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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Iefferson,s Birthday Observed.

The New York State Democratic
Editorial association Monday night
celebrated the birthday of Thomas
Jefferson with a banquet at the Ter
Eyck, Albany. At least 100 represent
atives of the Democratic press of the
state were in attendance.
Hon Daniel e. Frisbie of Schoharie
former Democratic leader in the as
sembly and president of the associa
ton, presided and made an address
Speeches were made as follows
Hon. Andrew Mclean, editor of the
Brooklyn Citizen, on "The Day We
Celebrate"
Professor Duncan G. Lee of Cornell
university and editor of the Ithaca
News. on Jefferson and Education
Hon. John N. Carlisle of Water
town, chairman of the executive com
mittee, on "The State Committee"
Hon. Eliot F. Danforth on "The
Declaration of Independence"
Senator Thomas F. Grady on "Tht
Legislature"
Former United States Senator D. B
Hill spoke at length on "The Empire
State Democracy"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
WIRE TAPPERs BEATEN.
Bet $1,000 and Sent In Wrong Re
suIts-Didn't Get Any Money.

Chicago, April 21.-Wire-tappers
were beaten at their own game to the
extent of $4,000 in an attempt to make
a big winning from the poolroom near
the Hawthorne racetrack, of which
Daniel OLeary is manager. The at
tempt to beat the poolrcom was made
on the San Francisco races. The
wire-tappers had placed their money
against heavy odds, and had the re.
suits of the races been accepted as
they announced them, their profits
would have been enormous.
Tie overlapping syndicate first got
its telegraph instrument placed, and
they tapped the wire somewhere near
the main office downtown. Then $1,000
was bet on a single lump sum on Shell
mount, at 20'to l, in the fifth race, to-
gether with $4,000 in smaller amounts.
When the result of the race came over
the wire the tappers announced Shell
mount as winner with Warte Nicht
second. In reality, Warte Nicht was
the winner and Shellmount not in the
mOncY al all.
In the fourth race bets to the
arount of $4,000 were placed on
Watercure at to 1 and better, and
on Epicure for place at to l. The
poolrOom ticker, manipulated by he
wire tarpers, announced that Water
cure had finished first, Epicure sec
ond, but Watercure was not first.
A manager became suspicious, and
as a precautionary measure asked for
direct communication with San Fran
cisco before cashing any bets and
asking that the results of the races
be verified. The reply to his request
for information Immediately exposed
the entire plot, and the poolroom is
a winner to the extent of the bets
placed with 1t by the wire-tappers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
NEGROES HOLD UP A BOAT.
One Threatens Passengers With Revol.
yer and Other Takes All Their
ValuableS.

Washington. Pa, April 1S.-Two
negro desperadoes, Wilbur Sharp and
Cornelius Wilkins, held up ferry boat
in the middle of the Monongahela rlv.
err opposite Courtney, this county,
Tuesday night and robbed the pas.
sengers of their valuables.
Isaac Ames, an old man, who resist.
ed, was shot through the left breast
and dangerously wounded. The ne
groes made good their escape and have
not been captured.
A large number of people from Elk
Horn, on the Allegheny side of the
river, attended a show at Courtney
After the play they boarded the boat
which plies between the two points
to return to their homes. wilkins
and Sharp also got aboard When the
boat had reached midstream the two
blacks drew revolvers and, threatening
the passengers with instant death II
they should resist, started TO relieve
them of their money and valuables
Sharp, with drawn revolver, held the
crowd at one end of the boat while
Wilkins did the robbing.
Isaac Ames, an old man, who had
considerable money on his person, re-
sisted wilkins attempt to rob him and
wilkins instantly sent bullet into
his left breast just over the heart.
The negro then knocked his victim
down and kicked him repeatedly be-
fore taking his watch and considerable
money.
The boat, meantime, had been rapid.
ly ploughing toward the Allegheny
county side, the engineer not knowing
what was occurring on the deck. When
the boat reached shore wilkins and
Sharp backed off, Aourishing their re-
volyers and threatening the passen-
gers if they followed them. They dis
appeared in the darkness, going to-
ward the country
Warrants for the arrest of the men,
who are we'll known at the coal mines
at Courtney, were issued and officers
started in pursuit. They have not
heen located
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Sunday School Lesson Papers.

The Sunday school lesson committee
appointed by the International Sun
day school convention held in Denver
last summer began its initial meet
ing in Washington last week, with
the president, DR.. John Potts of To
ronto, Canada, in the chair, and II
of the IL members present. The COM
mittee Immediately took up the work
of revising the Sunday school lessons
for 1905 and of outlining plans for the
five years from 1906 to 1911. The re-
port of the British section was de-
voted to suggestions bearing upon the
lessons. The committee represents
over 20,0O0000 Sunday school chill
dren and Sunday school workers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
DAMAGE TO SHAMROCK
BY Hard Work Boat Will Be
Righted In Three Weeks.

Weekly Trade acknowledgements ot
Jefferson Day-Work of the Malta.
Republican Editors-Strike In Knit
ting MilIs-PresiGent In Yellow
stone Park.
Sir Thomas Upton in describing the
accident to Shamrock III, said:
When the challenger lost her mast
she was almost fiat; there were GER
tainly six feet of water over her lee
deck My first impression, when the
mast went, was that the boat was
sinking. | scrambled on deck and
found everything gone and the boats
out doing rescue work. never saw
the seaman, Collier in the water"
Sir Thomas was bewildered at the
suddenness of the accident and said
that what Immediately followed
seemed like dream.
Questioned as to his future course.
he said he meant to work day and
night to get the yacht reftted in time
for further trials before sailing for
New York. His desire was to avoid
a postponement of the races. He
thought the challenger would be in
racing trim again in three weeks.
The body of Collier, who was
knocked overheard when the rigging
collapsed, has not been recovered.
Sir Thomas has offered a reward for
its recovery and has made provision
for Golfers widow and child.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Kinu Edward at Malta.

Valetta, Island of Malta, April 21.--
King Edward yesterday reviewed g.
900 blue jackets and marines and later,
with elaborate ceremony, his majesty
laid the foundation stone Of the break
water which is to protect the entrance
of the Grand Harbor. Many distin-
guished persons were present. Last
evening there was a water carnival in
the harbor, the features of which were
floating models of 13 types of vessels
of various periods, from Noah's ark to
the battle ship Edward VII. The royal
yacht Victoria and Albert left here
this morning.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Republican Editors.

The Republican Editorial associa-
tion of the state of New York elected
the following officers at the annual
convention held in New York:
President, w. A. Smyth, Owego
Times; vice presidents, Lewis Nc
Kinstry, Fredonia Censor; Elias vair,
Waterloo News; Charles S, Manger,
Herkimer Citizen; j. p. Herrick, Boil
var Breeze, and H. X. Williams, Dun
kirk Observer; secretary and treas
urer, A. o. Bunnell, Dansvills Adver-
tiser; executive committee for three
years: Thomas P. Peters, Brooklyn
Times; Henry A. Brockway, Water
town Times; William Berri, Standard
Union, Brooklyn; W. ]. Pollard, Cour-
ier-Journal, Seneca Falls, and E.
W. Adds, Standard, Brewster.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Work of the Malta.

Eight Italians who the police assert
are both members of the "Mafia" and
of big counterfeiting band, were ar.
rested by detectives of the central of.
fee staff in connection with the MUIR
der of the man whose unidentified
body was found crowded into barrel
in New York city.
Both Inspectors McClusky and
Schmittberger assert that they are al.
most certain the man was murdered
by the same band that murdered
Meyer Weisbard, a travelling jeweler
of the lower East side, two years ago
and stuffed his body into a trunk, and
did away with the grocer Cantanie OF
Brooklyn.
They say they have absolutely no
doubt but that the three murders are
the work of the same gang and have
no hesitancy in saying they believe
they are very near complete solu
ton of the most recent of three un
solved mysteries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Manufacturing Industry Active.

Wet weather has retarded retail
trade and accentuated the quiet in tex.
tiles at wholesale usual at this sea-
son. A beneficial after-effect of The
Easter rush, however is an improve
ment in collections, despite bad roads
and weather and activity in farming
work. The movement of crops to mar
ket notes some reduction from these
causes.
The agricultural outlook at present
is one of the best, though the lateness
of the season is complained of in cot
ton and spring wheat planting.
Over production is noted in very few
lines of business, and manufacturers
generally are pushed to keep up with
orders. Exceptions to this are the
partial shutdown of Western flour mills
and in the rather backward demand
for heavy woolens.
Mems wear woolen goods for fall
delivery are reported rather backward
and raw wool has steadied slightly as
supplies of old material are restricted
and the spring shearing is only just
beginning.
Manufacturing industry Is active the
country over. Building is very brisk,
entailing heavy movement of lum-
Der. hardware, paints and glass. Leath-
er is strong, in sympathy with the firm
ness in hides and with the general ac-
tivity reported in shoe manufacturing
throughout the country.
Seasonable changes are responsible
for a slight advance in butter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Has Leave to Marry Again.

New York, April 21.-Justice Giege-
rich in the supreme court has signed
an order permitting William X. Van
derbilt to marry again. The order
modifies the decree obtained by Mrs.
Alva e. Vanderbilt in 1895, by which
Mr.. Vanderbilt was forbidden to mar
ry within the life of his divorced wife.
The application for the order was sup
ported by afidavits made by United
States Senator Chauncey M. Depew
and e. V. w. Rossiter, and sets forth
the fact that Mr.. Vanderbilt now is in
Paris, France and that he is desirous
of forthwith contracting another mar
riage.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Amen Corner Dinner.

There were 355 diners at the third
annual dinner of the Amen Corner
in the Fifth Avenue hotel in New
York Friday night. Edward Riggs
was toastmaster and among the guests
were former Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff, Lieutenant Governor Hig.
gins, Senator T. c. Platt, Attorney
General Cunneen, ]. L. Hedges, Simon
Ford, Mayor Seth Low, Charles f.
Murphy, Robert G. Morris, Edward M.
Grout, Colonel George w. Dunn, Bird
S. Coler and many other men of
prominence.
1t was remarked that Mayor Seth
Low and Charles f. Murphy, leader of
Tammany hail. were seated next each
other On the other side OF Mr.. Muir
ply was Senator Platt. These three
men, politically different, chatted to-
gether like old friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
CHURCH MEMBERS IN A FIGHT.
Attempt to Gust Pastor Results In
Clash at Conference.

Marcus Hook, Pa, April 1S.-The
church militant and muscular Christi
anity were decidedly in evidence in the
old Protestant Episcopal church,
founded more than 200 years ago.
From a staid church meeting the an
nual conference degenerated into
free-forall-Gght, in which Lewis Wal.
ten was struck on the head with a
kneeling stool, Richard Stanert was
slugged with broken lamp and gen
eral pandemonium was raised. Sew
eral women tainted; the church was
set on fire; there were screams, shouts
and curses; the members of the con-
gregation who did not care to fight
stampeded, and some of the weaker
brothers and sisters were trampled
on.
Some time ago e. Il. Trainor,
wealthy member of the church, com
planned that the rector, Rev. Mr..
Dougherty, was catering too much to
the rough element of the town, the
fishermen and employees of the oil
works, and headed a faction which
sought to oust him. The fishermen and
oil works employees rallied to the
pastors support, and there was a full
attendance at the meeting
Rev. Mr. Dougherty opened the ser
vices, Mr. Trainor moved that j. W.
Booth take the chair, but this was OBJ
jected to on the ground that Booth
was a Presbyterian. Then the trouble
started
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Friday.

Two German explorers are planning
to seek the North pole by the aid Of a
submarine boat and wireless teleg.
raphy.
The Illinois senate has passed a
house bill appropriating $4,000 for the
relief of Mrs. John p. Altgeld, widow
of the former governor
By vote of 26 to 23 the senate re-
jected the reappointment OF Frank NJ.
Baker by Governor Odell as railroad
commissioner. Senators Elsberg, r.
R. Brown, Bracket and Amber voted
with the % Democrats.
Six men are reported to have been
killed and several seriously wounded
by an explosion at the mines of the
Peerless Coal and Coke company, near
Vivian, w. Va. A powder house near
the mine caught fire and its contents
exploded.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
RIVAL METAL WORKERS.
Decision of Executive Committee of
A. F. of L.

Toronto, Ont, April 81. - An i'm
portant decision was reached by the
executive committee of the A. F. of
L. at their session here by which the
Independent Sheet Metal Workers as
sociation of Chicago are ordered to
send five delegates to the Milwaukee
convention of the International asso-
citation to confer with a committee to
be selected by that convention for the
unification of the two Chicago locals
under the jurisdiction of the Interna-
tional association, said local to be gov
erned according to the constitution Of
the International association.
In the event of the independent
union of Chicago refusing to comply
with this decision, the president of the
A. F. of L. shall issue a statement
that the International association is
the only body entitled to the support
of other bodies affiliated with the A.
+. of L. In the meantime all hostili-
ties between the two organizations
shall cease.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Strike In Knittinc Mills,

When the knitting mills OF Amster.
dam, N. Y, closed on Tuesday night
of this week the spinners quit their
jacks with a determination not to re-
turn to work unless the demand made
six months ago for an increase in
wages averaging Is per cent is grant
ed. The manufacturers, who have
paid no heed to the request hereto
fore, met and formed an organization,
after which it was unanimously voted
not to make any concession whatever
in the way of an increase in wages.
This is the most serious strike in
Amsterdam since the memorable one
of 1856, which affected practically
every industry of this city and from
which Amsterdam was many years in
recovering. The present difficulty af.
fects IL mills, which include all those
employing spinners except the four
of A. V. Morris and Sons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Monday.

The European squadron of the Unit
ed States navy will visit Kiel, Ger
many, during regatta week.
German officers watched the launch
ing of the armored cruiser West Vir-
ginia at the Newport News shipbuild-
ing yards.
A Wampum, Pa, baker shot and
killed a bank robber who surprised
him while on his way to work; and he
himself was wounded by the robber.
New York police discovered that the
still unidentified victim of the Maria
found in a barrel had been stripped
and dressed in cheaper attire after
death.
Western New York will provide the
greater part of the provisional regi-
ment accompanying Governor Odell
to St. Louis, and Colonel Welch of Buff
falo viii. command il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Thursday.

The Tooth anniversary of the forma.
tion of the county of Seneca will be
observed at Waterloo by great cele.
bration on March 20, 1904.
Former President Cleveland, DR.. Ly.
man Abbott and others discussed the
negro question in a large meeting
held in the interest Of the Tuskegee
institute of Alabama.
A conference of canal committees
representing Greater New York and
Buffalo was begun in New York Its
purpose is to devise plans for meeting
the opposition to canal improvement.
A dispatch from Shreveport, La,
says it has been established beyond
doubt that the negro who was killed
Saturday, and whose body was burned
Sunday for the murder of Mrs. Mat,
thews, was innocent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Saturday..

Governor Odell is in Buffalo to re-
view the 65th regiment and to inspect
work on new arnory.
Nomination of George w. Morgan tc
succeed John McCullagh as superinten.
dent of state bureau of elections con.
firmed by the senate.
Pittsburg is to have a great univers.
ity. For its endowment, il is said
the millions of Andrew Carnegie and
20 other wealthy Pittsburgers are
pledged.
Shamrock III was dismasted in a
squall at Weymouth. Several of the
crew carried overheard and one man
drowned. Sir Thomas Upton was
knocked down a hatch.
The Very Rev. DR.. Milford l.. Rob.
bins, dean of the cathedral in Albany,
was elected dean of the Episcopal gen.
eral theological seminary, to succeed
the late Dean Hoffman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Knox Stops In Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, April 1S.-Attorney Gen
eral Knox came to Pittsburg and hal
a long talk with United States Attor-
ney James S. Young and they left on
the Pennsylvania limited for the West.
They denied themselves to reporters
and the conductor declined TO give
their destination. 1t is cCniectured
that they are going to Chicago on
beef trust business or to St Paul on
Northern Securities merger business
or to the Yellowstone park to see the
president.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Bank Messenger Robbed.

New York, April 21.-Joseph Kayler,
a messenger for the Bronx Borough
bank. was held up by four men on the
Harlem bridge and robbed of Sl59 in
cash and $4,000 in checks and bonds.
Kayler said two of the men held him
while the others searched his pockets.
He pursued them but they escaped.
Michael Mccarthy, driver, and Larry
Murphy, 'longshoreman, were arrest
ed and identified by Kayler. In Muir
phys pockets were found $3.50 Of de-
nominations taken from the messen-
ger
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Tuesday,.

Western railroad men say that the
grain crops will be moved quickly this
year because of better facilities.
The victim of the barrel murder in
New York has been identified as Bene.
detto Meduenia, of AZ Trenton avenue,
Buffalo.
Seven passengers and a brakeman
lost their lives in a wreck on the Eric
road at Red House, n. Y. about eight
miles from Salamanca.
or the 43 collieries Of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron cOui-
pany all but IL are shut down owing
to the employees being locked out by
an order OF the company.
A crowded street car ran away on
Federal street Allegheny. Pa, broke
through the safety gates Of the Fort
Wayne railroad, derailed a fast moving
freight train aud then went to pieces.
A dozen passengers injured
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Bookmakers Arrested.

Chicago, April 21.-"Kid" Weller,
who has charge of the betting at Lake
side, and Herbert Myers, a sheet writ
er, were arrested by Chief Of Police
Cox Of Hammond, Ind, just as the
horses were going to the post in the
fourth race. Chief Cox said he pro-
posed to make test case on the Eng
llsh system of booking adopted by
the track management. The arrests
did not interrupt betting in the Eng
lish system.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Flour Mills Shut Down.

The -four mill and wheat situation
in Minneapolis and the Northwest is
more complex at present than it has
been at any time since the shut
down. The millers stick to their or
iginal explanation, an unjust discrimin-
alton in tariffs between Duluth and
Buffalo against -four and favoring
wheat, which they assert was the real
cause of big loss to them. Most re-
liable advices are that every flour mill
in the Northwest has ceased opera
tions, pending instructions from the
Minneapolis millers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22

Lathrop who preached sermon to the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston on June 6, 1774, and was i'm
prisoned for what the British claimed
were reasonable utterances, was un-
yelled with an impressive service in
which the Ancients and the Grand
Army of the Republic took part.
There was also a large meeting in
Faneuil hall and at the celebration in
Lexington, Colonel F. c. Chappelle, as,
sistant adjutant general of the state
presented to the Historical Society the
old drum which called the Minute Men
Of Lexington to arms 12S years ago.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Verdict Against Railroad.

New York, April PA verdict for
$75, 900 damages was awarded by n
jury in the supreme court in the suit
brought against the New York Central
railroad by the heirs of Alfred NJ. Per
rim of New Rochelle, former president
of the United States Paper Bag com
pany, who was killed in the Park Ave
nue. tunnel accident.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Paul Revere's Sianal.

Patriots day was not observed
in Boston to any extent Sunday ont
side of the churches, the law providing
for its secular celebration Monday. The
weather was excellent. In conformity
with the custom begun some years age
two lighted lanterns wer' to be seen
Saturday night in the tower of the old
North church on Salem street, com.
memorating the signal given to Paul
Revere 12S years ago.
At the Second church in Boston
Cupley square, a portrait of Rev. JohI.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. NJ. L. Sabbath School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. o. II. Nickle
Preaching in the f. NJ. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
McGarvy. Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every sabbath morning and evening,
The regular meetings of the w. G. T..
u. are held at the headquarters ON the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
mrnth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Queer Message Found In Bottle.

CORY, Pa, April 1S.-"Send this to
John Quick, Bradford, Pa. He will
know what to do. T. NJ. A." This
message was found in a bottle on the
shores OF Hartfeld's pond It is
thought to be a suicides request, and
the pond is being dragged. The mes
sage has been sent to John Quick, but
no word from him has been received
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
Jefferson Memorial Association.

William ]. Bryan, Senator Hoar
of Massachusetts. Governor Mon
tague of Virginia and Charles Emory
Smith of Philadelphia were the prin'
cipal speakers at a dinner given at
the Hotel Barton. in Washington, I'M
der the auspices of the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial association in celebra-
ton of the 16Oth anniversary Of the
birth of the author of the Declaration
of Independence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-22
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BurgeSs.-F. X. Lanson,
Couacilmen.-D j. G. Dunn, G. G..
CASTOR, j. b. Muse, &. f. Weaver, j. w.
Landers, J. r. Dale. w. f Killmer.
Justices Of the Pedce-C. A. Randall, s..
j. Setley.
Constdble-S. II. Maxwell.
C0llectOr-S. j. Setley.
School DirectOrS-L. Fulton. j. q.
Scowden, j. Il. Wenk, Patrick Joyce, Il
Agnew. II. l.. Haslet.