Youngstown News, 1901-11-15

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS VOL. XXI. ITOUNGSTOWN, N. Y.. BDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1901. NO. 41. 1 BOLD CONVICTS ESCAPE «!* fwenty-six Desperate Men Bolt From Leavenworth Federal Prison. FUGITIVES KILLED BY FARMERS One Man Lnit Hit t.lf» a.-id Fin Other* Wounded In Fight Between Qnnrtln and Prisoner* — Two Revolvers Had Been Brought Into KnniM Prison Stoc!:ad« Por Convicts—Many Recaptures. Leavenworth, Kan.--Twenty-six desperate convicts, after murdering one guard and seriously wounding several others, escaped from the new Federal prison during the afternoon. They were armed with fully a score of puns and revolvers, taken from the guards. Troons from Fort Leavenworth, jruards from the prison and police from the city Immediately went In pursuit. The mutiny Is the worst of the kind which ever occurred here. About 300 of the convicts In tlie Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth are taken each day from the old nrison to the site of the new one. now In process of erection. to work upon the new buildings. The new prison is surrounded bv a temporary stockade or fence, and Is guarded by thirty guards. It was here that the convicts escaped. Howards amounting to $00,000 have been offered for the recapture of all the convicts. The soldiers nre keeping a watch over the reservation. AH work at the new penitentiary site is suspended. and the convicts are held in cells, so tlrnt the guards may take up the hunt. The net result of the mutlnv and the fight with the guards which followed the escape w*s one convict killed and four guards shot or otherwise hurt. The man killed was Oul"n Fort, a desperate criminal from the Indian Territory, who is believed to hare been the ringleader of the outbreak. The wounded are: Joseph E. Waldrupe. prison guard, shot In the forehead and breast: condition still critical. Arthur Trelford. captain of the guard; shot in the leg; not seriously fcurt. C. E. Burrows, jruaTd, .shot In the neck. slightly wounded. " AtSr e -if"AW; "Infa. punrrT.leg b?oken. It was learned that the mntlny was planned several months ago, but that the men had not found a favorable opportunity to carry It Into effect. Th» general plan was not new, but it proved effective because of the limited rvnmber of guards. As the better-behaved prisoners are used in the outside work, the conspiracy was hatched among the men in the inside gangs. Four hundved prisoners were at work on the new prison at the time, under thirty armed guards. When the outbreak began the mutinous prisoners had only two revolvers, which had been secreted in the walls of the budding by some unknown person. The convicts chose the most favorable moment of the day. while many of the guards who were acting as foremen of construction of the new cell-house were unarmed. When Superintendent of Construction Hinds and three guards began to round up the convicts for the close of the day's work, the two armed convicts covered them with their revolvers, and. encouraged by the other mutinous convicts, forced the men to walk before them to the northwestern corner of the stockade, where they expected to make a rush through the opening. On the outside of the stockade was an armed guard, and the convicts were met at the opening by C. E. Burrows, a guard, who fought them back, bat who received two shots in the neck. The convicts rushed over to the south wall to another opening, and were met by another armed guard. He resisted, and was shot twice, but not dangerously wounded. The men then rushed to the guard-house, where the arms are kept. The guards from the outside drove the convicts away and killed Fort. The prisoners then made a rush for the main entrance, and twentysix of them succeeded in escaping to it near-bv forest. Nine of the twenty-six convicts who escaped were accounted for on the day after the mutiny. Two of them ire deud. These are James Hoffman, aged twenty, white, and J. J. Poffenholm, aged twenty-five, white, a soldier convict. John Green, aged twenty-one, white, Wlllard Drake, white, aged nineteen, are wounded and recaptured, and Fred Moore, aged sixteen, a negro, is recaptured unhurt. These five men were discovered In the barn of Fay Weishaar, near No'rtonville, Kansas, about 3 o'clock, p. m. Welshaar went into the barn and was ordered out at the point of guns. He rushed to Nortonville and gathered a posse of men who, with revolvers, shotguns, and a few Winchesters, hastened to the scene. The convicts saw the men coming and rushed from the barn. They had two shotguns :>utl revolvers. The posse pursued them and a running fight resulted. The convicts were at a disadvantage, and their shots had no effect, while at every volley from the posse one of the convicts fell. After two of them had fallen, two of the others gave themselves up, one being wounded, the other unhurt. The fifth was fully 200 yards away when a uian with a Winchester drew a bead on him and flred. He evidently had been hit, but tried to go on, when a volley was flred at him and he fell. He was not fatally Injured. None of the citizens was hurt The convicts captured at Lawrence are .Tosenh IT. DsMrln. n soldier, nervine a term for desertion and assault, and Ole 'Rnbe. a half-breed Indian. Frank Thompson, a negro, one of the most desperate and dangerous of the fugitives. is supposed to be near Lawrence, benvllv armed. He will probable not be taken alive. In addition to those named above two unarmed convicts were captured In a ravine pear .Tnrholo. Kan., and the Sheriff of Donglns County took two more of the fugitives at Lawrence.Nearlv all of the criminals came from Oklahoma nnd the Indian Territory and tlier are supposed to be making for that conntrv. They are hardy men. used to firearms and hor«ps. Some have obtained hoth, but others nre op foot, nnd defenseless. Warden McClaughry says he will capture every one of the men. In the districts around the city evpry road and river crossing that the fugitives might be expected to nse Is gnarded by armed men. the formers hnvtper turned out to enrp the SOO reward thnt will be p«'d for the return of each convict. Those of the men who are armed are likely to be shot on sight. During the night reports came In from all directions of thefts of horses nnd vehicles. clothing nnd food by the convicts, and as the report spread that the convicts were at lnrge, citizens In the ont-lylne districts beenme terror-stricken nnd barred their doors. Telegrams received from the neighborhood of Llnwood. TCnn.. nnd several other points say farmers well nrmfcd nre watching the bridges. The reports show thnt. the convicts are seizing farmers' horses nnd running them at n high sneed until the nnlmals give out nnd then crossing In fresh ones whenever found. Not since the dnvs of border rufflnnism lujs the country nround Leavenworth been so terrorized. Fnrmers have coming to the city all dav nnd mnnv tales of bold holdups nnd robherles committed by the convicts are told. Thev have entered farmhouses, taken clothing, money and food, nnd stolen the horses from the stnbles. Thev have stopped men on liorsebnek nnd In wagons nnd at the point of a gun robbed them of their horses. DEFAULTER FOR $57,000. Treasurer of the Order Maccabee* Benlnu and ronfcMM to Theft. Detroit, Mich.—Charles D. Thompson. Supreme Finance Keener of the i Supreme CampVif th~-Knights of the Ma<scrtV?«; Oxn« hid i-estgna' j t.l'on to the Supr>i.iie Tent, eeeotntJ/tffV-i1 lng ft with a confession that he Is a defaulter of the order's funds to the amount of $57,000. He has held the office ever since the order founded In 1883, and during that time has handled more than $15,000,000. In his confession. Thompson says that he Invested tlie money In a legitimate venture that seemed sure to win. but did not. The order Is secured against loss bv Thompson'" bond, which Is for $125,000. Thompson was founder and President of the Thompson Towing and Wrecking Company, which sold out to the Great Lake Tug Trust for $120.- 000. The venture In which he lost his money was the purchase and raisin? of the steamer Harlem, which went ashore on Isle Royale In November, 1898. The purchasers lost $107,000. SCHLEY INQUIRY ENDS. Disobedience of Order*, Tint No Personal I Misconduct, Charged. Washington, D. C.—The Schley Court of Inquiry has held Its last public session. It was ordered by the Navy Department on .Tuly 2G, on an application > from Hear-Admiral Schley, dated July 22. It met on September 12, and In fifty-six days has held forty sessions. The last day was devoted to the closing argument of Captain Lemly, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, marking the termination of his duties as Judge Advocate of the tribunal. Captain Lemly read his carefully prepared statement, and undertook 110 extemporaneous comment. He charged Schley with disobedience only. At the close of Captain Lemly's remarks the court at 3.45 p. m. adjourned, with the Intention of holding no more public sessions. LIFE SENTENCE FOR HAYES. Found Guilty of Murder In Second Degree and Sentenced. Litchfield, Conn—The jury In the trial of John T. Hayes, who killed his sweetheart, Winifred Cooke, brought In a verdict of murder in the second degree. Judge Elmer then sentenced the prisoner to life Imprisonment. Calmly and without show of any emotion Hayes heard the verdict and his sentence. His father and brother were in the court room, and they broke down and wept. There were about forty other persons In the courtroom when the jury was brought in. Hayes will spend the remainder of his life In the Wethersfield prison, unless he should be pardoned or obtain a new trial and some change of sentence. Sweethearts Went Out to Die. Walter F. Snelder, aged twenty-two, shot and killed his sweetheart, Minnie C. Keichstetter, of the same age, under the pines of the Boulevnrd, the leading mountain drive overlooking Reading, Penn. Then he killed himself. The lovers had attached their signatures to the letter Snelder had in his pocket, blaming relatives for separating them and making them unhappy by opposing their friendship. She was a mill girl and he had worked in a hardware factory. Chile Will Arbitrate. President Castro, of Venezuela, has accepted the good offices of Cliile to end the troubles between his Government and Colombia. UNKNOWN Official trade Issued and France Rsil calls Her Fleet. r TURKEY'S BACK DOWN COMPLETE ' 'iH Lepal Existence of French Schools, lU> llclous Establishment* and Hospital* Recognized—Proof Given That the JLnW tan Will Carry Ont Bla Promises-* May Be Ridden Dangers. Paris, France.—The Sultan of Torkey has issued nn Irade. which, after yielding all the material French claims and accepting France's new demands, recognizes the legal existence of the present schools and accords them Immunity from the payment of customs dues. In conformity with the actual treaties It recognizes "the legal existence of the French religious establishments and hospitals, according them exemption from the property tax and from pnvlncr customs duties. It further an- , fhorizes the building, repairing and enlarging of "scholastic, hospital and religious establishments which were destroyed or damacred during 1894. 1895 and 1890 In Asiatic Turkey and' Constantinople. The Sultan also engages to recognize as authorized the foundations, enlargements, constructions and repairs that France may desire to carry out In the future unlpss the Porte presents objections within six months after notification of the French Intentions. The election of a Chaldean far triarch Is sanctioned. Furthermore, proof Is given to M. Bapst. Councillor of the French Embassy, that these decisions will be nut Into execution. M. Delcasse. Minister of Forelen Affairs. has telegraphed to M. Bapat, Councillor of the French Embassy at Constantinople, Instructing lilm to Inform Tewflk Pnsha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, that dlrJo-jatlo relations between France  were resumed. Meanwhile M? Bapst Is regularly accredited as Charge d'Affalres. awaiting the prompt return to Constantinople of M. Constans, the French Ambassador. Admiral Calllard has received or-, ders to re-embark his sailors, at Mltylene and to take his sotiadrcto to one. ago. probably Syra. The Figaro, commenting npon the situation, says: "The sudden news of such a retreat Is not calculated to reassure us: on the contrary, it makes us believe in hidden dangers." A writer in the Eclaire says that from the moment the word protectorate was uttered France was confronted no lonsrer by Abdul Hamid, but by William 11. of Germany. ISTUDENTS PREFERRED CIRCUS. They Oo to Forbidden Show and Are Repelled From a Mississippi College. New Orleans. La.—Twenty-four students of St. Stanislaus College. Bay St. Louis. Miss., wanted to go to the circus which exhlhlted In that town. Their application to be allowed to attend was denied by the President and they attended the performance In defiance of his command. When the show was over they returned to the institution to find that they had been expelled, that their trunks had been packed and sent to the station, and that the only communication the college authorities* hold with them was to present them with money enough to reach their respective homes. The students were panlc-strioken. They made all manner of apologies, and begged forgiveness with tears In their eyes. The President was oh durate, and even denied permlsslo ' to spend the night there. They wer< not even given the opportunity to change their clothes. TOOK THE SHERIFF PRISONER.  Two Desperate Fugitive Federal Convict* Foil a Kansas Posse. Topeka, Kan.—Two of the twentysix convicts who escaped from the Federal prison at Leavenworth on Thursday were chased Into the farmhouse of Frank Worcester, seven miles from Topeka. They were white men. The Sheriff followed them Into the house, where he was overpowered and disarmed. Worcester was knocked down and rendered unconscious for Interfering.At dark the convicts ordered the posse, which. had surrounded the house, to withdraw a few yards, under threat of death to the Sheriff. Then using the Sheriff and Worcester's wife for shields the convicts left; house, backed into a cornfield and fled- Little Children Burned to Death. Mrs. Guy Plmbell, of Norwalk, Conn., attempted to replenish the oil in a lighted lamp and anTSxploslon re suited, which scattered the oil In al directions. Mrs. Plmbell and he: three children were covered with thi burning liquid,' and two of them. Rose aged eight years, and Louis, aged Are were burned to death before assistant arrived. The mother and anothe daughter, Catherine, were also fatall; burned. , V I . .... — i ■: Killed on a British Warship.  A terrible gun accident occurred on board tbe British battleship Royal Sovereign, outside of Astakos Harbof, - Greece. An artilleryman forgot tp ' close the breech before the gun d fired. One officer and six artlUeryHHjßjffl were killed outright, the bodies braip terribly mutilated, and the CiimßJ and thirteen aallora were serlourtCnKj HER BANDITS IMAGINARY of Dover, N. T., ConpjtKkles to Fabrio&tions and Crime? BV; IHclares That She Herself Bnrned Ketch am *s Barns—Com- | **tttert to a Home. ceepsle, N. Y.—lda Thompson's ldnlght rides after the bandits night were bombarding the ' William Ketclinm, of I) ver. sfactor, and otherwise annoyhave been explained through jn of the county and city of- A number of arrests were nd enough was learned to at the rjJcn of terror nt Dov?tured hiailsa Thompson, was Invented by her and intended her own ends. etcham, while In Ponehkeep ek ago. had a talk with Sliernan and Chief of Police Mc- After hearing his story they >d that there was something about Ida's account of her single-handed raids on horseback and w'th thncrs and vagabonds. Tiwjr communicated with Justice Al- V»-n. of Dover, and the town officials to co-operate in exposing her. Ty Investigation had progressed to a point where it was possible to make So Sheriff Hoffman. Rerorder HoFsehauser and Chief McCabe went to Dover. Recorder Morsehauser acted as letr.il adviser for Justice Allerton. and the latter, upon Information presented to him. teued warrants for the arrest, of Edward Sehrlver. Frank Schermerhorn. William Dlngv. Gilbert Dean and Ida Thompson. The charges Were va«raaey and disorderly conduct. Dingy, Sohermerliorn and Schrlver were caught first and sentenced to tbljpe months In ,Inll. the last two betlMr put on probation. Schermerhorn a confession Involving Ida Thompson. He stated that two weeks ago he and Ida Thompson were nenr William Ketcham's home, and that she threw a stone through the window and then mounted a horse and rode to the woods, where she fired a revolver twice. Ida. when tnken into custody, told Chief McCabe that she had thrown the stones and cut the farmer for the sake of notoriety, awl *»» also guilty of other depredations. nll sing him a loss of tfe was committed to St IMMENSE POSTAL BUSINESS. The lflnani 'al Transactions For the I.ast Isfcal Y. r Were Over *803,000,000. W» incrton, D. C.—The annual report J, the Auditor for the Postoffice DepAi .nent for the fiscal year ended .Tlin* 0. 1901, says that In 1830, the yem In which the Auditor's office was esfibllshed as an Independent Instituti<ff. the total financial transactions w 'Se less than 50,000.000, while the nggt irate of such transactions for the y< m- 1901 was over $803,000,000. t'ie Items which go to make up the « Mi total of these transactions are as f< Sows: Revenues for postal service, $ 11,631,193: expenditures, $115,554,- 9! I: total amount of money orders Ibsi 3d, $294,618,080; total amount of n: oney orders paid, $281,554,711. Fnatal Service Estimates. Washington. D. C.—The estimates of t le appropriations for the Postal Servicer top the fiscal year ending June 30, 11903, aggregate $134,731,590. and the estimates of revenues $132,030,030, leading a deficit of $2,710,946. SAMAR STRONCHOLD TAKEN. Btbali Driven Ont on the Second Day ol Fighting. I Manila.—Advices from Catbalogan, capital of Samar Island, report that Major Waller attacked a force of insurgents occupying a strong position at Sojton, two three-Inch guns being used to shell the rebel stronghold. Throughout the first day the Insurgents held the place, but on tne second day Major Waller renewed the (attack, and, after a desperate engagement, carried the position. Two marines of the attacking force and twenty-six Insurgents were killed. Major Waller destroyed the stronghold and seventy houses. Washington, D. C. — Hear-Admlral Rodgers at Manila cabled the Secretary of the Navy as follows: "Privates George Lynch and E. A. Klonan killed in action. Sajopan, near Basey, Samar, on the 7th Inst." No further details of the action were | given. A BOY KIDNAPER. fwelre-Year-Old Lad Holds Small Child For Ransom. Great Palls, Mont.—A twelve-yearold boy named Southwick kidnaped the six-year-old son of G. W. Hyan, a prominent grocer, and sent a note to •.the father demanding $1500 ransom, threatening to ram pieces of glass into the child's eyes and cut his hands oil unless the demand was complied with. Mr. Ryan notified the police, who arrested young gouthwick shortly after the Ryan boy hud arrived at his fath• er*S store unharmed, having been re- JFfloothwlck confessed that he did the {■IM' Ot hla own volition, and that he llM* no accomplices. He expressed no SSttMotance and said: "I would have |)Jft3he old man for |8000 If I thought nlrireald have stood for It" I MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK WASHIXGTOW TTKMS. The Industrial Commission Is framing Its report on agricultural conditions.General Greely, Chief Signal Officer, has returned to Washington from a world tour Inspecting cables. The Republican leaders In Congress plan to cut off all the war taxes In or. der to reduce the enormous Treasury surplus, which Secretary Gage now estimates at *130,000.000 for the year. President Roosevelt bought th*e original drawing of a recent Rough Rider cartoon in London Punch. Senator Hanna visited the White House for the first time slnee the funeral of President McKlniey and conferred with President Roosevelt on proposed legislation. President Roosevelt received Dr. Milnoz, a special envoy from Gautemala, bearing condolences on the death of President McKii.ley. It Is expected In official circles that the new Hay-Pauncefore treaty will be acceptable to the Senate. Secretary Long will take steps to develop efficiency in the engineering department of the navy. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Nearly $1,000,000 worth of American machinery has been ordered for a Porto Rico sugar works. At Inopacan, P. 1., the Insurgents cut the telegraph line. While American troops were repairing It they were fired upon 'by Insurgents. After a brief skirmish the rebels were dispersed. First Lieutenant Robert T. Crawford. of the First Infantry, a sergeant and five m/n were drowned while attempting 1& cross the Baboan River, P. I. The Phillpine Insurgents are becoming more active In the Island of Leyto. The town of Matulom was attacked. Cigarmakers in Havana, Cuba, asked the Government to expel agents seeking men to take strikers' places In Tampa, Fla. Actidg Governor Cooper voiced Hawaii's demand for Chinese labor for the sugar fields. The capture of Lukban's.commissary proved a great blow to the Philippine Insurrection, as It rendered future supplies very precarious. DOMESTIC. -A 1 .that Andrew CamewsftllwfejSfebly be situated at Galashiels. British trade returns for October show a further decline In the volume of the nation's commerce. LI Hung Chang was laid in the coffin he carried with him on his tour of the world, and after elaborate obsequies will be burled in the small village where he was born. & Turkey made further concession to French demands in the matter of granting permission to rebuild churches, convents and other institutions.A Scotch member of Parliament stated that the Brussels Sugar Conference Is expected to reassemble early next year, Russia having agreed to participate. The French Government will establish a school In the United States to which French students may be sent to study American Industrial methods. The premature publication of letters from Miss Stone had a bad effect on the negotiations with the brigands who are holding the missionary for ransom. Sir William Laurier asserted In a speech at Montreal that Canada would yet capture the iron trade of the United States. Judge E. W. McKinstry, for fifteen years on the California supreme bench, died at San Jose. Roland A. Swan, assistant treasurer Of Arlington, Mass., pleaded guilty to 2SO counts charging him with embezzlement.J. W. McDonald and his wife were shot from ambush from the bank othe Brazos River near Waco, Texas, and killed. After a two years' search for him, in several cities, George j? isher was captured in New Yorlc City, where he is charged with embezzlement. Lisbon, N. H„ suffered a loss of $100,- 000 by a fire that almost wiped out the business portion of the town. Itoswell, N. M., was flooded by a cloudburst. FOREIGN. Tammany district leaders of New York City reported to Mr. Croker that in the attempt to scratch Van Wyck 12,000 ballots that would have been cast for the Wigwam's borough and county candidates were invalidated. Henry Hart, "Father of the Third Avenue lioad," died in New York City at the age of ninety-one. Robert A. Amnion, lawyer for the 520-per-cent. Fraukliu syndicate, was arrested in New York City charged with grand larceny in receiving and investing $100,000 of Miller's plunder. Peuaacola, Fla., has quarantined against plague-infected ports. Burglars took $450 In money and stamps from the postofflce, Princeton, W. Va. The thirteenth death from lockjnw due to antitoxin Injections occurred In St. Louis, Mo. Capitalists met at Norfolk. Va., to discuss buldlng there a $5,000,000 shipyard. Two thousand In cash and $10,000 Id pearls was stolen from the bamt at Black Rock, Ark. :. .£fc'v. ,',A " , STATE NEWS.  fMrll'* Fmctftmatlon. Governor Oriell Issued his flrat Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as follows: "A Nation's strength Is measured by Its faith In Deity, and the devotion of Its people by their desire to return thanks to God. who has vouchsafed to them happiness, contentment and prosperity. Through the blessings of Providence our harvests have been abundant, our artisans have been remuneratively. employed and our In- J , borers have reaped the benefits of their toll. "The sorrows which have come upon us as a Nation have but served to make our faith In and devotion to the principles of our Government stronger and to cement all parts of our land and all of our people by patriotic ties. "For all these blessings we should render thanks to the Ruler of the Universe, and the prayers and thanksgiving of the citizens of our great Commonwealth should join with those that go up from a grateful people for the continuance of Divine blessing. "Now. therefore, I, Benjamin B. Odell. Jr., Governor of the State of New York, do designate Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and one. as n day of thanksgiving, and recommend that our people refrain from all secular pursuits and repair to their several houses of worship, there to render homage to Him who has so abundantly blessed us. ' "Given under my hand and the privy | seal of the btate at the Capitol, In the city of Albany, this sixth day of November, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one. 1 "By the Governor. j i "B. B. ODELL. JR. , "JAMES G. GRAHAM, Secretary to the Governor." The Alimony Oil Field.  nil bin bePti struck two miles northpast of the Solo postofflce. In Allesnny H County and, In consequence, grpat ex- H citemfflt prevails. It la due entirely H to the fact that tills constitutes prac- H tlcall.v the opening of a new territory. H It Is thought the wells mark the loon- ■ tlon of a rich, new oil pool. Only two H wells have been finished no far. The 11 second well has just been shot. It S' pumped forty-two barrels of green oil on the first day, and Is heading up 1 at an average of fifteen barrels. The Dry Brook OH Company owns the ' wells. The first Is 600 feet from the second and produces only two barrels a a day. well to thought to he clo«ie to the i'tie ofl"rt'if °' J triPf a depth of 700 *iet and lu txfoon" nI » • %K>iil of oil fcnd regular All pga nyCou^^^^lflSSf which Hps a few miles to the south. The striking of oil created a rush for biases, and every farm for miles abound has been tied up. In a few Instances bonus money has been paid i and a quarter royalty exacted instend ' of the regular strnlght eighth. A dozen new wells are either under way or the timbers nnd machinery for them are being hurried. November opened with forty-four wells drilling and thirty-one rigs under way In the Allegany oil fields. During October forty-five wells were finished and the new production nniounts to more than 200 barrels a • moo Short In lII* Account#. Edward Schuyler, who went to Niagara Falls about four years ago from Amsterdam, N. Y., and became cashier of the Niagara Falls Power Company, was taken Into custody by the police and held In one of the rooms of the City Building. He was arraigned In the presence of the District Attorney on the charge of grand larceny, second degree, nnd was remanded without ; bail. He Is In a cell In Police Station j No. 1. Schuyler Is understood to be about $1500 short In his accounts, but |J the power compnny Is protected by a -1 surety bond. He Is about twenty-five | years old, and has moved In the high- M est society circles In the city. The I most reasonable explanation of his < I alleged shortage is that the demands t J of society exceeded his legitimate iJ Inanclnl resources. || Married a Man to Two Women. Ifl Mayor Huston, of Lockport, in the M embarrassment of his first marriage M service. Innocently married Mary Mo- Ifl seato and Angelina Napal, pretty Ital- O inn lasses, to .Toe Scotch, while Tony 9 Scotch, who had como to marry Mary, 9 stood by, and the witnesses, fellow olfl- H cials of the Mayor, enjoyed the joke H Immensely. The Mayor did not dls- .tH cover Ills mistake until the whole thing - was done, and the Italians were too Ignorant of American civil rites to '..fl know the difference. So the Mayor ;<-jH pronounced the four "to bo men nnd wives" and sent them oft to the priest- S Want* to Drop Proceeding* Now. Raymond C. Tompkins, the Buffalo 'W commission merchant, who swore out .'1 a warrant for the arrest of Stephen A. .Jr.'fl Court, ex-District Attorney for the ' hW Northern District of Ohio, charging; ■ him with attempted criminal extor- H tion, asked that the warrant be with- ■ drawn and prosecution stopped. Mr. ■ Court's attorney objected, and an ad- * lournment for one aionth was taken. 3yracu»e-Koche»ter Trolley Line. jlB The Rochester, Syracuse and Bast- ll ern Railro-d Company was lncorpor- I ated with u capital of $3,500,000 to op- 1 erate a street surface electric line between Syracuse nnd Rochester, a dls- -Vl tance of 100 miles. I Carnoffte Library For Canandairar Andrew Carnegie has offered to provide a 910,000 building for the Wood Library of Canandalgua on condition that the municipality shall guarftntect <1000 annually for Its support. j pibiicu Paper, j | G. OLIIH FIICI, ■ Mll«. J ( Tb* Brightest and But J ■ 1 County Papnr. J 9 ▼ ll.Of Ttr Year la A4tmm, I I ■