The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-06-11

Business failures for the week num-
Der 1853, as against 163 last week, 1863
In this week last year, 1874 in 1900,
IFS in 1899 and 221 in 1898.
Went to Top Of Crater.
The National Geographical society
has scored a great triumph through its
representative here, Professor Angelo
Heilprin, who on Saturday, with three
guides, ascended to the top of the
crater on the summit of Mont Pelee.
Professor Heilprin is also president
Of the Philadelphia Geographical So
ciety.
The volcano was active but amid
thousand dangers Professor He'll.
prin reached the summit and looked
down into the huge crater. Here he
spent some time In taking careful
OF servations.
He saw a huge cinder cone in the
center of the crater. The opening
of the crater itself is a vast crevice
500 feet long and $50 wide.
While Professor Heilprin was on
the summit of the volcano several
violent explosions of steam and Gin
der-laden yapor took place and again
and again his life was in danger.
Ashes fell about him in such guam
titles at times as 10 completely OBJ
scure his vision. One particularly
violent explosion of mud covered him
from head to foot with the hideous,
viscid and semi-solid matter thrown
out. Professor Hellprin still persis-
| ted in his study and observations,
however. and twice more was he
showered with mud.
Excursion Train Wrecked.
An excursion train on the Detroit
and Mackinaw railroad. which left
Alpena, Mich, at 7:15 o'clock for
Saginaw. consisting of an engine and
- coaches and carrying over 500 peo-
pie. was wrecked at Black River while
running 10 miles an hour.
One man was instantly killed, three
were probably fatally injured and
nearly so others received injuries
of various degrees of severity, rang
ing from bruises and cuts to broken
limbs.
The excursion was under the au-
spices of the German Aid society of
Alpena. When the train reached
Black River the tender jumped the
track Engineer Hopper instantly set
the air brakes and reversed his en-
gine
The sudden stop threw the first three
coaches of the track and into the
ditch. The first car was thrown half
around and the next two coaches
plowed through it and cut it in two.
Value of New York Farms.
The census report on agriculture in
New York shows that the 226, 720
farms in that state enumerated on
June /, 1900, were valued at $685. 1884,
$50. OF this valuation 3S per cent is
in buildings and 62 per cent in land
and other improvements than build
ings. The value of farm implements
and machinery was S56,006000 and
livestock s125,5S3,715. making the to-
tai value of farm property s1,069, ,723,-
S95. The total value of farm products
in 1899 was s245, 600, of which 61
per cent comprised crops, including
forest products, cut or produced on
farms. and 80 per cent animal products.
The total value of farm products for
1899 exceeds that of 1889 by so per
cent. The gross farm income in 1899
was s1S1 ,S41 42O and the gross income
upon investment II per cent.
Police Giving Up Jobs.
Thursday nights shooting had a So
bering effect upon the idle men and
boys in the valley and as a result the
Wyoming region was a place of almost
absolute peace.
The Stanton colliery, where the
shooting occurred, was visited by
hundreds of persons who expected to
see more trouble, but no crowds were
permitted to congregate in the neigh
borhood. The colliery is closed down
as tight as a drum as a result of the
disturbance there. Even the coal and
iron police, with the exception of
four or five, gave up their jobs and
left town as quickly as they could
get out
The condition of the boy is still Sc
rious but it is believed he will re-
cover
Cost of War In Life.
A recent official statement shows
that the total reduction of the British
forces in South Africa, up to May 80
of the present year was 97,477. This
includes killed, wounded, prisoners,
deaths from disease and men invalided
home. OF these, many have reccy-
cred and reioined their regiments,
leaving 2S,434 dead or permanently
incapacited. The total number of
troops killed in action or who died of
wounds is 1892, while the total num-
Der of deaths from disease is 1880.
Strike In Soft Coal Field.
Thurmond, in West Virginia, is
the center of the New River coal field.
Saturday S5 per cent of the miners in
both the New and the Kanawha river
districts were out and it is thought
that today not per cent of the miners
In the field will be at work.
The daily shipments of coal from
these two fields amounted to 500 cars
but Sat rday less than 100 were sent
out and part of these were loaded.
Increase to Railroad Men.
Two thousand signalmen, dispatch
ers, telegraphers and towermen who
are employed by the New York Cen
tral Railroad company, will receive an
increase in their May envelopes, due
on June 10. The additional pay as
gregates s125OO0 year.