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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

of the most reliable cQrresbegl1ka II. the
A A1syon5 . sa9lsd to i ts
able surplus to ITO, 000, 00t bush&a H1ge vas
very little to account for the CPS AfEaSice
From our viewpoint it was entirely because
of the state congestion that exists.
Short covering again a feature today
in corn, although operations were on smaller
scale.
The market acted as II it wanted to go
down until the strength in wheat came to its
rescue
There is perhaps a larger extended short
interest in the market than has generally
been. given credit, and inasmuch as the big
gest short interest has shown a disposition
to cover, there is getting to be some anxiety
on the part OF the minor shorts to come in.
The news of the day was beartsh with the
execution of the light estimated receipts for
tomorrow. We feel like advocating the sale
of corn on the bulges.
Oats were mainly strong There was good
sized cash business yesterday and the sellers
action in removing the hedges gave a good
tone to the market.
The provision market had a good advance
on lighter hog receipts west. Professlons a.
sentiment here ia against the market, but II
acts to us as though with any help at all
we can have something like an old-fashioned
bull market in provisions.
The Inter-Ocean says:
It was the impression among traders who
watched developments in the wheta pit closely
last night that the market is to do better
A tin was out on the curb to this effect.
erally commented on, especially because its
strength in the face of the bearish news. 1t
was said that local professionals had bought
n great deal of wheat throughout the day, ana
not finding 1t easy TO secure had decided to
keep 1t over night and that they had scared
In a number of the smaller pit traders
A big operator who had sold a lot Of wheat
short throughout the day said the market
looked overstrained to him and he believed
that short sales on any bulge from the pres
emit level would be preferable.
Being short in corn bought over 100000
bushels yesterday. Pattep, Frazier and a
number OF their following securing profits Of
an TO Sc Little shore and traders who
thought corn would be cheap at Coo when It
was selling at CSC for May were selling 1t
short early yesterday. and later came in at
Istors last night that there had been break
enough; that country holders had stopped SELL
ing Tor the time being and that 1t was good
Specializing to take profits on this kind Of
market as there has been too much company
on the bear side.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Liverpool wheat closed Arm, sc to Ibc higher.
Corn, quiet. Nc higher
Berlin, nc lower.
Budapest, 1c higher.
Paris unchanged to &c higher.
Bradstreets says: Wheat, December. SOC. 900
bushels. Last week, December, 2,213, 600; last
year, December, 1,143, 600 bushels.
Wheat opened quiet, unchanged. Corn, quiet.
nc higher.
1870 p. m.-wheat, Sc higher. Corn. hc
higher
Hogs-Receipts 1000; left over, $500; market
slow at yesterdays average Range, $4,000
$50
Cattle-Receipts. 5000; steady
sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market csc to soc
higher than last weeks close.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
CARLOAD SHIPMENTS
OF CITRUS FRUITS

. shipments of oranges and lemons
3 from Los Angeles Saturday and sun
5 day, December 10 and 20. were 43 car
:. lads of oranges and l2 carloads OF
:, lemons
!, Total to date there were shipped
s 145T carloads, Of which $40 were
. lemons ~
Z. Last season there were shipped 1901
3 carloads, of which sos were lemons
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Cotton and Wool

NEW YORK, Dec -Cotton-spot closed
quiet, 10 points advance Middling uplands
925c; mddllng gulf, 950c sales 1900 bales
Futures closed very steady Decebmer, S96c
January. S63c; February S.67e; March, soc
April, ste; May, SS1c June and July
s 7se; August, S69c September and octo'
Der, S.57c.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
PRICES OF METALS
IN NEW YORK MARKET

@ NEW YORK, Dec. se.-COpper, lake
q SI425@143T1R, electrOIytic $1,000 6
o 14121R, casting $13.87H@1A. &
Is Lead, S4.15@4sO. g
O. Tin, S28.S5@2S.95. &
@ Silver, 485zc
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

do per Dbl. 1875 lbs net -. -. "a
Wheat. No ! 400 lbs.) 81 30; wheat, doo-lo.
sacks) No. 1. 81 95; corn Goo lb.) s1.s0; cracked
corn 100 1bs.) s1s5; feed meal 200 lbs) $3.50:
rolled barley 600 lbs.) $165; oil cake meal goo
lbs.) 81 so; shorts (100 lbs) $3.50; BRAN heavy
1O1 Ibs.) stss; Raffir corn, $3.50; white oats.
d.S5; seed rye, n.75.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
MornInu Sales

10000 Cal Hills at &c; 900 Comb. Fraction at
s1.37; 200 Consolidated at ssS5; 1900 Con.
Mines at 1he; 800 Frances Mohawk at 1Oc;
49, 900 Eureka at 1isc; 400 Florence at $4.F12;
1000 Jumbo Elk. at 21c; 5000 Kendall at 10c; 5000
Searchlight Parallel at 25sc
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

5000 Cal Hills at sAc; 1000 Cons. Mines at
11ac; 1000 Crown Point Globe at 10c; $1,000
Eureka at 1ssc; 10000 Lge Harris at $3.50M;
1000 Searchlight Parallel at 2lzc.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
NEW YORK CuRR

Especial service TO The Herald by B. f. lay
Tor, 524 Citizens National Bank building MEM
Der Los Angeles-Nevada Mining Stock ex-
change).
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Followlng were OPEN
ing and closing quotations today:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
coMsrocK MINING STOCKS

Especial service to The Herald by r. F. Tay-
Tor. 524 Citizens National Bank building mem-
Der Los Angeles-Nevada Mining Stock ex-
charge).
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-Following were
closing quotations today:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Today's statemen
~ the treasury balances shows: Available
cash balance, s159, 242, u.s. gold coin and bull
lion, S29 $50, 914; gold certificates $oo'0""zoV'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
BOSTON COPPER MARKET

Special service to The Herald by Dick Bros.
G. Co. members Boston Stock exchange, Brad
bury building Los Angeles.
BOSTON, Dec. 22.-Following were closing
quotations on the Boston Stock exchange today;
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Especial service to The Herald by Dick
Bros. g. Co. members New York cotton ex-
change, Bradbury building, Los Angeles.

BIOS, q Co, IHtHIDgTS INUW lOIh CUEIUII On
change Bradbury building, Los Angeles.
NEY YORK, Dec. 22-Cotton was steady
on general short covering. There was no
news of Importance aside from a cable an
nouncing the loss of the steamship Irada
off the Irish coast with $1,000 bales OF cot
ton for Galveston, On this news Liverpool
bought some cotton and there was also
some buying here. These purchases caused
general short covering and prices crept up
gradually to the highest levels seen since
the government estimate was issued. The
market appears to be short. Spots are
holding steady in the south and the move
ment Is running much lighter, exports are
large
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
Sales for Week Ending December 19
DAILY MINING CALL


Official sales-1e0O Nevada Searchlight at 81
per M: 1000 Con Mines d. 60 at 1%c; 5000
Clark Copper at 1Oc; 100 Goldfield Con. at $50.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
Los ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE

Official sales-2o Associated Oil at s9s .121si 80
do at $50 d. 800; 90 do (B. 800 at sS8Sl1h; 10
do at s8s 25; 10 do (B. 800 at S3S.75; 10 40 o.
800 at s3S S71a; 30 Home Tel pfd at S5S STA; go
Columbla OIL at 81 Il.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
CHICAGO GRAIN

Special service to The Herald by ]. G.
Wilson, member Chicago Board OF Trade
Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-The wheat market to-
day was a small one and the trade almost
entirely local
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
MINING QUOTATIONS

Yesterdays quotations Of the Los Angeles-Ne'
vads Mining Stock exchange were as follows;
California
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
FINANCIAL

Los ANGELES, Dec. 22-Bank elearings
were 81 74154t 81 against 1926, 5S2 So for the
corresponding date last year, an Increase Of
1864, 959 &c. Following is a comparative state
ment,
1908 1901 1906
Dec. Hs1 S27 1914 81 81 1853, 545 O5 s2,1s5,s11 70
Dec. 22.... 1,741.541.s1 1885, 5s255 2,ll4,45O Oh
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Rolled wheat in bills net VT lzS lbs, Dbl. 50
a,sheat -four (bulk seamless SIX. 100 lbs) AZ
Io,,o1wheat -four pure tbulk seamless
sacks) 100 lbs 50
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
CITRUS FRUIT REPORT

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-one car lemons
sold THE weather Is cold. The market is
steady There are no cars on track. Twenty
Ave cars of Florida oranges sold from $l.20
to SOS per box. The market is easier on
Floridas
LEMONS
Visalia T. C. C. Fl Elk Lemon Cove. 2 SO
Lemon Cove, same ..,.......-.,............ 2'3l
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.-Four sars sold, seven
cars on track The market Is easier on ma
veis The next sale will be tomorrow, Wednes-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

BOSTON. Dec. 22.-One car sold. There are
no cars on track The weather is cool. The
market is unchanged.
Bridal Veil, or, Llmoneria Co......,,.,... 20
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
New York Stocks

Especial service to The Herald by Dick
Bros & Co., members New York stock ex-
change, Bradbury building, Los Angeles).
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
FLOUR AND FEED PRICES
AT LOS ANGELES MILLS

The following quotations prevail at the Capt.
toi MEALS MEALS. PER 100 LBS. IN SACKS
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
RetaII FTICes

Following prices for leading articles OF
.onsun,ntion prevail at the Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
ocaI Hay Market

uav-No. 1 barley hay. sl4q1s; No. do. s1s
s7i1. No j wheat hay SIS; do No. p sl4Q15;
No nlain oat hay, S16Q1s; No, do, SlSgl5;
northern alfalfa. s15Q17; local do Sl59l1.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
DIED ON THE STEPS.
Pittsburg Man Found With Poison by
His Side at Butler.

Butler, Jan. 21.-With partially
empty vial of carbolic acid beside him
Herbert d. Koerner, "a years old, of
the Northside, Pittsburg, was found
dead on the steps of William Walkers
residence in North Main street here
at o'clock Sunday morning.
II is supposed Koerner took the car.
bolic acid with suicidal intent and died
as he sat on the steps. At midnight
the young man. in apparently good
spirits said good night to companions
and started TO the home of his sister,
Mrs Richard X. Matlack, where he
had been staying since coming from
Pittsburg last Friday. The Walker
residence was on his way. After the
body had been taken to the morgue
the name of H. ID. Noerner was found
in the dead mans hat.
Koerner was a son OF J. F. Koerner.
a guard in the Western penitentiary
He leaves two brothers and one sister.
He was formerly employed in the
plant of the Standard Steel company
here. He came to Butler in the hope
of getting work but was disappointed
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
THE MIDWINTER OUTING.

This is the time for the midwinter outing dash of
summer in the midst Of winter agreeable variation.
1t makes for health and pleasure and stimulates vitality.
For the extended trip Southern California the fruit
and flower land of the Pacific Coast offers unrJaed at
fractions
For the fortnights trip Florida, the garden
of the Northern winter, bids you and enjoy its
genial sunshine its tropical and its outdoor life
For the ten days outing, Pinehurst Camden, Aiken,
Augusta Southern Pines and other popular resorts in
the pine belt of the Carolinas and Georgia offer many
inducements
For the short trp-the weekend outing = At
antic City is always attractive The breezes that
depress the thermometer in to keep it up in
winter 1t offers great hotels the oceans edge outof
door life land and sea- and climate full of snap but
shom of the winter severely.
Before deciding on your midwinter outing consult
Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agent and get Pennsy!
vana Railroad Winter Excursion Book Whether you
select California Florida the Carolinas Atlantic City
the Pennsylvania Railroad offers comprehensive train
service reasonable rates andtickeng arrangements and
the best facilities that modern transportation methods
provide
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
INVALID BURNED TO DEATH.
Aged Woman Is cremated Just After
Leaving Sick Bed.

Pittsburg, Jan. 21.-After a lone
and painful illness Mrs. Cecelie NJ.
Bratt, aged &c, left her bed to meet
frightful death. While her two
daughters, who had tenderly nursed
her night and day for weeks. were
preparing to arrange her toilet Mrs.
Bratt was cremated alive, Her fluffy
dressing gown caught fire at an open
natural gas crate and when her daugh'
ters reached the room the aged wo-
man was lying on the hearth mass
~ flame. She died before physicians
could be summoned.
The tragedy was at Mrs, Bratt's
home, Hubbard place, near Mcclure
avenue, Northside. She was a mem.
Der of one of the oldest families In
Allegheny and mother of DR.. c. B.
Bratt of Arch street.
Mrs. Bratt had been confined to her
bed by illness for eight months. Her
condition was somewhat improved
and she arose. Her daughters, after
making the room as comfortable as
possible, went downstairs to mas
arrangements for her toilet.
During their absence II is supposed
that the eiderdown.ined dressing
gown of the aged convalescent came
in contact with the blaze in the CRATE.
AT any rate. when the daughters re.
turned to the room their mothers en-.
tire body was burned and her cloth.
ing consumed by the flames.
They smothered the fire with a rug.
The window curtains were ablaze, and
these flames also were extinguished.
Mrs, Bratt's daughters had not left
her alone for three minutes. They
heard no outcry and did not detect
smoke until they returned to their
mothers ROOM
Mrs. Bratt was the widow of Joseph
Bratt, a prominent Alleghenian who
died some years ago She had lived
in the Woods Run district for many
years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
esday.

Plans are on foot to establish tow
ing service in the Straits of Magel-
Ian.
Cables from Rio Janeiro tell of the
arrest of four anarchists suspected of
a plot to damage American ships
At his own request, one of Edmund
Clarence Stedman's poems was
sung at his funeral this afternoon in
New York.
The state superintendent of public
works of New York, in his annual re-
port, suggested asking federal help in
completing the state barge canal.
Washington was informed that Can
ada proposed temporarily to restrict
the coming of all aliens, thus shut
ting out japanese coolies without Of
Tending Japan.
Through the Boyertown fire, which
cost 200 lives, attention was called
to many nickel theaters i'll New York,
fire traps, where thousands of persons
are imperilled daily.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Thursday.

Colonel Goethals told the house COM
mittee that the Panama canal will
cost S0O,OO0,000.
The senate committee decided to in
vestigate criticisms of the navy said
to have been instigated by certain
officers.
Martin w. Littleton called eight
witnesses to prove his contention
that Harry Thaw was insane when he
killed Stanford White,
Friends of Governor Hughes at Al
bany expressed the belief that Sena.
tor Crane would look after Mr..
Hughes candidacy for president in
the New England states.
The state department at Washing
ton submitted Japan's proposal to is
sue no more passports to coolies to
Messrs Straus and Sergeant for their
opinion as to its practicability.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Friday.

Mrs Anne sullivan Macy for years
the teacher of Helen Keller, the blind
girl, is losing her own sight.
Albany dispatches say Governor
Hughes may launch his presidential
boom in speech at Boston early in
February.
Blind unreasoning terror is assigned
as the chief cause of the Boyertown
theater horror, whose death list may
reach 200
Brazilian officials continued their
welcome of the American fleets Off
GERS and men at Rio. Thirteen of the
battleships finished coaling.
The expulsion of the Augustinian
Sisters of Charity from the famous
municipal hospital in Paris led to an
outbreak by angry sympathizers, and
the police were compelled to restore
order.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Ohio Professor Dies Suddenly.

Columbus, Jan. 21.-Allen Campbell
Barrows, 67 years old, professor Of
English literature in Ohio State uni.
versity, died suddenly here He had
been i'll OF grip for about a week, hut
his condition had not been regarded as
critical. He was graduated from
Western Reserve university in 1861
and taught successfully at Phillips
Academy, Western Reserve and Iowa
Agricultural college. In 1894 he was
elected to the chair of English liter
ature in Ohio State university.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Monday

John r. Walsh, Chicago banker, was
found guilty of fraud and faces five
year sentence in prison.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, the poet
broker, died suddenly of heart dis
ease at his home in New York He
was born in 1888.
Thin ice cost the lives of three boys
in Newark, N. j.. and three in Tenafly,
N. j., and there were several skating
accidents elsewhere.
In an important decision the inter-
state commerce commission said it
looked with disfavor on a lower rate
for short distance hauls.
Dispatches from Rio Janeiro said
a twenty-four hour famine had been
caused in the market by the enormous
purchases for the American fleet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Shooting on the Stage Real.

Marion, O., Jan. 21.-While the audi
ence at the Opera House was ap-
plauding w. B. Jefferson's burglar"
in a blood and thunder melodrama
and cheering for the realistic way he
acted when shot by the hero, he was
writhing in pain from a wound made
by the discharge of the revolver. To
the audience it all seemed a part of
the play, but to Jefferson it was real.
The hero was so near him in the bank
scene, where the shooting occurs, that
a paper wad from the revolver struck
him in the leg and inflicted deep and
painful wound.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
"a Unidentified Dead Buried.

Boyertown, Jan. 2l.-The bodies Of
"a unidentified dead who lost their
lives in the Rhoades Opera House
fire a week ago were buried Sunday
in Fairview cemetery in this place.
Upwards of 10000 persons attended
the services that marked the inter.
ment OF the fire victims, who were
buried in one long circular-shaped
trench.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Saturday.

Senator Foraker answered ques.
tions regarding the use of injunctions
put TO him by the Ohio Federation of
Labor.
Changes in the Aldrich currency
measure were planned by the senate
finance committee, which will report
the bill next week.
Army engineers, it was said. have
nearly completed plans for the con-
struction of redoubts and trenches to
aid the forts commanding the bay of
San Francisco.
Trial of the new machine gun for
the German army shows that 1t Is
superior in many respects to the Max.
i'm gun. weighing much less and being
more simple in construction.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
eattleships Leave Rio Tuesday.

Tuesday the battleship feet will end
its sojourn at Rio Janeiro and enter
upon what naval men consider the
most interesting stage of its long
voyage-the one which will take it
eventually through the Straits Of Ma
gellan. Its next stop will be at Punta
Arenas, the straits, where the armada
will rest for five days before 1t finish.
es the passage through this forbidding
body of water and heads northward
for Callao. After leaving Rio prob.
ably no word vii be had of the bat
tleships until they report at Punta
Arenas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Sensational Newsboxs Arrested.

Toledo, o., Jan. 21.-Eleven news
boys were arrested for shouting war
is declared between the United States
and Japanese" The boys for hours
had gone through the streets giving
utterance to the sensationa! yells.
They were selling a weekly newspaper
and meeting with large sale until
victimized persons called up the po-
lice The boys were released after
having been warned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Rivalry In Big Mansions.

The rivalry of the Pttsburg million.
aires .manifcsts itself mostly in the
building of vast mansions in New York
city. Mr.. Carnegie set the pace with
his great house on upper Fifth avenue.
Then his former employe, Mr.. Schwab,
decided to build a more snowy and
costly establishment on the west side
of the city. Now Mr.. Frick, who lost
his admiration for Mr.. Carnegie a few
years ago, pays $2,400,0O0 for the
Lcnox library site on Fifth avenue, be.
tween Seventieth and Seventy-First
streets, aud will erect there residence
to cost millions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Two-Cent Rate Law Is ILLEGAL.

Philadelphia, Jan. 81 - The two
cent railroad rate now in force in
Pennsylvania has been declared un.
constitutional by the state supreme
court, which handed down an opinion
affirming the decision of the common
pleas court of Philadelphia rendered
last September. The vote of the
court was four to three, the dissenting
opinion being handed down by Jus.
tice Mestrezat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
BympathY.
VVITdTS vi TUTTVTN NWVVI'
Halt. Throw up your hands"

Footpads on lonely street.
Halt. Throw up your hands"
"What yer got. Billy?"
"Come look at him. Pete. Vine
= looking duck rugged out in long light
overcoat and tall hat"
where's he been?'
SAYS he's been downtown buying
Christman presents for all his family
and all his friends"
What? Give the poor chap a nickel
carfare and apologize for holding him
up bet he's broke. ke."-Cbicago Daily
News
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Death of John A. MerrItt's Mother

Lockport, N. Y, Jan. 81. - Mrs.
Nancy R. Merritt, SO years old, died
last night at the home of her son,
John A. Merritt, formerly third as
sistant postmaster general and later
postmaster of Washington. The body
will be taken to Tecumseh, Mich, for
burial.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Her Pipe SMOKING Fatal.

Bellefontaine, o., Jan. 21. - Burns
sustained by Mrs. Catherine Leidigh
while smoking last Friday caused her
death last night. She was 80 years of
age, and her pipe furnished her only
diversion. She did not notice a spark
that fell into her lap and her cloth
ing was burned from her body.