COAIMINERS Make Proposition to An thracite Operators. HOLD CONVENTION To Discuss Answer of Mine Owners, if Any is Received, in Re ply to Demand. Wilkesbarre, Pa. —The anthracite I miners will hold a convention j at Scranton next Thursday in or- j der to take action upon the reply of the operators, if any, to two proposi- j tions submitted to President Baer and j his associates Thursday. The decision to call a convention of the miners of the three districts was reached at a meeting of the general anthracite scale committee held here Thursday. President Mitchell Thursday night I made public two propositions, to- j gether with a request for another joint conference submitted by the miners' scale committee to President Baer and his associates. The fr'st proposition asks for an increase in wages ranging : from 5 to 15 per cent., according to \ the wages now received. The second j proposition asks for an advance equal to 10 cents per ton upon the total pro- j duction of coal, to be added to the wages of employes and apportioned in such percentage as may be agreed upon. In formulating these two propo sitions the committee says: "We have eliminated every feature of our former proposals to which you have objected except that of wages, j and in the matter of wages we have j kept in mind your oft-repeated state- j ment that to grant our original tie- I mands would result in advancing the cost to the consumer of domestic coal , $1.20 per ton. While we have not l:een able, even by the most careful -analysis, to ascertain by what process | of reasoning you have reached your conclusions as to the alleged neces- j sity of an advance in cost amounting to $1.20 per ton, we beg to assure you that we have no desire, neither would j we consent, to become parties to any compact that would increase the cost | of domestic fuel $1.20 per ton. "As indicated in the two proposi- j tions submitted herein, we propose a resumption of work upon a Itasis ; that would increase the labor cost of all coal produced by an amount not in excess of 10 cents per ton, and as be- j tween GO and 70 per cent, of all coal ! produced is sold as prepared sizes, the j increase in the labor cost of domestic j fuel would not exceed 10 cents per ton. 1 "Our committee will await at j Wilkesbaric your reply to the proposi- j tions herein submitted. Or, if agree- j able to you, we shall be pleased to meet your committee at any time and j place you may suggest." New York. —The Anthracite mine operators, through their sub-com mittee of seven, at a meeting here Friday, drew up a reply to the latest ! proposition of the mine workers for an adjustment of the existing difference in the anthiaeite fields, in which they refuse to modify their position here tofore announced. The operators call upon the miners to renew for a period of three years the award of the anthra cite strike commission or else to ac cept the operators' proposition that the strike commission arbitrate the question as to what changes, if any, shall be made in the scale of wages fixed by the commission in its original award. The miners have heretofore declined thij offer. THANKS fOR GEN. PORTER. For His Enterprise in Finding the Body of John Paul Jones. Washington, D. C. —A resolution extending the thanks cf the country to Gen. Horace Porter, ex-ambassador to France, for his enterprise in se curing the body of John Paul Jones, was presented in the house Thursday by Representative Smith, of Michigan. The text of the resolution follows: "That, regarding with pride the achievements of their .countryman, Horace Porter, the distinguished sol dier, orator and diplomat, the thanks of the people of the United States are eminently due and are hereby ten dered to him, as a tribute to his ex traordinary enterprise and diligence in reclaiming the body of America's first naval hero, John Paul Jones, whose place of interment In Paris more than a century ago was entirely lost sight of by his countrymen, and the discovery of whose remains lias again revived general public interest in his heroic deeds of valor and daring as the chief naval officer of our revo lutionary p< rlod." Secretary Bonaparte has recom mended to Senator Hale and Mr. Foss, chairman of the house naval af fairs committee, an appropriation of $1115,000 for finishing the crypt of th-• chapel of the naval academy at Ann apolis which is to be the final resting I lace of the body of John Paul Jones, in a manner appropriate to such our pose. Tornado in Texas. Fort Worth, Tex. A tornado. It Is reported, has swept away the town of l!i lie , ll< uid dainai-' d the town of Stoaeburg. Meagre advices state that Hillovit© in destroyed, 12 or 15 personi being killed and many in jured and tni Ing. Fire U destroying tfce ruins caut-iby tln tornado, Dowie a Very Sick Mar. f'ltU Hgo, 111. John A' l xutidfef Ihiwitt it aid to I)'- suffer i;ii; (r m ntyot rarilltl», or InttanibiaM' n oi th* muscle* of the heart, und 111 ondi tn.u U r d igrate. TRADE BULLETIN. Dun's Weekly Review Sees a Bright Outlook. New York.—lt. O. Dun & Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade says: Modified demands by the anthracite coal miners increase the chances of an early settlement of the controversy, and otherwise the labor situation is unusually free from friction for this season. Weather conditions are favor able for retail trade and building op- ! erations, while the crop outlook is .bright on the whole, although some sections report delay to planting on account of the excessive moisture, and there is much complaint regarding the scarcity of labor. Manufacturing plants are working j to their full capacity in the leading in- j dustries, especially iron furnaces and j steel mills. Mercantile collections are some- | what irregular, which may be ti aced to financial stringency. Scarcity of billets, sheets and bars is the striking feature of the iron, and steel industry. Failures this week numbered 215 in the United States, against 204 last year, and 20 in Canada, compared with 15 a year ago. Franklin Statue Unveiled. Paris, France. —The Franklin cele bration at the Trocadora Friday after noon was the occasion for a notable Franco-American demonstration. The distinguished officials present included ex-Prcsidents Loubet and Casimir- j Perier, the cabinet minister, the diplo- j matic corps, the presidents of the sen- < ate and chamber of deputies and prominent generals and admirals. 1 ; Trocadoro square was occupied by the jepublican guards in brilliant uniforms and the grand stand facing the statue was richly decorated with the French j and American colors. A battery of ar tillery fired a salute of 21 guns as the : statue was unveiled. Minister of In struction Barthou pronounced an eulogy of Franklin. Indictd for Fraud. Chicago, 111. Ex-Judge Abner Smith, of this city, Jerome V. Pierce, Sustof F. Sorrow and F. E. Creelman were indicted Friday for fraud. The swindle referred to is in connection with the affairs of the Bank of Amer- ; ica, which was recently organized here with Smith as president, and soon collapsed. There are nine counts 1 to each indictment. Sorrow was vice president of the bank. Pierce cashier and Creelman a director. Price of Coal Decreasing. Columbus, O. Chairman John H. Winder, of the operators of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, gave out Friday reports that he had received from the executive officers of the Op- ! erators' association in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The reports show that 15 per cent, of the possible tonnage of the state of Ohio is at work, that 0 per cent, is at work in Indiana and 7 per cent, in Illinois. He said that the j price of coal was decreasing. People Were Scared. Marinette, Wis. The people of ; Quinnisee, Mich., had an earth quake scare Thursday, when over an acre of ground over the workings of an abandoned mine suddenly went, down with a great roar, carrying a number of buildings with it. It was thought for a time that a great part of the town would go, but when the true | cause of the cave-in was ascertained , i the fears of the people were calmed. ( Considerable damage was done. Faculty Resigns. Dayton, O. Unable to agree | upon a guarantee for next year with the trustees, the faculty of the i National Normal university, at Leb anon, has resigned. A neighboring | city has made an offer for the college. ! | Trouble has been brewing for several | months over the financial standing of j j the institution. Locked Watchman in Car. Wapakoneta, O. The Wapa ! koneta Holloware Co.'s build- ! ing was broken into Thursday night, by | three robbers, who blew the safe with | nitro-glycerine and obtained about i $lO. The night, watchman was bound, gagged and locked in a box car. He was discovered Friday morning. Reached an Agreement. Pittsburg. Pa. Final agreement was reached Friday between the ! operators and miners of the Pittsburg | district who have been in conference for several weeks on wages and condl i tions to rule in this district for the I next two years. While the agreement i is based on the lOOU wage scale. Was 106 Years Old. j Cambridge, O. Mrs. Susan Stage Masten died here Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. David ('reamer, at the age of lot! years. Mrs. Masten was horn on Janu ary 15, 1800, in New York state. She was married when site was only 15 years old. Ex-Confederate Soldier Diet. [.aporte, Ind. Carlton captain of a cadet company fn;n a Virginia military institute that served under (Jen. Ilreckenrldge in the Confederate army during the civil war, dU d Friday in Laporte, ngi"! 02 years, i Mr. Schaft r wa. a lawyer. Acquitted of Murder Charge. Mount Carinel, 111. —"Cam" Dodd of llowi 11, lad., who \as with J. W. Murphy, March 1, win u Aleipuy while drunk In this city killed Iruatiii* allien, of Venn- i<<»vu, o„ mid I run Miller, of Cleveland, <»., wm MMiIImI Friday. Judge Newlln •tnt»uceil Mur phy to 10 years In th • penitentiary. Town F'ootled. St. Petersburg. Itu in A t< 10. drum from Kru uo>ur "tMiera Siberia, r pons that rvo-tlurili* of i city of Y*alMisk bus Imm Aw M u/ 1 lb* rising of the \t»uiaci river. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, T.TAY ;, igc6 LIGHT QUAKE Startled San Francisco Wednesday. KILLED A WOMAN. Pood is in Plentiful Supply —The Mayor Requests That Only Un perishable food be Sent. San Fran'.isco, Cal. —At 3:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a shock of earthquake was felt. It lasted nearly a minute and caused consider able alarm and one woman was killed. A number of walls of buildings which were burned were thrown down and frail buildings were considerably shaken up, but the damage done was slight. The shock was felt in Oakland and Berkeley, but in these places it was very slight and of brief duration. An idea of th'» task which confronts the food commission may be gained from the fact that throughout the city rations for 349,440 persons were dis tributed Tuesday. This is an average estimate based on reports from a few of the food depots. At one point pro visions were given out to G72 persons an hour for ten hours. This station is neither one of the largest nor one of the smallest, and so its reports were used as a basis to strike an average. All Hour that was received in sacks is exchanged a!, bakeries pound for pound for bread. Almost all the bak eries in the unburned region have opened and are selling bread at five cents a loaf. There is no danger of a meat fam ine. Representatives of the Western Meat Co. in south San Francisco re ported to the relief committee Wed nesday morning that there are now in the yards 1,500 cattle, 3,000 sheep and 500 liogs. More than 200 cattle aro killed and dressed daily and sheep and hogs are put under the knife as fast as they ar rive. In the distribution of clothing, pre cautions aganst fraud will be taken by squads detailed to visit each tent or shelter and list the occupants and tabulate their wants. Orders will be given out entitling the holders to the needed clothing, bedding or other stores. Pitiful stories of Buffering from ex posure. Ignorance and helplensncaa are flooding the relief committee. The surgeon In charge of the gen eral hospital at the Presidio states that his force is perfectly organized and that 75 members of the army nurse corps are due at the Presidio from Chicago Thursday. They will be divided between the Presidio and emergency hospitals of the eity. Since the beginning of the calamity 20 deaths have occurred in the general hospital. That San Francisco is to be rebuilt on better and more beautiful lines is indicated by the fact that James D. Phelan, chairman of the Improvement association of San Francisco, Tuesday dispatched telegrams to Architect Daniel V. Burnham and his assistant, Mr. Bennett, of Chicago, to come im mediately to San Francisco to take up the work planned two years ago. San Francisco, Cal. —The relief work has made rapid progress. It is now in the hands of the military au thorities and has been perfected and systematized until the feeding and sheltering of the thousands of hungry and homeless people is going on expe ditiously. There is still a scarcity of sugar and coffee, and an urgent and pressing need for more blankets, cots and tents, owing to the unusual cold nights for this season of the year, which now prevail. Restoration of the telephone system is making good headway. Forty tele phones were in operation Wednesday, but the dynamiting of walls tempo rarily put some of them out of com mission again. The Dairy Men's association has an- I nounced that it will furnish milk free j to the relief organizations until May 1. For the flrfet time since the earth | quake street lights were burning in ! San Francisco Thursday night. Sixteen thousand persons are now j being cared for at the Presidio, most jof them in tents. All the available | tents are in use, but a supply of about 50,000 is expected in a day or two, I when everyone needing shelter will I be provided for. There is no contagi ous disease in or around the grounds. San Francisco, Cal. Harmony 1 and pledges of good feeling marked | the meetings Friday of the various i bodies of citizens' committees and representatives of the army which are administering the affairs of San Fran , Cisco. The last sign of confusion and mis | understanding which at times existed disappeared and the first signs of the return to former conditions were the •resumption of' street car traffic in cer tain streets and the taking out of the first permit for the erection of a und ent steel structure on the ground oc cupied a few days ago by a lfcos sub stantial building. Cigarette Lav/ is Valid. Indianapolis, Ind. The Parks anil-ciguruto law paired by th> last mission of the Indiana legislature was declared valid Thursday by the sit preme court. The court Interpreted the law as nieaulnK thai it Is illegal to sell 11 eth in Indiana or k<-ep litem ft sale, but It is not iili.rtl to smoke them ot bring them int > state. Killed by a Train. ('hlem.o, 111. ChuritH 1.. Htl'i r 'i, fore: 11. » steel iiianulaciurer of Rutland. Vi was killed lhm» by a jtan>< tr. • i ttaitt at Fortst, a -.uburb. CAN'T STRAIGHTEN UP. Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Back* and a Multitude of Pains and Aches. Col. R. S. Harrison, Deputy Marshal, 710 Common t>t., Lake Charles, La., a horse first weakened kaek and affected I came Yl ' r .V bud, and ' ia( l go about on tors told me I had a I case of chronic rheu mutism, but I couid |] | JfjpM not believe them, and finally began using Doan's Kidney Pills for my kidneys. First the kidney secretions came more freely, then the pain left my back. I went and got another box, and that completed a cure. I have been well for two years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HIS KIND CAME IN BUNCHES Then Hubby Was Sorry He Had Taken Any Interest in Dreams. Pome time ago, in New York city, a mun was wakened in the night to find his wife weeping, uncontrollably, relates Harper's Magazine. "My darling," he said, in distress, "what is the matter?" "A dream!" she gasped. "I have had such a horrible dream." Her husband begged her to tell it to hitn, in order that lie might comfort her. Alter long persuasion she was induced to say this: "1 thought I was walking down Broad way, and 1 came to a warehouse, where there was a large placard, 'Husbands for Sale.' Vou could get beautiful ones lor $1.500, and very nice ones for as low as $100." The husband asked, innocently: "Did you see any that looked like me'/" The sobs became strangling. "Dozens of them," gasped the wife, "done up in bunches, like asparagus, and 6old for ten cents a bunch." RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS. Little Girl's Obstinate Case of Eczema —Mother Says: "Cuticura Rem edies a Household Standby." "Last year, after having my little girl treated by a very prominent physician 'or an obstinate ease of eczema, 1 resorted to the Cuticura Remedies, and was so well pleased with the almost instantaneous relief afforded that we discarded the physi cian's prescription and relied entirely on the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs were covered with running sores. In about six weeks we bad her completely well, and there has been no recurrence of the (rouble. We find that the Cuticura Remedies are a valuable household stand by, living as wc do twelve miles from a doctor, and where it costs from twenty to twenty-five dollars to come up on the mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas, Fairmount, Walden's Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 13, 1005." Merely a Suggestion. Why not assemble all the euthanasia cranks who wish to kill off the old and "incurable" people in one inclosure and nil the cranks who produce schemes for the abolition of death in another in closure, organize them into football teams and then turn them loose and let them proceed 'o exterminate one another in true football style?— Chicago Chronicle. It Cures While Yon Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching feet. Sold by ali Druggists. Price 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Trial package FKKE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, X. Y. —- Flashing. May Miss Showe said at one time she did not care to sing in the choir. Now she seems more than anxious. Kva —Yes: she has just had her teeth filled with gold.—Chicago Daily News. The pure-food law will be imperfect if it does not include the labeling of cold storage eggs with the date of embalm* ing.—Atlanta Constitution. It is quite possible for a big man to shrink from his duty and for a small man to rise to the ocacsion.—N. Y. Times. Don't spoil your clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, 5 cents a package. The trouble with men who think the world owes them a living is that they want to collect it all in advance. t HE ATTENDS TO BUSINESS i who goes straight to work to cure | Hurts, Sprains, Bruises | X by the use of | St. Jacobs Oil j X and saves time, money and gets out of misery quickly. *:* It Acts Like Magic. Price, 25c. and 50c. *•! SICK HEADACHE r —i Positively eur" 1 "• For special advice regarding this im- Another "Woman s Case portant period women are invited to " During change of life words cannot ex write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., press what I suffered. My physician said I i . . i if * had a cancerous condition of the female and ltwill be furnished absolutely free ans- Gm) d l rPU< i some of tho testi of charge, rlie present Mrs. Pinkham mon j a i g 0 f women who had been cured by is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pink- Ly f iia. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, liam, her assistant before her decease, and I decided to try it and to write you for and for twenty-five years since her advice. Your medicine made mo a well advice has been freely given to sick woman, and all my bad symptoms soon women disappeared. won ii.u. „ j advisoevery woman at this period of life Read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Com- to take your medicine and write you for ad pound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. vice."--Mrs. Lizzie Hinkle, Salem, Ind. Hinkle : What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable tv , t Compound did for Mrs. Hyland and Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Mrs. Hinkle it will do for other women " I had been suffering with displacement of at this ti of Hfe the organs for years and was passing through T , nnnmiered nam restored the change of life. My abdomen was badly . "J 1 * 18 conquered pain, swollen; my stomach was sore; I had dizzy health, and prolonged life in cases that spells, sick headaches, and was very nervous, utterly batiled physicians. Lydia E. 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Ist. production. 2nd. location. 3rd. splendid people. 4lh. dense and rapid ly growing population. 6th, tine climate. tith, a first-class,accessible market. 7th, never a failure or , croos. Bth. capacity to crow clover and Alfalfa so that fertl ity may be maintained at suia.lest expense ana that while you reap a profit. Nth. a location near Klansas City with its 4UMM) population and in creasing more rapidly than any other city of its class. 10th, a certain increase in value for-the next fifty ! years. Thetrolley lines and motorcars will make farms I offer suburban laud In the near future. Every | foacres will be needed forahome. The big bargains are in big farms. lUUO acres at ljj.OOan acre ; 4 Uacres nt 1 S6san acre; SXJU acres. highly improved, atfOO.UUan acre; BUU acres at f»Z>.U) an acre; macres, highly improved. lat 175.00 an acre; 2.0U0 acres, highly Improved, near Kansas City stock yards, at r5.00 an acre. Every farm 1 will produce? corn, wheat, oats, ALFALFA, clover, timothy, blue grass, fruit of all kinds, the horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs. Equal to Land in Ohio, Indiana, lllinoi9 and lowa tjiflj Sells for SIOO to $l5O an Acre. Many smaller farms. AROIUH write mc. I.KMUCbNCb. i The National Hank of Commerce; The Fidelity I rus-t Company :J?&rnj2ji Ac wanthoff. J. H. LIPSCOMB, 312 Fidelity Trust Building, MLA.TVJ3-A.S CITY, TVXO. $16.00 an Acre OF WESTERN CANADA I- • the amount many farm j j thrir wheat CIOJ> thi-» J ""''l t»»e Average j ( Yield of Wheat. The land that thin waHtfrown oncost many of tht fai nei abaolu Ijf not bittf* n 111 l«'« wh< vri»h< i\ t" ad 110 !» iwa i tu.i'la.or tuilic foltuwiuK uulhwfiaed Canadian \ tr nine nt AK'ut# : 11 M Wii i.i Alia, l.aw UuiMiog.ToltuSo, O. Mtnliun IM* puysT* A.N. W. r«Mir»» tin. • i j.or- I limit' > form ckir.tm »i:. ad- • .i.oii, no bo I 1 |in 112 iihern ltallwaj ' price* Mid