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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
BRIDGE BURNED AWAY
Discovered Too Late to Stop q
Freight Train.

Engine Was About Across When the
Bridge Gave Way, Carrying Sis
Cars Into Dry Bed of the Stream
Below-Wreckage Caught Fire-li
Passenger Train Had Preceded the
Freight, as Usual, Disaster Would
Have Been Greater.
Three men were killed in the wreck
of freight train at Mineral Springs,
five miles west of Hamilton, Ont,
early Sunday morning.
The dead are: Engineer McFadden,
Fireman Brown and w. Mal)ney, a
companion Of Fireman Brown.
The freight train was en- route from
Waterford Ont, to Hamilton on the
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo rail.
road. Fires along the railroad have
been numerous owing to the exceed.
ingly dry weather. so that when
smoke was seen around the bridge at
Mineral Springs no particular atten.
tion was paid to 1t.
When the train was almost upon
the bridge it was seen that the heavy
wooden supports of the structure were
burning fercely. 1t was too late to
bring the train to a standstill and the
three men could do nothing but sit
still and hope that enough was left
OF the bridge to carry the train.
The engine was almost across when
the structure gave way, carrying half
a dozen freight cars into the dry bed
of the stream below. The wreckage
caught fire and burned all day. The
bodies of the three men have not
been recovered.
brakeman Samuel Dickerson and
Conductor Martin were slightly hurt.
Dickerson was on the sixth car from
the engine when the bridge gave way.
The jolt threw him to the ground be.
fore the car reached the opening.
The rear brakeman walked back to
Summit station and tagged a passen-
ger train also bound for Hamilton
Had the passenger train preceded the
freight, as it usually does, the loss OF
life would have been great.
The heat from the burning wreck
age was so great that the wrecking
crew could do nothing until fire en-
gine was sent from Hamilton to their
aid. 1t is unlikely that anything re-
mains of the bodies of the three vic
tins in the ashes of the wreck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
JOHN D. AS AN AUTHOR.
Writes For Magazine His Remlnls.
cences of Men and Events.


John d. Rockefeller appears for the
first time in the role of an author in
series of articles on Some Random
"reminiscences of Men and Events"
Mr.. Rockefeller, among other things,
says:
1T has been said | forced the men
who became my partners in the oil
business to join with me. would not
have been so short-sighted. If it were
true that / followed such tactics,
ask would it have been possible to
make of such men lifelong compan-
ions? For fourteen years | have been
out of business and in eight or ten
years have only once gone to the COM
pany's Office"
Further on he says:
Another thing to be remembered
about the so-called Octopus is that
there has been no water introduced
into the capital (perhaps we felt that
oil and water would not have miXed);
nor in all these years has anyone had
to wait for money which the Standard
owed. 1t is q common thing to hear
people say that this company has
crushed out its competitors. Only the
uninformed could make such an asser-
ton. 1t has always had and always
will have hundl eds of active competi-
tors.
Mr., Rockefeller recalls what he said
at an official hearing, that If were
to suggest any legislation regarding
an industrial commission it would be:
first federal legislation under which
corpof ations may be created and reg
ulated, if that be possible; second, in
lieu thereof, state legislation as near
ly uniform as possible, encouraging
combinations of persons and capital
for the purpose of carrying on indust-
ries, but sufficient to prevent frauds
upon the public"
Mr.. Rockefeller also says:
81 am an investor in many American
enterprises, but a controller of none
with one exception and that a COM
pany which has not been much of
dividend payer) and |. like all the rest,
am dependent upon the honest and ca
pable administration of the indus
ries."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
LONG DROUGHT
AT LAST BROKEN.
Telegraph Wires .DOwned by the
Heavy Wind and Storm.

New York, Sept. 30. - The long
drought in New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, which has resulted in
serious forest fires, stopped industrial
pursuits and caused a water famine in
many districts, has been broken. Rain,
which fell lightly in the morning, in
creased in volume as the day advanced
and reports from throughout the af-
fected territory announced that the
rainfall has become general and heavy.
High winds accompany the storm,
and are damaging telegraph wires,
thereby interfering with communica-
ton. Brief dispatches, however, have
come to hand from many points in the
Catskill, the Adirondacks and other
regions which have suffered from for.
est fires, announcing that copious
rains are falling, and that the fires
are being rapidly obliterated
Although reports from some Adir-
ondacks districts still indicate menace
from the flames, it is believed that the
effects of the rainfall accompanying
the widespread storm will soon be ben
eflcially felt throughout all the af-
fected districts. The weather bureau
promises that the rains will extend in
to New England, thus bringing relief
into that section.
The drought which has been the
most prolonged in many years, has
lasted about eight weeks. So serious
has been its effect, especially in the
country districts, that prayers have
been offered up in many churches for
speedy relief.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
SESQUI-CENTENNIAL.
Representatives of Pitt Family
Great Opening Meeting.

Pittsburg, Sept 20. - Voicing tn,
sentiment of the sesqui-centennia
celebration the speakers at the grea'
public meeting held in the Nixon the
ater Sunday afternoon each gave full
expression to his opinions. There
were some rather startling statements
but thy were received by the audience
as carrying the elements of the stu
alton as 1t appears from differen
points of view.
The most remarkable address o.
the meeting was that of Rev. DR.. Dan
lei Dorchester of Christ Methods
Episcopal church It was filled witt
stirring thought and dealt with prob
lens of the utmost Importance. L
attracted wide attention and was the
theme of general conversation among
hose who heard it. Rev. DR.. ]. Leon
ard Levy also entered the unusua
way in his remarks, his plea being fol-
broader development Of justice anc
mercy.
The opening meeting could not have
oeen more appropriate. Grouped or
the stage were many of the most ac
tive and influential men of the city
while banked in the rear was a choii
Of $50 voices.
The handsome auritorium was pack
ed from pit to dome, while the city's
guests, the Misses Pitt-Taylor, Hon. e
G. Collyer and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Forbes occupied boxes.
Chancellor S. B. Mccormick of the
University of Pittsburg presided and
the Invocation was given by Bishop
Whitehead and responsive reading
was led by Rev. Dr. Carl August Voss
of the First German Evangelical
Lutheran church. At a signal from
the chancellor the entire audience
arose and Joined with the choir in
singing America"
Introducing Mayor Guthrie Chancel
lor Mccormick referred to him as
Pittsburg's greatest mayor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
HUGHES IN INDIANA.
Spoke to Large Audience at the capl.
tai and Left For South Bend.


indianapolis, Ind, Sept. Ex-senator
Beveridge rode in the carriage with
Governor Hughes and presided at the
meeting. In his speech before a
crowd that completely filled the hall
the governor said in part:
"We are devoted to a line of pro-
gress straightforward, honorable ad.
ministration above every selfish ad
vantage, against every attempt to ex.
plot the people for private interest.
We are devoted to the public welfare
In establishing the stability of honest
enterprise. We serve the republic be.
cause that through it these things can
be accomplished In the heat and tur'
moil of political campaign it is i'm.
portant that we should preserve new
and proper sense of proportion.
1--WE are considering the choice of
the chief magistrate of the people
We are considering whom we shall
elect to that Office of vast power and
responsibility, being in the honor OF
its distinction, the possibilities of its
influence, the variety of its obligation
unrivalled among the great offices on
the face Of the earth"
The speaker argued that the elec.
ton of Bryan would mean business
disaster and depression. On the 9th
er hand he said the election of Taft
meant continuation of the Roosevelt
policies, which, he said, have for sew.
en- years kept the United States in the
path of prosperity, and he declared
his belief that the people of this
country are so pleased with the
Roosevelt administration that they
will vote for the man for president
who stands for the same ideals.
Governor Hughes was given an ova.
tion at the close OF his speech. He
was driven at once to his train and
left for South Bend, Ind.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
POLYGAM|ST HELD UP
Man of Millions From Honqkonq
Barred at San Francisco.

Made No Attempt to Conceal From
immigration Inspector That Two OF
the Women Who With Him Were
His Wives and That He Had Three
More In Hongkong-Must Remain
on Steamer Pending Action by the
Government.
San Francisco, Sept. 29.-Although
he is worth 100000 and is the
largest landed proprietor in Hong
Kong, Robert H. Bosnian, who arrived
on the steamer Korea, is detained on
board the vessel and denied permit to
land because he has five wives.
Two of his wives are with him and
three more are awaiting his return in
the Orient.
Bosnian made no attempt to conceal
the facts and freely admitted to the
immigration inspectors that he is a
polygamist. His case will be made
'hV oubJVNl vi NOnSIutld dllOH ny d SDe-
cial board of inquiry.
Bosnian was born in China, his IA
ther being British subject, while
his mother is a Chinese. He is Al
years old. Twenty-seven years ago he
married a half caste woman. No
children resulted from the union and
following the Chinese custom Bosnian
took another wife. By this wife he
has had seven children, three of whom
accompanied him on the present trip.
When an immigration inspector ask
ed Bosnian who the women were who
accompanied him he said: "They are
my wives" and added, 81 have three
more In Hongkong." The inspector
then told him that the law is very
strict against the admission Of polyg-
amists and that he must remain on
the steamer pending action by the
government.
Bosnian says he is a friend of Mr..
Taft and entertained him in Hong
kong. He is also a close friend of
Wu Ting Fang. He says he will
bring powerful pressure to bear on
the government to get a permit to
land. He has half a score of servants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Monday.

Idle railway cars have again been
reduced by $4,000, leaving a surplus
of only 173,5S7 cars.
Adyices from London state it is
believed that the British railways will
be purchased by the state as result
of combinations now effected.
Washington dispatches declared the
American battleship fleet would not
visit Manila, but would go to Cavite
for coal through necessity.
As a result of a collision on the Ber-
lin elevated railway twenty persons
were killed and eight seriously and
many others slightly injured.
Governor Hughes opened his cam
paign in Brooklyn when he and the
others on the state ticket were formal
ly notified of their nomination.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Death Of Joseph WheeIOck, sr.

Highlands of Navesink, n. j.. Sept
29.-Joseph Wheelock, Sr., the vet
eran actor, died of heart disease here
as he was about to take a train for
New York. Mr.. Wheelock was about
65 years old. He was one of the
founders of the Actors home of Amer,
lea and served as its first president,
His son, Joseph, Jr., is also an actor,
known chiefly for his Interpretation OF
the characters created by George Ade
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
BURGLARS LEAVE
DYNAMITE CAP,
Detectives Foil Diamond Rob-
berry but Are Blown Up.

Philadelphia, Sept. 29-Four police
officers were injured Sunday, three o.
them seriously, by the explosion Of g
dynamite detonating cap, left by burg
lars in their hurried departure from
the diamond store of Joseph H. Des
champs at Seventh and Chestnut
streets.
The burglars were frightened from
their work at midday by the ringing OF
an alarm, when they jimmied the
front door of the place.
Reserve Policeman Beaumont and
Detectives Williams, Brown, Long
and Reilly of the city force, Moffat
Of Camden and Sharp and Campbell
from the Burglar Alarm company's of.
fees, went to the building.
The burglars eluded capture, but
left their dynamite, decorating caps
igniting batteries and complete para
phernalia on the floor, where they
had been at work.
While all hands were examining the
burglar tools Reserve Policeman
Beaumont satisfied his curiosity as to
how the igniting battery worked by
connecting the positive and negative
wires.
The cap at the end exploded, blow.
ing out the officers right eye, Detec-
tive Campbell's tongue was split from
end to base and his teeth were blown
out Moffat's nose was lacerated and
his face cut as were the faces of the
others, who were leaning over the
pile of stuff in close examination.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
MARKET REPORT.
New York Provision Market.

New York, Sept. 2S.
WHEAT-No. 2 red, $lOS (. o. b.
afloat; No. / northern Duluth, $1.12%.
CORN - No. 2 corn, S6bc T. o. b
afloat; sec elevator.
OATS - Mixed oats, 26 to 70 lbs,
53c; clipped white, 80 to 40 lbs, 55A
@61c.
PoRK-Mess, $1725Q1Z75; family,
$20.0062100.
IIAY-Good to choice, 70d75c.
BUTTER-Creamery specials, ESQ
2519c; extra, 24hc; process, $50
S112c; state dairy, 1S623c.
CHEESE-State full cream, fancy,
1874 @14hc.
EGGS-State and Pennsylvania, SO
G34c.
POTATOES-Maine, per bag, $500
0210; state, per $50 lbs, $2.001225.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Boy Killed by Team OF Horses.

Altoona. Pa, Sept. 30 While
watching the operation of a road roll
er in front of their home Thomas and
James Chathams, aged 13 and IL
years, were run down by a team of
horses, drawing a heavy transfer wa,
gon, the animals taking fright at the
machine Thomas died at the Altoo-
ma hospital next morning. James left
foot was crushed, his right leg frac-
tured and he may be internally in.
jured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Friday.

Reports were current to the effect
that David B. Hill will become an ac-
tive factor in the campaign.
Frank Jay Gould served notice on
merchants and hotel proprietors that
they shall extend no credit to his wife
on his account.
Orville Wright expressed pleasure
at the performance of his brother Will
bur, in breaking the record for contin-
uous fight by an aeroplane.
Albert T. Patrick has prepared legal
papers to submit to the supreme court
of the United States in a request for
a review of his case and an order for
his release.
At its annual convention the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union Of
New York county adopted resolutions
asking city authorities to stop the
sale of candies containing alchohol.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
SHORTER NEWS ITEMS
Pithy Paragraphs ThatChronicIe
the Weeks DOings.
long Dispatches From Various Parts
Of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facts Given In as Few
Words as Possible For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
Wednesday,.

Three lightships and three light.
house tenders, under command of Cap.
tain Hertz, started on their $4,000
mile journey to the Pacific coast.
Reports received by the American
Federation of Labor from trades
unions throughout the country indi.
cate generally improved conditions.
Officers of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union announced their
purpose to open the war against the
sale of candies containing intoxicants.
Colonel William F. Stewart, who for
several months has been in command
or an abandoned post in Arizona, has
been ordered before an army retiring
board at Washington.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
tuesday.

The Firminist party, according to
ldyices from st. Thomas, believe that
D new revolution in Hayti will be sue
cessful.
Samuel Gompers, in an editorial in
the American Federationalist, assails
Mr.. Tafts attitude on the question
of injunctions in labor cases.
Cable advices from Launator, Tas-
mania, say that the British ship the
Loeb Finlas was wrecked off that
coast, twenty of the crew being
drowned.
Protest by wives and friends of men
on the Atlantic fleet greeted the an
nouncement that the vessels would
coal at Cavite, near the plague infect
ed districts.
Although the death rate from chol-
era is falling rapidly in st. Petersburg,
there is far more of the spirit Of panic
and alarm among the people than
when the epidemic began.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Falls Eighty Feet to His Death.

Allentown, Pa, Sept. 80. 49, Saxon
Scheirer was almost instantly killed
at the Thomas Iron works at Hoken-
dauQua. While at the top of a stack
to oil bearings of the new electric fill
Ter service he was overpowered by the
gases from the furnace and, fell 80
feet to the ground below, striking on
his head, which was crushed in. He
@as "a years old and leaves a widow
and two children.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Canadians Won First Prize.

Rome, Sept. 29-Although the full
list of the prize winners at the gym
nastic contests held in honor of the
popes jubilee, will not be made public
until tomorrow, it is known that the
Canadian team has captured first
prize. A special exhibition will be
given by one of the Italian athletic
societies tomorrow in honor of the
Canadians, who have become very
popular here.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Economic Power Company.

Albany, Sept. 29;-The proposed in
vestigation of the Economic Power
and Construction company of Buffalo
by the public service commission in
the Second district, which was sched-
uled to begin here today, was post
poned until Friday at Buffalo. Form
er Supreme Court Justice Cady Her
rick, representing the company, told
the commission that although there
would be formal objection to the jur-
isdiction Of the commission as to par
ticulars set forth in the order, there
was no disposition to challenge the
right of the commission to examine
the books and papers of the company.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Five Men Were Blown to Pieces.

Scranton, Pa, Sept. 29.-Three
Americans and two Italians were
blown to pieces in an explosion of dy-
Mantle while working at Cross Keyes
cut, along the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad, near Tobyhan-
ma. The five men were tamping a
hole containing eighteen inches OF dy-
Mantle when it prematurely exploded.
The bodies were assembled by match.
ing the clothing of the victims.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Saturday.

Senior Don Augusta B.. Legura took
possession of the executive power of
Peru.
Jacob Cantor, formerly senator,
saved a mans life in the Austrian
Tyroly says a dispatch from London.
Control of the Washington Life In
surance company was transferred to
w. c. Baldwin and a group of bust.
ness men of Pittsburg.
To found a hero fund in Scotland,
his native land, MIR. Andrew Carnegie
has announced his intention to place
in trustees hands the sum of $1,250,-
900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.

CATTLE---Prime export steers, Sc 90
m6.25; good to choice butcher steers,
S4.00m5.25; choice to extra fat
COWS, $4O0@4.25; fair to good heife $,
$3.750450; choice heifers, S4.750
800; bulls, fair to good. S3.50D3.75;
choice veals, SS.75@925; fair to good,
$S.50mS.75,
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Choice
spring lambs, S5.SOm $50; common
to fair, $35Od3.65; mixed sheep,
S3.50m3.I5.
lIOGS-Light Workers, S6.2506.75;
medium and heavy hogs, S725@750;
pigs, $5.0eM5.25.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Church md sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m, M. Il. Sabbath School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. o. Calhoun.
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
Il. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at ll:0O a. m. and 1880 p.
m. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. q. Il.
u. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Forest Fires ouenched by Rain.

Dunkirk, N. Y, Sept 29-Reports
from points along the Dunkirk, Ale
gany Valley and Pittsburg railroad
where forest fires have been burning
for some time, state the fires were
quenched by a heavy downpour of
rain. The damage to crops and tim
Der lands from drouth and fire in this
section is estimated at $4,000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Buffalo Provision Market.

Buffalo, Sept. 2S.
WHEAT - No. / northern, afioat,
$1.06; No. 2 red, $1.03.
CORN - No. ? yellow, Soc (. o. b.
ahoat No. 3 yellow, S4Hc.
OATS-No. 2 white, 52% 053c T. o.
b. afloat; No. 3 white, 52A 952hc.
FLOUR - Fancy blended patent,
per bbl., S6.OO@6.75; winter family,
patent s5.4006.15.
BUTTER-Creamery, prints, fancy.
25R @2Gc state and Penn. cream,
cry, 24l2c; dairy, choice to fancy, 220
24c.
CHEESE - Choice to fancy. full
cream, 13hc; fair to good, 1219c.
EGGS-Selected white, SOC.
POTATOES-Wh fancy, per bu.,
zoe; fair to good, Csc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Trolley Car Kills Rallroader.

Pittsburg. Sept. 29.-While crossing
the Monongahela river bl .dge at Glen
wood early early yesterday morning
Joseph F. Boyle, aged 20, Baltimore
and Ohio railroad engineer, was
crushed to death by a street car. His
parents and one brother live at Hays.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
BOROUGH OFFICERS,

BurgeSS.-J. II. Carson.
Justices Of the Peace-C. A. Randall, ID.
w. Clark.
OOuacitmen.-J. W. Landers, j. T. Dale,
G. II. Anderson, VIM. Smearbaugh, f..
w. Bowman, ]. W. Jameson, W. j..
Campbell.
Co1lStdble-Archie Clark.
CollectOr-W. II. Hood.
School DirectOrS-J. @. Scowden, II. M.
Herman, @. Jameson, j. j. Landers, j..
II. Clark, W. G. Wyman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Travellers Home Company Dissolved

Justice Lyon at Binghamton has
granted an order dissolving the
Commercial Travellers Home as
sociation OF America. This organiza-
ton, comprised of commercial travel
ers in all parts of the country, started
fourteen years ago to build large
home in Binghamton for INDECENT COM
mercial travellers. About $4,000 was
spent in the enterprise, the building
never advancing beyond the founda-
ton walls, which still remain on the
hill south of the city.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
Find Gold, They Think,

Great excitement has been created
among farmers on Brush mountain,
near Hollidaysburg, Pa, lately by
the discovery Of alleged quartz
gold on the country estate of Rev.
Father Thomas Hearn, Catholic
priest of Pittsburg. The quartz is be-
ing assayed by experts. The geologi-
cal survey indicates the existence Of
gold in the county.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-30
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member Of COngreSS-N. p. Wheeler.
Member Of Sefdte-J. X. p. Hall.
ASSembLy-W. ID. Shields.
President Judge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges-F. X. Kreitler, p.
9. Hill.
Pr0thonotary, Register 6 Recorder, &c.
j. @. Geist.
SherG.-A. W. Stroup.
IreaSurer-Geo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Philip Emert.
District Attorney-A. q. Brown.
Jury COnlntSSioners-J. B. Eden, IL.
ii. Mcclellan.
COroner-Dr G. Y. Detar.
County AUDITORS George Fl. Warden,
X. l.. Haugh, s. T. Carson.
County SiuUeyor-D. W. Clark.
COUNTY Sup w. Morri-