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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
Church Notes

There will be Catholic services at
KellY's hall Good Friday afternoon,
April 9, at p. IN. and also on Easter
Sunday at a. m.
The visit of Rev. f. r Fulkerson to
Newport was one of great interest.
Two powerful sermons on the Sabbath
thrilled the audience and aroused the
Missionary Spirit as he portrayed the
victories of the Gospel among the pagan
nations of the orient The speaker is a
forceful preacher, an experienced educa-
tor and traveller, and a skilled diplomat.
When the appeal was made for Missions
something near $4,000 was the response
and more to follow The Lectures illus
trated by stereopticon and moving pic
lures, Monday night on China and
Tuesday on Japan and Korea were highly
interesting and very instructive. Mr..
Fuleerson expects to return to the ORR
emit in the early autumn.
On Thursday, April Is, church
council will convene at the First Baptist
church, for the purpose of ordaining the
recently called pastor OF the church,
Frank r. Margetts. The services ia the
evening, when the regular ordination
exercises will take place. will be held at
80 p. ~, and all members and friends
are cordially invited to attend. C.Ress
Baker, G. D., one of Spokane 8, mest
eloquent divines, has kindly consented
to preach the ordination sermon, and
other prominent pastors of the Baptist
denomination will participate. Mi.
Mareetts was admitted to the bar at
Chicago in 1888, since which time be has
been practicing law and engaged in
court reporting, and abandoned a lucra-
tive business in Spokane to enter the
ministry, this being his first field. -
Easter Sunday will be one OF special
interest at the Congregational church.
In the morning the Sunday school will
hold an Easter program in connection
with its session, and the regular Easter
sermon thought will be presented by the
pastor at the time of the morning ser
vice. At this service Mrs. Atherton, OF
Spokane, apd H. j. Anderson will assist
the choir with, Easter selections Mrs.
John Raymond, of Hillyard, will be the
piano accompanist. In the evening the
choir will present an Easter song SER
vice, assisted by Mr.. Anderson and Mrs.
Anterior. Mrs. E. B. II. Remly will
give an Easter reading entitled Robert
of Sicily" The service will be con-
Guided by short sermon on 1.-THE
TRANSPORTATION" by the pastor. You
are cordially invited to attend all SER
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
WRIGHT'S kEROPLANE
CircIed the Parade Ground at Fon
Meyer Six Times.

Washington, July 1S. - Orville
Wright last evening made very sue,
cessful flight in the Wright aeroplane
at Fort Meyer, Va, remaining In the
air five minutes and 80 seconds, dur.
ing which time the machine attained
the exceptional speed of about 40
miles an hour, circling the parade
grounds half a dozen times, total
distance of about three and a half
miles.
After keeping crowd of nearly
thousand cXpectaDt people, including
a number prominent in official life,
waiting for an hour mad half on &C.
count of wind conditions, the aero
plane started on its flight at 1907 p.
m. The aviator concluded not TO
prolong the trial because the motor OF
the machine, which had just been re-
paired, was not working perfectly,
Each time the aeroplane circled past
the starting point the spectators
cheered.
A smart breeze prevented She
Wright brothers from starting the
aerOplane Immediately after 1t was
brought from the shed at o'clock.
During the delay the Wrights talk
ed at length with Count Won Berns'
torff, the German ambassador, among
others, explaining the workings of the
machine. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
daughter of ex-President Roosevelt,
enthusiastically examined the aero
plane with the inventors, and the sec
retary of the navy, George Won l..
Meyer, gave it a careful inspection.
Shortly after Z o'clock the breeze
died down sufficiently to permit
flight When the signal was given the
machine shot forward instantly and
mounted gracefully into the light
breeze. Mr. Wright guided the nyer
to the lower end of the large parade
ground and circled around toward the
starting point, gradually rising higher
from the ground
Six times he rounded the course,
the machine attaining an average
speed of about 40 miles an hour, ac'
cording TO Mr. Wright.
After passing the crowd the sixth
time the aviator descended easily and
alighted with no apparent Jar.
Both of the Wrights expressed
themselves as pleased with the per
formance. They intend to make only
short flights until the new bearings
have become worn down and the pro
peling motor Is working perfectly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Thursday.

The number of fatalities at bull
fights in Spain may result in gov.
ernment action restricting these spec
tacles, according to a dispatch from
San Sebastian.
The New York police books show a
total of 11S unsolved murder mys.
teries since 1906. Half of them are re-
corded under the general head of "Ital-
ian assassinations."
The senate revised the corporation
tax amendment, putting fraternal or
ganizations, labor unions, mutual
building and loan associations and
church bodies on the exempt list
The supreme court of the state of
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, has confirm
ed the death sentence of Dario Con.
zales, the millionaire who was con-
victed of the murder of his brother-in-
law, Manuel lturre.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES
Erect a Tablet on Giant Boulder a,
Isle La Motto.

The Lake ChamplaIn tercentenary
celebration arranged jointly by the
states of New York and Vermont, aft
er week Of oratory and pageantry
beginning at Old Crown Point, N. Y.
closed on Friday with ceremonies on
historic Isle La Motto, where years
ago in the shelter of Fort Ann, the
earliest Christian service in the his.
tory OF Vermont was held.
On It's wooded slopes thousands
gathered to listen to addresses by Gov.
ernor Prouty of Vermont. Governor
Hughes of New York, Lieutenant de
Vaissau Benoist day, naval attache
of the French embassy at Washington.
who was commissioned by Ambassa
dor Jusserand to represent France;
the Very Rev. F. Prevail, and Wendell
p. Stafford, justice of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia
State Senator Henry w. Hill of Buf
falo, secretary of the New York com
mission, Joined Governor Prouty in
welcoming the visitors to the island
Although long a resident of the EN-
pire State he is a native Vermontei
and spent his boyhood days on Isle La
Mote.
One of the impressive ceremonies Of
the day was the unveiling of a tablet
erected on giant boulder along the
roadside not far from the shrine on a
knoll overlooking the lake. 1t is a gift
to the state by the women of the Patri.
otic Societies of Vermont, and bears
the following inscriptions:
''In honor of the first white men
who fortified this island in 1886.
"ln memory of the sacrifice and va.
lor of Colonel Seth Warner and Cap.
tain Remember Baker, eminent Green
Mountain Boys and Patriots.
And to commemorate the campaign
of General Montgomery, who encamp-
ed near this spot with 1.200 men In
1777, this tablet is erected by the Patri.
otto Societies of Vermont Women.
1909"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Friday.

Mr.. Roosevelt killed lion which
was charging him, says dispatch
from Naiyasha
The Club Nautique de Gand of Bel
GUM won the grand challenge cup in
the regattR at Henley, England.
Eleven lives were lost and more
than a million dollars damage was
done in the floods in Missouri.
John d. Rockefeller at Cleveland
celebrated his 10th birthday yesterday.
He was born on small farm near
Richfeld, Tioga county, n. Y.
An ordinance was passed by the
city council and signed by the mayor,
legalizing the erection in Kansas City,
Mo-, of new union station, to cost
$200O0,000.
Dispatches from Colon state that a
revolution has broken out in Colombia
apparently against the administration
Of General Reyes, and several cities
are now in the hands of the rebels.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
FIGHT WITH BURGLAR
Resulted In Death Of Mrs. So.
phia Staber at Flatbush, |. |.

Con Wrestled With Robber and Sue.
ceeded In Keeping MuzzIe Of Burg.
lars Gun Away From Him but II
Was Discharged and One Of the
Three Shots Killed His Mother, Who
Was Standing at Her Bedroom Door.
Two Men Arrested.
Two shoeless men, one wounded in
the arm and thigh, are held by the
police charged with the murder of
Mrs. Sophia Staber, wife of George
Staber, New York importer of paper,
in whose residence at Flatbush, l.. l., a
suburb of Brooklyn, there was a bat
tie with burglars early Thursday in
which Mrs. Staber met death. The
men say they are Carlo Giro born in
Trieste, Austria, and John Smith"
The latter speaks with German accent,
He was the one wounded. He was OPP
Grated upon and told that he might
not live and urged to tell the whole
truth. He admitted. the police say,
that II was a bullet from his pistol,
discharged in struggle with Mrs.
Stabers son George that killed her.
Giro was picked up first after the
burglary while trying to beg or buy
pair of shoes, for the men had removed
theirs while entering the house. Smith
was found under bush, bleeding,
about a mile from the Staber house.
Mrs. Staber was shot dead at
o'clock in the morning while standing
in her bedroom door
The burglar withdrew to the hall, but
the mothers cries had aroused her
son George, 20 years old. AS he stepped
from his door, man struck at him in
the darkness, missed and stumbled
down stairs. At the same instant he
saw the second burglar, grapped with
him, and fought him into the bath
room. In the struggle the burglar
managed with his free hand to draw a
seven-shot automatic pistol. Then be-
gan a fierce fight for the pistol.
In the meantime Mrs. Staber was
standing in the doorway, screaming
not needing her husbands attempt to
pull her into the room. Young Staber
succeeded in keeping the muzzle of
the burglars gun away from him, but
1t was nevertheless discharged. Two
shots went wild; the third cut the
drawstrings of his pajamas, set the
cloth on fire, and, though not wound
ing him, killed his mother. Just as
young Staber finally got control of the
pistol, the burglar wrenched loose.
Staber chased him down the stairs,
firing as he ran. Two shots evidently
took effect but the last two cartridges
misfred. When he reached the YER
andah, the street was empty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
MUCH STEEL NEEDED
Years Requirements For the Panama
Canal $4,000, 900.

Washington, July 13. - Forty-eight
million dollars will be needed by the
lsthmian canal commission to carry on
the work of digging the Panama canal
during the fiscal year 1911, according
to estimates which have been received
by Secretary of the Treasury Mac.
Veagh, who prepares the annual book
of appropriations to be submitted to
congress.
The appropriation for the current
year was S33,63S, 900. During the pres
ent fiscal year contracts will be made
Tor the delivery next year of large
quantities of structural steel material
necessary in the construction of the
gates of the locks of the canal. Money
for this material, the officials say is
one OF the important items in the es.
Inmates submitted. Next year they
probably will be lower. The estimates
will probably receive the careful at.
tention of President Taft to the end
that they may be scaled down, if pos.
sible.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
NOTABLE FLEET OF WARSHIPS
Gathered In Cape Cod Bay For a
Month of Maneuvers.

Skirting the inner tip of Cape Cod
there lies in the harbor of Province.
town and nearby waters the largest
and most notable feet of warships
ever assembled for active duty under
the Stars and Stripes, every vessel Of
the half hundred in readiness for prac-
tice maneuvers which will tax the in.
genuity and skill of the foremost naval
minds of the country for the next
month.
The vessels, including fourteen bat
tleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, sub
marines, refrigerator ships, tenders
and supply ships numbering "a yes.
sells all told, and representing valua.
tion of nearly s2OO,OOOOOO, are drawn
up in two parallel lines extending
around Race Point along the cape to
Truro. four miles below, standing at
the head of the line being Rear Ad.
miral Schroeder's flagship the Con.
necticut. On board the vessels are
$4,000 men.
CdIl! Ou NOuuds t"o ulNlSiOho VI
the fleet went outside for practice and
maneuvers, two other divisions re-
naming inside, which will be the pro-
gram throughout the maneuvers, the
divisions alternating in the work.
Perhaps the greatest interest will be
the demonstration of the worth of the
new masts or fire control" tops which
have so markedly changed the appear
ance of the warships.
The big event of the maneuvers Is
expected to be grand final review
by President Taft and Secretary of the
Navy George Won L. Meyer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
SHAKE-UP IN DEPARTMENT
100 Employees Reduced and Ten Allow
ed to Resign.

Washington, July 13.-The greatest
shapeup that ever has occurred In the
personnel of the department of COM
merce and labor took place today when
approximately 100 employees were re-
duced and the designations Of ten 9th
ers accepted.
This action was taken by Secretary
Nagel as the result of an investigation
into the efficiency record" of the EN-.
ployes in his department The reduc-
tions were made, 1t is stated, because
the employees were found to have loaf
ed on the job" while those allowed to
resign we're found to be inefficient.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
PUNXY BOY A HERO
plunges Into Creek After Drowning
Brother.

PunXsutawnoy, Pa, July 13. - To
save his little brothers life Hobart
Hall. II years old, jumped into 10
feet of water and swan with the strug-
Cling child to a pier, where he kept
above water until four companions
formed human chain and rescued the
two boys.
The boys, on their way from Sunday
school, stopped to play on the piers
Of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg railroad bridge spanning Mahon-
ing creek. George Hall, years old,
lost his balance and fell into the creek.
He had gone down several times when
the older brother jumped in and grasp
ed the drowning lad around the waist.
The two boys are sons of Carl Hall OF
East Punxsutawney.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
JEST MAY PROVE FATAL
Millworker's Skull Crushed by Helper
Hit by a Two-lnch Steel Bolt.

Pittsburg July 13.-As the alleged
result of a jest Philip Bishop, a roller
at Jones & Laughlins 40-inch bar mill,
Southside, is in the Southside hospital
ard his death Is expected any moment
George Wyland, his helper, said to
have assailed Bishop and later aided
aim to medical assistance, is in the
South Thirteenth street station.
Bishop and Wyland were changing
the rolls, when Bishop, who is said to
have had a reputation rs a joker is
alleged to have addressed Wyland
teasingly WylanG then is said to have
swung a twoinch steel bolt at Bish-
ops head, the full weight of its 16
pounds striking the skull Bishop
lives at 2629 Stella street, Southside.
Wyland gave himself up and is break
ing his heart over the trouble.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Tuesday.

Manufacturers started an organized
fight against the corporation tax sec.
tion of the tariff bill.
Fear of strike violence in Cape Bret
on resulted in a second train load Of
troops being rushed to the scene.
Several hundred miners are said to
be entombed by an explosion of FIRE
damp in a coal mine at Belme2, Spain
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend Vertz, aged
residents Of Patchogue, l.. l., were
burned TO death and the owner of their
dwelling was arrested.
A telegram received at Vienna from
Budapest declares that Leon Ling, the
Chinaman who on June 9 is supposed
70 have murdered Elsie Sigel in New
York, is in that city.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
ENDS HIS LIFE
WITH SCISSORS
Pennsylvania Veteran Stabs Him
self With Rusty instrument,

Hampton, Va, July 13. - Edward
Barton, a veteran of the Civil war,
committed suicide in Phoebus by stab
5inb himself in the heart with a pair
Of rusty scissors. The man went to
woodshed in the rear of his home
at II o'clock yesterday morning. He
was found there dead in a pool of
blood two hours later by his wife. The
man made several stabs with his anti
luated weapon. One of the strokes,
however, went squarely into the CEN
ter of the heart. The coroner's jury
rendered verdict of suicide. Barton,
who was 65 years old, served with a
Pennsylvania regiment during the
Civil war He came to the National
Soldiers home at Hampton 10 years
ago from Philadelphia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
GIFT OF $1O,OOO,OOO
Mr.. Rockefeller's Donations to General
Education Board Reach $52,ooo,ooo

John d. Rockefeller has increased
his donations to the general education
board by a gift of SIC, 100000 and also
released the board from the obligation
to hold in perpetuity the funds con-
tributed by him.
The gift announced by Frederick T..
Gates, the chairman of the board,
brings Mr.. Rockefeller's donations to
the general board to $52,000,O00. 1t
was contributed according to the
statement made by Mr. Gates, because
the income of the present fund avail
able for appropriation had been ex'
hausted and a larger income to meet
educational needs of great importances'
had become necessary.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
lEFFRIES TO POST FORFEIT
Denies Statement That He VIII Not
Fight johnson.

Toronto. Ont, July 13.-To the AS
sociated Press representative James J.
Jeffries denied the statement attribut.
ed to him that he would not fight John.
son. "It Is absolutely untrue that
nave repudiataed my promise to fight
Johnson aud intend to do So" At the
conclusion of his sparring exhibition
with Sam Berger at Hanlan's Point
last night Jeffries stated that upon his
arrival In New York next week he
would post a forfeit for the fight
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
COMPULSORY SERVICE BILL
Lord Roberts Draws Gloomy Picture Of
Country's Defences.

London, July, IL. - "The national
service bill" which provides for the
compulsory service in the territorial
army of all male citizens between the
ages of IS and 30, was introduced In
the house of lords by Lord Roberts
who, in supporting the measure, paint
ed a gloomy picture of the condition OF
the country's defences and the threat
ening dangers of the empire.
Continuing Lord Roberts denounced
the present policy which he character.
lied as "wilful gamble with the safe
ty of the country and the empire and
claimed that his bill would furnish one
million well trained and disciplined
soldiers in few years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Robbers In Possession of House.

Washington, Pa, July 10. - When
Mrs. John Trip visited the home of
her father, Charles Axtell, at Ninevah,
Greene county, yesterday, she found
the family absent and three robbers
in possession of the house. She was
driven away at the point of IA revolver.
When neighbors later went with her
to the house the robbers had gone.
They had taken no vauables.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Quits Society to Be a Cop.

Philadelphia, July l3.-Arthur II,
Muholland, sworn in as a sub-patrol
man, is the only wealthy man who has
given up a life of ease and joined the
regular police force to become a great
detective. He disposed of yacht
two fast horses and two autos for the
,lub and uniform. Officer Mulholland,
who is worth 100000, is earning
1925 a day as sub.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
FAMOUS FLYING MACHINES
international Balloon and Aeroplane
Exposition Opens.

Among the exhibits in the inter-
national balloon and aeroplane eXposi.
tion which opened in Frankford, Ger
many and will remain open until Octo.
Der are flying machines as well known
as those OF the Wright brothers, Count
Won Zeppelin. Major Won Parseval,
Count de la Vaulx and others whose
recent exploits in navigating the air
have held the attention of the entire
civilized world.
During the exposition dlrigible air
ships of rigid and nonrigid patterns,
aeroplanes and spherical balloons will
be seen in flight, and facilities will be
offered visitors to make trips In air
ships, starting from the exhibition
grounds. For sixty days during the
exhibition there will be races and
other competitions of sporting and
military character.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
SHOWER OF FROGS
Tracks Of Railway Covered and Rails
Made Slippery.

A message received at Utica from
Gouvernour, n. Y, states that in a
heavy wind and rain storm there
thousands of small but perfectly form
ed frogs fell, covering the sidewalks
in Grove street to such an extent that
walking was difficult. The rails of
the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
division of the New York Central
railroad for half a mile were covered
and rendered so slippery that the
speed of the trains was materially les
sened.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Unknown Body Taken From River.

Niagara Falls, n. Y. July 13.-The
body of an unusually pretty young
woman OF about 23 was taken from the
river near the brink of the Canadian
Falls last night. The body had been
in the water only short time. There
were no marks on the clothing by
which the identity of the young won.
an could be established
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14
Saturday.

A decree of divorce was granted to
the wife Of Senator Aldrich's son.
According to a Toxic dispatch the
Japanese government will acquire the
Dreadnoughts built in England for the
Brazilian government
Dispatches to Dun & Co. indicate
further gains in the business world
and promising crop outlook creates
a general feeling of optimism in trade
circles.
With the bones stripped of flesh by
alligators the body of Herman Wilcox
lake, summer resort, near Pensa-
cola, Fla.