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President Fnnre,s Gifts.

paris Correspondence Of the London GlobeD
To wind up with word about the Pres
ident OF the Republic. 1t appears that Re
has a weakness for breastpins. They are
his favOrite gifts. His predecessors The
Kings of France were wont to make use
OF snuffbOXcs, more or less enriched with
precious stones, as presents TO those who
had rendered services to them. but snuff
boxes are now out Of fashion. and some
other object has had to be found 10 re-
place them. NJ. Felix Faure has searched
and found il It Is the breastpin. He has
Just made distribution of these little
jewels. To whom? To his bicyclists;
yes. to his bicy clists-that is to say, 10
his inspectors OF police. who pedal in
front and pedal behind him whenever he
goes out. The President saw that It was
hard work TO accompany him at all times.
and to reward them for their vigilance.
rapidity. and discretion he gave each Of
them a breastpin in gold and enamel.
forming the three colors, red. white and
blue. The inspectors were highly pleased
and honored by this delicate attention OF
The First Magistrate of France. and when
hey 90 out 10 accompany him they do not
fail to wear the precious gift.
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1t will interest many people to learn
that the dashing American brigadier who
led the brilliant charge against the Tagals
on Saturday night and drove whole regi-
ments of them into the Pasig River is none
other than Charles King, the military nov
eiist, whose works probably have been read
by as many Americans during the past dec
ade as the books of any other living au-
thor.
General King is West Point graduate
and an old Indian fighter He was placed
on the retired list of the regular army
some years ago for disability on account of
wounds. Then he turned to literature, the
curative effect of which pursuit seems now
apparent, for the brave and popular officer
has shown himself as strong and lively as
any of his competitors since he became a
brigader general of volunteers, and gen.
orally as great success as a soldier as
he is as an author. He is able to bang
the field piece or to "twang the Tyre
with equal facility and credit. Should
General King survive the hardships and
perils of the campaign in the Philippines,
his myriad admirers may confidently look
forward to fresh crop of stirring stories
based on life, service and adventure in
the American Orient.
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THE LATE COLONEL SEXTON.
Grand Army Orders Concerning Iii,
Death and Funeral.

Harrisburg Feb. 6.-W. c. Johnson. Sc
nior Vice Commander in Chief OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. issued an or
der tonight announcing the death of James
A. Sexton, Commander in Chief of the q.
A. R., at the Garfield Hospital, in Wash
ington. on Sunday. The order in part is
as follows.
I'VE honored ourselves when We hon
ored him. and now that ne has been called
to the silent bivouac of the dead. let all
comrades join in paying fitting tribute to
his memory. Department and post head
quarters and charters will be draped and
the National Department and post oolors
placed in mourning and National Depart
ment and post officers will wear the badge
Of mourning for sixty days from date OF
his death. The interment will take place
from his late residence in Chicago and the
Department Commander OF the Department
of Illinois is charged with the duty Of
furnishing proper funeral escort
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The Why TO Clean House.
(from the BrookIvn FacIc,


This is a great country 1t is greater than its
greatest men. 1t can stand the mistakes which
they may not survive. Bat the President OF th,.
United States can free himself from the situation
Of disestceu if not Of disaster. which is closing
in ON him every hour in this army matter-if he
will. lie can only do it, however. by cleaning
out the War Department -Alger included and alt
the rest Of them, Miles included, too. ii nrces-
snry-and the way to do that ought not to be
hard. He can require Mr.. Ayers resignation.
He can request Ludngton, Corbin, Eagln,
Sternbcrg, and the rest Of them to get out
II they refuse ;hc request OF the President OF
the United States, he can throw himself on Con
gresS, and ask that body 10 change the laws 80
as TO enable him to remove these men, as he
can remove the heads OF bureaus in the Navy
department, At VIII, for cause, after due
hearing. Congress would grant to him that
power for the asking. That would secure house
cleaning. Iiouse-clcaning is alone necessary, vet
it is also absolutely necessary
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One House Would Suffice.
From the st. Paul Dispatch,

The Wisconsin legislature has memorializcd
Congress, asking for the election Of United
States Senators hy direct vote OF the people,
and, of course, Minnesota will line up the
proposition. This is the popular idea. but
if we are TO have both branches Of Congress
elected by the people, what is the use of hav-
ing two branches? The constitutional checks
provided under the present system certainly
safe as they We're in the first Congress.
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How the states voted.-wl

How the States NOted.-WhiIe the
Treaty was ratified by a scant thirds
majority, the vote by States makes much
better showing. Only six States-Ar-
kansas. Tennessee. Texas, Virginia.
Missouri. and Florida-are recorded
against the Treaty. All OF the
other States gave at least one vote in
favor of ratification. The following States
gave two votes for the Treaty: Rhcde ISL
and. Connecticut, New Hampshire. Yer
mont, Pennsylvania. Delaware, West Vir-
gina, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa. Min
nesota. Nebraska, Colorado, Montana
Wyoming, Nevada, and Oregon. The re-
manning States gave the Treaty one vote
and if the Senators had regarded the
wishes of their constituents as expressed
by their respective Legislatures and in
other ways more than three-fouIths OF the
States would have been unanimously re-
corded in favor OF the ratification of the
Treaty. For instance, Hale of Maine Muir
ply of New York Hoar of Massachusetts,
Smith of New Jersey. Pettigrew of South
Dakota. Mitchell of Wisconsin. Turpie of
Indiana, Hetfeld of Idaho, Turner of
Washington, German of Maryland and
White of California disregarded the over
wheming sentiment of their respective
States in voting against the ratification of
the Treaty. The following Senators who
voted against ratification have been repu-
dated by their constituents, and will re-
tire from public life on March 4: German
Mills. Mitchell Murphy, Roach, and Smith
These facts are not without their signifi-
lance.
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1t is better to be a patriot than a parti-
san; and even partisan has sometimes
occasion for a little common sense These
reflections will, we think. engage The at
tention of the next Democratic National
Convention.
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ere is the list OF those who d

VI
BACON OF Georgia. MITCHELL Of Wis.
BATE OF Tennessee. MONEY OF Mississippi
BERRY of Arkansas. MURPHY of New York
CAFFERY of Louisiana. PASCo of Florida.--
CHILToN of Texas. PETTIGREw of S. D.
CoCKREII. of Missouri. RAWLINS Of Utah.
DANIEL Of Virginia ROACH Of y. ID.
CoRMAN of Maryland. SMITH, Of New Jersey.
HALE OF Maine. TILIMAN of S. G.
HEITFELD OF Idaho. TURLEY of Tennessee
HoAR of Massachusetts, TURNER of Wash.
JONES OF Arkansas. TURPIE of Indiana
MALLORY OF Florida VEST OF Missouri
MARTIN OF Virginia WHITE Of California.
MILLS OF Texas.
1t may be that The Times is not
prophet Let us wait and see.
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The Times begs to extend its most re-
spectful congratulations to the Hon.
Cushman X. Davis. a Senator in Congress
from Minnesota. Peace Commissioner, and
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. His task has been arduous and
the victory is largely his own.
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ity to abuse Senate rules. The ratification
of the Treaty against such odds and in
volving so much adds new glory to the
ending of a successful war in noble
canSa
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pnr Mobile Erntrmm.

(From thc Minneapolis Trlhune.l
Statesman Quiy and Statesman Addicxs should
seek a lodge in some vast wilderness and flock
by themselves a while. The representatives uf
their respective States evidently do not need
them in the United States Senate.
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1t may be just as well for certain Sena-
tors to remember that the great Demo-
cratic party of the country has yet to be
heard upon the subject of the Treaty of
Paris. The fact that of the twenty nine
men who voted or were paired against
ratification yesterday twenty-four were
Democrats is about to become a burning
issue in every one of the States misrepre-
sented. Anti-expansion a la Aguinaldo
may come to mean the political damnaton
it invites
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Filipinos are much the same everywhere.
it would seem. Even in the chaste seclu-
sion of the United States Senate they will
rush upon their fate.
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These are sad and solemn days for men
who think that the American flag was
made to be fired upon either at home or
abroad.
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In the confusion let no one forget CAT
ferry. Burro fashion, he did his share
He-haWi
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a TDubstone.

(From the Indianapolis News.)
There is one grave and continuing scandal
connected with Mr.. McKinleys Administration
-Alger at the head OF the War Department
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In the Euturc.

The United States Senator, he lie Democrat
Republican, or Populist. who votes today to re-
iect the Treaty of Peace with Spain will regret
the act to the last hour OF his political and
physical life.-The Times, February G.
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nothing they can do will alter the destiny
OF the Imperial Yankee Nation.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
RURAL DELIVERY.
Strongly Advocated by First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath.


WASHINGTON Nov. GA vigorous
plea for rural free delivery is made in
the annual report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath, made pub
lie here. Mr.. Heath says the service
so far has resulted in increased postal
receipts, enhancement of the value OF
farm lands reached by rural free deliv-
cry of from 81 to SO per acre, a general
Improvement of the condition of the
roads traversed by the rural carrier.
better prices for farm proucts, the pro-
ducers being brought into daily touch
with the state of the markets, beside
educational benefits conferred by re-
lievlng the monotony of farm life
through ready access to wholesome lit
erature and knowledge of current
events
On Nov. rural free delivery was in
successful operation over 1888 services
radiating over 40 states and one terri
tory. Idaho. Wyoming, Mississippi and
Montana being the only states unrep'
resented.
Between the beginning of the new fis-
cal year, July T. 1899. and Nov. 1, witt
an additional expenditure of s150,OOO
rural free delivery has been extended
to nearly 100000 persons, at an annua
cost of about S4 cents per capita
against an average per capita cost Of
$3.50 In small towns of 5000 popula'
tion.
Rural carriers are shortly to be
authorized to receive and receipt letter:
letters for registration as city carrier:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
JEFFRlES STILL CHAMPION.
Given Decision In Heavyweight Battle
With Sailor Sharkey.

With Sailor Sharkey.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-James ]. JEFF
fries retains the championship of the
world. Referee George Siler giving him
the decision at the end of the 25th round
over Sailor Tom Sharkey at the Coney
Island Sporting club. 1t was one Of the
most marvellous battles that has taken
place, and the greatest crowd that ever
gathered in the Coney Island club
house witnessed the desperate struggle
for supremacy. There was fully 10000
people present.
In five rounds Jeffries had the better
of the fight, in the first two and in the
last three. During the other 20 Sharkey
forced the issue, and, like a terrier bull
was at his man with both hands unceas-
ingly. In these 20 rounds Jeffries' great
weight and Drawn helped him to hold off
the sailor, and in the 22d round he swung
In a couple of vicious uppercuts that
made Sharkey groggy. Tom came back
again in the Gath and 25th. but he was
weakened greatly by Jeffries vicious
blows One minute before the gong
sounded to end the fight Jeffries' left
glove came off and practically the con-
test was over.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
Thursday.

Masked men surprised the watchman
in Leicht's brewery at Matteawan, N. Y.
gagged and tied him and robbed the safe
of about $1,000.
A boiler explosion at the steel works
of Southern & Richardson at Sheffield,
Eng, killed four men and injured 20
others.
The long disputed boundary question
between Brazil and Bolivia has been
settled
Headquarters and 10 companies of the
Forty-third volunteer infantry have
been ordered to New York and there
embarked for the Philippines on board
the transport Meade, Nov. 10.
Mrs Carl Smith and her three chill
dren living at Sharon, Pa, were Ios-
oned by eating sausage. They may pos
sibly recover.
The storm which swept over Jamaica
did a vast amount of damage among
the plantations.
Henry Adams Nicely bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal church Of Maine
died at Portland.
Rev. DR.. John Wesley Craircraft, a
retired clergyman of the Pr1t5s AMI
Episcopal church, died in Sara o5a Of
paralysis.
In a collision of trains at the town o.
Thouars. % miles from Parthenay
France, two persons were killed and II
others injured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
FIRE T~AGcOY.
william A. Smiths Cigar Causes His
Untimely Death.

BUFFALO, Nov. 7.-William A. Smith,
son of John II. Smith, VINO lived with
parents in West Ferry Street, was
burned to death in his room. When
the fire was discovered Smith was dead.
Medical aid was called. but it
was too late Death is supposed
to have been due partly to the burns
and partly to sufocation.
Mr.. Smith retired rather late. and it
is supposed that after undressing he
lighted a cigar for a last smoke He
must have fallen asleep with the cigar
blight in his hand, and it is thought the
fire from the cigar communicated to
the bedclothes and thence spread to
other articles in the room The Sleep
ing man must have been aroused by
the flames, for when found he had
managed to get half way to his bed
room door. Then he was overcome by
the smoke and fell unconscious to the
floor not to be discovered until life
was extinct.
His father, John Smith, is a we'll
known citizen of Buffalo and is local
manager for r. G. Dun & Co., whose
offices are in the Dun building at the
corner of Pearl and Swan streets
William A. Smith was a clerk for r
G. Dun & Co. and lived with his father
He was we'll known about town anc
had hosts of friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
Friday.

William Higgins, aged IS, was killed
on the West Shore railroad at Newburg.
N. Y The body was thrown 100 feet
into a creek.
Fire at Sing Sing prison damaged the
new administration building to the ex-
tent of $4,000. 1t was considered one
of the handsomest buildings of the kind
in the country and was built by the con,
victs
The Methodist seminary building al
Hackettstown, N. j., was completely de-
stroy by fire. Loss, $4,000, insurance
$l50.OOO.
George Hermans, a farmer living neal
Troy, n. Y, killed Mrs. Rhoda Horton
and her daughter, and then killed him
self. Illictit love and jealousy caused
the tragedy.
Walter l.. Farnsworth, in the Chicago
Jail for bisamy, is now known to have
married AZ women.
Ten men, two of whom will die, wer,
burned by an explosion at the Carne
gle steel works at Duquesne, Pa.
Two men were burned to death by
electricity in a power house at Terr,
Haute, Ind.
On account of the scarcity of sailors
the big battleships Texas and Indian;
will soon go out of comm ission.
A salmon canning factory at Fal
Haven, Wash, was destroyed by fire
Loss, $l50OOO. There were $4,000 cases o
canned salmon destroyed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
Wednesday.

c. d. Rhodes and Albert Abrahamson
were struck by a switch engine in the
yards at jamestown, N. Y. the former
being instantly killed and the latter ia
tally injured.
General Castro, the Ven zuelan In
surgent leader, has blockaded Porto Ca
bello. the only port not occupied by
Castro's forces.
The steamer George l.. Colwell, from
Fernandina. Fla, for New York, was
wrecked 1ff the South Carolina coast
and u of the crew were drowned Cap
tain Gaskll clung to the wreck for %
hours and was picked up by passing
vessel
Alvin Saunders, ex-governor of Ne
braska, died at his home in Omaha OF
old age.
Private Simon Downer of the Forty
second infantry, was shot at Fort Nj
agara while attempting to escape from
the guard that had arrested him for
cutting five Of his comrades.
BY the collapse of ferry landing
stage at Antwerp about a score Of peo-
pie were drowned.
A japanese sealing schooner, poachine
on Russian preserves, was fired on and
sunk by a Russian gunboat. Only out
of a crew of q were saved.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08

al don't suppose | ought to kick"
said the head of a big dry goods store on
n recent wet Saturday, contemplating
at one and the same time the yawning
aisles in his establishment and the hur-
rying people without, "but | do, all the
same. A rainy Saturday means a great
deal to the dry goods trade. A rainy
Friday now l wouldn't care about.
But great many stores look upon the
Saturday as one-half the weeks busi-
ness, and, while naturally one or two
other lines are directly benefited by rain.
they would be just as much gamers if it
rained on any other day. | have no
doubt that the rain is a good thing, but
it's the Saturday rain that keeps me from
rnjoying my Sunday. ."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
CARNEGlE'S GREAT WEALTH
VIII Sell Out For the Immense Sum
of Si25, 100000.

NEW YORK, Nov. Eli Hung
Chang's celebrated query, How much
are you WORTH" has been answered by
Andrew Carnegie with a positiveness
and definiteness never before exhibited
by any American millionaire, for the
great Scotch-American steel monger
and armor maker has put his own
name in writing to a document wherein
he says most dlstinctively that for the
sum of 1925, ,OOO.O 600 he win part with his
entire holdings in the Carnegie-Phipps-
Frick plants.
This photographed document Is,
in business parlance, an option on all
of Mr.. Carnege's vast productive In
terests, and it Is now in the hands OF
Henry c. Frick, Mr.. Carnegie's part
ner.
Just what Mr.. Frck will do with THIS
interesting bit Of paper has not yet
been fully developed. Mr.. Frick trav-
eled from Pittsburg to Scotland to get
it, tarried there just long enough to rest
a bit and then travelled back.
1t is known that MIR. Frick has it in
mind to turn the Carnegie concerns into
an enormous syr 1icate Mr.. Carnegie
balance Of his life to philanthropy and
pleasure So he gave the option.
Mr.. Carnegie does not ask for Sl2o'-
900, 900 In cash. He says he viii take
some in cash and the rest in per cent
bonds of the reorganized corporation
Five per cent Of Sl25,000.OOO is $3.50 600.
The REORGANIZATION plan has been
submitted to several New York banks,
but, so far as could be learned, the
work has not reached a stage sufficient
| " advanced for public announcement.
| At the same time the option was given
there was some talk among the rival
steel interests that Mr. Carnegie had
somewhat overhauled his interest
Mr.. Carnegie owns IS per cent OF the
| concerns which bear his name. MI
Frick owns 90 per cent on this basis
the plants were valued at Sl61 10000,
and Friclls share was valued at about
$40, ,0OO 900. Since then the values or all
iron and steel products have risen enor-
mously in proportion, and 1t has be-
come an interesting speculation in wan
street how much premium Mr.. Flick
will earn on his Carnegie option,
This option of $l25.O 600, judged by
the increased price of the product ana
by the busy state of the industry IS
now worth $3.50, 100000, so that If Mr..
Frick carries through his reorganiza-
ton on the original lines, he will clear
s25, 900 900 on the Carnegie option alone
to say nothing of the increase In the
value of his own individual interest.
Since the Carnegie option was given
the corrpany has begun Sl5OOOOO en-
largement of its plants in the Pitts
burg district, including two new blast
furnaces to cost $1,000 OOO 20 open
hearth furnaces to cost S1,5OOOOO and
scattering Improvements to cost SS'-
900, 000
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
BASUTOS RESTLESS.
Considerable Uneasiness Manifested by
Natives In Basutoland,

Natives In Basutoland,
CAPE TOWN, Nov IA dispatch
from Maseru. Basutoland, dated Friday
evening. says that since Magistrate
Lagdens warning that their interfer-
ence with the Basutos would cause an
uprising, the Beers have been letting the
Basutos cross the river into Basutoland.
The natives, however, continued to
complain that they were being robbed
of their savings by the authorities. There
is no Disgusting from the natives that
the British suffered reverse at Lady
smith 1t has been explained to the
Europeans as a mere incident Of the war
and they are regarding 1t as insiguifi-
cant. 1t was thought better that every
body should know the truth, the dis
patch adds. "and not follow the repub-
lies methods Of concealing reve-ses beth
from the Europeans and the Basutos.
who have implicit faith in the imperial
government.
The repulse of the Free State forces
Oct. q is claimed by the Beers to have
been a brilliant Boer victory. and they
say that at Elandslaagte the British fed
and that at Ladysmth the Beers re-
tired because they had expended their
ammunition. The Beers also assert that
General White was killed and that GER
tain documents were found on his body.
Certain residents of Colesburg are
freely communicating with the Boer
force across the river.