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VOL. XLIII. NO. 3.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1910.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. D. W. Reck.
v Justices of the react O. A. Randall, D.
, W.Clark.
Onuncumen.J, W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. II. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugh, J.
' W. Jamloson, W. J. Campbell, A. It.
! Kelly.
Constable Charles Clark.
Cbitecwr W. H. Uond.
School Directors J. O. Snowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jamieson, J. J. Landers, J.
' B, Clark, W. O. Wyman.
: FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
"1 Member of Congress N. P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P, Hall.
Assembly A. R. Mounting.
-, President Judge Win. E. Rice.
Associate Judge V. C. Hill, Samuel
A ul.
Prothonolary, Register dt Recorder, .
J. O. deist.
HherHT-H. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Ueo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel, 11. II. MoClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners Erneit Slbble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
County Auditors Omrge H. Warden,
A. C. Uregg and J. P. Kelly.
County tturveyorD. W. Clark.
County Superintendent U. W. Morri
son. Keanlar Term f Caort.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Taoadays of month.
Charch mm Nabbalk Hckl.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 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
Bibbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
K. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
seoond and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
rrtli N EST A LODU K, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Meet every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge buildiug.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
Q. A, R. Meeta 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,
Tlonesta, Pa.
Tf A. CARRINQER,
lilt Attorney ana i;ounBeuur-i-i..w.
VMliee over rurest .uuiiij aiw,,h.
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN KY-AT-LA W,
Warren, Pa,
Practice in Forest Co,
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sta., Tlonesta, Pa.
FRANK S. HUNTER, D. I). 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
TIONESTA, PA,
T B, F.J. BOVARD,
U Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tented and Glasoes Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SIGOINS,
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
Modern and up to date in all lis ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the traveling public.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
O EROW A OEROW Proprietor.
' Tionsela, Pa. . This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
' modern improvements. No paina will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public First
class Livery in connection. .
M.
)HIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
1 . 1 . . If n.,at,.m wnrlr frnm tltU HllAUt tO
K1I1US Ml liunwm " " ' " " '
the ooarnost and guarantees his work to
. .:. r.. ...... V .m , n & .Han.
give periUUfc imhihwihwu. - - - --
lion ylvou to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Pim-trln nil. Guaranteed for
Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore
Feet, Pains. Ao. At all dealers
Shoe
Trembles
Are most exasperatine, because UD
necessary Wear our shoes to find
shoe comfort, shoe service, shoe sat
i faction. There is never trouble oo
foot for the wearer of our shoes.
LAMMERS
OIL CITY, PA.
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CONSCIOUS ANAESTHIA
Bloodless and Painless Method
Announced by Boston Doctor.
Most Delicate Operations May Be Per
formed Without Discomfort to the
Patient, Who During It All Is Con
sciousUseful In Cases That Pro
hibit the Use of Ether and Chloro
form Differs From Recently Tried
Method of Dr. Joseph.
In the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal announcement Is made of the
discovery by Dr. John J. Hurley
uf that city of a new method of
producing conscious anaesthla, both
bloodless and painless, In human be
ings, which promises a world-wide
revolution In surgery, especially that
of the brain and head.
The most delicate operations nifty
be performed, he claims, on tne brain
nd any part of the head, the eyes,
the ear, the nose and throat with ab
solutely no discomfort to the pa
tient, who during It all is conscious.
On no occasion, says Dr. Hurley,
was any Interference necessary after
starting the patient, under his new
atiaesthetia, save giving the patient
some strong black coffee to sin or a
cigar to smoke If the patient wishes It
for distraction.
He claims that the new method
will be of greatest use In cases of
patients suffering from diseases that
prohibit the use of ether and chloro
form, such as consumption, acute
lung affections, diabetes and neph
ritis. His method consists of an Injec
tion of a solution of cocaine, adrena
lin and salt solution, beneath the
periosteum, a delicate membrane cov
ering the bones of the body.
The doctor's discovery has been
demonstrated and accepted at the
Massachusetts eye and ear infirmary.
The patient was a woman 40 year
of age, who was admitted to the hos
pital for the removal of the ossicles
of the ear, a particularly trying and
delicate operation. Dr. F.. A. Crockett,
u Boston aurlst, performed tho opera
tion, after Dr. Hurley had anaesthlzed.
The operation was absolutely painless
and bloodless, say the doctors.
GRAFTERS BEAT RAILROAD
Pennty Said to Have Lost $500,000 a
Year Through Councilman.
That the Pennsylvania railroad was
being beaten out of $300,000 per year
by Pittsburg councllmen alone
through passes some years ago start
ed the agitation which resulted later
In laws against the issuing of trans
portation by any railroad. The Penn-
ylvanla made the claim that It was
losing $500,000 per annum throughout
Its system on the Issuing of passes,
nnd one-tenth of this was charged uu
to Pittsburg. It developed now that
some of the grafting councllmen who
are now in trouble made thousands
of dollars yearly through the sale of
passes.
One Sunday before Easter Pittsburg
councllmen sold 840 passes from Titts
burg to Atlantic City and return. The
last straw was laid on the back of
the railroad when a heavy night train
ran from Pittsburg to Philadelphia
with every berth occupied and the
smoking car filled,, yet when cash was
counted !t was found that only five
on the entire train had paid fare.
GOOD WHEAT CROP
Officials Say Output Will Exceed That
of Last Year.
"Pennsylvania farmers, sowed 100,-
000 acres more than usual In wheat
last year and the winter was very fa
vorablo for the crop," said Deputy Sec
retary of Agriculture A. L. Martin,
after a study of state reports.
"The reports I have at hand come
from every county In the state and In
dicate that the wheat crop should be
excellent. The winter was one of
I he most favorable In 20 years for
the preservation of wheat, ag the
snows were deep and prolonged. Even
this mouth, which is generally the
most disastrous of the whole year for
wheat, has been Ideal. I think It Is
the most favorable March for wheat
I have ever known."
INSURANCE OF MINORS
Cannot Be Done by Assessment Com
panies Under the Insurance Law.
In an opinion StateSuperintendent of
Insurance Hotchkiss is advised by At
torney General O'Malley that assess
ment life and casualty Insurance as
sociations doing business under the
Insurance law cannot Insure the lives
of minors.
This opinion was called for because
of the contention raised by counsel
of an assessment association that
section 55 of the Insurance law,
amended by chapter 437 of the laws
of 1902. should bo construed to admit
of these associations Insuring the
lives of persons of the ape of 15 years
nnd upwards. In holding that such
construction of the statute Is wrong
the attorney general reaffirms former
rulings.
Operators to Receive Increase.
Cincinnati, March 23. The board
of arbitration which had In hand the
controversy between the Big Four
railway and its telegraph operators
reached an agreement today. The op
erators shall receive au increase in
wages amounting in the aggregate to
i.1.400 a month
15 LIVES LOST IN FIRE
Explosion From Ignition of Benzine
Fumes by Cigar Lighter,
Twelve women and three men lost
their lives In a Are in the L. Fish
Furniture company store at Nine
street and Wabash avenue, Chicago.
Twelve bodies were recovered by the
firemen. Seventeen persons were
known to have been on the fatal sixth
floor. Only two are known to have
been rescued. Three are still unac
counted for.
Seven bodies were found in the
southeast corner of the sixth floor.
The bodies Acre not far from tho
front windows, showing that the vic
tims had made a vain attempt to
reach safety by means of the win
dows.
Minor W. Bell, one of the depart
mcnt managers of the company, and
II. M. Mitchell, auditor of the firm
knd a brother-in-law of Isaac Fish,
were burned to death In an effort to
save the girls. Both of them were In
places of safety when they heard the
cries of the girls on the top floor,
With no concern for themselves they
ran up the burning stairs and perish
ed with the girls.
Leo Stockcr, an employe of the
firm, was arrested by Detective Horn
in the crowjflf spectators while the
fire was SHe said that he
was fllllf iffalic cigar lighter
with alc4i(f1mthe fourth floor. The
device was lighted and ignited the
fumes of six gallons of benzine near
him, causing a torrlflc explosion and
brartlng the fire.
TO INCREASE MEAT SUPPLY
Plan to Introduce Many African Ani
mals Into America.
One means of solving the problem of
food supply as suggested to congress is
to introduce the eland, the springbok,
the trekbok, the dik dik, the koo-doo,
the giraffe and other African animals
Into America. Captain Fritz Du
ciuesne, a Boer, Dr. W. H. Erwln of
the bureau of plant Industry of the
department of agriculture and Major
Eernham, who has spent years in
Africa and accompanied ex-President
Roosevelt on some of his hunts, ap
peared before the house committee on
agriculture In favor of the Broussard
wild and domestic animals Into the
wild and domesti cantmals Into the
United States.
The bill contemplates the Importa
tion of animals whose habitation is
similar to government reservations
and other unoccupied lands In this
country. All of the witnesses de
clared that many of the animals of
Africa could easily be raised in this
country.
WEALTHY PULLMAN PORTER
Had No Difficulty In Furnishing Bond
For Speeding His Auto.
How much the Pullman porter re
ceives In tips was dimly to be sur
mised in the West side police court
last week In New York when Eugene
Debnan. a negro of 322 Mott avenue,
the Bronx, came up before Magis
trate Corrlgan for speeding an auto
mobile. The magistrate wanted to
know whose automobile It was.
"It's mah own car," replied Bednan.
He told the astonished judge that he
was a Pullman car porter on the New
York and New Haven road between
New York and Boston.
"No doubt you will be able to fur
nish this bond," said the court as he
signed the paper holding Debnan in
$100 for trial.
"Ah 8hurly can," and he beckoned
another man. The other, man said
he was Edward Warren, real estate
dealer, of 49 West 134th street. War
ren offered his house, worth he said
$10,000, as surety and Debnan walk
ed out and motored away.
PROGRESS IN PHILIPPINES
Natural Resources In the Islands Br
Ing Developed In Scientific Manner.
Speaking of his trip around the
world to callers at Indianapolis for
mer Vice President Fairbanks said
that tho most surprising thing he met
was the Improvements that have been
nude in the Philippine.
"Nobody can imagine," he said,
"what has been accomplished there
Under American occupation. The ed
ucational department is established
on very fcroad lines. There are 500,
000 boys and girls in the public
schools out of a population of 7,000,
000. Of course many dialects are
spoken in tho islands, but many of
the different tribes are able to speak
with each other through the medium
of the English language.
"The natural resources of th Is
lands are being developed gradually.
The government Is studying the nat
ural resources In a scientific manner
and the productivity of the islands
may be considerably Increased by
the adoption of more enlightened
methods."
NEW ROAD INTO PITTSBURG
Pittsburg and Shawmut to Connect
With the Pennsylvania at Freeport.
The Pittsburg and Shawmut is to
enter Pittsburg, according to official
announcement. President Tait says
that the company has been approach
ed by other railroad people offering
it favorable traffic arrangements by
which the new road may enter the in
dustrial center of Pittsburg.
The Pittsburg and Shawmut is con
structing about 100 miles of road from
Hyde, ElK county, to Brockwayvil'e
ond Knoxville and to connect with the
West I'tnn division of the Pennsyl
vania railroad at Freeport.
T
Frequently In Some of William
M. Buckley's Letters.
Had Not Even Permitted Strike Bills
to Be Introduced, Buckley Wrote
Sheldon In Explaining His Bill In
One Letter Suggested the Prussian
Life Give Him Annual Retainer,
Saying the Work Would Not Be Un
dertaken by a Reputable Lawyer.
New Vork, March 29. The name of
State Senator Edward T. Brackett
was mentioned with great frequency
at the fire insurance investigation
when Superintendent Hotchkiss tried
to find out from William M. Buckley,
the legislative agent for some of the
insurance companies at Albany in
1903 and 1904, If Senator Brackett was
not the person referred to in some
correspondence that was read as "our
friend Senator B.," "the Saratoga
party" and "our Saratoga friend."
To Help Friend's Campaign Fu:iJ.
Buckley had a little trouble beating
Senator Brackett's resolution Intro
duced in the session of 19.03 directing
the investigation of fire insurance
rates In this state. The letters read
covered the session of 1904. That
year Mr. Buckley wanted $1,500 from
George R. Sheldon, president of the
i'henix and the chairman of the law
and legislative committee of the New
York board of underwriters, to help
the campaign fund of "our friend in
the Saratoga district."
Mr. Sheldon had suggested after the
1904 session was out of the way, that
instead of going on as they had and
waiting for the legislators to get to
gether, it would be a good plan to aid
things a little in the fall election of
that year in some of the senatorial
districts.
Buckley did not approve of this
plan very nvieh because, he said,
"our friends forget they had been
helped when the crisis comes." He
said he thought it was better to with
hold,' and later it seems he thought
it advisable to do something for "our
friend In the Saratoga district." Shel
don was only able to send up $500,
and Buckley sent this back because
he said it would not be appreciated.
Buckley would not admit that "our
friend Senator B." was Senator
Brackett.
The letters read seemed to show
that while Buckley was not kept quite
as busy fixing things for his Insur
ance clients up at Albany in 1904 as
he was the previous year, he never
theless sent In a much bigger bill,
charging Mr. Sheldon and the people
associated with him $15,000. The bill
was so big that, it kicked up quite a
row. He had not even permitted
strike bills to be introduced, Buckley
paid, in one letter explaining his bill.
One of the bills which Buckley at
tended to that session was introduced
by Louis Bedell. Odell's assemblyman
from Orange. It was adverse to the in
terests of some of the foreign com
panies and Buckley reported he had It
defeated in the senate. An anti-compact
bill of Assemblyman Nye was
also put to sleep.
Travellers Paid $21,400 In 1903.
Sheldon apparently helped Buckley
to put through the Grady reinsurance
hill, which the other companies rep
resented on Sheldon's own committee
opposed, Sheldon even going to far
as to write to Odoll in favor of It.
William Grossniith, general coun
sel of the Travellers' Insurance com
pany of Hartford, testified that his
company had piid Buckley a total of
$21,400 in 1903, to put through a bill
to which nearly all the other accident
companies were bitterly opposed.
Buckley in one letter suggested it
would be a good thing for the Prus
sian Life Insurance company to give
him an annual retainer.
In this letter he said: "I think that
it Is only fair that the admission of
tho company should be at least $1.2"0
and thereafter a permanent retainer
of $1,000 a year. Of course this is
not half what it would cost any one
ele, and as you know It would not
under the circumstances be taken up
by any reputable lawyer."
Mr. Buckley admitted that he had
received $3,000 from the Prussian
Life from the time it sought admis
sion until 1907. In reference to the
21.40O from the Travellers, Buckley
said ho was pot sure that he got it
despite testimony to that effect.
Buckley said that he had kept no
hooks of any kind and had thrown
away all his old check books.
ROCKEFELLER AT LAKEW00D
Conspicuously Stacked In His Auto
Was a Large Bundle of Golf
Sticks.
Lakcwood, N. .1., March 29. John D.
nochefellir and his brother-in-law, W.
C. Hudd, arrived here and took qnar
ters at the Laurel House. The
Standard Oil magnate made the run
from New York city ui a large auto
mobile and made excellent time over
tho good roads of New Jersey. Con
spicuously stacked in his automobile
was a large bundle of golf slicks. In
dicating without, any doubt the mo
tive which brought Mr. Rockefeller to
this resort.
He owns an estate here of over 500
acres. It was formerly the grounds
of the well-known Country club of
Lakewood, who on tholr -removal to
their present territory sold their old
grounds to Mr. Rockefeller.
BHACKETTMEN
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AGED VETERAN GONE
Fought Indiana and Mexicans and Was
In Arsenal Explosion.
Pittsburg, March 2S. Alexander
McBrlde, aged 91, a widely known res
ident of Lawrenceville, died at his
home, 4012 Carleton street. Mr. Mc
Bride was stricken with pneumonia,
from which effects he never fully re
covered. Mr. McBrido was master laborator
iart at the Arsenal when the explos
ion occurred Sept. 17, 1862, and lost a
(laughter In that catastrophe, but
served the government there until
Mnrch, 1805. He was born at Crooks
town, County Tyrone, Ireland, April
19, 1819, and early in life learned the
cooper's trade. He came to America
In 1839, enlisted In the United States
army and served as a soldier at the
Detroit barracks until July, 1844. He
was married to Veronica Snyder
June 13, 1844, who died in 1885.
Mr. McBrlde was a soldier and saw
service during the Mexican war and
during the civil war was stationed at
the Allegheny arsenal. He made and
used tho first fireworks seen In this
city, took the Father Mathew total
abstinence pledge In 1842 and was
one of the three known residents of
tho Lewrencevllle section to have a
Father Mathew medal, this having
been sent him from Ireland by his
mother. Mr. McBride was a mem
tier of St. Mary's Total Abstinence
Beneficial society.
PRINCETON SENIOR
DISAPPEARED
Was Found to Have Gone to
Europe as a Stowaway.
Watertown, N. Y., March 29. Wal
ler H. Camp, a prominent banker of
this city, today received a cablegram
from the United States consul at
Cherbourg saying that his son Sewell,
a senior In- Princeton university, who
suddenly disappeared from there, had
arrived In Cherbourg.
Mr. Camp denies the story tolsVby
the son that he and the family had
quarreled and that was the cause of
his going to Eirope as a stowaway
on the Kronprincessin Cecilie.
On the contrary, the father and sis
ter of the young man, who is 21, say
that letters had passed between them
almost every day up to the middle
of last week and that in the last let
ter the son said he expected to be
home for Faster.
Immediately upon the receipt of tho
cablegram Mr. Camp cabled the consul
sufficient money and told him to start
the boy for home at once.
For several days the Camp family
have been sending messages all
over- the country In an effort to lo
cate the son. The family scout a re
port the boy attempted to commit sui
cide. ANOTHER ERUPTION AT ETNA
People In Villages on Mountainside
Are Again Greatly Excited.
Catania, March 29. There has been
another vigorous eruption of Mount
Ktna which has set the streams of
lava In motion through the Fra Dia
volo district. U has also set in quick
er motion the stream which is ad
vancing on Mount Fusara and the
one that is threatening San Leo.
Loud rumblings are now heard and
the people In the villages and ham
lets on the mountainside are again
greatly excited.
Naples, March 29. Five columns of
white smoke, which is composed of
volcanic gases and vapors are Issuing
from Mount Vesuvius. These are
ascribed to fr.maroles and are not re
garded as symptoms of volcanic ac
tivity. They are not connected with
the eruption of Mount Etna, which is
gradually subsiding,
GOATS TO PROTECT SHEEP
President Mellen Has Bought a Dozen
to Act as Guards For His
Thoroughbreds.
nttsfield, Mass.. March 29. Presi
dent. Charles S. Mellen of the New
Haven road has bought a dozen An
gora goals to act as guardians for his
herd of i00 thoroughbred sheep on
his Stoekhrldge farm.
Mr. Mellen found that Peter J. Tyro
of Lcnoxdale had goals no dog dared
approach. He bought the lot and has
turned them out with his sheep. Mr.
Mellen believes the goats will take
care of the sheep without a herder.
Nearly every Berkshire farmer has
given up raising sheep because of at
tacks on them by vicious dogs.
Promoters Guaranteed Against Loss.
New York, March 29. Tex Rickard
H-.vs the advance reservation of seals
for the Jeffries-Johnson fight al
ready amounts to $100,000, which
guarantees the promoters against
loss. He predicts the gross receipts
will exceed the half million mark.
Ricard is quoted as saying that John
son will win the fight herauso Jeffries
can never recover the old stamina.
Mayor Nathan to Dine Roosevelt.
Rome, March 29. Mayor Nathpn
v.'IH give a dinner In honor of Presi
dent Roosevelt (luring the hitter's
tay In this city. The date has not
beon fixed, but It is likely that It. will
coincide with Colonel Roosevelt's aud
ience wilh tho nope, which lias been
set for April 5.
HE NEWSSUMMARY
Short Items From Various Parts
of the World.
Rectus' of Many Happenings Condensed
and Put In Small Space and Ar
ranged With Special Regard For th
Convenience of the Reader Who Has
Little Time to Spare.
Ink bottles and other missiles were
thrown during a stormy scene in the
Hungarian chamber of deputies.
Chief Contructor Copps of the navy
obtains British admiralty Becrets con
cerning the use of oil as fuel for
warships.
In a night, session the Allegheny
county grand Jury, at Plttbu'rg, returns
"graft" indictments against forty coun
oilmen and one time counciimen.
Mayor Gaynor of New York city Is
sues an order directing the police to
stop recording for the rogues' gallery
of persons not yet convicted of crime.
It is now a misdemeanor for any
woman to wear a long hat pin in pub
lic places in Chicago. Any woman
caught wearins one is liable to arrest
nnd a fine of $50.
Thursday.
Conscription is to be introduced in
China, according to a Berlin dispatch.
Mr. Roosevelt spends a day viewing
the tombs of the Pharaohs at Luxor,
Rgypt.
James A. Patten orders newspaper
men from his office in a huff on his re
turn from abroad to Chicago.
The president passed a busy day in
New York, ending with an address at
the dinner of the American Peace and
Arbitration league.
Eugene N. Foss, Democrat, is elect
ed representative from the Fourteenth
Massachusetts district, defeating
William R. Buchanan, Republican.
Senator Timothy D. Sullivan's name
is brought into fire insurance inquiry
by George F. Seward, president of
the Fidelity and Casualty company.
Without debate the New York sen
ate passed the Dana concurrent reso
lution Increasing the governor's sal
ary from $10,000 to $20,000 a year.
Friday.
Bills to raise or remove the wreck
of the Maine and to protect the United
States uniforms passed the house.
Counsel for Senator Conger, sum
ming up In the Allds case, declares
the accusing senator has committed
political and social suicide.
The Norwegian freight steamer
Dixie bound for a Scotland port cap
sized in the mouth of the Kibe during
a severe storm. The crew of 15 per
sons was diwtncd.
William Brand, one time president
of Pittsburg rommon councils, reveals
the full extent of the "graft" conspir
acy of which he was the head and for
which he Is serving a prison term.
Mrs. Slocum, wife of Major Slocum
of the Seventh cavalry, Inspector gen
era! of tho department of the East,
is killed, and Major General J. Frank
lin Hell, chief of staff, U. S. A., seri
ously injured In an automobile acci
dent in Washington.
Saturday.
Joseph Chudaba, a young furniture
mover, Is dead of glanders in Belle
vue hospital. New York.
Pittsburg detectives take measures
to prevent the flight of men Implicated
in the municipal graft scandals.
The Democratic caucus elects Rep
resentatives Clark, Underwood, Fitz
gerald and Dixon members of the
rules committee.
Mayor Gavnor received several ap
plications for the position held by
Magistrate Daniel E. Finn, which pays
$7,000 a year, and is so incensed by
tho "indecent haste" of these office
seekers that he throws their applica
tions into the waste basket.
Monday.
Hotel and restaurant proprietors In
New York Increased the price of meat
dishes 10 per cent today.
Conference in Washington results in
agreement to so modify tariff restric
tions as to avert threatened trade
war with Canada.
President Taft presents to Lieuten
ant Sir Ernest Shackletnn a gold med
al awarded to the Antarctic explorer
by the National Geographic! society.
John Mcliiu-kv. who was one of the
leaders in the Homestead strlko of
1S92 and has beer, missing for 17
years, is in an Arizona asylum for the
Insane.
Representative Hohson, in arguing
for four new battleships, declares
that now any European nation could
land an army of lon.ouo men and In
two weeliB destroy New York, Phil
adelphia, Boston nnd Washington.
Tuesday.
Legislation for government control
of wireless telegraphy Is to be re
ported in the hoi:se.
Suggestion of Asher Hinds as a
successor to Speaker Cannon stirs
boMi "insurgents" and Democrats.
J. Ogd'-n Armour, Chicago packer,
in an Interview In Galveston blames
the farmers 'or high prices.
More e.irtluiuiikes are feared In
Sicily owing to the eruption of .Mount
Eina. and Mount Vesuvius is also in
eruption.
The interstate commerce commis
sion ordered the lake and rail rutes on
Hour from Minneapolis to New York
and the AMm.llr seaboard reduced
from 21 cents per loO pounds to 21V4
cents beeinnlns May 10.
PROBING DEEP
Hotchkiss, Investigator of Insur
ance Graft, and B. B. Odell.
CENTRAL SWITCHMEN
Offered Same Rate as That Granted In
Chicago Yards by Federal
Arbitrators.
New York, March 29. The confer
ence between the grievance commit
tee of the trainmen and conductors
of the New York Central lines east of
Buffalo and Assistant Superintendent
P. E. Crowley, representing the rail
road, came to an end when Mr. Crow
ley announced that the demands of
the men for an Increase of 8 to 64
per cent In wages would not be
granted.
On behalf of the railroad Mr. Crow
ley submitted a proposition of an in
crease of from 8 to 25 per cent to
conductors and trainmen and a flat
rate of 3 cents an hour for yard
liwltchmen. The pay of the switch
men would he the same as that re
cently granted the switchmen In the
Chicago yards by the federal board
of arbitration.
Applying the rate of increase asked
for on the New York Central lines
east of Buffalo would mean an in
crease In the yearly payroll of the
company of approximately $1,000,000.
As the matter stands now nothing
definite can be said as to what will
come of the counter-proposition made
to the men by the railroad. It will be
referred to tho men by the committee
and a vote will be t.iken whether to
accept it or strike. Nearly 58,000 men
are Involved.
Sunday Work Discontinued,
Butler, Pa., March 29. President
John M. Hansen of the Standard
Steel Car company has issued orders
that no Sunday work be done in the
car plant or subsidiary concerns, the
Butler Bolt ami Rivet works, Butler
Cor Wheel works and the Forged
Steel Wheel works. A Saturday half
holiday In all departments of these
plants has been granted.
MARKET REPORT
New York Provision Market.
New York, March 28.
WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.27; fu
tures closed higher; May $1.23, July
$1.17.
CORN No. 2 white in elevator,
new, 65!;c; futures closed higher;
May 72c, July 74 c.
OATS Natural white, 26 to 32 lbs.,
new, 49(fi51c; clipped white 34 to
42 lbs.. 51 (Rule.
PORK Moss, $27.00; family, $27.60
28.00.
HAY Prime, $1.15.
BUTTER-Creamery specials, 34c;
extra, 3SM?T'34c; process, 2527c;
factory. 22ifr2:!M.c.
CHEESE State full cream, spe
cials, 17 18c.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania,
23Tf2.rc.
POTATOES Maine, per bag, $1.37
1.62; st-itc, per bag, $1.001.25.
Buffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo, March 28.
WHEAT No. J northern, carloads,
$1.22; No. 2 red, $1.20.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 65c f. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 yellow, tloVic.
OATS No. 2 white, 47c f. o. b.
afloat: No. 3 white fc.
FLOUR Fancy blended patent,
per bbl.. $'i.50'!i7.25; winter family,
patent. $6.006.75.
BUTTER Creamery, western,
prints, 35c; stute creamery, 3:!H(!t
S4c; dairy, choice to fancy, 3K(J32c.
CHEESE Choice 1 fancy, old,
17V4W18c; fair to good, 16V4fH7c.
EGGS State selected, white, 23c.
POTATOES White, fancy, per bti..
82c; choice, 30c.
East Buffalo Livestock Market.
CATTLE--l'rime export steers, $8.00
fi8."0; good to choice butcher steers,
f0.007.im; choice cows, $5.50(3'6.00;
choice heifers, $t0njr6.7"; common to
to fair heifers, $4.3541' 5.75; common to
fair bulls, $H.0OT 3.50; choice veals.
Stn.2r.ftlM.50; fair to good, $9.B(P
10.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Cholco
lambs, $10.:io 10.40; ypurlings, $9 25Q
9.50; mixed sheep, $7.758.60.