaw that the stone age was to be placed some 500 years back. An Innkeeper thought Thaw perfectly sane, except thnt on one oc casion he had refused the witness' In vitation to take a drink with him. He admitted under cross-examination that he had known several persons to de cline a drink. SHAKE-UP In department 100 Employes Reduced and Ten Allow ed to Resign. Washington, July 13. The greatest shapenp that ever has occurred In the personnel of the department of com merce and labor took place today when approximately 100 employes were re duced and the resignations of ten oth ers accepted. This action was taken by Secretary Nngel as the result of an Investigation Into the "efficiency record" of the em ployes In his department. The reduc tions were made, It Is stated, because the employes were found to have "loaf ed on the job," while those allowed to resign were found to be Inefficient. JEFFRIES TO POST FORFEIT Denies Statement That He Will Not Fight Johnson. Toronto. Ont.. July 13. To the As sociated Press representative James J. Jeffries denied the statement attribut ed to him that he would not fight John son. "It Is absolutely untrue that I have repud'ataed my promise to fight Johnson and I intend to do so." At the conclusion of his Bparrlng exhibition with Sam Herger at Hanlan's Point last night Jeffries stated that uon his arrival In New York next week he would post a forfeit for the fight. Unknown Body Taken From River. Niagara Falls, N. Y.. July 13 The body of un unusually pretty young woman of about 23 was taken from Hip river near the brink of the Canadian Falls last night. The body had been In the water only a short time. There were no marks on the clothing by which the identity of the young wom an could be established. Mystery at Brookville. Brookvllle, Pa., July 13. The body of R. H. Snyder, a woodsman, aout 45 years old, was found In a coke oven at Tyler. He had been roasted to death It Is thought he was struck down, rob bed and thrown into the oven. THAW'S DAY IN COUR MUCH STEEL NEEDED Year's Requirements For the Panama Canal $48,000,000. Washington, July 13. Forty-eight million dollars will be needed by the Isthmian canal commission to carry on the work of digging the Panama canal during the. fiscal year 1911, according to estimates which have been received by Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh, who prepares the annual book of appropriations to be submitted to congress. The appropriation for the current year was $33,638,000. During the pres ent fiscal year contracts will be made lut the -delivery next year of large quantities of structural steel material necessary In the construction of the gates of the locks of the canal. Money for this material, the officials say, Is one of the Important Items in the es timates submitted. Next year they probably will be lower. The estimates will probably receive the careful at tention of President Taft to the end that they may bo scaled down, If pos sible. PUNXY BOY A HERO Plunges Into Creek After Drowning Brother. runxsutawney, Pa., July 13. To save his little brother's life Hobart Hail. 11 years old, Jumped into 10 feel of water and swam with the strug gling child to a pier, where he kept above water until four companions formed a human chain and rescued the two boys. The boys, on their way from Sunday school, stopped to play on the piers nf the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts burg railroad bridge spanning Mahon ing creek. George Hall, 9 years old, lost, his balance and fell Into the creek. He had gone down several times when the older brother Jumped In and grasp ed the drowning lad around the waist. The two boys are sons of Carl Hall of East Punxsutawney. , ENDS HIS LIFE WITH SCISSORS Pennsylvania Veteran Stabs Him sell With Rusty Instrument, Hampton, Va., July 13. Edward Barton, a veteran of the Civil war, jommltted suicide In Phoebus by stab liinb himself in the heart with a pair Df rusty scissors. The man went to woodshed In the rear of his home it 11 o'clock yesterday morning. He ivas found there dead in a pool of alood two hours later by his wife. The man made several stabs with his antl liiated weapon. One of the strokes, however, went squarely Into the cen ter of the heiirt. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of suicide. Barton, who was 65 years old, served with a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil war. He came to the National Soldiers' home at Hampton 10 years igo from Philadelphia. JEST MAY PROVE FATAL Millworker's Skull Crushed by Helper. Hit by a Two-Inch Steel Bolt. Pittsburg, July 13. As the alleged result of a Jest Philip Bishop, a roller it Jones & Laughlln's 40-Inch bar mill, Southslde, Is In the Southslde hospital i' d his death Is expected any moment. eorge Wylnnd. his helper, said to have nssalled Bishop and later aided him to medical assistance. Is In the 3outh Thirteenth street station. Bishop and Wyland were changing the rolls, when Bishop, who Is said to have had a reputation as a Joker, Is alleged to have addressed Wyland teaslngly. Wyland then Is said to have swung a two-inch steel bolt at Blsh sp's head, the full weight of Its 16 pounds striking the skull. Bishop lives nt 2620 Stella street, Southslde. Wyland gave himself up and Is break ing his heart over the trouble. Try to Kill Family. Philadelphia, July 13. An attempt to kill the family of Amadeo Frunzi, 9 former saloonkeeper in Germantown, was made by dynamiting the house. None of the nine members of the fami ly was seriously Injured though sev eral of the children were cut by the breaking of the windows. Frun7.1 received a threatening letter demanding $500. to which he paid no attention. Robbers In Possession of House. Washington, Pa., July 13. When Mis. John Trip visited the home of her father, Charles Axtell, at Nlnevah, tireene county, yesterday, she found the family absent and three robbers in possession of the house. She waa driven away at the point of a revolver. When neighbors later went with her to the house the robbers had gone. They had taken no valuables. Quits Society to Be a Cop. riiiladelnhla, July Kl. Arthur II. Mulhoiland, sworn In as a sub-patrol man. Is the only wealthy man who has given up a life of ease and joined the regular police force to become a great detective. He disposed of a yacht, two fast horses and two autos for the :lub and unlfnim. Officer Mulhoiland, who is woith $200,0(10, Is earning 12.2?. a dav as a sub. NEWS PARAGRAPHS Sumnary of the Week's News of the World.' Happenings From All Parts of th Globe Put Into Shape For Easy Reading What All the World Ii Talking About Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches. Ground was broken for the $100,000 memorial shaft to be erected on Spuy ten Duyvel hill In memory of Henry Hudson. Charges I hat students had been bru tally mistreated at the Carlisle Indian school were denied by Superintendent Friedman. Mrs. Peter Vankenier, living near Sodus, X. Y., Is dead of a broken neck caused by a fall from a merry-go-round In operation at Sodus Bay, a summer resort. The Chicago Record-Herald's sum maries of the casualties In the United States of three days' celebration of the Fourth of July give 46 dead and 1,375 Injured. The seuate passed the Aldrlch joint resolution submitting to the legisla tures of the states an amendment to the constitution permitting a tax on Incomes. Thursday. The number of fatalities at bull fights In Spain may result In gov ernment Hctlon restricting these spec tacles, according to a dispatch from San Sebastian. The New York police books show a total of 118 unsolved murder mys teries since 11106. Half of them are re corded und"r the general head of "Ital ian assassinations." The senate revised the corporation tax amendment, putting fraternal or ganizations, labor unions, mutual building and loan associations and church bodies on the exempt, list. The supremo court of the state of San Luis Potosl. Mlexlco, has confirm ed the death sentence of Darlo Gon zales, the millionaire who was con victed of the murder of his brother-in-law, Manuel Iturre. Friday. Mr. Roosevelt killed a Hon which was charging him, says a dispatch from Naivasha. The Club Nautique de Gand of Bel glum won the grand challenge cup in the regatta at Henley, England. Eleven lives were lost and more than a million dollars' damage was done In th floods In Missouri. John 1). Rockefeller at Cleveland celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday. He was lorn on a small farm near Richfield, Tioga county, N. Y. An ordinance was passed by the city council and signed by the mayor, legalizing the erection In Kansas City, Mo., of a new union station, to cost $20,000,000. Dispatches from Colon state that a revolution has broken out In Colombia, apparently against the administration of General Reyes, and several cities are now in the hands of the rebels. Saturday. A decree of divorce was granted to the wife of Senator Alddch's son. According to a Tokio dispatch the Japanese government will acquire the Dreadnoughts built In Kngland for the Brazilian government. Dispatches lo Dun & Co. Indicate further gains In the business world, and promising crop outlook creates a general feeling of optimism in trade circles. With the bones stripped of flesh by alligators the body of Herman Wilcox of Chicago was found In Good Time lake, a summer resort, near Pensa cola, Fla. Monday. Earthquake shocks occurred through out the French Riviera, the same re gion which suffered seismic disturb ances In June. A replica of the Clermont, Robert Fulton's first steamboat, was launched at Staten Island for the Hudson-Fulton celebration. It was announced that passengers on the Pennsylvania railroad will be carried through the Hudson tunnels free after July 1!). Mene Wallace, nn Eskimo boy whom Lieutenant Peary brought to this coun try thirteen years ago, left for his home in Greenland. Counsel for the mother of the late Lieutenant Sutton scouted the suicide theory of his death In a statement given out a Washington. Tariff conferees, behind closed doors, covered fifty of the bill's 404 pages. It was reported that the cor poration tax probably would bo re duced to 1 per cent. Tuesday. Manufacturers started an org'inhcd fight against the corporation tax t-iv-Hon of the tariff bill. Fear of strike violence In Cape Iliel on resulted in a 'second train load of troops being rushed to the scne. Several hundred miners are said to bo entombed by an explosion of fire damp in a coal mine at Helmez, Spain. Mr. and .Mrs. Towmend Veritz, aged residents of Piilchogue, I.. I., wero burned lo death and the owner of their dwelling was arrested. A lelogrnni received at Vienna from Budapest declares that I .eon Ling, the Chinaman who on June !l Is supposed to have murdered Elsie Slj;el In Now York, is In that city. WRIGHT'S AEROPLANE Circled the Parade Ground at Fori Meyer Six Times. Washington, July 13. OrvllH Wright last evening made a very suc cessful flight In the Wright aeroplane at Fort Meyer, Va., remaining In the air Ave minutes and 30 seconds, dur ing which time the machine attained the exceptional speed of about 40 miles an hour, circling the parade grounds half a dozen times, a total distance of about three and a hall miles. After keeping a crowd of nearly a thousand expectant people, Including a number prominent In official life, waiting for an hour nad a half on ac count of wind conditions, the aero plane started on Its flight at 7:07 p. m. The aviator concluded not to prolong the trial because the motor ol the machine, which had Just been re paired, was not working perfectly. Each time the aeroplane circled past the starting point the spectators cheered. f A smart breeze prevented jfe Wright brothers from starting the aeroplane Immediately after It wal brought from the shed at 5 o'clock. During the delay the Wrights talk ed at length with Count von Berns forff, the German ambassador, among others, explaining the workings of the machine. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of ex-President Roosevelt, enthusiastically examined the aero plane with the inventors, and the sec retary of the navy, George von I Meyer, gave it a careful Inspection. Shortly after 7 o'clock the breeze died down suftlclently to permit t flight. When the signal waB given the machine shot forward Instantly and mounted gracefully into the light breeze. Mr. Wright guided the flyer to the lower end of the large parade ground and circled around toward the starling point, gradually rising higher from the ground. Six times he rounded the course, the machine attaining an average speed of about 40 miles an hour, ac cording to Mr. Wright. After passing the crowd the slxtli time the aviator descended easily and alighted with no apparent Jar. Both of the Wrights expressed themselves as pleased with the per formance. They Intend to make only short flights until the new bearings have become worn down and the pro pelling motor is working perfectly. COMPULSORY SERVICE BILL Lord Roberts Draws Gloomy Picture ot Country's Defences. London, July, 13. "The national service bill." which provides for the compulsory service In tho territorial army of all male citizens between the ages of IS and 30, was Introduced In the house of lords by Lord Roberts, who, In supporting the measure, paint ed a gloomy picture of the condition ol the country's defences and the threat ening dangers of the empire. Continuing Lord Roberts denounced the present policy which he character ized as n "wilful gamble with the safe ty of the country and the empire" and claimed that his bill would furnish one million well trained and disciplined soldiers in a few years. Say Ling Is Not In Budapest. Budapest, July 13. The Budapest authorities have absolutely no Inform ation concerning the reported arrival of Leon Ling here. Only a few Chi nese peddlers reside In Budapest, and a strange Chinaman would find diffi culty In secreting himself. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market. New York, July 12. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.45 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Dtiluth, $1.37. CORN No. 1 old corn, 71Vfcc f. o. b. afloat; KOc eknator. OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 lbs.. 57c; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs., r.r.fi 63c. PORK Mess, 21.00fff21.B0; family, $21.00'i( 22.00. HAY Good to choice, tl.004fl.05. ld'TTKU Creamery, specials, 26 HO" 27c; extra, 26c; process, 18i?j 21c; state dairy, 201 2.'.',ic CHEESE State, full cream, fancy, 13,2fl M'ie. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 28ff3lc. POTATOES Southern, pr bbl, tl.G0ffi2.2ri; Long Island, $2.2.". Buffalo Provision Market. Buffolo, July 12. WHEAT No. 1 northern carloads, tl-34',4; No. 2 ted, no offerings. CORN No. 2 yellow, 78 Vic f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 77c. OATS No. 2 white, i'mc i. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 54 Vic. FLOl'R Fancy blended -latent, per bhl.. $7.()"tfi 7.75; winter ffjully, patent, $6.r0ff 7.23. Ill'TTEK Creamery, prints, itiicy. 27V&ffj2Kc; stato creamery, 26ffj2CVie; dairy, choice to fancy, 2lffl2."iC CHEESE Choice to fancy, lull cream, 13 (ft 11c; fair to good, 13c. EGT1S Selected, white, 26c. POTATOES Southern, fancy, per bhl.. $2.7.'ffi 2 S.'i; fair to good, t2.2.Vcr 2.50. East Buffalo Live Stock Marxet. CATTLE - Prime export steers, $6.50 ffjfi.75; good to choice butcher steers, $5.2riff6.35; choice cows, tl.25ff4.50; choice heifers, t-i.25r'i 5.50; common to fair heifers, $ I.5iKi 5.00; common to fair bulls, $3.0ltffi 4.011; choice veals, $S.75fi!.Ol); fair to good, tS.25i 8.51). SHEEP AND LAM US Choice spring lambs. $S.50ffi S.75; yearlings, tH.50ffi7.0il; mixed sheep, $5.m)fj 5.25. HOGS Light Yorkers, $7.75 fi 7.'.I0; medium anil heavy hogs, $S.40'ii S.45; pigs, $7.60'T17.75.
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