The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-10-08

Sunday.
When the conference adjourned q
few minutes before o'clock all those
who had Joined in it declined to talk.
Every member of the cabinet and Col
onel Wright, the only outsider who was
present, were pledged to the president
to absolute secrecy as to what had
occurred within the conference room.
The utmost efforts were made tc
guard against publicity, just as the
presidential summons which called the
conference had been made in very
quiet and carefully guarded way Not
since the Spanish war has there been
such reticence shown at a conference
Of such a character as was observed
September Wheat Cornered.
In the almost uniformly favorable re-
turns of nine months financial, com.
mercial and industrial operations the
only depressing note is the growing
acuteness of the coal situation, which
has passed out Of local and state cog
nizance and become of national i'm
portance and interest.
Failure returns, too, are almost en-.
tirely favorable. the number of embar
rassments being the smallest, with
two exceptions, in 10 years, and the
liabilities being the lightest, with one
exception, in 20 years.
In the grain markets the feature has
been the successful cornering of Sep
tember wheat at Chicago, by which
prices were forced up IL cents addi
tional this week. This manipulation
completed with smaller receipts, much
of il Of low grade stuff, has tended tc
discourage export business 1t is tc
be noted, however. that exports this
week are the largest for 13 months
Annual Pension Report.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions, E. F. Ware, made
public shows that the total enrol
ment comprises 73S.S09 soldiers and
260,637 widows and dependents. The
aggregate includes 4,695 pensioners
OUTSIDE the united states.
The number of death notices of old
soldiers, not now in the service, re
ceived by the bureau during the year
was 50,12S; but only 27,043 of them
were pensioners.
The report says that the death rate
among pensioners for the coming yeal
will be about 10000 and the losses tc
the rolls from other causes will be
about 5000 The total sSount paid
for pensions during the fiscal year was
$1S7, 7,504 .26S. and the yearly cost OF
operating and maintaining the bureau
and the agencies, outside of the pay
ment of pensions proper, aggregates
s3,59O,529.
Sixth Month of Coal Strike.
The beginning of the sixth month Of
the coal strike shows no materia
change in the situation.
The operators told President Roose
welt on Friday that 1900 men are al
work and that Is per cent of the nor
NAL coal production is being mined
Mr.. Mitchell then denied that such a
number of men are mining coal. Hf
said the operators are including in the
1900 all the engineers, fremen and
pump runners (of whom there are
about $1,000, fire bosses, foremen, car
penters, clerks and all other EN-
ployes.
He also denied that Is per cent o
the normal production is being sent
to the market and said if the state
ment we're true "th5 operators owe II
to the public to sell the coal at the
normal prices instead of charging deal
ers SIS to 500 ton"
New Comet Visible.
Prof. William r. Brooks Of Smith
observatory, has had the new comet
discovered by Professor Perrine al
Lick observatory under frequent oh
servations since its discovery. Wher
last observed it was in the lower part
of Cassiopeia's chair and is moving
westerly toward the northern part ol
Cygnus. DR.. Brooks says the comet Is
increasing in brightness and is now
about 20 times brighter than at discov
cry. On Oct. 6 it will be about q
times brighter than when first oh
served, when it will be few degrees
north Of the upper star in the cross Of
Cygnus. The comet will not be a bril-
liant object, but may be seen with the
naked eye when well located and may
be observed with good field glass OF
small telescope.
Funeral of Emile &oa.
The funeral of Emile Zola at Paris
was a simple but impressive cere
mony, such as Zola himself would have
wished, without pomp. Thousands ol
workingmen, many accompanied by
their wives, sorrowfully marched be
hind the coffin.
Former Captain Dreyfus marched
in the funeral cortege, according tt
the authority of the prefect or police
but he passed completely unnotice!
by the crowd. A little distance be
hind him came Nine. Dreyfus, accom-
panied Dy ner latner. DreyluS sent
handsome wreath which was placed |
beside the coffin.
G. A. r. Encampment.
The seth annual encampment Of the |
Grand Army of the Republic began il
Washington Monday, with the meeting
of the various auxiliary organizations
affiliated with the main body and will |
continue until next Saturday. Crowds |
Of visitors have been pouring into
the city and at all the railroad sta
tions 1t is stated that the number
of persons coming to the encampmeni
is perhaps greater than ever before
brought to the city on any occasion.
Bio Profits Of Steel Combine.