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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
CROPS RUINED BY DROUGHT
Strawberry and Pea Vines Whittier
Because Of Lack of Rain.

Woodbury., N. j., May 30. - The
drought in this section is having seri-
Gus effect on crops and many farmers
are becoming discouraged
The strawberry crop, which gave ev-
idence of being large one, Will not
amount to much. Few growers are
picking. The vines are burning up
and the berries whithering.
The pea crop, which ought to be al
most at it's height, is even in worse
condition. Neither the vines nor pods
have matured and are withering.
Heretofore great numbers of piclSers
have been imported into this section
but few are coming now. Some have
plowed up their pea patches and are
preparing to plant something else.
Tomatoes have stood the dry wealth.
er better than any vegetable. Corn is
backward There is an immense acre
age of white potatoes planted in Glou-
cester county, and these are doing
fair.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
One Man Killed and Five Injured
When Car Turns Over.

Henry s. Sartwell, who was for n
number of years proprietor OF the
Olean House and one Of the largest
stockholders in the Olean Pressed
Brick company, was fatally injured in
an auto accident near Dayton Fri.
day afternoon, and died two hours
after.
Five other persons who were in the
machine at the time OF the accident
were all seriously injured, but 1t Is
thought that all will recover.
They are Mr.. Sartwells wife. who
sustained several broken ribs and n
fractured wrist; Mrs. J. w. Worden,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sartwell
and wife OF the cashier of the Ex-
change National bank of this city, who
suffered contusions about the body;
Mrs. Worden's son John, who sus-
tanned injuries about the body; Mrs.
George Cowper another daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sartwell, who is cut and
bruised about the body and is suffer
ing from shock; Jules FODDER, the
chauffeur. who was badly shaken up
and bruised about the body.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Monday.

A fire at Ithaca, N. Y, damaged
property valued at 100000
Cornell defeated Harvard in two
boat races on Lake Cayuga.
The gunboat Yorktown brough. sur
vivors of the steamship Tobago to
Panama.
The London social week just closed
was one of the most brilliant of a
brilliant season.
Miss Mabel Clinton Paine of Baltl-
more was married to Baron Hartmann
Ernest Won Schlotheim at Berlin
A cable dispatch from Yokohama
described the plight there Of Mrs. Roy
r, Conger, wellknown in New York.
The Mexican chamber of deputies
sat behind locked doors while troops
worked to control mobs in the streets.
The officers of the Atlantic fleet
were entertained at Copenhagen by
Vice Admiral Vandel Of the Danish
navy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
THE NEWS SUMMARY
Short Items From Various Parts
of the World.
Record Of Many Happenings Condensed
and Put In Small Space and Ar
ranged With Special Regard For the
Convenience of the Reader Who Has
Little Time to Spare.
Wednesday,

An uprising of Portuguese monarch
lists was predicted in Paris.
Guerilla warfare was reported from
Hayti, the rebels pillaging towns.
Irene Osgood," the American nov
elist, testified against her English
husband in her suit for separation.
1t was announced in Boston that T.
Coleman du Pont had given the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
100000.
A dispatch from Juarez stated that
peace reigns in Northern Mexico, and
that Senor Madero and his chiefs were
discussing the makeup of a new cabi-
net.
Bids for the s5O,OOO,OOO issue of 3
per cent Panama bonds are being re-
ceived at the treasury department at
Washington; it is expected that the
issue will be at 100@.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Friday.

The Cuuarder lyernia struck at the
mouth of Queenstown harbor, hnd
after her passengers were taken off
was beached.
President Taft refused the applica-
tions for pardons of Charles w. Morse
of New York and John R. Walsh Of
Chicago.
State Printer Crawford of Ohio test
ified at Columbus that Representative
Nye had solicited bribe of $500 from
him.
Henry l.. Stimson, the new secre-
tary of war, speaking in Boston, urged
ratification of the reciprocity agree
ment with Canada.
The Portuguese government dis
patched troops to the North where
the situation seems to be serious;
the rupture of church and state be-
came a fact.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Saturday,

A dispatch from Panama stated that
the steamer Taboga sank off Porta
Mala; sixty passengers were probably
lost.
A mob at Okema, Okla, took from
Jail and lynched negro woman and
her son, accused of killing a deputy
sheriff.
The general assembly of the Church
of Scotland applauded message from
President Taft on Anglo-American arbi-
tration.
S. L. Won Phul of st. Louis, we'll
known aeronaut, died as the result Of
pistol wounds sustained in quarrel
over a women in Denver.
A dispatch from Madrid stated that
the provisianal government of Portu.
gal was prepared to defend the re-
public against monarchist outbreaks.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
BETTER THAN FRESH EGGS
Woman Says Cold Storage Eggs and
Chickens Are Best.

Chickens Are Best.
The life, habits and characteristics
Of the great American hen, from nest
or incubator TO cold storage, were de-
scribed to the senate committee on
manufacturers Friday by DR.. Mary E.
Pennington, chief of the food research
bureau OF the department Of agricul-
ture. The committee is investigating
the effect of cold storage on food. DR..
Pennington argued that chickens,
j1ropeTly prepared when placed In
cold storage, were wholesome and
healthful after nine months or year;
better" she said, than those fresh
killed and kept for twenty-four hours
without care or refrigeration"
Eggs laid in winter and property re-
frigerated six or nine months, she de-
clared, surpassed eggs fresh laid in
summer and kept 2i hours before CON
sumption. A big delegation repre-
sented the cold storage warehouse
men, their case being represented by
ex-Representative Charles e. Little
field of Maine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Thursday.

The Pennsylvania supreme court re-
fused a new trial to Joseph NJ. Hus-
ton. architect of the State Capitol.
The German emperor sent to Wash
ington a communication occasioned By
the receipt of the suggested arbitra-
tion treaty; its nature was kept Sc
cret.
The French troops arrived in Fez;
they met little opposition in the lat
ter part of their march, the tribesmen
fighting among themselves.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
the legislature in Albany in joint ses-
sion and frankly advised the Demo
Gratis to keep the pledges made in
their party platform.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
FARM HAND IN RAGE
KILLS THREE PEOPLE
When Surrounded by Sheriff's
Posse He Commits Suicide.

Pawnee City, Neb., May 30.-E. A.
McVitty, a farmer, his wife and five
yearold daughter were killed in bed
here yesterday morning by Charles
Fielder whose suit for a daughter, Jes-
sic McVitty, had been frowned upon
by the parents.
Two other children may die from
the blows of a hammer welded by
Fielder. He compelled Jessie, at the
point of a revolver, to accompany him
to a schoolhouse, but she finally elud-
ed him.
When surrounded by the sheriffs
posse he shot and fatally wounded
Sheriff Fuller Then he killed him
self. Fielder was a farm hand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
SHAW TALKS TO STUDENTS
Says "The Mention Of God Has Gone
Out Of Fashion"

London, May 80. - In addressing a
gathering of undergraduates at Cam.
bridge yesterday, George Bernard
Shaw said: "The man who says that
Christ was the highest possible being
is not worth talking with. Christ was
a failure"
Mr.. Shaw's subject was The FIJI.
ture Of Religion" Among the other
things he said on the matter besides
that already quoted was: THE men.
ton of God has gone out of fashion.
You never hear about God now in par.
lament and only occasionally in the
law courts. The people are governed
by system of ldolatry. The clergy
men, the judges and the king are
idols who generally have to be given
enough money to dress better than
other people. The king cannot impose
upon me- / know that the king Is
merely man, but scarcely anyone
else in England seems to know It.
When Darwin came along with the
theory of natural selection people
jumped at it and tucked Cod out OF
the window"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Hard Luck Of Michael coyIe.

The first meeting Of tho creditors
of the Harris & Son private bank at
Scio, N. Y, which failed recently, will
be held at that place June 2. a trustee
will be chosen and the books of The
broken bank examined. 1t is thought
the depositors will realize about 40
cents on the dollar. Michael Coyle Of
Knights Creek mad 5000 in the bank
when 1t closed. A few days later his
farmhouse was struck by lightning
and burned. The insurance had lapsed
several months ago. He thinks no
man could have any worse luck than
he has had.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Bad Fire at Gorham.

3orham, a small town, about nine
miles west of Geneva, N. Y, was visit
ed Sunday morning by serious con-
flagration. The property destroyed in
cludes mill, hotel, postoffice, barber
shop, furniture and undertaking rooms
and two telephone exchanges. Practi-
cally the entire business section Of
the village was wiped out. The loss is
$4,000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Jury Finds Beach Killed Agent.

Bennett l.. Beach, charged with the
murder OF Horace A. Bushnell, sta
tion agent at Ninevah Junction, N. Y,
on Sept. 80, 1910, was found guilty Of
murder in the second degree at Nor
wich, n. Y, and sentenced to mini
mum term of twenty years and a
maximum term of life Imprisonment
at Auburn. rhe evidence disclosed
that Beach lay in wait for his victim
and choked him to death. Beach then
went to his boarding house and chat.
ted for an hour with the wife of the
man he had slain, her mother and Sis
ter, before retiring for the night. The
following day he was arrested.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Collar choked Man to Death.

Coroner Alfred H. Illos of Yon-
kers, N. Y, determined that Fred
erick Bereford was choked to death
by his high collar. Bereford fell
asleep in his chair in a cafe Friday.
His head dropped to one side and the
stiff collar shut off the circulation. AT
first acute indigestion was blamed,
but the coroner and DR.. Patton found
the throat in a condition that indi-
Gated strangulatiou beyond doubt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Mail Clerks Body Found.

Cleveland, May 3O.-The mystery in
the disappearance of Homer w. Mes
senger, trustee of the National Or
der Of Railway Mail Clerks, who left
home last Tuesday to go fishing. was
partly cleared up yesterday when his
body was found in Rocky river. Mes
senger was alone on the fishing trip
and how he was drowned remains I'M.
explained
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
WILSON CONVICTED,
Wireless Official Sent to Prison
For Misuse of Mails,

Four Other Officers Of the United
Wireless Telegraph Company Also
Receive Prison entences-District
Attorney Wise Claims Bribery Was
Attempted During Trial.
New York, May SO.-Charges Of at
tempts to bribe the United States lis
trict attorney and one of the Jurors
were made yesterday afternoon in the
United States circuit court after
Christopher Columbus Wilson, presi-
dent of the United Wireless company,
and four of his associates had been
convicted of misuse of the mails and
conspiracy.
They were sent to the Tombs With
ont bail and ten days stay granted
to give the counsel for the defend
ants time TO prepare an appeal
to the United States circuit court of
appeals. The costs of the prosecution,
estimated at $4,000, were entered
against them separately and collec-
ticely.
Sentences Of Convicted Men.
The men found guilty by the jury
and sentenced by Judge Martin are
President Wilson, three years in At.
lanta federal prison; Treasurer Will
lam A. Diboldt, one year in the New
York penitentiary; Francis X Butler,
legal adviser, two years in Atlanta;
William w. Tompkins, president of
the New York stock selling agency for
the Wireless company, one year in
New York; George w. Parker, fiscal
agent, two years in Atlanta. Their
trial lasted more than four weeks.
District Attorney Wise addressed the
court and strenuously opposed admit
ting any of the men to bail pending
the appeal.
Il tell you sir" Mr.. Wise continued,
that money was offered to try to get
me to pull off the case as concerns
certain defendant. | know that last
night one of the jurors was offered a
sum, anything up to five figures, if he
would hang the jury. | understand
there was certain lawyer interested
in having money put in my hands"
Asks CIemency For Butter.
Attorney Stanchfield and w. Bourke
Cochran represented Butler and made
pleas for clemency.
United States District Attorney
Wise later told the newspaper men
that an attempt had been made to bribe
Juror Newcombe. A man had visited
the juror at his home Sunday night
and offered him any sum up to five
figures if he would hang the jury. Mr..
Wise said the attempt to bribe him
self was made at the outset of the
trial.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
tuesday.

The Italian aviator Cirri was killed
by fall Of $50 feet in the presence of
crowd of 10000, in which was the
victims family.
A dispatch from Washington stated
that for the first time in the history
of the service the postoflce depart,
ment would show surplus for the
present year.
A president of a motorcycle club
was fatally hurt between Rochester
and Canandaigua when he ran into an
automobile driven by New York
man.
Three boys who had returned to Kit
tanning, Pa, late at night after an
outing were burned to death when a
stable. in which they had gone to
sleep was destroyed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Two Little jamestown Girl Drowned

Two six-year-old girls were drowned
in the Chadalloin, the outlet from
Ch2utauqua lake, flowing through
jamestown, N. Y. They We're Grace.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Vel
la, and Viola, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gustafson. The children, while
playing on the bank Of the stream in
company with the eight-year-old sister
of the Gustafson girl, fell into the wa.
ter near the Wilson dam. The older
girl sprang into the stream to help
them and all three were carried into
the dam. The older child was res
cued.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
SMASHES TOBACCO TRUST
United States Supreme Court Orders
Dissolution of Combine.

Washington, May 80. - The United
States supreme court handed down its
decision Yesterday in the case of the
government against the tobacco trust.
The decision is against the American
Tobacco company and the other de.
PENDANTS named. Because of the ma.
ture of the action this means the dis
solution of the combine.
The court DEGREES that the Ameri.
can Tobacco company has operated In
restraint OF trade and has violated sec.
tions | and 2 OF the Sherman act. The
court below however, is directed to
hear all parties for the purpose of de-
termining a plan for the dissolution OF
the combination
Elements Composing Combine.
The elements now composing the
combination are to be dissolved In
plan in harmony with the law.
To accomplish this the court gives
a period of six months with leave to ex-
tend this period, ii necessary.
The court reverses the lower court
because it does not go far enough.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Deaf Mute Killed Instantly.

Minnie Kenncy, 80 yeas old, of Ba-
tavia. N. Y, was instantly killed Sun
day morning while gathering grass for
pet rabbits on the tracks of the Le-
high Valley railroad Miss Kenney
was a deaf mute and could not hear
the train as it thundered in her direc-
tion. The engineer in charge did not
see the girl until it was too late to
bring his train to stop. She was
killed without realizing what had hap
rened.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Robbers Assault Old Man.

The police Of Hornell, N. Y, are
making a wide searcr for the mask
ed robbers, who early Thursday morn
ing, broke into the home of Deacon
Samuel Pitts, on the Airport road,
three miles west of the city, and after
binding him head and foot, beat him
in an effort to make him tell where he
kept his money hid. The robbery and
assault was one Of the most daring
ever perpetrate in this county They
ransacked the house and secured $50.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. M. Il. Sabbath School at 1000 q. m.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. w. o. Calhoun.
Preaching in the II. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
q. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching IN the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at ll:00 a. m. and 1880 p.
m. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings Of the W. O. T..
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth TT 5sdays Of each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
kaiser's Son Injured.

Berlin, May 80. - Prince Joachim,
the youngest son Of the kaiser, met
with an accident during the military
maneuvers at Doeberitz yesterday.
During the parade before the kaiser
his horse stumnled and the prince in.
jured his leg. His mother, the kaiser
in, spent the afternoon at his bedside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
STEEL PRICES DROP
Republics Cut Was Followed by a
General Reduction For Fin
ished Products.

The reduction in the sale price
OF steel bars which the Republic
Iron and Steel company inaugurated
OF Wednesday was followed up Thurs.
day by lowering of the price of fin
ished products, notably lighter struc,
tural shapes.
Other companies showed a disposi.
ton to follow suit, it was said last
night, not only in the particular of
steel bars but in other steel products
also.
Dealers seemed to think, however,
that rails would maintain the prices
which they have held consistently
since 19O1-$2S a ton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
REV. DR.. GRANT GUILTY
Was Charged With Heresy by judicial
Committee Of Presbyterian
General Assembly.

The Rev. William D. Grant, the
Northumberland clergyman, has been
found guilty of heresy by the judicial
committee of the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly at Atlantic City.
1t is said that the Pennsylvania cler-
gyman will be given opportunity to re-
turn to the Presbytery should be re-
cant on the counts upon which he has
been found guilty.
The news of conviction, while not
officially released, is positive, coming
from the best of authority that the ju-
dicial committee reached decision
too late to report yesterday.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Buffalo Provision Market.

Buif0lo, May 90
WHEAT-No. | northern, carloads,
S1.02h; No. 2 red, 97c,
CORN-No. 2 yellow, 5Slsc, (. o. b.,
afoat; No. yellow, size.
OATS-No. white, 40c, I. o. b.,
anoat; No. 3 white, 39hc.
FLOUR Fancy blended patent,
per BILL, S55OG6 25; winter family,
ptaent, $475G5.5O.
BUTTER-Creamery. western tubs,
extra, 24c; creamery, state, fair to
good, 20@22c
EGGS-State, elected white, 1880
19c.
CHEESE-Good to choice, new, 10
01012c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Sir William S. Gilbert Dead.

London, May 3O.-Sir William
Schwenk Gilbert, who collaborated
with the late Sir Arthur Sullivan, the
composer, in producing "Pinafore,"
"The Pirates Of Penzance," "The Mi
kado" and many other operas, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon. He was
bathing at Harrow when he was seized
with heart failure and died in a few
minutes. He was born at Southamp-
ton in 1886.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BurgeSs.-J. d. W. Reck.
Justices Of the Pedce-C. A. Randall, ID.
w. Clark.
C0tacitnien.-J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
G.. b. Robinson, VIM. Smearbaugh,
II. j. Hopkins, w. o. Calhoun, A. b.
Kelly.
Cb,lstable-C Charles Clark.
C0llector-W. II. Hood.
School DirectorS-J. @. Scowden, r. M.
Herman, @. Jameson. ]. j. Landers, j.
O. Geist, Joseph Clark.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
This Eel.Four Feet Nine Inches Long.

One of the largest fresh water eels
seen in Dunkirk, N. Y, in several
years was hooked by a fisherman
while fishing off the hregkwater last
Thursday afternoon The eel meas
lred four feet nine inches from tip to
tip, and was as large in circumfer
ence as a bicycle tire. The fisherman
thought at first that he had caught
sturgeon, from the way it lerked
the line,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
Ruuse Of Lords Passes Veto Bill.

London, May 80 - The house Of
lords last evening passed the govern.
ments veto or parliament bill on it's
second reading without a division
The opposition gave notice of their
intention to submit amendments dur.
ing the committee stage of the bill.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
THUGS PUT BODY IN BOX CAR
Confession Clears Mystery of West
Virginia Crime.

Bluefield, w. Va, May 30.-The mys-
terry of the strange disappearance of
G. w. Simpson, Chicago travelling
man, from this city April 27 has been
cleared by the confession of James
Ferry, porter in barber shop here.
He says Simpson was with woman
In the east of the town when four
negroes accosted him. When the at
tack was made the woman ran away,
failing to notify the police until now,
fearing, she said, she would be i'm
plicated, Perry says he did not kill
Simpson, but that the body was plac-
ed in a box car and is now in transit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
BROWNS IN2 FEET OF WATER
Pittsburg Lawyer Believed to Have
Fallen Into Stream From Prcstration.

Pittsburg, May 9O.-George A. John
son, aged so. prominent member of
the Allegheny county bar was found
dead yesterday in two feet of water at
Olympia park.
MIR. Johnson, whose home was near
the park, is believed TO have visited
the stream in ait effort to obtain relief
from the heat and fell into the water,
following an attack of prostration.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
MAKING RESTITUTION
Pastor Will Give His All to Parents Of
Child His Auto Killed.

Glens Falls, n. Y, May 30.-The
Rev. Thomas Grieves, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Green
wich, announced that he would sell
all his possessions to make restitu-
tion for the death of little Mary Ma
ginn of Saratoga Springs, whom he re-
Gently ran down with his automobile.
The car has already been sold and
the pastors cottage at Riverside is on
the market. The proceeds, he said,
will be turned over to the parents of
his victim.
A coroners jury recently held Mr.,
Grieves blameless for the accident, but
he has grieved over It greatly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
MARK ET REPORT
New York Provision Market.

New York, May 20.
WHEAT-No. red, 95Ac, elevator.
C0RN-No. 2. t. 0. b., 6lAc.
OATS-Standard, 42Ac.
PORK-Mess, S17.75@1S25.
BUTTER Creamery specials,
25h6 626c; do, extras, 25c; packing
stock, current make, Ice.
CHEESE-Fancy, specials, 10hc.
EGGS-State and Pennsylvania 10
022c.
TATOES-Rermuda, new. No. /,
per bbl, $50O@5,5O; state, in bulk,
$l.250150.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-31
American Sailors Play Baseball.

Copenhagen, May 30. More than
10000 persons yesterday afternoon
saw the baseball nine from the Ameri
can battleship Louisiana defeat the
team from the New Hampshire The
Danish officers presented the winners
with a silver cup.