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TITUSVILLE, PAM FEBRUARY %, 1906.
NUMBER 23
"HOMELESS TWENTY-SIX"
,. , AFTER PENNSYLVANIA.
Hearing Ml $10 Cash Mileage Depos't
ll Nito uA UN.' "ARRisB°^-*« £%* rf«ht
-_-      11 m a_w m«niiwni.^^ Bpnnsyhpnia Railroad company
COMMITTEE WHX BE APPOINTED   * h™     »  ^JS*™.*°'  '"L^
| each -{20 mileage book sold was con-
j tested hffore Secretary of Internal Af-
REGISTRATION    BILL . OFFERED.'falrs 9"*™ at a hearing this afternoon.
, I Tlie question was raised by^the "Home-
. less Twenty-Six," an   organization of
IMMEDIATELY.
But  It Does Not Affect Third Class
Cities—House       Reapportionment
Brought   Out Caustic   Debate.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 30.—Governor
Pennypacker today approved the concurrent resolution authorising^ legislative inquiry into the insjira^ep department of Pennsylvania, together
with the fees received by the actuary.
The Investigation will be conducted by
a committee of six representatives and
trayelin gaud commercial, men of Pittsburg, which entered formal complaint
before the secretary, charging the oompany with exceeding Its charter rights
and violating tho constitution by collecting and retaining the fio deposit.
The secretary- reserved his decision.
Counsel for the complainants alleged
that the act. of April 13, 1864, under
which the company Is chartered, gave
five Senators, four of whda shall be !any business not wpressly authorised
Democrats, who shall report by Feb.
9, The committee wilt be appointed
tomorrow, immediately after which
Wfcesses will bo subpoenaed. In ap*
proving the resolution the governor
says:
"While I think the phrase 'aot a
penny of which seems to have boen
I u rued Into the state treasury or accounted for to tho auditor general'
Is an ascertainment of fact before the
inquiry and had; bother have been
omitted, tho-resolution is approved
this 30th day of January, 1906."
- The McWhinney - rcapportionmen t
bill passed second reading in the
house today after
Attempts to Kill It.
were made hy moving to postpone indefinitely and also to amend by leaving "many of Ihe districts as they are
now constituted. The chief opposition
lb the measure came from mfembers of
counties and' districts which lose in
representation under a reapportionment.   J        t'^iSf
. Two sessions were held by the house
in order that those who desired-to be
heard upon it and to offer amendments
affecting the districts in whleh:: they
are- directly interested might have an
opportunity-to do so.    The vote on
the motion to postpone Kpd the various amendments -which were suggested indicates  that the  bill" will pass
finally when it is reached, which will
probably be on Thursday.
. The bill wil) have to run the gatin:-
let in the sepatc before it goes to .be
hf^f,3^vtjs£_^lfr -Nation,   The ..hou.-^,
^l,aspnot"-taken ."up for second reading
■*$»'.   senatorial    apportionment    bill,
which   was sent!   back to   committe-.
after passing first reading and is still
ih committee.
Several   House  Bills.
A bill to.establish a .board*6f reg'.i-
li'atibn to'every ward, eloctlon district,
division or precinct in cities of the
first class and second class was introduced by Mir, Witting of Philadelphia
iH the house-today. The bill regulates
the appointment of and defines the
duties of such board, defines the duties
of electors for the purpose of being
registered and also rpfldiros photographs to be taken of tUevJpQrsons registering.
The only cities aifected by thei bit.
arc Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny
and Scranton.
When the -McWhinney representative apportionment hill was taken up
for second reading Mr. Hoyt of Brad
ford moved that it be Indefinitely postponed, the purpose being to kill the.
Ml I. Mr. M< Whinney of -A'lItTgheny, lv.
opposing the motion, said that there
bad been no representative apportionment sinco 1887, whlcb was to violation of tho constitution, "which re»
'quires a reapportionment every two
years.
Mr. Hoyt declared that if this bill
became a law it would take away
eighteen representative—wi1 ■ ■ •
Prom the Rural Districts
and put them in the districts populated
largely by foreigners. He said that ln
Allegheny county, which -is entitled lo
eight additional representatives under
tho bill, there are 48,000 unnaturalize:!
men-
Mr.- Shofleld of Clearfield said be
would vote for the bill because he believed it was his constitutional duty
to do so. He was also for the bill because, under it, Clearfield would gab-
one member.
Mr. Andrews of Krie said there was
no public sentiment in favor of reapportionment outside of Pbiiadelphi.
Snd Allegheny county. Mr. Creary of
Columbia called attention to the provision of, the bill. which re-districts
York and Lehigh counties autf-'leafes
certain'other oounties intact.
Mr. McWhinney denied that there
was any attempt to undermine York
or any other county in framing the
bill. .ig£.
Mr. Moyer said his purpose to postponing it for the present was becaure
ho did not believo In rushing the bill
through. The Moyer motion failed by
a vote of 66 to 118" attot which ♦he
Hoyt motion to postpone indefinitely
failed by a vote of 42 to 138.- Tbe
Jackson banking bill was recommitted
to the banks and banking committee,
after Which, at 12:55,
a recess until 4 p. m.
no authority requiring• a deposit from
iis patrons, it was also contended
that the constitution of tbe state prohibited corporations from engaging in
in their charter.
George W. Boyd, for j the railroad,
said the present mileage .book was
adopted after the company had found
that, the former mileage books were being manipulated by scalpers He said
the present system had proved' satisfactory-to.!)., per cent of the patrons
of the company and that not a half
dosen complaints bad been filed by
purchasers of these tickets. The desire of the company, ho said, waa to
treat al* Its patrons liberally, and if lt
could he shown that the present mileage hook was unpopular it would be
abolished immediately.
RAILWAY RATE SUBJECT.
MUCH CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST
WAS  MANIFESTED.
ONE   WITNESS
BEA WAS
TESTIFIES   THAT
NOT ROUGH.
WAS QUEEN'S CREW COWARDLY?
According to Testimony No Strong Effort Was Mado to Rescue Passengers of Doomed Steamship.
Tewnsend Opened Debate by 8harply
Criticizing Those Representatives
. Who Opposed President. •» ■ -
i WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Members
of the house evinced a more general
^interest to the discussion of the rail*
'way rate bill throughout tod$f than
on any topic of legislation .for some
time. The debate throughout was Ms-
toned, to attentively and many questions were asked of the different
speakers to bring, out cither obsciuu
[points fit the measure or evils asm-]
plained of,, which no attempt had been
"i^^'io'inciiid'e in the bill. The debate was opened by Mr. Townsend of
Michigan in an exhaustive argument
on the general subject ainu sharp crit'
[icism>tiirected to those who had oi>
posed railroad rale legislation, Mr,
Adamson of Georgia, representing the.
minority, followed in commendation ot
the measure and in praise of Presided.
Roosevelt's stand • on tho question,
which he said the minority were' availing themselves of in tbo- present im
stance.   Mr. Hinshaw of Nebraska
Depicted the Benefit
the legislation would do the great
trans-Missouri country aud Mr. Ric'i-
ardson of . Alabama discussed as a
Democrat the things done and loft updone in the measure.
Questions addressed to tbe various
speakers by Mr. Sherley of Kentucky
and Mr. Littlefield of Maine Indicate)]
that there is to be some opposition to
the bill, at least In debate. The feature seemingly subject' to attack is a_
to just what will .be the authority qf
the interstate commerce commission
under-the bill relative to differentials
in rates between competing oities or
localities.
The senate today passed about forty
bills, many of them of considerable importance. The list included a number
of measures for lighthouses, fog signals, revenue cutter vessels and piju*
lic buildings, and also the bill providing for the reorganization of the consular ser vice, which passed practically
without discussion, k makes many
changes in the.service, among which
are the following:
It provides for the classification of
consular offices in 'grades; gives the
President authority to transfer officers
from ono station to another; provider,
an inspection service with five inspectors, wbo are to rank as consuls general; requires that clerks at consulates shall be Americans; prohibits
consuls from engaging in law business
and requires that all consular fees
shall be accounted for.
The shipping bill was under consideration for a time Jt was amended so
to relieve it from constitutional objections and Mr. Lodge delivered a speech
in support of the bill, to which he save
the details of a combination of th...
owners of foreign sailing vessels for
Ihe-purpose of controlling the freight
rato on grain shipments from the
United Slates. There also was a discussion of the bills making common
carriers liable for injit-y to employes
which arose over the question of their
re£6|fj&o to committees. Some of-the
senators intimated that the committees
were anxious to avoid the responsibil-
the house Id jl.. Hy of passage on these measures.. Mr.
[ Patterson gave notice of a speeoh t.o-
. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 30.—-At today's session of the investigation into
the loss of the Valencia one passenger,
C. Allison of St Paul, les_!_y_i_g, cr£-l
a ted a sensation by stating tbat the
sea was.not rough. This was in contradiction to all-previous reports.. Another passenger testified that the fiist
boat was not lowered.
Mr. Allison's Testimony.
"Everyone seemed to shun us," said
Allison, testifying before the board of
United States inspectors tn the Valencia investigation. "All seemed afraid
to help or attempt to help the untortu-l
nate men and .women who Jffij^c facing
death.
"All those who succeeded ln getting
ashore Immediately left the scene. The
vessels at sea stood-off ami-made no attempt to lower a boat. In the morning, after the last raft put off frost tne
Valencia there was no great Sea running.   Not a wave had a comber oa it.
"There might have been some excuse for the Queen's not comijw in
close but there was a tug alongside of
her that did not come any closer than
the large vessel. It all looked wrong
to me.
"1 was in my bunk when the vessel
struck, and immediately went on deck.
Everything was quiet and orderly
then. Some one gave an order to lower the boats to the saloon deck._Jm&Sl_)ii
not see, but I think the order came
from
Someone in Authority.
When they were lowering the starboard
boat the crowd gathered . arS&rid* it.
After the people began Jumping in -there
was much confusion. The boat went
down the ship's side and for a moment
lt hung, one end up, the otber down,
and all the time banging-against the
side of the vessel. Finally It was
0_lghi and capsized There was .'grsat
excitement and'thon cries of 'pull -them
out' came from all sides." ,
"How did it happen that so many
of the crew were on the life raft?"
asked Inspector Whitney.
"As soon as the raft struck the water
the crew took possession," said the
Witness. $£9 ■>:
"What.kind of weather was it -when
you were picked up by the Topeka?"
"It was a trifle foggy, but there was
no wind blowing. The Waves did not
have combers on."
A. Willis, another passenger, testified
that the first boat was not lowered. He
said that the cliff on which the Valencia was wrecked was so abrupt where
he landed that he could not gfet the life
line that was shot ashore towards him.
EAST BRANCH,
POWERS' LAWYERS PAIL
IN LATEST LEGAL MOVE.
Effort to Repeal Juror Law in Ken.
tucky Met With Defeat.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 30.—The attempt to repeal the statute which had
led to the transfer of Caleb Power's
case from state to federal courts was
defeated by a strict party vote today
when the state senate recommitted
Senator Burnam's bill to that effect.
The section for which an appeal was
sought was tbat part of Hte criminal
code. -which allows no retiomrfsy flttr"*
higher courts of the action of a circuit
eourt on a motion to discharge the
panel of jurors. It was because of this
section that Judge Cochr^hfe'frabstef-*
red from Jthe state to the federal courts
the caf* of Caleb Powers, former secretary of state, who was thrice convicted of complicity in the fpurder ol
William Gobel.
PRIMARY ELECTION BILLS.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 30.—The senate election committee has referred to
a sub-committee of threo the various
uniform primary election bills which,
have been offered in the senate. The
senate judiciary general committee,
has reported - out the salary bills of
the secretary of the commonwealth
and insurance commissioner. Theso
bills were amended by the house by
reducing the salaries of the secretary
of the commonwealth froni $_0,o.O to
$7,000 and' the insurants commissioner from $8,000 to $6,000. The original
figures have been restored by tbe senate committee.
At 5:50 p. m. the house adjourned • jmorrgjj^on the Moroccan and Dqmin*
until -10 a. m. Wednesday. i lean questions.
TWO OHIO LAWS.
COLUM'BUS, O., Jan. 30.—The senate this afternoon passed a bill abolishing capital punishment for persons
convicted of murder to the first, degree except where tho conviction shall
be for a second offense. The bill now
goes to the house. The house passed
an anti-cigarette bill which originated
in that body.     ■ rJ^-^i
*■¥'■**T.**   .     1WISWM
Jan. 30.
Mrs. Charles Eastman has returned
from Sugar Grove where sbe has been
the guest- at her daughter, Mrs. John
Abbott. .
Mrs. Bstella Burdick and little daughter, Mabie, of Conewango, N. Y., are
guests of Mr; and Mrs. Wesley Wilcox.
The Home Mission society meet with
Mrs. Christine Eastman on the second
iWe<J|jesd#y in February. .
T. Sears and children spent the past,
week witti"MrK. Swartz, of West Spring
Creek.
Mrs. Rosa Armitage, widow of the
late William Armitage. who died from
the effects of a fall while threshing last
September, died at her home on Saturday'last from cane'er from which she
had been a -sufferer for a year. Six children, the youngest only 6 years of age,
survive here. These orphans have the
sympathy of the entire community in
the loss of their Barents within so short
it time." Rev. Winger conducted funeral
jsgryhigg at the M. E. church yesterday.
Interment wa.s made to the East
Branch cemetery.
J -JJ^ip"•* i'tey ot Johnstown, came up
last Week and purchased of L. E. Whaley his fine driving horse and carriag".
A. B. Smith was a Warren business
visitor Friday.
. G. C. Blanchard of Brie, spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H.
Blanchard.
V. D.' Mussy and son have a fine line
of samples from which to make your
selections tor that papering you are
going' to do. They are also prepared
to hang-it for you ln ah artistic manner
St reasonable prices.   Give them a call.
Mra Harriet Nichols has rctume.1
home from a several weeks' visit in
Oorry and Meadville.
Charley Brown and L. E. Whaley of
Erie; were here calling on relatives the
past week.
! will work the Alex McLaughlin farm
this year.    :?-r-
Seldon Sikes", who burled his wife
lately, is going, to live with his daughter, Mrs. Carlton Childs.
Ira Sikes will move to Cochranton
this .week.
Jan. 30.
Mra. N. W. Drake, who has been on
the sick list the past week, Is improving.
Hugh McGraw has rented the store
from the Deible Oil company at this
place. The Store wlH be opened Feb. 1-j
, Mrs. Gretcbel and-, nephew, Alex
jHofts.; of jftHasantvllle, visited at H.
C. Holtt'sllwt Sunday.
Mrs. .W. D. Waid, son and daughter
spent Sunday at the home of the former's'mother, Mrs. Dow.
Professor Frisbee of Tidioute, will
give an entertainment in the Grange
hall Friday evening, Feb. 2.
'Hugh McGraw recently purchased
the team of greys owned by G. B.
Scott.
Ray Thompson of Buffalo, was a
guest this week at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. George Drake.
Frank Kinnear of Ohio, ls visiting at
the home of his aunt Mrs. George Scott.
Miss Nettie Brown of Enterprise,
has returned home after spending several days at the home of W. A. McGraw.
Carl Odell of Corydon, is a guest at
J. Jackson's.
Tbe Grangers elected tbe following
MElskrs for the ensuing.term Saturday
evening, Jaa. 27: Gust Peterson, W. M.
T. E. Donaldson, O.; Otto Anderson, 8.;
Grace Devereaux, I_. A. s.; Ernest
Johnson. A. S.; B. L. McGraw, treasurer; A. I_. Daelhousen, secretary; Esther Peterson, P.; Grace Devereaux, F.;
Lillian Brown, C.; trustees. Otto Anderson, J. F. Whitehead, Lars Swan-
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GLYNDON.
Jan. 30.
B. 8: Wade and family have been
made happy by the arrival of a baby
boy on Jan. 24.
The boys of Daytown school hjjvo
an average' of 99 per cent in attendance
for the month ending Jan. 29. Their
percentage for the term ls 98.
A box-social will be held at Day town
Feb. 2. The proceeds will be used ro'-
improvements on the school  room'.
GUY'S MILLS.
Jan. 80.
i Mrs. Eleya Bentley, wife of the late
Gustavo Behtley, died Monday morn-
tog; ut 3 o'clock at. the home of her
son-in-law, Judson Lingo, She leaves
to mourn her loss three daughters:
Mrs. Judson Lingo and Mrs. John
Boyd of this place; Mr*. James Saunders of Erie, and three stepsons, Willis
and O. W. Bentley of Titusville, and
George Bentley of Lyona; one sister,
Mrs. Adron Curtis, and one brother, E.
C. Lllley, of this place. Funeral services in her memory will be held at
the residence of Judson Lingo Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Interment will be made in the Hatch cemetery.
John Wygant of Meadville, ls visiting his son,, Herbert. -
Harley Corliss of North Dakota, is
visiting.his brother, Charles.
Frank Smith, of Saegertown, was a
business, visitor in town Saturday.
WIU Cutshall is moving on H. M.
Cut shall's farm, east of. Guy's.
Willlato Jones Is. gradually tailing.
Mrs. - Newell Gilbert, who has been
ln poor health for the past year, had
the misfortune to fait, Monday morning
a"rtfl' break her arm. -
Dr. Roucbe was called to New Richmond this- morning to see J. M. Wil-
ley's youngest daughter, who is sick.
Ed. Hatch,• brother of Lewis Hatch,
PENNSYLVANIA BOY LOST
AT CARDS; THEN ROBBERY
Followed and Suicide Marked the Termination of Dishonesty.
STEUBEN VILLE, O., Jan. 80.—-Confronted with evidence that he had resorted to robbery in order to pay gambling debt s, Roy Stewart, 22 years old,
of Knoxdale, Pa., shot himself at Empire, near here, today and died instantly. The railroad station at Empire
was robbed Sunday night and Stewart,
who had been a clerk there, was arrested. He confessed and offered to
settle, but whito, tbe detectives wont
to summon a justice of the peace the
prisoner shot himself. Stewart Is satd
to have lost heavily at cards.
L
AT PACKERS'BOOKS.
CLAIMED    THAT    HE    PROMISED
THEM IMMUNITY.
TOOK PROOFS FOR FUTURE USE.
Something of   Stir    In Court   About
Mention   of   Secret   Books   That
th* Commissioner Inspected.
GRIEF UNO ENTHUSIASM.
ONE
KING   LIES   DEAD   AND
OTHER IS CROWNED.
AN
Members of Strickw  Family Continuously in Death Chamber—Little of
Ceremonial  at  Funeral.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 30.—
The new king, Frederick the Eighth,
now reigns over Denmark! His accession-has been bailed with all appropriate enthusiasm and ceremony,' but
sorrow for the death of Christian the
Ninth is the predominant sentiment.
The overwhelming grief of the immediate members of this remarkably!united family is reflected to only a slightly
lesser degree in evory home In Copenhagen.
-Throughout* the earlier part of the
day. the-lugubrious .toll_ng„of bells, the
booming of minute guns, the universal
evidences of mourning and the stagna:
tion of business, even amid the
strangely contrasting acclaims for tbe
new king, told strongly of the deep
feeling of the people of Denmark foi;
the head of the nation whose remarkable career had ended so. suddenly.
Following the wishes of King Christian, the funeral will be attended with
little ceremonial. The body, which
will be placed in a coffin tomorrow,
will not actually lie to state, but prior
to the entombment, which is expected
to take place to about a fortnight, it
will be visited by the chiefs of stfte.
Today* the members of the famfiy
watctted ih the death chamber continuously.
The burial will take place in the
cathedral of Roskilde beside Queon
Louise, in the chapel of .Frederick the
Fifth.
King Frederick the Eighth, who is
a great admirer of the United States:
today expressed himself as being especially affected by the condolences of
Preside&t Roosevelt to behalf of tbe
American nation.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Edward Morr's,
vice president of the Falrbank Canning company and of Nelson, Morris
& Co., today testified in the meat packers' Immunity plea case that he had
Men required by Commissioner of Corporations Garfield- to produce for In-
_*_*&___. ■ (.V-i
specWott of the commissioner the se-
cKt^ij.oflJj. and loss books of bis company after the commissioner had prepared a .report on the beef industry.
Morris declared that Commissioner
Garfield had taken three books and had
inspected them. Morris told of receiving assurance from Garfield that
no knowledge
Furnished by the Packers . -':Ss
to tbe department of commerce and
labor would be used against them.
Morris told of how he gave the Information to Commissioner Garfield and his
representatives and then declared that
Commissioner Garfield returned to
Chicago with the greater part of his
report in proofs, which he submitted to
Dr. Morris. The witness said that Me \
read the proofs and told Mr. Garfield
that the report was correct. The commissioner then, the witness asserted,
demanded that the profit and loss books
of the company be brought to the down
town offlce of Morris & Co. for h|s inspection. They were brought and the
commissioner looked them over. : «9|
A Mild Sensation. '•-*!^
Tbe statement that the commissioner
had called for the secret books aftet
completing his report caused a stir in
court, but the witness insisted that he
Was "required" by Commissioner Gar*-,
field to submit the books to him.
j SOJe other witnesses of the day were
L. C. KrauthofC, who was on the stand \
yesterday.    Samuel Roberts, treasurer
of   Armour & Co., and   Charles   G.
Dawes, former comptroller of the treasury and now president pf the; Central \
Trust company of Chicago.   Both Mr.
Dawgs and Mr. Roberts insisted JhflU
they had heard Commissioner Garfield
declare that any Information he might
procure from the packers wouid not
be used against them in court.        - >_R
FOUND DEAD.
,  PITTSBURG,   Jan.   80.—A   young
man who had given his name as C. f&i>
Burnsfleld of Chicago was found dead
today to  a furnished  room  he had
rented at 1,817; Federal  street, AUejf
gheny.    The man had been  shot to
KMte right temple and when found he
lay on the floor boside the bed with
the bed clothes wrapped about him.
The case Is reported as one of suicide. :
WASHINGTON FUNCTION, ,.Jm
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—AmbaSSp. ;
dor and Madame Jusserand of Frau_e
gave a dinner tonight, at whloh tha
guest of honor was General Horace
Porter, formerly American ambassador
to £cauce. Among the guests invited
to meet him were Vice President apd
Mrs. Fairbanks, Secretary and Mrs.
Taft and Secretary and Mrs. Shaw. ■
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jj Second National Bank.
- President,
JOBN FERTIG.
Vice President,
J. C. MeKINNEY.
ESTABLISHED 1865.:
Cashier,
IF. O, WHEELER.
TITUSVILLE, PENN'A.
Capital,   -   -   i $300,000.00.   .
Surplus,    -   -   - $200,000.00.
Total Resources Over Two Million Dollars.
We have the most complete banking facilities
for meeting the requirements of alt
classes of people.
Large Resources.
Savings Department.
Safe Deposit Vaults.
Foreign Exchange Dept.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
Money Loaned at 5 Per Cent, on Approved Marketable Collateral. :
SAFETY THE BEST POLICY.
DIRECTORS-
John Fertlg,   '
Louis K. Hyde,
B. P. Kraffert.
John L. McKinney,
John L. Emerson,
William Bayliss,
W. 3. Stephens,
W. C. Warner,   -
J. C McKinney.