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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-12-08
ENGLAND's AID WILL BE ASKED.

ENGLAND's AID WILL BE ASKED.
LONDON, Dec. THE Washington cor
respondent OF the Daily Chronicle says
'I have ascertained from the highest
source that President Mckinley has nc
thought OF ignoring or violating British
rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
On the contrary. when the proper time
arrives. England will be invited to CO.
operate regarding the Nlcaraguan canal
The washington correspondent Of the
Times makes a similar statement.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-12-08
mK1NLnY WILL VISIT ATLANTA.

WASHINGTON. Dec 7.-President Nc
Kinley win attend the peace jubilee ex-
ercises at Atlanta. He win leave Wash
ington Tuesday, December n
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-12-08
Important
Announce
ment.....
To Buyers Of DrygOOds.
GREAT CUT In PRICES

Positively the Greatest
Value Ever Offered for
Sale.
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citizens, regardless of color or na. tionality, come to realize this fact, the better for the country.
 The President on Wednesday is sued a second call for volunteer troops. Seventy five thousand additional troops are called for. The first call met with a generous and ready response on the part of the white man. The second call should also meet with 9 ready re- sponse, and the negroes of the South should be among the first to respond to the call of their Presi dent.
 Every Southern State should send a colored regiment to the front. Let their rallying cry be, "Rem ember Maceo'---" Remember the Maine.
 Will the negro race of the South take Bishop Derrick's advice and show their worthiness of American citizenship in the present crisis?
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Good Advice.

Bishop Wm. Derrick, of New York, at the late meeting of color- ed ministers in this city, delivered some wholesome advice to his race that we hope will be needed. He told his hearers that the Spanish American war was no more of a white-man's war than a black-man' war, and that if the negroes of this country appreciate their citizen ship, they should be ready and willing to volunteer to defend it's
 flag. "This is our flag and we must protect it, he said, "and do not discuss your color and take it into the present crisis. "The negro should be at the front, he further declared, "and then he would be recognized as a part of this great commonwealth. These remarks were most timely and the advice most wholesome. It has been most surprising, and a reflection upon the honor and bravery of tke color
 ad race, that since the call of the President for volunteer troops to go to Cuba, the Presidents call has been met with little or no response on the part of the negro race. This fact is the more surprising since sixty five per ceut of the popula- ton of Cuba, for whose liberty the present war is being waged, are negroes. If the negroes of this country appreciate their emancipa- tion and citizenship, they should be ready to fight for the flag that pro tects them. If they appreciate their liberties, they should be ready to fight for the extension of that liberty to the enslaved and oppress
 ed of their race in distressed Cuba. If the negro appreciates the good opinion of the white race in Ameri- ca, the negroes should show their worthiness of citizenship by beng ready to fight for their flag by the side of the white man. There is no room in this country for a cowardly race-a race that is not ready to fight t fer it's liberties and defend it's fag-and the quicker all classes of
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s5emt~ IueekIp Graphic.

TIE Press Eogle having fallen in to it's slough of despond" while figuring up 'pluralities" for Mccoy, dropped into a ftful sleep and dreamed that an election had been held in Old River, and on being suddenly aroused by the footfaIl of soma ghost of Melton, it's editor seized his pencil and wrote, Some people report, however, that after dark, when few of the white resi- dents of Old River could suspend their work on the levee, they as. sembled and polled ten votes for Philpot and four votes for Brews ter, and, continuing, says, "If this was done, the election was illegal.
 Bahl Bah Where Mccoy gets votes, it's all right. Melton is gooo in the plurality count but when good Democrats of Old River snatch moment of time which they arc giving to the floods that threaten them, and cast four votes for Brewster and ten for Philpot and for Mccoy, it's illegal, is it? Oh no Hal hal "some people after dark. "
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Wait, Press Eagle. Wait!

Our contemporary, the Press Ea {le, insists upon publishing fig ures showing Mccoy elected.
 Now mess of crow is an un- palatable dish and should be avoided The figures published by the Press Eagle will not be accepted by the committee when it meets, as evi- dence. The proof taken by deposition on the adoption of the credentia committees report where his seat was contested. Our contemporary has evidently confused the vote cast in the temporary organization with the vote subsequently, cast on the adoption of the report of the com mittee on credentials. h the tenn porary organization, with the Chair man of the last Democratic County Central Committee in the chair, said resolution, it occurs to us that he could have easily obtained copy of it and placed it before his com. mittee. The GRAPHIC, winch de- sires to do justice to Mir Tripjett as well as to the public, makes men, tion Of these facts so that the re- sponsibility can be placed where ii belongs.
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BUGGY HORSE WANTED.

For a lady, dark color, not over 8 years old, thoroughly trained and gentle. Must be warranted sound. Price not so important as an animal that suits. Address care of Graphic E. W.R. d1w5-2l.
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olntments for eatarrh that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the SC nse of smell and completely defange the whole sys- tenn when entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy- to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the bloom and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls cattarh cure be sure you get the genuine 1t is taken internally, and made in Toledo, O., by Y. Cheney & Go. Testimonials ire.
 Sold by druggists. 76c per bottle.
 Halls Family Pills are the best
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OSHKOSH, Wis, May 25.-Eforts are being made to form a national combination of the shash, door and blind industry by English capital ists, who are endeavoring to pur- chase all the mills.
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MORE TRUSTS,
IA PIPE TRUST ORGANIZED AT
 CHATTANOOGA.
Efforts Being Made to Organize a Sash and Door Trust by
 English Capitalists,

CHATTANOOGA, May 25.-All pipe manufacturing companies in the South have consolidated under the name of the American Pipe and Foundry Go. Capital, $2,0OO O00.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

orders began coming in for mantels
from all parts of the country, so that
the company's business opened on a
paying basis from the very start This
gratifying state of affairs has con-
tinued ever since the company gradu-
ally increasing its force of workmen
until now they number 40 with the
prospect Of further increase as fast as
preparations can be made. Already an
electric lighting plant has been put in
to enable the company to do night
work
The main buildings of the works are
two i'm number connected by a passage
way. one building Is 50Xl00 feet in
size, three stories high, and the other
covers the same space of ground but
is only two stories. Besides these build
ings, a cut of which appears in this
issue, there is a dry shed 20X60 feet and
a dry kiln, of three departments, each
department 15x2O feet. Then there is a
boiler house and oil houses. The power
is furnished by a big gas engine, the
supply for which is secured on exceed
ingly low terms from the Tionesta Gas
Co. The material employed by the
company in the manufacture of wood
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
The CentraI House.

The Central House, which Is the first
hotel the traveller encounters ON the
way over from the depot, being located
across the street from the two banks,
has been under the ownership and
Of It's present landlord,
Mr.. IL. w. Horner since the first day
of last May at which time Mr., Homer
purchased Il from Charles Weaver who
moved to oil city to engage I'm the
bottlug business. Alr. Horner has
made various marked Improvements Ina
the house and 30 is now one of the best
hustelries TO DE found inn amy
town i'm the state of similar size to
Tiouesta. The large and well furnished
office, the fine public parloT the com
modi.us and neatly appointed dining
room and the handsomely fitted bar
together with sample rooms for travel
ing men, the Kitchen and the laundry,
are aIl luca ci ON the ground floor while
up stairs are 2l sleeping rooms aIl large
and airy and supplied with modern
beds and bedding always kept im-
neat. The sleeping rooms
are heated and lighted with gas and
there are bath rooms with hot and cold
water for the use of guests. An eN-
cDllent table is set and every effort Is
displayed by the management tu look
out i'm all possible ways for the comfort
of guests. The bar is conducted iu
careful, orderly manner and u am nee
spects the hotel Is a model hosteIry, Mr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

mantels and all interior work is mostly
Indiana quartered oak, Canada red
birch. Spanish and San Domingo ma
hoganies, Primavera birds-eye, curly
naples, Hungarian ash and imported
curl birch, although any other choice
woods will be employed to suit the
taste Of the purchaser. When the man
tells leave the factory, they are entirely
fin. shed and ready to set up in place
in the residence or office as desired
Only the most expert workmen are en-
plOyed in the carving and turning, etc,
and the finishing is in equally expert
enced hands. But, as already noted it
is in the designing, new styles being
constantly introduced by Mr.. Swanson,
that the company has its main super
iority over competitors. A reduced cut
of one of these late designs we publish
herewith, although it is only fair to
say that it will doubtless have been
superseded by still later of Mr.. Swan
sons designs before the ink is fairly
dry on this edition of the Republican
In addition to wood mantels, which
is the staple product. the company is
prepared to furnish original designs
and turn out all classes of work for in
terror fittings i'm hard woods for offices,
banks, bars, etc. At present New York
is consuming nearly all the cOmpany's
product, although the whole United
States is fairly the field for the com
pany's operations.
The officers of the company are as
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

gentleman at the head of the active
management of the institution, who
stands in the very front rank among
the artistic mechanical designers of the
country, the company seems to be in
a position to maintain a lead over all
similar concerns for some time to come.
The company recognizes no rivals in
the United States. and we might say
in the world. in the speed and prompti-
ude with which it introduces new, or
iginal and highly artistic designs for
wood mantels to the trade. Mr.. John
II. Swanson, the expert designer and
the manager of the manufacturing de-
partment of the company, has long
been recognized by the trade through
out the United States as an enterpris-
ing and talented leader in this respect.
Indeed, he is looked upon as the pioneer
mantelman of the east, by reason of
the new, progressive and artistic meth
DDS which he has introduced with such
success into the business. A native of
Sweden, he was brought up in the wood
working and des gnng trade his father
having been cabinet and piano
maker. Coming to America in early
life with his parents, he quickly be-
came embued with the more progress
s.Ve American ways, and this quality
Joined with the taste for art in wood
working which he inherited from his
father and which he did not fail to cul-
tivate by means of proper ira ming and
practice in schools of design, resulted
in producing an ideal artist t-mechanic,
peculiarly qualified for making head
way in this rapid age. Mr.. Swanson's
first business venture for himself was
in connection with the jamestown
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

those of the Tionesta, are residents Of
Tionesta and vicinity. The company
controls over a thousand acres of proved
gas territory, 500 acres of which are in
what is known as the Specify trac.,
being the extreme northeast side Of
that prolific territory. The other 500
acres are i'm the Clarion sand, four miles
from there, and both districts are with
in easy reach of TiOnesta. The COM
pany, besides furnishing gas for Tones
ia and the immediate surroundings,
sells a considerable supply to the stan
dard interests. The officers of the COM
pany are: T. f. RitChey, president; A..
b. Kelly, secretary and treasurer, and
A. w. Richards, general manager. Mt.
Ritchey is one Of Forest coun.y'S lead.
ing attorneys and men Of affairs. and
has always been active i'm promoting
the material advancement Of the town.
Mr.. Kelly is mentioned elsewhere in
connection with the Forest County Ma
tiOnal bank, Of which he is cashier. Mr.
Richards, who has direct control Of
the business management of the COM
pany, has conducted its affairs i'm such
a manner as to mee with the hearty
approval Of the company and the public
generally.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

notice of which follows, gives employ
ment to upwards Of 40 men. There are
two excellent banks, three fine hotels,
four churches, a large and handsoma
brick school where a high school course
is taught, a commodious and well-bullt
court house, where the courts of For
est county are held, and a modern jail,
constructed after the most approved
plans. The town is connected with two
telephone systems, the Bell lines
and the Forest Telephone company, an
Independent institution whose lines eX-
tend to every point in the county ana
with independent companies in
Clarion, jefferson. Armstrong ami
Clearfeld counties. For a list of the
borough and county officials, the reader
is referred to the third page of the
main sheet of this issue.
-Tionesta was first setdedear y in the
century, there being four families here
i'm 1926, In 1866 1t was made the county
seat, the county having been enlarged
at hat time by the addition of five
townships taken from Nenango. IN
1867 the first borough election was hel !
and on July 4, 1884, the corner stone of
the present court house was laid
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
TONES Pa,
It's Manufacturing and Mercantile Interests It's Growth
and Business Enterprise, It's Beautiful and Heal by
location and the Many Inducements it has to offer to
Industries Seeking Advantageous Locations

switch-back A regular line Of railroad
up the Tionesta valley would open up
a rich territory to public travel, give
more convenient outlet to the lumber
interests and would furnish the Allie
gheny road direct connection with
the Pennsylvania system. At the same
time it would be of immense value to
Tionesta.
Reference has already been made to
shale deposits in this neighborhood.
These deposits are Of such a nature as
to warrant more EXTENDED notice. I'm
mediately across the river from the
borough and back of the Overlander
Flour mill, along Hunter run, and at
another point on the mountains close
by, are almost limitless deposits Of
shale suitable for making both red and
buff brick. Mr.. T. f. Ritchey the prom
inent Forest county attorney and resi-
dent of Tionesta, has with others been
at considerable pains to haye these
shale deposits thoroughly tested, and
some effort has already been made
looking in the direction of organizing
a company. Quantities OF the shale have
been sent to Bradford, Johsonburg ana
Chicago, and samples Of brick manu-
factured therefrom may be seen in Mr.
Ritchey's office. The results were mar
velous, the shale being pronounced Of
the highest quality-much better. in
fact, than that used by the Bradford
company which enjoys such a high re
putation.
The forests of this county pro-
duce pine, hemlock and hard
woods. and many thousand acres are
still uncut Manufacturing industries
that require raw materials of this
character would certainly find it pro-
fitable to locate here, where gas fue
is cheap.
Ti0nesta's population is now esG-
mated at over 1000, and steadily in
cTeasing. A number of new residences
have been erected, and there is not
a vacant house in the town. The Ii
ones a Manufacturing CO. an extended
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

follows: President, T. ID. Collins, of
Nebraska, Forest county, one of the
most prominent wealthy and enter
prising lumbeFmen of this section; vice
pres dent, II. ID. Noorhies, who came
10 Tionesta with Mr. Swanson from
jamestown; secretary and treasurer,
j. c. Bowman, the cashier of the Citi-.
zen's National Bank of Tionesta, who
is mentioned more at length elsewhere;
manager of manufacturing department
and designer, John II. Swanson, al
ready referred TO i'm this article. The
directors besides the forego ng are q.
w Proper and II. j. Bowman of Hick-
ory, a prominent business man of this
section. The business management is
i'm charge of Mr.. X, n. Herman, the
superintendent of the institution. Mr..
Herman has long been Identified with
the material deVelOpement of TiOnesta,
and is a director in the Citizens Ma
I unal Bank.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

voted to the manufacture Of carriages,
wagons and sleighs, the repair of var
ious kinds of vehicles ana the sale o,
their own product as well as vehicles
from other Well-known and reliable
manufacturers, farm implements and
machinery and a well-selected line If
hardware. The business has been built
up from a small beginning, and now
gives steady employment to four
skilled wOrkmen-a number which Is
sometimes increased to five during TN ?
buster times. The main building pr
carriage factory proper is equipped
wi n blacksmi' h shop and the necessary
tools and machinery for an industry Of
this kind. 1t was erected originally by
Charles Reisig, who established the
business about the year 1880. Twelve
years ago Messrs. j. Q. ScOwden and
Joseph Clark, both skilled carriage
builders. formed "a copartnership and
bought the plant, and they have con-
Quoted it ever since with marked sue
cess. From time to time, as their
business increased they improved the
plant in machinery and buildings, add
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

That the spirit of progress has COM
menced to dawn on Tionesta has now
been apparent for some months, and il
is to demonstrate this fact to the doubt
ing ones-those who have been so long
wont to slur the county seat of Forest
for its old-fashioned slowness-and at
the same time to point out to the peo~
pie of the country at large the superior
advantages which are here offered for
industrial development in certain lines,
that this illustrated supplement to the
Republican has been undertaken. Ii
onesta has never been backward; it has
simply bided its time. Half a century
ago Forest county was but wilderness
and the energy of her people was and
has been largely devoted to the wrest-
ing the wealth of timber from the for
ests and the gas and oil beneath. With
this labor still incomplete, but proceed
ing with sturdy strides, the people are
now finding time and opportunity 10
test the county's resources in other ana
more cultivated fields of industrial eff.
fort. Where natural gas is cheap and
plentiful for fuel; where miles of vir-
gin forests are still close at hand ready
to furnish raw material for a multitude
of varying industries; where the noun
tains are rich with shale for brick and
sand for glass there is certainly ample
opportunity for well-directed ente"-
prise. All these and more Forest
county has to offer and the town of
Tionesta is beyond question the natural
center for such operations. When we
add to these advantages supplied Oy
nature the bright promise which exists
for increased railroad connections and
the enterprisng, though safe and CON
servative spirit now being manifested
by the business circles of the town, a $
illustrated by the newly established Ii
onesta Manufacturing Co., who can
doubt that Tiones.a has a future before
her?
Tonesta is situated at the mouth of
Tionesta creek, on the east bank of the
Allegheny. From the river bank to the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

mountains pronounced but not abrupt
rise of ground extends to the base of
the mountains. This furnishes nat
ural drainage, while from the hills and
mountains back of the town is secured
a supply of the purest spring water 10
be found in the, state of Pennsylvania.
Further along we refer more at length
to this feature of Tionestas claims
to superior advantages. Across the
river on the opposite bank, the w. n.
Y. q Il. railroad winds its way, the de-
pot being reached by handsome and
substantial iron bridge, which
is free to pedestrians and We
hicles. At no distant day, IL is safely
expected, anot her railroad will be in op-
Grafton connecting the town with COM
peting lines This second railroad, an
extension of the Allegheny Valley roal
from oil City, has long been a dream If
the inhabitants of this section but there
is now good reason to believe that the
dream is nearing its realization. The
people and business men all along the
proposed route are ripe for il, and ready
to give II all proper encouragement
and there are whispers Of mysterious
conferences of the pow eTs that be that
would seem to indicate speedy action.
Briefly stated, the extension of the Al
legheny Valley railroad from oil city
would run up the east bank of he river
till it struck Tionesta Creek at Tiones-
ia, a distance of 20 miles, when it would
diVerge into the valley Of the creek,
running i'm an easterly direction, till IL
struck the Philadelphia & Erie road AT
Sheffield about 80 miles further IN.
The grades are easy and for consid-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
TiOncsta Gas Co.

The gas supply of Tiones,a is fur
nshed by the above-named company
who have an almost unlimited supply
of natural gas territory, and who, it
may be interesting for manufacturers
looking for suitable sites for location to
know. stand ready to supply gas for
manufacturing purposes at extremely
reasonable rates. The Tionesta Gas
Company was organized i'm the year
1856, and nearly all the stockholders,
including those of the Empire com
pany, whose interests were merged with
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

est living inhabitant of Tonesta, and
man who has been more or less iden-
titled with the material deyel .pment
of this section. Mr. May was born boo
September 1SOS I'm Bangor, Me, ANA
he Is consequently In his 90th yeas.
His fla her, the Rev. Hezekiah May
Presbyterian minister and a graduate
of Yale, being also the son of "a Yale
graduate, came TO this section i'm 1921,
To carry the gospel into the wilderness
with him and the other members of the
family came Benjamin. The young man
soon entered into numbering operations
and followed this business during the