The Forest Republican. (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, July 14, 1909, Image 2

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VOL. XLII. NO. 19.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1909.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
ST
ICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Surge. J. D. W. Beck.
Jul(ee of the JVaee O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oounmimen. J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
u, II. Koblnson, Win. nmearbaugb, J.
W. Jamloaon, W. J. Campbell, A. 11.
f iveny.
CbtwfaM Charles Clark.
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Directors J. O. Hoowden, R, M.
Herman, Q Jmnleson, J. J, Landers, J.
K. Clark, W. U. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Oongreet N. P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Aembly A. 11. Mecbllng.
Preaident Judge Win. E. Rice.
Aoeiate Judge F. X. Kreltler, P
C. Hill.
Frothonotary .Regitttr d Recorder, ,
J. C. GelHt.
Sheriff H. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Oeo. W. Holeman.
OommiittionttrtWm . 11. Harrison, J.
M. y,uenilnl, ii. H. McUlellan.
Dintriet Attorney A. C. Brown.
Jury OommUtionen Ernest Sibble,
Lewis Wanner.
Coroner Dr. C Y. Detar.
County Auditor George H. Warden,
A. C. Uregg and J. P. Kelly.
County Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. H (' Teres f Cart.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month.
I'fcareb Habbath Mebsal.
Presbyterian Sabbath Sohool at 0:46 a.
tn.t 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
t Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
K. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching In the Presbyterian church
every Habbatb at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pa-tor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
UJWeheld at the headquarters on the
secnd and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
rpv . N EST A LODU E, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 271
G. A. R. Meet 1st Monday evening
In each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
R1TCHEY A CARRINGER.
ATTORNKY8-AT-LAW,
Tiocesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank.
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. Offloe in Dunn A
Fultou drugstore. Tionesta, Pa. Profess
ional calls promptly responded to at all
hours of day or night. Residence Elm
St., throe doors above the store.
u
R. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician Burgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
D
,R. J. B. SIOGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and Is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The oomfor'a of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
GEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel In the place, and lias all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public First
olass Livery in connection.
pHlL. KMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery Btore
on Elm street. Is prenyl to do all
Kinds of custom work ffcthe finest to
the oosrsest and guarantees bis work to
glm perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
t given to mending, and prices rea
stVlble. Fred. Orottonberger
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.
Shdp 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
PS tZUGVSF M QQCK
OPTIOIAIT.
Office 1 A 7X National Bank Building,
OIL CITY, PA.
Eyes examined free.
Exclusively optloal.
FIGHT W TH
BURGLAR
Resulted In Death of Mrs. So
phiaStaber at Flatbush. L I.
Con Wrestled With Robber and Suc
ceeded In Keeping Muzzle of Burg
lar'a Gun Away From Him but It
Was Discharged and One of th
Three 8 hots Killed His Mother, Who
Was Standing at Her Bedroom Door.
Two Men Arrested.
Two shoeless men, one wounded in
Ihe arm and thigh, are hold by the
police charged with the murder of
Mrs. Sophia Staber, wife of George
Staber, a New York Importer of paper,
in whose residence at Flatbush, L. I., a
euburb of Brooklyn, there was a bat
tie with burglars early Thursday In
which Mr3. Staber met death. The
men say they are Carlo Giro, born In
Trieste, Austrli, and "John Smith
The latter speaks with German accent,
lie 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 say,
Hint it was a bullet from his pistol,
discharged In a struggle with .Mrs.
Staber's son George, that killed hor.
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
wart found under a bush, bleeding,
about a mile from the Staber house.
Mrs. Staber was shot dead at 2
o'clock in the morning while standing
in her bedroom door.
The burglar withdrew to the hall but
Ihe mother's cries had aroused her
son George, 20 years old. As he stepped
from his door, a man strurk at him In
the darkness, missed ma 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
mnnnged 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, Bet the
cloth on Are, and, though not wound
ing him. killed his mother. Just as
young Stqher finally got control of the
pistol, the burglar wrenched loose.
Staber chnsed him down the stairs,
firing as he ran. Two shots evidently
took effect but the la9t 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 IjWhe 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 dlrlglb'e air
ships of rigid and nonrigld patterns.
aeroplanes and spherical balloons will
be Been in flight, and facilities will be
offered visitors to make tdns In air
ships, starting from the TCSMtian
grounds. For sixty days during the
exhibition there will be races and
other competitions of a Bporting and
niil'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 should 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 Bhaping
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 Bet forth in his
speeches, will be a matter of news en
titled to first place in the chronicles
of the week's events.
GIFT OF $10,000,000
Mr. Rockefeller's Donations to General
Education Board Reach $52,000,000.
John IX Rockefeller has Increased
his donations to the general education
koard 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.
Gates, the chairman of the board,
brings Mr. Rockefeller's donations to
the general board to $52,000,000. It
wns 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 Importances'
bad become necessary.
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES
Erect Tablet on Giant Boulder at
Isle La Motte.
The Lake Champlaln tercentenar)
celebration arranged Jointly by tht
Btates of New ork and Verriiont, 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 yean
ago in the shelter of Fort Ann, th
earliest Christian service In the his
tory of Vermont was held.
On Its wooded Blopes thousand!
gathered to listen to addresses by Gov
ernor Prouty of Vermont, Governot
Hughes of New York, Lieutenant de
Vaissau Denolst d'Azy, naval attache
of the French embassy at Washington
who was commissioned by Ambassa
dor Jusserand to represent France;
the Very Rev. F. Preval, and Wendel
P. Stafford, Justice of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia.
State Senator Henry W. Hill of Buf
falo, secretary of the New York com
mission, Joined Governor Prouty Id
welcoming the visitors to the Island
Although long a resident of (he Em
plie State he Is a native Vermontei
und sitent his boyhood days on Isle La
Motte.
One of the Impressive ceremonies of
the day was the unveiling of a tablet
erected on a giant boulder along the
roadside not far from the Bhrlne 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 Baker, 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 Patrl
otic Societies of Vermont Women.
"1909."
NOTABLE FLEET OFWARSHIPS
Gathered In Cape Cod Bay For
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.
Perhap 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.
The big event of the maneuvers Is
expected to be n 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 Wat 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 browntalled rhoth, 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 browntail 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 s to lin
er Colonla 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 Ralls
Made Slippery.
A message received at Utlca from
Gouvernour, X. 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 thnt
walking was difficult. The raiU 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 lea
sened.
THAW'S DAYIN Cdl
Commission of Three Alienists
to Pass on His Sanity.
Justice Mills Favored Appointment ol
a Commission but Thought the 8tat
Should Name Two of the Three Ex
perts All of the Testimony So Fai
Is In Favor of Thaw'a Sanity Eve
lyn Nesblt Thaw to Appear For Hei
Husband.
White Plains, July 13. If counsel
can agree, n commission of three alien
tsts, mutually selected, will pass or.
the question of Harry K. Thaw's san
Ity. This was practically decided al
a continuation of the hearing before
Justice Mills, In which counsel fot
Stanford White's slayer Is trying to es
tabllFh his right, to release from tht
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 Nesblt Thaw, will take
the stand In his behalf; with District
Attorney Wll'lam Travers Jeromf
eliminated. Thaw's chances for release
appear brighter than at any time slnc
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 tht
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 opin
Ion that the state ought to name two
of the three experts. With that ex
ception, he left the personnel of Jhe
commission to be determined k'?j
counsel for both sides. Jr
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 testl
fled in previous proceedings be barred
from the examination now In progress
Justice Mills left this point also tobe
decided by counsel.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, who has been
living quietly In retirement of late,
may take the Btand. She has abandon
ed vacation plans, It Is 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 that on one oe
coslon 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-Dp Tn department
100 Employes Reduced and Ten Allow
ed to Resign.
Washington, July 13. The greatest
shnpeup 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 thoRe 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 repudlotaed my promise to flght
Johnson and I Intend to do so." At the
conclusion of his sparring exhibition
with Sam Berger at Hanlan's Point
last night Jeffries stated that upon his
arrival In New York next week he
would post a forfeit for the flght.
Unknown Body Taken From River.
N'lagara Falls, N. Y., July 13. The
body of un unusually pretty young
woman of about 23 was taken from the
river near the brink of the Canadian
Falls Inst 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 K. H. Snyder, a woodsman, aout 43
yeara 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.
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
lur 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 materlul, 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 possible.
PUNXY BOY A HERO
Plunges Into Creek After Drowning
Brother.
Punxsutawncy, Pa., July 13. To
save his little brother's life Hobart
Hall. 11 years old, Jumped into 10
feet 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
of 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
self With Rusty Instrument.
Hampton, Va., July 13. Edward
Barton, a veteran of the Civil war,
committed suicide In Phoebus by stab
lilnb himself in the heart with a pair
3t rusty scissors. The man went to
woodshed in the rear of his home
it 11 o'clock yesterday morning. He
was found thero dead In a ikioI of
ilood two hours later by his wife. The
man made several stabs with his antl
pioted weapon. One of the strokes,
however, went squarely Into the cen
ter of the heHrt. The coroner's Jury
rendered a verdict of suicide. Barton,
who was 6." years old, served with a
Pennsylvania regiment during the
Ivil war. He come to the National
Soldiers' home at Hampton 10 years
igo from Philadelphia.
JEST MAY PROVE FATAL
Mlllworker's Skull Crushed by Helper.
Hit by a Two-Inch Steel Bolt.
Pittsburg, July 13. Ab the alleged
result of a Jest Philip Bishop, a roller
it Jones & Laughlin's 40-Inch bar mill,
Southstrie, Is in the Southside hospital
vd his death Is expected any moment.
3eorge Wyland, his helper, said to
have assailed Bishop nnd later aided
til m 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
teasingly. Wyland then Is said to have
swung a two-Inch steel bolt at Bish
op's head, the full weight of Its lfi
pounds striking the skull. Bishop
lives at 2829 Stella street, Southside.
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 Frunr.1,
i former saloonkeeper In Gerniantown,
was made by dynamiting the house.
None of the nine members of the faml-
was seriously Injured though sev
eral of the children were cut by the
breaking of the windows.
Frunzl received a threatening letter
iemandlng $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,
Greene county, yesterday, she found
the family absent and three robbers
in possession of the house. She wau
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.
Philadelphia, July 13. Arthur 11.
Mulholland, sworn in ns a sub-patrol
man, Is the only wealthy man who hail
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 unlfoim. Ofllrcr .Mulholland,
who Is worth $200,000, Is earning
12. 2f. a dnv as a sub.
NEWSY
PARAGRAPHS
Summary 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 It
Talking About Cream of ths 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 that students had been bru
tally mistreated at the Carlisle Indian
school were denied by Superintendent
Friedman.
Mrs. Peter Vankenler, living neat
Sod us, N, 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 4G dead and 1,575
injured.
The senate passed the Aldrlch Joint
resolution submitting to the legisla
tures of tfci 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 action restricting theBe spec
tacles, according to a dispatch from
San Sebastian.
The New York police books show a
total of 118 unsolved murder mys
teries Blnce 1!)0G. 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 PotOBl, 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 N'alvnsha.
The Club Nautlnue 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 D. Rockefeller at Cleveland
celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday.
He was lorn on a small farm near
Richfield, Tioga county, X. 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 Aldrtch's son.
According to a Tokio dispatch the
Japanese government will acquire the
Dreadnoughts built in England for the
Brazilian government.
Dispatches to Dun & Co. Indicate
further gains In the business world,
and promising crop outlook creates
a general feeling of optimism In trade
circles.
With th! 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 tho French Riviera, tho 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-Ful
ton celebration.
It was announced thnt passengers
on the Pennsylvania railroad will be
carried through ihe Hudson tunnels
free after July 1ft.
Mene Wallace, an Eskimo' boy whom
I.leutennnt Peary brought to this coun
try thirteen years ago, left for his
home in G-eenlond.
Counsel for the mother of tho 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 reorted that the cor
poration tax probably would be re
duced to 1 per cent.
Tuesday.
Manufacturers started an orgnnl'.ed
fight against the corporation tux
tlon of tho tariff bill.
Fear of strike violence In Cape Diet-
on resulted In a 'second train load of
troops being rushed to the scne.
Several hundred miners are said to
bo entombed by nn explosion of fire
damp in a coal mine at Helniez, Spain.
Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Verit,, aged
residents of Patchoguo, L. I., wero
burned lo death and the owner of their
dwelling was arrested.
A telogiam received at Vienna from
Budapest declares that Leon Ling, tho
Chinaman who on June 9 Is supposed
fo have murdered Elsie Slgel In New
York, is lu that city.
WRIGHT'S AEROPLANE
Circled the Parade Ground at Fori
Meyer Six Times.
Washington, July 13. Orvllls
Wright last evening made a very suc
cessful flight in the Wright aeroplane
at Fort Meyer, Va., remaining in the
air five 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 half
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 of
the machine, which had Just been re
paired, was not working perfectly.
Each time the aeroplane circled past
the starting point the spectators
cheered. jf
A Bmart breeze prevented he
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
torff, 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 L.
Meyer, gave it a careful inspection.
Shortly after 7 o'clock the breeze
died down sufllclently to permit
flight. When the signal was given the
machine shot forward Instantly and
mounted gractfully 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 sixth
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 the territorial
army of all male citizens between the
ages of 18 and 30, was Introduced In
the house of lords by Uird 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
lzed as a "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 reiorted 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 Duluth, $1.37.
CORN No. 2 old corn, 79V4C f. o. b.
afloat; 80c elevator.
OATS Mixed oats, 2fi to 32 lbs.,
57c; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs.,
5rffifi3o.
PORK Mess, 21.0021.50; family,
21.0(K(I 22.00.
HAY Good to choice, $l.00ff 1.05.
HlTTTEIt Creamery, specials,
2fi,,fif 27c; extra, 2tc; process, 18
24c; state dairy, 20ifi25c.
CHEESE State, full cream, fancy,
EGGS Stnte and Pennsylvania,
28ff31c.
POTATOES Southern. pr bbl.
$1.502.25; Long Island. $2.2.'.
Buffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo, July 12.
WHEAT No. 1 northern carloads,
$1.34 '4; No. 2 red, no offerings.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 78c f. o,
b.
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 77c.
OATS No. 2 white, 55 c
o. b.
.latent,
afloat; No. 3 white, B4V4o.
FLOUR Fancy blendeo
per bbl., $7.0017.75; winter
frjully.
patent, $i!.50fi7.25.
ItCTTEIt Creamery, prints, iiiicy,
27Mif(i 2Kc; state creamery, 2tii 2Cy,o;
dairy, choice to fancy, 24ifi2.'c.
CHEESE Choice to fancy, full
cream, 13 14c; fair to good, 12VJ
Lie.
EtIGS Selected, white, 2fic.
POTATOES Southern, fancy, per
bbl., $2.7Sf(2.Sr; fair to good, $2.25W
2.50.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.
CATTLE Prime export steers, $(5.50
(30.75; good to choice butcher Bleers,
$5.25! 6.35; choice cowb. $l.25f 4.50;
choice heifers, $.",2-fii 5.50; common
to fair hellers, $.50'7 5.00; common to
fair bulls, $3.00(fi 4.0(1; choice veals,
$S.75fl9.00; fair to good, $S.2.".!fl 8.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice
spring lambs. $S.S0(f 8.75; yearlings,
$fi.B0i?i 7.00; mixed sheep, $5.lHHi 5.25.
HOGS Light Yorkers, $7.75 ?i 7.90;
medium and heavy hogs, $3. 40ft 3.45;
pigs, $7.60(ft7.75.