The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-07-02
CRISIS SAFELY PASSED.
King Edward is Making Good
Progress to Recovery.

PInos--bryan on Harmony-Mary
Murphy Murdered - Charged With
Husbands Death-Pay of Presi
dents Physicians.
A dispatch from London says that
in view of the kings continued i'm
proyement no further bulletin will be
ksued at night.
buckingham palace wore gayer ap-
pearance yesterday than for a week
past, and the constant coming and go
ing of royalty and streams of carriages
bore testimony to the feeling of In
creased confidence that the king would
recover. In the afternoon a party OF
princesses drove to Sheen House,
Richmond, and the Prince and Prin.
cess of Wales paid a long visit to
buckingham palace. Last evening the
queen and the royal ladies dined with
in sight of the public through the
windows in the front of the palace,
thousands of people being gathered in
the space in front of the building.
The king was again successfully
transferred from his bed to a mov-
able couch.
Several postponed functions are be-
ing arranged. Lord and Lady Lans-
downe announced that their reception
viii be held July 1. The king has
commanded that the Prince and Prin.
cess of Wales shall represent their
maiesties at the India Office reception
to be held July 4.
The general feeling of relief as a
result of the favorable reports of the
condition of the king vented itself
last night by touching off of the
5000 bonfres throughout the United
Kingdom, which were originally pre-
pared to celebrate coronation night.
The signal to light the fires was
given at five minutes past o'clock;
a rocket was sent up from the top
of a gigantic wheel in Earls court
and burst in a cloud of stars 1000
feet overhead
In response to this signal bonfres
rose from every elevation of any
consequence from the Lizard to the
Orkneys. The celebrations were un-
fortunately somewhat dampened by a
downfall of rain.
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mated It had been hoped that the
Mansion House, the Bank of England
and Marlborough House would join
in the celebration, all their illumi
mating stands beins intact, but none
of the official decorations were lit up.
The display in London in this line
was confined to the theaters, the ho-
tells and the business houses on the
Strand, Fleet street and other thor
oughfares.
There was quite a celebration at
Spithead yesterday when the nearest
approach to a review of the great fleet
there was seen in the trip of several
transports loaded with volunteers and
colonial troops and a number of dis
tinguished persons, who inspected the
empires first line of defense"
The arrangements for King Ed
wards dinner to the poor of London,
to be held July are being rapidly
completed.
Report Of Trade Conditions.
Bradstreets says of the state of
trade:
Unseasonably cool weather is draw.
back to immediate retail distribution
and arrests the progress of the corn
crop east and west. Confidence in the
outlook, however, is evidenced by the
continued heavy buying for fall deliy-
cry noted in the great gain growing
sections of the west. This is also re-
flected by the continued large in
creases in railway earnings over the
best results Of previous years, except
where, as in the case of the coal roads,
distribution is paralyzed by the whole
sale shutdown of production and con-
sumption.
The prices movement has been ir-
regular in keeping with varying wealth
er conditions as far as agricultural
products are concerned.
In cereals the features have been
the strength of corn, on reports of
cold weather, and the advance in
oats due to short supplies and large
cash demand. Wheat has fluctuated
within narrow limits, but the large de-
creases in supplies have constituted a
balance to the quite favorable reports
as to the winter and spring planted
crops.
Business failures for the week
ngmber 1873, as against III last week;
1876 in this week last year; 1856 in
1900; 15S in 1899 and 173 in 1898.
Amnesty For FiIipinos.
At a meeting of the cabinet the terms
of an amnesty proclamation to the
F.Iipinos, which it is contemplated to
issue on the Fourth of July, were
agreed upon. The war department for
some time past has had under consid-
Grafton the draft Of a proclamation.
In its modified state it was agreed to
by the cabinet and Secretary Root
will cable 1t to Acting Governor
Wright for his inspection. If it meets
the latter's approval nothing will re-
main but for the president, if the Phil
ippine civil government bill is 4
law on that day, as is now expected it
will be, to issue on Independence day
a formal proclamation setting forth
terms of amnesty for all political Of
tenders in the islands, including
Aguinaldo and those held at Guam.
The cabinet meeting was held in
the presidents temporary quarters on
Lafayette square and was the first