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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19

on the Paris Metropolitan Electric
railway. The total number of victims
is estimated at 80.
About S o'clock one of the trains
which run on five minute schedules
broke down at Menilmontant station,
which is in a poor and populous sec
ton of the city.
This train was promptly empticd
and the train which followed was
ordered 10 push it 20 the repairing
sheds. On the way these two trains
caught fire but the employees succeed
ed in escaping.
Meanwhile a crowded train reached
Les Couronnes, the preceding station,
and the officials seeing smoke pouring
out # the tunnel gave the alarm.
A panic ensued, the passengers strug-
Cling to escape from a station. Some
attempted to return along the line
toward Belleville, where the smoke
was ~suffocating.
The fire brigade was unable
10 enter the station or the tunnel ow-
Ing to the dense smoke, until 3 o'clock
IN the morning.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
BLACKLIST LAWFUL.
Judge Rogers sustains Demurrer In
Labor Injunction Case.

St, Louis, Aug. 1S.-Judge Rogers
in the United States circuit court
handed down an opinion sustaining
the demurrer of the Western Union
Telegraph company in the labor in
junction case of Boyer ct al against
that company.
In the written opinion Judge Rog-
ers sustains every point urged by At
torney Smith representing the defen-
dant company, holding hat the COM
pany has the absolute right to dismiss
employees because they belong to the
union, or far any other relscl; that
there can he no conspiracy 10 do a
lawful act; that the go-called blacklist
may be maintained end givea ont for
the use of others.
The case resulted from n bill filed
by Telegraph Opecat'r h~.hur Boyer
md others, alleging that they were
members of the Commercial Teleg-
laphers' union and that they had been
discharged by the Western UniSn Tele-
graph company so,Gly because they
belonged to the union; that it was the
intention of the Western Union to
discharge other employees for this
reason and that the Western Union
maintains a so-called blacklist"
The bill sought to prevent these
alleged conditions. The Western
Union demurred to the bill and this
demurrer was sustained on every
point by Judge Rogers. Relative to
the blacklist the judge held that
the company had the right to main
tain a list on which might be placed
the name of a discharged employee
and the cause of discharge and this
list might be given to others, provid-
ed its contents were truthful and it's
circulation honest.
He also ruled as the bill alleged the
union was formed for moral and prop
er purposes there should exist no OBJ
lection upon the part of an employee
10 have his discharge based upon the
mere fact that he was a member of
such an order.
This decision is regarded as con-
clusively settling the law in the West
ern Union %company's favor. The
plaintiffs took Is days time to amend
their bill.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Automobiles Drowned In Canal.

Henry II. Spaulding, aged about 45,
an expert and enthusiastic autom0-
tilist from Buffalo, rode to his death
four miles east of Fort Plain Tuesday
afternoon while on the towpath OF the
Erie canal.
While turning cut for a lineman's
rig his auto swerved more than he in
tended and man and machine plunged
into the water.
Two linemen rushed to aid Spauld-
ing but in their excitement let go en-
tirely Of the rope. one end of which
they had thrown to the drowning man.
One Of them FASTENED to Speakers, a
hamlet near by. for assistance but by
the time help arrived. Spaulding had
drowned.
In his coat were papers, letters. etc,
that positively identified him. The
body was recovered entangled in the
rope which had been thrown to him.
The machine. uninjured and with the
brakes set, was also recovered.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
TREATY IS REJECTED.
Colombian Senate V otesAgainst
Proposition.

Statement by New York Counsel of
Panama Canal Company-Much Dis
satisfaction In the Panama Depart
ment-Fears OF a Secession Move
ment on the lsthmu5.
Washington, Aug. 18.-Dr. Harlan.
The Colombian charge d'affaires, has
received an official ~cablegram from
lhe Colombian secretary of state, dated
August 13, containing the brief Ar
nouncement of the senate's rejection
Of the treaty on the day previous.
When word was received that the
Panama canal treaty had been rejected
by the Colombian senate, William
Nelson Cromwell of Sullivan and
Cromwell, New York, made the fl
lowing brief statement, as counsel for
the Panama Canal company:
"a committee Of the Colombian SEN
ate on the 9Th inst recommended the
treaty with a number of amendments.
Our cable advices state that various
parliamentary motions have been
made, more or less involving these
amendments, and a recent one indi-
Gates that the treaty is not acceptable
without amendment but this is not
regarded as final"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Monday.

James j. Jeffries, champion heavy
weight pugilist, defeated James Cor
bett in the 10th round at San Fran
cisco.
Announcement was made that JC-
seph Pulitzer had given $4,000, 900 to
Columbia university to found and en-
dow a school Of journalism.
By order of the controller of the cur
rency, the Navesink National bank of
Red Bank, N. j., was closed, and w. A.
Mason took charge as receiver.
King Peter of Servia is said to be
completely in the hands Of the military
clique, who are said to have his writ
ten approval Of the assassination If
King Alexander.
The British parliament was pro-
rogued, no light being thrown by the
premier on the governments attitude
toward the fiscal scheme of Mr.. Cham.
berlain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Street Cars Must Stop.

st. Louis, Aug. 1S.-Beverly S. War
den who was arrested Saturday be-
Il when he wanted to board a
street car none would stop for him
and he finally drew a revolver and
forced the motorman to come to a
halt, was acquitted in police court.
In d%ischarging Warden, Judge Tracy
said: ANY street car motorman
brought before me on a substantiated
charge Of passing passengers on the
street corner will be fined the limit
CT the law. Citizens have rights that
are paramount to those of a street
a company"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Friday.

The fifth and deciding race for the
Canada cup at Toronto was won by
%lrondequoit over Strathcona by n
minute.
Both Bulgarian and Turkish reports
agree in considering the situation in
Macedonia very serious, and the re-
volt Is growing hourly.
Twenty shots were fired into an
American fishing steamer on Lake
Erie by a Canadian revenue cutter for
poaching in Dominion waters.
A report by the British vice consul
at Odessa en- the Kishineff massacres
shows that the local authorities took
no effective step to stop the riots.
homain and Emile Daurignac, broth
ers of Nine. Therese Humbert, were
positively identified as the mythical
Crawford brothers" during the trial
in Paris.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
A Trainman Killed and Engineer and
Fireman Probably Fatally Injured.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-In a head-on col
lision between two passenger trains OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul,
neal Long lake, one trainman a
killed, an engineer and fireman were
probably fatally injured and a num-
Der of persons were more or less seri-
Cusly hurt.
Several Of the victims were buried
beneath the mass Of wreckage and
were removed with great difficulty.
A mistake in train orders is given as
the cause OF the accident. The pas
sengers on both trains were thrown
into a panic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Fishinu Boat Fired On.

The Silver Spray, a fishing boat
owned at Erie, Pa, came into port In
a badly shattered condition due to an
encounter in midlake Wednesday
with the Canadian revenue cutter
Petrol. For years the Canadian au-
thorities have had trouble with Amer
lean fishermen poaching or the Can
adam side of the lake.
About noon the Petrol came upon
the Silver Spray IN the Canadian side
and at once ordered Captain Chris
Chau to stop. The Petrol is a strong
steel craft and it is said attempted to
ram the American boat before she
could comply with the order.
Captain Chau, remembering the fate
of several other boats from this side
which had been captured and con
~f1scated, attempted to escape and start
ed ahead at full spead.
The captain of Petrol opened fire
with all the guns he had on board
ind before he ceased firing some 20
shots had struck the American YES
sci. One passed through the smoke
stack into the pilot house in which
Chau stood and two others struck the
pilot house. One came within a few
inches Of the captain.
That no one was killed is considered
wonderful, as shots entered the cabin
and various other parts of the boat.
A large number Of American fishing
tugs have been confscated by the Can
adam government. One, however, be-
longing in Dunkirk, was a few weeks
ago ordered returned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
SATURDAY..

Fighting Is going on between the
Turkish troops and the insurgents at
many points near Monastir.
A cable dispatch from Naples says
that two streams of lava are flowing
down Vesuvius from assures in tho
cone.
Eleven regulations governing the en-
forcement of the sanitary code in bar
Der shops were made public by the
New York board of health.
At the session of the Union Veter-
ans union national encampment at
Rochester a resolution was passed
commenting the administrative acts
Of Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles.
From Oyster Bay the announce
ment was made by the Aldrich cur
rency committee, after a long confer
ence with the president, that an extra
session will be called, and that the
date may be put ahead from Nov. 9
into October.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Wednesday.
Thursday.

Elihu Root, secretary of war, will
forward his resignation to the presi-
dent before he sails for Europe on
Aug. %, as a member of the Alaskan
boundary commission.
Henry H. Spaulding of Buffalo was
brown with his automobile into the
canal at Fort Plain and drowned. He
was riding on the towpath and turned
to avoid a lineman's rig.
Cable dispatches from Paris describe
The disaster on the underground rail
way, in which nearly a hundred per-
IONS lost their lives; no n was
burned. but all the victims were suffo-
Gated by the smoke.
Attorney General Cunneen, answer
Ing attacks of counsel, declared his mo-
tive in proceeding against the New
York Building-Loan Banking com
pany was to ave the credulous poor
from being deprived CT their savings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
PANAMA DISSATISFIED.
Rumors Of a Secession Movement by
People on the lsthmus.

Panama, Aug. 18.-The unanimous
rejection Of the Panama canal treaty
by the senate is the talk in all circles.
The question on ali lips is what will
become of Panama. The only con-
ISOLATION the Isthmians have is that the
rest of the republic, with the exchange
at a very high figure and with an up
ward tendency, will suffer a great deal
more.
1t seems that the governm;l Pit
never expected the treaty to be rati-
fed, and it was not supported at all
in the senate.
General Lucio Velazoo, an old vet
eran and a distinguished army officer,
has been appointed military command
err of the department of Panama. 1t
Is thought fears, caused by the rum
ors Of a secession movement on the
isthmus, may have influenced the APP
pointment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Renort of Crop Conditions.

The monthly report of the bureau OF
statistics OF the department of agri-
culture will show the condition of corn
on Aug. l to have been 1871 as COM
pared with 1914 on July l, 1903; 500
On Aug. l, 1902; 81 at the correspond
ing date in 1901, and a 10-year average
Of S4.4.
Preliminary returns indicate a win
ter wheat crop Of about 41O, 900 600
bushels or an average of 12.4 bushels
Der acre as compared with 1873 bushels
asst year.
The average condition Of spring
wheat on Aug. /, was ISL as compared
with S2.5 last month, 1871 on Aug. l,
1902; S0.3 on Aug. /, 1901 and a 10
year average of S0.2.
The average condition Of the oat
crop on Aug. / was 1915, as compared
with 84.3 one month ago; 1874 on Aug.
l., 1902; 1876 on Aug. l, 1901, and a 10
year average of S2.6.
The proportion of the oat crop Of
last year still in the hands of farmers
IS estimated at IA per cent as com
pared with AZ per cent Of the crop OF
1901 In farmers hands n year ago,
and SO per cent of the crop Of 1900 in
farmers hands two years ago, and an
eight-year average of IA per cent.
The average condition Of barley on
Aug. l was 1874, against S6.8 one
month ago; 9O.2 on Aug. 1, 1902; S6.9
at the corresponding date in 1901, and
a 10-year average of 1874.
The average condition Of spring
rye on Aug. l was S7.2 as compared
with 90.5 on Aug. l, 1902.
The acreage Of b%uckwheat is less
than that of last year by about 500
acres, or OIL per cent.
The condition of buckwheat on Aug.
/ was 93.9 as compared with ola on
Aug. 1, 1902.
The average condition Of potatoes
On Aug. / was S7.2, as compared with
94.S on Aug. /, 1902.
Preliminary returns indicate an in
crease of 0.3 per cent in the hay acre
age.
The condition of timothy hay on
Aug. l was 1922 as compared with
300 on Aug. l, 1902.
Reports as to the production Of Glow
er indicate that nearly a full CROP
will be harvested. In point of quality
the crop of clover is well up to high
medium grade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Fluht With a BURGLAR.

Albany, Aug. 1S.-William Mcmahon,
a coachman to Mrs. Frederick Cleve-
land of this city, had a hot battle with
a burglar in the Cleveland carriage
house on Van Rensselaer, boulevard
early yesterday morning. Mcmahon
sleeps yer the carriage house and
was awakened by a noise. He crept
down stairs and captured the thief
after a tussle. The burglar gave up
McMahon's watch, which he had Sc
cured and then suddenly dashed away
and escaped, although Mcmahon fired
several shots after him.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
tuesday.

Judge Brewer of the supreme court
Of the United States advocated moro
expeditions trials and the abolition of
appeals in criminal cases as remedies
for l%ynching evils.
Safes were broken open by burg
lars in the New York Central depot
and in Harrison Meyers grocery store
at Lewiston, N. Y, and about $50
stolen in each case.
An earthquake shock, which lastel
several seconds, was distinctly felt in
all parts of st. Louis Sunday. so vio-
lent was it that houses shook at their
foundations as If they were about 20
fall.
An imperial trade has been issued
calling out 50 additional battalions Of
troops (about $1,000 mem from tho
European provinces of Turkey, in con-
sequence of the spread of the insurrec.
ton I'm Macedonia
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
DIED ON MOUNTAIN TRAIL.
Miss Grathwol's Death Was Due to
Exhaustion and Heart Failure.

Miss Grathwol's Death Was Due to
Exhaustion and Heart Failure.
Santa Barbara, Cal, Aug. 1S.-An
inquest held over the remains Of Miss
Catherine Grathwol, who died on the
mountain trail to the summit of the
Santa Ynez range Sunday, developed
the fact that the young woman's death
was caused by heart failure due to
exhaustion. The body was tied on the
back of a horse and brought down the
trail in the darkness.
Miss Grathwol had requested the
friends with whom she was making
the ascent to proceed without her,
saying that she would remain until
their return. On returning the party
found her lying in the trail. She died
half an hour later. The young woman
belonged in st. Paul and was here for
her health. The ether members of
the party returned uninjured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Hunt For convic.s Abandoned.

Sheriff Reese Of Sacramento, Cal,
has practically abandoned the hunt
for the escaped Folsom convicts
known to have been in that city last
Friday, including Ray Fahey, a motor
ious h~ighwayman. Sheriff Reese feels
it is useless to further pursue an or
ganized chase for the escaped men.
The five %convicts fleeing through the
corral fiat country are believed to
have escaped to the Devils Basin reg
ion, a rocky and heavily timbered sec
ton affording good shelter and pro-
lection.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Baseball Games In Prison.

AS a relaxation from cell life and as
a reward of good conduct, baseball
games are being tried with most sat
i%sfactory results, it is said, by Warden
Bridges at the state prison in Charles
town, Mass.
Not the least advantage is an i'm
provement in the discipline. The
prisoners welcome the innovation.
The inmates have two mines, called
the Resolutes and the Hustlers, and
they play every fair weather Saturday.
There is enough for 200 specta-
tors, all prisoners, in the yard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
JEFF WON IN THE 10TH.
Scene at Carson City Almost
Duplicated by Stomach Blow.

Crop misunderstanding Boat Fired
on-Deatha on Underground Rail-
road-Automobilist Rode Into Canal.
Irondequoit Won Canada cup-Hunt
For Convicts Abandoned.
James J. Jeffries, champion heavy
weight of the world, played with Jim
Corbett for nine rounds and a half
friday night in Mechanics Pavilion,
San Francisco, and then Corbett's Sec
ords motioned to Referee Graney 10
stop the fight in order to save their
nan from needless punishment.
The end came shortly after the be-
ginning of the tenth round when JEFF
lies planted one of his terrific lef;
swings on Corbetts stomach. The maa
who conquered John l.. Sullivan drop
ped to the floor in agony and the
memorable scene at Carson City when
Bob Fitzsimmons landed his solar
1lexus blow wa almost duplicated.
This time. however, Corbett struggled
10 his feet and again faced his gigan-
.ic adversary. With hardly a NOM
ants hesitation Jeffries swung his
right and again landed on Corbett's
stomach. Jim dropped to the floor
and then it was that Tommy Ryan, see
ing that it was all over, motioned Ref
cree Graney to stop the punishment.
After the fight was over Corbett
quickly recovered, walked over to JEFF
fries and shook him warmly by the
hand. He said:
Jim, you beat me fairly. You
stand alone. No one can touch you
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
NordenskioId Relief Expedition

Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 18.-The
~Nordenskjold relief expedition, COM
manded by Captain Gylden of the
Swedish navy, sailed today on board
the Frithjoi. 1t numbers 23 men and
includes six scientists. The members
of the expedition expect to return here
In April, 1904. Professor Otto Norden-
skjcld's south polar vessel Antarctic
sailed from Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct.
I6 1901
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Irondequoit Won Canada Cup.

The Canada cup has been lost and
won again on the lake near Toronto.
Rochester, N. Y, is 10Y its p~ostofice
address. The fifth and deciding race
of a holly contested series went to
the challenger, Ir%ondequoit, by the
narrow margin of one minute over
Strathcona, after a well-sailed, sea-
manlike struggle on both sides.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Turkish Excuses In Macedonia.

The Bulgarian government has pre-
scented a lengthy memorandum to
the European powers setting out at
great length the condition Of af-
fairs in Macedonia during the past
three months, since the Turkish gov
eminent undertook to inaugurate the
promised reforms. The most precise
details, dates. places and names nf
persons are given in the memorandum,
the whole constituting a terrible cate
CORY Of murder, torture, incendiarism,
pillage and general oppression commit
ted by the Ottoman soldiers and Off
Gals.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Automobile Tour of Europe.

Washington, Aug. IS. - Postmaster
General Payne has received a cable
gram from Charles J. Glidden, who is
making an extensive automobile tour
Of Europe, saying that he had so far
covered $500 miles anil that he had
crossed the Arctic circle N his ma
thine. He also stated that he had off.
rally deposited with the Swedish gov
crnment an American flag which he
had carried across the Arctic circlg.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Wilkes-Barre viii Be Terminal.

General Manager Culver of the Del
aware and Hudson has announced
that hereafter Wilkes-Barre instead Of
B%inghamton will be the terminal Of the
road. Albany to Binghamton was
formerly the main line but now from
Oneonta, N. Y, to Wilkes-Barre will be
the principal III The dangerous grade
between Carbonate and Wilkes-Barre
will be abolished, the track being
dropped from 4 to 10 feet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Thought Spooner Amendment a Bluff.

Colon, Colombia, Aug. 1S.-The re-
lection of the canal treaty by the Col
ombian senate has produced a tremen-
dous sensation on the istEmus. It
was generally believed that the treaty
would pass with some notifications.
There IS good reason to suppose that
the majority of the members of the
senate regard the Spooner amend
ment to build a canal by the Nicar.
aguan route, if the Panama route was
rejected by Colombia, as a mere threat
on the part of the United States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Sales of Dollar Wheat.

Dollar wheat" was at last seer
on change at Minneapolis Friday for
the first time since the Letter corner
in 1898. 1t vas cash wheat and
there were sales at that figure.
Later $1.02 was asked and $1.01
bid with no sales. The Septem-
Der option touched IS, the highest
point in IA years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Grasshoppers Stop Trains.

Red Lodge, Mont, Aug. 1S.-Grass-
hoppers are so thick in this section
that they are interfering with the oper-
alton of trains. Locomotive wheels
are made Sc slippery that when the en-
gines stop it is difficult to start them
again. The grasshoppers have eaten
the range bare.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Miles May Be Commander.

If the sentiments expressed by New
York men passing through Kansas City
on their way to the Grand Army on
vention In San Francisco correctly
represent the situation. Lieutenant
General Miles, retired, will be a formi-
dable candidate for commander in
chief Of the Grand Army.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Letter From Escaped Convict.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 1S.-Pat Rogers,
one of the six men who broke from
the Butte jail on the night of Aug. 8,
has written a letter in which he says
he will give himself up if City Detec-
tive Murphy will fight him a duel.
Murphy has accepted the challenge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
EMlGlNAINI53

Grow strong and well after using
THoMPsoN's SWEET WORM POWDER
Very pleasant to take. Contains no
calomel. Never fails. Worms are often
mistaken for Indigestion and other di
Seases. BE sure to get Thompson's in
glass bottles. Druggists, 25 cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
Repairs to Battleship,

Temporary reapirs on the b~attleship
Massachusetts, were continued and 1t
is expected that the ship will be ready
to sail Thursday for Brooklyn where
she will be d~rydocked.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19
POSITIONS

T~wenty-one of our students have taken
good positions in go days, to July 8. We
have places at our disposal for all the
stenographers and typewriter operators
that our school can provide for the next
year. Join us and get in line. Write or
call at our Office Tor detailed informaiio ion.
THE HoFF BUSINESS COLLEGE,
IF Warren, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-08-19

Deaths From Fire In a Tunnel.
Eighty-two bodies have been re-
covered from the ruins of two trains
which were destroyed by fire Tuesday