The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-26
Encouraalna Trade Reports.


decline struck large export orders
which turned the market upward.
Liquidation has been the feature in
this cereal and in corn and oats, which
latter are lower on the week.
Cotton prices appear to have struck
dead center, receipts having been
smaller, while exports, though les
sened, are still liberal, but specula.
lively the situation appears to have
been overbought Print cloths are
higher on the week. Wool is firmer,
largely owing to the small supplies
available and the feeling that higher
prices will be obtained for the new
clip.
Business failures for the week num-
ber 1877, as against 224 last week, 23l
in this week last year, 1872 in 1900, 1S2
in 1899 and 215 in 1898.
Angel of the Wreck.
Coroner Laird has announced his
verdict in the Aurelius wreck on the
New York Central, near Auburn, n. Y,
in which six lives were sacrificed. He
finds that the accident was due to the
recklessness and carelessness of En-
gineer Durand and Conductor Butler
of the wrecking crew. which was run
ming without orders and had no right
of way.
The train should never have left Ca.
yuga until the passenger train had
passed. He recommends that the New
York Central double track the Au-
burn branch. District Attorney Day
ton intimated that Conductor Butler
would be arrested and held for man
slaughter.
Miss Caroline Webster of Geneva,
the angel of the wreck who tore up her
skirt to make bandages for the wound
ed, has been rewarded with an annual
pass on the New York Central.
Testimony Of General Miles.
The printed testimony Of General
Miles before the military affairs COM
mittee has not yet been made public
and it will be submitted to him
for approval 1t is well understood
that a great deal of what the general
said will not appear in the record.
Members of the committee say the
report published was correct in sub
stance in every particular. At the
same time these senators do not agree
that General Miles can be punished
for bis utterances before the commit
tee, whether they appear in the re-
cord or not. OF course the commit
tee could take no action to prevent
the retirement of General Miles. That
under the law, is purely an executive
act and needs no confirmation or ap-
proyal by the senate.
Production Of Honey.
The census bureau has issued a report
showing that for the country as a
whole on June /, 1900, there were 707,-
261 farms keeping bees. These farms
reported 4,1O9,G26 swarms, valued at
$1O,1SG,513
During the year 1899 there were
produced 1876, ,fGO pounds of honey
and 1,765,315 pounds Of wax OF an ag
gregate value of S6,664,90i.
OF the states reporting honey, Texas
is first and California second, New
York third, reporting 3,422, ,497 pounds.
The counties showing the heaviest pro-
duction are Fresno, San Diego and
Tulare in California, and Tompkins,
Cayuga and Seneca in New York.
Steamship Burned at Pier
The pier of the Phoenix steamship
line in Hoboken, n. j., was de-
stoyed by fire Tuesday night. Steam
ship British Queen was totally de-
stroyed, several lighters were burned,
the fire threatened the Campbell
stores, and for time it looked as if
the flames would reach the Holland
America line docks. The Maasdam of
the latter line was towed safely into
the stream.
The loss is estimated to be:
Piers. 100000; British Queen s400,-
600; cotton and lighters, 100000.
Seven lighters are more or less dam
aged.
Lake Erie Open.
The steamer City of Detroit arrived
at Cleveland. o., at 4:30 p. m, Tues
day. having made the run from Detroit
in little less than seven hours.
tier officers reported having encoun.
tered bitterly cold weather and snow
squalls, but very little ice was seen.
Owing to an accident to the receiving
apparatus, the wireless telegraph did
not work satisfactorily although a mes
sage is said to have been received
from Detroit shortly before the YES
sci entered the Cleveland harbor.
Business Place Collapsed.
A three-story brick building on
Fall street at Seneca Falls, N. Y,
owned by Isaac Deslly of Elmlra. col
collapsed Sunday without warning and
was completely wrecked. The build
ing was occupied by l.. z. Nelson with
a stock Of crockery and by the Hotel
Manlin Anna Wilson, who was in
the building at the time, was badly in
jured. The loss on the building and
contents were $4,000.
| $4,000, 600 For Roads.
A delegation representing the ex-
ecutive committee of the supervisors
highway convention of the state OF
New York appeared before the
senate judiciary committee Thursday
afternoon and urged that the con-
current resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution authorizing
an appropriation of S2O,OOO,OOO for the
construction of good roads under the
] Higbie- Armstrong bill, be reported
/ Florence Burns Free.
Florence Burns, who for five weeks
has been under arrest, accused Of the
murder of her lover, Walter I. Brooks,
in the Glen Island hotel, on the night
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