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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 48.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1906.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
llurgess. A. II. Dale.
. Justice of the Peace S. S. Canfleld, 8.
1. 8etley.
Councumen. J. B. Muse, J. W. Lan
ders, J. T. Unto, W. F Killiner, C. A.
Lanson.Ueo. Holeman, G. T. Anderson.
Constable W. II. Hood.
Collector 8. J. Setley.
School Directors J. O. Scowden. K.
L. Haslet, E. W. Bowman, T. F, Kituhey,
A. C. Brown, Dr. J. C. Dunn.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Joseph C. Sibley.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly J. II. Robertson.
President Judge W. M. Llndsey.
Associate Judges F. X. Kreitler, P.
C. Hill. .
Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, etc.
J. C. Gelst.
Sheriff. A, W. Rtroup.
Treasurer W. II. Harrison.
Commissioners Ionard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, I'hillp Emort.
District Attorney-. D. Irwin.
jury Commissioners J. B. Lden, J.
P. Cuatner.
VtnTAudxtnrs W. H. Stiles, Chas.
F. Kllnentlver, 8. T. Carson.
County Surveyor D. W. Clwk,
County Superintendent V. W. Morri
son. , '
Heaular Terms of Ceurt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday or May.
Fourth Monday of Septemlier.
Third Monday of November.
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.
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Wednesday eveniug of each month.
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Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
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and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
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night. Residence Elm St., between
Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
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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.
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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.