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Regular Meeting of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays oi montn. Chares aaa Habbata Mrfceel. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath eveniug at the usual hour. Rev. R. A. Zabnlser, Pastor. Bervloea In the Presbyterian Church every tiabbath morning and evening, Rev. Dr. Paul J. Slouaker, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. tfWe held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each m nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pr N ESTA LODG E, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 M ento every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274 G. A, R. Moeta 1st and 8d Monday evening in each month. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 1S7, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday eveniug of each month. KARL K. WENK, DENTIST. TIONESTA, PA. All work guaranteed. Rooms over Forest County National Bank. RITCHEY A CARRINGER. ATTORN KYS-AT-LA W. Tlonesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 8HAWREY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. D R. F. J. BOVARD, Physician surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D KJ. C.DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ..l npiiijiJTT DtHi'B 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. SIGGINS. Physician ana Miirgeon, OIL CITY, PA, HE. KIRSCHNER, M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Lungs and Chest. Office hours by ap pointment only. OIL CITY, PA. No. 116 CENTER ST. EW. BOLTON, M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Eyes, Ers, Noe and Throat. Speciid attention given to the fitting of glasses. Otnee ht.nrs 9-12 a. in., 15 p. in., 7-8 p. m. OIL CITY, PA. No. 110CENTEUST. H w Mr.irrKl.ir.Y- . Hardware, Tinning A Plumbing. Tionosia, r SJ. SETLEY, -. JUSTICEpF THE PEACE, Keeps 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 ooinpletecliaiige, and is now furnished with all the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc The comforts of guests never neglected. C CENTRAL HOUSE, J GEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tlonsela, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be Bpared to make It a pleasant stopping place for the traveliug public Jnrst class Livery In connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOE M A K E R. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds or custom work Iroin the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satis taction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA. PENN U3 CURES WHEP ALL ELSE FAILS p. J Best Couch . .Bp. Tastes Good. use in time. Sold by druggists. PROSPECT OF ft STRIKE. By 550,000 Coal Miners Begin ning April 1. Retirement of General Chaffee Presl . dent Eliot Condemns Football Ca nal From Pittsburg to Lake Erie. Middy John Paul Miller Pardoned. Carnegie Hero Awards. With prospects pointing to a strike of 550,000 coal miners beginning on April 1, unless the present deadlock Is broken by gome 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 tricts. With assessments from now until April 1 the miners, with nearly $3, 000,000 on hand, could be in possession of something like $G,000,000 by April 1st. Formal Strike Order Expected. It was Intimated at the Internation al headquarters at Indianapolis of the Mine Workers of America that before the adjournment of the present session of the executive board Secre tary Wilson would be Instructed to prepare a formal strike order, effec tive 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 washeries 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 coal 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 the regulations govern ing the 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 Bell'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 Lleutenant-General Bates retires April 14. Major-General Oorbln, who will ar rive In San Francisco March 2, will succeed to the rank of lieutenant general. He will proceed to St. Louis to tako command of the Northern de partment. This will be the first time that a lieutenant general has com manded at St. Louis since General Sherman's time. This, the highest office in the army, heretofore has been held by the same officer who was de tailed as chief of staff.' But General Corbin, although It was understood that he might have also succeeded to the two offices, declined the honor in advance of It being offered to him. General Bell, though chief of staff, will not be the ranking officer in the army but will be given the rank of major-general, while the office of lieutenant-general will pass In succession from General Bates to General Cor bin 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 schoolB Is con tained In the annual report of Presi dent Charleo W. Eliot to the board of overseers of Harvard college. In Bupport of his position, President Eliot glvps these reasons: Football causes an unreasonable number of serious Injuries and deaths; violations of the rules of the 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; the game sets up the wrong kind of 1 hero, the man who uses his strength brutally, disregarding tho injuries he may suffer or inflict on others. In conclusion the 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 to suppose 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 bull knocked him down re peatedly and gored him. Mr. Law rences little Bon was me only person who could respond to his cries for help. The boy ran to the nearest neighbor's, an eighth of a mile away. When the neighbors reached the barn Mr. Lawreuce was dead, having been dlsembowled by the Infuriated animal, which was still mangling the dead body with his horns when the neigh bors reached the scene. Canal From Ashtabula to Pittsburg. The bouse sub-committee of commit tee 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 forlron ore from lake regions to the steel works of Pittsburg with a new type of boat which can be operated both on tho lakeB 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 lgnomony 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 $140,245,500 to pay the pensions of veterans for the year. Carnegie Award to Heroes. At Pittsburg Frldayy 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 Brlgantlne 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 $9,600 Is awarded. -Delegates Saw a Bullfight. The brilliant though bloody spec tacle of a bullfight In honor of the conference at Algeclras, 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 60 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 the 200-mile municipal challenge cup iz.ee. Last year the event was won by a Cuban. Many of the' participants In the Ormonde-Daytona races will take part in these races. For Repeal of Mortgage Tax Law. The repeal of the 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 the 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 to resist a posrlble 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 LetterSecretary In Contempt. New York, Feb. 6. In the examina tion 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 scandalouB 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 Wooster 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. 64, 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 ing 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 1886, 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. 6. 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 wbb 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. Elmlra, N. Y., Feb. C The opening of the trial of William Casey on 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 made that tho special panel had -not been personally sum moned by the sheriff. Canadian Pacific Half-Year Dividends. Montreal, Feb. 6. 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 the 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 Strlkluat Fact. A young man was riding in the cab with a locomotive engineer. "Now," said the young man, shud dering, "suppose a stage load of chil dren were to glide on to the track from that lane what a blessing it would then be if you could stop short, in stantly, like a lunn walking." ' "Blessing?" said the engineer. "Why, young fellow, if that stage you speak of were to appear now, anil I could stop short like a inau 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 6f kids slaughtered; in the other case there would be the slaughter of a traluload of people. This train Is going at the rate of forty-five mllea an hour, anil the sudden stop- pnge of a train going at that rate would give the pusscngers precisely the same shock that they would get from a fall of fifty-four, feet a fall from a housetop." Preparing Far the Storm. A correspondent In the north of Ire land Bends the following account of an interesting Incident that came under his observation: Being on a walking tour through In ishowen and passing along the edge of Lough Swllly, the romantic Lake of Shadows, he noticed an Immense gath ering of rooks on the sandy shore. In company with several others, the tour ist wns attracted by this novel spec tacle and began to wonder at the cause of it. An old in nn who was working in a field near the place offered an expla nation. He said that the birds were picking up sand to ballast themselves In a storm and that when .they did so It wns a sure sign of approaching bad weather. He added that on shooting rooks after a gathering of the sort he had found that they were londed with sand. As a matter of fact, the gentle man concludes, a violent gale set in early next morning. Pearson's Weekly. The Spider's Web. If we compare the dimensions of the spider witli 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 after thread is put in po sition in the desired and necessary or der, and somet lines prolonged observa tion on the part of the investigator is required in order to understand the reasons which direct the spider in Its complicated operations and which make It always follow the same order and the snme laws. Some of these rea sons ore explained by geometry, others by the strength of materials, and he who succeeds in discovering the "why" of all the interesting detnils 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," "Frnnkliu commenced the publication of what he styled 'Poor Richard's Al manac,' 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 colonies by the beginning of the year. It has been translated into nearly If not quite ev ery written language, and several 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." Chlna'a Flair. The flag of China is one of tho gayest among ensigns'. The body of the flag is pale yellow. In the upper left band 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 whlte- Ills green back is covered with stiff knobs. lie is stand ing on his two hind paws and the left fore foot. Ills feet are five toed and slightly hooked. Ills long, five forked tall stretches away In the rear. The dragon's neck is arched back. His 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 the world was on bis back." "And now?" queried the man who bad his feet on the table. "Well, his wife and six daughters have relieved him of the burden. They carry it all on their backs now." Chi cago Tribune. Potnrandlal. "Judge G oodll ven Just went down the street. I thought you said he was at tending a big banquet to him tills even ing." "Not at all. I saw hi 111 coming out of Del's. and I merely remarked there was a big dinner In bis honor this evening." Philadelphia Ledger. Prot-rant Inatlon. How mankind defers from day 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 nity! Max Muller. SnlHelent Reaaoa. Roomert on Guess I'll hnvo to give up hoarding. Fliitlelgli Going to get married? Kooinertun No, but my lnnd ludy wants her money. Chicago News, A Jnkor Ih near nkln to n buffoon, and neither of tbeui is the least related to wit. Chesterfield. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS. Pithy Paragraphs Chronicling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Fact 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 anti-trust law. Thursday. Charles G. Dawes testified In Chi cago that he heard Commissioner of Corporations Garfield give pledge ot immunity to the beef men. Stockmen in convention In Denvei declare depression In cattle industry 1b caused by decreased consumption of beef, due to people's resentment to ward beef trust. President Roosevelt directed the In terstate 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 1o begin proceedings to oust the OH Trust and its subsidiary companies from th- slate. Friday. It is stated upon reliable authority that Admiral Togo willvisit America in April with two armored cruisers. Five engineers began the survey foi Lockport's water supply from the Ni agara river Thursday morning. They began in a snow storm. Violent scenes in several of the more notable churches of Paris marked the beginning of the taking of lnven torles 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 Jerome 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. Vlojent and armed opposition met the attempt to enforce a clause of the separation law in 'the churches of Paris and throughout France. Representative Sibley of Pennsyl vania in a speech in the house attacks the Hepburn rate bill and says it would plunge. the nation Into section al strife. Attorney General Mayer in an ad dress before the national Insurance convention declares the people look to heads of big companies to recover any funds wrongfully diverted. Monday. Fearing a famine In lumber the Canadian Pacific railroad takes steps to provide for the future by planting trees on its prairie lands. Members of the Chinese imperial commission pledged their best efforts to remove all friction that has existed between China and this country. Countess Bonl de Castellane, former ly Miss Anna Gould, leaves her hus band In Paris, and It Is reported In New York that a divorce will follow. Immediate and radical reforms in the conduct of life Insurance, as de veloped In the legislative Inquiry, are demanded by the report to be present ed to the legislature by the Armstrong committee. Trial of the new gasoline electric railway car on the Delaware and Hud son road at Schenectady resulted In success and railroad men say It will displace the steam locomotive on all short runs. Tuesday. Acco-dlng to Berlin advices the ex ecution of rebels In the Baltic prov inces by the Russian authorities pro ceeds without mercy'. Miss Cynthln Roche, now at New port, has renounced her claim to a British title and taken out citizenship papers In the United States. Father Joseph Murgas of Wllkes Barre, Pa., invents a method of ;ieu:l ing wireless messages to Europe through the earth Instead of through the air. Two aeronauts, Messrs. Pollock and Dale, successfully crossed the English channel in a balloon, leaving London and alighting at llernioii vill, L'O miles inland In France, four hours and ten miles later. Members of the vestry ot St. George's Episcopal church. New York, accepted the resignation of tho Rev. Dr. W. S. Ralusford, who has been III a ysar, and selected the Itov. Huith Blrckhead to succeed him. 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 ot 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 the Pittsburg di vision. On this stretch of 18 miles over $5,000,000 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 New Florence are to be done away with. The grade is to be 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. 6. Rody Mar shall and Charles G. Carter, lawyers of Pittsburg, are preparing papers for a suit to be 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 Wllkes-Burre and valued at about $75,000,000. Mrs. Harriett E. McCulloch of this city. Page Hudson and Joseph Hudson of Pittsburg and several members ot the Kunkel family through Pennsyl vania and in Louisville, Ky., are claim ants to the land. The 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 99 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. 6. 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 the speakers will be Hugh Kennedy of Buffalo, N. Y. Midshipman Miller Restored. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 6. The action of the president iu pardoning Midship man John P. Miller of Lancaster, Ky., who was convicted or hazing by court martial, was promulgated at dinner formation at the naval academy Sun day and Miller resumed his position as captain of the 12th company. Tho navy department has asked further in formation relative to the cases of Midshipmen Stephen Decatur, Jr., of Portsmouth, N. II., and Pettersen B. Marzonl of Pc-nsacola, Fla., both for merly members of the first class. B. a O. Firemen. Philadelphia, Feb. 6. The differ ences between the Baltimore and Ohio and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen have culminated in the with drawal of the brotherhood committee, which was In session In Baltimore for four weeks. J. J. Hanrahan, grand master of the 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 la pay. . Blood on Locomotive. Norrlstown, Pa., Feb. 6. While walking along the Pennsylvania rail road tracks nenr 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. Tho train crew were not awaro tho men had been killed until they arrived at Conshohocken, when the front of the locomotive was found to be covered with blood. An investi gation was made and the bodies ot the men were found. Lake Shore Wreck. Cleveland, Fob. 6. Five coaohes were derailed and the engineer 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 sldoswiped by a yard freight train. Tho passengers were considerably vhaken up, but it is said that none of them were seriously hurt. Both trains were moving slowly. Wireless Underground. Wllkes-Karre, Feb. 6. Rev. Father Murgas, pustor of the Slavish Catholic church of this city, already noted as the inventor of an aerial wireless tele graph system, announced that bis ex periment with an underground system has proved a success, and that he now feuls confident that it will be possible to send underground wireless mes sages to Europe.
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