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VOL. XLIV. NO. 14.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1911.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
JOAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. D. W. Reck.
Justices of the react O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Cbuneumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
Q, It, Robinson, Wm. Bmearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calhoun, A. B.
Kelly.
CbwJa6Je Charle Clark.
Collector W H. Hood.
School Direetort J. O. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jainleson, J. J. Landers, J.
C. Gelst, Joseph Clark,
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress V. M. Speer.
Member of Senate J. It. P. Ball.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W. D. Hinckley.
A Donate Judges P. C. U 111, Samuel
Aul.
Prothonotary. Register & Recorder, de.
-J. O. OelHt.
HherHfH. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Uoo. W. Uolenian.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel, H. H. MoClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Csrrlnger.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Hlbble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditors George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly.
Oountv Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent I), W. Morri
son. Kes-nUr Tern mf Graft.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meeting of County Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of montb.
t'karch nmi ftabbath Hehml.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching In M. E. ChuNh every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.O.Calhoun.
Preaching in the F, M. Church every
Sabbath eveulng at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Uarrott, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian churob
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
D. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourtn Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TP . N ESTA LODO K, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F.
M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEO RQK STOW POST, No.274
G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS,' No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. '
ONlce over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Praotioe in Forest Co.
AO BROWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Kilted.
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
oomfort provided for the traveling public.
pENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor,
Tionseta, Pa. This Is the mostcentrally
located hotel In the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public.
pUIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop ovor R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Klin street. Is prepared to do all
inds of custom work from the finest to
the ooarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion glveu to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Orottonberger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
glues, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and Geuoral lilacksmithlug prompt
ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop In rear of and Just west of the
Shaw House, Tldioute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
WaJl Paper
I have just received Two Thousand
Rolls of 1911
WAI.fi TAPER
No is the time to get your paper
ing done before the spring rueh. Then
it will be almost impossible to get a
Caperhanger ami that will delay your
ousecleaning.
Wall Paper, Window
Shades, OH Cloth,
Taints, Oil, Varnish, Mewing Machine
Supplies and Notions.
G.F.RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm
Street, Tionesta, Pa.
AN INSAN
MURDERER
Creeps Up Behind Fireman at
Asylum and Kills Him.
Victim Was Sitting In Chair In En
glne Room of Institution When
Mtnlao Crept. Silently Upon Him
and Burled a Hammer In Hit Head,
Other New of General Interest to
Busy Reader.
Thomas Carroll, a fireman at the
Wlllard State hospital for insane
Jiear Geneva, was murdered by
Charles Conklln, who has been nn In
mute of the institution for some timo.
The story glveti to tho press is that
Carroll -was sitting In a chutr in tho
engine room when the maniac crept
silently up behind him and dealt him
a heavy Wow on the head with a
hammer.
It Is aald1 that tho hammer was
hurled in the man's skull. After Car
roll had fallen to the floor the mad
man dragged him Into the coal room
and there completed his fiendish
net by dealing his victim another terrl
L'lo blow on the head with a coal
pick.
The murder was discovered by a
teamster at the Institution named
Dean, who reported It to tho superin
tendent. Carroll was apprehended
and placed In solitary confinement.
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
One Man Killed and Five Injured
When Car Turns Over.
Henry 8. Sartwell, who was for a
number of years proprietor of the
Olean House and one of tho largest
stockholders In the Olenn Pressed
Brick company, was fatally Injured In
an auto' accident near Dayton Fri
day afternoon, and died' two hours
after.
Five other persons who -were In the
machine at tho time of the accident
were nil seriously Injured, but it Is
thought that all will recover.
They are Mr. Sartwell's wife, who
sustained several broken ribs and a
fractured wrist; Mrs. I. W. Worden,
daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Sartwell
and wife of the cashier of the Ex
change National bank of this city, who
suffered contusions about the body;
Mrs. Worden's son John, who mis
tnlned Injurlea about the body; Mrs.
George Cowpor, another daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sartwell, who is cut and
bruised about the body and' is suffer
ing from shock Jules Foder, the
chauffeur, who was badly shaken up
and bruised about the body.
BETTER THAN FRESH EGGS
Woman Says Cold Storage Eggs and
Chickens Are Best.
The life, habits and characteristics
of the great American hen, from nesi
or Incubator to cold storage, were de
scribed to the senate committee on
manufacturers Friday by Dr. Mary E.
Pennington, chief of the food research
bureau of the department of agricul
ture. The committee Is Investigating
the effect of cold storage on food. Dr.
Pennington argued that chickens,
jiropefrly preparod when placed In
cold storage, wore' wholesome and
healthful after nine months or a year;
"better," she raid, "than those fresh
killed and kept for twenty-four hours
without care or refrigeration." .
' Fggs laid In winter and propertly re
frigerated six or nine months, Bhe de
clared, surpassed eggs fresh laid in
summer and kept 2 1 hours before con
sumption. A big delegation repre
sented the cold storage warehouse
men, their case being represented by
ex-Representative Charles E. Mine
field of Maine. '
REV. DR. GRANT GUILTY
Was Charged With Heresy by Judicial
Committee of Presbyterian
General Assembly.
The Rev. William D. Grant, the
Northumberlnnl clergyman, has been
found guilty of horesy by the Judicial
committee of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly at Atlantic ; City.
It Is said that tho Pennsylvania cler
gyman will be given opportunity to re
turn to the Presbytery should be re
cant on the counts upon which he has
been found guilty.
The news of conviction, while not
officially released, Is positive, coming
from the best of authority that the Ju
dicial committee reached a decision
too late to report yesterday.
Bad Fire at Gorham.
Qorham, a small town,' about nine
miles west of Geneva, N. Y., was visit
ed Sunday morning bv a serious con
flagration. The property destroyed in
cludes a mill, hotel, postofllce, harber
shop, furniture an' undertaking rooms
nnd two telephone exchanges. Practi
cally the entire business section of
the village was wiped out Tho loss Is
$30,000.
Collar Choked Man to Death,
Coroner Alfred H. Illos of Yon
kers, N. Y., determined that Fred
erick noreford was choked to death
by his high collar. Hereford foil
asleep In his chair In a cafe Friday.
His head dropped to one side and the
stilt collar shut off the circulation. At
first acute indigestion' was blamed,
but the coroner and Dr. Patton found
the throat In a condition that Indi
cated strangulation beyond a dqubt
HENRY A. WISE
District Attorney Claims Bribery
Was Attempted In Wireless Trial.
STEEL PRICES DROP
Republic's Cut Was Followed by t
General Reduction For Fin
i ished Products.
The reduction In the sale price
of steel bars which the Republic
Iron und Steel company inaugurated
on Wednesday was followod up Thurs
day by a lowering of tho prico of fin
ihed products, notably lighter struc-
tural shapes.
Other companies showed a disposi
tion to follow suit, It was said last
night, not only In the particular of
steel bars but in other steel products
also.
Dealers seemed to think, however,
that rails would maintain the prices
which they have held consistently
since' 1901128 a ton.
Jury Finds Beach Killed Agent.
Bennett L. Peach, charged with the
murder of Horace A. Bushnell, sta
tion agent at Ninevah Junction, N. Y.,
on Sept. 30, 1910, was found guilty of
murder in. the second degree nt Nor
wich, X. Y., and sentenced to a mini
mum term of twenty years and a
maximum term of life imprisonment
at Auburn. The evidence disclosed
that Beach lay in wait for his victim
and choked him to death. Beach then
went to his boarding house and chat
ted for an hour with th wife of the
man he had slain, her mother and Ma
ter, before retiring for the night. The
following day be was arrested.
Hard Luck of Michael Coyl.
The first meeting of tho ei editors
of the Harris & Son private bank at
Scio, N. Y., which failed recently, will
be held at that place June 2. A trustee
will be chosen and tho books of vlie
broken bank examined. It is thought
the depositors will renllzj about 40
cents on the dollar. Michael Coyle of
Knight's Creek had $000 in the bank
when it closed. A few days later his
farmhouse was struck by lightning
and burnod. The Insurance had lapsed
several months ago. He thinks no
man could have any worse luck than
be has had.
;
Two Little Jamestown Girl Drowned.
Two six-year-old girls woro drowned
In the Chadako'n, tho outlet from
Chautauqua lake, flowing through
Jamestown, N. Y. They were Grace.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vel-
la, and Viola, daughter of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Gustafson.. The children, while
playing on tho bank of the stream in
company with tho eight-year-old sislor
of the Gustafson girl, fell Into tho wa
ter near the Wilson dam. The older
girl sprang Into the stream to help
them and all threo were carried Into
tho dam. The older child was res
cued. Deaf Mute Killed Instantly.
Minnie Kenncy, 22 yer;-s old1, of Ila
tavla. N. Y., was Instantly killed Sun
day morning while gathering grass for
pet rabbits on the tracks of the Lc
high Valley railroad. Miss Kenney
was a deaf mute nnd could not hear
the train as It thundered in her direc
tion. The engineer in charge did not
see the girl until it was too late to
bring his train to a stop. Siva was
killed without realizing what had hap
pened.
Robbers Assault Old Man.
The police of Hornell, N. Y., are
making a wide Eearcr for the mask
ed robbers, who early Thursday morn
ing, broke Into the home of Deacon
Samuel Pitts, on the Arkport road,
three miles west of the city, nnd after
binding him head and foot, heat him
in nn effort to make him toll where he
kept his money hid. The robbery and
assault was one of the most daring
ever perpetrate In this county '- They
ransacked the house and secured $30.
This Eel. Four Feet Nine Inches Long.
One of the largest fresh water eels
seen In Dunkirk,' N. Y in several
years was hocked by a fisherman
while fishing off the breakwater last
Thursday afternoon. Tin eel meas
ured four feet nine In dies from tip to
tip, and was as largo in i-lreunifi-r
once as a blcyclo tire. The fisherman
thought at first that he h:tl caught
n sturgeon, from tho wuy It Jerked
the line.
1 W. J
WILSON
CONVICTED
Wireless Official Sent to Prison
For Misuse of Mails,
Four Other Officers of the United
Wireless Telegraoh Company Also
; Receive Prison Sentences District
Attorney Wise Claims Bribery Was
: Attempted During Trial.
New York, May 30. Charges of at
tempts to bribe tho United States lis
Irlot attorney and one of the Jurors
were made yesterday afternoon in the
United States circuit court after
Christopher Columbus Wilson, presi
dent of the United Wirelesj company,
and four of hi3 associated had been
convicted of misuse of the mails and
tonsplracy.
; They were sent to tho Tombs with
out ball and a ten days' stay granted
to give the counsel for the defend
ants time to prepare an appeal
to the United States circuit court of
appeals. The costs of the prosecution,
estimated at $.0,000, were entered
against them separately and collec
ticely. Sentences of Convicted Men.
The men found guilty by the Jury
and sentenced by Judge Martin are
President Wilson, three years In At
lanta federal prison; Treasurer Will
iam A. Diholdt, one year In the New
York penitentiary; Francis X. Butler,
legal adviser, two years In Atlanta;
William W. Tompkins, president of
the New York stock selling agency for
the Wireless company, one year in
New York; George W. Parker, fiscal
agent, two years In Atlanta. Their
trial lasted more than four weeks.
District Attorney Wise addressed tho
court and strenuously opposed admit
ting any of the men to bail pending
tho appeal.
"I tell you sir," Mr. Wise continued,
"that money was offered to try to get
me to pull off the case as concerns a
certain defendant. I know that last
night one of tho Jurors was offered a
sum, anything up to five figures, If he
would hang the Jury. I understand
there was a certain lawyer Interested
In having money put in my hands."
Asks Clemency For Butier.
Attorney Stanchfield and V. Bourke
Cockran represented Butler and made
pleas for clemency.
United States District Attorney
Wise later told the newspajier men
that an attempt had boen made to bribe
Juror Newcombe. A man had visited
tho Juror at his home Sunday night
and offered him any sum up to five
figures If he would hang the Jury. Mr.
Wise said tho attempt to bribe him
pelf was made at tho outset of the
trial.
NOT KIDNAPPED, MARRIED
Mother Accuses Girl's Family, but
Boy Shows a License.
Allentown, Pa., May 30. On com
plaint by his mother that he had been
kidnaped by his sweetheart's family,
Walter Wassclm was brought to po
lice headquarters last night. With
ltlm came the girl, Florence StecUer, a
beautiful brunette.
Mother and girl contested for the
youth, who Is 20 years old. Wasseim
settled the matter by showing a mar
riage license. Ho and Miss Stecker
eloped to Wilmington yesterday,
where they were married by the Rev.
Dr. George Lewis Wolfe. Tho moth
er subsided and Wasseim took his
bride away in triumph.
THUGS PUT BODY IN BOX CAR
Confession Clears Mystsry of West
Virginia Crime.
Bluefleld, W. Va., May 30. The mys
tery of the strange disappearance of
C. W. Simpson, a Chicago traveling
man, from this city April 27 has been
cloared by the confession of James
l erry, porter In a barber shop here.
Ho says Simpson was with a woman
In the east of tho town when four
negroes accosted him. When the at
tack was made the woman ran away,
falling to notify the police until now,
fearing, she said, she would be Im
plicated, Perry says he did not kill
Simpson, but that the body was plac
ed in a box car and Is now In transit.
Sir William S. Gilbert Dead.
London, May 30. Sir William
Schwenk Gilbert, who collaborated
with the late Sir Arthur Sullivan, the
composer, In producing "Plnaforo,"
"The Pirates of Penzance," "Tho Mi
kado" and n'.any other operas, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon. He was
bathing at Harrow when ho was seizod
with heart failure and died in a few
minutes. He was born at Southamp
ton in isr.c:
Kaiser's Son Injured.
Berlin, May -0. Prince Joar-hlm,
the youngest son of the kaiser, met
with an accident during the military
maneuvers at Doeberitz yesterday.
During the parade before the kaiser
his horse Ftumolcd and tho prince in
jured his leg. His mother, tho kalsr-r-
in, spent the afternoon at his bedsldo.
Brigands Kidnap German Engineer.
Berlin, May SO. Dr. Rlchter, who
has been kidnaped by brigands In
Turkey, Is an engnleer In the service
tf Carl Zelsch of Jenaud. He was
(raveling for the geographical society
1' Berlin and- Jenaud.
THREATtNGKEAl STRIKE
10,000 Men In Baldwin Locomotive
Works May Be Called Out.
Philadelphia, May 30. Representa
tives of. the 10,000 workers In the 17
trades at the Baldwin Locomotlvo
works met yesterday afternoon and de
cided to call a strike tomorrow unless
tho 1,200 union men laid ofT In the last
three days were reinstate.
. About three weeks ago an employs
of the plant committed Biiicide, leav
ing, a note saying iiis life hud been
made unbearable by union men. Fol
lowing this the company posted no
tines in the plant prohibiting a discus-'
sloif of unionism during working
hours.
The union men resented this, and
some of them broke the rule. Shortly
after this the force was cut down and
union leaders declare that only loyrl
union men were laid off. They assert
that the company Is trying to discour
age union'sm among Its employes.
The company says that business
conditions demand a reduction of
force, and that il. cannot afford to em
ploy more men at this time. It also
refuses to take flown the "no-talk"
signs, as demanded by union leaders.
FARM HAND IN RAGE
KILLS THREE PEOPLE
When' Surrounded by Sheriff's
Posse He Commits Suicide,
Pawnee City, Neb., Mav 30. E. A.
McVitty, a farmer, his wife and five-year-old
daughter were killed In bed
here yesterday morning by Charles
Fielder .whose suit for a daughter, Jes
sie McVitty, had been frowned upon
by the parents.
Two other children may die from
the blows of a hammer wielded' by
Fielder. He-compelled Jessie, at the
point of a revolver, to accompany hint
to a schoolliousc, hut she finally elud
ed him.
When surrounded by the sheriff's
posse he shot and fatilly wounded
Sheriff Fuller. Then he killed him
self. Fielder was a farm hand.
CROPS RUINED BY DROUGHT
Strawberry and Pea Vines Whither
Because of Lack of Rain.
Woodbury, N. J., May. 30. Tho
drought lu this section Is having a serl
ous effect on crops and many farmers
are becoming discouraged.
The strawberry crop, which gave ev
idence of being a large one, will not
amount to much. Few growers are
picking. The vines are burning up
nnd the berrlei whiihering.
The pea crop, which ought to be al
most at its helgiit, Is even In a worse
condition. Neither the vines nor pods
have matured and are withering.
Heretoforo great number of pickers
have been Imported into this section,
but few are coming now. Some havo
plowed up their pea patches and are
preparing to plant something else.
Tomatoes have stood tho dry weath
er better than any vegetable. Corn is
backward. There Is an Immense acre
age of white potatoes plantod In Glou
cester county, and these are doing
fair.
MAKING RESTITUTION
Pastor Will Give His All to Parents of
Child His Auto Killed.
Glens Falls, N. Y., May 30. Tho
Rev. Thomas Grieves, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Green
wich, announced that he would sell
all his possessions to make restitu
tion for the death of little Mary Ma-
ginn of Saratoga Springs, whom he re
cently ran down with his automobile.
Tho car has already been sold and
the pastor's cottige at Riverside Is on
tho market. The proceeds, he said,
will he turned over to the parents of
his victim.
A coroner's jury recently held Mr.
Grieves blameless for the accident, but
he has grieved over It greatly.
DROWNS IN 2 FEET OF WATER
Pittsburg Lawyer Believed to Have
Fallen Into Stream From Prostration.
Pittsburg, May 30. George A. John-
ton, agpd 50, a prominent member of
tho Allegheny county bar, was found
dead yesterday in two feet of water at
Olympla park.
Mr. Johnson, whoso home wai near
the park, Is believed to have visited
the stream In an effort to obtain relief
from the heat and fell into tho water,
following en attack of prostration.
American Sailors Play Baseball.
Copenhagen, May 30. More than
12,000 persons yesterday ..ftt-rnoon
saw the baseball nine from the Ameri
can battleship Louisiana defeat tho
team from tho New Hampshire. Tho
Danish officers presented tho winners
with a silver cup.
jfwse of Lords Passes Veto Bill.
London, May 30. Th.j house of
lords last evening passed the govern
ment's veto or parliament bill on Its
second reading without, a division
The opposition gave notice of thlr
Intention to submit amendments dur
ing the committee stage of the bill.
TIE NNMMMY
Short Items From Various Parts
of the World.
Record of Many Happenings Condensed
and Put In Small Space and Ar
ranged With Special Regard For the
Convenience of the Reader Who Has
Little Time to Spare.
Wednesday.
An uprising of Portuguese monarch
ists was predicted in Paris.
Guerilla warfare was reported from
Hayti, tho rebels pillaging towns.
"Irene Osgood," the American nov
ellst, testified against her English
husband In her suit for separation.
It was announced in Boston that T.
Coleman du Pont had given the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
$500,000.
A dispatch from Juarez stated that
peace reigns in Northern Mexico, anil
that Senor Madero and his chiefs were
discussing the make-up of a new cabl
net.
Bid3 for the fnn.OOO.OOO Issue of 3
per cent Panama bonds are being re
ceived at the treasury department at
Washington; It is expected that the
Issue will be at 100 'A.
Thursday.
The Pennsylvania supreme court re-
lused a new trial to Joseph M. Hus
ton, architect of the State Capitol.
The German emperor sent to Wash
ington a communication occasioned by
the receipt of (he suggested arbitra
tion treaty; its nature was kept se
cret.
The French troops arrived in Fez;
they met little opposition in the lat
ter part of their march, tho tribesmen
fighting among themselves.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
the legislature in Albany in joint, ses
sion and frankly advised the Demo
crats to keep the pledges made in
their party platform.
Friday.
The Cunarder hernia struck at the
mouth of Quoensto'.vn harbor, riniJ
after her passengers were taken off
was beached.
President Taft refused the applica
tions for pardons of Charle3 W. Morse
of New York and John R. Walsh of
Chicago.
SUte Printer Crawford of Ohio test
lfled at Columbus that Representative
Nye had solicited a bribe of $500 from
him.
Henry L. Stimson, the new secre
tary of war, speaking In Boston, urged
ratification of the reciprocity agree
ment with Canada.
The Portuguese government des
patched troops to the No'th where
the situation seems to bo serious;
the rupture of church and state bo-
came a fact.
Saturday.
A dispatch from Panama stated that
the steamer Taboga sank off Porta
Mala; sixty passengers were probably
lost.
A mob at Okoma, Okla., took from
Jail and lynched a negro woman and
her son, accused of killing a deputy
sheriff.
The general assembly of the Church
of Scotland applauded a message from
President Taft on Anglo-Ameih-an arbi
tration. S. L. von Phul of St. Louis, a well
known aeronaut, died as the result of
pistol wounds sustained1 In a quarrel
over a women in Denver.
A dispatch from Madrid stated that
the provis-ianal government of Portu
gal was prepared to defend the re
public against monarchist outbreaks.
Monday.
A fire at Ithaca, N. Y., damaged
property valued at $100,000.
Cornell defeated Harvard In two
boat races on Luke Cayuga.
Tho gunboat Yorktown brought sur
vivors of the bteamshlp Tobago to
Panama.
The London social week Just closed
was one of the most brilliant of a
brilliant season.
Miss Mabel Clinton Paine of Balti
more was married to Ilaron Hartmann
Ernest von Schluthelm at Merlin.
A cable dispatch from Yokohama
described the plight there of Mrs. Roy
U. Conger, wellUnown in New York.
The Mexican chamber of deputies
rat behind locked doors while troops
worked to control mobs in the streets.
The officers of the Atlantic fleet
wero entertained at Copenhagen by
Vice Admiral Vandel of the Danish
navy.
Tuesday.
The Italian aviator Cirri was killed
by a fall of 650 feet in the presence of
a crowd of 20,000, In which was tho
victim's family.
A dispatch from Washington stated
that for the first tlmo In the history
of the service the postomco depart
ment would show a surplus for the
present year.
A president of a motorcycle club
was fatally hurt between Rochester
nnd Canandaigiia when ho ran into nn
automobile driven by a New York
man.
Three boys who had returned to Kit
tannihg, Pa., late at nigJit after an
outing were burned to daih when a
stable, in which they had gone to
tleon- was destroyed.
SHAW TALKS TO STUDENTS
Says "The Mention of God Mat Oon
Out of Fashion."
London, May 30. In addressing A
gathering of undergraduates at Cam
bridge yesterday, George Bernard
Shaw said: "The man who say that
Christ was the highest possible belnj
Is not worth talking with. Christ was
a failure."
Mr. Shaw's subject was "The Fu
ture of Religion." Among the other
things he said on the matter besides
that already quotod was: "The men
tion of God has gone out of fanhlon.
You never hear about Ood now In par
liament and only occasionally In the
law courts. The people are governed
by a system of Idolatry. The clergy
'men, the Judges and the king are
Idols who generally have to be elven
enough money to dress better than
other people. The king cannot impose
upon me. I know that the king Is
merely a man, but scarcely anyono
else In England seems to know it.
When Darwin came along with tha
theory of natural selection people
jumped at it and tucked Cod out of
the window."
SMASHES TOBACCO TRUST
United States Supreme Court Orders
Dissolution of Combine.
Washington, May 30. The Units
States supreme court handed down IU
decision yesterday In the case of the
government against the tobacco trust.
The decision Is against the American
Tobacco company and the other de
fendants named. Ttecnusj of the na
ture of tho action this means the dis
solution of tho combine.
The court decrees that the Ameri
can Tobacco company has operated' In
restraint of trade and ha violated sec
tions 1 and 2 of the Sherman act- The'
court below, however, Is directed to
hear all parties for the purpose of de
termining a plan for the dissolution of
the combination
Elements Compos'ng Combine.
The elements now composing the .
combination are to be dissolved In a
plan In harmony with the law.
To accomplish this the court gives
n period of six montliH with leave to ex
tend this period, if necessary.
The court reverses the lower court
because It does not go far enough.
GIRL SLEEPS SIX WEEKS
Miss Hazel Schmidt, Vandalia, In Long
Trance.
Vandalia, 111., May 30 Miss Hazel
Schmidt, daughter of former Alder
man Schmidt, has slept almost contin
uously for six weeks. At the begin
ning of her Illness she was seized
with severe pains in tho head and
stomach, and then would lapse Into
Keml-unconsclousnesR.
She feared fho was going Into a
trance, and begged her parents not to
let her go to sleep.
Mail Clerk's Body Found.
Cleveland, May 30. The mystery In
the disappearance of Homer W. Me
senger, a trustee of the National Or
der of Railway Mall Clerks, who left
home last Tuesday to go fishing, waa
partly cleared up yesterday when his
body was found In Rocky river. Mes
senger was alone on the fishing trip
und how he was drowned remains un
explained. Scott Takes Oath of Office.
Albany, May 30. Colonel Joseph F.
Scott, the new state superintendent of
prisons, took the oath of office yester
day and wil lussume charge of ths
ttato prison department tomorrow.
MARKET REPORT
Nsw York Provision Market
New York, May 2'J.
WIIT.AT No. 2 red, 93 c, elevator.
CORN No. 2. f. o. b., 6VC
OATS Standard, 42VjC.
PORK Mess, $17.7518.25.
nilTTER -- Creamery specials,
25yjt2fic; do, extras. 2.'c; packing
stock, current make, 16c.
CHEESE Fancy, specials, 10o.
K(i(iS State nnd Pennsylvania t9
POTATOES Itermuda. new. No. 1,
per bbl $5.005.50; state, In bulk,
$1.23i?J1.50.
Buffalo Provision Market.
Buffalo. May 29.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads,
$1.02 ; No. 2 red, 97c.
CORN No. 2 yellow. f8'i.c. f. o. b..
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 57 '-ic.
OATS No. 2 white, 40c, f. o. b.,
float; No. 3 white, 3!'4c.
I-'I.fll It Fancy blended natent.
per bll., $5.506 25; winter family,
ptaent, $4. 75 5.50.
BUTTER Creamerv. W9stern tubs.
etra, 24c; creamery, state, fair to
good. 2D(ci -'Zc.
EGGS State, elected white, 18 Vift
19c.
CHEESE Good to choice, new, 10
9
IO'jC
East Buffalo Livestock Market.
CATTI K Prime steers, $6.30(ff
.45; 1 ,2m) to 1,401) lb. steers $5.50
.!(); choice fat cows, $5.01)5.35;
i'olce heifers, $6.00(0 6.25; common
bulls, $:t.75(ii 4.35; choice veals, $7.75
;.H0- fair to good, $ Z.n i.;0.
SHEEP AND LAMPS Clipped
:hoiro lambs, $7.007.25; mixed
.lieep, $3.!Oft 4.2"..
HOGS Light Yorkers, $6.50!ft.C5;
i.-ivy hogs, $.2y6.40; pigs, MAo
;..(.
Buffalo Hay Market. .
Timothy, No I, on track, $19.00;
Ko. 2 timothy. $l7.OOfl7.50; straw,
tvhext and oat. Jfi.OU.un.