The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-06-18
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the Hotel Lancaster. By far the
greater portion of the patients re
ceived in the institution were those
seeking cure from the drink habit
and those who were addicted to the
use of drugs. When the fire broke
.nt, there was on the fifth floor a
number OF patients suffering from
delirium tremens, and some who
were deranged by drugs.
Several of these we're strapped to
their beds and it was found inpossi-
Bile to save them so rapidly did the
fire spread through the building
Denial by President Palma.
President Palma and General Gomez
were questioned by a correspondent
with regard to the story published in
the United States to the effect that
General Gomez had received a bribe
Of 900 from the administration of
the United States to withdraw from
the presidential campaign in Cuba in
favor of Senior Palma.
President Palma Indignantly denied
that he had been party to any scheme
to have General Gomez withdraw
from the campaign in his favor. He
also spoke for General Gomez who
was present when Senior Palma was
questioned on this matter.
The president of Cuba said that to
insinuate that General Gomez had
hnnUht htr fhA Of
to question the honesty and integrity
of Gomez and himself and that such at.
tacks would pass unanswered.
Learning Cause of Strike.
The information called for by Pres
ident Roosevelt about the coal strike
has been secured and will soon be
official report by Carroll d. Wright,
United States commissioner of labor.
The report which will be prolific
with facts and figures, will touch at
the root of the difficulty and will ex.
plain the real causes" leading to the
great industrial conflict, which causes
have been jealousy guarded by both
sides. Mr. Wright, who declares that
he has not been acting as an arbi-
traitor or pacificator in presenting the
facts and figures, will not make any
suggestions or recommendations What
use President Roosevelt will make of
the official report when 1t reaches
him will only be known when he
takes the public into his confidence.
Good Crop Prospects.
Labor troubles cloud the immediate
outlook, but good crop prospects
fairly well assure future trade. The
effect of the anthracite coal strike is
no longer localized. 1t affects dis.
tributive trade in a wider area and
higher prices for fuel reduce profits OF
manufacturers generally throughout
the East.
Farm products strengthened slight.
ly in prices this week. Sugar reflected
the active demand of the past two
weeks for canning purposes in frac-
tional advance.
Despite dry weather affecting some
Of the smaller fruit crops, the outlook
in this line is exceptionally favorable,
The peach crop outlook is certainly a
good One and the demand for canning
purposes promises to be active
throughout the summer
AboIishing Grade Crossings.
The New York state railroad com.
nj IaC inc
directing the discontinuance of the
Kossuth street, Field street and Buf
falo highway grade crossings of the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad and the Kossuth street grade
crossing of the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg railway in Gates, Monroe |
county, and orders the laying out of |
new streets to pass underneath the |
tracks Of the said railroads. The com |
mission also granted the Brooklyn |
Heights Railroad company permission |
to cross at grade the Bay Ridge |
branch of the Long Island Railroad |
company on Sixteenth avenue and |
Fifty-ninth street, Brooklyn.
Buffalo Wants an Appropriation.
The New York members of the
house were before the committe on ap.
preparations, to ask an appropriations
100000 to cover the deficit of the |
Buffalo exposition. Representative
Alexander of Buffalo, who spoke for
the delegation, said that the shooting
of President Mckinley had a depress-
ing effect on the exposition towards its
close when there was the greatest ex.
pectation of large returns and that
ander normal condition there would
have been a much larger income.
Hobson Retirement Bill.
The house committee on naval af.
fairs decided to postpone until next
session the bill for retirement ofNaval
Constructor r. p. Hobson on account of
defective eyesight. The report says
that only the gravest reasons would
justify special legislation of this kind
and that with further rest and care
Constructor Hobson may so far re-
cover as to render the service to the
navy for which he is so well fitted.
Killed by Falling Elevator.
At Richford, VT, two persons
were instantly killed and about
a dozen others seriously injured, twU
of them probably fatally, by the fall
ing of an elevator in the Veneer mill
of C. C. Manuel & Son at Richford
village Thursday. The elevator con-
tanned "a passengers and with its load
of human freight fell three stories.
OF those injured about a dozen had
legs or arms broken.
King Edward Had a Chill.
King Edward suffered Sunday from
n nhill uhich nrnvnnfnd him from nt.