THE FOREST REPUBLICA Published every Wednesday by J. E.WENK. Offloa in Bmearbaugh & Wenk Building LM STRKBT, TIOHBHTA, PA. Ttraia, St. 00 A Year, Strictly la AaTaao. Entered ai aeoond-olasa matter at the poat-offloe at Tloneata. No subscription received for a shorter period than three months. - ' Correspondence solicited, but no notloe will be taken of anonymous communica tions. Always give your name. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, lsfo it H;' , - , i : -1 T D .:fc'- ' IL' . A II D II I II 1 -n ki n it II ir-r ir- ii irrt iiw ii i ii 4 11 v y n w i v ii ii u . ii ii i ii A,: VOLl'XLy) NQ. 45. I I BOHA. 3GH OFFICERS. Burpeti.J. 0. Dunn. Junttoei of the PeaoeO. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Couneumen. t. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O. R. Robinson, Wm. Bmearbaugh, K. J,. Hopkins, O. F. Wslson, A. B. Kelly. Constable I,. L.Zuver. OoUeetor-W. H. Hood. School Directors W. O, Imel, J. H. Clark, S. M. Henry, Q. Jamleaon, D. H. Blum. , FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. MemberofOongresiP. M. Speer. Member of Senate 3. IC. P. Hall. Assembly A. R. Meohllng. President Judge W. D. Hinckley. . A ssoetats Judges Harauel Aul, Joseph M. Morgan. Prothonotary, Register d Recorder, te. 8. R. Maxwell. SheritT Wm. H. Hood. Treasurer W. H. Brajiee. CbmmMnioiuwj-Win. H.- Harrison, J. C. Soowden, II. H. McClellan. District KUorney. A. Uarrlnger. Jury Commissioners S, B. Eden, A. M. Moore. Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr. County .Auditorj-George H. Warden, A. O. OreRB and S. V. Hlilelds. County purveyor Roy 8. Braden. County Superintendent J.O. Carson. Kaaalar Tarau mf Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. 1 ' Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month. Ckareb aaa Habkatb Boaaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab bath evenius by Rev. W.H. Burton. Preaching In the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. U. A. (iarrelt, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at 11:00 a. hi. aud 7:30 p. ui. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. D. are held at the headquarters on the seoond and fourtn Tuesdays of each mi 'nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TU . N ESTA LODUE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274 O. A. R. Meets 1st Tuenday after noon of each month at 3 o'clock. CAPT. GEORGE STOW C0RP8, No. 187, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. T. RITCHEY, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, Tloneata, Pa. MA. CARRINGER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Olfloe over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. 8 HAW KEY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa, Praotioe in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W. Offloeln Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Hts., Tloneata, Pa. FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank, HON ESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, . Physician A Burgeon, , TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glauses Kitted. iSggins. Pbyaioian and Wurgenn, " " OIL CITY, PA. JJR. M. W. EASTON, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. of Oil City, Pa., will visit Tlonesta every Wednesday. See hi in at the Central House. Setting bones and treatment of nervous sad chronlo diseases a specialty Greatest sucoess in all kinds of chrouic d isesses, IJOTKL WEAVER. 1A J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor, Modern and up-to-date in all its ap pointmeiils. Every convenience and comfort provided fur the traveling public CENTRAL HOUSE. R. A. FULTON. Proprietor Tlonsela, Pa. This Is the mostcentrally located hotel In the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place tur luo traveling puoiiu. pUIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Simp over R. L. Haslet's grocery store wi rim sireeu is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to ?;ive perfect satistaction. Prompt atton ion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JAMES HASLET,, GENERAL MERCHANT. Furniture Dealer, AND UNDERTAKER. TIONESTA. PENN duality in y j ' ! S J Oilll LS AS WILSON Heartless Economic System . Grips America,; He Says "NEW BODY OF LAWS NEEDED" Governor Th nks Peaceful Revolution "Near When Laws to Meet Present Economic Conditions Will Be Made. Waodrow Wilson savs he would like to take a cenuB of Imslness men as lo whether tej , think tho organiza tion bf busings In this, country is natlsfactory o hot. He i believe 1 If .they could vote tecretly they jjbuld vote overwhelm ingly' that it fit meant to'bliut out beginners, to itevent new entries in the race and prevent the bulljinii up of, compotive enteririae that would lnterrej: with the great mo nopolies whlc the trusts hve built up. . i Above eventing else, he says, the country needH'a body of laws which will look aftf the men who are on the make rat'fr than the men who are already tide, becaiiHe the men who are aire to live indeil y mndn are not going tely and they are not always kind able at they Thene sen Freediiui," ' article -whl' written for miigh to leave sons as e." fes arc from "The New ! first of a series cf the president-elect has e world s orK, He sayB ift our government has been Mr the control of " poratlons w a result "th BVHtenis and st few years under the ds of great allied cor siieclal Interests." As have grown up vicious hemes of governmental favoritism ( IL nioBi odvious oei:ig the extravagai .tariff), far reaching In effect upon te whole fabric of life. He feels t hi this has come about naturally and 'that It is no use de nouncing anyldy or anything except human , mitim" Some conscience less man wltteloquent tongue could put this whoi country Into flame, Governor Wihn says. Society, Govrnor Wilson thinks, !s ready for idiral reconstruction, "which only fink and honest coun sels and the jrces of generous co operation can old back from becom ing a revolutio" He says that revolu tion .will Comeieacefully, "as it came wlien Wf put aide the crude govern ment oltse co-ederatlon and created the great fedeil union." The pj-es id ei -elect finds that our econoniltV'condidns have changed In twenty M'rs ai the old formulas do not fit ild regarding the rela tions or tAipIon and employed, for Instance? Sre IilFany respects wholly antlquafrliind niposslble." To Grt)friior 'llaon the corporation grlndertvjre no'themselves heartless, "but Ve re ai caught in a gre-t economic .-systei 'which is heartless." DEVICE qOPS TRAINS Pennsy Officials1 leased Over Test of New ivention. A new electrlcl device designed to stop Instantly rwldly moving trains was given, tbrei afferent tests by the Pennsylvania Rijroad company at Huntingdon, Pa, The firm tesf na made from tho rear end, by gtoring one train some distance In adtnee of the block station, while amther train following at a high ratebf speed was brought to a standstii by the automatic device. The other teae were made head-on, one with engines drawing two cars each and the lint with two light en gines running a full speed. In each Instance the (Tvice worked satis factorily and w pronounced a suc cess by those licJmrge of t'he demon stration. , ! j The device Is's1 short rail fastened to the middle o the gauge In the track which Is fcised when the signal Is at normal, iile the engines are equipped with i electrically connect ed wheel. WTitn this wheel comes tn ontact with toe short rail it closes the throttle, 'sjmhing off the steam, and applies tHe air brakes auto matically. "FOLKS mm EXPECTED" Man Gives Odd Explanation For - SUeplra .Train. When a paHuer train was run ning near Sa!ei, ?dercer '.county, Pa., the engineer saw a man; on the track waving a red lantern, 'i Think Yig there "wala washout or broken rail he applletflie .airbrakes and brought the train !o a quick stop. The trainmen rait-.ahead, and 'asked what was wrong. . i '""' "" v The man, instead of answering, ran to the train and (walked througS the passnnger coaches. When he stepped off the lust cuf the conductor demand- 4 an explanation. The man said he "TnpctiMg some folks down from stopped the train to , aboard." ; upl Die. ly the death of hie "t ne near Klt'tannlng, nr"dled. Death In io the infirmities ungreif man bead, ihn P. McHwnry of let of Pennsylvania Pa., after anl lllnosj NATION'S SEEN BY Viceroy of India Injured by Bomb Explocioii ,'-Mrv.--"-"--: i i '- ::. f r ':t iP'M-i i. BARON HARDINGE. BOMB THROVVERT LARGE Baron Hardinge Will Soon Leave the Hospital. The native Indian fanatic who hurled a bomb at Viceroy Baron Hard inge has not been caught. A reward of $3,300 has been offered for his ar rest. The viceroy soon will be able to leave the hospital for the vice regal lodge. The viceroy accompanied by the vicereine, Baroness Hardinge, mount ed on the back of an elephant, was making his entry in state into Delhi as the last of the ceremonies In con nection with the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The splendid procession had just left the railway station when the bomb was thrown. The powerful missile was hurled by a man standing on a housetop and It struck the howdah, or basket, of tho elephant in which Lord and Lady Hardinge were riding. The attendant holding a large parasol over the vice regal pair was killed Instantly as the bomb exploded. The howdah was blown Into matchwood. Three splinters of the bomb pene trated the back and shoulders of the viceroy and he also waswounded In the neck by screws, with which the bomb was filled, and which passed through his helmet. The physician who removed the metal splinters from the wounds de clared It marvelous that the viceroy escaped fatal Injuries. WILL REMAIN COMMON MAN Ohio Barber Falls Heir to $37,000,000 Estate in Germany. Joseph Blinzley, a Lorain (O.) barber, has. Just been notified that he has fallen heir to a $37,000,000 estate In Germany, news of the death of a relative thjtheld the estate coming througli'Trrcriiian ambassador at Washington, who has a copy of the will. Mr. Blinzley wept, but remarked that he had known he was one of the twenty-eight direct heirs to a German estate valued at over a billion dollars. "I've been a common man all these years," said he, "and I am going to try to be a common man for the rest of my life." PRAYER MAKES BLIND SEE Youth, Sightless From Birth, Say He . Saw Brother. Earl White, aged sixteen, of Can ton, O., who has been blind from birth, asserted that In answer to a prayer he had received sight long enough to look upon the body of his brother, Clyde White, killed In a rail road wreck at Mogadore several days ago. "I stood beside Clyde"s coflln and prayed for a long time," he said. "Suddenly I saw a ray of ligbt that grew brighter and brighter, and for a moment I could see plainly. Then darkness came again, but not until I had seen Clyde." M'COMBS IN DILEMMA Must Decide on $50,000 a Year Job or Secretary of the Navy. William McCombs, chairman of the Democratic ' national committee, Is greatly puzzled as to his future. Since election, day Mr. McCombs has had many important offers of re tainers from financiers to represent them at Washington. One retainer was for $50,000 a year He is also JonTronted with the proposition that he accept toe portfolio of secretary of the navy In President Wilson's cabinet. TI.e salary Is $12,000 a year. Mr. McCombs has not decided yet which to accept. Scott Out For' Speakership. The . contest for speaker of the house of representatives of Penn sylvania was further complicated when Representative John R. K. Scott of Philadelphia was brought out as a candidate. He Is credited with the support of United States Senator Boles Penrose, Senator E. II. Vare and Senator James P. McN'lehol. Magazine For Hoboes. A monthly magazine for hoboes Is to be published by Jeff Davis, the new president of the International Brother hood Welfare association. The maga zine will be know,nastheIntet na tional Hobo Re" r ADRIFT ON SEA AFTER'WRECK Five of Seven Survivors Die During Terrible Ordeal TWO OF CREW REACH PORT Captain and One Other Survivor of 'Steamer Picked Up Eight Drown When Small Boat la Being Launched. The captain of the Danish liner Vol mer, which was wrecked arid aban doned during the storm of last week, who with one other survivor was picked up from an open boat by a trawler and brought to London, said that the first boat was smashed so.on after it had been launched anil eight persons were drowned. He ordered a second boat launched and seven men entered it, leaving him on the bridge. The boat cap sized and all clung to the keel. The captain Jumped from the bridge and swam to -the boat and w-ith as sistance succeeded in righting the boat which he entered. . The steam ship soon began to sink and then be gan a terrible ordeal. The first engineer died of exposure and his body was thrown overboard. The first officer who had lost his mind tried to strangle the captain. They lashed him to the thwarts and he died during the night of exposure. The others died on Dec. 26 and their bodies were thrown overboard, leav ing the captain and one other sur vivor. They bad very little food and were without water and suffered ter ribly from thirst. The caught a little rain In their palms with which they tried to relieve their awful thirst. Several steamers passed them, the captain says, but they were too ex hausted to hail them. Meanwhile they were almost shoulder deep In water and had abandoned hope when they were rescued. CAR CONDUCTOR HELD UP Miller Relieved of $60 by Armed Masked Men. West Penn railway conductor, Thomas Miller, was held up In wild west fashion by two men at Eagle switch, three miles from Connells vllle. Pa. When Miller left the car to throw on the signal light at Eagle switch two masked men pressed revolvers to his head and one, a negro, Judging from 'his voice, ordered Miller to throw up his hands. They took $60 from Miller. $38 of which belonged to the company. They returned a watch that Miller carried, saying, "That watch Isn't worth more than ninety cents. Take It with you." Motorman Lyon, when he realized the situation, ran to Lelsenrlng, one mile distant, at full speed. There he got Detective McLaughlin. Going back they found Miller alone. The masked men had escaped. LONG COURTSHIP ENDS Sweethearts Who Plighted Troth 47 Years Ago Are Wedded. After a courtship of forty-seven years Miss Kate Canning.ged sixty two, of "West Brownsville, and Samuel Clear, aged sixty-two, of California, Pa., were married in Brownsville, Pa. The two plighted their troth when fifteen years of age and bad been sweethearts and constant companions ever since. Their reasons for not marrying sootier are not known. The groom Is a prosperous farmer of near California and took his bride to 'his comfortable home at that place. SOLONS BEGIN SENTENCES Andrews and Huffman Enter Ohio Penitentiary. Ohld State Senators L. It. Andrews of Ironton and Isaac E. Huffman of Oxford, who were convicted of accept ing bribes as legislators, arrived in Columbus last Friday from their homes and entered the Ohio peniten tiary to serve sentences of three years and nine months each. Huffman told a friend before leav ing Oxford that he did not expect to be in the penitentiary more than a year. Fires Bullet Into Temple. Robert D. Potter, twenty-eight years old, is said to h?ve attempted to end his life by shooting himself at his home in Belle Vernon, Pa. Find ing the house locked and darkened he h said to have fired into the air to see If the weapon was In working order. His wife raised a window and asked him where he had been, neigh bors say, and in reply Potter is al leged to have tired a bullet Into his left temple. Rev. Mr. Hubbard Freed. Rev. W. J. Hubbard, former superin tendent of the Davis Child's shelter In Charleston, W. Va., was released by Justice U. B. Atkinson on the charge of having had improper rela tions with an eleven-year-old ward of the Institution. Judge Atkinson said he believed the defendant had been . made the victim of circum stances. $50,000 Fire in Pittsburg. Fire believed to be of incendiary origin damaged the Lindsay & Mc Cutcheon Steel plant on the North side, PltUbure. to the extent of $30,000. hamiiy Again United. Ir. and Mrs. Walter Mark their daughter, Dorothy Rose MarkS, of Reading, Pa., are spending the hoIU days with Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. Snyder In Bradford, Pa. It is the-first ti.ne in thirty years that Mrs. Snyder has seen 'her daughter, Mrs. Marks, io was kidnaped when a child. Search was made for the girl, but no trace was found of her until recently. Fire Destroys Theater. The Cresson (Pa.) theater and office building was destroyed by fire and four dwellings were damaged slightly. The loss on the theater building was estimated at $12,000, to the dwellings at $1,000. The cause of the fire is not known definitely but it is supposed that some person left a lighted cigaret in the large hall. Governor Tener Respites Murderer. lie cause an application is pending before the Pennsylvania board of pardons for commutation of death sen tence to a sentence of Imprisonment for life in the case of John Harris of Fayette county, Governor Tener has directed a respite to, issue. This will stay execution from Dec. 31,. 1912, to Jan. 28, 1913. Beating a Costly Sport. In Butler I Pa.) court it cost Ralph and Oscar Ohls of Sarver $2,500 to in flict a beating on William . Risch, a neighbor. The Ohls were convicted In criminal court on the charge of aggra vated assault and battery on Risch. Facing the penitentiary they were per mitted to settle with Risch and go free. Child Killed by Brother. Carrie Shearer, nine years old, died In Pittsburg as the result of a shot from a flobert rifle said to have been fired by her twelve-year-old brother while she lay In bed. The shot is 'e ported to have entered her head. The report to the coroner stated the boy did not know the gun was loaded. Child Killed While Coasting. In the first coasting accident of the season at New Castle, Pa., Charles Lawson, seven years old, was killed by a street car. While coasting down O'Brien street 4ils sled ran under a car. One arm and both of his legs were cut off and he died on the way to a hospital. Many Butler Greeks Go to War, Forty Greeks left Butler, Pa., last Tuesday for New York, en route to their native land to fight against Tur key. Thus far the Butler district has provided over 400 volunteers for the Greek armies, or four-fifths of the Greeks of Butler eligible for army service. Good Sunday School Students. Records for attendance are held by two members of the First Presby terian Sunday school at Kittanning, Pa. Irene Bu.rford of West Kittanning has not been absent once since April, 1900. Charles Butler of Wlckboro has not missed a Sunday In eleven years. Man Tries to Drown Wife. Alleged to have attempted to throw his wife irjto the Youghiogheny rivor near.tfonnellsvllle, Pa., Edward Wett gen, a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman, is in Jail and Mrs. Wettgen Is under a physician's care. The two recently separated. Fatal Duel For Hand of Girl. Following a quarrel over the affec tions of a girl, Albert Quliin,- aged twenty-eight, was shot to death, It Is alleged, by Harry Musconey In a pistol duel In a room 'at W'st Sollarsvllle, near Washington, Pa. Musconey es caped. . State Secretary Reports. The biennial report of Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Robert McAfee shows a revenue for two years of $1,290,646.54, of which $1,043,991.92 came from bonus on in corporations and increase of stock or debt. Cow Has Record as Mother. James D. Clark of near Leechburg, Pa., has a Guernsey cow 7 years old which, with the birth of twin calves a few dfc ago, has produced nine calves, live born in less than three years. Captain Paul Dies. Captain Frank W. Paul, a brother of Mrs. William Waldorf Astor. died at his home at Villa Nova, Pa from heart failure. He was seventy-seven years old. Captain Paul served throughout the Civil war. One Marriage In Eleven Fails. One marriage In every eleven Is a failure in Butler county, Pa., accord ing to the divorce and marriage license records for 1912. There were 636 marriage licenses issued and 59 divorce applications. "Consumptive" Coughs Up Tooth. Regarded as a hopeless consumptive for the past year, William Peck of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., coughed up a wis dom tooth from his lung and Is re covering rapidly. " Woman Falls on Stove. iMrs. Cora Duffy, aged twenty-nine, of Pittsburg, was severely burned when she fell on the stove in her home. It Is believed she fainted and fell on the stove. Killed by Elevator. Ralph Fox, seventeen years old, elevator operator In a Harrlsburg (Pa.) office building, was crushed to death soon after starting work. Carneg; Gives to Carnegie. The llbrl commission of Car negie, Pa.,1 .received $100,000 from Andrew C'gle as an endowment to the C-,fgl" 'library. ironworkers Nqundmilty SSjComrtcted Xciiarge ci Dynamiie CoosSlhq TWO GIVEN FREEDOM BY JUFTT Defendants Will Carry Case to Court of Last Resort Prisoners Closely Guarded In the Indianapolis Jail. Thirty-eight of the forty ironwork ers accused by the government as be ing connected with the alleged "dyn amite conspiracy," were found guilty by the Jury which heard the case at Indianapolis. Two of t'he defendants were freed. Attorneys for the convicted- nieir Intend to carry appeals to the highest courts In the land. . Following are the sentences Im posed: Seven Years Frank Ryan, presi dent of the union. Six Years John T. Butler, vice president; Herbert S. Hockin, former secretary; Eugene A: Clancy, Michael J. Young, Olaf A. Tvletmoe, secretary of the California' Building Trades Council; Philip A. Cooley, J. E. Mun sey, Frank C. Webb. Four Years John H. Barry, Peter J. Smith. Three Years Charles N. Beum, Henry W. Legleitner, Edward Smythe, George Anderson," Ernest G. W. Bas ley, Wilford B. Brown, Paul J. Morrln, Michael J. Cunnane, Murray L. Pen nell, William J. McCain, William E. Reddln; .Michael J. Tlannan. Two Years Frank K. Painter, Rich ard H. Houlihan, Fred Shlreman, Frank J. Higgins. One Year and , Day William C. Bernhardt, James E. Ray, William Shupe, Fred J. Mooney, Edward E. Phillips, Charles Wachtmeister . Sentences Suspended Patrick F. Farrell. James . Cooney, James H. Coughlln, Frank J. 'Murphy, Hiram R. Kline. On motion of the government Ed ward Clark, Cincinnati, confessed dynamiter who testified for the gov ernment, was given a suspended sen tence. Ortie MeManigal, another con fessed dynamiter, was not senfeured at this time. A more Impressive scene than that which attended the sentencing of the convicted dynamiters In the federal court was perhaps, never enacted In this country. The setting was exceed ingly dramatic and the final act pa thetically tragic. Here and there an Ironical smile wreathed the lips of a defendant In strange contrast with the tearful eyes of the wives who were present in the courtroom. Among the defendants there were fewer moist eyes but many faces not less sad and careworn. Back of them, with eyes and ears alert for the slightest movement, sat thirty- eight special officers. Following the falling of the gavel the "Hear ye; Hear ye" the sen torian voice of the United States marshal sounded throughout the room and a silence, .deep, almost painful, fell upon the scene. The formal pro ceedings were soon over. A motion fbr a rew trial was overruled and also one for an arrest of Judgment. Judge Anderson opened the proceed lngs 'by calling several of the de fendants to the bar and questioning them. Then before proceeding to an nouiice judgment. Judge Anderson gave a short review of the evidence. INCREASE FOR STEEL MEN Common Laborers Will Be Granted Raise in Wages. Announcement of an Increase In wages to be made to the men of tlifi t'nited Stales Steel corporation came from the offices of the company as a Christmas gift to the 200,000 em ployes. Judge Elbert II. Gary made the an nouncemeut. He would not give do tails nor Indicate the amounts that the men will receive In Increases nor tlie total that the corporation will be ex pending. These matters are stilt under consideration and will he made public within a few days. The com mon laborers' will he the chief bene ficiaries. TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON "March on Albany" Suffragettes Plan Another Hike In February. "We will march from New York to Washington ami attend Wilson's inau guration," were the words of General Jones at the head of the suffragctto army on their march to Albany, N. Y. "Hy leaving early in February we could have no trouble In reaching Washington by the fourth of March," she continued, "and that's what we'll do. We'll go Into Washington one hundred strong; see If we don't." 1913 JANUARY 1913 s M w "WW Ml 8 10 12 13 141516 17 18 19120 21 22232425 262728293031)1 IX; - v - -rt i.y . A . ..- , - j i ; 5y , - -" f 7 ""y DR. CARL L. ALSBERG. SENDS CASH AND REBUKE. 1 : A story which men of the A story which men of the financial district of New York . are telling has J. P. Morgan, a dentist and a washerwoman as its principals. Mr. Morgan was In the den- . list's chair, It Is related, suffer- Ing considerable pain, for the relief of which the dentist was telling the financier how the case of his wife's washerwoman was one of the worst Instances of destitution he ever knew. "Her husband died and left her thirteen children, only five .of them being large enough to work," he said, and while keep- . . ing on with his dental work he continued the hard-luck narra- tive. Mr. Morgan left after the op-JJ eration without comment, but?1 ' the next day the dentist re- I 1 celved a letter which is quoted i ' ' as follows: "Dear Doctor You hurt me -V' like the devil yesterday, but your vivid story about the widow and hpr thirteen children helped some. Enclosed find my check for $10,000, which please turn over to tho washerwoman and tell her for me that she was a fool to ever have thirteen children." RECORD EXPORT TRADE Big Business Expansion Indicated,.., Dun's Review Finds. Dun's Review of Trade says this week: "The notable development at the close of the year is the tremendous expansion in exports, which are break ing all previous records. "Retail holiday trade was of Im posing proportions and this has a favorable effect on wholesale trade and on Industrial lines. In the iron and steel trade the chief feature la the continued heavy purchases by the -J railroads. There are shorter bolldai ' suspensions of work this year than is' usual, owing to the Insistence of de mand." v. CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES Thought of Big Crowd at Dinner Causes Man to Commit Suicide, "I want to get along with everybody, and I want everybody to like me. But It makes me mighty sore when I think of the big crowd my wife has invited to our house for Christmas dinner." So said Kenneth K. Kane In Denver before ho killed himself by shooting. Because he had failed In his effort to "boat his way" to Los MehIph, Cal., to meet his wife on Clni.sltiiu .-x. . Albert E. Torney of Watertown, N. Y., plunged 200 feet to his death in a quarry near St. Louis. Insane Men Fight Fire. Forty Insane men, patients at the liyberry poor farm, near Philadel phia, braved the snow and fought Are that destroyed one of the barns and killed forty head of cattle, entailing a loss of $12,01)0. Former Mayor Moore Dies. Former Mayor Phillip II. Moore of Sunbury, Pa., is dead at the age of seventy-six. PITTSBURG MARKETS. Butler I'rinls, tubs, 36',ifP37. Eggs 'Selected. 29(ir;!0. Poultry Hens, live, 1718. Callle Choice, $9(T 9.2.".; prime, $8.40.t; good, f7.r.tfj 8.2."; tidy butch, ers, $ti.70ffi 7..0; fair, $Cff6.r.O; common, $rfati; common to good fat hulls, $!ffil.7."; common t good fat rows, . $:!iij 6.25; heifers, JVifl ffi 7.'i0; fresh cows aud springers, iefr (i70. Sheep aud Lambs 1'iini weth ers, $1.81171.",; good mixed. 4..r.04.7n'; rait mixed. ;i.N0tfi4.4O; culls and ""' tiioi. $2.'.0ifci; lambs, $&'!': veal calves. $1111.50; heavy and thin ,-lv.'. 7'-8. .mors-Prime heavy, $7 717 7"'', heaw .mixed, mediums, heavj Yovl.ers, Haflt Yorkers and pigs., $7.7:.7.8(i; roughs, $ti..".oy 7; sthgs. 3 i0 1 X