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VOL. XLII. NO. 47.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1910.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
LICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J, D. W. Reck.
Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oounciimen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. H. Knblnson, Win. Smearbaugh, J.
W. JamloHon, W. J. Campbell, A. It.
Kelly.
Constable Charles Clark,
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Directors i. O. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jainlnson, J. J. Landers, J.
K, Clark, W. O. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTT OFFICERS.
Member of Congress N. P.Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall,
Assembly K. it. Mecbllng.
President Judge Win. E. Rice.
Associate Judges P. C. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
Prothonotary, Register A Recorder, e.
-J. C. deist.
UherirS. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Win. H. Harrison, J,
M. Zuendel, II. II. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Nibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
Countv Auditors Onorne H. Warden,
A. C. U regit aud J. P. Kelly.
County Surveyor D. W. Clark,
County Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. Keiulur Terns mt Crt.
Fourth Monday of February. .
Third Montjjvy of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of Countv Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month.
Church Hubbatb Mchaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
E. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m. Rev. U. A. liailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
17. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi' - N ESTA LOIHJ E, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
X Meets every Tuosday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
O. A, R. Meets 1st Monday evening
In each month.
CAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
187, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
TF. RITCHEY.
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, .
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank BuiUling, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN E Y-AT- LAW,
Warren,
Practice in Forest Co,
Pa.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank.
TIONESTA, PA.
UK. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eves Tented amUGIasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. BIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the traveling public
ENTRAL HOUSE,
GEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Tionsela, 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 traveliug public First
class Livery in connection.
pHIL. EMEfT
FANCY BOOT 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 (jlveu to mending, and prices rea
sonable. 0
Electrio Oil. Guaranteed for
Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore
Feet, Pains. Ao. At all dealer"
$2.65
for
Any Woman's
Shoe in the
Store.
All leathers. Former prices
$3,50 to .ft 5.00.
LAMMERS
OIL CITY, PA
Mfct 'IA
E
Swears He Knows Adds Took
Money to Suppress a Bill.
6enator Conger Swears 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 Jotham P.
Allds of Norwich, Chenango county,
N. Y., the president pro tern, of
the state senate and 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. Sloat Fasset.t 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 Senator 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 "strike" 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 thnt 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
wns Conger himself who pntd 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 Bn
swer, but it Is cx;-et-d that he will
answer promptlv with a general de
nial. HOUSE WRECKED; 21 HURT
Explosion of Natural Gas During Fire
at Le Roy Ooea Much Damage.
Twenty-ono persons were hurt In
a natural gas explosion nt Le Roy, N.
Y. Two are seriously Injured, tho
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 bonrder in the hotel, fell
from a second 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 ns a result of the explosion
and Larkln was cut by falling glass.
Larkln Is a member of the village fire
department. Tha damage Is about
$24,000.
ICE BRIDGE AT THE FALLS
Thousands Availed Themselves of the
New Elevators In Prospect Park.
It was the first pleasant junday
since 1907 that there have 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 tho 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 jet 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
accident
Waiter's Wife Wants $50 a Week.
Julia Wendllng of No. 4G4 Columbus
avenue, 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 said that her husband makeB
$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 the stale, and elected form
er Mayor Thomas M. Osborne of Au
burn chairman of the general com
mittee. Francis A. Wlllard 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 Frlsble,
the minority leaders In the senate and
assembly, and former Supreme Court
Justice D-Cady H'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
tho Democratic mayors there was a
general jollification and a few speech
es were made.
COAL LAND CASES
Glavis Testified Ballinger Asked They
Be Held Till After Election.
Louis R. Glavls, former special
agent of the land office, the author of
the charges against Secretary Bal
linger, testified before the Ballinger
Pinchot Investigation committee that
Mr. Ballinger urged him to post
pone his Investigation of the Cunning
ham coal laud cases until after the
presidential election of 1908. The re
quest waif made, 'however, after Mr.
Ballinger had ceased to be commis
sioner of the general land office and
while he was a member of the Repub
lican national campaign eommittee.
The postponement was asked for at
a conference in Portland, Ore., In Oc
tober, 190S. The reason assigned by
Mr. Ballinger, according to the Wit
ness, was thnt 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 Bearch for evidence. at
Omaha relating .to the advances In
the prices of foodstuffs, the govern
ment stole a inarch 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, jobherr., 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
UOL LCI I
it became known that the men TLLvn..n mmm...i
representatives of the agricultural
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 sell any live stock for
30 days and the indications are that
the market will bo 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 Ovrt at Belvldere.
At the Noftfiern Illinois poultry
show held at Belvldere, 111., last week,
the famous Porter turkey was sold
by Mrs. Porter of that city to E. II.
Burns of Orient, S. D., for $500.
This gobbler has taken first prize
and sweepstakes 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 lor
something like $2 an bunco.
Her Second Quartette of Children.
Mrs. Margaret Brooks, a negro wo
man at Austin, Tex., has Just givon
birth to her second quartette of
children. She Is also the mother of
three sets of triplets and one set of
twins.
PARIS ISjRECOVERING
News of Sinking of Pavements
And Abandonment of Houses.
Itinerary of Traffic Linea In the Metro
politan Dlatrict Will Be Canged and
Some Commercial Centers Will Be
Affected Authorities Declined Fur
ther Use of Boat People In the
Affeoted Districts 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 sibsidence
of the Seine and the sun shines 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 days.
Telegraphic communication Is still
unreliable. A few lines are still
working but their cervices are lin
such great demand that today the
postoffice 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
tho 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
mobilists 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 affected
districts. Many of tho occupants of
tne cars met with hostile receptions
The people at first believed them to
be 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 autoinoblttsrs were roundly
cheered.
At the sitting of the chamber of
deputies the proposal to decorate offi
cials who distinguished themselves
at rescue work was postponed at the
suggestion of the premier, who said:
"Frenchman 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
.
"B o'ic niuivicg vn nil
Wife't 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 Shrill 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.
ITilladeilphia, Feb. 1 Dr. 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 germ." Towards the end of
this report, the commissioners say:
"There was also a pink sarclna
which occurred quite frequently. No
one could find thi.-i organism in any
of the text books, and ns far ns we
know, Dr. J. S. Deehan of the labora
tory of tlie University of Pennsyl
vania was the first to describe it."
That is all 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 show
larger increase in value than quanti
ty, owing- to high prices.
OUTRAGES BY NIGHT 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 shall 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 civil service commis
sion In Albany on Thursday after
noon to show cause why they should
not be removed from office for Incom
petency ar.d violations of the law.
The matter grows out of the inquiry
made into conditions in Utica last
week by President Miliiken and Sec
retary BIrdseye of the state commis
sion. The Utica commissioners, Arthur
D. Jones, J. Edgar Smith and Wiliiam
Hayes, are alleged to have unlawfully
certified to payrolls on which appear
names of persons apxlnted .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 Alllaume
is lilleged to have been annolnteri sec-
retary to the municipal commission
Illegally and to have received coin
pensatlon as such from Jan. 1. al-
though not assuming his duties until
Jan. 7.
Tho sltcation 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
Hons 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 8 cents a quart on March 1.
The Sheffield Farms and the Borden
.ondensed Milk company pre the two
ig firms that have stood out against
the cut made by the others. The Bor
den Condensed Milk company said
that they intended to kfep the price
of their milk at 9 cents for the pres
ent.
Retail butchers hold out little hope
to the public that they will be blessed
with the present reductions in meats
for any very great lenglh of time. It
would not surprise some of them If
tho prices wer climbing toward the
former stiff prices by the end of the
week.
Tho curtailed shipments of meal
from the west Is declded'y advantag
eous to the wholesalers.
Well Informed dealers said that the
receipts of beet had been cut 25 per
cent and lamb and mutton nearly 10
per cent.
Mayor Wants Fight In Frisco.
San Francisco, Feb. 1. Mayor Mc
Carthy of San Francisco has shocked
the reformers with the bold announce
ment that ho hopes the JefTrles-John-son
fight will be decided In his city
and that he has no personal animosity
to the gamblers. He Bays San Fran
cisco needs money end these forms of
amusements will got It. "Stop gam
bling and the grass will grow in the
streets," is the way Mr. McCarthy out
lines his remarkable policy.
Suggestions for a reduced rate of
newspaper iostago as well as an In
crease In tho magazine rate is made
by a New England member of con
gress. The Editor Won.
A Loudon paper described a chil
dren's excursion ns n "long white
scream of Joy" and was called to ac
count by n correspondent, who said
that a scream could he long, but not
while, whereupon the editor justified
himself by urging that "n hue Is often
associated with a cry."
Every heart contains perfection's
germ. Shelley.
SHORTER NEWS ITEMS
Pithy Paragraphs That Chronicle
the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Varioua Parts
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facta Given In aa Few
Words aa Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
Washington reports a growing fear
of the attitude of Mr. Taft and Attor
ney General Wlckersham 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.
BUI Introduced in the New Jersey
legislature would prohibit forever es
tablishment in the state of preventor
iums for consumptives from other
states or cities.
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 result 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 pnd 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 Guff instructs a
grand jury in milk Inquiry as 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 '.he United States is at hand.
Counsel for Mr. Glavis charges be
fore the congiesslonal committee that
Secretary Ballinger has acted "Im
properly." President Taft works to place pros
perity on a sound basis, advocating
national incorporation as a refuge for
harrassed trusts.
Announcement that Senator Depew
Is a candidate for re-election adds to
the conTuslon of the Republican sit
uation in New York state.
Official estimates place the damage
already done by the great flood in
France at $2011,000,000. The Seine is
still rising, public buildings and res
idences are in danger of collapse and
thousands are homeless.
Saturday.
Raefaelo Plsnno. leader of the Black
Hand society of Brooklyn, wis sent
enced to 25 years In Sing Sing for at
tempted murder.
It is believed in Purls 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 which Spencer Trask, the
New York banker, lost his life.
Monday.
Although the waters of the Seine
are receding, the gradual withdrawal
of the flood's untlei 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 menibers and Irish
Nationalists.
President Mndrlz Issues an order
forbidding the infliction of the death
penalty upon Americans who may bo
taken In arms agiliisi tlie Nicaraguan
government.
The Borden Condensed Milk com
pany Issiipb a statement at the at
torney general's hearing nnd declares
thnt 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 tho test of
the corporation tax law before the fed
eral supremo court.
Dispatches from Washington show
that free Imports under the Payne
law have reached $70U,()im,0ii0, or
more than half of all th Imports.
Dispatches from Seoul report a seri
ous uprising of Insurgents at South
Plionga, Cores. Twenty Japanese
ret tiers are said to have been mur
dered. A spirit cf compromise prevails In
Great Brlmln as a result of the elec
tions, the verdict of the country be
ing Interpreted as opposed to i4tieal
changes.
Crew of nine of the George A. Mc
FuJden, a lout-masted schooner,
wrecked at sea, are rescued from the
deckhouse ty the Katherlno, after 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
$613,000 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 show 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 Is 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 furthf-r proiwse to show that
the defendant never blackmailed or
ever made an attempt to blackmail
and that the charges result from the
effort of the prosecuting witness (Mr.
Warrlner) to attract attention from
himself and throw some 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 1902, and I met her at the
Grand hotel for the first time," he
said. "She told me that Edgar S.
Cook had ppunied her attentions and
asked me to compel Cook to return
to her. I 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 gfve
her J12.000 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 hills 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 Prlmero, 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 at Prlmero and
newspaper men must go thirty miles
by automohlle to the mine to get de
tails and then gn fifteen miles by au
tomobile to the nearest telegraph sta
tion. Application For Cook's Arrest.
London, Feb. 1. A dispatch from
Berlin to a local news agency saya
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 $1.18'4, July $1.08'.,.
CORN No. 2 white, In elevator,
new. 74c; futures closed lower, May
75c, July 75c.
OATS Natural white, 26 to 32 lbs.,
new, B2,45")c: clipped white, 34 to
42 lbs.. 49053c.
PORK Mess, $22.7523.00; family,
$25..0fT 26.00.
HAY Prime, $1.15ffl.20.
BUTTER Creamery, specials,
32c; extra, 31c; process, 2GV428'ac;
western factory, 23',(fi 25c.
CHEESE State full cream, spe
cials, 17V618c.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania,
32if(37c.
POTATOES Maine, per bag, $1.50
01.75; state, per bbl., $1.50 1.75.
Buffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo, Jan. 31.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads,
$1.19; No. 2 red, $1.28.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 68c f. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 6Wtc.
OATS No. 2 white, 51c f. o. b
afloat; No. 3 white, 50V4c.
BUTTER Creamery, western,
prints, 32ft33c; state creamery, 30c;
dalrv. choice to fancy, 2930c.
CHEESE Choice to fancy, full
cream, 16',i17e; fair to good, 154
EGGS State selected, white, 40c.
POTATOES White, fancy, per bu
43c; choice, 40ir42e.
East Buffalo Livestock Market.
CATTLE -Prluie export steers, $6.25
$6.50; good to choice butcher steers,
$:.0.r)fi&.7r; choice cows, $4.755.00;
choice heifers, $5.35 iff 5.50 ; common
to fair heifers, $4.00(i 5.15; common to
fair hulls, $3.00f3.50; choice veals,
$10,251(10.50; fair to good, $9.75(('
10.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Cholca
lambs. $S.fi.r)Ti S.75; yearlings, $7.75
8.00; mixed sheep, $.r.r.0fi 6.21.
HOGS Light Yorkers. $S.50; me
dlum nnd heavy hogs, $S.t58.70;
pigs, $S.35f8.40.
Buffalo Hay Market.
Timothy, No. 1 on track, $18.5n
19.00; No. 2 timothy, $l7.O0in7.5O;
straw, wheat and outs. $10.00310.50.