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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
SYSTEM OF TUNNELS.
Magnificent Plan For Removing Con
pestIon From Pittsburg Streets.

Pittsburg, May 30.-Ralph E. Finn,
John S. Weller counsel for Mr.. FliuE.
and David o. Jones of Booth & Finn
are seeking a charter for a magnill'
cent system of tunnels under the pr'n-
cipal streets of Pittsburg for the de-
livery Of freight.
The application will be made on
Juno 10 at Harrisburg and the com.
pany will be known as the Freight Tun.
mel company. The authorized tunnels
are to underlie every important down
town street
The proposition has its origin In the
similar plan which is just being com.
ploted in Chicago. AS built in Chicago,
the tunnels are about seven feet
square In them are operated freight
cars propelled by electric power ap-
piled by the cog system. Theso cars
will deliver freight from the railroads
and factories to various parts Of the
city.
The project means the removal OF
hundreds of teams from Pittsburg
streets and the consequent freeing Of
the downtown thoroughfares from
much of the congestion that makes
life and limb unsafe at certain hours
OF the day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Ten Miners Suffocated.

Ten miners were suffocated BY
gas and sulphur fufmes from 9
gas and sulphur fumes from a small,
locomotive in the workings of the
Summit Branch Coal company al
Williamstown, Dauphin county, Pa, o.,
Wednesday.
The accident was one of the most
peculiar in the history of the anthra
cite mines and no reason for 1t can
be assigned by the officials.
General Inside Foreman Golden and
about fifty miners boarded car
and about half of the journey had
been made when some of the meu
hailed the engineer, who stopped
and 1t was found that nearly every
man in the party in the cars had beer
overcome by the gas and sulphul
which emanated from the stack Of the
locomotive and floated back ovel
them.
The engineer crowded on all steam
and the unconscious men were hur
ried to the Willinmstown end Of the
tunnel Here help was at once sum
moned and the men were taken to the
surface. where a corps of physicians
made every possible effort to resusci
tate them but aid came too late foi
Foreman Golden and the other vic
Tins.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Industrial Outlook Unsettled.

The situation is rather more irregu
lar. Distributive trade, stimulated by
better weather in some sections, has
improved, but is still behind a yeai
ago. Cereal crops, particularly winte,
wheat, show improvement, but cotton
reflects droughty conditions in the
South Atlantic and gulf states, while
good reports come from west of the
Mississippi The industrial outlook is
rather unsettled. The railroads are
laying off large numbers of men, low
estimates numbering as many as 40,
900 since the first Of the year.
The strike on the lakes is tying up
the ore and coal traffic and rendering
idle many thousands Of ore and Goa.
miners, with smaller numbers of long
shoremen, grain trade employees. and
others. The bituminous coal trade is
slack and many miners are idle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
SENATOR M. 8. QUAY DEAD.
Suecumbed to Long illness at tll'
Home In Beaver.

Pittsburg, May 30.-Matthew Stan
ley Quay died at 2:4S Saturday after
noon at his home in Beaver. The
same house has witnessed his triumph
ant political career. He passed away
as peacefully as a child. His wife. his
sons and daughters, and his brother
stood by his bedside, but he knew II
not
His form was wasted until the stock.
lily built senator was a mere shadow
Recently although Senator Quay was
in the valley of the shadow of death
his physician and relatives continued
to give out reports to the effect that
his condition was not dangerous. DR.
Lawrence Litchfield apologized for this
by saying: "The senator each day In
sisted on reading the daily newspapers
We tried to keep them from him. This
made him peevish. We did not want
him TO learn his true condition through
the newspapers, hence we had to say
that be was getting better in the hope
Of cheering him up"
Friday evening Senator Quay be.
came so weakened that he entered Into
stupor from which he failed to
awaken. II was while In this stupor
and the physicians were notifying mis-
friends that he was sleeping that oyy'
gen was being administered to restore
him to consciousness.
Senator Quay for the last year re-
peatedly had advised his friends that
he had not much longer to live. Oh
his last visit to the White House be-
fore he left for Atlantic City, he as.
sured President Roosevelt that nc
would never see him again. He ad
vised the president that he did not ex
pect to recover, although the presi-
dent tried to cheer him in his usual
lively manner. On meeting Attorney
General Knox, he gave him the same
pessimistic view Of his condition and
told him that 1t was his last good-by.
For the last year Senator Quay had
been madly racing about to regain the
flesh he was gradually losing. He
began the chase in the Maine woods a
year ago. He tramped canoed, fisbed
and sought to live in the open air. He
became bronzed and his face gave cvi.
dence of strong constitution, but he
lost weight This worried him.
He began weighing himself daily
Each month the scales told him Of his
gradual dissolution. He knew the in.
evitablo was coming better than those
who doctored and cheered him. Like
an Indian he waited for death anG
joked about the end. Last Thurs lay
he asked to be taken into his library.
"I want to see my books once more
before die" He said he wanted the
volumes, read line here and there,
surveyed them lovingly and longingly
as If he would take them with him.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
The Picket Wins Handicap,

Amid the cheers Of $4,000 persons
The Picket won the Brooklyn handi-
cap, IL miles, at Gravesend
by head from the favorite,
Irish Lad; Proper was third,
two lengths back; Hermis was
fourth, head away. Irish Lad vert
out and set pace, followed by Herm s
and The Pickett Going down the
backstretch Hermis moved up to the
favorite and the pair ran like team
to the head of the home stretch. Mean
while Helgerson on The Picket wGs
riding a good cool race and in the
stretch he moved up on the rail and
gradually closing on the leader got up
and won by neck in hard drive.
The handicap was worth $4,000, Of
which $2,5OO went to the second horse
and $1,000 to the third. There were
16 thoroughbreds entered, four or five
of which have recorded great classic
victories during the past two years
Time for the race 2:06A, was a hot
record breaker.
The Picket iSbwned by the Waldecls
stable of Louisville, Ky, controlled by
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Thursday.

Governor Odell, sailing for Europe,
denied he was going to ask Ambassa
dor Porter to run for governor.
James ]. Hill declared business con
traction resulting from high prices
was responsible for the recent dis.
charge of thousands of railroad en-
ployes.
The Japanese have selected a por.
tion of the Fifth division of the third
army, all veterans of the Chinese war,
for the assault on Port Arthur's forti-
fications.
Strong disapproval of "mollycoddle
boys" of "prigs" and "snobs" is ex.
pressed by President Roosevelt in a
talk at Groton school, where his sons
are pupils.
Mrs. Kate Taylors daughter, on the
stand at her second trial at Monti.
cello, N. Y, swore that Peter Yerkins
helped her mother to cut up and burn
the body of the murdered man.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01

Exports of American manufactures
for the current fiscal year exceed in
value those of any previous year
Grover Cleveland declared Judge
Alton B. Parker to be the logical can
didate of the Democratic party Tor
president.
After a battle lasting II hours the
British expelled the Thibetans from a
village near their camp, the natives
losing heavily.
Funeral of Senator Quay at Beaver,
pa, Tuesday afternoon was simple, in
accordance with the request of the sen
ator that all ostention be avoided.
st. Petersburg officials admit they are
unable to attempt any relief for Port
Arthur, owing to Russias loss of sea
power in the East A bold attack, SIN
liar to the assault on Nanshan hill, is
expected
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
KANSAS FLOODS.
Four Passenger Trains stalled-Trav-
eler Died on a Train.

Topeka, Kan, May 30.-One Mis-.
souri, Pacific and three Santa Fe pas
senger trains are stalled at Quenemo.
surrounded by high water. 1t is esti.
mated that thousand passengers are
refugees there.
Frank Stephens of San Bernardlno
Cal, en- route on Santa Fe passenger
train to some point in Pennsylvania,
died of tuberculosis.
The water bound passengers Of the
three trains are being cared for by
the citizens of Quenemo. Many small
buildings have been washed down
stream. Foreman Siemantel and party
are marooned in the Santa Fe shops.
The Kaw river is Is feet above low
water mark and apparently at stand
still. The run of driftwood is heavy
and the greater portion Of the false
work of the Rock Island railroad
bridge, which is being reconstructed,
has gone out The street railway
bridge was also knocked out of align
ment, making the passage of cars I'M.
possible.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Monday,

Senator Matthew Stanley Quay died
at Beaver, Pa, after having been un-
conscious many hours.
Presbyterian general assembly at
Buffalo clinched its vote in favor of
union with the Cumberland church.
Summary of the results of Demo.
cratic state conventions during tho
last week shows an anti-Hearst gain.
Raisouli's terms for the release OF
Mr.. Perdicaris, who was captured by
a band of brigands near Tangier, hav9
been rejected by the state department.
Toxic dispatches announced that the
Japanese lost 1900 men in killed and
wounded at Kin Chou, Nanshan and
Talienwan, but scored sweeping and
valuable victory over the Russians
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Prominent Educator Drowned.

DR.. George Griffith, Phi. D., fol
twelve years Seoerintendet of tnt
Utica, N. Y, y bic schools, was
drowned Saturday in Honnedaga lake
in the Adirondacks, near his camp
while rowing.
He was an expert swimmer ant
oarsman, but being caught in sQual
waS overcome.
DR.. Griffith was one of the be7
Known educators in the state. He was
SO years of age, a graC ,te of Whites
town seminary and Hamilton college
from the latter with honors in The
class CT 1877.
He was superintendent of schools IL
IockpoIt for three years and taught
in the state normal school at New
Paltz before coming to Utica.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
SUICIDE OF MAYOR M'LANs.
Political Troubles and overwork Given
as the Proba able Cause.

Baltimore, May 31-Mayor Robert
M. McLane Of this city shot and killed
himself in his bedroom at his resi-.
dence, No. 20 West Preston street. His
bride Of less than two weeks was at
the time Of the tragedy asleep in all
adjoining room and was awakened by
the discharge of the revolver which
Mr.. McLane evidently fired while
standing before the mirror Of the
dressing case.
The bullet entered the right temple
and crashing through the head es'
capped in the rear of the left ear. Mrs.
McLane and other members Of tho
household rushed to the mayors a.
sistance but he did not regain con
seriousness after he fell to the floor.
and expired within an hour. A NUM-
Der of physicians who were immediate
ly summoned at once expressed the
opinion that the wound necessarily was
fatal.
No cause can be assigned for the
act. Since the fire of last February
he has been kept assiduously at work
administering the affairs Of the city.
besides endeavoring to direct the re-
habilitation and rebuilding of the
burned district. This, together with
criticisms by his political opponents,
is thought by many to have caused
temporary alteration of mind.
Coroner Benjamin F. Hayden signed
certificate giving suicide as the
cause of death, and the remains were
turned over to an undertaking firm to
be prepared for burial.
Mayor McLane was elected as
Democrat to the Office of chief magis.
trate of the municipality in May of
last year, for a term of four years
Under the city charter he will be sue
ceeded by E. Clay Timanus, Rep, presl.
dent of the second branch of the city
council, to serve out the unexpirod
term. The second branch of the coun.
Gil, which is Republican. will elect a
president, not necessarily a member
of the present body to preside over
its deliberation.
Mayor McLane was &c years old, the
youngest chief executive Baltimore
ever had. He was the son of James l..
McLane, president Of the First Ma
tional bank and nephew of Robert NJ.
McLane, former governor of Maryland
and United States minister to France
during President Cleveland's first ad.
ministration.
Previous 10 his election as mayor he
had for four years filled the Office Of
states attorney, in which he had dis.
tinguished himself by Jealous and
intelligent discharge Of his duties.
During his brief administration Of the
mayoralty office he had brought upon
himself the antagonism of the regular
Democratic organization by the ap.
pointment of independent members Of
the party Recently there has been
marked opposition to him among
Democratic members of the city coun.
ell in matters relating to the rebuild
ing of Baltimore and this is ascribed
by many as a contributory cause Of
suicide.
Mayor McLane was married two
weeks ago to Mrs. Mary Van Bibber
a wellknown and popular society lead.
er of Baltimore, and the newly made
bride is Frustrated by the terrible
tragedy.
The dead mayor was very popular
among the people generally. irrespec'
tive of party, and the whole com.
munity has been profoundly shocked
by his tragic end.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Friday.

John Rogers, farmer, aged A, was
found dead in the road near Orange N.
Y. He had been killed by lightning
during a storm.
Thirteen persons were killed, three
fatally injured and five hurt by an ex
plosion of boilers which totally de-
molished the towboat Fred Wilson
near Louisville.
Joseph Koehler who killed his wife
in Buffalo last September and shot
himself died in Auburn prison hos
pital from his self-infiicted wounds.
He was serving a life sentence.
A Russian correspondent Of the Lon
don Standard says that hundreds of
executions have taken place in War
saw, Cronstadt and Moscow on a.
count Of revolutionary disturbances
Postoffice department officials will
establish a censorship over newspaper
advertisements and will refuse the use
of the mails to publishers who persist
in printing Objectionable advertise
ments.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Saturday..

Russians deny that they used float
ing mines at Port Arthur and intimate
that the Hatsuse was sunk by tor
pedo from submarine boat.
The Rev" Frank w. Sandford, head
Of the Holy Ghost and Us society in
Shiloh, Me-, was found guilty of man.
slaughter for the death of boy who
suffered from diphtheria.
In the presence of $4,000 persons the
Brooklyn Handicap was won by the
Waldeck Stables 4-year-old horse, The
Picket, who defeated by short head
last years winner, Irish Lad.
Japanese troops captured Kin Chow,
on the narrowest part of the Kwang
Tung peninsula, 80 miles from Port
Arthur, after desperate fighting, the
Russians retiring to heights on the
south, where the battle was renewed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Lehjuh Valley Dividend,

Philadelphia, May 30. - A banker
closely related to the Lehigh Valley
says: "I believe that Lehigh Valley will
show a surplus for April of $500. 900
The continued large earnings of the
company certainly points to the decla
ration Of a dividend at the July board
meeting. The lake carriers strike,
even If no settlement should be IA
sight, when the Lehigh Valley direc'
tors meet. can hardly furnish ground
for postponing a dividend distribu.
ton"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Decoration Day In Paris.

Paris, May 31.--Memorial day ex-
ercises were held yesterday afternoon
at Picpus cemetery, where the tomb of
Lafayatte was decorated with flowers
and flags. Ambassador Porter, who
presided, pronounced a eulogy of the
Franco-American heroes. General
Barnes of Lafayette post, Grand Army
of the Republic of Brooklyn deliver cd
an address. The statue of Washington
in the Place des Etats Unis was hand
somely decorated.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Aaent Identifies AssaiIants.

Dubois, Pa, May 30-F. A. Black.
burn, agent at Mosgrove for the Penn.
sylvania railroad, identified three pris.
oners in the Clearfleld Jail as being the
men who bound and gagged him and
robbed the station on May TO- The
men we're arrested here with four
others after the attempt to blow the
vault Of the general office of John E.
Dubois.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
American Press Humorists.

st. Louis, May 31.-Members of the
American Press Humorists arrived and
will spend the week visiting the expo
sition. A business meeting will DC
held, presided over by President How
ard e. Warner of Binghamton, N. T..
Milwaukee, San Francisco, Detroit, Nj
agara Falls, Pittsburg and Buffalo are
endeavoring to secure the next convcn.
ton. 1t is said that the present indl-
cations are that either San Francisco
or Milwaukee will be selected.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Gale Blew Down Circus Tent.

A fierce gale struck the village
of Fort Plain suddenly Wednesday
afternoon while Hargrave's circus was
giving a performance and almost in
an instant the main tent was flattened
to the earth, carrying down poles
seats and tent rigging upon the panic
stricken audience. Scores were more
or less injured and five persons were
seriously hurt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Adjourned illinois Convention.

Springfield, Ills, May 81. - Candi'
dates and politicians are again arriv.
Ing in this city for the Republican
state convention which will convene
this afternoon after a recess of 10
days. OF the candidates for COVER
nor, Lowden, Hamlin, Sherman and
Warner are here. Several candidates
for lesser offices are also on hand. All
the headquarters of gubernatorial can.
dldates at the Leland hotel have becn
reopened.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Export to Become a Borough.

Irwin, Pa, May 30-Export, where
the Westmoreland Coal company has
its big mine and is at work opening
another, will soon be incorporated into
borough The town has nearly L..
900 population and it is the terminus
of the Turtle Creek Valley branch of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
French officer Arrested.

Paris. May 31.-The minister of war
has caused the arrest of an officer who
is understood to have been o6nnected
with the Dreyfus affair The officer,
who is held in close confinement in The
fortress of Mount Valerian, is said to
be charged with using considerable
sums of money during the court mar
tial ut Rennes in order to secure the
conviction Of Dreyfus. All official in
formation concerning the case is with
held.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Cruiser Brooklyn of for Tansler.

Admiral Chadwick reports to the de.
partment the arrival of his squadron,
consisting of the Brooklyn, Atlanta.
Castine and Marietta, at Teneriffe, the
Canaries. The Brooklyn was at oncc
dispatched to Tangier in connection
with the kidnapping of the American
Perdiearis.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Wednesday,.


In an explosion in the Russian bat
tleship Orel at Cronstadt 10 stokers
were killed
Wreckage from the steamer Corwin,
bound from Seattle for Nome, caused
fear for the safety of SO passengers.
Conference with strike emissaries
was refused by the management of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad.
France, in addition to recalling her
ambassador, NJ Nisard, from the Vati-
can, has withdrawn her second repre-
sentative at the embassy, M. de Ma.
venue.
Presbyterian general assembly In
Buffalo enjoins its ministers not to
marry divorced persons, except those
divorced for reasons recognized by
their church.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Regular Terms Of Court.
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9;46 a.
I'M M. E. Sabbath School at 1000 a. IN.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. o. ii. Nickle
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
X. A. Zahniser, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every sabbath morning and evening,
Rev. r. W. Illingworth, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. q. L.
u. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01

Jugbluth and Middleton. He won the
American derby last year at Washing
ton park, Chicago, was brought east
and started here last fall In three o,
four races, beating Africander In one
event at Sheepshead bay, and running
second to McChesney later at Graves
end,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of CongreSs-Joseph @. Sibley.
Member of Sendte-J. X. Z. Hall.
A Assem6ly-C. w. Amsler.
President Judge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate J,ldges-R. b. Crawford, w.
II. II. Dotterer.
Prothonotary, Register q Recorder, &c.
j. q. Geist.
Sherif.-Geo. w. Noblit.
Treasurer Fred. A. Keller.
Cb,nn,tssioners-C Burhenn, A. X.
Shipe, Henry Weingard.
District Attorney-S. A d. Irwin.
Jury lfssioners-Ernest Sibble,
Lowis Wagner.
COroner-Dr. j. w. Morrow.
County AuditorS-W. Ii. Stiles, Geo.
w. Holeman, b. A. McCloskey.
County iSt1veyor-D. w. Clark.
County Superiatendent-E e. Stitzin-
ger. -
Regular Terms Of Court.
Fourth Monday OF February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday Of November.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Chancellor Day Declines,

At the request of James R. Day, chan
cellor of Syraucse university, the
Methodist general conference has
annulled his election as bishop by un
animous vote because DR.. Day in a
statement to the conference asserted
that he felt himself called to the worli
of Ch, lstian educator rather than tc
that of bishop. No one will be cleo
ted in place of DR.. Day at present He
was the last of eight bishops to be elec
ted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Tyner and Barrett Acquitted.

Within % minutes of the retirement
Of the jury in the case of James n
Tyner and Harrison ]. Barrett, tried
or charges of conspiracy, they brought
in verdict of not guilty.
General Tyner appeared greatly ex
cited and when the verdict was re.
turned he broke down completely.
Several of the jurors wept with him
and all of them shook hands with him
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
Terms, 81 90 A Year, strictly in Advance
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

Burgess. II. Lanson.
CouNctlnten.-- J. @. Dunn, G. g.
CASTOR, J. b. Muse, O. f. Weaver, j. W.
Landers, J. II. Dale. w. Killmer.
Justices 0f the Pedce-C. A. Randall, y.
j. Setley.
C0nstdbie-S. X. Maxwell.
C0llector-S. j. Setley.
school Directors-L. Fulton. J. O..
Scowden, j. E. Wenk, II. l.. Haslet. e.
w Bowman, Geo. Holeman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Dixie to Bring Home Marines

Philadelphia. May 3O.-The auxiliary
cruiser Dixie sailed Saturday for Colon
to take aboard 400 marines, who have
been serving there for more than a
year and will return with them to
League Island.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-01
Will Make No Change.

BY the vote of 441 to 1873 the Metho.
dist general conference at Los An.
geles, Cal, has decided not to make
nny change in the church discipline in
The matter of prohibited amusements.