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JuMicea of the Peace O. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Qmncutnen.J. W, Landors, J. T. Dale, O. It. Hoblnson, Wm. Smearbaugh, Frank Joyoe, W. O. Calhoun, A. It, Kelly. Constable Cbarle Clark. Collector W. 11. Hood. fkJiool Directors J. O. Soowden, It. M. Herman, Q. Jainleson, J. J, Landers, J, C, Ueist, Joseph Clark. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. 1C, P. Hall, Alterably K. K. Mechllng. President Judge Wm. K. Rice. Associate Judge P. C. Hill, Samuel Aul. Prothonotary, Register 4 Recorder, de. -J. C. Heist. Hheritr S. K. Maxwell. Treasurer Heo. W. Hnleman, Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J. M. Zuondel, 11. II. McClellan. District Attorney M. A. C'arrlngnr. Jury Commissioners Ernest nibble, Lewis Wagner. Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr. Countv Auditor! Gnome H. Warden, A. C. Uregsf and J. P. Kelly. County tturveyorD. W. Clark. County Superintendent D. W. Morri son. Itosulnr Term mt t'aart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and Sd Tuesdays of month. (Jhareh Habhatk !. Presbyterian Sabbath School t 9:45 a. m. i M. K. Sabbath Schodl at 10:00 a. in. Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab bath evening hjr Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching 1 the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. E. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at 11:0 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. Rev. U. A. Ha i ley, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi' .N ESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. X Meet every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No.274 U. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each month at 3 o'clock. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 187, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. TF. RITCHKY, . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, TioneBta, Pa. M.A. CARRINGER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. OlIUw over Forest County National Dank Building, TION ESTA, PA. CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Warren, Pa. Praotioe in Forest Co. AC BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT -LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tloneata, Pa. FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank, TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician it Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. BIGGINS, Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern aud up-to-date in all Its ap pointments. Every convenience and oomfbrt provided for the traveling public. CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor, Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvement. No pains will be spared to make it a pleaaant stopping place for the traveling public. 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 yiveu to mending, aud prices rea sonable. Klectrio Oil. Guaranteed for Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore Feet. Pains. Ac. Atalldealers Every day we are opening up the New Shoes for Men and never before have we had just the great big values for the ruouey you spend. All the new styles and leathers. LAMMERS OIL CITY, PA. prtOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THH L CONSTITUTION BtlllMlTTED TO niK CITIZENS OK THIS COMMON WEALTH FOK THEIR Ai'l'HOVAL OR REJECTION. HY THE GENERAL A8 BEMI1I.Y OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF" PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUHLISH ED HY OK D Kit OK THE SECRETARY OK THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OK ARTICLE XVIII OP THE CONSTITUTION. . Number One. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Proponing nn amendment to section twenty-Mix of nrticlo five of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Resolved (If the Senute concur). That the following amendment to section twenty-six of article live or the Constitution of Pennsylvania he, and the same is here by, proponed, In accordance with the elxhteenth article thereof: That section 26 of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 2ti. All laws re lating to courts ahull tie Reneral and of uniform operation, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so for ii regu lated by law, and the force and effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, (hull be uniform; and the General Assem fcly Is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exercise the powers vested by this Constitution In the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts," be amended so that tho earn shall read as follows: Section a. All laws relating to cour s shall be general and of uniform opera tion, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force nnd effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, shall be uni form; but, notwithstanding nny provi sions of this Constitution, tho General Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, as the same may be needed In any city or coun ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju risdiction thereof, and to Increaso the number of Judges In any courts now ex isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan ise the same, or to vest In oilier courts the Jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the same wherever It may be deemed neces sury for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of Justice. A truo copy of Resolution No. 1. ROHERT MeAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing nn amendment to tho Consti tution of tho Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment of taxes as a qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (If the House of Representa tives concur). That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania lie, nnd the same Is hereby, proposed. In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section one of article eight be amended, by striking out the fourth numbered paragraph thereof, so that the said section shnll rend as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty one yenrs of age, possessing the follow ing quntlflcntlnns, shall be entitled to vote at oil elections, subject however to such laws requiring nnd regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact First. Ho shnll have been a citizen of the United States at lenst one month. Second. Ho shnll have resided In the State one year (or If, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have re moved therefrom nnd returned, then six months). Immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. He shnll hnve resided In the election district where he shall offer to vote nt lenst two months Immediately preceding the election. A true copy of Resolution No. t. ROBERT MeAFEE. Becrctnry of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Allegheny County. Section 1. Ite It resolved by the Senate nnd House of Representatives rf the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn sylvnnln be, nnd the same is hereby, pro posed. In accordance with the eighteenth urtlcle thereof: That section six of article five be amended, hy striking out tho said seo tlon, nnd Inserting In place thereof the following: Section 6. In the county of Philadel phia all the jurisdiction nnd powers now vested in the district courts and courts of common plens, subject to such changes as may be made by this Constitution or by law, shall be In Philadelphia vested In five distinct nnd separate courts of equal and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed of three Judges ench. The said courts In Philadelphia shall be designated respect ively ns the court of common plens num ber one. number two, number three, number four, nnd number five, but the number of snld courts mny be by law Increased, from time to time, and shnll be In like manner designated by successive numbers. The numts-r of Judges In nny of said courts, or In nny county where the estnbliRhment of nn additional court may be authorized by law, may be In creased, from time to time, and when ever such Increase shnll amount In the Whole to throe, such three judges shall compose a distinct and separate court ns aforesaid, which shall he numliered ns aforesaid. In Philadelphia nil suits shnll be Instituted In the said ronrts of com mon plens without deslgnntlng the num ber of the snld court, nnd tho several courts shall distribute nnd npportlon the business among thnm In such mnnner ns shnll be provided by rules of court, and ench court, to which nny suit shall be thus assigned, shnll hnve exclusive Juris diction thereof, subject to chnnge of venue, ns shall ho provided by law. In the county of Allegheny nil the Jurisdiction nnd powers now vested In the several numbered courts of common plens shall bo vested In one court of corn men plens, composed of nil tho Judges In commission In snld courts. Such Juris diction and powers shnll extend to nil proceedings nt law nnd In equity which shnll have been Instituted In the several cumbered courts, and shall he subject to such chnnges ns may be made by law. and subject to change of venue ns pro vided by law. The president Judge of snld court shall be selected as provided by Inw. The number of Judges In said court mny be by Inw Increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January suc ceeding Its ndoptlon. A true copy of Resolution No. 3. ROr.F.RT MeAFEE. Secretary of (lie Commonwealth. Number Four. A JONT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Penn sylvania. Section I. Re It resolved by the Senate end House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following Is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia, In accordance with the provisions of tho eighteenth article thereof: Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight. election t Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads ns follows: "Section 8. TJie debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or Incorporated dis trict, except as herein provided, shall nev er exceed seven per centum upon the as sessed value of the taxuble property there in, nor shall any such municipality or district Incur any new debt, or increaso Its lndeliti dnesH to un amount exceeding two per centum uion such assessed val uation of properly, wlrflout the assent of the electors thereof nt a public election In such manner as shnll be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now ex ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law tc Increase the same three per centum, Ir. the nggregiile, nt nny one time, upon such valuation," so as to rend ns follows: Section g. Tho debt of nny county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or Incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never ex ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of tho taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district In cur any new debt, or Increase Its indebt edness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such nssoascd valuation of proiierty, without the assent of tho elec tors thereof at n public election In such manner as shnll be provided by Inw; but any city, the debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such assessed val uation, may be authorized by law to In crease the same thrco per centum, In the agsregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that nny debt or debts hereinafter Inclined by the city and coun ty of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of wharves nnd docks, or the rec lamation of land to be used in the construction of a system of wharves and docks, ns public, Improvements, owned or to he owned by suld city and county of Philadelphia, and which shnll yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex cess of the Interest on said debt or debts and of the annual Installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, may be excluded In ascertaining the pow er of the city nnd county of Philadelphia to become otherwise indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established nnd maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT MeAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. TWO WOMEN TESTIFIED 6wear That Mrs. Crippen Told Them She Had Undergone Operation on Abdomen. London, Sept. 20. Tho inquest Into the death of Mrs. Cora Crippen, other wise known a TIpIIp Klmore, the act reps, was resumed before Coronor Schroder. Two women, Mrs. Eugene Ktratton and the wife of Dr. Hurrows, testified ihai Mrs. Crippen had told them that she had undergone an oper ation on the abdomen. Inspector Tew of Scotland Yard ecmpla'ned to the coroner of the at tacks on him In repaid to the way Dr. Crippen had succeeded In eluding tho police and getting away from l)ndon. The coroner ruled that this matter was outside the scope of his inquiry. A feature of the proceedings was the evidence given by Mrs. Jackson, Miss Leneve's landlady. She describ ed a scene In M Iss Leneve's girl when the latter In great agitation confessed lhat she realized herjsltion In the relations with Dr. Crippen. She added, however: "Pelle F.lmore has threat ened to go away with another man. That Is wat we are waiting for. Then Dr. Crippen will divorce her." WELIKNOWN BROKER SUED FOR SEPARATION Wife Charges Cruel Treatment and Incompatibility of Temper. Albany, Sept 20. The action for fccparation on the grounds of cruel treatment and Incompatibility of temper of Mn. Grace A. Waterman of this city against her husband, Theo dore AVaterman, who la wtllknown throughout the counlrv for his deal ings in wheat. Is before Supreme Court Justice Petta at Kingston. Mr. Waterman' answer charges that the wife was guilty of cruel and Inhuman treatment. She found fault with him, he said, nagged him, refused to speak to him, pledged his credit with merchants with whom he had forbidden credit, refused to place him In communication with their children when he called them on the telephone, refused to have meals for him and also had appropriated a certificate of (.lock which belonged to him. It was Mated that Mrs. Waterman tuught the children to disrespect their fnther, WORLD'S LARGEST CHEESE Will Be Made Prom One Day's Milk of 2,100 Cowe To Weigh 4,000 Pounds. Appleton, Wis., Sept. 20. The larg est single cheese ever made In the world will be constructed on a flat car at the John I,. Jacnuot cold storacs plant In IhlB city this week, for ex hibition at the National Dairy show at the Coliseum in Chicago Oct. 20 to 2!l. The cheese will weigh 4.000 pounds. It will take from 40,non to ,10,000 pounds of milk to produce the curd. That will mean nil the milk for one day from 2.100 of the host dairy cow in the county, nnd it will take the en tiro output from 2"0 dairies in the county for that (lay. From l,l0 to f.no men will bo rn tiliired to do the milking, but the en tire cheese will be made In one day hy N. Simon of Neenah, assisted by klx of the most expert cheese makers In this county and six helpers, which will be valued at from $l,ww to ?!, 200. Supposed Spies Released. Moscow, Sept. 20. Lieutenants Helnze and Vensel. the two Prussian army otticers who were arrested on a charge of f.pylng on the Russian army maneuvers, have peen released- LARSON BESTS RAPID Daring Navigator Goes Through Whirlpool In 18-Foot Boat. Only Once Was the Brave Sailor In Danger of hin Life, When the Frail Craft Struck a Rock and Was Hurled 15 Feet Into the Air Boat at Ona Time Turned a Complete Somer sault Victcr Will Receive $10,O0C and a $5,0OC Cup. Klaus Larsen, aged 41 years, ol Cleveland, Sunday afternoon won his dare with 'death, when after 40 minutes In the swirling waters of the Niagara whirlpool rapids, his 18 foot boat The Ferro, In which he made the trip, was caught upon an eddy a few" hundred yards below the Devii'e Hole and drifted to the American lihore. Only the fact that his engine broke down prevented the darlns navigaioi from computing the, full course of the rapids and landing at Lewiston, seven miles below, where he started from tho Canadian Maid of the Mist land ing. Tint Larsen rode through the wildest four-mile stretch of water on tho con tinent, the two miles below where his little craft was carried ashore beln. calm water In comparison to the treacherous passage through the rocky bed, going. Only orce was Larsen In grave dan ger of losing his life, that once being when the frail craft struck a rock, was tos."d 1.1 f?et Into the air and landed on Its side. For .10 yards the con queror of the Whirlpool rtpids crest ed the mountain-high waves, the great er part of the distance. his head and thonlders submerged. . Two or three times the little launch was up-ended, often it was caught in the conflic'lng currents and spun around like a top, several times It came perilously near mountains of rock that poke through the swiftly i tinning waters and once, just, as it fcliot over a fall above the Devil's Hole, It turned a complete somesault. But at no time was I..nnen afraid. Calmly, he met every emergency. Once when stuck on the ledge of rock, ho worked his rudder until the bow of the boat wiggled into a breaker in ihe back current and like a flaEh the little craft was carried from the boulder, shot high on the white-capped crest of a wave, tipped on Its side and, with keel visible, caught in an outshore eddy that carried it back again to the mid din of the river. Again, just as Larsen nearid the Devil's Hole, he was caught in an ed dy that carried him among a number of rocks, visible only when the waves washed back and bared thelt jagged edges. Put Lr.rsen dodged them and the boat Fhct into less turbulent witer. A cheer from 10,000 greeted the conoueror of the rapids. It was not until the most dangerous vnter had benn traversed that Lar son's engine broke down. Throughout his trip in the upper rapids he was in complete control of the craft, The Ferro answering every demand to its especially constructed rudder. Deftly, 1-arscn evaded the swirling waters of the Whirlpool, keeping M-ell toward the Canadian shore and never was he In danger of being sucked Into the maeb'trom. Some of the smaller pools canght The Ferro and turned It. like a top, but. the current In these was not strong enough to overcome. Ihe power of the propeller. To this fact that the engine temalned true un til the mcst dangerous water had been traveled Captain Lan en owes his lif. Hardly had he got below the Whirl pool than the thousands lining the banks saw that something was wrung. The boat was not keeping Its course In the middle of the river, but was drifting helplessly, buffeted by every wave and carried hither and thither by every current. Finally an Inshore eddy caught The Ferro and carried It to the American shore a few hundred feet bdow the IhvU's Hole. As the boat drifted ashore hundreds rrfhed to the river's edge and a might cheer nrohe from the thousand on the bank. CANNON RENOMINATED Representative Boutell, Standpatter, Defeated by One Thousand Votes. The renonilnatlon of Speaker Jo eonh G. Cannon for congress by a generous margin over Dr. Downs, the overwhelming defeat of Represent Olive Henry S. Hontell. standpatter in the Ninth district, by F. H. Gansber gon, Insurgent; the probable defeat of Kepresentativo Oeorge K. Foss In the Tenth district and the lenomlnatioii of nenrly all tho legislators who were charged with participation in Ihe "leg islative Jack pot," were the striking filatures of tlio Illinois statewide prl niary election. Poutell lost, the nomination by over J.ntio votes. WHICH OF TWINS SUICIDE? Woman Identifies Brother's Eody, but Cannot Give First Name. A man threw himself In front of a Reading train at Front and Noble ftreets, Philadelphia, and papers on the body Indicated that the suicide's uume was Kiiiott. Mrs. William Hoyle, hearing of this, went to the morgue and identified the body as that of one of itir twin broth ers. She ws tumble, to say which irother it was. JOHN W.KERN Friends Disturbed Over Action of St. Jovph County, ind., Convention. NO CLERKS IN THIS STC-RE Farmers In Washington Trying an Ex periment Ir. Honesty. A consumers' comoanv has been organized by the Farmers' Kduca llonal and Co-operative union at Medical Lake. Wash. The union had bought a general store, ful ly stocked with groceries and provi sions and farm implements, and sup plied each of its 100 members with :i key to the establishment, the doors of which are net open to the general public. There are no cluks, cashiers and s'oreKeepers; no goods are displayed In the windows, neither are there any handbills and catchy advertisements to tempt the housewife. The store Is an experiment to reduce the cost of living. Officers of the organization believe with Tolstoi that it is as natural for a normal man to be honest as It i3 for a babe to breathe, and it Is pur posed to demonstrate the truth of the theory by giving each member ac cess to the stock of unguarded pro visions. KIRNS F R I E N DSD I ST U R B E D State Senator Shively's County R' fused to Indorse Kern For United States Senator. Friends of John W. Kern, the Democratic nominee for United States senator from Indiana, are greatly disturbed over the refusal of St. Joseph county, the home of Sen ptor Shively, to indorse Kern in the convention that Saturday selected candidates for the legislature. A res olution pledging the nominees to sup port Kern was voted down and It Is charged that intimate friends of Shively led th opponents. Kern and Shively have not. been on speaking terms since Kern charged that Shively's nomination by the Democratic legislature caucus two yenrs ago was secured by the pur chase of eight Democrats who were pledged to Kern. It. Is said that tho men nominated for the legislal 'ire Saturday will sup port Deveridge in preference to Kern. FOR A MODEL SERVANT Her Employer Gives Her a House and Lot as Reward. Because she had been a model servunt, Kate Ilrown has received from her employer, Mrs. Julia De Windt Thomp stn, wife of Dr. Thompson of Ferris Kane, suburb of Ponphkeepsie, N. Y., a gilt of a new house, free and clear of all Incumbrances, on a lot of ample size, next to the Thompson property. . The deed conveying the property from Mrs. Thompson to Kate Hrown was (lied In the Dutchess county clerk's office. Mrs. Thompson sent for Benjamin I'revoort, a surveyor, some lime ago, and had him measure off a generous strip of lind front her estate. She built a substantial and attractive house on the lot. ar.d when it was all done she surprised Kate by walking into the kitchsn and and giving her the deed. Ihe Thompsons have a New York city home. ASHES NEARLY SINK SHIP Matter Sent Forth by Volcano Foot Deep on Deck. The coillihlilng schooner Joseph Hush arrived at Port Townsend. Wash., from Herlng sea with reports of a narrow escape from destruction tinder ashes and debris thrown from the crater of Mt. Shlslialdin, on I'll! mak Pass. On June 8 Shlshalilin was jinlttlng a cloud of allies which, carried 30 miles by a gale, compelled the Hush's crew to go below. When Hie vessel passed the downpour the crow had to break through the hatches, which were burled under a foot of ashes and pumice. The schooner was sunk low on her water line, and If the vessel had not sailed out of Hie danger zone she would have sunk. Late Archbishop of York Dead. London, Sept. 20. The most Klght Uev. Hon. William Daliymple Macl.n (Mil, P.C., D.U., D.C., LL.D., iHte aich bifhop of York, Is dead. He was born In Edinburgh in 1X26 and wss arch blbhop of York from 1S01 unUl 190. If ASSAULT Gaynor Writes Sister Describ ing Incidents of Shooting. Had Received Numerous Threatening Letters Through the Mail Says That the Hearst Newspapers Un justly Denounced Him For Not Stopping the Reno Prizefight Pic tures, Whet He Had No Means of So Doing Cranks Clipped These Articles and Sent Them to Him, New York, Sept. 20. The Evening Post publishes a letter given out for publication at Utica by Miss Mary K. Caynor, a sister of Mayor Gaynor. The letter is from the mayor to her and was written Sept. 2. In it the mayor says he was glad to get home; (mean ing after he was discharged from tho hospital) that he still finds difficulty to talk, but his voice Is coming back a little every day. The letter proceeds: "I have not read any newspaper since 1 was hurt. It is my Intention never to read a line of what has been published in tho newspapers about the matter of me bhice I was hurt." The mayor then relates his own knowledge, as he mys, of the attempt to assassinate him and tells of the sensations experience when he was shot. He says he was choking with blood and thought he was dying of strangulation. Was Not Afraid to Die. He adds: "I was n.it a bit afraid to die, if that was God's will of me. I paid to myself, Just as well now as a few yerr, from now. No one who con templates the immensity of Almighty Ood, and of His universe and His works and realizes what an atom he !x In it all, can fear to die in this flesh, yea, even though It were true that he 13 to be dissolved forever into the infinity of matter and mind, by which he came." Much of what the mayor relates of the shooting and subsequent events materially differs from what was pub lished at the time. The letters continues in part as fol lows: "Though the thing had not entered my head that morning, I was not sur prised w'neti I realized that I was shot. I had a feeling for some weeks that. 1 might be assaulted on account of the anonymous threats I was getting by mall. "The matter of the pictures of the Eeno prizefight had come up. 1 had no way as mayor to Flop the theaters from showing them. They had been shown for years without objection, tint, the Hearst papers kept on de nouncing me for not stopping them. I suppose you know the way they had belied me ever since I became mayor. Finally, one day they printed In large type that an officer of the Christian Kndeavor society named Ixiwande had called on me at tre mayor's office and asked me on behalf of that society to stop the pictures and that 1 told him he was a fool and was sent by fool?. Story Was Made Up. "I hatl never said such a thing, as you may well know. It was niado up. Hut it made no difference. These newspapers went, on repeating the falsehood and even tried to get up a public meeting to denounce me. "Meanwhile, people of wirked or disordered minds, of whom Ihere are a large number In New York city, would cut these articles out and send them to me with a buzz and threats written on the margin or else with anonymous letters threatening me. Some of ihem sald I would be killed. Probably they cared nothing about the pictures, but. the particular dis order of their minds was Inflamed by reading how bad a man I was. 'Finally they printed that terrible cartoon of me entli'ed 'The Harker.' I was dressed tip as a ruffian and standing outside of a prizefight ring twirling a cane and barking for peo pie to go in and see the sport. Two men slugging each other, one of them down and bleeding, were exposed in the ring. ".That was the object these new pa para had in view, although they printed all the pictures of the fight In the most revolting form, as they had been doing for years with all such fights. Sorre Ministers Believed It. "Even some s"iisatlonal ministers wrote to me as though they believed It. It was dining this time that It first entered my head that I might b. In danger, especially In walking over (he bridge, although earlier In the year. I "had received a fev similar threats while the same newspapers published that we were discharging small employe, but taking on an ex pensive no." BITTER WINTER PREDICTED Animals In ranitoba Reported to Be Preparing For a Siege. Winnipeg, Sept. 20. The lndlann and the obit liners say that the coming winter will be one of the coldest on record. They point to the fact that (ho fur-bedtit:g animals are growing thicker and longer coats than custom ary, that the muukrats are building their houses larger and higher thun Is their custom In mild winters, that the bears are starting to make their dens lu ihe most protected places they can fnd, and the little chipmunks and gophers are also preparing for a siege. They say that thete Bigna never fail. TRAMPS A PEST ON ERIE Thousands Returning to New York After Their Summer Travels. Mlddletown, N. Y., Sept. 20. Tramps are causing the detectives and employes of the Erie railroad all kinds of trouble Just now, and are terroriz ing farmers residing near the railroad. Thousands of them, who have been roaming through the country during the summer months, seem to be mak ing their way back to New York and New Jersey. Not only do they steal rides on trains and make life miserable for the railroad men, but they are plun dering freight cars, robbing farm houses, and holding up travelers on Ihe highways. A number of cars have been broken (Mien on tno New York and Delaware divisions of the Erie within the last week, and a considerable quantity of goods taken. Several persons have been held up near this city. Detec tives havo landed a dozen or more tr .imps in jail, but the trouble continues. BIG WELCOME FOR F0WNES Pittsburg Golfers Plan Great Reception to New Champion. Pittsburg, Sept. 20. Pittsburg golf efrs have prepared to extend a great greeting to William O. Fownes, Jr., The new champion of the United Slates, when he returns to Pittsburg a few davs hence from Iloston. The The Oakmont Country club, of which he is a member, announces that It has prepared a special reception for him at the clubhouse next Saturday night. It, is told tht during the play the Oakmont cluh held a telephone line from the clubhouse to Hrookllne, Mass., all the afternoon, and had tho play of Fownes transmitted stroke by stroke. After Fownes had won ho was called to the Brookllne club and given the 'phone to listen to his friends In the Oakmont club, at Pitts burg, cheering him. ON THE TRAIL OF A SERPENT Inspector Trying to Find Out How a Snake Got Into a Mall Sack. Butler, Pa., Sept. 20. It became known that for three weeks the fed eral government has been on the trail of a snake. Postolllce Inspector George W. Craighead of Pittsburg has been as signed to the case upon complaint of Miss Winifred Turk, postmistress at Hilliards, that she found the reptile three feet long In a sack wtilch was thrown oft the train here. P.oth Miss Turk and her young woman assistant fled from the post office at the discovery, but later th postmistress returned and plucklly killed the intruder. Railway postal cUrks are being ex amined, but declare their Innocence and say the reptile must have crawled Into the bag while it lay on the sta tion platform. PITTSBURG IS TOO PROFANE Holy Name Societies to Make Demon stration Against Swearing. Pittsburg, Sept. 20. The wide spread prevalence of profanity in Pittsburg having become marked, at a mass meeting of the Holy Name so cieties of the Pittsburg diocese of the Roman Catholic chinch. It was decid ed to make a. formal protest against the profanity habit. Itishop Canevin spoke on Ihe im portance of doing something effect Ivo to check profanity, especially in pub lic places. This was followed by a resolution calling for a street parade on Sunday, Oct. 12. of the male mem bers of the several parishes Interested In the Holy Name society. It Is esti mated that 50,000 men will be In tho procession, which will march in the principal streets of tho city. Pastor's Resignation Accepted. Pottstown, Pa, Sept. 20. At a con gregational meeting of the First Pres byterian church the resignation of tho Kev, W. J. Wilkinson, the pastor, ca bled frum Glasgow, Scotland, was ac cepted with regret. Except that he expected to remain abroad for an In definite lime, Mr. Wilkinson has not given any reason for his unexpected resignation. Motorman Killed In Crash. Springfield, 0., Sept. 20. Motorman William Skitter of Dayton was In stantly killed and l'J passengers were tut and bruised when an Ohio electric traction car left a short curve In the East End of London, O., and landed on Its side on a five-foot embankment on the op-.Kisite side of a 30-foot street. Westinyhouse Declares Dividend. Pittsburg, Sept. 20. The Westing house Air Itrake company has de clared a regular quarterly dividend of 2Vi per cent, an extra dividend of 1'4 per cent find a special dividend of 1 per cent, payable Oct. 10. Pottstown. A new reservoir with a capacity of 4.5,H),ooi) gallons for the town's water supply Is netning com pletlnn. It will be used as an auxil iary to the llrawote reserolr and will be supplied with filtered water. Mauch Chunk. Lloyd Webb, while trying to get out of the way of Dr. lloffmoier's auto at the public school house at recess, slipped on the wr( street and bad his rlf;ht arm run over by the Hint hlne. He sustained n ptltv ful laceration cf the no.se, but other wise was not Injured.
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