RATES OF ADVERTISING! One Square, one inch, one week... f 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month. S 00 One Sqmare, one inch, 3 months...- 6 00 One Square, one Inch, one year .... 10 10 Two Squares, one year............... 16 00 Quarter Column, one year SO 00 Half Column, one year. .... 60 00 One Column, one year M 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK.. OfEoe in Smearbaugh ft Wank Building, ' ELM BTRBBT, TIONXSTA, TA. Tern, 81.00 A Year, Btrlolly la AdTaao. Entnred as second-class matter at the post-office at Tionesla. No subscription received for shorter period than three months. Correspondence solicited, but no notloe will be taken of anonymous uommunioa llous. Always give your name. Forest Republican. VOL. XLII. NO. 46. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1910. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ? BOROUGH OFFICERS. Burgess. J. D. W. Keck. Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Councuwien. J.W. Landers, J. T. Dale, ,G. II. Robinson, Wra. Smearbaugh, J. W. Jamieson, W. J. Campbell, A. B. Kelly. Countable Charles Clark. Collector W. II. Hood. School Directors J. O. Soowden, R. M. Herman, Q Jam I won, J. J. Landers, J. K, Clark, W. U. Wyuian. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress N. P. Wheeler. Member of Senate 3. IC. P. Hall. Assembly A. H. Mechllng. President Judge Win. E. Rloe. Associate Judges P. C. Hill, Samuel Aul. Prothonotary , Register d Recorder, de. -J. C. UelHt. tlheriir S. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel, II. II. McClellan. District Attorney V. A. Carrlnger. Jury Cbwimljuioners Ernest Sibble, Lewis Wsgner. Cbroner Dr. M. O Kerr. County Auditors George H. Wsrden, A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. County tfurveyorD. W. Clark. County Superintendent , W. Morri son. Hvcalar Term ( !nrt . Fourth Monday of Fobruary. . Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commls sionera lot aud 3d Tuesdays of montb. Church mm MabbiUb Mehaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 0:16 a. m. t M. K. 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. E. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaching In the PreHbyterlan chiiroh every Nablialh at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. U. A. Hailey, Pastor. 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. TM'.MCSTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. I AWAftr Tnuu.lav AVAIllllfr. in Odd 1 - 11J V T J J " ' J . n' 0fBt lows' Hall, Partridge building. Cin'.UKUKUBBiun rusi,nu.i Q. A, R. Meets 1st Monday evening in each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. TF. RITCHEY. . ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, . Tioueata, Pa. TIT A. CARRINGER, 1M. Attorney and CounBellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National ank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tioueata, Pa. FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8. Rooms over Citizens Nal. Bank, I ION EST A, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eves Touted and GlasHes Fitted. D R. J. B. SIGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA, HOTEL WEAVER, C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern and up-to-date in all Its ap pointments. Every conveuieuce and comfort provided for tho traveling publio. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. Thla is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. . No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling publio. First class Livery in connection. DHIL. EMERT iriwpv nniiT . miflKMAKKR. Shop over K. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the ooarsest and guarantees his work to give perloct saiisincuou. rruiupi niwiu lion viven to mending, and prices rea sonable. Electric Oil. Guaranteed for Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore Feet, fains. va. At an ueaiere Clearance SoJe Now going on. 31 DEATHS IN WRECK Submerged Cars Raised and Victims' Bodies Brought Out. Sixteen Bodies Recovered Sunday, Making 25 Whose Names Are Known, In Addition to Six Unidenti fied Women and Children Prob ably a Number May Be Found In the Tourist Car or Were Burned In the Second-Class Car. Thirty-one dead, two missing and 46 Injured, Is tho total toll of the Span ish river wreck. Both coaches have been rained and the dead removed. There may be a few bodies in the river, but this the officials are not in clined to admit. Sixteen bodiep were recovered Sun day, making a list of dead whose names are known of 25, in addition to six unidentified women and chil dren, whose bodies were. taken from the first-class couch. Besides these 31, It is supported that a score of bod ies will he found In the tourist car and an unknown number were burned to ashes with the second-class car. Twenty persons eating dinner in a Pullman dining car on a Canadian Pa cific train were imprisoned and drown ed when the train went through the bridge over the Spanish river near Webbwood at 6; 30 o'clock Frflday night In the rear of the dining car was a first-class day coach containing about 60 passengers. The day conch follow ed the Pullman into the river and all who were in it save two men who managed to escape met death. The two couches lie in the river, only their roofs appearing above the surface of the water. Another report says 48 lives were lost and 91 persons Injured. The cars that did not plunge into the river caught fire. One report says all those who were killed were in the sub merged cars; another that a coach containing 25 persons was burned and that many of these perished in the flameB. Webbwood, a village of 500 Inhabi tants in the Algoma district of On tario, is on the Sudbury-Sault Ste. Marie branch of the Canadian Pacific 488 miles west of Montreal. STORAGE BATTERY RUNS CAR Edison Makes a Demonstration of His Latest Invention. Thomas A. Edison tested for the first time on a street railway in New York city a car equipped with his newest storage battery motor. The car ran three miles, ascended on the route LTTfG The McCvien Cos 47th Semi-ArimioJ Opens Thursday Morning, January 20th, and Continues Ten Dys. Spot Cash Only. The regular reductions in our best and finest merchandise will be as follows : Tailoring, in our own shop, 1-5 off. Men's, boys' and children's clothing, off. Hats and caps, and trunks, bags and suit cases, yi off. Furnishings, underwear, shirts, etc., 1-5 off. But this does not tell the whole story. Hundreds of articles in each department will be sold for Mto their value. We do not carry over merchandise from one season to another, but "A word to the wise is sufficient." Tailoring Specials. About 30 suitings, were $32 to $43, will be made up in our best manner. Sale price $25. All our finest Overooatings (winter weights) will be sold nne-fourtb off regular prices. $35.00 Overcoats, $ 2(1.0(1 40.00 " 30.00 45.00 " 33.75 Men's Clothing Specials Fifty double breasted suits, blues, blacks and fancys. Those were 1 10.00, sale price $0.00 12 00 7.50 8 75 0 50 13 50 15.00 ltl.00 18 00 20.00 10.00 11.50 12 00 15.00 22.00 Thirty Overcoats at half the plainly which they sold. Recollect tho a deep grade over slippery rails and was crowded to capacity. "I've found -what is wanted," the inventor declared. "Now we'll see whether it will be used." Mr. Edison and about a dozen other passengers were on the car. After the test Mr. Edison said: "The new car Is absolutely practical for commercial purposes. I have re duced the ordinary depreciation from 30 to 15 per cent In the new motor. Tho new car might be used In the im mediate future for taking care of the Increased street railroad traffic In large cities without increasing the ex isting number of powerhouses." NEW IMMIGRATION TREATY Japan and America Ask Help of Brit ish Government as Mediator. . The PoBt of Birmingham, England, states that for some time past the American and Japanese govern ments have been trying to negotiate for a new immigration treaty. It was found that the two countries could not reach an agreement on certain vital points, and it was thereupon decided to seek the good offices of the British government as mediator. This offer was accepted by Great Britain but action In the matter by this country has been delayed owing to the general election which has tak en up the time of all the members of the cabinet. STUDENTS ARE IN DEMAND Professor Schneider Says Westing house Wants Them All. Professor Schneider of the Univers ity of Cincinnati's Scientific Schools says the Westinghouse companies In Pittsburg have offeied to accept every graduate of the department of the university here for tho next four years and to pay them $1,800 a year. Last year, he said, he had fully 3,000 appli cations for the course, of which 75 per cent were men who wished to become electrical engineers. Ho said: "I shall Instruct my boys to accept tho Westinghouse offer if they think it wise to do so. This sal ary is uniiBua.'ly high for young men and will be a great help to us here." SO-CALLED HAUNTED FARM Was Sold For an Insignificant Sum On Account of Its Uncanny Reputation. The so-called haunted farm of 500 acres in the town of Vienna, Oneida county, New York, which a few years ago was sold for $4,500, was Sat urday knocked down at auction in Ulica for $535, and for good measure a complete sawmill outfit was thrown In. The farm was the scene of a fa mous murder a number of years ago. Its uncanny reputation depreciated the value of the property, inasmuch as it was Impossible to secure tenants. marked prices at Date, Thursday, Jan. WORLD'SUBEL SUIT Proceedings Begun In United States Circuit Court. New York, Jan. 25. The criminal libel suit of the government against the Press Publishing company (the New York World) was begun In the United States circuit court before Judge Charles M. Hough. The com plainants, whom the World is alleged to have libelled in the series of six ar ticles published in October, 1908, are Theodore Roosevelt, President Will iam Howard Taft. Charles P. Taft, the president's half-brothert- Douglas Rob inson, brother-in-law of Colonel Roose velt, and William Nelson Cromwell. The Indictment on which the suit Is based contains 14 counts. In substance the indictments charge that the World accused certain per sonsAmericans some of whom ap pear in connection with this prosecu tion as complainants, of receiving Borne part of the $40,000,000 paid by the government to the French Panama. Canal company, and that the United States government and the certain in dividuals in the government conspired to bring about the revolution In the republic of Colombia by which the present canal zone was detached from tho republic. Almost at the outset argument arose between Delancey Nlcoll, counsel for the Press Publishing company, and United States District Attorney Wise for the government and the complain ants as to the jurisdiction of the court. In examining the firBt batch of tales men Mr. Nlcoll asked if they under stood that in libel actions in this state the jury are Judges of the law as well as the facts. Mr. Wise promptly objected and Justice Hough sustained the objec tion. There whs a panel of 100 summoned for examination. The jury box was not filled when court adjourned. While quizzing the talesmen Mr. Nlcoll summarized the points to be emphasized by the defense, two In number, justification and excusable li bel. He invariably asked the tales men If they were the sort of men who believed that the government was al ways right In everything it did. Mr. Nlcoll will make a motion that the case bu dismissed. PLEA OF IMMUNITY Entered by John B. Stanchfield In Be- half of Charles R. Helke. New York, Jan. 25. A special plea of Immunity was made by John B. Stanchfield in the United States cir cuit court on behalf of Charles R. Thirty-five pair of wool mixed trousers, were priced and sold from $ 1.50 to $3, sale price 85c Jersey wool Costs, were prioed $4, sale price $2 25 One lot of full dress Vests, were $3, sale price $1.65. A 11 fancy Vests half price. Men's lined Jeans Pants, sale price OOo. All Men's Bathrobes and House Coats, one-balf price. Special Trunk Values. We have about 20 good Trunks, slightly shop worn, that range in prices from f 1 60 to $22. Any trunn in this lot at one-half price. Furnishing Specials. Ten dozen fancy stiff bosom Shirts, were fl.50 to 2, sale price OOo. Peerless unlaundered White Shirts, sale prtae 50o. Diemel Linen Mesh Underwear, were $3.25, sale price $1. Blue Railroad Shirts with cutis aud two collars, were $1, sale price 65c. 20th, for 10 Days. Helke, the indirtod secretary or the American Sugar Refining company. Helke was indicted by the federal grand Jury jointly with several others for conspiracy to defraud the govern ment by underwelghlng sugar impor tations and false entry of those weights. Helke's plea is based on the ground that on several occasions he testified before the federal grand jury in the sugar Investigation and submitted documentary evidence. Mr. Stanch field said that tinder those clrcum Btances to prosecute Helke would be an Invasion of his constitutional rights. . Counsel for the other indicted men entered tentative pleas of not guilty and were given until Friday to enter special pleas of Immunity if they de plred to do so. Judge Hough will hear argument on the question of Immun ity then. LONDON'S BEEF SUPPLY Price Depends Largely on the Country Where It Comes From. London, Jan. 25. London's beef, apart from what is home grown, comes mostly from Argentina and New Zea land and in very small quantities from Australia and Denmark. The retail prices depend upon the quality, where It comes from and the neighborhood In which It is sold, prices in the West End fashionable section being often higher than in the East End and the poorer section. The prices of loins varies, with Ar gentine frozen beef at 10 cents; Ar gentine chilled beef comes next at 15 cents. Then comes North American chilled beef at 15 to 18 cents, while North American town chilled bring from 21 to 28 cents and English homo grown from 24 to 28 cents a pound. Ribs cost from 10 to 18 cents a pound; chuck ranges from 12 to 16 cents, and round from IB to 20 cents. Last week there was a slight short age from the United States but deal ers say they can get all they want. Guilty of Killing Rent Collector. Albany, Jan. 25. Vincenzo Leon ardo, the second of the Italians to be tried here before Supreme Court Jus tice Hooker, for the murder of George E. Phelps, a rent collector, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and will be sentenced tomorrow. Dom inlck Ferrar, Indicted as the Joint cul prit with Leonardo, is In Clinton pris on .and will be electrocuted next month. Death of a Famous Shortstop. - New York, Jan. 25. Sam Wise, once a famous shortstop, died at his home in Akron, O., on Sunday. He played hlB first big league engagement in Boston in 1SS3 and helped to win the pennant that year. Heavy fleeced lined Shirts and Drawers, 60a quality, at 35n. Heavy wool fleeced Shirts and Drawers, $1 quality, at 69o. Heavy Balbriggan Union Suits, f 1.25 quality at 85o. Heavy ribbed Balbriggun Shirts and Drawers, 60o quality at 33a. Heavy black Sateen Shirts, 75o quality, sale price 55c. Special flue Negligee Shirts, fl.50 to $2, sale price 80c. All wool Turtle Neck Sweaters, were $2.50, sale price $1.35. 15 dozen of 50o four-in-hand Ties, 10c, Boys' Bear Skin Gloves, 35o. Men's black Uoe, cotton 0c, wool llo. Canvas Gloves, 5o, 7c and 10c. Blue Handkerchiefs, 3o. White Handkerchiefs, 5c. Men's Suspenders, 11c, 15c, l'Jo. All our men's Outing Flannel Night Shirts, were f 1, sale price 69n. Men's blue Flsnnel Shirts, were fl.50, sale price $1, Mon's Sweater Coats, 35o. Men's Brown all wool Sweater Coats, were h3, sale price $1.50. Men's Arrow Collars, 5c. Terras Strictly Cash. THE NEWS SUMMARY Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensee and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For th Convenience of the Reader Who Hat Little Time to Spare. Wednesday. An increase of the governor's sal ary from $10,000 to $25,000 is provided in a concurrent resolution introduced at Albany by Senator Agnew. Two thousand of Zelaya'S troops captured at Rama join General Es trada's cause In" Nicaragua, won ovei by his provision for subsistence. Bridgeport (Conn.) police arrest Jo seph Mruk and his friend, Bartlomy Laska, who are accused of throwing Mrs. Mruk, a bride of a week, into a 30-foot well atfer robbing her. In the supreme court at Syracuse Justice W. S. Andrews granted the ap plication of the state insurance de partment to take over the People's Mutual Life Association and l eague. Thursday. President Taft greets thirty gover nors at the White House, telling them their purpose to obtain uniform legis lation Is of the utmost Importance. John R. Walsh, the convicted Chi cago banker, arrived at the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., and began serving his sen ten ee of fiv years. Publishers trace postal losses tfj rates paid by advertising sheets, mag azines and periodicals, as well as to high railway contracts and govern ment franks. The mayor of Buffalo, In a state ment deploring the move to oust William J. Conners from the chair manship of the Democratic state committee, raps Charles F. Murphy and Tammany Hall. Friday. The Carnegie Hero Fund commis sion Wednesday awarded medals and $19,000 to 17 persons. An Initial dividend of 3 per cent on the common stock of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis railroad the Nickel Plate was declared. Mrs. Grover Cleveland, according to a dispatch from Florence, is pass ing her time very quietly, accepting no invitations because of her mourn ing. Reports from the stock raising states of the West tend to show that a great cattle aud produce shortage ex ists, which is blamed for the high prices. No Goods Charged All the federated German states have Indicated their approval of the Imperial position that no concession can be made concerning the importa tion of American meats. Saturday. The New York state senate, sitting as a trial court, will hear charges against Senator Allds. Physicians describe to the Life In surance Presidents' association plans for a campaign to raise the average of longevity. Demand for increased postage on magazines, to mpet the annual deficit of $03,000,000 on second class mall, grow more insisU-nt. Reports from various cities through out the country show that the people aro joining in a meat strike of unpre cedented proportions. America was more largely repre sented than any other country at the Defilee Cour of the German emperor and empress, according to a dispatch from Berlin. Monday. Senator Conger consults lawyer and will make determined fight in state senate's trial of Senator Allds. Japan and Russia simultaneously decline Mr. Knox's plan for the neu tralization of the Manchurian rail ways. Stirred by the anti-meat boycott that is sweeping over the country, the government preparts for another legal attack on the beef trust. Fear of a tariff war with the United States Is general In Germany and newspapers which have boen the se verest critics of America are now ea ger for a compromise. According to a dispatch from Pekln, a Chinese paper subsidized by tho Japanese legation, accuses the Jews of a design to capture Manchuria and flood it with their fellow religionists. Tuesday. Reports for 190D of imports show larger increase in value than quanti ty, owing to high prices. Suggestions for a reduced rate of newspaper pastagf. as well as an in crease in tho magazine rate Is mad3 by a New England member of con gress. Mrs. 11. R. Tillman expected to be gin suit against Senator Tillman of South Caroliiu; for the recovery of her children now with the senator's family In Washington. The English elections are so close that fiom present Indications the Unionists rr.d the Liberals will be practically tied, leaving the National ists masters of the situation. Ten persons wee seriously Injured, three probably fatally, when a Mc-Kee.Mrrt-bound trolley car jumped- a ilrfi'ctive rx!l near Dravrsburg, Pa., and rolled down a ttn-foot embankment. Hats and Caps Specials Six dozen men's soft hats, $3 aud $1 qualities, sale price $1.95. Chinchilla Tain O'Sliantois with car laps, that were f 1 50 to $2.50, sale price 00c. Children's Red Felt Hats, $1 and $1.50 qualities, 65c. Children's Black and Red Beaver Hats, were $4, sale price $2.25. lllack Heaver Hats, $2 quality, 05c. Men's Brown Derby I law, $3 qualities, $1 65. Black Shop Caps, 6o, 10c, l!o. Children's Department. A limited number of Boys' Suits that were $3 50 to $5, sale price $2. Children's Roinpors one-half price. Heavy lilack Wool Hose, 50o qualities, sale price 80c, Hoys' Uuion Suits, sale price 25c, Boys' white all wool Shirts and Drawers, were 75o per garment, sale price one-half price. at Salo Prices. RedViced Price THE McCUEN GO On every shoe in the store. LAMM-ERS OIL cirfr, PA. OIL CITT, PA McCuen Co. Block,
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