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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Investigation of Bridge Collapse.

Quebec, Sept. lin the inyestiga-
ton of the Quebec bridge disaster
several employees testified they heard
of defects in the bridgework but had
no personal knowledge and those who
told them were among the dead, Su'
perintendent Millilken of the Phoenix
Bridge company of Phoenixville, Pa,
testified that he was at the bridge
from Aug. to 26 and during that
time heard OF no defects. He returned
to Phoenixville on Aug. 2S and on the
following morning, the date of the ac'
cident, he received letter from Su
perintendent Yenser dated Quebec
Sept. 27. informing him of a defect in
one of the chords and asking for in
structions. He Immediately tele
phoned to Yenser and was informed
by him that everything was all right
Mr.. Milliken gave considerable tech.
nical testimony.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
INVESTIGATION (F WRECK.
Occupies Entire Time of Heads Of
Boston & Maine Railroad.

Concord, n. H., Sept. 1.-THE inves-
tigation by the officials of the Boston
and Maine railroad of the collision OF
trains on the Concord division near
Canaan Sunday morning by which 25
passengers of the Quebec express lost
their lives and nearly 80 were injured,
occupied the entire time of heads of
the system.
General Superintendent C. e. Lee,
and Assistant General superintendent
G. w. Folger, of Boston, with William
F. Day, superintendent of the Concord
division, examined the records In the
train despatcher's Office here, and al
SO made careful investigation at
Canaan and other stations along the
line of the Concord division in an effort
TO determine just who was responsible
for the blunder by which the two
trains were brought together.
The proceedings of the examination
were secret but it is known that j. A.
Crowley, the train dispatcher in this
city. and Operator Greeley, the man
who received the order from the train
dispatcher at the station in Canaan,
were particularly questioned. After
the examination of these men at the
Office of Division Superintendent Ray,
the railway officials accompanied by
Operator Greeley, left for the scene
of the accident in a special train.
At Canaan the officials visited the
wreck and examined the records OF
the operator at the station and then
went on to White River Junction, stop
ping at various stations on the way
to interview the teler~s piers at these
points. At White River Junction they
inspected the records at the railroad
Office.
Just what action will be taken by
the authorities of Grafton county, in
which the town of Canaan is located,
has not been determined. County So
licitor NJ. D. Cobleigh, Of Lebanon,
said that no move has been made as
yet on the part of the state.
at is necessary" Mr.. Cobleigh said,
'to wait until the Investigation, which
is being conducted by the officers OF
the medical referee, in conjunction
with the inquiry of the railroad offi-
cials, shall have thrown the blame on
some one person.
There is possibility" added Mr..
Cobleigh. that witnesses may be TAX
en- before the grand jury which comes
in at Woodsville on Wednesday OF
this week. This action, however, has
not been decided upon"
Mr. Cobleigh also suggested that 1t
was likely that the railroad commits
sioners might decide to begin an in
vestigation of the wreck, and in that
case they would probably drop all
other business before them and con-
duct their inquiry Immediately.
All victims of the wreck have been
identified.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
SPANISH RERO'S MONUMENT.
Among the Subscribers Are Governor
Maeoon and American officers.

Havana Sept. II. - Much interest
has been aroused in the movement TO
erect monument to General Vara
De Rey, the distinguished Spanish Off
Ger, who met his death at the battle OF
FL Caney while leading his forces
against the American troops.
The monument was first proposed
by the wellknown Cuban author, Don
Jose De Armas Cespedes, and was
strongly encouraged by The Diario De
La Marina and by the Club Centro
Asturiano of Havana.
Among tie subscribers are Governor
Magoon and several prominent officers
in the American army, showing that
the bravery of General Vara De Rey
had outlived any feeling of hostility
created by the war.
The Spanish element throughout
Cuba has contributed most literally
and branch committees have been es-
tablished at New York and other
American centers. Mr.. Aristides Mar
tinez, president of the lbero-Ameri-
can club, New York city, has
been appointed official delegate for
New York. with a view of raising sub
scriptions not only among the Span
ish residents of the United States,
bm also among Americans who may
sympathize with the undertaking.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Cots the | init For Assault.

At Meadville, Pa, fifty-five years
in the Western penitentiary and
81 900 fine is the sentence imposed by
Judge Thomas on Henry Lehna, the
confessed assailant of Alma White
head. the 14-year-old daughter of Rev.
r. B. Whitehead of Turnersville. He
got As years on three assault charges
and 10 years for robbery. Lehna
showed little emotion when arraigneo
for sentence, but he trembled when he
heard the words which gave him the
laws limit.
To the courts query, Have you
anything to say why sentence should
not be passed." he replied Il am
guilty, and while | expect no sympathy
from the people, ask the leniency OF
the court" Judge Thomas replied,
81 have no sympathy for such man
ms you," and without further remark
sentence was pronounced. Within
three minutes of the time he entered
the courtroom the prisoner was taken
back to Jail. In the Jail Lehna talked
freely. He said the sentence was
heavier than he expected, but "it
didn't make much difference" and he
was willing to take his medicine
He admitted that he would rather
take the Crawford county sentence
than go back to the West Virginia
mountains, or even to West Newton
Pa. and take his chances at the hands
of citizens for similar crimes to which
he confessed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Friday.

Archibald Henry Blount OF Orleton,
Hertfordshire, England, has bequeath.
ed 100000 to Yale university.
In a speech at the Ohio day cele-
bration at the jamestown exposition.
Judson Harmon urged state control
of corporations and opposed all tax
on wealth.
William c. Warren, leader of the
Republican forces of Erie county,
declared his belief that Governor
Hughes would be the Republican
nominee for the presidency.
Coreans declared that the United
States violated the treaty of 1882
when this country ignored its appeal
in 1905 against the aggressiveness of
the japanese in the Hermit kingdom.
Spontaneous combustion caused a
fire in the coal bunkers of the battle
ship Indiana at the League Island
navy yard, but brave work by the
ships company saved the ship, with
out damage.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18

York a reduction In minimum east
bound cabin rates of $3.50 on the
steamships Adriatic, Baltic, Cedric,
Arabic, Celtic, Minnehaha, Mime
tonka and Minneapolis to correspond
with the reduction made by the COM
pany recently on the Oceanic, Majestic
and Teutonic. The new rate on the
Adriatic will be $77.50 and on the
Arabic, Baltic, Cedric and Celtic
$3.50. The Mesaba's rate is cut
from $40 to $50. A similar reduction
was announced on the Oceanic, Majes-
tic and Teutonic few weeks ago, as
was also a reduction of about the
same amount on eastbound ships of
the Cunard line. The International
Mercantile Marine company an
nounced that 1t was not the plan of
this company to assume the aggres-
sivc in the rate cutting war, but sim
ply to meet competition.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
AnneaI For Aid For Strikers.

Washington, Sept. 17.-As the re-
suit OF recent conferences President
GomperR of the American Federation
of Labor issued today an appeal for
Aid for the striking telegraphers. 1t
is. he said. a general request to organ
lied labor for assistance, both finan-
cial and moral, in accordance with the
pledge made at the recent meeting OF
the executive council of the federation.
Asked about his recent visit to New
York. Mr.. Gompers replied that he
had been III conference with Mr. Small
and had been assured that the strikers
we're holding out well, 81 hope some
agreement will be brought about and
! shall continue to labor to that end.
There will be no unconditional sur
render BY the men
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
unsold Bonds Distributed.

New York. Sept. II. - The Union
Pacific syndicate which underworld
the $75,0O0OOO convertible bonds dis
solved yesterday and the unsold
bonds, which amounted to about $7O,-
100000, we're distributed to the syn
dicate participating. The syndicate
underworld this large issue of bonds
at 90, the same price at which they
were offered to stockholders, less a
commission of per cent. The stock
holders took up about per cent of the
total issue and the syndicate managers
sold 2 per cent of the bonds. The
bonds were quoted at So today.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
New Grand Army Officers,

Charles G. Burton of Nevada, Mo-,
a former member of congress, was
elected comander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, which held its
list annual encampment at Saratoga.
N. Y, last week. He was opposed
by three oher candidates, Gen
eral John T. Wilder of Knoxville.
Tenn; Charles Burrows of Ruther-
ford, N. j., and Patrick H. Coney Of
Topeka, Kan. His plurality was over
300
Other officers elected by the en-
campment were:
Lewis c. Griffith, Troy, senior vice.
commander; William NJ. Scott, At
lanta, junior vice commander; DR.. T..
lane Tannehill, Baltimore, surgeon
general; Bishop Samuel Fallows, Chi
cago, chaplain-in-chief.
Toledo, o., was selected for the
next encampment. The date will be
fixed by the national council OF ad-
ministration.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Hotel proprietor Shot Dead.

Edward ]. Commit, proprietor of the
hotel on the Byron road, IL miles
from Batavia, was shot dead at his ho-
tel Saturday afternoon by Z. Bentley,
formerly of that village and for the
last four years a resident of the Pa
cific coast.
Bentley was in the army for time
and has been professional ball play
er. He was transferred from the Pa
cific Coast league to the Eastern
and was on the extra staff of the
Rochester club, but had not yet had
tryout in a game. After shooting
Commit. Bentley made his escape, but
was arrested at 1880 o'clock by Officer
Horsch of the Batavia police force,
who found him in a Swan street sa-
loon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Cost Of the Panama Canal.

The Panama canal has cost the
United States government a total
of SS4,4i9,00O up to Dec. 81, 1906,
according to a statement of the audit
ed expenditures made as of that date
and just published. The bulk Of this
expenditure was the $50000,000 to the
French company and the Panama gov
ernment for canal property, right Of
way and franchises, and S3,449,022
went for material and supplies. For
general administration was expended
$1,124,226; for government and sani-
tation s4,3S1 0S9, and for construction
and engineering s9,729,554. Other ex-
penses include S12,13S,S52 under the
head of plant, which includes rolling
stocks, machinery, second main track
on isthmus, buildings, zone water
works. etc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Tuesday.

A newspaper canvass Of New Eng
land Republicans showed Messrs. Taft
and Hughes far in the lead as first
choices for the presidential nomina-
ton
"Shimosc" high explosive used by
the japanese navy in the war with
Russia, has been made subject of
study by the navy department at
Washington
After preaching his farewell SER
mon, having served more than half
century in the Church of the Holy
Cross, Berlin, the Rev. Albreacht
Stage, fayorite pastor of the German
empress, fell dead, causing panic.
Strikers in Pittsburg, chasing non
union man who shot one OF their num-
Der. mistook a detective for the man
wanted and hanged him to lamp
post, but cut him down in time to save
~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
suit to Dissolve Standard oil Co.

Chief among the important events
scheduled for this week is the taking
of evidence in the United States gov
ernments suit to dissolve the Stand
ard Oil company, conference in Chi
cago between Secretary Bonaparte
and Judge Landis, a conference of
Central American delegates in Wash
ington and the meeting of the League
of American Municipalities in Norfolk
on Wednesday.
The hearing in the Standard Oil
case was postponed from Sept. s at
the request of the officials of the COM
pany to give them time to prepare
statements on points upon which in
formation was demanded by the gov
ernments counsel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
WeIIman,s Confidence Unchanged.

Trondhjem, Norway, Sept 17-Wal-
Ter Wellman of the Wellman-Chicago
Record-Herald polar expedition, ar
rived here yesterday on the steamer
Express from the north. He said to a
representative of the press that al
though he had been unable to carry
out his plans, he had given his air
ship q thorough trial and was con-
vinced that it was capable of going to
the pole and back under favorable
weather conditions such as can be OBJ
tanned any normal year. Mr. Well
man added; "Our confidence in our ul-
innate success, given an average sum.
mer, is unchanged
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Forgets to Put Him In.

Mrs. Maud Miller Nipple, whose adj
vccacy u course in ''motherhood"
tor young rIatrons already has tegun
to bear fruit. was talking of the du-
ties of young mothers
And no young mother" she said,
mo matter how many her millions nor
how high her station, should trust her
little one entirely to Il nurses care. A
nurse may be most intelligent, most
conscientious; but to rear Il baby prop
erlv is n difficult task, and only one
person is sufficiently interested in ths
task to perform il well. That person
is the baby'S mother"
Mrs. Nipple smiled A young
mother" she said, was walking with
her husband on the Atlantic City board
walk. Suddenly she gave IL little cry
OF pleasure.
oh" she said; there is nurse
nurse wheeling baby
And she ran lightly to the luXuri-
Gus coach Of leather, with its swan
shaped carriage and its rubber tired
wheels, and she pushed back the paro-
sol that shaded the occupant from the
sun. Then she gave n great start.
"'Why, nurse" she cried, Where's
baby"
"The nurse gasped. Goodness
gracious, mn'am. ] forgot to put him
In .'"-Clcveland Plaindealer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Thursday.

In the common pleas court at Phil
adelphia the 2-cent railroad rate law
of Pennsylvania was declared uncon-
stitutional and confiscatory.
Governor Hughes was received with
great enthusiasm when he addressed
the grand encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Saratoga.
f. II. Hartman, back from the
West, condemned men with money
who are holding back now when by
liberality they might relieve the finan-
cial situation.
At Norfolk, Va, Mrs Frank Ror-
schach, wife of Lieutenant Rorschach
of the navy, was shot and killed with
her own pistol by burglar who wrest-
ed It from her grasp.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Bride Drowned on Honeymoon.

Mrs. Marguerite Croft, bride of a
few weeks and wife of John Croft
of 124 Casino street, New York,
was swept overheard from yacht
in the Delaware river at Philadel-
phia and drowned. Mrs. Croft and
her husband who were on their
Bennett of that city on the sloop yacht
M. r. T. e. A storm broke and the
halyards were torn loose by a gust
of wind. The boat jibed and the
boom swung round and struck Mrs.
Croft, knocking her over the rail into
the water Mr.. Croft plunged into the
stream after her, but the efforts to
save her we're futile.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
See DANGER Of Coal Famine.

Operators at Philadelphia say that
the coal situation is growing seri-
GUS throughout the state, and 1t is
freely predicted that before mid-win-
ter there will be famine In many
sizes. The supply of water has al
ready become serious problem in
the anthracite region. The Reading
company is compelled to send between
80 and 40 tank cars of water to its
collierics daily to keep them in opera
ton. Both anthracite and bituminous
operators are selling coal from stored
stocks to supply the demand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Fox Hunters Condemn Bounty Act.

Washington, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE fox
hunters of Washington and Greene
counties have organized for the pro-
lection of the foxes in this section. At
a meeting of over 60 hunters the
southwestern Fox Hunters associa-
ton was formed, with these officers:
President, John Baldwin; secretary,
Ora Mcconnell; treasurer, William
Conger. Resolutions were adopted
condemning the state law providing
for a bounty on fox pelts, and com
mittee was appointed to meet with
local members of the Legislature and
have them prepare a bill to give the
followers Of fox hunting more protec-
tiOn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Mr.. Gary Is Optimistic.

New York. Sept 17.-E. II. Gary
chairman of the board of directors OF
the United States Steel corporation,
took an optimistic view of the bust
ness outlook in an interview. He de-
clared that a general quickening OF
business will follow the sale OF $1,000
100000 worth of crops which he ex-
poets to take place in few weeks II
the weather remains favorable. In the
near future, he added, the public will
realize that not in 10 years has it had
such a chance to pick up good securi-
ties. When that time comes, he said,
companies will be enabled to raise
funds for renewals, improvements and
extensions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18


cers-cost of the Panama Canal.
Postmen Not to Climb Stairs-Dan-
ger Of a Coal Famine.
A fearfully fatal head-on collision
between the southbound Quebec ex.
press and a northbound freight train
on the Concord division of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad occurred four
miles north of Canaan station early
Sunday due to mistake in train dis
patchers' orders, and from demol-
ished passenger coach there were TAX
en- 25 dead and dying and 27 other
passengers more or less wounded.
Nearly all those who were in the fa-
tai car were returning from fair at
Sherbrooke, Quebec, 100 miles north.
The conductor of the freight train
was given to understand that he had
plenty of time to reach siding by the
night operator at Canaan station re-
ceiving, according to the superintend-
ent of the division, a copy of tele-
graph order from the train dispatcher
at Concord, which confused the train
numbers so and "a.
The southbound train originated at
Sherbrooke Saturday evening, where
it picked up two sleepers from Quebec
and two more on the way down. 1t
consisted of the baggage car, passen-
ger coach and smoking car in that or
der with the sleepers in the rear. The
train left White River junction at
3:45 a. m. Sunday, 40 minutes late,
and was followed ~ minutes later by
the Montreal express over the Central
Vermont railroad. The Quebec train
Is known as number 80, and the Mont
real train as No. 81.
In the meantime a northbound
freight train had arrived at Canaan,
IS miles down the road, at 1920 a. M,
on time.
According to Superintendent w. r..
Ray. J. A. Crowley, the night dispatch
or at Concord, sent dispatch to John
Greeley. the night operator at Canaan,
that No. 81 was one hour and ten
minutes late. The order which Con-
ductor Lawrence of the freight train
showed after the accident distinctly
states that No. 80 instead of "a, was
al hour and ten minutes late. Con-
ductor Lawrence, believing that he
had sufficient time in the hour and ten
minutes to reach the side track at
West Canaan, four miles beyond, be-
fore Nc. 80 reached it, ordered his
train ahead.
The superintendent declared that
the accident was due to the mistake
in placing a cipher Ffter the three in
the number of the train instead of a
four.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
other is made crazy.

other is made crazy.
Mrs. Potter Palmer makes record.
breaking trip from England on the
Lusitania and Pennsylvania limited to
her home in Chicago.
Nine. Nordica, after viewing pa
gcant at St Adams, England, plans
somewhat similar show for her insti-
tute on The Harlem, New York.
President James of the University
Of Illinois, illinois day orator at the
JGmcstown exposition, urges the need
Of new federal constitution.
William e. Curtis, describing Little
Traverse bay on the shore of Northern
Michigan, declares that it is as beau
tiful as the famous Bay of Naples.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
Woman Fell 1000 Feet.

Mrs. Carrie Myers, 80 years old, OF
Springfield. Mass, a professional bal
loonist fell from parachute l,OOO
feet above the fair grounds at Olean'
N. Y. on Saturday and was dashed to
death in plain view of 5000 people
Airs. Myers made her first ascension
there on Wednesday, when she sprain-
ed her left wrist On Friday she
made another successful ascent, u.s.
ing a lifebelt attached to the para
chute trapese as a precaution. Mrs
Myers was asked to use the life belt
again Saturday but refused, saying
her wrist felt we'll and strong.
When about 1000 feet above the
fair grounds Mrs. Myers cut loose from
the balloon with double parachute.
The web of canvas spread out and
Mrs Myers was seen to raise her
right hand to release the second ana
smaller parachute, holding on the
trapese rope with her lame hand.
lust as the canvas web spread out
and the rapid downward flight of the
uarachute was suddenly checked Mrs
Myers fell over backward. II IS be-
lieved the sudden jar hurt her lame
wrist. Her body struck just outside
the fair grounds fence. Every bone
in her body was broken.