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? RATES OP ADVERTISING One Square, one Inch, one week... 1 00 One Square, one ineb, one month. S 00 One Square, one lnoh, 8 months.,.. 6 00 Fore J. E. WENK. PUBL oinearbaugb. & Wank Building, .JLM STBKBT, TI0MK8TA, PA. One Square, one Inch, one year 1010 Two Squares, one y ear. ....... ......... IS 00 Quarter Column, one year SO 00 Half Column, one year ... SO 00 One Column, one year .................. 100 00 .Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. 1.00 A nr, Sirlatly ! AJtbsm. red seoond-olass matter at the dice at Tloneela. subscription received for a shorter I than three months, responde-noe solicited, but no notloe o taken of Hiionymoua oommuniaa . Always give your name. VOL. XLIII. NO. 41. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910. $1.00 PER ANNUM. st ICAN. 3 BOROUGH OFFICERS yest.J. D. W. Keck. icet of the reaeeO. A. Randall, D -k. ieumen.-J.VF, Landers, J. T. Dale, Koulnson, win. smearbaugh, ; Joyce, W. O. Calhoun, A. II. itable Chariot Clark. iector W, U. liood. ool Director i. C. Scowden, R. M. xn, ij. Jainlason, J, J. Landers, J ml, Joseph Clark. REST COUNTY OFFICERS. mberof CongregN. P.Wheeler. inber of Senate J. IC. P, Hall. xembly A. K. Macbllng. esident Judue Win. E. Rice. social e Judge?. O. Hill, Samuel olhonolary , Register A Recorder, etc, C. Uelxt. stiff S. R. Maxwell. eaeurer Geo. W. Holemaa. mmwsidnert Win. H. Harrison, J. Zuemlel, 11. II. McClellan. ixtrict Kttorniv M. A. Carrlnirnr. cry Oommtstionera Ernest Kibble, vis Wagner. ironer Dr. M. C Kerr. vunfv Auditor lieorge H. Warden, J. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. unty Surveyor D. W. Clark. ouniy Superintendent U. W. Morri- Haaulnr Trras f ('art. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Com in Is tiers 1st and 8d Tuesdaya or month. I'harrh an4 Mabbalh Hohaal. resbyterlan Sabbath School at 9:45 a. . M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. reaching In M. E. Church every Sab !i evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun, 'reaching in the K. M. Church every bath evening at the usual hour. Rev. . L. Monroe. Pastor. reaching In the Presbyterian church erv Sabbatb at 11:00 a. in. ana T.au p. . Rev. U. A. Bsdev. Pastor. The reeular meetlnirs of the W. C. T. . are held at tiie headquarters on the ixnd and fourtii Tuesdays 01 eaon nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. I'.N EST A LODU E, No. 889, 1. 0. 0. F. Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Hows' Hall, Partridge building. 1 APT. GEORGE STOW POST, No.274 J Q. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after oonofeacb month at 3 o'clock. C APT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 187, W. R. C, meets first and third .Vedueaday evening of each month. rF. RITCHKY, . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tlonesta, Pa. T A. CARRINGER, 1.1 J Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. OIHik over Forest County National imk Building, TIONESTA, PA. "1URTIS M. SHAWKEY, J ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. C BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm ind Bridge 8ts., Tionesta, Pa. nRANK S. HUNTER. D. D. 8. 1 Rooms Over Citizens Bank. TIOWSTA, PA. DR. F.J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eves Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. BIGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, V. F. WEAVER. Proprietor. Modern and up to-date in all Its ap pointments. Every convenience and com fort provided for the traveling public. CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FU LTON, Proprietor, Tionseta, Pa. This Is the moHtcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling publlu, pUIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all fcinds of oustom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion (riven to mendiug, aud prices rea sonable. Elertrio Oil. Guaranteed for Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore Feet, Psiim. An. At all dealers We give "K. & II " Stamps. The Most Sensible Presents Yon can give are to be found here. These are thing;) tiiat will be enjoyed , aud used loug after the holidays are forgotten, ami still they have plenty of Christmas "atiuusphsre." Tiling You Shouldn't Overlook. A pair of Shoes makes a mighty good preseut. , All the dodirahle and comfortable kiuds of Slippers for men or boys. Felt Slipper!), with or without fur trimming, for women. Party Slippers in new styles. Bath Slippers for men BDd women. Travel Slippers. High top Sh es for the girls. Waterproof Shoes for the boys. Ivubber Boots for the children. LAMMERS OIL CITY, PA. JUMPED 'TO HIS DEATH Judge Allen Plunged From 10fi Story of Mutual Life Building. Hnd Been Judge of the New York 8tate Court of Claims. and Was One of the Oldest and Beit. Known Law yers In Buffalo Body Found an Hour After the Tragedy. Crazed with worry over the recent serious illness of his son, Henry F, Allen. 73 years old, of G82 Seventh street, Buffalo, for seven years a judge of tho cnuri of claims of the state of New York and for the past !(.' years one of the lending members of the bur In this city, Jumped from a window on the tenth floor of the Mut ual Life building, In Pea'l street. shortly after B o'clock Sunday aft ernoon. The body was found an hour later wedged between, the fram'ng of a large skylight In the wall of the build Ing and the main wall at the Drat Poor. Every bnnc was broken. Before making the fatal plunge of Oi feet J'tdge Allen had tied a white handkerchief about his eyes. His spectacles were unbroken beside him and his hat lay less than four feet rfway. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION One Man Instantly Killed and Another Fatally Injured. Two boilers In the Dondure heating plant at Fredonla, N. Y., exploded at 7 o'clock Thtirtday night with great violence and another holler was blown through a brick wall against the house occupied by Dr. Johnson Hnd Fred Lovelee. Fred Burri'l was killed and William Bishop was family Injured. The prop erty damage may be $230,000. The ci'fc of the explosion Is not known. VJrrlll was night fireman at the plant and Bishop the day fireman. When the steam and the dust cleared hway after the explosion citizens found Bishop had been blown through two brick walls and had landed a hun dred feet away. He was sent to tho Brooks Memorial hospital at Dunkirk, badly bruised and his arm crushed. He Is unconscious, and probably will die. He has concussion of the brain. The body of Burrill was found after a Search under a mass of bricks and part of a wrecked boiler. William Beamish, fireman in an ad joining shop, of the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction company, was also bur led under the ruins, hut was extri cated not seriously harmed. Hundreds of windows In Fredonla were shattered by the explosion. Bricks und fragments of tho boilers were hurled great distances. One huge piece of Iron tore a great holo in tho carbarn wall. Not a pane of glass Is whole in a dozen cars that were stored there at the time. All that is left of the heating plant is a mount! of brick. NEW BANK IN ATTICA Citizens of Village Subscribe $30,000. Mr. Loon is' Will Filed. Arrangements for the organization of a new state bank In Attica, N. Y., have been completed. The directors for the first year will be Elon P. Spink, Frederick C. Ste vens, Edwin T. Oay, Harry T. Bramer, Burton T. French and John Mattesoii of Attica, Reuben J. Tllton, Jackson H. Smith and Burton T. Sands of Arcade, Jason D. Case of Frankllnvllle and Frank M. Richards of Alexander, N. Y, The J.tO.COO capital stock has all been subscribed. The subscribers to the stock will conduct a private bank ing business until the organization of the new bank is completed and Its charter issued. Grape Yield Satisfactory. Jfce official flguies of grape ship ments for the last season as compiled by the Chautauqua & Erie Grape union and Independent shippers at Dunkirk, N. Y., wern announced, and show that 4,021 carloads and 60 partial carloads were Bhlpped out of the grape belt this year. In addition to this number 4,00 tons, or S'iU carloads, were pressed Into wine and grape Juice In the differ ent factories throughout the belt which would make a total of 5,016 car loads all told. The revenue from the sale of (he fruit amounted to $1,98.- m. Will Charge Tuition to Outsiders. On account of the large Increase of Ftudents at the New York State Col lege of Agriculture at Cornell uni versity, Ithaca, the trustees have determined to charge tuition here, after to all coming from outside of the state. Hitherto there was no charge to students from any part of the United States. The total enroll ment In the cnllegu now is l,l!!4, conv pared to 932 last year. 170 People Are Drowned. At least 70 families, variously estimat ed at from 150 to 170 men, women and children, were drowned following the sinking of their island home Saturday. The Island in the center of the Llopnn-fe'-j Lagoon, off Salvadore, disappeared after a series of earthquake shocks and slid Into the depths of the lagoon, carrying with it nearly all of the in-habitant!!. MRS. AUGUSTA E. STETSON Would Like to Assume Spiritual Dictatorship of Late Mrs. Eddy. BEE OUTSTRIPS THE HEN Makes More Money For Its Owners Than Poultry Does. That bee keeping is more profitable than poultry keeping was the conclu slon announced at a bee keepers' insti tute held at Vtica. N. Y Saturday The Institute was one of a number held by the New York state depart ment of agriculture In various local! lies. An idea cf the magnitude of the Industry may be gained from the statement that the honey crop In thf I'nlled States each year is worth $20,- f 00,000. There are said to be 3,000 bee keep ers In New York stato, and New York stands second among the states in th production ol honey. Even when egs sell at 50 cents a dozen, the Iv.'n Is said to stand below the busy bee as a payer of dividends. A great advintage that bee keeping possesses is that the bees require very little care and no feeding while hens demand expensive feeding. One man said he had not fed his bees in 20 years. BEST MAN ELECTROCUTED Was Brother to Pride, but Ceremony Proceeded as Originally Planned. Pretty Leah Fpdyke, aged 19, and Kjrn S. Mc-Coa of Niagara Falls N. F bad planned that Saturday should be their wedding day, but when Miss Updyke's brother Roger was electrocuted In one of the local electro- metallurgical plants and brought home dead, fears weie entertained that the wedding might have to he postponed as the dead brother was to be best man. However, the electrocution was not permitted to delay the tying of the nuptial knot as the bride determined :onld her dead brother speak ho would say the original plan should be car lied out. So the wedding party gathered In the room of dvath, where at the side 01 Ihe coffin the wedding vows were pro nounced, the officiating clergyman nearly collapsing under the strain. In the afternoon Ihe funeral of the dead man was held, the wadding party be ing among the mourners. Correspondence School Raided. Louis Conrad I.otz and W. M. BIng ham, operating the Correspondence 'nstltute of America at 307 L'ickavran na avenue, Scranton, Pa., were placed under arrest last Friday afternoon by United States Marshals Evans and Hofford, charged with operating a t'chemo to definud through the United States mails. An lnvlstlgatfon, It . is alleged, shows that the concern has no facili ties for tPachlng art by mail or other wise und that, the so-called art. course Is not what It is represented to be. The two men were held In. $1,000 ball for trial. Made Arrangements For His Funeral. Richard S. Curtis, formerly an un dertaker, died :it. his at Hornell, N. Y.; Saturday morning. Ho was 88 years old. Mr. Curtis was horn In KnglanJ and came to America in 1841. H went to Hornell in 18r2. Some time before his depth he made arrange ments for his funeral. Mr. Curtis V- survived by his widow, four sons. James and John of Chicago, William of Syracuse and Richard of Hornell and one daughter. Dunkirk Editor Was Found Dead. J. P. Miller, editor of The Grape Ili'lt of Dunkirk, N. Y., was found dead In his bod In the Hotel -Orallol Friday. He retired early and when a btill hoy called at his room at S o'clock he 'vas unable toget a resimnse. Mr. Miner was born in Sheridan and succeeded A. M. Lootnls'when Ihe la I ter became one of the editors of the Herald Publishing company. He was a graduate of Harvard. Watkins Bank Assigns. The Farmers and Merchants' bank, a prlvtite institution of Watkins, N. Y., failed 'o open Its doors Monday morning. A general assignment for tho benefit if creditors has been made to Warren W. ( lute. William K, Ltt fluston and Matt B. IIu:jhey. "' '-3j & If llM't' v - GAS CAUSED DISASTER Oily Nine People Were Killed In Explosion In New Yoik. Catastrophe Was Caused by Runaway Cars Smashing lnto Transformer House and Breaking a Pips, From Which a Volume of Gas Escaped. Laborer Dropped a Crowbar Across the Third Rail While Working at the Derailed Car and Flame That Followed the Short Circuit Fired the Gas. New York, Dec. 20. Nine persons were killed and nearly 100 were In Jured yesterday by an explosion of Plntsch gas used for lighting railroad cars which damelished the transform er house of the New York Central's power station at Lexington avenue ami uOth street, wrecked the interiors of buildings In the neighborhood and fhook the city for half a ml!o around as though by earthquake shocks. A trolley car which was passing the power station at the time of the explo slon was blown from the tracks and several of its passengers were killed The whirlwind of concussion broke every pane of glass in the buildings within two blocks of the explosion tore the sashes from the casements ar.d tossed the inmates about amid (he wreck of the furnishings. Scarcely a pane of glass or a window sash was left intact along Lexington avenue from 4Cth street to 52nd street and In the side streets as far east ai Third avenue. To the west the force of the explo sion, which seemed to cover a fan-like area, to the east, was less felt al though Archbishop Farley's icsidencn at Madh.on avenue and 5oih street was shaken eneugh to break some of the windows. Windows Were Blown In. The New York Childs' nursery', and Children's hospital at Lexington av enue and 51st street, where 150 chil dren wero being cared for. was so bad ly shaken that plaster fell In the halls and every nnne of glas and some of the sashes on both the Lexington av enue and 51st street sides of ihe build ing were blown in. No one was se riously injured. The P.ible Training school which stands nearly opposite the demolished power station lost all of its windows and suffered much damage to the in terlor from the blast but the Inmates escaped serious harm. At the cathedral school on 50th fctreet across the street from the pow er station, partitions were blown dowu In the blast, that carried away thowind ows and several of the boys and two priests were hurt. Most of tho school's 1.S0O pupils were not present when the explosion occurred. The Catholic free circulating lib rary adjoining the school on the south had Its interior wrecked, although the Widls stood firm. Adjoining the li brary on the corner cf Lexington av enue is a five rtnry brick building. Its Interior was turned topsy turvey by the blast and several of the living apartments wero wrecked completely, On the southeast corner dlivctly op posite the power station, number two hook and ladders quarters, and those of the eighth battalion caught the full force of the explosion. Ceilings were thrown down, walls thrown out of plumb and some damage done to tho apparatus. Cause of -the Explosion. The explosion' came about In this nianner. The gas used for lighting th? cars is brought down from Mott Haven In steel tank cars and stored for use under compression of from 125 to 150 pounds in Kteel tanks in the Central's yards opposlta Ifith street. From lliese tanks, pipes run to various parts of the yard and from the pipes the trains take on their supply. Albert Seagroatt, a motorman, em ployed to Hhlft. these cars ran eight cars down a spur track. The spur ends at the abutments of the trans former house which handles the high tension current for the third rail. Seagroatt "as unable to stop his car3 when they n eared the bumper post at Ihe end of the track almost beneath the transformer house. The cars crashed through tho bumper posts and brought up against the concrete basi of one of the pillars supporting the house Itself. Beside this pillar was a two-inch Pintsch gas pipe from which Sea groatt's draft of cars was to havo taken on its supply. Tho force of the collision split the concrete pillar and broke the gas pipe allowing the gns to flow into the slicdlike space beneath Ihe transformer house. Songroatt notified the yardmaster or the trouble but for nearly a half hour the gas continued to eseape and It hi dip theory of those who made the Investigation that it collected In the v-hedlike space beneath the power sta tion. Ju:;t what set off this accumul- 1 1 1 11 of g is Is no( certain. Short Circuit Fired Gas. One story has it that a laborer dropped .1 crow bar ncross the third rail while working f t the derailed cars and that the flame following the short circuit (iretl the gas which mixing with (lie air li;;d become highly explos Ive. The explosion upward and out ward throiiKli the power station build ing unroofed It and sent the north wad Into 50111 street. The e;tst wall was pushed bodily out iuto Lexington av- euue. DEER COMMITS SL'iCiLE Hounded by Dogs the Animal Leap; From High Trestle to Death. Albany, Dec. 20. That a deer woulc rather commit suicide than submit tc capture-.and death at the bamls ol hungry hounds, appears to be born', out by the fate of an animal which jumped from a high railroad trestle near Harnersvllle, Broome county, on the line or the Susquehanna division of the Delaware & Hudson railroad or Saturday last. Chief Fish and Game Protector Leg get yesterday received a telephone mcssace frosi game protector Id Broome county detailing that a deei had been run down in the open conn try near Harpersville last Saturda and that the animal had taken to the Delaware & Hudson tracks which led upon an Iron trestle spanning a gorge in that vicinity The dogs, who were hounding the doer, were close upon the animal, at the time and the deei to escape them, boldlv plunged fron Ihe tresile to the foot of the gorge be low, a distance of 65 ff.et. The fall of course, killed the deei and the game protector, to whom the facts were ronorted, asked for instruc Hons from he stale department at the Capitol as to what disposition to make of the veniscn, it being illegal to pos sess or tranport the carcass of the deer In the closed season. Chief Protector Legge, when the facts were reported to him, sent wor: that the circumstances attending the hounding of the deer should be inves titrated and it Is expected that devel opments will show that the dogs wef owned by hunters who were Illegally engaged in deer hunting. ULSTER MEN TO FIGHT HOME RULE Forcibly Rjsisl an Irisli Parliamant al Oub'n. London, Dec. 20. The Unionist! newspaper? print dispatches from Bel fast emphasizing the recent announce meats of preparations there to forcibh resist Irlbh home rule. They say the position is delicate and dangerous anc quote men who are locally prominent as asserting that the Ulster men art wholly In earnest in their oppositlor to a parliament at Dublin and are de termined to carry their opposition t( the bitter end. The Right Hon. Thomas Andrews president of the Ulster Llberal-UnlJii 1st association, who was a member ol the Ulster defence union In 1893 Is represented as saying It is an u no, ties llnnable fnct that tenders have beet asked fer arms and ammunition ant that money for these already has beer contributed. He adds, "If we are drlv en to it these arms will be used." Rev. Dr. McDermott, ex-moderatoi of the Piebyteiian church, says: "I am a man of peace. I do no' want to s: fighting, hut I am afralc war will break out throughout Ulstei If parliament gives Redmond his hom rule." The correspondents say that 20,00 Mnnnlictu-r nr Mauser rifles and 1. 000,000 cartridges rave been adver Used for In Germany. CITIZEN SHOOTS BURGLAR Badly Injures Thief Who Was Rob bing His House. Middletown, N. Y Dec. Arous ed from his sleeep by a noise in s room adjoining that '.n which bo anc his wife were s'.ery.ig, Henry V Smith, a grain merchant of Howells five miles from this city, had dls covered that a burglar had gained en trance to the house. Smith took his rifle, turned the kej In the door separating his room fron the kitchen nnd fired. Presently the person in the kitchen tried the bed room door and Smith demanded whai was wanted. For an answer the In trnder threw himself against the dooi and Smith fired. He heare a groan and then the sound of (' man leaving the house Hastily dr' sing, Mr. Smith ran 011' of the hoin;) nnd found a man stag gerlng around the yard with blooc gushing from a bullet wound In tht neck. Hitching bis horse, Mr. Smith load ed the injured man lute tho wagon am' brought him to Thrall hospital, in till. city. Sml'h Ihcn gave himself up te the authorities but was released. The Injured burglar gave his name nH John Cronin, at the hospital. He said he came from New York. He e ?9 years old. While severely Injured lie will recover. He said he was- drunk and did not know what he wn doing. Mexican Authorities Deny Report. Mexico Cltv. Dec. 20. O'ilrlal th- Dial Is made b.v government mithori lies that orders have been issued foi the summary execution of prisoners taken by the federal forces opeiaiinj; in the state of Chihuahua. It Is said that while wholesome severity Is being practiced In puHli.g down the lusurrii-tli 11, the stale mciit wh 'h was published in tl.. newspaper., here that prisoners aiv butchered in cold blood or Hint m . sons are shot bccai.n they cannot prove th!.t they arc nuiicombaUtnta i: uufouuilcd. HE NEWS SlIIR! Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put in Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Pegard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Has Littls Time to Spare. Wednesday, The supreme court of the United States will adjourn Dec. 13 for the holidays. The mutiny of the marines on tin island of Cobras, Km .lancin harbor, ended in the surrender of the muti neers to a force of loyal troops. Governor V. R. Stubbs of Kansas in a Bpeech at Chicago, assailed judges who fine guilty corporations end free the officers who p;odt by the law- breaking. Adjutant General Verbeck w ill be re tallied in office by Governor Dlx, who has asked C. 13. Treman to serve as commissioner of public works, and V C. Osborn to serve as his personal counsel. v. President Tb'fVsent to the senate the nomination of'Kdward I. White ol Louisiana, associate Justice of the su preme court, to be chief justice; the nomination was immediately confirm ed; a number of other nominations were sent. Thursday. Three children of J. K. Perepoy were burned to death when fire destroyed the home near Grnvette, Ark. James N. Huston, formerly treasur er of the United States, was convicted with two others, by 0 Jury In Washing ton of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Representative Sereno E. Payne, chairman of the house committee on ways and means, announced himself in favor of tariff revision schedule by schedule. The Brazilian mutineers of Dec. S will be tried, according to a dispatch received in Washington, and the muti neers granted amnesty, will be dls missed from the navy. Friday. Charles E. Treman accepted Gov ernor-elect Dix's offer of the post of superintendent of public works. The German steamer Palermo ia a total wreck off Cape Corrutmdo on the west coast of Galiela. Spain ; her pas sengers and crew of 1& are lost. The dept. rt men t of justice announc ed that prosecution of the so-called electric trust, considered by officials the most ImiKirtant suit ever brought under the Sherman law, would be be gun before Jan. 1. The police raided a house in Vodado, a suburb of Havana, and arrested an Italian named Roea and five others who were engaged In counterfeiting American treasury notes of the de nomination of 10 and .20 dollars. Saturday. Congressman .Tcel Cook of Pennsyt van la died at Ills home in Philadel phia from paralysis. Mrs. E. H. Harrlman gave $100,000 to Yale university to endow a chair In Forest school as a memorial to her husband. Many Turkish officials were killed and the troops at several military posts In Syria were annihilated by bands of Bedouins. The German steamer Palermo was wrecked off the western coast of Spain and her five passengers 1111J crew of nineteen were lost. The Brazilian government has sent the sailors who took part in the re cent mutinies at Rio de Janeiro to re mote states, where they will lie cm ployed in building highways and rail roads. Monday. The British olotclons have resulted In a net gain of two seats for the Liberals. The Rev. Henry A. Sargent, a for mer Episcopalian, was ordained a sub deacon of the Roman Catholic church at Boston. Tho senate committee which in vestigated the el ctlon of Senator Lor Imer of Illinois cleared him of nnv connection with the alleged bribery. The revenue cutter Gresliam, towing the disabled schooner U. E. A.ver and carrying the crews of two wrecked schooners, readied Provincetown, Mass.; she (ft almost iminediatt ly and picked up tho derelict schooner Stephen G. 'Loud in Massachusetts bay. Tuesday. Senor Don Anibal Cruz, tho Chilian minister to the United States, died suddenly from heart disease :it his home in Washington. Tho Jury which tiled Mrs. Daisy Turner Krniiss for slioolliig Franklin G. Griffith, In Los Angeles, disagreed end the woman may go free. The United SJatcs revenue cutter Greshnm ended a three day's cruise olT the New England coast, after having rescued three crews and saved two vessels. Seven men walking into a Tender- Nn gambling club i. New York, held up the 25 Inmates and robbed them of all their money and valuables. The holdup men got away with sevc-rai hundred tioliars. GAME ENDED IN TRAGEDY Cns Man Shot While Pursuinq Anothei With An Uplifted Dagger. Washington, Pa., Dec. 20. Wlilian Love, aged 26, Is dead, with halt hii head blown off, and George Broadnax charged with the shooting, and hii wife, held as witness, are in jail. J huge dagger that was In Love's ham .when bo. was shot still Btlcks In thi floor ot the Broadnax house where t as plunged Into the boards by thi . weight of Love's body when he fell. The tragedy was the result of a min ers card game at Marlannna, thii county. As repdrted to the police, thi f'ght started in Love's heme, and whet Love drew a dagger Broadnax ran 011 and to his own house. Love followed but found tho door barricaded agains him. He beat upon the door until thi pnnals splintered, and crawled througt with the dagger in his teeth. Mrs Broadnax, terrified, crouched in : corner of the room; while her husbanc went Into an-' adjoining room for 1 shotgun. 'As Broadnax entered the room wltl Ihe gun Love leaped for him with tlx dagger -in his uplifted hand. Then was a flash from the gun and Love fell the dagger sinking deep Into th boards a few inches from tho feet o Broadnax. LABOR APPEALSJO STEWAR1 Asks For an Investigation of Strikt Conditions In Wehtmoreland Co. Pittsburg, Dec. 20. It is announce! here that President Sumuel Gompert has directed a letter to Edward S Stuart, governor of Pennsylvania, ask ing him to investigate conditions li the Irwin coal fields In Westmorelane county, where a strike has been It progress for nine months. The lettei details the action of the federation'! annual meeting In St. Louis when thi dolegates asked the appointment of ai executive committee to make the In vestigation. It Is stated by leaders here that J: the goernor falls to act applicatloni will be made to the Incoming leglsla tare next month to name the commia slon. It is alleged there Is much sut fering among the strikers. In opposition to the movement it ti declared the United Mine Workers o: America, are sending $20,000 ever; two wvoks into the field for the main tenance of strikers and their families of which the coal operators say, then are now no more than two thousane ins-'ead of twenty thousand when the strike began. HONUSHIKED WITH GASOLENE Ball Player's Auto Stalled In the Snovi on Hunting Trip. Pittsburg, Dec. 20. Stalled In thi miowR ten miles from a supply of gas oline, and ; with their automobile ab solutely empty of fuel, Honus Wagnei nnd two of his hunting partners, Eddj Dennis and .Matt Mowrey of Carnegie passed several weary hours of th night, until Honus rescued the part by trudging 10 miles from the hllli buck of Imperial with a big gasoline can on his shoulder and leturnlnj with it full of fuel. The big ballplayer has been spend ing almost the entire season In hunt ing, nnd he always takes his partner! out In an automobile. With snow i foot deep and not a stretch of the roa: level for even 500 feet, Honus hlkec over the hills until he found Link Ro d"n, a roadkeeper, with a supply ol rnsoline. Tho party returned to Car negie at 11 o'clock at night. The had three rabbits. Eddy Dennis has f frozen foot as a memento of the trip. WANTS A THOUSAND CATS Western Farmer to Use Them In Wai On Gophers. Sharon, Pa., Dec. 20. Squire S. S Gilbert of this place, has received a re quest from the state cf Washington for one thousand cats. The retpiest is- made In a letter fron: Albert J. Randall, formerly o( Sharon but now a resident of Okanogan coun ty, in the Western atate. He write that he will visit Pennsylvania within a month to pick up all stray cats that' can be delivered to him, for which he Is willing to pay a fair price. Mr. Randall has associated with him a number of property owners deter mined to rid Okauognn county ol gophers that destroy gardens and farm lands in that section of the state. Five thousand cats are to ho shipped to Washington by April . WON DOLLAR, BUI LOST IT Curious Experience of Man Who Said He Could Catch Coin In Mouth. Columbus, O., Dec. 20. Mike Pope vltch lost a dollar in a strange way Wet night. Hit bet that he could throw up a silver dollar aud catch It In his mouth. He got in bis mouth all right as it descended, but tho coin entered with such momentum that before he could stop It It had passed Into the aesopha gus, where it stuck. He was taken. In great agony, to 11 hospital, where sur geons succeeded In rt moving the dol lar. Hazleton. No turkeys will by the Wilkes-llnrr " Railway and I ehjgb T panics to, their W0 emrl. mag gifts because of of tho fowls, which. n,d, 31 cenls a p"" ... r '! nlv