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Dunn Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D. W.Clark. Councilman. J. W. Landors, J. T. Dale, U. H. Koblnson, Win. bmearbaugh, K. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. li, Kelly. Constable Charles Clark. Collector W. II. Hood. School Directors W. 0. Imel, J. K, Clark, S. M. Henry, Q. Jamleaon, D, 11. Blum. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress P. M. Speer. Member of fienate3. It. P. Hall, Assembly W. J. Campbell, President Judae W. D. Ulnckley. Associate Judges P. C. 11111, Samuel Aul. Prothonotary, Register d Recorder, de, -J. C. Gelat. SherilTS. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Ueo. W. Uoleman. ' Commissioners Wm. II. Harrison, J, M. Zuendel, II. U. MoClellan. District Attorney M. A. Carrlnoter. Jury Oommisiioners Ernest Nibble, Lewis Warner. Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr. County Auditors -Qnorge H. Warden, A. C. Greg and J. P. Kelly. County Purveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent J.O. Carson. Regular Terns f Cssrt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of Mar. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays or month. , t'karck an Nabkath Hekul. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:16 a. m. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching In M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W.H. Burton. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. U. A. Garrett, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. ni. Rev. 11. A. ISailey, 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. TI'.NESTA LODGE, No. 889, 1. 0. 0. F. M eets every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GF.ORG F. STOW POST, No.274 G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each month at 3 o'clock. CAPT. GEORGE 8TOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. F. RITCHEY, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, 0 Tionesta, Pa. MA. CARKINGER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National Batik Building, TIONESTA, PA. ptURf IS M. 8HAWKEY. J ATTORNKY-AT-tiAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC BKOWf. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Fa. Frank's, hunter, d. d.s. Rooma.over Citizens Nat. Bank, HON EST A, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. BIGGINS, Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, JOSEPH RENSI, Proprietor. Modern and up to-dale In all its ap pointments. Every convenience and oomfort provided for the traveling public CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor. Tlonseta, 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. Ia 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 given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grottonborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Blacksinithiug prompt ly done at IiOW Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed.. Shop In rear of and lust west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER Go to the Tiooeala Racket Store -FOR- Holiday Goods Hand Painted China. Japanese China. Decorated Glassware. Christmas Decorations, l'nst Cards. Dolls, Toys, Games, &c. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tionesta, Pa. MILLIONS ARE IN JLITIGATION Famous Harmony Society Suit to Be Prosecuted ECHO OF THE PAST CENTURY Famous Co-Operative Colony Which Waxed Fat and Then Disintegrat ed Much Scandai, Charges and Counter Charges. Beaver, Pa. From now on It Is ex pected that there will he no furthe; tlelays in the prosccut oil' oi the esihiatnitnt proceedings In cornice Hon with the estate of tne old Mar niony society an J otlieig, institute.! by the conunonwealtn. Last weei, J ud He H.cnard 8. Holt of Ilcurei county hunod -down an opinion sus taining the seivice of writs on John S. Unas and his w.le, Susie C. Duns, In Pioildu, us members of the olu Huimcny society, and ordered thai they tile an answer and prepare to tic tend the suit iiiBtitutod against thai, by the state. Later in the week Attorney J. Fran. Reed went before the same Jud(;. and ohtuiiicd an order ditoctini? tha Liuss and his wile, Frank Gilimau o. the Liberty l.nnd Company and tht Commonwealth Trust Company o. P.ttsburh rile answers wuhiu Ut. days. i lie holdings of the old Haiwony soc.ely a.'e conservatively est mate., to he worth ;l,0im,m,.i, and have Lou. the subject 01 inn. li ntiKnt on. T1k matter to which the op.niun refer, was argued by I). T. Watson and Afc new Hiee, repiesenting the detenu ants, about a year ao on two motion. tl:d by the detendanU. One ques t.oned the va idity of the Bel v ce 1. K.oru.a nnd the other wus In the na ture or a demurrer on behalf of th Beaver County Land Company, whiei. had Jo.ned as one of the delomluius. The quo warranto iioceedings to rt cover the assets ot the harmony so tiety were brought by Attorney Gei. erai M. Hampton Todd in 1911). tuny in the laiit ivntury a colon) of Germans bought and settled on th. land which is on the Ohio river, thlrt m.ies below Pittsburgh, cultivated th land established niHiiufaetuies, wtr frugal, inuiistrious and able, and buii up a substant al vinaio se ting tire, produce uud manufactures to outs.C irb and waxing tat and i'ldi. In Urn oi coil, a.-, the wise old leadeig died i.odern methods and liieus and ul. content and cond t.ons began to la away at the soc.oty which finally die integrated. Many have looked with envyln eyes at the rich holdings and if th charges and countcybages of lute, etsted tallies may he beluved thei have been perjury and miBieprcBt'i. tatlun sequtsti alien, altera! on au distinction of valuable pages an every hind of knavciy in the atUin, to get possession of the property. CONVENTION FOR CHICAGO. Where the Republicans Will Nominat. in June. Washington. With the arrival 1 Washington of piaetcaliy nil th members of the Republican Nation.. Committee, reinforc.d by party .eao eis from nearly every state, It ha. become possible to forecast just wha will be done by the committ.e at it meeting Tussday. As a result of th many cuiu'ereneeB held the follow. n. progiam seems to have be-au axiee. upon: Chicago will get the Natioi. in convention .apparently beyond a o,i..st.on of doubt, and it prohabi. vi 1 bo held the laBt week In June Tlu re. wi 1 be no fight for th5 chair manshlp of the committee at thh time. Foimer Governor John K. Hill of Maine, the Vice chairman, wil be (letted to serve until the presiden tii'.l nom. nation is made. Wiiiiun fiayward, lormcily of Nebraska, bu no v of New York, will continue u seiieinry. After the convention i chairman and other officers, areea ble to the candidate, w.U be electeu by the new committee. Blizzard Honeymoon Trip Fatal. Denver, Col. As a result of hard ships experienced by .Mis. John L. Ladden, a br.de of three weeks, whei. she and htr husband, an attorney, o. Cambridge, Mass., were lost In tlu mountains for eight days, duriiu vhU h t me a severe blizzard resad-j, Mr J. Hauden died on a train boum. for Denver for Hitle, Col. Oh o "Drys" Issue Daily Paper. Canal Dover, O. The Dally Dry, i. paper to he Issued every day from now until the local option election, De cember 21, has made Its first appear nice. It is edited by John T. Dufl of Newcomerstowu In the interest o. die campaign for the "drys," being conducted by th county lemperauce srgaulzatlon. Smyrna Expells Italians. Bsrlin, Germany. A d.spatch from Smyrna eaya that a decree of genera expulsion against all Italian has been issued there. Warren County Ohio Goes Dry. Lebanon, O Warren county voted dry on Saturday by a majority of 122. Noted Educator Found Dead. Media, Pa. Prof. Joseph Short lidge, founder and principal of Maple jvood Institution, Concordville, Dela ware county, was found dead In a jina 1 stream about a mile from tin. icliool grounds on Sunday. Th-a body ns attired only In pajamas and jhoes. He had been in poor health md was under the care of a nurse, A'hom he eluded. A physician wh(. jxamlned the bjdy believe that death vas due to a stioke of apoplexy. Piof. Shortlidge was 7!) years of a?e ana founded tho school of Which he wu principal in lsbu. MAINE -MYSTERY REPORT OF EXAMINING BOARD ONLY MAKES EXPLOSION A GREATER PUZZLE. WAS MOST LIKELY A MINE Report Says Injury to Bottom Was Due to Setting Off of Charge of Explosive Which Ignited Forward Magazines and Blew Up Vessel. Washington, Dec. 9. After 13 years if doubt and contradiction, and charge md counter charge, the mystery sur rounding th.) explosion cf the battle ship Maine, in Havana Harbor has beeu swept away. The Vreeland board ,ias found that the battleship was de Hroyed by an exterior force. This fact has been announced by Secretary of the Navy Meyer, who, ifter receiving the report of the board,, presented It to the President. The examination of tlie wreck by the Vreeland board bears out In de tail the findings of the commission named by the Navy Department a few lays after the Bhip's destruction, and snds for all time the controversy con cerning the cause of the xploslon. According to the Vreeland board "the injury to the bottom of the Maine vas caused by the explosion of a barge of low-form explosive exterior o the Bhlp." According to the findings of the Inmpson board 13 years ago the con lltlon of the wreck, "could have boon produced only by an explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of 'he ship about frame 18. and some vhat on the port side of the ship." A brief statement giving the sub stance of the Vreeland board's flnd !ngs has been given out. This is ns Vlows: "The board finds tiiat the Injuries fo the bottom of the Maine were caus ed by the explosion of a charge of 'ow-forrn of explosive, exterior to the hin, hptween 28 and 31 Strike B. inrt aide. "This resulted !n the Uniting am' yplorilng cf the contents of the 6-lncl -osorve maeazine A 14 M, said con '"nts Including a large quantity of Vack powder. "The more or less comnlete exnlo--icn of the contents of th remaining 'nrward maea7nn followed. Thr naearine exnlfslcns resulted In tlK '"trnctlon of the vpsse'." No sooner had the original Sunnier Nnrd made Its ronnrt, a report tha' '".Pamed the American people to th' loint of declaring ar in Snaln, than isval critics the world over began isFalling the Undines. Practl-nlly all the criticisms nt th" 'I've made the noli that no Imnartb' "nd accurate onkiion enu'd be roa"he'' ntil the wreck wrn pyioed to view vow that the wrec'f hs hen exoosef' 'he ponclusion of one rrnrd colnclder lmost to the letter with the conclu -Ions of the other. The statement that a "low form o -vnl-rlvp" was used in the outside ev Plosion, indicates n bfllpf that a mln nnd not a dlrlplb'p tornedo was th' 'n"tniment of destruction. Th's onl '"pppiis the mystery of the deptrnr fton of the Maine. A mine chargp'1 with piifilclent punfowder to blow I" 'h better of the shin must havp -rlchni severil hrnrtred pounds. Tc -ilr.nt sch a mine rnd 1 i.v the connec tions fcr Its discharce would hive re wired the cervices of a number oi men. COND ISSIF ADVOCATED Speakers at PWers and Harbors Con gress Ask Federal or State Aid. Washington, Dec. 9. The Issue ol federal government bonds to cover the cost of improvement of rivers and liar tors was urged before the Nations Rivers and Harbors Congress here. Ii the government declined to muke such an issue, or if Congress should be slew to appropriate mopey for tin improvements, the Issue of bends by the slates was advocated by many ol the speakers. WOMEN TO CARRY PISTOLS Vigilance Committees in Chicago Sub urbs Tell Them to Shoot. Chicago, Dec. 9. If highway robbers believe with Kipling that "the female of the species is more deadly than the male," they will do well to stay iway from the suburban towns south "f Chicago. The men's vigilance comyilttees of Ave tewns give women authority to carry revolvers and wear constables' badges to make arrests. They have full permission to shoot night marauders. $47.CC0 IN AN OLD BAG Found by Sister of Woman Who, Neighbors Thought, Died in Want Peru, Ind., Dec. 9. In an old leather bag In tho home of Mrs. Salome Keor ner, who died last Saturday and who was supposed to be penniless, Mrs. Magdalen Kleinhaus, a sister of Mrs Kcorner, found $47,000. There war J7.000 in gold and ?4o,000 )n Govern ment bonds. There was scarcely any furniture ' the Koerner home, and the nelchlr wore of tho opinion that Mrr. K -i:n hud died 1c want. BAD FOR THE . ' POOR- IW fortune f or tune! j vg-liML ' Wk i fitKtf v.-Cirrus. NS. kwlU 1 MOUSE JMORSe KINGDOM FOR A HOUSE' (Copyright, 1311.) Newt Reports Ssy That 5.CC0 KEEPS FOOD ml COLD STORAGE INCREASES COST OF LIVING, SAYS SECRETARY WILSON'S REPORT. CRO VALUES OF 1911 Facts About Prices The Farmer Gets Little Receives Only Fifty Cents ot Every DoHar Spent by the Consumer. Washington, Dec. 7. "The consum er pays a dollar for food; the farmer gets less than fifty cents of it. Who gets the rest?" That is a question Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture asks in his annual report. The Secretary does not attempt to answer it. The Secretary explains in some de tail the results of an Investigation his department has just made into the effect of cold storage on the whole someness and cost of food. His in vestigation leads him to recommend publicity for the amount of food in cold storage, just as the department now gives publicity to the condition of crops from month to month. Instead of food remaining in stor age for longer than a year or two years, as a rule, the Secretary says that his Investigation showed "re ceipts Into cold storage are entirely or very nearly exhausted by the de liveries out of cold storage within ten months. Long ftorage Is the ex ception, the Secretary asserts. Ware housemen explained to the depart ment that excessively long storage was due to lawmits and other circum stances of an uncommercial nature. The cost of storage, including storage charge, interest and Insurance, is con sidered as a barrier to every long storage. Cold storage, the Secretary reports, has raised the cost, of living by In creasing the annual price level for butter and eggs. An examination of the record of prices gives a "suspicion" that there has been much speculation In snm years by the men who keep commodi ties in cold stornpe. Wilson refers to "an apparent mis take" of the storage men in overestl mating the consumption of eggs by the public at exorbitant prices lasi winter, with the result that In the pprlng the storage men had to sell" eggs r.t remarkably lew prices am "end abroad the largest amount of eggs ever exported, In order to gel rid of the supply. The report state that the warehousemen ought to br required ti send to Washington each month the amount of commodities placed In storage, bo that the public may be able to Judge cf the future trefld of prices. Recommendation is made that all Ccvernment agencies that conserve health should be grouped together In one bureau. The Department announces that the corn crop Is moving northward by seed selection. After years of experimentation, the Department says that Egyptian cotton can be grown In Southern California and bulbs In the State of Washington The crayfish is pronounced to be p serious peBt In the South. Carbon blsulphld Is said to be a sure remedy For the first time In many years tin total value of farm products has de clined from that cf the rrfcedlnr year. The estimate for 1?11 Is basr1 on the census items and is S,417,- 000,000, or $277,000,000 under the total for 1910. BABY NAMED FOR IDA LEWIS. First Child Born on Lime Rock Is Christened After Heroine. Newport, H. I., Dec. 8. In meniorv of Ida Lewis, heroine of Lime Hock Light, the first baby ever bom on the little rock was christened with her name . The child Is the daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Kdward Hansen, keepers of 'so Irht. i.n 1 h( r arrival brings thr tvl por, ' t 'li of ".i ; flock to seven ' ; :i i ;!' h - r'';:;i Scotland i '. .!; .i l:!n Lewis. BARNSTORMERS Hi oooo My oeom our lT flttlS Acton Are Out of Emeioyment. MAY DISPENSE WITH BROOKLYN NAVY YARD Mayor Gaynor Discusses Project with Secretary Meyer Public Hearings to Be Held. Washington, Dec. 9. Public hear ings will be held in New York by th- joint board of the army and navy u enable New Yorkers to express theii views regarding the advisability oi the reverse of abandoning the Brook lyn navy yard. This Is the result o! the brief conference which Mayoi l.aynor and Calvin Tomkins. the Com missioner of Docks, had with the Sec retary of the Navy. The question of abandoning tht New ork Navy Yard, which is ai most as old as the Republic Itself, ha been seriously considered by Secre tary Meyer in connection with hi policy of reducing the number of navy yards on the Atlantic Coast, tht scheme under consideration being th substitution, not only for the New iork yard, but alto for those at Bos ton and Portsmouth, of a great navai base at Narragansett Bay. This ldot is very popular in New England ant the movement has great strength. WILLARD WARNS THE PEOPLE B. & O. President Sees Trouble as Result of Restricting Railroads. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 9. There is a possibility that the next period ol great Industrial activity in this coun try may find the railroads unable to carry the "augmented burden" and that their partial failure to meet tlu situation in 1906 and 1907 has furnish ed a sufficient foretaste of what such a condition will mean, Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohic Railroad, Bald at a dinner here to thr visiting Governors of Southern ant' Western States and railroad officials. The problem is, where, and by what meaiiB, is to be obtained the great lmcunt cf new capital needed to pro vide the additional facilities and new mileage necessary to properly meet 'he requirements of a growing coun try and when finally obtained, how vlll the ndditicnal obllgatirns for in terost cr dividends he met? JUDGE RAY CRITICIZED Personal, Political and Judicial Act; of Jurist Questioned by the Up State Bar Association. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 6. Led by John M. Brainard, fcrmer United States Referee in Bankruptcy, an attack wat made upon United Stales District Judge Georgo W. Ray of Norwich, now sitting in Judge I.acomhe's court in New York. It threw the Cayuga Coun ty Bar Association Into a hot debate and after nearly four hcurs ol wrang ilng a resolution was adopted culling upon the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representa Lara at Washing ton to investigate Judge Ray's person al, political and judicial acts. CHICAGO TACKERS LOSE Defendants Must Now Stand Trial Under Criminal Clauses of Sherman Law. Washington, Dec. 6. When the Su jrome Court met at noon, Chief fustice White announced that the mo Ion of tho counsel for the Chicago lackero for a writ of supersedeas or lering a stay in the trial of the pack ers waa deni?d. It Is the opinion of the government counsel that the puckers after months af bitter fighting to stave off trial have made their last stand for delay. DOLLAR A DAY PENSION. House Democrats to Pass Bill Pretl. dent Taft Said He Would Veto. Washington, Dec. 8. The Democra tic leaders have agreed to pass the Sherwood dollara day pension bill. I'lio hill introduced by Representa tive Sherwcod, Chairman of th House Committee on Invalid Pensions, would nec(-BHitnte an additional expenditure )f $45,000,000 a year. 1'resldcnl Tal't tald last year t'v' h would veto a Li l provvlii't f a dollar-a-day pent ion. SAYti ;SL LtiSiD Will ktt HIM Shiloh "Hoiy Ghost" Leader Is Quickly Found Guilty. HAD MANY NARROW ESCAPES To Be Sentenced D. cember 18 Facea Big Possib.lities Heavy Bail at Easy Command How Sandfoid Is Regarded Portland, .Me. "Ages uao God sp.l p. isoii wu.ih to set iiis aiiottvs lYee it i i.bk him He will do tlu- sume foi me now." This sihie.iient was made i Uie Kev. Kiank K. sanufoid, 'Elijah II., ' leader of the Shiloh (.Ma ne htly Gnost and I s society, as ne wa taken to jad to uwa.t sentence lollow nig his conv ctien on chaif-'S ot man 8 aughter. H ive minutes alter San lo.U mtered the cell he lurnishia $15,uoii ban and went d.rect to ohuoh M..idtord fates a pcssih.e semenc of lines aggregating yiio.unu cr im piischii.-jiit tor GU years, or both, bin mg been found gu.lty by a jury tha delibtrateu hut 10 minutes of be.iu responsible fur the-death of six mem b..s of the crew of hU "Holy Ghos ess' yacht Coronet, n out stai'vauo. and Ecuivy. tahfj.d will he senteutod Decern let- la. He a-.i-ye he uud hid lollow eis heiieve h.m that if sent to pi, son the wails of Ins ce i wi I ce rent b. tha l.crJ, and he ill again he fre to r.'itu h B scoi-tB u. terviit fo. lower. in their battles against wlckednes and vice. Saiidt'ord's trial was short. But i was l lie most remai'Uulile ciim.na case in the h.Etory of Maine. Sanu lord had by nurrow margin kept on o, tho c.u.heB of the law lor 1. yia.s. Less than a year ago h beard. d tl.j yacht Cuionot with abou haif a htiii.ii'td cf those of his Shi ij. f'.jck "who were nearest to God.' "God c cnimaiidcd me to v sit iar-ol rhous i.uu il.o.v the beniiited hauiiu.ito tha 'iU"t. exc aimed San. led at h.s ir al. He l .fuuid to oi. A'ct to ju.urs, he re; used to questloi witnesses wIkh th.y tu.d how thei had be2;,ed h.m to seek port when one alter another, his crew tell I. Ho m insufficient food and exhaustion Only when three oi h s sai.or lollow cus died did Sandfoul finally put Int. poit. Hiui gtatj' oftic.uls wen aboard and took tn.ee ctlu'i snilOiSO.. They died the next day of scurvy ttaivmio.i. it marked the end of cruise whit h got as far as ths Africa) coast, wh'ire the ba.k Kingdom, at otner of La. .ci. oid's ships, went down hen usxed if ana eoansel, S.uu. fo.d said the Lord was his lawya; As.itd if he had any wltnessis, h said: "No, but 1 would like to mail. a Btateni-jnt.' Kacmg tlu jiny h ta ked lor throe houis, explaining ao he never did anyihin:.; unless "Goi personally told me to." SaiKi.ord I'll'tised to list-.m to attoi ne.vs who advistd a plea of insanity. IV some Sandfo.'d is thought to b a saint ami a prophet but liy most a a taU r and a huml-ug who has fattei ed off lli ciodulity of those who hav come under his spell a Dow.e witL cut Howie's au.lity and ti'.iel, hard an sc lllhli to the utxost limit. FIX LAW LIABILITY LIMIT. Report of Appraises Is Approved b; Court. Pittsburgh, Pa. Attorney Lowrl C. Bu.ton, representing the Dlanuu Coal and Coke Company preseiittd th 1 1 port of tlu npprai .ei s of the fj.vbJa Diamond to Judyie C. P. O.r in th Un ted States L Btrii t Couit. Tin appraisement is lor I'.tiiu nnd limit the liability of the eoui company fo property loss and daman s hi ; ruin to the families of the live men wh lost their I ves in the xp.osbu t. the boilers of the boat on I.w-emb li to th s amount. 1 iie court con limed the appi a sement. Tho owneis of tlu Diamond hav offered a rewa.d of $"u tor tlu iceo. ery cf the bodies oi the men wh Weie killed. 'I hose miss.ng ale t A. Swnney, captain ot tiw vessel Thomas Alershou and Patrick Cm. liiiisham. Eit Tomcat for Possum. Ktrrllii, III. Common "l.mn a, supplied th ' pl.ii ! ul oiosr-'iiiii at lljVei lii.i.ij.ii t s. rwd he i .i IJ, H Suiiuul Kouued ef Anililie. Th dortoi hiul it: u.'d iinii. ens to ".o.-siiiii emiiiei,'' ii.ul it was not in. til the nuts had b.eu iiivrd that h "let Ihe i at out oi tlii' hag' Oy teilini his guests what, they ha. I latLMi. S.nn of them b.'iit a hasty it.i.iii. Other are advocating the guieial ui-e of ea meat to reduce the aerial ( ost of liv lug. Dr. Eliot Suffers Operation.' Boston, Mass. Presi h nl Kuieritu Chailes . Klint Oi Haruii'd was o, eratfd upon fur iipi?ii,l:eim.s ul Kai. day, Ceylon, Satin din. Dr. Eliot I?! here a month ago for a tour himiiii the world, accompanied bj his v,n his (laughter, a niece uml his pihat secrelary. The dispatch states th; the opeiation was iippaK-ntly su:'ees fill und tliat a quick recovery is hi. ticipntcd. Reform School No Longer. Morgan.a, l'n. "I ho n.ii. . ol th PemiHylvaiiiu I tt I ol mi hcIiooI here ha been chunked to I iins.vn ania Train im s: lioil by onlei oi' tlie Court. Tlu change was made "ii tne petition o A. J. i'enticoKt, pr-'iiidi lit and Cliarle W. Houston, seen tary. The Stocking the Safest Place. New York. - Polic; Comiiihsloiie Dcugheity, .ii a liol.ilay bulletin of at.' vice to Christmas sliopp.s deelaie ofl'iela'ly that the safest place for i woman to euriy bur tnoiity is in he. Kteickiug. Ll'.UUU ViUil U11IIIUL y EAR'S TOTAL WILL RUN ABOVE THE 33,000 MARK, IT IS ESTIMATED. RELIEF REP08T OF AUSTiN More Sample of Armor Plate Candy Received Medical Bureau Will Organize Keep "Totals" on Slaughter House. Harrisburg. Some Idea of the im portance of Pennsylvania's new cap ltol as a point of intereEt for trav elers and sightseers from all over the world Is pretty clearly shown by the monthly reports of the capltol guides of the number of visitors reg istered there during the first 11 months of the present year; all told there were just 30,915 ; and they came from all countries, too. Fred V. Scheaffer. chief of the guides and the bureau of information, keeps a daily account of only those visitors who ask for a guide. There are thousands who promenade through the building without asking the services of a guide. Figuring on the monthly totals of the last 11 months, with a conservative estimate of the unguided, the year's grand to tal should run the capltol visiting list well above the 33,000 marl'., Chief Scheaffer thinks. Resides the number of visitors guided, the number of trips made by the guides each day and the number of packages checked while their own ers are making the Inspection tour. Is accurately kept. These figures are also totaled at the end of each month. Report of Austin Disaster. Harrisburg. Statements of the ex penditures made by the state In hand ling the relief work following the flood disaster at Austin, Potter County, on September 30, and of the disposition of the subscriptions made through of ficial sources have been completed at the Capltol and show that the Com monwealth expended $23,952.82 and In addition paid to the Austin relief fund committee the full amount of all sub scriptions. The total contributed for the relief work through Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon, who was In charge of the work of relief and sanitation, amounted to $11,082.54, while $502.66 passed through the hands of Governor Tener, having been made by news papers, associations and Individuals to him at the Capltol. Cheeks for the $12,545.20 have been sent to the local committee, the Commonwealth hear ing all of the cost of the work under Dr. Dixon's direction. The expenditures made on account of tlie relief work amounted to $22, 790.33, made by Dr. Dixon, and $1, 153.49 by Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, who forwarded from this city provisions, commissary stores, tents, blankets and overcoats in a spe cial train In charge of National Guard officers the night of the disaster. Anonymous Postal for Food Agent. Agent Simmers of the state dairy and food division has sent to the capltol an anonymous postal card on which he wns threatened with all sorts of dreadful things If he con tlnued to enforce the laws. The pos tal card addressed him as an "oleo de tective" and after some threats con tained profanity In liberal measure. In the same mail the commissioner received some more samples of ar mor-plate candy. It was supposed to be chocolate, but was as hard as steel and coated with varnish and shellac. Some alleged cocoanut was coated with shellac and largely made up ol flour. The samples came from the eastern part of the state and will be evidence In court. Medical Bureau Will Organize. Harrisburg. Organization of the new "single medical board," officially known as the bureau of medical edu cation and licensure, will probably take place within the next ten days. The members of the new board will receive their commissions this weeV and within a few days a call will be Issued for a meeting. The new bureau will take over all of the business of the state medical council and the three medical exam luiug boards on January 1 and as the three boards are holding their fina' examinations in Philadelphia, Pitts burgh and Harrisburg next week there will be considerable work to do. In addition the present council Is finishing up the licensing of mid wives and while this is not assigned to the new bureau by the act creating it some matters relating thereto, will come before the members. The members of the board except the commissioner of health and the superintendent of public instruction will receive sallies of $1,500 per yeat each. State Capi'ol Notes. The state commission to frame new- anthracite mining laws will be mimed by Governor Tener very shortly. Register of Wills Martin paid the state $23,455.57 as part of the reve nue of his office for November. Dairy and Food Commissioner James Fouit has ordered 23 suits in various eastern counties for violations of the pure food laws. The viola tions were chiefly of the cereal and candy laws.
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