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Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuosdays of tnoiitu. Church utti Habbnlh Hrhool. Presbyterian Sabbath School at9:-!5a. in.: M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching In M. K. Church "every Sab bath eveninif by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Ssblwth evening at the usual hour. Rev. R. A. Zahnlser, Pastor. Services in the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath morning and evening, Rev. Dr. Paul J. Slonaker, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. IL are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each m nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 'TU N RSTA LOIX5F., No.3tiS), I.O.O. K. 1 Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows Uall, Partridge building. CAPT. UEORGK STOW POST, No. 274 O. A, K. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening lu each month. riAPT. OEOROK STOW CORPS, No. V- t;l7, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of oach month. KARL K. WKNK, DKNTIST, TIONESTA, PA. All work guaranteed. Rooms over Forest County National Hank. R ITCI1EY A CARRINOER. ATTORN KYS-AT-LA W. Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 81IAWKEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Praotico in Forest Co. AC BKOWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W. OlBoeln Aruer Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. D R. F.J. BOVAKO, Physician A Hurgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D R. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON, and DKUiNilVf. Otllce over store, Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt ly responded to at all hours of day or night. Residence Elm St., between Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant. D R. J. B. SIUOINS. Physician and .surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HE. KIRSCHNER, M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Lungs Biid Chest. Otllce hours by ap pointment onlv. OIL CITY, PA. No. 116 CENTER ST. 17 W. BOLTON, M. D. J. Practice limited to diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Noe Bud Throat. Special attention given to the fitting of glasses. Otllce hours 9-12 a. in., 15 p. in., 7-8 p. in. OIL CITY, PA. No. 110 CENTEii ST. H R. MnKINLEY. Hardware, Tinning Jt Plumbing. Tionesta, l a SJ.SKTLEY, -JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Konps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complote change, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, eto. The comforts ol guests never neglected. C CENTRAL HOUSE, J G EROW A G ERO W Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is tiie niosteentrally 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 public First class Livery in connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT & SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut stroets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Iroui the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN CURES WHEF ALL ELSE FAILS Best Couch ' op. Tastes Good. Uso in time. Sold by druggists. if PROSPECT OF A STRIKE. By 550,000 Coal Miners Begin ning April 1. Retirement of General Chaffee Presi dent Eliot Condemns Football Ca nal From Pittsburg to Lake Erie. Middy John Paul Miller Pardoned. Carnegie Hero Awards. With prospects pointing to a striko of 550,000 coal miners beginning on April 1, unlesB the present deadlock la broken by some unforeseen Influence, the national convention of the United Mine Workers of America adjourned Friday afternoon, after the dissolu tion, without reaching a settlement of a wage scale, of the Joint conference of the operators and miners of tho Central and the Southwestern dis trlcts. With assessments from now until April 1 the miners, with nearly $3, 000,000 on hand, could be In possession of something like $0,000,000 by April 1st. Formal Strike Order Expected. It was Intimated at tho internation al headquarters at Indianapolis of the Mine Workers of America that before the adjournment of the present session of the executive hoard Secre tary Wilson would be Instructed to prepare a formal strike order, effee tlve on April 1, In order to avoid re assembling of the board after the ad Journment of the present session. Collieries to Be Operated In Full. The collieries of the anthracite re gion have orders to operate at full ca pacity from now until next April. A number of washerles in the Schuylkill field that have been closed will re sume operations today on full time. The companies expect to add 3,000,000 tons of conl to their storage stock In the next eight weeks. Retirement of General Chaffee. In explanation why the general or der retiring General Chaffee did not contain a history of his army career and of the brilliant services rendered by him to the government, a statement was issued at war department quoting article 802 of tho regulations govern ing tho department which says "orders eulogizing the conduct of living offi cers will not be Issued except In cases of gallantry In action or perform ance of especially hazardous ser vice." General Dell's selection as chief of staff of course makes It Impossible for General MacArthur to fill that place, but It does not interfere with his promotion as lieutenant-general In due course when Lioutonant-General Bates retires April 14. Major-Ceneral Corbln, who will ar rive In San Francisco March 2, will succeed to the rank of lieutenant general. He will proceed to St. Louis to tnko command of the Northern de partment. This will be the first time that n lieutenant general has com manded at St. Louis since General Sherman's time. This, the highest ofllce In tho army, heretofore has been held by the same officer who was de tailed as chief of staff." But General Corbln, although It was understood that he might have also succeeded to tho two offices, declined tho honor In advance of it being offered to him. General Bell, though chief of staff, will not he the ranking officer In the army but will be given the rank of major-general, while the ofllce of lieutenant-general will pass in succession from General Bates to General Cor bln and in turn to General MacArthur, who will retain it until 1909, when he will retire on account of age, unless he feels disposed sooner to retire. In favor of General Leonard Wood. President Eliot Condemns Football. An unqualified condemnation of tho game of football as it Is played by the American colleges and schools Is con tained In the antiuul report of Presi dent Charleti W. Eliot to the board of overseers of Harvard college. In support of his position, President Eliot givps these reasons: Football causes an unreasonable number of serious Injuries and deaths; violations of the rules of tho game are highly profitable and are constantly perpetrated; much profitable foul play escapes notice because it cannot be detected; opportunities are offered for several players to combine In violent ly attacking one player; there Is no such thing as generosity between com batants; acts of brutality are con stantly committed; as a spectacle football is more brutalizing than prize fighting, cock fighting or bull fighting; tho game sols up the wrong kind of hero, the man who uses his strength brutally, disregarding tho Injuries ho may suffer or inflict ou others. In conclusion tho report says: 'Inter-collegiate and inter-scholastic football ought to be prohibited until a reasonable game has been formulated and thoroughly exemplified in the prac tice of individual Institutions. It is childish lo supposo that the athletic authorities which have permitted foot ball to-become a brutal, cheating, de moralizing game, can be trusted to re form it." Farmer Killed by a Bull. Ferrin Lawrence, a farmer living near Cortland, N. Y., was killed by a bull In his barn Sunday when he went to do his evening chores. The bull had been confined In a box stall In the basement but had become loose without Mr. Lawrence's knowledge. As Mr. Lawrence entered tho base ment the hull knocked him down re peatedly and gored him. Mr. Law rences little sou was tne only person who could respond to his cries for hlp. The boy ran to the nearest neighbor's, an eighth of a mile away. When the neighbors reached tho barn Mr. Lawrence was dead, having been dlsembowled by the Infuriated animal, which wag still mangling the dead body with his horns when the neigh bors reached the scene. Canal From Ashtabula to Pittsburg. The house sub-committee of commit too on railways and canals reported fa vorably a bill granting a federal char ter for the construction of a canal be tween Pittsburg and Lake Erie, the lake entrance to the canal to be at Ashtabua, O. The bill contemplates a canal 100 miles long and 12 feet deep with a capitalization of approximately 60,000,000. The waterway Is to fur nish cheap transportation foriron ore from lake regions to the steel works of Pittsburg with a new type of boat which can be operated both on the lakes and In the canal. Fifteen years Is to be allowed for the canal's con struction though the estimate of time actually necessary Is seven years. Midshipman John Miller Pardoned. The president pardoned John Paul Miller of Kentucky, recently convicted of hazing at Annapolis naval academy. The reasons assigned for the pardon are that the accused Is one of the best students of his class; that his aca demic record Is excellent; that so far as known this case is the only one of hazing with which he has been con nected; that he undoubtedly commit ted an offense against the military laws, but that dismissal would be a harsh punishment for a single instance of misconduct Involving no cruelty or Immorality on his part and no serious hardship or ignomony on the part of others. Railroad Rate Bill In House. Chairman Hepburn, In charge of the railroad rate bill In the house of rep resentatives, is unable to see the end of the discussion of that measure. Speaker Cannon will let the debate run, and estimates that If will be Wed nesday of Thursday before the last speech Is delivered and the vote re corded on the measure. As soon as this is accomplished the pension appropriation bill, reported from committee last week, will be taken up. This bill carries a total of $1 10,245,500 to pay the pensions of veterans for the year. Carnegie Award to Heroes. At Pittsburg Fridayy Captain Mark Casto of the fishing schooner Alberta and his crew of six men, who on Jan uary 14 In a fierce gale rescued the crew of 42 men and 10 passengers from the Clyde liner Cherokee, which ran aground on Brigantine Shoals near Atlantic City, N. J., while on her way from San Domingo to New York, were made beneficiaries of the Carne gie hero fund. Besides medals to the captain and crew, a sum aggregating $9,500 Is awarded. .Delegates Saw a Bullfight. The brilliant though bloody spec tacle of a bullfight in honor of the conference at Algeciras, Spain, on Moroccan reforms was the event of Sunday. Crowds came from all parts of Andalusia to the vast stone amphi theater where ' the bullring Is, and more than 6,000 persons saw the fight. The foreigners present witnessed the scene with mingled admiration at the audacity of the matadors and hor ror at its cruelty. World's Largest Battleship. Much interest attaches to the launching at Portsmouth, Eng., on Sat urday next of the Dreadnaught, the largest and most powerful battleship Ic the world's navies. All the lessons experts learned from the Russo-Japanese naval battles have been consid ered In building this vessel, so that It Is expected the finished product will present many innovations in naval con struction. Transfer of Rochester Railway Co. Control of the Rochester Railway and Light company was transferred to the Mohawk Valley Co. This latter company is the holding company for the electric traction lines secured In the Interest of the New York Central railroad, and CO per cent of the Ro chester company's capital stock passes Into the hands of New York Central Interests by this transfer. Cuban International Auto Races.' On Feb. 11 at Havana, Cuba, will be begun the second International auto mobile races, which will last three days. The most Important event Is tho 200-mile municipal challenge cup i.eo. Last year the event was won by a Cuban. Many of tho participants in the Ormonde-Ouytona races will take part in these races. For Repeal of Mortgage Tax Law. The repeal of tho mortgage tax law of New York state and the substi tution therefor of a recording tax of one-half of 1 per cent in lieu of all oth er taxes on mortgages was advocated in resolutions adopted by a mass meet ing of the Allied Real Estate Agents, a national organization having a membership of 2,600. Fire on U. S. Transport Meade. Three men were killed and 58 In jured, mostly by suffocation, in a fire that damaged Hie United States trans port Meade to the extent of $2,000, as she lay at the Folsom street pier at San Francisco. President Castro is actively engaged In making preparations lo resist a posf ible French Invasion In Venezuela. CHARGED WITH PERJURY Examination of Colonel Mann, Editor of Town Topics.' Testimony of Two Witnesses Who Contradicted Colonel Mann as to the Latter Writing the Words "O, K." and "W. D. M." on the Ward Letter Secretary In Contempt. New York, Feb. 6. In the examlna tlon of Colonel William D. Mann, edi tor of Town Topics, on a charge of perjury, the stenographic record of the Hapgood trial was admitted as evi dence by Justice McAvoy, who con ducted the hearing. Bartholomew Monlhan, official ste nographer at the Hapgood trial, testi fied that Colonel Mann said during that trial that he was absolutely sure he had not written the characters "O K." or "W. D. M." on the Ward letter, At this point Assistant District At torney Hart said: "The reason the par agraph referring to Reginald Ward was not put in the record was because It was of too scandalous a character to put there." He then introduced In evidence an article from Town Topics referring to Ward In a pleasant manner, which he said was printed after Colonel Mann had obtained shares of stock from Ward. Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Col onel Mann, argued that there was nothing In the objectionable para graph which Indicated that it referred to Count Ward. Mr. Hart replied that later on he would prove that Ward was the person referred to. He then read portions of Colonel Mann's testi mony about his receiving copper shares from Count Ward through Woo3ter to show that the defendant had knowledge of the Ward para graphs. Mr. Hart continued reading from the testimony of Mr. Wayne In the Hap good case. Wayne testified that the objectionable paragraph was about Count Ward, and further swore that the "O. K." and Initials "W. D. M." on exhibit No. 54, in his opinion, were in the handwriting of Colonel Mann. At the Hapgood trial Moses Ellis Wooster swore that the "O. K." and the Initials were written by Colonel Mann and this portion of Wooster's testimony was offered. William L. Daniels, secretary and treasurer of the Town Topics Publish lng company, said that he had per formed the duties of secretary and treasurer of the corporation for three years but that he did not have charge of the files of the subscription depart ment. Mr. Littleton cited the opinion of Justice Bradley In 1S8G, in which he ruled that the seizure of papers was virtually compelling a defendant to be a witness against himself. He said that asking Daniels about the papers In the office of Town Topics was un warranted under the law and an atro cious act by the district attorney. Mr, Hart offered In evidence a copy of a subpoena duces tecum served on Dan iels and signed by Justice McAvoy, Daniels admitted that he had not pro duced a list and the papers called for by the subpoena. He said that he had no control of the free list of Town Topics and had made no effort to com ply with the court's order after being served with the subpoena. Mr. Hart said that Mr. Daniels had rendered himself liable to punishment for con tempt of court and that the district at torney Intended to make a motion to show cause why the witness should not be punished for contempt. Colombia Demands Recompense. Washington, Feb. G. Colombia has again renewed her demand for a rec ompense from the United States be cause of the separation of Panama. This last application was submitted to Secretary Root recently by Senor Diego Mendoza. It Is said to be in general terms similar to the present ment originally made by General Reyes, the present executive head of Colombia, when he was In Washington last year as a special commissioner and minister from Colombia. The amount of damages sustained Is not set down. Secretary Root has the note under consideration, but It is be lieved that nothing has occurred to change the position originally taken by the department that the United States was In no way responsible for the separation of Panama. Casey Murder Trial Delayed. Elmira, N. Y., Feb. C Tho opening of the trial of William Casey ou the charge of murdering Charles Keough, a bartender, here last spring, was 'de layed through the objection of Casey's attorneys to the method in which the special panel of Jurors was drawn. One hundred and fifty jurors were dis missed and work of securing a Jury from tho talesmen On regular attend ance at the court session was started. The sheriff is after 100 more. The ob jection was mado that tho special panel had -not been personally sum moned by the sheriff. Canadian Pacific Half-Year Dividends. Montreal, Feb. C. The board of di rectors of the Canadian Pacific rail way declared the regular semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on the preferred and 3 per cent on the common stock for tho half year ended in December last. After the payment of operating expenses, fixed charges and the divi dends bow declared tho surplus for the half year is $4,869,816. A Striking Fact. A young man was riding In the cab with a locomotive engineer. "Now," said tiie young man, shud dering, "suppose a stage load of chil dren were to glide 011 to the track from that lane what a blessing It would then be If you could stop short, In stantly, like a man walking." ' "Blessing?" said the engineer. "Why, young fellow, If that stage you speak of were to appear now, and I could stop short like a mau walking, I wouldn't do It. Instead, I'd keep right ou and kill the kids." "Why?" "Because It would be the more hu mane course. In oue case there would be a stage load ftf kids slaughtered; In the other case there would be the slaughter of a traiuload of people. This trulu Is going at the rate of forty-five mileo an hour, and the suddeu stop-, page of a train going at that rate would give the passengers precisely the same shock that they would get from a fall of fifty-four, feet a fall from a housetop." Preparing For (be Storm. A correspondent lu the north of Ire land sends the following account of an Interesting incident that came under his observation: Being on a walking tour through In Ishoweu mid passing along the edge of Lough Swllly, the romantic Lake of Shadows, ho noticed nn Immense gath ering of rooks 011 the sandy shore. In company with several others, the tour ist was attracted by this novel spec tacle aud began to wonder at the cause of It. An old man who was working In a Add near the place offered an expla nation. He said that the birds were picking tip saud to ballast themselves In a storm and that when they did so It was a sure Blgn of approaching bad weather. He added that on shooting rooks after n gathering of the sort he had found tliat they were loaded with sand. As a matter of fact, the gentle man concludes, a violent gale set In enrly next morning. Pearson's Weekly. The Spider's Web. If we compare the dimensions of the spider with those of its web we are forced to admit that the little creature Is a true engineer, able to construct a cable network of relatively enormous size. Thread nfter thread Is put In po sition in the desired and necessary or der, and soinet lines prolonged observa tion on the part of the Investigator Is required In order to understand the reasons which direct Uie spider In its complicated operations and which make it always follow the same order aud the same laws. Some of these rea sons are explained by geometry, others by tiie Rtrength of materials, and he who succeeds in discovering the "why" of all the Interesting details of the method employed Is compelled to admit to himself that he could not have achieved so good a result with the same materials. Poor Richard. "In December ' of the year 1732," says Blgelow's "Life of Franklin," "Franklin commenced the publication of what he styled 'Poor Richard's Al niannc,' price fivepence. It attained an astonishing popularity, and at once. Three editions were sold within the month of Its appearance. The average sale for twenty-five years was 10,000 a year. He was sometimes obliged to put it to press In October to get a sup ply of copies to the remote colonics by tho beginning of the year. It has been translated Into nearly If not quite ev ery written languagp, nnd severnl dif ferent translations of It have been made into the French and the German. It contains some of the best fun as well as the wisest counsel that ever emanated from his pen." Chlnn'a Fine The flag of China Is one of the gayest among ensigns'. The body of the flag Is pale yellow. In the upper left hand corner Is a small red sun. Looking In tently nt the sun Is a fierce Chinese dragon. The dragon's belly Is a bril liant red and white.-- His green back Is covered with stiff knobs. He Is stand ing on his two hind paws and the left fore foot. Ills feet nre five toed and slightly hooked. Ills long, five forked tall stretches away In the rear. The dragon's neck Is arched back. Ills mouth Is wide open, and he looks as If he were about to try to swallow the red sun. Then and Now. "When old Fladger came to this town twenty-five years ago," said the man In the mackintosh, "everything he had in tho world was on his back." 'And now?" queried tho man who had his feet on the table. 'Well, his wife and six daughters havo relieved him of the burden. They enrry It all on their backs now." Chi cago Tribune. I'OMtiirnndlul. "Judge Goodllven Just went down the street. I thought you said he was at tending a big banquet to I1I111 tills even ing." 'Not at nil. I saw him coming out of Del's. and I merely remarked there was a big dinner In his honor tills evening."- Philadelphia Ledger. I'riM-rnNlliiatlnn. How mankind defers from dav to day the best It can do and the most beautiful things It can enjoy without thinking that every day may be the last one and that lost time Is lost eter- nlty!-Mux Muller. Snlllclrnt Itenann. Tlooiiicrtoii (iuess I'M lmvo to give up boarding, l'latlelgh -doing to get married? Kooiiiorton-No, but my land lady wants her money.-Chicago News. A Joker Is innr akin to a buffoon, mid neither of them Is the least related to wlt.-Chesterfleld. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS. Pithy Paragraphs Chronicling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. Count Frederick Lamsdorf and Bar on Roenne were pulled from their sleighs and murdered by revolution ists in Courland. Captain William T. Van Schaick, under sentence of 10 years' Imprison ment for the General Slocum disaster, was released from the Tombs under $10,000 cash ball. The house of representatives passed a resolution calling on President Roosevelt for Information as to an al leged combination by the Pennsyl vania railroad and allied lines In vio lation of the antt-truBt law. Thursday. Charles G. Dawes testified In Chi cago that he heard Commissioner of Corporations Garfield give pledge of Immunity to the beef men. Stockmen In convention In Denvet declare depression in cattle Industry Is caused by decreased consumption of beef, due to people's resentment to ward beef trust. President Roosevelt directed the In teistate commerce commission to send to the house all its Information bear ing on the alleged Pennsylvania rail road combination. A resolution was Introduced In the New Jersey senate directing the attor ney general 'to begin proceedings to oust the Oil Trust and Its subsidiary companies from th- suite. Friday. It Is stated upon reliable authority that Admiral Togo wlILvlBlt America In April with two armored cruisers. Five engineers began the survey for Lockport's water supply from the Ni agara river Thursday morning. They began in a snow Btorm. ' Violent scenes In several of the more notable churches of Paris marked the beginning of the taking of lnven tories under the law of separation Based on the assertion that Albert T. Patrick was convicted on perjured testimony, notice of a motion for a new trial was served on the district attorney. The Buffalo Subway Railroad com pany of Buffalo was Incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000 to operate a street railway, wholly or partly under ground, by electricity, In Buffalo. Saturday. District Attorney Jorome will vigor ously resist every step taken by Al bert T. Patrick In his new attempts to escape the death penalty. Lieutenant General Chaffee retired as chief of staff of the army and was succeeded by General Bates, who will be followed by General Bell. Viojent and armed opposition met the attempt to enforco a clause of the separation law in the churches of Paris and throughout Fiance. Representative Sibley of Pennsyl vania In a speech in the house attacks the Hepburn rate bill nnd says it would plunge. the nation Into section al strife. Attorney General Mayer in an ad dress before the nntlonal Insurance convention declares the peoplo look to heads of big companies to recover any funds wrongfully diverted. Monday. Fearing a famine In lumber the Canadian Pacific railroad lakes steps to provide for the future by planting trees on Its prairie lands. Members of the Chlneso imperial commission pledged their best efforts to remove all friction that has exlstod between China and this country. Countess Bonl de Castollane, former ly Miss Anna Gould, leaves her hua band In Paris, and It Is reported In New York that a divorce will follow, Immediate nnd radical reforms In the conduct of life Insurance, ns de veloped In the legislative inquiry, are demanded by the report to ho present ed to the legislature by the Armstrong committee. Trial of the new gasoline electric railway car on tho Delaware and Hud son road at Schenectady resulted In success and railroad men say it will displace the steam locomotivo on all short runs. Tuesday. Acco-dlng to Berlin advices the ex ecution of rebels in the nallic prov inces by the Russian authorities pro ceeds without mercy'. Miss Cynthia Roche, now at New port, has renounced her claim to a British title and taken out citizenship papers in the United States. Father Joseph Muigas of Wllkes Barre, Pa., Invents a method of send ing wireless messages to Em-ope through the earth Instead of through the air. Two aeronauts, Messrs. Pollock and Dale, successfully crossed the Knglish channel in a balloon, leaving I ouilon and alighting at llermoiivlll, L'O miles Inland In France, four hours and ten miles later. Members of the vestry ol St. Ocorge'g Episcopal church, New York, accepted the resignation of tho Rev. Dr. W. S. Raliisford, who has been III a year, and selected the Kov. Hugh Blrckhcad to succeed hlin. EXPEN8IVE CHANGES. Pennsylvania to Divert the Course of Conemaugh River. Pittsburg, Feb. 6. The Pennsyl vania is preparing to divert the Cone maugh river from Its present course In order to avoid building two bridges. A new channel for the river, a half mile long, will be dug between the ter minal points of a curve, almost a semi circle, which the river now makes. The center of the new channel will be a quarter of a mile from the central point of the old channel. Contracts for the work will be awarded shortly. The change in the channel of the Conemaugh Is only a part of the Im provements which the railroad com pany will make this year between Boli var and Sheridan, on tho Pittsburg di vision. On this stretch of 18 miles over $.",000,000 will be spent In the elimination of curves, reduction of grades and the extension of the third and fourth tracks. Sharp curves at Lockport, Cemetery and Now Florence are to be done away with. The grade Is to he reduced from .5 per cent, to .3 per cent. The elimination of the curves will reduce the length of the line a half mile. CLAIM TITLE TO COAL LANDS. Attorneys Preparing Heirs' Suit to 35, 000 Acres Near Scranton. Wilmington, Del., Feb. C Rody Mar shall and Charles G. Carter, lawyers of Pittsburg, are preparing papers for a suit to bo filed by the Kunkel heirs to try to get possession of 35,000 acres of coal land held by the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Reading and Lehigh Valley railroads located near Scranton and WIlkes-Burre and valued at about $75,000,000. Mrs. Harriett E. McCulloch of this city, Page Hudson and Joseph Hudson of Pittsburg aud several members of the Kunkel family through Pennsyl vania and In Louisville, Ky., are claim ants to the land. Tho original Kunkel was the great-great-grandfather of the Hudsons and he got the land by grant from William Penn. He leased the land for 90 years to various persons and went West and died. A search for a title by a capitalist who wished to buy some of the land recently divulged the alleged right of the Kunkel heirs to It. United Presbyterian Convention. Pittsburg, Feb. C. A national con vention of the laymen of the United Presbyterian denomination will be held In this city for three days, beginning Feb. 13, to exchange ideas on Chris tian work and offer suggestions for ad vancing the church work throughout the country. The convention will be under the charge of members of the Young Men's Mission League of the United Presbyterian church and will be the first ever held by that denomin ation. More than 1,000 delegates are expected. Among tho speakers will be Hugh Kennedy of Buffalo, N. Y. Midshipman Miller Restgred. Annapolis, Md., Feb. C. The action of the president in pardoning Midship man John P. Miller of Lancaster, Ky., who was convicted or hazing by court martial, was promulgated at dinner formation at tho naval academy Sun day and Miller resumed his position as captain of the 12th company. Tho navy department has aBked further In formation relative to the cases of Midshipmen Stephen Decatur, Jr., of Portsmouth, N. II., and Pettersen B. Marzonl of Pensacola, Fla., both for merly members of the first class. B. & O. Firemen. Philadelphia, Feb. 6. The differ ences between the Baltimore and Ohio and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen havo culminated in the with drawal of the brotherhood committee, which was I11 session In Baltimore for four weeks. J. J. Haurahan, grand muster of tho brotherhood, has taken charge and will confer with Vice Pres ident Potter. The difficulty Is over the refusal of the company to accede to the demands of the firemen for shorter hours and a slight Increase In pay. Blood on Locomotive. Norrlstown, pa., Feb. G. While walking along the Pennsylvania rail road tracks near Spring Mill, Joseph Masai and Michael Augustine, both of Spring Mill, were struck by the loco motive of a freight train and Instant ly killed. The train crow were not awaro tho men had been killed until they arrived at Conshohocken, wheu the front of the locomotive was found to be covered with blood. An Investi gation was made und the bodies of tho men were found. Lako Shore Wreck. Cleveland, Feb. C. Five coaches were derailed and the englnoer and fireman of a westbound passenger train were slightly hurt In a wreok early yesterday on the Lake Shore at the foot of Alabama street. The train was shloswiped by a yard freight train. Tho passengers were considerably shaken up, but it Is said that none of theni were seriously hurt. Both trains were moving slowly. Wireless Underground. Wilkes Ban e, Feb. fi. Rev. Father Murgas, pastor of the Slavish Cathoilo chinch of this city, already noted as the inventor of an aerial wireless tolo- raph system, announced that his ex periment with an underground system Ikis proved a success, and that ho now feuls confident that It will bo possible to send underground wireless mes sages to Europe.
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