The Forest Republican. (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, October 13, 1909, Image 1

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VOL. XLII. NO. 32.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1909.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. D. VV. Keck.
Juntices of the Peace C. A. Randah. D.
W. Clark.
&uncumen.J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. It. Hobinaon, Win. Smearbaugb, J.
W. Jamieson. W. J. Campbell, A. K.
Kelly.
Ounatable Charles Clark.
Collector W. H. Hood.
Svhool Director J. O. Snowdon, U. M.
Herman, Q Jmnleson, J. J. Landers, J.
K. Clark, W. U. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of OongreM N .' P. Wheeler.
Member oj SenaXei. 1C, P. Hall.
Assembly K. It. Mecbling.
Pretiiient Jwlge Wm. E. Rice.
Auocxnte Judge F. X. K re I tier, P.
C. Hill.
Prothonotary, Register d Recorder, etc.
-J. V. Gelst.
HherilT H. R. Maxwell.
TVeajiurer Ueo. W. ilnlnnian.
Onmmxnitioneri Wm. H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel, 11. U. McClellan.
District Attorney A. O. Hrown.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Slbble,
Lewis Wagner.
(kroner Dr. C Y. Delar.
Countv Audxtors Gnome H. Warden,
A. C. Urcgg and J. P. Kelly.
Ouuntv tturveyorD. W. Clark.
County Superintendent 0. W. Morri
son. Heavier Terms af ('art.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May,
- Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and Sd Tuesdays of month.
Church aaJ Mubbnlh ftrhaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
ni. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching In M. K. Church every Sab
bath eveuliiK by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
K. L. Monroe. Pastor.
Preaching iu the Presbyterian church
every .Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. U. A. Hailey, Pa-tor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
' PI' . N EST A LODU K, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 M eeui every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Uall, Partridge building.
CAPT. UEORQK STOW POST, No. 274
O. A, R. Meets lat Monday evening
in each month.
CAPT. GEORGE 8T0W CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets Bret and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
RITCHEY A CARRINGER.
ATTORN KYS-AT- LAW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
i
CURTIS M. 8IIAWKEY,
ATTOUN EY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
OlMoeln Arner Building, Cor. Kim
and Bridge Sis., Tloneeta, Pa.
nitANK 8. HUNTER, D. I). 8.
1 Rooms over Citizens Nat. Hank.
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DKUUGIT. OMco in Dunn A
Fulton drugstore. Tlonesta, Pa. Profess
ional calls promptly responded to at all
hours of day or night. Residence Elm
St., three doors above the store.
D
R. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
D
R. J. B. BIGGINS,
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Idiwreiice
House, has undergone a coiiipletechange,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern Improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas,, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
GEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tlonseta, 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, first
class Livery In connection.
pil'lL. KM ERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Klin street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of oustom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grcttonbcrgor
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General BlackHinithiiig 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, Tldioute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
KRED. GRETTENBERGER
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
'P. dUGUSFMQQCK
OFTIGIAU.
Ollice ) A 7K National Rank Building,
OIL CITY, fA.
Kyes examined free.
Exclusively optical,
pRoroarcn amknpmknts to titf,
"- CONSTITUTION Sl'llM ITTKD TO
THE CITIZKN8 OF THIS COMMOV
WKAI.TH FOR TIIIC1R APPROVAL OR
RKJKCTION. BY THK OKNKKAL AS
8KMHLY OP THK COMMONVVKALTH
OK PENNSYLVANIA, AND I'lTH
M8HKD BY ORDER OF THE SECRE
TARY OF THE COMMONWKALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing- amendments to sections eight
end twenty-ono of article four, sections
eleven and twelve of article Ave, sec
tions two, three, find fourteen of article
elKlit, section one of article twelve, and
sections two and seven of article four
teen, of the Constitution of Pennsyl
vania, and provlilliiR a schedule for
carrying the amendments Into effect.
Section 1. He It resolved by the Sennte
nnd House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen
eral Assembly met, That the following
nro proposed as amendments to tho Con
rtlttitlnn of the Commonwenlth of Penn
sylvania, In accordance with the provi
sions of th elKhteenth srtlclo thereof:
Amendment One To Article Four, Sec
tion ElRht.
Section 2. Amend section elcht of article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
"He shall nominate and, by nnd with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of tho Senate, appoint
a Secretary of tho Commonwealth and
sn Attorney General during" pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, nnd such other otllccrs of
the Commonwenlth as he Is or may be
authorized by the Constitution or by
Inw to appoint: he shall have power to
fill nil vacancies that may happen, In of
fices to which he may appoint, during
the recess of the Sennte. bv irrnntlng
commls.ilons which shall expire at the
end of their next session; he shall have
power to till any vncancy that may hap
pen, during the recess of the Sennte, In
the otllce of Auditor General, State
Treasurer. Secretary of Internal Affairs
or Superintendent of Public Instruction,
In n Judlelnl office, or In nny other elec
tive office which he is or mny be au
thorised to till: If the vacancy shall hap
pen during the session of the Sennte,
tho Governor shall nominate to the Sen
ate, before their final adjournment, a
proper person to till said vacancy; hot
In any such ense of vacancy. In tin elec
tive office, n person shall be chosen to
snld office at the next general election,
unless the vacancy shall happen within
three calendar months Immediately pre
ceding such election, In which case, the
election for said office shall bo held at
the second succeeding genernl election.
In noting on executive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doors, and. In
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall lie taken
by yens nnd nnys, and shall be entered on
the Journal," so as to rend ns follows:
He shall nomlnnto nnd. by and with
the ndvlce nnd consent of two-thirds of
nil the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other otllccrs of the
Commonwealth ns he Is or may be nu
thorlred by the Constitution or by law
to appoint; he shnll have power to till
all vncanclcs thnt mny happen. In offices
to which he may appoint, during the re
cess of the Senate, by granting commis
sions which shall expire nt the end of
their next session; he shnll have power
to fill any vacancy thnt mny happen,
during the recess of the Senate, In the
office of Auditor General, 8tnte Treas
urer, Secretnry of Internal Affairs or
Superintendent of Public Instruction, In
a judicial office, or In nny other elective
office which he Is or mny be authorized
to fill; If tho vacancy shall happen dur
ing the session of the 8enate, tho Gov
ernor shall nominate to the Sennte. be
fore their final adjournment, a proper
person to fill said vacancy; but In any
such case of vacancy. In an elective of
fice, a person shall be chosen to said of
fice on the next election day appropriate
to such office, according to the provisions
of this Constitution, unless the vacancy
shall happen within two ralendnr months
Immediately preceding such election day.
In which case the elation for said office
shall be held on the second succeeding
election day appropriate to such office.
In acting on executive nominations the
Sennte shall sit with open doors, and. In
conllrmlng or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall be taken
by yeas and nnys, and shall be entered
on the Journal.
Amendment Two To Article Four, Sec
lion Twenty-one.
Section 3. Amend section twenty-one of
article four, which reads ns follows:
"The term of the Secretnry of Internal
Affairs shall be four years; of the Audi
tor General three yenrs; nnd of the State
Treasurer two yenrs. These officers shall
be chosen by the qualified electors of the
State at general elections. No person
elected to the office of Auditor General
or State Treasurer shnll be capable of
holding the same office for two consecu
tive terms." so ns to rend:
The terms of the Secretnry of Internnl
Affairs, the Auditor General, nnd the
Stnto Treasurer shall each be four years;
and they shall be chosen by the qualified
electors of the State at general election;
but a State Treasurer, elected In the year
one thousand nine hundred and nine,
shall serve for three years, nnd his suc
cessors shall be elected nt tho general
election In the year one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, nnd In every fourth
yenr thereafter. No person elected to the
office of Auditor General or State Treas
urer shnll be capable of holding the
same office for two consecutive terms.
Amendment Three To Article Five. Sec
tion Eleven.
Section 4. Amend section eleven of ar
ticle five, which rends ns follows:
"Except ns otherwise provided In this
Constitution. Justices of the peace or al
dermen shall bo elected In the severnl
wnrds, districts, boroughs and townships
at the time of the election of constables,
by tho qualified electors thereof. In such 1
manner as shall he directed by law, and
shall be commissioned by the Governor
for a term of five yenrs. No township,
wnrd, district or borough shall elect more
than two Justices of the pence or alder
men without the consent of a majority
of the qualified electors within such town
ship, ward or borotiRh; no person shall
be elected to such office unless he shall
have resided within the township, borough,
wnrd or district for one year next preced
ing his election. In cities containing over
fifty thousand Inhabitants, not more than
one alderman shall be elected In each
ward or district." so as to read:
Except ns otherwise provided In this
Constitution. Justices of tho pence or
aldermen shall be elected In the soveral
wards, districts, boroughs or townships,
by the qualllled electors thereof, nt the
municipal election. In such manner ns
shall be directed by law. nnd shnll be
commissioned by the GoYrnor for a
term of six yenrs. No township, ward,
district or borough shall elect more than
two Justices of thn pence or aldermen
without the consent of a majority of the
qunlltled electors within such township,
ward or borough: no person shnll be
elected to such office unless he shall have
resided within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next pre
ceding his election. In cities containing
over fifty thousand Inhabitants, not more
than one alderman shall be elected In
each ward or district.
Amendment Four To Article Five, Sec
tion Twelve.
Section 5. Amend section twelve of arti
cle five Of the Constltuton, which rends
as follows:
"In Philadelphia there shnll be estah
llshed. for each thirty thousand Inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction no
exceeding one hundred dollars; suet
courts shall be held by magistrates whosi
term of office shall bo live years an
they shall be elected on general ticket
by the qualllled voters at large; and Ir
the election of the said magistrates ni
voter shall vote for more than two-thlrdi
of the number of persons to be elected
when more tl'sn one aro to be chosen,
they shall be compensated only by fixed
snlarles, to be paid by said county; an
shall exercise such Jurisdiction, civil and
criminal, except as herein provided, at
Is now exercised by aldermen, subject te
such chnnges, not Involving an lncrens(
of civil Jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, us may be made by law. In Phila
delphia the office of alderman Is abol
Ishcd," so as to read as follows:
In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished, for eacn thirty thousand Inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not
exceeding one hundred dollars; such
courts shall be held by magistrates whose
term of office shall be six years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket at th
municipal election, by the qualified
voters at large; and In the election ot
tho said magistrates no voter shall vols
for more than two-thirds of the numbei
of persons to be elected when more than
one are to be chosen; they shall be com
pensated only by fixed salaries, to b
paid by said county; and shall exercise
such Jurisdiction, civil nnd criminal, ex
cept ns herein provided, ns Is now ex
ercised by aldermen, subject to such
chnnges, not Involving nn Increase ol
civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Phila
delphia the office of alderman is abol
ished. Amendment Five To Article Eight, Sec
tion Two.
Section 6. Amend section two of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"Tho general election shnll be held an
nunlly on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November, but the Gen
eral Assembly may by law fix n different
day, two-thirds of all the members ot
each House consenting thereto," so as to
read :
The genernl election shnll be held bi
ennially on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November In each
even-numbered year, but the General As
sembly may by Inw fix a different day,
two-thirds of nil the members of esch
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such election shall always be held
In an even-numbered year.
Amendment Six To Article Eight, Sec
tion Three.
Section 7. Amend section three of article
eight, which reads ns follows:
"All elections for city, ward, borough
and township officers, for regulnr termi
of service, shnll be held on the third
Tuesday of February," so as to read:
All Judges elected by the electors of the
Stale at large may be elected at elthei
a general or municipal election, as cir
cumstances may require. All election!
for judges of the courts for the several
Judicial districts, and for county, city,
wnrd, borough, and township officers foi
regular terms of service, shall be held
on the municipal election dny; namely,
tho Tuesday next following the first Mon
day of November In each odd-numbered
year, but the General Assembly may bj
law fix a different day. two-thirds of all
the members of each House consenting
thereto: Provided. That such election
shall always be held In an odd-numbered
year.
Amendment Seven To Article F.ight, Sec
tion Fourteen.
Section 8. Amend section fourteen ol
article eight, which rends ns follows:
"District election boards shull consist ol
a judge anil two Inspectors, who shall
be ohoren annually by the citizens. Each
elector shall have the right to vote for the
judge and one Inspector, nnd each Inspect
or shall appoint one clerk. The first elec
tion board for any new district shall be
selected, nnd vacancies In election boardl
filled, ns shall be provided by law. Elec
tion officers shall be privileged from ar
rest upon days of election, and while en
gaged In making up and transmitting re
turns, except upon warrant of a court
of record or judge thereof, for an elec
tion fraud, for felony, or for wanton
breach of the peace. In cities they may
claim exemption from Jury duty during
their terms of service," so ns to rend:
District election boards shall consist ol
a Judge and two Inspectors, who shall be
chosen biennially, by the citizens at the
munlclpnl election; but the Genernl As
sembly mny require snld bonrds to be
appointed In such manner ns It may b
law provide. Laws regulating the ap
pointment of said bonrds may be enncted
to apply to cities only: Provided, Thai
such laws be uniform for cities of the
same class. Each elector shnll hnve the
right to vote for the judge and one In
spector, and each Inspector shall appoint
one clerk. The first election board foi
any new district shnll be selected, and
vacancies In election boards filled, a
shall be provided by law. Election offi
cers shall be privileged from arrest upon
days of election, and while engaged In
making up nnd transmitting returns, ex
cept upon warrant of a court of record,
or Judge thereof, for nn election fraud,
for felony, or for wanton breach of the
peace. In cities they mny claim exemp
tion from Jury duty during their terms ol
service.
Amendment Eight To Article Twelve,
Section One.
Section 9. Amend section one, article
twelve, which reads as follows:
"All officers, whose selection Is not pro
vided for In this Constitution, shnll be
elected or appointed as may be directed
by law," so as to rend:
All officers, whose selection Is not pro
vided for In this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as mny be directed
by law: Provided. That elections of 8tat
officers shall be held on a general election
day, and elections of local officers shall
be held on a munlclpnl election day, ex
cept when, In either case, special elections
mny be required to fill unexpired terms.
Amendment Nine To Article Fourteen.
Section Two
Section 10. Amend section two of article
fourteen, which rends as follows:
"County officers shnll be elected at the
general elections and shall hold theli
offices for the term of three yenrs, be
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until theli
successors shall he duly qunlllled; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled In such mnnner ns may be
provided by law," so ns to rend:
County officers shall he elected nt the
municipal elections and shall hold theli
offices for the term of four years, be
ginning on the first Monday of January
next nfter their election, anil until theli
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled In such manner as mny be
provided by iaw.
Amendment Ten To Article Fourteen.
Section Seven.
Section II. Amend section seven, article
fourteen, which reads nn fotlows:
"Three county commissioners nnd three
county auditors shall be elected In ench
county where such officers are chosen. In
the year nno thousand eight hundred nnd
seventy-five nnd every third year there
after; nnd In tho election of snld officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons hnvtng the highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vncancy
In the office of county commissioner or
county auditor shall be filled, by the
court of common pleas of the county Ir
which such vacancy shall occur, by the
appointment of nn elector of the proper
county who lhall have voted for the
commissioner or auditor whose place Is
to be filled." so as to read:
Three county commissioners nnd three
county auditors shall I- elected in each
county where such officers are chosen,
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and eleven and every fourth year there
after; and In the election of said officer,
each qualified elector shall vote for n(
more than two persons, and the thre
persons having the highest number oi
votes shall be elected; any casual varancj
In is- office of county commlssoner ni
cou-.iy auditor shall lie filled by the courl
of common pleas of the county In whlct
such vacuncy shall occur, by the appoint
ment of nn elector of the proper count)
who shall hnve voted for the commls
sloner or auditor whose pluee Is to be
filled.
Schedule for the Amendments.
Section 12. That no Inconvenience mnj
arise from the changes In the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth, nnd In ordet
to carry the same into complete opera
tion, It is hereby declnrcd that
In the ense of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act ol
Assembly at an odd number of yean
shall ench be lengthened one year, but
the Legislature may change the length
of the term, provided the terms for whlcfc
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official termi
shall not affect officers elected nt the
general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward,
borough, township, or election division
officers, whose terms of office, under ex
Istlng law, end In the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
jnd ten the municipal election shall h
held on tho third Tuesday of February,
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to an office the regular terra
of which Is two years, and also all elec
tion officers and assessors chosen at thai
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December In the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. AH offi
cers chosen at that election to offices the
term of which Is now four yenrs, or ll
made four years by the operation ol
these amendments or this schedule, shnll
serve until the first Monday of Decembei
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen. All Justices of the peace
magistrates, and aldermen, chosen at thai
election, shnll serve until the first Mon
day of December In the year one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen. After th
yenr nineteen hundred and ten, and untli
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward, borough, town
ship, and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of Decembei
In an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, borough, and townshlf.
officers holding office at the dnte of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office may end In the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of December of that year.
All Judges of the courts for the sev
eral Judicial districts, and also all count)
officers, holding office at the date of tht
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office mny end In the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shal
continue to hold their offlae.l until the
first Monday of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
RORERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
MAY SAVE NEGRO'S NECK
White Girl Swears Ha Was Not at
Scene of Murder For Which He
Was Convicted.
WIlkes-Barre, Ph., Oct. 12. Declar
ing thnt Thomas Willis, the negro
sentenced to hang here next Thurs
day for the murder of Cameron Cool,
Is innocent, Rosalie Williams, a young
white girl, made a'.davlt which may
save Willis neck from the noose.
Willis has claimed all along that he
was Innocent and the girl has several
times told his attorneys that he was
not guilty, even though she has no In
terest In Willis and does not know
him.
M. B. Schnerr, attorney for Willis,
hurried to Harrlsburg with the affi
davit in the hopo of Inducing Ctovernor
Stuart to grant a respite..
She declared in her affidavit that
she was present at Cool's barn on Dec.
6, 1!)07, the night Cool was murdered,
and that the only other persons there
were Robert Vallee, a Frenchman, and
Henry Todd, n colored man, Cool's
valet. She said that Vallee quarreled
with Cool abciit. loaning money and
struck Cool on the head with a heavy
revolver.
She Raid that at the time of the mur
der Willis was not there.
EMIGRANTS IDENTIFICATION
Japanese Authorities at Kobe Adopt
Stringent Regulations.
Washington. Oct. 12. George H.
Scidmore, American consul at Kobe,
Japan, has reported to the state de
partment thnt the Japanese authori
ties have recently put In force regula
tions for the better Identification of
emigrants destined to the United
States. Under these regulations an
Intending emigrant, la photographed
by the police officials at his place of
domicile apd a duplicate print for
warded to police officials at the port
of departure for the United States.
After being examined by an Ameri
can medical officer those ndvlsed that
they are free from any disease are
bathed nnd ditilnfected and put on
board ship. One hour before sailing
pasaporls together with duplicate pho
tographs are handed to the emigrants.
These photographs are taken up by
the police officials aboard ship. The
Impress of thumb marks Is also re
quired on pnsapoits. It Is believed
by Consul Sold more that those regu
lations will prove effective In prevent
ing substitution among emigrants.
SUFFRAGETTES SENTENCED
Two Got a Month at Hard Labor and
Three Fourteen Days,
Newcastle-on-Tjne, Oct. 12. The
suffragettes who were arrested on Sat
urday for disturbances during the
speech of Lloyd-George, chancellor ol
the exechequer, were dealt with bo
verely In the magistrate's court here.
Two of them, Including Lady Con
stance Lyttnn, were sentenced to a
month's hard labor, and three, who
were charged with breaking windows,
received a sentence of fourteen days
hurd labor.
Lady Coostance Irytton was charged
with creating a disorder. She refused
the option of being bound over to keep
the peace and the sentence of a
month's imprisonment followed.
ATE DURUM WHEAT
North Dakotans .Complied With
the Governor Proclamation.
All Bread and Wheat Foods Consumed
on Thursday Were Made of Durum,
In Complaince With Request of
Grain Growers For the Purpose of
Establishing Claim for Durum as a
Bread Grain Equal of Standard
Hard Varieties.
In compliance with a proclamation
of Governor Rurke, North Dakotans
on Thursday of last week ate dur
um wheat only. The proclamation
was Issued in compliance with a
request of the grain growers of North
and South Dakota and Minnesota for
the purpose of establishing durum as
a bread grain.
The day was observed throughout
the slate. All bread and wheat foods
were made of durum and the sales of
thnt quality of flour in consequence
were heavy.
A widespread Interest has been tak
en by the farmers in pushing the sale
of durum, as with the price equal to
that of other varieties of wheat the In
come from their land would be much
increased. A test showed it to be
equal to standard hard varieties for
bread and other food products.
HEARST RUNS FOR MAYOR
With Proviso That Associates Are In
dependent of Tammany Hall.
After two days of silence William
Randolph Hearst announced to a
crowd of waiting constituents that
he would accept an indeperulenti
nomination for mayor of New York,
provided that, in effect, his associates
upon the city nnd county tickets be
strictly lndependt-nt, with opposition
against Tammany Hall united and not
divided.
All preparations having been made
for launching the Civic Alliance, It is
expected that Mr. Hearst's wishes will
be fulfilled and that a third party un
der this name will be Injected into the
coming munlclpnl campaign, with
Hearst at the head.
It became a certainty that the may
oralty contest would become a three
sided one even if Hearst persisted In
his refusal to run. As proof of this
a group of independents filed notice
with the board of elections that their
organization will bo known as tho
Civic Alliance. With the adoption of
this new name It la believed that the
old Independence League, under whose
banner Hearst conducted his former
fights, will cease to play an Important
part In New York pclltlcs. Hearst's
followers charge that the machinery
of the old party was stolen through
Tammany manipulation at the recent
primaries.
CHINESE PORK IN LONDON
Nine Per Cent of the Carcases Found
to Be Infected With Tuberculosis.
No fewer than 9 per cent of the car
cases of Chinese hogs recently im
ported Into England and Inspected by
the sanitary committee of London have
been found to be affected with tuber
culosis. This remarkable outcome of
the inspection has occurred in spite of
the fact that the ('ureases were labeled
at the port of shipment In China "med
ically examined and certified to be
free from disease."
The first shipment of 5,000 hogs
was brought from China In a refriger
ating ship. They arrived here Aug.
7 and sold well In the wholesale mar
ket. Although they were offered by
the retail butchera at 25 per cent be
low the prices charged for other Im
ported hogs, they did not find favor
with the public, who displayed great
prejudice against them. The butchers
were then obliged to raise the prices
of American and European pork lu
order to dispose ot their Chinese
stock. The steamship company which
endeavored to Introduce the Chinese
pork was of the opinion that it would
prove, owing to lis cheapness, a strong
cocpetitor with frozen beef and mut
ton. CUT IN OFFICIAL SALARIES
Chicago Unable to Maintain Municipal
Payroll at Old Level.
A cut of 10 per cent in the sal
aries of all officials and employes
of the city of Chicago, from .Mayor
llusse's $18,000 down to the lowliest
laborer, has been agreed upon by the
mayor and department heads for next
year.
The measure was mado necessary
by the difficulty of maintaining the
payroll at 1U old level, which last
year reached nearly $15,000,000.
The cut before becoming effective
must be sanctioned by the city coun
cil, where a big light against it Is
expected.
Is Not Donor of Pension Fund.
Senator George T. Oliver of Penn
sylvania has authorized a denial of the
widely circulated statement that it Is
ho who lias giv.n $250,000 to a pension
fund for teachers of Greater I'ilts
burg, as annovneed last week. He
says he made a gift to this fund, and
did not know that any gift was even
contemplated until publication of the
fact, neither has he any knowledge of
who the anonymous donor U.
SEYMOR RODE ON ENGINE
Had a Chance to See What an Artier
lean Locomotive Can Do.
Admiral Sir Edward Seymour
tvent a sight-seeing last Friday on
a locomotive of the Twentieth Century
limited. Seated beside the engineer,
he rode 4" miles up the east bank of
the Hudson from New York to Ossln-lng-the
first seventeen miles In one
of the New York Central'B big elec
tric engines and the remaining thirty
miles In the cab of of No. 3450, a 225-ton
steam locomotive.
Admiral Seymour expressed a desire
to see what an American locomotive
could do, and as soon as the switches
and low speed signs of the city were
left behind Engineer Bill Kiley gave
No. 3150 a chance to display her prow
ess. The admiral watched the throt
tle open wider and wider until on a
clear stretch of track near Ossinlng
the pointer of the speed dial mounted
to 84 miles an hour and the heavy
train whirled over a mile of rail In a
fraction less than forty-three seconds.
The edmlral'F trip was the outcome
of a suggestion made to him by .1. Pier
pont Morgan at one of the Hudson
Fulton functions last week. The two
had been discussing the comparative
speed of ships and locomotives. "Be
fore you leave us," said Mr. Morgan,
"you should take a tide on one of our
fast trains "
FOREIGN WARSHIPS LEAVE
Fleet Officers Remained to Search For
Sailor Who Did Not Turn Up.
Six of the givat foreign men-of-war
three British armored cruisers and
three French battleships crept out to
sea through the Narrows just at dark
Friday night, leaving behind them a
great cloud of o.noke and a substantial
number of their men.
.lust how many of the bluejackets
remained in the city for one reason or
another Is a matter of official knowl
edge only, but It wns reported that 200
men from the British ships had failed
to turn up for duty. Of the French
men It wan snld that only three out of
the 2,500 snilnrs had stayed behind.
Fleet officers remained to search for
the men of both squadrons.
When the Britl.-h squadron visited
New York several years ago It lost 300
men. In many cass the English sail
ors have friends here nnd in addition
the lure of American wages sometimes
proves lrrestlble.
HUNTER FATALLY SHOT
One of the Party Mistook Hotel Pro
prietor For a Deer.
A lamentable gunning accident oc
curred near Snrnnnc Lake, N. Y
when Henry Lewis, proprietor of
the Wayside Inn at. Clear Lake Junc
tion, was supposedly mistaken for a
deer and fatally shot at Little Fish
pond, twelve miles from that place.
Lewis was limiting with a large
party, but the name of the man who
unwittingly fired the shol has not been
made known. The bullet passed
tin ongh Lewis' body just above the
heart, inflicting a wound from which
he cannot reroer.
Deep in the woods and far from a
settlement, the wounded man lay for
six hours before a physician reached
his side niid he wns carried to shelter
on a stretcher. He was so weak from
loss of blood that death appeared Im
minent at uny moment. The victim
Is 50 years old.
SIGNS OF PROSPERITY
Carnegie Steel Co.'s Next Payroll Will
Be Largest In Two Years.
The bi-weekly payroll of the Car
negie Steel company at Pittsburg
that will be given out next week
will be the largest that company has
handed out since the business depres
sion of two years ngo. It Is estimated
that the next pay will reach $300,000
or more. The Increase is caused by
the many men that the company has
added to their roll since last payday.
Similar conditions prevail with the
National Tube company at all of their
plants nnd their pay will equal that
ol the Carnegie company.
In the Mon.mgahela valley opera
tions are about !'7 per cent of capa
city and with the settlement of the
cutters and flntteners' strike at the
plant of the American Window Glass
comiinny at Monongahela City the
per cent will be materially Increased,
bringing It up to about 100 per cent.
PIRATE S TREASURE FOUND
After Mexican Storm Subsided Fisher
men Picked Up Many Ancient Coins.
The recent severe storm along the
coast of Yucatan Is believed to have
uncovered from the bench at Puerto
Celestum the burled wealth of Pirate
Lalitie, who died and is buried nt Yu
tulan. Soon after the storm subsided the
crews of fishing bunts began picking
up many gold and silver coins of Eng
lish and Spanish make and bearing
dates of I lie early part of last century.
These coins are scattered all along the
bench at Puerto Celestum and several
thousand dollars of them have so far
been col ?cted.
Late Manager of Sanitarium Drowned.
George Whitehead of Palmyra, N.
Y., formerly manager of the Clif
ton Springs (N. Y.I saaullarltim,
was taken from the Erie canal dead
Sunday morning anil the belief Is that
he look hli'. life because of continued
ill health. Ileca ise of his health Mr.
Whitehead had to i;lve up hid place at
Clifton Springs some years ago. Ills
age was about 4S yeais.
LIBEL CASE
Continuation of Hearing Against
Smith and Williams.
Government Counsel Said He Believed
at Former Hearing That Correction
of New York World Was Sent to In
dianapolis News but He Later
Found That Denial of Cromwell
Was Printed In Edition of World
That Was Not Sent to Indianapolis.
.Indianapolis, Oct. 12. The hearing of
the libel case against Delavan Smith
and Charles C. Williams, both of
whom are under Indictment at Wash
ington in connection with others for
strictures on the Panama canal pur
chase, was resumed before Judge An
derson of the federal court. Stuart
McNamara. chief counsel for the gov
ernment, had charge of the case.
Irving C. Sauter, government secret
service man, was the only witness in
troduced by the government He tes
tified that he had visited the office of
the Indianapolis News, in Washington,
and that he hsd seen copies of the
News on cale In Washington hotels.
Sauter was not cross-examinod.
Documentary Evidence.
Mr. McNamara said he would In
troduce documentary evidence and be
gan by rending portions of the testi
mony given by William Nelson Crom
well before the senate Investigating
committee In 11106, when the senate
was Investigating the transaction by
which the United States obtained the
Panama canal property from Colom
bia. Mr. McNanura read from a report
of the Isthmian canal commission tho
appraisement of the Panama canal
property for the purpose of reaching a
purchase figure for the United States
to pay for the property. These figures
showed the total appraisement wan
$40,000,000. A further statement was
.that the canal company had spent
$109,141,500 on the property.
Mr. McNamara Introduced In evi
dence an article published In the In
dianapolis News an Oct. 36 under a
heading, "The Canal Deal," and an
other published on Dec. 10 under a
heading "Who Got the Money?"
These were articles set out In the In
dictment. Mr. McNamara asked Mr.
Winter, the attorney for the defense,
to admit that copies of the Indianapo
lis News containing the nlleged libel
ous articles had been circulated In the
District of Columbia. Mr. Winter re
fused. Mr. MeNnmnra said that when he
was here for the former hearing, he
believed the denial made by William
Nelson Cromwell and published in the
New York World on Oct. 6, 1!)08, was
printed In the edition which was sent
to the Indlaniipolls News, but that
since then he had found that the de
nial was published In the second edi
tion of the World, and that the second
edlMon is not sent to the News.
McNamara Argues For Government.
No further testimony was offered,
the government resting Its case. The
defense announced that It had nothing
more to offer. Arguments were then
begun, Mr. McNamara making the
first argument for the government.
He took up first the question of
whether there was probable cause for
belief thnt the defendants committed
the crime alleged In the indictment.
He reviewed a number of facts In the
case and pointed out that Mr. Smith
had read the Panama canal article
complained of (In the New York
World In New York nnd that he
clipped out the story, filed It with a
telegraph company to be telegraphed
to the Indianapolis News. Mr. Will
iams, ho snld, testified that he did not
write the nlleged libelous articles, but
that they all came to him for ap
proval before being published In the
News. This, Mr. McNamara said,
showed the connection of Mr. Williams
with the articles In question.
Mr. McNamara said the testimony
showed that none ot the parties had
tried to verify the rumors nnd the
charges made In the Pnnama canal
matter, but that, they had gone ahead
and published them without Investi
gation. Mr. MrNamnra contended thnt tho
IKisltion of the News In this matter
was that when n man was charged
with graft nnd crime and had made a
denial of the charge, ho should be re
garded guilty until he proved his In
nocence. He said Charles P. Taft
denied the chargo that had been made
against him In relation to the Pana-
Jna canal deal anil yet tho News said
Mr. Taft had not produced any evi
dence to support his denial. Mr. Mc
Natnnra rend all the articles set out
In the Indictment to show, he said,
that the libel wns continuous, running
through the News for several days. He
also ixilnted out that the defendants
knew that the records of the Panama
deal were all accessible in the govern
ment olli In Washington and that
the defendants could hnve Investigat
ed the charges before publishing the
nlleged libelous articles If they had
cared to make sure of their facts.
Temporary Removal of Duty.
Mexico City, Oct. 12. The tempor
ary removal of the duty on coin has
caused orders to be placed In tho
United Stall's for enormous quanti
ties of the grain by Mexican dealers.
The railroads leading from the border
are preparing for a big Increase in
trallie on account of the expected
corn shipment. .Most of the coin will
cume from Kansas and Iowa.
PANAMA