RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one inch, oneweek... 1 00 One Sqnare, one inch, one month. 8 00 One Sqnare, one inch, 3 months...- 6 00 One Square, one inch, one year 10 (0 Two Squares, one year - 16 00 Quarter Column, one year 80 00 Half Column, one year - 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each insertion. We do flno Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Offioe in Smoarbaugh & Wenk Building, ELM BTBKET, TIONKMTA, PA. Fore KEPUBL Term, SI. 00 A Year, Mtrlctly la AJvbbm. Entered as second-olass matter at the poHt-otllce at Tlonnsta. No subscription received for a shorter period than three months. Correspondence solicited, but no notice will be taken of anonymous ooramunlca lions. Always give your name. VOL. XLII. NO. 47. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1910. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ICAN. BOROUGH OFFICERS. Burgess. J. D. W. Reck. Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Outtncumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O. It, Robinson, Wra. Smoarbaugh, J. W. JainioNon, W. J. Campbell, A. II, Kelly. Constable Charles Clark. Collector W. H. Uond. School Directors J. O. Seowden, R. M. Herman, Q Jaininson, J. J, Landers, J, R. Clark, W. U. Wymau. FOREST COUNTY OFFICER. S. Member of Congress N. P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. K. P. Rail, Assembly A. 11. Mttcbllng. President Judge Win. K. Rice. Associate Judges P. C. Hill, Samuel Aul. Prothonotai y, Register & Recorder, ate. -J. C.UelHt. Hherir-H. K. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioners Win. 11. Harrison, J, M. Zuendol, 11. II. McClellan. District Attorney A. Carringer. Jury Commissioners El neat Slbble, Lewis Wagner. Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr. Count v Auditors Gnome H. Warden, A. C. Gregg ami J. P. Kelly. County Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent D. W. Morri son. Iteaular Terais af Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Momjay of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. Church aaa Habhnlh Hrhaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:16 a. m. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. K. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaching In the Presbyterian church every Hahhatli at 11:00 a. in. aud 7:30 p. in. Ituv. II. A. llailey, Pa-tor. The regular meetings or the W. C. T. U. are hold at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi NF.STA LOIXJK, No. 869, 1.O.O.F. A M ents every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. C APT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274 G. A, R. Meets 1st Monday evening in each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 1117, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. rp F. RITCHEY. 1 . ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, , Tlonesta, Pa. MA. CARRINGER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. OlhVe over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. c URTIS M. 8 HAWKEY, ATTORN E Y-AT- LA W, Warren, Pa. ) Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. rRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank, IIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tented aniLQlasses Fitted. D R. J. B. 8IGGINS, Physician aud Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, O. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern and up to-date in all its ap pointments. Every convenience and com fort provided for the traveling public. CENTRAL HOUSE, G EROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvement. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First olass Livery in connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion driven to mending, and prices rea sonable. Electric Oil. Guaranteed for Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore Feet, Pains. An. At all dealers $2.65 for Any Woman's Shoe in the Store. All leathers. Former prices $3.50 to $5.00. LAMMERS OIL CITY, PA E Swears He Knows Allds Took Money to Suppress a Bill. 6enator Conger Swear Senator Allds Accepted the Money In His Presence In the State Capitol Would Have It Appear That Bridge Companies Did Not Take the Initiative Sena tor Allds Has a Week From Tues day to Answer the Charge. That State Senator Jothnm P. Allds of Norwich, Chenango county, N. Y., the president pro tern, of the state senate nnd Republican leader of that branch of the legisla ture, received a bribe of $1,000 while a member of the assembly on April 23, 1901, for not pressing to passage cer tain legislation. This is the charge made public by Senator Conger, also a Republican. Mr. Conger represents the district controlled by Representatives In Con gress J. Slont Fassett of Elmlra and John W. Dwlght of Dryden, Tomp kins county, the authors of the fa mous "John & I" telegram to Owien Cassldy, Senator Conger's predeces sor, when the racetrack fight was on In the senate. Initiated by Senator Allds. In his sworn charge Senntor Conger swears that the bribery in question was initiated by Senator Allds and that he demanded the $1,000, instead of the bridge manufacturing compan ies seeking out Senator Allds to buy him oft from doing his duty. It is in ferred that Senator Conger thus Jus tifies his position in this controversy In that he would have it appear that the bridge companies had uot taken the initiative but had paid up because thev considered it "Btrike" legislation and had to give up the money or suf fer the consequences. Senator Conger declares Senator Allds received and accepted $1,000 in Senator Conger's presence In the Capitol. Senator Conger has told his friends that he saw a man pay Sena tor Allds this 11.000 and that the man Is living. Senator Conger swears that he knows this charge to be true of his own knowledge. At the outset some of the senators who heard Sen ator Conger discussing the bribery charges were led to believe that it was Conger himself who pnld Allds the money. Senator Conger, however, has made it plain that he saw a man pay Senator Allds this money. This man's name has been carefully with held by Senator Conger. It cannot long be kept secret. It must be brought out in the investigation. Senator Conger had until Tuesday to file his charges. Senator Allds has until a week fiom Tuesday to an swer, but it Is expected that he will answer promptly with a general de nial. HOUSE WRECKED; 21 HURT Explosion of Natural Gas During Fire at Le Roy Ones Much Damage. Twenty-ono persons were hurt In a natural gas explosion at Le Roy, N. Y. Two are seriously Injured, the rest will recover. A fire was discovered In the (lene- see hotel at an early hour. The Lo Roy department responded. Frank O'Hara, a boarder in the hotel, fell from a Becond story window and was seriously hurt. He was taken into a house adjoining the burning hotel, followed by a crowd of citizens and firemen. While In this house a natural gas pipe exploded. The dwelling was blown out at both ends and 21 persons In the house were scorched by the flames and cut and bruised by flying timbers. O'Hara and Thomas W. Larkln were the worst hurt. Both were burned as a result of the explosion and Larkin was rut by falling glass. Larkln Is a member of the village fire department. Tha damage ia about $24,000. ' ICE BRIDGE AT THE FALLS Thousands Availed Themselves of the New Elevators In Prospect Park. It was the first pleasant Sunday since 1007 that there hnve been ele vator facilities for reaching the Ice bridge on the state reservation and thousands availed themselves of the new eleva'tor service in Prospect park to renew their acquaintance with the peculiar features of the ice Jam in the gorge below the falls. The crowd was a large and happy one. First the visitors eilmbed the Ice mountain, whicn as yet has not yet attained full size; still its numerous peaks and hillocks were fascinating, the glossy surface affording a fine to boggan slide as well as a skating place. Leaving the ice mountain the crowd wended its way back and forth across the bridge, tho structure reaching from the tunnel stream to the edge of tl flow from the American falls. The day passed without any serious aouident Waiter's Wife Wants $50 a Week. Julia Wendling of No. 4G4 Columbus nvenue, New York, has asked Su preme Court Justice Gerard to award her $50 a week alimony pending her suit for a separation from William Wendling and in support of her re quest Bald that her husband makes $100 a week as a waiter at the Wal dorf and that he made $70 at resorts. The court reserved decision. CONGER FILES CHARG PARTY REFORMERS ORGANIZE Democratic League Selects a General Committee of 450 Covering Every County In State. The Democratic League of New York, the outcome of the Saratoga conference last September, assembled at the Hotel Ten Eyck in Albany on Thursday afternoon, organized a gen county in tho state, and elected form er Mayor Thomas XI. Osborne of Au burn chairman of the general com mittee. Francis A. Willard of Oneida was elected secretary and Colonel William C. Rice of Albany treasurer. The league adopted an organization plan for the state, drafted bills for direct nominations and reform In the ballot and primary laws, which are to be submitted to the legislature by Sena tor Grady and Assemblyman Frishie, (be minority leaders In the senate and assembly, and former Supreme Court Justice D-Cady Il'errlck of Albany made a speech which received the loudest applause of the day in which he called for an investigation of the high prices of food In the state. In the evening at the reception to the Democratic mayors there was a general joli Ideation and a few speech es were made. COAL LAND CASES Glavis Testified Balllnger Asked They Be Held Till After Election. Louis R. Glavis, former special agent of the land office, the author of the charges against Secretary Bal llnger, testified before the Balllnger Plnchot investigation committee that Mr. Balllnger urged him to post pone his Investigation of the Cunning ham coul laud cases until after the presidential election of 1908. The re quest was made, however, after Mr. Balllnger had ceased to be commis sioner of the general land ofilce and while he was a member of the Repub lican national campaign committee. The poRlioiiemcnt was asked for at a conference In Portland, Ore., In Oc tober, 190S. The reason assigned by Mr. Balllnger, according to the wit ness, was that two of 'he Cunningham coal land claimants, A. C. Avery and I. C. Smith of Seattle, had refused to contribute to the Republican cam paign fund because the government was holding up patents to their coal entries. DESIRED EVIDENCE SECURED Government Stole a March on Packers and Big Butter Makers. In its search for evidence . at Omaha relating .to the advances in the prices of foodstuffs, the govern ment stole a march on the packers and big butter manufacturers and dealers of Omaha and by some cute work on the part of secret service men secured the desired evidence be for It became known that an Investi gation was under way. Today the government Is said to be In posses sion of evidence sufficient to return an indictment In 'several cases. The investigation Included the packing houses, Jobbers, commission men, re tailers, coid storage houses and the methods of local organizations. Last week several of these men were In Omaha and secured a mass of in formation concerning the workings of all parties concerned in the manu fature and sale of foodstuffs. Later it became known that the men were representatives of the agricultural de partment. MOVEMENT AMONG FARMERS Many Sign Agreement Not to Ship or Sell Any Live Stock For 30 Days. Farmers In some Indiana counties resent protests against high prices of meats nnd are signing agreements not to ship or ell any live stock for 30 days and the indications are that the market will be kept stiff by rea son of a shortage of cattle, sheep and hogs for the local trade. The movement among the farmers began in the farmers' institutes and In some Instances the agreements In clude all kinds of country produce. $500 PAID FOR A TURKEY Famous Gobbler Weighing 52 Pounds Changes Owners at Belviderc. At the Northern Illinois poultry show held at Belvidere, 111., last week, the famous Porter turkey was sold by Mr. Porter of that eily to E. II. Burns of Orient, S. D., for $300. This gobbler has taken first prize and Bweepstakes at Madison Square, New York, Baltimore and Hagers town, Md., and other cities where na tional poultry shows have been held. His weight is 52 pounds, and he Is said to be the largest turkey In the United States. Mr. Burns has been trying for three years to buy this turkey, but up to the present has been unsuc cessful. Found Bit of Ambergris Worth $1,700. A large piece of ambergris, highly valued in perfumery, was found on Monday on the gulf beach near Mo bile, Ala., by Pilot L. Anderson. While the pilot knew that his find was a valuable one, he had little idea that the four and a half pound piece which he picked up was worth more than $1,700, but such it is. as It sells for something like $2 an uuueo. Her Second Quartette of Children. Mrs. Margaret Brooks, a negro wo man at Austin, Tex., has Just given birth to her second quartette of children. She Is also the mother of three sets of triplets aod one set of twins. IS News of Sinking of Pavements And Abandonment of Houses. Itinerary of Traffic Lines In the Metro politan District Will Be Canged and Some Commercial Centers Will Be Affected Authorities Declined Fur ther Use of Boats People In the Affected District Affronted by What They Believed Rich Sensa tion Seekers. Paris, Feb. 1. The city has abso lutely recovered from the successive shocks of its recent days of anxiety The terror of last Friday seems like a nightmare now when continual re ports are published of the sibsldence of the Seine and the sun shiues bril liantly after days of rain. Crowds continued to gather as near the in undated places as the soldiers will permit them, but there is a tendency now to Jest about the situation. News of the sinking In of pavements and the abandonment of houses Is tak en as a matter of course. Only the lack of heat and light in some quar ters, the failure of telephonic commun ication in others and traffic difficulties everywhere remain to remind one of the terrors of the last few davs. Telegraphic communication Is still unreliable. A few lines are still working but their services are Jn such great demand that today the postofflce sent numberless messages by train to be left at the nearest sta tion to their destination and be de livered from there. The Itinerary of tno traffic lines in the metropolitan district will no dcubt be changed and In this way several commercial cen ters will be affected. For instance, it Is doubtful if the station in the Place de L'Opera will open again and it certainly will be months before per fect order Is restored to the city's transportation lines. The situation was so much Im proved that the authorities declined further offers of boats. They say that they are now able to cope with the situation without volunteer aid. Today, however, a newspaper called the Automobile urged amateur auto mohllists to utilize their machines for the benefit of the flood sufferers. About forty of the smallest cars were loaded with bread and other food stuffs and sent, to the most affecter! districts. Many of tho occupants of tne cars met with hostile reeentions. The people at first believed them to De rich sensation seekers and were on the verge In several Instances of attacking the good Samaritans when they discovered the mistake. As the result the autoinoblHsts were roundly cheered. At the sitting of the chamber of deputies the proposal to decorate offi cials who distinguJshed themselves at rescue work was postponed at the suggestion of the premier, who said: "Frenchmfn do not need the spur of a decoration to do their duty. They never think of reward when called upon for sacrifices." Its Is certain nevertheless that the next honor list will be much longer than usual. SENSATIONAL TRIAL COMING Young Millionaire Indicted on His Wife's Charge of Conspiracy. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 1. Fred erick Relners, son of a millionaire Brooklyn distiller, was again indicted by the Atlantic City grand Jury at May's Landing on the charges made by his young and pretty wife that the husband had conspired with George Montgomery, his friend, and Con stable Thomas Shrill of this city to besmirch her character sufficiently to secure him a divorce. Montgomery and Shrill were also named in the Indictment and will be forced to stand trial at the hearing, when the wife claims she will make sensational disclosures. Relners was attempting to get a divorce from his wife, to whom his family objected, several months ago in this city when the girl bride cre ated a scene in the chancery court by declaring that her husband and Shrill had conspired to drug her and have her discovered in a house of ill fame where she declared Shrl'l had taken her. It Is expected that the trial of the men will be sensational. FIND NEW GERM IN SUBWAY Doctor Discovers Organism In Exam ining Quaker City Bore. Philadelphia, Feb. 1. Or. Sylves ter J. Deehan, assistant instructor of bacteriology at the University of Pennsylvania, while in company with other professors was examining the Philadelphia subway discovered a new germ which he designates accord ing to the report Just made public, "a subway gTin." Towards the end of this report, the commissioners say: "There was also a pink sarcina which occurred quite frequently. No one could find this organism In any of the text books, and as far ns we know, Dr. J. S. Deehan of the labora tory of the University of Pennsyl vania was the first to describe it." That is b11 anyone knows about the "subway germ." Whether this organism Is a germ of sanitation which makes the sub way so healthy is not known. Reports for 1909 of imports Bhow larger increase in value than quanti ty, owinff to high prices. mm g OUTRAGES BY NltiHl RIDERS Said to Be Killing Negroes and Burn ing Their Houses and Churches. Atlanta, a., Feb. 1. Night riders are killing negroes In Columbia county and burning their homes and churches, according to information which has been received by Governor Brown. Such a state of anarchy seems to prevail, according to the re ports, that Governor Brown has begun an Investigation to fix the responsibil ity and to protect, the negroes. Negroes are leaving the county in large numbers and are listing their farms and property with real estate dealers of Augusta, declaring that their lives are unsafe In Columbia county and that, they intend to settle elsewhere. Such terror has been caused by night riders, that It is said to be unsafe even for white people of Columbia to talk. To delve into the situation and try to bring real facts to the surface, would be at the risk of life. A more desperate and lawless set of men than those perpetrating those ' depredations cannot be found. Just why the danger exists or whence It comes the negroes themselves don't know or are afraid to tell. So far not a single arrest has been made. That entire section of the state is worked up and Is demanding that the county officials become more active In quelling the lawlessness, and If pos sible bring the law breakers to Jus tice. "I have received nothing bearing on the matter from the sheriff of Col umbia county," said Governor Brown, "but If the statements that have reach ed me are correct the situation and condition In that county are serious. It does not speak well for the county. I Fhall Investigate and try to protect the negroes." CIVIL SERVICE MIXUP Members of Utica Board Cited to Ap pear Before State Commission. Albany, Feb. 1. Members of the municipal civil service commission of Utica have been cited to appear be fore the state cill service commis sion In Albany on Thursday after noon to show cause why they should not be removed from office for incom petency and violations of the law. The matter grows out of the inquiry made into conditions in Utica last week by President Milliken end Sec retary Birdseye of the state commis sion. The Utica commissioners. Arthur D. Jones, J. Edgar Smith and William Hayes, are alleged to have unlawfully certified to payrolls on which appear names of persons appointed .since Jan. 1 last without competitive ex amination as required by the law in the offices of the city engineer and the health bureau. Curtis Alliaume is alleged to have been appointee! sec retary to the municipal commission Illegally and to have received com pensation as such from Jan. 1, al though not assuming his duties until Jan. 7. The sitentlon largely grows out of the alleged appointment of persons in sympathy with the new Democratic administration to positions In the civil service without regard to such regula tions as the law provides. MILK TO BE REDUCED Curtailed Shipments of Meat From the West to New York. New York, Feb. 1. The Sheffield Farms dairy people announced that they will reduce the price of milk from 9 to X cents a nnurt on March 1 The Sheffield Farms and the Borden Condensed Milk company pre the two big firms that have stood out against tne cut made by the others. The Do--den Condensed Milk eomnanv said that they intended to keep the price or their milk at 9 cents fir the pres ent. Retail butchers hold out little hope to the public that thev will bo blessed with the present reductions in meats for any very great length of time. It would not surprise some of them If the prices were climbing toward the rormer sun prices by the end of the week. The curtailed shipments of meat from the west Is decidedly advantag eous to the wholesalers. Well Informed, dealers said that the receipts of beef had been rut 2.r, nr cent and lamb and mutton nearly TO per cent. Mayor Wants Fight In Frisco. San Francisco, Feb. 1. Mayor Mc Carthy of San Francisco has shocked tho reformers with the bold announce ment that ho hopes the Jeffries-Johnson fight will be decided In his city and that ho has no personal animosity to the gamblers. He says San Fran cisco needs money end these forms of amusements Mil get It. "Stop gam bling and tho grass will grow In the streets," Is the way Mr. .McCarthy out lines his remarkable policy. Suggestions for a reduced rate of newspaper iHistago as well as an in cirtase In the magazine rate is made by a New England member of con gress. The Editor Won. A London paper described n chil dren's excursion as a "long white scream of Joy" ami was called to ac count by a correspondent, who said that a scream could l-e long, but uot white, whereupon the editor Justified himself by urging that "a hue Is often associated with a cry." Every heart contains perfect ion's gerni.-Shelley. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS PithyParagraphsThatChronicle the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Part of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facta Given In at Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Washington reports a growing fear (f the attitude of Mr. Taft and Attor ney General Wickersham by the trusts. Paris Is submerged by great floods, one-fourth of France is deluged and the chamber of deputies has voted $400,000 for the relief of the sufferers. Bill Introduced in the New Jersey legislature would prohibit forever es tablishment In the state of preventor iums for consumptives from other states or citler-. Robert L. O'Brien, editor of the Bos ton Transcript, says it Is plain the government's postal losses come from magazine transmission and urges a complete departmental overhauling. Thursday. One refult of the English elections Is the repotted intention of the Union ists to oppose every Irish seat. Violent . earth shock occurred at Ruello. In the department of Charente, France. The movement lasted three seconds tnd came from the southeast. John Hough, 11 years old, was kill ed; Walter Smith, 15, was fatally hurt, and Marjory Houghton, 14, had her leg broken in a coasting accident at Theresa, N. Y. Eight milk dealing concerns In New York announce a l eduction to 8 cents a quart as Judge Goff Instructs a grand Jury in milk inquiry us to what is Indictable in trade combinations. According to latest dispatches the floods In Paris are increasing, the rain continues, traffic is practically suspended, factories are closed and telephone and telegraphic communi cation Is gradually being cut off. Friday. Canada refuses to remove Its sur tax in favor of importations from Ger many. Advices from Berlin Indicate that a tariff agreement between Germany and the United States is at hand. Counsel for Mr. Glavis charges be fore the congiessional committee that Secretary Balllnger has acted "im properly." President Taft works to place pros perity on a sound basis, advocating national incoi poratlon as a refuge for harrassed trusts. Announcement that Senator Depew Is a candidate for re-election adds to the confusion of the Republican sit uation in New York state. O'ficial estimates place the damage already done by the great flood In France at $20(1,000,000. The Seine Is still rising, public buildings nnd res idences are in danger of collapse and thousands are homeless. Saturday. Raefaelo Plsnno, leader of the Black Hand society of Brooklyn, wts sent enced to 25 years In Sing Sing for at tempted murder. It Is believed in Paris that France Is about ready to accede to the American demand for a minimum tar iff on some fifteen to twenty articles. Representative Hull of Tennessee criticised Governor Hughes of New York for hia special message to the legislature opposing the income tax amendment. The coroner held Eugene Flanigan, freight engineer, responsible for the wreck on the New York Central at Croton in "hlch Spent er Trask, the New York banker, lost his life. Monday. Although the waters of the Seine are receding, the gradual withdrawal cf the Hood's undei ground pressure is weakening the very foundations of Paris. Elections for the British parliament are ended, and show the govern ment to have a majority of 122. in cluding the Labor members and Irish Nationalists. President Mndiiz issues an order forbidding the infliction of the death penalty upon Americans who may be taken in arms against tin' Nicaraguan government. The Borden Condensed Milk com pany Issues a statement at the at torney general's hearing and declares that it cannot deliver milk in New York at 8 cents a quart without a loss. Tuesday. Many of the ablest lawyers in the country take a hand in the test of the corporation tax law before the fed eral supreme court. Dispatches from Washington show that free Imports under the Payne law have reached $7(tti,()00,0iM), or more t ii half of all th imports. Dispatches from Seoul report a seri ous uprising of Insurgents at South Plionga, Coiea. Twenty Japanese settlers are said to have been mur dered. A spirit of compromise prevails in Great Uriinln as a result of the elec tions, the verdict of the country be ing Interpreted as opposed to radical changes. Crew of nine of the George A. Mc Fadden, a four-masted schooner, witcked nt sea, are rescued from the deckhouse ly the Katlierlne, alter be ing pursued all day by sharks. DEMANDS WERE. CONSTANT Convict Warrlner Testified Against Mrs. Ford on Trial For Blackmail. Cincinnati, Feb. 1. At the resump. tion of the trial of Mrs. Jeannette Ford, charged with attempting to blackmail C. T. Warrlner, the con fessed and convicted embezzler of $643,000 from the Big Four railroad, Warrlner himself was the star wit ness. Attorney Thorndyke, counsel for Mrs. Ford, made a statement In open court as follows: "We propose to as sist the prosecution to Bhow that Ed gar Cook was short; to assist in show ing that Warrlner was short, and that Comstock was short; we propose to asrlst the prosecution to Bhow that the Big Four offices were rotten the Lord only knows how rotten. We propose to assist the prosecution to show that the legal machinery of the great state of Ohio 1b here being invoked to air a vulgar affair between two women 'or the love of one man and a very poor specimen of a man he was. "We further propose to show that the defendant never blackmailed or ever made an attempt to blackmail and that th3 charges result from the effort of the prosecuting witness (Mr. Warrlner) to attract attention from himself and throw Eome of the blame on someone else." Without a show of feeling Warrln er, attired in his prison suit, recited his accusations against Mrs. Ford vol untarily. "She called me by telephone In the fall of l!02, and I met her at the. Grand hotel for the first time," he said. "She told me that Edgar S. Cook had spurned her attentions and asked me to compel Cook to return to her. 1 refused and she declared she knew that I and others were short In our accounts. She asked for $2,000 and we finally compromised for $7F0. "She took it and agreed to say noth ing of the shortage. After that her demands were constant. In all I gpve her 12,000 a year for nearly seven years." Witness also testified that he fur nished $10,000 for an operation on the defendant, and that he paid so many other bills he could not keep track of them. EXPLOSION IN MINE One Hundred and Fifty Men Entombed and All Believed to Be Dead. Pueblo, Colo., Feb. 1. An explos ion in the mine of Colorado Fuel and Iron company at Primero, near Trin idad, has entombed one hundred and fifty men and all are believed to be dead. Three dead have been found near the entrance to the mine. The tele phone wires are down nt Primero and newspaper men must go thirty miles by automobile to the mine to got de tails and then go fifteen miles by au tomobile to the nearest telegraph Bta tion. Application For Cook's Arrest. ' London, Feb. 1. A dispatch from Berlin to a local news agency says the United States consul at Mann heim has formally applied to the au thorities at Heidelberg for the ar rest and extradition of Dr. Frederick A. Cook. The doctor Is said to be In a sanitarium at Heidelberg. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market New York, Jan. 31. WHEAT No. 2 red. new, $1.30 f. o. b. afloat; futures closed lower, May $1.1Stf, July $1.08'.i. CORN No. 2 white, In elevator, new. 74c; futures closed lower. May 75aiC, July 75V2C. OATS Natural white, 2G to 32 lbs., new, t2fi :'; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs., 4!1i 53c. PORK Mess, $22.7523.00; family, $25.50'i 2(1.00. II AY Prime, $1.15fi 1.20. BUTTER Creamery, specials, 32c; extra, 31c; process, 2G,4'32S'Jc; western factory, 2:t '4 f 2"c. CHEESE State full cream, sp clals, 17V4S18e. EGGS Stato and Pennsylvania, 32T' 37c. POTATOES Maine, per bag, $1.50 01.75; stale, per bbl., $1.501.75. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, Jan. 31. WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads, $1.1!; No. 2 red, $1.28. CORN' No. 2 yellow, GSftc f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, fiae. OATS No. 2 white, 51c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, ftOc. BUTTER Creamery, western, prints, 32'fi3.'lc; state creamery, 30c; dalrv. choice to fancy, 2!)i30c. CHEESE Choice to fancy, full cream, 16', -.(fine; fair to good, 15 Va (n I fie. EGGS State selected, white, 40c. POTATOES White, fancy, per bu., 45c; choice, 40if42e. East Buffalo Livestock Market. CATTLE Prima export steers, $6.25 $(!.50; good to choice butcher steers, $5.(i5ii 5.75; choice cows, $4.75ff 5.00; choice heifers, $5.35'i 5.50; coinmor to fair heifers, $4.00(i 5.15; common to fair bulls, $;i.(it)'i '3.50; choice veals, $l0.25fi 10.50; fair lo good, $!t.75r 10.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS Cholc lambs, $S.i"i5Ti S.7."; yearlings, $7. "all1 S.00; mixed sheep, $.r.:,0( rt.25. HOGS Light Yorkers, $S.50; me dium and heavy hogs, $N.ti5ff8.70; pigs, JS.S5 -9 8.40. Buffalo Hay Market. Timothy, No. 1 on track. $is.nnffi 19.00; No. 2 timothy, $ 17.00 .1 17. 50; straw, wheat and oaU. $10.00310.50.
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