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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
WOMAN SHOT; SON HELD.
Assyrlan Peddler Killed Under Mys.
terious Circumstances In Her
Bedroom,

Brownville, Pa, July 30.-Mary Da-
Wis, aged 55, an Assyrian peddler, was
killed early Thursday morning under
mysterious circumstances. With her
son, Michael Davis, aged %, she board
ed at the house of Nicholas Monsour
In North Bend, Brownsville Hill, and
they with man and two women we're
sleeping in one room.
The sleepers were aroused by q re.
volver shot and saw the Davis woman
fall after which the son lifted her to
a cot. Three men held the man until
officers and DR.. A. c. Smith arrived.
An empty revolver was found on the
floor, also four discharged shells
The son said the revolver was acci.
dentally discharged A theory was ad.
vanced that he had shot his mother
IN his sleep. Still another was that
the revolver hung on the wall and
was accidentally knocked down by the
woman.
The coroner's jury rendered yer
dict that she came to her death from
a glnshot wound, and recommended
that Michael Davis be held for court
trial County Detective Alexander
McBeth took the prisoner to Union
town Jail.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
AMERICANS IN DISGUISED
Johnstown Officers at Portage Have a
New Theory.

Portage, Pa, Aug. 2. "A startling
new theory has been advanced by
Chief Of Police Harris OF Johnstown
and several Portage officials. They
are half of the belief that the men
who committed the outrage on the
Puritan road were not Italians, but
Americans disguised as farmers. They
base their theory on several points,
principal Of which is the fact that they
knew of the existence of a gang of
worthless. desperate men who infest
this district
They point to a dynamite outrage
here about a year ago in which an
Italian and woman were blown to
atoms in horse. This is attributed to
the same gang. Another view they
take is that the men, attired to mis-.
lead any who might see them, threw
off their garments In the bushes-one
set of clothing having already been
found-and Immediately Joined in the
man hunt which began In a few hours.
The Johnstown officers say the roads
in this section were so completely
surrounded that It would be practic-
ally impossible for the foreigners to
escape, as the pickets on duty all
around the suspected places ever since
the commission of the crime would
force them in course of time to sur
render or shortly starve to death.
Descriptions of the murderers, as
they were seen by the children and
two men near the watering trough in
the Spring Hill road shortly after the
holdup, have been sent broadcast
through the country, but the officials
who sent them have little faith in OBJ
tanning any results thereby.
That Theodore Adams of Phillips
burg. paymaster for the New York
Transportation company, did not meet
the same fate as that which overlook
Hayes and Campbell is attributed to
fate. Mr. Adams had with him in a
buggy several thousand dollars, the
pay for three mines, and was follow
ing Hayes and Campbell at distance
Of about half a mile. 1t is thought
that the three Italians hoped to find
Adams and their two victims together
and intended to kill ALL This belief
Is strengthened by the fact that the
men were ambushed at three separate
places, about 20 or 25 feet apart.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Decisive Battle In Progress.

The correspondent of the London
Eaily Mail at New Chwang in
dispatch dated July 81 says that there
has been heavy fighting for two days
in the marshes south of Haicheng dur
Ing the gradual retreat from Tatche-
kiao of 5000 Russians forming the
rear guard and the peril Of this force
increases daily
The indications are that the Baltic
squadron is on the eve of an import
ant movement Nothing regarding
this can be ascertained officially, hut
many of the officers already have bade
farewell to friends and families and
are holding themselves ready for inn
mediate service. The emperor had
arranged to inspect the squadron, but
his plan was given up owing to the
assassination of Minister Won Plehve.
Jap Administrator at New chwang.
Takayama, Japanese administrator
Of New Chwang, has arrived and 10
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
tuesday.

Sixteen German-Americons on Il
picnic excursion were injured in a troll
ley crash near Cleveland, Ohio.
Umpire of Italian commission signs
the final award on Venezuelan claims
aggregating $G,0OO,OOO, about 5000, 600
being allowed with interest.
Robert Il. Pattison, twice Demo
cratic Governor Of Pennsylvania and
twice controller Of Philadelphia died
AT his home in Overlook, a suburb of
Philadelphia
Lieut,.Grneral Coult Keller, Rus
sian corps commander. was killed by
fragment of Japanese shell while
opposing the japanese advance along
the railway near Halcheng,
The decisive battle of the campaign
seems to be in progress. Having COM
pleted his envelopng movement, Gen
eral Kuroki is directing an advance
from all points against Haicheng and
Liao-Yang.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Serious Trolley Accident.

A bad accident occurred Saturday
Eight on the Rochester and Manito,
railroad, trolley road running from
Ontario Beach along the shore o.
Lake Ontario to Manitou Beach. dis
tance of about 10 miles
Thirteen persons were seriously
hurt, three or four It is feared fatally
and a number of others sustained
minor bruises. The accident occurred
at 1850 o'clock.
The road at the point where the col
lision occurred skirts a high bluff anG
runs close to the edge of the lake, the
waters of which are some distance be
low The trains when they struct
fortunately toppled over against the
bluff instead of falling the other way
into the lake.
The motormen jumped and were not
injured One of the motor cars was
lifted from its trucks and went almost
through the other car. and the remark
able thing about the accident was
that more people were not hurt.
Rear-End Trolley Collision.
Twenty-three persons were hurt as
the result of rear-end collision Sun
day between two large trolley cars or
the shore line of the Cleveland. Fast
ern and Painesville railroad near Not
tingham
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
OIL STRIKE IN BUTLER.
Best Well In Years Brought In on Ole
Territory on Huselton Farm.

Butler, Pa, July 3O.-Thc best oil
we'll struck in Butler for several years
was brought in Thursday night by
Young Brothers of this place or the
Huselton heirs farm, four miles south
west of Butler. The oil Is coming
from the third sand, which is assur
ance that the well will be a great
slayer.
AS soon as the bit struck the third
sand the well began spraying oil, and
when five feet in the sand, the well was
flowing at five barrels an hour. It is
said to be still spouting at rate close
to 200 barrels a day. The strike is in
old territory, several wells having
been drilled on other parts Of the Hus
elton farTn 20 years ago during the
Renfrew development
Young Brothers have made two
more locations on the Huselton prop
erty, while the Boyer Oil company has
located one well on an adjoining farm
and the Southern Oil company is pre-
pairing to drill two wells on nearby
lease. OIL men are eagerly bidding
for loose territory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
GOODYEAR FOR GOVERNOR.
Mr.. Murphy Quoted as Speaking Fa
vorably Of His Candidacy.

vorabIy Of His Candidacy.
New York, Aug. 2.-Charles F. Muir
ply, leader of Tammany hall, was
quoted as speaking favorably of
Charles w. Goodyear of Buffalo for
The Democratic nomination for COVER.
nor and there was some comment
among Democrats who are about the
hotels.
For the most part they endorse the
view of Mr.. Murphy as to Mr.. Good.
years availability, but there is a be.
lief that the upstate leaders will have
to be consulted before any winners
can be picked.
David B. Hill came down from AL.
bany and soon after his arrival had a
conference with Cord Meyer and Pat.
rick II. McCarren. Mr.. Hill would
say nothing about the political situa.
ton, nor would he make any comment
upon the availability OF Mr.. Good.
year as the Democratic candidate for
governor.
Mr. Hill spoke of the death of Gov
ernor Pattison of Pennsylvania, men.
tioning the all night session of the
committee on resolutions at the Dem.
ocratic national convention In which
Governor Pattison participated.
He recalled the fact that in 1896 he
participated in similar session In
which William A. Russell Of Massa
chusetts took a prominent part. Mr..
Russell also died soon afterwards.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Monday,

Vanderbilt lines, prompted by the
moral sentiment Of the public. move to
abolish Sunday excursions.
Further reports from refugees who
had fled from Port Arthur on Thurs
day indicate terrific fighting for three
days. Toxic denies the city has fal-
len.
Chicago packers say that represent
atives of four of the allied trades
unions have made overtures for rein
statement, but the leaders of the
butchers disclaim any knowledge Of
such move.
A trolley train bound for Manitou
Beach on the Rochester and Manitou
railroad Saturday night crashed into
train OF three cars bound for Roches-
Er, and the motor cars were tele-
icoped. Thirteen persons were scri-
Ously hurt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Friday.

With 800 casualties, the Japanese
army Of General Oku, combined with
the Takushan forces, captured Tatche-
kiao on Monday.
Benjamin Lowe, a farmer living at
Hunters Creek, near East Aurora, N.
Y. was killed by lightning while do
Ing chores IN his barn.
William Coleman, arrested in Har-
lem, was taken to Cooperstown, n. Y,
u face the charge of stealing the Jew
els of Mrs. Clark, daughter-in-law of
Bishop Potter,
The estate OF the late William c.
Whitney was appraised at $21,243, ,101,
and Mr.. Harry Payne Whitney paid
by check to the State s222,222S4 in
heritance tax.
Ships of the Vladivostock squadron,
a dispatch from St. Petersburg says,
are enabled to take long cruises by
means of cleverly arranged system
for coaling at sea-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Crop Reports Indefinite.

More activity Is noted at a few
Western centers, but fall trade is slow
to assume form, pending assurances as
to crop results and settlement of ex.
listing industrial disturbances.
Crop conditions are, on the whole
favorable, though irregularity In sec.
tions prevents generalization.
The movement of winter wheat tc
market. somewhat delayed this year
has at last begun in earnest. Colnci'
dentally, Improvement in collections
is shown at some centers, and the de
mand for money from the country has
increased. The movement of currency
to move tho crops has assumed good
proportions this week.
Speculation in stocks and cereals
has quieted down somewhat, and clear.
ings show reductions both from last
week and last year
Early reports Of damage to winter
wheat find confirmation in lower esti.
mates of the Southwestern yield. and
in poor or indefinite threshing returns
from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and parts
Of Missouri.
Spring wheat appears to have done
well, except that reports Of rust. due
to previous excessive moisture, come
from South Dakota.
Southern peach crops have been
large and profits enormous. Georgia
has assumed first rank as a peach pro
ducer, and large area is going into
new orchards.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03

The assassination is believed to be
the outcome Of widespread plot, tho
existence of which has been suspected
for several days Numerous arrests
of the assassin, young man who Is
believed to be a Finn named Leglo,
and who is now in hospital severely
and perhaps fatally injured by the ex-
plosion of his own bomb.
An accomplice of Leglo, also ap
parently Finn butWhose name is un-
known, has been arraked He had in
his possession bomb Which he tried
to throw but he was overpowered by
the police just in time to prevent great
loss of life.
The assassin stood on the sidewalk
just as Minister Won Plehve's carriage
was about to cross the canal bridge
near the station. The minister was
escorted by number OF detectives on
bicycles and one of them jostled the
assassin, who then rushed into the
road and threw the bomb after the
carriage. The missile struck the hind
wheel andnxploded with fearful force
killing or pounding over a score of
persons. Minister Won Plehve and his
coachman were killed outright and an
officer of the guard was fatally in.
jured.
Minister of Justice Muravieff went
to the Peterhoff palace to report the
assassination of Minister Won Plehve
to Emperor Nicholas. His majesty did
net leave the palace during the entire
day. although he had arranged tn go
to Oranienbaum 90 miles from St
Petershurg) to attend the consecra'
tion of the new harbor.
The minister's death was instan-
taneous. When the body was un-
dressed at his residence not single
wound was found on the trunk but the
lower part of the face was literally
blown away,
The empress has not been informed
Of the tragedy in view 0f the hourly
cAutCldtlNu vi lllt WI III vi uh hOii w
the throne
Successor of Murdered Minister.
M. Won Plehve. late minister of the
interior, was buried Sunday and in
every city and hamlet of the vast en-
pire church bells tolled and masses
and prayers said for the repose of the
soul of the murdered minister,
The murderer of M. Won Plehve has
leen removed from the hospital to the
Wyborgsky prison. The police de-
cline to reveal his alias on the ground
that it might defeat the ends of JUS
tice.
The far-reaching character of the
machinery of the ministry Of the inter-
Tor and the urgent necessity for deal
Ing with many pending matters, rem
der It imperative that the emperor
select a successor to NJ. Won Plehve
Immediately and It is considered GER
tain that he will do so this week. In
nuences hostile to NJ. Witte seem to
render his appointment increasingly
improbable. Prominent candidates
mentioned are Prince Sviatopolk-Mir-
sky, NJ Muravieff, minister of Justice;
Lieutenant o""eral Kliegel and Prince
John Obolensky
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
sloeum Medals For Policemen.

New York, July 30.--Borough Inspec
tor Brooks, Inspector Schmittberge:
and Captain McDermott of the Fifth
street station were presented with
gold medal each last night at a recep
tion which the East Side Citizens as
ISOLATION. composed Of relatives and
friends of the victims Of the Slocun
disaster gave in their honor at Lip
pigs hall, 1O1 Avenue A. The medals
which are set with diamonds, are in
scribed: For humane conduct, sym
pathetic zeal and kindness in relieving
the Distress"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Miners Talk Strike.

Scranton, Pa, July 30.-There Is
grave fear that the executive boarc
of district No. /, United Mine Workers
will order a strike involving approx
imately $4,000 men, when It meet;
here next Monday to consider the ques
ton of the refusal of the coal COM
panles to deduct check wcighmen's
wages. If the strike ir ordered, prob
ably It will affect the whole anthracite
region, as tho companies seem to be
combined in resisting the demand
claiming it is tantamount to q recog
milton of the union
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Beating Brings About Death.

Warren, o., July S0.-Andrew era
yer, n bartender at Leavittsburg. o..
has been arrested and brought here
upon the charge of causing the death
of William Groshung. whose home is
supposed to have been in Milwaukee
Wis. Groshung became involved in 3
quarrel with Craver last Sunday morn
ing and was so badly beaten that he
later died in a hospital at Youngstown.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03

st. Petersburg, Aug. "A report
from an apparently reliable source was
10 the effect that General Kuropat.
kin's main force had been rapidly
moving north for several days.
According to this report no troops
proceeding to the front from Russia
bad gone past Harbin in the past three
days.
They will be detrained there and
every available piece of rolling stock
will be rushed south empty for the re.
moving of troops at Lao Yang and
other points to the northward, leaving
a skeleton force to contest the Japa.
Lese advance on vital positions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03

The fact is that considerable ventlla.
tion Is capable of taking place and
quite a large exchange Of fresh for
bad air is effected through the walls
Of buildings. Many room that Is no
toriously stuffy could doubtless be
made pleasant to live in by removing
the solid paper or impervious coat of
paint from the wall and substituting
porous paper or, better still, giving up
paper altogether and using dlstemper
wash of pleasing tone.-London Ian.
Get.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Mistaken For Bear and Shot.

Sherman Mills. Me-, Aug Ed
ward Mclaughlin, 22 years of age and
married, was instantly killed yester-
day by being shot through the head.
lie was mistaken for bear by COM
panion, Granville Frank of this town
The men, in company with two others
we're on their way to MacWahoc lake
through the woods when they became
separated Frank saw some bushes
move and fired at what he thought was
n bear,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
Short Items From Various
Parts of the World.
Record Of Many Happenings Condensed
and Put In Small Space and Ar
ranged With Special Regard For the
Convenience of the Reader Whc has
Little Time to Spare.

The national Democratic committee
unanimously elected Thomas Taggart
Of Indiapa as chairman of the commit
tee
Reports from New Chwang said that
the Russians had been defeated in
battle east Of Tatchekiao and will be
obliged to return to Lao Yang.
Fred Mason. the farm hand who
shot fld killed his father-in.law near
Amber, N. Y, surrendered to the sher-
IN and is now in Jail at Syracuse.
A strike of gold and silver in large
quantities has been made in an old
abandoned lead mine in the Shaw2n-
gunk mountains. near Otisville, N. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
"Chlns" "a Times; Found Dead.

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. Coroner
Tabor finds that Robert Fair, junior
at the Indiana normal school, who
was found dead, suffered from heart
exhaustion. caused by Ginning 81
times in succession while exercising
in the gymnasium Fair was not in
robust health, and the sustained effort
in raising himself with his arms to
rest his chin on rung of ladder
brought on cardiac trouble. He had
recently been elected principal of the
Clay Oity schools.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Dies In Mothers Arms on Train.

New Castle, Pa, July 30.-Mrs. Eliz
abeth Sturgeon arrived home bearing
In her arms the body of her son, Muir
ray, aged IL, who had died on the
train Mrs. Sturgeon and her son ha6
been visiting relatives near Grove
City. The boy was taken i'll after eat
ing green apples, but the symptoms
Gid not seem serious. Shortly after
The train started he became violently
Ill and soon died
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Exnlosion Ends In Suit.

Greensburg. Pa, July 30. - James
Neibert of West Newton has brought
an action for damages against the Fed
eral Supply company, asking $4,000
James F. Neibert, 13 years old, sor
of the plaintiff, lost his life in a pow
der explosion on July %, 1908. 1t !!
alleged that several boys, none o.
whom were more than II years old
were asked by an agent of the com
pany to remove powder from a car or
a siding to the company's powder
house. A can burst, it is averred, ant
was ignited by one of the companys
men, who was smoking.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Strike Extends East.

Unable to arrange a conference witt
representatives of the New York pack
ers, President Donnelly of the Anal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Workmen of America has ordered 6
strike of all the members of his or
ganization in New York employed by
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger and the
United Dressed Beef company.
The order went into effect Sunday
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
RECORD PRICE FOR POULTRY.
A New York Breeder Received $3,400
For 19 Chickens.

New York. Aug. "A new price
record for fancy poultry has been es-
tabllshed in America II not in the
world, by George H Northrup of Race
Vile, n Y
He sold flock Of 10 birds, three
cocks and 16 hens, for export to Ber-
lin, Germany, for $4,000. They were
all Of the rose combed Black Miner
breed, one that Mr. Northrup originat-
I'd himself
The leader of the flock is the cock
Victor, first premium winner in Chi
cago, Philadelphia and Boston, which
sold for $1,000. His brother. Head
light III. winner of seconds in Chicago,
Philadelphia and Boston. brought $500.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Whnt She lacked.

A superintendent of Sunday school
relates the following true incident:
The title of the lesson was 'The rich
young man" and the golden text zone
thing thou lackest" A lady teacher in
the primary class asked Il little tot to
repeat the two, and. looking earnestly
in the teachers face, the child un.
blushlngly told her, zone thing thou
lackest-0 rich Young man"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
A CONSPIRATOR'S BOMB
Killed M. Won Plehve, Russian
Minister OF the Interior.

Decisive Battle In Progress-Pay.
master Robbed and His Driver Muir.
dered = Serious Trolley Accidents.
Strike Extends East-PauI kruger's
Big Fortune-Missourl Republicans.
M. Won Plehve, Russian minister Of
he interior, was assassnated Thurs
day morning by a bomb thrown at
bis carriage while he was driving to
he Baltic station to take a train for
Tho palace at Peterhof, where he was
TO make his weekly report to the en-
peror.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Two Deaths From Collision.

Sharon, Pa, July 3O.-A passenger
train and freight train on the Penn
sylvania were in collision near here
early yesterday and both trains were
wrecked. Engineer James Robinson
was instantly killed, Fireman Nc
Williams fatally hurt and two other
trainmen badly injured. The cause OF
the accident is not known.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
President Nord Causes a Sensation.

Port-au-prince, Hayti. Aug. AT Il
public reception President Nord ac-
cused the foreign population of rails
ing the rate of exchange in order to op-
pose the government. He added some
threatening words which have alarmed
the foreign colony The rate of eH.
change is 600 per rtcent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
kruner,s Bio Fortune.

A dispatch to the London Daily
Mail from Geneva says that it is
learned from a trustworthy source
that the fortune left by the late Paul
Kruger, the late president of the
Transvaal, is between ,e750,000 and
e1,000,0O0 1t consists chiefly of Eu
Topean securities The bulk of it goes
to the Eloff family.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
Movement of Black Sea Fleet.

London, Aug. 2. = The Sebastopol
correspondent of the Times asserts
positively that the entire Russian vol.
unteer fleet now in the Black sea,
with other large steamers which have
been taken over by the government,
are under orders for government ser.
vice outside the Black sea at an early
date.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-03
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BuryeSs.-F. X. Lanson.
C0uactinen.-D ]. @. Dunn, G.. G.,
CASTOR, J. Is. Muse, @. II. Weaver, J. W.
LAnders, j. II. Dale. W. f Killmer.
Justices Ofthe Peace-C. A. Randall, s.
j. Setley.
Corlstdbie-S, II. Maxwell.
CollectorLS. ]. Setley.
School Dircctors-L. Fulton. j. @.
Scowden, X. l.. Haslet. Il. W Bowman,
T. Il. Ritchey, A. @. Brown.