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VOL. XLV. NO. 42.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912.
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Burgeta.J. 0. Dunn.
Junticet of the react 0. A. Randall, D
w. uiarg.
Cbuncitmen. J.W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
u, H. Knhlnson, Wra. Nmearbaugli
R. J. Hopkins, a. K. Wslson. A. B,
Kelly.
Constable ,. L. Znver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
Si'Jiool Director! W . 0. Iinel, J. K,
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jainieson, D. 11
mi urn.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress V . M. Hpeer.
Member of NenttieJ. K. P. Ball.
Assembly Vf, J. Campbell.
President Judge W. U. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Nainuel Aul, Josepb
M. Morgan.
Prothmotary, Register Recorder, te
M. K. Maxwell.
Uheritr Wui. U. Hood.
TreonurerVf , H. Brar.ee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J,
U. tsoowuen, 11. 11. Mcuiellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury CbrnmUtumers J. 11. Eden, A. M
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditors Oeorne H. Warden,
A. C. Uregg and 8. V. Nbielils.
County Purveyor Roy 8. Braden.
County Superintendent J .0. Carson.
K scalar Terns t Vun.n
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meeting of County Com in la
loners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month.
Ckarrk aa Habbala Mca.al.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a
m. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab'
bath evening by Kev. W.N. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Uarrett. Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every sabbath at 11:00 a. ui. aud 7:30 p
m. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pa-lor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T
D. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays or each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TI' . N ESTA LODU E, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
t APT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
y 0. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEO ROE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets lirat and third
Wednesday evening of each mouth.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINOER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sta., Tionesta, Pa.
FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
HON ESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Kitted.
DR.
B. BIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon.
OIL CITY, PA.
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DR. M. W. KA8TON,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
of Oil City, Pa., will visit TloneHta every
' Wednesday. See him at the Central
House. Setting bones anil treatment of
nervous and eh roll lo diseases a specialty.
Greatest success in all kinds of chroulc
d isesses.
HOTEL WEAVER,
J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
oomfort provided for the traveling publio
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
plHce lor 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
?;lve perfect satislaction. Prompt atten
ion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
TIONESTA. PENN
White Flame
Full, clear sever flicker
FAMILY FAVORITE
The Best Lamp OU
At Your Dealer.
For tha uka of the family's aye.
I-Ktt-O page book-ill aboul oil.
WAVERLY OIL WORKS CO.
Pitliburgh, Pa.
" Lubricant.
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DIAMOND UK A Ml I'll.l.M, fr 4
years known as Uet, SMest, Always keli.Me
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GREEKS' GANNON
ARE SILENCED
Country Names Representative
to London Conference
CURTAIN FALLS ON BALKAN WAR
Ptace Negotiations Will Go Along
Rapidly Now and It Is Expected But
Little Friction Will Develop,
Greece has named her delegates to
the London peace conference and
there comes word from Constantlnop'e
that she has signed the arinl.stlce.
Though this latter 'report has not
been verified the G-;ek guns seemed
to have been silenced and with the
end of the fighting on the Aegean
Inlands the curtain is finally dropped
on the war In the Balkans.
I here now seems to be every
reason to believe that the peace
negotiations here will be hurried and
that the Balkan trouble will no longer
be a menace to Europe's peace.
Servla It Is thought has come down
a little from her h'h horse. A dl
patch from Sofia says It Is learned
that Bulgaria will demand that her
frontier shall extend from Mlilla on
the Black sea on tiie north through
Scutari and Tehorlu to tho gulf of
Banns on the south.
A Vienna dispatch to the London
Daily Telegraph from its corre
spondent says: -,
'The Austrian -ment Is look
ing forward with ci, . to the end
of the peace negotiations In the be.
lief, which I am trustworthily In
formed is Justified, that her demands
will be satisfied.
'There Is no reason, however, why
the negotiations should not he brief.
Bulgaria and Turkey are already as
one and when peace is concluded they
will be st III closer together. The treat
ment of Alhaniu is the most likely
matter to occupy the time In the
negotiations.
"Servia Is sure to raise the question
ftf Duraz.o and Alessio, but Turkey,
knowing that whatever happens Al
bania will never again be a part of the
Turkish empire, will probably not
raise a dispute over any claims put
forth for any portions thereof. Tur
key knows also that the final arrange
ments for Albania will not be for the
Balkan allies but for the powers."
A Belgrade dispatch to the London
Telegraph says that the Austro-Hun-garian
authorities have stopped at
Flume the steamer Hegedisch, with n
cargo of sea tons of flour, destined
for the Servian army at Durazzo.
It is announced that Austria intends
to confiscate the flour for the use of
her own army, thus creating a sltua-
Ion similar to that brought about by
the stoppage by Turkey of Servian
guns.
Another Belgrade dispatch says
there Is considerable anxiety over the
health of King Peter.
O'NEIL TO FIGHT LIQUCR
Allegheny Commissioner Says Sunday
Will Help Clean Up Pennsylvania.
In a speerh delivered to 11,000 men
gathered In the Sunday tabernacle In
McKeesport, Pa., Allegheny County
Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil defied
the liquor Interests of Pennsylvania
and arrayed himself on the side of
those who are fighting the saloon. He
nnouured that in the course of time
Rev. William Sunday will be asked to
lead In a great political movement for
the redemption of Pennsylvania.
When asked after his speech to
whom he referred in his attack on the
liquor interests, he said that his refer
ence was to .Tames P. Mulvlhlll of the
Independent Brewing company and
Patrick Keefe, president of the Retail
tilquor Dealers' association of Alle
gheny county. At present he says
they are trying to organizo the house
and senate of Pennsylvania and the
boast is being made that they will
elect the speaker of the house.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Recent Events Have Clarified Business
Situation, Dun's Finds.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"Two events coincide to clear tho
business situation of disturbing uncer
taintiesthe signing of an armistice
In the Ralkan war and the decision of
the arbitration committee averting a
railroad strike. The decision of the
mipreme court in the Vnlon Pacific
merger caused some unsettlcment in
tie securities market, but has had no
iher effect.
"Demand for iron and steel has suf
fered a slight check. The contraction
In new business is most apparent In
pig iron, but this was anticipated,
owing to the extremely large pur
chases made recently. Some curtail
ment in production of pig Iron In
November was due to labor troubles,
yet the daily rate established a new
high record."
Teachers Have Too Much Gab.
"Teachers, especially young teach
ers, talk loo much," declared Dr. O. T.
Corson, former commissioner of edu
cation of Ohio, at the Illalr county
(Pa.) teachers' Institute at Altoona,
Pa. "If tliey would divide their
words In half they would multiply
their usefulness by four."
Penrose Favors Old Age Pensions.
Senator I ennise in a speech in
Philadelphia said,he favored old age
pensions for government employes.
Mrs. Jack Johnson, Colored
Man's While Bride
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Photo bv American Preas Association.
JOHNSON WEDS WHITE GIRL
Lucille Cameron of Minneapolis Is
Black Fighter'. Wife.
Jack Johnson, negro pugilist,
brought to a climax the series of ex
citing events that have crowded his
life in the last few months by marry
ing in Chicago Lucille Cameron, an at
tractive white girl, whose home Is lu
Minneapolis, and for tho love of whom
a large pa;t of the negro's trouble
with the federal and city authorities
is responsible.
It was the discovery that the pugl
liBt had transferred his affections to
this nineteen-year-old girl that caused
his first wife, Etta Duryea, to take he
own life several weeks ago.
The marriage ol the negro and the
Cameron girl will not affect his prose-
cutlon on charges under the Alann act
In the sense that a wife is barred
from giving testimony against her hus
band. Tho Indictments under which
Johnson Is to be tried concern his re
latlons with a different woman, Belle
Schreiber.
SUSPECT EXLER GRILLED
Police Think They've Made Important
Arrest in Schadle Murder Case.
"If I did It, I didn't remember;
must have been drunk."
This was Edward Exler's answer to
county detectives after twenty hours
of questioning on his whereabouts a
week ago last Wednesday night.
Exler was later formally "charged
with murder in tho rase of Lillian
Schadle, twelve years old, found dead
In the Fall Hollow reservoir the night
of Nov. 28" by Coroner Samuel C
Jamison of Allegheny county.
Exler was arrested by county de
tectives in an East Pittsburg pool
room after three days of surveillance
by the detectives when they consld
ered they had completed evidence to
convict him of the attack and murder
of the Oak Hill srtioolgirl. Exler is
twenty-five years old.
DEFENDS LYNCHERS
South Carolina Governor Will
Let
Them Go Unpunished.
In the name of the state of South
Carolina. Governor Biease served
notice on the governors' conference at
Richmond, Va., that lynchers of negro
assailants of white women in his state
would go unpunished.
I have said all over the state of
South Carolina, and I say It again," he
declared, "thnt I never will order out
the militia to shoot down their neigh
bors and protect a black brute whe
commits the nameless crime against
a white woman.
"Therefore, In South Carolina let It
be understood that when a negro at
tacks a white woman all that Is needed
Is that they get the right man and
they who get him will neither need
nor receive a trial."
GIRL GETS SOUVENIR
President-elect Wilson Answers Let
ter of Congratulation.
In reply to a letter of congratula
tion sent to him by .Miss Marguerite
Miller, a school girl of Indiana, Pa.,
President-elect Wilson has written as
follows:
"My Dear Little Friend: I cannot
tell you what gratification It gives me
that you should think of me. Your
letter has given me a good deal of
genuine pleasure, and I hope that as
the years go on you will continue to
feel that I am the sort of man you
would like to support and keep as your
friend."
UNCLE SAM'S CASH COUNTED
11,519,285,908.57 Found In Treasury
Department Vaults,
Carml A. Thompson, I'nited States
treasurer, signed a receipt for ?l,ul!),
28.1,90S.r7, which represents the total
amount of money and securities in the
treasury. The signing of the receipt
closes the administration of Lee Me
Clung, former treasurer, who resigned
some weeks ago.
The work of counting the money was
done In about 8' days which Is the
quickest co1- it ever made by the treas
ury officials. Usually it requires from
two to six months.
Unlontown Postmaster Renominated.
President Taft renominated Frank
Kugene Alerts ai postmaster of Union
town, Pa.
TOTS PERISH IN
BURNING BARp
Tiiree Bodies Marred So Tha
Identification Is Dillicult
FLAMES BLOCK THE ONLY EXI
Grim Tragedy at Universal, Pa., Sup
posed to Have Resulted From Little
Children Playing With Matches,
Trapped In a burning barn in Uui
versal, Pa., three smaii children were
slowly burned to death while thei
mothers listened to the children
Bcreams and tore frantic!; at the
weatherboarding of the barn, lacerat
Ing their fingers In a vain effort
6ave the victims.
to
The dead are: Lizzie Sophan, fiv
years old, daughter or Mliiiael Sophan
John Chaslay, four years old, son
oi
George Chaslay; Mary Uanda, eight
years old, daughter of Mrs. Mad
Randa.
Attracted by the screams of Mri
Sophan, who was tearing frantically u
the weatherboarding of the bumin
building, a milkman who was passlr.
ran to the barn. -The only entrance
to the building was a crackling mas:
of flames.
The mothers attempted to throw
themselves through thd flames.- whlcli
were leaping from dry hay Just within
the door, to save the children. Nelg'n
bors seized the frantic women ant
compelled them to return to their
homes.
An ax was at last found and men
quickly chopped Into the north side
of the building, the farthest from the
flames. When the boards were to'rn
away three blackened objects rollei
upon the shoulders of the rescuers
They were the charred bodies of the
children.
The bodies were so bad'.y charred
that at first the parents were not able
to identify their children an.l not unti
some nours later were the parents
suflic.ently sure of the identity of the
remains to have the bodies removed
to the respective homes.
Mary Randa had returned early
rrom scnooj and, with the two neigh
bor children, went to the barn to play
It is believed that the children had
obtained matches and that Just a3 thev
entered the door of the barn a lighted
match was dropped in the hay, the
children going on across the barn
floor. The match set fire to the hay
near the door and cut off their escape.
VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT
Supreme Court Orders Dissolution of
Harrlman Merger.
The United States supreme court
held that the Harriman merger of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific is
unlawful. The decision reverses the
case and orders a new decree, which
shall declare that there is no voting
power in the stock as now held. It also
directs a receiver to be appointed to
hold the stock until a dissolution is
effected.
This Is the most Important, and far-
reaching; railroad merger case derided
by the supreme court since the
Northern Securities case, ft shatters
the ambitious plans made by E. II.
Harrlman for the merging of the two
great lines. The court holds that they
are competing lines and that the case
Is on all fours with the Northern
Securities case. The derision is a
great victory for the department of
justice which has fought the Harrl
man merger slnre the Roosevelt ad
ministration. The receiver to be appointed to hold
the stock until a dissolution Is effected
shall also, according lo the court's
decision, hold the dividends until
such dissolution Is accomplished.
STRIKER ACCUSES DINKEY
Head of Carnegie Steel Charged With
Breaking Eight-Hour Law.
The strike of the Carnegie Steel
company trainmen at Braddock, Rank-
In and Homestead, Pa., took a new
turn when Harry Cussick of Swiss-
vale, a striker, went before Justice
Aliller of Homestead and made Infor
mation against A. C. Dinkey, presi
dent of the Carnegie Steel company,
charging violation of the eight-hour
law in the armor plate department of
the Homestead Steel works.
Cussick alleges that Mr. Dinkey has
knowledge that the eight-hour law on
government work was violated Wed
nesday and several days previous.
Under the act of 1832 no man shall
worn on government supplies longer
than eight hours a day. Cussick al
leges men have worked longer than
eight hours on government armor
plate at Homestead.
3,000 Miners on Strike.
Three thousand operatives at the
Lehigh and Wilkcs-Barre coal pines
near Hazleton, Pa., went on Btrike fol
lowing the refusal of owners to meet
their committees. The miners are de
manding an increase in wages.
Ohio Senator Found Guilty.
Ohio State Senator George K. Ce
tone was found guilty on a charge of
accepting a $200 bribe from a Burns
detective, posing as a lobbyist before
the general assembly In the spring of
1911.
Webber Fear, Life In Havana.
"Hddgie" Webber, fearing assassi
nation In Havana, Is returning to New
York.
CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS FILED
Pennsylvania Canriidites and Treas
urer Tell of Money Spent.
Pennsylvarla State Treasurer-elect
Young's account shows that he spent
$2,120.12 of which $1,700 went to the
Washington party state committee and
$200 to the Republican state commit
tee. He also gave $77 to the Tibsa
county Washington committee.
The report of Treasurer Hitchcock
of the Republican state committee was
filed showing receipts of $7,670.46 and
expenditures of $6,960.40. Many state
officials and Capitol hill employes are
given as contributors.
The account of John AI. Morln, con-Kressman-at-large-elect,
shows he spent
$2,589.28, of which $1,000 went to the
Republican state committee and $1,000
to the Washington state committee.
Fred E. Lewis, congressnian-at-large-elect,
spent $1,172,04, of which $1,000
went to William Flinn, treasurer of
the Washington party state committee.
Albln Garrett, treasurer of the Key
stone party state committee, showed
$968.10 contributed and $860.29 spent.
G. II. Stengel, treasurer of the Dem
ocratic committee of Allegheny coun
ty, showed $10,027.13 contributed and
$9,942.03 spent. County Chairman J.
F. Guffey gave $300.
WOULD COSTA MILLION
That Estimate Placed on Amending of
State Constitution.
The proposition to amend the con
stitution of Pennsylvania, which if
being discussed at the Harrisburt
capitol in view of the move In that di
rection in Philadelphia will cost th
state at least $1,000,000, say state of
ficials who bave been looking Into the
matter.
The last constitutional convention
cost $.-)02.1!5, and it was held in 187:1
Schwab Offers Convicts a Chance.
C. AI. Schwab has completed ar
rangements with the Bucks countj
(Pa.) sheriff whereby all prisoners re
leased from the county Jail will be of
fered employment in the Bethlehem
Steel works. Air. Schwab believes thii
step will not only give a chance U
men who too often find trouble in
securing employment, but that it w!K
also help to relieve the scarcity ol
labor experienced for the last few
months by the steel concerns.
McCrea Loses $20,000 Pension.
James AlcCrea, who will retire ai
president of the Pennsylvania railroad
on Jan. 1, will not receive 120.000 a
year pension which he would have re
ceived had he stayed In the service of
his road until .May 1, 1913. At that date
he will lie sixty-five years old, the age
when employes of the Pennsylvania
are allowed to retire on a pension.
Election Doesn't Count.
A very special "election" to fill a
vacancy In select council was held In
the Twenty-first ward at Johnstown,
Pa., but since there was no proclama
tion, no authority from council and
no knowledge on the part of the city
officials, the election officers will get
no pay and the results of the balloting
will not count.
College Needs Over $30,000.
Decemher Is the month of crisis for
Westminster college at New Wilming
ton, Pa., and between $80,000 and $90,
000 must bo raised to finish her $400,
000 fund and carry her active endow-
ment beyond the half-million mark.
President Russell is making a vigorous
canvass.
Catfish Saved.
Heroic action upon the part of the
Inhabitants and farmers prevented the
village of Catfish, niair county, Pa
Being wiped out by fire which de-
troyed the barn on Jerre Burket's
farm. The Cattish hotel, dwellings
and stables were in Imminent danger,
Barking Dog Saves Family.
fire completely dentroytd the
grocery and residence of Slnve Check
nd the butcher shop ol' Andrew Check
t Alonessen, Pa. Chock mid his fam
ily were awakened by tli? barking of a
log. They barely lad (Wno to escape
rrom the bulldlns
Burglars Take $j,UC0 In Cash.
Burglars at tho Eureka Supply com
pany s store at Herminle, Pa., blew
open the safe and obtained $2,000 In
cash, $600 In checks and Jewelrv
worth about $1,000. A quantity of
clothing was taken from the Btork.
Keller Is Convicted.
John C. Keller- who shot and killed
Joseph Roessnr, proprietor of the
Clearfield (Pa.) livnwery, and serious
ly wounded three employes of the
plant on Sept. 14 last, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Ligonler Road Improved.
The Ligonler Valley Railroad com
pany notified the Pennsylvania stato
railroad commission that since tho
wreck of July 5 ev.-y precaution has
been taken to prevent, u recurrence of
such accidents.
Triplets Born to Pennsylvnnlan.
Mrs. Alary Gordon of Tatnsville,
Bedford county, Pa., gave birth to
triplets. The hoy and two girls will
live, so the hospital physicians slated.
The babies' total weight is 1."Vi
pounds.
14 Cows and 250 Chickens Burned.
Fourteen cows and 230 chickens
were cremated In the fire which de
stroyed the burn of tho farm occupied
by AI. Clair llllemaD, two miles north
of Altoona, Pa.
Woman's Clothes Ignite at Gas Fire.
While preparing breakfast Airs. John
McAlahon of Erie, Pa., was burned
fa'allv. Her clothing caught fire from
the flames of a gas sto.
TAFT DEFE
FOREIGN POLICY
Sends First cf Scries ol Mes
sages to Congress
UPHOLDS "DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
In Second Message the Prealdent Sayi
Business Is Fine Over Country;
H
Leaves Tariff Problem to Wllso
In a message sent to congress Presi
dent Taft calls upon the national legi
lators and the entire country to tak
a more modern, liberal view of th
position of the United States among
world powers and to grasp more ful
the great changes that have take
place in the foreign relations of this
government,
The president's message Is one of
the most complete expositions of the
foreign policies of the United States
that has appeared in any presidential
document In recent years. The ac
complishments of the legal adminis
tration In the field of diplomacy are
reviewed and the reasoning upon
which the present policies are based
is fully explained
He foresees the need of a broader
American diplomacy than that of th
past and appeals to the country'to pre
pare Itself for the larger part it Is to
play on the world's stage.
The keynote of the administration
foreign policy has been "dollar diplo
macy" or, as the president expressed
It, an endeavor to make America
diplomacy "respond to modern Ideas
of commercial intercourse," and "di
rerted to the increase of America
trade" in the light of this policy af
fairs in Central America and the far
east are described fully.
The senate through Its failure to
permit the administration to len
financial aid to Nicaragua Is charged
by the president with- responsibility
for the disastrous revolution in Nica
ragua last summer.
President Taft urges, as did Secre
tary of State Knox last winter, that
legislation be enacted to enable the
administration to meet fully the vary
ing degrees of discriminatory treat
ment which American commerce stilt
encounters abroad.
Among other things advocated in
the message are:
Government owned legation build
Ings in all foreign countries.
A better basis for salary appropria
tions for foreign service.
Laws to protect the finances of
South and Central American republics.
Amendment of tho maximum and
minimum tariff planks to provide more
effective means of meeting discrim
lnation against American Imports.
Establishment of a merchant marine
and proper credit extension to Amerl
cans in foreign countries.
In his second message to congress
Air. Taft says that the business of
the country is now on a sound basis
and could hardly be better. The con
dition of the treasury Is declared to
be very satisfactory. The president
pleads for the immediate passage of
a currency reform measure along the
lines of the Aldrieh plan.
The tariff the president leaves to the
Democrats, saying that it is needless
for him to offer arguments favoring
a protective tariff.
He urges appropriations for three
new battleships and thinks a mistake
was made when congress provided for
only one at the last session. Continued
supervision over Porto Rico and the
Philippines is strongly recommended
Congress is advised to reorganize the
army and provide for a greater re
serve during times of peace.
PENSION BILL PASSED
House Provides For Widows of Span
ish War Soldiers.
The house passed the bill of Repre
sentative Crago of Waynesburg, Pa.,
granting to widows of men who served
In the war with Spain or In the Philip
pine Insurrection a pension of $12 per
month and $2 additional per mouth to
each child under sixteen years of age.
Beneficiaries under the proposed
law are limited "to the widow who
Is without menus of support other
than her daily labor and whose actual
net Income does not exceed $250 per
year."
The legislative, executive and
judicial 'appropriations bill was repot t
ed to the house by the committee on
appropriations. The measiiro carries
$1! 1,897. lu.1. ' ,
The Adamson hill for a special com
mission to make a physical valuation
of railroads and with the Mann amend
ment empowering the Interstate com
merce cuuinii.ssioii to regulate issues
of slocks and bonds passed the house
without division.
Representative .. .Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania declared that Ambas
sador U'hiteiaw Held at London should
he censured publicly for an address
lleid made at the University of Wales,
In which he said Jefferson was "clay
footed," and in which he criticised the
Democratic party as unworthy follow
ers of Jefferson.
Representative Burgess of Texs
called the attention of the house to
the marriage of Jack Johnson, tin)
negro pugilist, and Lucille Canieioi:
He had read for insertion In the Ci-ti-
gressiojial Record an editorial from
a Texas newspaper sharply roiide.nn
lng Johnson' inariiiiii' and dealing
strongly with tha tj uon.
He Probes Wrecks For the
Commerce Commission
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SEVEN ARE INDICTED
Grand Jury at Jefferson County, O.,
Makes Partial Return.
The Jefferson county (O.) grand
jury, which Iiaj been Inquiring Into
alleged violations of the Kimball cor
rupt practices act In the last election
for five days, lifted the suspense of
politicians somewhat when it made a
partial return of its findings, return
ing seven indictments. The Indicted
are:
John G. Belknap, elected probate
judge. He was a former county chair
man. He Is alleged to have given a
political worker a shotgun.
Samuel R. Stark, treasurer-elect, a
retired grocer; one indictment for giv.
Ing a negro church an organ and ons
tor making a false statement.
Richard Gilson, postmaster, former
sheriff and sergeant-at-arms of the
Ohio senate; one indictment for hirina
workers for his brother, Representative-elect
John Gilson, one for hiring
workers for Probate Judge-elect Bel
knap. Hugh Patterson, city auditor and
county chairman; hiring a man to haul
voters.
- Fred A. Stone, attorney-at-law, de
feated candidate in primary and elec
tion, both for probate judge; for hiring
a man to haul voters.
Ira Blackburn, attorney-at-law, man
ager of campaign for common pleas
judge for Henry Gregg, who won at
the .May primary and later died; for
promising an organ to a negro church.
TRAINS COLLIDE IN OHIO
Eleven Killed as Result of Wreck
Near Dresden.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad
two miles from Dresden, O., when pas
senger train No. 4:1 from Trinway to
Zanesvllle crashed into the rear of
the Cleveland and Akron local, killing
eleven persons and Injuring four. The
dead :
Mrs. B. A. Emerson, Zanesvllle, and
her two children.
Henry Balbian, Cleveland.
.Max Harris, Lotus, O.
K. II. Blaney, Zanesvllle.
Henry Bartels, Albion, .Mich.
Henry J. Haskell, Zanesvllle.
William Ludwig, Zanesvllle.
Jacob Burgy, Zanesvllle.
Airs. Nellie Taylor, Zanesvllle.
5 YEARS FOR MRS. BURROWS
Coburn Sent to Reformatory For In
determinate Stay.
At Lisbon, 0 Airs. Richard Bur
rows was sentenced to live veara
n the state penitentiary and John Co-
burn to an Indeterminate term In the
.Mansfield reformatory after they had
pleaded guilty to manslaughter In the
killing of the woman's husband.
The sudden end of tho trial was oc
casioned by the breaking down of the
determination of Coburn not to accept
the state's offer to permit him to plead
a manslaughter cliargo instead of
standing trial on the murder Indict
ment unless the stale should let A.'rs.
rrows go free.
Boiler Explodes, Killing Five.
Five persons were killed by a boiler
explosion which occurred at Wllfon-
ale, W. Va. The dead are: Leonard
Alaynard, Portsmouth, O.; Jake May
an!, Portsmouth. O.; Albert Flntrv.
Naughliick, W. Va.; James Harrison,
Naiightuck, V. Va., and Wilson
Lontell, Naiightuck, W. Va. The men
were repairing the boiler. All wrre
blown through tho wall of the mill.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
'Butler-Prints. ::9; tubs, SStt IIS'A.
Eggs -Si'li't m d. ;i!i. Poultry Hens,
alive, l."idi li;
C.ittli' -Christinas cattle, $N.7.ViY
M.2.-,; choice, $!i.4ipTi9.riil: prime. $S.60
((19.2"; good, $7,9118.1; tidy butch
ers, $i;.9iKi 7.7.1; fair, $"..",0i7t 8.r.0; com.
num. $ I .iii:' .Vol); common lo goixl fat
luills, $ 1 fi v ; common to good fat
cows, $:M..2."i; heifers. HlO'i 7.A0;
fresh co:, and springers, $2."W7S.
Sheep aim Lambs .Prime wethers,
$!.:'..'. I.riti. !. .-.A mixed. $3.7.Vo4.i;.:
fair mixed. J.'M'.Hi :!.7.". : culls and com
mon, $'.( L'.'O; lambs, $.Vd S; veal
calves, $ii. ,('.(' 1 1..-.0; heavy and thin
calves, $,' y. Hogs Prime heavy,
$7.7."i'n 7. Sr.; heavy mixed, mediums
and heav. o.kers, $7.7rt!'7.7."; light
Yorkers, ,, '"?! 7 00; pies. $7 ft 7.23;
Mushs. $J.-,ii'7; suss, $1S 6.2.1
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