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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
NEW TROUBLE FOR lcEMAN.
Trying to Break Washington Famine,
He Violates Smoke Law.

Washington, July 81 = Samuel A.
Kimberly, local manager for the Amer
lean Ice company, who was recently in
dicted, with others, for trying to mon.
opolize the ice business in Washington,
now faces a new charge.
The ice supply ran short, ice ships
from Maine We're overdue and public
Indignation was running high, when
Mr.. Kimberly worked his ice manu-
featuring plant here to the limit of its
capacity. He says he was just con.
graduating himself on having done
something to help the situation, when
he received from the district health
officers notice, on July 2G, stating
that thick black or gray smoke was
seen coming from the chimney of the
ice company The first time it con
tinued for half minute, the second
time for two minutes and the third
time for minute and a half
Mr.. Kimberly expects to be hailed to
police court and he declares he will de.
mand jury trial to see whether Il
men will let him be punished because
for few minutes smoke came from
his furnaces in his zeal to make ice fol-
the people of Washington.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Alllna,or Is Near Extinction.

The American alligator Is likely to
go the way of the American buffalo
and alligator hides may become as rare
as eggs of the great aux, according to
a report just issued by the department
of commerce and labor.
The consumption of alligator skins is
greater now than ever before, approx
imately 2S0,00O hides annually. The
quantity of alligators has been de-
creased In all of the Southern states
and it is declared to be only a ques'
ton of a few years when it will be
impossible to obtain the hides at a
price that will warrant their employ.
ment in the manufacture of leather.
1t Is estimated that the number OF
alligators in Louisiana is at least 80
per cent less than 20 years ago.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
nervy Express Clerks Deal.

]. S. Bache & Co., bankers, have
purchased the $5,S00,OOO of Panama
canal bonds which were recently al
lotted by the treasury department to
Samuel Byerly, an express company's
clerk of New York
Bache & Co. have in turn disposed
of the bonds to Fisk & Robinson. who
were the successful bidders for the
greater portion of the issue.
Through his knowledge Of the Pc
culiar status of the money market
Byerly secured $5,SOO,OOO of the new
Panama canal bonds and all they cost
him was a cent postage stamp which
was placed on the letter he sent to
Washington bidding for the bonds.
The price of the bonds already has
advanced to 104.40, which means a
profit of $27,O24 for the clerk.
Byerly put in the bid merely on n
speculative deal and expected to be
able to sell his allotment before Aug. /.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Monday.

DR.. Frank Billings files claim Of
$4,000 against the Marshall Field es-
tate for attending the merchant prince
In his last illness.
That the American army soon is to
be the best dressed in the world Is
the statement made by George b. Win
ter, the English tailor engaged to de.
sign the new uniform.
BY the will of Russell Sage his wild
ow gets all his fortune, estimated at
$4,000, 900, with the exception of small
bequests to close relatives, and not
one cent is left to charity.
Lieutenant Clarence England of the
United States cruiser Chattanooga
was shot in the spine and killed at
Chefoo by bullet from a French war
ship, the crew of which was at rifle
practice.
John D. Rockefeller lands at Hobok-
Ell from the liner Amerika and despite
the increasing number of prosecutions
against Standard Oil and his own
technical arrest at Findlay, O., de-
clares he Is glad to be home again.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
$4,000 From Carnegie Fund.

Washington, d. c., July 81. = DR..
William T. Harris, formerly Commits
sioner of education, has been given an
annual income of $4,000 by the Car
Legie Foundation for the Advance
ment of Teaching. DR.. Harris is the
first American educator to be select
ed for this high honor and to be al
lowed the maximum retiring salary.
The allowance is based on meritorious
service in the cause of education. The
tender of an annuity to DR.. Harris was
made two months ago, before he sub
mtted his resignation as commissioner
of education. The Carnegie foundation
has made several allowances for edu-
Gators since offering an annuity to
DR.. Harris, but his remains the first
and the highest sum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Stiletto In His Skull.

Franklin, July 31.-A row among
Italians early Sunday morning result.
ed in the death of Domenico Murfic,
aged 80 years, and the possibly fatal
injury of Patrieio Vocari. Murfic was
shot through the body and died IN
stantly. Vocari was stabbed with
stiletto in the forehead, and with the
weapon imbedded in his skull he ran
for several blocks. When physician
reached him he was unable to extri-
cate the weapon, and was compelled to
call for assistance. 1t is reported that
the man who did the shooting and the
stabbing was brother of Murtic, the
dead man. He cannot be found.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Lunacy Plea to Be Dropped.

1t is reiterated in New York city
that the proposition to make an
attempt to secure a lunacy committee
to adjudge Harry X. Thaw insane has
been dropped even by counsel retain
ed by Mrs William Thaw. 1t is under
stood counsel, consisting of ex-Judge
William NJ. X. Olcott and Terence j.
McManus, have decided that such a
motion would meet with ultimate de-
feat and therefore it has been elimin-
ated. Thaw will be allowed to go to
trial as he desires. The emotional in
sanity plea will be that offered by
Clifford w. Hartridge, the personal
counsel and attorney of record in the
case. Ex-Judge Olcott, 1t understood,
is retained by the mother of the pris-
oner to look out for Harrys inter
ests-not In the. way of any action on
his part but to aid in every bit of evil
dence he can secure.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
SAVED NEGRO FROM MOB.
Officers Dragged From Car With Prls-
oner but Got Away With Him.

Canonsburg, Pa, July 31.-Coroner
Sipe and Constable Miller drove into
town at 1880 o'clock yesterday with
Elmer Dempster a 19-year-old negro,
who had been arrested for the murder
of Mrs. Samuel Pearce and two chill
dren and the shooting of third child
Sunday evening. Dempster was taken
to the county Jail, at Washington, Pa,
leaving here on trolley car at
f'clock.
While no blood stains were found on
the prisoner, suspicion rested on him
when it was learned that he was the
last person seen about the house be-
fore the tragedy. He was taken from
his bed at o'clock Monday morning
and after a severe examination Is al
legged to have made complete confes-
sion.
According to the story told in his al
legged confession young Dempster at
tempted an assault on the 4-year-old
daughter after the departure Of Mr..
Pearce, but was frustrated by the
HlOlucli WIN WtHl W Dultdu W bcI
a revolver to shoot him. The negro
says he secured the weapon first and
after killing the mother and the chill
dren, set fire.to the house to hide the
crime.
The feeling against Dempster is very
bitter.
When Samuel Pearce, wellknown
resident of Washington county, return
ed to his home from a drive Sunday
night, he found his wife and two chill
dren dead and third child dying from
bullet wounds VINO fired the shots
has not been learned. Indications
point to robbery as the motive
An attempt had also been made to
set fire to the house, but Pearce ar
rived in time to extinguish the blaze.
Mrs. Pearce, who was 25 years old,
had been shot through the breast;
Margaret, years old, and Dwight, IL
months old, through the head, while
Robert, still living, had bullet
through his lungs. The Pearce home
is three miles north of this place.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Thursday.

Nine lives were lost in train wreck
at Diamond lake, Washington, caused
by rails spread by sun kinks.
Five men are arrested in Wall street
charged with selling Cancelled mort
gage and stock transfer tax stamps.
Proclamations by terrorists sentenc-
ing to death the czar, General Trepoff,
NJ. Pobiedonostseff and others have
been scattered broadcast in Russia.
Mainly through the efforts of r. G.
Lehman, a member of parliament and
a former coach Of Harvard, the big
boat race between Harvard and Cam
bridge was arranged for September.
Thirty-seven acres of cultivated land
ON the border of Long Lake In Fond
du Lac county, Wisconsin, sank and
is now covered with deep water. The
sinking is supposed to be due to a
slight earthquake shock
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Express Ran Into Landslide.

The Pacific express of the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad,
which left New York on Sunday night
at $3.50 o'clock, was wrecked near
New Hamburg, seven miles north OF
Fishkill Landing, and about eight
miles south of Poughkeepsie, at 11:2O
p. m.
The train ran into landslide which
had been washed down upon the tracks
by the heavy rains of the afternoon
The engine and baggage car were
thrown from the rails and, tearing
across the southbound tracks, plunged
into the Hudson river. The engineer
and fireman were killed and a dozer
passengers were injured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Friday.

A cloudburst interrupted the Mount
Gents line, killed several persons and
did enormous damage on the Franco
Italian border.
The Chicago board of review decid-
ed that the Marshall Field estate would
have to pay $2,SOO,OOO taxes on an es.
tate of $1S0,0O0,000.
In the interparliamentary congress
Mr.. Bryan made a speech on the glor-
les of peace, saying a noble life is bet
ter than death on the battlefield.
Lackawanna railroad interests are
planning to shorten the main line be-
tween New York and Buffalo, enab-
ling trains to make quicker time than
those of the New York Central.
The San Francisco city hall, which
cost $70O0,OOO, was formally declared
unsafe by the board of public works
and notice was served on the police
department that its station in the
building must find other quarters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Saturday..

Changes in American army uniforms
suggested by an English tailor have
been officially approved by the war de.
partment.
Prince Eugene Murat of the house
of Bonaparte was killed by the over
turning of his automobile while on his
way from Munich to Carlsbad.
William Lee, negro, was hanged
secretly on an island in the Chesa-
peake by a Maryland sheriff to escape
a mob which had threatened lynching.
George w. Bryant, owner of an au-
tomobile which struck a carriage in
Yonkers, was sentenced to two months
in the Kings county penitentiary and
to pay fine of $50.
Congressman Charles A. Towne an
nounces his candidacy for the vice
presidency on the ticket with Bryan
and says the Nebraskan, if elected, will
make the vice president cabinet
member.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
MARKET REPORT.
New York Provision Market.

New York, July so.
WHEAT = No. 2 red, S19sc f. o.
b. afioat; No. l northern Duluth,
$3.50.
CORN = No. corn, 57Ac f. O. b.
afioat; No. 2 yellow, 60c.
OATS = Mixed oats, &c to 80 lbs.
39c; clipped white, 3S to 40 lbs, 431a
Q45hc.
PORK = Mess, $19.50@2O.OO; fam.
lily, per bbl., $3.50.
HAY = Shipping, 55@65c; good to
choice. 95c@$1.OO.
BUTTER = Creamery, extra, 21@
21hc; common to extra, 14k@21c;
western factory, common to firsts, 1870
lie.
CHEESE-State full cream, faIcy,
new, 11hc.
EGGS-State and Pennsylvania, "a
@25c.
POTATOES-Long Island, per b6l
$1.50@200.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Soldier Replied to Archbishop.

Odessa, July 31.-During a thanks.
giving service for the dissolution of
the lower house of parliament in the
cathedral the archbishop declared
among other things that the members
of the opposition were anarchists and
enemies of the republic. When he
had finished soldier made a speech
in which he said 1t was not the oppo.
sition but men, ike the archbishop who
were the real enemies of the repub.
lie. A scene of confusion ensued
amid which the soldier was arrested.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
East Buffalo Live stock Market.

CATTLE--Cho export steers, $3.50
5.85; good to choice butcher steers,
$5.OO@525; medium habitat steers
$4.00@425; fair to good heifers,
$3.75@4.50; good to choice heifers,
$475@5.O0; good butcher bulls, 1925
Q3.50; choice to extra veals, $7.25@
7.50 fair to good, $675@700
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Choice
spring lambs, $725@75O; choice year.
lings, $6.O0@625; mixed sheep, $5.OOQ
$50.
HOGS-Best Workers, $7.05@710;
medium and heavy hogs, $695@Z05;
pigs, light, $710@715.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Buffalo Provision Market.

Buffalo, July 30.
WHEAT-No. l northern, carloads
in store, Size; No. 2 red, 771Sc.
CORN-No. 2 corn, 56A @56Ac t. o.
b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 571ac.
OATS - No. 2 white, 39c f. o. b.
afloat; No. white, 3Sc.
FLOUR Fancy blended patent
per bbl.. $5.00G5.75; winter family.
patent. s4.40@5.15.
BUTTER - Creamery western, ex.
ira, prints, 22hc; state and Pennsyl.
vania creamery, 2lhc; dairy, choice
to fancy, 17@1Sc.
CHEESE - Fancy full cream, 12c;
good to choice, 11@11Ac
POTATOES - Southern, t,ncy per
bbl., $1.S5@2.OO; fair to good, $1.5O@
Its.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Doctors Lose In Phone Fight.

The Bell Telephone Co. has won a
victory after a long contest with the
doctors of the town of Pittston, Pa,
who were fighting against paying bust
ness rates for their telephones. They
had been paying the residential rate
The medical men ordered their tele-
phones out, and the drug stores came
to the rescue, answering all calls for
the doctors by messenger. Then the
telephone management hit upon a
scheme. When call came for doc
tor it was sent to physicians in near by
towns. The Pittston doctors saw theii
business falling off and yielded.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Baby Found In Haymow.

Canton, Pa, July 31.-Upon return
ing from trip to town. William Cox,
! farmer residing near Lake Lamoka.
heard the cries of child In the hay
NOW Of his barn. He found In the
hay baby boy, apparently about Z
months of age, almost naked, and
card close by, upon which was writ
ten: Bring this boy up as your own"
Mr.. Cox turned the waif over to the
custody of the poor overseers, who are
endeavoring to find the parent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
sac. $50. 600 Profit In Timber.

At the present price for stumpage
the Weyerhaeuser Timber compa-
ny's big purchase in Washington from
the Northern Pacific six years ago
looms up as one of the best speculative
moves ever made in the Northwest.
In the deal 100000 acres changed
hands at $3.50 an acre, or $5S5O,00O
1t is estimated that the same property
now is worth at least $45,OO0,0O0 or a
profit of $39,150,0OO.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
little Falls Cheese Market.

Utica, July 90.-Sales of cheese on
the Little Falls dairy market today
were:
Large colored, lots of 24O boxes at
lie; small colored, IS lots of LIZ box
es at lie; small colored, lots of 429
boxes at 10%c; small white, IS lots of
1,155 boxes at lie; small white, Z lots
Of 525 boxes at 10Ac; twins colored, IL
lots of 1,O3O boxes at lie; twins col
ored, II lots of 1858 boxes at 10%c;
twins white. 10 lots Of 1,056 boxes at
lie.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Appeal For Destitute ziOnIsts.

Zion City, ILL.,, July 81 - John C.
Hately, receiver for the Zion City in.
dustries, has issued an appeal to the
few moneyed followers of the Dcwie
doctrines to contribute for the relief
OF the destitute of the community.
The receiver says a large percentage
Of the population is underfed and in.
sufficiently clothed and the land into
which they put their savings has little
value under existing conditions
Prompt relief Is needed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Utica Dairy Market.

Utica, July 3O.-Sales of cheese on
the board of trade today:
Large white, 2 lots of 81 boxes at
lie; large white, lots of 31S boxes at
10Ac; large colored, lots of 1877 box
es at lie; large colored, 2l lots of
1,705 boxes at 10Ac; small white, 1
lot of rs boxes at lie; small white, IS
lots of 1862 boxes at 10Ac; small col.
ored lots of 991 boxes at lie; small
colored, 40 lots of 4,412 boxes at 1910
BUTTER-Creamery, SO packages
sold at 2ic; 25 packages at 211ac and
Al crates of prints at 22c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Tuesday.

John i. Rockefeller, his physician
says, is greatly benefited by his trip
abroad, and is lighthearted as a
schoolboy
Two girls and man were drowned
in Lake Hopatcong, N. j., by overturn-
ing of a skiff into which six persons
had been crowded
St. Louis, for the first time, expert
ences really dry Sunday, the saloons
In the city, the county and across the
river being closed.
II was announced that William ].
Bryan win outline the issues OF the
next presidential campaign at the Mad
ison Square Garden meeting on Aus.
30.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01

Fritz Constantine, the young man
who was arrested at Tivoli, N. Y,
charged with being the alleged muir
derer of Mrs. Arthur w. Gentry OF
Chicago ON Jan. 6 last, has been dis
charged from the Duchess county, Jail
free man Constantine is not the man
wanted by the Chicago authorities, al
though he bears remarkably close
resemblance to the murderer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
PRoHIBITloNIsTs TO GO ALONE.
Castle, Head of Party In Pennsylvania,
Rejects Fusionist Emery,

Pittsburg, July 31.-Homer l.. Cas-
tie, the Prohibition reformer, to whom
the Prohibitionists left the decision
whether or not the party should sup
port Lewis Emery, Jr., fusionist, for
governor, has issued statement In
which he declared that the party can
not support Emery.
Castle is the man who created such
furore in politics last fall by his dis
closures of crookedness, which result
ed in the failure of the Enterprise
bank and the election of w. H. Barry,
Democrat, as state treasurer
Castle will take the nomination for
governor himself and will stump the
state from end to end this fall.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary Of the Weeks News
Of the World.
Cream Of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.
Wednesday,

Great Britain's latest battleship, the
Dreadnaught, will have 81 guns and
five torpedo tubes.
Russian securities declined in Paris
and other European markets, the hold.
ers selling at almost any price.
Pulajanes killed Lieutenant Wors
wick and 13 constabulary in a fight at
Burauen, on the island of Leyte, Phil.
ippines.
Seven men, captain and crew of a
fishing schooner which she bad sunk
on Georges Banks, were brought to
New York by the Vaderland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Investigating Brothers Death.

Warren, o., July BIB. j Kennedy,
Joseph Kennedy and James Kennedy
If Butler Pa, and Richard Kennedy of
Pittsburg, brothers of Alfred Kennedy,
whose headless body was found near
here Thursday, are here investigating
the case They believe the dead man
was murdered, but are awaiting the ar
rival of David Kennedy of Ellis, Kan,
before taking any action.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Elevator Man Crushed to Death.

Michael Davey, aged about 90 years.
was instantly killed in an elevator
accident in the department store OF
Burke, Fitzsimmons, Hone & Co., at
Rochester, where he was employed
as elevator man. He leaned out of the
elevator door and started the car be-
fore getting back inside. Handicapped
by an artificial leg, he was unable to
move quickly and his body was caught
about the head and shoulders between
the door of the elevator and the ground
floor of the building.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Gift In Lieu of a Fine.

u. S. Ambassador Whiteaw Reid,
who recently pleaded ambassadorial
privilege when his chauffeur was ar
rested at Barnet for violating the
speed law, which caused the police to
withdraw the summons, has donated
$3.50 to the Barnet hospital The mon
ey was given in place of fine that
probably would have been imposed had
not the act of parliament rendered the
ambassador free from prosecution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
Shoots Boy In Apple Tree.

Scranton, July 31.-John d. Lam
bert of Keyser Valley shot Michael
Rupp. a 15year-old boy. while Rupp
was picking apples in one of his trees.
Lambert was committed by Alderman
Timothy Jones. The boy who has ]
buckshot wounds in his body, was TAR
en- TO the Westside hospital.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of Congress-Joseph Q. Sibley'
Member Of Sendte-J. X. 7, Hall.
Assembly-J. IL. Robertson.
President Judge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges-F. X. Kreitler, r
G. Hill.
P,othonotary, Register e Recorder, DC
j. @. Geist.
SheriG.-A. w. Stroup.
TreaSurer-W. II. Harrison.
ssioners-Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Philip Emert.
District Attorney-S. ID. Irwin: 3,
Jury Con,ntssioners-J. Is. Eden' d
=. Castner.
Coroner ~,
County Audttors-W. II. Stiles, Chas
+. Klinestiver, s. II. Carson.
County S,sveyor--D. W. CLARK.
County Sup perintendent-D w. Morri'
sou. -
Regular Terms Of Court
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners lst and Sd Tuesdays of month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
GRAVEYARD GRAFT CASE.
Former Supervisor Tells of Di-
viding Bribe With Defendant.

Pierce Retains GIidden Trophy = Ex'
press Clerks Bond Deal = Thaw to
Drop Lunacy PIea--Insurance Losses
by Big Fire - N. Y. c. Train Ran
Into Landslide.
The prosecution rested Saturday
noon at Warsaw, N. Y, in the trial
of John W. Neff, the former audit
or of Erie county, who had been indict-
ea for grating in connection with the
buying of an old graveyard for an ar.
mory site. The defense will be In by
Tuesday night, it is thought and the
case will go to the jury Wednesday.
John II. Stock, said to be one Of the
supervisors who plotted with Nef to
mulct the county, went on the stand
and described how, acting under
Neff's orders, he got brlbe of $4,000
from Fred Greiner, now postmaster OF
Buffalo. Greiner was attorney for the
cemetery association that sold the
graveyard. Stock said he took tne
$4,000 to Neff and the others, who
were in room of Buffalo hotel, and
there the money was divided. Stock
got $500.
Under cross-examination Stock ad.
mitted that he did not. know how
many times he had been bribed in his
II years as supervisor.
Grelner was indicted for bribery In
connection with the cemetery scandal
some time ago, but the indictment was
quashed, as there was no corrobora'
tive evidence to sustain Stocks allega-
tion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
HOUSE,

OENTRAL HOUSE,
" GEROw Il GEROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains Will
be spared to make it pleasant stopping
place for the travelling public. First
class Livery in connection.