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J. D. W. Reck. Justice of the Peace G. A. Randall, D. W. Clark, Oouneumen. J.W, Landers, J. T. Dale, O. H. Robinson, Wm. Hmearbaugb, R. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calhoun, A. B, Kelly. Constable Charles Clark. Collector W. a. Hood. Sakoot Directors J. O. Soowden, R. M. Herman, Q. Jainleaon, J. J, Landers, J. C. UeUt, Joseph Clark. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress V. M. 8 peer. Member of denote 3. K. P. Hall. Assembly W. J. Campbell. President Judge Yf. D. H inckley. Associate Judge P. C. Hill, Samuel Aul. Pro! konotary, Register dt Recorder, etc. 3. C. OelHt. aheriff-H- R- Maxwell. Treasurer Ueo. W. Uoleman. Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel, II. II. McClellan. District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger. Jury Commissioners Ernest Sibble, Lewis Wagner. Cbroner Dr. M. C Kerr. Oountv .Auditors George H. Warden, A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. Oountv Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent D. W. Morri son. Reaalar Term ml Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays or montn. Chareh aa Hakbaih Sehaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9: 45 a. m. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. U. A. Uarrett, Paator. Preaching in the Presbyterian churoh every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. U. A. llailey, Pa'tor. The regular meetings of the W.C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the seoond and fourtn Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE, No.S69,I.O.O.F. M sets every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No.274 G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each month at 3 o'clock. 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, Tionesta, Pa. MA. CARRINGER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. SIIAWKEY, ATTORNKY-AT-IjAW, Warren, Pa. Praotioe in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. OlTloe In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Fa. FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S. Rooms over Citisens Nat. Bank, TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. 8IGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern and np-to-date in all its ap pointments. Every convenience and oomfort provided for the traveling public. CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor, Tionsela, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel iu the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. pniL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm Btreet. Is prepared to do all Kinds of oustoin work from the fiuest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grettonberger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work portalnlng to Machinery, En ginos, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Hlacksm I thing prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guarauteed. Shop in rear of andlust west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER WaJl Paper I have just received Two Thousand Rolls of 1911 wall paper Noff is the time to get your paper ing done before the spring rush. Then it will be almost impossible to get a paperhaoger and that will delay your nouBecleaning. . Wall Paper, Window Shades, Oil Cloth, Paints, Oil, Varnish, Sewing Machine Supplies and Notions. gTf.rodda, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tionesta, Pa. Time Loans Ileal Estate, Furniture Stocks and Bonds Demand Loans Overdrafts Due from Banks Cash on Hand Total Quick OFFICERS. JOSEPH SEEP, GEORGE LEWIS, D. T. BORLAND, II. R. MERRITT, Vice Vice FREDERICK FAIR, Asst. KILLED HER HUSBAND Farmer Supposed to Have Sui cided Was Murdered. Woman Make Confession to the Cor oner Saying She Wished to Place Her Helpmate Out of Worry Two Day After the Murder Woman Tried to Commit Suicide Authorities Be Believe Suicide Pact Existed Be tween the Couple. Insisting that her act was prompted by a desire to place her husband be yond the torment which possessed lilm on account of Impending blind ness, Mrs. Frank Dorman of Bradford confessed Saturday to Coroner Her bert Smith that she had murdered' him in the family home last week Tuesday night. The woman is ou the verge of a nervous breakdown, but she insisted that she must tell the story before losing her mind completely. Dorman was a farmer and promi nent in the affairs of the county end when on the day mention he was found with the top of his head blown off and a shotgun beside him, the com munity was greatly worked up. Those who reached the house rirst found Mrs. Dorman in a state of frenzied ex citement. She claimed that her hus band had shot himself while despond ent and the coroner's Jury so decided. Two days later Mrs. Dorman at tempted to cut her throat, but was pre vented from so doing by the timely arrival of a neighbor. Saturday she became very nervous and insisted up on seeing the coroner. She then con fessed to the murder and said that her husband had been worrying for some time past. "I am guilty," she said, "and am willing to take my medicine." Mrs. Dorman has been an invalid for some time past end Is believed to be mentally unbalanced. The authori ties believe that the shooting was the vesult of a death pact between the couple, but that Mrs. Dorman's nerve failed her after she had killed her husband. Dorman was 67 yenrs old and his wlfo is 50. They were among the best-known families In the com munity around Bath. MURDERS HIS RELATIVE Erie Man Became C'azy Because His Brother Induced Him to Sign $100 Note. Maddened became his brother had prevailed upon him to sign a note, William Larter, aged 23 years, of Erie, Pa., shot and killed tho brother, George Larter, aged 30 years, secured Xtt BQt5 from the dead man's pocket, OIL CITY TRUST COMPANY, OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA. At the Close of Business, April 29, 1911. RESOURCES. . and Fixtures $809,376 05 . . 692,276 84 3,634 88 430,521 72 : 116,198 71 Assets Trust Funds Invested Trust Funds Uninvested President President President Treasurer Treasurer Increase in Deposits Since tore It into shreds una then iirod a bullet through his own head last night. Both men died before assistance ar rived. Mrs. J. T. Grant, a neighbor, looked on in horror while the tragic affair took place. George Larter wa3 one of the best known yachtsmen on the Great Lakes. ONCE RICH, NOW A PAUPER Former Wife of Brodie L. Duke Dying In Illinois State Hospital. Mrs. Alive Webb Duke, who was formerly the wife of Brodie L. Duke, the multimillionaire tobacco man, Is dying a pauper in the Illinois state hospital for the insane at Kankakee. She was renred in a Buffalo orphan asylum and before she was 30 had es tablished herself as a leading oil pro moter of Texas. Her connection with the tobacco industry brought about ber acquaintance with Brodie L. Duke, whom she married in 1903. They were divorced later. Held on Suicide Charge, Ends Life. John Sellers, 55 years old, once a leading business man of Canastota, N. Y., strangled himself in cell at the Cane.stota polloo Btation by tying a handkerchief around his neck to a post of the cot and getting down on hln knees. He tried to kill himself Friday with chloroform and laudanum and vaa locked up. Diaz Resigns. Unofficial bulletin received at Wash ington from Mexico said that Presi dent Diaz ha3 promised to resign when peace Is restored The news was received by government officials who are hopeful of a settlement of the present difficulties in Mexico. Finds Husband Hanging In Barn. The gruesome sight of ber hus band's body dangling from a peg- in the barn wall at Pinghamton, N. Y., greeted Mrs. Prank Corser when she ivlslted the barn to summon him to the morning ineal. Ho had been suffering from desiondency for some time. Swept Over Falls. While Playing at Trenton Falls, N. Y Friday James McDermott, 11 years old, fell from the cliff to tha West Ca nadian creek, 0 feet below, and was swept through the goige. His body has not been recovered and it Is sup posed It was swept over the fulls. Twelfth Wreck Victim Diet. Miss Carrie L. Rutherford, a school teacher, of lTtica, N. Y., who re ceived many burns and internal in juries of a serious nature in the wreel: of the teachers' special train near Martin's Creek a week ago today, Martin's Creek, died Saturday. Statement of the Condition of BANKING DEPARTMENT. .$1,973,704 75 80,000 00 2,052,008 20 $4,105,712 95 TRUST DEPARTMENT. $247,203 98 11,675 90 $258,879 88 CORPORATE TRUSTS. Total Amount of Trusts under Deeds of Trust or Mortgages to this Company as Trustee . $1,263,000 00 PRESIDENT DIAZ Announces He Will Resign as Soon at Peace Is Restored. s ft 1 4 ' . ? ' 7 GIVES $60,000 TO CORNELL Carnegie Sends Check In Payment For Cost of Addition to Morse Hall. Cornell university has received from Andrew Carnegie a check for JBO.OOO In payment for the cost of the new addition to Horse hell, the chemistry building at Ithaca, N. Y., which Mr. Carnegie promised to look after as a special honor to his friend, Andrew D. White, former president of the university, who is a member of the Carnegie Foundation and a trustee of the peace fund. When the trustees decided last epring that n larger chemistry build ing was essential, Mr. Carnegie an nounced that lie would pay for it. The addition as completed give Cornell no of the ber.t equipped chemistry laboratories in the country and takes care of a good many more students than could be accommodate in the old building. WRECK ON THE LEHIGH Over a Score of People Were Hurt, Three Seriously. A passenger train on the Klmira and Cortland division of the Lehigh Val ley railroad, due at Klmira, N. Y., was wrecked about eight miles north of that city and' 20 passengers weie Injured, three of them perhaps fa tally. The most seriously injured are: I. J. Chandler, Moravia; W. V. Brown, Ithaca; Avery Ennls, Klmira, and Thomas Linderman, Horsehculs Others injured, ter'ously, are: Capital Surplus and Profits . Reserve for Interest. Deposits Due Sundry Estates Last Report, $236,793.82 John Merritt, Breesport; Mrs. J. O. Sebring, Corning; Peter Hosecker, Auburn; John McDonald, residence not given; Harry B. Klngsley, Mansfield Pa.; Perley Dickinson, Cortland: P. H. Kiernan, Elmlra (conductor); John Kane, baggage man, and eight others whose names are not yet obtainable. Coal Gas Kills Head of Family. The families of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunt and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hunt of Auburn, N. Y.. including 13 members, were overcome by escaping coal gas from a sitting room stove dur ing the night and Charles Hunt, the breadwinner, was asphyxiated. Mrs. Hunt, Albert, aged 14 years; Hazel, 12 years, and Pearl and Karle, 9 years old, twins, are in a serious condition, but will recover. Woman Scared to Death by Lightning Mrs. Wimot Moulthrop of Kenoza Lake, N. Y., near Monticello, was scared to death by a flash of light ning. Two years ago her home was struck by lightning and destroyed and since then sne had been extremely nervous during any electrical storm. She was talking with a neighbor when there was a flash, and she sank back In a chair, dead. Home For Old and Disabled Trainmen. Projects for the establishment of a home for old and disabled members of the order and a sanatorium for those afflicted with tuberculosis will be among the important matters to be considered at t;:o triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, which will begin Is sessions in Harrisburg, Pu., May fl. To Abolish Office. Majority Leader Smith introduced a bill in the legislature abolishing tho office of superintendent of the Onondaga salt springs, now held by H. H. Freeman of Syracuse at a sal ary of $1,500 a year. The powers and duties of the ofllce are transferred by flie. bill to the state comptroller's office. Indian Bleeds to Death From Wounds. While working a saw mill in the woods near the town of Oakfleldi, N. Y., Daniel Shanks, 30 years old, an In dian from the Tonawanda reservation, fell against a circular saw and his left leg was severed from his body. Bo fore medical assistance could be se cured he bled to death. Irish Emigration Statistics. The British government. sta tistics Just issued show that o2,457 na tives of Ireland emigrated flora that country last year. This was an In cease of 3,693 over 1009. Since tho year 1831 when the compilation of these statistics was begun the emigra tion from Ireland has been 4.137,413. LIABILITIES. $258,879 88 $258,879 88 JOSEPH E Insurrectos Make an Attack on City of Juarez. Several People Were Wounded by Flying Bullets In El Paso, Some of Them Severely Rebels Command Both Ends of the International Bridges Boer General Joins Insurg ents as Military Adviser. El Paso, May 9. Hostilities were resumed last evening. At 5 o'clock COO Insurrectos held the ' Mexican end of both international bridges and ?00 others had taken themselves wtwt of Juarez. The federals did not answer the rebels' fire. General Na varro, commanding the federals in Juarez, telephoned Mayor Kelly of El Paso that he would not fire again Into the city even If the rebels at tacked. It Is now believed that if Madcro cannot control his men they will take Juarez and Navarro will allow them to do so and then declare he had to do it to protect Kl Paso. At 10 minutes after 6, 300 insur rectos moved up into Juarez, up Juarez eenuo from one of the Inter nationa bridges. The federals began to fall back Into the customs house from which they could command the avenue In willed the rebels were a proacliing. The rebels were then In the city proper. Bullets Strike Near Station. Bullets struck the Union station, box cars In the railroad yards, the Santa Fe station and in fact almost all buildings along the river front, many of the objects struck being cov ered with sight seers. Glen S. Clieesenuin, a clcik of the C, H. & S. F. railroad depot.who was standing near the warehouse, was shot In the log by a bullet from the battlo fleld. Mrs. Joreph Morebead, while out In her yard, was shot In the wrist and In the body by the same bullet. She Is seriously wounded. A man, giving the name of Kduiund Heaton, was also wounded in the leg whllo he was near the Union sta tion. Louis Hernandez, while standing on the railroad track opposite the Santa Fe station ws shot In the right arm. One bullet from tho zone of trouble went through two sign boards near the United States immigration Bta tion, wlilst Wd over the heads of Lieutenant Ifurney, W. F. Grllllths of the immigration servico and George Kise and imbedded itself in another Flgn board. Several bullets hit the United StMes Immigration I'attpn. 1 HOSTILITIES .$ 300,000 00 549,591 59 5,323 19 3,250,798 17 $4,105,712 95 DIRECTORS. SEEP J. R. CAMPBi? GEORGE LEWIS HENRY SUHR D. T. BORLAND II. H. FAIR J. P. KERN W. W. SPLANE W. R. BARR S. H. SIMPSON A. JI. LOWENTRITT These evidently came from tne lnsur recto side. Just bettore noon a number' of mauser bullets fell In front of Phillip Bonn's store. A boy picked one up and burned his Angers. Antonio Garcia, a Mexican, was ctruck In .the head by one of the bul lets and the same bullet struck a Mexican woman In the wrist but only broke the skin. Garcia was on Canal street when struck. Physicians were summoned but Garcia dfed. Mexican Shot by U. S. Soldier. Shortly after 12 o'clock a Mexican attempted' to swim the Rio Grande from the Texas side at a point almost opposite the Santa Fe station. He was shot by an American soldier sen try on this side of the river. When the men came out on the Juarez side of the stream, blood could be seen dripping from his body. Luis Hernandez, while standing on the railroad tracks opposite the San la Fe Rtatiort, was shot in the right arm. From Insurgent leaders It is learned that Lieutenant General B. J. Vllloen, late of the Boer army In the war wlih Great Britain, will Join Madera's staff as military adviser. It is understood that tho general signfted his wiling ness to join the insurgent's forces at once. INJURED CONVALESCING Victims of Teachers' Excursion Wreck Gaining In Strength Daily. Kaston, Pa., May 9. All of the vic tims of the wreck of the Utica, N. Y., teachers' excursion train who remain in the Kaston hospital continue to improve and unless complications set in 'there will be no more deaths. Miss Augusta Light, the most serious ly injured of the passengers in the hospital here, Is gaining dally. Prosecutor Stryker of Warren coun ty, N. J., said that he would attend the meeting of the public utilities com mission of New Jersey which opens in Philadelphia on Wednesday for the purpose of making Inquiry into the wreck. GALLINGER HONORED Party Caucus Nominates Him as President Pro Tempore of Senate. Washington, May 9. The Republic an senators In party caucus unani mously nominated Senator Jacob M. G.illlnger of New Hampshire as presi dent pro tempore of the senate to suceed Senator William P. Frye of Maine, who resigned on account of 111 health. Thirty-one sonators wer present and' Senator Galllnger received every vote cast, 30. No other nam wis considered. . . .
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