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Juaticea of the Peace 0. A. Randall, D. W.Clark. Oounmmen. J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale, 1. It, Kohinson, ,Wui. ftmearbaugh, It. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. II. oily. Oinstable L. L. Znver. Collector W. 11. Hood. Ai'Aoot Ihreclora W. O. Imnl, J. It. Dark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamieson, D. II. Ilium. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress P. M. Hpeer. Member of Senate J. K. P, Hall, Asaembly W, J. Campbell. PreaidentJwtgeW. I). Hinckley. Aaaoaate Judge Samuel Aul, Joseph M. Morgan. Prothwwtary ,RegUter dt Recorder, te. H. H. Maxwell. Sheriff- Wm. H. Hood. Treasurer Vf . H. Brar.ne. Oommmaioners Win. II. Harrison, J. C. Hoowilflii, II. II. McClellan. District Attorney M. A. Carringer. Jury Oomwi)ioneraJ. U. Eden, A, M. Moore. (kroner Dr. M. C Kerr. County Auditors George H. Warden, A. C. Gregg and S. V. Shields. County iturveyor Roy 8. ISradon. County Superintendent J . O. Carson. Itesular Terns mt Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Mouilay of September. 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RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tionesta, Pa. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO Tim- CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP TUB COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVHI OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article niuo, section four, of the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the improve ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. Be it reBolved by the Senate and House of Representative! of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, In aevcordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel Invasion, suppreBB In surrection, defend the State In war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in rev enue shall never exceed, in the aggre gate at any one time, one million ol dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies or rev enue, repel invasion, suppressMnsur rection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt creat ed to supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in the aggregate at any one time, one million of dol lars: Provided, however, '.that the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of improv ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amend ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing of liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion ot school districts: "Changing the law of descent or succession: . "Regulating the practice or Juris diction of, or changing the rules of evidence In, any Judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, Justices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the effect of Judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, Justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management ot public schools, the building or repair ing ot school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: "Fixing the rate of interest: "Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in Interest, to be recited ia the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart ers thereof: "Granting to any corporation, asso elation or individual any special or ex clusive privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association or indi vidual the right to lay down a railroad track. "Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal ot a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts have Jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked tor." 80 as to read as follows: Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens: Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: Changing the names of persons oi places: Changing the venue in civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, high ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or in corporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and other States: Vacating roads, 'town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing the adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: For the opening and conducting ot elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: Changing the law of descent or suc cession: Regulating the practice or Jurisdic tion of, or changing the rules of evi dence in, any Judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, Jus tices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other tribunals, or pro viding or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the ef fect of Judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, Justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labcr, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons employ ed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, village, or other civil di vision of the State, or by any contract or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, or for any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso ciation, or individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or to any corporation, association, or in dividual the right to lay down a rail road track: Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a special law; but laws repealing local or spec la u acts may be passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers or privileges in any case where the granting ot such powers and privileges shall have been pro vided for by general law, nor where the courts have Jurisdiction- to grant the same or give the relief asked for. A true copy ot Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, proposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if the Senate concur), That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions ot the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: "All Judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All the elections for Judges of the courts for the several Judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Monday of No vember in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consent ing thereto: Provided, That such, elections shall always be held la an odd-numbered year," so as to read: Section 3. All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for Judges ot the courts for the several Judicial dis tricts, and for county, city, ward, bor ough, and township officers, tor regu lar terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; numely, the TueBday following the first .Mon day of November in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two thirds of all tbo members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such elections shall be held In an odd-numbered year: Provided fur ther, That all judges for the courts of the several judicial districts hold lng office at the present time, whose terms of office may end in an odd- numbered year, shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday of January in the next succeeding even numbered year. A true copy of Concurrent Resolu tion No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section one of article nine of the Constl tutlon ot Pennsylvania, relating to taxation. Section 1. Be it resolved by the State and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following Is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section one ot article nine ot the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "AH taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levy ing the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and institu tions of purely public charity," so as to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects, within the ter ritorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and col lected under general laws, and the subject of taxation may be classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor porate profit, and Institutions of pure ly public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener al Assembly met. That the follow ing Is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution ot Pennsylvania, lu accordance with the provisions ot the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to provide for the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, underground railways or street railways, or the appurtenances thereof, shall be considered as a debt of a municipality, within the meaning of section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, if the net revenue derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same Is constructed by the county or municipality, after the completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by liens upon the respec tive properties, and shall impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided, said said municipalities or counties may also issue obligations to provide for the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties shall have been completed and in op eration for a period of one year; nnd said municipalities and counties bIirII not bo required to levy a tax to pay said Interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania, until after said properties shall have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period of one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may incur Indebt edness in excess ot seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per rentum, of the assessed valuation of the taxablo property therein, if said increase ot indebtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths ot the electors vot ing at a public election, in such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. B. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Advertised Article (it one in which the merchant himself has implicit faith else he would not advertise It. Yon are safe In patronizing the merchant! whose ads appesr In this paper because their (oodi are up-to-date and never shopworn. D i IS I R I DOITNOW Sabacriba for THIS PAPE ... NO PRECEDENT FORJKION Mexican Situation Serious; Hands ol U. S, Tied UP TO CONGRESS, TAFT SAYS War Department Ready at Moment's Notice to Dump Soldiers Into Repub lic, But No One Hopes to See Order. Intervention In Mexico and the pos sibility of President Tart calling a special session of congress to de termine whether American troops should be sent across the line were discussed in Waihingtcn by public men and In diplomatic circles. . It In known that the government has bepn pressed on many sides to tako such a step and various accounts of what influences were being brought to bear and the objects sought to be ac complished are related among tho,;e interested on both Bides of the ques tion. President Taft and the slate depart ment are holding to the principle that no such action should bo taken with out authorization of congress. That American soldiers have been sent into China or that American naval forces are engaged In Nicaragua without authorization of congress is held not to be a precedent for sending troops to Mexico. In China, American missionaries are besieged and in danger of torture and death. In Nica ragua the rebels had shelled the American legation and endangered the lives of American citizens by bombard ing an unfortified city in violation of the rules of international law. No such situation has been reported in Mexico. The news that President Taft ha1! given thought to the expediency of placing the matter before congress is expected to bring out the usual crop of reports of troops under orders to move nnd plans completed by the general staff of the army for campaigning In Mexico. It is perfectly proper to say the war department is ready to invade Mexico at a moment's notice. Hut it is no more ready to invade Mexico than it la to repel Invaders from across the oceans. While they are apprehensive of the situation army officers hope there will be no intervention. Juan Didapp, who claims to repre sent the rebel factions in Washington, published a statement to the effect that Zapata, leader of rebel bands In the state of Morelos, threatened meas ures of reprisal If the Fnlted States were to intervene, "on the ground that It would be impossible for command ing oflicers to restrain their soldiers from doing acts never done before." Representatives of the Madero gov ernment declare there are no Ameri cans in Morelos to suffer from Zapata's bands and that the relation of Zapata's forces to the City of Mex ico Is the same as would be the rela tion of Washington to marauding bandj In North Carolina. F0RTY-8IX IS TOLL OF DEATH Millions of Dollars of Damage Done by Storm. Death and desolation accompanied the terrific rains, violent electrical itorms and eloi.dlmrsts that encom passed and overswept southwestern Pennsylvania, the Panhandle district of West Virginia and a section of eastern Ohio. The last reports say forty-Bix per sons are dead. Many towns were sub merged In water from four to six feet ueep. i ne financial loss will run into the millions. All traflic has been sus pended in the devastated regions and housands of men have been made Idle. In Colliers, W. Va., at least nine are drowned and possibly twenty, Includ ing an Italian, his wife and three chil dren, who were swept away. The Pan handle tracks In Colliers were washed out for miles. In Cherry Valley, fa., the remains f George Gillespie, his wife and two children were found in their homo. In New Philadelphia, a suburb of Canonsburg, a lad was wrenched from his father's arms by the waters and drowned. Wiley's Accuser Resigns. Dr. F. L. Punlnp of the United States bureau of chemistry and as sociate chomlst under Dr. Harvey W. Wiley whllo the latter was chief of the bureau, resigned to accept a Commercial position In Chicago. Or. Punlap was a member of the pure food board and came Into public notice as one of the authors of charges of Irregularity against Dr. Wiley. Leaves Bed in Nick of Time. Alarmed by a severe electrical storm .Mrs. .lennle Mct'onilm of Oil City, Pa., arose from her bed and went Into another room. A bolt of lightning struck the dwelling and shattered the bed in which she had been sleeninir. The fatally escaped Injury and the house was not set on fire. 111-Year-Old Man Marries. Andy Alexander. HI years old, and a hostler for President Polk, was nif.n rled at Helena. Ark., to Susie McGhco, forty year3 old. Chinamen Revolt. Thousands of Chinese soldiers aro in revolt throughout the empire. Chosen to Run For Governor by Progressives o( Ohio r A. L. GAilKOItD. A. L. Garford, the Progressive nominee for governor of Ohio, ia a manufacturer at Klyria. He was a candidate for nomination In the Re publican convention on July 2, but was defeated by Judge E. B. Dillon of Co lumbus. PUNISHMENT FOR LYNCHERS Believed Wrong Negro Was Put to Death in West Virginia. The authorities of Princeton, W. Va., are planning to take some action against the members of the mob who conducted the lynching of the negro, Walter Johnson, for un al leged attack on a white girl, Nita White. There Is a strong and growing senti ment that Johnson was the wrong party. In spite of the fact that the negro was identified by the girl and her father the opinion prevails here that the girl and her father made a mistake. While the attack caused much indig nation among the residents of Prince ton the lynching of the negro is de plored by the more conservative resi dents. Expressions are heard on the streets there that the lynching was a mistake and a reflection on this com munity. Mayor Pennington received a mes sage from Governor Glasscock saying that all money and men necessary to be used in apprehending and prosecut ing the persons engaeed in the lynch ing were at the disposition of the of ficials. Gordon White, father of N'ita White, was arrested on a warrant charging him with first degree murder. It is said he was the first man to shoot Johnson. LIGONIER ROAD BLAMED Coroner's Jury Finds It Responsible For Fatal Wreck. The Ligonler Valley Itailroad com pany was blamed for the disaster which occurred in Wllpen, Pa., July 5 last by the coroner's Jury at the close of the Inquest. Twenty-four lives were lost in the wreck. The verdict said the company was responsible through negligonco "In operating their trains without written orders, without certainty of verbal orders, without signal code, without general rules in respect to operating trains, without track signals and rail road Instruction to employes, without proper appliances especially for a sig nal system and without any general, recognized up-to-date method of opera tion." DID WASHINGTON DO IT? Inscription, "G. W. 1768," Found on Stone at Old Headquarters. Near Waterford, Pa., V. G. Hotsford unearthed a stone bearing Initials be lieved to have been carved by George Washington. The headquarters of Washington and Lafayette were at a spot Just op posite the clubhouse and here also Indians had white prisoners tied to stakes for torture. The victims were rescued nnd taken to the blockhouse; in Krle. The stone found by Ilnlsford is believed to have been part of the walls of Washington's fort. On it, carved In deep letters, Is tho Inscrip tion: "G. W. 17ti8." No Trace of Assailants. After a search of many hours for the highwaymen who near Wash ington, Pa., assaulted James II. Pol lock of Clokeyville Junction and robbed him of a New York draft for $18,000, $2(10 in cash, his watch and some variable papers sheriff's depiitl"s with bloodhounds returned without any tra 'es of the men who committed the crime. Bridge Damage Costly. With nt least forty bridges In Wash ington county, Pa down as a result of thf. recent Hoods It is believed a bond isaue of not losi than 1 1 00, 000 will be required to repair tho damage Clergyman Dies Under Auto. Pinned niiiler his overturned auto Flee. II. Crrfe. pastor of a (lennan tcwi (la.) church, burned to death. Travers Wins Golf Championship. Jerome Travers won tho national amateur golf championship over Charles Kvans at Whcaton, 111. WIFE AND YOUTH HELD FOR CRIME Confessed to Slaying of Wealthy Contractor, it is Alleged SHOCK FOB EAST LIVERPOOL, 0. Mrs. Burrows and John Coburns, a Neighbor, Fled After the Body Was Found and Hid in the Woods. Charged by the police with having confessed that they killed Itichard Uurrows, a wealthy contractor of Ka.-;t Liverpool, O., Mrs. Mary Bur rows, aged thirty-eight, the victim's wile, and John Coburns, aged twenty one, the sjn of a neighbor, were locked up on a charge of murder. The body of Uurrows wa.i found hid den beneath hay in the Coburns' cow stable early last week by Mrs. Co burns, mother of the young man now under arre.U. At lirst the police thought the man had been murdered by highwaymen on the public road with robbery as a motive. Upon learning, however, that Mr3. Burrows hud disappeared following the report ed finding of her husband's body a search of the Uurrows home was made which revealed bloody clothing and shoes in the furnace and a heavy gnarled walking stick stained with blood. Uurrows' skull was crushed and five bullets had entered near the heart and so close together that a silver dol lar would cover all tho wounds. As the result of a tip given by some person whose name the police decline to divulge, R. J. Marshall, mayor of East Liverpool, and Policeman Jay Fischer went to the home of Mrs. Mary Russell, ten miles from East Liverpool. Here it was Intimated that John Co burns and Mrs. Uurrows were hiding in the woods. According to the police a friend of the fugitives told Mayor Marshall that Coburns and Mrs. Burrows could ex plain the death aud declared that tho fugitives had a good defense. Tho go-between plunged into the dense undergrowth and in half an hour returned with the fugitives. According to the two prisoners they will plead self-defense when their trial is called in court. Coburn was em ployed by Uurrows as a laborer and had been raised by the Uurrows fam ily since he was a child. Coburn stated that when he entered the Uurrows home he saw Burrows trying to choke Mrs. Burrows. Coburn attempted to Interfere. Bur rows let go of his wife's throat ami started to attack Coburn. Coburn claims that Burrows began striking him and, to defend himself, he picked ui a llatiron and threw It at Burrows, striking him on the head. The blow only stunned Burrows nnd on recover ing Burrows again started toward Co burn. At the same time, so Coburn alleges. Burrows pulled a revolver from his pocket nnd pointed it at him. Coburn then claims that he pulled his own revolver and began tiling. After the first three shots Burrows dropped to the floor. Blood was (lowing from a wound In his breast. Mrs. Burrows and Coburn refused to tell the authorities how the body of Burrows was taken to the barn on tho farm of the Coburn family nearby. HOUSES LEFT TO TENANTS Landlord's Will Brings Happiness to Eighteen Families. William llawkens. a wealthy Phila delphia leather goods maker, who died in BilO at the age of ninety-eight, sur prised eighteen Germantown families by bequeathing to them the houses in which they lived and for which for years they paid rent to Mr. llawkens. Al'hoiigh Mr. llawkens had been dead tor two years his will was not offered for probate until last week, when the mystery regarding the houses was explained. Kor two years tho tenants of the eighteen houses have been sending their rent regularly to l he agent of the dead man only to have It returned by mail with a nolo saving no rent was due. Mr. llawkens' hobbles was to ferret out Isolated persons In need of as sistance and rendering It without letting any person know tho Identity of tho donor. TRADE IS ACTIVE Dun's Review Finds That Depression Is Fast Fading Away. Dun's Review of Trade says this fceek: "Continuous advance in trade ac tivity Is the tenor of the reports from the principal manufacturing and dis tributing centers this week. The ad vance is both in actual volume of transactions and in that confidence which Is the basis of healthy business. But with this advance there are still certain developments Indicative of passing conditions of depression, coupled with other developments In dicative of present optimism. "There continues an unusual do maud for iron and st. -el for this sea son of the year with Indications that the bulk of production Is going direct ly into consumption." Authoress Caroline White Din. Caroline White, tiie authoress, wh. was well known In literary circles fifty years ago, died in London at tha ago of 101.
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