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VOL XLIV. NO. 15.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1911.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. D. W. Reck.
Justices vflhs Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oouncumen.. W, Landers, J. T. Dsle,
O, 11. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugb,
R. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calbouo, A. 11.
Kelly.
Constable Charles Clark.
Collector W. 11. Hood.
School Director J. G. Soowden, R, M.
Herman, Q. Jamleson, J. J. Landers, J.
C. UeUt, Joseph Clark.
FOREST COUNTT OFFICKR.3. "
Member of Congress V. M. 8 peer.
. Member of Senate J. It. P. Hall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge Yt. D. U Inckley.
Associate Judge--P. C. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
Pr othonotary, Register e Recorder, de.
-J. O. Gelst.
Sheriffs. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Geo. W. Uoleman.
Commissioners V! m . H. Harrison, J,
M. Zuendel, II. H. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners Erneal Hibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
' County Auditor George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly.
'. Cburtfv Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. Roaalar Tanas f Ceart.
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 Taesdays of month.
Charefc mui Sabbath Mckaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. ; 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.
G. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbvterlan church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m. 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.
T P.N EST A LODGE, No.869,LO.O.F.
M eets everv Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEO RGB STOW POST, No. 274
G. A. K. 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. RITCtTEY,
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
OtTioe over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W.
Offloein Arner Building, Cor. Sim
and Bridge Sta., Tlonesta, Pa. -
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank,
HON EST A, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted,
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Physician and surgeon,
UlLi U1I, X A,
HOTEL WEAVER,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date In all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
oonifurt provided for the traveling public
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor,
Tionsela, Pa. This is the most centrally
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
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 perfeot satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grettonbergor
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
AH work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Woll Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General Blacksmlthiug prompt
ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and lust west of the
Sbaw House, Tidioute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
WaJl Paper
I have just received Two Thousand
Holla of 1911
WALL PAPER
No is the time to get your paper
ing done before the spring rush. Then
it will be almost impossible to get a
Eaperbanger and that will delay your
ousecleaning.
Wall Paper, Window
(Shades, Oil Cloth,
Taints, Oil, Varnish, Sewing Machine
Supplies and Notions. ,,
G. F. RODE A,
Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm
Street, Tionesta, Pa. ' '. .
TRIED: TOji LIFE,
Negro Sentenced to Electrocu
tion Slashes His Throat.
Geneseo Courtroom Scene of Desper
ate Attempt, of . Convicted .Man to
End HI Life Prisoner Draws Ra
zor' From Handkerchief Before Dep
uty Sheriffs Could Interfere and
Saws Away at His Throat Other
News Items of General Interest.
Jim Williams, a negro, when sent
enced to death In Livingston county
mipreme court at Oeneaeo Saturday
night for the murder of James Duffy
of Honeoye Falls leaped from his
chair, drew a razor blade from his
handkerchief, and cut bis throat be
fore deputies could Interfere. There
were many ymen in the courtroom.
Some becanl. hysterical, others faint
ed and pandemonium ensued.
The deputies, upon seeing the lightning-like
move of Williams, Jumped
forward supposing be was reaching
for a heavy inkstand before him with
some murderous purpose.
The negro, however, dodged back
yard, dropped on his back and sawed
at his throat with the blade. Before
the weapon could be taken from him
he was covered with blood.
The harty examination which fol
lowed at the Jail showed that he had
missed the Jugular by but a small mar
gin and he Is weak from the loss of
blood. If he Is in physical condition
for the ordeal he will soon be taken
to Auburn, where his electrocution la
to take place during the week of Juno
17.
Williams' crime is considered the
most brutal In the history of Livings
ton county. Ha walked Into the Duffy
borne last February, killed his aged:
victim with a single blow from a large
club and pounded Mrs. Webb, Duffy's
sister, Into Insensibility.
Williams then seized Verona Duffy,
15 years old, and dragged her to the
woods nearby. At the edge of the
woods, however she escaped, but only
after her arm was broken and she had
received other injuries.
LIGHTNING KILLS MAN
Norwalk, O., Visited by a Terrific
Electrical Storm.
One man .was killed and' three
others Injured at Norwalk, O., by
lightning, small buildings blown from
their foundations, many large trees
uprooted and blown down, together
tolophone and telegraph poles all ove$
the city for about an hour Sunday
afternoon.
It was the worst and most severe
storm Norwalk has experienced . in
25 years. The ruin was accompanied
by hall and a win 1 of almost hurricRne
proportions. The clouds wew so low
that they appeared to touch the tops
of the tallest trees when the storm
broke.
Albert Stanford, with threo others,
took refuge duiin gthe storm under
a tree in the ball grounds here. A
stroke of lightning Ftruck the tree, In
stantly killing Stanford and knocking
the other unconscious to the ground.
They subsequently recovered.
NEW POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
Postmaster General Will Increase Sys
tem by 150 Additinoal Offices
Each Week.
It is the, present intention of the
postoflice department to establish a
postal savings depository In tho
city of New York on Julyl,
On the same date depositories will be
established in other cities of tho first
class.
Postmaster General Hitchcock haa
decided to Increase the system to ISO
additional offices a week and by so do
ing he will have 1,000 depositories In
operation early in the new fiscal year.
He has designated 50 additional of
fices to begin business at once, among
them Albion, N. Y., and Calais, Me.
Black Hand Firebugs.
Sheriff Gooding of Canandalgua, N.
Y., made a Journey to Bristol,
In response to a request from the
town board to conduct an investiga
tion into the burning of the Ganyard
Hill school house and the subsequent
writing of Black Hand letters to prom
inent citizens who undertook an in
vestigation. Tho culprits have man
aged to produce a reign of terror
amongst the Inhabitants. Many have
been warned! that their buildings will
be burned if they make a move. The
school house burned on May 17, and
Since that time the alarm has In
creased until the town board called
the bluff of the culprits and asked the
hherlff to Investigate. It is positively
known that the school building was
fired.
Has Broken Arm.
Leah Brown, the- 9-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown of Dana
vllle, N. Y., fell on the sidewalk, which
was of wood and was made slippery
by sprinkling, and ' broke her collar
bone.
Postoffice Robbers Travsl by Auto.
Burglars entered the postoffice at
Lyndonvllle, N. Y., some time during
Thursday night, opened the' safe with
a Jimmy and got away with $197 cash
and a large quantity of stamps. His
believed the burglars came and went
la an automobile.
JOHN BIGELOW
Famous Author and Diplomat Is
Reported Seriously III.
9h 19LL by American Press Association.
NEGRO "MOSES" A PAUPER
Harriet Tubrr.an, Who Piloted Hun
dreds of Slaves to Freedom, Sent
to Home She Founded.
Harriet Tubman, a negro woman
who piloted over 400 slaves to free
dom before the Civil war and was be
friended by Lincoln, Seward, Garrison,
Wendell Phillips and John Brown, was
Friday taken to the Harriot Tubman
home for the penniless at Auburn.
She devoted all hor savings to the
work of establishing this Institution
for aged negroes and now at an age
which she declares Is "between 93
and one hundred years" is dependent
upon the charity of the homo sho
founded.
SETS FIRE TO GIRL'S DRESS
Boys Appply Torch While She Is
Going to First Communion.
Minnie Butler, 13 years of age, of
Dates Btreet, Hazlewood, Pa., in the
criminal court, related to Judge John
D. Shaffer how Andrew Tomko and
Stephen Misnlc, both of whom are
6 years old, ran up behind her last
Sunday while cn her way to St. Ag
nes' Catholic church to make her
first communion, and appllei a torch
to her veil and dress. The child's
face and head were burned before the
flames were extinguished.
Batavla Diamond Robbery.
Austin & Prescott, Jewelers and dia
mond merchants of Batavla, N. Y.,
were victims of a smooth strargorwho
succeeded In getting away w.'.h flvo
diamond rings valued at upwards of
$600. Although the theft occurred be
tween 12 nnd 1 o'clock It was fully two
hours later before the firm's loss was
discovered. Phony or Imitation dia
mond rings had been substituted for
tho genuine rings on the Jewelers'
sales tray. The police wore notified,
but the thief had made good his es
cape. Dunkirk Excited by Box Kite.
There was considerable excitement
at Dunkirk, N. Y., about midnight Fri
day night over the report that an air
ship had boon seen flying through the
clouds over Dunkirk and then sank
in the lake. Tho night express mes
sengers at the Union depot, who were
the first to discover It, got about ev
erybody In town out of bed to see it.
It developed that it was & box klto
sent up by some campers at Van Bur
en earlier In the evening.
Red Loper Reported Executed,
News from Douglas Ariz., and Can
anea, Mex., unconfirmed, says Red Lo
pez, who led the attack on Agua
Pileta, Sonora, and then deserted his
men, was later convicted by a rebel
rourt martial and has been executed.
One report says that he was trying
to escape from the guards while be
ing taken from Cananea to Hermo
sillo; another says that he chose
death to Imprisonment and was exe
cuted on his own request.
Arrest 21 For Treating.
Saloon men from all parts of
the city of Tacoma, Wash., were
beaked at the police station when sev
en detectives made 21 arrests for al
leged violation of the city's antl
treatlng ordinance, w.hich prohibits
treating In snloons.
The constitutionality of tho law will
be attacked by the saloonkeepers.
. Nye Acquitted of Bribery Charge.
The abate of Ohio last week Thurs
day lost the first of the legislative
bribery cases when Representative
George B. Nye was acquitted by a
jury of soliciting a $500 bribe from
Stato Supervisor ot Public. Printing
E. A. Crawford April IS. The jury was
out one hour and a half. Dr. Nye
faces three other Indictments.
Fourth Death In Month.
The fourth death from Illuminating
gas in Binghamton wjthlu a month
occurred Saturday when Ob!o Lown,
50 years old, whs found dead, the room
filled with the suffocating gas. - A gas
jet over his bed was found partly t urn-
pe d on. Coroner Hooks gavo a (loath
certificate of accidental asphyxiation.
MINERS' CLOSE CULL.
Two Were Caught Behind a
Fallen Mass of Rock.
For Two Days the Entombeod Men
Labored Desperately to Escape
From Their Living Tomb, and by
Clever Work Succeeded In Reach
ing the Bottom of an Old Cave Hole
and From There to Safety Mine
Officials Believed They Were
Crushed to Death,
WIlkes-Barre, Pa., June 6. Two
mine workers entombed in the Bar
num mine of the Pennsylvania Coal
gorapany at Pittston for the past two
days dug their way out and saved
their lives early this morning after a
desperate struggle.
They are Kolin Welsh and his la
borer, Mike Sobcl. They were at work
when a mass of rock fell behind them,
cutting off their way to the main
gangway and the bottom of the shaft.
Welsh, a clever miner, saw thero
was no hope of escaping through the
rock, but thought there was a chance
by digging from the face of the tun
nel to reach the bottom of an old cave
hole, which he knew existed there.
From the time ho decided until they
escaped, the men dug steadily with
tho exception of a short period, when,
being exhausted, they took a rest.
There was llttllo food and cold tea
in tholr dinner buckets and this they
stretched out us far as it would go.
When they got cut they had to be car
ried home, so weak 'were they.
The officials of the mines believed
they had been crushed! to death, by
the rock falling upon them.
JOHN BIGELOW ILL
Aged Author and Diplomat Is Stricken
With Intestinal Trouble.
Highland Falls, N. Y., June 6. John
Bigclow, the author and diplomat, now
in his 94th year, was stricken with
intestinal trouble last Wednesday
night and his doctor says that bis re
covery, of which he has little hopes,
depends entirely upon the vitality of
the patient, which at present is very
low .
All bis relatives are now at his be
side. Mr. Bigelow is now in his 94th
year. His health, reinforced by his
recent trip to Europe, has been sur
prisingly good up until last Wednes
day. It is thought that be overtaxed his
strength, when in addition to receiv
ing the keys from Mayor Gaynor he
made a speech lasting 15 or 20 min
utes. Those at the house with Mr. Bige
low are the two sons, Poultney Bige
low and Major John Bigelow; the
daughters, Miss Bigelow and Mrs.
Annie Bigelow Harding, and Miss
Harding.
On Decoration day, the day pre
ceding Mr. Bigelow's 111 turn, there
was a family party at the Highland
Falls house and Mr. Bigelow, it is
said, appeared In his usual health.
POLICE ARREST SUSPECT
Thought to Be "Peter, the Painter,"
Who Killed Several Police
men In London.
Manila, Juno 6. A man who ar
rived here from Singapore on the
steamship Protesilaus and who Is sus
pected of being "Peter, the Painter,"
the leader of murderers who killed
several policemen In London, is being
detained.
The British consul Is making an in
vestigation and cable messages are
being exchanged with the authorities
In London,
The other members of his gang, it
will be recalled, were surrounded' by
the police and troops and wero burn
ed to death.
ALASKAN GOLD STRIKE
Miners Stampeding From Fairbanks
to Indian Cresk.
Fairbanks, Alaska, June 6. A gold
strike is reported to have been mado
on Indian creek, a tributary of the
Koyokuk river, three hundred miles
up the stream. Pay earth has been
etruck in two places. Minors are
stampeding from here.
Gold has also been struck on Long
creek, on the Bouth side of the Yukon,
opposite Melosl. The earth yields 3
to 13 cents to the pan.
JOHN D. MAY COMPLAIN
His Assessment of Property In Tar
rytown Has Been Ralsid $50,000.
Tarrytown, N. Y., June 6. Today is
grievance day in North Tarrytown and
it Is possible that John D. Rockefeller
may enter a complaint as his assess
ment has been raised $30,000. The
loll Uiis year amounts to $4,000,000
an Increase of $400,000 over last year.
Mr. Rockefellor may allege that his
holding are not now as valuable as lnnt
year, aa he is ripping the roof oft the
mansion to alter the upper story.
Midshipmen Off on Summer Cruise.
Annapolis, June 6. The battleships
Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts',
forming the squadron which will car
ry the mldishlpmen on their practice
cruise this summer, Btarted on the
first leg of its seven thousand mile
trip yesterday morning.
DRUNKEN (MAN KILLED
Staggered In Front of Auto nd Was
Run Down One Occupant Hurt.
Paris, June 6. Mr. and' Mrs. R. Liv
ingston Beerkman of New York met
with an auto accident whll3 motoring
near Charteros yesterday. They were
driving a 60-hovsepower ear when the
chauffeur suddenly saw a drunken
man stagger across the road.
The chauffeur sounded his horn vig
orously, but tho man staggered right
In front of the machine and was killed
on the spot
The chauffeur had tried to swerve
the machine out of the man's way and
It was thrown Into a ditch.
Mrs. Beerkman, who before her
marriage was Eleanor N. Tornas, was
thrown over tho chauffeur's head, but
had a miraculous escape.
Mr. Beorkman sustained a com
pound fracture of the arm and was
injured about the head. The chauf
feur was not Injured.
A passing automobillst took the
party to Charteres, where Mr. Beerk
man passed a bad night. He was
brought to the American hospital in
Paria.
ELECTRICAL STORMS
SWEEP OVER INDIANA
fwo People Killed and Several
Others Badly Injured.
Indianapolis, June B. Rain, hall and
electrical storms swept Indiana yes'
terday, doing great damage to out
houses and crops. John 1C. Power, a
wealthy farmer of this county, was
killed by lightning.
At Lyons, Mrs. Oscar Keller was In
stantly killed by lightning while feed
ing chickens In her yard. Mrs. W. VV.
Shryer of Fort Wayne had1 a hymn book
struck from her hand and her hand
blackened by a bolt that struck Trin
ity church.
At Anderson nearly a hundred per
sons were Bhocked In buildings of
Eteel construction, the lightning seem
ingly scattering and affecting several
such buildings. In some sections
whole orchards were robbed of fruit
and leaves by hall.
HEARINGS ARE CLOSED
Preliminary Vote on Reciprocity Bill
Will Take Place Tomorrow.
Washington, June 6. The hearings
before the senate finance committee
on Canadian reciprocity formally
closed yesterday afternoon, prelimi
nary to a vote tomorrow. This morn
ing Secretary or Stat9 Knox was In
vited to take tho stand and point out
informally to tho committee whether
the bill, as It passed the house, ac
curately embodies the terms of the
agreement negotiated between Presi
dent Taft and Minister of Finance
Fielding of Canada.
The last day's hearing on (he bill
was replete with interest and fre
quently punctuated with exciting
colloquies between members of the
committee and senators nnd wit
nesses. At one point Herman RIdder of
New York, president of the American
Publisher?' association, charged that a
representative of the International
Paper company had perjured himself
and characterized the men whom he
charged with conducting the paper
trust as "a gang of thieves."
WANTED TO REBUKE TAFT
Demented Young Man Decided to
Reprimand Him For Causing
Mexican War.
TTtlca, June 6. A young man, in a
rather excited moodj hurried into the
Western Union ofllce here and an
nounced that he wanted to send a
message to President Taft.
He Bald he wanto.t to rebuke the
president for causing tho recent re
bellion in Mexico and he had decided
to reprimand him by wire. The po
lice were summoned.
The man, who had nearly $200 lu
his pockets, gave his name as Henry
Cronkhlte, aged 26, a knitter. It was
apparent that his mind was oppressed
with delusions and he was sent io the
general hospital, where he became vio
lent. Moving Picture Factory Burned.
New York, Juno 6. A fire destroyed
the studio and factory of tho Powers
Moving Picture company In the Bronx.
The flames spiead to two houses be
fore the fire department succeeded In
extinguishing t'.o flames. Ono of tho
girl employes who was polishing nega
tives on the second floor of tho factory
was slightly burned, but no one else
was hurt. Tho damage was: estimat
ed at more than $130,000.
On Batter.
First Suburbanite We've got a baby
grand In our house. Second Ditto
We can go you one better. We've got a
grand baby In ours. Baltimore Amer
ican. Promoted.
"They're beginning to put on airs."
"Is that so?"
"Yes: tbelr washwoman Is now a
laundress." Detroit Free Tress.
Tntlenre Is bitter, but Its fruit la
weet. Rousseau.
SHQRTERNEWS HEMS
Pithy Paragraphs that Chronicle
the Week's Doing..
Long Dispatches Frcm Various Parts
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facta Given In as Few
Words as Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
Wednetday.
It was announced at Fall River,
(lass., that President Taft would vlHit
that city the third week in June.
The house ot lords passed the sec
end reading of the veto bill, which
will not reappear until after the cor
onatlon.
Wall street, while surprised at the
terms of tho tobacco decision, gave
no Indication of alarm; the market
bad been dull all day.
Nine persons lost their lives and a
score were injured in a headon col
llslon between two fast trains of the
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy rail
road, near McCook, Neb.
Japan and Russia expressed willing'
ness to share In the $50,000,000 loon
to China, now apportioned- equally to
America, England, France and Ger
many; a diplomatic clash is consid
ered possible.
Thursday.
Four personi were killed in a hotel
fire at Silverton, B. C.
An American fishing schooner was
confiscated to the British government
by the Canadian court for Ashing with,
in the Canadian limit.
A statement by William J. Bryan,
criticising their attitude on revision
of the wool schedule, created great In
dignation among Democratic leaders
in the house.
London subscriptions for the $12,
000,000 bond Ijsue of the Oregon
Washington Railroad and Navigation
company were closed within an hour,
with 1 for cent premium offered.
Operating officials of the tobacco
trust's large factories at Richmond
and other tobacco men viewed the su
preme court decision with little con
cern as far as Its effect on business
was concerned.
Friday.
The Novoe Vremya of St. Peters
burg scored Russian diplomacy as hav
ing been backward for decades.
Seven person were killed and a
Beore Injured by a terrific stcrm that
swept over Cleveland and vicinity.
The coroner's Jury ruled that Sir W.
S. Gilbert died, of syncope while try
ing to rescue a woman bather who
had gone beyond her depth,
Allen and Graham, representatives
of the National Grange, told the sen
ate finance committee of their work
against the Canadian reciprocity
agreement.
The senate at Albany passed' the
Jackson bill providing for a manda
tory three-platoon police system In
first and second class cities of the
state; the bill now goes to the gov
ernor. Saturday.
The National Liberal club gave a
dinner to Andrew Carnegie In London,
lu recognition of his peace crusade.
The rebellious Arabs In Assyr cap
tured Abba, the capital, and made
prisoners of 3,000 troops composing
the garrison.
One hundred and twenty soldiers
were killed or wounded! by an ex
plosion in Fortress La Loma, Manag
ua, Nicaragua.
Ex-Judge E. II. Gary, testifying be
fore the house Btecl Investigating com
mittee, denied that he was planning a
worldwide combination of steel in
terests. The wool bill prepared1 by the ways
and means committee was presented'
to the house Democratic caucus and1
led to a bitter fight; it makes reduc
tions of from one-half to two-thirds
in all wool duties.
Monday.
Pumps which lowered water in the
cofferdam fifteen Inches revealed part
cf tho wreck of the Maine.
Judg Gary must agnln apppear be
fore the house steel committee
this time in Now York city, members
decide.
Many persons of prominence strick
en from list of persons Invited to
licet King George.
Klght thousrnd insurgent troops
are mobilized in the Mexican capital
to protect General Madero.
Almost all of $200,000,000 received
from the sale of church proporty In
V'rnnre. and which was expected to
accrue to stato, has vanished.
Tuesday.
A woman was killed and her sister
fatally Injured In an automobile acci
dent near Worcester, Mass.
John Hays Hammondl special Amer
ican ambassador to King George for
tho coronation, arrived In London.
Equestrian statue and memorial
monument, to Victor Emmanuel II.,
costing $20,000,000, was dedicated in
Rome.
It is reported from Pekin that China
Is desirous of modifying the pro
visions ot the 20-year tre ity with Rus
sia of 1SSI; this may affect Japanese
Interests.
Vedrlno, winner of the Paria-Madrid
aeroplane race, announced himself a
btarter in tho Paris-Rome-Turin con
tost; be expects to reach Rome from
Paris In one day.
WRII5UF ERROR GRANTED
Convicted Wireless Telegraph Offlolala
Will Now Appeal to U. 8. Cir
cuit Court.
New. York, June 6. Writs of error
for appeal to the United States cir
cuit court on behalf of Colonel Christ
opher C. Wilson and the other offi
cials of the United Wireless Tele
company, who were convicted recent-
ly of misuse of the malls in connec
tion with the sale of wireless stock
were allowed by Judge Lacombe of.
Die circuit court.
Arthur M. King, attorney for Colo
nel Wilson, will apply today in the
circuit court of appeals on behalf of
the defendants for their release on
ball pending the appeal,
cause the heat was unbearable."
The continuod heat has damaged
crops and flowers. Farmers all over
Illinois and Missouri are praying for
rain, but they fear that it is too late
to save the small fruits.
At Council Bluffs, la., the heat warp
ed street car rails out of shape.
BELASCO'S DAUGHTER DIES
Death Was Caused by Tuberculosis of
the Bowe's.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Juno 6.
Mrs. William Elliot, formerly Miss
Augusta, only daughter ot David and
Mrs. Belasco, the former playwright
and author of New York, died here
of tuberculosis of the bowels.
She was married in New York last
January.
Two nion'lhs ago she left Now York
lor North Carolina on advice of her
physician. She grew worse and left
for Colorado Springs, where she ar
rived two weeks ago, accompanied by
her hiisbnnd and father. The relatives
will leave for Interment In New York.
HEAT CAUSES TWO
DEATHSINST LOUIS
High School Pupils Go on a
Hot Weather Strike.
St. Louis, Juno 6. Two deaths oc
curred here yesterday from the heat,
which reached flu, two degrees lower
than Sunday, which was the highest
ever recorded here so early in tba
summer.
Sigmund Holme, 56, died at the city
hospital after being prostrated at his
home.
An Italian laborer, while at work
on the terminal tracks at Channlng
avenue at noon, fell dead. Several
other people were overcome.
Two hundred East St, Louis high
school pupils went on a hot weather
s'.rike. Miss Louise Vickera, daughter
of Alonzo Vlckers, chief Justice of tha
supreme court, was one of the teach
ers. Miss Vlckers said: "We do not
btrike in a spirit of malice, but be-
LATHAM'S NARROW ESCAPE
While Making Sharp Turn His Ma
chine Tipped Over and
Was Wrecked.
London, June 6. Hubert Latham,
aviator, had a narrow escape from a
serious accident while giving an ex
hiblton on t lie Brooklands grounds
yesterduy. Ho undertook to mako a
sharp turn, but d'ld it took quickly and
the machine turned and fell rapidly.
Lntham succeeded In extricating
himself from the machine and dropped
on the roof ot a shedi unharmed. The
machine crashed to the ground and
was completely wrecked.
MARKET REPORT
Msw York Provision Market.
New York, June i.
WHliAT No. 2 red, 99MiC, elevator.
CORN No. 2, f. o. b.,
OATS Standard, 44c.
PORK Mrs, $17.73(318.23.
BUTTER Creamery specials.
22!S.5i 23c do, extras, 21l,422c;
factory stock, current make, 17H.
CMliKSIS State, fancy, special.
10C.
I'.UGS State and Pennsylvania 13
POTATOES Bermuda, new. No. 1.
per bbl., $."1,0015.50; state, In bulk,
$1.75 2.12.
Buffalo Provision Market
Buffalo, June 4.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads.
$1.0.' ; No. 2 red, 97c.
CORN No. 2 yellow. 59'4c. f. o. b..
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 587ic.
OATS No. 2 white, 41V4o, f. o. b.,
afloat; No. 3 whlto, 40c.
.'l.nril Eanrv blended natnnt.
per bll., $.vr,ofi'6 25; winter family,
patent. $4. ".Hi 5.50.
BUTTER Creamery, western tubs.
ctra, 24c; creamery, state, fair -to
good, 20i?l22c.
EGGS State, selected' white, 19c.
CHEESE Good to choice, new, 0Q
I'te.
POTATOES White, choice to fan
cy, per bu., 0c
East Buffalo Livestock Market.
CATTLE Prlmo steers, $6.30
6.45; l,2(i0 to 1,400 lb. steers $5.50
5.!t!: choice fat cows. j.uiKa&.5a;
choice heifer, $G.G0fff6.10; common
IjuIIh, $:i.7"i(!l 4.3; ; choice voals, $8.2o
8.50: fair to good, $7.50S.OO.
HOGS Light Yorkers, $8.25(8)6.33;
heavy hogs, $t!.20'cf6.35; pigs, $6.20 nj)
C.'IO
SIIKKP AND LAMBS CllODed
choice Iambs, $6.5037.00; mlxedl
H?eep. $3904.25.