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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04
THE COUNTRY FOR EXPANSION.

THE COUNTRY FOR EXPANSION. /
[St. Louis Globe Democratl
IF there ever was a time in the his |
tory of the United States" says the
Democratic Nashville American, when
the true-blue American citizen should
show his love of country 1t is at this
juncture. On the blood-stained fields of
Luzon thousands OF our countrymen are
heroically battling under the stars and
stripes Many other southern demo-
cratic papers are taking an equally pa
triotic position. The Louisville Courier
Journal. the New Orleans Picayune, the
Chattanooga Times, and other promi-
nent papers in their section are de-
manding vigorous prosecution of the
war until American sovereignty is rec
ognized in all parts OF the domain which
Spain coded to the United States in the
treaty of peace.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson, who
returned to Washington the other day
from trip to the pacific coast, reported
that the entire west was solid for ex-
pansion. Expansion sentiment is evil
IDENTIFY almost as widely diffused
through the south. AS has been shown,
the leading newspapers OF that region
are for a vigorous assertion of the ma
tional authority in the Philippines, and
in all the rest OF our domain in which
1t may be resisted. Those papers must
represent the sentiment OF their COM
nunity on this issue. There are good
reasons for believing that the east Is al
most as earnest for expansion as the
west or the south. The home of the an
ti-imperialist league is Massachusetts.
That state is the home, also, of Edward
Atkinson and William Lloyd Garrison.
Yet Boston has furnished more soldiers
in proportion to its population to the
new regiments for the Philippines than
any other town in the United States.
| There can be no reasonable doubt that
national expansion will be winning is
sue for the republican party in 1900.
| Shrewd democrats see this, and will
| fight the insertion of an anti-expansion
plank into their platform next year
They will be overruled by the Bourbons
and the reactionaries OF their party,
however. The organs and the Stones
will put a contraction declaration into
their platform next year, despite all the
warnings which the policy OF their par
| ty in its great days and the les
| sons of the present teach. An anti-ex-
| pansion plank will hit the democracy
harder in 1900 than did its SO cent dol
lar declaration in 1896. The whole coun-
try is for the assertion OF the national
authority over the territory which we
| gained In the war OF 1885, The policy OF
the administration in pressing the war
to an. early and glorious conclusion Will
be Endorsed by an overwhelming num-
Der of the American people. The repub-
lican party stands an excellent chance
of getting In 1900 larger majority than
has been rolled up at any previous time
since 1872
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04

spaniard. ana shall have to surrender
the work to some other nation. have
too much faith "A the American name to
think that nation which fought
through the four long years Of the most
gigantic civil war known to history in
order to maintain the union and keep
the stars OF the nag intact will say the
task Of subduing the Philippines is too
great"
II Dreyfus ID convicted 1t is intimated
that American Jews may boycott
French goods and the Paris exposition.
In a recent review of the senatorial
situation the .-R. said 1t might have to
revise Its figures in Pottawattamie coun-
ty. hut it did not think SO, and It now
calls attention to he confirmation Of the
figures as first made. The latest figures
elsewhere indicate that Gear stock is
rising in the political arena.
The latest from the threatened war
between Great Britain and the Beers Is
to the effect that both governments are
willing to meet by representatives at
Cape Town to consider the proposed
new franchise law. 1t has caused
feeling OF relief in South Africa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04

There is an epidemic of feas in one of
the New York markets. 1t is said that
the torments have been brought from
Porto Rico in the warships that are be-
that the insects are travelling about the.
the city in all directions. In the mar
ket referred to, which is not far from
the navy yard, the market men who can.
afford it have gone away, leaving their
clerks in charge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04

The City of Mexico is to have the
largest bull ring ever built. Its capac-
ity will be $4,000 persons, and its con-
struction will best indicate the intel
lectual bent of the Mexicans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

According to. an observing tourist,
when person goes on an excursion he
never knows how many varied forms of
will be thrown in gratis.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Nav York Produce Market.

FLOUR - Winter patents, S375G420;
winter straights, S.6Od3.7j; winter eX'
tras, $2GOa3.OO winter low grades, SIS
2.S5; Minnesota patents, S2.9Oa42O; Min
nesota bakers, $3OOa3.2O.
BUCkM HEAT FLOUR-S2.O5.
CORNMEAL - Yellow western, 854S6c
city, S6dS7c; brandywine, S2.00q2.l5.
RYE FLOUR-S3.00d
RYE-No. western, sic fob. afloat
state rye, CSC elf. New York car lots.
BARLEY Mailing. j412pdlc delivered
New York: feeding. 47aiSi5 fob. afoat
WHEAT-No. 2 red, S23sc fob. afioat;
No. / Northern Duluth, S6Sc fob. atloat.
Options: No. red May, 764sc; July, ISisc.
CORN-No. 2, 4324c fob. ahoat OPP
tions: May, iObc; July, iOc.
OATS-No. 2, S3c: No 3. SIC; No. ?
white, SEC: No. white, 3Il1c; track
mixed western, 32g3415c; track white. 25q
3shc.
HAY-shipping 45a55c; good to choice,
Gid75c.
PoRK-Family, s1O.5Oa1l.OO
BUTTER Western creamery, l4lRg
lie; factory, 12Aq14c; Elgins, lsc; imi-
tation creamery, 4GlSc; state dairy,
14a16Ihc; creamery, 14lal7c.
Ch-ESE Large white, l2c; small
do. l2Iac; large colored l2c; small col
ored, I21zc; light skins. SAgyAc; part
skins, 71aqS1ac; full skins, 4g5c.
EGGS-State and Pennsylvania, l4g
l4Ikc; western, lic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
MAMMOTH STEEL PLANT.
1t WIN BE Located In Hunaio and EN-
pIoy Ten thousand Men.

BUFFALO, April pa mammoth
steel works plant, with a capital of
$15, ,000, 900 in cash as the minimum,
plant covering 1000 acres of land, and
giving employment to between 5000
and 10000 workers, may soon be in op-
Grafton in South Buffalo in the neigh
borhood of Stony Point
For some time past a syndicate com
posed of some of the most widely
known capitalists in the country, has
been considering the project of estab-
fishing steel works in this city. They
looked upon Buffalo as the ideal place
in the United States for developing
such an enterprise as they had in
mind, and practically from the incep-
tion of the plan for big plant they
favored Buffalo as the site. Here
could be found railroad and lake trans
portation facilities that cannot be ex
celled on the continent, the location is
in close proximity to the ore regions
of the Great Lakes and ample accom-
modatien for the housing of the small
army of steel workers necessary is
right at hand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
QUAY NOT GUILTY.
Governor Stone mt Once Appoints Him
United States Senator.

United states Senator.
PHILADELPHIA, April %. - The
jurors who for the past 10 days have
been considering the charges of con
spiracy by former United States Sena-
tor Matthew Stanley Quay to use the
states money illegally after nearly 20
hours deliberation, brought in a ver-
dict Of not guilty and little more than
an hour after this verdict was recorded
word was received here that Governor
Stone had appointed Mr.. Quay to rep
resent the state of Pennsylvania in the
United States senate pending the next
session of the legislature. Shortly aft
er this word was received Senator Quay
left for Washington. The notification
that he had been appointed to the sem
ate was received when he was in the
Hotel Walton.
The appointment of Colonel Quay
as his own successor in the senate at
Washington was not looked for so
soon. The story goes that Governor
Stone determined upon this course re-
Gently after a consultation with the
friends of the Beaver statesman, and
when the jury said Not guilty" he
quickly made up his mind. He said
that having been acquitted he had
nominated Quay to fill the office of
United States senator until the next
meeting of the legislature for the rea-
son that he felt it the fit and proper
thing to do. He suggested that it met
the issue, and was better done now
than by waiting and talking for weeks
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS
Interesting Items Picked Up
Here and There.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
A Carefully Prepared Selection OF tho
Leading Topics of the Day Through
out the Common " ealth In Suit
able Form to Please tho
Busy Reader.

MONONGAHBLA, Pa, April 21.-
Thomas NJ. Reese of Company A,
Tenth regiment, writes from the Phil
lppines, in part, as follows:
II believe l make no mistake when l
say that 30 per cent of the volunteers
would hail with delight the opportun-
lty to go home. They are very much
adverse to fighting the Fllipinos,
claiming that they enlisted in the war
with Spain, and not to subjugate a
people who are fighting for independ-
sence.
"Aguinaldo says he Will conduct
the war after the manner of civilized
nations but has failed to do so |
know Of numerous cases where the
white flag of truce has been dis
played, but when our people have ap-
preached 1t they have been fired upon
by natives in ambush. They respect
none of the common rules of warfare
and their fighting is of the dangerous
and disorganized guerrilla kind"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
CAUSED BY ACCIDENT.
Coroner's Inquest Into the Disastrous
Windsor Hotel Ere.

Windsor Hotel Ere.
NEW YORK, April 25.-The inquest
into the disastrous Windsor hotel fire
was held by Coroner Bausch.
Battalion Fire Chief Binn testified
that he thought the fire must have
originated in the cellar.
After celebrating half an hour, the
jury returned the following verdict:
I'VE find that Isabella c. Leland,
Helen Leland. Melia A. Paddock and
others came to their deaths on or about
the 18th Of March, 1899, by confagra-
tion of the Windsor hotel. We find
that the origin of the said confagra-
tion was due to accidental causes and
was not in any way due to the lack
of proper and usual facilities for eX-
tinguishing fires.
I'VE also find that within three min
utes from the time of the alarm of
fire was received in this instance by
the fire department, the first COM
pany was at the scene of the fire and
had water upon the flames"
Chief of Police Devery says that
$4,000 worth of jewels, silverware,
clothing and other property, found in
the ruins of the Windsor hotel, will be
put on exhibition for 10 days in the
hope that they might be identified and
claimed. At the expiration of that
period anything remaining will be
turned over to the police property
oil arly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
CUBAN MUSTER ROLLS.
General Brooke VIII Accept Them as
They Came From the Cuban Officers.

They Came From the Cuban Officers.
HAVANA, April 21.-Governor Cen
eral Brooke in the distribution of the
$4,000, 900 to the Cuban soldiers has
determined to treat the Cuban officers
as soldiers and g" !lemen and not to
endeavor to go behind the rolls they
submit Hence the Cuban lists will be
accepted on their face, with the elm
nations of those who entered the army
after July, 1898, and those who are
actually holding office. Any Cuban
named on the lists who is identified by
his captain will get a share. General
Gomez will probably receive share.
The names of several American news
paper correspondents are among the
privates. These men who are now in
Havana ask that the word honorary
be put after their names and announce
that they will not take their portion.
The Spanish bank here is understood
to be merging with a New York bank
to found a Bank of Cuba with a capital
of s10,0OO00O, half of which is to be
supplied by the Spanish bank. :.
Several Washington law firms
through Havana connections, have
agreed to push Cuban and American
claims, at no expense to the claimants
for 40 per cent of the amount of the
money recovered. At present there are
about $50, 900 OF claims on file.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Forced to Confess to Stealing.

NYACK, N. Y, April 2l.-Richard
Parker of Monsey. Rockland county,
was suspected of stealing $50 from Mar
tin Kelly, a road contractor. He de.
MED the charge and Kelly and his two
sons took rope and strung Parker
UP to a tree until he was nearly lifeless
When let down, Parker confessed
Part of the money was recovered. Par
ker was arrested and held to await
the action of the grand jury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
The Fiscal Year of 1898 Was the Ban
ner Year For Exports.

WASHINGTON, April 24-The fiscal
year of 1898 was the banner year of the
foreign trade in the United States, our
exports being the largest ever record
ed for a like period and our exports
exceptionally small. According to a
comprehensive report just prepared by
Frank II. Hitchcock, chief of the sec
ton of foreign markets of the agricul-
tural department, the total value Of our
domestic exports reached the enormous
sum of 81 ,210 291, $40. On the other hand
the imports during 1898 were the small
est since 1885, their value being $685.
O49,654 a decline of $14S, $50 75S from the
figures of 1897. Broadly stated. for
every dollars worth OF foreign mer
chandise brought into the United
States 80 worth Of our products found
a market abroad. Our domestic eX
ports as compared with our imports
showed an excess of 1894, ,242, ,259, or
more than twice the excess for 1897,
which was the largest previously re-
ported.
An interesting fact developed by the
report of Mr.. Hitchcock is the increase
in the exports of agricultural products,
being 1898 per cent of the total, or
$685. ,942, gain of nearly % per cent
over 1897. Exports of this class also
show a greater gain proportionately
than non-agricultuarl exports. Our
purchases of foreign agricultural pro-
ducts in 1898 amounted to only $3l4,-
291, 1856, as compared with Si00, ,S71, ,46S in
1897, decrease of sS6.579672, or about
% per cent. The value of the American
farm produce abroad during 1898 was
much more than double that of our ag-
ricultural imports, the excess of the
former over the latter amounting to
$544 ,216,146. In 1897 the excess on the
side of the agricultural exports was
only s2SS,SSS, ,725, and in the years i'm
mediately preceding still smaller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Kid LaHelle Killed In the Ring.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 25-Kid La
velle, the colored pugilist from Chester,
Pa, who was knocked out by John Cav
anaugh in a boxing contest at Home
stead Friday evening last, is dead. A
postmortem is being held and the ply
sicians have discovered a blood clot
on the brain. Cavanaugh, his manager,
Mason, Lavelle's manager, Mosely and
Captain Bennett were given hearing
on the charge of abetting prize fight
ing. All waived hearing, Cavanaugh
was remanded to jail where he has been
since the fight. The coroner will hold
an inquest.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Horrible Lynching of a Negro
Near Newman, Ga.

His Body Cut to Pieces and Distributed
Among the Mob as Souvenirs - The
Mutilation Began before the Torch
Was AppIied-sickening Details of the
Anair.
NEWMAN, Ca, April 2t-In the
presence of 1000 people who sent aloft
yells of defiance and shouts of JOY, Sam
Hose, a negro, who committed two Of
the basest acts known to crime, was
burned. at the stake in a public road
one and one-half miles from here. Be-
fore the torch was applied to the pyre,
the negro was deprived of his ears,
fingers and other portions Of his anat-
omy The negro pleaded pitifully for
his life, while his mutilation was going
on, but stood the ordeal of fire with
surprising fortitude. Before the body
was cool II was cut to pieces, the
bones were cFushed into small bits and
even the tree upon which the wretch
met his fate was torn up and disposed
of as souvenirs. The negros heart was
cut in several pieces as was also his
liver.
Hon. w. Y. Atkinson, former COVER
nor of Georgia, met the mob as he was
returning from church, and he ap-
pealed to them to let the law take it's
course. In addressing the mob he
used these words: Some of you are
known to me and when this affair Is
H., 81 ~
| depend upon 1t that l will testify
against you"
A member of the mob was seen to
draw a revolver and level it at eX-
Governor Atkinson, but his arm was
seized and the pistol taken from him.
The mob was frantic at delays and
kSEouId hear to nothing but burning at
|<1e stake
Hose confessed to killing Crawford,
bU8<denied he had outraged Mrs.
| Crawford. Before being put to death
| the negro stated that he had been
| paid $12 by "Lige" Strickland, negro
preacher at Palmetto, to kill Crawford.
Sam Hose killed Alfred Crawford, a
white farmer, and outraged his wife
| 10 .da81 ago. Since that time business
/
pended, the entire population turning
out in an effort to capture Hose. He
successfully eluded pursuit until dis
| covered near Macon.
The road for a distance of half a
mile on Sexoh>slde of the burning negro
t-wass BACK with conveyances and was
| simply impossible. The crowd sur
rounded the stake on all sides, but
| none of those nearer than 100 feet OF
the center was able to see what was
going on. Yell after yell went up
and. the progress of the flames was
communicated to those in the rear by
shouts from the eye witnesses.
The torch was applied about halt
past ot,J,'I and at o'clock the body
Of Sam Hose was limp and lfeless, his
head hanging to one side. The body
was not cut down. 1t was cut to pieces
| The crowd fought for places about the
smouldering tree, and with knives Sc.
cured such pieces of his carcass as
| did not fall to pieces. The chain was
severed by hammers the tree was
chopped down and with such pieces OF
firewood as had not burned, were car
ried away as souvenirs
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Copyright Decision.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-In the su-
preme court of the United States an
opinion was handed down in the case
of oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., versus
G. D. Hurst, holding that copyright
on book, the contents of which have
been published serially without being
previously copyrighted, is invalid. The
case involved the copyright of "The
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" by
DIR. oliver Wendell Holmes, father of
the plaintiff in error in this case.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26

READING, Pa, April 21.-The sale
Of the large Henry Clay iron furnaces
in this city and the furnace at Top
ton. Berks county, to the Empire Iron
and Steel company, has been consum-
mated. The Henry Clay furnaces rec
ord of unbroken money making, it is
said, has not been paralleled by any
other furnace in the country
The Topton furnace has not been in
blast since 1896, but is considered one
of the best plants in the country The
combined capacity of the furnaces just
sold is l25 tons of pig iron a day The
price paid is S3S2,000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
American Red Cross Dissolved.

NEW YORK, April 24.-At meeting
of the executive committee of the
American National Red Cross in this
city the committee was dissolved and
the affairs of the society will be turned
over to the National Red Cross in
Washington. The report of the treas
urer G. C. Boldt shows cash receipts
$90,14O, of which $66,O91 is set down to
the credit of the American National
Red Cross relief committee of New
York, and $l1, ,732 to donations by firms
and individuals; cash disbursements,
$S2, ,724, leaving a balance of STAG
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Colony of Hebrews,

GREENSBURG, Pa. April 21.-The
promised colony of Russian Hebrews
to locate on the summit of Chestnut
Ridge east of here is now a fact, but
instead of there being but 200 people,
the colony has grown within the past
week to over 500. Fifty thousand dol
lars have already been expended. on
the vast site where the greatest ex-
elusive Hebrew colony in this country
probably Is to be located
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
SHELL EXPLODED.
Three Persons Killed and Others Injured
In n Peculiar Manner,

HAVANA, April H.-Mail advices TO
La Lucha from Manzanillo say that an
American shell fired last summer dur
ing the bombardment of the town by
the United States warships exploded
last Sunday, killing three persons and
wounding many others. The shell had
been fired into a cafe called the La
birynth of Gold" and workmen
were digging it from under the floor.
The shell exploded, wrecking the room.
The accident occurred on the same
day with a demonstration in honor of
General Gomez and it was at first re-
ported that enemies of Gomez had
thrown a dynamite bomb.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Eastbound shipments From Chicago.

CHICAGO, April "a. - Eastbound
shipments for the week were S4,662 tons
against S3,141 tons for the previous
week, and 1862 tons for the corre-
spending week last year. The Lake
Shore led with 1882. The Michigan
Central carried 1925; Wabash, 4.49O;
Fort Wayne. 1881; Pan Handle, 15,lS2;
Baltimore and Ohio, 9,7l9; Grand
Trunk, 1856; Nickel Plate, 5,7S4 Erie,
1921, and Big Four, 1928.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
BATTLE NEAR GUIkGUA
General Lawton Agkn Attack
ing the Rebels.
A Severe Engagement Fought In Which
Colonel stetsenburg and Lieutenant
sisson of the Nebraska Regiment Were
Kined-Five Privates Also Were KILL
ed-Many of Our Troops Were Wounded.

MANILA, April 24.-General Law
toms newly formed flying column, that
started out from Manila to join Gen
eral Macarthur in a circuitous route,
outflanking the rebels, If possible, had a
severe engagement with the rebels at
.Quingua, which proved quite disas-
trous to the American forces.
The following were killed:
Colonel John NJ. Stetsenburg of the
First Nebraska regiment, formerly Of
the Sixth cavalry.
Lieutenant Lester E. Sisson Of the
same regiment
Two privates of the Nebraska regi-
ment.
Three privates of the Fourth cavalry.
Most of the wounded belonged to
the First Nebraska regiment.
The Filipinos retreated with small
loss.
Colonel Stetsenburg had won a rep
utation as one of the bravest fighters
in the army. He always led his regi-
ment and had achieved remarkable
popularity with his men since the war
began, although, during his first col
onelcy, the volunteers, who were not
used to the rigid discipline of the reg
ular troops, though him hard officer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Irn.inciinn of Cnnl.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, April 22. Charles
Connor, mine inspector of the fifth BIZ
luminous district, has completed his
report for 1898. 1t shows that during
the year there were mined 1854, ,S35
tons of coal from Sc mines. There were
1864 $50 tons of coke made and 1923, ,234
tons of coal shipped. There were s.
035 miners employed, each digging
1,54O tons. There were IA fatal acci-
dents in the year, against 25 in 1897
and 81 non-fatal accidents, against II
the year before.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Cigars with Bogus Stamps.

NEW YORK. April 25.-Deputy
United States Revenue Inspector Win
field S. Cox secured possession of
about 10000 cigars and stogies in Pat
erson, n. j., which had bogus revenue
stamps on them. The Paterson deal
ers did not buy the cigars with the in
tention of defrauding the government.
The cigars were turned out by the
Lancaster men recently arrested for
using counterfeit stamps.